Chapter 39: Returning the Rain to the Sunny Counsel (36)

Jin Yi's eyes glanced at Han Gang, but Zhang Dian beside Han Gang sneered at Jin Yi's coercive words.

"The two Shenzhou envoys to Goryeo, the ambassador forgot. The ships built by China are as big as they are strong, and the boats and ships used by the maritime merchants may compete with the warships of our naval divisions on the sea. ”

Jin Yi turned his gaze and said to Zhang Dan: "Jiaozhi, the country of a thousand times, a hegemon in the South China Sea, the privy council raised his hand to destroy it." With the privy secret art of war, don't you know that avoiding the truth is false, which is the old skill of the northern captive. ”

The envoy of Goryeo finally hardened, and Zhang Tun's spirit was greatly lifted, "What is the virtual reality? When a hundred people attack, the defense of a thousand people is real, and when ten thousand people attack, the code of a thousand people is false. The change of reality and fiction is only in the difference between friend and foe. Just the pirates want to mess with our country, don't say that I am forbidden to the army, even the inspection department can arrest people. ”

"In China, I have heard a popular saying among the people, only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves. The pirates are unpredictable, and even if they are on guard, they will inevitably hurt the place. ”

Zhang Dian sneered: "There are vital injuries to people's diseases, muscles and bones, flesh and skin, and no injuries. Haikou is troubled by the sea, in Goryeo or for the vital point, muscles and bones, in my Great Song Dynasty, but the flesh and skin. ”

"Privy! The people should be merciful, can it be judged on the severity? ”

Zhang Dan doesn't care about such pedantic words, "There are armor protection and inspection in the township, and there are forbidden armies and box armies in the prefectures and counties." There are countless warships on the sea. If the thieves hurt our China, even if they are injured at all, they will sacrifice their lives! ”

Jin Yi sighed, there was a big problem in Zhang Dian's words, but what good could it be to seize the loophole to attack?

It's not that if you defeat him, you can get the aid of Da Song. The privy envoy is in control of the world's soldiers and horses, and he only needs to move his pen to make the aid of weapons and materials discounted, and in a word, he can dispel the idea of Empress Taishang helping the Great Goryeo Kingdom. Moreover, Zhang Dian is still the party in the palace that supports sending troops to help, isn't it completely confused to fight with him? !

With scruples in his heart, Jin Yi's rhetoric was no longer sharp, and in addition to pleading, he still pleaded.

From beginning to end, Han Gang didn't say a word. The more active ones are Cai Qu and Zhang Dian. One is the main literary struggle, and the other is the main martial arts, but even Zhang Dian did not say that he would immediately send troops to rescue Goryeo.

Jin Yi wanted to pull Han Gang down several times, but he always felt that Han Gang didn't take the initiative to speak in the palace, maybe there were other reasons. The good privy envoy resigned and became a Xuanhui envoy, and if it was domestic, it would definitely not be as simple as rumored.

If you talk to him and anger the other Zaisuke, the plea for help will be another twist and turn.

After several iterations in my heart, it was difficult to make up my mind. Until the last day, Jin Yi didn't dare to take the initiative to provoke Han Gang.

After the audience of the Goryeo envoys, he saw that Kim Yi and Yoo Hong were taken out of the city. Cai Qu, Zhang Dian and several other ministers shook their heads, these two envoys were really disappointed, and they wouldn't even listen.

finally taught the Empress Taishang how to deal with it, and the Zai Fu also deliberately guided the topic, but these two envoys didn't understand it at all. After a lot of hard work, like a pretty eye for a blind man to see, it has all become useless.

If the envoys of Goryeo were smart enough, they should know what the Great Song court needed. It is a pity that they did not show enough vision and insight in the temple.

If they can impress Zaifu in the palace, Da Song doesn't mind helping them and adding a little more chaos to the Liao Kingdom. Goryeo has been established for hundreds of years, and there are millions of Dingkou, and there are countless islands of all sizes around. There is no shortage of people's hearts and geographical advantages, if there is a brave and capable loyal minister who raises the banner to recruit troops and supports one or two side branches of the Wang family, even if Wang Hui and Wang Xun have surrendered to the Liao State?

Just now, Jin Yi was arguing in the palace, as long as he said, 'There are still soldiers, horses, and ships in the country, please guard the border for the Great Song Dynasty'. The support that has been prepared for a long time will be handed over to him without reservation.

It's a pity that Jin Yi only knows how to talk about it, and Liu Hong is even more wasteful. I don't know Lu Dao's own efforts, although Da Song has the heart to help, he is not throwing money into the water.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what should I do next?" Asked the Queen.

The attitude of the imperial court was made public in the Di newspaper and an envoy was sent to the Liao State to question, just like the mediation between the Liao State between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia Dynasty.

Before that, the imperial court had sent a national messenger to the Liao State to inform the news of the news. But in that national letter, there is no possibility that there will be anything related to Goryeo. The real justifiable intervention in the Liaoli war is still the arrival of the Goryeo envoy in the capital with the letter of honor.

It's a pity that Goryeo is too incompetent to resist the Liao army, otherwise, there will still be a chance to pit Yelu Yixin.

"We'll have to wait and see what happened in Goryeo." Zhang Dian sighed, "Jin Yi and Liu Hong are not usable talents. ”

Han Gang spoke for the first time in the hall, "There are only two of them, and the room for choice is too small." There are millions of households in Goryeo, and there are always one or two virtuous people. As long as you can contact them, you can support them to consume the national strength of the Liao State. As for Jin Yi and Liu Hong, just let them run in the middle. ”

"That's all it can be." Cai Qu shook his head, "I have to watch the Liao State annex Goryeo." ”

"This time, the Liao State captured Goryeo, and all the sea ships of Goryeo were returned to the Liao State. In case the Liao people cross the sea and come, Jiangnan may resist? ”

"Your Highness is worry-free." Cai Qu replied, "The wind and waves on the sea are far greater than the rivers, and the northerners are trembling when they cross the Yangtze River, let alone the sea? The river is only ten miles wide, and on the sea, thousands of miles are also idle. The spirit of the Liao people can be like a dragon horse before they get on the boat, but after they get off the boat, they will only be soft-footed shrimp. Women and children may also be captured. ”

"That's right." I was relieved to the Queen.

Zhang Dian sighed softly, and only Han Gang could hear it.

Sigh, of course.

Even if only one or two thousand people crossed the sea, as long as there was no prior defense, Jiangnan would inevitably be in chaos.

Jiangnan Zhulu, whether the forbidden army adds up to 30,000 is a question, and it is also the number in the military registration book, and the actual number is not clear even to Zhang Dan.

Guanxi, Hebei, Beijing, and Hedong, the four places accounted for more than ninety percent of the forbidden army in the world, and the rest were sprinkled like sesame seeds on baked cakes, scattered to the main cities and passes.

The roads in the south of the Yangtze River are far away from the border, and they have enjoyed peace for more than 100 years, of course, they don't need to be guarded by elite soldiers, from the forbidden army to the box army, up and down are rotten.

A few years ago, there was a thief of Liao En in Fujian, but with dozens of minions, it turned the world upside down, more than a dozen inspectors were dismissed one after another, and finally had to transfer Wang Zhongzheng to lead the army to deal with it, and the soldiers and horses had not yet arrived in Fujian, so Liao En knew the opportunity to come to be recruited.

Later, there was a joke that after Liao En was recruited, he went to Beijing to hand over his family to the third class hospital, which wrote that he was innocent and 'had no public or private offenses', and on the same day there was a Fujian military attache who was dismissed, and the reason for the book was 'stopped because of Liao En's affairs'.

The combat effectiveness of Jiangnan Zhulu is not similar to a joke, but a joke.

"It is not necessarily the Liao people who do not cross the sea, there will definitely be traitors in the Goryeo Kingdom, and we must strengthen our precautions at sea." Empress Xiang is still worried.

"There are also sailors in Jiangnan who can patrol the sea. However, the ship has not been overhauled for many years, and it is necessary to let Mingzhou, Hangzhou and other shipyards build new ships as soon as possible. Zhang Dian is also prevaricating. The establishment of a naval division to sail on inland rivers and lakes and the establishment of a navy to sail on the seas are completely different things.

The queen did not doubt him, nodded and said, "I will hand over the notebook in the next two days." ”

Zhang Dian responded, and Zeng Bu followed, "Your Highness, the iron ship of the Ordnance Supervisor seems to have achieved some results recently. ”

"Xuanhui! But really? Xiang said in surprise to the queen.

At the Xuande Gate, she sat next to the emperor. I heard Han Gang say that it takes decades of hard work to build an iron ship, but with each passing day, he has made some progress in the process of researching iron ships - and since then he has plate armor. A few days later, there was another spaceship.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness. The ordnance supervisor is under the Zhongshu Gate, and he should ask the prime minister and the big staff. Han Gang pushed it.

Han Gang was just a plank road in the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't really want to repair the iron ship, but because of the spaceship and plate armor, the imperial court has never stopped studying the allocation of the iron ship. When it comes to results, there is a point.

Empress Xiang followed Han Gang's words and looked to the east, Han Jiang did not move, and Cai did turn around.

Zeng Bu can get the news, and Cai will only get it earlier. The ordnance supervisor is among the 100 divisions in Beijing, and his status can be ranked in the top five. Since Lu Huiqing and Han Gang, they have been regarded as forbidden by successive prime ministers, and now they are under the control of Cai Qu, but they don't dare to move the personnel arrangements of the workshops and sub-bureaus inside, for fear that something will happen and it will be difficult to deal with it.

"Your Highness." Cai Qu said, "In the past, when building a ship, giant trees were used as keels and masts. No more than two or three. But since these two years, there have been keels and masts made of miscellaneous wood, and as long as they are hooped up with iron hoops, they can be used in the same way as giant trees. ”

Empress Xiang didn't understand it, and it was impossible for her to understand the structure of the ship, but she had a vague feeling from Cai Qu's answer, "Isn't it easier to build than before." ”

"Exactly." Cai did nodded, in fact, this is only a small progress, and there have been in the past, but it is not as good as now.

But the next one is not improvised.

"In addition, the Ordnance Superintendent is testing the iron keel and the iron ribs, and now there are two small ones. If the iron bone ship can pass through the sea in the future, the existing sea ship will be like an eggshell in front of the iron bone ship. ”

"Iron ship!?" The queen was pleasantly surprised.

"It's a boned ship...... Iron-boned wooden-hulled ship. Cai said calmly, "The current hydraulic forging machine is too lightweight, and it can only build plate armor, not a larger hull." It can only be lapped with planks for the hull. ”

"It's already good." Xiang Empress is very interested, although he doesn't know anything about keels and ribs, but the existing ships are like eggshells in front of the iron-bone ship, as long as he thinks about it, he knows what kind of value the road has, "The armory supervisor should be rewarded!" ”

She looked at Han Gang and then at Cai Qu, "Xuanhui initiated the initiative, and Cai Xianggong planned it, and they both made great contributions." ”