Xiangyang, Generalissimo's Mansion Meeting.

Zhu Ming took out the secret letter he had just sent and said to everyone: "Jin Guo has moved Nanjing to Pingzhou. ”

This news is extremely important, Pingzhou is Lu Longsai's area, and Song Huizong originally planned to spend money to redeem it. The Jin people moved their Nanjing from Liaoyang to Pingzhou, which means nothing to see.

The frontier has become the capital, in order to fight outward!

Wang Yu guessed: "Within a year or two, the Jin people will definitely go south." ”

Zhang Bo also said: "Although I have never been to Pingzhou, I know from the history books that from Lulong to Liaodong, transportation has been difficult since ancient times. The Jin people set up Nanjing there, and the nobles and officials also had to move their families in large numbers. Pingzhou has been plagued by famine for many years, and grain must be transported from eastern and western Liaoning, and I don't know how much grain and grass will be lost along the way. If it weren't for the purpose of sending troops south, I really can't think of why the Jin people did this. ”

Wang Yuan said: "The Western Army has been defeated repeatedly in recent years, and if the Jin people go south, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop. ”

"The forbidden army can't stop it." Wang Yu himself was a high-ranking member of the forbidden army.

Zhang Bo said: "It only depends on whether the Jin people go south this time, whether they want to occupy the land of clouds, or they want to fight all the way to Kaifeng." ”

Wang Yu said: "Youyun is poor and there are many disasters and famines, and the Jin people are not interested in there, otherwise they would not have sold Yanjing to the Song Kingdom." Once the Jin people go south, they will inevitably point to Kaifeng. It's time to decide when our army should send troops. ”

Zhu Ming finally spoke: "You can't go too early, otherwise we will attract all the officers and soldiers to our side to fight." It is also impossible to go too late, otherwise it is very likely that the Jin soldiers have already retreated. We must always pay attention to the movements of the Jin people, and when the Jin soldiers approach the Yellow River, that is when we send troops. The soldiers were divided into two routes, and the east road went north from Nanyang to the north and took the border of Henan. The west road went north from Hanzhong, occupying the state capital along the way. The two armies will eventually meet in Kaifeng! ”

"In this way, the world will be decided," Zhang Bo said happily, "The generalissimo has the merit of expelling foreign races, and he can take advantage of the situation to seize Tokyo and force the faint monarch to abdicate and make way for Xian." ”

The shogunate officials under Zhu Ming, based on the news that the Jin people changed Nanjing, can they speculate so many things, can the Great Song Junchen not know?

Of course you do!

The Great Song Dynasty frantically exploited the people, and finally scraped together enough 500,000 stone of grain to quickly transport it to Yanjing for military training.

These grains should have been allocated by the prefect, and the prefect had the final say on how much of it was used for the people and how much it was used for the army. Most of it went into Pharmacist Guo's pocket, and the general deducted the grain.

Guo Yaoshi immediately recruited troops and horses, expanded the Changsheng army to more than 50,000 people, and began to become arrogant and domineering.

The so-called arrogance and arrogance is Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan, which has completely become an ornament. Regardless of the military and political orders, they all came from the hands of Guo Yaoshi, and the civilian prefect had to stand aside.

In addition, the predecessor of the Changsheng Army, the Resentment Army, was originally composed of defeated soldiers and displaced people. Now after the expansion, it is even more mixed, and the military discipline is even inferior to that of the officers and soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty, harassing the people in the city and the countryside all day long, which makes it impossible for the civilian officials headed by Wang Anzhong to govern at all.

Wang An was impeached at intervals, comparing Guo Yaoshi to An Lushan.

Tong Guan knew that the situation was very tricky, so he called Ma Kuo to ask: "The winning army is getting worse and worse, how to stabilize the situation?" ”

Ma Kuo knew everything about the affairs in the north, and replied: "Since Guo Yaoshi is a general of the Liao State, once he gains power, he will definitely suppress the civil officials, which is not uncommon in the Liao State. However, the Jin people did not dare to go south immediately, because they were afraid of Guo Yaoshi's victorious army. If the imperial court is too harsh on Guo Yaoshi, this person is afraid that he will vote for the Jin State, and he must be appeased. It's just that soothing is not enough, it should be used together. ”

"How do you use coercion?" Tong Guan asked.

Ma Kuo explained: "In Shaanxi, Hedong, and Hebei, 100,000 elite horse infantry troops were selected. Choose a general with both wisdom and courage to lead the army, and one is stationed in Yanshan to supervise and balance Guo Yaoshi. But you can't transfer all the 100,000 soldiers and horses, otherwise Guo Yaoshi will immediately rebel. There were two remaining troops and horses, one stationed in Guangxin Army or Zhongshan Mansion, and one stationed in Xiongzhou or Hejian Mansion. Such a dog-tooth system can not only deter Guo Yaoshi, but also prevent the Jin people from going south. ”

"This plan is a great good!"

Tong Guan immediately praised and gave a high evaluation, but he was embarrassed: "But where should we go to find 100,000 elite soldiers and horses?" Although the plan is wonderful, it is not easy to implement, let me think about it again. ”

Tong Guan really had no choice, knowing that Guo Yaoshi was arrogant and domineering, and he might betray Song and join Jin at any time, and he knew that most of the Jin people went south.

But he doesn't have any soldiers available!

Tong Guan had to explain the situation to Song Huizong, and then went to Taiyuan in person to appease the soldiers there, and then went to Yanjing to reward the victorious army.

He was the governor of Hebei Zhisi Road, Xin Xingzong served as the governor of Zhongshan, Wang Yuan served as the governor of Zhending, Yang Weizhong served as the governor of Hezhong, and Wang Yu served as the governor of Daimyo.

However, the four had no soldiers in their hands and had to recruit locally on their own.

The imperial court only allocated part of the grain and grass, and the rest of the grain and grass needed to be solved by the four road chiefs themselves. Some inferior armor was also transported, mainly paper armor that was easily damaged, and a large number of fugitives, homeless people, and gangsters were recruited as soldiers. relied on such four-way soldiers and horses to balance Guo Yaoshi, and also to prevent the Jin soldiers from going south.

This is equivalent to adopting Ma Kuo's strategy, but due to lack of food and soldiers, the implementation is completely deformed.

Tong Guan made great contributions to the suppression of thieves in Shandong, and now he has personally arranged the northern defense line, and finally won the favor of Song Huizong again. And to fulfill the promise of recovering Yanyun that is, to be crowned king, when Tong Guan returned from Yanjing, he was immediately canonized as the king of Guangyang County by Song Huizong.

And Cai You's official position was below Bai Shizhong and Li Bangyan, and Song Huizong also felt that he couldn't go. So with the merits of assisting in the recovery of Yanyun, Cai You was given the official Taibao and the title of British duke.

Now it is Cai Youquan's turn to lean towards the government and the opposition, although he is not the prime minister, his henchmen are all over the court and outside.

Many officials left behind by Cai Jing and Wang Hao have taken refuge in Cai Youmen. The left prime minister Bai Shizhong, and the right prime minister Li Bangyan, on the contrary, could not control the government and became a rubber stamp that should be served as an official document.

"Cai Youxiaoer, deceive me too much!"

Bai Shizhong's temper has risen a lot, and he has learned to throw things: "If you say that you will bring down Cai Jing, let me be in charge." But now the decree I signed can't leave the inner city of Tokyo, and the people are laughing at me as a clay sculpture Dazai! ”

Li Bangyan sighed: "Although you and I are favored by the official family, it is a pity that the foundation is too shallow, and most of the important ministers of the province and the ministry are protégés of the Cai family, and these people must be more willing to take refuge in Cai You." ”

"It's better to leave Cai Jing behind!" Bai Shizhong said angrily.

Li Bangyan's heart became more and more resentful, and a hideous smile appeared on his face. He has always bet on both sides, but now he is more inclined to Juming.

Although Li Bangyan knew very well that after Zhu Ming seized the world, he could not be in a high position, but he did so to feel relieved. And the situation is stormy, the broken ship of the Great Song Dynasty will capsize sooner or later, and it is time to seriously choose a good ship.

What is Cai You doing?

Doing business!

Now that he is in control of the court, the first thing he does is to reduce the tribute of the states and release the intention of implementing benevolent government.

Then he appointed talents to gain prestige.

For example, someone recommended Nie Shan, and Cai You had also heard that this person was virtuous, so he immediately recalled him from Jiangxi to inspect it personally.

Cai You was very satisfied with this person and appointed Nie Shan as the Taishou of the clouds. Because once the Jin people go south, they will definitely divide their troops and go to the clouds, and Nie Shan can do things violently and be able to bear the heavy responsibility.

Nie Shan was raised at the age of fourteen, and after graduating from Taixue, he was given the status of a jinshi, and he was known for his fierceness as a man and an official.

In history, it was he who sent killers to kill Wang Huang, who returned to his hometown. During the Jingkang period, he was the main opponent of the Jin, but he was sent by the Song Qin sect to negotiate peace, and he could not make contact with the Jin people, so he immediately went to Hebei to mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Qin Wang, and was brutally killed by the guards of the state who gouged out his eyes.

In the eyes of the world, Nie Shan at this time was Zhu Ming before the rebellion, and he was an upright and fierce official.

Cai You's reuse of Nie Shan coupled with the implementation of "benevolent government" immediately won praise from internal and external officials. It seems that as long as he corrects himself in the future and governs the country well, all the bastard things he did before will no longer exist.

It can be seen that the people of the world today have low requirements for the rulers, and they have the meaning of putting down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha.

Yanjing, Yunzhong, Zhongshan, Hebei...... Corresponding arrangements were made in various places, and it was obvious that the Great Song Dynasty was really afraid. It was not that they were ignorant of the Jin people's southward movement, but they knew better than everyone else, and they did their best to make defensive strategies.

In this matter, I can't find fault with Tong Guan and Cai You.

It's just that they never imagined that the Jin soldiers couldn't capture the cities along the way, so they actually walked around the city and went straight to Tokyo, not afraid of the grain route and the way back being blocked at all. Just like the German army in World War II, the Jin soldiers on the East Road also bypassed the fortified city and came to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty with a lightning attack.

……

Cai Youshi's "benevolent government" to gain fame can only win the favor of officials in the world for a while.

Everyone was waiting for the following, but Cai You did not follow, and soon disappointed the officials and scholars.

On the contrary, on the Jin side, the emperor of the Jin State issued an edict strictly prohibiting the nobles and wealthy families from buying the common people as slaves. Whoever compels the people into slavery shall be fined fifteen times the purchase price; Whoever seduces the people into slavery shall be fined twice the purchase price and a hundred rods. At the same time, grain and grass were allocated again to help the hungry people in Liaodong.

Of course, this kind of edict had little effect, and it was not a mercy for the people, but purely to prevent the powerful from annexing the population.

And the common people who could not afford to eat were actually willing to be slaves and did not appreciate the policies of the Jin Emperor.

The beans in the second season of this year's reclamation are being harvested, and Zhu Ming took more than 100 guards to inspect various places on horseback, and at the same time to inspect the garrisons of various departments.

He first went to Dengcheng and summoned the Wei family there.

There is no peasant reclamation around Xiangyang City, and on the whole, it has been developing.

During the period of Song Zhenzong, he was in Xiangyang Tuntian for 20 years, and the government obtained 300,000 stones. Then Tuntian collapsed, because the corruption was too serious, so I had to give up Tuntian to let the people reclaim it freely, and now the development is similar to the surrounding area of Hanzhong Fucheng.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the population of Xiangzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty has increased by one-sixth.

"I've seen the Generalissimo!" Wei Tai gave up.

Zhu Ming personally supported: "The old gentleman has made great contributions, so he doesn't have to be so formal." ”

Seeing this, the gentry of Dengcheng were all envious, this annoying old man was so loved by the generalissimo.

They didn't know that the Wei family used to be Zhu Ming's spy station.

With Zhang Jinping as the matchmaker, the granddaughter of the Wei family, she is now married to Chen Ziyi and is more closely bound to the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Wei Tai smiled and said, "Generalissimo, please." ”

(End of chapter)