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Chapter 254 Preparations for the Northern Expedition

Half a month passed quickly.

In the past half month, Jiang Chen didn't spoil the other concubines, he just accompanied Cheng Ying and the others every night.

This beauty is liked by all men, but being greedy for beauty will waste energy, and will not concentrate on doing things. As an emperor, he only favors that concubine or any eunuch, and wants to be exposed to rain and dew.

The emperor technique can be summed up as follows:

To the court: Rewarding the good and punishing the evil, kindness and power go hand in hand.

To the people: The people can let them know, but they can't let them know.

This sentence can be compared with "He who labors with his mind governs others, and he who labors with his strength governs others".

The so-called "people" are laborers.The people can let it go, but they can't make it known.That is to say, the laborers do the work of the laborers, and don't let them know what the true thoughts of the laborers are.That is, don't "overstep".

Very foolish, right?But it is not only a matter of ignoring the people that this can become a famous saying, it is more realistic and reasonable.poor person must have something mean.

Just because you let the laborers understand the thoughts of the laborers, it doesn't mean that the laborers will realize or appreciate you.On the contrary, it is more likely that they still can't understand, and if they can understand, they will not be laborers.Then it's irritating.Instead, the sender of the message became the target of attack.Not only will they not believe it, but they think you have ulterior motives.As a result, good intentions are regarded as the liver and lungs of a donkey, which is counterproductive.

Depending on the standpoint, the angle of thinking about the problem will also be different.

Many things seem unreasonable, but they are the principles of governing the country.

There must be a cause and an effect!Existence is reason.

As an emperor, you must know how to use people well, understand the balance of the court, understand the sufferings of the people, and not be deceived by traitors, and not indulge in beauty and pleasure. These are really difficult.

The emperor is also a human being, and human beings always have weaknesses, so the people around the emperor like to try to figure out the emperor's mind, and then prescribe the right medicine to please the emperor.

You can know the ups and downs by using history as a mirror, and you can know gains and losses by using people as a mirror.

Although Jiang Chen doesn't know how to be an emperor, but looking at thousands of years of history, he knows what to avoid.

Jiang Chen has a lot of things to do, but these things can't be done together, everything has to go through the fermentation of time.

This day Jiang Chen summoned Yang Guo and Huang Rong into the palace.

When Huang Rong saw Jiang Chen and wanted to salute, Jiang Chen stopped him. Huang Rong knew the truth that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. Now that Jiang Chen is the Ninth Five-Year Honorable, if he still gets along with the attitude of an elder like before, it will inevitably make him feel unhappy.

However, Huang Rong also thought too much, Jiang Chen has not changed, he is still him, the emperor is just a tool to exercise power to him.

"Master, Brother Yang called you here to discuss with you about the crusade against the Mongolian Tartars. Now that the tiger seals of the generals from all walks of life have been collected, all the soldiers and horses of the Southern Song Dynasty have fallen into my control, so I want the two of you Command the army of the first route, cooperate with the Nanjing army, and the army of the third route will attack Mongolia in the north..."

"Brother Jiang, although I am a little clever, I don't know how to use soldiers."

"I have passed on Wu Mu's suicide note to you before. With your talent and the help of other soldiers, there will be no problem."

"Since the emperor believes in me, then I will try."

"Master, you were the leader of the beggar gang before, I want you to organize the members of the beggar gang to go north together."

Jiang Chen has already sent a letter to Quanzhen Sect to let them rush to Xiangyang and be on standby at any time.

Qiu Chuji was very excited when he knew that Jiang Chen became the emperor and wanted to conquer the Mongolian Tartars to regain their lost land, so he immediately contacted other brothers to discuss this matter.

Guo Jing was also shocked knowing that Jiang Chen became the emperor, but the matter has come to this point, he can't say anything.

The Mingjiao is envoyed by the light, and the four masters of the Mingjiao lead everyone in the Mingjiao to Xiangyang.

Yeluqi took charge of Huyin and led the Chongqing army camp to go north to crusade.

Dawu and Xiaowu took charge of Wuyin and led the Huaixi Army northward.

Jiang Chen, Huang Rong, and Yang Guo stayed in the palace all afternoon discussing the deployment of troops and strategies.

The three of them are very smart, Jiang Chen and Huang Rong know the art of war very well, and Yang Guosheng has spirituality.

This war is about the economy and about money.

The so-called three armies go first without using food and grass.

When the two armies confront each other, the key to victory is not only the physical fitness of the soldiers between the armies and the combat command ability of the leaders, but more importantly, whether the respective food reserves of the armies can meet the needs of the armies for long-term battles and consumption. Is there any ability to supply the army's consumption in a timely manner.

Although the army's food reserves are very important for its battles.However, according to past history, when the battle progresses to the later stage, no matter how sufficient the food and grass prepared in the early stage are, there will always be insufficient food and grass supply for the soldiers in front.

The main reason for this situation is that in ancient times, the grain productivity in the rear was seriously lagging behind compared with the grain that the army needed to consume in war.

On the one hand, the battle of the front army has increased the consumption of food and grass.In ancient times, when the army was in war, its consumption of food and grass increased a lot compared to the consumption in peacetime. Not all the food reserves of the army were consumed by people, and a small part of the food and grass was consumed and wasted during transportation. , the farther the actual transportation distance of grain and grass is, the greater the unnecessary loss of grain and grass will be.

So there are many things to consider in a large-scale war.

The reason why Jiang Chen didn't discuss this matter in the imperial court was because it was useless to discuss it. These courtiers had no vigor and weighed the pros and cons in doing things. Some even claimed to seek peace with the Mongol Tartars for the sake of the country, and even more brain-dead ones would talk about compensation. Silver and land.

Even the main battlers will say that now is not the time, we must recharge our batteries, and then take it slowly.

Anyway, there are all kinds of opinions.

Instead of listening to their arguments to shake your determination, it is better to act arbitrarily.

When the country is peaceful, it cannot be governed without these ministers, but when the country is in crisis, it is necessary to have the determination to go the wrong way.

As long as Jiang Chen controls the soldiers and horses in the world, even if they gather together, even if there are many conspiracies, they will be self-defeating.

Now Jiang Chen is not in the mood to intrigue with his courtiers, he wants to get rid of the biggest hidden danger of the Mongol Tartars first.

In the evening Jiang Chen invited Huang Rong and Yang Guo to have dinner with them.

After eating, they ordered people to send them out of the palace.

Jiang Chen had given Huang Rong full authority over the affairs of the beggar gang. According to the results of their discussion in the afternoon, Jiang Chen ordered one after another.

Now the national treasury is full, so one hundred million taels was allocated from the treasury as military expenses.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he began to practice Dragon Elephant Boruo Kung Fu, an hour later.

The eunuch saw that Jiang Chen was over.

"Which concubine is the emperor going to sleep with at night?"

"You take me to the place where the harem concubine lives."

"It's the emperor."

In order to prevent fake eunuchs in the palace before, Jiang Chen also gathered all the eunuchs and had people inspect them one by one, and all those who were found out were driven out of the palace, or castrated again.

For those who collude with the ministers of the palace and secretly spy on themselves, if Jiang Chen finds out, they will all be slapped with [-] slaps first, and then driven out of the palace.

(End of this chapter)