"Now we are unified again!"
In Fengluan Hall, comparing the conditions in the two memorials, the empress chuckled and said, "It's really interesting!"
Yesterday's thoughts did not go to the worst direction, but reversed all the way to the best direction.
But this good mood did not last long. In the memorial presented, in addition to symbolically deleting a few unimportant requirements, the rest was to reverse the order.
Apparently after the work was handed over to the Documents Division, the expected conflicts between the various forces did not appear. Instead, they worked together with a tacit understanding to harvest the Wu Dynasty's wool.
It’s time to be subtle and greedy. This human nature is really terrible.
"Everyone has their own selfish motives in family affairs, national affairs, and world affairs. Big things can be dealt with clearly. A little profit is harmless!" Lao Pu put a handful of incense into the incense burner.
Grasp the big ones and let go the small ones, just grasp the core. If you don’t pay for money, just pay attention to the attitude of the major clans, and it is normal to reward some things.
"Want you to remind me?"
After looking at Lao Pu angrily, the empress dropped the memorial and said, "Seal it!"
The demands of all parties are reduced to money and food, and the long-term benefits are definitely more than 200,000 taels. With the profits distributed by themselves, the major clans can recover all the costs in one or two years instead of three to four years. It's all pure profit.
But to govern a country, money and food are only superficial, the key is people's hearts. If people's hearts are not unified, no matter how much money is useless, if people's hearts are united, lack of money is only temporary.
The degree of this is enough for an emperor to spend his whole life learning and mastering.
From the time it was put on the shelves to the present, the four years have already made the empress clearly understand how this speed should be adjusted. Now that the decision has been made, she does not need to add any extraneous details.
"Come on, leave the rest to the old slave!"
Putting the memorial back into his sleeve, Lao Pu took out a volume from it and said, "This is the newspaper that was just delivered to Tang last night. What I was worried about before has not happened, but the Jurchen Ministry seems to have known about the changes in our court!"
Each country's sense of smell is better than the other, and the sense of smell of the prairie leader is more like that of a wild wolf, which makes people wonder.
"You're being dishonest again!"
There are thousands of grassland tribes scattered across the vast sea and grasslands.
Kyushu was in turmoil for three hundred years, and the grassland also grew for three hundred years. From east to west, three major ethnic groups were formed, headed by Jurchens, Mongols, and Tatars.
The Jurchens are in the east. They came out from the Black Mountains and White Waters. They first conquered Xianbei and then conquered Fuyu. They went south to Youzhou a hundred years ago. Since then, they followed the example of the Six Kingdoms of the Central Plains and Xuantu and founded the country as "Jin". It has a core population of more than three million and controls two herdsmen. There are tens of millions, and among all the forces in Kyushu today, they are also extremely powerful beings.
However, the Jurchens had the brains. They only took Changli and Xuantu counties from Youzhou, Youbeiping to the west, and Liaoxi counties as a buffer against Wu. Liaodong County was used as a buffer against Sanhan in the east. Wu Chaohu City was borrowed from the west, and Sanhan was borrowed from the east. , and constantly make up for the shortcomings.
It seems that they don't occupy any territory, but who can't see the Jurchen's ambition?
How long has it been since Fang Fang came up with the idea of working for relief?
Countries in the Central Plains set up residences in the Wu Dynasty, but the Wu Dynasty did not allow the "Jin Kingdom" mission to enter, so how did Jurchen know?
Or exploded from the border?
"What's the explanation for this?"
The northern border is just a proxy for geographical location. It is usually understood to be the area north of the Yellow River, but according to one ethnic group, Youzhou is considered the north.
The Wu Dynasty and the grasslands were all in the north, but the really bitter and cold areas were only bordered by the Wu Dynasty. After Youzhou, it was no longer described as bitter and cold.
The winter in the Wu Dynasty started in late October and lasted until February and March of the next year.
But after you have passed Youzhou, this winter starts in August and lasts until the end of March next year. There is only half a year without snow. The foreign herdsmen just follow the snow trails. In such a living environment, who doesn’t want to live in Jiuzhou, even if it’s just to occupy a small area? In Youzhou, you can rarely see snow for one month a year. If you go to Jizhou, it will be really comfortable.
This sense of oppression born of survival could only be felt through words in the Ming, Song, Tang and Chu Dynasties, but the Wu Dynasty really needed to be on guard against this at all times.
As for the Liao Kingdom, which is also a foreign race, they are even more wary!
"It's too late to travel by land. The only way to leak the news is by sea. It is recommended to start from Yuyang!" Lao Pu said in a loud voice.
When it comes to spies from the Central Plains, the Office of Documents arrests them as soon as they catch them, but when it comes to spies from foreign races, they would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go.
"In addition, based on the current analysis, it is possible that the Jin Kingdom will join forces with the Song Kingdom in the coming year!"
The Wu Dynasty had been holding back for forty years, and there was obviously no sign of war, but countries still speculated about it and were wary.
Nowadays, women have endured for hundreds of years. Why don't they take action? It's not because they don't want to but because they can't. After starting the annexation war, they can't dare to occupy a strong position before the Wu Dynasty counterattacks. Most of the follow-up will go back and forth. It will be a dead end and the ambition will be exposed. Did not say.
"Didn't Nianrun go to the border?"
"As the Minister of War, I can leave this matter to him!"
The Wu Dynasty will no longer be short of money. The warehouse is full of money and food. The Wu Dynasty is not afraid of anything.
The Jurchens were really desperate, and the empress didn't mind slapping the Song people a few times before hitting them again.
As for poor Nian Run, don't come back yet. You can leave the preparations to him. The specific person will not eat until the snow melts.
"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation, since this year is likely to be a warm winter, the situation in Youzhou is good, and the people have many ways to keep out the cold, it is better to start early!"
Among the thirteen counties of Youzhou, the three Han Dynasties are in the east, the Jurchens are in the middle, and the Wu Dynasty is in the west.
To the west, Daijun, Shanggu, Fanyang, and Yuyang are all in Wu, and the border has already been pushed to the Youbeiping line.
"Then fix it!"
It’s not that we can’t build roads in winter, it’s just that it consumes more money and takes longer. Now that we have 20 million taels in hand, we don’t have to worry about not being able to start it.
Besides, the road is only being widened and reinforced, not built from scratch. As long as you are willing to pay, there will be no trouble.
"I'll have people prepare for it right now!"
"By the way, what's going on in the mountains now?" The empress still couldn't hold it back.
"It's not a big problem. The four snowfalls at the beginning of winter are not serious. Marquis Long Wu knows it well. No news is good news!" Lao Pu said with a smile.
The Marquises of Wu Dynasty are divided into three groups: Shihou, Shihou and Wuhou.
Shihou, a real feudal territory, hereditary inheritance.
Shihou, after one lifetime, he surrendered. After three lifetimes, the family did not go on missions and returned to the ranks of civilians.
Wuhou, also known as Xuhou, you are the one when you are in office, and you are not the one when you change the official position. The simple understanding is that your merits and seniority are enough, but unfortunately there is no position above, so I give you a virtual title.
Longwuwei has been stationed in Tai'an City all year round to prevent animal disasters and has done a lot of credit. However, it is extremely difficult to be promoted. This is not only the case for Longwuwei, but also for more than a dozen guards near the capital. Even if they are not promoted, they are just not yet qualified.
"You're back, let me know as soon as possible!"
Now she is empty, but the equation cannot get out of the mountain, it is still a stretch. If she had known that things could be easy, she should not have let the equation into the mountain. Now the more she thinks about it, the more distracting thoughts and worries she has in her heart.
