A lively drama is over, but it has become a fact that Empress Dowager Xie and Emperor Deyou have been stripped of their titles and expelled from the clan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info In order to facilitate this matter, Zhao Yu and Empress Dowager Yang discussed secretly many times, and the tears of the mother and son were left to have a basin, but they still refused to nod. Later, he had no choice but to repeatedly promise that after the restoration of the country, they would be restored and canonized again, so as to obtain the consent of the Empress Dowager Yang and enable the plan to be carried out smoothly.

Although the plan of 'moving the troubled waters eastward' had been successfully launched, Zhao Yu did not dare to guarantee that Kublai Khan would be able to win the scheme, so he did not dare to relax his war preparations at all. It is gratifying that this year's wind and rain in Qiongzhou are smooth, there is no major disaster, the two crops of rice are growing well and reaping a bumper harvest, according to statistics, the average production capacity per mu has reached three stones, and it is expected that the prefectures and counties of the whole island and the new reclamation farm can produce about 2.5 million stone of grain.

Zhao Yu calculated that in addition to the peasants' own retention, there would be millions of stone of surplus grain flowing into the market, but what made him feel painful was that because of the tax reduction, he had to spend his own money to buy the surplus grain in the hands of the peasants to ensure military needs, and in order to avoid the peasants from being hurt by the grain, he had to maintain a high purchase price, which alone would cost 700,000 yuan. In order to promote consumption and stimulate the economy, he changed the rule that the imperial court was half in kind and half in money, and all of it was distributed in money, so that some surplus grain could be digested into the market.

In addition, Zhao Yu ordered the First Army to repair the bridges and roads that were damaged during the rainy season, so that the mobile access of the various departments could be guaranteed; The refurbishment and strengthening of coastal defense facilities by the Second and Third Armed Forces must be completed before the arrival of the dry season. At the same time, one-third of the warships and baggage ships distributed along the strait were evacuated to the south of the island, first, as a way to prevent the enemy from copying their own back roads; Second, it can carry various armies south of the island to reinforce the north of the island when necessary.

Because Qiongzhou is too small, this also leads to no defensive depth, so the success or failure of the battle depends on whether it can hold the beachhead and defeat the enemy naval army. If the Mongol army breaks through the beachhead, it will be difficult for the follow-up troops to win on the island, so Zhao Yu still focuses on the decisive battle at sea. The Privy Council was instructed to draw up operational plans, strengthen offensive and defensive, counter-shock, and rapid mobility training for all armies, and organize naval forces to conduct confrontation exercises with them, so as to find loopholes in the defense and test the combat capability of the defending troops.

Now that the grain harvest has been completed, Zhao Yu ordered the military department, the household department, and various prefectures and counties to organize Ding Yong to conduct military training, strengthen patrols of blind spots along the coast, and renovate city defenses and equipment. ordered the Ministry of Engineering to step up the construction of weapons and armor and refurbish the warship; The Imperial Inspectorate increased the production of gunpowder to ensure the production of flowering bombs and rockets for military use; The rest of the ministries also had to draw up evacuation and evacuation plans, and lead the military and civilians to move to the sea in the event of unfavorable fighting, so as to preserve their strength......

Now that the various ministries of the imperial court have been reorganized and are on the right track, and there is a chief executive in charge of the ministries, Zhao Yu no longer needs to worry about everything as before, he only needs to review and supervise the work plans of the ministries. Therefore, he can focus more on the military aspect, and in addition to inspecting the various armies to strengthen combat readiness, intelligence work is still what Zhao Yu is most concerned about.

Only with big input can there be great output, especially in ancient times when there were few channels to obtain information and spread slowly, in order to obtain valuable information in a timely manner, we could only rely on a large number of manpower to collect it. Now, after continuous construction, the intelligence agency of Xingchao has been perfected, and it is no longer limited to one bureau.

Now the Privy Council has set up an espionage department, which is responsible for the reconnaissance of the border situation, which is managed by the Marquis of Duyu; Zhongshu Province has set up a Jiyi Division, which is responsible for collecting information on the politics and economy of neighboring countries and the prefectures and counties in China. In addition, there is the duty of eliminating traitors and sending spies abroad, which is directly managed by the left and right ministers. In addition, each army also has a direct scout team, whose main task is to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, such as leading the generals, the strength of the army, weapons and equipment, troop deployment and marching routes, etc., they belong to the dual management of the Privy Council Espionage Department and the military governors of the ministries.

Of course, the most complete functions and the most staffed are the Imperial City Affairs Bureau under the direct jurisdiction of Zhao Yu. With the support of the emperor, they were not constrained by the budget, were well funded, and had the privilege of directly confronting the saints, so they remained Zhao's most relied upon source of information. After several years of development, it has a huge organization with more than 3,000 permanent personnel and no less than 10,000 spies on the periphery. Their tentacles have reached as far north as the capital of the Yuan Dynasty, and they have set up intelligence stations on various roads in the south of the Yangtze River, sub-stations have been set up in important prefectures and counties, and intelligence agents have also been active in various counties.

With the relocation of the dynasty, Zhao Yu also took the opportunity to place some personnel of the bureau in various institutions of the imperial court, so that they could have an open identity and be more convenient for collecting intelligence. For example, the spies of the first and fifth departments, who were responsible for monitoring the dignitaries of the imperial court and collecting information on the civil economy, were mostly the langzhong and chief officials of each ministry, and the judges of the prefectures and counties, the military officers, the county officials, and the chief secretaries. They may seem inconspicuous, but they are indispensable and have direct access to core matters and secrets.

The action team, which is the only armed force of the Bureau, has also been strengthened, and now has more than 500 members, divided into a brigade and more than a dozen squads, except for the brigade stationed in the headquarters, the rest are distributed in various areas in the south of the Yangtze River, and they only obey the orders of the headquarters, and the intelligence stations have no right to command, but the stations have the obligation to cooperate with their actions. They became an elite force to deter the enemy, and took on the task of escorting caravans to and from both sides of the strait.

The existence of the three intelligence teams is not subordinate to each other, and the sources of intelligence are different, so it is inevitable that loopholes will arise. In order to prevent omissions and delays in the warplane, Zhao Yu asked the Zhongshu Province and the Privy Council to submit the collected information to the Military Aircraft Department every five days, and the daily routine report of the Secretariat has long been a rule, so that they can corroborate and supplement each other. And he soon couldn't bear it, and the information he gathered was getting more and more, and he had no time to read and study them one by one.

This situation forced Zhao to organize a team to organize and process the intelligence of various departments, filter out some worthless and repetitive ones, and then reorganize them into a briefing note and send it to his desk. After he reviewed it, he fed back some of the information to the Zhongshu Province, the Shangshu Province and the Privy Council, so that he became an intelligence distribution center here, and completed the collection and interpretation of the information.

However, Zhao Yu relied on the Secretariat the most, because he was the earliest, the most sound organization, and the most complete types of intelligence collected. Of course, all this is based on his trust and support, but there are also hidden concerns, especially in the increase in the economic activities involved in the Bureau, which has made itself a huge amount of black money, and the strength and power of the Secretariat are also expanding rapidly.

Zhao Yu knows very well that absolute power will inevitably lead to corruption, especially for a privileged unit like the Affairs Bureau, which will bring great trouble and losses to itself once it gets out of control. To solve this problem, in addition to strict discipline, it is also necessary to strengthen supervision, and he finally understood the reason why the Ming Dynasty was setting up the East Factory and the West Factory again, but this would undoubtedly aggravate the struggle for power and the bloated institutions.

Zhao Hao did not want to follow the old path of the Ming emperor, so he could only reform the system, so he strictly ordered the bureau not to participate in the affairs of the administrative department, and it only had the duty of collecting intelligence and providing clues, but did not have the right to make decisions, so as to avoid them colluding with officials at all levels. In addition, the economic activities of the Secretariat are strictly controlled, and the procurement office is set up to gradually separate it from the business department, and all income must be approved by the General Division before it can be disbursed, so as to prevent the Secretariat from becoming a profit-making organization......

"Your Majesty, good news!" After the beginning of October, while Qiongzhou was vigorously armed, various intelligence agencies also stepped up their activities to detect the movements of the enemy. On this day, Zheng Huchen entered the palace to meet him, and as soon as he met, he smiled and said.

"Oh, what news, make you happy that the old trees are blooming!" Zhao Yu was now accustomed to Zheng Huchen's smile that was more ugly than crying, and put down his pen and asked.

"Your Majesty, Kublai Khan was extremely furious when he learned that his envoys were detained by Annan, and he has decided to use troops against Annan and Champa!" Zheng Huchen said.

"That's good news!" Zhao Hao smiled.

He didn't know if his arrival had changed the trajectory of history, and Kublai Khan, while sending envoys to surrender himself, also accelerated his pressure on the southwestern Tibetan states. He ordered the envoys of Annam to be detained and issued an edict, which probably means: Chen Huang, the king of Annam, since you said that you would not come to the court to see you if you are sick, and you will naturally not be able to govern if you are so seriously ill, then you can recuperate with peace of mind! I will send your uncle Chen Yiai, who is hostage in Dadu, to replace you as king and govern Annam.

At about the same time when Liumengyan and they came to Qiongzhou, Kublai Khan still used Chai Chun as the marshal of Annan Xuanzhi to comfort the capital, and Buyan Timur was Annan Daru Huachi, leading 1,000 troops to escort the "King of Annam" Chen Yiai back to China and take the throne. It turned out that it was too naïve to want the tenacious Chen Dynasty to submit to it with an army of 1,000 yuan and a puppet King of Annam. As soon as Chai Chun and Chen Yiai and his entourage entered the border of Annan, they were attacked by heavy troops, the Yuan army was scattered, Chai Chun was injured in the chaos, and Chen Yiai disappeared.

Chai Chun was frightened and did not dare to move forward, so he ordered someone to go to Shenglong to ask for the crime, and asked to track down Chen Yiai's whereabouts. The Chen father and son did not dare to tear their faces with the envoy and sent people to greet them, but insisted that they were attacked by thieves and had nothing to do with them. As for Chen Yiai, they don't know where to go, it is estimated that they hid because they were scared and did not dare to return to China, and they would also send troops to escort the angels, but Chai Chun refused to go again, but sent people to Pegasus to tell the capital.

"According to the report of the spies under his subordinates, it was the Chen family's clan soldiers who attacked the Yuan envoy team, and Chen Yiai has also been captured and sent to Shenglong for detention, and Chai Chun led the remnants of the army to retreat to the border to standby!" Zheng Huchen continued.

"Kublai Khan is really arrogant enough, he casually wants to replace other people's emperors, but he doesn't know that there are many poor mountains and bad waters. No matter how cowardly the Chen family is, he will not be willing to lose the throne at this time, it is inevitable to rise up and strike a blow, Chen Yiai is estimated to have been frustrated and ashes at this time, and evaporated in the world! Zhao Hao smiled.

"What Your Majesty said is exactly that Chen Yiai has completely lost news after being secretly escorted to Thang Long, and it is estimated that as Your Majesty said, he has been executed in private." Zheng Huchen said.

"When the news is transmitted back to Dadu, Kublai Khan's character will definitely not give up, and he will definitely retaliate when he gets the news!" Zhao Hao chuckled.

He knew that the Mongols had built the largest empire in history, and in order to accommodate the rule of the vast domain, the rulers carried out active reforms in the post post area, greatly expanding the range of post roads. After Kublai Khan unified the Central Plains, he established a strict "station red" system in the vast territory, so that the post communication was very effective in unifying the Mongolian station and Han post system, and established a horse delivery network with the post station as the main body and the foot delivery network with the express shop as the main body, with timely and rapid communication between the central and local and local contacts.

"Hehe, the spies over there in Dadu reported that Kublai Khan was furious when he got the news, but he considered that our dynasty occupied Qiongzhou and continued to harass the southeast, and some places also responded. Champa also repeatedly refused to make a pilgrimage and send his son as a hostage, and it was difficult to cope with the war at the same time, so he asked the king of Annam to go to Beijing for the Hajj and pay tribute. At this time, the two traitors of Liu Mengyan also happened to return to Dadu, and they changed their minds again! Zheng Huchen said with a smile. Looking at the little emperor, his eyes were full of respect, he was the main executor of this matter, so he naturally knew His Majesty's calculations, when the firewood arrived, how much time it took on the road, etc., and then adjusted the arrangements on this side based on this to ensure that Kublai Khan could get the information he wanted in a 'timely manner'.

"Then did he decide to attack the city first and pretend to be Annam?" Because now that history has been disrupted by his own existence, Zhao Yu is not sure if Kublai Khan has also changed his mind, so he guessed.

"Your Majesty is really a god, just guess it!" Zheng Huchen was immune to the little emperor's prediction ability, so he didn't express great surprise, but just praised it.

After Kublai Khan listened to the return of the two thieves, Liumengyan and Wang Jiweng, he was not surprised by the failure of persuasion, but admired His Majesty's decision to draw a clear line with the Empress Dowager and Emperor Deyou. However, he was very angry at the alliance between the Chinese dynasty and Champa and Annam, believing that the fickleness and rebellion of the two countries must be punished, and at the same time breaking the alliance between the three countries, he decided to mobilize troops from the southeastern provinces to pacify the countries of the South China Sea. ”

"Now they divided their troops into two routes, all the way to the left of the province of Zhancheng Liu Shen and the right Cheng instigated the capital, commanding 5,000 troops, 100 warships to set off from Guangzhou, floating the sea to take the capital of Zhancheng. The other sent a document to Annam in the name of Jinghu Zhancheng Province, saying that the imperial court wanted to transfer troops to crusade against Zhancheng, ordered them to open the road to prepare food, and sent the prince to meet them and discuss the military together. Otherwise, the army will stop at Annam! ”

"Kublai Khan has a good calculation and wants to carry out a false plan to destroy the enemy, so I don't know who will lead the army by land?" Zhao Hao nodded and said, this has not changed, and suddenly thought of something and asked......