Qiming 1158

Chapter 1112 Talk!Why not talk about it?
When they were making urgent preparations, the spies sent by the Privy Council came back with accurate information, saying that Xiangfan was indeed lost.

Now Xiangfan has no obstacles, the Ming army has already invaded the land of Jinghu in a large scale south, and there are signs of attacking further south on Jinghu Lake Road and Jinghu Lake Road.

In addition, the Ming army has a lot of troops and is very powerful. Wherever the soldiers pointed, the Southern Song Dynasty was unable to contend, and the cities fell one after another.

There is no sign of the Ming army marching further east. The headquarters should still be in Xiangfan. I don't know what the purpose of this time is.

The spies who came back from the north said that the Ming army stationed on Huainan West Road was preparing for battle, and they frequently patrolled the riverside for the Song army to deploy defenses, which was quite a posture of going south.

Zhao Tan's heart tightened, and his face was very ugly.

"Could it be that they really want to destroy the Great Song Dynasty? Can it be done now? Are they ignoring everything? Where did Su Yonglin get so much human and material resources?"

Yu Yunwen quickly stood up.

"The current specific situation is still unclear. It is impossible for the Ming army not to know how many defenses we have deployed in the south of the Yangtze River. However, the Ming army in Huaixi has only one army, 3 people. No matter how arrogant they are, it is impossible to think that 3 people can sweep Jiangdong. .

Therefore, unless they immediately increase their troops to Huaixi, or the army in the Jinghu Land advances eastward, it is definitely not for the destruction of the Great Song Dynasty, but for deterrence at most. They must have other plans, so please don't panic too much, Your Majesty. "

Zhao Tan was relieved by Yu Yunwen's excellent performance and careful analysis, and he nodded.

"With Xianggong Yu's suggestion, I know what to do."

So on June [-] of the fifth year of Hongwu, Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai set off from Lin'an under Zhao Tan's urgent order.

Then Zhao Tan issued an order to the Dutong Division of Zhenjiang, Jiankang, and Chizhou, so that the troops of the three places were ready to return to Lin'an.

Once the Ming army really wants to go south to Lin'an again, it is meaningless to disperse the remaining troops. It will only allow the Ming army to defeat them individually. This is the precious experience of the last battle.

Simply gathering troops to fortify near Lin'an City, maybe it will form a military advantage over the Ming army. At that time, maybe it will be able to prevent the Ming army from attacking Lin'an and gain capital for the negotiation.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Tan ordered to use the existing funds to urgently recruit soldiers to join the army in case of emergency.

The entire densely populated area near Lin'an City was mobilized again, and all young men between the ages of 15 and 40 were required to join the army.

This time, it can be regarded as a mandatory mobilization. Zhao Tan has issued a strong target to the state governments. The local governments must achieve the task, otherwise they will directly hold the highest local officials accountable.

Under such coercive threats, several prefectures around Lin'an have started compulsory military enlistment of strong men. A large number of ferocious government minions have been dispatched in all directions to arrest the strong men and send them to Lin'an City.

Of course, this process is destined to be ruthless and brutal.

Because many peasants, illiterate workers and the like don't know their age at all, and live in a very confused way. Everyone else was taken away.

In fact, because of the very frequent changes in era names and chronology methods in ancient times, apart from the upper-class people, a considerable part of the lower-class people do not know their age at all, and even need to use the tooth age to judge their approximate age. .

Therefore, when handling affairs according to age, the official personnel have considerable autonomy, and the common people can only be slaughtered by them.

This is how the strong men dealt with it, and the [-] Song troops now possessed immediately began to build Lin'an fortifications, widened the moat, heightened and reinforced the city wall, and carried out emergency training to strengthen the military.

Yu Yunwen was the privy envoy, the Pingzhang army state affairs and the city defense envoy, who was solely responsible for the defense of the city, and led the forbidden army in the city on behalf of the emperor.

He recommended his friend Yang Wanli to become the deputy envoy of the city defense, responsible for mobilizing the strong men in the city to participate in the construction of the city wall, and fully mobilizing the strong men in the city, and no one was allowed to be omitted.

Then, Yang Wanli offered him advice.

"There are many officials, dignitaries, and wealthy families in the city. Of course, they are not willing to join the army for their young men of the right age. If they want to force these young men of the right age to join the army, I am afraid that there will be some trouble, and you will not be able to do it at that time.

Since it is not convenient to force the strong men of these families to join the army, it is better to let them spend money to eliminate disasters and give the country another way to make money. Anyway, now is the time when money is scarce, and the army especially needs a lot of rewards. This is one way. . "

Yu Yunwen was overjoyed.

"Tingxiu's words won my heart."

Yu Yunwen had heard Zhao Tan talking about the current predicament of lack of money. Once the war starts, in order to appease the military and stabilize the military, big money is a necessary means. Without the capital of big money, it would be too dangerous for Lin'an City.

Anyway, these rich and powerful families are definitely not willing to let their children come out to be strong men, so it is better to ask them for money.

Give money, save your troubles and ours, and kill two birds with one stone. Isn't it beautiful?

So he immediately asked Zhao Tan's permission.

Zhao Tan is also very aware of the virtues of the rich and powerful, and the good things of getting money with less trouble, why not do it?

So Zhao Tan gave an order, saying that if you don't want to become a strong man, you have to spend money, as long as you spend a sum of money, you can be exempted from becoming a strong man.

This amount of money is not small, ordinary people can never afford it, but the rich people in the city can definitely afford it.

In order to get more money, Yu Yunwen and Yang Wanli also discussed different levels of money for different social classes, what level are the wealthy households in general, what level are the bureaucrats with rich family assets, what level are the powerful, and so on.

This trick provides a way to make money for the financially strained treasury, and provides a little financial support for the strained treasury.

There are many people who pay money to not be a strong man. Even the real dignitaries are afraid of the soldiers who come to the door with knives and the emperor's edicts, thinking that they can spend money to eliminate disasters, and they will save money when the time comes. In order to become the chicken that was killed by Yu Yunwen's rise to power.

The Lin'an City Defense was thus carried out. Under the governance of Yu Yunwen's tough city defense policy, the previously chaotic Lin'an City appeared to be in order.

During this period, Yu Yunwen continued to accept the surrounding people into the city.

Of course, the requirement to enter the city is that you must join the army to serve the army, otherwise you will not be allowed to enter Lin'an City, so those who are allowed to enter the city must be a family with strong men. If they are not accompanied by strong men, they will not be allowed to enter the city.

After this incident spread among the refugees outside the city, there was even a wave of getting married on the spot and becoming a family on the spot for a while and then quickly entering the city.

Without knowing the Ming Kingdom, it is a very normal choice for ordinary people to enter Lin'an City in order to save their lives. Lin'an City is very large, and there are relatively sufficient food reserves and resettlement places in the city, as well as sufficient water sources. This is completely Don't worry.

It's just that if it's the turn of the Ming army to encircle Lin'an City for the second time, defending or not defending doesn't really make much sense.

In the Ming Dynasty, according to the orders of the emperor and the staff headquarters, Zhang Yuejing, as the commander of the southern expedition, dispatched troops in Xiangyang, and took care of the Southern Song Dynasty.

During this period, he also initiated the revival members to carry out revival-style renovations on the sites that had been conquered, and carried out the rapid construction and renovation of new farmers' associations, in order to stabilize the local order as soon as possible, restore production, and collect summer grains that are about to be harvested.

When he was very busy here, he suddenly received news that the Southern Song Dynasty had sent two envoys composed of Zaifu to the Ming army, and hoped to have some discussions with the Ming army. It's better to talk openly and honestly than to do it.

When Zhang Yuejing received Su Yonglin's order before, he knew that Su Yonglin predicted that the Southern Song Dynasty would take the initiative to seek peace, so they could grasp the core interests of the Southern Song Dynasty and devour them little by little in response to this demand.

talk!
We have to talk, why not?
When it comes to Ming Guo's complete satisfaction.

Su Yonglin made a list for Zhang Yuejing, which contained some requirements for the Southern Song Dynasty after the war. Zhang Yuejing needed to convey these requirements to the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty.

He doesn't need to worry about the future, but if the Southern Song Dynasty refuses to agree, then Zhang Yuejing will be dispatched again to initiate the second siege of Lin'an to force them to agree.

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PS: It’s so sad to be locked up at home. The bright sunshine outside can’t shine into my heart, and my heart is full of dark clouds, so that in addition to coding all day, I’m just playing Yuanshen and watching the Legend of Zhen Huan… When will I see the sun again…

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