choke element

Chapter 760

Xuan Zang went from Tianjin to Haizhou.

Ten days ago, at the banquet held by Yelu Chucai, he learned that Ding Haijun had been crying for a whole year of poverty, but in the end he gave away his family wealth, and Da Song was completely used.At that time, the fear and anger in his heart were like a stormy sea, but he suppressed it. Not only did he not show his anger, but he also praised Zhou Guogong's benevolence and righteousness without saying a word. He even wrote a poem on the spot.

After returning to the official residence, Xuan Zang couldn't control his emotions, and broke several cups in a row, and the lamps in the bedroom remained on all night.

The next day he asked to see Yelu Chucai again, hoping to join the army.

Yelu Chucai still smiled and agreed.

This time, the Ding Navy's offensive against the Kaifeng court was divided into three routes, which were launched one after another.

Under the leadership of Guo Ning, Monk Luo, Guo Zhongyuan's department and Liu Erzu's department in Mount Tai have marched from Pizhou, Shandong to Kaifeng in one go.Li Ting's troops headed west directly from the Hebei East Road run by his own family, with the goal of Wanyan Heda and Mo Nian Zhongzhong.

Those who moved a little slower were Zhao Jue and others who were the successors of the first army.Zhao Jue, Han Xuan, and Shi Tianni's 5000 men set out from Xuande Prefecture, Dadingfu, and Gaizhou respectively, traveled southward by sea, gathered in Haizhou, and then marched westward.

This has posed a great challenge to the carrying capacity of Haizhou Qushan Port and the local storage of grain and fodder, and it is extremely dependent on the coordination ability of government officials.

The Shandong Privy Council has already made preparations. It not only expanded the port to the maximum extent, but also at the beginning of the launch of the Ding Navy, [-]% of the first batch of ships that followed Guo Zhongyuan to the south were not carrying soldiers and horses, but Laizhou, Deng Port privateers in states and other places.

These civilians have benefited several times, so they are naturally willing to contribute, not to mention that many ports in Shandong were expanded under the unified planning of the Ding Navy. The geographical environment may be different, but the management regulations and command are the same.So the folks got started very quickly.

Even so, Yelu Chucai couldn't leave the big event to his subordinates with complete confidence, so he entrusted the central capital to Xu Ding, and his family brought a large number of subordinates to Haizhou to directly dispatch the huge amount of troops and supplies transport.

As soon as he arrived in Haizhou, many processes were sorted out quickly, but he also found a few omissions in the process, and even found that officials were dereliction of duty.

Just the day before yesterday, I heard that the grain and fodder figures sent by Gaizhou were not correct. The officials in charge tried their best to explain in front of Yelu Chucai, but the reasons they gave could not make any sense.Immediately, some people suspected that there was something wrong with the warehouse in Haizhou, and some people lost their money to the public, but they couldn't turn back.

This kind of thing can never be avoided. According to common sense, it is time to send someone from the Recording Department to investigate carefully, and then declare the official punishment.But not at this time, no one is free, and there is no waiting.

Yelu Chucai, who has always been good-tempered, took the golden knife that Guo Ning had given him, and immediately ordered the officials in charge to be beheaded. In addition, he sent a team of people to Gaizhou by boat at night to behead all the people on this line.

What was sent back to Haizhou together with a dozen heads were the perfectly stitched books and the full amount of food and fodder that were shipped one after another.

For this, Xuan Zeng saw it all the time, and could only say admiration.

However, Xuan Zang is a guest of the Southern Dynasty, so he can just watch from the sidelines, and there is no need to do anything.Now that the overall situation has been decided, all he has to do is wait for the move, and no one feels the need to restrict his actions.

Therefore, in his spare time to watch the military affairs, Xuan Zang took a few entourages to look around for the win.

At this moment, he arrived at Kongwang Mountain.

Legend has it that this mountain is where Confucius climbed to look at the sea. There are Guiyun Cave, Guiyuan Temple and Buddhist cliff statues on the mountain, but the spirit of Xuanzong is not in these scenery.

He stood on the top of the mountain and looked east, and he could see the huge port in the sea.

The scale of Haizhou Port is naturally not comparable to Dinghai Port in Qingyuan Prefecture.But at this moment, a large number of ships are pouring in, and the busy scene is quite similar.Within the field of vision, the fleet is slowly moving from north to south, almost connected end to end.Numerous small boats shuttle back and forth between the big ships, some are towing boats, and some are fast boats responsible for conveying orders.

Under normal circumstances, surrounding the big ship, there will also be small boats selling snacks and odds and ends needed for ocean voyages under the name of local merchants, and even flower boats from local brothels.However, these small boats were strictly isolated at this time, and they might have been ordered not to sail in advance.

Therefore, the channel is very wide, and military ships are moored on the trestle bridge in turn, and groups of soldiers continue to come down.

At this time, the rising sun was shining brightly, the sea surface was shining golden, and the row upon row of sails was shining brightly.Under the sun, red flags were fluttering, the soldiers filed in single file, and some war horses disembarked from the boat.

Even though it was far away, the figure could not be seen clearly, but he could still feel that kind of arrogance.

"This army is under the command of Zhou Guogong, the Liao Navy Jiedushi Han Xuan's soldiers and horses. It is said that their prestige in the Northeast inland has overwhelmed hundreds of Jurchen tribes, so that the rise of the Jurchens is fundamental. The old place is now full of lackeys of Ding Haijun... It can be seen that this is a team of bears, tigers and leopards!"

Xuan Zong said with emotion.

A entourage next to him came from Tianjin to Haizhou, and finally had a wanton play. When there was no eyeliner to stare at him, he shook his head immediately: "Then Guo Ning killed the lord, usurped the rebellion, and resorted to military force. He followed those who were in the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. Even if a general succeeds temporarily, there will be a backlash sooner or later."

According to the philosophy of the Song people in the Southern Dynasties, it may be the biggest political incorrectness to be a warrior.As these words came out, everyone around him nodded.

"Kill the lord and usurp rebellion? Use military force?" Xuan Zeng read a few words softly and laughed a few times.

Because of the lord killing and usurping, the court was in turmoil, the territory was divided into two parts, the people were suffering because of the military, and the money and food were exhausted. This was the initial impression of Zhou Guogong's regime on Song Dynasty. When I was in the capital, I thought so too, and Song Dynasty did indeed designate policies for these two points, trying to gain the upper hand in the diplomacy between Song and Jin.

However, after going to Tianjin Mansion once, Xuan Zang understood that the so-called crime of murdering the lord and usurping had no lethal effect on the Ding Navy at all, and it was even meaningless to the officials of the imperial court in the central capital of the Dajin Kingdom.

Since the third year of Da'an, the Kingdom of Jin has gradually been at a disadvantage in the war with Mongolia.In the next few years, millions of soldiers and millions of people died in the war, and hundreds of cities were destroyed. It is not an exaggeration to say that the situation is hell.

Even Daxing Mansion, the central capital of the Dajin Kingdom, was besieged twice by the Mongols, captured once, and there were two coups and riots in the city itself. The casualties exceeded half of the population of Daxing Mansion at its peak.

If a dynasty is in such a state of embarrassment, it will almost lose the ability to save itself.The only hope lies in whether there are any heroes who will rise up and mend the sky amidst the earth-shaking changes.

A hundred years ago, the Song Dynasty experienced such a tragic situation. Fortunately, the Song Dynasty was orthodox after all, and it also benefited the people after all, so it stood firm in the south, and it lasted another hundred years.

But the subjects of the Dajin Kingdom do not have that deep relationship with the Dajin Kingdom.Most of them have lost confidence in the imperial court, and even the Jurchens, the foundation of the Dajin Kingdom, are tired of it.

Half a year ago, the emperor of the Dajin Kingdom was kidnapped and attacked the Marshal's Mansion, and then fell to his death.After this happened, people who still had a little attachment to the Jurchen regime fled to Kaifeng one after another.And those who stayed in Zhongdu, whether they were Han Chinese, Khitan people, Jurchens, or Bohai people, no longer cared about the court at all.

Xuan Zeng had secretly tempted him several times, and everyone who was tempted by him, whether they were officials, merchants, or even ordinary soldiers, was like this.

In other words, there is no such thing as killing the master and usurping rebellion.If Guo Ning wants to do something, within the scope of the Great Jin Kingdom, at least it is as popular as Emperor Taizu of the Great Song Dynasty.

I am afraid that he is more popular than Emperor Taizu, and it is unknown.After all, Emperor Taizu did not conquer Khitan at that time, and Guo Ning could actually solve the imminent threat of the Mongols.

As for militarism...

Xuan Zeng turned around and looked to the west of Kongwang Mountain.

Haizhou is a part of Shandong East Road, and it has not been in Guo Ning's hands for a long time.However, because it is close to the three states of Deng, Lai, and Ninghai that Dinghai first operated, it was once used as the basis of the Red Coat Army, so it has a good foundation.

Looking to the west of Zhoucheng at this time, you can only see excavated canals, smooth roads, villages rebuilt from ruins, and cities and towns that are slowly changing from temporary to long-term.

This vibrant land was built by Guo Ning and his subordinates in two or three years.

The Ding Navy takes the large-scale military and private household system as its political basis, and uses maritime trade and commerce as lubrication and supplements.In addition to expanding its own scale, the interests of maritime trade and commerce are partially consumed in bridges, roads, water conservancy, and disaster prevention and relief; Come to the big regular schools and military academies.

The reason why Guo Ning was able to launch such an attack suddenly was because he had already accumulated enough strength to obtain a huge amount of supplies from Song Dynasty, which was also his ability.

If you have to say that it was Da Song who allowed the sea trade to create all this, you can't be wrong.

But in the final analysis, the order created by the Ding Navy itself created this.

Of course, this is not militarism, but what an ambitious regime should look like when it first rises.

(End of this chapter)