This brought up a strict problem, the Mongols levied taxes on their territory, and after ten years there was still no progress, their main economic pillars were the state-organized trade caravans and the collection of transit goods taxes, and every point of strength of the Song Dynasty at sea was equivalent to a penny of blood drawn from the blood of the Mongols, and if it was left unchecked, the prestige and rule of the Mongol Empire would soon be unmaintainable.

For such a situation, Kublai Khan had a very clear understanding that for the Mongols, this is the biggest crisis since the founding of the Temujin clan, and the only way to solve this crisis is to give up the symbolic tribute inherited by the ancestors, and instead implement the Han system of collecting taxes according to one household and one account, Mongolia's territory is ten times that of the Southern Dynasties, and the population is also far from the Southern Dynasties. Once the Southern Empire was pacified, the Mongol Empire would have an inexhaustible source of taxes to sustain the empire's legacy for generations to come.

However, the reform was difficult, and the Mongol nobles did not realize the great benefits of the Han tax system to the empire, they only saw the complaints of the herdsmen of their subordinates, and once the tax system was established, they could no longer collect property from the people for their own use at will, or set up checkpoints for private fees. Guiyu Khan, on the other hand, was indifferent to the question of establishing a full-fledged tax system, and like the Great Khans of his predecessors, he was preoccupied only with the improvement of military technology.

Taking this Tanma Red Army who rushed to the front line of the Song-Mongolian confrontation alone as an example, it can be seen that this decade was not a decade of inaction for the Mongol army, and this Tanma Red Army was no longer the cowhide armor tied with more than ten layers of cowhide ten years ago, but a light nail armor with iron plates on the cotton robe, which was to deal with the increasingly powerful arquebus fire of the Song Dynasty. In terms of horses, the Mongols who occupied the Persian plateau purchased enough Dashi war horses from the Great Food Kingdom to supply the Tanma Red Army, and the suzhì of these war horses could be called unparalleled in the world, far from being comparable to the cavalry of the Southern Dynasties who relied on capture and smuggling to obtain Mongolian horses. In terms of weapons, after ten years of hard work, the Mongols were also able to build a powerful firearms force, and this Tanma Red Army carried two short guns, whose range and firepower were not inferior to the same type of short guns of the Southern Dynasties, but the number of equipment was too small.

Kublai Khan hoped that Tongguò's economic efforts would enable him to arm the Mongol army with such advanced weapons, or at least so that they would not suffer in the face of the Song army in terms of equipment. But Guiyu Khan didn't think so, and unfortunately, his brother Möngke didn't think so.

This Tanmachi was sent from Meng Ge's cowardly Xue guards, and he traveled thousands of miles from Henan to the front line for a huge plan to destroy the Song Dynasty.

In the dense jujube forest, the lookout post in the distance could hardly see the figures in the forest, and the other party chose this place to connect, which was indeed carefully prepared in advance.

It was almost dusk, and a dark figure slowly walked out of the dim sky.

The Tanma Chijun asked in fluent Chinese, "Who is here?" ”

The man cautiously replied, "It's just a jackal that has escaped the hunter." ”

Tanma Chijun nodded and asked, "What is General Lu thinking about?" ”

The man lowered his voice and said, "General Lu has already made up his mind, and now only Cao Shixiong is in the way. But rest assured, this man will not live for more than ten days. ”

Tanma Chi said solemnly: "The Great Khan has rushed from Helin to Taiyuan, and all the kings have led their respective soldiers and horses to meet and wait for the good news of General Lu. Once General Lu moves, the vanguard army will reach Xiangyang within three days, and the army will arrive within fifteen days. ”

He paused, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that the great cause of ** mixing one would be decided by the words of the two people today." ”

The black shadow said coldly: "It's still very early to mix with **, the Great Khan can get Xiangyang, after all, you still have to beware of Zheng Yunming." ”

The Tanma Chijun said: "Zheng Yunming has been retired for more than a year, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is also quite wary of him, can there be any problems?" ”

The black shadow shook his head slightly: "But he is always Zheng Yunming." Without waiting for the Tan Ma Chi to reply, he slowly retreated into the shadows.

That Tanma Chijun originally wanted to argue a sentence or two, but when he thought of Zheng Yunming's three words, a thick chill surged in his heart. You can't let your guard down at any time, just because he's Zheng Yunming.

He returned to his horse and slowly retreated towards the north.

In the early morning of September 16, the sixth year of Baoxing, an envoy broke into the government hall in a panic. Wu Qian, the prime minister of the Zuo Prime Minister, looked at his panicked appearance and said slowly: "Why are you so panicked? Ten years of officialdom experience has turned that humorous fat scholar into a mature and stable minister of the Pillar Kingdom. But today's events, even he could not cope calmly.

"There is an urgent report from the front, Lu Wenhuan, the capital of Jingzhou, and Gao Gao, the capital of Ezhou, have rebelled against the imperial court in Xiangyang Mansion and have taken refuge in Mongolia!"

The envoy's high-pitched voice could not hide the panic, over the years, the Great Song Dynasty has built an impregnable defense line with Shouchun, Xiangyang, and Chongqing as the fulcrum. In other words, the gains and losses of these three cities directly determine the stability of the forward defense line. Among them, Xiangyang is the most important. Zheng Yunming was in charge of Jinghu for seven years, and these seven years were probably the seven years with the most drastic changes in the history of Jinghu. In recent years, Jinghu has opened up mineral deposits, organized households, started construction, and trained elite soldiers, and has become the core area of the entire Great Song Dynasty for civilization and progress. The capture of Xiangyang is equivalent to opening the door to the destruction of Jinghu, and the destruction of Jinghu means, in a certain way, the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty itself.

The Great Song Dynasty, which is on the threshold of civilization and reform, absolutely cannot afford the loss of the fall of Xiangyang.

It is no wonder that Wu Qian's first reaction when he heard this was: "How is this possible?" ”

Of course, this is possible, and this is also what the former governor of Yiwu County has repeatedly emphasized, and Jia Yidao, the ambassador who now lives in Jinghu, said that the plan he forcibly implemented in Jinghu will inevitably lead to a backlash from local military generals. But what Zheng Yunming never expected was that it was neither Wei Sheng who was far away from Jingjiang Mansion who rebelled, nor Jiao Jin, who was still in Yunnan and the Mongols, or even Liu Quan, the commander of Lizhou who was participated by Jia Nidao because of his intention to law, or Han Feng, the commander of Zhenjiang who was punished for thinking behind closed doors, and Jia Nidao, who rebelled, turned out to be the elite of the Huaidong system brought out by Jia Nidao himself, and directly sent Xiangyang City to the Mongols, Xiangyang 70,000 well-trained elite soldiers, hundreds of artillery pieces of all kinds, It would be the vanguard of the Mongols' southward attack, which would be disastrous for the entire Great Song Dynasty.

"Nothing has been confirmed!" Wu Qian asked this sentence, and immediately regretted it, such a big matter, the guards in front did not dare and could not use it as child's play and hurriedly reported it. Wu Qian could even imagine that Jia Yidao, the ambassador of Jinghu Manufacturing, who had always been known for his shrewdness and ability, should have exhausted all kinds of methods and was really unable to recover the situation, so he was forced to send him to report to the imperial court.

He paused, turned his head to Ma Guangzu, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Call that person back." This time it's really a matter of life and death. ”

Ma Guangzu's gloomy face couldn't see the slightest bit of excitement: "During the period of living for no reason, I am afraid that Zheng Gong will not make a comeback." ”

"It's all about time!" Wu Qian slapped his hand on the table hard: "The country doesn't know if it can be guaranteed or not, and it is still clinging to any personal grievances!" ”

In fact, strictly speaking, Zheng Yunming didn't seem to have any complaints when he was in the house. Every day, the people of Yiwu County can see a man in linen clothes and light clothes to go fishing in the stream outside the city with a fishing rod, and sit all day, his beautiful little lady always regularly brings him food, and there is nothing unhappy.

Zheng Yunming's ease comes from the subtlety of his move to retreat into advance. His residence in Jiangsu and Zhejiang not only did not become a setback on the road of politics, but became a successful plus project. Jia Rudao promoted a radical economic reform policy in Huaidong, causing large-scale handicraft workers in Huaidong to make trouble, agitating the people to revolt, if it were not for the large-scale peasant riots in Shandong, Huaidong would almost not be guaranteed, such a big matter, how could the court not know who the real culprit was. The reason why the blame is on Zheng Yunming, who has just been in power for a short time, is that Jia Rudao did grasp the subtle node that Zheng Yunming's foothold in the court is not stable, and the prestige of the Siming people still exists, and the second is because the emperor has recalibrated his political layout, and now the power of the Siming people has been suppressed by the new party with Zheng Yunming and cannot occupy the mainstream voice in the political hall, they naturally hope to form an alliance with the imperial power, and use the emperor's hand to fight back against the powerful new party, as for the emperor himself, has gradually changed from support to suspicion of the new party, and this time the derogatory remarks of Zheng Yunming are a very obvious political signal.

Compared to his father Zheng Qingzhi's desperate attachment to power after the defeat of Jinluo, Zheng Yunming chose to fully accept the punishment of the imperial court under his own circumstances this time, without any complaints. In this way, the public opinion in Lin'an was one-sided sympathy for Zheng Yunming, and even some students excitedly shouted at the gate of the palace: "Jia Xianggong is a Mongolian worker!" ”

This is said very seriously, of course, when Qin Hui and Qin Xianggong framed Yue Fei, only people dared to post a cheat sheet on the alley in front of the palace at night and said that Qin Xianggong was meticulous, and he did not dare to make such a blatant speech in His Majesty, the emperor was furious and sent this scholar three thousand miles away as a punishment. As for why he did not use capital punishment like Gaozong, it was because the emperor's treatment of Zheng Yunming was purely out of a momentary heat. Zheng Yunming at this time was much more powerful than Yue Wumu back then.

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