Zhao Bing's words made the ministers deeply believe that Jiangdong can be said to have prospered because of Taihu Lake. Agriculture can be said to be the premise and foundation for social economy to develop. Land is the most fundamental means of production, and the expansion of arable land area is directly related to the development of agriculture. Jingkang's southward crossing, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Pingjiang Prefecture, Xiuzhou, and Hangzhou were not only the route of Emperor Gaozong's court to escape south, but also the first choice for a large number of immigrants to settle down, and there were "unemployed people who escaped from the enemy and crossed the river and moved across the river."

The immigrants in the northeast of Liangzhe Road and Jiangnan East Road rank among the top, while the Jiangnan region has the most immigrants in the Taihu Lake Basin. A large number of immigrants have influx, which has caused a huge demand for arable land due to the sharp increase in population. On the other hand, it also provides sufficient labor for the expansion of the quantity and quality of arable land, and provides a high level of labor for agricultural operations.

On the main road, the government advised the cultivation of wasteland in Liangzhe by the method of empty officials granting official capital. During the Chunxi period, Xiaozong continued to adopt the policy of levying the seedling tax, rewarding "the households in Liangzhe will have their own soil and work hard to reclaim land." Under the encouragement of policy and population pressure, local farmers transformed and developed low-lying land, cultivated grass and storks and reduced beach sand and scrubs, and planted barren mountain mounds. In the process of purifying arable land, farmers in the Taihu Basin made full use of local geographical conditions, used their intelligence and talent to open up various ways, including sand fields, pond fields, polder fields, lake fields, and scattered fields, which made the arable land a considerable growth.

The surge in farmland has prompted the development of various water conservancy facilities projects. Under the comprehensive effect of various water conservancy projects, the construction of farmland in the Taihu Lake Basin has greatly benefited, becoming the most densely populated area in the country in the Song Dynasty, the best area for intensive agriculture, and becoming the unity of time, terrestrial power and artificial. Grain production is the most important content of the feudal society's agricultural economy and the main standard for measuring the agricultural level of a region.

The Taihu Basin had implemented a two-ripening system in the Song Dynasty, which is crucial to improving more utilization efficiency and increasing grain output. There are two situations in this two-ripening system. One is rice and wheat. The two-ripening system greatly increases the grain yield and total output of the Taihu Basin. The general yield per mu in the Taihu Basin is about three stones, and a few of them can reach five stones. It is in an advanced position in the country and becomes the largest grain producing area in the Song Dynasty.

The government attaches great importance to grain production in this area. The so-called "Su, Chang, Lake, and beautiful, and fertile for thousands of miles, and the country's Cangyu is the country's Cangyu". The abundance here is also directly related to the national grain supply. "Therefore, once the year is completed, the grain of rice will be strong and the grain will be surplus." The rice price also fell sharply. During the war, the Taihu River Basin was a large-scale collection site for military rations. Especially with Pingjiang Prefecture, there is a saying that "Su, Lake, and the world is full."

In short, the Taihu Basin during the Song Dynasty had basically completed carpet-style development and reclamation of arable land. A series of universal and timely water conservancy projects had comprehensively promoted the final construction of water conservancy fields in this area. These provided the possibility for the highly intensive operation of local agriculture and made it a model area for intensive agriculture in the country. The important grain production in the region further promoted the development of commercial agriculture, which not only attracted attention in various economic regions in the country at that time, but also created conditions for the comprehensive prosperity of the social economy of the Taihu Basin.

The Taihu River Basin was always the center of the mulberry and silkworm industry in the country during the Song Dynasty. Here, silkworms can be raised eight times a year, and "the plains are fertile, mulberry and jujube are very prosperous, silkworm girls are hardworking and fearing hunger and cold." The right time, place and manpower are conducive to the development of mulberry and silkworm industry. The summer taxes in Hangzhou and its nine counties alone pay more than 95,000 pieces of silk, 45,000 pieces of silk, 5,000 pieces of silk, and 54,000 pieces of silk, 5,000 pieces of silk, and 54,000 taels of cotton.

After the Song Dynasty established the capital of Hangzhou, Hangzhou silk became even more prosperous. Weaving institutions such as the Brocade Courtyard, the Wensi Courtyard, the Dyeing Courtyard, and the employed thousands of workers and hundreds of looms. All the skilled craftsmen in the silk weaving industry in the country gathered in Hangzhou, and private machine workshops also made great progress. The city of Hangzhou showed the sound of looms, and the grand occasion of the silk fabrics that were famous for their families and the Duministan Lady, and the silk fabrics produced include more than ten varieties such as silk, brocade, silk, silk, yarn, silk, and silk.

Every year, the government jointly issued and bought hundreds of thousands of pieces of silk, which shows the prosperity of private silk production in Hangzhou. The development of the silk industry has driven the prosperity of trade. In addition, the court's promotion of overseas trade has promoted Hangzhou silk to the Korean Peninsula along the Maritime Silk Road, to the north of the Korean Peninsula, to Japan in the east, to the south and the South China countries, and to the world.

In commercial agriculture serving the textile industry, cotton has also been promoted and planted in the Taihu Basin. Compared with mulberry silkworms, it has no labor to raise and has the effect of harvesting. The slag can be avoided from the work of getting rid of cold and has irreplaceable advantages. As a traditional textile material, the Taihu Basin also grows ramie, hemp and jute, and Su, Hu, Chang, Hang and other states are also the main tea production areas.

The prosperity of agriculture and processing industries has promoted the development of towns. Residents' non-staple food mainly rely on commodity trading. During the Song Dynasty, professional households specially supply non-staple food for cities appeared. There were dozens of vegetable varieties grown and operated by vegetable households, making them an independent branch of commercial agriculture. The Taihu Basin, which is surrounded by rivers and coastal areas, is densely filled with lakes and ponds, and the rivers and ridges of rivers and lakes. The geographical conditions of the water towns and villages have created economic characteristics of combining farming and fishing, creating conditions for the local developed aquatic fishing industry and aquaculture industry. There are considerable producers in this area who take fishing as the industry and have formed a production scale of collective fishing.

The rapid development of various operating agriculture further adjusted and improved the traditional agricultural structure and even the entire economic structure of the Taihu River Basin, increased the internal economic vitality of this region, promoted the prosperity and progress of local handicrafts and commerce, and thus improved the entire economic level of the region. In the end, the Taihu River Basin became the economic center of Jiangdong and even had the ability to influence the national economy.

So the ministers here also knew why the young emperor firmly believed that the Yuan army would come. You should know that the north was almost turned into a pasture by the Mongols, and the grain output was not enough to support them. The old Mongolian land still needed a large amount of grain relief and consumed a large amount of grain supply to the army. Now that Pingjiang has been seized, what is lost is not only the granary, but also the access to the northern transportation. In this way, the entire Jiangbei region will fall into a grain shortage, not only about politics, but also about everyone's vital interests.

In addition, after listening to the words of the young emperor, the strategic pattern of the battle to restore the country gradually became clear. Since the previous days of the dynasty were stationed in Qiongzhou overseas, there was no fundamental place, and all troops could be mobilized to fight in Jiangnan without any worries. However, the enemy troops were different. They wanted to control Jiangnan and could only control the important places when the troops were scarce, so as to achieve a pattern of leading the surface with points.

But at this moment, the young emperor provoked chaos in an all-round way, making the Yuan Dynasty's provinces and governments unable to take care of themselves, so that they could not even sweep the snow in front of the door, so they should not mention mutual reinforcements. As the main force of restoring the country, the imperial guards directly under the court were undoubtedly the most combat-capable, and the young emperor used this as a knife to cut into the enemy's strategic location, focusing on eliminating the enemy's living forces, and at the same time achieved the strategic goal of dividing Jiangnan in constant combat, and then used the Yangtze River as a barrier to separating Jiangnan.

At present, the young emperor has taken the lead in separating Jiangdong with a seemingly unintentional action, and has taken the enemy troops from Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces four times, basically holding the richest areas in Jiangnan, so as to provide material guarantees for future operations. As long as the last remaining forces of the Yuan navy can be annihilated according to its design, it will not be difficult to control the Yangtze River. And with the investment of the last power of Qiongzhou, they will be like a hammer, and will be annihilated by the enemy troops who are bound by local troops in independent areas one by one...

"Your Majesty, therefore, the purpose of this battle is not only to annihilate the Zhending Army, but the focus is on the remnants of the Yuan navy?" Zhang Shijie sighed secretly after hearing this. He had been involved in the formulation of the plan, but still did not understand the true connotation of the Little Emperor's plan. He felt disappointed and felt a little embarrassed.

"That's right!" Zhao Bing nodded, "All my dear friends understand that it is easy to build a ship, but it is difficult to succeed. In recent years, the Yuan navy has been repeatedly attacked, and experienced generals and sailors have almost lost all their losses. It is not a matter of ten days to restore combat effectiveness. The five thousand households of the enemy Longwan Navy and the seaway transport grain from Wanhu Mansion are the last combative force of the Yuan army in the Jiangnan Navy. Without the navy, it will be difficult for the enemy to collapse the Yangtze River defense line, which will at least make it difficult for them to compete with our navy in a few years and win time for us to stabilize Jiangnan."

"Your Majesty's far-sightedness makes me admire you, and I sigh that I am not as good as you. At present, the enemy chief even has pirates and thousands of households. It can be seen that no one in the navy is available!" Zhang Shijie did not expect that the young emperor's last moves were not only far from strategy, but also the tactics formulated are in line with the strategic desire. Often, while taking one step, he has already looked forward to the next few steps, or even more than a dozen steps. While he admired him, he felt ashamed of being an incompetent Privy Councilor.

"Shishou Shu must not be humble. I just thought a little too much!" Zhao Bing saw that he was not very good-looking and waved his hand with a smile.

"No, Your Majesty thinks more, and our army can seize the initiative. No wonder the soldiers respect your Majesty!" Zhang Shijie sighed softly.

"I am also very concerned about them. It is very hard to float on the sea. I really should go to comfort me and visit me!" Zhao Bing said with a dark face.

"Your Majesty can go, your morale will be greatly boosted!" Zhang Shijie said loudly.

"How can your Majesty be in danger in person!" Before Zhao Bing could speak, Lu Xiufu snatched the snatch and persuaded him.

"Yes, yes, how can Your Majesty move lightly!" Zhang Shijie also hurriedly recycled it, thinking about it and said, "Your Majesty, it's not a solution for us to wait any longer. Moreover, there is almost no city defense in Pingjiang and there is no danger to defend. The canal surface is narrow and it is difficult for naval warships to be deployed. If the enemy sets fire and burns the ships, our army will not even have room for maneuver, and it will be easy to trap our army in a passive manner!"

"Hiss, Shushu is saying that I have been thinking about this all these days, but it is difficult to determine the terrain from the map, and the distance and boundaries of these old maps are unclear. If you do not conduct actual surveys, you will not dare to draw conclusions indiscriminately, so as not to mislead you generals on the front line." Zhao Bing took a breath, but said helplessly.

"Your Majesty, this..." Zhang Shijie swallowed his words back in his throat, and he didn't dare to send an invitation and said, "Your Majesty, what should I do with Lin'an? Do you always surround me and don't hit me?"

"No, I have transferred the Fifth Division to attack Lin'an with the guards. Now I just waited for the battle to encircle and annihilate the Zhending Army to start, and the two sides took action at the same time, so that they could not echo each other!" Zhao Bing said.

"Lin'an is the old capital. It would be a great blessing if he could see him in person!" As soon as Zhao Bing said, Lu Xiufu stood up excitedly, and said with tears in his eyes.

"Yes, when the city was broken, I thought it would be difficult to return it again. I would be lucky enough to have no regrets in this life!" Chen Zhongwei also sighed.

"Returning to the old capital will surely shock the whole country and celebrate the government and the country!" Ma Tingluan was also quite excited and said in tears.

"Haha, don't do this. When you return to Bianjing in the future, settle the Central Plains in the north and regain Yanyun, you will say that it will be too late. At that time, I will congratulate you with you!" Zhao Bing waved his hand and smiled.

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty is a great talent and will soon recover Jiangnan. The day of the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains is here to see!" Xu Zongren said after hearing this. He believed that when everyone followed the court and moved to Qiongzhou, he was afraid that no one would have thought that today he could force Lin'an, but the little emperor really brought them back.

"Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the troops to capture Lin'an and avenge the previous shame!" Zhang Shijie stood up and bowed.

"It is of course the best thing that Shushu can preside over the revenge of Lin'an, but I want Prime Minister Lu to stay and preside over Jiangdong's military and political affairs. This is so convenient that no important officials will take charge. I am worried that once they have differences, no one can make a decision!" Zhao Bing said regretfully after hearing this.

"This... this is really a pity!" Zhang Shijie said angrily after hearing this. Everyone knows that capturing the old capital is an extremely honorable thing. Not only can it bring fame and fortune, but it can also stabilize his position in the court, but it is obviously no longer possible at the moment.

"Your Majesty wants to take charge of the attack on Lin'an in person?" Xu Zongren heard the implicit voice and asked urgently.

"The court is divided into two places. If the Secretary of Jiang or Liu Tongzhi are there, I don't need to worry about this matter!" Zhao Bing glanced at everyone and said reluctantly.

"I am incompetent and cannot share your worries for Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty will personally come and attack!" Lu Xiufu looked at everyone and saw the helplessness. They were all civil officials, and they said it was okay. They really couldn't do it if they had to command the battle, so they had no choice but to apologize.

"Your Majesty, I still know a little about siege of cities and territories, but the water battle was defeated again and again. Therefore, I have a reluctant request. Your Majesty moves to the sea to take charge. I will take over Lin'an and then return to the capital!" Zhang Shijie's eyes turned twice and bowed again.
Chapter completed!