Chapter 24: The Great Northwest Detour
It was a clever move for the Mu family to get involved.
With the authority of the Mu family, no one dares to touch the Mu family's business. They hide a lot of luggage and no one will say anything. And once the war started, it became clear to the world that the Mu family had done these things. No matter how the Mu family explained it, they couldn't explain it clearly.
This gives Beijing more time.
He Xi thought of this and said to her left and right, "Let him come over."
Soon Zhao Zongshou came over.
He Xi said, "How did you do this?"
Zhao Zongshou immediately told what he had done and continued: "In fact, Shanxi Bank originally took the northwest border trade route, plus the Mu family's route from northwest to southwest, there is no problem at all. With the Mu family here, Shanxi merchants can enter The southwest is also much more convenient. Therefore, they immediately agreed."
He Xi said, "I remember, I didn't ask you to do this."
Zhao Zongshou said: "If I want to serve the imperial court, please give me a chance."
He Xi looked at Zhao Zongshou. If he didn't understand at this moment, Zhao Zongshou was a white wolf with nothing to gain and he would be stupid to cheat both sides. However, for He Xi, this is not important. The important thing is that Zhao Zongshou shows his ability and is a talent.
But it’s just a talent.
In his current position, He Xi can see people who are even more capable than some of the people he will have in later generations.
After all, He Xi is not considered to be among the most outstanding people in the contemporary era. They are just struggling college students.
And the people around He Xi cannot be said to be the most powerful people in the world. But it is within the jurisdiction of Beijing that all the top-notch figures of the younger generation can work around He Xi.
Many people think that the ancients are very powerful. That is because those who can leave their names in history were just a temporary choice in their time. They dare not say that they are unique. They are at least the most top-notch people at that time. And when these people compare themselves with these ancients, they naturally come to this conclusion.
This is the case for He Xi.
People like Zhao Zongshou can be regarded as talents in later generations. If you take advantage of every opportunity, trouble will come. Seize the opportunity and never let it go.
But here in He Xi, Zhao Zongshou is considered a talent and can only be used for a short time.
He Xi said: "I'll give you a chance. You can become a scholar in the cabinet now. However, I will give you a reminder to practice your Mandarin."
Zhao Zongshou said: "Yes, thank you sir."
He Xi waved her hand and said, "Go down."
Then He Xi took out the report from the Privy Council, which was naturally a report on the northwest strategy. It was a thick stack, with all kinds of plans in it, which was much more complete than what Zhao Zongshou said. But none of them thought of letting the Mu family board the imperial ship.
After all, everyone knows the neutral attitude of the Mu family.
He Xi secretly thought: "It's too regular. Sometimes, you have to let some people with a charlatan attitude join the Privy Council. These people still have ideas."
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Wenyuan Pavilion.
Zhao Zongshou was dressed in the official uniform of a bookkeeper and walked cautiously inside. In the heart. He was promoted by He Xi, but he didn't dare to talk much here because of his southwest accent, which he couldn't change for a while. As soon as I opened my mouth, I was looked down upon.
However, being able to walk here was shocking enough for Zhao Zongshou.
He talks less and works more, which is considered diligent.
But he saw this big meeting just after he arrived. The document in his hand said it was the Joint Meeting of the Privy Council of the Northwest Strategic Cabinet. As soon as he read the text, he suddenly felt like a frog in a well.
"The idea of opening another battlefield." Qu Neng said: "I led the Privy Council to think carefully about it. Generally speaking, we all support this idea. However, there are different ideas to open another battlefield. One party thinks that we should send water The division went south and attacked the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, it was felt that we should make a fuss in the northwest."
"According to your majesty's holy words, Jiangnan is the people of the imperial court. If you can take it, then take it."
, You can't take advantage of others to cause troubles. This is the way for the court to love the people. Therefore, we have only one goal, and that is the northwest strategy. Northwest detour. "
"Generally speaking, Shanxi is not good. Shanxi, like the Yellow River line, is difficult to fight a big battle. The experience of the Hejian War tells us that the bigger the battle, the more beneficial it is to us. In a battle, one of our armies can withstand and contain the opponent's 100,000 men. In a city offensive and defensive battle, one of our armies can hold up to 50,000 men. The entry and exit here is the advantage that gives me the advantage of the battle. If we can, we It would be best to fight for a battle, a big battle, and another battle between the rivers. But now it is impossible to fight like this along the Yellow River. We have received information that Wei Guogong’s idea is very simple, that is, to train troops. Before training troops , hold on to the entire front line of the Yellow River."
"When we go south, we are just chewing hard bones along the Yellow River, and we have to be careful of them digging into the Yellow River."
"The same problem in Shanxi lies in some important checkpoints. During the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu strengthened the checkpoints all over the world, and almost all the dangerous checkpoints in the world had artillery. Now there are more artillery in these places, and the number of cannons at Yanmen Pass has reached an unimaginable level. The reason why there are so many artillery pieces in Yanmen Pass now is not that Shanxi only has so many artillery pieces, but that Yanmen Pass can only put so many artillery pieces."
"Those who want to attack by force will inevitably bleed into sea water."
"So the northwest strategy must be based on Shaanxi. Not Shanxi."
"The situation in Shaanxi is very different. Although Shaanxi has four fortresses, in fact, the northwest has been broken for a long time. Today, most of the credit for the restoration of the northwest lies with the King of Qin, but even so, today's Shaanxi cannot It is comparable to ancient Shaanxi. More importantly, Geng Bingwen's army in Shanxi. Some of them are the Shaanxi local army. Not to mention, because of King Qin, the Shaanxi army has undergone a major adjustment. In other words, today's Shaanxi local army Empty. The general also has problems."
"More importantly, since the war started, Shaanxi has not strengthened its firepower. It has not increased the number of artillery and artillery, and even gave some of the artillery and artillery originally planned to the front line. In other words, the combat effectiveness of Shaanxi's army at this moment is still Stay in the Hongwu period."
Qu Neng said loudly: "As long as our main force enters Shaanxi, a big victory is inevitable."
Yang Shiqi said: "Logistics, what about logistics? The Privy Council will not want to make a desperate attempt to raid Xi'an with a large army. Let's not talk about such an idea. It is too risky. If this is the case, I would rather attack Shanxi first."
Qu Neng said: "Of course not. We have also reflected that this kind of strategy will either achieve great success or defeat. It is too risky. Military and national affairs should not be too risky. Our idea is to build a railway. From the capital to Datong. , from Datong to Dongsheng, from Dongsheng to Ningxia. Or build a Yellow River bridge from Datong into Shaanxi, so that logistics materials can continuously enter Shaanxi."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.
Only He Xi was silent.
Without him, this plan was originally discussed by He Xi and the Privy Council.
After all, it is normal to have a small meeting before the conference.
In fact, Qu Neng had thought of the same style of play as Zhao Zongshou before. It's just something different from Zhao Zongshou. Qu Neng wanted to occupy a place on the west bank of the Yellow River and slowly plan for it.
Instead of taking the risk of raiding Xi'an like Zhao Zongshou.
The reason why He Xi had such an idea was because of careful consideration. Most importantly, he wants military spending to be spent on meaningful things, such as building railroads. To be honest, building this northwest railway is almost a loss of money. But as soon as the construction is completed, northwest development can be put on the agenda.
And as long as it is repaired, it will only take a few days to travel from Gansu to Beijing.
Large amounts of supplies came and went freely, and the originally desolate scene in the northwest was immediately changed. This is a more important matter than playing in the northwest now.
"If this is the case, will it be too loud? If the Southern Army knows about it, our attack will not be sudden?" Xie Jin said.
"This way of playing doesn't require any suddenness at all." Qu Neng glanced at He Xi and saw that He Xi didn't respond before he said.