Thunder Emperor

This kind of behavior of the Jin army was already in the calculation of the teacher's way. They only received a slight sniper attack all the way south. The Jin cavalry had long ignored the Song army. They had just arrived at the Yellow River and thought that the entire Daming Mansion was already theirs. It's in their pockets, and defense is not in their consideration at all, so they made food and camped by the river.

A total of 6000 people participated in the ambush by the New Song Army, and the remaining 4000 people belonged to the logistics force, who assembled behind the mountain and were ready to block the passages at both ends of the valley at any time. Just like this, more than 2 soldiers of the New Song Army quietly lurk in the trenches on the mountainside. The entire ambush position is in silence like this. There are only countless songbirds screaming hard, as if they are fighting for the troops of the Kingdom of Jin. Sing dirges.

The weather on the second day was very bad. The blue sky of the previous day was now covered with dark clouds. The second batch of troops of the Jin Army had already started to cross the river. The soldiers of the New Song Army were ordered to prepare for the battle. The arquebus soldiers took out the matchlocks that had been smoldering overnight from the hollows on the trench wall, and quietly blew on the fire.An hour later, the last batch of Jin Kingdom troops began to cross the river. Just as they reached the middle of the Yellow River, a flying rocket with red light flew straight into the sky and exploded thousands of light spots.

All the soldiers of the Golden Army were attracted by the sudden red flying arrow.Wanyan Zongwang, who was still on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Wanyan Zongbi, who had already crossed the river last night, reacted immediately and shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Enemy attack! All troops on alert!" But it was a step too late.

Four years later, Zhang Zeduan, the first painter in the court of the Song Dynasty, used a 30-meter scroll, and it took three years to paint the scene of the great victory in Luokou at that time. The soldiers of the Kingdom of Jin uttered their last wails.On the two mountains on the right side of the picture, which are called the Left and Right Gates of Heaven by later generations, countless cannons are emitting angry flames, mercilessly burning the cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Jin who are fleeing around, and the guns on the mountainside are shining with cold light. The mouth, and the flickering gun flames represent the lives that were mercilessly killed one by one.

On the south bank of the Yellow River and the north bank of the screen, there are two generals of the Kingdom of Jin with golden helmets and armor, namely Wanyan Zongwang and Wanyan Zongbi. Because of his anger, he vomited blood and died on the way to escape, and finally did not return to the land of the Kingdom of Jin.

The great victory at Luokou made the entire Song Dynasty have great confidence and hope in the military reform plan promoted by the national teacher Wan Lei and Li Qi, who was then the Deputy Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of Finance, and Chief of the Police Bureau.The commanders of the various armies who were still holding on to the idea of ​​waiting and seeing all sent people to the Ministry of Defense of Bianliang to open up relationships, hoping to recruit some experienced military instructors from the new army of the Song Dynasty to provide effective guidance for their own army reform.

Wanyan Aguda was still in Beijing, waiting for the good news that his two princes had captured the Daming Mansion, but what he did not expect was that what he was waiting for was the body of his second son and the heavy blow of the annihilation of the entire army .There was an uproar in the Kingdom of Jin. Those tribal leaders who did not accept Wanyan Aguda thought that the Wanyan family was no longer suitable to be the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, and began to use this matter to attack Wanyan Aguda. Civil strife broke out in the Kingdom of Jin, but it was just a means. The tough Wanyan Aguda finally quelled the rebellion, but at this time, the state of Jin was unable to retaliate against the Song Dynasty, and even the war against Liao, which had been in the upper hand before, was carried out with great effort.

The news of the victory of the new army of the Great Song Dynasty is being spread in the land of the Great Song Dynasty. Together with the decisions of various new policy reforms, the folks of the Great Song Dynasty have begun to sing the rumor that the national teacher Wan Lei is the god who came down to save the people of the Great Song Dynasty.The Song Dynasty is now a scene of prosperity, the officialdom is clean and the people are peaceful, and the social security is so good that the roads are not picked up and the houses are not closed at night. Even the righteous bandits in Liangshanbo have all gone down the mountain to join the local new army. Fang La, who had been quite noisy in the south, It also accepted the adaptation of the New Army and became the defense force of the Song Dynasty New Army stationed in Quanzhou Commercial Port.

Liu Qiang traveled to the third year of the Song Dynasty, that is, the sixth year of Xuanhe (AD 1124), and the Song Dynasty officially entered the peak period of development. The commercial development was based on Quanzhou Port, relying on the strong shipbuilding industry, and the shipping industry of the Song Dynasty The line has reached the coast of the Red Sea as far as Fusang, Koryo, Champa, Chenla, Srivijaya, Kelantan, Boni, Balingfeng, Lanwuli, Undercut, Sanyu, Dashi, Daqin, Persia, etc. In the country's market, a large number of products branded with the words "Da Song" have appeared one after another.

In terms of military affairs, the Song Dynasty has fully completed the military reform, established a military system with six major military regions plus the garrison military region, and divided the territory of the Song Dynasty into three defenses in the north and three in the south. By making full use of limited military resources, the border of the Song Dynasty was divided The defense section focuses on fortifications, and the north defends Jinliao and the south defends the coastal areas, which greatly improves homeland security.

In terms of construction, the finance and construction departments under the control of Li Qi have carried out comprehensive cooperation, established a series of comprehensive markets in various provincial capitals, opened a large number of factories and workshops, integrated a large number of private mineral resources, and merged their regions All the iron smelting workshops in the area were integrated into a large iron smelting factory, using the new iron smelting technology brought by Liu Qiang's temporary return to produce high-quality iron ingots and billets in large quantities, providing high-quality agricultural tools for the agriculture of the Song Dynasty, and excellent The steel used for making guns and guns, the Song Dynasty has since entered the era of small industries.

In terms of transportation, the whole country of the Song Dynasty has been completed one after another. After road renovation and road expansion, most of the current road conditions can be used to and from double-horse carriageways, ensuring that the mileage of a day can reach nearly [-] kilometers, completely reaching the level of new China. Standards at the time of the founding of the country.The original [-]-day journey from Bianliang to Chang'an has been successfully shortened to a new record of ten days on foot and six days on horseback, greatly reducing the efficiency of national commercial and military transportation.

In terms of education, Cai Jing, the current Minister of Education, under the propaganda of his disciples all over the country, the Great Song Dynasty has been established in various provincial capitals at this time, ten universities, fifty high schools, and one hundred elementary schools. It is relatively backward, but the subjects taught are close to modern education. Stereotyped essays have changed from the only subject to national subjects, and mathematical engineering and manufacturing have become new compulsory subjects.The cultivation of military talents has also become a key education category. The military teaching materials compiled by Marshal Zhong Shidao were promoted in the Song Dynasty National Military Academy, which greatly improved the commanding ability of the new army officers in the Song Dynasty.

In the autumn of this year, all the people of Dasong were discussing a major event related to themselves, that is, the establishment of Dasong Bank.The Dasong Bank was Li Qi's idea. After discussion by all officials of the Ministry of Finance, it was decided to carry out massive reforms on the basis of the original Jiaozi, re-changing the currency standard, changing the original copper standard to gold and silver standard, so that the common people Stop hoarding copper coins, which was originally caused by the fact that copper is more expensive than money, and the phenomenon of selling copper for money has been completely cut off.

First exchange a large amount of gold and silver for copper coins, and then use the deposit interest to recall the gold and silver, issue new tokens, and quickly turn the copper coins hoarded in the hands of the people into tokens with only use value, eliminating the original issue because they were only issued but not recycled. The vicious circle has greatly reduced the burden on the country.We must know that before the reform of the currency of the Song Dynasty, because a large number of copper coins were issued, and the price of copper was higher than that of copper coins of the same weight, many people hoarded a large number of copper coins and directly turned them into copper ingots for sale in exchange for larger coins. Benefit.

The phenomenon of copper melting has appeared in the Song Dynasty for decades. During this period, the country continued to spend money on mining and smelting copper. Some spent money to cast money, but in the end the money was turned into copper blocks, and the country spent money to buy it back again. Then it is made into copper coins, and the country's money will soon become worthless after going in and out like this.At the beginning of the period, in order to prevent this phenomenon, Song Dynasty invented the first banknote Jiaozi, but because the state only issued it, Jiaozi was abused in practical use.What's more, counterfeit coins appeared, and Jiaozi was finally completely abandoned by the people of Song Dynasty after only a short period of ten years. Since then, Jiaozi has been completely abandoned, and the country has suffered heavy losses.

However, the tokens issued by the Dasong Bank now completely copy the modern currency issuance model, using copper to make coins, and issuing copper coins with gold and silver as the principal. Well, the common people will never buy that copper money into copper again, because if this is the case, the gold will be exchanged for copper, and the coffin will be lost.Coupled with the cooperation of the new decree, the new currency was issued smoothly in the Song Dynasty without too much trouble.