Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

The one hundred thousand navy did not stop, and continued to move downstream in a mighty manner.

The speed of the fleet was extremely fast. On February 15th, the fleet came to the Yueyang area.

At this moment, Zhao Chen is standing on the bow, watching the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

This is the first time he has come to Jiangnan, and he feels novel about Jiangnan everywhere. Now it is more than February, and the land in the northwest is still bitterly cold. When it was in Xixia that day, there would be blizzards until March, but in Jiangnan, greenery has now appeared, and spring is about to come.

"Your Majesty, this Yueyang can be regarded as a famous city in ancient and modern times. Especially the Yueyang Tower is one of the three famous buildings in the south of the Yangtze River. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu climbed the Yueyang Tower, leaving behind the ancient poem, "I heard about Dongting Water in the past, and now I go to Yueyang Tower. Wu. In the southeast of Chu, the universe floats day and night.' This Jiangnan scenery is really beautiful, really picturesque." Wu Jie stood beside Zhao Chen and said with a smile.

Wu Jie is an important figure in the Western Army. He also grew up in the northwest and then went to Sichuan and Shu. It was also the first time he came to Jiangnan and saw this picturesque Jiangnan scenery.

"Yueyang Tower is indeed famous in the world. In addition to Du Fu, there are countless literati and writers who have left their pens and inks in it. Especially Fan Zhongyan of this dynasty once left the words of'worry and worry about the world first, and joy after the world.' The name has been passed down through the ages. This sentence, I should also share this sentence! When the world is peaceful, it will be the time when you and I are truly free and happy." Zhao Chen said.

"What your majesty said!" Wu Jie nodded.

The sun is shining today, and the soldiers have also come to the boat board, and they are also enjoying the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.

There are still more than a dozen fishing boats floating on the surface of the Yangtze River. Some local fishermen are fishing, but after seeing countless warships coming from upstream, they all stayed there!

I saw the mighty warships, covering the surface of the river!

The warships were full of warriors wearing black armors, densely packed, and I don't know how many there were!

All the soldiers hold weapons in their hands, and under the sunlight, those weapons are shining brightly!

Since the establishment of the Song Dynasty, it is the first time that so many naval forces have appeared in Jiangnan.

The situation in the Song Dynasty is different from that of the previous dynasties. Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the northern border has been afflicted. First, there was the enemy of Liao, then Xixia, and now it is the Golden Kingdom. Whether it is the Liao State, Xixia State, or Jin State, they are all countries established by the northern peoples, and they all rule the roost by the cavalry. In order to resist the invasion of these foreign races, Da Song relied entirely on the army and hardly needed the navy.

Therefore, from the establishment of the Song Dynasty to the present, the scale of the Jiangnan Navy has been limited.

The most important role of the Jiangnan Navy is to capture bandits, never for large-scale operations!

In history, it was probably only during the Battle of Chibi that such a large navy would appear.

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Youliang fought, there would be a navy of this size.

Those fishermen on the Yangtze River have their faces changed drastically at this moment!

"How come there are so many warships? So many warriors? What happened?" A low fisherman with wrinkles on his face said pale.

"Could it be Liu Guangshi's soldiers and horses under General Liu?" asked a 17-year-old young man next to him, who was also pale at the moment.

"Definitely not the soldiers and horses of General Liu, they are much stronger than the soldiers and horses of General Liu! I have never seen such powerful soldiers and horses." The old fisherman said.

Whether an army is strong or weak is generally difficult to distinguish, and it needs to be on the battlefield to distinguish between superior and weak! But the gap between the Wu-Rank navy and Liu Guangshi's army is really too big, so just by looking at the surface, even an ancient fisherman with little knowledge can judge that the Wu-Rank navy is much better than Liu Guangshi's army! The military capacity and discipline of the army, the morale of the army, and the weapon gap of the army can be seen at a glance! The army in front of me is far better than Jiangnan Liu Jiajun in terms of discipline, morale, and weapons!

"Could it be the volunteers of Dongting Lake?" the young man asked.

"If the Rebels were so powerful, Liu Jiajun would have been wiped out by them! I'm afraid they have already hit Lin'an!" said the elderly fisherman.

In addition to these two fishermen, the rest of the fishermen are also talking and shocked at this moment.

Many fishermen feel that the world is about to change drastically. Some fishermen have already pulled their fishing boats ashore in fear, ready to hide first!

In this era, the most terrifying thing is war!

Once a war breaks out, these poor people will suffer first!

The military discipline of the ancient army was extremely poor. When a war broke out, those soldiers would inevitably harm the people.

Zhao Chen was still standing on the bow of the boat at the moment, facing the river breeze. He almost ignored the reactions of ordinary fishermen.

The fishermen dodge the army, which is normal in this era.

"How is the situation in Dongting Lake now?" Zhao Chen asked dreamily after a while.

"The Dongting Lake area, except for Yueyang, is almost completely rebelled now! It was originally Liu Guangshi who came here to forcefully conscript troops and food, and the people could not survive. This rebellion! At first, the scale of the people’s rebellion was limited, but after the arrival of the White Lotus Sect , The scale of their rebellion began to grow! Now the elder Zhong Xiang of the White Lotus Sect is the leader of the rebels, and his prestige in the rebels is extremely high." Wang De also stood beside Zhao Chen, said.

Wang De is responsible for intelligence, and the intelligence of Jiangnan is particularly important. The White Lotus Uprising in Dongting Lake is a major event in Jiangnan, and he has already investigated clearly.

"The Queen is respected in the Bailian Sect. Where did the Queen go?" Zhao Chen said.

"The Queen is also in Dongting Lake, but after experiencing the Sichuan and Shu events, many of the elders of the White Lotus Sect were killed, and the power of the Queen's descendants was greatly reduced. And Zhong Xiang's methods were far better than the Queen, so Xiang has now become the leader. The queen is just a martial artist, and there are still some white lotus elders around her. But in fact, she can no longer suppress Zhong Xiang." Wang Dedao.

"Has the war between Liu Jiajun and the Bailian Sect always been fruitless?" Zhao Chen said.

"Liu Guangshi has more than 100,000 troops, but his more than 100,000 troops are all newly recruited and have limited combat power. As for the rebels in Dongting Lake, they are called 500,000, but in fact the real army is only 50,000 or 60,000. People, they don't have many weapons, their combat effectiveness is far inferior to Liu Jiajun, but they are familiar with the terrain of Dongting Lake. Therefore, both of them have always won or lost." Wang Dedao.

Zhao Chen nodded. He originally wanted to ask Song Qingyao about Song Qingyao's situation.

The scenery in front of him was picturesque, but he sighed softly.

He thought of the woman who was so long and beautiful! She was also from the south of the Yangtze River, but was persecuted by the government, so she went to Guanshan and became a disciple of the Queen. She is always dressed in men's clothing, just like the son of the turbid world. She acted recklessly, very different from the women of this era.

Zhang Ziqiu liked this woman, and even gave Chunjun Jian to go to this woman, but this woman said that she had a deep affection for herself.

After a long time, this figure disappeared from his heart, and there was no trace.

"Wang Boyan has been sent ashore, right?" Zhao Chen returned to his senses and said.

"Have sent him to the shore! And sent someone to follow him and watch him." Wu Jie said.

"Actually, a villain like him is most aware of the current affairs. There is no need to send someone to monitor him. He will do what we want! Ancient kings love to use villains, and it is not without reason." Zhao Chen laughed.

"Your Majesty, Zhuge Liang once admonished the main relatives and ministers to Yuan Xiaoren! Hope your Majesty will take this as a warning." Wu Jie was surprised and said.

He thought that Zhao Chen would reuse these "villains", so he immediately admonished him.

"Anyone, no matter it is a gentleman or a villain, has his own advantages! As long as he can discover his advantages, use his advantages, and curb his shortcomings, there will be no one who is unusable! The key is the system! When the world is unified, I will establish a perfect one. System! This system should take into account the shortcomings of human nature, and make dikes against these shortcomings. This is the real method of employing people! Just relying on personal subjectivity and using'wise ministers' and'gentlemen' is not necessarily correct!" Zhao Chen said .

"This..." Wu Jie was taken aback, thinking about Zhao Chen's words there.

The speed of the warship was extremely fast, far surpassing other ships of this era. Not long after, the fleet disappeared without leaving any trace, as if it had never appeared before.

It was only a day later that Liu Guangshi got the news of the fleet passing by. After he heard the news, his first impression was that he was not credible! He had never heard of such a fleet in the world, one hundred thousand people, it was incredible!

However, Liu Guangshi still sent someone to ask Wang Boyan, the prefect of Yueyang, and received news from Wang Boyan that there was no such thing as a "fleet" at all, and Liu Guangshi was completely relieved.

After that, Liu Guangshi continued to fight bandits in the Dongting Lake area.

In the afternoon of the same day, in the city of Lin'an, there is now a prosperous and lively scene!

Jiangnan was originally a place of wealth, with a huge number of wealthy people. After Zhao Gou came to Lin'an, countless wealthy people also moved to Lin'an, so Lin'an is now more than before.

The imperial palace in Lin'an is now also magnificent.

There are a lot of eunuchs and maids in the palace.

Zhao Gou, Qin Hui, and Zhao Ding are all here in Zichen Hall today.

On weekdays, Zhao Gou used this place as a study, and only some important ministers of the country would enter this place.

Qin Hui is now the prime minister, and Zhao Ding is now the vice minister.

"The amount of military payment in the north is a little insufficient! Moreover, Liu Yu promised to send troops, and we will also supply Liu Yu's military payment! You two talk about how to deal with this issue of military payment?" Zhao Chen sat at the desk and said.

"Your Majesty, the amount of gold and silver in our treasury is already insufficient! I don't know how much military payment is needed?" Zhao Ding frowned and said.

Although he is a deputy minister, he has been unable to intervene in the war in the north. He clearly remembers that two months ago, he had just paid more than 700,000 military salaries to the north. Why is the military salaries insufficient now?

"Probably need one million taels!" Zhao Gou said.

"What? So much?" Zhao Ding was taken aback.

"How much gold and silver can you put out in the treasury now?" Zhao Gou said.

"Now I can take out three hundred thousand taels." Zhao Ding said.

"Too little! It seems that taxes still need to be levied on the world!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, no! Over the years because of the war in the north, a lot of taxes have been levied! If taxes are levied again, I am afraid that the people will be dissatisfied. If the disaster of Dongting Lake is caused again, it will be bad!" Zhao Ding hurriedly said.

"The disaster of Dongting Lake? It's just a group of untouchables who rebel. They are vulnerable! Don't worry, Jiangnan is rich and there are so many rich people, most people will not resist!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, Weichen can't agree to this!" Zhao Ding gritted his teeth.

"Then what do you say about the northern army's salary? Now the war in the north is fierce, and the army's salary is insufficient, how to fight?" Zhao Gou said coldly.

"Your Majesty, the middle-level military deductions are deducted, and the amount of gold and silver deducted by those generals is extremely large! How can it be possible to use up the 700,000 military salary in just two months? Your Majesty should blame the generals and see how they respond. Matter!" Zhao Ding said.

"During the war, wouldn't it make the general feel cold by doing this! No!" Zhao Gou said.

"Your Majesty, there is another way!" Zhao Ding said.

"What way?" Zhao Gou said.

"Your majesty's palace spends a lot of money, and the amount of gold and silver stored in the palace's inner treasury is also very large! Your majesty should reduce the palace's expenses and take out the gold and silver from the palace's inner treasury for military expenses!" Zhao Ding gritted his teeth.

Zhao Gou was stunned, and said nothing.

"Your Majesty Zhao's words are wrong! Your Majesty is the ninth-fifth dignity, so naturally you must have the dignity of the ninth-five-fifth dignity! The inventory of silver is used to build palaces, how can it be used as military pay?" Qin Hui finally spoke at this moment.

Qin Hui also knew that the military payment was extremely difficult to handle. Fortunately, Zhao Ding had always been in charge of the military payment, so he didn't interrupt! But at this moment, Zhao Ding asked Zhao Go to reduce the cost of the palace. Qin Hui knew that Zhao Go would definitely not agree, so he followed Zhao Go's words.

"Master Qin is right! I am the ninth-five-year-old at any rate, how can I reduce the royal palace fees at will?" Zhao Gou said coldly.

He looked at Zhao Ding with unusually unkind eyes, but in fact he was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Ding! If it weren’t for Zhao Ding’s true talents and learning, he was quite good at managing the economy. Even if the people’s lives were difficult because of the continuous expropriation of Jiangnan monarchs and ministers, Zhao Ding could still make Jiangnan generally stable, otherwise Zhao Gou would have dismissed Zhao Ding for investigation!