Qiming 1158

Chapter 722 Zhao Tan's Ambition

After reporting the overall report, Shi Hao did not continue to talk, he consciously set aside time for the emperor and ministers to reflect on the problems reflected in this data.

Sure enough, from Zhao Tan to the Privy Council editors Han Yuanji and Lu You, who were in charge of the minutes of the meeting, everyone looked very bad.

Han Yuanji and Lu You were originally writing hard, but after hearing this number, they stopped writing, raised their heads in disbelief, looked at each other, and then looked at the emperor on the throne not far away and the new court. Senior officials.

They cannot accept the fact that the Southern Song Dynasty defended with 18 troops, but was beaten into a sieve by the [-] Ming army.

What's even more frightening is that this is almost a game that was beaten and wiped out.

With more than three times the strength of the Ming army, the Ming army was beaten and annihilated by the Ming army. The Ming army went straight to the capital, and the road was unimpeded. The Southern Song army was defeated like a mountain. All fled.

It can almost be said that the Southern Song army is basically a bunch of trash, unable to protect the family and the country at all, giving so much military spending, eating so much food, but raising a bunch of trash.

How can this make them feel bad?

It is true that the situation in Jiankang Mansion is not true, and there is no 7 troops at all, but even if he has 4 empty pay for the royal power, the fact that the Song Dynasty lost [-] troops in the First World War is irreversible.

In the First World War, the loss of troops was nearly [-], which was a quarter of the number of soldiers rated on the Song Dynasty's book, and a quarter of the number of troops owned by the country.

In less than two months, the Ming army used [-] troops to wipe out a quarter of the Song army.

As for the total number of military forces of the Ming Dynasty, as announced by the Ming Dynasty itself, it is about 40, which is comparable to that of the Southern Song Dynasty. Said it can even be counted as a small fight.

Therefore, the military disparity between the two sides is clear at a glance. This terrifying disparity makes the monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty feel cold from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet.

This situation can almost be compared with when the Jin army went south to invade the Northern Song Dynasty.

At that time, the Jin army was also so sharp. The Northern Song Dynasty’s million-strong army was beaten to death by the Jin army’s 10,000+. In the end, they lost the capital, the emperor and the royal family, and half of the country. They lost all their underwear.

What is slightly better now than back then is that the Ming Kingdom did not necessarily have to conquer the goal of Lin'an and destroy the ruling class of the Southern Song Dynasty, just to defraud a sum of money to repair the Yellow River.

Judging from their current performance, they really have no other goals. They really just wanted to defraud a sum of money to repair the Yellow River from the beginning.

However, the Southern Song Dynasty, by virtue of its own ability, abruptly turned the situation of paying only a few years to repair the Yellow River to the situation of paying tribute to the Ming Kingdom and ceding the land, which is not a god-level operation.

After the initial shock, the emperor and his ministers came back to their senses.

Realizing that the current situation must be changed, if it really continues to let the army go so badly, the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhang Jun is undoubtedly the one with the most anger.

"Those who are guilty must be punished, those who deserve to be killed must be killed, the chickens must be killed, the chickens and monkeys must be killed, one by one, one hundred by one, rectifying the armament, and training the army. This is an urgent matter! Otherwise, it will not be far from the next time the Ming Dynasty needs money to repair the Yellow River."

Zhang Jun's remarks were supported by all the people present, and they all made suggestions and contributed their ideas to the self-improvement of the Southern Song Dynasty.

There are indeed a lot of things that have something to say, so Zhao Tan's heart is full of emotions, as if a brand new and powerful Song Dynasty will appear in the near future.

He can lead hundreds of thousands of troops to fight back to the north, recover lost territory, return to Kaifeng, worship and comfort the ancestors, let the ancestors know that he has returned, and he has achieved great things that thousands of people have not been able to achieve.

He was really looking forward to that future.

In such a frenzy, Shi Hao was the only calm person.

"Your Majesty, gentlemen, although the idea is good, every idea needs money. This premise cannot be ignored. The Song Dynasty not only has to pay the Ming Dynasty 620 million yuan in direct compensation, but also the annual old coin, 25 yuan. Silver and 25 bolts of silk cloth coins are not easy for Song Dynasty."

When everyone was making suggestions and suggestions to train troops to strengthen the country, Shi Hao put forward the money issue very "unfortunately", just like everyone here was very enthusiastic about the fire, he suddenly pulled off the waistband of his pants and urinated to put out the fire.

That felt really weird.

The warm and powerful atmosphere suddenly stagnated, and then slowly dissipated. Everyone looked at Shi Hao with strange eyes, even Zhao Kan. He felt that Shi Hao couldn't read the air, and he didn't see what kind of situation everyone was in. in the atmosphere.

But in the end, they also had to go back to reality, realizing that what Shi Hao said made sense.

A strong army and a strong country need money, and what Da Song lacks most now is money. There are many ways to strengthen a country and a strong army, but making money is the most important thing.

"Not only the compensation and year-old coins for the Ming Kingdom, but also the post-war local recovery and the pensions for the war dead, and the issue of official salt. The Ming army destroyed many large salt farms. Once official salt cannot be provided, private salt will be It will become popular, and the income of the Song Dynasty salt tax will be greatly reduced.

Not only that, but there is also the matter of maritime commerce. Before, the Ming army navy intercepted merchant ships in Suzhou Ocean, looted commodities, and drove away merchants, which greatly affected the maritime commerce of the Song Dynasty, and even the prices of Lin'an rose greatly. Recovery, the people complaining, these are all problems. "

Shi Hao sighed, looked at Zhao Tan's face, and said helplessly: "Old minister knows that Your Majesty desires to strengthen the country and the army, but before that, we must rectify the internal affairs, rectify the administration of officials, rectify the salt administration, and rectify the affairs of the maritime business. A strong army and a strong country.”

Zhao Tan lowered his head, his face was ugly, and he did not speak.

Zhang Jun couldn't sit still.

"Governance is of course important. Maritime commerce and salt tax are of course important. I know all about it, but I do not agree with what the Prime Minister said and what happened in the first place."

Shi Hao looked at Zhang Jun.

"What do you think about Shumi Zhang?"

"I can't talk about teaching, I just want to say that everything Shi Xianggong has to do takes time. If a strong country and a strong army are in the back, it will take more time. Before that, will Ming Congress give you time?"

Zhang Jun looked back at Shi Hao.

Shi Hao shook his head.

"I don't know what the Ming Dynasty will do. Shumi Zhang doesn't know. Only Emperor Ming knows. What we know is that the Ming Dynasty is planning to start repairing the Yellow River and change the Yellow River back to its old path.

For such a large project, the Ming Kingdom must do its utmost to repair the Yellow River while fighting. No matter how powerful the Ming Kingdom is, it is impossible to do it. Therefore, at least when the Ming Kingdom starts to repair the Yellow River, the Song Dynasty is safe. "

Zhang Jun shook his head.

"That's what you think the Ming Kingdom can't do, just as we all thought it was impossible for the Ming army to attack Lin'an with [-] troops, but what happened? The Ming Kingdom's [-] troops penetrated the Song Dynasty and made Da Song lose face. lose!

There are too many things we don't know. Soldiers, the place of life and death, and the way of life and death must be observed. The history of Xianggong, the two are in no particular order and must be carried out at the same time. "

Shi Hao thought about it for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"With the current financial situation of Song Dynasty, if you want to pay indemnities and annual coins, and at the same time handle government and military affairs, you must be stretched, and at the same time, there can be no natural and man-made disasters in the country, otherwise Da Song will have no money to deal with natural and man-made disasters. .

Therefore, I still think it should be more stable, stabilize the domestic situation first, and then rebuild the army, train the army, and strengthen the military after the imperial court's finances are somewhat more comfortable. "

Zhang Jun still does not approve.

"Principle is dead, man is alive, how can the living be constrained by the doctrine of death and remain self-sufficient? Shi Xianggong, I know that you are safe in your affairs, and you will naturally handle the affairs of state affairs. We are very relieved, but Military affairs are urgent."

Shi Haojian couldn't say anything about Zhang Jun, so he could only turn to Zhao Tan to make a request.

"Your Majesty, with the current financial situation of Song Dynasty, it is very difficult to simultaneously promote military reform and local restoration. The old minister thought that the war had just ceased, and the Ming Kingdom would not easily re-emerge, and Song Dynasty should concentrate on all efforts. Restoring the locality, stabilizing the finances, and then strengthening the army, what does Your Majesty think?"

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