Chapter 422 Sealing and Placing Envoys

In this article entitled "Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty", I first mentioned that recovering the lost land of the Great Song Dynasty and returning my great mountains and rivers is my primary obligation as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also the task of every Great Song person. Since I ascended the throne for more than two years, I have worked hard to make the country stronger, and the national strength has become stronger and stronger. Now, Mongolia has established the Southern Expeditionary Army, but it is vainly trying to invade our dynasty first, wanting to dominate my homeland and take away my property, as the people of the Great Song Dynasty, will you agree? I thought that this was something that every Great Song Dynasty would never agree to.

Next, I expounded the position of the royal family and the imperial court, that is, to resist Mongolia to the end, never allow the Mongols to occupy half an inch of land in our dynasty, for the upcoming battle between Song and Mongolia, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many difficulties it encounters, our Great Song Dynasty will never retreat until the final victory.

At the end of the article, in the name of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, I called on the people of the Great Song Dynasty, regardless of region and nationality, regardless of men, women, and children, to unite and contribute money and strength to jointly defend their homeland. Although the process will be tortuous and long, as long as everyone has firm beliefs, work together and win, it will definitely belong to our Great Song Dynasty.

Before noon, the people of the entire Lin'an City knew this "Letter to the People of the Great Song Dynasty", whether literate or illiterate, whether adults or children, can remember the last sentence, victory, must belong to our Great Song Dynasty.

Win!

The Great Song Dynasty will win!

The next day, the Government Council held a meeting with all the newspaper houses, and Wen Tianxiang, president of the Government Council, answered the questions raised by the newspaper editors and reporters about the Song-Mongolian War, and once again reaffirmed the imperial court's determination to resolutely resist the war.

On 18 July, the Red Cross announced the establishment of a separate war donation channel through the major newspapers in Lin'an City, and all branches of the Red Cross Society could accept donations from the people and commercial banks, and promised to publish the number of donations received to the public and accept the supervision of the people and the government.

Due to the excellent reputation of the Lin'an City Red Cross Society, which won the trust of the people, and the pivotal position of Pu Shougeng and Xiao Tian in the business world, most of the merchants, landlords and ordinary people who were willing to donate chose the channel of the Red Cross Society to donate to the imperial court.

In the afternoon of the same day, the prefect of Lin'an came to the headquarters of the Red Cross Society and took the lead in donating 3,000 Huaxia coins. Subsequently, the people have joined the ranks of donations, rich and not rich have donated money, you fifty, I hundred, even if it is only ten Wen, but also a little bit of their own heart, and even many children have donated their pocket money, a penny Huaxia coin or a penny copper coin.

Suddenly, the confidence of the Lin'an people in resisting Mongolia swelled dramatically, far exceeding the period when Duanping entered Luozhou decades ago.

Since mid-July, the atmosphere between the DPRK and China has become tense as military meetings increase. At this time, no one doubted Kublai Khan's ambitions, and I did not allow any calls for peace in the court, and at the same time, the ministers knew that even if the Mongols did not go south, I would go north. At least on the surface, the words and deeds of the DPRK and China are extremely unified.

At the court meeting at the end of July, I went against the norm and did not start with military affairs first. After the ministers finished saluting, I first said: "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the statistics of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, in June, our DPRK investigated and dealt with a total of 11 corruption cases, and the amount of these 11 cases was much smaller than that of previous corruption cases. I'm glad I did. The incorruptibility of the imperial court and officials at all levels has won praise, trust and hearts for the imperial court. From the recent recruitment and donations, it can be seen that my Great Song Dynasty is the desire of the people, which is commendable. ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, this is the merit of Chen Wenlong and Lord Chen and the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and it should be commended. ”

Chen Wenlong said: "Your Majesty, this is the minister's own business, and the matter within the division, the reward that Lord Wen said is really not daring to take it." ”

I smiled and said, "Merits and demerits are in people's hearts, and I see them in my eyes." Chen Aiqing, the achievements of the Independent Commission Against Corruption are obvious to all, of course, there is merit, I will give you and the Independent Commission Against Corruption to note first. ”

Chen Wenlong arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

"Chen Aiqing, in addition to the existing responsibilities of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and continuing to supervise officials at all levels of our dynasty, I intend to expand the scope of supervision of your Independent Commission Against Corruption."

"Your Majesty, please instruct."

"Well, I have decided to include the state-owned commercial sectors of our dynasty under the supervision of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, such as the Great Song Yinzhuang, the Great Song State-owned Commercial Bank, and all the commercial sectors invested by the imperial court, such as the Zhonghua Imperial Liquid Commercial Bank under the name of the Ministry of Commerce."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

My expression was slightly grim and said: "Chen Aiqing, the war is about to break out, and the investment in military spending is huge, in this regard, you need to focus on supervision, and all those who are suspected of embezzling military funds, from the first auxiliary ministers to the common people, will be punished as serious crimes." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

"Ladies and gentlemen, government affairs are the foundation of military affairs, and only when government affairs are clear can we make the people want to do so and ensure military affairs. And the clarity of government affairs is not to shout a few slogans, say a few beautiful words can be obtained, hard work to prosper the country, empty talk to mislead the country, everything must be implemented, orders and prohibitions, otherwise it will be like Ye Gong is a good dragon, unable to win the trust of the lower-level officials and the people of our dynasty. ”

"Ministers are also taught."

"Well, let's start discussing military affairs."

Lu Xiufu first said: "Your Majesty, news came from the north that Kublai Khan broke ground on the square outside the newly built imperial palace in Dadu (now Beijing) on the first day of this month, and began to build the Dianjiangtai, intending to take the stage on September 1 to pay respects to the generals, and officially announced the dispatch of troops to our dynasty. ”

Ma Tingluan snorted: "Your Majesty, this Kublai Khan is simply openly provocative. ”

Fan Wenhuan asked, "Your Majesty, why did Kublai Khan make such a big fuss?" Isn't Kublai Khan's approach a clear attempt to prepare my army in advance? ”

"Fan Aiqing, as Ma Aiqing said, Kublai Khan is demonstrating, and the reason why he did this is nothing more than to create a panic situation among the people of our court, which, in turn, also shows Kublai Khan's weakness."

"Weak heart?" Fan Wenhuan then asked, "Your Majesty, forgive the ministers for being stupid, what does this mean?" ”

I smiled and said, "Kublai Khan knew the movement of our dynasty and knew that our dynasty was already preparing for war, so the possibility of a sneak attack no longer existed, and the people and soldiers of our dynasty are currently high-spirited, which is fundamentally different from the previous southern invasions of the Mongols." I thought that Kublai Khan's construction of the Dianjiangtai was nothing more than to boost the morale of his soldiers and weaken the morale of our court. By weak-heartedness, I mean that the Mongols' confidence is no longer as good as it was during the first two expeditions to the south, and that Kublai Khan is cheering himself up and his men. ”

Fan Wenhuan thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty is Shengming, and the minister understands. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, in the past year or so, the combat strength of the major military regions has been significantly improved, in the upsurge of military training set off by our dynasty, everyone has worked together, and all military regions have different degrees of innovation, for example, the regimental training cooperation system of the Sichuan Military Region is one of the bright spots, the regimental training system originated from the armor protection system of the ancient Zhou Dynasty, and it has been practiced in all dynasties, and now the Sichuan Military Region has become a great help to the regular army under the unified training of General Zhang Jue, and the regimental training militia has become a great help to the regular army, and in the campaign of the Ningxi Army, the regimental training of Yuechi County has played a great role, not only performed well in defensive battles, but also provided a large number of qualified soldiers for the regular army. ”

Regiment training is a local militia system in ancient China, and the militia in the countryside is also known as the village soldiers. Since the Zhou Dynasty, the regimental training has been continuously developed, and in the Tang Dynasty, there was a special position of regimental training envoy, similar to the captain of the civilian self-defense force, to manage the affairs of the regimental training. The Song Dynasty followed the Tang system, and each state had the post of regimental training envoy, and Su Shi, a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, once served as the deputy envoy of Huangzhou's regimental training.

In ancient times, the more famous was about the end of the Ming Dynasty in Hubei Tongshan group training, the famous Li Zicheng died in the hands of Tongshan group training, to modern times, the military strategist Zeng Guofan was to start with group training, the achievement of the Hunan army name. Our militia played a great role in cooperating with the regular army and made tremendous contributions to the people's liberation, national independence, and the establishment of New China.

I continued: "The Song-Mongolian War is about to break out, and the first to bear the brunt of the four major military regions on my northern border, in order to recognize the innovative spirit of the front-line generals and encourage their fighting spirit, I have decided to seal the main generals of the four military regions. Xiao Qi, read. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xiao Qi read aloud, "The battle between Song and Mongolia has lasted for more than 30 years, and there are countless wars under the Great Xia, and now Mongolia is about to invade the south for the third time, in order to boost the morale of our Great Song Dynasty soldiers, it is specially sealed, Yangzhou Military Region has made Li Tingzhi a general of Yangwei and given a gold belt, and Xia Gui has been made by the Luzhou Military Region has been made a general of Wuwei and given a gold belt, and Lu Wende has been made by the Xiangyang Military Region has been made a general of Fenwei, and a gold belt has been given, and Lu Wenhuan has been appointed as a general of Zhenwei by the Xiangyang Military Region and has been appointed as a general of Zhenwei, and he is also the governor of Xiangyang Mansion, The Sichuan Military Region has made Gao Gao the general of the Central Leading Army Wei and given a gold belt, the Sichuan Military Region has made Zhang Jue the deputy commander of the left leading army and given a gold belt, and the Sichuan Provincial Pacification Envoy Zan Wanshou is the general of the right leading army Wei and concurrently serves as the deputy commander of the Sichuan Military Region, and the generals above the commander of the four major military regions are each given a silver belt. I hope that I will fight bravely to kill the enemy, and reward my meritorious deeds in the future. Chincis. ”