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Chapter Two

Zhao Bing and Chen Shishi were becoming more and more excited. To be precise, they should be excited. It would be better to say that he wanted to convince him. Starting from the Mongolian character, he rose to the level of society and country.

He analyzed that the Mongolians who were deeply immersed in pretentiousness and advocated personal heroism were easily driven by blind passion and planned to do something big, but they rarely carefully evaluate the risks and consequences in advance. They believed that this assessment was a manifestation of timidity. If it happened by chance, the Mongolians would be very proud and proud, thinking that everything in the world was just like this, and the vanity of personal heroism would be greatly satisfied.

But if it fails, the Mongolians rarely blame others like the Han people. The consequence is that the Mongolians lack the courage to admit their shortcomings. Self-esteem and self-confidence are fragile in a sense. Like hard and fragile porcelain, they are very fragile. After failure, they are prone to fall into inferiority and self-doubt, and they are easily depressed, and they often complain and gradually become depressed.

In addition, since the Mongolians all think they are arrogant heroes, the simple and simple appearance of the Mongols also leads to a lack of cooperation and unity, which hinders the unity and integration of Mongolian society. This is always an important part of Mongolian culture. In this case, as long as the scheming alien rulers adopt a divisive plan, publicly praise or reward a tribe of the Mongolians, or give a certain tribe a special right, it is easy to sow seeds of discord among the Mongolians, provoke disputes within the Mongols, make them fight infighting and attack each other, and thus achieve the goal of weakening the Mongolian nation. This is also the norm on the Mongolian grassland before Temujin's rise. As long as the Jurchens are a little sensible, blood will flow into a river on the grassland.

From this, Zhao Bing extended it to the aspect of 'human nature and freedom'. Starting from the ancient Greek Spartacus saying "I long for freedom" and believes that all the achievements in human history that are worthy of our pride and gratitude have nothing to do with obedience. Obedience and blind obedience may have a positive impact on efficiency in some aspects, but may have more likely to have disastrous consequences.

Chen Shishi listened to the little emperor talking, but in fact, he was not sure about it. Not to mention not knowing which "predecessor" Spartacus was, he couldn't even make a clear difference in where the Greek kingdom was. Because this was beyond his own knowledge, it broke his past cognition, and even subverted the words of many predecessors. But he did not feel disgusted, but felt that the little emperor's analysis seemed to be very reasonable and could calm down and listen to the following.

After talking for a long time, Zhao Bing felt that he had convinced himself, so he felt dry and drank a cup of tea before he expressed his plan. He thought that he could now use the original pressure of the captured generals to control his subordinates, accept the imperial edict from the Song Dynasty, and fight for the Song Dynasty. Of course, certain benefits also need to be given, such as ensuring the safety of their children, retaining their original territory and property, and enjoying responsive treatment based on their positions.

Chen Shishi also expressed his concerns after hearing this. After all, these people retained their territory and tribes. If they were delegated power to them, they might take advantage of their old subordinates to turn against each other or make unsubstantiated demands. If the conditions are not met, there is a possibility of rebellion, so it is better to be cautious. Moreover, the current surrender is forced by the situation and cannot be regarded as loyal and surrender, and there should be countermeasures.

Zhao Bing thought what he said was reasonable, so he also stated his own arrangement, which was to abolish the military household system of the Mongolian Yuan, incorporate it into the civilian households, and allocate land according to the law; and those who are willing to join the army will also pay military salaries according to the Song army system and enjoy corresponding treatment. He understood very well that wars are nothing more than fighting for survival resources, and Mongolian Yuan soldiers are just for the sake of making a living, and they do not have any noble ideals.

In modern times, some people say that the military household system is not useless, at least it can save ordinary people from the hardship of military service, but I don’t know how cruel the Mongolian military system is to military households. The “Duji Army” system was a great invention after the Mongolian Yuan entered the Central Plains. It formed a "Duji" for three households, one of which was responsible for the cannon fodder, which was called the “main household”; the other two households provided subsidies and supplies for cannon fodder, which was called “spoken households”.

The Yuan Dynasty divided the Han people's households into three types according to their family property. The middle-class middle-class households unfortunately became the target of the "Duoji Army". If there is a strong man in your family who can pull a hard bow, then your family will become the so-called "right household". After the strong man died in battle, his brothers and even cousins ​​will immediately take over. The "right household" was made Yang Bailao and became the debtor of the right household. Once he was unable to support him, the Yuan Dynasty government would have to pawn the "right household" property to ensure that the "right household" family would have to fill the holes in military spending when the "right household" went bankrupt.

The Mongolian military system is also very cruel to treat ordinary Mongolians. Adult men produce for the people on weekdays and use horses as soldiers during wartime. They almost have to fight with the lord unconditionally throughout their lives. They not only have to go to the battlefield to contribute, but also carry horses, weapons and equipment on their own, and bear supplies and other expenses. Therefore, going out is also a heavy economic burden for them, and the result is often a waste of both people and money. They also have to bear the task of producing and paying taxes for the lord on weekdays, which can be said to be like slaves.

Their minor children must also be incorporated into the "Qiqiandu", which is what the Han people call the Jian Ding Army. According to the laws of Genghis Khan, Mongolian men were members of the Mongolian army at the age of fifteen. They would follow the Khan to fight thousands of miles and fight under the command of princes and Qianhu. Although most of the "Qiqiandu" who were under the age of fifteen during the war, they would stay in the "Aulu" in the rear to assist the women in the "Aulu" camp to take care of horses, cattle and sheep, and to undertake the task of armed care.

In addition to the Boy Scout "Qikuandu", Genghis Khan also established a youth military academy. Every Mongolian Nayan had to send his children to Genghis Khan as a soldier and proton of the Qixue Army. Genghis Khan also actively selected talents from them. While he asked these young noble children to serve him, he asked them to attend their military meetings and teach them his military skills. But if any officer does not come to receive education, he will be executed if he stays at home.

Zhao Bing thought that no one with independent consciousness would be willing to lose economic and personal freedom. This was just because he was bound by the current system and the harsh laws that he had to surrender to his lord. Once these conditions were stripped away, neither economic nor human beings would be dependent on the lord anymore, and his children would completely get rid of the fate of being a soldier for generations and acting as cannon fodder for those in power.

In this way, the lord lost the most powerful means of restraining his subordinates, and could no longer control the people as before, and could not command the people who were liberated, so he lost the foundation of rebellion. The military households who had gotten rid of their dependence had their own land, only had to pay taxes to the state, no longer assumed dual obligations, and the economic situation improved, so how could they regain their former life as the old master participated in the rebellion and returned to their former life?

Besides, in order to show loyalty, those lords and Na Yan both need to send their children to the Khan as hostages. Although they may be appreciated by the Khan and obtained official positions, this is almost like losing their lives on the battlefield. Taking a step back, a person with a healthy personality will not like to obey others, and will not be willing to submit under coercion.

However, Zhao Bing knew that the two sides had fought for decades and had blood feuds, and were full of distrust from top to bottom. Not only would they give up their past grudges because of some promises, but some policies also took time to show their implementation. So now he still needs the assistance of these lords and Bayans, and takes necessary measures to restrain and restrain them to avoid betrayal.

Of course, the most realistic method is to use the relatives of the leaders as a bargaining weight to control them, but the means should be gentle and concealed, as the method adopted by the Central Plains dynasty of the previous generations - their children will be sent to Hangzhou in the name of learning Sinology. In fact, everyone understands what is going on, or acts as hostages in disguise. Once they have a rebellious heart, their relatives in the capital will be executed without hesitation...

The king and his ministers had a deep conversation all night, and the next morning Chen Shishi was ordered to discuss with the surrendered Mongolian leaders. Zhao Bing was not idle either. He issued a series of edicts to reward individuals and troops who made meritorious service in this battle. He ordered a grand banquet to reward the three armies for three days, open warehouses and release grain to help the hungry people in the city, allocate funds and subsidize residents who suffered from military disasters, and stabilize people's hearts.

At the same time, Zhao Bing summoned the generals to discuss the next step of the action. He decided to draw a regiment of troops from each of the three divisions of the first army to guard Yangzhou, Zhenzhou and Taizhou respectively; Chen Fenglin led the remaining two divisions of the first army and the land brigade, and seized Shanyang from the waterway north along the canal to block the enemy reinforcements; while he led the guard guard regiment and the baggage brigade, and planned to join a team of 10,000 surrendered troops, and rode horses day and night to capture Xuyi.

Zhao Bing asked the two troops to achieve the battle goals as quickly as possible, ignore the harassment of small groups of enemy troops, do not have to capture prefectures and counties along the way, and avoid the cities with tight defense. As long as the enemy first controls the enemy southward, goes northward, and isolates the enemy troops in the two places with the Huaihe River as the boundary, completes the strategic encirclement of the remaining enemies of the two Huaihe Rivers. After completing the annihilation of the various troops that invade Jiangdong, go north, and then recover the prefectures and counties in Huaidong one by one, and restore the rule of the Song Dynasty.

The generals had no objection to the deployment of the little emperor, but they firmly opposed the mixed arrangement of the little emperor and the surrendered army to advance north. Chen Fenglin also made a strong request to exchange attack targets and let the little emperor lead the main force to go north on a boat. However, their request was rejected by Zhao Bing, and the reason was that he was in the center to facilitate the coordination of the Song army on the left and right wings, echoing the battlefield in Huaixi. In desperation, Chen Fenglin selected two thousand cavalrymen from the first army to form a reinforcement regiment, and assigned them to the little emperor to go north all the way to ensure his safety.
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