One Piece of Song Dynasty

After writing the letter to Li Miao and Peng Lei, Li Xin thought about it and wrote another letter to Li Jing, asking her to inform Old Man Zheng to send people to learn how to build railways and prepare to build railways in Fujian, and asked her if a generator could be used. After mass production, can the power plant be built on a large scale? If so, let Zhao Fei set up a factory specializing in the production of generators.

After writing the letter, Li Xin was still unfinished, and immediately summoned Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao and said: "You two, take a look at this first, you guys, I said, I decided to establish another Ministry of Transport. , which consists of the National Railway Administration and the Shipping Bureau. Lv Shangshu, your route from Quanzhou to Xinghan Island will be placed under the Shipping Bureau of the Ministry of Transport. Wei Hong will be appointed as the Minister of Transport. The first task after the establishment of the Ministry of Transport That is to go to Xinghan Island to learn about the construction and operation of railways. Xinghan Island is about to fully launch railway construction. After completing the studies, we will prepare to start building railways and railway stations in Fujian. The second step is to inspect the shipping situation on the Yangtze River. From now on, the imperial court can Organize ships to travel between the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River to transport people who need to cross the river. Of course, people need to pay some fares, just like the route from Quanzhou to Xinghan Island."

The two nodded and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Xin continued: "Lv Shangshu, from now on we will arrange a budget for the construction of railways and train stations every year, starting from next year."

Lu Yihao bowed and said: "I obey, Your Majesty, I want to become an official next year. I am already sixty-eight years old this year. My health has become worse and worse recently. I am afraid I will no longer be qualified for the post of Minister of Finance."

Li Xin said with concern: "Lv Shangshu, please let the doctor see it."

Lu Yihao nodded and said, "After reading it, the doctor said that I am no longer fit to do heavy work, and suggested that I should be allowed to stay at home to take care of my old age."

Li Xin asked: "Who does Lu Shangshu think can take over the post of Minister of Finance?"

Lu Yihao replied: "Your Majesty, Ye Mengde can take over this post."

Li Xin nodded and said: "Okay, I know this, so I will first transfer Ye Mengde to the Ministry of Finance. Lu Shangshu, you will help him get familiar with the work of the Ministry of Finance. After the new year, let him officially take up the post. Lu Shangshu has worked hard in the past few years and made great achievements." , the treatment will remain unchanged after taking office.”

Lu Yihao bowed and said, "Old sir, thank you for your grace."

Zhao Ding said: "Your Majesty, the Xie Ke family, the Fujian Zhizhi envoy, died of illness some time ago, and the Fujian Zhizhe envoy's position is vacant."

Li Xin said: "Let Lu Benzhong take over the post of Fujian envoy."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "I understand."

Li Xin did not expect that Lu Yihao died of illness just three months after resigning this time. He passed away before he could enjoy his retirement life. After Lu Yihao's death, Li Xin named him Grand Master and Duke of Qin, with the posthumous title of "Zhongmu".

A few months after Lu Yihao's death, in May of the th year of Jianyan's reign in the Southern Song Dynasty, after only maintaining peace for one year and four months, the Jin Kingdom brazenly tore up the peace agreement and mobilized all the troops from across the country to march south in three directions. Among them, Wu Shu personally led the powerful general Han Chang, the heroic general Pu San Zhongyi, the rebel generals Du Chong, Li Cheng, and Kong Yanzhou, as well as the eighteen-year-old Wanyan Liang, the seventeen-year-old Wanyan Cui, as well as King Gaitian, Longhu The king and other old and new nobles of the Jin Kingdom led elite troops to form the Middle Route Army, which arrived in Tokyo on May . The West Route Army led by Wanyan Salihe also arrived at Hezhong Prefecture and crossed the Yellow River with the Shaanxi Song Army. Looking at each other.

Wu Shu had already heard rumors that Song's power had greatly increased. After arriving in Kaifeng, Wu Shu asked Du Chong, Li Cheng and other rebel generals at a military meeting about the combat effectiveness of the Song army.

Du Chong successively served as the Prime Minister of Beijing Liugong, Tokyo Liugong, and Southern Song Dynasty during the Song Dynasty. He was always known for his ruthless military management. At that time, he once made all the generals of the Southern Song Dynasty fearful. It has been more than ten years since he paid gold in the fourth year of Jianyan, so he has the most comprehensive and objective understanding of the military strength of the Song and Jin Dynasties. His answer is very representative:

"Your Majesty has commanded the best men in the world, and used his troops in harmony with Sun and Wu's art of war. He has personally risked his own arrows to supervise the battle. Any soldier who dares to be greedy for life or afraid of death will not be as talented as the generals in the south of the Yangtze River. Whenever he sends out troops, he must be hundreds of miles away. This is called Be prudent. Whenever there is a battle, only one scribe will make a false announcement, which is called a dispatch; when there is a decisive battle, only a partial general will be entrusted. As a result, every time a battle begins, even the fierce generals will inevitably be defeated, and the timid ones will abandon the army. Escape. If you are lucky enough to win a small victory, you will falsely report prisoners of war, exaggerate the merits, take the credit as your own, and all the soldiers will complain. When the generals in the south of the Yangtze River become bigger, the court has to tolerate the generals and cultivate traitors, and increase the rewards for minor achievements. This is a serious crime. No punishment will be imposed. It is a blessing that the Song Dynasty did not fall."

These words seem to be correct, but that is because Du Chong does not understand Li Xin and the current Song Dynasty. If it were still the Song Dynasty ruled by Zhao Gou, then Du Chong's words would be correct. Unfortunately, today is different from the past. , of course, it is also possible that Du Chong said this just to please Wu Shu.

In short, Jin Wushu and the generals couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "So, our army's march south this time will be like searching for something."

The Song army had already been on guard for the news that the Jin soldiers were marching south. After receiving the news, Li Xin immediately summoned Zhao Ding, Wang Shu, and Zhang Jun and said: "You three, the Jin army is defeated and the alliance is attacking. Our opportunity has come. This king Decided to personally conduct the Northern Expedition to regain the lost territory."

When the three of them heard this, they cheered up and said, "I will obey the prince's instructions."

Li Xin continued: "Of course, before the Northern Expedition, we must first withstand this wave of attacks by the Jin army. Zhao Xianggong sent an order to the three governors' mansion. If the enemy army comes to attack, they can only defend and are not allowed to take the initiative to attack them. We must first stick to them." Live them and create conditions for the future Northern Expedition."

Zhang Jun wondered: "Create conditions to create what conditions?"

Li Xin smiled mysteriously and said: "You will know when the time comes. In addition, a large number of ships will be dispatched to Huating Mansion to stand by. Zhang Jun's men will cross the river and enter Luzhou to assist the East Road Governor's Mansion in fending off the enemy. We will wait for Yue Yun's arrival." After Wan Jingqi arrived at Lin'an, he followed Yang Yizhong's troops to move to Jiankang Mansion."

Zhao Ding bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty."

After the three of them left the government office, Wang Shu asked, "Yuan Zhen, what kind of medicine is the prince selling in his gourd?"

Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "I don't know, just wait, I believe the results will come out soon."

Zhang Jun asked: "Yuan Zhen, where did Yue Fei and Liu Qi's troops go?"

Zhao Ding replied: "I don't know. I have also asked the prince, but the prince has always been very secretive about this. Maybe these troops are the prince's trump card. As for where they will appear, I don't know."

Wang Shu stroked his beard and said: "It seems that the prince has been thinking about the strategy of the Northern Expedition for a long time, so let us wait and see."

After the three people left, Li Xin sent a secret order to Yue Fei, Liu Qi, and Liang Xing who were far away in Jeju Island, ordering them to be ready for war and wait for his orders to go to war at any time.