Chapter 1026 The Battle of Yashan
May 15th of the fifth year of Gaia, Summer Palace.
On this day, a pair of Ouyang Shuo's sons and daughters were born. According to the advice of the cabinet, the boy was named Ouyang Yu, and because he was born ten minutes earlier, he was fortunate to be an elder brother; the girl was named Ouyang Luo, a younger sister.
As soon as the news came out, all officials came together to congratulate.
Ouyang Shuo even took the opportunity to announce a general amnesty for the whole world. As long as the prisoners in Daxia did not commit heinous felonies, they would all be raped and released, so as to show the greatness of the king's grace and celebrate with the whole world.
Promise Hall.
Looking at the pair of white and tender children in their infancy, Ouyang Shuo showed a rare gentle smile, both the nervousness of being a father for the first time, and the joy of having a successor.
Both Yu'er and Luo'er were extraordinary when they were born. They each had a totem on their right forearms, one was a golden dragon and the other was a fire phoenix, lifelike.
The female officials in the palace were all surprised and speechless when they saw it.
Zi Su, the head of the female officials, said with a smile: "The prince and the princess are really like dragons and phoenixes, born extraordinary."
Ouyang Shuo smiled slightly, and said: "The decree is passed, and when the king's heir is born, all the female officials and maids in the Xia Palace will have meritorious service, and rewards will be given according to their rank."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"
Zi Su led a group of female officials to give thanks.
Ouyang Shuo waved his hands, finally looked at his wife who was leaning on the bed, and said with a smile: "Madam, you have worked hard, rest well, I will go to the front hall first, and come back later."
Song Jia smiled softly, "Husband, go get busy!"
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Ouyang Shuo rushed to the front hall, in addition to accepting the congratulations from the officials, he also had to meet one person, who was Hu Zongxian, Governor of Annan, who had just returned from Hanoi to report on his duties in the capital.
There are still ten days before the end of the Annan War. Although the wounds of the war cannot be healed immediately, the turmoil caused by the war is gradually subsiding.
How to govern Annan Province, Hu Zongxian will personally report to the king.
In addition, Hu Zongxian also brought a batch of treasures, which were obtained by confiscating the treasuries of the royal city, even including the treasury of Haiphong City. All valuables have arrived in the capital.
Just in time for the birth of Wang Si, Hu Zongxian was lucky. It is estimated that in the next period of time, the governors of all provinces will come to Beijing one by one to congratulate the event.
Not to mention gold, silver and jewels among the seized items, the cabinet has its own regulations on how to dispose of them, so there is no need for Ouyang Shuo to worry about them. Hu Zongxian is natural, presenting only the two rarest treasures.
【Millennium Ginseng】(Purple Gold): Top medicinal material, it can also be used as a tonic.
Although the introduction is short, it is a real rare thing. It happened that Song Jia had just given birth and needed to stop. This thousand-year-old ginseng came at the right time.
【True Hearing Talisman】(Purple Gold): You can inquire about a designated person once and have a conversation at a designated time.
According to legend, Truth Listening is a psychic animal lying under the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's sutra table. It can identify all things in the world by listening, especially good at listening to people's hearts.
This is simply an artifact of eavesdropping, which can be used in critical occasions.
After accepting the two treasures presented by Hu Zongxian, Ouyang Shuo began to explain his plan for the Annan Province. The first sentence he said made Hu Zongxian excited, "The Annan Province is just a transition. In the future, after the capture of Nanzhang and Zhenla , Merge the three places into one province, I have already thought of the name, it will be called Hanoi Province."
After a pause, Ouyang Shuo said: "Ruzhen, do a good job in Annan, and don't let me down." The implication is very clear, the future governor of Hanoi must be Hu Zongxian.
If the three places are really going to be merged, Hanoi Province will be ranked among the top three provinces in terms of size and strategic position, and the weight of the Governor of Hanoi will naturally increase.
"The humble minister must be ashamed to repay the king's kindness!" Hu Zongxian nodded solemnly.
"Together with the tunnel between Annan and Yunnan, it is the lifeline of transportation connecting the inland with ASEAN. You have to pay attention to it and cooperate with the Yunnan province to take this opportunity to open up a commercial route." Ouyang Shuo continued to order.
One end of the tunnel is connected to Mengding County of Yunnan Province, and the other end is connected to Gaoping County of Annan Province, so it is named Menggao Tunnel. Whether it is Mengding County or Gaoping County, they are all mountainous areas with rugged mountain roads. It is not easy to open up a commercial route for free trade between the two sides, and it requires a lot of people and money.
"Financially, the imperial court will have some support, and the specific operation needs to be coordinated by the two governors." Ouyang Shuo gave Hu Zongxian a reassurance.
"Wei Chen understands!"
Hu Zongxian is not afraid, he is a practical person, not afraid of difficulties.
"In addition, the Annan province also has to play the role of a middleman to mediate the relationship between the dynasty and the ASEAN countries, especially Johor, Siam and other countries. We must focus on appeasement and exchange business and trade, so that they can feel the sincerity of the dynasty. The countries of ASEAN must not be united as one."
Daxia has no intention, and it is impossible to really bring down all the ten ASEAN countries, so that everyone must be offended. "Comfort and suppress a group" is the kingly way.
This point, Ouyang Shuo had to explain clearly to Hu Zongxian, so as not to misfire.
After hearing this, Hu Zongxian silently wrote it down.
Except for the above three points, the rest are just minor details, even if Ouyang Shuo didn't mention it, the cabinet would still worry about it. Taking a ten thousand step back, at worst, Hu Zongxian played on the spot in Annan.
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In the next two days, Ouyang Shuo received a steady stream of congratulations. Some came to Shanhai City in person, such as Lin Jing, Xie Siyun and others; some sent representatives, such as Feng Prison Huang.
The most congratulations are through letters, such as blood romance.
Of course, some of the congratulatory crowd had other thoughts, and they were the leaders of some large guilds, but they came for Annan's satellite city.
According to the usual practice, Daxia will hold an auction for the qualifications of the satellite towns and make a lot of money.
In addition to introducing satellite city guilds, Ouyang Shuo also intends to attract a group of adventurers to settle in the Annan Province in order to spread the Han culture and expand its influence.
All in all, Shanhai City is very lively these days.
At this moment, a burst of system announcements came suddenly, stirring up the situation.
"System Announcement: Congratulations to player Dichen for becoming the second lord in China to upgrade to the capital city. The reward is worth 90,000 merit points. Congratulations player!"
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"World Announcement: Congratulations to Dichen, a player from China, who became the third lord in the world to upgrade to the capital city. He will be rewarded with 100,000 merit points and 150,000 reputation points. Congratulations!"
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As soon as the announcement came out, Di Chen stole the limelight.
In less than ten days, Dichen completed the task of advancing the capital city, which can be described as extremely fast. Just as everyone was lamenting the speed of Handan City's promotion, another system announcement sounded, catching everyone by surprise.
"System announcement: The second capital city was born in China, triggering the campaign system. The ninth battle [Battle of Yashan] will officially start in three days. Please look forward to it. Friendly reminder: The battle of Yashan is an optional campaign scenario task. Only territories that have been promoted to a third-level county are eligible to sign up."
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It was already May 17th, and the national war month in June was approaching, but the battle was suddenly triggered at this time. This turn of events probably caught Di Chen by surprise.
"Gaia is really capricious!"
Ouyang Shuo, who was receiving the visiting envoys at the Summer Palace, shook his head helplessly.
Specific to this battle, there are many things to tell. Strictly speaking, the Battle of Yashan is not considered a large-scale or splendid battle.
In a sense, there were no bright spots in this battle.
That being the case, why did Gaia choose to use the "Battle of Yashan" as the most representative battle in the entire Song Dynasty? Without it, it is only because this battle is related to the inheritance of Chinese civilization.
The Battle of Yashan? Also known as the Yashan Naval Battle, it was a large-scale naval battle between the Song Dynasty army and the Mongolian army on Yashan in 1279 A.D. It was also a rare naval battle in ancient China.
Since this battle is directly related to the survival of the Southern Song Dynasty, it is also a decisive battle between Song and Yuan.
As a result of the war, the Yuan army won more with less, and the Song army was completely destroyed. When the country was destroyed in the Southern Song Dynasty, the prime minister Lu Xiufu threw himself into the sea with the young emperor Zhao Bing on his back.
After this battle, the Zhao Song Dynasty completely fell, which also meant the complete demise of the remaining forces of the Southern Song Dynasty, and the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties finally unified the whole of China.
Since then, China has been conquered by northern nomads for the first time.
The demise of the Southern Song Dynasty was definitely not a change of dynasty in the simple sense, but a subjugation of the country, marking the end of the classical era in China. Some people think that this naval battle marked the decline and fall of Chinese civilization in the classical sense. statement.
The Battle of Yashan caused a fault in the Chinese civilization that has been in the same line for thousands of years. Its impact is far-reaching and continues to this day.
The demise of the Song Dynasty even made China's attempt to transform from an agricultural empire to a commercial society come to naught. It is precisely because the Song Dynasty tried to abandon the form of a centralized agricultural empire that it continued to be weak militarily.
With the demise of South China, the process of China's independent development was interrupted. The once highly developed economy, culture, technology, bureaucratic system combining imperial examinations and aristocratic clans, the limited imperial power, advanced political system, etc. were all interrupted. Civilization The Yuan Dynasty ruled by the backward Mongols began to implement a closed, conservative, light-industry and commercial system and a more centralized system, and formally took Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism as the main content of the imperial examination and the official thinking of the government; and then the Ming Dynasty established by the Mongolian Yuan was overthrown. Conservative closed roads.
With such a far-reaching influence, the Battle of Yashan is destined to be recorded in the annals of history.
It is not difficult to understand that Gaia chose to perform this battle. Similarly, a so-called Yashan naval battle cannot afford the elements of an epic battle, so Gaia will definitely consider it.
Perhaps, the Battle of Yashan in the game will be a re-interpreted battle.
The specifics will not be known until after the battle begins. Before that, it had caused some confusion to Ouyang Shuo and other lords, including the selection of camps and types of troops.
In other words, will Gaia set up a confrontational camp in this battle? It is still the same as the Battle of Mobei in the Western Han Dynasty, putting all the lords in the same camp.
Will the main battlefield be set on land, or historical naval battles?
These uncertain factors are destined to be a very interesting battle.