Han Jinggui was very touched by this sudden ideological turmoil.
He patted Zhang Qiaonian on the shoulder.
"Earlier, Your Majesty wanted to set up a Guidance Department in the army. I only think that the purpose of the Guidance Department is to control military regulations and military laws, to restrict the army with military regulations and military laws, and to keep the army under the constraints of military regulations and military laws. I never expected what you said. It can actually have such a huge impact.
It seems that I still learned too little and was too superficial. I had never thought about its role before. I will review your Majesty’s political commentaries again when I get back. If I can learn more, maybe I can be like you. . "
Xin Qiji also praised him repeatedly.
"If we change the army, I am afraid that this war will not be stopped so easily. It may cause a big incident. Indeed, the benefits of a victory in this battle are too many. I am not convinced that the army has such a reaction. Accident."
Zhang Qiaonian didn't think he was that great.
He told Han Jinggui and Xin Qiji his understanding of the matter.
"If I change it to a secretary with profound theories, he can still do a good job. The key lies not with me, but with the Fuxing Meeting. Since the Song Dynasty, the court and civil servants have suppressed and restricted military generals. The purpose is to prevent the recurrence of the chaos of the Five Dynasties and prevent the emperor from reappearing. Taking turns doing a reenactment of the times at my house this year.
People today do not understand that era, and do not understand how arrogant and domineering the generals and armies of that era were, how the court and civil officials were manipulated by them, and how all the people in the world were ravaged by them, so they naturally feel that the Song people went too far.
However, His Majesty mentioned it many times when he was giving lectures in the Guidance Department. He believed that the people of the Song Dynasty did not make any principled mistakes. No one could accept the days when emperors changed every day like in the Five Dynasties, and all this happened in the Song Dynasty. was resolved.
The army is too powerful and too terrifying. If it is not educated and its hands and feet are restrained, once it is completely released, it will definitely backfire on itself. However, Your Majesty believes that the Song people have got into trouble and gone to extremes. They should have restrained and educated the army, but they instead The most direct suppression was adopted.
Suppression and restraint and education are two completely different modes. Suppression will make the army tamed in a short period of time, but it will also lose its combat effectiveness. Restraint and education will make the army understand why it fights and should use its powerful force. Where.
The Song people took the former path, and we took the latter path. The Song people did not have generals and armies causing chaos, and we did not have it either. However, the combat effectiveness of the Song army was seriously affected. The civil and foreign wars were a mess, which made people laugh. But we What about the Ming army?
This is the gap between us. We educate the army, let the army know why to fight, and let the army know where to use its force. Therefore, when there are some problems in the army, as long as we provide guidance, we can make the army return to work again. Get back on track. "
After listening to this, Han Jinggui and Xin Qiji felt that Zhang Qiaonian's words made sense. They felt that Zhang Qiaonian's scribes and instructors were more powerful in this regard.
Although they also have relevant theoretical knowledge, they are not professional in this area. Faced with this kind of thing, it is somewhat difficult to act.
Professional secretaries and instructors have rich methods of doing things and have strong influence and presence in the army. Once they take action, the ideological turmoil within the army will immediately calm down.
Every pacification will strengthen the ideological education within the army and improve the ideological level of the soldiers. Therefore, the ideological level of the Ming army will continue to improve, and similar things will become less and less.
This did not reduce the combat effectiveness of the army, but instead greatly united people's hearts and improved the combat effectiveness.
This kind of thought condenses into the military soul and becomes the common identity of every soldier. It is poured into the heart of every soldier. Anyone who enters this large group will be involuntarily attracted to this military soul, identify with it, and accept it. .
During the march and battle, you will be guided by it involuntarily, and your actions will unconsciously and actively comply with its guidance.
This was something that the Song people could not do, and this was also the root cause of the Song army's inability to defeat the Ming army.
Even if Yue Fei is reborn and the Yue Family Army at its peak reappears, the Ming army will not be defeated by the Yue Family Army.
There is only one Yuejia Army, with only one hundred thousand people. Even if the limit is changed, it will be gone after the battle. Facts have proved that without Yue Fei, the Song people will not be able to rebuild the Yuejia Army again, and the Yuejia Army will become the last song.
But the Ming army is different. As long as the military spirit is still there, even if the army is completely destroyed, it can be reorganized.
It cannot be beaten to death, knocked to pieces, smashed to pieces, cooked through, or burned.
Therefore, the entire Ming army no longer had any objections to the imperial court's instructions and the orders of the general headquarters. They followed the orders issued by the Northern Expeditionary Army's general headquarters, cleaned the battlefield, sorted out the results, and prepared to return to the court.
This military operation has ended here. The Ming army has successfully completed the goals set before the war. It can even be said that it has exceeded the pre-war goals.
Su Yonglin did not expect that the army could achieve such great results. He almost exceeded the strategic goals and obtained a large number of war captives, making this war not only no loss, but also a huge profit.
There are more than 200,000 war horses, and the total number of cattle and sheep is almost 500,000. There are countless other prairie specialties such as bone products, leather products, and even gold, silver, and jewelry. Su Yonglin even A lot of gold and silver reserves were added.
It turns out that these grassland tribes have so much gold and silver?
Where did it come from?
Su Yonglin was confused about this.
But that doesn't matter.
What pleased him most was not the capture of gold and silver, but the capture of large numbers of people.
Together, these two large tribes captured nearly 300,000 people, of whom there were not many young and strong people, accounting for about one-third. The large number of captured people gave him another group of free laborers to use. , can contribute to the Yellow River Project.
Although these two tribes were not completely wiped out, and many people fled to places where they could not be pursued, nevertheless, these two tribes can also be declared over.
Especially when their leaders Tuoli and Yesugei were both captured, these two tribes had almost no possibility of making a comeback. The remaining population and the number of young people already made them incapable of even protecting themselves.
The remaining four main tribes on the grassland and the small tribes wandering outside will not let these bereaved dogs go. They will definitely swarm up and eat them up completely, leaving no trace of their corpses.
This also made Su Yonglin start to think about re-planning and rearranging the situation on the grassland after the war.
This battle took place in response to the provocation of the Kelie tribe and the Qiyan tribe. In order to deal with these two arrogant tribes, let the tribes on the grassland know how powerful the Ming Dynasty was, so that they would not dare to rush south. Kou Bian.
Although this was Su Yonglin's goal, the results of this battle could also be said to be unimaginable. The two tribes were directly crippled, and it was impossible for their remaining remnants to continue to maintain such a large territory.
After the destruction of Klei and Qiyan, the remaining large grassland tribes were Merqi, Naiman, Tata'er, and Wanggu, as well as many miscellaneous tribes they called the forest tribes, whose tribes they could not distinguish. If the power of the Ming Dynasty does not intervene, the remaining four grassland forces will definitely gain something.
Their power will grow correspondingly, and they will gradually develop into large tribes like Kled and Qiyan. They will once again have the ability to threaten the Central Plains, and they may even raise Gu kings.
This is not a situation Su Yonglin wants to see.
It is not uncommon in history for an enemy to be destroyed and his enemies to grow stronger and become a serious nuisance.
Therefore, the war against Klie and Qiyan was not the product of Su Yonglin's plan, but they were really looking for death. Su Yonglin couldn't bear it and could only deal with them cruelly.
After the ruthless men were over, there was a certain power vacuum in the grassland, and the Ming Dynasty currently did not have enough energy to directly occupy and develop the grassland, especially when it was separated by the Wanggu tribe and the Tata'er tribe.
In such a situation, how should he maintain the balance of the grassland?
Su Yonglin thought for a long time and could not come to a proper conclusion, so he called the ministers to a meeting and asked for their opinions.
After all, this is a national matter, and these ministers who have opinions on high-level affairs should not let him down.
Even if there is no strategy that can be used right away, if you listen to it, you might be able to come up with an effective strategy.
So Su Yonglin called the Ming Dynasty's top decision-making team headed by Zhao Zuoliang, told them his question, and wanted to discuss with them what to do next.
Previously, the entire Ming court had already known about this great victory. While overjoyed, the officials had to sigh with emotion at Su Yonglin's proud martial arts and powerful military capabilities.
Although China has not yet been unified, no one thinks that it cannot complete the task of unifying the world. It is only a matter of time.
And with victory after victory, Su Yonglin's prestige increased, and the title of Human Emperor became more and more well-deserved. Even if he was not the emperor, no one would doubt that he could not be the emperor.
On the contrary, the mysterious veil of the emperor has faded away, and a powerful human emperor has become more popular.
With Su Yonglin's various policies to reduce burdens and benefit the people, his popularity in many areas has already exceeded the level of a normal emperor.
Many officials came back from business trips and said that the people kept talking about Su Yonglin, talking about the human emperor who belonged to the world, telling about the things Su Yonglin did for them, and thanking Su Yonglin for giving them land, reducing their burdens, and allowing them to have the life they have today. .
In his words, the people expressed endless gratitude and respect for him——
Not only for this Human Emperor, but also for Su Yonglin, I have endless gratitude and respect.
It went beyond the emperor's identity and pointed directly at Su Yonglin himself.
This situation has left many old bureaucrats at a loss.
What they are better at dealing with is a holy emperor who rules from the top down, a "holy emperor" whose attributes as emperor are greater than his own attributes, rather than a human emperor who holds the power of the world and has supreme popularity, a pure person.
Since ancient times, there have been many cases where the emperor's attributes have overshadowed the attributes of people. There are too few individuals who transcend the status of emperor. When they suddenly meet one, they really don't know how to deal with it.
Despite this, they still had to face the young Emperor, surrender to him, be loyal to him, and run back and forth for his orders, taking pride in this.
Just like this at this moment.
In the meeting hall, Su Yonglin sat at the top, and the others sat under his highness. The hall was quiet and silent until Su Yonglin spoke.
"Let's talk about it. Don't be silent. The Ming army won the battle and they have completed what they need to do. Next, it is the task of the court. If they cannot handle the next things well, it means that the court is not worthy. Ming army, this is not good."
Su Yonglin picked up the tea bowl, opened the lid and took a sip.
