Chapter 132 Li Beiyang

"What, Li Beiyang is also going to join the Dragon Tooth?" I looked at Lu Hideo with some surprise.

"Your Majesty, exactly. After Ouyang Jianqing joined the dragon tooth, he inadvertently told Li Beiyang about the dragon tooth, then Li Beiyang seemed to be very interested in this, and conveyed his intention to join through Ouyang Jianqing, and the minister also talked to Li Beiyang in detail, he agreed with the purpose of the dragon tooth, and hoped to meet the head of the dragon tooth, the minister did not dare to decide for himself, and asked His Majesty to decide. ”

"Very good, Junshi, then make an appointment with Li Beiyang."

"Yes, the minister will arrange it. Your Majesty, is it in the name of the head of the dragon's teeth? ”

I thought for a while and said, "This person is very important to me, so let's be open and honest, Xiao Qi." ”

"The little ones are here."

"Spread my will, so that Li Beiyang Ming said that after the imperial meeting, the imperial study will face me and discuss the reorganization of the sailors."

Although the Southern Song Dynasty Navy Division was far less famous than the armies of Li Tingzhi, Wen Tianxiang and others in later generations, in my eyes, Li Beiyang's role would definitely not be inferior to Li Tingzhi. Especially with the development of firearms, warships full of artillery, not to mention the Yangtze River, the inland sea, and even far overseas can go wild.

Haha, sailor, navy, I can't help but laugh when I think about it, Zheng He, Columbus, I'm going to rewrite your records.

It was the first time for Li Beiyang to enter the imperial study.

In the Song Dynasty, which suppressed martial arts and promoted literature, a military general like him belonged to the establishment of a naval division, so he really did not pay attention to it.

"Minister Li Beiyang see my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Aiqing is flat."

Li Beiyang respectfully kowtowed three times before standing up.

"Li Aiqing, sit down, Song Rui, Junshi, you also sit down." I smiled and said straight to the point, "Li Aiqing, I heard that you want to join the Dragon Tooth?" ”

Li Beiyang, who had just sat down, heard this, stood up with a pout, glanced at Lu Xiufu blankly, and said, "Your Majesty, this ......"

"Aiqing, don't panic, sit down and talk." I stared at the nervous Li Beiyang and said indifferently, "Li Beiyang, I am the head of the dragon's teeth." ”

"Huh?"

Lu Xiufu smiled and said to Li Beiyang: "Brother Li, if it weren't for His Majesty being the head of the dragon's tooth, my younger brother I wouldn't join the dragon's tooth, Lord Wen is the same as me, the purpose of the dragon's tooth is Your Majesty's will, for the rise of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Yes, Master Li." Wen Tianxiang also agreed.

Lu Xiufu continued: "Lord Li doesn't know that Lord Li Tingzhi is also a member of the Dragon Tooth. ”

"What, Lord Li too? Li Tingzhi, wasn't Master Li promoted by Master Jia? ”

I nodded and said, "Li Aiqing, exactly." No matter which party Li Tingzhi belongs to, the revival of the Great Song Dynasty is the common wish of all people with lofty ideals in our dynasty, the rise of the Great Song Dynasty, the rise of the Chinese Zhongxing, for this wish, we have come together, this is the dragon's tooth. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Minister......"

"It doesn't hurt for Aiqing to be outspoken, this is the imperial study, not a big hall for handling affairs, Song Rui, Junshi is not an outsider."

Li Beiyang knew that when I said this, he was already frank and honest.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been obsessed with my navy division for decades, and only hopes to restore the posture of the ancestors and raise the military prestige of the navy division. However, for a year, the Privy Council did not pay much attention to the construction of the water division, and even in terms of the strength of the horse infantry army, it was far inferior to the northern Mongolia. Since the surrender of Liu Cheng to Mongolia in 1261, the advantages of our Great Song Naval Division will be exhausted, and there is no secret to speak of. ”

"Wait." I interrupted Li Beiyangdao, "Liu Cheng surrendered, why do I have no advantage in the Sailor Division?" ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know, Liu Cheng is a student of his father, and he is still the younger brother of Weichen, Liu Cheng is smart and studious, and he has the true inheritance of his father, he is clear about the situation of my Chaoshui Division, looking at my dynasty, except for Liu Quan, there is really no other general who can be the enemy of Weichen in the water, and this is also the evaluation of his father back then, but I didn't expect him to surrender to the enemy. A few days ago, I heard Ouyang Jianqing say that Liu Cheng was training sailors for Mongolia, and Weichen felt that something was wrong. ”

"I see."

Wen Tianxiang said angrily: "Hmph, this is all made by Jia Yidao." ”

Lu Xiufu said: "Yes, after the Songmeng Battle five years ago, Jia Nidao used the plan method to eliminate dissidents, and most of the generals who did not fall to Jia Nidao were persecuted, and the light ones were dismissed, and the heavy ones were killed. ”

In 1260, after the Song and Mongolian Sichuan Campaign, in order to eliminate dissidents, Jia Rudao implemented the so-called "planning law" among all military generals, that is, sending officials and accountants to check the military expenses of various places, and those who withdrew government money and goods for military supplies in the war were punished with the crime of theft and concealment. Countless high-ranking generals were convicted, and famous generals such as Zhao Kui, Shi Yanzhi, and Du Shu were dismissed and ordered to compensate. Another general, Xiang Shibi, was robbed of his official position and imprisoned, forced to die, and his family was detained to pay for military supplies. The famous generals Gouda and Cao Shixiong despised Jia Nidao who did not learn and did not know how to do it, and Jia Nidao held a grudge and ordered his henchmen to fabricate charges and force Cao Shixiong to death, and dismissed the officials of Gundam, but fortunately, Song Lizong kept Gundam. Jia Rudao was jealous of Wang Jian, who had made great achievements in Diaoyu City, and deliberately transferred him to Hezhou and removed his military power, and soon Wang Jian died of depression. And Liu Quan was also on the list of persecution, Jia Rudao instructed Lu Wende, who was then the ambassador of the policy, and Yu Xing, the envoy of Sichuan, to prepare to get rid of Liu Quan. When he saw that the generals Xiang Shibi and Cao Shixiong, who were more famous than him, were forced to die, "they could not protect themselves", so he secretly sent someone to contact Liu Heima, the envoy of the Mongolian Chengdu Road Army, and expressed his willingness to surrender with 300,000 households in Luzhou and its fifteen counties.

Since then, most of the famous generals of the late Song Dynasty who opposed Jia Nidao have withdrawn from the army, and Xia Gui, Fan Wenhu, Lu Wende, etc. have occupied the highest position in the Southern Song Dynasty army, which also buried the biggest shadow for the decline of the Song Dynasty army.

"I already know the cause of Liu Quan's surrender, but I have already settled on this matter. Even if it is said that Liu Cheng led his troops to rebel, I can tolerate it, but I will not spare the traitor. And for the initiator, I will not let it go easily. ”

It's just that who is the initiator, Jia Yidao or Song Lizong? However, there is only Jia Rudao.

"Your Majesty."

"Li Aiqing, the dragon's tooth and the imperial court are one, but the current situation is a little complicated, I have established such an organization, the purpose of which is to assist me in the complete rejuvenation of the great cause from the cover, everything that is inappropriate on the surface, whether it is the opposition in the court or the hostile forces in the north, can be solved by the dragon's tooth."

Although Li Beiyang's surname is old-fashioned, he is also a smart person, so he naturally understands these truths, and immediately got up and bowed to the ground: "The minister understands His Majesty's intentions, and the minister Li Beiyang is willing to join the dragon tooth and contribute to the rise of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Aiqing, get up. Now that he is here, he will discuss the development direction of the water master, and you can find Junshi to join the dragon's tooth. ”

"Your Majesty, please."

"Li Aiqing, I think there are two urgent tasks for the sailors, one is to reorganize, and the other is to build a new warship. Before the end of the year, I initially planned to reorganize all the officers and soldiers of the naval division of our dynasty and establish the Imperial Naval Division of the Great Song Dynasty, all of which were under the rule of the coastal control envoy, with Ye Mengding serving as the concurrently serving and Li Aiqing serving as the deputy control envoy. The entire navy, ah, no, is the entire naval division divided into four major fleets, the North Sea Fleet, which is responsible for all areas north of the Yangtze River estuary, the East China Sea Fleet, which is responsible for all areas from the Yangtze River Estuary to the Fujian Road, the South China Sea Fleet, which is responsible for all the sea areas of the Liangguang Road, and the Yangtze River Fleet, which is responsible for the Yangtze River basin. After next year, I will completely change all the armies of our dynasty, and then I will change again, but the tone of the fleet will not change. ”

"With the fleet at its core?"

"Yes, there are several more formations under each fleet, consisting of different warships."