Chapter 394 As soon as the Mongolian notice fell, I saw Pu Shougeng and Xiao Tian hurriedly entering. Both of us knew about our trip to Longhu Mountain, but we went to the Valley of the Kings halfway, and the round-trip time increased by more than a month, which was not what they knew, because of this, it also made them anxious.

"I've seen Childe."

"Well, President Pu, Xiao Tian, Ling'er has encountered a little trouble and has temporarily lost her memory, so the work in the Red Cross Society needs you to teach it again."

"Amnesia?" A hint of surprise flashed on Pu Shougeng's face, but he quickly returned to normal, and said, "Don't worry, Childe, Miss Fang is talented and intelligent, as long as she understands a little." ”

Xiao Tian also said: "Yes, although the son can rest assured, in terms of talent, we think that we are not as good as Miss Fang." ”

"Well, I believe that, too." I pointed at Lin Ying again and said, "President Pu, this Lin Ying girl is my friend, and I will follow Ling'er to work in the Red Cross Society in the future, and you will arrange specific affairs tomorrow." ”

"Yes, Childe."

"Xiao Tian, I have a general understanding of the recent situation of Shifeng Commercial Bank, and you have done a good job. You and Ling'er and Miss Lin will talk about the situation of the Red Cross Society first, President Pu, go to your house, I have something to look for you. ”

In the Pu Shou Geng house, I inquired about the export status of the Pushi Commercial Bank in Quanzhou and the entire Quanzhou Port in the past two months. Although Pu Shougeng said it very simply, but also said with a flying eyebrow: "Childe, the situation is very good, according to our expectations, this year's export volume of traditional goods will increase by about forty percent, and the orders for new goods are even overwhelming, many overseas businessmen even bring gold to Quanzhou Port and other goods, the oldest order has to be delivered to the middle of next year, and what is more exciting is that profits are also increasing exponentially." ”

In more than two months is the New Year, many long-distance sea ships will be suspended, so September and November are the peak season for export business in the year, and in December, there will be very few ships going to sea, and most of the ships entering and leaving the port are from foreign fleets.

"President Pu, do you know about the other two trade ports?"

"Childe, Guangzhou Port and Mingzhou Port are the same, compared with last year, they have increased significantly, one word, 'Wang'."

"Well, very good, Mr. Pu, I will remember your credit."

"When the son sees the outside, it is really a blessing for Pu to be appreciated by the son. Although his subordinates are from the Western Regions, he grew up in the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, and he can be regarded as an out-and-out Great Song person, who can serve the son's Great Song Dynasty, and his subordinates and the entire Pu family will do their best and be willing. ”

Pu Shou Geng's words express his surrender to me, as long as it is my Great Song, he will serve, in other words, Pu Shou Geng can be loyal to me, but not to the Great Song.

In the past two months, it was the first time that Ningkun Palace was so lively.

Xie Daoqing called all my concubines in order to catch the wind for me. More than a dozen people sat around a large platform and ate the feast prepared by Xie Daoqing.

After chatting about family life, I said: "Queen Mother, as Zhao Kui said, the oldest group of ministers in the court are contemporaries of Zhao Kui and He Ji, all of whom are already in their eighties, and the backbone is the Shangshu of each department, in addition to Ma Tingluan, Liao Yingzhong and Fan Wenhuan, the other Jiang Wanli, Ye Mengding, Chen Zongli, Tang Han, Ma Guangzu and others are all nearly seventy years old, so I plan to add a Shangshu assistant in each department, while learning from the old ministers, to assist these old ministers in doing things. Mother, do you think it's feasible? ”

Xie Daoqing said: "Of course it is feasible, people are old, although they have more experience, but their energy is not able to keep up. Just like when the queen mother is reviewing the folds, many times she is not as fast as Jiu'er. ”

Quan Jiu said embarrassedly: "Queen Mother, you are thoughtful, so you will spend more time." ”

Xie Daoqing said with a smile: "Jiu'er, didn't the official family say that time is life?" ”

Quan Jiu said: "I said that time is life, and efficiency is money." ”

"Official, you are only in your twenties this year, and there should be a group of people of the same age as you around you, otherwise, in another ten years, a group of ministers like Ye Mengding will be nearly eighty years old, where can they still do things? What's more, older people will be much slower to accept new things than younger people, and they can sometimes be a hindrance to the implementation of change. ”

With Xie Daoqing's support, I am even more determined to promote young officials.

I nodded and said, "Queen Mother, I will put this matter on the agenda as soon as possible." ”

After eating, I didn't stay long, after all, there are still a lot of backlogs in the imperial study that need my approval.

At the court meeting the next day, I praised all the ministers: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the past month or so, although I have not been to the court, the affairs of various ministries and departments have made progress to varying degrees, and you have not relaxed because I am not by your side to supervise, which is a sign of the maturity of officials and the regularization of the imperial court. Today is the middle of October, seeing, the year is coming to an end, the second year of Xianchun is a very critical year, this year not only continues the changes since the first year of Xianchun, but also the foundation of the three years of Xianchun, because the end of the third year of Xianchun is the beginning of the Han-Mongolian war that I predicted, although the situation this year is gratifying, but it is also urgent, we must not relax, we must still maintain the current strong fighting spirit, make persistent efforts, and draw a successful ending for the second year of Xianchun. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, and your ministers will obey Your Majesty's will."

"Ladies and gentlemen, please play if you have a book."

Lu Xiufu was a little anxious and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a book." ”

"Please."

"Your Majesty, yesterday I received news from the Mongolian side that Kublai Khan officially announced the list of generals of the Mongolian Southern Expedition on September 29."

"Really? Read. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Lu Xiufu has a very strong memory, and recited Kublai Khan's proclamation word for word, "Kublai Khan, the Great Khan of Mongolia, announced to the world that the trend of the world will be united for a long time. And my Mongolia is thriving, it is really the morning sun, inheriting the mandate of heaven, and will surely dominate the world. In order to realize the great cause of the reunification of the north and the south as soon as possible, Ben Khan hereby appoints A Shu as the generalissimo of the expedition to the south, Zhenjin and Shi Tianze as the chief and deputy supervisors of the army, Boyan, Zhang Rou, Ali Hague, and Hedan as the deputy marshals, Dong Wenbing, Zhao Bi, Liu Quan, Qi Gongzhi, Guo Kan, Atahai, Xiramu, Kuthorn, Oluchi and Kong Yuan as the commanders of the ten major capitals of the expedition to the south, Ashuhan and Zhang Hongfan as the left and right vanguards, the imperial division (unsigned) as the marching military division, and Yao Shu as the marching counselor, commanding the eastern, central, and western armies, with a total number of 500,000, ready to go south to destroy the Song Dynasty at any time. ”

"Half a million?" Many ministers began to mumble, you must know that the Mongols attacked the Song Dynasty in the first two times, and they sent at most 200,000 horses.

"So many soldiers, Ah Shu, Zhang Hongfan, Boyan, hehe, all of them are famous Mongolian generals, is this a demonstration?" I smiled, "Lu Aiqing, quickly investigate the details of these people, and, who is the unnamed emperor?" It is also important to find out. It seems that the big war is coming. ”

"Yes, I obey." Lu Xiufu said.

However, there is another question in Lu Xiufu's heart, why did His Majesty mention Boyan and Zhang Hongfan? When the Mongols conquered Dali ten years ago, they had already shown outstanding military talent, but the other two did not seem to be well-known in Mongolia, far inferior to Zhang Rou, Dong Wenbing and others.

"Your Majesty, Chen Wen Tianxiang has a book." Wen Tianxiang came out and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Zhao Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, took leave due to illness and submitted his resignation, asking Your Majesty for instructions. ”

"I already know about this, Yang Dong, the waiter of the Ministry of Agriculture."

"The minister is here."

"Yang Dong, I order you to temporarily assume the right to be the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture as a squire of the Ministry of Agriculture."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

"Good. Ladies and gentlemen, I will talk about the current situation in Han and Mongolia. Kublai Khan's blatant provocation also shows that the time for the Song-Mongolian war is not far off. In the past one or two years, our dynasty has changed a lot, the national strength has gradually recovered, and at the same time, the Mongols are also changing the government, Kublai Khan has reused a large number of Han people from the original Jin State, and its national strength has also exceeded the level before the Mongolian Khan throne competition. At present, both the Song and Mongolia are rushing for time, and they both want to accumulate enough financial and material resources before the outbreak of the war, so in the next year, you must be mentally prepared, this battle will be a life-and-death battle between our dynasty and Mongolia, and the situation of confrontation between the north and the south will soon be broken, and the Mongolian Kublai Khan will not allow the coexistence of the north and the south, of course, I will not allow it. ”

"Since Taizu Taizong laid down my Great Song Dynasty, it has been deeply watched by Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Mongolia, and for three hundred years, most of the time, our dynasty's foreign policy is to take harmony as the precious, the result? Even more than 100 years ago, the small Jin country actually occupied a large area of land in the north of us. Thirty years ago, the first emperor went on a northern expedition, but for various reasons, failed to return, so some people thought that the first emperor was too radical and should not fight hard with the powerful Mongolian iron cavalry, and gave the Mongols an excuse to invade the south. I make it clear here that it is absolutely correct to enter Luo in itself. ”

The more I talked, the more I continued: "At that time, the Jin Kingdom had been destroyed and Mongolia was not stable for the time being, so it was a good opportunity to send troops. However, due to the emergence of two opposing voices in the DPRK and China at that time, our army seemed hesitant between war and non-war, the tactics formulated by the first emperor could not be implemented at all, the various armies could not coordinate with each other, and there was a disconnection in logistics and supply, which was the root cause of the failure. Over the next 30 years, the Mongols became stronger and stronger, while our dynasty could only be trapped in a long-term passive defense, and many people on the Mongol side believed that it was only a matter of time before our dynasty was destroyed, because no fortress could guarantee that it would never be breached. ”