Kingdom of Heaven and Han

The envoys had all left, and Wang Xiaolie sat in the room alone, staring at the blooming chrysanthemums outside the window in a daze, and remained motionless for a long time.

The chrysanthemums are very gorgeous, colorful and complicated.It's late autumn, when the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and the whole yard is full of flowers like a sea.Coupled with the strong aroma of a few sweet-scented osmanthus trees next to it, and a few butterflies flying among the flowers, this is a good time to enjoy the flowers and drink wine.

"The westerly wind is blowing and the yard is full of plants, but the stamens are cold and fragrant, and the butterflies are hard to come. If I were Qing Emperor in his year, I will repay the peach blossoms together." Suddenly, this poem popped up in Wang Xiaolie's mind.For no reason, I remembered it when I saw the chrysanthemum.

Wang Xiaolie smiled wryly, stood up, walked to the door and looked into the yard.

People in later generations always think that rebellion is easy.With an army in hand, as long as you are in a bad mood, you can climb up and call out, not to mention the crowd of responders, at least the army under you will rebel with you.Some people also said that since Yue Fei's army is called "Yue Family Army", wouldn't it be enough for him to rebel with twelve gold medals?

In fact, although Yue Fei's army is called "Yue Family Army", it is the army of the imperial court.Han Shizhong's army was called "Han's Army", and Zhang Jun's army was also called "Zhang's Army" by the people at that time. Yue Fei just followed the rules, indicating that he was a general.

The several armies of the founding of the Southern Song Dynasty were formally formed when Yue Fei became an independent army.Among them, Han Shizhong is his own army, which has the nature of a part of warlord.However, he followed the imperial court to fight all the year round and was deeply influenced by the imperial court.Liu Guangshi is a warlord, and all the messy troops recruited by the Song Dynasty were stuffed into him.However, he has little control over his army and can only restrain it.Zhang Jun was trained by Zhao Gou. Although he was called "Zhang Jiajun", he was a regular army of the imperial court.It is precisely because of this status that after ten years of turmoil in Shaoxing, he is the one who is really in charge of the military.

Yue Fei is another general trained by Zhao Gou after Zhang Jun, who is used to reorganize other armies.Because of this, all the troops that could be reorganized were assigned to Yue Fei's name.If there is no accident, it should be Yue Fei who annexed Liu Guangshi's department and completed the integration of the Song Dynasty army.

With such an identity, why did Yue Fei rebel?His army is the regular army of the imperial court, and few rebels follow him.In fact, after the Prison Storm happened, few of Yue Fei's subordinates really opposed it.Zhao Gou took care of Yue Fei and never thought about the army's rebellion.

Historically, when Chen Mingren revolted when the overall situation was settled, three of his four army commanders escaped, and most of his soldiers fled.Of course, there are reasons for Chen Mingren's self-willedness and over-cautiousness, but the main reason is the lack of control over the army and the unknown situation.

Facing Zhao Gou, Wang Xiaolie had to be ready to rebel at any time.But if he rebelled, he had to consider whether his army would listen to him, and how many people would listen to him.It is conceivable that there is no iron-like discipline and an army that absolutely obeys orders.

When Wang Ruohai came in, seeing Wang Xiaolie at the door, he hurriedly saluted.

Wang Xiaolie said: "I haven't seen the staff all day, but I don't know what to do?"

Wang Ruohai said: "It's already winter, and the army has to prepare for the winter. It's no small matter to distribute supplies to them."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "That's right, this is a big deal. All the divisions have sent official documents, saying that there is a lack of supplies for the winter, and it is indeed difficult to distribute them."

Now Wang Xiaolie's military standards have not yet been determined, the distribution system is not clearly stated, and the supplies are not sufficient, and the divisions are rushing to grab them.As Wang Ruohai's chief of staff, distributing winter supplies has become a major event recently, and he is extremely busy every day.

After entering the room, the guests and the host sit down.Wang Xiaolie made a pot of tea and invited Wang Ruohai.

After drinking a cup of tea, Wang Ruohai put the tea down.Said: "Isn't it inappropriate for Xuan Fu to ask some envoys to return immediately with gifts? Their positions have been arranged at the banquet, and even some people who need to take care of the food and drinks have thought of—"

Wang Xiaolie sighed: "Consultant, if you have something to say in front of me, you should just say it!"

Wang Ruohai said: "Yes, the subordinates should be punished for not following the military order. But it shouldn't be so direct! The subordinates, Dutong and Qianju, are now generals of one party. Xuanfu's actions will make them unable to step down. Let them The envoys attended the wedding banquet well, so they can save face."

Wang Xiaolie said: "This wedding banquet is all about face. What kind of punishment is it if you get off? We are the army, we must let the people below understand that the military order is like a mountain, and it cannot be changed at all. It can only be carried out! There is no cleverness to say. Not a place to play tricks!"

Wang Ruohai thought for a while, finally nodded and said: "Xuanfu makes sense. However, I still think it's too much."

Wang Xiaolie waved his hands and said, "That's it, the staff doesn't need to mention it anymore!"

Wang Ruohai shook his head.Dao: "Hedong area. Now the Shangdang has a division of Xie Linong, a division of Cao Zhiyan in Jinzhou, and a division of Jiang Min in Shizhou, a total of three divisions, 10 horses. Supply food and grass to these 10 horses , providing supplies for wintering is not an easy task.”

Wang Xiaolie said: "It's not easy. However, Jinzhou and Shangdang are both strategically important, and they must be stationed with soldiers and horses. Jiang Min's presence in Shizhou is to solve the prefecture's Zhejia, and to surround the enemy's rear during wartime. Useful."

Wang Ruohai said: "Shizhou can use the Yellow River for transportation. Although it is difficult, it is worse than going by land. The most difficult thing now is the area around Longde Mansion. Originally, Longde Mansion was enough to support more than 3 people. But after the Jin Bing, the place was dilapidated With a small population, it will be difficult. I think that now that the new army has been trained, it is better to march northward and lead Xiangzhou and Cizhou. It can monitor the Daming Mansion and support the Longde Mansion."

Wang Xiaolie thought for a while, and then said decisively: "No, occupying these two states will stimulate Liu Yu, and it will become an endless situation. In the current situation, we'd better not join the battlefield in the Central Plains, but go straight to the north. If To join the Central Plains battlefield, you have to cooperate with Liu, Zhang, and Han armies, and cooperate—"

Wang Xiaohun shook his head.

Wang Ruohai has been Wang Xiaolie's chief of staff for many years, so he vaguely guessed what Wang Xiaolie was thinking.He sighed and said, "If you can't occupy Xiangzhou and Cizhou, you will have to suffer for the people in Huai, Wei, Ze and other prefectures. The road from Zezhou to Longde Mansion is not very easy."

Wang Xiaolie was silent for a while, then asked: "Is the army short of money now? Spend more money, we can't let the common people do their jobs and still not get paid."

"There is always a shortage of money. However, after the occupation of Luoyang this year, the Xuanfu Division built many factories and spent a lot of money. In addition to building a new army, the money spent will be even more. If many things can be temporarily It's been a lot easier. The problem now is that these things can't wait."

Wang Xiaohun nodded, but did not speak.

When the economy develops, it is not unfamiliar to modern people to invest money and make money by printing money.To tell the truth, this method is the conventional means of modern state.With the operation of various currency reservoirs, a huge amount of currency can be printed.

In this era, there is a lack of various studies on this method, and Wang Xiaolie can only try it step by step.Fortunately, in this era, the expenditure of the government is much less than that of later generations, and the development is very fast under Wang Xiaolie's rule, so there is no shortage of money in general.

Collecting folk copper coins into the bank, and economic development expanding the demand for money, these two alone are enough for Wang Xiaolie's money expenditure.