This brought about a serious problem. The Mongols still did not make any progress in the territory after ten years. Their main economic pillar was the state-organized trading caravans and the tax on transit goods. Every time the Song Dynasty was powerful at sea, it was equivalent to taking out a little blood from the Mongolian blood vessels and leaving it alone. The prestige and rule of the Mongolian Empire would soon be unable to maintain.

Kublai Khan had a very clear understanding of this situation. For the Mongols, this was the biggest crisis since the founding of the Temujin clan. The only way to solve this crisis was to give up the symbolic tribute and tribute inherited by ancestors and instead implement the system of collecting taxes in the Han area according to one household and one account. The territory of Mongolia was ten times that of the Southern Dynasties and the population was far greater than that of the Southern Dynasties. Once the system of paying taxes according to household registration was established, the strength of the Mongols could immediately increase several times, and then 500,000 troops were collected from the Han area and the Western Regions. Why worry about the failure of the Southern Dynasties to pacify? Once the Southern Dynasties were pacified, the Mongol Empire would have an endless source of taxes, which was enough to support the empire's great achievements for thousands of years.

However, the reforms were difficult. The Mongolian nobles could not recognize the great benefits that the tax system in the Han area brought to the empire. They only saw the complaints of the herdsmen of their subordinates. Moreover, once the tax system was established, they could no longer collect materials from the tribes for their own use, or set up checkpoints and charge fees without any choice. Guiyoukhan was also indifferent to the issue of establishing a mature tax system. Like the Khans of his ancestors, he was focused on only the improvement of military technology.

Take the example of this Red Army who stepped alone to the front line of the Song and Meng confrontation, and it can be seen that the past ten years of the Mongolian army was not mediocre. The Red Army of the Red Army was no longer the set of armor that had been tied with more than ten layers of cowhide armor ten years ago, but light nailed armor with iron sheets on its cotton robe, which was to deal with the increasingly powerful mesh gun firepower of the Song Dynasty. In terms of horses, the Mongolians who occupied the Persian Plateau came from the Great Food Kingdom.

I purchased enough large-scale war horses to supply the Detective Horses. The quality of these war horses is unparalleled, far from comparable to the Southern Dynasties cavalry who relied on seizure and smuggling to obtain Mongolian horses. In terms of weapons, after ten years of hard work, the Mongols were able to establish a powerful firearm unit. The Detective Horses carried two short guns, and their range and firepower were not inferior to the same type of short guns of the Southern Dynasties. What was hateful was that the number of equipment was too small.

Kublai Khan hopes that through economic efforts, he can arm the Mongolian army more with such advanced weapons, at least so that they will not suffer losses when facing the Song army in equipment. But Guiyukan did not think so. Unfortunately, his brother Mengge did not think so.

This detective Ma Chi was sent out from Mengge's Qixue Guard. He traveled thousands of miles from Henan to the front line in order to achieve a huge plan that could destroy the Song Dynasty.

In the dense jujube forest, the lookout whistle in the distance could hardly see the figures in the forest. The other party chose this place to connect, and it was indeed carefully prepared in advance.

It was almost dusk, and a black shadow slowly walked out of the dim sky.

The detective Chijun asked in fluent Chinese language: "Who is here?"

The man replied cautiously: "It's just a jackal who escaped the hunter."

The detective Chijun nodded and asked, "What is General Lu's consideration?"

The man lowered his voice and said, "General Lu has made up his mind. Now the only one who is in trouble is Cao Shixiong. But please don't worry, this person will definitely not live ten days later."

The detective Ma Chi said solemnly: "The Khan has arrived in Taiyuan from Helin. All the kings have led their respective troops to meet and wait for the good news about General Lu. Once General Lu starts, the vanguard army will arrive in Xiangyang within three days and the army will arrive in fifteen days."

He paused and smiled, "I didn't expect that the great cause of the six-in-one will be decided by the words of the two of them today."

The black shadow said coldly: "It's still early to Liuheyi. If the Khan can get Xiangyang, he must be wary of Zheng Yunming after all."

The detective Chijun said, "Zheng Yunming has been retreating for more than a year, and the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is quite wary of him. Could there be any other problem?"

The black shadow shook his head slightly: "But he is always Zheng Yunming." After that, he didn't wait for the Tanma Chi to reply and slowly retreated back into the shadow.

The detective Chijun originally wanted to argue for a few sentences, but when he thought of the three words Zheng Yunming, a strong chill suddenly surged in his heart. He could not relax his vigilance at any time, just because he was Zheng Yunming.

He turned his body and slowly retreated to the north.

In the morning of September 16, the sixth year of Baoxing, an envoy of the cadre broke into the Political Affairs Hall in a panic. Wu Qian, the left prime minister of the political affairs department, looked at his panic and said slowly: "Why are you so panic?" Ten years of experience in the officialdom have turned the humorous fat scholar into a mature and steady minister of the state. But even he can't handle today's affairs calmly.

"The front urgently reported that the commander of Jingzhou, Lv Wenhuan, and the commander of Ezhou, Gundam, resigned from Xiangyang Prefecture to rebel against the imperial court, and had defected to Mongolia!"

The envoy's loud voices could not hide the panic. Over the years, the Song Dynasty used Shouchun, Xiangyang and Chongqing as the fulcrum to build an indestructible defense line. In other words, the gains and losses of these three cities directly determine the stability of the defense line ahead. Xiangyang is the most important among them. Zheng Yunming was in charge of Jinghu for seven years. These seven years were probably the most violently changing seven years in the history of Jinghu. In recent years, Jinghu had mines, households, workshops, and elite troops, which had become the core area of ​​the entire Song Dynasty's enlightenment and enterprising. Seizing Xiangyang was equivalent to opening the gateway to destroy Jinghu, and destroying Jinghu, to some extent, means destroying the Song Dynasty itself.

The Song Dynasty, which is on the threshold of reform and reform, cannot bear the losses of the fall of Xiangyang.

It’s no wonder that Wu Qian’s first reaction when he heard this was: “How is this possible?”

Of course this is possible. This is also repeatedly emphasized by the former governor of the government affairs department who lived in Yiwu County. Jia Sidao, who is now in Jinghu, is the ambassador of Jinghu. The plan he forcibly implemented in Jinghu will inevitably trigger a rebound of local military generals. But what Zheng Yunming never expected was that the one who rose up to rebel was neither Wei Sheng, who was exiled from Jingjiang Prefecture, nor Jiao Jin, who was still in Yunnan and the Mongols. It was not even the command of Lizhou Liu Zheng, who was reported by Jia Sidao because of the plan, or Han Feng, the commander of Zhenjiang who was punished to think behind closed doors. Jia Sidao, who rebelled, was actually the elite Huaidong team brought out by Jia Sidao himself, and directly gave Xiangyang City to the Mongols. 70,000 well-trained elite soldiers and hundreds of various artillery guns, would become the vanguard of the Mongols' southward attack, which would be disastrous for the entire Song Dynasty.

"There is no verdict!" Wu Qian asked this question and immediately regretted it. Such a big thing, the ministers in front of him dared and could not report it as a joke. Wu Qian could even imagine that Jia Sidao, the ambassador of Jinghu, who was known for his shrewdness and strength, should have exhausted all kinds of methods and could not save the situation. He was forced to send him to report to the court after he had no choice but to report to the court.

He paused, turned to Ma Guangzu, the Minister of Revenue sitting aside, and said, "Call that person back. This time it is really the time for life and death."

There was no sign of excitement on Ma Guangzu's gloomy face: "During his exile for no reason, I am afraid that Mr. Zheng will not rise up easily."

"When has it been!" Wu Qian slapped on the table fiercely: "The country doesn't know whether it can be kept or not, and it's still sticking to personal grudges!"

In fact, strictly speaking, Zheng Yunming did not seem to have any complaints when he was exiled. Every day, the people of Yiwu County could see a man in a light clothes wearing a fishing rod to fish in the stream outside the city. He sat for a whole day. His beautiful little lady always brought him food regularly, and she couldn't see anything unhappy.

Zheng Yunming's ease comes from his exquisiteness of retreating to advancing. His exile to Jiangsu and Zhejiang not only did not become a setback on the political road, but instead became a successful bonus. Jia Sidao promoted radical economic reform policies in Huaidong, causing large-scale manual workers to cause trouble in Huaidong and inspire civil unrest. If it weren't for the large-scale peasant riots in Shandong, Huaidong would almost be insured. How could the court not know who the real culprit was for such a big thing? The reason for the blame on Zheng Yunming, who had just taken office was Jia Si. Dao indeed seized the subtle point where Zheng Yunming had not yet established a foothold in the court and the power of the Siming people remained. The second is that the emperor had re-corrected his political layout. Now the Siming people's power has been suppressed by the new party headed by Zheng Yunming and cannot occupy the mainstream voice in the political affairs hall. They naturally hope to form an alliance with the imperial power and use the emperor's hands to fight back against the powerful new party. As for the emperor himself, he gradually changed the new party from support to suspicion. This time the exile of Zheng Yunming is a very obvious political signal.

Zheng Yunming took the initiative to assume the political responsibility of this civil rebellion, which was a good move that was not even good. Compared to his father Zheng Qingzhi's desperate attachment to authority after his defeat in Luo, Zheng Yunming chose to accept the punishment of the court in full without any complaints when the responsibility was not in his own situation. In this way, the public opinion in Lin'an was one-sided sympathetic to Zheng Yunming, and some students even went to the palace gate excitedly and shouted: "Jia Xianggong is a detailed work of the Mongols!"

This is very important. Of course, when Qin Hui and Qin clan framed Yue Fei, only people dared to post a copy on the alley in front of the palace at night saying that Qin clan was a detailed work and did not dare to speak so blatantly under the palace. The emperor was furious and ran the scholar three thousand miles away to show punishment. As for why he did not use the extreme punishment like Emperor Gaozong, it was because the emperor's handling of Zheng Yunming was purely due to a temporary warm-heartedness. Zheng Yunming at this time was much stronger than Yue Wumu at that time.
Chapter completed!