I saw Lu Xiufu hesitating and said, "Lu Aiqing, please tell me if you have anything to say."
"Your Majesty, I suggest that Mr. Li Tingzhi should be the commander-in-chief of the Xiangfan Campaign. Your Majesty should still stay in Lin'an and take charge of the overall situation."
"Lu Aiqing, Li Tingzhi is a famous general in our dynasty. From a military perspective, Li Aiqing is completely qualified for this position, and may even be better than me. However, there are three key points. First of all, this Xiangyang battle is fought by our army.
This is a large-scale battle in which the Xiangyang Military Region, Jianghuai Military Region, Lin'an Military Region, and the Navy work together. Therefore, the coordination of all parties, including logistical supplies, will become one of the key factors in victory or defeat; secondly, our army's success in this battle
Firearms will be used in the army. Relatively speaking, I am the most familiar with the use of firearms. Thirdly, if I visit the front line in person, I can greatly improve the morale of the soldiers, and at the same time, it can also make Kublai Khan determined to invest heavy troops.
Xiangfan, in order to fight a decisive battle with our court," I said with a firm expression, "Therefore, I must fight in person. My dear friends, I know your good intentions and don't want me to be involved in danger, but please don't do this again in the future.
carry,"
Lu Xiufu's face turned slightly red, but he was filled with admiration in his heart: "Yes, Your Majesty,"
In the historical Battle of Xiangyang, although the Southern Song Dynasty court was also trying its best to support Xiangyang, it was unable to move in unison and was defeated by the Mongolian army one by one. Although I have changed the situation where the generals in the military system cannot work together as one, I have changed a lot.
I am still worried. Since I have placed my bet in Xiangyang, I will never make the same mistakes that have happened in history.
At the end of the meeting, Yin Yinglei asked: "Your Majesty, is there a suitable candidate for the independent commander of the Lin'an Military Region?"
"I have already thought about it, Yin Ai Qing, and I plan to appoint Han Jing, who has newly joined our army. You have all seen him at the Military Academy. Although Han Jing is young, he is highly skilled in martial arts. He has the courage that no man can match, but he is extremely powerful.
Due to his plasticity, I ordered him to serve as the deputy commander of the independent chamber. For the time being, you, Yin Ai Qing, will serve as the commander of the independent chamber."
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
Yi Ying Lei is resourceful but not proficient in martial arts. Han Jing is proficient in martial arts but not in the art of war. Therefore, I asked Han Jing to follow Yi Ying Lei. Firstly, I can protect Yi Ying Lei. Secondly, I also hope that Han Jing can learn from Yi Ying Lei.
Lei, from a single fierce general to a commander with both civil and military skills.
That night, I hosted a banquet at Jiying Hall for Jerry and the talents Polo had recruited from abroad.
Among the more than twenty people, three of them felt that they could not adapt to the life of the Song Dynasty and made a request to return to Venice. I had seen this in the memorial a year ago, so I readily agreed to the three people's request and made a request.
And, our second voyage will be in late March or early April this year, and they can leave by boat.
Within a year or two after the first Shenzhou giant ship was built, the shipyard directly under the imperial court built two similar giant ships one after another, named "Huaxia" and "Zhonghua" respectively. These three giant ships
I have allocated them all to the Navy. I plan to use the Huaxia and the Zhonghua to serve in the North Sea Fleet first, and I plan to let the original giant ship Shenzhou continue to undertake overseas voyages.
After I announced the news, Wen Tianxiang, who was accompanying 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, 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 would like to recommend someone."
"Really, Shi Chen, who is it?"
"Your Majesty, this person's name is Yang Fa. He was one of Ruan Sicong's assistants during the last voyage,"
"Yang Fa," I thought for a while, but it seemed that I was not familiar with him, "Master, please tell me in detail."
"Your Majesty, Yang Fa's ancestral home is Fujian. He later moved to Liangzhe East Road, which is today's Zhejiang Province. He served as the governor of Lizhou, the commander of the front army in front of the palace, and later served as the deputy commander in the Privy Council. He has been in charge of naval equipment. , was very familiar with the performance of various types of warships of the Chinese navy. He served as the chief helmsman of the warship during the first voyage of the Shenzhou. According to Yang's speech, his ancestors followed Xu Jing in the Xuanhe period (1119-1125). After traveling to Korea, the Yang family called themselves a maritime family."
I know Xu Jing. When I read the information of Xianwen Pavilion, I saw the records of Xu Jing. This person went to Korea as an envoy in 1123. In the second year after returning to China, he compiled what he saw and heard into An "Illustrated Book" with rich pictures and texts. In this book, Xu Jing not only recorded the customs, laws and regulations of Goryeo, but also recorded in detail the navigation route between the Song Dynasty and Goryeo. It is a pity that this Illustrated Book was not published during the reign of Jingkang It was lost in the chaos, otherwise it should be our country's earliest navigation log.
As for Yang Fa mentioned by Jia Sidao, I have no idea.
There is indeed such a person in history, Yang Fa, a native of Zhejiang, who was later demoted to the Yuan Dynasty. His son Yang Zi and his grandson Yang Shu were all engaged in maritime trade for three generations, both as officials and merchants. The "official ship" system in the Yuan Dynasty came from What the Yang family proposed was that in the ancient days of light business, the contributions of the three generations of the Yang family to our country's navigation were not recognized by the imperial court and historians. If they were not officials, it is estimated that no one would record their maritime deeds.
"Master, I will meet this Yang Fa when I have time,"
"Yes, Your Majesty,"
Over the past year, these foreigners in Jiying Palace 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 up one after another, raised their glasses to toast me, and wished me a Happy New Year according to Western etiquette. Only Ms. Nina, who had joined the Song Dynasty and became a court official, followed the Song Dynasty etiquette. The king and his ministers knelt down to salute and congratulate me.
Among these people, the three that satisfy me the most are Crete, Hans and Nina.
Crete brought Western precision machining technology, which 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 muskets also made progress. , although it has not yet succeeded, it gives me hope.
After the original medical alcohol was invented, Hans performed a total of 18 surgical operations last year. Twelve of these 18 operations were successful for the first time, with a success rate of over 60%. What makes me even more happy is that Hans Si brought out a group of outstanding students. This group of young students from Lin'an University School of Medicine even surpassed Hans in accepting new things. This made Hans amazed. According to Hans's plan, by June this year , this group of students will be able to complete their studies.
As for Nina, her contribution was to straighten out the laws of the imperial court and form a systematic judicial concept. For the first time, she expounded the principles, concepts and norms that constitute the law, and subdivided the types of laws. Of course, among them The main ideas and concepts come from my guidance and are inseparable from the efforts of all officials of the Law Department.
Another thing these three people have in common is that they admire me to the extreme. Whether it is firearms, surgery, or law, my knowledge is much higher than theirs, especially after they read the textbooks of Lin'an University. , she even felt my greatness. Nina, who had the most contact with court officials, told Crete and others that in the Song Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor was turned into a god by the ministers. As a result, Crete and others completely believed it and came before this god. Two words were added, great God.
There is another person I am interested in. This person's name is Ward, who works as an engineer at the Song Dynasty Shipyard. Later, after learning about the concept of the steam engine from the Academy of Sciences, he became very interested. With my consent, Ward basically spent his spare time All of them were spent on researching steam engines, but the result was of course still unclear.
After everyone took turns to toast, I said: "Dear dear friends, you have made great contributions to our Song Dynasty this year. I am very happy, although most of you We only have an employment relationship with our DPRK, but I still want to say 'thank you' to you. At the end of last year, some of you proposed to the Government Affairs Council that you would like to join our DPRK as a nationality. I agreed to all of this and will wait for you to do so later. On the seventh day of work, you can go to the household department to complete the procedures,"
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Crete, Hans, and a dozen people including Ward said in unison.
"In recognition of your contribution, I will give each of you a thousand guan of Chinese coins, five bolts of colorful 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 in the court, in accordance with my past practice of treating Mr. Jerry and Ms. Nina, I will give each of you another five thousand guan of Chinese coins as your settlement expenses. In addition, Crete, Hans, Ward and other twelve people, Since you are about to become a member of our dynasty, I will first grant you a title,"
"Wow, there are so many rewards," the other people who did not join the Song Dynasty thought.
"Crete, I will appoint you as the Deacon of the Zhengyin of the Explosives Supervision and Machinery Department, with the rank of Sixth Class, and grant you the title of the fifth-class National Scholar of Science in the Royal Song Dynasty."
"Thank you for your grace, Your Majesty," Crete walked to the middle and knelt down to express his thanks in accordance with the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers. Crete and others had lived in Lin'an City for more than a year. They knew that the official positions in the Song Dynasty were divided into several grades, and they also knew the status of scientific scholars. The treatment makes me happy.
"My dear, no gift, Hans. You are engaged in scientific research at the Academy of Sciences, so you do not belong to the official system of our dynasty. Today I grant you a fifth-grade National Scholar of Science. In addition, the scientific research level of your scientific research team has been upgraded from Level 3 to Level 1. "
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Hans also 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 first level I'm talking about is This means that there will be no upper limit on the research funding of the Hans Group this year.
"Nina, you are the first Westerner to join our dynasty and have made great contributions to the laws of our dynasty. I will appoint you as the deputy director of the Law Department and hold the rank of fourth grade."
"Thank you, Your Majesty," Nina said happily, "Your Majesty, is this minister on the same level as the prefect of Lin'an, Shi Qian?"