After a series of actions by the Southern Song Dynasty court, Zhao Hao suddenly discovered that a situation that had only appeared in his dreams had actually happened.
Because of Su Yonglin's confession and statement, the elites of the entire Southern Song Dynasty seemed to be twisted into a rope. Everyone worked together and worked together, and the Southern Song Dynasty actually had a wave of resurgence.
Politically, Zhao Xing felt more powerful than ever before. As long as he wanted to do anything to enhance national strength, the court headed by Ye Yiwen no longer opposed or argued, and passed it at the speed of light and implemented it quickly.
Especially in the military field, it has become the consensus of everyone that we must strengthen the army, recruit more soldiers, arm them, train them, and make them better at fighting.
Ye Yiwen also encouraged the holding of special military examinations to select military talents throughout the Song Dynasty. He emphasized an eclectic selection of talents. As long as they had military strategies and military abilities, they would all be selected into the new army.
They wanted to build a new army with unprecedented efficiency and attitude, strengthen the new army, and strengthen the national defense power of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Not only that, they also asked the military weapons research department to devote all their efforts to researching new weapons and firearms. Because the Ming army was good at using firearms, they also had to research more firearms to cope with the Ming army's offensive.
We must also vigorously make up for deficiencies in ordnance. All previously shoddy weapons must be destroyed. From now on, the manufacture and use of weapons must be supervised and inspected by dedicated personnel. Any quality problems that arise must be strictly held accountable.
They did what Zhao Min wanted to do, and they also thought of and did things that Zhao Min didn't expect.
Zhao Min looked at the efficient actions of the courtiers with his mouth agape.
In terms of ideology, Zhao Min received help from the cultural circles of the Southern Song Dynasty headed by Kong.
They dedicated the crystallization of their thoughts, the Dafa of Induction of Heaven and Man, to Zhao Hao, and told Zhao Hao how to stigmatize Su Yonglin and misinterpret Su Yonglin's thoughts, in order to achieve the effect of disrupting Su Yonglin's political and ideological offensive.
I have to say that what they did was very successful.
Zhao Yan looked at their lists and was overjoyed.
He found that this group of people were tinkering around and succeeded in misinterpreting Su Yonglin's original intention by using preconceived methods and the theories of ghosts and gods that everyone believed in.
Su Yonglin said that the problem lies with their rulers and the system, so they must overthrow the rulers and change the system.
But they said that this was Su Yonglin [a villain and a wise minister from afar], so God punished him, causing continuous disasters in the Ming Dynasty. Su Yonglin had no choice but to write a book to divert attention and defend himself.
Su Yonglin is known as the Human Emperor and does not believe in God, but he was condemned by God in the end. He had no choice but to write this book in an attempt to extend his life. How ignorant and pitiful.
The fall of the Ming Dynasty must be around the corner.
Zhao Yan didn't know whether the Ming Dynasty was suffering from constant disasters, or whether Su Yonglin was punished by God because he was close to the villain Yuan Xianchen, but he knew that this wave of counterattack was very powerful and could be called a model of spiritual victory.
Anyway, it is impossible for most people to know the true situation of the Ming Dynasty, and it is impossible for them to go to the Ming Dynasty to see it with their own eyes. They can only believe what the country's elites say.
As for why a powerful country is about to collapse...
unimportant.
Zhao Hao was overjoyed and immediately found Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai, asking them to take this set of rhetoric and study it, and then advertise it widely, spread it widely, and fully activate the court's propaganda machine to severely attack Su Yonglin's thoughts.
The imperial court wanted to use the idea of reception from heaven and man to fight back against Su Yonglin, and try its best to make everyone believe that Su Yonglin and the Ming Dynasty were being punished by heaven, and that everyone believed that the fall of the Ming Dynasty was imminent.
Ye Yiwen and Shen Gai were also overjoyed. They immediately followed the instructions and began to use the propaganda power of the state apparatus to launch an action to "rectify the chaos" and "rectify the source" of this wave of political and ideological crisis.
The effect is still there.
For example, this success allowed the panicked ministers and landlords and gentry of the Southern Song Dynasty to find spiritual support and achieve spiritual victory.
They are willing to believe that the Ming Dynasty is strong on the outside and capable on the inside, and that the Ming Dynasty will fall sooner or later, so it is impossible to truly threaten their lives and interests.
Su Yonglin is just a stubborn duck with a tough mouth.
Can an emperor who loves villains and virtuous ministers succeed?
If it really succeeds, it means that God has no eyesight, and God wants to destroy me, and it is not a crime of war.
With such a spiritual victory, Zhao Hao and the officials of the Southern Song Dynasty began to focus on real response strategies.
Faced with Su Yonglin's undisguised malice, they could no longer hypnotize themselves to explain that the country wanted to coexist peacefully with them. The spiritual victory method could prevent them from collapsing internally, but the threat of half a million Ming troops was still real.
They have actually experienced how strong the Ming army is.
Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen armaments and use real military power to counter the threat posed by Su Yonglin.
Now that the situation has reached this point, the conservatives cannot help but naturally, the Southern Song government once again seamlessly switched to a state dominated by the radical war faction.
Chen Kangbo was recalled to serve as a political advisor.
Wang Dabao was recalled and reinstated as Minister of Rites.
Hu Quan was recalled and served as Deputy Privy Envoy.
Chen Junqing was recalled and served as Minister of War.
Wang Shipeng was recalled and served as Minister of Works.
The state switching of the Southern Song Dynasty government was always so fast and smooth, as if everything was taken for granted.
Zhao Hao also began to comprehensively search for officials who were good at military affairs in the DPRK, hoping to replenish his military talent pool and enhance the military decision-making ability of the Southern Song Dynasty.
So Yang Wanli, who gave him advice, and Yu Yunwen, who had been recommended by Shi Hao during his lifetime, came into Zhao Min's field of vision.
But this time Zhao Min was much more cautious. He read some military books and learned some military common sense, and then personally summoned Yu Yunwen and Yang Wanli to ask some military questions.
The two of them talked eloquently in the face of Zhao Xun's inquiry. Compared with Yang Wanli's military attitude of focusing on defense, Yu Yunwen's military attitude was even more focused on attacking.
He believed that offense was the best defense, and the military goal of the Southern Song Dynasty should not just be defense, but should be to use offense instead of defense.
While ensuring defensive strength, one should take the initiative to launch an attack. For example, the most important thing to do is to launch an attack to recapture the Huainan land that was ceded to the Ming Dynasty.
To defend the river, you must defend the Huaihe River. If you fail to defend the Huaihe River, Jiang defense will inevitably face great difficulties.
The Ming Dynasty occupied Huainan land in order to invalidate the Jianghuai defense line of the Southern Song Dynasty, so Huainan land must be recaptured.
Zhao Hao was very satisfied with the answers of both men, so he decided to adopt Yang Wanli's suggestion of economically blockading Jiangnan West Road, and first implemented a strict material embargo on Jiangnan West Road before the imperial army was completed.
As for more military issues, Zhao Hao is more inclined to Yu Yunwen's ideas.
He began to think that offense was the best defense. Instead of waiting for Su Yonglin to lead the Ming army to attack, it was better to attack directly.
The first step is to recapture Huainan.
Yu Yunwen suggested that Zhao Xi take advantage of the fact that the Ming Dynasty was still building the Yellow River and was temporarily unable to move south on a large scale to send troops to seize Huainan. On the one hand, he would regain the defensive areas and on the other hand, he would attack the Ming Dynasty's Yellow River Project and let the Yellow River Project continue to bleed the Ming Dynasty. .
If we want to extend the life of the Southern Song Dynasty and buy time, we should focus on destroying the Ming Dynasty's Yellow River Project so that the Ming Dynasty cannot successfully complete the Yellow River Project.
In this way, you can buy more time for training.
Zhao Min agreed with this and decided to let the Privy Council plan tactics to recapture Huainan and destroy the Ming Dynasty's Yellow River Project.
Regarding this point, Yang Wanli had a different view. He believed that he should stay on the defensive for the time being and deal with the rebels on Jiangnan West Road first, and then plan for Huainan to avoid being dragged down by the Ming Dynasty. big.
Yang Wanli and Yu Yunwen had a dispute over whether to focus on defense or attack. The two argued for a while, but they couldn't decide the outcome.
But Zhao Xun was indeed very happy and felt that he had discovered two pieces of beautiful jade.
So Zhao Zhen ordered that Yu Yunwen's position in the Privy Council be promoted, and Yang Wanli was transferred to the Privy Council to serve together with Yu Yunwen, making them colleagues.
Yu Yunwen and Yang Wanli did not know each other before, but after a debate, they developed a sense of sympathy for each other. After working together, they had many contacts, gradually became friends, and began to talk about things other than official business.
