Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 553 Half a bottle of water makes people crazy
Most of the Song people south of the Yangtze River were worried about the Jin soldiers' massive southward march. Once the Jin people attacked the towns, it would inevitably be another huge disaster.

If there is really anyone who is not worried, I am afraid there is only Liu Wei.

Historically, Jin Wushu actually lost this time going south, at least before Yue Fei was framed by Zhao Gou, Jin Wushu did not take advantage of Yue's army at all.Now that he is familiar with this period of history, Liu Wei naturally does not have to worry about the heavy casualties caused by the Jin Bing to the south of the Yangtze River, especially after he has arranged for Han Shizhong to go to Hubei to assist in the defense, he feels more at ease.

"Zhang Han, where are Chongyang and the others?"

Although Liu Wei once said that the state apparatus cannot be used to serve personal feelings, he still couldn't help but asked Zhang Han to use the power of the shadow team to understand the dynamics of Wang Chongyang and Bupleurum.Ever since Wang Chongyang "exchanged" Bupleurum, he never returned to Xinducheng.

One of the most critical reasons is Ma Yu's disappearance.

I don't know if it's because of Wang Chongyang's unfavorable years, or why it's not going well all the time, either something happened to him, something happened to Bupleurum, or something happened to Ma Yu.

The official level is not easy to deal with such things in the Jianghu. Relatively speaking, it is easier to find the information you need through friends in the Jianghu. Zhang Han actually did this. After all, the Shadow Team was in the Central Republic of China. Both military and political departments do not exist, just like its name, the "Shadow" team, like Liu Wei's shadow, exists only because of Liu Wei, and only exists behind Liu Wei.

From this point of view, it is not surprising that the shadow team has the nature of half a world.

"Returning to my lord, Master Guoshi and Bupleurum have left Dali City now, and should have entered the Bashu territory. The shadow team got news that Ma Yu might have clashed with the Mongols who went south. After being injured, he was looking for a place to hide." The healing is gone!"

"Mongols? Why are the Mongols also going south?"

Hearing the news, Liu Wei sat up suddenly!To say that what he is really worried about is neither the Southern Song Dynasty nor the Kingdom of Jin, but Mongolia, which has just begun to rise.At this time, Mongolia is not considered strong and prosperous, and the integration of various tribes has not yet been completed. Even their greatest emperor, Temujin, who once created a huge force across the Eurasian continent, still needs 20 years. However, at this time, Mongolia is indeed on the rise.

Most of the peoples living on the grasslands have fierce folk customs. As long as a hero is born among them, it is easy to be united and form a huge force.Not to mention the present, even in the later generations of technological prosperity, the thinking of many ethnic minority men is very different from that of Han men. Their attitudes towards life and death are completely different.

To put it simply, it is the four words "Fearless and fearless". Once a group of people with such personalities gather together, the destructive power formed will be amazing.

Although Liu Wei has never forgotten Mongolia, in his impression, it is too early to worry about Mongolia at this time, so he did not take too many targeted measures, but he did not expect that the Mongols had already moved south up.

"My lord, it's not the Mongolian army, but a group of Mongols who trafficked!"

It seems that Zhang Han has collected all the information in this area, and Liu Wei frowned slightly. He already knew what Liu Wei was concerned about, and said quickly.

"Oh?"

Selling gangs is the most common way for ethnic minorities to do business in this era.Because of the isolation among ethnic groups, the Han people with advanced social development often have many necessities of ethnic minorities in their hands, and to obtain these necessities, ethnic minorities often need to pay a huge price and conduct transactions in specific places.

There are also smart people from ethnic minorities who gather a group of relatives and friends, bring some special products of their own ethnic groups, and sneak into the Han people's settlements to conduct transactions.Since they are not trading with merchants, the same special product can often get five times, or even ten times the profit.

This also shows how exaggerated the suppression of ethnic minorities has been by Han merchants in their transactions.

And what Ma Yu encountered was probably a group of Mongolian businessmen who entered Bashu.Speaking of businessmen, these days, the war is raging, and there is no one-third, who dares to go to Liangshan?These Mongols are businessmen during the day, but at night they are robbers who kill and rob, so they are not very popular with the Han people.

It’s not that all caravans of ethnic minorities are so annoying, it’s just that most Han people see them this way, and over time, they have formed such a habit.

"Zhang Han, from now on, you give me orders to keep an eye on those Mongol caravans, absolutely not allowing them to enter our territory for business!"

"Oh? My lord, can this subordinate ask the reason?"

"reason?"

Liu Wei didn't feel angry about Zhang Han asking for reasons. On the contrary, he thought it was a good phenomenon. If a democratic country wants to penetrate the word "democracy" into the bones of every citizen, what it needs is The spirit of Zhang Han.

However, this reason is a long story, and I am afraid it will be difficult to explain it clearly for a while. Liu Wei can only tell Zhang Han in a very general way that the so-called caravan may have other missions while doing business. For example: Collect intelligence!

In the army of later generations, Liu Wei knew many similar things. For example, before World War II, the Japanese used this method to collect a large amount of Chinese intelligence, including geography, minerals, military secrets, etc., for Its invasion of China made a huge contribution.

Therefore, Liu Wei has reason to believe that those Mongol caravans are very likely to be asking the Mongols to collect information on the Central Plains.Today's general trend of the world, as long as there are people with some ideas in their hearts, they will feel that it is a great opportunity. It is said that heroes emerge in troubled times, but when the Han people are highly centralized and the society is stable and harmonious, it is often a time of suffering for the surrounding minorities.

Today, the court of the Southern Song Dynasty is sluggish, and Jin Guo and other forces are encroaching on it. If they can take advantage of the situation, they may be able to create a great cause for thousands of years.

For Liu Wei's explanation, Zhang Han nodded in agreement, and then went down to make arrangements.After he left, the worries in Liu Wei's heart not only did not decrease, but became more serious.

If the Mongols get involved again, we really don't know when this chaotic world will end.The people under the rule of the Central Republic of China have just tasted the sweetness of a happy life. If they fall into war again, they will definitely have doubts about the social system formulated by Liu Wei.

"Looks like I can't wait any longer, it's time to scale up!"

Now it is almost 1142. In Liu Wei's impression, this year will be a time node. The entanglement between the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty will undergo tremendous changes after this year.

Liu Wei, who originally wanted to continue to maintain a wait-and-see attitude, changed his mind immediately after hearing from Zhang Han that the Mongols were going south. After the thought arose, he couldn't sit still in the room anymore, turned around and went out to the Minister of the Interior. Gao Jin's mansion, ready to believe and understand the current statistical situation of various resources of the Central Republic of China.

Although Gao Jin is not a serious scholar, but for now, he is quite competent in the position of Minister of the Interior.In fact, Gao Jin's current position does not necessarily require him to have too many abilities, the key is four words: know people and use them well.

It must be impossible to rely on Gao Jin's own ability to accomplish those things.Now Gao Jin has more than 100 clerks in various departments under Gao Jin's command. These people help Gao Jin handle various affairs respectively, and in the end Gao Jin just sums it up.

If Liu Wei wants to turn the entire Central Republic from passive defense to active offensive state, he must have resources from all aspects to keep up. Once the offensive situation is launched, no stagnation in the middle is allowed.

From Gao Jin, Liu Wei learned that after the scale-up of the mines on the Panxi Plateau, the output has entered a stage of benign expansion, and the number of various ores shipped back every month continues to increase. As long as the Panxi Plateau line Without any shocks, I believe that industrial resources are not a problem.

The other is the current output and quality of firearms manufacturing workshops.All the research and development and production of firearms in the entire Central Republic of China are now controlled by Liu Wei. Liu Wei is very generous in counting the mining of Panxi Plateau's minerals as national assets. After all, maintaining these mines requires the strength of the army. , belonging to the country should also be.

The research and development and manufacture of firearms was not due to Liu Wei's greed, but because Liu Wei was worried. He also discussed this matter with Gao Jin and others. should.

And Liu Wei also learned about the basic situation of some countries from Gao Jinchu.

The resident population, taxes, food production and other data, for a country that has just been established, and a power that has only been established for a few years, the resident population has exceeded one million. It should be said that this is a major breakthrough!As far as Liu Wei knows, the resident population of the entire Chuanshan Road is only about 200 million households, and the Central Republic occupies only a part of Bashu.

Nearly half of the population of Chuanshan Road is concentrated in such a small area. If it weren't for the system of the Central Republic of China, it would have been impossible.The increase in population will naturally promote social development, whether it is taxes, food production, military sources, etc., are all increasing day by day.

"Liu Wei, you said you were going to change your situation, but have you thought about where to start?"

After Gao Jin reported all the data to Liu Wei, he couldn't help but ask Liu Wei.He is the Minister of the Interior, and foreign wars are not under his control, but from the standpoint that everyone is relatives, it is understandable for Gao Jin to ask this question.

"The Yue family army has already withdrawn, and the imperial court is still waiting for us to Zhao'an. Hmph, as long as Zhang Jun is still in our hands, the imperial court will not be too wary of us, especially now that I have asked good ministers to help defend us." Hubei, since the Mongols have started to act, then I will take Xixia first, and then plan to remnant Liao!"

(End of this chapter)