"Right Prime Minister, the Southern Dynasty naval army has already reached the sea outside the mouth of the Yellow River and blocked the waterways entering and leaving, so that the Goryeo navigators cannot enter the Huaihe River." The Mongolian army in Shandong and Hebei Mongolian army Wanhu Baershu hurriedly broke into the back hall of the General's Mansion and reported to Boyan.

"Oh, although the Southern Dynasty navy and our dynasty have not reached an agreement, they do not violate the rivers. Generally, warships are only at the estuary of the Yangtze River. Why is this?" Boyan, who was at the desk handling official business, raised his head and said in surprise.

Boyan was ordered to negotiate with the Southern Dynasty last year, and sighed that it was not a success for a year. He knew that it was not because the Southern Dynasty had no sincerity, but that his own demand was too high. However, he also bought time for the stability of the government. Now that the party has fallen completely, Empress Dowager Chabi has been locked in the harem, and Sang Geye has been stripped of most of his power and is basically idle in housework.

But now the economic crisis of the court is becoming more and more serious. Losing Jiangnan is equivalent to losing his money bag. The late emperor Kublai Khan was famous for his big shots. In order to win people's hearts, real gold naturally had to give out real gold and silver rewards. The war in the northwest has not yet been put out, and it consumed countless money and food. However, the court only maintained the status quo and was unable to support the West. The rewards to the kings over the years had to be reduced, which aroused dissatisfaction among the kings of various sects.

To solve the financial crisis, one is to increase taxes and the other is to regain Jiangnan. However, the Han ministers who were growing in power in the court thought that the taxes were already very heavy. If the taxes were increased, it would cause public resentment. With their continuous persuasion, the real gold of the Han law was shaken. The remaining method was to regain Jiangnan, so Boyan presided over the attack on Jiangnan for the second time.

According to the system, the imperial court established the Privy Council and the Privy Council. The basic principle is that "when there are police officers, the Privy Council will be established. After the matter is done, the capital will be abolished and the provincial government will be moved to the capital. The so-called police officers mainly refer to military affairs. No matter which region of the country, as long as there is a war, the Privy Council will be established in the local area. The Privy Council is also established for the "military rise", but it is mainly distributed in the Fuli area and the Lingbei province. These areas have already had heavy troops, and the Privy Council is set up to further strengthen the local military control.

However, as the Southern Dynasty returned to Jiangnan, the strategic focus shifted to Henan Jiangbei Province. Boyan was also the Privy Councilor of the Provincial Privy Councilor as the right prime minister and took charge of the war in full. In the region, the Henan Jiangbei Province was basically confronted by the northern part of the Song Dynasty across the river. After receiving the order, he began to plan, dragging the Song army with peace talks and relaxing his vigilance, while rebuilding the heavily-lost naval army.

While losing the south of the Yangtze River, the Mongolian Yuan's shipbuilding ability was greatly weakened. Boyan asked the imperial edict to build 500 warships from Goryeo, and at the same time recruiting water-going people in Shandong and Hebei to train naval troops. This not only facilitates confidentiality, prevents being discovered by the Southern Dynasty, but also achieves the effect of raids. He also moved the two capitals of Wanhu Prefectures to the province to the south, which was to prepare for the war and prevent the Song army from crossing the river.

In Boyan's view, the Yangtze River defense line of the Song Dynasty was now like a long snake. Therefore, he planned to gather the newly formed naval army and Huihui navy in Yangzhou through the canal to take the lead in crossing south to Lin'an of the Southern Dynasty; at the same time, Wanhu Prefecture, the capital of Huaibei, Henan, went south from Xiangfan to attack Ezhou. Later, he concentrated the troops of two Wanhu Prefectures to launch an attack in Jiangzhou, just like cracking the long snake formation, pressing the head and tail so that they could not look after each other, and then cut them in half to break the entire formation.

"Reported to the right prime minister, the Goryeo naval army lacked food and paid, so they robbed merchant ships along the way and were meeting the Southern Dynasty naval army!" Baershu replied.

"A bastard, they snatched a merchant ship. Will the Song army send warships to chase them and block them?" Boyan was furious when he heard this and slapped the table.

"Right Prime Minister, these Goryeo people are crazy and have just entered the sea and are clamoring for food and salary. It turns out that they are coming from empty ships and do not carry baggage!" Baershu said with a smile.

"This is known to me. I have not been replenished in Mingzhou. Why did I still provoke the merchant ships of the Southern Dynasty?" Boyan frowned. At that time, the Goryeo Navy asked to be ships to berth in Mingzhou by the port to replenish freshwater. He felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he agreed. Unexpectedly, after the docking, the Goryeo Navy was stranded in Mingzhou because it was lack of food and refused to leave again. At this time, it was time to use people, so he could only ask Wanhu Mansion, Shandong, Hebei, to replenish them with food, and then he set off for more than ten days.

"I think the Koreans are greedy and have slipped their mouths, so they go to rob the merchant ship again!" Baershu said with a pout.

"Did you withdrew the food and salary and did not make up for what they were missing?" Boyan found a hint of panic flashing in Baer Shu's eyes, and was immediately caught. He shouted sternly.

"Right Prime Minister... Right Prime Minister also knows that since the Southern Dynasty captured Jiangnan, all the troops have relied on military farms to supplement the shortage. The court has not allocated a grain of food and money, and life is very difficult for each ten thousand households!" Baer Shu explained embarrassedly when he saw that his trick was broken by the Right Prime Minister.

"At this time, we use troops to recapture the south of the Yangtze River and solve the shortage of food and wages. The Goryeo naval army came across the sea, which is why, if they are gone, how can we cross the river?" Boyan heard his explanation and his anger decreased, but he still scolded him. He said that, but he still found it difficult to solve this problem at the moment.

The current dilemma was actually related to the current military system, and Boyan also participated in the design, so he naturally knew the pros and cons. The Mongolian army initially implemented a system of soldiers for all people, and launched horses as soldiers and dismounted horses for the people. The males went to war with their troops, and their families and children went to war with thousands of households in the rear or with the army to engage in production, operating livestock and other industries, and supplying the front. After the Jin and Song dynasties, after the Song Dynasty, the Red Army stationed in the resident area had a fixed garrison, the family moved from the grassland pastoral area to the Central Plains agricultural area, gradually breaking away from the Mongolian headquarters, forming a military household system.

Compared with the military recruitment system, the military household system is implemented, so soldiers are not easy to escape, which can ensure that the Yuan Dynasty army has a stable source of troops. At the same time, since a large part of the military expenditure is provided by military households, the government can maintain a huge army without being too burdened. In addition to the military household system, soldiers are also recruited in some areas and some dead soldiers willing to join the army. These people are mostly organized into the artillery army, crossbow army, sailor army, and craftsmen army.

Unlike the Han army and the New Affiliated Army, the Red Army households provided their own houses; the Han army soldiers were given winter and summer clothes by the government, equipped with weapons, each person was given five dou of rice and one kilogram of salt every month; the equipment of the newly-Affiliated Sergeant was all supplied by the government, each person was given six dou of rice and one kilogram of salt every month, and four dou of rice and one kilogram of salt were distributed to their families. The insufficient parts of the Han army soldiers' clothing and other equipment and expenses were taken care of by the military households.

There are generally several methods: either the military households directly send the required fees to the army, called the sealing money, or the enclosing money; or the military is in charge of the official money and the military is in charge, and the military is in charge of the military, and the officials are requisitioned by the Oulu; or the number of sums is sufficient before the Oulu, and the number of consultations of the Secretariat is reported to the Ministry of Education, and the amount of military personnel is distributed in the province; it is more common that the 10,000 households and 100 households send people to the Aulu, where the soldiers are located, and the thousands of households sent to the 100 households and 100 households to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households were sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households were sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households were sent to the 100 households, and the 100 households were sent to the

However, the annual expenses required by the soldiers to go to the expedition are quite large. The annual cost of a soldier in the distance is no less than a thousand pieces of money, which is equivalent to the value of fifty to hundreds of stones of rice. It is very difficult for many military households to bear such expenses. Due to the heavy burden on the military households, and the exploitation and oppression of soldiers by officers is very cruel, so that the military households are increasingly famined and the officers are richer. However, the poor military households are still forced to go out of the army and work hard for a long time. Those who are close to the nearest are six or seven thousand miles away, and those who are far away are thousands of miles away. Every time they are captured and went to the expedition, they will die for a lifetime. For this reason, many military households often have to sell their land, and some even become beggars.

"Right Prime Minister, this is the case, but you must also understand the young general's difficulties!" Baerzhu said with a slight smile.

"In the past, whenever there were wars, I could still give some rewards and rob some property. But after pacifying the Southern Dynasties, the court ordered the army to pacify one side and implement military garrisons. The army of its subordinates worked hard to reclaim wasteland. They had just raised the land and had some harvest. However, the court had to increase taxes and not only collected all the remaining grains, but also transferred the south during the spring plowing, and no one cultivated the fields, so they would definitely reduce their yields. However, they also had to bring their own food, pay, clothes, and make weapons. After the autumn, they paid taxes, and the remaining ones might not be able to survive the winter. The young general still had tens of thousands of mouths waiting for dinner. If they didn't make some plans early, how would they deal with it!"

"I will ask the court to exempt the tax from taxes, and you only need to win this battle. The mountains of food in Jiangnan and countless gold and silver are all in their pockets. I am worried that after winter, I can't eat!" Boyan could only draw a cake to them first. He asked for money everywhere, and the court could almost lose money. What subsidy was for them. But I also knew that what he said was true. If he won this battle, everything would be easy. But if he was defeated, although he could eat less, but the main tax places on Huaixi and Huaidong were not collected, then famine would be in front of him.

He was well aware of the current situation. In the guards with military garrisons, the soldiers were divided into two parts: the main army and the military garrison, and they were organized and managed separately. The land was mainly empty land abandoned due to war destruction. The court issued oxen, farm tools and seeds, or money to build military garrisons. However, the land of the military garrison was still owned by the state, and the military garrisons had to pay grain as land rent and taxes according to regulations.

The army was engaged in training and was responsible for defense; the army was specialized in farming and provided food for the army. Some soldiers who were in the military farm settled on the spot or entered the village; some were single and transferred to the village regularly. The ratio of the army to the army was generally per 10,000 people, with two thousand military farms. Later, the army farm even accounted for half. The ten thousand households in the local area also allocated a part of the soldiers to the farm, and set up a thousand households to manage, or set up a hundred households to manage in order to obtain more income.

Large-scale military camps across the country played a positive role in restoring and developing agricultural production, especially in the development of border areas, and solving the supply of huge troops. However, because the military camp officials brutally oppressed and exploited the military camps in order to make money from it, and this phenomenon is becoming increasingly serious, which often forced the oppressed military soldiers and military households to flee, and some became monks and Taoists to avoid military service.

Boyan naturally knew that the ten thousand households like Baershu had regarded these garrisons and land as their private property and made huge profits every year. Now they were reluctant to let them give up the meat in their mouths, and they asked them to replenish the Korean army, just like snatching food from their mouths and cutting the meat from their bodies. Naturally, they would give less if they could, and they would not give less if they could. But the court was unwilling to pay money, so that they could give some waste paper treasure money, so that he could not speak straight and dared not scold them, so as not to stir up a mutiny.

Now that the Goryeo navy, which has not received supplies, has tried to find a way by itself. Relying on its own advantages, plundered merchant ships and self-sufficient with its ability. If it were on weekdays, it would be fine, but what annoyed Boyan was that they could not tell the difference. According to his plan, after these Goryeo navy arrived in Mingzhou, they would carry the newly trained 50,000 naval troops from the outlet of the Huaihe River, and then work with the Huihui navy to conquer Zhenjiang along the canal south, then continue to go south along the canal, drive directly to Hangzhou, and seize Jiangdong.

But now the Goryeo navy is blocked at the sea, and even the navy carried by the ships are floating on the sea. But on the other hand, the Goryeo people are forced to no avail. Only two eastern expeditions in Japan have not only made Goryeo build thousands of warships to prepare food and pay, but also issued a large number of troops to conquer it, which has greatly damaged its national strength and has been resented. This time, the Goryeo, which is already exhausted, cannot raise food and pay anymore, so they came empty ships.

"Can you discuss with the Southern Dynasty navy and let them retreat as soon as possible?" At this time, the deputy governor Wanhu Tuge interrupted.

"How to discuss? They came from all the way, how could they retreat easily!" Baer Shu said with a glance at his deputy.

"General, won't the Southern Army ask us to hand over the robbed property and robbers who kill and robbery? Will they retreat? Just take those Koreans to take the blame!" Tuge said with a smile.

"It's not that easy. They came under the banner of escorting merchant ships. Even if we want to hand over the Koreans, they are still on the sea. Would they let them surrender? Besides, why did they block the river estuary? They have regarded us as accomplices, whether to let you take the blame or let me give you a head!" Baer Shu said as he said, almost cursing.

"It's too late. The Southern Dynasty navy may have really escorted the merchant ships at first and wiped out the pirates, but they found that so many warships were heading south and carrying so many military troops, so they had already decided to prepare to go south to capture Jiangnan, and how could they let them go?" Boyan sighed.

"The right prime minister, then you can only transfer back to the navy to take back, fight the enemy at sea, and destroy it, and there will be less resistance when crossing the river." Baer Shu said.

"Haha, I'm afraid we are not the opponents of the Southern Dynasty naval army at all. Even if we send reinforcements, we may not return!" Boyan said with a wry smile.
Chapter completed!