After Lu Xiufu and Wen Tianxiang visited the little emperor, although they felt that what His Majesty said was a little unreliable, they also made a response to it with suspicion. The facts soon proved that what he said was true, even if the trend of the Mengyuan Dynasty was completely consistent with the prediction of the little emperor, but it was not far from ten, and Zhenjin chose to attribute the military power to the Mongols, the finances to the Semu people, and rely on the Han system politically.

As Boyan was ordered to return to Beijing and go to the northwest of Shangdu with the third prince Timur, Sang Ge also entered the Zhongshu Province in the opposition of Hanchen, and his first fire burned to the Zhongshu Province he presided over - Goukao Zhongshu Province. The hook examination is similar to the meaning of modern auditing, that is, to check the money and grain and sort out the accounts by checking the accounts.

It should be said that Sang Ge is very clever, and he found out that he owed nearly 5,000 ingots and nearly 2,000 ingots of banknotes through the inspection of Zhongshu Province, which also gave him an excuse to rectify Zhongshu Province. As a result, a large number of Zhongshu officials were dismissed, and Sang Ge also gained great prestige in the severe rectification, so he took the opportunity to expand the scope of the hook examination to all ministries and provinces

In the current political environment of Mengyuan, corruption and accepting bribes have become the norm, and it may be a little wrong to say that there are no officials and no corruption, but it is not too much to be greedy. At that time, all the departments of the warehouse were hooked up, and the momentum was very strong, so a large number of central officials were deposed, and the Han officials who were in charge at the time could not escape the crime of dereliction of duty, and were impeached, impeached and dismissed by Sang Ge, or had to compromise with them for fear of his deterrence.

Under the severe crackdown of Sang Ge, the Mengyuan court can be said to have changed overnight, a large number of officials were dismissed, and those who did not step down were also panicked, and they turned to him to obtain asylum, and many people began to follow his path to seek official awards. In just over a month, Sang Ge used the name of the hook examination to crack down on dissidents, promote cronies, and quickly grasp the power of Zhongshu Province.

However, Sang Ge did not stop there, he took the opportunity to play real gold to set up the 'Levy Division' and rank three products, specializing in chasing money and grain. Zhenjin didn't expect that in the two years he had been in power, a large number of courtiers would commit rape under his nose, so he allowed him to play and let him hook the world's money and food. As a result, the scope of the hook examination was expanded, and all localities generally carried out an inventory and collected the money and grain owed for the year, and the deadline was strict and urgent.

Sang Ge must have been very clever from a political point of view, and he said in the prelude that the purpose of the hook examination was entirely to solve the problem of insufficient state use, and it would not hurt the people. This was very much in line with the appetite of real gold, and it was also in line with the Confucian concept of 'putting the people first', which in turn was supported by the Great Khan. However, Sange took advantage of this to expand his power and struck at the local Hanchen, who had always been at odds with him, and the vacancy was filled by the Semu and the Mongols, and the financial faction once again took control of the government.

On the other hand, Zhenjin adopted the strategy of Yuechi Cha'er and restarted the peace negotiations with the Southern Dynasties again, in order to obtain a strategic time buffer, avoid the current two-sided war, and obtain the materials needed through trade. This time, he sent Zuo Cheng Antong of Shangshu Province as a peace envoy to Yangzhou to preside over the matter, and at the same time appointed Ma Shao, the right minister of Henan Province, as the deputy envoy to assist in this matter.

Ma Shao this person is also a famous Confucian, in the early days of the Mengyuan Dynasty should be recommended to the court, by Kublai Khan's appreciation, called it 'Xiucai', he has served as the left and right of the province of Zhongshu, the governor of Shanzhou, diligent and loving the people, and won the praise of the local scholars carved stones. In the tenth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the punishment of the East and West Provinces of Shandong Province was changed to the prosecutor's office, and disaster relief and compassion for the people were the first priority. Thirteen years later, he was moved to the same as the governor of Hezhou Road. Next year, he will be promoted to the Senate and the Provincial Governor, and will be the secretary of the Ministry of Military Affairs and the governor of Shangshu Province. He was honest and upright, and he was not in harmony with Sang Ge, and both of them had conflicts, and later transferred to Henan Province.

It can be seen from this that Zhenjin is still somewhat sincere about peace talks, after all, everyone has learned the same origin and should have a common language. However, Lu Xiufu thought that the little emperor's evaluation of this was pertinent, and he forgot that the literati were light, not to mention that the Great Song scholars, who considered themselves Han Confucian orthodoxy, had always regarded them as rebellious, and the two could be said to be regarded as water and fire. If these two groups of people are put together to discuss and discuss the matter, I am afraid that it will be considered a success if they do not fight.

Therefore, after discussing with the little emperor, Lu Xiufu decided to send Liu Huang, who was old and serious, to deal with it, and at the moment, he naturally would not make big concessions under the condition of taking the initiative. After all, the Great Song Dynasty also needs some materials from Mengyuan now, such as ploughing cattle, horses, furs and other shortages.

At this time, what people didn't expect was that there were courtiers who participated in the famine of the little emperor and the government, indulged in clever things, not to mention, and misbehaved, so it was the way to kill the country. This made Lu Xiufu and other people who knew the truth a little crying and laughing, and several Zai decided to press down all the scripts after discussion, so as not to distract the little emperor......

Zhao Yu was involved, in fact, he was not completely wronged, he has done something out of the ordinary these days. This year, according to the new military system, some middle- and high-ranking officers have reached the limit of retirement and have difficulty in being promoted in the army; according to the past practice, they either retreat to the second line and hang up their idle posts until they become officials, or they will receive a salary and go home to retire.

However, Zhao Yu feels that these officers who are about to retire are all heroes who follow him to fight the world, and they also have rich practical experience. As a result, he readjusted them according to their age and ability, and some middle-level officers who were still young were reassigned to various localities, serving in military posts such as metropolitan supervisors and observer envoys, and were responsible for the training and command of the troops stationed in the prefectures.

As for some high-ranking officers, they not only have good military qualities, but also have experience in managing local areas. The place called the military state is either a military stronghold, or a place where wars are frequent, and they can give full play to their military expertise as a military intellectual, and can directly command the local army to fight in wartime, which is much more reassuring than those officials who are not familiar with military affairs.

In addition, there are some officials who serve in the baggage and logistics departments, and Zhao Yu also makes the best use of his talents, and asks them to enter the household department or serve as a local transfer department and other military-related departments. Or after the transfer of funds, they still remain in the army as a marquis and senior military officers, they are familiar with military affairs, and they know how to cooperate with military commanders, and they can also make the best use of their talents.

Zhao Yu is like this because these military-born officials are more loyal, after all, they are all the team members who have been pulled up by themselves; In addition, although people from the military also have problems, they have formed the habit of ordering and prohibiting under the constraints of military law for a long time, and their execution is much stronger than that of those civilian officials. In addition, there are fewer things in the army that are deceitful and intriguing, and their thinking is still relatively simple, and they can also change the atmosphere of officialdom if they are in charge of the locality.

However, Zhao Hao's doing so is tantamount to 'invading' the civil and official system that has always been controlled by scholars, at least it is to rob them of their 'jobs', and at worst it is to break the official system formed since Taizu. This will inevitably cause panic among civil officials, fearing that with the continuous infiltration of officials from martial arts, the situation of emphasizing civil affairs and ignoring military forces will be further changed, so that one day the court will be controlled by a group of martial artists.

In addition, after cracking down on street encroachment, the transformation of Lin'an City has gradually begun. Zhao Yu decided to build a square, he knew that sometimes there was still a need for some sense of ceremony, that kind of grand scene, solemn scene can not only boost morale, but also make people feel oppressed, so as to be afraid and deterrent.

In the planning, subject to the old pattern and status quo of Lin'an City, Zhao Yu, who has always intended to recover the Central Plains, knew that it was unrealistic and unnecessary to build a large-scale palace, and that the only way to build a square with enough momentum was to fight the idea of the old palace, so he planned to transform a vacant land outside the Hening Gate of the original imperial city. Hening Gate was originally the north gate of the imperial city, and it was also the starting point of the royal street, and the six ministries of the three provinces and related government departments were all in it, and it was also the place where celebrations were held in the past.

After the investigation, Zhao Yujue's use as a square was still a little small, so he moved all the warehouses that used to belong to the household department and the Ouchi to the east of the original palace city, which was close to the East Water Gate, which was convenient for the transfer of materials and convenient for unified management. In this way, a square of six or seven hundred acres was formed outside the Hening Gate, which was used as a place for the imperial court to hold major ceremonies and review the army.

Of course, this is not just an empty square, Zhao plans to erect a tall flagpole here, and the imperial guards will hold daily flag-raising ceremonies here to increase the people's sense of identity with the country. And build a triumphal arch on the royal road in front of the temple, and erect the statues of the immortal meritorious generals of the Great Song Dynasty in the successive counterattacks against foreign enemies on both sides of the street, which extends to the square to inspire people to establish the ambition of meritorious service.

And this also aroused the vigilance of the scholars, fearing that this was one of the measures taken by the little emperor to improve the status of the warriors. So they all 'discouraged' on the grounds that the old palace was abandoned, and the north palace was biased to a corner of the royal road that did not conform to the construction of the French style, and it violated the etiquette system. After some controversy, it was not until Zhao Yu agreed to erect carved stones of the stories of the sages of the past dynasties in the corridors around the square.

As for Zhao Hao's obsession with clever things, this has always been a one-size-fits-all point, which is known to everyone in the court, and the reason why he was involved again this time is that he has gone too far this time. After he made out the methane lamp, he soaked in the ordnance prison in recent days, not only did he not go to court for many times in a row, but he also lived there at night and did not return home, so he provoked the ministers to participate.

In fact, Zhao Yu is also very helpless, everyone knows that most of the weapons configured by the Song army are powered by gunpowder, so the production of gunpowder can be described as the top priority. They had already experimented with the use of waterwheel-powered machinery to make gunpowder. When preparing gunpowder, the waterwheel is first started, and the power of the waterwheel is used to drive the tamper to crush the gunpowder under the rammer. However, despite several improvements over the years, due to the particularity of gunpowder, most of the processes are still manual, resulting in low production efficiency.

In addition, whether it is in Qiongzhou or Jiangnan, it is difficult to escape the influence of humid and rainy climate, and the charcoal in the gunpowder composition is very easy to absorb water, which not only leads to the inability to produce in some time periods, but also makes the preservation of gunpowder problematic, the most direct is to shorten the validity period of gunpowder. And after the gunpowder was distributed to the ministries, the poor storage conditions, especially the problem of the navy, made them have to use regular scrapping to ensure the validity of the gunpowder.

No one can know exactly when a war will break out, how strong it will be, and how long it will last, so a certain amount of reserves is required. In this way, there is another problem, the production of gunpowder is too much, but it cannot be stored for a long time, so that the power of some gunpowder decreases, or even fails, resulting in great waste. However, once the war broke out, the demand for gunpowder increased greatly, and the current production capacity could not meet the demand for a while.

In addition, in the actual manufacturing process, due to the fact that it is still in the stage of manual operation, coupled with the uncertainty of the supervision and standards of gunpowder production, it is naturally difficult to achieve high-quality batch production of gunpowder, and the quality will inevitably be quite rough and inferior. Therefore, Zhao Yu could only use overproduction to be prepared, but at the same time he had to bear the loss caused by the expiration of gunpowder.

For various reasons, Zhao Yu wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the relocation of the ordnance prison to upgrade some equipment, and the gunpowder workshop was the focus. He thought that in the modern era, Western countries had surpassed China in the production and research of gunpowder, and their gunpowder manufacturing industry used a number of advanced machinery such as steam engines, hydraulic machinery, mechanical granulation cylinders, steam heaters, and polishing machines made of graphite to produce gunpowder.

Extraction of nitrate and sulfur with high purity with advanced industrial equipment; The steam engine drives the drum device to crush and mix the gunpowder mixture, and the gunpowder made by water pressure machinery is placed on the grinding ground to press it into a solid and uniform gunpowder block; Then, a mechanical granulation cylinder is used to make gunpowder blocks into uniformly sized gunpowder pellets; Then the gunpowder particles are placed in the drying room, and the temperature of the room is raised with a steam heater to dry the gunpowder granules; Finally, a grinding machine made of graphite is used to polish the surface of the gunpowder to remove the pores on the gunpowder particles, reduce the hygroscopicity of the gunpowder and prolong the storage life of the gunpowder.

Now the steam-powered equipment Zhao Hao thinks that it is still difficult to manufacture, and he can only selectively improve or replace it. Not everyone is up to the task, and the manufacture of gunpowder is not only dangerous, but also a matter of victory or defeat in war, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the lifeblood of a country. Therefore, Zhao Yu can't pay too much attention to them, and he can't explain them in detail, he can only do it with the 'notoriety' of playthings, even if he leaves dirt in history, he won't care, not to mention that he has never taken these seriously......