Chapter 590: Imperial Guards
Yu Jie agreed immediately.
Chen Chen happily invited Yu Jie to have a drink, and we set up a family dinner to entertain Mr. Yu.
Yu Jie was happy. Several beauties took turns raising their glasses to urge him to drink. Even without Zhao Yulin doing anything, Mr. Yu felt dizzy.
At night, Zhao Yulin went to Chen Chen's room to sleep with her and asked her if she felt wronged for not being able to go to the Central Court to be a minister.
The woman said enthusiastically that she didn't care about the official position, as long as she had something to do. She also told him not to think too much and to do his best in the present.
As she spoke, she moved quickly on him.
Haha, what a little woman, she enjoys everything she does.
Zhao Yulin soon fell into it...
In Daxing Prefecture, Hebei Province, Da Mengge and Hubili of the Grassland Empire were still drinking and chatting, discussing military affairs.
Hubili spent his money wisely, bribed the Shandong generals who surrendered to the Shenwei Army, took away more than 5,000 of Li Tan's men, and easily captured two counties. Da Mengge was surprised and happily settled down in Daxing Prefecture.
It was still freezing cold in the north at this time, and there was who knows how many feet of snow piled up around the grassland royal court. Daxing Prefecture was much warmer than the royal court, so Mengge naturally wanted to rest here.
This fellow was not just spending his winters in a life of debauchery, he also took the opportunity to reorganize the royal army of the empire and now had 100,000 elite soldiers under his command.
Da Meng told Hubli that we still have to continue the attack, advance south, advance south.
Let alone other things, just look at the weather. In Mobei, peeing will immediately freeze into ice bars. In the middle of winter, you can only stay in a tent and give birth to a child. Which prince would not want to come to the south to have fun?
Hubili said: It's difficult. After continuous battles, our troops are getting fewer and fewer. After losing the fine iron smelting base in Hebei, we are short of iron, and not every soldier has a scimitar. On the other side, the New Song army is getting larger and larger and is well-equipped.
The New Song army that surrendered this time had crossbows, muskets and mortars so advanced that they could not have imagined.
Hubili had already obtained a sample of the mortar and asked the craftsmen to make it, but they could not make it anyway, because it required advanced machine tools to process it.
Then there is the issue of raw materials. He does not have top-quality black iron , so he cannot make sophisticated parts at all, which makes his imitation more difficult.
Da Meng said unhappily: What should we do? Are we just going to live here? Xiao Si, we are brothers. Brothers are united and can break metal.
We must go south to seize the cities of the Nanman and seize their fine iron for our own use.
Hubili shook his head, thinking it was extremely difficult.
Because the refined iron he wanted was not produced in Daming Prefecture. Although it was called refined iron, it was a name they gave themselves. The real refined iron should be called black iron, which was refined by Zhao Yulin from the iron ore in Dukou Town on the Jinsha River.
He told Meng Ge: The Shenwei Army has started a new round of training, which is a rotation training aimed at him after he persuaded the Shandong Army to surrender.
The Shenwei Army was not in a hurry to fight with us, but stopped to focus on military training. It is said that Yang Xingyun personally sat in Cangzhou and asked the whole army to hold a meeting to recall the bitter past and think about the sweet past, and to crack down on illegal and disciplinary behaviors of military officers.
This move is ruthless enough. Those corrupt generals who do not follow the right path and bully the soldiers will definitely be taken down. These kinds of people are exactly the ones he has spent a lot of money to win over. It will be even more difficult for him to instigate rebellion or disintegrate the Shenwei Army in the future.
Da Meng said disdainfully: We have to use this shady trick, but we still have to dare to raise our scimitars and fight to the death.
Didn't our grandfathers conquer one country after another with their scimitars and bows and arrows, making their weapons and people serve me at my command?
Hubili continued to shake his head, thinking that was in the past. The new Song Dynasty had undergone tremendous changes. The successive rulers were diligent and hardworking, and the strength of the new Song Dynasty showed explosive growth. It was no longer something that my grassland empire could conquer.
On the contrary, we must also guard against the New Song Kingdom fighting us to the death and seeking revenge, and driving us out of the grassland.
Sister Hulan wrote to me and said that she had personally taken the legendary train, which was like a galloping dragon. Zhao Yulin even built a toilet on it, which means that when he was on the train, he could eat if he was hungry, sleep if he was tired, and he didn't even have to get off the train to go to the toilet. How far did he have to walk in a day?
Mengge was surprised and asked curiously: Really? Are you serious?
Da Meng had also fought face to face with the Shenwei Army and had personal experience of it. After listening to Hubili's story, he gradually believed it.
However, I still feel unwilling to accept it.
Why was his luck so bad? Although he was the Khan, he was facing a tiger, and a smart tiger at that, not a stupid tiger that would pounce on food when it saw it.
He tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass, and told them not to say such discouraging words, and to also consolidate their family fortune to form an iron fist and then strike out.
In Chengdu, Shunzhidi was also holding a meeting in Jinguan City to discuss key matters for the new year.
Zhao Yulin told the gentlemen: The land of the former Great Song Dynasty is about to be recovered, and the war between the New Song Dynasty and the Grassland Empire has entered the final decisive battle. The gentlemen must act prudently, do their jobs well, and ensure the needs of the front line.
There is no need to worry too much. The grassland empire has been losing cities and territories continuously and has retreated to the Great Wall. They have lost the land for taxation and a large population. It is impossible for them to organize a large counterattack, unless their army from the west expedition returns to the Central Plains. Although this possibility exists, it will not have much effect.
We, the New Song, have the determination and strength to defeat any enemy that dares to invade.
When the gentlemen heard what Zhao Yulin said, they felt very relieved. Thinking about how the New Song Dynasty had been working step by step over the years, it was not easy to drive the enemy across the Huai River, beat them back to the north of the Yellow River, and drive them to the Great Wall.
Zhao Yulin told everyone that this year we must thoroughly rectify the officialdom, severely punish officials for their corruption and laziness, help the poor and the needy, and let the people of the world feel the care of the court.
As soon as this topic was brought up, everyone nodded. Shunzhidi immediately said: I would like to hear your suggestions on how to do it.
All departments quickly formed a strategy to supervise the inspections. The Central Financial Department solicited opinions on the spot and arranged for the inspection team to leave Beijing and inspect the local areas.
Zhao Yulin said: The military inspection and rectification has already begun. Our local rectification cannot be perfunctory. The inspection team should pay special attention to those areas where there are many complaints from the people, where the finances are in disarray and taxes cannot , and they should be carefully sorted out.
Then, Yu Jie recommended Yang Zhishan from Kuizhou Road to be the Minister of Water Resources. Yu Jie introduced Yang Zhishan's experience in water management in Kuizhou in detail and believed that he was mature and prudent and suitable for the position of Minister of Water Resources.
After hearing the introduction, everyone knew that this person was from Yibin and was of the same kind as Zhao Yulin. His achievements were obvious, but who would be the Pacifier of Kuizhou Road?
Zhao Yulin proposed to transfer Zhang Yitong from Wuwei back to serve in Kuizhou. Firstly, this person had been in Wuwei for too long and should be assigned to a new post. Secondly, this person performed well in all the assessments of the Ministry of Personnel and could continue to be trained as a reserve candidate for the future Pacifier of Gansu Road.
When the gentlemen thought about the safety of Gansu, they realized that it would be difficult to select a suitable candidate, so they unanimously agreed with his proposal to transfer Zhang Yitong to Sichuan for training.
At this time, Yangjin spoke up. She said that Hulan had done a good job in Wenjiang and the framework for reform had been set up. She proposed that the governor of Qiongzhou and Yangjin be swapped so that the governor could learn more about rural reform.
This is something that some of you may not understand.
Hu Lan was doing well in Wenjiang, why should he be transferred to Qiongzhou?
Shunzhidi said with a smile: "It is a trivial matter to transfer a county magistrate or a prefect, but Hulan is our sister, and I must explain it clearly to you all. From now on, our New Song Kingdom will directly confront Brother Hulan's grassland empire. Commander Zhao hopes that she will stay away from the political center of New Song and do her work without any interference."
Zhao Yulin coughed twice and then smiled and told everyone: Although Qiongzhou is far away from Chengdu, there are still treasures there. Transferring Hulan there will better develop the economy of Qiongzhou and make the people rich.
When the gentlemen saw that the whole family was explaining, they knew they had made up their mind.
Hua Yue immediately spoke up in support, saying with a smile that it was just a small matter and there was no need to be so serious about it.
Everyone laughed and nodded happily.
After returning, Shunzhidi caught Zhao Yulin and asked him to sleep with her. She kept nagging him about how he doted on his concubine and wanted to send Hulan to Qiongzhou to take up his post.
He remembered Chen Chen saying that officials in Qiongzhou thought the country was far away and were slow in getting things done, and that thieves were rampant in the counties below. He wanted to go and see for himself.
Yangjin asked him when he planned to leave?
Zhao Yulin said there was no time to lose and they would leave early tomorrow morning.
Yangjin told him that it was not a matter of going early or late. Dongmei, the chief steward of Shunfeng Division, believed that hidden enemies were everywhere and they must be vigilant and ensure security.
Shunfengsi made arrangements to send a group of troops directly to Hanzhong by water to confuse the enemy.
Zhao Yulin thought for a moment and said, "Since we want to confuse the enemy, let's go another route. Let some of our troops disguise themselves and go to Daojiang County to Baoning Prefecture, while I will lead the elite cavalry to Wenjiang directly."
The next day, just after dawn, the guard captain Zuo Liangchen woke him up, and the guards escorted three carriages to the South Gate Wharf.
Then another group of people and horses escorted three carriages to the west gate. Five miles out of the city gate, the convoy stopped and a small group of elite cavalry went straight to Wenjiang. The convoy continued to move forward for about two miles, and a team joined in, maintaining the formation and heading towards Jiang County.
After daybreak, Zhao Yulin entered Wenjiang County. Hu Lan was pleasantly surprised to see her husband, covered in dew, standing at the gate of the yamen. She pounced on him and kissed him loudly. She asked him with concern why he came so suddenly without even saying hello in advance.
Zhao Yulin smiled and picked up the woman as he walked towards the yamen, telling her to hurry up and pack her bags to take up her post in Qiongzhou.
Hulan is happy.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yulin remembered everything she said in Xinshi. She said that an old scholar scolded her for being a northern barbarian Tartar and wanted to work far away from Chengdu. At that time, she was worried that Zhao Yulin would blame her for making a fuss and not supporting her.
Today, her man is going to personally send her to Qiongzhou to take up her post.
I quickly handed over my official duties, packed my luggage and set off.
On the banks of the Yangliu River in the south of the city, the people of Wenjiang were fighting against the sky and nature, repairing the Yangliu River and expanding the city. They crossed the river quickly and arrived in Dayi, changed horses, put on the uniforms of the garrison members and made up thoroughly.
