Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 715

If the Duke of Ming made such an incident under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xiao Jiasui would naturally deliver it to Yidu as quickly as possible.But Xiao Jiasui himself didn't think the matter was serious.

"Why should the Duke be worried? How can such a trivial trick be hidden from His Majesty's eyes?"

Fang La didn't take it to heart at all, "He has a flat crown on his head, and in a few days grandpa will still be wearing a dragon robe." Even with the posture of dragon and tiger, and the appearance of the sky, Fang Shenggong also took full advantage of it.The Imperial City Secretary didn't understand Emperor Lu's plan, so he planned the show in front of him, and they deserved to have wasted their efforts.

That person died in vain.

And what about in Yidu city?

When the news came, Emperor Lu really thanked the Secretary of the Imperial City in his heart, it would be nice to have these people to make the water even more muddy.Otherwise, how could he pry into someone's corner?

Only when the water is muddy, can it be easier for Li Zhu, uncle Li Xuan and Yang Yao to act in the army of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang?

Of course, he also saw some hidden dangers from this matter.Fang La, Wang Qing, Zhong Xiang and Tian Hu in the northwest, no matter how Emperor Lu saw them, at least in the eyes of the world, they were the four major vassal towns under the Qi court.Moreover, the dukes of the four kingdoms have held heavy armies for a long time, and they are powerful, which is not the benefit of the country. In the eyes of the world, it is a major hidden danger related to the safety of the world.

——Because the military forces of Fang La, Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang San Francisco are too strong, their strength in Guangnan has far surpassed that of the Qi army.

But the matter of the four vassals cannot be resolved in the short term.Emperor Lu wanted a great feudalism, but the great feudalism had a premise that not even an inch of China's territory in the previous life could be divided.

China is very big, but not an inch of land is superfluous.

He still has this insistence.

Therefore, Emperor Lu wanted to destroy Dali and take down the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou in later generations.And doing so will inevitably lead to a backlash from all the tribes in the southwest. Compared with the demise of Dali, this is something that Emperor Lu is more worried about.

In line with the principle of making the best use of people and making the best use of things, Emperor Lu planned to use Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang's two armies especially heavily in the process of pacifying and suppressing Dali.

Needless to say, some political measures need to be taken to break and completely suppress the backlash of the southwestern ethnic groups, but military means are also absolutely necessary.Brother Xie Zhen and Jie Bao's troops are accustomed to fighting in the mountains, and they are always expanding, and the number has already exceeded [-]. So far, Zhenghuangqi has not seen full strength.Furthermore, there were Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang who were fooled by Emperor Lu earlier.

Because of Emperor Lu's previous promise, Dali became a carrot hanging in front of Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang.In order to seize the ruling power of Dali, Zhong Xiang and Wang Qing will also fight hard.Because Dali has been called the king for 200 years, and there was the Nanzhao Kingdom earlier, it can be said that it has been king for a long time. Compared with other barbarian lands, it is more valued by people.

But no one knew that Emperor Lu had no intention of keeping his word and entrusting Dali to the winner of the competition between Wang Qing and Zhong Xiang.

Carrots are just a temptation to hang the two donkeys, but they are not rations that fall into the mouths of the donkeys.

Therefore, the matter of the four domains is far from settled.Because Emperor Lu had already made up his mind that he would provoke a conflict between Zhong Xiang and Wang Qing when necessary, which was a bigger and more intense conflict than the conflict that had erupted between the two in South Vietnam. This was used as an excuse Rebuked the two and drove them further south.

This is also where Li's uncle and nephew and Yang Yao have the greatest effect.

The latent period of the three of them is far from over, and the power of the feudal town is naturally far from coming to an end.In the eyes of the common people, the days when the Lord of the Four Kingdoms will be a hidden danger of the new dynasty will continue for some time.

Because even Fang La, who was the first to go overseas, still needed a long time to prepare.

It may be next year, or the year after, but there may be no one who will send troops to Nanyang this year.That was a mass migration of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

Therefore, Emperor Lu decided to take Fang Jinzhi to the south of the Yangtze River.

Fang La must have sealed off the vassal overseas at the earliest time, in order to set an example for everyone to see, so that the civil and military officials under Lu Qian could see it, and it also encouraged Wang Qing, Tian Hu and Zhong Xiang to build up their confidence. Don't think that Emperor Lu is just fooling them.

However, there is still a time gap. Before Fang La officially goes to Nanyang to "become a vassal", Emperor Lu's "Great Feudalism" plan must be kept secret.Under such circumstances, after the Taibailou incident spread to the south of the Yangtze River, it has already caused people's hearts to float there.

The reason is very simple, Fang La's department has too deep and too many ties with Jiangnan.It's so broken that you can't even pull it off.Now that Fang La has stabbed Lou Zi again, how can the soldiers and civilians in the south of the Yangtze River not worry about Emperor Lu stabbing people with a knife?In the face of the interests of the imperial power, not to mention the son-in-law, father and son brothers, cannibalism abounds.The Secretary of the Imperial City was afraid that the common people would not understand the truth, and when spreading rumors and headless posts, he wished to break the truth into pieces so that the common people could understand.

But many people in the court opposed Emperor Lu's southern tour.

In ancient times, traveling far was to take risks, and it was a big deal to catch diseases and epidemics on the way.Emperor Lu's son is not yet an adult, and his whole body is related to the safety of the world.Therefore, in the eyes of many people, it is best for Emperor Lu not to go anywhere.

Far away, think of Qin Shihuang; near, think of Zhou Shizong.

Who dares to say that their food, clothing, housing, transportation and medical treatment are not good during the journey and going out?

Or is it that Chai Rong is weak or old?But Emperor Lu didn’t listen.He has bugs, what is he afraid of?

Next, a memorial from Xiao Jiasui was delivered to the Emperor Lu, but it was Xiao Jiasui and San Ruan who jointly made a obeisance, stating the details of the military imbalance in Guangnan, and sent it to Yidu urgently for six hundred miles, and reported the Taibailou incident. The follow-up development and influence are attached with a folded piece to report to Emperor Lu.

When the memorial arrived, Emperor Lu was in Xuande Pavilion discussing matters concerning the southern tour with some of his close ministers.

Yes, Emperor Lu made the decision to go to Jiangnan.No one can object.

At the same time, Chen Wenzhao, the governor of Jiangnan, and the Security Bureau both reported secret reports, saying that after the Taibailou incident spread to Jiangnan, people's hearts were unstable.

It can be regarded as providing a basis for Emperor Lu.

If so, Emperor Lu decided to go to Jiangnan to take a look in person, which is correct.Peace of mind is one of them, and the other is to inspect the river works.

The north and south of the Yangtze River, not to mention the south, the north is full of waterways, but because there is no such thing as the Yellow River taking the Huaihe River into the sea, it is still peaceful and peaceful.It cannot be said that there are no floods, but compared with the Jianghuai floods in the Song and Jin Dynasties in the official history, and compared with the northern Jiangsu floods in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it can be said that there are almost no floods.

According to official history, Du Chong, who stayed in Tokyo in the Southern Song Dynasty, dug up the Yellow River embankment, which started the history of the Yellow River's seizure of the Huaihe River for more than 700 years.The Yellow River carried a large amount of sediment and dumped it on the northern Jiangsu Plain. After the Yellow-Huaihe River merged, the lower reaches of the Huaihe River were gradually raised. The poor passage of the Huaihe River into the sea caused the Huaihe River to backflow. As a result, the fertile Huainan land was flooded all year round.Fuling Lake, Pofutang and other large and small lakes, swamps and depressions on both sides of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River were connected together, and gradually converged to become Hongze Lake in later generations.With the emergence, expansion and flooding of Hongze Lake, many ancient towns in the lower reaches of the Huaihe River were destroyed. Linhuai County and Fuling County were built in the Han Dynasty, Sizhou City emerged in the Tang Dynasty, and Hongze City, which has been prosperous for thousands of years. Zegu Town and other places sank into the lake, and Ganluo City, Huaiyin Ancient City, Qinghe County, etc. at the intersection of the Yellow River, Huaihe Canal, etc. were also abandoned due to floods.

But now, it is impossible for the Yellow River to take the Huaihe River into the sea, which will have an extremely huge political and economic impact on the whole of China.

We must know that apart from political and military reasons, the decline of the Central Plains in the official history was due to the outstanding contribution of the Yellow River's capture of the Huaihe River into the sea.Because of the diversion of the Yellow River, eastern Henan, northern Anhui, northern Jiangsu and southwestern Shandong have become areas where the Yellow River often floods.The large and small rivers in these plain areas were all harassed and destroyed by the flood of the Yellow River, resulting in poor drainage and no outlet for the water.Among them, the Huaihe River has changed the most.

As for the efforts of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties in water conservancy, among other things, who would dare to say that there was no credit for the demise of the Meng and Yuan Dynasties because of "Mo Daoshi's one-eyed man provoked the Yellow River to rebel"?

Many people in later generations know this sentence, but they don't understand that the background of this sentence is that Meng Yuan summoned hundreds of thousands of laborers to repair the Yellow River embankment.

When the emperor gave the order, officials at all levels were extremely excited. First of all, the wages allocated by the emperor for repairing the river can be deducted, and the rations of migrant workers can be deducted.This is a large amount of income, and the cost of the project can also be deducted. Anyway, the flood of the Yellow River will not drown officials like myself.

Then, the old trick came into play. When the migrant workers dug out a stone man with one eye from under the river, with the words "Mo Dao Stone Man with One Eye, Provoke the Yellow River and the World to Revolt" engraved on the back, the workers' hearts were moved.

This stone statue is obviously fake, and the method is also inferior, compared to the method of putting the alchemy written "Chen Shengwang" into the belly of a fish, it is not so clever.But no matter how old the method is, it works.

If so, the great uprising that will kick off the anti-Yuan prelude will appear on the stage.

This is the heavy price Meng Yuan paid for the river defense project.And what about Zhu Ming?According to the statistics of later generations, in the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River burst 301 times, overflowed 138 times, and migrated 15 times, causing tens of millions of casualties.

In the Qing Dynasty, the average annual expenditure on river construction during the three dynasties of Kang, Yong, and Qian was about 400 million taels, accounting for as much as 10% of the fiscal revenue of the entire country, and the expenditure during the Jiadao years was as high as 800 million taels.

It can be said that Du Chong, the thief, could not forgive his hatred even if he was cut to pieces by a thousand cuts.

The previous wars did little damage to the water conservancy facilities in Huainan and Jiangnan, but they had some impact.Now the Huainan Province has reported that all the damage has been repaired, including the canal to the north and the Bianhe River channel to Kaifeng in the northwest, which have been dredged and repaired.Emperor Lu naturally wanted to see it with his own eyes.And the most important thing is Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Naturally, it was still a large construction site, but a large construction site that invested over 500 million yuan last year was qualified to touch Emperor Lu's heart.

Especially Wusong Port has been renovated.

Finally, there is one more point, which is to strengthen the influence of the new dynasty in the south of the Yangtze River.During this southern tour, he will declare Jinling as the southern capital, and at the same time, he will set up troops in various provinces such as Jiangnan, Jiangxi, and Huainan in Nanjing.

At this time, after seeing the memorial handed over by Xiao Jiasui, Emperor Lu suddenly burst out laughing and said, "Since Lingnan has such a request, then we will allocate five Haijiao ships and deploy the Nanyang Navy to the south."

The so-called Nanyang navy refers to the outer sea navy under Sanruan, and the Beiyang navy led by Li Jun is the main force of the Daqi outer sea navy.The Haijiao boat is a two-thousand-material blessing boat equipped with guns.The latter has become the main battleship of the Qi Army's foreign naval division.Although it has many shortcomings compared with the western-style sailing ships in the official history, it is the most suitable and economical capital ship for the current Qi army's foreign sailing divisions.

First of all, its manufacturing technology is mature.Small as three to five hundred materials, as large as five thousand materials, have become a practice.

Second, comparing the performance of Tianfang dhows and Mediterranean galleys, today's Fuchuan is already superior.

It is as tall as a building, with a pointed bottom, a wide top, and a raised head.Therefore, the soldiers on board can stay high and look down, but it is difficult for the enemy to attack from above.The rocket and stone artillery can be fired from a bird's eye view.When the smaller enemy boats meet, the plow sinks them.

Although there are some inconveniences, such as being able to fly with the wind and tide, it cannot be driven by human power. It all depends on the wind. It cannot be driven without wind.Moreover, the draft is relatively deep, so it is inconvenient to force the ship to the shore and to anchor. It is necessary to pick up a sentry boat and then cross over.

But for the outer sea boat masters, the negative effects of these shortcomings have been compressed to the minimum, and they are all powerful weapons for naval warfare.

And the Emperor Lu who came from later generations also knew that the stability of the Fuchuan has a very large vanishing angle, which is twice that of the Shachuan, which means that it can withstand a huge heel angle, has good mobility on the sea, and will not run into strong winds and waves. Easy to overturn, suitable for ocean sailing.Judging from the performance of the stability and safety domain, Fuchuan has good stability and safety. When encountering big waves, Fuchuan-style boats have a greater chance of surviving.

Emperor Lu couldn't refuse this type of ship at all.At least for now, Fuchuan is his first choice before new warships have been invented.

It is the most suitable ship type for ocean trade and development, and the most suitable ship type for gunboats.

The sea jiao boat, the sea dragon boat on it, and the sea shark boat below it are the third-class specifications of the current emperor Lu's overseas navy gunboat.

Not to mention the sea shark boat, the sea jiao boat is a gunboat equipped with ten regular cannons, plus eight to twelve tiger crouching cannons.

Judging from the current naval battle mode, five sea dragon ships with such firepower are an extremely powerful force.

Emperor Lu looked at all the ministers: "Speaking of cannons, they are really in high demand. The navy and army are vying for them. In the long run, the military will only need more and more in the future."

"Whether it is the southwest or the northern part of Liaodong, it is of great use, and it will be of great use." So, this cannon-making area will be expanded in the future.

"But I heard that the manufacturing bureau on Liangshanbo is about to stop building now, but there is a shortage of materials. This is impossible! Xue Yong, please remember this, call the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, pay more attention, and explore Liang Mine. I want to check it out myself!"

There are many reasons for the lack of materials.One is that there is indeed a shortage of good iron in China, and now the main source is Hengshan in the northwest; the other is that because of the progress made in the manufacture of muskets, part of the refined iron was left for the muskets by the manufacturing bureau; Iron caused a shortage of supply for a while; fourth, because the manufacturing bureau only used refined iron to make cannons, and the "bronze cannon" had not yet been lit.Of course, there is the last point, which is also the most important point. The Ministry of War or the Emperor Lu never urged to create a bureau.

Xue Yong hurriedly bowed his body and said "yes", and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I see that there is enough supply for the gunboats of the naval divisions." The training of sea boats and gunners needed by the gunboats is not easy. Complete.There are two irrelevant parallel lines between the two. If you keep a close eye on them, they will definitely be able to provide them.

"In my opinion, the guns made now may as well be used on the Yangtze River sailors."

Zongze was sitting next to Xue Yong, but he did not agree with the continued strengthening of Nanyang, just like he did not agree with Emperor Lu's southern tour.But before he could speak, Emperor Lu spoke first, telling him that it would be difficult for him to remonstrate.There's no need to be serious about these little things, right?
Yin smiled and said: "The Yangtze River Boat Division has no internal or external urgency. In my opinion, the artillery in stock is enough to deal with it. Similarly, the Navy's gunboats are not in order, and there is no urgent need for naval gun supply. Why don't you ask the manufacturing bureau to make tigers squat small? Cannon..." It happened to be used by soldiers stationed in the north.

This small cannon is simple to operate and easy to manufacture, but it is very popular with the infantry.Whether it is to fight in an array or defend the city, the tiger squat cannon can play a huge role.

(End of this chapter)