Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 280 Sending troops to India
"What is Li Buqi doing recently?" Zhao Zhen asked seemingly casually after encouraging Di Qing from Guangnan's class.

Di Qing said: "Oh, before I left Guangxi, I heard that Li Yunshi got the microscope passed from the capital, and recently he was obsessed with medicine."

"Oh, Buqi was originally a master of medicine." Zhao Zhen nodded.

But Di Qing said excitedly: "When the army returned to Beijing, Envoy Li Yun came to reward the army, saying that he might have found a way to prevent acne."

Acne is smallpox, and it was almost an incurable disease in those days. Even the royal family had many children who died of smallpox.When Zhao Zhen heard that Li Buqi had found a way to prevent smallpox, he immediately became excited: "Tell me carefully."

Di Qing hurriedly said: "Emissary Li Yun said that he was entrusted with a dream by a god-man one night. He followed the god-man's prompt and checked with a group of doctors. He learned that the acne was originally called Lupus and the miasma plague in the south was originally the same thing. It was Han Fubo. The general came to the Central Plains with the army when he conquered Jiaozhi. Therefore, if he wanted to find a way to prevent acne, he had to look for it from the south. Li Yun sent a group of doctors to search again and learned that there are many cattle farmers in Guangnan who never have acne. , conducted research on these families, and already made some discoveries. He said that in another year at most, he will be able to find a cure for acne."

"Oh? Only one year? I can afford to wait! With this cure for acne, my prince will be safe." Zhao Zhen immediately thought about it, and originally wanted to ask if Li If you don't give up and transfer back to the capital, you will immediately swallow it back.But he asked Di Qing again: "I heard that the militiamen in Guangnan are very powerful and good at using gunpowder. I don't know how they are compared to the imperial army under your command?"

Di Qing replied honestly: "Li Yunshi's method of training troops is indeed superior to others. I think that the presence of militiamen in Guangnan is enough to deter the barbarians. However, compared with the imperial army, it is not the same way. Fighting, fighting against a strong formation, the cavalry galloping is less knowledgeable. In this way, the minister thought that the Guangnan militiamen would fight in the south and Dali would be no problem, but if the opponent was the Forbidden Army who had been in battle for a long time, it would not be too hot. As for the use of gunpowder Guangnan really has a lot of experience because he used gunpowder to blow up mountains and build roads. It’s just that Li Yunshi specially sent people to teach the method of using gunpowder under his command, and now the Imperial Army under his command is also able to use gunpowder freely.”

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Oh, so that's the case. Li Buqi has never kept his secrets. No one can match this point."

Recently, more and more memorials have been reported to the emperor saying that Li Buqi established Baojia in Guangnan, expanded the militia, manufactured gunpowder wantonly, and even disrespected the law. All signs show that Li Buqi seems to have a heart of disobedience. what.

From the emperor's point of view, Li Buqi's current territory is remote, but he has money and food, some people have guns, and he has great prestige. He also has a huge granary backed by Jiaozhi, and he has all the necessary conditions for a separatist regime or a rebellion.This was originally the kind of local officials that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty was most worried about. If it wasn't for the fact that Li Buqi had resigned his official position at will several times before to show that he was not interested in power, and the eunuch who commanded the Guangnan militia, Li Buqi would have returned every three days. Asking officials from the court to explain that he has no rebellion, Zhao Zhen couldn't bear to transfer Li Buqi back long ago.Now that the Guangnan militiamen also have weaknesses, and that Li Buqi did not hide the method of using gunpowder like the legend said, Zhao Zhen felt more at ease, even if he wanted Li Buqi to find a way to prevent smallpox Stay in Guangnan for another year.

Li Buqi racked his brains in order to stay in Guangnan, and even used the method of researching vaccination against vaccinia, because the situation is really critical.

Now it is the second year of Zhihe, Li Buqi used the Cochin captives to reclaim millions of acres of fertile land with complete water conservancy facilities in Guangnan, built a complete transportation system with gunpowder and Cochin captives, and built a huge wharf facility and lighthouse in Guangzhou Port In addition, in the past two years, large noble families have purchased land in Guangnan, helped to immigrate 20 immigrants, and various factories have sprung up around Guangzhou. Guangnan has already looked like a land of fish and rice.Li Buqi even had enough financial resources to set up normal schools in every state and primary schools in villages and towns.

At the same time, the Li surnamed Jiaozhi King supported by the Song Dynasty ascended the throne in the Annan Army and formed a small court.The king of Annan announced that as long as he swore allegiance to him, the Jiaozhi people could avoid being captured by the Song people. Therefore, those Jiaozhi people who were frightened by the Song army's repeated harvests offered their allegiance to the Annan court and were incorporated into the farmland for production. , children are learning Da Song Mongolian script in schools in residential areas.There are 7000 Han Chinese who have settled in Jiaozhi, excluding soldiers, and it is guaranteed that the rice and brown sugar exported from Jiaozhi to the Song Dynasty will increase year by year.

Guangnan finally showed a prosperous scene, but Guangnan was still a barren land in the eyes of most people in the court, so no one jumped out to replace Li Buqi.But now that the situation in Guangnan is no longer critical, the need for Li Buqi, the great god, to guard Guangnan has also decreased. Therefore, some self-proclaimed righteous people in the DPRK made up their minds to find someone for Yu Jing or the civil officials. The face-saving people began to be unscrupulous, and never stopped criticizing Li Buqi, an outlier.

Li Buqi's continued pursuit of Li Dezheng set a bad example for officials at the border who hoped for border merit. Buqi’s impeachment of organizing labor cooperation based on the Baojia system has become a preparation for mob rebellion... In short, everything Li Buqi does is wrong, and he will be impeached as a sieve.

Under this intertwined impeachment, Zhao Zhen's mind, which has always been soft-hearted, gradually became unstable. This can be seen from Zhao Zhen's frequent dispatch of eunuchs and censors to Guangnan, so Li Buqi had to use all The reason is to try to stay in Guangnan for another year or two to get things done.

Looking back, this persistence was really worth it.Just when Zhao Zhen was alone with Di Qing, who was returning to the court, the sea merchants who had returned from the West this year arrived at Guangzhou Port.These people asked to meet Li Buqi immediately after landing, hoping that Li Buqi would make the decision for them.

This is the first time such a thing has happened.Li Buqi is the general backstage of the marine merchants, so he naturally wants to solve the marine merchants' problems, so he personally interviews the marine merchants for inquiries.As a result, the sea merchants brought back bad news, saying that when they went west to pass through Shendu last year, the Shendu people confiscated all the cotton cloth loaded on their ship, and the Shendu king ordered that the merchants of the Song Dynasty were not allowed to carry cotton cloth on board.Cotton cloth is now a major commodity traded between the Song Dynasty and the Arabs. If they cannot engage in the cotton cloth trade, the maritime merchants will lose a lot, so I ask Li Buqi to help them think of an idea.

Li Buqi was surprised: "Do you know why the Poison King doesn't allow Da Song merchants to sell cotton cloth?"

A short maritime merchant named Wu Qian, as the steward of the Royal Maritime Trading Company, did his part and was promoted as the speaker of several maritime merchants.He said: "Reporting to the envoy. Several of us have also inquired about this. Before the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty trafficked cotton cloth to Dashi and Tianfang, people there bought cotton cloth that was poisonous. But the cotton cloth in my Dasong Dynasty was woven by machines. Not only is it stronger, but it is also cheaper, so people from Dashi and Tianfang buy my Dasong cotton cloth. Especially the cotton cloth that can be used as sails is in short supply. The poisonous cotton cloth is rough, and it is transported by land. If the price is too high, there will be no market. It is rumored that some merchants of Shendu sued the king of Shendu, so Shendu refused to allow me to pass through Dasong cotton cloth."

"Nani? This is trade protection! What do Americans do when they encounter this? Of course it is war! I never thought that one day I would play business with a sword?" Li Buqi thought to himself: "Fortunately, I insisted on staying in Guangnan. If I don't know what position I will be assigned when I return to Beijing, I may not be able to intervene in this matter."

However, if the people in the court hall want to "Huairou the barbarians" and "rest with the people" when they hear that Li Buqi is going to attack a country thousands of miles away, shouldn't they be frightened to death?Now that Li Buqi has enough lice on his body, he can't charge forward this time, lest he won't even be able to sit in the seat of Guangnan's transfer envoy.

So he said calmly: "Last year, the imperial court has made more than one million yuan in profits from the Shibo Department. According to my statistics, commercial activities related to maritime trade have created at least 300 million yuan in tax revenue for the Song Dynasty. When the country is struggling , The benefits of maritime trade are of great help to the imperial court. When you encounter difficulties, the imperial court naturally cannot stay out of it. The poisonous and remote gang, it seems that their master has no knowledge, so they do such perverse things. Come to think of it, as long as the imperial court sends city A fleet of the Bosi Navy followed the merchant ship to show off its military power, so that the poisoned people will see our great Song Tianwei, and the poisoned king will definitely change his past. However, it is not up to the official to decide on the matter of the relationship between the two countries. Therefore, this The official can only wait for you to play the Ming court, and ask the court to make a decision."

Some sea merchants heard that Li Buqi only said to go to the court, thought that Li Buqi was evasive, and was about to plead again, but the manager of the expert maritime trade company stopped everyone and said to Li Buqi: "In this case, I will trouble you to transport the envoys." I'm waiting for the wind and waves to fight my life to earn a living, and I can't let people lose their way of life like this. Moreover, I can't let Xiao Fanbang look down on me, Huaxia China. As the saying goes, if there is injustice, there will be a cry. When we go north this time, we will also write to the imperial court to ask the imperial court to decide."

Li Buqi knew that this person understood what he meant, so he nodded slightly and served tea to see off the guests.

After these ships went north, maritime merchants from all over the world soon either wrote letters or lobbied important court officials to protect the interests of maritime merchants.Now the income of the Shibo Department has become an indispensable part of the Song Dynasty's finances, and many high-ranking officials and dignitaries and even the emperor have participated in the maritime trade. The Poison King touched the cheese of these people, that is courting death.What's more, maritime merchants are rich and easy to form groups. When they have expressed that "they have money to contribute money, and they are able to contribute their strength", the court does not even have to worry about military expenses for sending troops.

Unsurprisingly, two months later, a document was sent from Bianliang Zhengshitang to ask Li Buqi's opinion on this matter.

At this time, Li Buqi can justifiably put forward his plan to send the navy to poison "Yaowu".The first maritime war in the Song Dynasty to protect trade began to operate under the secret promotion of Li Buqi.At the same time, another war had already broken out on the land of Liao in advance.

(End of this chapter)