In the Southern Song Dynasty, I competed with Mongolia for the world

Chapter 189 Killing Li Quan
Lin'an City.

Going forward in time, to the middle of March in the first year of Baoqing, Zhao Yurui had just stabilized the capital at this time, and recently issued dozens of imperial edicts one after another, mainly adjusting civil and military officials.

Today is about half a month after his mutiny. When he went to court, he found that there were far fewer Chinese and military ministers than before, and nearly one-fifth of them had been replaced by new people.

But this is not enough, he will replace one after another, promote and reuse officials who were unsuccessful when Shi Miyuan was there.

After the dynasty was over, Zhao and Rui came to the Chuigong Hall. The royal case in the main hall was covered with materials sent by the Secretary of State, the Privy Council, and the Secretary of State.

It is basically the introduction and experience of local officials and important civil and military officials from various places in the Southern Song Dynasty.

He watches it every day and chooses talents from it.

Among them, he reads the most about Cui Yuzhi. Although he has never met Cui Yuzhi, he agrees and admires him very much.

When Cui Yuzhi took office in various places, he would recommend useful talents to the court when he saw useful talents, such as Wei Liaoweng, etc., but they were rarely reused by the court.

Now Zhao Yurui specially reuses the people recommended by Cui Yuzhi, because it is true that many of them are talented people according to the information.

It is a pity that they were not recognized by the imperial court in the original history, and the elites of the Southern Song Dynasty were not reused, which was a great loss for the Southern Song Dynasty.

There are not many people in the Chuigong Hall, there are Hu Song, Xu Shi, and other close attendants.

The emperor reorganized the servants and maids in the palace yesterday.

There were only more than 200 eunuchs in the Southern Song Dynasty, and there were also more than 200 court ladies, adding up to about [-].

The emperor was divided into five bureaus, with a hundred people as one bureau, each of whom performed their own duties. Among them, Mrs. Xu and the proprietress of Café de Coral, Zhou Qiong, were both ministers of the bureau, officially confirming their status as female officials of the fifth rank.

In addition to being known by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Hu Song is also the head of the Internal Treasury Bureau, which specializes in keeping the emperor's private money.

Taking advantage of this opportunity of restructuring, the emperor raised the monthly money for all the servants and maids. Originally, he wanted to give holidays, but Zhao Yurui thought about it. He just took control of the palace, so he had to wait a few years.

And it was decreed that in the future, the emperor would not have to work hard to choose maids from all over the country, but the closest one was near the capital.

The number of eunuchs and maids in the palace is kept at 500, and every time one is retired, one will be replaced.

This move was supported by many courtiers. It was to reduce extravagance and waste. After the new emperor came to power, he did so many things. This is the most reliable thing.

Seeing the emperor coming in, Mrs. Xu immediately took the two young maids to clear up the imperial case.

"Don't move, I'll clean up later." Zhao Yurui nodded and smiled at Xu Shi.

Xu blushed slightly, and immediately said softly: "Yes, Your Majesty." He stepped back slowly.

Hu Song followed in at this time, and the emperor sat in front of the imperial case and looked at the materials in front of him: "Have you all come?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, they are all in the side hall."

Zhao Yurui didn't speak, but carefully looked at the documents on the table.

There is a map of the Southern Song Dynasty and its surroundings in front of it, and it can be clearly seen that the major army heads are surrounded by it.

In this case, if you want to develop with peace of mind, you must hold on. First, stabilize the Kingdom of Jin, Mongolia, Xixia, and even the military leaders in various places.

And the most important places in the country, such as Lianghuai, West Beijing, and Sichuan, need trustworthy people to manage them.

"Call Du Gao first."

"According to the order."

Hu Song went out quickly, and after a while, Du Gao, the Zhizhi envoy of Huainan West Road and the transfer envoy, the Zhizhi envoy along the river, and the governor of Anqing Prefecture, came in.

Du Gao went to Huainan West Road on the second day of the mutiny, replacing Zeng Shizhong, and then returned to the capital recently.

Lianghuai is the front line of the Southern Song Dynasty against the Jin Dynasty, but there are Jiankang and Yangzhou on Liangjiang Road behind Huainan East Road. Zhao and Rui have sent Zhao Fan there, so they are more at ease for the time being.

Zhao Yurui was more worried about Huainan West Road, but he had already sent out the envoy for the peace talks with the Kingdom of Jin. As long as the Kingdom of Jin was stabilized, he would not be afraid to recuperate and develop behind closed doors for a few years.

"I bow to Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live your Majesty." Du Gao knelt down and bowed after entering.

Du Gao was a famous anti-Mongolian general in history, but of course Zhao Yurui didn't know that he reused Du Gao because of Li Zongmian's recommendation.

In fact, after he got in touch with Du Gao, he found that he was indeed a talented person, capable of both civil and military affairs.

In history, he defeated the Mongolian army going south in Anfeng (also where Huainan West Road is located), and then led Lu Wende and other famous generals to win consecutive battles, winning 27 times. He was one of the few generals in the Southern Song Dynasty who defeated the Mongolian army many times.

Du Gao also invented weapons such as goose pear cannon and three-bow ballista to help defend the city. Du Gao's son Du Shu also invented a kind of branch wood to help defend the city.

Although Zhao Yurui didn't know his history, they recognized his talent and entrusted him with great use without hesitation.

"Du Aiqing is free of courtesy, come and give me a seat."

When Du Gao sat down, Zhao Yurui took the map of Huainan West Road on the table and explained to him.

The last time the mutiny was successful, Zhao Yurui immediately asked him to change to Zeng Shizhong the next day. He first stabilized Huainan West Road, and then met Zhao Kui, and asked Zhao Kui to bring three hundred Zhao Yurui's soldiers from the capital. The horses returned to Huainan East Road, together with Zhao Kui's own Xiongfei, the two armies were strong and brave, and all the soldiers and horses belonging to the imperial court in Lianghuai were incorporated.

This time when Du Gao entered Beijing, Zhao and Rui wanted to set up the Two Huaidu Division, that is, merge the East and West Roads in Huainan.

In the Southern Song Dynasty in the past, there were quite a lot of officials from all walks of life, such as transfer envoys, comfort envoys, Jiedu Tui officials, etc., and nothing was mentioned when they were promoted.

Now Zhao and Rui are all abolished, only the system and envoys are set up, the local civil affairs power is handed over to Du Gao, and the military power is handed over to Zhao Kui, using the technique of separating the military from the government. (He didn't know at this time that Du Gao was actually better at fighting than Zhao Kui.)
Zhao Yurui asked Du Gao and Zhao Kui to cooperate, and the two Huaihe Rivers will train more than 5 soldiers and horses within two years.

Basically the same as Jiangnan Dusi, there are six armies of infantry and three armies of navy, a total of more than 4000.

Du Gao's task is to farm the fields, prepare food, repair water conservancy, operate mines, salt and tea, anyway, it is logistics support and people's livelihood.

The emperor has arrangements for how to do it. He can make decisions according to the emperor's arrangements and then according to the actual situation in Lianghuai.

There are no departments such as the Firearms Department in Lianghuai, and all firearms are provided by the imperial court.

Du Gao and Zhao Kui can make their own armor, but not firearms.

The part of building the armor is also responsible for the people sent by the imperial court.

Zhao Yurui finally said to him: "The most important thing for you now is to select the elite as soon as possible to form the nine armies and start training."

"The second is to do a good job in local water conservancy construction, do a good job in farmland, and ensure taxation and food."

"After the soldiers and horses are trained, the next step is to rectify the grain tax and commercial tax."

At the end, Zhao Yurui asked Du Gao, Du Gao, look, what is my biggest worry in Song Dynasty now?
Du Gao was not polite, and immediately said that apart from official corruption, it was land annexation.

Land annexation in the Southern Song had two particularly nasty effects.

One is that the local tyrants occupy too much land, but they are unable to cultivate it, so it actually leads to barrenness, and good grain fields are barren.

The common people who have no land have no land to cultivate, and become refugees or leave their hometowns, resulting in a decline in social productivity.

Zhao Yurui sighed, it's good that you understand, when you arrive in Lianghuai, first stabilize the civil affairs, and I will deal with it later.

Zhao Yurui couldn't say it clearly at this meeting, what he meant was that when the army was trained, we would use the powerful men.

At the end, a stern look flashed in Zhao Yurui's eyes.

When talking about the end of Ming Dynasty in previous lives, they said that it would be useless to change to any emperor. The landlord level at the end of Ming Dynasty was too powerful, and the emperor could do nothing about it.

How can it be useful for people to come in?
The Southern Song Dynasty was powerful and powerful, so it would be useful if the Yuan Dynasty came in?
Just kill.

As long as you have military power, kill them fiercely, and plunder directly, what kind of landlords and tyrants can still exist?

Zhao Yurui's intention was to be simple and rude. As long as Jin, Meng and Xixia were stabilized, the country was stable, and after training the soldiers and horses, they would immediately go on a killing spree. Kill a group of powerful people first, and clean up all the hidden lands in the country.

The trick of beating local tyrants to divide the land is useful at any time.

Du Gao still doesn't know what the emperor thinks. The emperor asked him to go to the local area to select talents, reuse upright officials, repair water conservancy, and prepare fields for war. These are all things he is more willing to do.

When he left Beijing again this time, the emperor transported a full 200 ​​million guan in silver to him, and went to the local area to flex his muscles.

This kind of support is unprecedented, and Du Gao is also full of confidence.

The monarch and his ministers had a conversation, and the emperor suddenly said: "Does Du Aiqing know about Peng Yibin?"

Du Gao immediately said: "Hebei righteous man, anti-gold hero, I have heard about it for a long time."

Zhao Yurui nodded and handed over a melody.

Du Gao reached out to take it, and after a few glances, his face was full of disbelief.

This is actually an official document sent by Peng Yibin to the imperial court. Peng Yibin wants to join hands with the imperial court to kill Li Quan.

"If you don't punish the rebels, you won't be able to recover. But you can send troops to strangle the Huai River, enter to occupy the mountains and seas, and cut off its southern route. Such thieves will either kill birds or behead them, but the court orders them. After the thieves are defeated, they will be recovered." One capital and three prefectures, and then Yibin will fight Hebei, Xuyi generals and Xiangyang knights will fight Henan, and Shenzhou will be restored." "

Peng Yibin wanted to cross the Yellow River and regain his homeland.

It was at this time in the original history that he wrote to the court to destroy Li Quan first, and then restore all the territory in Lianghuai, so that he could drive his troops north.

But at that time, Song Ting was afraid of Li Quan first, and at the same time he didn't want Peng Yibin to be big in the north, so he didn't express his position on the situation in Hebei and Shandong, neither rewarded Peng Yibin for his achievements, nor responded to Peng Yibin's letter.

Peng Yibin had no choice but to lead his troops to the north by himself, and was finally defeated by the Mongols. Shi Tianze of the Mongolian army persuaded him to surrender. Yes!" After saying that, he died calmly.

At this time, he wrote the same letter as in history, and instead of falling into Shi Miyuan's hands before, this time he came to Zhao Yurui's hands immediately.

Zhao Yurui looked at Du Gao, and asked intentionally: "I heard that Peng Yibin now occupies many places in Hebei and Shandong, with [-] soldiers, and the momentum is huge. According to Aiqing, is it possible to kill Li Quan? Will Peng Yibin be allowed to kill Li Quan?" The power is getting bigger and bigger?"

Du Gao thought for a while, then suddenly got up, plopped, and fell heavily on his knees.

"Your Majesty Qizuo, I would like to guarantee with my life that Peng Yibin is still a righteous man of the Song Dynasty, and sincerely regains the rivers and mountains. He will never be like Li Quan, who supports himself and dominates the region."

"Your Majesty, don't miss this opportunity. The time will never come again. This is the best chance to destroy Li Quan and recover all of Lianghuai."

"Du Aiqing has met Peng Yibin, is he familiar with him?"

"Never seen."

"Why do you trust so much?"

"Looking at his actions and listening to his words, he is always loyal to the court, and his mind is on the north. I conclude that it must be loyalty."

He also said that Peng Yibin never asked the court for a penny or a grain of food. On the other hand, Li Quan kept using various excuses to ask the court for money and food. When Shi Miyuan was there, he gave hundreds of thousands of military supplies every year .

But he has never been willing to contribute to the court and support his own self-respect.

Last year, killing Zhang Mengxian without authorization and forcing Xu Guo, the governor of Huaidong to death, was a serious crime of rebellion. Shi Miyuan didn't dare to turn his back on him and gave him money to appease him. This time, he can seize this opportunity and kill Li Quan.

"Okay." Zhao Yurui jumped up when they heard this.

"I am going to promote Li Quan to be the deputy envoy of the Huaidong system, and the general manager of the Lianghuai army and horses."

"A reward of 1 taels of silver, 20 copper coins, and [-] catties of sugar, and the title of Marquis of Chuzhou (Huai'an)."

Du Gao was dumbfounded.

"Du Gao, do you have the guts to go to Chuzhou?" The emperor said this, with endless killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Du Gao was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and shouted without hesitation: "I obey the order."

(End of this chapter)