Rebirth: Overthrow Song Dynasty

On Penglai Island in Shandong Province, the weather has gradually warmed up at this time.

Many fishing boats can be seen on the sea in the distance!

At dusk, the number of fishing boats increased, and the singing of fishermen continued to be heard on the sea! They fished for a day, and now they are finally back!

A relatively large fishing boat docked on the shore. More than 20 fishermen got off the boat. The last two strong men helped a 50-year-old man to get off the boat.

"Master Zhou, be careful!" After the fifty-something old man came to the ground, his feet were a little soft and almost fell, and the person next to him hurriedly supported him.

"I'm old, and I'm tired of going out to sea with you all day!" The old man smiled.

"Master Zhou actually went out to sea with us to fish, something that has never happened before and now!" said a fisherman next to him.

The other fishermen looked at the old man with expressions of reverence and admiration in their eyes.

This old man is no one else. He is the magistrate of Penglai County. His name is Zhou Zikun. He was originally a magistrate of Sichuan and Shu. He came to Yanyun last winter and was later assigned to Penglai Island as the magistrate.

"A lot of fish were caught this day!" Zhou Zikun smiled.

"Yes, I have caught a lot of fish and can sell it for a good price!" The fisherman beside him said with joy.

"Did you encounter Japanese pirates when you were fishing before?" Zhou Zikun asked other fishermen who were packing up fishing boats and fishing nets.

"I have encountered Japanese pirates a few years ago, but the number is not very large! If our fishermen have a large number, they would not dare to invade us! Japanese pirates often go to the south, especially in the Quanzhou area!" said a forty-year-old fisherman.

The Japanese pirates emerged from the Tang Dynasty. By the time of the Song Dynasty, the scale of the Japanese pirates was already relatively large! When the Japanese pirates in the Northern Song Dynasty were the most powerful, they tried to attack the city of Fuzhou, which caused the court to shake! However, the Japanese pirates in the Song Dynasty were still a minor problem, far from being comparable to the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty! With the support of the Japanese government, the Japanese pirates in the Ming Dynasty organized and looted the coastal areas of China.

"Now the court's navy is stationed in the Dengzhou area. Japanese pirates cannot come here anymore." Another fisherman said.

Wu Lin led 50,000 people stationed in Dengzhou, and these fishermen in Penglai had already received news.

"In fact, the Dongying people are still very friendly to the people of the Central Plains. They have always treated us as a kingdom of heaven." said the fisherman in his forties.

"Have any of you been to Dongying?" Zhou Zikun said.

These fishermen shook their heads, Zhou Zikun's face showed a trace of disappointment.

"Master Zhou, although we have not been to Dongying, more than ten years ago, Dengzhou often did business with Dongying. At that time, many people went to Dongying, and they also told us about the situation of Dongying." The fisherman in his forties. Tao.

"Oh? Tell me about it." Zhou Zikun looked interested.

"Well, Lord Zhou wants to hear, I'll tell Lord Zhou! Dongying is a small country of barbarians. They also have emperors and call themselves the emperor! However, the power of the Emperor of Dongying is very small, and the power of their regent is very powerful! Lord, some lords don’t listen to the emperor at all! At that time, our merchants in Penglai went to Dongying to do business, and they were doing business with local lords! The lords in those places had great powers, and no one could control them.” The fisherman said. .

The history of ancient Toyo is very chaotic. Before the 14th century, although there was an emperor in Toyo, the scope of the emperor's rule was very small! At that time, Dongying was a bit like the emperor of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, with vassals everywhere! However, Dongying of this era is far more barbaric and chaotic than China in the Xia, Shang and Zhou era.

"My lord, I heard that there were two emperors in Dongying, and I don't know if they are true or not." Another fisherman said.

In fact, this fisherman’s news is completely wrong. Dongying is not two emperors, but the former emperor he abdicated early, and the former emperor and the current emperor and the minister of regent competed for power! After the emperor of Japan abdicated, he was called the emperor. For more than 300 years in Japanese history, the emperor, the emperor, and the regent were fighting for power! By the time of the 13th and 14th centuries, Japan still had the "Southern and Northern Dynasties", and it was truly divided into two emperors to rule the world! Until the rise of the shogunate and the rise of the samurai group, Japan can be considered to be unified in the true sense!

The fishermen were talking babbledly, Zhou Zikun secretly remembered all this in his heart.

He served as the prefect of Penglai, on the one hand to develop the economy of Penglai, and on the other hand to investigate the situation of Dongying and Korea.

He stayed on the beach for three days, and went out to sea with the fishermen every day. Three days later, he returned to the Penglai county office late at night.

When he returned to the office of Penglai County, he immediately called the chief official of Penglai County.

In the past few days, he went to the seaside to inspect, while the chief officials went to various villages to inspect their work.

"How is the farming situation now?" Zhou Zikun asked while eating hurriedly under the oil lamp.

"The situation is very good! The people are very active! They finally got the land, and now they are working day and night! We Penglai County has always been full of rain, and there must be a good harvest this year!" The official said with a smile. .

"It's great!" Zhou Zikun also showed an excited smile on his face.

"Master Zhou, we Penglai women have always had a tradition of embroidery. I saw their embroidery and they were very exquisite! Ten years ago, when the world was still peaceful, merchants often accepted their embroidery and shipped it to Korea, Dongying, etc. Sell ​​it locally, the nobles in Korea and Dongying like our embroidery in Penglai County! But this year, the world has just become peaceful, and the previous merchants were killed by the Jurchens, and no one has accepted their embroidery!" said the chief official.

"I don’t think so. We take out all our salaries. If we don’t have enough salaries, we can take out all our savings, and then we will hire someone to collect the embroidery, and then ship it to Goryeo and Dongying to sell! You see! How?" Zhou Zikun said.

"Okay!" The official nodded.

"We can also learn about the situation of Korea and Dongying by the way! If your majesty has tasks for us, we must investigate clearly the current situation of Korea and Dongying." Zhou Zikun said.

Zhou Zikun is not young anymore, but when he came here from Sichuan and Shu, he felt as if he had inexhaustible energy in his body. After talking to the chief official, he began to check the documents and materials of these days until midnight. Just fell asleep.

Wu Lin, Wu Gong and others have also been to Dengzhou for many days!

After they came to Dengzhou, they also built a military port here!

In addition to building a military port, their more than 50,000 soldiers are also reclaiming land and growing food here.

Now they spend half of their time training every day, and the other half of their time is planting crops! Of course, sometimes the training is intense. They may need to stay at sea for a few days, while the remaining soldiers are taking care of the crops.

The country's food is tight, so they must also do such a job! After the country has sufficient food, they can fully devote themselves to training.

Every night, the soldiers still gather together to study.

There are special teachers who teach them to read. They mainly learn infantry skills, but sometimes they also learn some knowledge of Confucianism, arithmetic, and economics! The imperial court wanted to set up the imperial examination, but this imperial examination was different from previous dynasties. The production and construction corps and various armies would select soldiers to participate in the imperial examination so that they could enter the official system of the imperial court.

Wu Lin and his nephew Wu Gong were walking by the harbor at the moment, watching the bright lights in the distance and the soldiers studying hard, Wu Lin couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

"Uncle, when shall we attack Jurchen?" Wu Gong said.

"It might be in autumn! Now we still have 100,000 mu of fertile land here, and we can't let it go." Wu Lin said.

"What do we do to collect information from Korea and Dongying?" Wu Gongdao.

"When necessary, we will attack Korea and Dongying! The staff headquarters has asked our navy to make such preparations now!" Wu Lin said.

"Ah!" There was a shocked expression on Wu Gong's face.

"Koryo people are the grassroots. When the Liao Kingdom was strong, they claimed to the Liao State! When the Liao State was destroyed, they immediately claimed to our Song Dynasty! When the Jurchen invaded and Kaifeng was broken, they immediately claimed to the Jin State! Now We expel Jurchen and restore the Central Plains. They are afraid that they have the plan to call us ministers again! However, such ministers don't want to, and it is better to knock down all of Korea. We Han people don't need such a wall of grass!" Wu Lin said.

"Not bad." Wu Gong nodded.

"The current King of Goryeo is called Wang Gou. He is only thirteen years old. It is not enough to control the government! The Choi clan of Goryeo is a power minister. The current prime minister is called Choi Yunong! Gong'er, I have an important thing for you. Do it," Wu Lin said.

"I don't know what's the matter?" Wu Gong said.

"I want to send you to Goryeo, let's talk to Cui Yunong first." Wu Lin said.

In the early morning of March 19th, Wu Gong took a big boat to go to Goryeo, while Wu Lin continued to take 50,000 navy training and farming, busy every day.