On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, even in Jiangnan, it was already cold, and it was even more harsh when blown by the river wind. A navy fleet had already moved north along the canal with the help of the early tide, and turned into Taihu Lake at dawn, and entered the Yangtze River from Wuhu. The fleet then hung sails and turned into diamond formations, and went up the river in a combat posture. Although it was a countercurrent, it was a good wind, so the speed of the ship was not slow.

"The Yangtze River is so fucking long!" Zhao Bing stood on the top deck and looked at the gray river surface. He couldn't help but think of the first time people saw the Yangtze River in his previous life. He couldn't help but chuckled. However, the Yellow River had already stopped flowing from flowing to the dry season, and the water surface of the Yangtze River must be far less wide than the current one, with a large flow of water. But he felt that it was not as prosperous as in later generations. Besides farmland and scattered villages along the river, it was difficult to see dimly lit cities.

"Official family, Laba porridge is ready!" Wang De went to the deck and rubbed his hands and said to the little emperor with a smile.

"Well, do all the troops have them?" Zhao Bing asked with a look of distortion.

"Report to the official family, the day before the voyage, the young man sent all the rice beans and dried fruits he gave to the army. He will definitely be able to drink them today. If you don't believe the official family smells it, there is a porridge smell in the wind of the river." Wang De sniffed.

"Haha, this is true when you say that. Let's all go to drink bowls of porridge. I have to drink a few more bowls!" Zhao Bing smiled and greeted the guards who were accompanying him.

"Did you find out? As long as your Majesty goes to the battle, you will get better immediately. You have to eat two more bowls of rice!" Chen Dun then followed and smiled at several guards.

"Yes, we feel sad when we see His Majesty hiding in the palace every day. We also feel sad. We work harder but happy outside!" Fa Zheng also said with a smile.

"Hmph, I really think I'm a war maniac!" Zhao Bing shook his head with a bitter smile, but did not speak.

According to the original plan, Wen Tianxiang's troops immediately mobilized various troops to march north after the battle began, occupying Jiangxi provinces and fighting for Ezhou; Jiangsheng's troops led their troops to march from Guangxi, annihilated the Huguang provinces and seize Jiangling, so as to control the entire defense line. Among the three armies, Wen Tianxiang's troops were reorganized by rebels, and their equipment was mainly cold weapons, and their combat effectiveness was the weakest. Zhao Bing's plan was that both the east and west were imperial guards, and after taking the lead in completing the task, they could draw troops to assist the middle route.

However, the plan always fails to keep up with the changes. The enemy in Jiangxi Province could only entrench within the prefectures and prefectures under the pressure of various rebel armies, and quickly recovered many prefectures and prefectures during the war. However, Ezhou is an important town along the river. After the enemy integrated the forces in Jiangnan, there were three ten thousand houses and one ten thousand houses stationed here. The enemy was stationed in Longxing. In order to prevent the rear route from being cut off, our army voluntarily retreated into Ezhou in order to prevent the rear route from being cut off, so that Ezhou's troops reached five ten thousand houses and more than 40,000 enemies. With the strength of Wen Tianxiang's troops, it was not only difficult to complete the scheduled combat mission, but also in danger of being defeated.

The Jiangling troops were in a state of power, with their troops heading straight to Jiangling, but the left wing was the enemy Yunnan Province and Shaanxi Province. They had to stay in garrison and guard the dangerous situation to avoid being attacked from both sides. Therefore, there was only one division of troops to advance north to Jiangling, but they had to beware of the enemy on the left wing at all times, so they were unable to reinforce Wen Tianxiang. However, Zhao Mengjin's troops attacked Jiangzhou due to insufficient troops and were unable to continue advancing westward and were ordered to move into defense.

Zhao Bing sent Dong Yicheng's troops to reinforce, but they only had three land brigades, and only tens of thousands of people could participate in land combat. They still could not gain an advantage in terms of military strength, so they divided the troops into two battlefields. He could only let the land brigade reinforce the Jiangzhen troops first, capture Jiangling first, and control the river surface. Although it prevented the enemy from crossing the river to reinforce, it also increased the enemy's determination to fight to the end. And when he was unable to capture Xiangfan, if Ezhou was not under his control, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River would face enemy attacks at any time.

The war was urgent, and only the war in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces ended, and there was little effort to reinforce. However, Zhang Shijie was busy arranging defense lines along the river. Jiang Qi's main energy was to recruit and train new soldiers and raise supplies, and there was no suitable general to lead the troops. The troops that could be drawn were only the guards in front of the army, and only the emperor could command them. In addition, he could not enter Lin'an City for the time being, so he was relieved to leave Ni Liang to guard him. Zhao Bing then took charge of the troops again to lead the troops in person.

However, even if you find yourself young, it will inevitably make people doubt that you are not capable. In addition, seeking fame and fortune cannot be taken over by those with ulterior motives. Therefore, before leaving, he issued a royal decree repeatedly, and the first decree was to open a new imperial examination to recruit scholars next year and reopen the Imperial College. Don’t think that this is just to select talents. Zhao Bing knew that this was also one of the brainwashing measures.

Confucianism took morality as a model, while the Song Dynasty built a country with literature and took the establishment of Confucian morality as the top priority. At the same time, the rulers of the Southern Song Dynasty vigorously promoted the Confucian morality and responsibility of being upright, sincerity, self-cultivation, self-study, governing the country, and pacifying the world, and promoted the core values ​​of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism". Gaozong and Empress Wu personally wrote nearly 200 stone scriptures, which were carved by people and placed in the Taixue School. Lizong even followed the orthodox thought of Neo-school, and raised the hierarchy of the monarch and ministers, fathers and sons to the status of "nature".

After the Song Dynasty, it spread this moral orientation and core values ​​to the people through various channels and various social forces, which was both down-to-earth and without blind spots. Schools at all levels learned the "Four Books" and "Five Classics", and the content of the imperial examinations was inseparable from the "Four Books" and "Five Classics". After the prefectures and county officials took office, they would definitely build tribute courtyards, build schools, worship ancestors, and educate the people as their priority.

Retired officials, gentry, scholars and tutors, and local elites are actively involved in the publicity and education of core values. They either formulate various village rules and regulations, regulate people's moral behavior, or spread Neo-Confucianism through school teaching; or write mottos of family management and court training, and provide ideological education on "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" to ordinary people. For the education of young people, there are enlightenment books such as "Thousand Character Classic" and "Three Character Classic". Even in the Southern Opera and the novels, there are stories of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, which makes Tian Fuye Lao educated him when he likes to hear.

The court used the above series of measures to cultivate the core values ​​of "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" by the military and civilians to a certain extent. After the fall of Jiangnan, the Yuan court never opened a vocational school, and he was not aware of the Mongolian language and forced many scholars to change their vocational school, which to a certain extent destroyed this tradition and foundation. However, if you choose to open a vocational school at this time, it will not only win people's hearts and gain the support of scholars, but also quickly restore educational institutions at all levels and re-establish moral concepts.

In addition, Zhao Bing issued an order to local prefectures and prefectures to name and commend those who have filial piety. Because Zhao Bing also understood the routines that the people are the basis of rule, and only when the family is harmonious can the society be stable, and loyal ministers must come from the door of filial sons. This is also an important means to select talents and maintain rule, and it also has positive significance when the war is not settled.

In addition, Zhao Bing also issued an order to exempt people from all taxes and loans after the first year of Deyou. Any private debts owed by the people can no longer pay interest. At the same time, Huiminheji Bureau, Luozeyuan, and rebuilt the nursing home and Anjifang in Lin'an Prefecture and the recovered prefecture. Huiminheji Bureau is equivalent to the current public hospital, which is responsible for purchasing and selling drugs to ensure the quality of medicinal materials, stabilize the price of drugs, and at the same time arranges doctors. When the epidemic breaks out, medicines and medical treatments will be given for free; Luozeyuan is a public cemetery, which is used to bury poor people without cemeteries and ownerless bodies; nursing homes, Anjifang, adopt the poor people who are not allowed to live and are sick.

Although most of these institutions began in the Northern Song Dynasty, they were also abolished later. Don’t underestimate these measures. These items are related to people’s livelihood, which can benefit ordinary people, quickly gather them, or buy the hearts of the people. After implementing the system of enrolling scholars in the imperial examinations, ordinary people can also become the literati class. These officials from civilian families often have a certain degree of sympathy for poor people, which can be exchanged for their loyalty. Zhao Bing is very happy to do the things that benefit the country and the people.

Although Zhao Bing was secretly sending troops to this in-person expedition, he had already arranged the troops secretly and could be "decrypted" in five days and announced to the public. The reason for doing this is because he knew the role of examples of the upward and downward action. As a ruler, ordinary people see it: Is such a country worthy of "love" and is such a monarch worth "loyalty"? This is the most realistic question before them. Moreover, the values ​​of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism cannot be achieved simply by education and call.

Zhao Bing did this, explaining why the emperor had not entered the city for a long time, and also showed off his skills in front of the public, improving his prestige, and attacking dissidents, putting them on...

"Zheng Yong, how much time does it take for us to get to Ezhou?" Zhao Bing returned to the cabin and asked while drinking porridge.

"Your Majesty, Wuhu is two thousand miles away from Ezhou. If you walk with the wind for about ten miles every hour, our army does not know the hydrology for the first time, so we can only sail in the daytime, which is probably about twenty days." Zheng Yongyan said.

"Have you been recruited to draw water?" Zhao Bing asked with a spoon down.

"Your Majesty, I have recruited several boat troops from the enemy's naval army's surrender, but they all use lake boats, and most of the warships in our fleet are sea boats, and now it is the dry season, they dare not sail at night." Zheng Yong replied.

"No, it's too long. We must sail day and night. We must arrive in Ezhou within ten days." Zhao Bing shook his head. This time, Zhao Bing dispatched a regiment from the Second Brigade, Artillery Brigade, Mountain Brigade and Guard Brigade. The navy of the guards all dispatched and requisitioned some civilian ships carrying baggage, with a total of 30,000 troops and more than 200 boats of various boats. The road would take a day to consume a lot of baggage. Moreover, the war was urgent there. Once Wen Tianxiang's troops were defeated, it would be a big trouble. Therefore, we had to travel to Ezhou all night, even if it was early, it would be good.

"Your Majesty, it's too risky, so you should be more cautious!" Zheng Yong also put down the spoon and said.

"We have no problem with Zhang Zizhen's troops." Zhao Bing scooped up a bit of porridge and ate it, and said again.

"Your Majesty, it's the dry season now. There's little rain in the upper reaches, and the water conditions change very quickly, so you can't look at it together." Zheng Yong shook his head and said.

"Well, what you said is reasonable." Zhao Bing nodded. There was little water coming upstream, and sandbanks, shallows and reefs would be revealed, which became a huge obstacle to boating. The water conditions changed almost every day. He thought, "How far are we from Jiangzhou?"

"More than seven hundred miles!" Zheng Yong replied with a brief thought.

"Okay, Fei Ge sent a letter to Liu Wenjun, asking him to order the water villages along the way to monitor, survey the water situation, provide water maps, and send a ship to divert water." Zhao Bing said.

"Well, Your Majesty has a good idea. I will do it immediately. If we relay each other, we can sail day and night!" Zheng Yong said happily after hearing this.

"Don't worry, it's not too late to go after drinking the porridge." Zhao Bing smiled and asked him to sit down and eat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zheng Yongba couldn't resist His Majesty's kindness. After sitting down, he drank the porridge in three mouthfuls and then left the cabin to do business.

"Swallowing the whole thing is really a waste of the delicious food!" Zhao Bing sighed, pointing to the empty bowl and let Wang De serve him another bowl.

In Zhao Bing's previous life, drinking Laba porridge was just a form. No matter what rice, beans, dried fruits, etc., it would be enough to make eight kinds of porridge. If you are too lazy to make it, you can just buy a bowl of it. As for why you drink this bowl of porridge, no one has studied it. When I was in Qiongzhou, I would cook porridge in the Laba kitchen every time, and the empress dowager would donate some rice beans to the temple, or arrange for the eunuch to set up a porridge shed outside the palace, but he always felt that he had shortcomings.

This year, Zhao Bing tasted it, and the reason was that there was winter here, which made him taste the taste of his previous life. But he still felt something else. It was like the heroes of the martial arts world who went to Xiake Island, who were determined to die to drink Laba porridge. After careful consideration, it was really a bit like that if he failed to aid Hubei, his years of planning would be a failure, and the ship entering the Yangtze River was equivalent to entering the battlefield. After all, the other side was occupied by the Yuan army and might attack his own fleet at any time.

"Report to Your Majesty, Wuhu Governor Liu Zhixue is waiting for the sacred carriage at the wharf!" Before Zhao Bing finished his third bowl of porridge, Chen Dun entered the cabin and reported.

"I'm going to fight, not to visit, so why are you welcome?" Zhao Bing put down the bowl and smiled bitterly, but the generals came to greet him, and he didn't even show his face, which was not suitable. So he could only drink the last sip of porridge, put on a cloak and put on the deck.

"The guns were fired three times, tell them that the war on the front line is urgent, and I led the army to aid, so it is not convenient to stay. Thank them for their kindness!" Zhao Bing held the telescope and looked at Jiang'an. He saw that the dock outside the city was full of Song army officers and soldiers. The leader was Liu Zhixue. He ordered that the ship was not allowed to stop, and he only fired the guns to greet him, and told him with flag words.

"Your Majesty is mighty and you will win!"

"Your Majesty is mighty and you will win!"

"The Great Song Dynasty is mighty!"

"The Great Song Dynasty is mighty!"...
Chapter completed!