Chapter 405 Yanshan Feixue During the entire New Year, in addition to normal entertainment, I spent most of my time thinking about future wars, although I have absolute confidence in firearms, but after all, the current guns are only the most primitive arquebuses, can I really defeat the Mongolian iron cavalry? It is still unknown whether the musket artillery can be further improved, and even the second-generation Yun's musket has not changed substantially.

Perhaps this is human nature, when things are approaching, while there is a feeling of extreme longing, but at the same time it also begins to feel uneasy.

The New Year's holiday has passed in a blink of an eye.

On the first day of the meeting, I announced the decision to abolish the province of Zhongshu.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to merge Zhongshu Province into the Government Council and become a subsidiary department of the Government Affairs Yuan, with the same level as the secretary level, and its responsibility is to be in charge of the documents and archives of the imperial court.

"Yes, your ministers obey."

Chang Ting, in his early sixties, once served as a supervisor of the imperial history and a storyteller in the Chongzheng Palace, too often Shaoqing, a waiter in the Ministry of Works, a waiter in the Ministry of Officials, after I took office, I originally planned to promote him to the secretary of the ministry, because he insisted on being elected by Ye Mengding, and he was willing to succumb to the position of a waiter. Chang Ting is an upright person, an official who is not attached to power, and has always been praised by people. All the accompanying ceremonies and banquets are all allegorical rules, not for the sake of pleasing the people, but for the discussion of every relevant matter, and for the commentators to listen to the change".

Weng Yinglong chuckled in his heart, glanced at Jia Rudao, who had an indifferent expression, and said secretly, "It's finally here." ”

As for the abolition of the Zhongshu Province, the ministers of the DPRK and China are all aware of it, and Weng Yinglong knows even more that it is only a matter of time. Although he is still an academician of the Government Council, everyone understands that this is a typical rise and fall, in this regard, Weng Yinglong also feels helpless, this is no way, with the weakening of Xiangquan, Weng Yinglong, who is the core figure of Xiangquan, naturally knows that he can only learn from Jia Yidao, low-key and low-key.

I continued: "In addition, we will add a new position of assistant to the secretary of the court and the central government, and provide assistants to the senior ministers in order to reduce the daily workload of everyone. Liu Chenweng, Xie Fangde, Xie Yixiu. ”

"The minister is here."

"The three of you will report to the Ministry of Officials after the court meeting, and the Ministry of Officials will arrange your new positions."

"Yes, your ministers obey."

These three are all in their early thirties and were born in Jinshi, among which Xie Yixiu is Xie Daoqing's nephew and the only one in the Xie family who has won the examination with his ability.

"Xuan Zhao Huai enters the hall."

Under the leadership of the eunuch on duty, Zhao Huai, who was waiting outside the door, entered the palace and said: "Zhao Huai, the grass people, see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

"No courtesy."

"Your Majesty."

I looked at the majestic Zhao Huai, and suddenly thought of Zhao Kui in my heart: "Zhao Huai, you were originally a military general in the army, according to Lao Aiqing's last wishes, I appointed you as the counselor of the Imperial Forest Army, temporarily received the rank of fourth, and took office on the same day." ”

"Minister Zhao Huai, thank the emperor for Longen."

Although the Imperial Forest Army is mainly based on firearms, its techniques and tactics are different from ordinary armies, but the main generals such as Xie Daolin, Wen Zhang, Zhang Shijie and others are not proficient in military affairs.

"Ma Aiqing of the Ministry of Rites, the temple of the emperor has been completed, according to the meaning of Aiqing's folding, tomorrow the book of treasures is invited to the southern suburbs, and it is said that the great merit of building the road and preparing for virtue will revive the martyr Wenren Wu Shengming Anxiao Emperor, and the temple number is Lizong."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

I looked at all the ministers in the main hall, got up and said, "Okay, today is the time of Xianchun's official business for the third year. Retreat. ”

The heavy snow for several days has paved the northern country with a thick layer of silver, and the enchanting scenery adds a lot of New Year's atmosphere.

Mongolia, Kublai Khan's Palace.

"Why don't the sun and the moon shine like this? But the north wind is angry from heaven. The snowflakes in Yanshan are as big as a seat, and they have blown down Xuanyuan Terrace. Kublai Khan looked at the snowflakes falling outside the window and heartily recited Li Bai's "The North Wind".

Hao Jing said with a smile: "Although Li Taibai's poems in the Tang Dynasty are a bit exaggerated, they are also appropriate, and they do not lose their truth. ”

Kublai Khan suddenly had a thought in his heart and said, "Well, it's very appropriate. Although Xuanyuan Terrace is the place where Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, the ancestor of the Han people, defeated Chiyou, it was also blown down by the heavy snow of my Yanshan Mountain. These two sentences in Li Bai's poem were originally just a rendering of the wind, rain and snow in the north, but Kublai Khan interpreted the "appropriate" said by Hao Jing as another meaning, Yanshan represents Mongolia, Xuanyuan Tai represents the Southern Dynasty, this snow is flying, even if Xuanyuan is resurrected, what can it do?

Zhenjin on the side echoed: "Father Khan, maybe Li Taibai back then has already calculated what will happen hundreds of years later." ”

"Real gold, how can it be so magical?"

Hao Jing is Han after all, although he was born in the Jin country and now takes refuge in Mongolia, he is slightly embarrassed and said: "Great Khan, this year's snow seems to be particularly heavy. ”

Kublai Khan also seemed to see Hao Jing's embarrassment, and said with a smile: "Emperor, what Ben Khan wants to accomplish is the imperial cause of the unification of the world, whether it is the Mongols or the Han people, they are all the people of Ben Khan. For the ancestor of your Han people, Ben Khan is also very respectful, human beings for thousands of years, the integration of various ethnic groups often exists, Ben Khan believes that the Zhou Dynasty that replaced the Shang Dynasty has put forward the word 'Huaxia', which should be the earliest symbol of the unification of the world, Ben Khan obeys the will of heaven and dominates the world, and the Shang Dynasty Xia, the Zhou Dynasty Shang is the same. ”

"Yes, Great Khan Shengming."

Kublai Khan asked, "Emperor, did I come out of last year's taxes?" ”

"Back to the Great Khan, last year's tax task has been completed, the specific excess, the Ministry of Households is in the process of statistics, it is estimated that there will be an accurate figure until the end of this month."

Kublai Khan nodded and said, "Emperor, in your opinion, can the armament of my southern expedition be achieved by the end of this year?" ”

Hao Jing thought for a while and said: "Great Khan, this possibility exists, but you must be completely sure, it may not be until the second half of next year." ”

"That means at least a year and a half?"

"Yes, Great Khan."

Kublai Khan frowned slightly and said: "At the end of last year, Yang Lian Zhenjia returned from the Southern Dynasty and mentioned two major changes in the Southern Dynasty, one is that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty has completely controlled the situation in his country, and the powerful minister Jia Yidao is in a state of semi-retreat. Second, the Southern Dynasty was also developing armaments, and judging from the comprehensive intelligence of all aspects, the morale of the army of the Southern Dynasty seemed to have risen rapidly since the reform of the forbidden army, and it occupied the Ryukyu Islands in the east. According to top-secret information from other sources, the Southern Dynasty is focusing on building firearms, intending to use firearms against our archers, although it is not possible to find out how powerful their firearms are, but Ben Khan feels that the matter of conquering the South should not be delayed sooner rather than later. ”

"The minister understands that the minister will assist Lord Zhenjin to prepare all the military supplies as soon as possible." Hao Jing continued, "Great Khan, it seems that we underestimated the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty, and it was wrong to give Yang Lian Zhenjia the task of weakening Jia Rudao. ”

Kublai Khan said: "Emperor, even if there is no Yang Lian Zhenjia, the result is the same, unless he dares to rebel openly, he is not capable of fighting against an emperor who has made a difference, after all, the surname of the Southern Dynasty is Zhao and not Jia." Yang Lian Zhenjia also obtained a lot of information by taking advantage of his contacts with Jia Yidao, which can be regarded as meritorious. ”

"Great Khan Shengming, it seems that Yang Lian Zhenjia is going to set a new direction."

"Yes, he will come to the palace to bid farewell to Ben Khan in a while, emperor, you can tell him."

"Yes. Sweat. ”

"Emperor, in recent days, the top leaders in the army have agreed with Liu Quan's proposal to use Xiangyang as a breakthrough point for the southern expedition, what do you think?"

"Great Khan, the ministers agree." Hao Jingdao, "Although the Southern Dynasty is only half of the original Song Dynasty, but still a vast territory, the first two southern expeditions, are to choose Xichuan as the focus of the attack, but the terrain of Xichuan is dangerous, most of them are lofty mountains and mountains, which is not conducive to our cavalry, and the eastern Yangzhou, Luzhou and other areas are mostly puddles, which is also not conducive to the cavalry, so it is really the best policy to concentrate troops in Xiangyang and the Southern Dynasty for a decisive battle, and Xiangyang City Lu Wende is insatiable, and he actually agreed to let my dynasty set up a field, only in Lumen Mountain, Baihe City, If you build a fortress in the area of Baizhang Mountain, you can form a siege, and even if Xiangyang City is strong, there will be a day when the city will be broken. ”

Kublai Khan nodded and praised: "The emperor is reasonable. ”

"Great Khan, one more point. The minister thought that he could use Xiangyang as a bait to besiege but not attack. ”

Kublai Khan was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

"Great Khan, encircling Xiangyang will inevitably allow the Southern Dynasty to send troops to rescue, and our army can use the fortresses on the periphery of Xiangyang to wait for the Southern Dynasty army to attack, or force it to conduct a field battle, so that our army can give full play to the strengths of the cavalry army, take the opportunity to destroy its main force, and gain the initiative in future wars."

"Siege without attacking?" Kublai Khan said thoughtfully, "The emperor's proposal is very reasonable, and Ben Khan should think about it." ”

Zhenjin said: "Father Khan, the emperor's strategy of besieging and not attacking is really the best policy." ”

"Really? Real gold, let's hear it. ”

While the three of them were talking, a report came from outside the door: "Report, Great Khan, Tianya priest Yang Lian Zhenjia asks to see." ”

"Hehe, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived." Kublai Khan said, "Xuan." ”

After Yang Lian Zhenjia entered the house, he said: "Subordinate Yang Lian Zhenjia see the Great Khan. ”

"Excuse me, flat."

"Yes, Great Khan." After Yang Lian Zhenjia got up, he saluted Zhenjin and Hao Jing and said, "I've seen Lord Zhongshuling, I've seen Lord Emperor." ”

"Your Majesty, you're welcome." Hao Jing hurriedly replied.

Zhenjin just nodded slightly, which was considered a return gift.

Kublai Khan said: "Yang Lian Zhenjia, this year's latent mission Yin Shenzun has already told you, right?" ”