After hearing Zhao Yucheng's request, Zhang Yuejing was stunned.
"Are you in charge?"
Zhao Yucheng nodded.
"Isn't it possible? I am defending according to the danger. The Sichuan and Shu troops have no chance of entering the Jinghu area. Both Yiling and Zigui were captured by my men. Although my men have only been in the army for a short time, they are definitely not weak."
"Having said that, the Sichuan and Shu armies in the Southern Song Dynasty were very good at fighting."
Zhang Yuejing said: "This is the most elite army in the Southern Song Dynasty. Su Haisheng thinks very highly of himself and has doubts about the Sichuan-Shu army in the Southern Song Dynasty. It can be imagined that its combat effectiveness is quite strong.
The peasant army has a large number, but the training time is limited. It is better to reduce casualties. What's more, you don't know how to cooperate with firearms in combat, right? "
"this……"
Zhao Yucheng has a temperament that refuses to admit defeat, but there are some things that he cannot ignore without admitting defeat.
Although there are currently rumors of the establishment of the Jiangxi Corps, this has not yet been established, so currently Zhang Yuejing is still the commander-in-chief of this military operation, and he also has to take orders from Zhang Yuejing.
"By the way, I heard that there is talk of establishing a Jiangxi Corps in the military recently?"
Zhao Yucheng tentatively asked, "Do you have any news here?"
Zhang Yuejing touched his chin.
"I've heard rumors before, but the specifics still have to wait for the chairman's order and the Privy Council's writing. Don't worry. You have made such a great contribution, and you are indispensable for rewards in this regard. According to my guess, I will go south in the future. The destruction of the Song Dynasty is probably a matter of our two corps and the Guanzhong Qilu Corps."
"That's good. Although civilian work is also good, what I want to do now is military work and lead the army to fight in various places."
Zhao Yucheng said with a smile: "The chairman has gone through many hardships along the way, and I have some feelings about his previous hardships through his experience in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is an old saying that it is better to travel thousands of miles to read thousands of books. I read Having read so many books, I always have to walk more roads to gain deeper insights.”
"What else do you want to learn?"
Zhang Yuejing looked at Zhao Yucheng with a smile.
Zhao Yucheng sighed.
"You may not know that at the same time that I launched the uprising, many people who were also oppressed on Jiangnan West Road at that time rose up to resist the oppression of the Southern Song Dynasty. They were once very powerful, gathering 200,000 to 300,000 people, and their scale was far larger than mine , but they failed.
Moreover, their failure was not only due to the killings by the Southern Song Dynasty, but also internal cannibalism. After they occupied some places, they did not continue to fight. Instead, they began to enjoy, talk about pomp and rules, There was a discussion about who was older and who was younger.
Some people were dissatisfied and began to kill each other. At this moment, the Song army came in and killed them with blood flowing into rivers. They were defeated. The originally vigorous resistance soon failed. Zhang Xiaohu, the commander of the fourth division under my command, He was the only surviving leader of that uprising.
So I was thinking, why did they fail so quickly, why did they degenerate so quickly? They were obviously trying to resist, but in an instant, they seemed to have changed their species and started to enjoy themselves.
The same situation happened when I was developing here. Many former comrades were greedy for enjoyment, took bribes and became superiors. This made me very puzzled. "
"I see, you've been through this."
Zhang Yueying nodded, sighed, and said slowly: "What you can't figure out, I can't figure out either. The chairman has dealt with many people over the years, and many of them are Fuxing members.
They are all well-educated and educated, and some of them are people we all know. They were so sensible and striving to make progress at that time. Some things should have been understood, but why did they still make mistakes? "
"So, I still have a lot of doubts, and I can't figure it out no matter how hard I think about it."
Zhao Yucheng said: "But while I was fighting, I had an idea. I don't know if it is right or not."
"what idea?"
"This may be related to the war."
Zhao Yucheng said: "During the war, we focused on the war wholeheartedly, fighting with all our hearts, just for victory and success. We didn't have so much to think about, so we didn't have so many problems.
But once I'm free, it's different. Just like my uncles and relatives back then, when they first started to stir up trouble, they were always cautious and cautious. But once they thought the world was stable, they started to enjoy all kinds of things and do all kinds of things. Demon, you can do anything.
So I thought that war, or something similar to war that requires everyone to devote themselves to, is the best way to maintain internal purity, so that no one will think about how to enjoy luxury and oppression. What do you think? "
After Zhang Yuejing heard Zhao Yucheng's remarks, he thought about it, then held his chin and slowly shook his head.
"The Chairman has said that war is the last resort to resolve political conflicts that cannot be reconciled, and is not a conventional means. Do you think we will continue to wage endless wars after we unify the world in the future?
Although a country is big, it will perish if it is warlike. I agree with this old saying. When war breaks out, how much food will be lost, how many people will not be able to return home, and how many families will not be reunited?
I still clearly remember the accounts calculated by the Privy Council before the war started. Fighting a war is really a waste of money. We have accumulated it for three or four years, and it will be gone in just one war.
Liberation is important, but it is also important to consider one's own economic foundation. Have you read the second volume of Chairman Hongwu's "Hongwu Political Theory"? What we fight for is logistics, and what we fight for is money and food. "
Zhao Yucheng was silent for a while.
“But apart from war and war-like matters that require everyone to devote themselves wholeheartedly, such as land reform and dealing with powerful landlords, what else can prevent those people from becoming corrupted?
Even with the chairman's talent and prestige, it can't stop those bastards from putting away their bastard thoughts. If the chairman is gone one day, who knows what the world will be like.
If this is the case now, in a few decades, are we going to watch the Ming Dynasty that we worked so hard to build completely change? Become the same as the Southern Song Dynasty? "
Zhang Yuejing didn't know what to say for a moment, but he always felt that what Zhao Yucheng said was wrong.
"What you said makes sense, but Yucheng, you should always think about starting a war. Even if you don't take into account the losses and the war-weariness of the people, the wars in this world will one day be over. Wait for all the wars. The fight is over, the fight has reached its extreme, what should we do?”
Zhao Yucheng nodded in agreement with this question.
"I have thought about this too, but I think that this battle will probably never be finished. I saw a map from the chairman a few years ago. The world is so big, and there are thousands and tens of thousands of miles.
Across the sea, there is a vaster continent. How many poor people are suffering in such a vast land? How many people are waiting for us to liberate them?
As long as we never forget our original intention, never stop fighting against the superiors, and never forget to liberate those oppressed people, we will always maintain the enthusiasm for the cause within us, and more outstanding comrades will continue to emerge.
In this way, even if there are some bugs among us who forget the original intention, they are still a minority. The vast majority of people will always maintain the enthusiasm for fighting and remember their mission. This is just like the comrades of the Peasant Army who have not appeared for so many years. What do you think about this question? "
Zhao Yucheng told Zhang Yuejing what he was thinking based on the things around him.
