On the Jiachen day of the ninth month of the first year of Ning Dynasty, the ascended king came to pay homage to the late emperor. He lay down and cried and mourned. In response to the instructions of the officials, he was given the posthumous title Ruiwu Zhaominxiao Emperor and the temple name Jingzong.
The next day, the king was promoted to the throne of the emperor. He took charge of the imperial court in Renzheng Palace. He appointed Tu Shanyi, the right prime minister of Shangshu, as the prime minister of the left, the marshal of the capital, and the political official of Pingzhang. He was the king of Guangyang County and said: "I am taking the throne, and I will be the prime minister." Whatever you see, speak up and don’t hide it.”
On the day of Renzi, he changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhenyou, granted a general amnesty, and treated Chinese and foreign subjects differently. On Wuchen day of the leap month, the old name Xun was restored, and the imperial edict was issued to the temple and temple of heaven and earth. From now on, there is no need to avoid the two words that were changed in the name, and envoys were sent to the Song Dynasty.
Guo Ning was not involved in this series of operations.
Perhaps this evil tiger would leave Zhongdu as soon as possible so that the emperor could feel more at ease. Even Tu Shanyi rarely mentions Guo Ning recently. Instead, he often urges Yousi to prepare the weapons, armor, baggage, etc. required by the ministry as soon as possible, and urges him to take office as soon as possible.
The arsenal of the Ministry of War in Zhongdu had been looted by Hu Shahu's troops before, and the arsenal commander and commander were all killed. Immediately afterwards, the arsenal was occupied by Guo Ning's troops. No one was killed, but suitable weapons were carefully selected and many were shipped out. As a result, the account book cannot be completed no matter what, and if you have to worry about it, I'm afraid it will involve a lot of old things.
Fortunately, the person who succeeded him as the commander of the arsenal was a member of Prime Minister Tu Shan's clan. The original Fu Baolang was Tu Shan Fushou. On the day Shan Fushou took office, he reported back to the Ministry of War that the account books of the arsenal had been burned by Hu Shahu's thieves, so everyone was frothing and scolded the rebels, and everyone was very happy.
Shan Fushou, the disciple in waiting, mobilized a sufficient amount of supplies and added them to Guo Ning's army, and Guo Ning's troops immediately set off. On the first day of September, the troops transferred from the Zhahe camp to Tongzhou, and ten days later arrived in Zhigu.
Many forces in the court know that Guo Ning's unit is a powerful force secretly cultivated by Prime Minister Tu Shan. Not only did it play an extremely important role in the previous coup, but it also allowed Prime Minister Tu Shan to overwhelm the public. Reliance on controlling the situation of the government.
Once the new emperor came to the throne, Prime Minister Tu Shan sent out strong troops under his command to stabilize the place, which was equivalent to handing over the military advantage of Zhongdu City to the emperor. It can be said that he was loyal to the emperor and the emperor was supreme.
So many courtiers came forward to praise him, and Zhao Bingwen, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, even used the metaphor of a king and his ministers being fished.
The emperor then appointed Shan Yi as his disciple, and went to Ludielu Meng'an in Zhongdu as a sign of commendation.
Of course, there were also those who were ignorant and wrote a letter stating that Guo Ning was indeed brave and that his troops should stay in Zhongdu to resist the Mongolian army. All these memorials are like stones sinking into the sea, with no further content.
Immediately, the emperor used Li Ying, a foreign minister of the Ministry of Industry and Industry, recommended by Shuhu Gaoqi, and Zhang Rou, the commander of Gongweizhi, to serve as propaganda officers and charge them, so that they could recruit troops on Zhongdu Road. In ten months, tens of thousands of elite troops were recruited and transferred to the Gongweizhi and Weijie armies to strengthen the city defense of Daxing Prefecture.
During this time, Guo Ning stopped for a while in Zhigu Village and was very busy traveling by sea and land every day.
On land, he would inspect the officers and soldiers in various ministries, urge the commanders and envoys to compile rosters of meritorious officers, report them to Guo Ning, and reward them generously based on their merits. He would also care for the injured, pay homage to the dead, and visit the families of the officers and soldiers accompanying the army.
Especially for the families of soldiers who died in battle, Guo Ning visited them one by one without hesitation. As a result, the family's team of disciples expanded by more than a hundred people, including several three- and four-year-old children, and there was really an additional group of young people in the old camp.
There were a group of children around him, and they had to be taught the rules. For a while, Guo Ning was in a hurry. In the next few days, I had to ask Lu Han to accompany me and take care of these little babies with my maids.
Guo Ning became a military governor when he was only in his early twenties. The official position of the Kingdom of Jin has no place in his heart, but there are always envious and jealous people. What's more, most officials kept the coup in Zhongdu a secret, so many outsiders, especially the natives in Baodi County, didn't know how powerful Guo Ning was.
Seeing this situation, they mocked and called Guo Ning's army a "baby camp" led by children.
This statement made Li Ting very angry. After hearing this, he immediately arrested several people and planned to beat them up as punishment. Guo Ning hurriedly reiterated military laws with Yizai Chucai, Du Shisheng and others, one of which was not to disturb the people.
Things on land are easy to solve, but things at sea are more energy-consuming.
This stall was mainly assisted by Jing Anmin and Wang Shixian, who worked together to reorganize the fleet.
The maritime trade fleet and boatmen that Wang Shixian received from King Kui and King Huo were based at Ganghuzhuang in Baodi County, close to the southern edge of the Baodi Salt Farm. Not far to the south of Zhuangzi, there is a river leading directly to the mouth of Yinglehuan.
The fleet stationed here generally used this as a base to undertake the task of traveling between Shandong and Liaodong. Sometimes it carried millet to Liaodong to relieve Shandong, and sometimes it carried millet to Shandong to relieve Liaodong.
In recent years, natural disasters have occurred frequently in Dajin, and the task of allocating grain and rice across the sea for disaster relief is very arduous. However, the imperial court never set up an official office responsible for the allocation of grain and rice between the two places, and allowed officials from the two places to directly recruit merchant fleets at high prices to complete the task.
According to popular standards, this move is much less costly than building a fleet specifically for water transportation. Moreover, maritime merchants are accustomed to sea transportation and are familiar with sea conditions, so they can dispatch food more safely and quickly, which can be said to benefit the country and the people. A win-win-win move for business.
Guo Ning didn't know whether it actually benefited the country and the people, but King Kui and King Huo made a lot of money from this and established great power in Zhongdu City. Miao Daorun and Zhang Rou led troops to raid the palace and reaped unprecedented benefits, so much so that they sent their cronies to meet Guo Ning, bringing rare gold beads and express their gratitude.
The problem is that although the nobles eat well, the boatmen and sailors live in extreme poverty, and it is common for them to die of cold and hunger.
On the one hand, Guo Ning reorganized and classified the fleet, and on the other hand, he contacted and talked with the leaders of the fleet one by one. Some were rewarded, some were demoted, and a few who were especially seeking death were inevitably selected and killed to anger the people. He also took time to inspect and inspect the boatmen and sailors who were familiar with the secrets of operating ships, and selected suitable candidates as new leaders.
In addition, compared with the previous supply of money and rice, higher benefits were promised, and there were additional monthly rewards for those above the small boss of the ship's crew.
Among the supplies delivered to Guo Ning's command in Zhongdu City, grain was actually the most important.
According to the military newspaper, it was because Zhuozhou was completely lost a while ago that the Mongolian army's outpost was really forced into Daxing Prefecture.
Hundreds of thousands of refugees fled into the city, and the armies that were urgently built were also eaten by people and horses. They consumed a lot of food every day, but the grain supply was completely cut off, so the price of food on the market soared day by day.
Xu Ding, the Minister of Household Affairs, was already very worried about the affairs of Daxing Mansion. He dispatched a large number of people to collect millet from house to house in the city, and disasters occurred every day, making him the target of thousands of people.
In addition, some people in the court began to constantly propose that, like the old practices during the Mingchang and Taihe years, it was allowed to accept millet to supplement officials and sell certificates, division titles, and temple quotas.
At this time, it is not easy to ensure that the soldiers have enough food and drink. But if we do it, we can stabilize the rapidly expanding team and ensure the stability of military morale.
By the end of September, Guo Ning put his base camp on the ship, and the officers and soldiers of various ministries also began to cooperate with the fleet, gradually mastering many essentials of shipping.
There was a leap month in the first year of Zhenyou. One night during the leap month of September, Guo Ning stood on the undulating bow of the ship and looked at the shore.
Most of the soldiers rested with the fleet, and the empty military camp became dark. Slightly south, across the river mouth, toward Zhigu Village, more and more refugees gathered. At night, bonfires were everywhere in the fields. Occasionally there were curses or plaintive cries, mixed in with the sound of the tide.
Guo Ning knows the situation of the refugees very well.
In the past few days, women have been sneaking into the military camp near the dock in Baodi County.
They spent the night with the soldiers, asking only for some food to take back to their husbands and children. Guo Ning couldn't stop it, so he could only ask the soldiers on night duty to show their respects and not to cause any loss of life.
The day before yesterday, when Guo Ning went to Zhigu Village, there was a down-and-out scholar with his wife and children, and he begged Guo Ning to take him in. Guo Ningzheng was short of available scholars, so he gave him some noodles and promised to take them with him on his return trip.
But on the way back, they found that the hungry rioters robbed the bread and killed the scholar's family.
In troubled times, human life is like a piece of grass.
What's more, the people who are about to make waves in this troubled world are from a different race. They are as ferocious as the alien races that have risen before, but their barbarity is far greater.
"We're almost ready, that's it. Let's set off tomorrow!" Guo Ning said in a deep voice.
In the cabin, Yi La Chucai was writing furiously under the oil lamp. He nodded: "Yes."
(End of Volume 2)
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