Chapter 264 Who is the Sandpiper and the Fisherman

The shock of the train did not dissipate immediately with the passage of time, and after the first train parade of the Son of Heaven and the important officials of the court on July 18, and a symbolic court meeting in the Huating, the train began to operate for the people on July 25. The people of Lin'an Fan have some spare money, as long as they can spare time, they all think that they want to get a ticket and take the train to take a day trip to Huating.

Even those women in the boudoir should also find ways to go out and see. Now the status of women in Lin'an City is completely different from three or four years ago, because many ordinary women can work in factories, and the money they earn is not less than that of their fathers and brothers, and their status and voice in the family have also been greatly improved, for example, in the matter of marriage, in the past, they could only rely on the words of the matchmaker of their parents, if their parents let her marry, she had to marry, and if she met someone unladylike after marriage, she could hardly regret it, but now it is not, if the person married is dissatisfied, the girl will often refuse, Her parents remembered the hard work she had worked in the factory and the money she earned, and it was not easy to force her. Some time ago, there was even a daughter-in-law surnamed Wang, who asked herself to leave the court because she was not angry with her husband's poor character, because her father and brother did not agree to this, so she worked in a factory to support herself.

The public opinion in the newspaper is clear, and most of them are sympathetic to such a woman, and only a few old and rotten people still can't see the situation clearly, and they can't stop nagging.

In order to serve these "new women", the passenger train has a special women's carriage, and the service personnel used are all women, and men are not allowed to enter. This is not a new thing, the Son of Heaven ordered compulsory education, there is a special school for girls, requiring girls to at least learn to read and count, learn to take care of the house, and not to be deceived for the sake of Xiaoxiao. This kind of girls' school, because it is compulsory and has not been for a long time, and because the newspapers have preached it so well, although there is opposition, it is completely suppressed by the applause.

On July 18, because the Son of Heaven was going to Huating by train, the Ministry of War had ordered all troops to cancel their vacations, and all soldiers would enter the state of second-class combat readiness, which was the highest alert level after first-class combat readiness.

It's just that the range of the military department that has entered the highest alert level is also too large, from the vicinity of Lin'an to Jingxiangchuan Shu, it is all average. Moreover, after Zhao and Ju returned to Beijing, this alert level was only lowered to a first-class combat readiness state of the third class, which meant that the troops of the Great Song Dynasty canceled their vacations, the officers had to stay with the battalion, and the weapons, grain and grass had to be in a state where they could be distributed at any time.

After the training and military system reform of the Great Song Army School, the Great Song Forbidden Army has now formed five major military regions, which are clearly the Central Military Region of Lin'an, the Xiangyang Military Region of Jinghu, the Hanchuan Military Region of Sichuan and Shu, the Guangzhou Military Army in the south, and the Chuzhou Military Region of Jianghuai. In addition, there are two major corps, namely the Xuzhou Legion and the Daimyo Legion, because one of these two troops is the Liuqiu Guards, and the other is the Jingdong Loyal Army, and they are in the key front-line positions, so they have a relatively independent establishment.

The navy is divided into two parts, one is the inland river navy, which is filled by the original Great Song Dynasty coastal envoys along the river, and the other is the navy guard.

The household department is not much better, and the officials under Wei Liaoweng are all counting the grain and grass accumulated in every official warehouse. Fortunately, in recent years, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other crops have been promoted, so there is a lot of millet in Taicang, even if there is a famine in the Great Song Dynasty once in decades, the people will not be hungry. However, in this registration and verification, some problems were also found, mainly concentrated in Huainan two roads, some officials were greedy, and sold the grain in the official warehouse without permission.

The Ministry of Industry is probably busier than the Ministry of Households, the construction of new railways, the requisition and employment of people, the transfer of various materials, and the need to straighten out equipment in the rear.

In this way, Zhao and Ju still summoned everyone to the Boya Building every five days to listen to a report on the state of preparations.

"Your Majesty, now that the autumn harvest has been completed, Huaibei and Jingdong have not yet put away the cotton, and all the autumn grain has been put into storage.

When Ge Hong relayed the news, Zhao and Ju finally put their minds at ease. In the past few years, the peaceful days have passed, in Huaibei and Jingdong, Liu Quan and Zhao Zi said that they have accumulated a lot of jars and jars, if Menghu colludes with the Jin State in April and May to go south, then the loss of this year will be very large. Especially for grain, this time the opponent is likely to be the combined army of Menghu and Jin, under the attack of the opponent's army, it is almost inevitable to abandon the county seat west of Xuzhou, if a large amount of grain is still hoarded in these counties, it is purely a capital enemy.

What is still worrying is cotton, the cotton in the east of Huaijing, which supports half of Xuzhou's industry, and the other half of the sky is coal mines. However, judging from the news from the "Red Thunder", Menghu did not formally negotiate with the Jin State until September, and when winter came, they would take advantage of the cool weather to go south, because they were afraid of the Great Song Dynasty sailors, and they had to wait for the Yellow River to freeze before they took the opportunity to cross the river.

"The minister is only worried about one thing now...... If Menghu really colluded with the Jin people, would he have gone south in advance? Ge Hong said again.

"Probably not." Zhao Youju didn't explain that he had a detailed work at the top of Menghu, but just shook his head.

"Your Majesty, I'm not afraid of 10,000, just in case, if Menghu advances, now the soldiers and civilians in Xuzhou are preparing to harvest cotton, and if they are in a hurry, the losses will inevitably be heavy." Ge Hong admonished: "Prudence is the way to hold the country." ”

Li Yunrui glanced at Ge Hong expressionlessly, but he sneered in his heart. The matter of "Red Thunder" was handled by him, so he was the person who knew the most about this matter except Zhao and Ju. He was convinced of Zhao Youju's own judgment, and there was absolutely no problem with the information sent by the "Red Thunder".

"Just rest assured about this matter, I'm sure." Zhao Youju shook his head: "Now all we do is to prepare for being beaten, after being beaten, we always have to fight back, I am still thinking in my heart, to what extent to fight back." ”

"This should not be delayed for too long." Ge Hong's eyes suddenly flashed with a cunning light, and he finally revealed the true colors of the old fox: "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan......

"Let's talk about it."

"The minister is thinking, Menghu and the Jin State are feuding, His Majesty gave Temujin's head as a gift to the Jin State, I heard that the gold lord Wanyan Shouxu castrated it into a wine vessel, and Menghu has a hatred for the Jin State that is close to destroying the country, if it is not for the pressure of my Great Song Dynasty, the two would not have come together at all."

"The minister thought that the two would go together, and the first thing was that Jin Guo would take the initiative to show favor to Menghu and return Temujin's first achievements to Menghu to show his sincerity."

"When my Great Song Dynasty made friends with the Jin State, the envoy of the Jin State once said that after the death of Temujin, the four sons of Menghu fought for power, and as a result, they each led an army to conquer one side, leaving Temujin's daughter Arahaibe to guard the old place, and the third son Wokotai and the fourth son to tow mines, whoever can recapture Temujin's corpse will be the Great Khan of Menghu."

Zhao Youju was slightly stunned when he heard him say this, and said in surprise: "Qing is talking ......"

"Your Majesty, this is what the minister means, since Wokotai is competing with Tuo Lei for the throne, how can he sit back and watch Tuo Lei get Temujin's first achievement from the Jin Kingdom? If His Majesty can send someone to the place of Ogedai and allow him to use the headless corpse of Temujin, and the hands of Ogedai and Tuolei each have half of Temujin's remains, there will inevitably be another dispute. Ge Hong smiled gloomily: "Although it is not enough to kill Wo Kotai and Tuo Lei, but it is absolutely impossible for Tuo Lei to unify Menghu with a first achievement, and His Majesty Xu Wo Kotai with the corpse, naturally it is not without a price, so that it will attack the Jin State behind his back, the minister expects that Menghu is accustomed to treachery, and the wolf is ruthless and greedy, as long as I defeat the Jin State in the Great Song Dynasty, Wo Kotai will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, and the Jin State is already injured at this time, and can no longer support it." Your Majesty will hunt Guanzhong with Wokotai again, the minister wants to come, the people of Guanzhong hate Menghu, and their hearts are towards the Great Song Dynasty, at this time, Your Majesty will recover the Central Plains, and it will be twice the result with half the effort! ”

Zhao Youju stared at Ge Hong for a long time, and didn't speak for a long time.

Ge Hong's strategy is indeed deep, and it also shows an excellent view of the overall situation, Zhao and Ju have detailed intelligence sources, and naturally know that Tuo Lei and Wo Kotai are not only not monolithic, but the two sides are now in order to buy each other's subordinate tribes, the relationship is very stiff, especially Tuo Lei's implementation of the Sinicization system, so that Wo Kotai almost turned against him. Therefore, it may seem whimsical to control Menghu with Menghu, but in fact it is not impossible.

What kept Zhao and Ju from talking for a long time was the matter of leading Wo Kotai into Guanzhong, although Ge Hong said it lightly, but in fact, as soon as this strategy came out, the people of Guanzhong were only afraid that they would face a catastrophe.

The advantage of this is that it can completely destroy the remnants of the Jin Kingdom, not only physical resistance, but also mental resistance. Jin Guo has been operating in the Central Plains for a hundred years, if it is not for Zhao Heju's innovative policies in recent years, if it is still said that the people of the Central Plains are committed to the Song State, it is pure self-deception. Introducing Menghu into the Central Plains, then the officials and people of the former Jin State in the Central Plains will hate Menghu to the bone, and welcoming the Great Song Dynasty as a "liberator" will be of great help whether it is to dismantle the remnants of the Jin State or consolidate the future rule of the Great Song Dynasty.

Moreover, a completely destroyed Central Plains is more likely to carry out a policy of innovation.

But Zhao Youju still felt a little unbearable in his heart - as soon as this strategy came out, it meant that more people would die under the slaughter of Menghu. Although he himself feels that this kind of intolerance is a bit hypocritical, what is the meaning of this kind of intolerance for him who is in this position and has done so many things?

"Your Majesty!" Ge Hong urged.

Because of the long distance and the barrier between the Jin people and Menghu, time is a major problem if you want to communicate with Wokotai. The reason why Ge Hong urged Zhao Heju was that he hoped that he could immediately send out manpower.

Zhao Youju tapped lightly on the table for a while, and then raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Ge Qing mentioned this matter...... I don't hide it, two months ago, I began to plot this, the messenger has already left, pretending to be a Goryeo merchant, and now ...... I should go to the boundary of the Wokotai Terrace. ”

Ge Hong was stunned.

Just when Zhao and Ju and Ge Hong were secretly discussing countermeasures to deal with the alliance of Dayuan and Jin Guo, in Mengyuan's capital Huanglong Mansion, Tang Fan twisted his rat whiskers and nodded at a Menghu with a smile.

"Please make it easy, Lord Arsalen!" He spoke very fluent nonsense, his eyes were rolling around, and he looked like a profiteer, which made people wary when he looked at it.

"The best leather goods are only exchanged for such a little money from you!" Menghu, who was called Arsaleng, muttered and shook the piece of paper in his hand, the pink piece of paper was the Great Song Dynasty Golden Yuan Coupon. Because of the circulation of commodities in the Great Song Dynasty, it is now the rival Great Yuan, and it is also used to using it as currency.

Although Da Yuan also tried to issue a currency to fight against it, even the government did not dare to accept this kind of coin, and finally failed to do so under Li Rui's advice. To some extent, the Song state actually controlled the economy of the Great Yuan, and the economic relations between the two countries were far less tense than they were politically and militarily.

Menghu lacked the talent to govern the country, and although the Han people used by Tuo Lei were also considered to be heroes for a while, it was a pity that their eyes were limited to five or even ten years, and they could no longer keep up with the changes brought about by Zhao and Ju's innovation.

"Master Arsalen, having said that, I have given you the best wine." Tang Fan pointed to a wooden box next to him, and when he saw the wooden box, Arsaleng smiled happily.

"Okay, that's it." Arsalen waved his hand cheerfully: "Your things are ready?" Let's go now! ”

Before his voice fell, a group of people and horses walked up from the market, and on the first horse, Li Rui's eyes were like arrows, staring at Tang Fan's body.

"Arrest this man." Li Rui pointed with a horsewhip.

Although he was not a high and powerful person in Dayuan at this time, he also had a lot of status, especially presiding over the two affairs of the imperial examination and sinicization, and the scope of his jurisdiction was very large. Therefore, as soon as he gave an order, more than a dozen warriors immediately came up and arrested Tang Fan.

As a Mongolian, he originally looked down on the Han people, but after the Taizhuang War, the Mongolian people's contempt for the Han people suddenly changed, and it became a strange emotion intertwined with contempt and fear. With the founding of the country and the proclamation of Tuo Lei as emperor, the status of some Han people became higher and higher, and ordinary Mongolian people like him were even more jealous and contemptuous of high-ranking Han officials. He glanced at Tang Fan, thought about it and took a step back, Tang Fan was only a Han after all, this was a matter of Han people to Han people, and there was no need for him to stand up for Tang Fan.

"Master, master, the villain is just a businessman, what is the lord doing to catch the villain?" Seeing that Al Salen couldn't come out, Tang Fan could only shout.

"Where are you from?" Li Rui casually shook the horsewhip and asked lightly.

"Goryeo, Goryeo......" Tang Fan said as he wiped his sweat.

"Nonsense, you are clearly Han Chinese, why are you from Goryeo?" Li Rui's whip was whipped fiercely, leaving a bloody mark on Tang Fan's neck.

Tang Fan knelt down with a whip and kowtowed busily: "Master, although the villain is a Han Chinese, he has always sold some small goods in Goryeo for a living, and I heard that Dayuan recruited merchants from all over the world, and the villain came to Dayuan, and he was preparing to go to the prairie with this big brother to sell some leather goods......"

"As for the tax, show me your tax receipt." Li Rui didn't listen to his ramblings and stretched out a hand.

Tang Fan trembled and took out a stack of papers from his bag, Li Rui's eyes swept over the few numbers that seemed to have been written inadvertently, and then threw the slip back: "I heard you say that there is no liquor tax on this tax payment slip." ”

Tang Fan hurriedly kowtowed and said, "The villain will make up for it, this will make up for it!" ”

"Go to the prairie...... When you come back from the prairie, bring me something. Li Rui snorted coldly: "My name is Li Rui, you came to Liaoyang Tuntian Embassy to find me, I want you to go to Song Kingdom to find something for me." ”

"Yes, yes, villains don't dare to know." Hearing that Li Rui seemed to be about to let himself go, Tang Fan said with a smile, and the blood marks on his neck were clearly visible.

Li Rui didn't look at him, but looked at Arsalen: "You are a slave of the royal family?" Remember, this person's majesty is useful to keep, you have to bring him back with a good life, don't covet other people's goods and harm him halfway! ”

Arsaleng took off the felt hat on his head and replied with a smile, but Tang Fan broke out in a cold sweat.