In three or four months, many Taoist priests from the Ministry of Industry and the Daozhengsi developed various air defense methods. In addition to the array that scans the movements of flying boats, they also modified equipment such as city-breaking crossbows and trebuchets.
The equipment used to attack the city was re-refined with various black iron treasures, and then through magic circles and spiritual stones, sharp weapons similar to anti-aircraft guns were created.
Once this kind of weapon is activated, it can corrode for several miles. Even a flying boat protected by various magical formations can sink with one blow, which is equivalent to a full blow from an eighth-level expert.
"The cost of anti-aircraft cannons is still a bit high! It would be great if the cost could be lowered!"
The smile on Wang Jing's face did not diminish.
Although what the Ministry of Industry and Daozhengsi provided is not perfect, it still meets the requirements. In the future, if a few of these spiritual cannons are placed in each big city, there will be no need to worry about being raided by the air.
Wang Jing put away the memorial and originally thought of continuing to accompany Li Lizhi to enjoy the flowers. But soon another eunuch reported that the Military Intelligence Department had important military intelligence reports.
Seeing this situation, Li Lizhi was also very reasonable. He took the palace maid back to the palace to rest and let Wang Jing handle military affairs.
Come to the front hall.
Wang Jing saw Shen Yi, Bu Zhi, Xie An, Gao Xi, Liu Bowen and others gathered together.
"What big event happened that brought you all together here?"
Wang Jing asked with a smile.
While talking, he walked to the dragon chair at the top, sat down and waved his hands, telling everyone not to waste time paying homage and talk directly.
Everyone lined up on the left and right, and a figure came to the side quietly, holding a pen and paper in his hand, ready to record at any time.
He is Zhang Bin, the secret supervisor appointed by Wang Jingxin.
When he returned to Jinling a few months ago, Wang Jing sent Yu Yunwen to the Central Plains to serve as the chief envoy of a province under Qingyan Road, and to handle the government affairs of several other provinces on his behalf.
His official position was equivalent to that of the governor of Qingyan Road. After his release, his official position was higher than that of Zhang Juzheng, but this was mainly due to his many contributions during the Northern Expedition.
In addition, he is a rare top talent with both civil and military skills. Wang Jing attaches great importance to him. After making great achievements, he can directly return to the court and become a central minister.
After Yu Yunwen was released, it was natural to elect a new secret supervisor.
Wang Jing has very high requirements for this position. The first Gao Xi, the second Zhang Juzheng, and the third Yu Yunwen are all top talents, at least the leaders of their generation, with the talents of Wang Zuo.
In the Daxia Dynasty, those who were capable of holding this position included Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong, and Zhang Jiuling... However, Wang Jing felt that they focused on internal affairs and were slightly lacking in strategy and tactics.
After thinking for a while, I found Zhang Bin who had followed Cao Wei's surrender to Jinling.
Among the surrendered ministers of Cao Wei, there were Cheng Yu and Jia Xu, but in Wang Jing's view, they were still inferior to Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin in history assisted Zuo Shile in establishing the Later Zhao Dynasty, and almost unified the north. He was known as a well-deserved and exhaustive plan. He assisted Zuo Shile in establishing the Later Zhao Dynasty, similar to Wang Mengfu and Zuo Fujian.
However, Zhang Bin is more similar to Zhang Liang and cannot compare with Wang Meng's versatility.
After he was promoted by Wang Jing to the head of the Secret Document Supervisor, he kept a very low profile. He usually stayed in the official office and was familiar with everything about the Great Xia Dynasty, and rarely met other important ministers of the Great Xia Dynasty.
He also understood in his heart that he was just a surrendered minister, relying solely on the emperor's attention to become the humble and powerful secret supervisor.
In the Daxia court, he had no friendship with other important ministers and was more like a loner.
No, he is barely in the same category as Zhang Liao and Xu Huang, generals surrendered by Cao Wei. It's not like he has no friends at all, but Zhang Liao and others are leading troops to guard in the Central Plains, not in Jinling, and they can't help each other with him.
Gao Xi came out of the queue with a solemn expression.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Jinan that Li Tang and the Youzhou Ming Army are about to start a decisive battle. If nothing happens, the Ming Army will be defeated!"
It was an urgent military situation coming from the north.
The Military Intelligence Department reported it to the Secret Supervisor, but Zhang Bin had not yet become familiar with his responsibilities after taking over the Secret Supervisor, so some urgent military information was directly transmitted to the Privy Council.
After hearing the news, Gao Xi did not dare to neglect, and quickly notified other colleagues to come to see the emperor.
"Has the war already begun?"
Wang Jing's brows moved slightly, not surprised. Li Mu, Lian Po, and Zhao She are three famous generals in the Warring States. They are strong, but Li Tang's Li Jing can offset two of them.
Coupled with the siege by famous generals such as Li Cunxiao and Su Dingfang, Zhu Di's ability to persist for such a long time was beyond Wang Jing's expectation.
His conclusion was the same as Gao Xi's. In a battle between the two sides, it would be difficult for the Ming army to change its destiny.
After the death of Liu Xiu, the great fire magician, Zhu Di, the wind magician, will also withdraw from the stage of China's hegemony.
"Where's Ximian? What's the situation in Guanzhong now?"
Wang Jing did not pay too much attention to Hebei.
Because he doesn't have much interest in Hebei, the Xia Dynasty has developed to this point. As long as he captures another piece of territory, Wang Jing can be pushed to the top. Hebei seems to be easy to attack, and everything is flat. But if Wang Jing really invades Hebei, he will inevitably fall into a long and fierce battle with Li Tang's army.
Compared to Hebei, Wang Jing wants to expand to the west.
"This, I only know that the Han army Huo Qubing has retreated from Yanmen. It is said that the orthodox cavalry has turned its head and headed south. The Qin and Han sides should not be able to hold on for long, and a decisive battle will break out soon!"
Gao Xi responded.
Wang Jing nodded slightly and said: "When the two Han Dynasties join forces, it will be difficult for the Qin State to resist. Even Bai Qi cannot defy the will. As expected, the Qin State will withdraw from Guanzhong after the battle between the two sides."
"At that time, the two Han Dynasties will unite with the momentum of great victory, and they will be able to stand on a tripartite footing with our dynasty and Li Tang."
"However, I will never allow this to happen!"
Liu Bowen said: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true. We must not give the Han Dynasty a chance to completely occupy Bashu in Guanzhong. Before Qin withdraws from Guanzhong, our army must send troops first to defeat the morale of the Han army..."
Once a tripartite situation is formed, it will be ten times more difficult to change it.
By then, it will be difficult for Wang Jing to conquer Hebei or Bashu, and he will be forced to focus on the south... But Lingnan's strength is not enough to support him to take the final step.
In history, there were princes who occupied Bashu or Hebei and became kings and hegemons. They were regarded as the seeds of kings who could unify the world. But in Lingnan... even if there was a strong man who unified Lingnan, no one would regard him as a hidden dragon.
Because Lingnan has its natural shortcomings, it has never been an exception.
"But even if Qin is no match for the Han Dynasty, it can still hold on for a while. It will definitely not be a problem to hold on until the end of this year!"
"It will not affect our government's rest plan."
Gao Xi said.
Everyone in the palace had no objection to this. After all, Qin Shihuang was the only emperor in the ages, with all his abilities and skills. In addition to Bai Qi and Wang Jian, the Qin State also had famous generals such as Ying Ji and Sima Cuo.
It's a pity that Qin's heritage is not as good as the more than 400 years of accumulation in the Han Dynasty. No matter how strong Ying Zheng's skills are, he can't reverse the gap between the two countries. Being driven out of Guanzhong is also a non-war crime.
Of course, these are just the inferences of Wang Jing and everyone.
Ying Zheng and Liu Che in Guanzhong are both rare Ming masters throughout the ages. Emperor Qin and Emperor Han Wu are both famous in the world. They can rank in the top five among many monarchs. It is not yet known who will win.
"Continue to pay attention to the situation in Guanzhong and Hanzhong."
Wang Jing said casually.
This time the ministers met, except for discussing the situation in the north and west, there was no major event, or in other words, no major event occurred in the Daxia Dynasty.
After several months of pacifying the people and suppressing the chaos, the newly acquired land has been cleared.
Under the supervision of officials in major provinces and counties, countless people worked hard to reclaim and cultivate the land that had been extinguished by the war. According to the practice of Daxia, they only needed to work in the fields for two or three years before they could be divided into fields according to Dingkou.
Slaves who were originally landless could become civilians and have the opportunity to strive upward.
In the civil affairs of various places, officials at all levels in the Daxia Dynasty have experience, and there are also censors and inspectors who supervise the provinces to inspect various places to prevent officials from getting into the countryside.
Under various surveillance precautions, the official administration of the Daxia Dynasty was relatively clear and clear.
Above the Eastern Han and Cao Wei.
As mentioned before, the Cao and Wei dynasties of the Eastern Han Dynasty were, after all, a dynasty based on aristocratic families. No matter how wise the monarch was, they could not change the nature of exploiting the people. The laws they set and the officials of the dynasty would be mainly based on aristocratic families.
For example, the taxes of the Han Dynasty seemed to be one for twenty or one for thirty, but in addition to such light taxes, there were also calculation and oral taxes... Various miscellaneous taxes could rob most of the people's money and food. Only enough food was left to barely satisfy his hunger.
There are also powerful officials who do not regard the people as human beings.
Although the Daxia Dynasty did not exceed the restrictions of the feudal dynasty, the performance of its laws and officials far exceeded those of its peers.
In a calm state.
Government offices at all levels in the three central provinces and Jinling are still busy holding small-scale examinations. The territories in the north are too vast, and many officials are needed to control them all.
The officials sent by Jinling were only a drop in the bucket, and tens of thousands more officials were needed to fill them.
With so many officials, it is not enough to rely solely on transfers from the south.
Therefore, after deliberation, the important ministers of the central government reported to Wang Jing to set up an examination. The examination was different from the imperial examination. The imperial examination was a nationwide examination, and the status of the scholar and the Jinshi was obtained.
The examination is a small-scale examination, specifically conducted to recruit officials. The threshold for registration is a scholar, and meritorious soldiers in the army can also participate. After passing the examination, the scholar will be directly awarded an officer, and the soldiers will become patrol inspectors in various places.
In addition to the examinations held in Jinling, Wang Jing also delegated the authority of examinations to Luoyang and Bianliang. The two places mainly recruited officials from the Eastern Han Dynasty and Cao Wei.
This gave these surrendered ministers a chance to integrate into Daxia.
It’s the end of April in a blink of an eye.
On April 29, Li Tang and the Ming army fought a decisive battle by the Yishui River in southern Youzhou. Zhu Di, from the Ming army, came to the front line in person and brought with him elites such as the Shenji Battalion and the Three Thousand Battalion.
Unfortunately, Li Tang's general Li Jing deployed a six-flower formation to block the Ming army's artillery salvo. With Li Cunxiao and Su Dingfang as the vanguard, the formation rotated and strangled continuously, rushing straight into the center of the Ming army.
This time, Zhu Di, the wind master, faced the military god Li Jing and could no longer exert his power. Li Mu and Lian Po teamed up to block Li Jing, but Zhao She, Zhao Kuo and others could not stop Li Cunxiao and Su Dingfang.
Two hours later.
The Ming army's formation wavered, and the army gradually couldn't hold on and eventually collapsed. Li Cunxiao chased him all the way, leaving corpses of the Ming army scattered across the fields for dozens of miles. Zhu Yong, Zhang Yu, Zhang Fu, Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chuanting and other generals died in the battle.
On this day, stars fell like rain in the northern sky.
After the army was defeated, Li Mulian, Lian Po and Zhao She broke out to the northwest with a small number of elites and did not choose to escape back to Youzhou with Zhu Di.
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"Li Mu and Lian Po did not fall, but broke out to the northwest...With their characters, it is impossible for them to defect to the Meng Yuan. They want to use the grassland to defect to Liu Che!"
Wang Jing flipped through the memorial.
Zhu Di's fall was not unexpected. Wang Jing was concerned about the whereabouts of Li Mu and Lian Po, two famous generals in the heavenly realm. If possible, he would like to recruit both of them and Zhao She and his son.
But the other party didn't give him a chance to recruit.
Li Mu Lianpo was originally a famous general in the Zhao Kingdom, and his era was more than a thousand years apart from Zhu Di's. The two sides would definitely not get along well. This does not mean that they are at odds with each other, but that the three levels need to be reconciled.
It is impossible for Li Mu and the others to choose to die together with Zhu Di after the army was defeated.
They broke out to the northwest, obviously preparing to defect to other countries... They had a big feud with the Qin State, and it was not shameful to defect to Li Tang, so Liu Che of the Western Han Dynasty was the only choice left.
"What a pity! Two famous generals who could defeat Bai Qi together automatically voted for the Western Han Dynasty..."
Wang Jing was very sorry.
There is also Ran Min from Ran Wei. Wang Jing extended an olive branch to him half a year ago, but until now, the other party has not made up his mind. Looking at this situation, less than 20% of the other party may go south to join Daxia.
In essence, there is no essential difference between the title granted to Ran Min by Li Tang and the title of Marquis and Earl of Daxia. It is impossible for Li Tang's title to be given to Ran Min in real terms. At most, it just sounds more prestigious and has a higher status.
Regarding Ran Min, Wang Jing's mentality was relatively dull, and he was far less valued than Li Mu Lianpo.
His personal strength is not weak, but compared with a famous general who can command a million troops and act alone, his advantage is not obvious.
soon.
Wang Jing flipped through the delivered information to the end...
