In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 348 The Five Great Navy Masters (please vote for me)

Quan Yong was first promoted to the Imperial City Secretary, and later went to Fujian to establish the Fujian Dusi and served as the capital commander. He worked there for several years.

Now Zhao Yurui transferred him back, and he was still appointed as the Imperial City Secretary. Mao Tong, the former Imperial City Secretary, was sent to Fujian to replace Quan Yong as the capital commander.

Of course, the current Imperial City Department is relatively large, and there are two departments below it: the Intelligence Department and the Jinyiwei Department, and the number of people has more than doubled.

Quan Yong was originally sent to Fujian so that Zhao Yu Rui could reorganize the system, train troops, and raid landlords in Fujian. However, Quan Yong didn't know how to fight, so Zhao Yu Rui let him stay for a few years, and when things were almost done, he was transferred back.

When Zhao Yurui brought Quan Yong to the Xuande Hall, Mao Tong was already waiting in the hall.

Zhao and Rui asked them to sit down respectively, and then asked Quan Yong.

"How many recruits are there in Fujian now? How big is the naval force?"

Quan Yong said: "According to my cousin's will, Fujian recruits [-] new soldiers every year. Currently, they are concentrated in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Jianning, and Shaowu for training. There are now [-] new soldiers. They spend seven months every year in At sea, it can be used as a naval force."

Zhao Yurui has been on the throne for more than eight years. Quan Yong has recruited a total of [-] recruits. Among them, the first [-] recruits. The first [-] went to Da Yuan and lived with their families in Da Yuan. They were given land allocation and tax exemption for ten years. treatment.

Another [-] people and their families are currently stationed in the Jinghu area.

The new soldiers recruited by Zhao and Rui from various provinces were stationed with their families, and at the same time they were divided into fields. Of course, the fields were taken from the landowners.

After doing this, the morale of the army is quite stable. They have land, pay and families, which is similar to the military households in the Ming Dynasty.

As for whether there will be exploitation and land annexation in the Song Dynasty like in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it will definitely not happen this time. Whether there will be in the future depends on whether the future emperor will change Zhao Yurui's policy. As long as Zhao If Yu Rui's policy does not change, land annexation will never happen.

Zhao Yurui turned to Mao Tong: "After you arrive in Fujian, immediately organize [-] new troops to go to Shaanxi. The troops will go in batches and take their families with them. After the [-] new troops arrive, they will be resettled by the local Dusi and Zhiji. Zhushi Zhendexiu will fully cooperate with you."

"I obey the decree, your Majesty, please rest assured." Mao Tong said quickly.

Qian Hongzu, the former Fujian Provincial Secretary, has been transferred to another place, and Zhen Dexiu, the former prince Zhao Hong's confidant, is appointed as the Proposal Secretary.

Zhen Dexiu was strongly opposed to Zhao Yurui at that time, but Zhao Yurui continued to re-employ him regardless of his past grudges, and the civil and military officials of the court were convinced.

Zhen Dexiu did a very good job in Quanzhou Shipping Department. Quanzhou's maritime trade was brought up by Zhen Dexiu. Zhao and Rui Wei were the first to use him. Zhen Dexiu even talked about Zhao and Rui in private a few years ago. Rui, but seeing the Song Dynasty's national power flourishing, he finally stopped saying anything in the past two years and basically agreed with Zhao Yurui as the emperor.

"About the second half of the year, or next year, [-] Jurchen and Khitan soldiers will be transferred to the Central Plains. You and Zhen Dexiu must prepare relevant supplies."

"Fujian will provide most of it, and the senior officials will provide a small part themselves. Let them get a foothold first before the senior officials."

Mao Tong was stunned for a moment, and then responded reflexively: "Your Majesty wants to beat a senior official?"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew about Zhao Yurui's management of senior officials in the past few years, but no one knew what the senior officials were like. There had never been any officials in the center of the imperial court. The senior officials were more like independent small countries.

When the officials there returned to Beijing, they only saw the emperor, but never members of the six ministries or cabinet.

But Mao Tong knew that there were many natives in Da Yuan, and the imperial court seemed to have mobilized troops and fought wars in Da Yuan, but little news came from there, and only the emperor knew what happened.

Zhao Yurui still remained silent, and Mao Tong quickly changed the subject: "Chen Ding fully supports it."

"The other [-] new troops will form a new naval force. I will establish a new naval camp. The Ministry of War will select naval generals, and the Fujian Dusi will provide some soldiers."

"In the next three years, you will recruit [-] new soldiers every year, and they will mainly be trained on warships."

Mao Tong listened to them all and kept them in mind.

Fujian originally had a navy, and there were quite a lot of them. There were several armies with tens of thousands of people. The opposite side also had a navy with tens of thousands of people.

But the emperor wanted to do something big this time and established the Southeast Navy Camp.

The headquarters of Daying is located in Qiongzhou.

Mao Tong didn't know where Qiongzhou was at this moment, but Quan Yong, who had stayed in Fujian for several years, opened his eyes wide when he heard this.

That's the end of the world. It was a barren land where the Song Dynasty used to distribute its prisoners.

Back then, Zhao Hong had said in private that he would send Shi Miyuan to Qiongzhou. Later, Shi Miyuan took a grudge against him and started planning to depose him.

While they were talking, Hu Song was singing outside one after another.

"Wei Liaoweng, Minister of the Ministry of War, and Zheng Qingzhi, Secretary of the Cabinet and Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War, came to see you——"

Hu Song kept singing outside, and in just a few minutes, many officials came in one after another.

In less than 10 minutes, many civil and military officials came to Xuan De Hall.

There are Wei Liaoweng, the Minister of the Ministry of War, Deng Ruoshui, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Xu Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Qiao Xingjian, the Minister of the Ministry of Maritime Trade, Xu Yuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Feng Deshan, the commander of the Infantry Division and the commander of the Marine Division.

Half of Zhao Yurui's cabinet members came.

If Zhao Yurui didn't go to court today, there must be something going on when he called them all.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Yurui signaled Niu Bao to bring a map, and Hu Song and he held one side each, covering the original map of the Song Dynasty.

Everyone looked up and found that the maps were all enlarged along the coast, from Liaodong to Qiongzhou, and small countries such as Champa to the northwest of Qiongzhou could also be seen.

There are also many island countries that everyone doesn’t know and have been tagged.

"Our Song Dynasty now has forty armies of navy, about 24 people." Zhao Yurui started to speak.

In the first year of Baoqing, after Zhao and Rui took power, they immediately began to prepare for the establishment of water and infantry armies across the country.

At that time, the navy prepared 37 armies with about 22 people.

In accordance with the emperor's request, various places successively recruited and trained naval forces and built warships. It was not until the fourth year of Baoqing that 37 navy soldiers and warships were finally gathered.

Three more armies were added later, and now there are forty armies with 24 people.

"With the imminent fall of the Jin Kingdom, a full-scale confrontation with Mongolia will soon begin. However, the decisive victory between our country and Mongolia will be more about infantry--"

Zhao Yurui's meaning is very obvious. The Mongolian navy is needed, but not used much.

He has been on the throne for more than eight years and has practiced so much as a naval force. In addition to doing business, he also has to do other things.

To this end, he wanted to reorganize the navy across the country and set up five naval camps.

Zhao Yurui took a long stick from Hu Song and pointed to the upper right corner of the map: "This is called Lushun, no, now it's called Jinzhou——"

When Lushun was in the Jin Kingdom, it was first called Huacheng County. In 1216, the Jin Kingdom promoted it to Jinzhou. Before Lu Wende defeated the Mongolian army in Goryeo, the Mongolian army had just put down the Jin Kingdom's resistance in Huacheng County.

"Currently, this is a three-nothing zone. The Mongolian army has just wiped out the resistance of the Jin Kingdom. Before it could rule, it was defeated by our army in Goryeo. The Mongolian army has no time to control this place now."

"I want to establish the Liaodong Navy and set up the main camp in Jinzhou."

"Let Chen Dong be the deputy commander of the Liaodong Capital Division and the commander of the Liaodong Navy."

In the past, Zhao and Rui only set up control over the infantry and water armies. This time they set up capital control, which meant that they had more troops and horses under their control.

Zhao Yurui explained that the chief naval officers of various places were also the deputy commanders of the local capital divisions, but the appointment and dismissal of naval chiefs was decided by the imperial court, and the naval force would be decided within the navy, and the chiefs of the general division had no control over it.

The Liaodong Navy has ten armies, 6 men, and 8000 warships of various sizes. The scale is quite large. Chen Dong used to be the naval commander in Lianghuai, and the Sixth Army only had [-] men. Now it has doubled. , which shows how much the emperor valued the Liaodong Navy.

Among this navy, some from Shandong, Zhejiang, and Lianghuai were transferred to Jinzhou together.

However, not all of the Liaodong Navy was stationed in Lushun. There were 1 troops from the two armies stationed in coastal areas of Shandong, Qingzhou, Dengzhou and other places. The rest were all sent to Liaodong.

"The garrison navy will take their families to Lushun, and the imperial court will immigrate tens of thousands more households, striving to increase the population of Jinzhou Prefecture to more than 50 within five years."

The defense area of ​​the Liaodong Navy is from the Bohai Sea to the Yellow Sea, including the coast from Liaodong to Korea, and the coast from Hebei to Jiangnan.

Zhao Yurui drew a horizontal line on the map, which was basically the same as the southernmost part of Goryeo. A line to the north of Jeju Island was all the Liaodong Navy Defense Area, and the Song Dynasty side was approximately to the north of Haizhou (Lianyungang).

"The Donghai Navy was established, and the main camp was set up on Jeju Island."

The Donghai Navy has six armies, with 6000 men, and [-] warships of various sizes. The scale is not small.

Yuan Gao, commander of the Donghai Navy and deputy commander of the Jiangnan Division.

All Donghae Marines are on Jeju Island, and the defense area includes a circle along the coast of Japan. It is basically aimed at Japan.

"Establish a sea-fixing division, and set the sea in the camp."

The Dinghai Division has ten armies, 6 men, and [-] warships of various sizes, making it the largest.

The infantry commander Feng Deshan was still in charge of the capital, and the defense area was the coastal area of ​​the Song Dynasty and around the capital.

Along the coast, from Haizhou in the north to above Wenzhou in the south (that is, to Zhejiang), some will be stationed in the inner lake area south of the Yangtze River for the Huaihe River, mainly to defend the capital.

"Establish a navy with high-ranking officers, and set up high-ranking officers in the camp."

The navy consists of six armies, with 6000 men and [-] warships of various sizes. Ji Huer is under the command of the capital and is also the deputy commander of the Fujian Dusi.

The chief naval officer was originally Ruan Cong, and Ji Huer was the deputy commander. Ji Huer studied with Ruan Cong for seven or eight years, and the chief naval officer helped Zhao and Rui make money in the maritime business all year round. He is now considered a small businessman at sea. Now a master.The Damuan Navy is mainly engaged in business, and the defense area is from Wenzhou (starting with Funing, Fujian) to Zhangzhou, that is, Damuan and the entire coast of Fujian Province.

"The Southeast Navy was established, and the main camp was set up in Qiongzhou."

The Southeast Navy has an Eighth Army with about 8000 men and about [-] warships of various sizes.

Ruan Cong, the former commander of the navy, was the capital commander. The defense area included the coast of Guangdong and the vicinity of Qiongzhou.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

The imperial court suddenly stationed heavy troops in Qiongzhou, a remote place used for distribution. Is it going to use troops against the islands in the southeast?
Sure enough, the emperor continued: "Qiongzhou was promoted to Hainan Road."

"Make Zheng Qingzhi the envoy to Hainan."

Zheng Qingzhi was shocked and had a strange expression on his face.

Officials of the Song Dynasty in this era were proud to be in Beijing and did not like to go to other places, let alone remote areas like Qiongzhou.

By the Ming Dynasty, officials who went to Fujian and Guangdong were considered demoted.

But the emperor had talked to him alone before, and there was a high-ranking official there, so Zheng Qingzhi could only grit his teeth and admit: "I obey the order." He immediately expressed his obedience to the assignment in public.

"Guangdong, Fujian, Guangxi and other places will make full efforts to immigrate in the next few years." Zhao Yurui said at this time.

Taking Qiongzhou's 20 troops and their families together, there will be more than [-] people.

Zhao Yurui will immigrate another 30 people to Qiongzhou within a few years. In addition, Qiongzhou has about 10 people at this time, bringing the population of Qiongzhou to more than 50.

Today, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Personnel and other ministers have arrived to prepare for the dispatch of officials, resources and other materials to Hainan.

"Hainan will also build shipyards, weapons and armor factories, and even firearms bureaus in the future. The Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs must prepare for funding and supplies starting next year."

All the ministers nodded. They had worked with the emperor for many years and knew Zhao Yurui's character. When the emperor spoke, everyone just nodded and worked hard.

Coastal areas such as Guangdong and Fujian have not been in war for the past few years. In addition, maritime trade has developed, and land has been distributed to the people. They are developing very well. There is no problem in supporting Hainan.

But at this time, everyone had already guessed that the emperor's first sentence said that it was okay to raise more than 20 navy troops across the country. Now he wanted to focus on building Qiongzhou in Hainan, and he would definitely take action against the southeastern island countries in the future.

But now there is still a problem. Previously, Zhao and Rui's forty naval armies were located all over the country, including Sichuan.

Now that Zhao and Rui have established the five major naval camps, they need to recruit a lot of naval forces and build more warships. Some of the former naval forces in each province were assigned to the provincial capitals and were under the control of each capital. Most of them were assigned to Among these five major navy masters.

The total naval forces of the local capitals and the whole country are now about 6, with thousands of large and small warships.

Other naval forces were assigned to these five major naval camps, and some inner lake boats that were previously used for transportation were assigned to the Ministry of Household Affairs or the Ministry of Works, while warships were assigned to the five major naval divisions.

After this restructuring, the country will have [-] more naval forces and thousands of ships will need to be built.

The navy of the Song Dynasty has reached 30.

At this time, the Song Dynasty had only 80 million infantry troops, accounting for nearly half of the infantry. This was rare in previous dynasties.

The civil and military officials could feel that the emperor began to value the navy. Is it really like the letter the emperor wrote to Wo Kuotai that in the future, the Mongolian and Song Dynasties would negotiate peace and the Song army would fully develop the coastal island countries?
"We also need to expand the shipyard and purchase large shipbuilding trees from Annan, Champa and other places -" Zhao Yurui continued.

The original shipbuilding capabilities of the two Song Dynasties were quite powerful. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, more than 3000 and [-] ships of various sizes were built annually. By the peak of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was closer to [-] and [-] ships. Of course, there were many small ships and large ships common in the Song Dynasty.

In the past few years that Zhao Yurui has been in power, shipyards have been built all over the country. There are two shipyards in Jeju Island and Daeguang. There are also expansions and additions in coastal areas, with the number increasing every year. Only the number of government-run shipyards has doubled before he took the throne. There is more than enough, and at the same time, private maritime trade is encouraged, making private shipyards far better than before.

However, Zhao Yurui's government-run shipyard only builds large ships with materials of more than [-] materials, and all small boats are built by private shipyards.

At present, the official only shipbuilding capacity has reached an annual production capacity of more than [-] medium and large ships and [-].

Last year, Zhao Yurui began to build a multi-material pointed-bottomed large ship, using Dashi's technology. This kind of ship was extremely slow to build, and it took a lot of official shipyard craftsmen and time. Zhao Yurui felt that there were not enough ships, so he had to continue in Hainan. Build a shipyard and purchase large timber.

At present, Goryeo, Champa, Annam, Japan and other places are important sources of shipbuilding wood in the Song Dynasty. Zhao Yurui basically used barter, using sugar, silk, ceramics and other items to exchange for purchases.

Zhao Yurui's words also revealed a message. Annan and Zhancheng will not fight now?

Usually, countries have close relations with each other. Now Annan and Champa are adjacent to the Song Dynasty. Zhao and Rui are trying their best to promote trade with them. However, they are stationing troops to immigrate to Hainan, but they have obvious intentions of using troops. This is the opposite. Attacking inbreeding?
On that day, Emperor Zhao and Rui Lei acted resolutely and discussed with several cabinet members the establishment of a province in Hainan, with four prefectures (prefectures) and thirteen counties.

The appointment of envoys, magistrates, prefectures, and county magistrates were also decided on the same day. Zhao and Rui also formulated a five-year plan.

The first year is for the navy to move, and the second year for the people to be relocated, and the county government and shipyards will be built at the same time. In the third year, troops will be mobilized from the big officials, and at the same time, they will go to the coast of Southeast Asia to start a war. In five years, Hainan will be able to free itself. It will produce warships and build its first foothold in Southeast Asia - Pali (Brunei) in the fifth year.

The country of Po Li is more than 3000 miles away from Hainan. With the Song's current navigation technology and ships, coming and going is very convenient and almost risk-free. This is Zhao Yurui's touchstone to accumulate experience for future ocean voyages.

The emperor's five-year plan has been completed, and of course the civil and military ministers can only support it. Some people may wonder, why did the Song Dynasty go to those wild places?
But Zhao and Rui have an effect in everything they do, and everyone is used to following orders, so there is no objection.

It was almost 10:30 when Zhao Yurui held the meeting. There were still many things going on today. At noon, all the civil and military personnel stayed in the palace to have lunch with the emperor. This was also the most common thing after Zhao Yurui became emperor.

After dinner, all the civil and military officials left the palace one after another. Zhao Yurui took Quan Yong and Niu Bao out of the palace incognito as before.

Everyone first came to a place in the north of Taixue, which was formerly called Zongxue.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were three schools: Taixue, Zongxue, and Wushu.

Taixue is considered the highest institution of higher education. Zongxue used to be a place for clan disciples to study, but it has now been canceled by Zhao Yurui.

When Zhao Yurui established the cabinet, he established the Ministry of Education and merged Imperial College into the Ministry of Education. From then on, clans across the country attended local schools. Zhao Yurui's children had dedicated personnel in the palace to take charge of them. After the boys turned 13, they entered the education system. Too learned.

Martial arts is now placed under the Ministry of War.

After Zongxue was abolished, Zhao Yurui built the Intelligence Department and Jinyiwei Yamen on its site, which were subordinate to the Imperial City Department.

Today, Zhao and Rui went straight to the yamen of the Intelligence Department on the west side. The person in charge of the Intelligence Department gave them a point, and they were at the same level as the Imperial City Department. They were currently designated as fourth-grade military attachés, which were regarded as senior military attachés in the Song Dynasty.

Not long after he entered the Intelligence Department, Shi Gouer brought a man who looked like a commoner, but his face looked fierce.

When the man saw Zhao Yurui, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Tan Hai, long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty!"

"Hahaha, long time no see, little Kaifeng, get up, get up." Zhao Yurui kindly stepped forward and mentioned Tan Hai.

This Tan Hai is the little Kaifeng who sold slaves to Zhao Yurui before.

Shi Gou'er and others were the first slaves Zhao Yurui bought from Kaifeng when he was young.

Little Kaifeng at that time did not expect that Zhao Yurui would become the emperor, and the slaves sold to Zhao Yurui would become high-ranking officials and generals of the Song Dynasty.

In the third year of Baoqing's reign, Zhao Yurui accepted Xiao Kaifeng as the fifth-rank officer of the Intelligence Department, and was given the title of marquis, but he was not reduced to a hereditary rank for three generations.

At this point, Xiao Kaifeng was still a merchant in Lin'an City, specializing in the underground black market slave market, but in fact he was an official of the Song Dynasty Intelligence Department.

"Your Majesty." After Xiao Kaifeng stood up, he explained to Zhao Yurui: "Businessmen in Mongolia are basically royal merchants, that is, only princes and nobles are qualified to do business - what I mean is the kind of - across - borders merchant---"

Xiao Kaifeng explained Mongolian business activities to Zhao Yurui.

Both Genghis Khan and his sons attached great importance to commercial activities, but within their borders, those who could do cross-border business must be royal merchants (including nobles).

For example, Hebei is now under the rule of the Mongolian army. The merchants within the territory, whether they are Han merchants, Jurchen merchants or Mongolian merchants, can do business in Hebei. However, whether you want to go to the Mongolian territory in the north or the Batu territory in the northwest, Even the territory of Genghis Khan's younger brother in the northeast can only be visited by the caravans of the Mongolian nobles.

Hebei is Muhuali's territory and is now under the responsibility of Muhuali's grandson Tasi. Basically, only Tasi's own caravans and a few caravans from Qianhu Nayan in Mongolia who are close to Muhuali can trade across the border. They even Can go deep into the Song Dynasty and trade with Song merchants.

Therefore, it was difficult for most Han merchants to reach the territories of Batu, Chagatai and others.

Unless they are working for the Mongolian nobles.

The slaves before Xiao Kaifeng were all obtained from a Han merchant in Hebei.

This Han merchant is Zhang Rou, one of Mu Huali's subordinates, Zhang Xin.

Zhang Rou was from Dingxing County, Hebei Province, and Zhang Xin was from Zhang Rou's hometown. At that time, thieves were emerging in Hebei Province. Zhang Rou organized the local aristocratic families and selected strong men to form a team to defend themselves, so that the thieves did not dare to invade.

Zhang Xin used Zhang Rou's name to marry the daughter of a local refugee. When Zhang Rou found out, she whipped Zhang Xin a hundred times and returned the daughter to Zhang Xin.Zhang Xin was afraid of Zhang Rou and wanted to murder Zhang Rou.Not long after, Zhang Xin deserved to be executed for his crime, but Zhang Rou saved him and was spared. Zhang Xin sincerely worshiped Zhang Rou since then, and the local brave men also came to Zhang Rou.

The Mongolian army attacked the Jin Kingdom. Zhang Rou was the magistrate of Dingxing County of the Jin Kingdom. Later, she fought with the Mongolian army at Langya Mountain. After the defeat, she surrendered to the Mongolian army. When Mu Huali was in Hebei, Zhang Rou was very important and is now the governor of Baozhou. (Baoding) Marshal of the capital, the Han army marched thousands of households.

Zhang Xin is now Zhang Rou's confidant. Xiao Kaifeng got all his slaves from Zhang Xin, but Xiao Kaifeng cannot enter Hebei.

Before Zhao Yurui came to power, Zhang Xin always sent people to load slaves on ships, bypass Shandong along the coast, and send them to the vicinity of Pingjiang Prefecture. Xiao Kaifeng brought them back by ship in Pingjiang Prefecture.

At that time, Shandong was full of warlords, and there were big military leaders like Li Quan. Zhang Xin was able to bypass Shandong without any problems. He was quite capable.

However, after Zhao Yurui came to power, he attached great importance to the navy and captured Shandong. Zhang Xin's merchant ships were not in a good situation. This is why Xiao Kaifeng turned to Zhao Yurui.

His source of slaves was cut off and business was in trouble.

In recent years, Zhao Yurui has supported Xiao Kaifeng and allowed him to do business with Zhang Xin. The business has grown bigger and bigger, from slaves to sugar. This is the most popular material in the Song Dynasty, and Mongolians and Hebei people are also very fond of it. Like, the relationship between Xiao Kaifeng and Zhang Xin is getting better and better. Recently, he was introduced to Zhang Rou once and brought some news about Hebei.

In particular, there are many Han people in Hebei, and the Han army in Mongolia is basically from Hebei. They now hate and fear the Song Dynasty or Zhao Yurui.

(End of this chapter)