On the Jiachen day of the ninth month of the first year of Ning Dynasty, the ascended king came to pay homage to the late emperor. He lay down and cried and mourned. In response to the memorial of the officials, he was given the posthumous title Ruiwu Zhaominxiao Emperor and the temple name Jingzong.
The next day, the king ascended to the throne of the emperor, and the Renzheng Palace looked after the court. He appointed Tu Shanyi, the right prime minister of Shangshu, as the left prime minister, marshal of the capital, Pingzhang political affairs, and king of Guangyang County. Whatever you see, speak out and don’t hide it.”
On the day of Renzi, he changed his name to Zhenyou, granted a general amnesty, and granted different favors to Chinese and foreign subjects. On Wuchen day of the leap month, he restored his old name of Xun, and issued an imperial edict to inform the temples of heaven and earth. The two words changed in the previous name do not need to be avoided from now on, and envoys are sent Song Dynasty.
Guo Ning was not involved in this series of operations.
Perhaps this evil tiger can leave Zhongdu as soon as possible so that the emperor can feel more at ease. Even Tu Danyi rarely mentioned Guo Ning recently. Instead, he often urged Yousi to prepare the weapons and armor needed by the department as soon as possible. Provide baggage, luggage, etc., and urge him to go to his post as soon as possible.
The arsenal of the Ministry of War in Zhongdu had been looted by Hu Shahu's troops before. The arsenal issued an order and all the commanders were killed. Then the arsenal was occupied by Guo Ning's troops. No one was killed, but suitable weapons were carefully selected and shipped. There are a lot of things going out. As a result, the account book cannot be completed no matter what. If you have to worry about it, I'm afraid it will involve a lot of old things.
Fortunately, the person who succeeded Tu Shan as the commander of the arsenal was a member of Prime Minister Tu Shan's clan. Former Fu Baolang Tu Shan Fushou. On the day he took office, Tu Shan Fushou reported back to the Ministry of War that the arsenal's account books had been burned by Hu Shahu's thieves, so everyone spoke out. Mo Hengfei scolded the rebels, and everyone was happy.
Shan Fushou, a waiting disciple, mobilized a sufficient amount of supplies and added them to Guo Ning's army, and Guo Ning's troops immediately set off. On the first day of September, the troops transferred from the Zhahe camp to Tongzhou, and ten days later arrived in Zhigu. .
Many forces in the court know that Guo Ning's unit is a powerful force secretly cultivated by Prime Minister Tu Shan. Not only did it play an extremely important role in the previous coup, but it also allowed Prime Minister Tu Shan to overwhelm everyone. Reliance on controlling the situation of the government.
Once the new emperor came to the throne, Prime Minister Tu Shan sent out strong troops under his command to stabilize the place, which was equivalent to handing over the military advantage of Zhongdu City to the emperor. It can be said that he was loyal to the emperor and the emperor was supreme.
So many courtiers came forward to praise him, and Zhao Bingwen, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, even used the metaphor of a king and his ministers being fished.
The emperor then gave Shan Yi his apprenticeship and went to Ludielu Meng'an in Zhongdu as a token of his encouragement.
Of course, there were also those who were ignorant and wrote a letter stating that Guo Ning was indeed brave and that his troops should stay in Zhongdu to resist the Mongolian army. All these memorials were like nothing, and there was no further follow-up.
Immediately, the emperor recruited Li Ying, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, recommended by Shu Hu Gao Qi, and Zhang Rou, the commander of Gongweizhi, to serve as propaganda officers and to recruit troops on Zhongdu Road. In ten months, 10,000 elite soldiers were recruited. They were all transferred to Gongweizhi and Weijie troops to strengthen the city defense of Daxing Prefecture.
During this period of time, Guo Ning stopped for a while in Zhigu Village and was very busy traveling by sea and land every day.
On land, he would inspect the officers and soldiers in various ministries, urge the commanders and envoys to compile rosters of meritorious officers, report them to Guo Ning, and reward them generously based on their merits. He would also care for the injured, pay homage to the dead, and visit the families of the officers and soldiers accompanying the army.
Especially for the families of the soldiers who died in the battle, Guo Ning did not mind the hard work and visited them one by one. As a result, his team of followers expanded by more than a hundred people, including several three- and four-year-old children. There are a lot more people, old and young.
There were a group of children around him, and they had to be taught the rules. For a while, Guo Ning was in a hurry. In the next few days, he had to ask Lu Han to accompany him and take care of these little ones with his maids.
When Guo Ning was only in his early twenties, he became a military governor. The official position of the Kingdom of Jin did not have much status in his heart, but there were always people who were envious and jealous. What's more, most of the officials kept a secret about the coup in Zhongdu City, so
Many people in the outside world, especially the indigenous people in Baodi County, don't know how powerful Guo Ning is.
Seeing this situation, they mocked and called Guo Ning's army a "baby camp" led by children.
This statement made Li Ting very angry. After hearing this, he immediately arrested a few people and planned to beat them up as punishment. Guo Ning hurriedly contacted Chu Cai, and Du Shisheng and others reiterated the military laws, one of which was not to disturb the people.
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Things on land are easier to solve, but things at sea are more energy-consuming.
This stall was mainly assisted by Jing Anmin and Wang Shixian, who worked together to reorganize the fleet.
The maritime trade fleet and boatmen that Wang Shixian received from King Kui and King Huo were based at Ganghuzhuang in Baodi County, close to the southern edge of the Baodi Saltworks. Not far from Zhuangzi to the south, there was a river leading directly to the Yinglehuang estuary.
The fleet stationed here generally used this as a base to undertake the task of traveling between Shandong and Liaodong. Sometimes it carried millet to Liaodong to relieve Shandong, and sometimes it carried millet to Shandong to relieve Liaodong.
In the past few years, natural disasters have occurred frequently in Dajin, and the task of allocating grain and rice across the sea for disaster relief has been very arduous. However, the imperial court has never set up an official office responsible for the allocation of grain and rice between the two places, and allowed officials from the two places to directly recruit merchant fleets at high prices.
To be done.
According to popular standards, this move is much less costly than building a fleet of ships specifically for water transportation. Moreover, maritime merchants are accustomed to sea transportation and are familiar with sea conditions, so they can dispatch food more safely and quickly, which can be said to benefit the country and the people.
A win-win-win move for business.
Guo Ning didn't know whether it actually benefited the country and the people, but King Kui and King Huo made a lot of money and became very powerful in Zhongdu City. Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou led troops to raid the palace.
They reaped unprecedented benefits, so much so that they sent their cronies to meet Guo Ning, bring them precious gold beads, and express their gratitude.
The problem is that although the nobles eat well, the boatmen and sailors live in extreme poverty, and it is common for them to die of cold and hunger.
On the one hand, Guo Ning reorganized the fleet and divided it into categories. On the other hand, he contacted and talked to the leaders of the fleet one by one. Some were rewarded, some were demoted, and a few who were particularly seeking death were inevitably picked out and killed in anger of the common people.
.He also took time to inspect and inspect the boatmen and sailors who were familiar with the secrets of operating a ship, and selected suitable candidates as new leaders.
In addition, the supply of money and rice promised higher benefits than in the past, and there were additional monthly rewards for those above the petty boss of the boatmen and sailors.
Among the supplies delivered to Guo Ning's command in Zhongdu City, grain and fodder were actually the most important.
According to the military newspaper, it was because Zhuozhou was completely lost a while ago that the Mongolian army's outpost was really forced into the territory of Daxing Prefecture.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled into the city, and the armies that were urgently established were also eaten by people. They consumed a lot of food every day, but the grain supply was completely cut off, so the price of food on the market soared day by day.
Xu Ding, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was already worried about the affairs of the Daxing government. He dispatched a large number of people to collect grains from house to house in the city. Every day, casualties and disasters occurred, which made him the target of thousands of people.
In addition, some people in the court began to constantly propose that it might as well be compared with the old practice during the Ming Dynasty and Taihe years, allowing grain to be paid to supplement officials and selling certificates, division titles, and temple quotas.
At this time, it is not easy to ensure that the soldiers have enough food and drink. But if we can do it, we can stabilize the rapidly expanding team and ensure the stability of military morale.
By the end of September, Guo Ning put his base camp on the ship, and the officers and soldiers of various ministries also began to cooperate with the fleet, gradually mastering many essentials of shipping.
There was a leap month in the first year of Zhenyou. One night during the leap month, Guo Ning stood on the undulating bow of the ship and looked at the shore.
Most of the soldiers rested with the fleet, and the empty military camp was dark. A little further south, in the direction of Zhigu Village across the river mouth, because more and more refugees gathered, at night, bonfires were everywhere in the fields. Occasionally there were Curses or plaintive cries were heard mixed with the sound of the tide.
Guo Ning knows the situation of the refugees very well.
In the past few days, women have been sneaking into the military camp near the dock in Baodi County.
They stayed with the soldiers for the night, asking only for some food to take back to their husbands and children. Guo Ning could not prohibit it, so he could only ask the soldiers on night watch to show their respect and not to cause any loss of life.
When Guo Ning went to Zhigu Village the day before yesterday, there was a down-and-out scholar with his wife and children, who begged Guo Ning to take him in. Guo Ning was short of available scholars, so he gave him some noodles and promised to take them with him on his return trip.
But on the way back, they found that the hungry mob had snatched the bread and killed the scholar's family.
In troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass.
What's more, the people who are about to dominate this troubled world are alien races. They are just as ferocious as the alien races that have risen before, but their level of barbarism is far greater.
"We're almost ready, that's it. Let's set off tomorrow!" Guo Ning said in a deep voice.
In the cabin, Yi La Chucai was writing furiously under the oil lamp. He nodded: "I obey."