Qiming 1158

Chapter 677 Is it possible to wait for the Ming army to come?
After the Southern Song Dynasty learned of the large-scale mobilization of the Ming army on the border and the unusual military movements of the Haizhou side in late February, it was basically determined that the Ming army was ready to use force.

The news came back to Lin'an, and the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty were terrified. A group of people chased the Zaifu and frantically asked what was going on in the previous negotiation, how the Southern Song Dynasty refused them, and why they had to go to war. on?

Who wants to fight?
I don't want to!
Since the fall of the Jin Kingdom, I don’t know how many officials have longed for peace, praised peace, and thought about getting along with the Ming Kingdom in harmony.

But things backfired. In less than a year of peace, the Ming army began to mobilize on a large scale. The cloud of war was approaching the Southern Song Dynasty, and everyone was facing the threat of terrifying war.

Not to mention the courtiers who originally advocated compromise and negotiated with the Ming Kingdom to solve the problem, even the officials who had been dazzled by their bloody bravery in the past began to fear, began to regret, and began to feel that this issue would not lead to war. to the point of.

Most of the officials who have experienced the continuous wars of the past are still in the court. Their positions are weak, and they have never been military hardliners. They were soft against the Jin Kingdom at the beginning, and now they are unable to raise their heads against the military threat to the Ming Kingdom. .

The Saisuke team was under enormous political pressure, and gradually could not resist, and could only seek Zhao Gou's help.

But Zhao Gou also fell into a huge panic at this time.

His previous toughness was the same as a ghost in his own eyes.

He didn't even know why he was so tough all of a sudden, and decided to fight against the Ming Kingdom.

It seems to have changed overnight.

From the moment he learned of the large-scale mobilization of the Ming army until he woke up the next morning, Zhao Gou suddenly fell into a huge panic. .

He hurriedly called the Saisuke team, discussed the latest situation with them, and asked if there were any remedial measures.

Saisuke finally saw the familiar emperor.

But now I see the familiar emperor, is it any use?
The action of the Ming army has already begun. Can the action of the Ming army be stopped at this time?
How much would that cost?
The Ming Kingdom will definitely open its mouth and seek benefits recklessly, and the Southern Song Dynasty will be very uncomfortable.

However, this is the question Zhao Gou asked.

"Although things have come to this point, after all, the fight has not yet started. If we continue to negotiate now, there is still the possibility of stopping the war. The Ming Kingdom is also unstable. If the war can be truce, it must be willing to do so, do you think?"

Looking at Zhao Gou's hopeful eyes, Zhou Linzhi, who had escorted Xin Qiji out of the country before, suddenly remembered the last conversation between him and Xin Qiji.

"If you can negotiate, don't negotiate. When the army comes over, you won't have any right to negotiate."

Such a voice echoed in his ears, making him very uncomfortable.

So he stood up.

"Your Majesty, we did not agree to Ming's request during the previous negotiations. Now that Ming is ready to use force, let's negotiate, it will only make Ming think that Song is afraid of Ming's force, and they will definitely raise their demands.

It used to be 25 taels of silver and 25 bolts of silk cloth, but now it may be more, even 30, 35, which will be raised to a level that the Song Dynasty will never be able to bear. Please be aware of it. "

The little hope that Zhao Gou had just raised disappeared without a trace.

"how so……"

He leaned back in his chair, his face full of regret and disbelief.

He is obviously a person who hates war, how can he suddenly have the determination to fight?
Zhao Gou himself felt that he was unreasonable.

But there is no way. The matter has come to this point. He is stunned to find that if he does not fight this battle, he will face a situation that he cannot bear.

If you pay, it will inevitably increase the domestic economic burden. At that time, there will be complaints from all over the world, and the subjects will be angry. Someone needs to stand up and take responsibility and bear the public anger.

Who will that person be?

Zhao Gou couldn't imagine it.

Then there is only a fight. Of course, if you win, everything will be fine, but if you lose...

It is necessary to pay more unbearable high-priced war reparations and higher-priced year-old coins. At that time, there will be more complaints in the Song Dynasty, and someone needs to stand up and take responsibility for the defeat, otherwise people's strong dissatisfaction will swallow the Zhao Dynasty. of.

How can this be done! ! !

If I knew it earlier, I would have promised it!Maybe we can talk about the price, suppress the price, let Ming Guo make some concessions, and put out a little bit of old coins horizontally and vertically, which is better than the situation we are facing now!

Zhao Gou slumped on the chair with a bitter face, all his previous anger was gone, and he only regretted wholeheartedly.

Of course, his regrets are meaningless, because the Ming army is already waiting to attack, if he does not make any preparations, the situation will only get worse.

"What should I do now?"

Zhao Gou had no masters, so he could only ask the servants he trusted.

Saisukes, look at me, I look at you, and after thinking about it, Tang Sihui bravely stood up.

"Your Majesty, so far, we can only make two preparations. First, we need to rectify our armaments to prepare for emergencies. Second, immediately send people north to the Ming Kingdom to make a final fight, so as to avoid the actual war between the two armies."

Zhao Gou could only nod his head.

"Then you go to arrange it! Is it true that you have to wait for the Ming army to call?!"

The Taisukes were helpless, so they ran out with a bitter face and went to arrange this matter.

Arrange it, it is easy to say, and difficult to say.

First of all, we have to have the last negotiation with the Ming Kingdom and try our best to avoid war, so a group of people discussed who to send as an envoy.

But Wang Lun was very awake.

"This is useless. If the Ming Kingdom can't see the armaments of the Song Dynasty, they will not even accept our envoys. They will only meet with us when we rectify our armaments and put on a posture of fighting. Conditions."

Tang Situi and Shen Gai felt that what Wang Lun said was very reasonable, and immediately ignored any political disputes, and immediately asked the Privy Council to take the lead in rectifying the armament. They would never hold back.

Wang Lun let out a long sigh, thinking that it would be better if this happened earlier?

It was useless to sigh, but Wang Lun acted quickly.

First of all, according to the intelligence of the Ming army's military movements in the direction of Haizhou, he sent orders to Liu Qi and Wang Quan, the heads of the two military towns of Zhenjiang House and Jiankang House, as a member of the Privy Council, asking them to quickly rectify their armaments and distribute ordnance , drill the army, ready for war at any time.

Then he thought that the Ming army might also break through the Song army's Yangtze River defense line from other directions, so Li Xianzhong in the Chizhou direction, as well as the Jinghu theater and the Sichuan theater should be rectified a little. If the Ming army thinks about going south, it will be bad. .

The third step was to send orders to the commander-in-chief Zhao Mi, as well as Li Peng and Cheng Min, the heads of the guard Ma Junsi and the guard infantry division, so that they would also start to rectify the Lin'an Imperial Army and train them in an all-round way.

No matter what happened in the past, at least now, give me a full-scale training, the war is at hand, and if you don't practice now, it will be too late!

After solving the order of the infantry, someone in the Privy Council raised the issue of the navy.

"Lin'an near the sea, if the Ming army navy directly attacked Lin'an from Suzhou Ocean, then Lin'an would be in chaos."

Wang Lun immediately realized that this was also a very serious problem, so he immediately started to rectify the navy.

However, because the Song government did not pay much attention to maritime threats before, and the requirements for the navy were still at the level of simply maintaining and managing maritime order, fighting pirates and private salt dealers, etc., the Southern Song navy was still in a state of security war. Not in a real state of war.

And there is simply no reliable naval general who can lead the entire army to prepare for battle.

Wang Lun was very anxious, and immediately asked his subordinates to recommend reliable naval generals. The recommendations came and went, and a name caught Wang Lun's attention.

Li Bao, a witness of the four generals in the era of rejuvenation, an antique general who once followed Yue Fei and Han Shizhong, is said to have some ways to deal with the navy, but after so many years of Yanwu Xiuwen in the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Bao was also forgotten in a corner.

Now that there is finally a need, Wang Lun immediately sent someone to find Li Bao and called Li Bao to the Privy Council for questioning.

(End of this chapter)