Chapter 452: War

Zhao Xing nodded: "Let me do this. There are now some fishing boats coming and going to the sea in the Husu Pavilion. I asked the Japanese to play pirates, sinking them one by one, sinking all their existing ships into the sea, and then strangling their throats, preventing them from creating new ships, and allowing their future maritime transactions to be completed through Song ships."

Hou Meng interrupted: "I heard that you will go to Japan for inspection next - although Japan is under the jurisdiction of the Beiyang Affairs Bureau, you have to go to Japan's manor, and I have no control over this."

Hou Meng opened up his mouth for Zhao Xing, and at the same time he also reminded Zhao Xing to take action quickly. The two of them talked about the conspiracy against the Jin people without any scruples in front of the Dazai Zheng Juzhong. However, Zheng Juzhong, the maintainer of the royal interests, was very happy to hear it. He casually said: "The Jurchens are useless now. Liu Anfu went to Shaanxi. If he could retake Qingtang, our Song Dynasty would have a horse-raising base. With the war horses imported from Danluo Island and the good horses stolen from the Bohai people behind the scenes, our emperor Song would no longer have a horse-raising base.

Now, the useless Jurchens can now weaken the Liao Kingdom for us. If they cannot weaken the Liao Kingdom, we can weaken the Liao Kingdom alone if we wait a few years. So in the long run, after we retake Youyan, the Jurchens will become my frontal enemy. It is an appropriate move for the Taiwei to be a subordinate now."

Zhao Xing glanced at Zheng Juzhong without expressing his opinion.

Zheng Juzhong's words just now show that the mentality of the ministers of the Song Dynasty has changed. In the past, they were worried that they would not be able to defeat the Khitans. Now with the conquest of the South Ocean, they have already developed an equal mentality when facing the Liao people. They also believe that with Zhao Xing's planning, the advantages of the Song Dynasty are becoming more and more obvious. One day, the Song Dynasty will be able to easily recapture Youyan.

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment, and answered in a disrespectful manner: "The Bohai Kingdom cannot be in the hands of the Jin people. The fertile Liaohe Plain will provide a large amount of land and food for people to use for war. It can also cultivate the most fierce warriors. All along, farmers with family property have been the most determined warriors.

This is not scary. What is scary is that since the Three Kingdoms era, every time the Central Plains is in war, a large number of people fled to the Liaohe Plain, where there are mature iron smelting industry, textile industry, and leather industry. These things cannot fall into the hands of the Jin people..."

After a moment of stopping, Zhao Xing finally revealed his words: "I started to make trouble in the Bohai Kingdom, hoping to disrupt that land, but now the Husu Pavilion has turned to the Jurchens. There is no need for the Liaohe Plain to exist. We must start quickly and turn that land into ruins..."

Zheng Juzhong was surprised, and Hou Meng seemed to have expected it. He took a leisurely sip of tea and casually reminded: "Tai Shi, the matters in the Bohai Kingdom cannot be preached in public."

Zhao Xing clapped his hands: "From my mouth, enter your ears, and you will not be able to pass it on to outsiders."

"From my mouth and into your ears" was said by Wang Anshi, and the object he was talking about was Su Dongpo. After Wang Anshi was exiled, Su Dongpo cleared the injustice of the "Wutai Poetry Case" and resurrected. He took a detour to Wang Anshi where Wang Anshi lived in seclusion and asked for the leader of the new party who had persecuted him. Su Dongpo tried his best to explain the shortcomings caused by the new law to Wang Anshi. At this time, Wang Anshi had already known that he was wrong when he was re-engagement. He admitted his mistake to Su Dongpo, and then Su Dongpo, the hopeless optimist, innocent hoped that Wang Anshi would come out to admit his mistake to the members of the new party. Wang Anshi's answer was these eight words.

He means: I can admit my mistake to you in private, but I must not admit my mistake in public. If I admit my mistake, you don’t say it again...

Wang Anshi forgot that in addition to being a hopeless Opium faction, Su Dongpo was also a hopeless big mouth. He knew that Wang Anshi was the one who admitted his mistakes and promoted him, but it was useless and the new party did not recognize it.

Zhao Xing's request today was actually not implemented. Hou Meng was better, he was about to succeed the Northern Affairs Bureau. The Nanyang Affairs Bureau and the Beiyang Affairs Bureau were Song Huizong who specially set up institutions for overseas targets. Later generations once commented that the ridiculous emperor Song Huizong established many unprecedented offices, and most of these institutions were set up incorrectly. Only the two major affairs bureaus did it correctly.

Under the influence of Zhao Xing, the Song Dynasty was a gentleman's politics at home and was humble and courteous; externally, under the leadership of the two major affairs bureaus, various conspiracies and tricks were taken together. These people were afraid that they were not vicious enough or insidious enough when designing the strategy. Hou Meng was in this environment and silently supported Zhao Xing's various means against the Bohai Kingdom. At this time, the Beiyang Affairs Bureau was in full swing, unlike the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, which was rich and generous, so Hou Meng adopted a tolerant attitude, and the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, who silently supported Zhao Xing behind his back, was involved in northern affairs. Of course, he also earned a lot of benefits from this tolerant attitude. The Beiyang Affairs Bureau also continuously obtained a lot of support from the attitude, and then grew stronger.

Zheng Juzhong is different. This time he left the capital for more than half a year and was far away from the capital's power organization. In addition to pulling Zhao Xing into the ranks of royal relatives, he also had to show to the court officials that he had not been abandoned in those days. Therefore, Zhao Xing's conspiracy against the foreign countries was brought out one by one, and he described it as his contribution, and tried his best to confess that he had participated in the planning of these events...

Fortunately, since the Tong uncle and nephew entered the mainland, they never returned to the Song Dynasty. The Jin people were busy fighting between the two sides and wanted to clean up their current affairs, but they were not interested in inquiring about the affairs in the mainland of the Song Dynasty.

In July, after Zhao Xing and the royal family confirmed their marriage, they seemed to be much more at peace. The second son Zhao Yun accepted the position of the royal family Yunqiwei and the imperial city envoy, and agreed with the court to enter the capital after the wedding and take the idle position of the gatekeeper of the palace. The Zhao family's royal family finally breathed a sigh of relief, and countless people fell asleep peacefully on the night.

The Song Dynasty was a patriarchal society. No matter how important the royal land affairs were, they had to abide by the patriarchal law. Zhao Xing's family law stipulated that men would not marry until they were twenty years old. Therefore, although the royal family urgently wanted to recruit Zhao Yun to Beijing to hold a handle on Zhao Xing, since Zhao Xing said that his family had family law and he himself abides by this family law. Su Dongpo, Huang Tingjian and others were witnesses of his wedding, the royal family had to make concessions and allowed Emperor Ji Changguo to live in his fiefdom, waiting for Zhao Yun to reach the age of his wedding before officially getting married.

Since his daughter-in-law Changguo lived in Changguo, Zhao Xing decided to build a gorgeous manor for Emperor Ji so that Emperor Ji could not be lonely when she was married, and he made a big fuss. That month, the latest issue of Maritime News suddenly announced that Zhao Xing offered a reward for recruiting engineers. In this issue of Maritime News, Zhao Xing talked about the first issue of the Rhode Island statue in the Maritime News, claiming that since the residents of Rhode Island could build a huge statue of the earth in ancient times, our vast China can also complete this work in the prosperous Song Dynasty.

Zhao Xing talked about the physics course being taught by Guangnan Maritime Academy, and mentioned that after several years, many people have figured out the so-called uneven center of gravity of the Rhode Island statue and other reasons. For this reason, he offered a reward of one million yuan and asked all those who love physics to design a huge building that is no less than the statue of Rhode Island. This building will be a lighthouse, with hollow inside, which can allow those who guard the lighthouse to live. At night, the gas lights on the statue will point out the way home for Song merchants who returned overseas, and will also allow pilgrims from the vassal states to see this statue. Knowing the creativity of the people of the Song Dynasty...

King Lu, or King Jian, saw this news from the newspaper, and Zhao Xing did not discuss it with him in advance. When King Jian saw the Maritime News, he opened his mouth in surprise. Later, he woke up and cursed: "Zhao Liren has too much money and has no place to spend one million coins. Just for a design drawing?! No matter how grand this statue is, can it cost a million coins to build it? No, it is known to everyone, it is inappropriate."

As a woman, Changguo was very interested in this kind of show-off proposal. She sat on a stool, shook her calves, flirting with her eyes. She smiled at the corner of her mouth, but tried her best to maintain a faint expression, and interrupted, "Brother, what's wrong with it? The Qiantang tide made the Hangzhou wharf unable to be used for many years. It's not a matter of unloading goods for a day or two. During the tide, many sea boats could not dock, so Hangzhou must have a new wharf. This wharf was built in my sister's fiefdom. It was also a royal matter. Since the wharf was built, there must be a lighthouse. What is the lighthouse like? It's my own business, and my brother doesn't need to say much."

King Lu glanced at Changguo, who was proud, and reminded coldly: "I heard that the mistress of the Zhao family had pried the house again. This time he took twenty Gurkha guards south to Guangzhou. He heard that he had brought 100,000 guan with him and planned not to spend all the money and not go home. Isn't my sister worried at all?"

Chang Guo shook his legs, and his goose yellow embroidered shoes were in and out of the corners of his skirt from time to time, like a flashing little butterfly. She said disapprovingly: "Since Ahweng doesn't care, why should I talk too much - brother, according to you, with Ahweng's means, if he doesn't nod, will the mistress have a chance to walk out of Jasmine Garden?"

King Lu thought about it and sighed and replied: "I don't know what Zhao Liren thinks. This child is so naughty. In my opinion, it might be the second Wang Shu. Zhao Liren is very spoiled. The mistress is so naughty, but Zhao Liren promotes this marriage. Everyone knows that if there is any change, wouldn't we be a laughing stock?"

Changguo shook his head: "The government needs to promote this, and the court ministers also need to let the world know this marriage. Ah Weng did this just to the appetite of all the civil and military ministers in the court. But I don't know why my brother said it was inappropriate. Are you afraid that others will know about your military support in Changguo?"

King Lu was shocked and stood up, but immediately sat down slowly and said slowly: "Changguo expanded the dock, and Zhao Liren recruited 130,000 craftsmen. He also trained a team of servants for me. However, it was also the army of the Song Dynasty. Less than 10,000 soldiers were scattered among the 130,000 craftsmen. If my sister didn't say it, who would pay attention?"

Changguo shook his head and reminded with the delicate and delicate nature of a girl: "Brother Wang, Huang Xiang is a straight man. Although he and Aweng were like brothers, Aweng also protected him in times of crisis, but Huang Xiang's intention to guard against Aweng is also clear, and the world knows it - do you think Aweng doesn't know how Liu Zhongwu and Gao Yongnian and others were placed in Huaixi?

Ahon was calmly facing Huang Xiang’s precautionary attitude, which was his show to the world to the public. How much do you think he would help you with such a person?"

In fact, Zhao Xing helped King Lu very much. He helped King Lu form an exclusive fleet, recruited retired veterans and idle power for him, and formed a musket soldier of 3,000 people. Changguo said "help" here, which actually means that Zhao Xing would not help King Lu ascend the throne of the emperor. Unfortunately, her obscure persuasion, King Lu couldn't listen to her. He smiled and shook his head and said to himself: "There are many people and eyes. Private cargo ships transport stones and wood, and when they come and go to Changguo, they will inevitably see something strange. If it is introduced to the official's ears, they will inevitably feel confused... Forget it, Zhao Liren is not afraid, what am I afraid of?"

In the study, Wan Qi Yong was also talking about Zhao Xing's behavior with the Maritime Newspaper. Chen Yiyi and Cheng Azhu were also in the room. The two of them had already persuaded him just now, but they could not say that Zhao Xing was at all. Wan Qi Yong came to persuade him. They stopped and watched, hoping that Zhao Xing would change his mind.

"Millions of coins are just for designing a drawing, it's not worth it! Li Ren has never shown his wealth since ancient times. If you have money, everyone in the Song Dynasty knows that you spend millions of coins like this. In the future, you will inevitably be targeted by those who are interested. It's inappropriate."

Cheng Azhu said, "Yes, I just advised him. No matter what Ayun said, he is just a second son, you are so arrogant. You are so arrogant. Where is the eldest son and Qingzhao's family inevitably complaining. Their marriage will overestimate the second son, and the family's financial resources are not allowed. Aren't you making things difficult for them?"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "In my opinion, it is really cheap to implement a discipline of one million yuan. I am going to name this plan "Changguo Plan" and invite people who like physics to study it. In this way, the whole Song Dynasty will pay attention to this science. People are curious. With curiosity, they will inevitably explore what principle the lighthouse still stands tall, so after this project, physics will no longer be a sidetrack.

Don't worry, all research is useful. Studying how a huge lighthouse stands up, involves multiple aspects, and the principle of mechanics for calculating it is a systematic project. After this, studying its physics will form a complete system discipline. In the future, we must refer to the principles in it.

In addition, there is also aesthetics. How a huge statue looks pleasing to the eye, it involves many aesthetic principles. Because people view large statues on the ground, unlike when viewing small statues, as far as I know, the proportions of large statues are not as symmetrical as those of small statues. Because the changes in sunlight will make certain parts look like shadows. In order to eliminate the distortion caused by shadows, large statues also have to distort the statue itself. Therefore, when viewed by the large statues, they are ugly and inappropriate in proportion. Studying these clearly will allow us to conduct a preliminary exploration of the principles of optical.

All this is creation, a deep digging of a discipline and using the knowledge of this discipline to create. You can imagine that as soon as this issue of newspaper came out, the Song Dynasty never paid attention to physics as it is now. Originally, I wanted to tell them one by one that there were some physical principles in each project, and told them that perfect projects were calculated mathematically and then measured with a ruler. But now it is not necessary. The Song Dynasty knew that 'all things have reason, this is physics'."

After a moment of pause, Zhao Xing added: "Spend a million yuan to pay attention to a discipline in the Song Dynasty, and let the Song Dynasty understand a truth, which is very cheap. Gathering the most talented and intelligent people in the Song Dynasty involved this project is equivalent to invisibly cultivating a group of scholars who are proficient in physics for our Nanyang Affairs Bureau. Now, the government has sent out various princes out of Beijing. The Song Dynasty will build countless castles in Nanyang in the future. With this group of people and countless people studying physics, our lives will be much easier in the future."

Wan Qiyong pondered for a moment and replied: "If you say this, it sounds decent, but who knows that the Taiwei is out of public intention? Others can't help but think that the Taiwei is showing off his wealth. This is not good. Besides, the wives' concerns just now make sense. The marriage of the second son is so luxurious. What would Li Gefei think?"

Zhao Xing changed the topic and asked: "Shuaizi is coming back, right? I'm going to send some natives who are completely different from those of the Song people to Bohai Kingdom. You can notify him as soon as possible and I will bring him with me when I go to Japan."

Wan Qi Yong looked at Zhao Xing in surprise and replied: "Shuaizi had retreated to Danluo Island last month. He is currently sorting out spoils and treating the injured. He has to withdraw. Since last month, the Liao and Jin people have been organizing personnel, hoping to capture evidence to negotiate with the Song Dynasty. His soldiers have been in danger many times and have to withdraw from the Bohai Sea to avoid danger... You also know this."

After a moment of stopping, Wanqiyong immediately said: "I think there is no need for lord to go to Japan this time. The Japanese are now respectful to us. You want to slap him in the left face. After you hit, he put his right face up. In this case, lord leads troops to Japan. I guess he will not be able to fight. How much money does this army cost? lord will run for nothing. But why?"

Wanqiyong started talking about business with Zhao Xing, and Cheng Azhu and Chen Yiyi had no choice but to leave. When Cheng Azhu said goodbye, he continued to work hard: "Since my husband has decided, I can't say anything more. But if there is a Li family, my husband will go and explain it personally."

Zhao Xing nodded: "I heard that Li Gefei is currently traveling in Huzhou. I will go and write a letter to him immediately. Don't worry, Li Gefei is not a slim person."

Chen Yiyi said worriedly before leaving: "After this incident, some guards will inevitably be added to the castle to prevent Xiao Xiao from peeping..."

After the two wives said goodbye, Wan Qi Yong continued to explain official affairs: "Li Ren, I think that even Shuaizi went to Liaodong this time, it was not worth the loss. The army was dispatched for eight months. It consumed millions of money and a lot of arms. It originally wanted to act secretly, but now the Liao and Jin people all know who this army is, and they only hide it from the government. Is it useful?"

Zhao Xing replied: "It is useful. We have tested the practicality of new weapons through six months of actual combat. This weapon will become the main force of war lands in the next few hundred years. We will use six months to shape it, which is really cheap.

The Liao people, so what if the Jin people know? The Jin people are fighting fiercely with the Liao people. They are temporarily truant because both sides want to spend their strength to fight again. There is no possibility of reconciliation between them. This is a life-and-death battle. One side must fall down to stop. Therefore, the Khitans cannot take care of us now.

Unfortunately, we are not prepared for arms now, and it just so happens that the Liao people and the Khitan people are temporarily on the verge of fighting, so we don’t have the chance to start. Let’s wait. What we need to do now is to prepare materials and wait until the war between the two sides regains gas, that is our opportunity to act."

Wan Qiyong questioned: "Last month, you read the Liaodong Military Newspaper. Didn't you say something: I wanted Shuai Zi to practice tactics against cavalry. I didn't expect that the Liao and Jin sides did not dispatch large-scale cavalry after all. In this way, our goal of training in the military was lost. You said you still have to wait. How long? The two sides fought again, aren't the soldiers we trained now old?"

Zhao Xing frowned and said in annoyance: "After the court transferred Liu Zhongwu back and transferred him to Shaanxi, the Tubo side should be pacified soon. At that time, it is estimated that the time for the accident will come."

Zhao Xing talked about Liu Zhongwu, and at this time Liu Zhongwu was watching the tactical exercises of young students in the staff headquarters. According to his narrative, the students had re-enacted the Battle of Huaixi on the sand table, and pointed out the shortcomings of the battle one by one in the demonstration, and also pondered countless ways of winning, which made Liu Zhongwu amazed: "Original lieutenant reminded me to come here to see it, but I still had a little contempt in my heart, thinking that it was a talk on paper, but Er, I didn't expect that this re-enactment would reveal so many problems."

Zhe Kebao from Zhe Kebao also responded deeply: "I used to think that there is no big difference between musketeers and spearmen. Is it war? The general is fighting the ability to plan and plan. I didn't expect that there are so many reasons to use muskets to fight. This trip to Hangzhou is worth studying."

Guo Guangsheng, who also came from Shaanxi, replied: "I heard that the demon soldiers are very good at fighting in the mountains. The high-transportation force made a mistake this time. The bandits were clamoring behind the mountain. He should order a team to climb the ridge and use small cannons to bombard the bandits' possible hidden points, and then order the dragon cavalry to attack and drive the bandits to the pre-set positions of the infantry... Unfortunately, except for the Nanyang Affairs Bureau, there seems to be no such entire troops in other places."

Liu Zhongwu turned his head and asked, "I heard that the small cannon is powerful. Brother Guo just said that with such a small cannon, will Shaanxi have such great power from now on, and will it really be that powerful?"

Guo Guangsheng nodded: "I once watched the cannon test shooting with my own eyes..."

Speaking of this, Guo Guangsheng looked around and lowered his voice and continued, "I heard a rumor - of course, that's it, it was rumored that even Shuaizi used such a small cannon in western Liaoning, without any earthen encirclement that could not be blown up, and even a stone fort could not be stopped. It is said that soldiers from all over the city, with such a small cannon, could guard a simple mountain village. Although the Khitans dispatched a large group of cavalry, they could do nothing to them.

The person who told me this news should be trustworthy. He was originally a child from Shaanxi and once sighed to me: If there was such a small cannon in Dishan Village in my hometown, the people of Xixia would blow his mother. No matter how thick the armor of the iron kite was, it could be blown up. In this way, even if twenty or thirty people guarded the village, it would be as solid as a soup.”

After all, Zhe Kebao is a child from Shaanxi. He kindly reminded: "Liu Anfu went to Qin Feng here, so he might as well bring a few small cannons. The clans he captured do not need too many people to guard. The soldiers of one capital and one cannon, the Tubo people can only take a long-term trap. As long as there is a guard in the village, they will hold on to it for ten days and half a month. Before the shells are all gone, it will be futile if it can attack thousands of troops."

Liu Zhongwu solemnly bowed and thanked him, "Two, this is teaching me the future strategy. Thank you."

Guo Guangsheng stared at the sand table and said intentionally or unintentionally: "Tubo is vast and sparsely populated, and the terrain is flat. But now the court does not have to worry about war horses, it may as well arm a cavalry team like the Nanyang Affairs Bureau. The army only carries enough ammunition and small cannons. After capturing the village, the infantry guards the main force interspersed with reincarnation. Flowers are blooming everywhere and attacking everywhere. It must be said that the Qing Tang people cannot defend their homes and cannons can not be able to set up horses..."

Liu Zhongwu stared at the sand table and nodded in praise: "In this way, the imperial court only has a small amount of military equipment. I can force the Qing Tang people to surrender again within two years!"

Zhong Mingwu didn't say anything just now, and at this moment he interrupted casually: "I think the Taishi does not need them to surrender. These people surrender and rebel again, and rebel again. Repeatedly, the court recruited the army several times, and how much money and grain had been spent. Lord Liu went here, why should I discuss with the Taiwei? I thought the Taiwei was a Manu, and Nanyang was short of slave labor..."

Zhe Kebao smiled foolishly and reminded: "When the people of Xixia talked about Zhao Laohu, they were so angry that they gritted their teeth. It was the strategy of reducing the number of people who were promoted by the Taiwei in Huanqing. The effects of the people who went deep into the Xia realm and plundered herd slaves, which made the Xia people not dared to go out to grazing alone. In addition, there were also strategies to sell horses and sell slave workers to reduce military spending.

When Lord Liu goes to Qin Feng, he might as well follow the old strategy of Huanqing. Where the profit lies, everyone must strive for the first place. The soldiers are not very motivated to fight, so they will know that there will be gains in the war. The captured herd slaves and the robbed war horses are all handed over to Huanqing merchants to buy them. In this way, all the soldiers will fight to the death. After this battle, Qingtang will be uninhabited."

Luqiu Temple came out of somewhere, with his sign on his face laughing. As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone knew that everyone had just talked about him and heard it in his ears: "Isn't it right? Qingtang is a fertile horse-herding place. In this foreign race, one chicken rose and one chicken crowed, and if Zhao Huaide was eliminated, Zhao Huaiyu, Zhao Huaishi, and Qingtang's land would be forced to move, which would be a great harm."

Liu Zhongwu frowned and replied thoughtfully: "You mean selling the occupied land to others as Master Taishi did... But I heard that the Beiyang Affairs Bureau beat Goryeo, and no one wanted the land they plundered. Even a few copper coins were sold at a low price, and the Song merchants were unwilling to go. The land was cold and ferocious, and foreign races kept harassing each other. How could anyone be willing to buy it?"

Lu Qiuguan replied with a smile: "The people in the Central Plains don't want it, but the people in the grassland want it?"

Liu Zhongwu asked again: "You mean to ask a few grassland people to pay for it - but where are they rich? I guess if their entire tribe gathers together, it is considered wealthy if they can get ten copper coins."

Lu Qiu was very happy when he smiled: "There is no money, they have human resources. The land of the Song Dynasty cannot be vacancied. If you want to occupy that land, how can you exchange it for it!"

Liu Zhongwu's eyes lit up: "You mean to attract foreign races to help the war, let them charge forward in front, and then promise to distribute land to them... But this is related to the laws of the court. Qing Tang is a confidant of the court. I'm afraid the court has its own plans for which tribes to be distributed."

Luqiu smiled but did not answer. Zhe Kebao and Zhong Mingwu had already understood. Guo Guangsheng ignored Liu Zhongwu's rank greater than his, and patted Liu Zhongwu on the shoulder and shouted: "You are stupid. You are also recruiting the original Qingtang people, and recruiting the tribes in other places are also recruiting them. You have been fighting in Shaanxi for many years. Do you know a few friendly tribes on the territory of the neighboring Xixia, so you asked them to go to war and allow them to move to Qingtang later. Then the land they vacant Xixia will be distributed to the people of Qin Feng. The court will only think it is a great contribution when entering and leaving. If you don't say that those tribes were moved from Xixia, who knows?"
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