Chapter five hundred and fourteenth marine transportation line
In the bright hall, the prime minister and the assistant are at the top, and there are many books from the six departments in the hall.
"Han Shizhong of Tanzhou just sent someone to tell them that the Jurchens outside the Great Wall have begun premeditated transportation and hoarding of grain and grass. It seems that they suffered enough losses last time, knowing that once the wall is fortified and the wilderness is cleared, they will not even be able to find a grain of rice to eat in Youyan.
"Yang Lin sighed and continued to scold: "I don't understand. The Khitan Yunzhou small court has such a hot cake right there, but the Jurchen Tatars just don't fight. They cry and shout every day to come to Youyan and us.
Try your best, why do you have to do this?"
Zhang Shangying said with a smile: "Whenever the alien tribes in the north rise, all they want in their minds is to go south to plunder. This point has been made very clear in countless volumes of Qing history. In the hot summer, even animals know how to go to the shade of trees to enjoy the coolness.
In the dead of winter, insects and ants also know how to go underground to escape the cold. In the barren land in the north, it is bitterly cold all year round. How could the Jurchens not want to go south?"
The battle between Song and Jin was inevitable, and almost everyone present knew this.
Wanyan Aguda raised the army in advance, so he was not yet old and still had the ambition and strength to conquer the south. In addition, Wanyan Wu died in Youyan as a beggar. No matter from which aspect, he could not bear it.
Yang Lin stood up and walked to the map on the wall. All the officials followed him and stared at the map.
"This is the land of Youyan. There have been wars and disasters all year round. Now it has been peaceful for a year. The fields have been abandoned and have not been cultivated. If we want to be ready for war, we must prepare supplies in advance. Once the war starts, hundreds of thousands of troops will have to eat and drink.
, armor and weapons are difficult to supply by temporary transportation.”
The Song Dynasty did not have this problem in the past, because when they fought, they often forgot to supply the front line, and the officials in the court were not in a hurry. Anyway, in their opinion, it was better for the warriors to lose the battle than to win.
Only if we lose can we continue to suppress the military people and realize the great situation of this dynasty emphasizing culture and suppressing military force.
During the Shenzong period, the Song army attacked the capital of Xixia. Tens of thousands of people starved to death because of lack of food, and were beaten back.
In the Song Dynasty, which was known as a wealthy country, soldiers often fought on an empty stomach, especially the Western Army, whose grandma did not care for her and her uncle did not love, which was the worst of the misfortunes.
If it hadn't been clearly recorded in history books, no one in later generations would have imagined that the only field army capable of fighting in a wealthy dynasty did not receive a grain of food for three years when it faced a powerful enemy.
Now that Yang Lin is in power, he will naturally not let such things continue to happen. He pointed to the Tianjin Port Road: "This is our newly built city, named Tianjin Wei, and it is a good dock port. Now the canal has just started, and it is still
It cannot be put into use, and the roads in Hebei are blocked and difficult to travel, so the only option is to transport it by sea."
Everyone in the Mingtang whispered timidly. Shipping by sea inevitably required naval escort. As a result, it was very likely that the powerful navy of the Song Dynasty would appear on the vast sea.
Can these people be controlled...
Yang Lin has been around the court for a long time, and he can tell at a glance what these people are thinking. They must be worried that the warriors will be difficult to control.
It has to be said that during the Five Dynasties, the military suppressed them too hard and too rampantly. As a result, these scholars now are more wary of military generals than foreigners. They are afraid that if they are not careful, the world may be in chaos. In fact, they
Totally over-worrying.
Nowadays, the generals want to separate their empires, and they have no base of their own. They only have a group of soldiers, but they may not listen to them. If you can't pay these soldiers, who will work for you and rebel against you?
The Song Dynasty's defense against generals was too much, and it directly resulted in being beaten everywhere.
Zhang Shangying suddenly remembered that Yang Lin came to him a few days ago to discuss the formation of the Nanhai Navy.
Now, under the pretext of transporting food by sea from Jiangnan to Tianjin, it seems that the navy will be formed. A look of worry appeared on Zhang Shangying's forehead. "Wenyuan, transporting food by sea will inevitably require naval protection. What do you think of Chenghai?"
Can a navy master do it?"
Yang Lin thought to himself, you are asking, I have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. He gently twisted his wrist and said: "It is definitely not enough. The Chengcheng navy must be prepared to prevent the Jurchens from going south. It should be noted that the Jurchen Tatars have merged with the Bohai Sea.
There are hundreds of thousands of people, and Bohai people have always been good at shipbuilding. The Chenghai navy is responsible for the East China Sea. As for other routes, I am going to petition the officials to add a new navy."
The ministers looked at their noses and hearts. Now that you have big fists, you have the final say. Only Wang Chaoli agreed and stood up and said: "If we form a navy, we can recruit soldiers and horses from Lingnan. The land there is barren and many residents along the coast are
They are good at fishing and hunting. These people are familiar with water properties and can get twice the result with half the effort through training.”
Yang Lin nodded. The land along the coast of Fujian is really poor and pitiful. In these places, even if the weather is good, they can't harvest many crops, let alone disasters. What's so lucky is that these places are close to the sea.
In places like this, accidents happen every now and then, whether it's a tsunami or an earth dragon turning over. In the Song Dynasty, this situation continued to increase.
The Song Dynasty caught up with a bad time. The Yellow River also began to deteriorate at this time, and various geological disasters occurred frequently. In terms of bad luck, it was second only to the Ming Dynasty that caught up with the Little Glacier.
Since farming cannot support the whole family, the people along the coast have to find other ways to make a living.
Yang Lin made a decision and said, "That's it. Let's submit a letter together and invite the officials."
Everyone murmured, why has it been decided? Isn't this the moment we are discussing that you are about to make a decision?
Let's talk about it and criticize it, but no one dares to speak out against it.
The navy at sea is too difficult to control, even more difficult to manage than the military on land. Zhang Shangying still wanted to make a last-ditch effort and said: "Wenyuan, should we wait until the Jiaozhi matter is over before forming a navy. Now the situation in the north is about to break out. Jiaozhi
There are still hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses fighting. Once the Song and Jin Dynasties start fighting, it will be a war between the north and the south. By then, the supplies will probably be somewhat dwarfed by comparison."
"What's the problem in fighting a war on both sides? When I was in charge of the war in Youyan, the northwest black... Song Jiang led nearly 100,000 northwest soldiers to attack and destroy the Karakhan Dynasty." Yang Lin pointed to the map.
The young Jiaozhi said: "This tiny place must not be a constraint on our decision-making."
In fact, Jiaozhi did not involve many soldiers and horses from the Song Dynasty. They just left and paid to support their rebel armies and started fighting each other.
Fang Qifu was like a stringer in a shadow play, directing countless North Cochin people to fight south like crazy.
The Northland has always been discriminated against by the Li Dynasty of Cochin. In addition, the Cham pirates were lawless here, and the people who paid taxes every year did not receive any protection from the Li Dynasty. They had long been holding back their energy to rebel.
Seeing that Zhang Shangying could not persuade him, Zhang Shangying suddenly felt uncomfortable and wanted to retreat.
I'm getting old... Zhang Shangying thought to himself.