Regarding the matter of government studies, Wu Qian decided to support Zhao Mengqi's idea after thinking about it.
The general direction has been set, but the specific regulations still need to be discussed and studied. It will take a long time to implement them.
Originally, Zhao Mengqi planned to abandon him and run back to Wujiang, but since he graduated from the government school, Wu Qian became more and more interested in him and forced him to participate in political affairs.
In fact, he is not really asked to do anything. He is just asked to follow him and learn to observe how to manage politics.
Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to ask him to talk nonsense and say that he was a schoolboy.
Power is wonderful, but political affairs are often cumbersome and boring.
In the official room, Wu Qian reviewed the official documents, and after processing them, handed them to Zhao Mengqi who was sitting next to him.
"Your Highness, whether it is as small as a county or a government office, or as large as the center of a court, whether it is for the people to manage affairs or to handle state affairs, they all rely on various documents. As a ruler, you must not only understand the official documents, but also see through the hidden words between the lines. Only by analyzing the clues and analyzing the truth can we make the right decision..."
Zhao Mengqi unfolded the document. Some noteworthy words on it had been circled, and analysis was made in small characters on the side. Next to the final instructions and resolutions, the reasons for such treatment were also succinctly explained.
Wu Qian also took great pains to teach Zhao Mengqi.
Zhao Mengqi, who was originally a little bored and impatient, had to calm down and study it carefully to avoid disappointing the old man's wishes.
Civilization has lasted for thousands of years, and the development of official documents has become very mature and complete by this time. However, the Song Dynasty people advocated extreme simplicity and beauty, and had long since wiped out the flashy and extravagant parallel prose. Official documents pay attention to simplicity, good at reasoning, emphasizing reality over virtuality, and at the same time they did not abandon literature. Sex and artistry, so Zhao Mengqi is not uncomfortable to read.
One old and one young, they just teach and learn through official documents one after another. Except for the occasional call for advice and the clerk delivering the document, the official room is kept quiet most of the time. This is the daily life of most officials. .
Wu Qian is a prime minister-level figure. He can basically see through the truth in official documents at a glance and make corresponding decisions very quickly. Even though he has to do a lot of extra work to teach Zhao Mengqi, he can still handle hundreds of documents efficiently. Zhao Mengqi But I've only finished half of it.
Wu Qian put down his pen and turned around to see Zhao Mengqi's serious attitude, which made him feel even more pleased.
Since ancient times, smart and witty emperors have never been rare. It can even be said that the vast majority of people who can sit on the dragon throne actually have intelligence beyond ordinary people. What is rare is diligence, patience, seriousness, responsibility, and perseverance.
"Your Highness, please take a rest, don't let your eyes go bad, get up and walk around, combine work with rest, and keep the balance between movement and stillness. This is the way to a long life."
After hearing this, Zhao Mengqi put down the paper, stretched, and said with a smile, "It is said that having an old man in the family is like having a treasure. Mr. Wu has a clear vision of things and handles matters accurately and skillfully. Meng Qi has benefited a lot."
"Your Highness is so complimentary..."
Wu Qian stood up and wanted to move his hands and feet in the courtyard outside, when a scribe ran in shouting "Great Victory".
"Your Highness, Duke Wu, good news has come from Huaidong. Prime Minister Jia attacked Jiu Haizhou, defeated Li Fen of Yidu Province, and captured the enemy marshal Song Zhi!"
Since the first year of Duanping, the war between Song Dynasty and Meng Dynasty has been going on for 21 years, but it has calmed down a little in the past one or two years.
It's not that the Mongols have become kind and want peace, but that the current Mongol Khan has changed his strategy.
Meng Ge is the fourth Great Khan of Mongolia, and his father is Guo Jing's Toreanda. Later generations generally believe that he is the most outstanding Mongolian Khan after Genghis Khan.
As soon as he secured his position after taking the throne, he decided to launch a large-scale offensive against the Song Dynasty in an attempt to destroy the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.
However, the Song Dynasty had been contending with the Jin Kingdom for more than a hundred years and had established a solid defense system in the Jianghuai region. The famous general Meng Gong also established a three-layer barrier defense system in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River in response to the Mongol invasion.
Nearly twenty years of conquests have proven that these two defense systems are unbreakable, so after summarizing, Meng decided to officially implement the long-rumored "good office" plan.
This plan is to conquer Dali through a large detour
, and then attacked the Song Dynasty's hinterland from the southwest, and cooperated with the northern battlefield to completely crush the Song Dynasty's resistance with a pinched attack.
It took three years to completely pacify Dali at the beginning of this year, so other directions seemed relatively quiet.
At this time, a big victory suddenly appeared, and it was in the direction of Jianghuai. This surprised both Zhao Mengqi and Wu Qian, and they hurriedly took the battle report and read it carefully.
Haizhou was also known as Lianyungang in later generations, but the geography at this time was very different from that in later generations.
Generally speaking, the area 70 to 80 miles west of the coastline of Jiangsu in later generations was not land at this time, and the urban area of Lianyungang in later generations is still separated from the mainland by a large island.
Mainly for this reason, the Song Dynasty took advantage of the navy to occupy this island and moved Haizhou City here, making it the northernmost territory of the Song Dynasty at this time.
In fact, this island is an "enclave". The opposite bank belongs to the sphere of influence of the Mongolian prince Li Fen. A hundred miles to the south is Lianshui City controlled by the Song Dynasty.
At the beginning of the year, Li Fen might have had some ideas about Haizhou Island, so he built a city on the old site of Haizhou.
But Jia Sidao, the ambassador of the Lianghuai Relocation System, saw through his thoughts and did not intend to indulge him. So in June, troops were sent out on both land and water fronts at the same time to attack the new city that had not yet been fully repaired. They achieved a great victory and stabilized the city. The situation on Haizhou Island.
As for the captured Song Zhi, although he was indeed a serious marshal of Mongolia, he was actually not worth much.
At this time, the Mongols were fond of conquest, but they did not manage the land they occupied very carefully.
After the fall of the Jin Kingdom, many local forces dominated by Han armed forces defected to Mongolia. The Mongols allowed them to retain their semi-independent status, granted all parties the title of Shi Hou, and still controlled their original armies.
The top generals of this kind of prince's army were awarded "du marshal" or "general marshal" by the Mongolian side, which was equivalent to the military rank of ten thousand households. They had several marshals under them, and each marshal generally led thousands of troops. look.
Zhao Mengqi looked at Haizhou Island on the map and fell into deep thought.
Judging from the situation of the Song Dynasty, if it is only for defense, an isolated island like Haizhou is not of much significance. However, if the Northern Expedition is to be carried out, this is undoubtedly a relatively good advance base, which can bring the entire Shandong Peninsula into the attack range.
In fact, the Song Dynasty did attack from Haizhou Island several times and attacked places such as Mizhou, Jiaozhou and Zizhou, but they were only tactical actions and of little significance.
At this time, Zhao Mengqi came up with an idea. Since the Mongols relied on their cavalry advantage and always liked to use large roundabout strategies and tactics, then the Song Dynasty had the naval advantage and could naturally use large roundabouts from the sea. Maybe it could be used at critical moments. play a decisive role.
Of course, the current strength of the Song Army is still beyond its capabilities. Unless it can transport more than 50,000 troops at one time and ensure logistics, it can truly achieve strategic effects.
Zhao Mengqi remembered that this Li Fen was dishonest and rebellious by nature. It seemed that he rebelled during the internal fight between Kublai Khan and Ali Buge. Although he was later suppressed by Kublai Khan, it was still a good opportunity worth taking advantage of.
Then this Haizhou is very critical. It must be managed well and accumulate enough strength there to avoid missing opportunities due to lack of preparation.
Yes, while there is still time, we should carefully build Haizhou into a real advance base.
The more Zhao Mengqi thought about it, the more excited he became. He couldn't help but point his finger at the location of Haizhou, and measured the distance from Haizhou to Yidu and Haizhou to Zhongdu.
The maps of this era were still relatively abstract and far from as accurate as those of later generations. However, coupled with the impressions in Zhao Mengqi's mind, it was still possible to estimate the accuracy of the maps.
Wu Qian saw Zhao Mengqi's eyes shining, and he couldn't help but feel nervous, "Your Highness, if a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall, Haizhou is alone in the enemy's territory. You must not go!"
He had seen Zhao Mengqi's boldness more than once or twice. Other princes and nobles would most likely stay as far away from danger as possible, but King Yan might not be sure. He might really rush to the front line rashly.
"Uh... I have no plans to go to Haizhou, at least not now." Zhao Mengqi scratched his head.
Wu Qian was still serious, staring at Zhao Mengqi seriously.
, said in a deep voice, "Your Highness, not only can you not go now, you are not allowed to go in the future, not at any time!"
Zhao Mengqi pouted, "Haizhou belongs to the Song Dynasty, right? Then why can't I go? Not only to Haizhou, but also to Yidu, Zhongdu, Taiyuan, Liaodong, Beihai, Xiyu, this, this, and this, these Sooner or later, I will go to the hometown of the Han and Tang Dynasties. If anyone stops me, I will lead my troops to fight against it!"
He kept tapping hard on the map, even hitting places that were not on the map.
"Your Highness wants to regain the homeland of his ancestors. It is a good thing to be ambitious, but don't forget that you are the prince, the foundation of the country, and the country that maintains the country. If something goes wrong, the sky will fall apart. Do you want to put all the people in the world at risk? Don’t you care!? We have ministers and soldiers to do the battle for us, so why do you need your Majesty to go into battle naked!? What you have to do is to take charge of the government, select talents and talents, work hard to govern, and work diligently to love the people!"
Wu Qian tried hard to persuade him, his tone became more and more severe, as if he was ready to find a rope to tie Zhao Mengqi up so that he could not go anywhere.
"Wu Gong, you are talking about the King of Shoucheng. Our Song Dynasty cannot survive by relying on Shoucheng." Zhao Mengqi looked unconvinced and decided to defend his right to go to the battlefield. "There are many emperors in history who went to battle personally. , let alone the great Khan of the Mongols, who was not present on the battlefield in person, why should our Song Dynasty be compared with them? Besides, didn’t I also kill the enemy on the battlefield in Wujiang a few days ago?”
"Can this be the same!?" Wu Qian looked furious, his gray beard and eyebrows trembling, "That bullshit Mongol Khan is just a barbarian thief chief. How can I, the great king of China, adapt to their bad rules? What about Wujiang?" The war is also an emergency, and it is a last resort to let His Highness go into battle! Now the royal family only has a single seedling, Your Highness, if it is lost, the country will collapse in an instant without a master..."
"Ha, Mr. Wu, you are wrong about this. Concubine Yan in the palace is pregnant with Liujia. She may give birth to a prince in a few months. In this way, even if something happens to me, Song Dynasty will still have an heir. Don't go too far. worried."
Zhao Mengqi was just making excuses casually, and as he was talking, he suddenly realized that if he wanted not to be bound to the palace, he really needed a spare tire. It seemed that he had to pray that Concubine Yan would be more successful and really help her. Lao Zhao gave birth to a son.
But this bastard excuse made Wu Qian even more angry and his chest felt tight, "Your Highness, this is not what I meant!"
"Then what do you mean? Let me have a son first?" Zhao Mengqi spread his hands.
Wu Qian was furious, "What I mean is that the crown prince of the Song Dynasty and the future emperor must be your highness! No one else can shoulder this important task! If you insist on not listening to my advice, then I will hit you now." Die in front of His Highness!"
In the past, Wu Qian would never have wanted Zhao Mengqi to inherit the Song Dynasty. If Zhao Mengqi wanted to make Zhao Mengqi the crown prince, he would have made a fuss. But after a few months of getting along, he increasingly believed that Zhao Mengqi was the real king of the Song Dynasty. hope.
He is already Zhao Mengqi's most die-hard supporter. Even if Zhao Mengqi himself doesn't want to be the emperor, Wu Qian will definitely do everything possible to make him the emperor.
Seeing Wu Qian rolling up his sleeves and looking like he was about to hit the corner of the table at any moment, Zhao Mengqi quickly stepped forward and stopped him, "No, no, no, no, no, Mr. Wu, please don't mess around. Let's discuss it in the long run."
"There is nothing to discuss. Your Highness, just say yes or not?" Wu Qian was not that easy to fool.
"Okay, okay, I can't promise it." Zhao Mengqi was helpless.
Stabilize yourself first, since he can't really tie himself to the waistband in the future anyway.
