The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 445 The Great God

Seeing Lu Xiufu hesitating, I said, "Lu Aiqing, please tell me if you have something to say."

"Your Majesty, I suggest that Lord Li Tingzhi be the commander in chief of the Xiangfan Campaign. Your Majesty should stay in Lin'an to preside over the overall situation."

"Lu Aiqing, Li Tingzhi is a famous general in our dynasty. From a military point of view, Li Aiqing is completely qualified for this position, and even stronger than me. However, there are three key points in this. First, this Xiangyang battle is our army. Xiangyang Military Region, Jianghuai Military Region, Lin’an Military Region, and naval divisions are cooperating in large-scale battles. Therefore, the coordination of all parties, including logistical supplies, will become one of the key factors in winning or losing. Secondly, our army will use firearms in this battle , relatively speaking, I am the most familiar with the use of firearms; third, if I come to the front in person, it can greatly improve the morale of the soldiers, and at the same time, it can also make Kublai Khan make up his mind to send heavy troops to Xiangfan, hoping to fight our dynasty. "Speaking of this, I said with a firm expression, "So, I must personally conscript, my dear friends, I know your kindness, and you don't want me to be in danger, but don't mention this matter again in the future,"

Lu Xiufu's face flushed slightly, but he was very admired in his heart: "Yes, Your Majesty,"

In the battle of Xiangyang in history, although the Southern Song court was also trying its best to support Xiangyang, they were unable to keep pace, so that they were defeated by the Mongolian army one by one. Although I have changed a lot in the general affairs system. I am still worried, since I have placed my bet on Xiangyang, I must not make the mistakes that have occurred in history again.

At the end of the meeting, Yin Yinglei asked: "Your Majesty, is there any suitable candidate for the commander of the independent wing of the Lin'an Military Region?"

"I have already made up my mind, Yin Aiqing, I plan to appoint Han Jing, who will join our army, you have seen it in the Military Academy. Plasticity, I ordered him to serve as the deputy commander of the independent chamber, and Yin Aiqing, the commander of the chamber, will take up the concurrent post for the time being."

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Yin Yinglei is resourceful, but ignorant of martial arts, and Han Jing is proficient in martial arts, but neglects the art of war. Therefore, I let Han Jing follow Yin Yinglei. First, I can protect Yin Yinglei. Second, I also hope that Han Jing can learn from Yin Yinglei Lei, from a single fierce general to a commander in chief with both civil and military skills.

That night, I hosted a banquet for Jerry and Polo, who had been recruited from abroad, in the Hall of Valor.

Among the more than 20 people, three of them felt that they could not adapt to the life of the Song Dynasty, and they made a request to return to Venice. I have seen this in the memorial a few years ago, so I readily agreed to the request of the three of them, and mentioned , My second voyage to the North will be at the end of March and the beginning of April this year, and they can leave by boat.

In the one or two years after the first giant ship Shenzhou was built, the shipyard directly under the imperial court built two similar giant ships one after another, named "Huaxia" and "Zhonghua" respectively. I allocated all of them to the Navy. I plan to serve the Huaxia and Zhonghua in the Beihai Fleet first, and I plan to let the original huge ship Shenzhou continue to undertake the task of sailing abroad.

After I announced the news, Wen Tianxiang who accompanied me said: "Your Majesty, Lord Ruan Sicong cannot leave this voyage. I don't know who can take the lead."

"I haven't considered it either, Song Rui, do you have a suitable candidate?"

Jia Sidao, who was sitting on the other side of me, saw Wen Tianxiang shaking his head, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I recommend someone."

"Really, teacher, who is it?"

"Your Majesty, this person's name is Yang Fa, and he was one of Ruan Sicong's assistants during the last voyage,"

"Yang Fa," I thought for a while, but I didn't seem to be familiar with it, "Master, let me explain in detail."

"Your Majesty, Yang Fa's ancestral home is Fujian, and he later moved to Liangzhe East Road, which is today's Zhejiang Province. , I am very familiar with the performance of various warships in the Chinese navy. He served as the chief helmsman of the warship during the first voyage of the Shenzhou. After going to Korea, their Yang family called themselves a family of sailing, "

I know Xu Jing. When I was reading the materials of Xianwen Pavilion, I saw Xu Jing’s record. This person was sent to Korea in 1123 by order. A "picture classic" with rich pictures and texts. In this book, Xu Jing not only records the customs and laws and regulations of Goryeo, but also records in detail the navigation route between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo. It was lost in the chaos, otherwise it should be the earliest navigation log in our country.

As for Yang Fa that Jia Sidao mentioned, I don't know anything about it.

There is indeed such a person in history, Yang Fa, a native of Zhejiang, descended to the Yuan Dynasty, his son Yang Zi, and his grandson Yang Shu, all engaged in maritime trade for three generations, both officials and merchants. What the Yang family proposed is that in the ancient times when business was light, the contributions of the three generations of the Yang family to my country's navigation were not recognized by the court and historians. If they were not officials, no one would record their voyages.

"Master, I will meet this Yang Fa when I have time,"

"Yes, Your Majesty,"

Over the past year, these foreigners in the Hall of Valor have basically learned Chinese. Of course, most of their intonations are the same as Jerry's, even Nina, who speaks the best among them, is no exception.

Crete, Hans and others came to me one after another, toasted me with a toast, and congratulated me on a happy new year according to western etiquette. The princes and ministers kneel down to congratulate me.

Among these people, the three that satisfy me the most are Crete, Hans and Nina.

Crete has brought western fine machining technology, which has improved the weight and accuracy of firearms to a certain extent. At the same time, with the joint efforts of Yun Bofei, Wanyan Tianlei and others, the development of smoothbore guns has also made progress. , although not yet successful, but let me see hope.

After the invention of the original medical alcohol, Hans performed a total of [-] surgical operations last year. Twelve of these [-] operations were unprecedentedly successful, with a success rate of more than [-]%. What makes me even more happy is that Hans Si brought out a group of outstanding students. These young students from the School of Medicine of Lin'an University even surpassed Hans in accepting new things. This made Hans amazed. According to Hans' plan, by June this year , this batch of students can be full of skills.

As for Nina, her contribution lies in straightening out the laws of the imperial court and forming a systematic judicial concept. The main ideas and concepts come from my guidance and cannot be separated from the efforts of all officials of the Legal Department.

These three people also have one thing in common, that is, their admiration for me has reached the extreme. Whether it is firearms, surgery, or law, my knowledge is higher than theirs, especially after they read the textbooks of Lin'an University. , I felt my greatness even more. Nina, who had the most contact with the court officials, told Crete and others that in the Song Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor was made a god by the ministers. From this, Crete and the others fully believed in this god, and before this god Added two words, great god.

There is another person I am interested in. This person is named Wade. He works as an engineer at the Dasong Shipyard. Later, after learning about the idea of ​​the steam engine from the Academy of Sciences, he became very interested. After I agreed, Wade’s spare time basically All the time has been spent on the research of the steam engine, but the result is of course that there is no clue yet.

After everyone finished toasting in turn, I said: "Dear dear friends, you have made great contributions to our Great Song Dynasty in the past year. I am very happy, although most of you The relationship with North Korea is just an employment relationship, but I still want to say to you, "Thank you". At the end of last year, some of you proposed to the Government Affairs Council that you wish to become a citizen of North Korea. I agree with all of this. On the seventh day of work, you can go to the household department to go through the formalities."

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Crete, Hans and a dozen people including Walder said in unison.

"In recognition of your contributions, I will give each of you a thousand coins, five bolts of colored silk, and a bottle of Chinese special brewed royal liquid as bonuses for you, including Mr. Jerry. At the same time, for joining us People of the court, in accordance with the past practice of treating Mr. Jerry and Ms. Nina, each of you will be given another 12 Huaxia coins as your settlement expenses. In addition, Crete, Hans, Walder and other [-] people, since You are about to become a member of our dynasty, so I will bestow upon you first here."

"Wow, so many rewards," the rest of the people who did not join Song Ji thought.

"Crete, I have appointed you as the deacon of the Zhengyin Department of the Gunpowder Supervision and Machinery Division, with the title of the sixth rank, and the title of the fifth rank of the Royal Scholar of the Song Dynasty,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace," Crete walked to the middle, knelt and thanked according to the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. Crete and others have lived in Lin'an City for more than a year, and they know the ranks of official positions in the Song Dynasty, and they also know the status of a scientific national scholar. The treatment is naturally full of joy.

"My love, Hans, you are engaged in scientific research in the Academy of Sciences, so you don't belong to the official system of our dynasty. Today I award you a fifth-rank national scholar in science. In addition, the scientific research level of your scientific research team has been upgraded from the third level to the first level. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Hans knelt down and thanked him. Hans didn't care whether he was an official or not. For a Frankenstein like him, the best laboratory is the greatest reward for him, and the level I'm talking about is It means that there will be no upper limit on the scientific research funding of the Hans group this year.

"Nina, you are the first westerner to join our court and have made great contributions to our court's laws. I have named you the deputy director of the legal department and received the fourth-rank title,"

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Nina said happily, "Your Majesty, is that minister at the same level as Mr. Shi Qian, the prefect of Lin'an?"