I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 827
Going north would be pointless.

Whether it is the Song Dynasty or Xixia, the reason for the destruction of the water and soil on the entire northern Shaanxi plateau can be attributed to the conquest, and it is not entirely the desire of the farming people for the land... After all, the ravines are not counted in terms of population density Too big a dynasty is not very attractive to people.

Fortunately, today is not what it used to be, and it is also different from the original history. It may take a long time to recover from decades of damage, but Zhao Xi is not worried.

This is no longer a battlefield, nor is it a frontier. With the promotion of coal, people's demand for cutting down trees is not strong. As long as the imperial court gives a little guidance, it is believed that the water and soil here can be improved to the greatest extent.

Zhao Xi recalled the policy of returning farmland to forests in his memory, and remembered that when he was a teenager in later generations, he would always follow his parents to plant trees during the slack season, and there was also an annual tree planting activity from top to bottom... Maybe in the future The current financial resources of the country should also be able to use a form of subsidies to guide the people to plant trees.

The entire survey team wandered around the Hedong and Linfu areas, the local and state capitals were trembling, and the survey team almost ran all over the Shanxi-Shaanxi border...Of course, this is Zhao Xi's perception.

The situation is not serious, at least the soil quality is not as bad as later generations, the scattered elms and willows can still avoid the shade, that is to say, the soil quality has not deteriorated to the point where it cannot be planted.

Zhao Xi really wanted to follow the Yellow River all the way upriver and take a look, just like Su Song and the others did their survey at the beginning, from the time when the Yellow River was clear to when it turned yellow, they could take a look at the entire place that flows through the Loess Plateau.Unfortunately, the report from the imperial court made him have to stop this trip and return to the imperial court.

Because the fourth prince came back, he came back in a mess.

A team of more than 3000 people with a thousand guns came back in despair.

The report did not mention the specific situation in detail, but only said that in the dispute with different forces in Ryukyu, the disadvantage was obvious, and they had to return to the country in order to fight again...
"People are always pretentious. If they don't encounter some setbacks, they will never know how capable they are."

Although Zhao Xi didn't know the specific details, it was difficult for Zhao Xi to understand that a team of three thousand warriors and one thousand guns were defeated on a small offshore island.

Later generations, because of some special reasons, Zhao Xi paid attention to Ryukyu. The reason why the four princes were allowed to establish themselves in Ryukyu was because Zhao Xi knew that Ryukyu was still a land of no man at this time, or that there was no political power.

Ryukyu was discovered by Zhu Kuan, a captain of Yuqi in the Sui Dynasty, who went to sea to search for foreign customs.

It is said that when Zhu Kuan and others traveled from Amami Oshima in the north to Yonaguni Island in the south, they saw a pearl-like island floating in the sea, "like a dragon floating on the water", so they named it Liuqiu.When the "Sui Shu" was compiled in the previous dynasty, because "Qiu" means little dragon, in order to avoid the taboo of the emperor's dragon, the place was renamed Liuqiu.It was not until the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty that the place was named: Liuqiu, which means glazed jade and pearl ball.It was also during the Hongwu period that Ryukyu became a vassal state.

Unexpectedly, in such an unowned land, three thousand soldiers were beaten back.

"Officials, the personnel recruited by the Fourth Prince, except for the [-] musketeers who are retired soldiers of the new army, the rest are idlers or sailors, who may not be good at war."

"If Liuqiu has other forces, or is united by various forces, it is not difficult to understand such a situation."

The officials may not know the composition of the fourth prince's team, but Su Song still knows.Even the people in his family have arranged for them.

Generally speaking, the entourage of the fourth prince is more about exploring the situation. Even the boatmen and sailors are probably not elites.

The only thing that makes sense is that the Thousand Musketeers are retired soldiers of the New Army, and this was secretly ordered by the officials.Otherwise, it is difficult to say whether it can be returned.

There are some things that Su Song can say, but there are some things that Su Song cannot say.When he was still in the old guard camp, Su Song could feel the government's ambitions for the territory, and Su Song didn't dare to comment casually on the matter of the fourth prince going east to Tuohai.

However, there is one point, Su Song cannot directly refute Dongchu Takumi's actions against the official's intention.

It has been two or three months since I came out, and I can see the general problem clearly.From the itinerary during this period, it can also be proved that the sand table made by Shen Kuo is correct, and the corresponding countermeasures can be discussed with reference to the sand table.

This trip also gave us a full understanding of the environment and soil quality along the Yellow River.

In the past, I went, Yangliu Yiyi; now I come to think, rain and snow... Although Zhao Xi's trip is not an expedition, the time corresponds to the description in "Caiwei".

When we left Bianliang, it was the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. Two or three months had passed, and when the team returned to the court, there were already sporadic light snowfalls around Linfu.

It's not that returning home is like an arrow, but that there is no other free time on the return journey, just simply hurrying.

The post delivery is like a relay, the official's itinerary is reported to the court from time to time, and the local state government has cleaned up the route of the official's return journey quite cleanly, so that they can return to the court without any obstacles.

When Zhao Xi returned to the court, there were no extra problems, so he simply took the rail carriage. Before arriving at Hezhong Mansion, the rail carriage stipulated by the king was already in place.

The next journey will be even faster.After traveling for two or three months, and returning within less than half a month, I have already seen the city wall of Bianliang.

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In the Palace of Qinzheng, the fourth prince was kneeling, not daring to lift his head.Nearly 500 people were lost, and they fled back in a hurry. This is a defeat that the country has never experienced since Zhenghe.

In three months, the high spirits when he left Takumi in the east, compared with the current embarrassment, which is really stark.

In addition to the fourth prince, there was another person kneeling in the Hall of Qinzheng, who was a soldier of the old guard battalion, and the military chief appointed by Zhao Xi to go east to Tuohai.

Accompanied by the crown prince and all the cabinet ministers.

"Wen Liangchen, tell me, what's going on? Anyway, he came from the old guard battalion, and you know some rules even if I don't tell you..."

Zhao Xi ignored his son, and asked the general from the old guard battalion first.He was hand-picked at the beginning because he is from Fujian and has experience in going to sea.

"Weichen...Weichen..."

Wen Liangchen didn't know what to say.

The old guard battalion didn't have the tradition of throwing blame, but it would be a bit wrong for him to take the whole responsibility.

He didn't know whether there were people from the imperial court or the Secretary of the Imperial City in this team, but he knew that there was no report on the whole process of going to sea this time, and he was not sure whether he should tell the truth.

In terms of responsibility, it is not purely personal responsibility.

"Tell me the truth! Could it be that you have forgotten the teachings of the old guard battalion?"

"Reporting to the officials, the reason for the defeat at sea this time, I think, first, the team is uneven; second, the information is not timely, and blindly advance; third, the experience of naval warfare is insufficient; fourth, the defect estimation of firearms in naval warfare If it is not in place, the power of the firearm cannot be exerted..."

(End of this chapter)