Chapter 512 Ma Kuo, Fujian Trivia

Author: solid state drive

Chapter 512 Ma Kuo, Fujian Trivia

After listening to Chen Ye's suggestion, Zhao Huan considered it and did not object, because the current Forbidden Army was indeed playing tricks on the whole process.

If it continues, this victory will bring no honor to the Song Dynasty, and he will not be able to reward the subordinates he promoted. This will not be beneficial to him in cultivating his own power.

"Then let's follow the guidance of the Imperial Master."

"Okay, I'll go back to sleep first."

After sending Chen Ye out, Zhao Huan stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his hands, looking up at the stars in the sky, with starlight in his eyes, he was about to defeat Xixia, which even Taizu had trouble dealing with.

Starting from the next day, the soldiers of the Royal Army officially took over the command of the Forbidden Army, reorganized them according to their numbers, and then distributed clothing and equipment.

These garments were all made by the new government-run garment factories of the Ming Dynasty. Although an industrial chain has not yet been formed, it was completely sufficient to supply the army of the Song Dynasty.

Of course, it was Chen Ye and Chongzhen who got rich, while only Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan kept making money.

For army training, it was natural to select people to go north as envoys to the Kingdom of Jin. However, Zhao Huan had difficulties with the envoy team.

Although this visit to the Kingdom of Jin was a show of force after a great victory, he did not believe in the abilities of ordinary officials in the Song Dynasty, and he was even a little afraid of these cowardly officials.

He was worried that if these people were sent there, the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom would be frightened and directly agree to the conditions of the Jin Kingdom. However, he could not send these staunch city defenders like Zhang Xiaochun. Their ability was another matter, others said.

Maybe he thought he was letting them die.

According to history, Zhao Huan thought about it and found that during the Jingkang period, the only person who could take on this important task was someone who had connections with the Jin Kingdom and was very familiar with it. The only one who could take on this important role was the unlucky guy who was in Zhending Mansion, Ma Kuo.

Ma Kuo went on many missions and met with the kings of the Song, Liao and Jin kingdoms. He also proposed to defend the Jin army. Five thousand troops should be stationed in various places to defend the city. The Jin army would definitely be unable to defend it.

When Zhao Huan thought about the candidate, nearly a week had passed since the crisis in Bianjing was resolved in Zhending Mansion.

The Jin army who stayed outside Zhending Mansion gradually received news of the defeat of Bianjing as early as four days ago.

The Jin army was tightly restrained by fierce security, but they still failed to prevent the news from leaking and even reaching Zhending Mansion. Subsequently, the Jin army continued to retreat from the prefectures north of the Yellow River.

On that day, the whole city society suddenly came to life. Under the organization of the garrison chief Liu Ziyu, the Xiang troops defending the city began to beat drums together, and they were ready to go out of the city to fight.

The remaining soldiers of the Jin army were so frightened that they banded together and broke up. They organized and repulsed the Song army who dared to leave the city. They also took strict precautions and were alert to the thousands of soldiers and forbidden troops in the city who came out again.

The Jin Army, who found some sense, realized that the Song Army here was still so weak, and immediately stopped panicking and were no longer afraid. The Song Army in Zhending Mansion also realized that the Jin Army was still the same group of Jin Army, and they still couldn't defeat it.

But the officials in Zhending Prefecture, especially the Zhending Prefecture's magistrate and Zhending Prefecture's garrison chief Liu Ziyu, were overjoyed at this time and even celebrated loudly with gongs and drums.

The reason is that the Jin army did not break through Zhending Mansion this time, and they did not surrender, which led Wanyan Zongwang to directly choose to bypass their Zhending Mansion.

Compared with those fuzhous that surrendered, they will be the most dazzling cubs, only slightly worse than the legendary Taiyuan that was not captured.

The group of scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty was extremely cliquey, and capitulationism was prevalent. From top to bottom, no one thought that surrender was shameful.

The punishments for surrendered officials in previous battles at the border were not serious, or even very light. Later appointments were as usual, but the punishments for generals were heavier.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, regardless of whether it was civil servants or generals, abandoning a city, or even losing a battle, it was a capital crime. Yuandu Du was the one Chongzhen saw and took the opportunity to kill.

Zu Dashou surrendered to the Manchus and then rebelled and returned to Jinzhou. He stayed in Jinzhou and did not dare to go back to Beijing to report on his duties. He collected money from afar because he knew that not only would he not be promoted to an official, but he would also have to be anointed.

But the Song Dynasty was different. Abandoned the city? Surrendered? It was all a helpless move. Taizu had decided to share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, and the laws of the ancestors could not be abolished. How could you kill the scholar-bureaucrats who surrendered?

This led to the fact that once the enemy army attacked, the Song Dynasty defenders would most likely surrender, especially the border defenders, who were basically surrendered Liao people.

Anyway, the surrender of the Jin army was just a controlled plunder. In the end, they would be beaten back because of the imperial troops sent by Bianjing, or the peace talks would increase the money, which would have no impact on the officials.

In contrast, the officials who can persist in defending the city are simply the existence that is touted among the scholar-bureaucrats. It is true that everyone sticks together, but if they are really meritorious, they will help together.

When the Jin Army went south for the first time, they also made many mistakes, such as failing to capture Zhending Mansion and making it impossible for the Eastern and Western armies to establish contact.

The problem of the isolation of the two armies, as well as the failure to consider in advance the advance too quickly, caused the lone army to go deep and cause difficulties in logistical supply.

This is also the reason why Wanyan Zongwang rushed to agree to sue for peace. The counties that have not been conquered along the way may become a knife in their butt at any time and round them up.

Just two days have passed, and the situation around Zhending Mansion has become increasingly chaotic. The soldiers guarding the city frequently leave the city to test the city. The Jin army that fled back from the south is gradually being gathered together, and the containment between the two sides is becoming more and more severe.

The leader of Meng'an who stayed behind had no choice but to quickly retreat and escape from Zhending Mansion before the reinforcements from the south and the Zhending Mansion troops left the city to fight.

However, the Jin army still did a good job with the corresponding etiquette. For the Song army generals who surrendered in battle at Zhendingfu, the Jin army did not kill any of them and let them all return to their camps.

The defenders of Zhending Mansion also warmly bid farewell to the Jin army as they left. It seemed as if there was no holiday between the two parties. When this brief chaos ended, Zhending Mansion returned to normal again.

Except for the injured people outside the city and the plundered property, food and heads, Zhendingfu City was unscathed, and the rapid evacuation of the Jin Army had nothing to do with the unlucky guy who was in the Fucheng Prison.

Originally, in history, he was killed by Liu Kai half a month ago for treason because he had offended Liu Ziyu. However, because Ma Kuo mentioned the world's crisis, Liu Kai also wanted to find out whether his son had wronged someone, so he changed his name.

Beheaded and imprisoned.

This round of confinement lasted for nine months. During this period, Liu Ziyu forgot about Ma Kuo, but Ma Kuo did not give up and kept trying to escape, such as this time when the Jin army besieged the city.

"Brother, it's been a few days, and I've heard the news from you. Now the Jin army has been completely wiped out, but the reinforcements haven't come yet.

Si Cheng Liu Weishu was so busy arguing with the Jin army that he must have forgotten who I am. Please let me go. If you don't let me go, the Jin army will withdraw and there will be no chance.

You can't just watch me die, right? I've met the official family several times, but I just accidentally fell into trouble this time.

When I see the official again, he will definitely be reinstated, and I will help you transfer it when the time comes. Why do you have to..."

"Hey! Master Ma, I want to help you too, but the situation is different now. The Jin army lost due to the battle in Bianjing, and now the Jin army in Zhending Mansion has withdrawn.

The pacifier has gone back again. If you are let go, I won't be able to explain it. If the pacifier comes one day, I can't say it was you who flew away, right?"

"The Jin army just withdrew? How could they just withdraw? Could it be that the Jin army in Bianjing was really wiped out?"

After hearing the news, Ma Kuo instantly despaired. The Jin army moved south. Although Zhending Mansion was defended, it was still in chaos.

He took the opportunity and kept bribing the prison guard in order to get a chance to escape. But now that the Jin army has withdrawn and the prison is under the control of the government again, he wants to get out of prison again, but he has no chance.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of movement in the dungeon, and the magistrate of the Zhending Mansion, as well as several low-level civil servants, led two people with tall and straight postures in strange styles into the room.

With just one glance, Ma Kuo could tell that these two men were definitely soldiers, or elite ones, but one or two soldiers could actually be personally led by the Tongpan of Zhending Mansion? Did they take the wrong medicine?

"Ma Kuo, the official's imperial commander personally conquered the Hedong Road. The Jin army's west route army has been completely wiped out. The official has ordered you to pack up immediately and go to Taiyuan with this general to prepare to go north to the Kingdom of Jin."

"Ah? Ah! What's going on?"

Ma Kuo was confused, and someone suddenly appeared to take him away, and told him an answer that he had never thought of. He was not happy, but only nervous and fearful.

He thought this was Liu Ziyu's arrangement to drag him out.

Still debating whether to go or not, the Royal Army soldier didn't waste any time. He took out a mobile phone from his chest and played Zhao Huan's recorded voice. He told Ma Kuo to go directly to Taiyuan and praised him for his previous advice, which he should have listened to.

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The miraculous way of delivering the order made Ma Kuo confirm that it was Zhao Huan. From surprise to emotion, Ma Kuo could not have imagined that Zhao Huan would send someone to pick him up specifically for him.

"I will live up to the emperor's favor, go to the Kingdom of Jin for the official family, and complete all the conditions required by the official family!"

"Okay, then Mr. Ma, let's go directly."

"Oh, everyone, my body has been seriously damaged in this prison, and the prison is dark and damp. I'm afraid I need a carriage before I can go to Taiyuan."

Ma Kuo said in embarrassment that he had been in this prison for too long and really needed a good rest. Now he was forced to ride a horse and his body couldn't bear it. But the emperor had a destiny and couldn't directly say that he needed to train for two days, he could only make a request.

Just get a carriage.

"No need, Mr. Ma. Let's take a helicopter there. We can reach Taiyuan in about half an hour."

"What kind of chicken? Also, the distance from Taiyuan to Zhending requires climbing mountains, and it is four hundred miles away. Even if you ride a horse, it will take two days, right? How can it be half an hour?"

Ma Kuo looked unbelieving and just looked at Tongpan and the others with a strange look on his face. Huang Kaijun didn't say anything and just asked Ma Kuo to follow.

A quarter of an hour later, Ma Kuo rushed to a large plain in the city and saw a strange, dark house with wood chips on it.

But as the helicopter took off, he finally knew that the two soldiers were worthy of being greeted personally by the officials of the Zhending Mansion. Who dared to neglect such an ability that fell from the sky and led the emperor to personally investigate?

After Ma Kuo arrived in Taiyuan, he simply took a short rest and began to take orders the next day. Together with Zhao Ye and others, each of them was issued a small pistol and headed north to prepare for negotiations with the Jin Kingdom.

And the Ming Dynasty five hundred years later.

At this time, Xiao Yifu, the governor of Fujian, received a small gift from the He family. After confirming that it was safe, he finally received the patriarch of the He family.

As the governor of Fujian, he has to meet many people every day. Small businessmen like the He family would not even be able to enter the government office if they were not introduced by the Zheng family. Therefore, there is no politeness. The purpose of the visit of the head of the He family has already been advanced.

Submit by letter.

"I understand what you mean, but according to the requirements of the imperial court, those who do not return after the expiration date will be treated as deregistration, pirates, and misfortunes instead of being reported. This will make it difficult for me to report."

"Sir, we also said it in the letter! Manila just raised a butcher's knife against the people of Ming Dynasty last year. Tens of thousands of His Majesty's people were killed by the Francois and natives of Greater Luzon.

This is a naked provocation to the majesty of the imperial court. This shows that His Majesty is not taken seriously! The common people want to ask the imperial court to send troops to suppress the Manila Francois and avenge the blood revenge of the people of the Ming Dynasty."

"Bold! Do you know what kind of bad situation the government has faced in the past two years? Natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in various places. Where does Your Majesty start?

Let's talk about this year. Your Majesty has worked hard to manage the country, selling house beams, training new troops, leveling prices, exterminating Jiannu, relieving hundreds of counties, aiding the Japanese country, and conquering the Eastern Fan.

One incident has already cost the imperial court tens of millions of taels of silver. Now that the new year is approaching and the imperial court is already overwhelmed, you actually want me to report it to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to send troops to attack again?"

Faced with the appeal of the head of the He family, Xiao Yifu yelled and cursed loudly, stroking his beard and feeling a little tangled in his heart, because even he couldn't understand the current situation.

Chongzhen's performance this year is really impressive, but similarly, Chongzhen's performance this year is too weird.

It’s so weird that it’s impossible for a normal country to turn around in one year. Throughout the ages, who has solved one of these problems in one year, or even two or three years?

The reason was to solve the problem of materials, food, wages, and taxes, but Chongzhen compressed these times to the extent of one change every two months.

Many places are still moving forward on multiple fronts. Based on his detailed reading of all the newspapers, he concluded that the Jiannu people were still fighting and disaster relief was being prepared. With so much food, he didn't believe it if Chongzhen just sold the beams.

So now he doesn't understand whether Chongzhen is trying to support the Ming Dynasty.

"Then Manila is needed even more! There are many gold and silver mines in Manila. Not to mention the exploration of silver mines in the Wanli Year, which triggered a vendetta by the Francois. The number of silver mines on the surface alone reaches millions every year.

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Sir, you have forgotten that the news returned from Dongfan is that a rocket plume from the Song Dynasty was fired into Dongfan, causing the Dongfan fleet to be lost.

This shows that the imperial court is capable, and the price of rockets will certainly not be more expensive than Royal Navy ships, so the Royal Navy can easily destroy those junk warships in Manila.

Besides, I asked General Zheng and learned that the Royal Army is still sending new recruits to the Royal Navy, and more and more surrounding fishermen are being selected to eat the royal rations.

Now that the world is at peace, if food and wages cannot sustain it, the Royal Navy is enough to defend the sea and even attack the Japanese country, so why expand the army?"

"Which General Zheng told you these military secrets? General Yiguan?"
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