Qiming 1158

Chapter 717 The Second Central Government
Zhou Zhixue obviously did not think that the gap between the Ming Empire and the Southern Song Dynasty was mainly military.

The military is a concrete manifestation of comprehensive national strength and mobilization. The Southern Song Dynasty fought so much, obviously it was not just the army that had a problem.

Zhou Zhi was very interested in this, and wanted Zhou Zhixue to talk more.

Then Zhou Zhixue should talk more.

"In a court full of people who bowed their knees and surrendered, how could an army whose logistics and promotion be controlled by them, how strong can it be? On the other hand, the army controlled by the Ming court and the Renaissance Society, all of them bravely took the lead. , as if dying.

In the final analysis, the disparity in the army comes from the disparity in the court, and the disparity in the court comes from the disparity between the emperor and the main ruling officials. The emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty was Zhao Gou, and Zaifu was Tang Situi. There are such leaders. , they can fight again, it is useless.

And what about the Ming army?The emperor is our majesty, experienced in hundreds of battles, rich in experience, and undefeated. The hero is unparalleled. The main officials are all of His majesty's old ministries. Hit, is this comparable to the Southern Song Dynasty? "

After hearing these words, Zhou Zhi thought silently for a while, and then nodded slowly.

"You're right. If the imperial court can't compare to the imperial court of the enemy country, how can the army fight and dare to fight? It's not the chaotic times of the end of the Tang Dynasty now... But then again, the Southern Song Dynasty has already changed the emperor. already."

"Well, now it's time to see what this new emperor can do."

Zhou Zhixue thought for a while, and then said in a low voice: "But this new emperor has just signed the agreement and became the emperor of surrender, and the burden on his body is not ordinary. I really don't know if he can bear it and rise up again. already."

"Better not, if he gets up, we will suffer."

Zhou Zhi shook his head.

"not necessarily."

Zhou Zhixue said slowly: "The problem of the Southern Song Dynasty is not as simple as changing an emperor or a court. Even if he replaces the entire court, can he replace all the local officials? Can the local officials be replaced? Will all the forces hindering the Northern Expedition be removed? If he can't remove them, no matter how much he wants to rise up, he can't do it."

Zhou Zhi blinked.

"how do I say this?"

"Isn't it obvious? The real hindrance of the Southern Song Dynasty is not the emperor, nor a specific person, but a whole group of southerners. They don't want to go north, they don't want to fight, they just want to live in peace."

"why?"

"Why? This court is financed by the Southerners, and the officials are mainly Southerners, whether senior officials or low-level officials, most of them are already Southerners, and they now hold a lot of power, but if the Northern Expedition The Central Plains have been successfully restored. Do you want to distribute some of the power in your hands to the northerners?

Co-authoring, I contributed money and contributed to the Northern Expedition, and in the end, they had to distribute power to the Northerners. If they didn’t get any benefits, they would have to pay a portion of it. They felt that this kind of business was a loss-making business, and they didn’t want to do it, and they didn’t want to do it. , and dragged his legs hard. "

Zhou Zhi pondered for a while, and felt that this matter was a bit interesting.

"How short-sighted, how shameless, according to this, won't Song Guo never want to restore the success of the Central Plains?"

"They couldn't do it in the first place, and with the addition of an emperor like Zhao Gou, there are so many generals who can fight that they can't beat the situation... Hey, why don't you understand anything?"

Zhou Zhixue looked at Zhou Zhi with a look of disgust.

Zhou Zhi blinked, a little aggrieved.

"I'm the one who leads the war..."

Zhou Zhi's words stunned Zhou Zhixue, and he suddenly realized that Zhou Zhi was not a Renaissance member until now, and immediately patted his head.

"Almost forgot... But you can't just think about the war and ignore politics. Just now that the war is over, I'll give you a good make-up lesson, and you'll know what I mean when you finish the course."

"Is that so... well, I'll just listen to it."

Zhou Zhi nodded.

On the other hand, as early as May [-], the news of the victory of the Ming army and the signing of the peace treaty by the Song Kingdom arrived in the Central Capital through expedited delivery, and was delivered to Su Yonglin.

Su Yonglin was overjoyed when he learned that, and immediately arranged for the Privy Council to reward the heroes of the war, and then called the main responsible officials to come to the palace to discuss matters.

The content of the proceedings is very simple.

How to arrange Huainan East Road after ceding land.

Huainan East Road will inevitably serve as a forward base for dealing with the Southern Song Dynasty in the future, so that the Southern Song Dynasty has no possibility of establishing the Huaihe Line of Defense. Once the war begins, it will be a decisive battle, which will help the Ming army go straight to Lin'an and quickly destroy the Southern Song Dynasty's command center.

Therefore, it is debatable whether to set up a separate province or belong to other provinces.

"Setting up a separate province, the scope of these eight states is too small, and the population is not enough. According to preliminary estimates, the population of the eight states is only 80, and most of them are barren lands. Set up a single province."

Tian Guizi took a look at the information on Huainan East Road, and said: "But whether it belongs to Shandong Province or Henan Province, it is a bit inappropriate. , not quite right."

As an important minister, Tian Guizi directly put forward these two points of view, and other ministers in the meeting did not know what to suggest.

Su Yonglin stared at the map for a while, and suddenly had an idea.

"Since Henan Province and Shandong Province are not suitable, let's simply set up a central and direct jurisdiction."

The courtiers looked at Su Yonglin together.

"The purpose of the establishment of the Central Government is to allow the central government to directly control certain key areas to enhance the authority of the central government and maintain unity. The central capital area is connected to Hebei, Liaodong, and Yanshan in the north. Central security.

There is a central government in the north, and the south cannot be without it. I think it is still early, but sooner or later, we will go south to deal with the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, there must be many unstable factors in the newly won Southern Song Dynasty. maintain stability.

From a geographical point of view, the land of Yanyun is a barrier to the land of Hebei. Whoever controls Yanyun will have an advantage over Hebei. Therefore, the first central government is located in Yanyun. Since ancient times, there is also a saying that guarding the river must guard the Huaihe River. , Mastering Huainan and Huaibei is equivalent to controlling the safety of Jiangnan, so the second direct jurisdiction should be located in the two Huaihe areas.

By analogy, since ancient times, the transportation of Sichuan and Shu has been inconvenient, and the phenomenon of separatism is very likely to occur. The Chuan-Shu area is the key point of Chuan-Shu traffic, and it deters Chuan-Shu officials. "

Su Yonglin picked up the pen and drew a circle at each of the three locations on the map.

(End of this chapter)