One Piece of Song Dynasty

After gathering the three people, Li Xin gave the secret message to Ruan Xiaowu and asked him to take it to Liu Fa and others. Li Xin knew that they were very concerned about the situation of the Song Dynasty. Of course, Li Xin also had another purpose of doing this to let them Having more confidence in themselves also allowed them to more clearly realize the incompetence of the Zhao and Song Dynasties. Although Liu Fa and Zhai Jin both decided to follow Li Xin, Li Xin could still see that their confidence in Li Xin was not It's enough. After all, they don't have Li Xin's ability to predict the future, and they don't understand how weak the huge empire of the Song Dynasty is actually. Li Xin will continue to do this in the future, because the actions of the Zhao and Song Dynasty courts in the next few years will be very stupid and stupid. Mentally retarded, this just increases Li Xin's prestige among everyone.

Liu Fa also sighed after receiving Li Xin's secret message: "General Zhai, take a look, this peasant uprising is more serious than we imagined. The rebels have already marched towards Hangzhou, and now the entire Zhejiang Road It’s all chaos.”

Zhai Jin looked at the secret message and said: "A certain family originally had hopes for the imperial court, thinking that they would quickly put down the peasant uprising. Now it seems that a certain family has miscalculated. Once Hangzhou is captured, the entire Liangzhe Road will be lost." It fell into the hands of the rebels. If the imperial court reacted slower and allowed the rebels to continue marching north to capture the Jiankang area, the imperial court would be even more passive. The rebels could completely rely on the Yangtze River to confront the official army. At that time, if they wanted to quell the rebellion again It’s even harder.”

Liu Fa nodded and said: "General Zhai is right. Now it depends on the court's reaction speed. It is impossible to say that as the lord said, the court will mobilize part of the Western Army to quell the rebellion."

Zhai Jin said thoughtfully: "The main role of the Western Army is external. This kind of suppression of rebellion can only weaken the Western Army's combat effectiveness."

Liu Fa sighed: "Perhaps this is the court's idea. By the way, General Zhai, how many refugees have landed on the island in the past two months?"

Zhai Jin replied: "According to records, there are about refugees who have landed on the island in the past two months."

Liu Fa nodded and said: "That means that the total population of Xinghan City and Jilong City now reaches ."

Zhai Jin said: "Yes, the number of people who landed on the island in the past two months is almost equivalent to the total number of people who landed on the island in the past year."

Liu Fa smiled bitterly and said: "We have to thank the imperial court for this. Without the imperial court's help, we would not be able to develop so fast. It seems that after the peasant riots, the population of Xinghan Island increased by at least two to three times compared with before the peasant riots." Three times."

Zhai Jin agreed: "Yes, the lord is the biggest beneficiary of this incident. The population has increased two or three times, and our development speed is much faster than before."

Liu Fa said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. I believe that the Lord will send us a secret message in the follow-up news. General Zhai informed the entire army that they must do their best to maintain order on Xinghan Island. If there is anyone who deliberately causes trouble, First, give me twenty military sticks. If you don't listen again, you will be killed and thrown into the sea to feed the fish. Everything is based on the stability of Xinghan Island. Net"

Zhai Jin cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Liu Shuai, I understand."

The wheel of history continues to roll forward, and it is almost time to celebrate the New Year again, but Li Xin is destined to fail in the second year of Xuanhe to the third year of Xuanhe. As the scale of the Fangla Uprising continues to expand, the second year of Xuanhe On December , the day before the Chinese New Year, Fang La's rebel army invaded Hangzhou and killed Chen Jian, the Zhejiang envoy, and Zhao Yue, the Lian visit envoy, while Zhao Ting, the prefect of Zhejiang Province, escaped. Later, the common people who had long-standing grievances captured officials in Hangzhou, excavated the tomb of Cai Jing's father and ancestors, and exposed their bones. The rebel army received enthusiastic support and response from the majority of farmers. Suzhou Shisheng, Huzhou Gui'an County Lu Xing'er, Wuzhou Lanxi County Lingshandong Zhuyan and Wu Bang, and Yongkang County Fangyanshan Chen Shisi all led local farmers to participate in the uprising. Lu Shinang of Xianju County in Taizhou and Qiu Rixin of Yan County of Yuezhou led local Manichaean secret organizations to respond with troops. Farmers from Hu, Chang, Xiu and other prefectures also gathered together to prepare to attack prefectures and counties. When farmers from all over the country saw the flags of the rebels and heard the drums, they ran to greet them. Those who joined the rebels even looked at each other shoulder to shoulder.

It was already the third day of the first lunar month of the third year of Xuanhe when Li Xin received the news. Although the new year was not celebrated, Li Xin still organized people to make a meal of dumplings for the refugees outside the city on the New Year's Day.

With the sudden rise of the peasant uprising army, which cut off the Song Dynasty's economic lifeline in the southeast, Song Huizong was horrified. On the one hand, he hurriedly abolished the Suzhou and Hangzhou production bureaus and stopped the Huashi Gang, and dismissed Zhu Meng's father and son from their official positions in an attempt to weaken the fighting spirit of the rebels; on the other hand, he appointed Tong Guan as the envoy of Jiang, Huai, Jing, and Zhejiang, and Tan Zhen as the envoy of Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Lu Zhi appointed envoys and mobilized imperial troops from the capital and Shaanxi Sixth Route Army and Han soldiers to go south to suppress the uprising. In the first month of the third year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan and Tan Zhen divided their troops into two groups, led by Wang Zhen and Liu Zhen respectively, and marched towards Hangzhou and Shezhou in an attempt to meet at Muzhou.

After receiving these pieces of news, Li Xin once again summoned Sun Xian Cheng, Qian Zhushu, Zhang Hu and others.

Li Xin said: "I think you all have not had a good year this year. This is the news I received from the court during the period before and after this year. You all should take a look." After that, Li Xin handed over a few secret letters. Three people.

After the three of them read several secret messages, Sun Xiancheng said first: "The imperial court finally reacted and sent troops to suppress it. However, the entire Liangzhe Road is basically controlled by the rebels. If they want to suppress the rebels and Not an easy task."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Sun Xiancheng is right. The rebellion has become a general trend. Although the imperial court has sent out a large army, it will take time to completely suppress the rebellion. So now is not the time for us to relax. On the contrary, This period of time is the most important. As the large-scale battle between the official army and the rebel army begins, the number of refugees will definitely surge sharply, so we must be on guard. The tasks of the three of you are still the same as before, and there cannot be any relaxation."

The three of them clasped their fists and said, "Yes, sir, I will obey your orders."

After leaving the county government, Master Qian sighed: "The imperial court finally sent out a large army to suppress the rebels. Now the rebels will definitely not be able to come to Fujian. We can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Sun Xiancheng said: "It is indeed unlikely that the rebel army will come to our Fujian Road, but now is not the time to be happy. The outcome of the battle between the official army and the rebel army is still unknown. What if the rebel army wins? Things on the battlefield Things are changing so quickly that we cannot predict it. Even if the army wins in the end, we still have a lot of refugees to deal with, so now is not the time to sit back and relax."

Master Qian retorted: "The rebel army will definitely not be able to defeat the official army. Didn't you read the secret letter? The suppressive army sent by the government this time is Grand Master Tong and the Western Army led by him. The Western Army has been fighting on the northwest border all year round. When the Xia Kingdom went to war, its combat power was the strongest in the Song Dynasty, and it was not comparable to the rebel army."