It is difficult to completely conceal things like large-scale anti-corruption and large-scale purges, so Su Yonglin never thought about hiding anything.

Let those who want to know.

Anyway, they can't do anything other than knowing.

Do they still want to be a democratic beacon to be a long-arm jurisdiction?

Neither Zhao Gou nor Zhao Ling have that ability.

One is not brave, the other is incompetent.

The two emperors of the Zhao family really made their ancestor Zhao Kuangyin sigh.

But then again, even if Mr. Zhao Kuangyin, who was defeated by a stick at this time, came back to the Southern Song Dynasty from the dead, he would not be the opponent of the Ming Dynasty. The world's situation was settled, and the Southern Song Dynasty was just surviving.

Su Yonglin believes so.

That's of course. Zhao Xing and Zhao Gou would only think that Su Yonglin would not come to cause trouble for them. As for the others, they didn't dare to think about it. Therefore, when Su Yonglin caused trouble in the first half of the third year of Hongwu, the Southern Song Dynasty was basically very peaceful.

Zhao Sheng was busy reforming the country and rebuilding the army. Zhao Gou was busy watching operas and listening to music to enjoy himself. Who could interfere in what happened in Ming Dynasty?

When the news that the Xixia rebellion was pacified by the Ming army reached Lin'an, Zhao Xing was walking on the way to Wanshou Palace to pay homage to Zhao Gou.

However, he has been busy with government affairs recently. Even on the way to pay homage to Zhao Gou, Zhang Jun, beside him, was still constantly reporting to him.

"According to the exact news, the Ming army has fully entered the Xia Kingdom. If nothing unexpected happens, the Xia Kingdom is basically equivalent to the destruction of the country."

"Will Xia really destroy the country?"

Zhao Xing stopped, turned to look at Zhang Jun, and spoke nervously: "It's just to quell a rebellion. Can the Ming Kingdom annex the Xia Kingdom?"

"We are not very clear about the specific situation, but it is said that all the officials in Xia State were almost killed."

“What’s the situation?”

"At the beginning, Ren Dejing rebelled, killing all the ministers who were unwilling to defect to him, and killing all the royal family of Xia Kingdom. After Ren Dejing was defeated, the Ming army came and wanted to kill all the ministers who attached to Ren Dejing, under the banner of revenge for the royal family of Xia Kingdom."

"Killed twice?"

Zhao Xing was very surprised: "Then aren't all the ministers of the entire Xia Kingdom going to be killed?"

"The same is true for me. The ministers of the entire Xia Kingdom might be killed. So the news sent by the spies was that Su Yonglin sent hundreds of officials to Xia Kingdom, occupying some key positions, under the banner of helping Xia Kingdom govern the people, but this was clearly annexing Xia Kingdom."

Zhang Jun said with a serious expression: "Now I heard that the Empress Dowager Xia issued an order to entrust the full power of Xia's military and political affairs to Su Haisheng, the commander of the Ming army to the Ming army's commander of the army. Empress Dowager Xia and King Xia are just empty shells and cannot control any power. Xia is completely decided by the Ming people, and it is no different from the destruction of the country."

"how so."

Zhao Xing paced back and forth nervously, thinking about it and felt uneasy, and said, "I originally thought that Xia State could still be used as a restraint. Now Xia State is occupied, and even the tribes of the grassland have been subdued by the Ming State. This... Ming State is too domineering!"

"The strength of the Ming Kingdom is indeed beyond imagination, so our dynasty must step up its armament in case of emergency."

Zhang Jun said, "At present, the world is so big that there is no power to restrain the Ming Dynasty for our Song Dynasty. The only thing that may be hindered is that the Ming Dynasty is overhauling the Yellow River. Before the Yellow River project is completed, it is absolutely impossible for the Ming Dynasty to go south and invade the Song Dynasty with all its might."

"You're saying lightly!"

Zhao Sheng said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't you say that before? It means that the country is building the Yellow River, and the whole country is working hard to build the Yellow River, so it will inevitably be very tired and unable to start a war. What's the result? Fight the grassland first, then the Xia Kingdom... Where is the tired look in Ming Kingdom? Zhang Xianggong, be cautious when speaking and doing things! Be cautious! You are the prime minister!"

Zhao Xing's question indeed made Zhang Jun a little embarrassed.

After learning that the Ming Dynasty decided to overhaul the Yellow River, Zhang Jun publicly declared that the Ming Dynasty would not be able to go south to invade the Southern Song Dynasty within ten years.

The reason is that the Yellow River project is rare in the world. There is no solution to the problem of the on-ground river. The Ming Dynasty will definitely exhaust itself and consume its national strength.

After all, the founding of the Ming Dynasty only lasted three years, and even if Su Yonglin counted the three years of rebellion and rebellion, the accumulation time was less than six years.

In just six years, what national strength can he accumulate?

Now, not only does it take the Yellow River project without resting, but it actually wants to lead the Yellow River back to the old path of the Eastern Han Dynasty. This seems to be a wishful thinking madman.

Although Emperor Su Yonglin of Ming Dynasty was indeed talented and capable, the harm of the Yellow River was far beyond his imagination.

If he doesn't drag down Ming Dynasty, my surname will be his!

Zhang Jun believed that the Southern Song Dynasty could calm down the rebellion, rest and develop military facilities. Ten years later, the Southern Song Dynasty would have sufficient military strength and food, and could compete with the Ming Dynasty.

So he led his fans openly to formulate a ten-year development plan for the Southern Song Dynasty, full of confidence.

As a result, news came soon after that the Ming army's northern expedition to the grasslands.

Zhang Jun was in a very awkward situation at that time, and many people looked at Zhang Jun with strange eyes.

Zhang Jun was very stubborn at the time, saying that he firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition was a forced Northern Expedition, regardless of the sufferings of the people, and there might be great logistical problems. The Northern Expedition was basically a start and a miserable end, and it was impossible to achieve great results.

Soon after, news came from the north that the Ming Dynasty completely destroyed the two major tribes of Kelie and Qiyan on the grassland.

These two tribes are not very familiar with the Southern Song Dynasty, but some people in the government know that these two tribes are two very powerful tribes on the grassland, especially Kelie, who has a population of 300,000 and Qiyan has a population of more than 200,000. Together, there are 500,000. If you really want to fight, it is not a problem to raise a cavalry of 100,000.

However, these two tribes were completely destroyed by the Ming army. The Ming army exterminated them and captured hundreds of thousands of people. The cows, sheep and horses together were probably going to exceed one million, and they won a great victory.

Such a brilliant victory had been a long time since the Han regime. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been almost no such brilliant strategic victory over the grassland cavalry.

So after the news spread, the spread of the people was still lagging behind and there was no response, but there was nothing to say about the battle between the Ming army in the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty.

This is a brilliant victory.

So Zhang Jun, who had previously stated that the army could not achieve great results, had his face swollen. Everyone looked at Zhang Jun with even stranger eyes. Zhang Jun could only force his face to turn his face into a poker face to express his inner peace.

In fact, his heart has long been in a state of uproar.

As a result, a considerable number of people in the Southern Song court, including Zhang Jun's own fans, remembered Zhang Jun's poor military achievements again, and even more doubted whether Zhang Jun could lead good soldiers and fight good wars to boost the military of the Song Dynasty.

What happened next is even more funny.

During the Western Xia Incident, the news of Ren Dejing's rebellion spread to the Southern Song Dynasty. Everyone in the Southern Song Dynasty was very shocked. They felt that the Xia Kingdom was going to be bad. The Ming Kingdom would definitely send troops to intervene. At that time, the Xia Kingdom would be in trouble.

It was Zhang Jun who stood up and insisted that the interference of the Ming Dynasty was limited. They had just ended the grassland war not long ago. The people were extremely tired. The officials and army needed rest and could not start another war.

Unless they are in a state of hardship and want to destroy their country.

Moreover, as the prime minister, Ren Dejing controlled most of the military power of Xixia. The entire Xixia people were soldiers. If they really wanted to fight, it would not be difficult to raise 300,000 troops. With so many troops, how could the Ming army win successfully?

Then there is the moment when the clear news comes.

The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty learned that the Ming army successfully quelled the rebellion of the Western Xia Ren Dejing and further controlled the military and political power of the Western Xia. Although the Western Xia was still a country in name, it basically did not look like a country.

Xixia has actually lost its independent status and qualifications because it lost a large number of officials and a lot of power.

The little emperor and the empress dowager were basically just puppets used by the Ming Dynasty to transition and had no real power at all.

It was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty annexed the Western Xia.

Zhang Jun was slapped in the face again. Now, let alone others, even Zhao Xing, who has always supported him, expressed doubts about Zhang Jun's talent and looked at him with a very strange look. Even some of the decisions made by Zhang Jun would be repeatedly asked by Zhao Xing whether it was reliable.
Chapter completed!