Chapter 200: The Imperial Council

"Your Majesty, the minister has a performance." Wen Anzhi said.

Zhang Xuan was a little surprised.

Wen Anzhi is the head of the Hanlin Academy. Although he was with the army, he has always lagged behind. Even if he was by Zhang Xuan's side for a while, he mostly didn't say a word, as a literary attendant. At most, he drafted an edict for Zhang Xuan and wrote a notice to calm the people. Wait a minute.

Zhang Xuan picked out some officials from the Hanlin Academy to enrich the place and use them as magistrates.

If it weren't for Wen An's age, Zhang Xuan might not have let Wen An be the governor of another place.

Today, Wen Anzhi suddenly spoke sharply, how not to make Zhang Xuan strange.

It's just that Wen Anzhi himself knows it.

Wen Anzhi has led soldiers to fight, but he knows very well that in the war, everything depends on the holy decision, it seems that Zhang Xuan is brainstorming, but in fact, in terms of strategic decision-making, he has never left Zhang Xuan's palm. The rest are just tinkering.

Specific marches and battles, Wen Anzhi's self-questioning may not be able to match these arrogant soldiers. In terms of strategic decision-making, not to mention whether his vision can be higher than that of His Majesty, known as "Little Zhou Yu". Even if you can, argue with Your Majesty, what good results can not be achieved.

But Wen Anzhi didn't seem to be doing anything. Not really.

He has been doing one thing, which is to figure out Zhang Xuan's mind. Find out what kind of person Zhang Xuan is. also figured out Zhang Xuan's political ideas.

He knew that now was the time for the world to use force, and the strength of these nobles far exceeded that of scholars. But it is not the reason why Wen Anzhi gave up the power of the great government to these nobles. Wen Anzhi was old, and he knew that he would not be able to sit in this position for a few years, and the Wen family was in tatters, and there was nothing left to leave. Therefore, he wanted to be above the court and make the voice of a scholar.

Throughout the Zhaowu court of Great Xia, even though there is Prime Minister Zhang Qian, as the head of civil officials, but in the heart of Wen'an, he does not regard Zhang Zhen as his own person. The reason is very simple, even if Zhang Zhen was born as a Jinshi, he is also from the Zhang family.

It's a clan.

Therefore, the upper echelons of the Zhaowu court in Great Xia were full of nobles, military generals, clans, and scholars. Even he foresaw that because of Qian Qianyi's matter, the Zhaowu Imperial Court's high pressure on scholars had just begun. But once Wen Anzhi is old, he doesn't care about personal honor and disgrace, but he wants to keep the whole line.

Be sure to have a place in the imperial court. Waiting for the future.

I just want to do it, but it also requires skill.

Generally speaking, what we have to do now is not to do it against the emperor, but to do things according to the emperor, and to let the emperor know that whether it is a general, a nobleman, a clan, or even a relative, there is a threat to his status, but civil officials and doctors will not

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Say what the emperor wants to say and do what the emperor wants to do.

Wen Anzhi spoke at this time, because he had already glimpsed Zhang Xuan's thinking on this matter.

Zhang Xuan naturally didn't mean not to let people speak, and said, "Mr. Wen, please speak." ”

Wen Anzhi said tremblingly, his white beard trembled slightly because of the opening and closing of his lips, and said: "Since the Northern Expedition last year, the world has shaken, and the death of the first emperor has been a great misfortune for the imperial court. His Majesty rode up with great righteousness, crossed thousands of miles, fought dozens of battles, the protection of the emperor of the ancestors, and the expectations of the people, and finally defeated the Dongyu and re-entered Nanjing. ”

"Then the war will be ruined together."

"The confrontation of the Jiangnan army has been white, two Guangzhou, and two lakes, supporting the army, and the savings have been exhausted. Strict taxation is a last resort. ”

"Now, although there is a great victory, the army has no food every other month, and the officials have no silver, and the world is swept away. Your Majesty's recklessness in following Taizu has always been based on loving the people, if you fight again, wouldn't it be a repeat of the mistakes of the former Ming Dynasty? ”

"The Qing army could not afford to fight again, and now it is time to calm down and recuperate. After three or five years, the treasury will be full, the soldiers will be sufficient, and then they will go north to regain the glory of China. If you look for things and ears, why bother to learn them for a while? ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he nodded secretly in his heart, feeling that Wen Anzhi was slightly the same as what he saw, but he didn't know how many times Wen Anzhi had figured out Zhang Xuan in his heart for these words.

He has long known that Zhang Xuan may have taken risks tactically, but he has always been very steady in strategy, step by step. Nothing presumptuous.

This is even more true today.

To be an emperor, you must not let people guess what you think, otherwise the people who make plans are all Wen'an and the like. At that time, even if the emperor's mind is divorced from reality, in such a mouth, it is all a matter of course.

Even if the big event has passed, I still feel that such a minister is a monarch and a minister.

Therefore, the sacred heart is unpredictable, these four words are one of the basic requirements of the emperor, only if people can't guess their own thoughts, can they listen to more truths.

Obviously, Zhang Xuan's popularity as emperor is not enough.

At least that's something he doesn't mean right now.

After listening to Wen Anzhi's words, Zhang Xuan's eyes swept over the people below and did not speak, but the meaning was very clear.

Xu Du saw it and said: "Your Majesty, what the scholar said is very true, and the last general has also observed it, although the morale of the army is acceptable, but there is some vanity and arrogance. It's time to settle down. But now there is one thing to think about. ”

"The Qing army drank horses on the Yangtze River, built ships day and night, and could sneak across the Yangtze River at any time and come to the city of Nanjing."

"Nanjing is the imperial capital of our dynasty, so if it is threatened day and night, how can it calm people's hearts, so the minister thinks that even if he wants to stop the army

Truce, this matter should also be carefully considered. ”

Zhang Xuan listened, his brows furrowed slightly. I have to admit that what Xu Du said is a problem.

The reason why Nanjing can become the capital is that the water transportation of the Yangtze River is one of the important conditions. It is precisely because of the convenience of water transportation on the Yangtze River that materials from all over the country can be transported to Beijing in an extremely light way. The Qing army occupied the north bank of the Yangtze River, not to mention whether it could threaten Nanjing. Affecting the water transport of the Yangtze River alone is a huge problem.

"Your Majesty." Zhou Fuchen said: "General Xu is alarmist, there are ministers, and those sampans of the Qing army are impossible to haunt the river." The minister is willing to make a military writ. ”

Xu Du's words completely annoyed Zhou Fuchen, and in Zhou Fuchen's opinion, Xu Du was clearly slandering his ability.

Xu Du said: "General Zhou, you don't need to be like this, I know that the Yangtze River Naval Division is strong, and the Qing Army Naval Division is not an opponent, but there is only a thousand days to be a thief, and there is no thousand days to prevent thieves." If the Dongyu were to haunt the river at night with a small boat, what would General Zhou do? ”

"Isn't it possible to wait for three hundred and sixty days a year? ”

Zhou Fuchen knew that what Xu Du said was reasonable, but he still stiffened his mouth and said, "Why not? ”

"Alright." Zhang Xuan interrupted the conversation between the two, not wanting the court to fall into the abyss of nonsense, and said, "General Xu, what can you do?" ”

Xu Du said: "Please set up a camp in the north of the Yangtze River, and now the army is tired, but it is not without the strength of a battle, the army crosses the Yangtze River, there is no need to seize the city wall, only need to set up a large camp in the north of the Yangtze River, to guard the river, so that the Qing army wants to harass the Yangtze River, it will be difficult." The Yangtze River waterway is unique to me. ”

Zhang Xuan understands very well that even if this can be done, the Yangtze River waterway may not be unique to the Xia Dynasty. If Xu can push dozens of miles north and take down Yangzhou and other prefectures and counties, he may be able to do it. However, although the establishment of only one camp in Jiangbei can effectively reduce the possibility of harassment by the Qing army, it is impossible to completely block it.

"Wait." Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "Xu Du may not mean Jiangbei camp, I'm afraid he wants to fight another battle in Jiangbei,"

As soon as Zhang Xuan thought of this, he asked Xu Du to say loudly: "If Your Majesty is a believer, please order you to cross the river and establish a camp in Jiangbei as a barrier to Nanjing." ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he believed in his judgment more and more.

Xu Du is also unlucky. Previously, Xu Du and Cao Zongyu were Zhang Xuan's right-hand men. It's a pity that Cao Zongyu has to sit in Liangguang to guard Zhang Xuan's back road, and Xu Du can't participate in the real decisive battle because of the battle of Jinhua. When attacking Nanjing, he got a small credit for fighting fires. Seeing that the people who were previously under him came up one by one. Xu Du was probably anxious in his heart, and wanted to make meritorious contributions.

But only the war has merit, and now Zhang Xuan intends to strike the war, where does this credit come from?