On the eighth day of the lunar month, even in the south of the Yangtze River, I already felt the cold, and it was even more biting cold when the river breeze blew. A fleet of naval vessels had already taken advantage of the early tide to move north along the canal, turning into Taihu Lake at dawn and entering the Yangtze River from Wuhu. The fleet then turned into a diamond-shaped formation with full sails and sailed up the river in a fighting posture, although it was against the current, but it was downwind, so the speed of the ships was not slow.

"The Yangtze River is so fucking long!" Zhao Yu stood on the deck of the top cabin and looked at the gray river, and couldn't help but think of the feelings of people in his previous life when he saw the Yangtze River for the first time, and couldn't help but murmur and chuckle. However, at that time, the Yellow River had been cut off during the dry season, and the water surface of the Yangtze River was definitely far less wide than it is now, and the flow of water was large. But it is not as prosperous as in later generations, and in addition to farmland and scattered villages and towns on both sides of the river, it is difficult to see the city with dim lights.

"Official, Laba porridge is ready!" Wang De went to the deck, rubbed his hands, and said to the little emperor with a smile.

"Well, do you have all the armies?" Zhao Hao twisted his face and asked.

"The official's family, the day before the voyage, the little one sent the rice beans and dried fruits to the army, and he will definitely be able to drink them today. I don't believe that the official family smells it, and there is porridge in this river breeze. Wang De snorted and said.

"Hehe, that's true when you say that, let's all go and drink a bowl of porridge, I want to drink a few more bowls!" Zhao Hao smiled and greeted the accompanying guards.

"Have you found out, as long as Your Majesty's spirit will improve immediately, you will have to eat two more bowls of rice!" Chen Dun then followed and smiled at a few guards.

"Yes, looking at His Majesty's sad face in the palace every day, we are also uncomfortable in our hearts, and we are happy to work hard outside!" Fa Zheng also said with a smile.

"Hmph, I'm a war maniac!" Zhao Hao smiled wryly and shook his head, but did not say anything.

According to the original plan, Wen Tianxiang's troops immediately mobilized all their troops to march north after the start of the campaign, occupy Jiangxi Province, and fight for Ezhou; Jiang Cheng led his army from Guangxi, annihilated the land of Huguang Province, and captured Jiangling in order to control the entire defensive line. Among the three armies, Wen Tianxiang is all the way to the rebel army, and the equipment is mainly based on cold weapons, and the combat effectiveness is the weakest.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes, and the enemies of Jiangxi Province could only entrench themselves in the governors of various state capitals under the pressure of the rebel armies from all walks of life, and quickly recovered many state capitals in the war. However, Ezhou is an important town along the Yangtze River, and after the enemy integrated the forces in the south of the Yangtze River, there were three ten thousand households and one naval army ten thousand households stationed here. After our army conquered Jiangzhou, the enemy stationed in Longxing Wanhu took the initiative to withdraw and enter Ezhou in order to prevent the rear road from being cut off, making the Ezhou army reach 50,000 households and more than 40,000 enemies. With the strength of Wen Tianxiang's troops, it was not only difficult to complete the scheduled combat mission, but there was a danger of being defeated.

Jiang Cheng's troops were overwhelmed all the way, and their troops were approaching Jiangling, but the left flank was the enemy's Yunnan Province and Shaanxi Sichuan Province, and they had to stay and garrison them to guard the dangerous points, so as not to suffer the enemy on their backs. Therefore, only one division of troops was available for advancing north to Jiangling, but it had to be on guard against the enemy on the left flank from time to time, so it was unable to reinforce Wen Tianxiang. However, Zhao Mengjin's troops attacked Jiangzhou and suffered from insufficient troops, unable to continue to advance westward, and were ordered to go on the defensive.

Zhao Yu sent Dong Yicheng's troops to reinforce them, but they only had three marine brigades, and only 10,000 people could participate in land operations. He could only let the Marine Brigade reinforce the Jiang Cheng Department first, capture Jiangling first, and control the river with the navy. Although it prevented the enemy from crossing the river to reinforce, it also increased the enemy's determination to fight to the death. In the case of being unable to capture Xiangfan, if Ezhou is not under his control, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River will face enemy attacks at any time.

The war is urgent, and only the war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces is over, and there is barely enough strength to reinforce. However, Zhang Shijie was busy arranging the defense line along the river, and Jiang Xuan's main energy was to recruit and train new soldiers and raise heavy supplies, and there was no suitable general to lead the troops. And the only troops that can be mobilized are the imperial guards, and only the emperor can command them. In addition, he couldn't enter Lin'an City for the time being, and he was relieved to leave Ni Liang to guard him, so Zhao Yu took command again and led the troops to recruit in person.

However, looking for and knowing that you are young will inevitably make people doubt your lack of ability, and in addition, the things of seeking fame and fortune cannot be taken advantage of by those with ulterior motives. Therefore, before leaving, he issued a series of imperial decrees, the first of which was to open more Kaienke scholars next year and reopen Taixue. Don't think that this is just to select talents, Zhao Hao knows that this is also one of the brainwashing measures.

Confucianism took morality as a model, while the Song Dynasty founded the country with literature and made the establishment of Confucian morality a top priority. At the same time, the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty vigorously promoted the Confucian morality and responsibility of righteousness, sincerity, self-cultivation, unity of family, governing the country, and leveling the world, and publicized the core values of "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism". Gaozong and Empress Wu personally wrote nearly 200 stones, which were carved by people and placed in Taixue. The Emperor also adhered to the orthodoxy of science, and raised the rank of kings and ministers, fathers and sons to the status of "heavenly principles".

After Song Nandu, through various channels and various social forces, this moral orientation and core values were spread to the people, which was both down-to-earth and did not leave dead ends. Schools at all levels study the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and the content of the imperial examination is also inseparable from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". After the state and county officials arrived, they would definitely build tribute monasteries, build schools, worship the sages, and educate the people as the first priority.

Retired officials, squires, scholars, and tutors, all of whom are local elites, are actively involved in the promotion and education of core values. They either formulated various township rules and conventions to regulate people's moral behavior, or disseminated scientific ideas through school teaching; Or write aphorisms and court mottos to educate ordinary people on "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism". For the education of children and teenagers, there are enlightenment books such as "Thousand Character Text" and "Three Character Classic". Even in the southern opera and scripts, there is no shortage of stories of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, so that the old man Tian is educated in the joy of hearing and seeing.

It was through the above series of measures that the imperial court cultivated the core values of "loyalty to the monarch and patriotism" of the military and the people to a certain extent, but after the fall of Jiangnan, the Yuan court never opened a course, and forced many scholars to change to Mongolian because they did not know Mongolian and could not be officials, which destroyed this tradition and foundation to a certain extent. However, if you choose to open the course at this time, you can not only win the hearts of the people and win the support of the scholars, but also quickly restore the educational institutions at all levels and rebuild the sense of morality.

In addition, Zhao Yu ordered the local state government to name and report on those who have filial piety in order to commend them. Because Zhao Yu also figured out the routine, the people are the basis of rule, only family harmony can make society stable, and loyal ministers must come out of the door of filial piety. This is also an important means of selecting talents and maintaining the rule, and it is also of positive significance at a time when the war is still unsettled.

In addition, Zhao Yu also decreed that all outstanding taxes and loans after the first year of Deyou were exempted, and that the interest on private debts owed by the people could no longer be paid. At the same time, in Lin'an Mansion and the recovered state capital, Huimin and Jiju were restored, and the Drain Zeyuan was restored, and the nursing home and Anji Fang were rebuilt. Huimin and Jiju are equivalent to the current public hospitals, which are responsible for purchasing and selling drugs to ensure the quality of medicinal materials, stabilize drug prices, and allocate doctors. When the epidemic breaks out, it will administer medicine and medical treatment free of charge; The Drain Garden is a public cemetery, which is used to bury the bodies of the poor and the ownerless who do not have a cemetery; Nursing homes, safe houses, and the adoption of the homeless and sick poor.

Although most of these institutions also began in the Northern Song Dynasty, they were also abolished later. Don't underestimate these measures, these are all related to people's livelihood, so that ordinary people can get benefits, can be quickly closed, can also be said to buy the people's hearts. After the implementation of the imperial examination system, ordinary people could also be promoted to the rank of scholars, and these officials from civilian families often had a certain sympathy for the poor people, so that they could also be exchanged for their loyalty. Of course, Zhao Yu is very happy to do things that kill two birds with one stone and benefit the country and benefit the people.

Although Zhao Hao secretly sent troops to this pro-conquest, he had already secretly arranged it, and it could be 'declassified' and announced to the public after five days. And the reason why he did this is because he knows the role of role models for upward and downward effects, and how he stands and acts as a ruler, ordinary people see it: is such a country worthy of "love", and is such a monarch worthy of "loyalty"? is the most realistic problem in front of them. Moreover, the values of loyalty and patriotism cannot be realized simply by education and appeal.

Zhao Hao did this, which explained why the emperor did not enter the city for a long time, and also showed off in front of the public, improved his prestige, and attacked dissidents, putting them in a ......

"Zheng Yong, how long will it take for us to get to Ezhou?" Zhao Hao returned to the cabin and asked while drinking porridge.

"Your Majesty, Wuhu is two thousand miles away from Ezhou, and if it is downwind, it will take about ten miles per hour, but our army does not know hydrology for the first time, so we can only sail during the day, and I am afraid that it will take about 20 days." Zheng Yongyan said.

"Didn't you get a water pilot?" Zhao Yu put down the spoon and asked.

"Your Majesty, we have recruited a few boat divisions from the enemy's naval army, but they all use lake boats with shallow drafts, and most of the warships in our fleet are sea ships, and it is the dry season, so they don't dare to sail at night." Zheng Yong replied.

"No, it's too long, we have to travel day and night, and we must reach Ezhou within ten days." Zhao Hao shook his head and said. In this dispatch, Zhao Yu transferred a regiment of the Second Brigade, the Artillery Brigade, the Mountain Brigade and the Pro-Guard Brigade from the escort army, and the naval divisions of the escort army were all dispatched, and some civilian ships were requisitioned to carry the baggage, with a total of 30,000 troops and more than 200 boats of various kinds. And the war over there is urgent, once Wen Tianxiang's troops are defeated, it will be a big trouble, so it is necessary to rush to Ezhou at night, even if it is a day early.

"Your Majesty, it's too risky, it's better to be cautious!" Zheng Yong also put down the spoon and said.

"Zhang Zizhen can get by, and we have no problem." Zhao Yu scooped up a mouthful of porridge and ate it, and said again.

"Your Majesty, now is the dry season, there is little rain upstream, and the water situation changes very quickly, so we can't look at it the same way." Zheng Yong still shook his head.

"Well, you have a point." Zhao Yu nodded, there is little water upstream, sandbanks, shoals and reefs will be exposed, becoming a huge obstacle to boating, and the water situation changes almost every day, he thought about it, "How far are we from Jiangzhou?" ”

"More than 700 miles!" Zheng Yong replied after a moment's thought.

"Okay, Feige sent a letter to Liu Wenjun, asking him to order the water village along the way to monitor, survey the water situation, provide water maps, and send boats to divert water." Zhao Yu said.

"Well, Your Majesty's idea is good, and your subordinates will do it immediately, so that we can relay each other day and night!" Zheng Yong listened to the great joy.

"Don't be in a hurry at this time, it's not too late for you to finish drinking porridge." Zhao Hao smiled and asked him to sit down to eat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zheng Yong couldn't refute His Majesty's good intentions, and after sitting down, he drank the porridge in two sips and quit the cabin.

"Swallowing dates, it's really a waste of deliciousness!" Zhao Yu sighed and said, pointing to the empty bowl and asking Wang De to serve another bowl to himself.

In Zhao Yuji's previous life, drinking laba porridge was just a formality, no matter what kind of rice, beans, dried fruits, etc., anyway, it was enough to make eight kinds of porridge and boil a pot of porridge. If you are too lazy to do it, you can just buy a bowl and forget it, as for why you drink this bowl of porridge, no one has studied deeply. When he was in Qiongzhou, he would cook porridge in the Laba dining room, and the Queen Mother would also donate some rice beans to the temple, or arrange for the attendants to build a porridge shed outside the palace to give porridge, but he always felt that there was something shortcoming.

This year, Zhao Yu drank the taste, and the reason was that there was winter here, which made him drink the taste of his previous life. But he also felt that there was another taste in it, some like those heroes who went to Xia Ke Island, with the determination to drink Laba porridge. If you think about it, it is really a little bit like if you fail to aid Hubei, years of planning will be tantamount to falling short, and the ship entering the Yangtze River is equivalent to entering the battlefield, after all, the other side is still occupied by the Yuan army, and it may attack your own fleet at any time.

"Your Majesty, Wuhu Zhenfu envoy Liu Zhixue is waiting for the holy driver at the dock!" Zhao Yu's third bowl of porridge hadn't finished yet, and Chen Dun entered the cabin and said.

"I'm going to fight, not to visit, what to drive!" Zhao Yu put down the bowl and said with a wry smile, but the general came to greet him, and he didn't even show his face, which was not suitable. So he could only drink the last mouthful of porridge and put on the deck.

"Three cannon sounds, tell them that the battle on the front line is urgent, I led the army to help, it is inconvenient to stay, thank them for their kindness!" Zhao Yu looked at the riverbank with a telescope, and saw that the wharf outside the city was full of Song officers and soldiers, led by Liu Zhixue, who ordered not to stop the boat, only fired a cannon to salute him, and told him in flag.

"Your Majesty is mighty, and you are victorious!"

"Your Majesty is mighty, and you are victorious!"

"Great Song is mighty!"

"Great Song is mighty!" ……

As soon as the flag was issued, before the cannon fell, there was a roar like a landslide on the opposite bank, and the soldiers of the Second Division headed by Liu Zhixue stood solemnly and saluted the imperial boat, and the soldiers who went out to fight back in line on the port side. Zhao Hao waved to the crowd on the dock, and a group of sentinel boats rushed out of the water village and sailed to the front of the fleet, guiding them......