Chapter 1: Confrontation (1)

The shock of the Fujian campaign slowly began to show up after the winter.

Suodu was among the Yuan army and has always been known for winning a hundred battles. A year ago, with 2,000 fine armor, he scared off tens of thousands of allied troops of the Great Song Dynasty and relieved the siege of Quanzhou. In the blink of an eye, he and his more than 30,000 soldiers were all killed, and this result was unpredictable and unbelievable.

When things became unexplainable, some side arguments began to spread through various channels.

The murder caused by Suodu was too heavy, which caused the Buddha to be angry, and he sent the nine-tailed demon fox to descend a thick fog, leading the Suodu army to death, and then disintegrating his military heart, and killing it with the hands of the fake Song people. This is a theory that contains karma, which is widely spread among the people, but few people in the upper echelons of the Yuan Court believe it.

They believed another rumor, that is, when the two armies were fighting, Liu Shen, the Han general on the flank of Suodu, passively avoided the battle, deliberately led the army to withdraw, and pushed the 30,000 elites of the Suodu Department into the encirclement of the Song army.

The reason why Liu Shen passively avoided the war was because he was jealous of Yu Suo's repeated miraculous feats and was deeply favored by Kublai Khan. The second reason is that as the marshal of the Han army, Liu Shen still has pity for the Great Song Dynasty in his heart, and hopes to leave an inch of land for the Song family in the southeast.

Regarding Liu Shen's framing of Suodu, there is an even more vicious theory that has been widely circulated. As a famous general who has been on the battlefield for a long time, Liu Shen knows the importance of the Mongol, Tanmachi, Han and Southern coalition armies under Suodu on the battlefield. If this army was destroyed, the Mongol army south of the Yangtze River and the Tanmachi army of the Great Yuan would go in half. In the future, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River will be determined by them, the Han generals and the southern future. And Hanchen and Nanchen, who surrendered, were originally in the same spirit, and after they controlled the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, they further controlled the entire Great Yuan Dynasty.

As Wen Tianxiang expected in advance, Kublai Khan's Great Yuan was able to bring people of different nationalities and different ranks together, relying on continuous victories on the battlefield. The stimulus of martial arts and spoils of war can temporarily cover up the contradictions within the Yuan Dynasty. When the front suffered setbacks on the battlefield, the contradictions within the imperial court were quickly exposed, and under the combined effect of internal and external contradictions, the history of the Yuan Dynasty and the orbit of another time and space became more and more distant.

Zhang Hongfan, who was ordered to return to the court, failed to immediately command the allied forces of Mongolia, Han and the Western Regions to go to the southeast to "suppress bandits" as originally planned, and on the contrary, under the strong opposition of some Mongol and Semu ministers, Kublai Khan had to recall Liu Shen, the marshal of the Han army, from Jiangnan to Dadu to be punished. and transferred back Li Heng, who was caught in the quagmire of suppressing bandits, from the front line of the bandit suppression in Dazhen Mountain, and asked him to train the coalition army that was about to go out with Zhang Hongfan, Arakhan, and Ali Hague.

The so-called rectification training is to try to bring the allied forces of all ethnic groups together before setting out on the battlefield, so as to avoid mutual suspicion on the battlefield. The coach Zhang Hongfan and the three deputy marshals belong to four different ethnic groups: Han, Dangxiang, Mongolian, and Semu. The marshals can't get along because of the interests of their respective ethnic groups, let alone the soldiers below. On the royal school field near Zhuojun, a farce of tearing each other down began to be staged.

Time quietly entered the second year of Xiangxing.

For most of the winter, the Yuan army did not organize a large-scale offensive. Fujian and Guangdong, which were controlled by the Great Song Dynasty, took advantage of this rare opportunity for "peace" to recuperate.

After capturing Quanzhou in one fell swoop, annihilating Suodu, and driving Liu Shen away, there was no strong enemy behind the broken army, and the pressure on survival was greatly reduced. Although there was a certain threat to the imperial court on the flank, there was a buffer from the Xing Song army in Zhang and Chaozhou, and there was no chance to break through the back road of the captive army.

Under the management of the ministries under the Prime Minister's Office, the war-torn province of Fujian quickly recovered its vitality.

The early spring sun shines through the clouds and on the mountains around Shaowu. The willow wind blows the face and the apricot blossom rain does not get wet, it is a good time to go out and enjoy the scenery.

A group of people slowly walked up the stone steps between the mountains. Walking in the forefront are two Tsing Yi scribes, while walking, pointing out the country, gestures, revealing the elegance of full learning. The two are similar in age, equal height, and similar in dress, and they can't see the expressions on their faces clearly from a distance, and it is difficult to say which of them is the host and who is the guest. If you look closely at the walking posture, you will find that the pace of the host and the guest are very different.

The scribe on the left walks with a firm step, and the distance between each step is almost equal. Obviously, he has a career as a horse and has been trained in the military. The Confucian on the right, on the other hand, struggled with great difficulty, and every step was hesitant.

"Junshi, you need to hurry, otherwise we won't be able to get to the Academy of Science and Technology until it gets dark!" After walking for a while, the scribe on the left turned back and spoke to his companion.

"Hey, people don't have the ability to do their bones, I knew that Song Rui hid the Academy of Sciences so deeply, so I don't have to bother!" The Confucian on the right gasped and defended himself, his words full of unwillingness.

"Junshi is the same age as me, in his forties, where can he be an old word. I see that after you go back, you still hurry up and exercise, and strive to live to see the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty smashing Huanglong! ”

The scribe laughed and protested, waved his hand, and ordered the guards to hire two porters to carry the Confucian on top of the slide.

"Brother Wen, Lu didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it......" Confucian was on the slider, arching his hands, his face red. I don't know if I didn't expect my body to be so weak compared to the other party, or if my knowledge is so short compared to the other party.

That's right, he is Lu Xiufu, Lu Xiufu who took the officials of the Ministry of Industry to "study" in Fujian for a month and a half. For more than 40 days, he spent every day in novelty and shock.

He did not expect that northern Fujian would be so prosperous under the governance of Wen Tianxiang. On the streets, there is a lot of traffic. In the market, there is a dazzling array of goods. In the school, there is a lot of daily books.

This is a scenery that can only be found in a peaceful and prosperous era, and when he first came, Lu Xiufu couldn't believe his eyes. After several days of continuous observation, he was sure that what he was seeing was not an illusion. Everything in front of me is true, but everything has changed, not only the military system, the rule of officials, but also the people. When most of the people in the market saw the officials, they no longer shrank and dodged, but raised their heads and looked directly into their faces, with a look of self-esteem and confidence that they had never seen before.

He didn't expect Wen Tianxiang's reform to be so bold. Farther and more urgent than the legend says, and every day, moving towards new goals.

After the end of the Fujian War, the army broke away from the original military system of the Great Song Dynasty. In retaliation for the imperial court's distrust of him (Lu Xiufu believes), Wen Tianxiang abolished all the original titles in the Great Song army and replaced them with a new promotion system. The officers are divided into four grades: sergeant, lieutenant, colonel, and general, and each level is listed as a lower (less), middle, and upper grade. With the concise promotion method of the twelve grades, it has subverted the three hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, which has been restructured several times, and has changed more and more, and has reached more than 50 levels of martial arts.

In line with the change of military ranks, the eight standards of the broken army and a naval division were also expanded again. Under the standard, another regiment was set up, each regiment had a regiment commander, two deputy regiment commanders, three ordinary battalions and one artillery battalion, and 2,000 men. And one standard, it was expanded to three to four regiments, 6,000 to 8,000 people.

Through observation, Lu Xiufu had to admire Wen Tianxiang's clever play, and after some adjustments, simplifications and combing, Wen Tianxiang quietly firmly grasped the entire broken army into his own hands. Officers at the regimental and battalion levels are veterans of a hundred battles who have been trained by the officers' night school and training team. Deep down, even if the high-ranking generals are inclined to return to tradition, it is difficult to pull the troops out and respond to the call of the imperial court.

In addition to the military system, what touched Lu Xiufu the most was the change in the Fujian road official system. Local officials were streamlined to the limit, and all the redundant officials of the original Great Song Dynasty were eliminated. All the food allowances were exempted, and all the relevant officials were abolished. The Prime Minister's Office only controls the local government in terms of criminal names and finances. The parents and officials of the prefecture and county are actually elected by the local people themselves, and the officials only examine their character and ability, and do not interfere with the results of the election.

This is no longer an innovation, but a subversion of tradition, and Lu Xiufu clearly sees this. But at the same time, he was soberly aware that he could not accuse himself of all this. Because of Wen Tianxiang's reform, the century-old disease of the Great Song Dynasty was eliminated and brought vitality to the whole of Fujian.

Whether it is the customs extended from the Municipal Park Division, or the Academy of Sciences born from the Hundred Workshops of the Ministry of Industry, whether it is the circuit court derived from the Criminal Department, or the Legal Department from the Ministry of Justice, each department is more accurate than the original positioning, operates more efficiently, and is more conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood.

Borrowing Wen Tianxiang's concept of the state, Lu Xiufu knew that China under the administration of the Great Song Dynasty was like a seriously ill patient, and every day of delay would make his chronic illness worse. The management method of the Northern Yuan Dynasty court was like a butcher with a knife, who only cut meat from Huaxia, and as for the life and death of the country and the people, they didn't care, and they didn't bother to care.

Inheriting the tradition of the Great Song Dynasty and subverting the Northern Yuan rule, the Fujian military regime adopted a completely new approach. Heal the wounds brought by the Northern Yuan Dynasty to this land, and at the same time, they are also trying to do everything possible to restore the health and vitality of Chinese civilization.

Lu Xiufu no longer dared to evaluate whether Wen Tianxiang did the right thing, and the Confucian heart told him that all this was beneficial to Huaxia. But he did not dare to fully accept Wen Tianxiang's reforms, which were applicable to Fujian, which was a disguised division of the army, but not to the entire imperial court.

After Fujian was occupied by the Yuan army, everything left over from the original Great Song Dynasty was completely destroyed. It can be said that the Northern Yuan Dynasty completely erased the influence of the Great Song Dynasty and turned Fujian into a blank sheet of paper. Wen Tianxiang took back this blank paper, and naturally he could scribble it with a letter pen.

The Xing Dynasty, on the other hand, retains all the traditions of the Great Song Dynasty, including its fatal flaws.

Lu Xiufu no longer had the luxury of being able to bring Wen Tianxiang back to his court. The sprout of the Broken Army has been spit green, and after such a long period of observation, Lu Hideo, who has a pure nature, hopes that it will have a chance to thrive.

As for the road on the side of the imperial court, Lu Xiufu has his own plans. Wen Tianxiang walked a road, maybe it was passable, maybe it didn't work, it was crossing the river by feeling the stones. And the path that the imperial court needs to take has been demonstrated by countless ancient sages and sages. If the breadth of Confucianism is used, Wen Tianxiang's magic weapons and strange skills in Fujian are absorbed, and the way of the sage is used to control Fujian's emerging encyclopedia and miscellaneous science.

At that time, he can make Wen Tianxiang realize who is more correct through comparison. It can also be compared to wake up those who have gone astray behind Wen Tianxiang.

As long as both sides are for the sake of national rejuvenation, their differences may not be truly irreconcilable. The key point is that after seeing the vitality shown by Fujian and the strong strength of the Broken Army, Lu Xiufu suddenly realized that if the two sides merged now, within two months, the imperial court would cease to exist.

At this moment, the imperial court is the master, and the army is the vassal. The act of cutting down the feudal domain should be based on strength, not on the whimsical enthusiasm of the officials.

"Junshi, it's almost there, you have to come down and take a few steps!" Wen Tianxiang's words woke Lu Xiufu from his contemplation. Jumping off the slider and rubbing his somewhat sour eyes, Lu Hideo found himself in a valley mouth surrounded by mountains.

"Further ahead is a military stronghold, and the palanquin drivers can't get close!" Wen Tianxiang explained with a smile, and took Lu Xiufu and the others to the first sentry.

The guards with sharp blades checked everyone's waist tags, raised their hands in salute, and let the group in. Turning the valley mouth, skirting the bamboo forest, and crossing a wooden bridge with a special sign, the scenery in front of you suddenly opens up. A row of green seedlings appeared in front of everyone.

"Brother Wen, what is this?" Lu Xiufu protested in bewilderment.

Several officials from the Ministry of Industry who came with him also changed their faces in an instant, Wen Tianxiang said today that he would take them to see the Academy of Sciences that developed those magic weapons, and they had been on the mountain road for most of the day, and they were tired and half dead, and they actually showed a piece of farmland, wasn't it just to take everyone to be happy?

"The Academy of Sciences is a place for the development of encyclopedias, not just weapons!" Wen Tianxiang smiled and patiently explained to everyone, "Surrounded by mountains, the terrain is low, the air is warm, and the water source is sufficient, so try to plant a few acres of fields, if you plant well, you can send the seeds to the farmers, and teach them how to do it carefully!" ”

Wen Tianxiang leaned over, pinched the soil in the ground, and lifted it in front of everyone. "Since ancient times, China has built a country with ploughing and warfare, and the so-called ploughing does not mean that all the people should be farmers, but that the least number of farmers can feed the most people. The so-called war is not about everyone going to be a warrior, but how to increase the combat effectiveness of the army to the maximum! ”

"Brother Wen has a point, Junshi is taught!" Lu Xiufu solemnly straightened his crown and slammed it to the ground at Wen Tianxiang. The other party said a few words, and solved the confusion in his heart.

While traveling around Fujian, Lu Xiufu found that it was extremely business-oriented, and that it was a bit laissez-faire to the peasants. Although Quanzhou and Fuzhou were excellent seaports, as long as they had money, they could send fleets to Champa and the Wa Kingdom to buy grain. However, after all, food is the lifeblood of the country, and in a short period of time, it can be purchased for emergencies, and if it continues for a long time, it will inevitably cause serious trouble. And today, Master Wen took the lead in taking everyone to see the farmland, which has already shown the importance he attaches to agriculture.

"This is the introduced Champa rice, which the local people have been growing for hundreds of years. But few people can achieve such a high yield per mu as in Annam, so I hired someone to go to Annam and invite a few farmers to show everyone how. On the slope of the mountain is Tianzhu cotton, which is longer than the cotton wool of the Great Song Dynasty, which is more suitable for spinning with the textile machine developed by the Academy of Sciences, and the cloth produced is also better. If someone grows it, the merchants in Quanzhou will not be able to buy Tianzhu's cotton next year. In a few years, Da Song's cotton cloth can be shipped overseas! There is urgent wheat, it is said that it grows quickly, and you can grow vegetables after harvesting the wheat, I will let people try it," Wen Tianxiang pointed to the surrounding land, like a number .......of treasures.

"Brother Song Rui, your Annan farmer was arrested!" Lu Xiufu listened with interest, and suddenly, with a gesture of his hand, he pointed in the direction of the ridge.

On the stalks, two short, dark old men purred as if they were throwing tantrums. And beside them, two men dressed as civil servants and seven or eight local farmers, listened respectfully.

"I was invited with a lot of money, but when I was invited, those people in the Su family used some means!" The head of the guard, Yan Jingyuan, explained for Wen Tianxiang with a smile, "Annan is much poorer and weaker than the Great Song Dynasty, they don't want to come to China, they just feel that the Chinese are not angry, and the good rivers and mountains are occupied by the Mongols!" ”

Everyone's faces were red, Wan Yanjing saw that everyone was embarrassed by what he said, patted his head embarrassedly, and diverted the topic elsewhere, "Don't mention it, I forgot, the Su family went to Annan to transport rice for us, saying that they met Prime Minister Chen!" ”

"Chen Xiang, how is he doing? The king of Annam is willing to go to Annam to stay! Lu Xiufu was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked eagerly. Although the war is calm at the moment, Guangdong cannot form a strategic depth after all. Settling the young emperor overseas, first, can make the two generals Zhang Shijie and Ling Zhen no longer work hard to protect the royal family and concentrate on fighting the Mongols. Second, it can make those relatives and the powerful who snoop on power have nowhere to start, and it will be difficult to repeat the tragedy of Emperor Duanzong.

"Chen Xiang didn't go well, and King Annan only saw him twice, and then avoided talking about it. After all, Annan is only a subject country, and the king will not fight for the safety of other countries! Wen Tianxiang took over and interrupted Lu Xiufu's unrealistic fantasies. If Junshi can move the ministers of the DPRK and China, I hope that Banzai can avoid the exile. Without passing through Quanzhou, the Mongol naval division was unable to attack Liuqiu. And General Zhang's naval division and our Broken Army Naval Division can firmly join forces to control the southeast sea. Although the terrain of Yashan is dangerous, after all, it is too close to the land, once Shaozhou and Yingde are captured by the Yuan army, Yashan will be dangerous! ”

"Lu did his best! The words of the prime minister must be heard directly! Lu Xiufu bowed his hand, with coldness in his politeness. Wen Tianxiang knew that he was not at ease with himself, so he never mentioned this matter again, and pointed and pointed, and passed another sentry. I heard the roar of the waves ahead, but I came to a waterfall.

There was a lot of rain in spring, and the waterfall was flowing rapidly. Falling between the cliffs, pushing several water-wheeled vehicles on the banks of the mountain streams to rotate rapidly. At the other end of the waterwheel, there are layers of gears, and a craftsman is busy, constantly pouring oil on the gears. At the end of the gear, there are layers of pulleys, which are brought up by steel cables to a huge oil hammer, which swings up and down along a specific track as the waterwheel rotates.

Several blacksmiths with smoked faces held the steel armor between the fire tongs and placed it under the oil hammers. I saw the red stars dancing wildly, the purple mist rising, and in a moment, a complete cuirass had been formed.

"Brother Wen, this, what is this!" Lu Xiufu asked in surprise, feeling extremely shocked by the behemoth in front of him.

"This is a waterwheel, and there's a hammer over there, and I've had it for a long time, and it's not new. The Academy of Sciences combined them, and the strength increased tenfold, and the efficacy increased more than tenfold. At present, the effect is not stable, and it has not been sent to the factory. When they're neat and put them in the factory, they can craft armor and steel crossbows, and they'll be much faster! ”

Wen Tianxiang explained to everyone seriously. Lu Xiufu has a desire for knowledge, and he will never hide his secrets. Wen Zhong believes that since ancient times, China has made many scientific and technological inventions, but few have actually popularized them. One reason is the disdain for science and technology among the scholarly class, and the other is the concealment of the inventors. By extending these water-powered devices to the imperial court, the imperial court would be able to become more self-reliant. When they gain a firm foothold in new things, they will unconsciously open their hearts to new ideas, just like themselves.

"Brother Wen, after this artifact is ready, except for the army, will you sell it to you?" Lu Xiufu Laravin Tianxiang's sleeve asked hesitantly.

I used to think that entering the Academy of Sciences was complicated and there were too many guards. Now, he wants to have as many guards around him as possible. Several craftsmen are under water hammer, and the work efficiency is several times that of an ordinary workshop. If this kind of equipment was stolen by the Northern Yuan, with the current territorial and population advantages of the Yuan Court, the task of recovering the homeland of the Great Song Dynasty would be even more difficult.

"Sell, fine military. Sloppy civilian! Wen Tianxianghao said indifferently, as if he was talking about an ordinary thing.

"No!" An official of the Ministry of Industry immediately jumped up to stop him, ignoring the difference in status between the two sides, and protested loudly: "Think twice, if Beiyuan has such a sharp weapon......

"Can the things you buy be better than the original owner?" Wen Tianxiang waved his hand and interrupted the other party's words. He understands that when some new products are put into civilian use, many officials of the Demolition Army have also objected to the same reason: "Only when the people popularize it can the industrial base of the whole country be improved." As for Yuanting, even if you buy one or two, you may not necessarily use them. It will be used, it will not necessarily be valued, it will be used well, it will be repaired, and new properties will be developed. If they don't digest it themselves, they will become dependent on our equipment if they blindly buy it. The more you buy, the lazier you become, and if you run behind us, the distance will only be pulled farther and farther! ”

"Popular? Foundation? The Ministry of Works' officials' eyes were rounder than eggs. He didn't understand these new terms, and he couldn't understand the reasoning behind them.

"The contest between us and the Northern Yuan is not just a contest between armies. If the stalemate continues for a long time, it will be the national strength of both sides that will ultimately decide the outcome of the outcome. And the farmland, the factories and the people under their rule are all part of the national strength! Wen Tianxiang pointed to the farmland in the distance and the chimney nearby, and said softly.

In his mind, he was filled with Wen Zhong's memories. In that year, China's steel production was 30,000 tons, while Japan's was more than 3 million tons; China's pig iron production is 35,000 tons, while Japan's is 2.03 million tons.

With such a huge disparity in national strength, it is strange that the Japanese did not invade.

Some tragedies seem to be accidental, but a few steps back, from a distance, are bound to happen.

At present, the command ability of his own people and the combat ability of the soldiers under his command are not as good as those of the Yuan army. What can be relied on is one or two leading technologies and the entire national strength. In order to improve the national strength, we must first improve the thinking concept of those who manage the country.

Lu Xiufu tried to influence himself and return himself to his original Wen Tianxiang. I didn't have the mind to imperceptibly influence Lu Xiufu and others. When these people returned to the imperial court and tried those new machinery and new modes of production, they would gradually realize that the traditional way of governing was incompatible with the new industry.

When the time comes, they will have to make trade-offs.

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