Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, the spring of the 16th year of Xiangxing has arrived. The changes in the past three years have passed. For Zhao Bing, it is a document that has not changed. In one morning, he has received more and more from the dozens of officials who are about to take office. In addition to encouragement, he is also necessary to beat him. Thinking about his more and more skillful use of this set of methods of both kindness and power, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. Being an emperor is really not a good job!

"Your Majesty, have a little tea!" Seeing Your Majesty showing fatigue, Wang De quickly changed the cold tea channel.

"How many more?" Zhao Bing asked after taking a sip of tea.

"Your Majesty, all the officials who met today have met with the saint!" Wang De replied.

"I was so busy all morning!" Zhao Bing looked through the list on the next desk, shook his head and mocked himself.

"Your Majesty, I've been working too hard recently, so it's time to take a break!" Wang De said with pain.

"Yes, my body is rusted!" Zhao Bing stood up and stretched.

"Your Majesty, the spring flowers in the garden are in full bloom now!" Wang De said with a smile.

"It's spring again in a blink of an eye, let's go!" Zhao Bing stood up and left his seat and sighed.

Behind the palace is the Imperial Garden. Zhao Bing, accompanied by two small yellow gates, walked around the lake along the corridor. She was already sweating. She walked to the pavilion in the middle of the lake and looked at the lake. Under the breeze, the lake water rippled and waves spread, and his heart seemed to ripple and flew out of the palace wall...

In the past two years, Zhao Bing has been committed to reform and development. In terms of economy, he developed industry and commerce and maritime trade according to the established strategies, which brought the fiscal revenue last year to 90 million yuan, while these two items accounted for more than 50% and a surplus appeared. This not only alleviated financial difficulties, guaranteed military expenditure and infrastructure funds, but also laid the foundation for maintaining a low agricultural tax and ensuring the safety of grain production.

Of course, the development of maritime trade is also due to the strength of the navy. The competition with Persia in the spice business year before last year finally turned into an armed conflict. They sent ships to intercept and rob the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty, and used the state's force to drive away the merchants of the Song Dynasty, threatening countries along the way to close the seaports and not provide supplies to the merchant ships of the Song Dynasty, trying to reoccupy the spice market in the Eurasian region.

Zhao Bing had long realized that commercial conflicts and interests were in conflict. Once they were elevated to competition at the national level, war was inevitable. At this time, it was up to the end of who was the big one. However, in his opinion, this conflict could also be considered a conflict with the Mongol Yuan on another battlefield and a continuation of the Central Plains battlefield.

Persia is the old transliteration of Iran's ancient Greek and Latin in Europe, which means that Persia is the ancient name of Iran. Historically, many empires have been established in West Asia, Central Asia and South Asia, such as the Achaemenid dynasty, Sassanid dynasty, Safavid Empire, etc. The strong territory starts from the Indus River and the Palacioles in the east, facing the Balkans and the Mediterranean in the west, to the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea in the south, to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north.

Therefore, the Persian Empire can be regarded as the first great empire to span Asia, Europe and Africa. Persia emerged in the southwest of the Iranian Plateau. Since the sixth century BC, the Greeks called this area "Persia". Until modern Europeans still used Persia to refer to this area and the ancient monarchical countries located in this area.

However, after the rise of Mongolia in the early 13th century, Temujin personally led a hundred thousand troops to invade Khwarezm and suppress thirty cities of Khwarezm. Later, the Greater Iran area was ruled by the Mongolian Kingdom and the subsequent Ili Khanate. Later, the supreme rulers of the Mongol Empire: Toree, Ogedei, Namazhentulegona, Guiyukhan, Oulihai lost, and the local governor of the Mongol era continued to suppress Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and the Roma Sultanate.

During the Baoyou period of the Song Dynasty, Hulagu successively suppressed Mulayi, Abbasid Dynasty, and the Ayub Dynasty in Syria, officially established the Great Xulagu Kingdom, and was recognized by Kublai Khan. The current ruler Aluhun was the son of Abaha. In the 12th year of Xiangxing, he overthrew his uncle Tigudier, succeeded to the fourth monarch of the Ir Khanate, and was enthroned by the Yuan Dynasty.

Therefore, in form, the Ilikhanate still regarded the Mongolian Yuan as the sovereign state. When the trade dispute intensified, Zhao Bing questioned the Mongolian Yuan and accused him of destroying the peace talks. On the other hand, he used the Expeditionary Force as the main force and drew some troops from the three major navy divisions to form a fleet of more than 300 warships and more than 30,000 people, and used nearly 1,000 merchant ships as support fleets of the Royal Maritime Trade Fleet to head to the conflict areas.

The Song Dynasty fleet, which was mainly firearmed, has long been the leader of all countries after more than ten years of practical training. With a destructive momentum, it quickly defeated the Ily Khanate and its subordinate states' naval forces, which were still mainly engaged in the collision of sailing warships and jumping hand-to-hand tactics, broke into the Persian Gulf, occupied the Port of Abbas, controlled the Strait of Hormuz, and strangled its estuary.

Then the Song navy launched another attack with this base, captured more than 50 coastal cities in succession, occupied important ports such as Bushere Port and Horamshahr. The troops headed straight to the Port of Basra, cutting off all sea and trade channels of the Ili Khanate. Faced with the attack of the Song army, the Ili Khanate naval army was almost wiped out, and they were defeated repeatedly in the land war, losing a large number of troops.

The Ilikhanate was called a major Eurasian power, with strong military power and had long been the culprit of neighboring countries. However, the Song Empire, which was expeditioning thousands of miles away, was not able to fight back. Not only did the whole country shake, but it also made neighboring countries frightened. Then, under the "instruction" of the late Mongol envoy, the Ilikhanate, which was severely attacked, had to negotiate peace with the Song Dynasty. Zhao Bing only intended to open up the maritime trade route and did not require the occupation of its land, so naturally there was no unwillingness.

The alliance under the city is often the fig leaf for losers, and there is no condition to be said. The Song Dynasty merchant ships could sail freely in the Persian waters, open coastal ports to the Song Dynasty, set up commercial banks, and reduce tariffs; the Song Dynasty was allowed to lease Abbas and other ports to establish naval bases to protect the safety and interests of the Song Dynasty merchants, and other conditions.

Anyway, these conditions are not difficult for Zhao Bing, who has studied modern history in his previous life and recited a series of humiliating treaties signed by the Qing Dynasty and the great powers. He just copied it, but it was just a replacement for Party A and B. However, he thought that the victory of this war was not just a series of treaties. The most important thing was that the Song Dynasty caravan could extend his tentacles to the African region and obtain strategic resources such as "sulphur oil" and copper and iron.

At the same time, under Zhao Bing's personal supervision, the Song Dynasty finally completed the imperial edict, formulated two basic laws, "Criminal Law" and "Civil Law", and began to rule the country according to law. On the other hand, under his instructions, the Ministry of Rites compiled the "Sage of the Saint" as a reading book of moral norms, which was divided into officials, military chapters, gentry chapters, merchant chapters, etc. as moral standards for all walks of life. It can be said that the legal system and morality are grasped together.

In terms of industry, Zhao Bing relied on the research of the Royal Academy of Sciences and made full use of their research results to promote development. Now the steam engine has entered the practical stage. Although it is not possible to manufacture high-power steam engines due to the current process level, it has been put into practical use in the mechanical manufacturing, metallurgical mining and textile industries, greatly improving work efficiency.

It is worth mentioning that the steam engine has begun to provide power for ships and can drive ships of 100 tons, which is roughly equivalent to the level of modern small steamers. However, for the sake of stability, Zhao Bing still did not put the steamship into the sea. One is that the power is still insufficient, and the other is that long-distance fuel supply cannot be guaranteed. And from a historical perspective, it has also gradually developed from a sailboat and gradually replaced sailboats.

Therefore, the "small steamer" manufactured at present is only used for inland navigation and is limited to use in canal transportation. However, small steamer is not mainly used for cargo, but is used as a tugboat. This partially solves the problem that the canal transportation has always been restricted by hydrology and seasons, improves transportation capacity, and improves the efficiency of the canal use. In wartime, it can also be used to carry troops for transportation of baggage and improves mobility.

Cooperating with the completion of the two projects of the Bian River dredging and the construction of the Han-Bian Canal, the troops deployed in the Xianghan area and the Huaibei area can be quickly mobilized. This has enabled the Song army to take the initiative in combat deployment, and can centrally dispatch or quickly divide troops in a short period of time, making it impossible for the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties to judge the situation of the Song army's troops and quickly complete the battle deployment.

In terms of military industry, while expanding the production scale, Zhao Bing will dismantle and analyze the weapons workshops in Lin'an, expand them on the basis of both Ezhou and Nanjing, producing bullets and shells, so that they can be supplemented nearby. With the successful trial production of gunpowder, the time for developing breech guns has been ripe. A breech gun he presided over has been put into small-scale production and has been trialed on a small scale by the army to improve the design and discuss new tactics.

Under the stimulation of preferential policies, cotton planting in the Lianghuai region has reached a scale of one million mu, and the cotton output can meet the current military use. The cotton coats produced have been given priority to the Huaibei garrison and combat troops in the Yunnan-Guizhou region. In addition, cotton is also used in large quantities for medical purposes, and cotton gauze and bandages can be widely equipped with medical institutions at all levels of the army. Zhao Bing believes that as the planting area further expands, the price of cotton will also drop significantly and be converted to civilian use.

During the years when the Song Dynasty entered deep reform, the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties also changed. With the support of Kuokuo, Tiemur received the support of most of the sects and successfully ascended the Khan throne at the Hulitai Conference. After he ascended the throne, he continued to maintain peace with the Song Dynasty and strengthened trade between the two countries; while he adopted tough measures internally, concentrated the personal army of the guards in Shangdu and Dadu areas, and with the cooperation of the grassland army, the troops went out of the northern desert to attack Haidu, and took a year to rush it away.
Chapter completed!