"Ahem......" Seeing that the scene was a little out of control, Zhao Yu coughed lightly twice, and the palace suddenly quieted down, whether it was the excitement just now, or the one who was talking to each other, and watching the situation, they all sat up straight and didn't dare to say anything more.

"The matter about Haozhou is approved by the king and me!" Zhao Yu took a sip of herbal tea and said, "Among them, I think that all the ministers have already learned from the Di newspaper, and there are also judgments about the merits and demerits. If you feel that I have dealt with it unfairly, you can write a letter to admonish you, and I will give you a chance to speak. If anyone disturbs the temple, I will not forgive! ”

"Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers are guilty!" All the ministers hurriedly got up and saluted together, they all knew that although the little emperor's words seemed to be not light, but if someone dared to ignore the good and bad, they would definitely not be able to get good fruit to eat.

"Wang Xiang, please continue!" Zhao Yu glanced at the people in the hall, and everywhere he looked, everyone lowered their heads and avoided it, but he smiled secretly in his heart, but he still waved his hand with a stiff face to let everyone sit down again, and asked Wang Yinglin to continue to make a report.

"Yes!" Wang Yinglin bowed his hand and said. My heart is also full of gratitude, knowing that the little emperor took the initiative to take over this matter, not only to protect himself, but also to stand up for him. And he also saw the prestige of the little emperor among the new generation of bureaucrats, and realized that the day of the change of the court was not far off, and perhaps ten years later, the ruling of the court would come from among these people.

After the venue was quiet again, Wang Yinglin continued to introduce the domestic situation, as well as the current difficulties faced by the imperial court and the countermeasures, and asked officials at all levels to perform their duties impartially and cooperate with the imperial court to do a good job in immigration and increase the population of the Lianghuai region in order to restore the prosperity of this area. Finally, he once again emphasized the significance of the stability of the newly acquired areas to the national defense and economy of the Great Song Dynasty, and warned everyone not to be affected by some opposing voices of the imperial court, to take a long-term view, and not to care about the immediate gains and losses and small profits.

After Wang Yinglin finished speaking, Zhao Yu did not say anything more about civil affairs, but mainly introduced the current military situation. First of all, the achievements of the Northern Expedition were praised, and the officers and men of all departments were commended for their courage in fighting without fear of sacrifice. Then, the conversation changed and he expounded on the difficulties and grim situation we are currently facing.

First of all, since the Northern Expedition, the Great Song Dynasty can be said to have mobilized the troops of the whole country, and while achieving victory, the armies also paid a large number of casualties. According to preliminary statistics, more than 50,000 casualties have been caused by combat deaths, illness, and accidents in the eastern battlefield alone. In particular, the Imperial Protectors, who participated in almost all the major battles, suffered more than 30% casualties, which could be a great price. Although the casualties of the Western Group were relatively small, there were more than 20,000.

Second, the various units have been fighting abroad for nearly a year, and they have fought more than 400 battles of various sizes, so it can be said that battles are happening every day. Even now, small-scale conflicts with the Mengyuan are still frequent, and the remnants of the Mengyuan army that have been exterminated in the newly restored land have not been completely cleared, and they are still colluding with the remaining forces to launch riots and attack the state and plunder the capital. Due to the war, the people were displaced, or gathered to raid their homes and houses, or were coerced by bandits to loot in various places.

Therefore, the military situation in the rear remains critical. The forbidden army not only had to garrison in important military towns, but also had to deal with the disturbance and invasion of the Mongol and Yuan armies. The constant riots and banditry were serious, and the state troops guarding the area had to ensure the smooth flow of communication lines and the safety of materials and cities, and at the same time had to deal with the bandits and make them exhausted. Under the strength of the state army, some of the forbidden troops also had to assist the local counterinsurgency and bandits. This also greatly constrained the forces of the various ministries, and it was difficult to organize large-scale battles.

In addition, the various units of the forbidden army were already extremely tired from fighting abroad for a long time, and the casualties and illnesses of sleeping outside the country also increased, and the troops fought several large-scale battles in succession, and failed to carry out effective rest, which was also not conducive to organizing and launching a new offensive. Now that it is summer, the rain has increased and the river has swelled, which has also increased the difficulty of the war to a certain extent.

In addition, the Northern Expedition consumed a great deal of materials, according to statistics, each unit consumed 1.5 million catties of gunpowder, more than 200,000 rounds of artillery shells, more than 50,000 rockets, and millions of guns and shells. More than 1,000 large and small artillery pieces, more than 50,000 flintlock guns, 10,000 war horses, and heavy loads such as vehicles, boats, and camp tents were also damaged or lost.

Some of the supplies have been seized, but many are not applicable and it is still difficult to fill the needs. In particular, firearms are manufactured by the Lin'an Military Weapons Superintendent, and they are now producing day and night, but it is still difficult to fill the consumption on the front line, and they can only rely on stocks to replenish them. This not only made it impossible to replenish the lost guns of the forward units in time, but also made some newly formed units have no guns to use.

At present, the strategic goals of the East Group have basically been achieved, and although the West Group has also completed most of the goals, Xiangyang has still not been captured. But the importance of Xiangyang to Jiangnan needless to say, if you can't control Xiangyang, Meng Yuan can still rely on this to enter the Yangtze River to the south, at that time not only Jiangnan crisis, the newly recovered Lianghuai and Huaibei land is also like a rootless Ping, there is a danger of gaining and losing.

At the same time, the Sichuan-Shu battlefield has also entered a critical period, although it is not as important as the two main battlefields, but it is also an important strategic goal. Sichuan and Shu are gone, and the Great Song Dynasty is also facing the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy, and the Great Song Dynasty of Sichuan and Shu can fill the loopholes in the upper defense, and can also threaten the hinterland of Mengyuan, causing it to lose an important tax land, and then weaken its economic capacity.

Therefore, limited to the military industry and material supply capacity, under the condition that the main strategic objectives of the Eastern Group have been accomplished, the various units temporarily shifted to a resting and defensive posture, consolidated the newly restored land, concentrated their forces on the Jingxiang and Sichuan-Shu battlefields, and captured Xiangyang and Chongqing as soon as possible, so as to complete the set goals of the Northern Expedition.

After talking about the situation in China, Zhao Yu began to introduce some information on Meng Yuan that he had obtained. I inform you that after a series of military defeats, the Mengyuan Imperial Court has readjusted its ruling policy towards us, shifted from military confrontation to peace, and sent a peace envoy, and has now arrived in Kaifeng, ready to negotiate peace with our dynasty and end the current war between the two countries.

However, Zhao Yu also warned the officials that although the Meng Yuan side seemed to have succumbed to the current military defeat, we should not be complacent, let alone let our guard down. Meng Yuan had now reorganized the ruling clique, removed a large number of officials, tried to raise money and food, and began to form a new army and send troops to Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi. Therefore, we should not be deceived by all kinds of illusions made by Meng Yuan, but should still maintain sufficient vigilance to prevent the enemy from counterattacking with fake peace talks.

Subsequently, Zhao Yu briefly introduced Meng Yuan's current military strength. At present, the two corps of Wanhu Mansion in Huaibei Prefecture in Henan Province and Wanhu Mansion in Hebei Province in Shandong Province deployed by Meng Yuan in Lianghuai and the Central Plains region have basically been completely annihilated, and the guards and troops guarding the Beijing Division have been severely damaged, and the Tuntian Army and Tanma Red Army in the areas guarding Jingxiang and Lianghuai have also been wiped out, losing more than 300,000 soldiers.

However, the Mengyuan Dynasty had a vast territory, and even if it lost Jiangnan and Jingxiang, Henan, Hebei, Shandong and other places, it still retained most of the area. In addition to the Wanhu Mansion of the Mongolian Army Capital on the East Road and the Marshal Mansion of the Mongolian Army on the East Road, the province also has a Mongolian army under its jurisdiction. As a supplement to the town, there are still Goryeo, Jurchen, and Han army Wanhu mansions built. Goryeo and other soldiers generally do not leave their hometowns, that is, the so-called village soldiers, but they will also be transferred to other areas to participate in the campaign.

As the main force of the Mengyuan military force, the Zongwang Army was stationed in the grassland in peacetime, and still maintained the system of integrating soldiers and people, and listened to the dispatch to go out in wartime. There are garrisons to defend Mobei and Moxi, and the Northwest Army Corps used against the Chagatai Khanate and the Ogedai Khanate and the rebel hostile forces, as well as the Central Forbidden Brigade stationed in Shuhelin, which can gather 300,000 troops in wartime, and has a Xuanwei Division, but the supreme military command of Mobei is held by King Chuzhenzong; The eastern grasslands are mostly the land of the kings and the Jurchen, Shuidada and other ethnic groups, which are supervised by Liaoyang Province.

These armies were the most elite combat forces of the Mengyuan Dynasty, and because they were far from the battlefield and were not hit, their formation and strength remained intact. After the Mengyuan court transferred Boyan back to the central government, it especially organized and adjusted military deployments. Now Zhenjin has ordered more than a dozen Zongwang to lead the army south out of the town, and from the northwest, Liaodong and other garrisons to stay in the Zongwang army to use the method of 'one out of ten' to select elites into Beijing, incorporated into the guard army, and rebuild the Kipchak, Hararu and Semu guards.

In addition, Zhenjin selected elite soldiers from the four cowardly Xue Wanhu, and ordered more than 100 officials to be good at riding and shooting their children into the cowardly Xue to enrich the cowardly Xue team, and at the same time eliminated those who were cowardly and weak and messed with the children, and restored the original face of the heavy military function when the cowardly Xue was first established, and became an elite military force under the command of the Great Khan, taking on the task of protecting the Great Khan and suppressing the rebellion. At the same time, Zhenjin also ordered the rebuilding of the Han army Zhuwei that had been completely annihilated, and transferred the guards who guarded Helin to the Han army and the Wuwei of the Han army, and restored the five guards of the Han army on this basis.

In order to solve the financial difficulties, the Yuan court not only stepped up the collection of local arrears, ordered the emperor to increase offerings, but also ordered to increase the taxes on salt, iron, wine, etc., and increased the amount of money to increase the state revenue. In order to implement it, and follow the Han Dynasty's 'reckoning order', encourage the people to report and conceal, and those who conceal or report themselves are not true, and those who know are encouraged to expose them. If the accusation is found to be true, all the property of the defendant shall be confiscated, and a fine of one year shall be imposed on the border, and the informant shall be rewarded with half of the confiscated property.

When the little emperor said this, he caused a burst of exclamations from below, and everyone knew that as soon as the order came out, he could only fish with all his might. When the water dries up, there are a lot of fish at first, and then the fish are gone. Compete for profit with the people, rob the people's wealth, and the profit will be gone. Therefore, after the end of Emperor Wu, the powerful Han Dynasty also entered a long period of decline, and it was not until the time of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty that he changed course and recovered slightly. Meng Yuan's adoption of this method is tantamount to self-destruction......

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