Chapter 803 Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn it
This time the Legislative Council did not dare to dilly-dally. Even with the participation of the dilly-dallying king Sima Guang, under the guidance of the Chief Justice, they quickly drafted a mobilization law.
After the draft of this law was written, Fu Bi and Sima Guang were both satisfied and surprised, because they did not expect that this small mobilization law would take more than thirty pages.
Quickly catch up with the previous "Song Xingtong".
Because throughout the whole process, Zhang Fei asked questions and they answered them. They wrote more and more questions and answers.
These include wartime traffic control regulations, food control regulations, production control regulations, and wartime contract regulations.
It also includes requisition, recruitment, use, repair, storage, consumption, relocation, transfer, etc.
The most important feature among them is the contract.
Everything must be evidenced by a contract, and the contracts are standardized.
Suppose you want to requisition private housing, you must take the mandatory contract with you, ask the people to sign it, and then requisition it directly.
Wartime contract regulations do not require compliance with contract principles.
There is no freedom, no voluntariness.
However, if you have a voucher, which includes compensation, you can take it to the government to ask for money.
Although this is actually the War Mobilization Act, it was eventually named the "National Defense Mobilization Act" in consideration of the feelings of the people.
Because most people think that war has nothing to do with me, I just want to live well.
The word "national defense" is very critical. With these two words, it can be explained that we are protecting the country and ourselves. On this basis, we quoted the concept of legal system to explain why the country and the monarch are at the forefront.
Therefore, in the title of this part of the bill, Fu Bi himself wrote a paragraph explaining the ultimate purpose of the entire bill.
This is the public prosecutor's law.
In everything you do, you have to follow the example. No matter what the actual situation is, in name, your personal interests should be the main priority.
Only in this way can the advantages of the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law be reflected, and the rights, obligations, and responsibilities can be clearly divided, and only then can the Public Security Bureau, Procuratorate, and Law be implemented.
Why wasn't this done before?
Very simple answer.
This is very complex to implement and there was no way to do this before.
And that requires the Royal Police.
Zhang Fei could only ask the Iron Triangle of the Police Department to go there in person, that is, Cao Dongdong, Fu Shichun, and Ma Xiaoyi.
If these three people were taken apart, they would be nothing and would definitely do bad things. Their shortcomings were very obvious, but once the three of them were combined, Zhang Fei was not disappointed. The Cao family's status as a relative, Fu Shichun's strategy,
Ma Xiaoyi's execution ability is simply a perfect partner.
At this moment of mobilization, it is necessary to deal with the military, and Cao Dongdong has a unique advantage.
After all, Queen Mother Cao is still sitting in the palace.
Internal control is based on the Royal Police. The military cannot interfere in these affairs and is only responsible for fighting wars.
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Alum Tower.
boom!
"Zhang San, becoming a brother with you is really the biggest mistake I, Fu Shichun, have made in my life."
Fu Shichun, who had just returned to Beijing from Yangzhou, had just drank a glass of wine, and couldn't help but slapped the case and stared at Zhang Fei angrily.
Zhang Fei said with an innocent face: "Brother Xiaochun, where do you start with this? I'm doing this all for your own good!"
"for...!"
"Yes! Xiaochun, Zhang San is also thinking about us!"
Cao Dongdong suddenly said.
Fu Shichun was suddenly confused and looked at Cao Dongdong in horror, "Ya Nei, what kind of ecstasy soup did he pour into you? This is not for our own good. He is simply using us like cattle and horses. There is no danger here and there is too much trouble."
, just let us go. We have just established a foothold in Yangzhou, and he asked us to go to Hebei. You... wake up!"
"You can't say that."
Cao Dongdong said: "You should think so, he asked us to make contributions. We really didn't dare to think about it before. Let me ask you, have you ever thought about being the number one of our Song Dynasty General Police Station?
Master book?"
First Chief? Zhang Fei almost laughed out loud.
Fu Shichun almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, I don't care.
Ma Xiaoyi supported: "What my brother said is very reasonable. This man is determined to fight in all directions. What's the point of staying in Yangzhou? If we go to Hebei now, we might be able to meet the Khitans so that they know.
We, the men of the Song Dynasty, are not all cowards."
"Ahem!"
Zhang Fei said: "Xiao Ma, be careful what you say, you are not just a coward, this one is quite lethal."
"Yeah?"
Ma Xiaoyi said: "This is what my father said."
Zhang Fei said: "That's even more unspeakable."
"oh."
Ma Xiaoyi nodded.
Cao Dongdong exclaimed, "Xiaochun, this opportunity is once in a lifetime. If I hadn't been waiting for you, I would have set off long ago."
Fu Shichun glanced at Cao Dongdong, then at Ma Xiaoyi, and then sat down helplessly.
The reason why he had fun with Cao Dongdong and Ma Xiaoyi was because they used to be playboys, but now they have all changed.
Two to one, he could only accept it with tears.
Fu Shichun really didn't want to go, because his family had instilled in him the idea of lying down and enjoying wealth and wealth since he was a child, but he still valued these brothers very much. He knew that if he didn't go, he might have an uneasy conscience for the rest of his life.
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As soon as Fu Shichun and Ma Xiaoyi arrived, the three of them immediately set off, taking the Royal Police's capable officers and Zhang Fei's instructions to Daming Mansion.
Whether in terms of mobilization or capital flow, where was the focus of the Song Dynasty?
north.
Khitan people.
Rather than Xixia.
But the strange thing is that Xixia is now playing in full swing, and good news keeps coming.
During the first month when the Empress Dowager Liang placed Li Bingchang under house arrest, the Lanzhou garrison Yu Zanghuama immediately surrendered to the Song Dynasty and dedicated all the Lanzhou he guarded to Wang Shao.
This Lanzhou is a protrusion in the southeast corner of Xixia, bordering Hezhou to the south and Xizhou to the east. It is the most severely infiltrated state and is also the headquarters of smugglers. The surrender of Lanzhou is very easy.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the same time, Yinzhou, Longzhou, Yanzhou and other towns on the northern line that were connected with the Song Dynasty also surrendered to the Song Dynasty one after another.
These states were said to have surrendered, but in fact they were conquered by the main force of the Song army and Xixia merchants and village leaders, who worked together inside and outside. They just said that they did not waste much effort. This was also because of the large number of infiltrations in the past, which resulted in many people being bound to the Song Dynasty.
When these good news reached Bianliang, Tokyo, the monarchs and ministers began a new round of entanglement. This was really a wild start. Should they seize this opportunity?
You must know that the main force of the Song army currently entering Xixia territory is less than 80,000. This is the entire front.
Do you want to raise your stakes and wipe out Xixia in one fell swoop?
However, Wang Shao's letter made the Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers suppress their inner restlessness.
Wang Shao believed in the letter that capturing these prefectures and counties did not explain anything, because they had not annihilated the main force of Xixia, and these territories had long been in their possession.
Today, there are still 4 to 50,000 troops in Xixia. If we go further inside, the logistical pressure will increase exponentially. A large number of civilians in the northwest must be used to transport food and grass, which will inevitably destroy the system of defense against the Liao Dynasty moving south.
Now the focus should be on defense.
Xixia is no different than the Song Dynasty. There are prosperous states and counties everywhere. Going forward, there will be a lot of Gobi and deserts, and the logistical pressure can be imagined.
Zhao Xu replied to Wang Shao and asked him to make his own decision.
At the same time, there was no movement in the north for the time being, but a secret letter was sent from the sea.
Royal Palace.
"You said that our plan in Liao Kingdom may have been discovered?"
Zhao Xu looked at Zhang Fei in shock.
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "According to the news from Dengzhou, it is indeed possible, because there are people in their country who are using maritime smuggling to purchase a large number of our newspapers and periodicals, and they also want us to print Khitan version."
Zhao Xu said: "This may be something people in the Northern Dynasties like to see."
Zhang Fei said: "This is indeed a possibility, but if the people like to see it, all Liao merchants should choose to buy it in large quantities. But in fact, many smugglers do not buy in large quantities, and only one has this requirement.
Moreover, according to the internal intelligence of the Liao Kingdom, the Lord of Liao had just deposed the crown prince last year, and all this was most likely done by their Privy Councilor Yelu Yixin of the Southern Court."
Zhao Xu frowned and said, "So you suspect that Yelu Yixin is up to something?"
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "There is a possibility, but it is not yet certain whether Yelu Yixin saw through our plan and wanted to ride on this smooth sailing, or whether when he saw these newspapers and periodicals, he also thought of using these newspapers and periodicals to incite public resentment.
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Zhao Xu said: "If so, how should we take advantage of this?"
Zhang Fei said: "Yelu Yixin is the most powerful official in the Liao Kingdom, and his position in the Liao Kingdom is also very important. We can package all this into a complete piece of evidence and secretly present it to the Lord of Liao at the critical moment."
Zhao Xu asked: "What critical moment?"
Zhang Fei said: "When the Liao Kingdom is preparing to go south, if the Lord of Liao receives this evidence at this critical moment, he must first turn inward, which will definitely force him to stop his plan to go south. And this will give us a breather."
machine."
Zhao Xu frowned and said, "But will this ruin our plan in the Northern Dynasties?"
"Won't."
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "On the contrary, it will intensify."
"Why?"
"If the Lord of Liao learns of this, he will definitely clear out these newspapers and periodicals on a large scale. Now that these newspapers and periodicals have been infiltrated in large numbers and many people have read them, there will inevitably be a bloody storm within the Liao Kingdom, and this will make the Liao Kingdom
People are more interested in the stories in newspapers and periodicals.”
"It is better to defend the people's mouth than to defend the river." Zhao Xu said with emotion.
As they are both emperors, it is inevitable that there will be empathy at this time.
Zhang Fei nodded and said: "This is exactly the reason."
Zhao Xu said: "What do you think the Lord of Liao should do to break this situation?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said: "I guess it can't be broken."
"Why?"
"The essence of guarding the people's mouths, rather than guarding the rivers, actually lies not in speech. The essence is that the world is prosperous and all are for the benefit. The key lies in the lives of the people. It is precisely because the people of the Liao Kingdom are deeply oppressed that they will comment on the newspapers
Those stories interest me.”
Zhang Fei then explained: "For example, the Liao Kingdom used the same tactics to deal with us. Your Majesty does not need to pay attention to it. They can make it up however they want. The people of the Song Dynasty will only find it ridiculous. The reason is that the Song Dynasty people will find it ridiculous."
People's lives are getting better and better. Even if there are evildoers who want to cause trouble, they can't succeed.
To put it bluntly, there are still public prosecutors, prosecutors, and law. If people are dissatisfied, they can appeal to the imperial court, and His Majesty can quickly learn about it and make policy adjustments.
The most correct thing for the Lord of Liao to do is to see the dissatisfaction of the people from this, and then take advantage of the situation to reform. However, the Lord of Liao is mediocre and unprincipled. He is incomparable to your Majesty. He will definitely not do this, so his failure is doomed.
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Zhao Xu smiled and said, "You are still so eloquent."
Zhang Fei said: "The result will give your Majesty the answer."
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Wudingchuan.
But when they saw corpses scattered all over the mountains and plains in a canyon, even Zhong E, Zhong Pu and his son were shocked to see them.
Fortunately, they are all enemies.
"Father, these are all Xixia's most elite heavy armored cavalry, the Iron Kites."
Zhong Pu took off a pair of heavy armor from a corpse and brought it to Zhong E.
Zhong E looked at the bullet holes in the heavy armor and couldn't help but sigh: "In this future battlefield, firearms will definitely be the most respected!"
Their main force of the Western Army starting from Yanzhou is also the only team equipped with sophisticated firearms, including thirty artillery pieces, because they have to face the most elite border guards of Xixia along the way. In the past ten years,
In years, the two sides mainly competed repeatedly on this line.
After Zhong E easily captured Yinzhou, he continued to move north, facing Liang Yimi's main force stationed at Mizhi Village south of Xiazhou.
And the battle that just took place in the Wudingchuan Valley was between the main force of the Western Army and the Xixia elite heavy armored cavalry led by Liang Yimi.
Before this, Xixia had seen the power of muskets, but this was not enough to scare Xixia. It was just a slightly enhanced version of the crossbow, but they had not seen the power of artillery. They thought that the best long-range strike of the Song Army was
The bed crossbow has not changed the tactics, it is still a heavy armor charge.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As you can imagine, the result was that I was stunned by the bombardment of thirty artillery pieces.
What the hell.
Never seen it before!
Moreover, Zhong'e also had an elite cavalry in his hands. The strength of the Western Army was that they had cavalry. Zhong'e's tactics were actually very practical. There was a burst of artillery bombardment in the middle, and two cavalry outflanked Liang Yi's 80,000 elite troops.
, intercepted at the waist.
I have to mention that firearms are only secondary. The main reason for the victory is that after this reform, the Song army's combat effectiveness has also been significantly improved. It is not weaker than the main force of Xixia, and Liang Yi who was killed fled in embarrassment.
To make matters worse for Xixia, when news of the defeat of the main force reached his base camp, Mizhi Village, some of the leading party, the Royal Faction, hidden in Mizhi Village, directly rebelled and occupied Mizhi Village.
As soon as Mizhi Village was lost, Xiazhou in the west was also in chaos. The Xiazhou defender was very direct and led his troops to surrender without hesitation. The main defensive force was lost and they could not defend themselves. In addition, internal demands were made
surrender.
At this moment, an order from the marching commander suddenly came from the rear, asking them to immediately build up the defense of Xiazhou and not to go further west.
At this time, Wang Shao had already rushed to Yanzhou from Xihe and set up the Chinese army's tent here. Because at the beginning of the war, Wang Shao led his troops to capture Lanzhou and severely damaged the main Xixia force of 20,000 who came to attack, and occupied Lanzhou.
With more favorable terrain, he now ordered Zhong Shidao to lead his troops to defend the area, while he rushed to the northern front to take charge of the overall situation.
In the Chinese military tent.
Whether it is Wang Shao or Zhong E and other generals, they are all dressed as businessmen. After all, the Song Dynasty did not declare war. They cannot enter in the name of the Song Army. We are all businessmen.
"Who cut off my supply of food and grass?"
Suddenly, I saw a veteran general who looked energetic, with gray hair and a boyish face, striding into the big tent with an angry look on his face.
This man's name was Gao Zunyu, he was the cousin of Queen Mother Gao Taotao and the commander-in-chief of Huanqing Road. It was he who captured Yanzhou.
Zhonge, Zhejishi, Yao Si, the eunuch Li Xian and other military commanders all remained silent.
Who can afford this?
Wang Shaoxiao asked: "Has the old general received an order to garrison Yanzhou?"
Gao Zunyu said: "Now that our army is overwhelming and Xixia is defeated, we should take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Xiping Mansion in one fell swoop. If we don't attack now, by the time they have reorganized their troops, it will be too late. The opportunity to fight is fleeting."
, do you understand or not."
They also nodded silently.
well said!
They were all called back by Wang Shao, but now that the Song army was in high spirits, they missed the opportunity in vain.
And they also looked down upon Wang Shao.
After all, he is a man of letters.
Wang Shao asked again: "The old general has not answered my question yet, can he receive the order to station in Yanzhou?"
Gao Zunyu said: "I received it, but I don't understand why you did this."
Wang Shao said: "Since the old general has received it, he should be like other generals and wait for me to come before making a decision instead of sending troops without authorization.
Now that the old general is disobeying military orders, I have decided to temporarily take back the old general’s power to command troops.”
Gao Zunyu was stunned for a moment.
Li Xian hurriedly said: "General Manager, please calm down. This change of generals before the battle is a taboo in military operations. Besides, General Gao has just made great achievements, and doing this...!"
"Disobeying orders is a taboo in military operations."
Wang Shao glanced at him and said, "I don't know what order you received, but when I received the order, it never mentioned marching into Xiping Mansion and annihilating Xixia. I only mentioned one thing when I received the order, which was to protect
Trade, protect the interests of our allies, and protect the interests of the people on the border.
Now that our tasks have been completed, the next step is to build defensive forts, build public security and law, restore people's livelihood here, and resume trade. Therefore, I specially invited Cao Shangshu to come here for this trip."
All the generals were stunned.
What?
Finished?
this......!
We haven't even started yet!
In fact, only Xihe and Xiazhou fought two wars. In other areas, it was all done by the smugglers. We have just rolled up our sleeves and haven't even started yet.
And even one step further, it only occupies one-thirtieth of Xixia's territory, but they are all relatively prosperous prefectures and counties.
Wang Shao ignored their shock, looked at Gao Zunyu and said: "Please ask the old general to hand over the military seal."
Gao Zunyu suddenly came to his senses and pointed angrily at Wang Shao, "You nerd, how dare you do this? I want to read your book."
Wang Shao wrote lightly: "If the old general is dissatisfied, he can raise it in the military court. Come here."
Two soldiers came in immediately.
"Please ask General Gao out."
"yes."
When Gao Zunyu saw this, he immediately went berserk. He bared his teeth and claws at Wang Shao and spat out sweet fragrance, but it was of no use until he was pulled out by two soldiers.
The commander-in-chief sitting here immediately re-evaluated the power of the marching commander in his mind.
In terms of status and identity, even Cao Ping cannot compare to Gao Zunyu.
But now, just because he took a few more steps forward, he was relieved of military authority.
From a historical point of view, Wang Shao was a truly treacherous minister, and even the official Li Xian was not as arrogant as him.
Wang Shao ignored them and continued to assign tasks, which were to comprehensively defend, build forts, and manage these territories.
After the meeting, Cao Ping went to Wang Shao and said, "General Gao is the cousin of Empress Dowager Gao. Isn't it a little too reckless for you to use him to establish your authority?"
The two were also old partners in Xihe, and Wang Shao did not hide it from him, saying: "I have no choice but to send troops without permission. And in the face of these military exploits that are easily available, there is no way to suppress them without resorting to extraordinary measures."
Generals.
Judging from the current situation, we do not need to send troops at all. We can eliminate Xixia just by defending. Now many commercial and prosperous towns along the border have been captured by us, including Yanzhou. Soon Xixia will be in internal and external troubles, and we
You can also use this as a basis to further infiltrate and continue to send troops, which will arouse the same hatred among the party members.
If we stop taking action and take care of the local people's livelihood, it will intensify the internal conflicts in Xixia and win the hearts and minds of the local people. This is the key to our victory, not to mention that our army has to defend the Liao Kingdom's possible southward movement.
As for General Gao, it will be decided by the imperial court at that time, I am just following orders."
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Having said that, in fact, if we want to fight, the supply of food and grass will not be available. Since the Song Dynasty has not declared war on Xixia, there is no way to mobilize a large number of people to transport food and grass. Currently, all the food and grass for the former army are handled by merchants. The person in charge
They are not officials, but Fan Zheng.
At Wang Shao's request, Fan Zheng and others hired Xixia people who had lost their livelihood due to the war in the name of merchants. Because they were hiring, the wages were quite high.
In addition, there is salt. Why did Wang Shao set up the Chinese army's tent in Yanzhou? It was because salt was produced here and it was an economic hub.
In the past, the salt here was good and cheap. The reason for the cheapness was that prices in Xixia were relatively low. But now that this place belongs to the Song Dynasty, prices have naturally been unified, and the local salt price has increased tenfold.
Although Wang Shao still retained the local interests of the surrendered nobles in accordance with the contract, but since I have increased the price of salt, you must also increase the remuneration of the salt households.
The local salt farmer really covered his mouth and laughed. There is such a good thing. Am I being occupied?
Oh my God.
The interests that originally belonged to Liang Yimi and other big nobles were all confiscated and auctioned off to private traders who had made military exploits.
At the same time, they first implemented contract laws locally, which actually weakened the influence of those nobles.
Many local people have completely put aside their fears and actively engaged in production.
However, the Song army had great victories one after another, which caused panic in Xixia to a certain extent. However, they suddenly found that the Song army was no longer fighting.
This made Queen Mother Liang confused.
what's the situation?
It is completely incomprehensible that the Song army should stop advancing under such a situation of having such an advantage.
Don’t they understand the principle of making great efforts and then failing again?
finally.
They blamed the Song army's missed opportunity on the civilian leadership.
They have learned that the commander-in-chief is Wang Shao, a scholar. The current movements of the Song army are completely in line with the nature of a scholar.
Empress Dowager Liang and the others were overjoyed.
This is really God helping me.
Reorganize your troops and horses immediately and prepare for counterattack.
But she was not stupid. She knew that she needed to unite people now, so she publicized that the reason why the Song army did not dare to advance was because they were afraid of the Liao Kingdom, which was not a good intention.
Wang Shao was also engaged in rhetorical warfare against Xixia. He personally wrote a letter to the Empress Dowager Liang: You are a Han woman. You should know Confucian etiquette. How can you put the king under house arrest? This is a Confucian taboo. Release the king quickly.
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Empress Dowager Liang was so angry that she was furious. It was because I was a Han woman that I did this. If you keep bringing this up, aren't you deliberately trying to cause trouble?
However, she also used Wang Shao's remarks to promote herself. We have abolished Han rituals, so why can't I be in power? Moreover, those who support Li Bingchang are mostly Han surrenderers, and they are all traitors.