The entire process of the army's evacuation from Kaifeng is coming to an end. In the past few days, Guo Ning has been stationed in the north of Kaifeng, kindly encouraging the soldiers and awarding some extra rewards. Only once during this period did he go to Chenliu to say goodbye.
The remaining generals of the Red Coat Army came to assist in the battle.
With the entire Nanjing surrendered, the few scattered military states sandwiched between Shandong and Henan had no possibility of self-reliance. All remaining units of the Red Coat Army left in Shandong must be completely integrated into the Dinghai Navy. There is no second possibility.
Although Shi Qing, Huo Yi and others agreed to submit to Guo Ning, they made many unbelievable demands in terms of their official position and benefits and the specific conditions for their subordinates to be included in the control of the military household system. Liu Erzu, Peng Yibin, and Hao Ding all agreed to submit to Guo Ning.
This back-and-forth mediation took a lot of effort in front of Yelu Chucai.
Fortunately, these matters did not take long. The remaining members of the Red Coat Army may have more selfish motives, but they are not reckless. After reaching an agreement, they led their troops to return to the east and west roads of Shanxi and will immediately reorganize according to the requirements of the Marshal's Office.
Since everyone was satisfied with the result, Guo Ning also made a timely trip to Chenliu, not only to connect with the generals from the Red Coat Army, but also to show his importance to the ordinary soldiers, so that the soldiers could rest assured about their future future.
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At other times, he still returned to his original place to see off the soldiers who were going to Hebei, Zhongdu and other places.
If the fleet is still there, many soldiers can actually take boats eastward along the Yellow River, directly to Huaiyin and Chuzhou, then transfer to sea ships, enter the sea through Lianshui, and then go to Zhongdu Road and Beijing Road by sea
etc. Although this route is long, it is the fastest.
However, because this battle wiped out the savings of the military government, Tianjin sent five lines of letters every three days to urge the return of the fleet to restore the dispatch of supplies in various places. In addition, the sea-going ships had already been returned to the trading houses for trade with the south.
Therefore, most of the soldiers and horses still have to follow the path that the army has traveled north and south in the past few decades, first crossing the Yellow River, and then heading north along the Yuhe River. The army sets off one after another, always passing by the place where Guo Ning stops every day.
Station.
However, it has been a month since the war in Kaifeng ended, and the soldiers and horses have almost left. Yesterday, they only passed by two generals' headquarters. Those who will pass here today and tomorrow include Wanyan Xielie, Yili Pu'a and others.
The Jurchens surrendered, but Wanyan Congtan was missing among them.
This gentleman was originally the Tongguan garrison marshal appointed by the Kaifeng court. Guo Ning granted him permission not to follow the brigade to Zhongdu and to rest in Kaifeng. After Li Ting returns with his troops, he will serve as Li Ting's general and go deep into Qinlong.
To achieve results and achieve results.
Since most of the people here today are Jurchens, Guo Ning is inevitably a little slack.
He didn't go up to the courtyard wall to visit at this moment. He spread out a felt cloth under a big locust tree in the courtyard of the inn, sat cross-legged, and read a few pamphlets.
The pamphlet is large in format, with twenty or thirty pages inside. It is a widely circulated newspaper within the area controlled by the navy.
In addition to publishing the various orders, laws, appointments, rewards and punishments of Duke Zhou and the Marshal's Mansion, this kind of newspaper has also added a lot of fragmentary information in the appendices since last year.
For example, a certain special product has arrived in a certain place, a certain port has reported that a certain ship sank at sea, a rebellion by the Hu people on the Puyu Road has hindered this year's ginseng delivery share, and the cattle of the Xianzhou military household in Qingzhou have been allocated for the war and have not been able to be used for the war.
Returning it in time may affect the autumn harvest, etc. Although the real secrets are definitely not visible, you can indeed get a general idea of the situation at a glance.
Because the attendants and civil servants in charge of this matter gradually became more and more skilled, by the beginning of this year, the content of the appendix became more and more abundant, including an interesting farce in which Song Guoxing was involved, and the rumors of which important ministers in the Zhongdu court requested to be appointed officials, all of which can be found in a small grid.
Found within the text of the block.
Fortunately, Di Bao had not yet been published to the Southern Dynasty, otherwise the Prime Minister Shi Miyuan of the Southern Dynasty would have seen that Di Bao recorded that he had diarrhea and could not go to court, and would have been furious and ordered his subordinates to search for spies everywhere.
The last two pages of the Di Bao usually contain the latest academy editions or opera libretto. Sometimes they cannot fit on two pages, so they are serialized in several issues.
Most of these court scripts and dramas are officially promoted by the Yidu Privy Council, and the lyrics are highly promotional.
Guo Ning would definitely not care about these contents. When he read the Di newspaper, he mainly read the military and political trends, as well as the price fluctuations of several bulk materials in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Compared with the Southern Song Dynasty, Dajin has always been poor. Guo Ning's Zhou regime is about to replace Dajin, and it may not be possible to get rich in the short term. On the contrary, because of the benefits brought by trade, Dinghai navy's economy is vaguely dependent on it.
Song Dynasty.
As for the economy of the Song Dynasty, to be honest, the officials of the Song Dynasty don't seem to care much. On the contrary, Ding Haijun is doing business while also taking care of the price fluctuations in the Song Dynasty to prevent public dissatisfaction from boiling over and causing an overreaction from the central government of the Song Dynasty.
That’s why there is such content about the Southern Dynasties, but if you think about it carefully, isn’t there too much gossip about the military, political and economic affairs of the Southern Dynasties, and the gossip about Lin’an City in this newspaper?
Guo Ning suddenly said "Hey", turned the book back to the cover, and looked through it again.
Yelu Chucai, who was sitting cross-legged on the side, smiled and said, "What did the Duke see?"
Guo Ning flipped through the Di newspaper, looked at the font, and then looked at the paper: "The first few pages, the northern decrees and messages described were all from a month ago. I also read the drama on the last two pages.
I have seen it. But these few pages, about the prices of supplies in the south and trivial matters in Lin'an... were from ten days ago, and there are also news from seven or eight days ago? This... is this a fake newspaper? "
"A month ago, the wealthy businessmen in Yangzhou gathered their connections and produced a Dibao to facilitate their business dealings. In order to facilitate the sale and distribution in our territory, they secretly copied the format and content of our Dibao, and only in the meantime,
A lot of content was inserted to facilitate their business dealings. This copy was collected from the post station in Guide Mansion when the Recorder was reorganizing the post road. The goods were just distributed the day before yesterday, and each copy was priced at seventy cents.
If you sell a copy, the postman will get five cents."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Guo Ning glanced at it again with great interest: "It's a shame that profiteers can think of such a trick. They must send people to inform all the inns that it is strictly prohibited to sell, unless they change the name and report it to the Recording Department
Pay a management fee!”
Guo Ning lowered his head and looked again. He flipped through two pages and noticed one of the lines.
After taking a closer look, it turned out that an official from the Song Dynasty named Xuan Zhen set off for Yangzhou today. His mission was to represent the emperor and pay tribute to Ying Chunzhi who died of illness during the Huaidong Economic Strategy. In addition, he also expressed condolences to those stationed in Yangzhou.
The first unit of the Loyalty Army.
How Ying Chunzhi died was known to Guo Ning even though he was thousands of miles away. This man instigated a riot in Zhongdu at the beginning of the year, almost frightening Guo Ning's wife and nearly killing Wang Shixian. The other related casualties were even more
It was a serious disaster. Guo Ning had already told him that he could not be allowed to live.
For the situation in Huaidong, Ying Chunzhi's life and death were not important at all. But the Song Dynasty court could cover its eyes and forcefully deny the death of such a frontier official, which proved that Yang Miaozhen had truly established a foothold in Huaidong.
Even a weak woman will become tough after struggling for a long time in troubled times, not to mention Yang Miaozhen is not an ordinary woman. She endured in Huainan for a long time, and received little attention from the Song Dynasty court, and only regarded her as a refugee fleeing south.
An ordinary share of the stock.
The imperial court wanted to pay attention to the remnants of the Red Coat Army, and it was Yang Miaozhen's rival Yang You who was cultivated, and Yang You always wanted to unite the Chuzhou and Zhenzhou loyalist armies.
At some point, Yang Miaozhen's troops would be forced to resist; and once they resisted, the force of the loyal army would be in perfect harmony with Jia She's use of the financial resources of many private businessmen, forming a force that even the Song Dynasty court had to be wary of.
The result is what it is now.
It seems that the territory of the Song Dynasty is as usual, but in fact, Huaidong, a large area, is about to change its color.
For Ding Haijun, this represents the continuous political and military weakening of the Song Dynasty, but it does not affect the relationship between the north and the south, let alone commercial exchanges. It is really a good thing worth celebrating. The great Zhou Dynasty is about to be reborn.
, so much need of a rich and weak neighbor.
Yelu Chucai turned sideways, read the few words, and sighed with emotion: "The former members of the Red Coat Army who fled to the Song Dynasty are short-sighted after all. They want to establish a vassal town in the Song Dynasty.
Right? It's a pity that even Yang Miaozhen didn't see it clearly..."
Guo Ning coughed a few times and replied sternly: "As the saying goes, the tide-turner stands at the head of the wave and holds the red flag in his hand without getting wet. If he only relies on the will of one person and goes against the hearts of millions, he is a single man, not a commander-in-chief. To do this,
The leader of tens of thousands of people must conform to the tide of people's hearts, and if he conforms to the people's hearts, then the heaven and earth will naturally work together."
Yelu Chucai thought for a moment and nodded slightly: "That's what the Duke said."
At this time, there was suddenly the sound of heavy footsteps outside. Yelu Chucai stood up and patted his robe.
Guo Ning also stood up.
He stood on tiptoe and looked outside the courtyard wall, his right hand casually resting on the hilt of the knife at his waist: "Who is outside? Is it the soldiers from the next group who marched here in advance? Ni Yi was lazy and didn't come to repay me first."
"Ni Yi is outside and has just finished some work." Yelu Chucai replied.
His expression was very solemn, but he suddenly showed unbearable joy: "My lord, do you know the name of the inn where we are?"
"How could you not know that this place is called Chenqiao Town and this inn is called Chenqiaoyi."