Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Because of this, Emperor Shi never forgot, and hoped that in the future, he would have the opportunity to locate the capital as far as possible to the west.

The location of the country's capital can best reflect the strategic purpose of a country, just like Sun Quan moved the country's capital westward to the front line to fight against Xishu.

The Ming Dynasty moved the capital to Beijing. Many people said that the emperor guarded the gate of the country, but that was the saying when the strategy was conservative in the later period and did not think about making progress. The reason for moving the capital at the beginning was not to "guard the gate of the country", but to go north. Using troops, because the capital is in Beijing, it is convenient for the power of the empire to radiate to the north, and using troops to the north can greatly save costs.

In the same way, to control the Hexi Corridor and the Western Regions, it is best to set up Chang'an as the capital, followed by Luoyang. This is the obsession that Emperor Shi had from the very beginning. Western Regions.

He asked Chen Chengzhao and others to repair the canal with such long-term considerations, just as Zhao Kuangyin said back then, "Use the victory of mountains and rivers to eliminate redundant soldiers and find the stories of Zhou and Han".

This is also his wish, but after seeing it this time, his heart is much colder, because Luoyang is incomparable to the prosperity of Daliang, the decline of Guanzhong, and the rise of Jiangnan also made Luoyang lose its advantage.

But he didn't tell outsiders about these things. He rewarded Chen Chengzhao heavily and transferred him to the confidentiality department to be responsible for the construction of the new ship together.

He also met his retired father-in-law Fu Yanqing in Luoyang.

Fu Yanqing's voluntary abdication of military power set a good example for all Jiedu envoys, so no matter emotionally or politically, he did not treat his old father-in-law badly, and rewarded a lot of property after meeting.

He stayed in Luoyang until the end of July, and Fan Zhi in the court had written several letters urging him to go back, so Shi Congyun reluctantly left Luoyang.

When he went back, he was still on a new type of gunboat, and he died on the deck to the west. The mountains and valleys gradually became smaller in the sunlight, and the sky was dazzling in the daytime. Mountains, black pressure on the sky to cut off the sight of the distant view.

At the other end of his gaze, although he couldn't see anything, Emperor Shi knew that there was the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions, and the connection channel with the world that he never forgot...

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In the last two days of July, when he returned to Daliang, all the officials greeted him at Chengqiao Station, and even Zhao Kuangyin, who had been given to idle officials, also came to greet him, which really made Emperor Shi very frightened.

After all, Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiaoyi are really scary.

Then he learned about the news of the Liao Kingdom and Xiao Siwen's letter.

The meeting that day also reminded Shi Congyun of one thing. Putting aside his preconceived precautions, Lao Zhao is indeed a talent, and he wanted to revive him in his heart.

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During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Emperor Shi gave a banquet to his ministers, and the Secretary of Secrets gave him a gift, that is, 8 cannons!

Shi Congyun excitedly fired a cannon in the imperial city himself to celebrate the birth of the [-] cannons in the Qin Kingdom.

Everyone saw that the emperor was happy, and they became more and more concerned about the firearms.

In September, the Security Department proposed a new research, which they called "infantry artillery", but Shi Congyun could tell at a glance that what they wanted to get was a musket for individual soldiers.

Shi Congyun immediately approved and approved the funds. Although it is technically difficult and it will take an unknown number of years, he has never been stingy in such matters.

In winter, there were no major events in the Tang Dynasty, and there were some floods. Shi Congyun asked Chen Chengzhao to deal with it. This year, Hebei still had a bumper harvest, but several counties along the Yellow River suffered floods, which required disaster relief and cost a lot of money.

But there is a big event in the harem, Mrs. Huarui and the Queen's Sixth Sister both give birth in winter, which is undoubtedly a very big event.

Needless to say, the queen, Mrs. Huarui is also the reliance of many Shu officials, such as Meng Xuanzhe, Han Baozheng, Han Baosheng, etc. They all hope that the concubine De, who is also from Shu, will be more expensive than her mother and her son, and have better treatment.

As for the queen, everyone in the world has been watching. Although Emperor Shi is in his prime, if the queen gives birth to a son, they can still feel at ease, and the sooner the son, the better, so as not to follow in the footsteps of Zhou Shizong... ...

But the final situation disappointed some people. The queen and concubine De gave birth to two princesses in winter. Named Shilin.

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Time flies, and the second year of Tenglong came to an end very quickly. This was a rare and peaceful year. Shi Congyun did not take the initiative to launch a war with the outside world. It's not that they are going to slow down the pace of foreign conquests.

It's just that under these peaces, Qin's new navy has been formed, and the professional embargo has expanded to 20!

The new gunboats began to be mass-produced, and the navy was installed. The cannons were already on board. The workshops along the Bianshui River continued to accumulate a large amount of gunpowder, and each cannon was also produced overtime. By next year, the Qin army's cannons will exceed One thousand doors!

The outside world does not know about all of this. They only saw that Emperor Shi blackmailed the princess of the Liao Kingdom, traveled to the ancient capital Luoyang, did not launch a thunderous counterattack against the provocations of the Southern Han Dynasty, but just enough, traveling around the mountains and rivers, and doing nothing.

But only the generals and prime ministers around him, and the craftsmen in the workshops stretching for tens of miles along the Bianshui River are familiar with the emperor's ambitions and the terrifying power accumulated in peace.

Although Emperor Shi used one person to fight a hundred in Hedong, he was not a reckless man. He understood in his heart the way to advance and retreat, forbearance, and trade-offs.

Everything is based on the consideration of the overall interests, and the judgment of the world situation, of course...except for Xiao Chuo.

In short, Emperor Shi thought he was a good emperor, his dormancy and waiting would not be in vain, and one day he would erupt, sweeping mountains and seas, sweeping across the north and south, and unifying the world.

The second year of Tenglong was a year of accumulating strength, and it was also a year of rare comfort and peace.

Chapter 405, Make up your mind

East to spring, the grass grows and the warbler flies, and the time has come to the third year of Tenglong before you know it.

During the Chinese New Year, Wuyue, Jiangnan, Goryeo and other countries all sent envoys to Daliang, and the female straight people also sent envoys again, crossing the sea from Bohai Sea to Qidi, traveling thousands of miles away.

The envoy of Nvzhiren excitedly reported to him that because of the rebellion of Wugu and Shiwei ministries last year, the Liao court sent a subdued prime minister Xiao Wu to lead an army of more than 3 people to quell the rebellion.

They also took the opportunity to launch a rebellion. Although they failed to gain a firm foothold, they still killed several officials of the Liao Kingdom in the Bohai Kingdom, causing considerable chaos.

He also killed more than 100 Liao soldiers and looted warehouses in several surrounding counties.

But after autumn they dare not move again.

They originally thought that more than a dozen troops in the north would unite to rebel, but there would be tens of thousands of troops and a large number of troops. They would fight the Liao Kingdom for several years, and they could take advantage of it.

It was true in the beginning.

The rebellion started last year. The local army of the Liao Kingdom and the rebels fought anxiously, causing casualties to each other. After more than a year of fighting, there was no result, which led to more and more rebels.

But I didn't expect that after the Prime Minister of the North Mansion of Liao Kingdom sent troops this year, the situation would change immediately.

The forward sent by the Prime Minister of the Northern Mansion of the Liao Army was Brother Yeluxiu. He was a fierce general. He won successive battles on the northern grassland. He defeated the rebels one after another within a few months. The rebellious tribes were killed except for the children who were not taller than the wheels.

With its strong fighting power and ruthless means, it has suppressed many rebel tribes in Wugu and Shiwei through several battles in less than a year, and the Liao army may return to Beijing at any time.

This frightened the straight woman, and she quickly retreated to the snowy forest to the north, and even voluntarily gave up several counties that had already been occupied.

Shi Congyun frowned when he heard this, and muttered, "Brother Yeluxiu..."

Looking at the excited narration of the female straight envoy, I don't know how much of the truth and falsehood are in the words. Now Liaodong is too far away to reach.

However, it should be true that there was a rebellion in the Liao Kingdom. Shi Congyun also knew the name of Brother Yeluxiu. After all, it was difficult for many people in the Liao Kingdom to remember, but Xiao Chuo, Yelu Xiezhen, and Brother Yeluxiu were still too famous.

This also reminded him that smart people don't know him alone.

He thought that he was negotiating peace with the Liao Kingdom for the time being in order to free his hands to concentrate on dealing with the south.

Now it seems that the high-level leaders of the Liao Kingdom are not stupid. They agreed to negotiate a peace and even agreed to the terms of compensation. Being able to coexist peacefully with the Qin State originally had its own calculations.

Thinking of this, Shi Congyun suddenly felt a little vigilant. He still underestimated the enemy, and he was a little flustered before.

Then the emissary of the female straight people also stated their intention for this visit, that is, they hope to continue to receive financial support from the Qin State.

Especially iron weapons, because of Liao's blockade of them and their backward technology, it is difficult to make iron weapons to fight against the local army of Liao.

They often use their own hunting bows to ambush and attack Liao soldiers, but once they meet hand-to-hand, they lack enough iron weapons and they are brave enough to be no match for the Liao army.

He didn't hesitate on this matter, and immediately agreed.

Shi Congyun didn't know how true the female direct envoy was, but it was insignificant for Daqin to support them with thousands of spears. If they confronted Liaodong in Liaodong, it would be a situation he would like to see.

The female emissary was also very happy, saying that they are used to hunting on horseback, and spears on horseback are the best weapons, and the iron spearheads produced in the south are particularly good, far surpassing those of the Khitan people.

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The envoys of the Goryeo Kingdom also came across the sea. In addition to sending the unique secret beauty of Goryeo, gold and silver treasures, there were also twenty Goryeo beauties.

The so-called secret color is a kind of beautiful porcelain, which is of high value, because it is said that only Goryeo can make that kind of color, and Emperor Shi didn't dare to be interested in it, it was nothing more than the special geographical conditions. Interested in tributes.

Most people in Goryeo do not understand the behavior of crossing the sea to worship, but it is not surprising that people in the court are used to it.

Even Shi Congyun didn't find it strange, because he knew that no matter Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming, Qing, Gaoli worshiped honestly, it's true that they even took the initiative to worship "Dasong", and at the same time worshiped The Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom basically worshiped whoever was older.

This approach is also referred to as "majorism".

And this is the aftermath of being beaten by the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the history of North Korea, the country was destroyed twice. One time, Emperor Wu destroyed Wei Dynasty Korea. He directly set up four counties on the Korean Peninsula to control the Korean Peninsula. It was not until the late Eastern Han Dynasty that it gradually lost control. .

The second time was when Tang Gaozong destroyed Goguryeo and directly controlled the northern part of the Korean peninsula, and then the control time was shorter.

After learning the lessons from these two disasters of annihilation of the country, the Korean peninsula has developed a tradition of "big things", that is, no matter who is powerful in the west, they will immediately go to worship and pay protection fees.

In the later Zhou Dynasty, envoys from Goryeo came to pay homage, and now that the state of Qin is so powerful, it is not surprising that they rushed across the sea to pay homage.

Shi Congyun was very happy, and he had to say that the King of Korea was quite capable and knew what he liked.

Twenty handsome North Korean beauties, I heard from their envoy that some of them are from the royal family, and I want to introduce them to him, but Shi Congyun doesn’t care about those, regardless of whether you are from the royal family or not, as long as you are beautiful, he didn’t have a draft. There is no one in the harem, now it's all right, let's let Goryeo do the drafting.

Then, as usual, they asked them to bring some cultural products back to observe and learn about the profoundness of Chinese culture. As for the money, he wanted to save it for the war.

That night, Emperor Shi couldn't wait to inspect the goods.

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At the beginning of the month, after the cold spring dissipated, Emperor Shi once went to the Bianshui River to inspect the production situation of the supplier. At the same time, eight new gunboats were produced, each with 24 guns.

Shi Congyun was very happy to see it, and asked Feng Jisheng on the spot how many ships could be built by the end of April.

As soon as he said this, many people were concerned, why is it at the end of March?All the civil and military people present were guessing in their hearts, but some smart people had already understood, because in May, the spring plowing was over, and the conscripts of the people from all states would not delay the spring plowing.

Feng Jisheng assured: "Officials, it is difficult to build these ships for the first few ships, and the speed will be faster as the craftsmen get acquainted with each other. By the end of April, I can guarantee that at least 480 ships will be built, equipped with [-] cannons! "

After hearing this, Shi Congyun nodded slowly, then turned around and asked Pan Mei behind him, "What do you think?"

Pan Mei looked excited, "Officials, enough is enough, even if there are only ten ships, I can guarantee that the Lingnan Navy will be smashed."

Shi Congyun did not immediately make a decision.

Because he has already summoned Pan Mei to talk about Lingnan's situation many times, Lingnan still has talents, and more preparations are needed.

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At the beginning of February, Shi Congyun led all the officials to inspect spring plowing in the fields east of Daliang City, and communicated with the local people about their living conditions in the past few years, and did not return to the palace until evening.

On the eighth day of February, an unexpected report came from the Tongzhi of Tanzhou in the south. The Southern Han servant and the commander of the Mingkou camp, Shao Tingyu, was accused of treason when he was training in Mingkou, and was later sent by the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty. Messenger bestowed death!

When the news came, Shi Congyun was stunned and full of question marks, not understanding what happened to the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty.

But no matter what, this incident immediately aggravated his determination to send troops.

I wanted to make perfect preparations because although the ruler of the Southern Han Dynasty was superstitious about gods and Buddhas, he still had capable people under his command. Shao Tingyu, who was training in the camp at Guangkou, was one of them, and Pan Mei had told him about it.

Now such a person is suddenly given to death...

Shi Congyun didn't know the reason, but he was keenly aware that the politics of the Southern Han Kingdom might have reached a point of no return. Maybe he really overestimated his opponent.

So on February [-]th at Huishan in the Dachao, Shi Congyun ordered the three divisions to start raising food and grass. The commander of the Zhenhuai Army made Si Chao immediately go to Beijing to see him.

At this moment, everyone understood that the emperor had made up his mind......

Chapter 406, Temple calculation

In March, Shi Congyun personally issued an edict, just like the Qiyun ship was named at the beginning, and personally named the new gunboat "Guangwei Ship", thinking that it would spread Weed.

This name was actually negotiated by the Hanlin Academy and Jixian Hall.

This is also a naming method with Chinese characteristics. It is like going out to fight and destroy the country. Generals who suppress rebellions are generally called "pacification ambassadors", which is really physical comfort.

Afterwards, the launched ship was soon handed over to the water army for training, and the most elite soldiers of the Shenhuo Army also began to board the ship to assist the water army in combat.

It is not easy to train qualified gunners in a short period of time, and even the most elite artillerymen in the Shenhuo Army need a lot of training and adaptation after boarding the ship because of problems such as wind and waves, shooting range, and shooting angle.

Time waits for no one, Shi Congyun ordered the soldiers of the Shenhuo Army to train directly with live ammunition, without saving, and to adapt to combat on board as soon as possible.

So throughout the spring, the sound of cannons along the Bianshui River was loud and hot, and the sound of rumbling cannons could be heard a few miles away. There were gradually legends of Thor's anger, thunderbolts on a blue sky, and even Many people were frightened to worship the land of the river god.

Of course, with so many forbidden troops, many people know the real situation.

As a result, many people came to watch the training of the Forbidden Army on the edge of Bianshui, but there were actually very few who could actually see it.

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In March, the grass grows, the warblers fly, the weather warms up, and the Privy Council offices are full of people.

The Second Government, the Political Affairs Hall, and the Privy Council.

Four Divisions, Duzhi Division, Salt and Iron Division, Household Division, and Confidentiality Division.

The Division of the Two Armies, the Division of the Guards, and the Division in front of the Palace.

All the senior officials of the imperial court gathered here to discuss major issues.

"Officials, I think it's better to take Panyu directly." In the Privy Council Office, Li Chuyun pointed to the huge sand table in the center.

It is not easy to make this sand table, because since the end of Tang Dynasty, there has been no control over Lingnan for decades.

And it is impossible for Shi Congyun to go forward and remember clearly the mountains, rivers, roads, and waterways of Guangdong and Guangxi.

Fortunately, under the leadership of Fan Zhi, a Hanlin scholar, he browsed through the classics and maps left by the Tang Dynasty for more than two months, and even transported a large number of books from the old palace collection in Luoyang, and finally put together all the maps of the Southern Han Dynasty. Including mountain roads and waterways have been restored.