Chapter 72: The Enemies of the Great Song and the Great Yuan (5)
Basically, every ten days or half a month, Hao Ren Wanhu has to read the collected Song Dynasty newspapers. Those books on science seem to be only a few, even if you add up the books of the pre-Qin princes, the total amount is still so much. However, the newspapers of the Great Song Dynasty were full of vitality and new content was constantly appearing.
Every time he immersed himself in reading, Hao Ren Wanhu felt that he was much closer to the powerful country to the south. In that country, a lot of interesting things happen every day. For example, the Song State was rapidly expanding its maritime power, and the Song State was trying to alleviate the 'paper shortage' at home.
For example, what Hao Ren Wanhu is reading now is the reminiscence of the 'First Qin and Han Empires' by the upper echelons of the Song Dynasty, and the efforts to restore the First Qin and Han Empires. In these reminiscences, the whole face of the First Empire of the Qin and Han Dynasties is gradually being revealed, and the Qin and Han dynasties, which have obvious inheritance relationships in this system, are based on the fact that the natural environment of Guanzhong has not been destroyed, and the entire Guanzhong itself is still based on the plain.
The Guanzhong Plain, the Chengdu Plain, and the gradually developing Huanghuai Plain were all controlled by the state in the territory of the First Empire of the Qin and Han Dynasties with the three plains as the core. A large number of large-scale plantings have been arranged and implemented by the state on the square land composed of basic measurement points.
All management is the implementation of standardized management of hundreds of thousands or even millions of square area units, from the emperor to the chief, all know their job content. With the basic measuring points, it is possible to have a 'lichang' or a 'pavilion length'. The lieutenant chief is the person in charge of one square mile, ten miles and one pavilion, and the pavilion chief manages a larger area of land. Without standardized distance management, there is no way to effectively implement this management model......
Hao Ren Wanhu was drunk and fascinated, and the newspaper described a great country as described by the upper echelons of the Great Song Dynasty. At least it is a country that Hao Ren Wanhu can imagine in his mind after reading it. For the Mongols, the national model is easy to understand. The Mongols also divided the areas between different tribes by dividing the pastures. Each tribe grazes their cattle on their own pastures, so that they can easily communicate and move to the various tribes. If everyone lives aimlessly, the whole of Mongolia will be in chaos.
Putting down the newspaper, Hao Ren Wanhu felt as if he had eaten a hearty meal and felt comfortable as a whole. This sense of satisfaction effectively expelled the anger he had accumulated in the reorganization of the navy. Hao Ren Wanhu originally thought that the management of the navy army was to do paper work, and in the Dayuan model, the work of each official was taken care of by the officials, that is to say, how well the specific work was done depended on how many capable staff the officials had.
Of course, if the official can do his best and do all the paperwork alone, that is also possible. But Hao Renwanhu didn't feel like he saw an official do that. Including Hao Ren Wanhu himself, there are also some staff members who specialize in handling official business to deal with paperwork.
After Hao Ren took on the job of rectifying the water army, he initially only did paper work. He was ready to assemble the officers of the navy who he had an impression of, but he didn't expect that the roster he got in his hands was made in the Song Dynasty. Seeing this kind of roster ten years ago, Hao Ren's heart was full of excitement.
With great unease, Hao Ren began to look at the contents. One by one, Hao Ren determined that the names of the sailors who had died in the war were still on the roster, which made Hao Ren feel more and more uneasy. At this time, Hao Ren Wanhu still did not dare to make up his mind, and he sent people to the locations of the various water armies and asked them to hand over the latest roster of the water army. Not long ago, Hao Ren's staff brought back the news that they had given the latest roster.
At this moment, Hao Renwanhu's mood became super uneasy. Maybe these thousands of households and thousands of households have confidence in their statistics, but Hao Ren has lost confidence in thousands of households and thousands of households. After thinking about it, Hao Ren Wanhu wrote a recital for Kublai Khan.
Since the Great Khan considered using the elite and strong of the dismantled naval army to form a starting army, it was better to ask the Great Khan to order a review of the Great Yuan naval army. The Song State had already seized the land from Luoyang to Huaxian, and it was impossible for the naval army of the Great Yuan and Han Shui to sail to Dadu. That's why we conducted a land-based review.
When writing this recital, Hao Ren Wanhu's purpose was to change the way to puncture this pustule, and Hao Ren Wanhu himself did not have the courage to poke such a big pustule. Those people dared to fool the roster ten years ago, and Hao Ren Wanhu was very pessimistic that the Han Shui Navy, which was now the nominally largest in the Dayuan Water Army, might have only less than half of the number on the roster.
When he went south to attack the Song Dynasty, there were more than 70,000 sailors in the Yuan army. By the end of the Song Dynasty, the remaining part of the 70,000 naval army had never been able to break out of the Yangtze River, and retreated to the Han River in the next step of the Song army's offensive. After the Battle of the Yellow River, Da Yuan was forced to abandon Xiangyang and Fancheng, which is why the Da Yuan naval army is now being dismantled.
If the Dayuan Naval Army itself no longer exists, it is better to say that it will be abolished, and the idea of using the Great Yuan Naval Army will not be completely frustrated. Hao Ren Wanhu can ignore the people who hollowed out the Dayuan Water Army, but he can no longer shoulder the responsibility for the rest in vain.
Thinking of these questions, Hao Renwanhu's euphoria of reading disappeared. When Dayuan was moving towards the top step by step, there was no such problem at all. At that time, Da Yuan was invincible, and he could destroy the enemy when he encountered it. Now that this momentum has disappeared, Hao Ren looks back and is stunned to find that Da Yuan's war machine itself has decayed to such a point at some point.
The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, so Hao Ren simply got up and went to visit his teacher Hao Jing. Hao Ren told his teacher about the fact that the navy was probably hollowed out, hoping that his teacher would be able to beat the side drum in front of the Great Khan Kublai Khan. And Kublai Khan's slow reaction was much more than Hao Ren expected.
Seeing the teacher, Hao Ren first saluted, and then sighed: "Teacher, these days, I think back to what you said about establishing a system, and I feel that it is really the only right way. If Dayuan's navy system hadn't collapsed, I would just have to deal with it according to the roster. ”
After saying this, Hao Ren waited for the teacher to evaluate the system. Unexpectedly, the teacher was silent, as if he hadn't heard Hao Ren's words at all. Hao Ren was a little surprised, and he asked, "What is the teacher's trouble?" ”
"It's not a bother." Hao Jing replied.
After a pause, Hao Jing added, "It's just that my mind is more chaotic and I can't figure it out." ”
Hao Ren thought that he couldn't help the problem that even the teacher couldn't solve, so he asked: "Teacher, I ask you to help me with the matter of the navy mentioned to the Great Khan, I don't know if the teacher can see the Great Khan." ”
“…… Hao Ren, it's better to let this matter go for now. Hao Jing replied.
"Why?" Hao Ren was a little stunned, how could such a big event be put down? Now the population of Han is more than 10 million, and the matter of the navy involves tens of thousands of people, so it doesn't seem like it can be delayed.
After a moment of rapid spinning in his mind, Hao Ren began to have great suspicions, Kublai Khan Khan Ping Suri handled things very decisively, why Hao Ren was on the table for a long time this time, and the Great Khan did not speak, which in itself is rare. Now even the teacher says so, and if you let it go, you will continue to procrastinate. If it was before, the teacher didn't say that he took the initiative to ask for a delay, he estimated that he would have already taken the case. What the hell is going on?
The teacher and student were silent for a while. Hao Ren then asked, "Is it difficult for someone to find a teacher to talk about it?" After finishing speaking, Hao Ren carefully looked at the teacher's expression.
Hao Jing's expression faltered a little, at least with a great impatience. After being silent for a while, Hao Jingcai said: "Hao Ren, sometimes we just have to endure it, and things like government and politics are not simple rights and wrongs. If you jump out in such a hurry, you probably have done something bad with good intentions. ”
Hao Ren was not moved by the teacher's words, he replied: "If someone lies about the number of sailors, it is always easy to distinguish between right and wrong." ”
"You...... See for yourself. I'm tired today, so go back first. ”
“…… Teacher, farewell. ”
In addition to Hao Jing's mansion, Hao Ren had great doubts in his heart. What terrible people are involved in this, if it is a few Han soldiers and ten thousand households, what is it? Why is even the teacher so stumbling.
With such doubts, as well as Hao Ren's insistence on doing serious things, Hao Ren went back first and wrote a recital directly. Personally took him to see Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan met with Hao Ren, and when he heard that it was this, the Khan had a very unhappy expression on his face. He said, "Hao Ren. Now that this matter has been handed over to you, you can do it. ”
"Great Khan, mobilize the army to conduct most of the exercises, if it weren't for the Great Khan's order, I wouldn't have been able to do it at all."
"Then you don't have to mobilize them." Kublai Khan replied impatiently.
“…… Be. Hao Ren could only reply.
"What else?"
"Nope."
When Hao Ren came out of the palace, he felt as if he had seen a big shadow dimly, but he didn't seem to be able to grasp the key point in it. The biggest question is, why did Kublai Khan shield those who had hollowed out his naval army?
When I returned home with a lot of confusion, someone reported, "The right prime minister Ahma came to visit." ”
Hao Ren's heart moved, and he ordered: "Bring him in." ”
Although Ahma is the right prime minister, his status is still far from Hao Renwanhu. He first stepped forward to salute Hao Ren, and then said, "Wanhu, I heard that you are responsible for the removal of the naval army?" ”
"Yes."
"I've heard that the Great Khan has mobilized some water and military forces to open mines in the area."
"Oh? But I don't know if it was the Great Khan or your Ahma who transferred it. Hao Ren already felt his eyes light up. Sure enough, as he thought, the navy army was hollowed out of soldiers.
Ahmada smiled bitterly: "Wanhu, such a big thing, do you think the Great Khan will not know." If he had known that I had done my thing, he would have skinned me. ”
There is a point in that. Hao Ren Wanhu was speechless for a while.