Faced with a real crisis, the three giants of the Lin'an court, Shen Gai, Zhou Linzhi and Zhang Shi, gathered together for a meeting.
Among them, Zhang Shi strongly advocated not to worry about many, and immediately invited the Ming Dynasty to intervene and help them deal with the Chengdu court. It should be noted that the Lin'an court alone would be difficult to deal with the Chengdu court, and the army alone was far from enough.
What's more, the Chengdu court also has a sea-fixing needle - Wu Lin.
With Wu Lin's ability, unless the main force of the Ming army is dispatched, there is no possibility of victory with Jiangnan's own army of 50,000 people who are not united and uncoordinated.
This time even Zhou Linzhi had nothing to say.
Because the obvious problem is that he is worried that the economic interests of Shuzhong will be seized by the Ming Dynasty, but now they can't get the economic interests of Shuzhong themselves. They have established their own country, so what's the point?
You were still thinking about the food in someone else's bowl, but someone turned the table over.
Shen Gai thought about it, looked at Zhou Linzhi and Zhang Shi, and nodded helplessly.
"In this case, if everyone has no objections, let's discuss this matter with the Ming Dynasty and ask Emperor Ming of Zhongdu for his opinion. Let's see if the Ming Dynasty has the spare capacity to help us conquer Shuzhong. If possible, it can be done a little bit Let’s talk about the details.”
Shen should give up his unrealistic fantasies, he admitted it.
After he admitted it, things became much easier to handle.
Zhang Shi made a request to the Ming Dynasty office in Lin'an City on behalf of the Jiangnan court, hoping that they would pass the matter to the Central Capital to let Su Yonglin know, and ask for Su Yonglin's help.
It is best to send troops, because this newly established court obviously regards the Ming Dynasty as its enemy. The Ming Dynasty has a huge military force and strong strength. Is it difficult to eliminate a separatist regime?
But this matter does not require how they express it.
While Su Yonglin was busy with the ideological debates at that time in Zhongdu, he learned through the channels of the Tianwang Army and the Qilu Corps stationed in Guanzhong that the Song officials in Sichuan and Sichuan supported the new king to fight against the Ming Dynasty and the Lin'an court.
At that time, the ideological debate had reached an advanced stage. Su Yonglin published an article to launch a nuclear attack on the ideological debate, which had brought the ideological debate under control and prevented the ideological debate from causing a split within the Renaissance Association.
He once again used common contradictions to bridge the differences, and at the same time attacked a wave of outdated feudal ideas. With the Women's Department gaining a firm foothold, the Fuxing Association's advanced nature and revolutionary nature were further enhanced. This was something Su Yonglin wanted to see.
At the same time, Jiangnan's economic march is also progressing, and the Shipping Department's reopening of trade is just around the corner, and everything is proceeding step by step and steadily.
And at this stage, the officials of the Song Dynasty in Sichuan and Shu were stirring up trouble in Sichuan and Shu, reestablishing the Song Kingdom, setting up a [Shu Song] regime, establishing a court in Chengdu, and supporting the Sichuan and Shu lands against the Ming and Jiangnan Kingdoms.
They used Zhao Buxi, a clan official who was an official in Shu, as the emperor, and propped up a facade, claiming to be the orthodox successor of the Southern Song Dynasty. They made the dead Zhao Hao the supreme emperor, and made Zhao Gou kneel in front of the statue of Yue Fei to repent. Be the supreme emperor.
Full of posture.
"Fortunately, they can still find the title of Supreme Emperor. I remember that in the past history, they could find out whether Gao Wei, the empress of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was the only supreme emperor or whether he only served as the supreme emperor for four days. "
Su Yonglin read the "Book of Northern Qi" written by the Tang Dynasty and found the origin of the title Supreme Emperor, which was very interesting.
He smiled at the officials who came to attend the meeting and said: "I wonder if Zhao Gou and Zhao Xun, who is underground, will be happy to know that their status has been improved. Their status has been improved again."
"It's just a ridiculous farce."
Kong Maojie felt very disdainful about this: "A group of people preparing for the funeral were unwilling to accept it and invited a group of charlatans to try to summon the soul of the corpse and restore the soul to the corpse. However, what can be done? What comes back is just an incomplete soul. Is it possible? Can he be resurrected?"
After Xin Qiji read the reports of the Skynet Army and the Qilu Corps in detail, he felt that the problem was not that simple.
"Leave aside others, Wu Lin can be called the first famous general in the Southern Song Dynasty after the death of Yue Fei, Wu Jie and others. He is good at commanding troops, can defend and attack, and he can fight back and forth with the Jin army that has not yet fallen. , has a lot of experience and is by no means an easy person to work with.”
Ma Weiying, deputy chief of the General Staff Headquarters, who recently went to Guanzhong to investigate the training situation of the Ming Army in Guanzhong and the defense situation of the Song Army in Sichuan and Sichuan, supported Xin Qiji's view.
"Wu Lin led the Song army to guard northern Sichuan for decades. The northern Sichuan area is full of fortifications they repaired. These fortifications rely on the mountains and are condescending, which is very difficult to deal with. Moreover, the mountain roads in northern Sichuan are rugged and the Shu Road is difficult to navigate. Chariots and generals cannons It is difficult to move, let alone a large general.
If our army wants to attack Shu from northern Sichuan, the generals and artillery will not be of use. Chariots and generals and artillery may be able to be used, but the marching speed will be very slow and the pressure on logistics will be great. This is not conducive to our action.
I went to northern Sichuan for on-site inspection before and made some calculations. If the main force of the Qilu Corps is dispatched to attack Sichuan and Sichuan from north to south, under normal circumstances, it would take three months to break through the northern Sichuan defense line and reach the Chengdu Plain. It would be considered a smooth progress. If there are any obstacles, it will be delayed for one to two months.
The amount of military expenditures and materials consumed during this period is absolutely huge. The reserves in Guanzhong over the years have supported the completion of the Hexi Corps, the repair of the Yellow River, and the southward movement of the Henan Corps. The number is no longer large. If we want to use troops again, we must call on troops from other regions. Reserve support. "
Ma Weiying looked at Su Yonglin: "I have handed over all previous reports to the chairman, and the chairman has read them all."
"Well, I've seen it all."
Su Yonglin nodded and said: "The Ming Dynasty has not used many troops in recent years, but there are many large projects. Many materials are used in the projects, especially rice and grain reserves, which are used on a large scale. It is obviously not possible to rely only on Guanzhong. To supply the army alone."
Another deputy chief of staff, Zhou Chong, was a little surprised.
"Is the Chairman really planning to go south to Sichuan and Shu at this time? Not long after the Henan Corps went south, the Jiangxi Corps was established. It is when money is needed. The Ming Dynasty's strategic reserves are insufficient. If they forcefully go south to attack Sichuan, I am afraid that the conventional reserves are not enough. Support it?"
Zhou Chong looked at Privy Envoy Sun Ziyi.
Sun Ziyi, the chief steward of military logistics, nodded.
"Unless the current military reserves in Liaodong, Hebei, and Hedong are transferred to Guanzhong, they can support the Guanzhong army for half a year. Even so, the reserves in these three places are not large. If the time is longer, unconventional reserves will be used If so, then the Ministry of Finance will need help.”
According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the Privy Council, as the logistics department, can control military supplies warehouses across the country and master a batch of military supplies specially provided for the army.
This part of the materials is separated from the civilian reserve materials controlled by the Ministry of Finance. Each has its own quota, military or civilian, and each account is calculated clearly.
Earlier it was all mixed together.
But four years after Hongwu, in order to make it easier for the army to use money, and to reduce the workload of the Ministry of Finance led by Lin Jingchun and slightly reduce the scope of the Ministry of Finance, Su Yonglin began to set up military warehouses and military funds.
The munitions warehouse and military funds are under the control of the Privy Council. Generally speaking, if there is a military operation, the Privy Council is responsible for providing logistics for the army. It uses the munitions warehouse, which is separate from the treasury and civilian warehouse systems controlled by the Ministry of Finance.
After setting this rule, the rules for doing things became that every year after the tax season, Su Yonglin would hold a military supplies meeting and bring people from the Privy Council and the Ministry of Finance to the meeting to discuss this year's military expenditures and sign each other's signatures.
Then the Ministry of Finance reviews the appropriation, and the funds are given to the Privy Council. After that, it has nothing to do with the Ministry of Finance.
The army needs money and food to return home from the march, which is mainly allocated from the military supply system. The main logistics work is also undertaken by the Privy Council, which is separated from the normal civilian system.
So the current matter is a matter for the Privy Council.
But it is obvious that if this war happens now, the Ministry of Finance will inevitably step in to provide support and use special funds.
