Zhao Tai decided to support Goryeo and use Goryeo to consume Mongolia.
However, in order to prevent the money supported by the feudal government from being embezzled by the Koreans, Zhao Tai decided to set extremely harsh conditions.
After Zhao Tai finished speaking, he looked at everyone, "Why, do some gentlemen have any objections?"
Wang Wentong saluted and said: "Your Majesty has thought carefully. If you set the limit like this, you can ensure that the money is spent wisely. It's just..."
Zhao Tai said easily: "What if it's just a gap? Right!"
Wang Wentong saluted, "Your Majesty is wise!"
Zhao Tai was confident and said: "You don't have to worry about money. I have some ideas in my heart. If I can increase my income by 500,000 yuan a year, it won't be a problem!"
Wang Wentong saw that Zhao Tai's words were conclusive and full of confidence, so he saluted and said: "Since your Majesty can solve the gap, I have no objection!"
Zhao Tai nodded: "I have already met the Korean envoy Gu, and I will leave it to you to find out the terms of the aid and how to limit it. To ensure that the money is spent effectively, I will leave it to you!"
The four of them stood up and saluted: "I accept your orders!"
After making the decision, Zhao Tai handed over the matter to his subordinates and asked them to discuss the specific details with the Korean envoys, while he prepared to set off for Haizhou.
After all, there was a financial gap, and now he needed to invest money in Goryeo, so Zhao Tai set a small goal for himself to earn an extra five hundred thousand guan every year.
Before leaving, Zhao Tai first visited the counties in Jibei to inspect the northern border defenses to ensure that Qi could resist the Mongolian invasion.
In October, more than half a year after the peace talks between Mongolia and Song Dynasty, the Qi army took a breather. After raising the Mongolian war horses on the grassland for an autumn, they became fat and strong again.
Winter is approaching, and due to the frozen rivers in winter, the Mongolian horse army can move unimpeded in the northern country. For the soldiers and civilians of Qi, the pressure of border defense immediately increased.
Although Mongolia and Song Dynasty are now negotiating peace, Zhao Tai does not believe in a treaty and still needs to be prepared.
At this time, after the autumn harvest, Qi Di entered the off-season, and young people from each village were mobilized to participate in peasant and soldier training.
Wang Bin had previously suggested that the young men and women from all villages in Qi form a rural camp, with retired sergeants as the generals. If a village was attacked, drums and fire would be sounded to gather the young men to resist the Mongolian invasion.
A few months later, this policy was basically implemented, and Zhao Tai went a step further, ordering the Department of Production and Construction to collect household registration statistics, compile a roster, and grasp the number of young people in the land in order to implement the conscription system.
At this time, outside a village in northern Jinan, the young people in the village gathered together for training.
In the distance, Zhao Tai, Wang Bin and others were stationed at a distance and did not enter the village to disturb them.
"Your Majesty, there are 230 people in this village who are over fifteen and under forty strong." Wang Bin said: "If there is a war, one out of ten will be drawn in the first round of recruitment, and twenty-three people can be mobilized. If there is an emergency during the war, You can also draw one out of five in the second round and one out of three in the third round.”
Zhao Tai nodded slightly, "Now that Shandong is at peace and the people have obtained land, they hope that others will go to the battlefield to defend them while they farm the land at home. Therefore, it is very necessary to master the Ding register and force mobilization when necessary."
Nowadays, the Qi army mainly adopts a recruitment system, relying on the allocation of military fields, tax exemptions, and generous military pay to attract some young men to join the army.
Recently, the vassal government has encouraged people to open up wasteland, and the attractiveness of military fields has declined, so Zhao Tai wants to establish a more advanced conscription system.
Because Zhao Tai's territory is small, he can easily die in a battle.
If a war is approaching, it will be too late to recruit troops, and if the economy is good, the cost of recruiting troops will also increase exponentially.
Adopting a conscription system will make defending the home and country an obligation for adult men. In case of war, multiple rounds of mobilization will be carried out directly according to the roster, which can greatly unleash the war potential of Qi Di.
With both territory and population inferior to those of the Mongolian and Song Dynasties, Zhao Tai believed that being able to carry out comprehensive mobilization would be his magic weapon for victory.
Wang Bin said: "During the Warring States Period, Qi State's commerce was prosperous. There were more than seventy cities in Qi State, and an army of 500,000 could be mobilized during the war. According to the statistics of the vassal government, there were more than 3.5 million people under the king's rule, including millions of young and strong people. After multiple rounds of mobilization, an army of 300,000 can be obtained in a short period of time. The king is determined to recover, and there will be a big war in the future. If the army can be mobilized quickly during the slack season, the soldiers are very fast, and they can attack with more and less to control chaos, they will surely attack everything. Gram. By then, the people in the newly acquired land will be able to avoid the long-term war, and the people in the Qi land will not be affected by the misfortune. If the king acts quickly and mobilizes troops, they can still return to farming in season."
Zhao Tai nodded slightly. What Wang Bin meant was to take the initiative to defend, mobilize troops and horses before the enemy attacks, concentrate superior forces, and defeat the enemy with lightning speed.
In this way, the enemy could not attack Qi Di, and Zhao Tai could call it a day and return his troops to farming without affecting the farming season.
Zhao Tai knows that this state is ideal, but it is not impossible to implement. "If you want to achieve this, you need to work together as one and make sure everything is done. Look, we still have a long way to go!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Tai pulled the reins and continued to patrol north. Almost all the villages along the way were training peasant soldiers.
This makes Zhao Tai quite satisfied. Even if Mongolia breaks the treaty, the soldiers and people of Qi will still be able to fight.
~~~~~~~
Chuzhou.
After the peace talks between the Mongolian and Song Dynasties, the Mongolian army returned to the grassland to rest and recuperate. Zhao Tai returned to Shandong to rectify the military and political affairs and resume production in Shandong. The Southern Song Dynasty was not idle either.
After Zhao Yun dismissed Zheng Qingzhi and other warring factions, Shi Songzhi went to Lin'an to pay homage to the prime minister, and the warring faction began to regain power.
After the war, Jiangnan returned to the scene of singing and dancing, but Shi Songzhi and others did not forget the threat of Zhao Tai.
Although Shi Songzhi advocated peace, he did not pay attention to military affairs. On the contrary, he knew very well that only with a strong military could the Southern Song Dynasty maintain peace.
Therefore, after Shi Songzhi took charge of Lin'an, he began to rebuild the Jianghuai defense line. The Lin'an court directly increased military expenditures by four million, reorganized the forbidden army, and expanded the Huai army.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, the wealthy people's annual tax revenue reached 70 to 80 million yuan, and the casual increase in military expenditure was more than Zhao Tai's annual tax revenue.
With a huge investment of money, the Southern Song Dynasty rebuilt the Jianghuai defense line, which gradually produced results.
After Shi Zhaizhi served as the envoy of the Huaihe system, he restored the Huai army to 150,000, and almost all of it was placed in the lower reaches of the Huai River, facing the Qi army across the river.
At this time, in the Zhizhi Si Yamen, Shi Zhaizhi stood with his hands behind his hands, looking at the map hanging on the wall, and said in a deep voice: "I asked you to infiltrate to the other side and win over the generals on the other side. How is it going?"
"It is difficult to bribe the direct descendants of the King of Linyi to establish the Xianggong. However, there are two hundred households who are very tempted by the conditions for establishing the Xianggong and are willing to come over!" An official saluted.
"The King of Linyi has set up a private official system and has a rebellious intention, so everyone knows it! I am guarding the border for the imperial court, so I have to take action." Shi Zhaizhi frowned, "You should work harder and let those two people lead the way. Bring troops and horses to surrender. In addition, I want to win over higher-ranking generals. As long as they bring troops to surrender, I will not treat them badly. "
