Although Sima Rui didn't raise any objection to Director Wang's words on the surface, he didn't quite believe it in his heart.
Sima Rui knew that for him, whether it was the Xiongnu Hulu in Guanzhong or the Qingzhou Han Kingdom in Guandong, they were all countries of tigers and wolves.
Needless to say, the Xiongnu and the Hulu were responsible for destroying the country and annihilating the clan. Let’s just say that Liu Yu was also an ambitious person. The current alliance with him was just because he rashly usurped the country and the foundation was unstable.
Even so, they still train their soldiers every day. I heard that they already have more than 200,000 soldiers!
These more than 200,000 soldiers are fully clothed and well-fed, far from being comparable to the semi-slave private soldiers of Jiangdong's powerful tribe.
Nowadays, these Qingzhou bandits just lack some battlefield experience. In just a few years, Liu Yu will have more than 200,000 real elites.
Coupled with the reserves of materials and food, they will definitely challenge the Huns.
Although the Xiongnu and Hulu are mortal enemies, if they perish, the next unlucky one will be the Jiangdong Jin Dynasty.
However, on this matter, Sima Rui and Wang Langya could not agree on the same opinion.
There are many Langya Wang clans, and many of them have already started trading between the north and the south in Huainan.
Because after crossing to the south, the powerful indigenous people from Jiangdong had already occupied the fertile cultivated land in Wuzhong. Even if the northern nobles wanted to reclaim wasteland, they had to find another place.
So they basically go to the more remote seaside counties in the southeastern part of Kuaiji County, where there are dense swamps and rivers, and even reclamation is expensive.
In contrast, operating a north-south mutual trade in the Huainan area became a good way for these northern gentry to quickly recover their vitality.
In particular, the great gentry headed by the Langya Wang family had taken control of the power. The tax deliberation cards originally set up by the Jiangdong court were all turned into decorations, and no one dared to collect taxes from these great gentry.
At the same time, these northern nobles took the opportunity to crowd out other Jiangdong powerful and poor families.
"Father Zhong, I heard that Liu Yu's own generals and soldiers from far away are dissatisfied with many people in the country. It's just because of their tyranny that they dare to be angry and dare not speak out!"
Sima Rui finally couldn't help but said.
"Father Zhong has a great reputation and prestige throughout the world. Why not write a few letters and send them secretly to the people with lofty ideals in the north, so that they can quickly make an appointment to take action, drive out the bandits and serve as the king's master!"
After hearing these words, Director Wang shook his head.
"Your Majesty, although everyone in the north wants to advance to the imperial court, no one dares to rebel against Liu Yu's military power. In the past few years, there have been almost no defeats. Who dares to rebel against such a tiger and wolf army?"
Sima Rui's face showed pain.
"If this is the case, then Liu Yu will soon gain a firm foothold. By then, who will be able to control him?"
"Demoting famous people and killing famous religions, Liu Yu is really more hateful than Hulu!"
Sima Rui said bitterly.
This is not because he really thinks so, but he hopes to use this to remind Director Wang that the Qingzhou thieves are blatantly suppressing the powerful gentry clan, and you Langya Wang clan are the rightful oppressed people.
This is to remind Director Wang to find a way quickly, otherwise, how to preserve the wealth of the Wang family in Langya?
However, Director Wang still did not take the question.
Nowadays, the Langya Wang family's participation in the north-south trade has become an industry as important as reclamation.
In this remote and backward land south of the Yangtze River, almost all goods are in short supply. As long as the Langya Wang family sends people to transport goods from Huaibei to Huainan, they can make a lot of money.
Under such circumstances, Director Wang was willing to instigate civil strife in Qingzhou and Han Dynasty. Once civil strife broke out, there would be no way to trade in Huainan.
Without the benefits of mutual trade between the north and the south, how could the huge Langya Wang clan support themselves? How to support Wang Dun's tens of thousands of private soldiers in Jingzhou and Jiangzhou?
If these are gone, the power of the Langya Wang family will be shaken.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Although Liu Yu is strong, the Hulu in Guanzhong are not easy to deal with." Director Wang said immediately.
"As long as the Hu barbarians in Guanzhong still exist, Liu Yu must be allied with Your Majesty to deal with the barbarians together. The barbarians occupy Guanzhong because of the geographical convenience, and Liu Yu will not be able to capture it so easily."
"This will definitely take a long time. It may be ten years or twenty years. It's hard to say."
Director Wang is originally from the north, so he naturally knows the situation in the north in recent years.
Not to mention natural disasters and man-made disasters, just talking about the Rong and Di attached to various ministries is enough to give a powerful central dynasty a headache.
What's more, how could the Han Kingdom of Qingzhou, which only occupied half of the north, defeat the Huns quickly?
As long as this takes a little longer, anything can happen.
"Twenty years?"
Sima Rui was a little surprised by this statement. He was already approaching his forties. In recent years, Sima Rui's body had been suffering from fatigue and imbalance. No one could guarantee that he could live in good health for another twenty years.
"I remember, Liu Yu is less than thirty years old?" Sima Rui said, stroking his short beard.
"It seems like twenty-eight." Director Wang said softly.
"If we really have to wait twenty years to recover the mountains and rivers, then how can I afford to wait." Sima Rui also sighed softly.
Just as Director Wang was about to speak, he heard an announcement from a chamberlain, saying that it was Crown Prince Sima Shao who wanted to see him.
Sima Rui immediately ordered Sima Shao to wait first. No matter what the emergency was, he had to be in line after Director Wang.
After he finished speaking, he looked at Director Wang again, only to find that Director Wang was smiling.
"Father Zhong, why is this so? But what happy event did you think of?" Sima Rui was a little confused.
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is brave, intelligent, and has the character of a wise king. Maybe we will have to rely on the Crown Prince to regain the Central Plains in the future!" Wang Dao said.
Sima Rui looked very happy. He truly loved his eldest son, Sima Shao. After hearing Director Wang's praise, he was even happier than praising himself.
After Director Wang finished speaking, he resigned.
Until the crown prince Sima Shao came in, Sima Rui was still deep in thought, including concerns about the two powerful enemies in the north and worries about the future.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!"
As soon as Sima Shao, who was very talented at a young age, came in, he immediately greeted him loudly.
"My son is exempt from the gift." Sima Rui felt much relieved when he saw his son.
"Come to see me today, but what's the matter?"
The palace where Sima Rui is now is where political affairs are discussed. Normally, Crown Prince Sima Shao would not come to disturb him.
Now that Sima Shao came here specially, there must be something important, or something he thought was important.
"Father, I came here today because I have something to ask for, and I hope that my father will agree to it!" Sima Shao said.
"What's the matter?"
Sima Rui usually obeyed this son.
He guessed that it was probably Sima Shao who wanted some weapons such as BMWs and good bows, or various military books.
There is no way, his eldest son likes the study of military armaments and is obsessed with these.
"Father, I want to go to Jingkou to recruit some martyrs and train a new army!" Sima Shao said with his head held high.
"Jingkou? Training a new army?" Sima Rui's face was full of surprise.
He really didn't expect that his eldest son, who loved sergeants, would have developed to the point where he wanted to personally train soldiers.
"Nonsense!" Sima Rui was very angry.
"If you don't study the classics and history properly and appreciate the subtle words and righteousness of your ancestors, but you want to think about training new soldiers, you are simply committing suicide!"
As early as the time of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, the whole country looked down upon ordinary sergeants, and other generals, strategists and other people were also implicated.
Now, the majestic crown prince of the Jin Dynasty personally went into battle to train his soldiers. If the wealthy families knew about this, they would definitely be furious.
"Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Art of War that 'power comes from the barrel of a gun'. If you don't have soldiers in your hands, how can you implement it even if you have the best unspoken righteousness in your heart?" Sima Shao said without any sign of weakness.
“Political power comes from the barrel of a gun?”
Sima Rui secretly understood this sentence, and the more he tried it, the more he realized that it made perfect sense.
"Yes, father! This sentence is from a military book circulated in the North. Although it is slang, it makes sense." Sima Shao said.
"Wang Dun and others were originally dissatisfied with me regarding you as the crown prince. Now if this kind of incident of joining the military occurs again, I'm afraid many celebrities will accuse and impeach you!" Sima Rui said.
In the entire Jiangdong, everyone knows that Sima Rui's eldest son Sima Shao is intelligent by nature, has a photographic memory, and most importantly, is brave and decisive. He is not at all like his father Sima Rui's "baozi temper".
Wang Dun and others in Jingzhou were naturally unhappy with such a powerful prince. If Sima Rui's other sons were not very young, the crown prince might have been replaced long ago.
"Father, I read the military books from the north every day. The more I read, the more surprised I am. It turns out that there are not many secrets in training soldiers and forming an army. Many of the principles are interoperable!" Sima Shao continued.
"This method of strengthening an army is absolutely very fast. I'm afraid it won't take much time. Qingzhou Liu Yu's soldiers will be elite soldiers!"
"When that time comes, how can we protect ourselves in this remote place east of the Yangtze River?"
Sima Rui was very accustomed to hearing young Sima Shao talking.
"Not only that, my father is the emperor, but whose emperor only has 500 guards?" Sima Shao said in dissatisfaction.
In today's Jianye City, there are not many elite soldiers to begin with, not to mention the Su Wei Zhongjun who serve as bodyguards for the emperor. There are only about 500 people jumping around.
"As long as His Majesty has military power in his hands, who will dare to point fingers in front of His Majesty?" Sima Shao lowered his voice and said.
"Shut up, don't be rude to Father Zhong!" Sima Rui scolded softly, but his tone was far less harsh.
After Sima Rui finished speaking, he fell into deep thought.
He stared blankly at the treetops outside the window, and the more he thought about it, the more he realized that what his son said made sense.
Among those aristocratic families, whether they are from the north to the south or the natives of Jiangdong, which family does not have thousands of servants and thousands of subordinates?
He is the only emperor with a high status, but he only has 500 soldiers guarding him in the palace.
As for the rest of the armies inside and outside Jianye, almost all of them were in the hands of generals from major families.
"This military training has always been a secret that has not been passed down to generals. Do you have a way to learn it?" Sima Rui asked.
I saw Sima Shao taking out a booklet from his arms and respectfully presenting it to Sima Rui's hands.
"Father, please look at this. This is a copy of the military laws and rewards and punishments of Qingzhou Prefecture soldiers that my son copied. Everything is down to the smallest details. Almost everything is in it. The method of training soldiers is also in it!"
When Sima Rui opened it, he found that it was full of neat small characters, which were obviously Sima Shao's hard work.
Since the exchange of trade with Qingzhou and Han Dynasty, Sima Shao secretly sent people to the north to explore various military secrets of the Qingzhou Army. Among them, the most numerous books on various military laws and regulations of the Northern Army.
Through various channels, he obtained the Qingzhou Han Army's reward and punishment regulations and military training enlightenment booklets, and Sima Shao, the crown prince of the Jin Dynasty, became the first inheritor of the Han Army's military forces in Jiangdong.
He had almost mastered all the various methods of training for the Han army.
"Since there is such a good method, I can definitely train a strong army!" Sima Shao said firmly.
"To punish the unruly ministers internally and to punish thieves externally, we must have a strong army!"
Sima Rui was deeply moved, but he was cautious by nature and still had many concerns that made him dare not agree.
"How many people do you want to recruit?" Sima Rui finally asked.
Sima Shao was overjoyed when he heard this and knew that his father had agreed.
He immediately extended a slap with five fingers.
"Five hundred?" Sima Rui asked.
"No, father, it's five thousand!" Sima Shao's face turned red with excitement.
"Five thousand?" Sima Rui was surprised at first, then immediately continued without frowning.
"Shao'er knows that five thousand people is definitely not a small number!"
Sima Shao nodded, "I know."
"It's hard to recruit with so many people!" Sima Rui said.
"Father is right, so I plan to go to Jingkou to recruit soldiers!"
Sima Shaoxing said excitedly.
Jingkou is just to the east not far from Jianye.
However, unlike Jianye City in Jiangdong, this Jingkou City is in Jiangbei.
Since the Eight Kings Rebellion, a large number of northern refugees have fled south, and many refugees have gathered in the Jingkou area.
Most of these refugees traveled thousands of miles before arriving at the banks of the surging river. Those who are not strong are unwilling to stay here.
The characteristics of these Jingkou refugees are naturally hardworking and perseverant.
In addition, many of these refugees are not willing to commit themselves to serving as clients, so they are naturally much more reliable than the domestic and foreign powerful forces in Jianye City.
After listening to Sima Shao's analysis of the reasons for going to Jingkou to recruit troops, Sima Rui was surprised and happy.
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When the Crown Prince Sima Shao heard this, he was suddenly stunned.
