It is difficult to completely conceal things like large-scale anti-corruption and purges, so Su Yonglin never thought about hiding anything.
If anyone wants to know, just let them know.
Anyway, they can't do anything except know.
Do they still want to be a beacon of democracy and implement long-arm jurisdiction?
Neither Zhao Gou nor Zhao Min has that ability.
One has no courage, the other is incompetent.
The two emperors of the old Zhao family really made the ancestor Zhao Kuangyin sigh.
But then again, even if Mr. Zhao Kuangyin, who beat the world with a stick, came back from the dead and came to the Southern Song Dynasty at this time, he would not be an opponent of the Ming Dynasty. The general trend of the world has been determined, and the Southern Song Dynasty is just lingering.
Su Yonglin believed so.
Of course, Zhao Hao and Zhao Gou would only think that Su Yonglin would not come to trouble them. As for other things, they dare not even think about it. Therefore, when Su Yonglin was causing trouble in the first half of the third year of Hongwu, the Southern Song Dynasty Basically everything is peaceful.
Zhao Chun was busy with internal reforms and rebuilding the army, and Zhao Gou was busy watching operas and listening to music, holding banquets and enjoying himself. Who could interfere with what happened in the Ming Dynasty?
When the news that the Xixia rebellion was put down by the Ming army reached Lin'an, Zhao Min was on his way to Wanshou Palace to meet Zhao Gou.
However, he has been busy with government affairs recently. Even on the way to see Zhao Gou to express his condolences, Zhang Jun beside him was still constantly reporting things to him.
"According to the accurate news, the Ming army has fully entered the Xia Kingdom. If nothing unexpected happens, the Xia Kingdom is basically equivalent to subjugation."
"Will the Xia Kingdom really be destroyed?"
Zhao Hao stopped, turned to look at Zhang Jun, and said slightly nervously: "It's just a rebellion. Is it possible for the Ming Kingdom to annex the Xia Kingdom?"
"We don't know the specific situation yet, but it is said that all Xia officials were almost killed."
"what's the situation?"
"In the beginning, Ren Dejing rebelled and killed all the ministers who were unwilling to surrender to him. He also killed all the Xia royal family. After Ren Dejing was defeated, the Ming army came and wanted to kill all the people who had attached themselves to Ren Dejing. The honorable ministers were killed in the name of revenge for the Xia royal family."
"Killed twice?"
Zhao Min was very surprised: "Then aren't all the officials of Xia Kingdom going to be killed?"
"The ministers also imagined that all the officials of the Xia Kingdom might really be killed, so the news sent by the spies was that Su Yonglin sent hundreds of officials to the Xia Kingdom, occupying some key positions, in the name of helping Xia In the name of governing the country and the people, this is clearly annexing the Xia Kingdom."
Zhang Jun said with a solemn expression: "Now I heard that the Queen Mother of Xia Kingdom issued an order, entrusting all the military and political power of Xia Kingdom to Su Haisheng, the commander-in-chief of the Ming Army's crusade army. The Queen Mother of Xia Kingdom and the King of Xia Kingdom are simply empty shells and cannot be controlled. As for the power of the Xia Kingdom, it is entirely decided by the people of the Ming Dynasty, which is no different from the subjugation of the country."
"how so."
Zhao Xun paced back and forth nervously, feeling uneasy after thinking about it, and said: "I originally thought that the Xia Kingdom could still be used as a check, but now that the Xia Kingdom has been occupied, even the tribes on the grasslands have been surrendered by the Ming Kingdom, this... the Ming Kingdom That’s too overbearing!”
"The power of the Ming Dynasty is indeed beyond imagination, so our government must step up its military preparations to prepare for emergencies."
Zhang Jun said: "At present, it seems that the world is so big that there is no power for us, the Song Dynasty, to contain the Ming Dynasty. The only thing that may hinder it is that the Ming Dynasty is overhauling the Yellow River. Before the Yellow River project is completed, the Ming Dynasty will definitely not They may go all out to invade the Song Dynasty."
"You said it so lightly!"
Zhao Min said dissatisfied: "Didn't you say the same thing before? It means that the country is building the Yellow River, and the whole country is working to build the Yellow River, so it will be very tired and unable to launch a war. What will be the result? Attack the grassland first, and then attack the Xia Kingdom... Ming Dynasty How can the country look tired? Mr. Zhang, be careful in what you say and do! Be careful! You are the Prime Minister!"
Zhao Xun's question did make Zhang Jun a little embarrassed.
After learning that the Ming Dynasty decided to overhaul the Yellow River, Zhang Jun publicly declared that it would be impossible for the Ming Dynasty to go south and invade the Southern Song Dynasty within ten years.
The reason is that the difficulty of the Yellow River project is rare in the world, and there is no solution to the problem of the above-ground river. The Ming Dynasty will definitely tire itself out and exhaust its national power by building the Yellow River.
After all, the founding of the Ming Dynasty lasted only three years. Even if Su Yonglin included the three years of the rebellion, the total accumulation time would be less than six years.
In just six years, what kind of national strength can he accumulate?
Now, not only are we not recuperating, but we are actually planning to launch the Yellow River Project to divert the Yellow River back to its old path in the Eastern Han Dynasty. This seems to be nothing but wishful thinking and the crazy talk of a madman.
Although Emperor Su Yonglin of the Ming Dynasty was indeed talented and capable, the harm of the Yellow River was far beyond his imagination.
If he didn't bring down the Ming Dynasty, I would take his surname!
Zhang Jun believed that the Southern Song Dynasty could safely put down the rebellion, recuperate and develop armaments. Ten years later, the Southern Song Dynasty would have enough troops and food to compete with the Ming Dynasty.
So he openly led his supporters to start formulating a ten-year development plan for the Southern Song Dynasty, full of confidence.
As a result, news of the Ming Army's Northern Expedition to the Grassland came not long after.
Zhang Jun was in an awkward situation at the time, and many people looked at Zhang Jun with strange eyes.
Zhang Jun was still very stubborn at the time, saying that he firmly believed that the Ming Dynasty's Northern Expedition to the grasslands was a forcible Northern Expedition, regardless of the suffering of the people, and that there might be major logistical problems. The Northern Expedition was basically a start to the end, and it was impossible to achieve great results.
Soon after, news came from the north that the Ming Dynasty had completely wiped out the two major tribes on the grassland, the Kelie and Qiyan tribes.
The Southern Song Dynasty was not very familiar with these two tribes, but some people in the government knew that these two tribes were two very powerful tribes on the grassland, especially the Kelie, with a population of 300,000 and more than 200,000 beggars. We have a crowd of 500,000 people. If we really want to fight, it is not a problem to raise 100,000 cavalry.
However, these two tribes were completely destroyed by the Ming army. The Ming army exterminated them and captured hundreds of thousands of people. The total number of cattle, sheep and horses was estimated to exceed one million, and they won a great victory.
Such a brilliant victory has been a long time coming for the Han regime. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been almost no such brilliant strategic victory against the steppe cavalry.
Therefore, after the news spread, the public communication was still lagging behind and there was little response. However, the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty had nothing to say about the battle of the Ming army.
This is a brilliant victory.
So Zhang Jun, who had previously explained that the army could not achieve great results, had his face swollen. Everyone looked at Zhang Jun with even stranger eyes. Zhang Jun could only forcefully turn his face into a poker face to express his feelings. Inner Peace.
In fact, his heart has long been turned upside down.
As a result, quite a few people in the Southern Song Dynasty court, including Zhang Jun's own supporters, once again thought of Zhang Jun's poor military record, and even more doubted whether Zhang Jun could lead good troops, fight well, and invigorate the Song Dynasty's military.
What happened next was even funnier.
During the Xixia Incident, news of Ren Dejing's rebellion spread to the Southern Song Dynasty. Everyone in the Southern Song Dynasty was very shocked. They felt that if the Xia Kingdom was in trouble, the Ming Kingdom would definitely send troops to intervene, and the Xia Kingdom would be in trouble.
It was Zhang Jun who stood up and insisted that the Ming Dynasty's intervention was limited. They had just ended the grassland war not long ago. The people were exhausted to the extreme. The officials and the army needed to rest and recuperate, and it was impossible to start another war.
Unless they go to war and want to subjugate the country.
Moreover, Ren Dejing, as the prime minister, controls most of the military power of Xixia. All the people of Xixia are soldiers. If there is a war, it is not difficult to raise an army of 300,000. With such a large army, how can the Ming army successfully win?
Then comes the moment when the clear news comes.
The monarchs and ministers of the Southern Song Dynasty learned that the Ming army had successfully put down Ren Dejing's rebellion in Xixia and further controlled the military and political power of Xixia. Although Xixia was still a country in name, it basically no longer looked like a country.
Because Xixia lost a large number of officials and a lot of power, it had actually lost its independent status and qualifications.
The young emperor and the empress dowager were basically just puppets used by the Ming Dynasty for transition and had no real power at all.
It was only a matter of time before the Ming Dynasty annexed Xixia.
Zhang Jun was slapped in the face again. Not to mention other people, even Zhao Jun, who had always supported him, expressed doubts about Zhang Jun's talent and looked at him with strange eyes. Even some of the decisions made by Zhang Jun were questioned. Zhao Min repeatedly asked if it was reliable.
Zhang Jun is really embarrassed.
