Qiming 1158

Chapter 718 The Central Plains Revival Plan Begins Here

Su Yonglin picked up the pen and drew a circle on the map at the three locations of Yanyun, Huainan and Chuanshu.

This is the location of the three direct jurisdictions in his plan.

Then he looked at the map again and clicked on the Guangdong and Guangxi and Hexi regions.

"From north to south, after Huainan, there is Jiangnan, after Jiangnan, and Lingnan, that is to say, Jiangnan people think that Lingnan people are southerners, and Lingnan people think that Lingbei are northerners, so I think the Wuling area is an important transportation area. In the future, the central government will also be established in the Five Ridges Land.

As for the Guanzhong area, compared to Guanzhong, I think the Hexi Corridor is more important to the Ming Dynasty. If you master the Hexi Corridor, you can control the Western Regions. The Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang Dynasties all controlled the Western Regions through Hexi, and then the Central Plains Dynasty. The power of the army extended to the west, so that it reached the land of Cong Ridge.

Losing the Western Regions also began with the loss of Hexi. Once Hexi was lost, the entire Western Regions would be lost and could not be controlled. This has been the case since the Middle Tang Dynasty, and in the Song Dynasty, because of the Western Xia, the possibility of operating the Western Regions was lost.

Therefore, I think that after the eradication and annexation of Xixia in the future, it will be set up under the Central Government in the old place of Xixia, and the central government will directly send people to garrison to control it to ensure complete control of this traffic hub, and then to enter the Western Regions and challenge those further west. Liao. "

In these words, Su Yonglin did not avoid Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui, the representatives of the two Khitans.

And they didn't show any doubts or surprises.

Obviously, their identification with the Ming Empire has already surpassed that illusory and invisible Xiliao. They have no feelings for Xiliao, and they are more identified with the Ming Dynasty who gave them a new power and status.

If someone insisted on linking them with Xiliao at this time, they would still be angry and argue, saying that they were from Ming rather than Liao, and that they were willing to fight for the sake of Ming rather than the illusory Liao state.

This attitude is Su Yonglin's very satisfied attitude, which shows that he has been very successful in winning over the foreign elites, and his plan to use them to compete with the Shandong-based civil servants is also very smooth, and the current state of political balance has been achieved.

This state still needs to be maintained, at least it cannot be broken until Xixia is pacified.

After proposing the future plan of the Central Government, the ministers had no opinion on Su Yonglin's establishment of the Central Government in Huainan.

Because this is indeed a very meaningful action from a geographical point of view.

As a result, this decree was passed, so the land of Huainan East Road in Song Dynasty will be directly under the direct jurisdiction of the central Shangshu Province of Daming, which is the second direct jurisdiction after the Yanyun area, which is called the direct jurisdiction of Lianghuaizhong.

As for the issue of garrisoning, we continued to place the You Yi Army of the Henan Corps and Zhou Zhi's headquarters there, and Zhou Zhi commanded You Yi Army to be responsible for the military defense of Huainan East Road.

The next thing belongs to the Ministry of Officials of the Imperial Court and the Organization Department of the Revival Society.

Because these two departments are all people of the revival society, it can also be said to be a matter of the revival society.

Su Yonglin expelled the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty in the eight prefectures of Huainan East Road, and the Ming army also deterred and attacked the local landlords and gentry forces, so this moment was the weakest time of Huainan East Road reaction force.

Su Yonglin intends to let the revival society use the power of the Ministry of Officials to place a large number of outstanding new members on Huainan East Road, so as to fully control the local population of less than 80.

It is true that the current Huainan East Road is not as good as it used to be because of the Yellow River problem, and it can even be said to be desolate.

The revival of Huainan under the leadership of the Renaissance Society and even the revival of the entire Central Plains will not be a problem.

Su Yonglin believed so strongly.

As soon as several revival meetings were held, the problems of officials, officials and grassroots organizations on the entire Huainan East Road became clear.

It is not difficult to manage a population of less than 80, and it is also convenient for the Renaissance Society to build a new political organization in a short period of time, and then give newcomers the opportunity to exercise their administrative capabilities.

Learn everything from Haizhou, and follow Haizhou in everything, and strive to build Huainan East Road, including the future Huainan Central Directly under the Central Government, into the first complete [Rejuvenation Province] in the whole Daming Dynasty.

Then there are the minutiae issues.

For example, it was stipulated that the war indemnity of the Southern Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty was 620 million copper coins, which would be paid off in five years, and additional interest should be paid every year.

There is also the annual old coin, worth 25 taels of silver and 25 bolts of silk cloth, which needs to be transported to the riverside in October after the busy autumn harvest, and transferred to Huainan through Guazhou Ferry, where the central government will send officials to be responsible for inspection and delivery.

As for the content of silver silk cloth and discounted items contained in the annual coin, it needs to be agreed upon by both parties in the Ming Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, and implemented uniformly without the slightest error.

Lastly, there is the question of names.

Because the Southern Song Dynasty agreed to be a minister to Daming, Zhao Tan's honorary title should be confirmed and canonized by Su Yonglin, and only then can it be regarded as having real legal effect.

In this regard, both sides actually took a step back.

Originally, according to Su Yonglin's idea, they could be given the title of the King of Jiangnan instead of the emperor, so that Zhao Gou and Zhao Tan could experience the feeling of Li Yu back then and humiliate them.

But after thinking about it, letting them go to the country name is expected to trigger a wider range of resistance, which does not meet the strategic requirements of the Ming Empire for quick battles. Kan is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and his national character is one level higher than that of Xixia and Goryeo.

Xixia and Gaoli are both kings on the Daming side, which directly lowers Su Yonglin by a rank, while the Southern Song side is the emperor, but the emperor's identity needs to be canonized. In the end, it is different from Xixia Gaoli. The huge size of the governance.

Although there are still dissatisfactions, but considering that this war has already won back the capital and made a lot of money, Su Yonglin did not continue to care about the Southern Song Dynasty.

He once again sent Xin Qiji to the south as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty to formally confer Zhao Tan as the emperor of the Song Dynasty.

Xin Qiji readily accepted the order.

After the Ming Empire had sorted out the problem of the war, they began to prepare for the official construction of the Yellow River.

The goal of the first stage remains unchanged, to change the Yellow River back to the old route of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to avoid the pain of diversion in the land of the two Huaihe Rivers, and to restore the vitality of the land of the two Huaihe Rivers and Henan first.

The amount of work was huge, and Su Yonglin ordered the Renaissance Society to be the lead organization, one level above the official.

Tian Guizi was the commander-in-chief of the Yellow River diversion project, and Shizheng, the minister of industry, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Yellow River diversion project. He comprehensively coordinated with various departments of the imperial court, local governments, and various armies in the basin to complete this huge national project.

On May 21, the second year of Hongwu, Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty formally signed an order in Zhongdu, announcing that the Yellow River diversion project would start here, and that the whole country would concentrate all available forces to inject power into this unprecedentedly large project.

Be sure to succeed.

This marked the beginning of the Central Plains revival plan and the revival of the entire northern China since the Middle Tang Dynasty.

Twenty days after Su Yonglin signed the order, on June 20th, Zhang Jun, the leader of the famous war faction in the Southern Song Dynasty, finally returned to Lin'an from his hometown in Sichuan, and met the new emperor Zhao Wei.

The last time he came to Lin'an, he was full of ambition, and when he left Lin'an, he was completely disappointed.

He originally thought that he could only live in his hometown and spend the rest of his life with his grandson, but he didn't expect that once the war started, he would still have a chance to be rehabilitated.

The new emperor Zhao Tan urgently summoned him to return to Lin'an, saying that there was a major matter to discuss with him, and the Song Dynasty needed him.

Holding the edict, he burst into tears.

But at the same time, he knew that the war between the Song Dynasty and the Ming Kingdom was going on, and the situation in the Song Dynasty was very bad. Lin'an was in turmoil.

In the midst of such turmoil, Zhao Gou abdicated and ceded the throne to Zhao Tan, and Zhao Tan ascended the throne. At the beginning of his ascension, he faced a difficult situation of being defeated like a mountain.

He needs someone to help him strategize and help him win thousands of miles.

Isn't this exactly what someone Zhang can do for His Majesty the Emperor?
Isn't this the time when someone Zhang has contributed to the country?

(End of this chapter)