Su Yonglin picked up the pen and drew a circle on the map at three locations: Yanyun, Huainan and Sichuan.
This is the direct-controlled position among the three in his plan.
Then he looked at the map again and clicked a little more in the Guangdong, Guangxi and Hexi regions.
"From north to south, after passing Huainan, there is Jiangnan, and after passing Jiangnan, there is also Lingnan. In other words, people in Jiangnan think that people from Lingnan are southerners, and people in Lingnan think that people in Lingbei are all northerners, so I think the Wuling area is an important transportation In the future, the Central Government will also establish direct jurisdiction over the Wuling area.
As for the Guanzhong area, compared to Guanzhong, I think the Hexi Corridor is more important to the Ming Dynasty. If you master the Hexi Corridor, you can control the Western Regions. The Han, Jin, Sui, and Tang all controlled the Western Regions through the Hexi region, and then the Central Plains Dynasty The power extended westward to the land of Congling.
The loss of the Western Region also started with the loss of Hexi. Once Hexi was lost, the entire Western Region would be lost and uncontrollable. This had been the case since the Mid-Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, because of Xixia, the possibility of managing the Western Region was lost.
Therefore, I believe that after the Xixia is eliminated and annexed in the future, the central government will be directly under the central government in the Xixia hometown, and the central government will directly send troops to control it to ensure complete control of this transportation hub, and then we can march into the Western Regions and challenge those further west. Liao. "
In this passage, Su Yonglin did not avoid Yelu Yuanyi and Yelu Chenghui, two representatives of the Khitan people.
And they didn't show any confusion or surprise.
Obviously, their identification with the Ming Empire has already surpassed the vague and invisible Xiliao. They have no feelings for Xiliao, and they identify more with the Ming Dynasty that gave them a new power status.
If someone insists on connecting them with the Western Liao at this time, they will still be angry and argue, saying that they are from the Ming Dynasty and not from the Liao Dynasty, and that they are willing to work hard for the Ming Dynasty rather than for the illusory Liao Kingdom.
This attitude is one that Su Yonglin is very satisfied with, which shows that his win over the foreign elites is very successful, and his plan to use them to compete with the Shandong civil servants is also very smooth, achieving the current balance of government affairs.
This state still needs to be maintained, at least until Xixia is pacified.
After putting forward the future plan for the central government directly under the central government, the officials had no opinion on Su Yonglin's establishment of a centrally controlled area in Huainan.
Because this is indeed a very meaningful action from a geographical perspective.
As a result, this decree was passed, so the area along the Huainan East Road in the Song Dynasty would be under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Shangshu Province of the Ming Dynasty. It would be the second central government directly under the Central Government after the Yanyun area, and was called the Lianghuai Central Government.
As for the issue of garrisoning, we will continue to place the Youyi Army and Zhou Zhi headquarters of the Henan Corps in the local area. Zhou Zhi will lead the Youyi Army to be responsible for the military defense of Huainan East Road.
The next thing belongs to the court officials and the organization department of the Renaissance Society.
Because these two departments are all members of the revival meeting, it can also be said that they are related to the revival meeting.
Su Yonglin expelled Southern Song Dynasty officials from the eight state capitals on Huainan East Road, and the Ming army also intimidated and attacked the local landlords and gentry. Therefore, at this moment, the reactionary forces on Huainan East Road were at their weakest.
Su Yonglin planned to let the Fuxing Association use the power of the official department to place a large number of outstanding new members on Huainan East Road to fully control the local population of less than 800,000.
It is true that the current Huainan East Road is not as good as before because of the Yellow River problem, and can even be said to be desolate, but one day the Yellow River problem will be under control, and by then, the revitalization of Huainan will not be a problem.
The revival of Huainan and even the entire Central Plains under the leadership of the Renaissance Society will not be a problem.
Su Yonglin believed so firmly.
As soon as several revival meetings were held, the entire Huainan East Road official and staff issues, as well as grassroots organization issues, were clarified.
It is not difficult to govern a population of less than 800,000, and it is convenient for the Renaissance to build a new political organization in a short period of time, and then give the new people the opportunity to exercise their administrative abilities.
Learn everything from Haizhou, follow Haizhou in everything, and strive to build Huainan East Road, including the future Huainan Central Government, into the first complete "Revival Province" in the Ming Dynasty.
What follows are all the minutiae.
For example, it was stipulated that the Southern Song Dynasty's war compensation of 6.2 million copper coins to the Ming Dynasty would be repaid in five years, with additional interest paid every year. It was stipulated that payment should be made in May after spring plowing every year, and the method was to send it to Huainan via Guazhou Ferry. place.
There are also annual coins worth 250,000 taels of silver and 250,000 bolts of silk. They need to be transported to the riverside every year in October after the busy autumn harvest, and transferred to Huainan via Guazhou Ferry. Officials are dispatched for inspection and delivery.
As for the contents of silver silk cloth and discounted items included in the annual coins, it needs to be agreed upon by both the Ming and Southern Song Dynasties and implemented uniformly without any errors.
Finally, there is the issue of title.
Because the Southern Song Dynasty agreed to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Yu's title should be confirmed and canonized by Su Yonglin before it would be truly legally binding.
In this regard, both sides actually take a step back.
Originally, according to Su Yonglin's idea, they could be given the title of Lord of the Jiangnan Kingdom instead of the emperor's title, so that Zhao Gou and Zhao Yu could experience what Li Yu felt back then and humiliate them.
But then I thought about it and asked them to remove the imperial title. It would probably lead to a wider range of resistance, which was not in line with the Ming Empire's strategic requirements for a quick victory. So I did not do this and continued the tradition of the Jin Dynasty. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty canonized Zhao. Jin was the emperor of the Song Dynasty, and his national status was one level higher than that of Xixia and Goryeo.
Both Xixia and Goryeo were kings in the Ming Dynasty, which was directly lower than Su Yonglin himself. However, in the Southern Song Dynasty, he was an emperor, but the status of emperor required canonization. After all, it was different from that of Xixia and Goryeo. It was also based on the Southern Song Dynasty's river demarcation. The huge size of the treatment.
Although he was still dissatisfied, considering that this war had won back his capital and made a lot of money, Su Yonglin did not continue to argue with the Southern Song Dynasty.
He once again sent Xin Qiji south as an envoy of the Ming Dynasty to formally canonize Zhao Min as the emperor of the Song Dynasty.
Xin Qiji accepted the order happily.
After the Ming Empire sorted out the problems of the war, they began to prepare for the official construction of the Yellow River.
The goal of the first phase remains unchanged, which is to change the Yellow River back to its old route of the Eastern Han Dynasty, to prevent the Huaihe and Huaihe lands from continuing to suffer from the diversion, and to take the lead in restoring the vitality of the Huaihe and Henan lands.
The amount of this project was so huge that Su Yonglin ordered the Fuxing Association to be the leading organization and to be one level above the official level.
Tian Guizi was the general commander of the Yellow River Diversion Project, and Shi Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was the deputy commander-in-chief of the Yellow River Diversion Project. They comprehensively coordinated various departments of the imperial court, local governments, and armies in the basin to complete this huge national project.
On May 21, the second year of Hongwu, Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty officially signed an order in Zhongdu, announcing that the Yellow River diversion project would begin. The country would concentrate all available forces to inject strength into this unprecedentedly large project.
Be sure to succeed.
With this as a symbol, the Central Plains rejuvenation plan began, and the rejuvenation of the entire North China since the Mid-Tang Dynasty also began.
Twenty days after Su Yonglin signed the order, on June 11th, Minister Zhang Jun, the famous leader of the main war faction in the Southern Song Dynasty, finally returned to Lin'an from his hometown in Sichuan and met the new emperor Zhao Jun.
The last time he came to Lin'an, he was full of ambitions, but when he left Lin'an, he was completely disappointed.
He originally thought that he could only spend his old age in his hometown, having fun with his grandchildren, but he didn't expect that once the war broke out, he would actually have a chance to be resurrected.
The new emperor Zhao Yu urgently summoned him back to Lin'an, saying that he had to discuss important matters with him and that the Song Dynasty needed him.
He held the edict and burst into tears.
But at the same time, he knew that the war between the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty was going on. The situation in the Song Dynasty was very bad. The Ming Dynasty Navy had won a great victory and had wiped out the main force of the Song Dynasty Navy. It threatened Lin'an from Suzhou Ocean. Lin'an was in turmoil.
Amid such turmoil, Zhao Gou abdicated and gave up the throne to Zhao Min. Zhao Min ascended the throne. When he first ascended the throne, he faced a difficult situation of overwhelming defeat.
He needs someone to help him strategize and help him win a thousand miles.
Isn't this what Zhang can do for His Majesty the Emperor?
Isn't this the time for Mr. Zhang to contribute to the country?
