The attack on Yangzhou seems to have become a fuse, which seems to have broken the balance of forces in the world at once, thus causing rapid changes in the foreign policy of the Ming, Qing, and Jin dynasties.

This heralded the rise of the Ming regime and the decline of the Qing regime, and the Jin State chose to side with the declining Manchu Qing at this turning point and jointly contain the re-rise of the Ming Dynasty.

When the policy of the Jin State took a sharp turn, the Nanjing Imperial Court received a report from the Heaven and Earth Society half a month later, which made the Nanjing Imperial Court immediately nervous.

Over the years, although the Ming Dynasty has been moving upward, the front is sharp, but the previous loss is too miserable, many people actually have a shadow in their hearts, not that self-confidence, doubts in their hearts, whether the Ming Dynasty has the ability to deal with the two countries, to deal with the two battlefields of Jiangbei and Sichuan and Shu.

In the palace of King Chu in Nanjing, in Wang Yan's study, Wang Yan summoned Wang Fuzhi, Yan Qiheng, Gu Yanwu, Qu Congzhi, Xia Wanchun and others to discuss.

Wang Yan was wearing a dragon robe, a unicorn dragon on his chest, extremely fierce, wearing a winged crown, black leather boots, standing in front of the sand table.

In fact, the transformation of a nation can be seen in many ways.

The dragon is a totem of China, representing the spirit of the nation, the dragon before the Song Dynasty, mostly a single horn, a beast body, teeth and claws, extremely fierce, but after the Song Dynasty, slowly become a double horn, snake body, lose the form and ferocity of the beast, become good-looking, and wait until the Qing Dynasty, it can basically be described as an old dragon clock.

From the changes of the dragon, it can also be seen that the spirit of martial arts gradually passed away from the body of the Han nation.

In the autumn of August, it is not surprising that the scholars of Huguang and Liangguang won a big victory, accounting for sixty percent of the gold list, which caused a great shock in the government and the opposition, and some people even suspected that the science field was cheating.

Life is not equal, death is equal, and people can't know what happens after death, so when they are born, the whole society still needs a certain amount of fairness.

Wang Yan knows that the class he represents is only a minority, and once a minority arouses the anger of the majority, it is when the entire social system collapses.

For the people at the bottom, there are many grievances in the world, and as the ruling class, we must leave a little hope for the bottom, an upward channel, so that they have a chance to move up, instead of accumulating resentment and finally rebelling.

The imperial examination is this upward channel, which can absorb the low-level elite into the ruling class, so as to prevent talents from burying the people and causing turmoil over time.

Relatively speaking, the imperial examination is still a fair channel, so Wang Yan was forced by public opinion, and in order to clarify that the Chu party faction did not cheat, he arranged for officials and selected a few people from the failed scholars to review together, and finally calmed down the turmoil.

For many of the scholars who failed to enter the list, Wang Yan hoped that they could enter the martial arts, after all, the war of this era, the requirements for personal bravery are not high, but the generals are required to have a lot of new knowledge, so if this group of scholars can enter the martial arts, it will be the best thing, which is conducive to his advocating literature and martial arts, and the idea of combining civil and military affairs, which is implemented in the court.

However, there was not much of a gentleman who gave him this face, and most of them would rather wait three more years to fight again than become a military attaché.

This made Wang Yan very shocked, and thought of many ways to reverse the trend, and even put on the official uniform from the seven-rank small flag, but was scolded by Qian Qianyi and others for not being in a proper manner, so he has the dragon robe he is wearing now.

At this time, Wang Yan stood in front of the sand table, looked at the situation, and first cheered everyone up, "Before, the imperial court only based on a few provinces in the southwest, but in Sichuan, Shu and Huguang at the same time with the enemy, at that time the Manchu Qing had not yet split, but our dynasty withstood the attack of the Manchu Dynasty, and now the east is divided, and our dynasty has half of the wall, how can I be afraid of Haoge breaking the contract." ”

The current situation is indeed much better than when the first aid to Shu and Chu and Jiangxi were fighting, at that time they were not afraid of the enemy soldiers, and there was really no need to worry at this time, they should have enough confidence in themselves, everyone listened to Wang Yan's words, looked at each other, and then saluted Wang Yan together.

Wang Yan beckoned them over, got down to business, pointed to the sand table and asked, "Where are Wang Deren's 30,000 people now?" ”

Judging from the news that Jin Bao asked the secret agents to come back, Jin Guo was determined to unite with the Manchu Qing and then send troops to take Shu. Wang Yan originally thought that the foreign policy of the Jin State would not change until at least after he conquered Yangzhou, so he sent Jin Bao to the Jin State with the intention of stabilizing Haoge, but now it seems that he miscalculated.

"Your Royal Highness, after Wang Deren entered Hunan, he entered Guangxi through the Lingqu, and then took the newly built official road into Guizhou, and he should be able to reach Guiyang in a month." Qu Cong saluted straight, picked up the wooden stick, and pointed as he spoke.

Qu Congzhi is also an old man in Yangzhou, who was originally appointed as the envoy of Guangdong, but was recently transferred to the military department as the right attendant.

On the sand table, the geography of the mountains and rivers is clear at a glance, the mountains of Xiangxi stretch, not suitable for marching, Guizhou is also difficult to travel, Wang Yan walked through when he entered Sichuan, one in and one out, it was nearly a year.

Fortunately, the imperial court and the joint firm developed Guizhou's minerals, cut down the giant trees in the mountains, and built the road to Guiyang, so the speed of Wang Deren's entry into Sichuan this time will be much faster.

Wang Yan followed the bamboo pole, moved his gaze, and raised his head after half a sound, "It seems that the imperial court's development of Guizhou's minerals can not only increase taxes, but also greatly speed up the speed of the march, so that the imperial court can control the southwest." ”

Qu Congzhi smiled, "The imperial court has more than 60,000 people in Sichuan, of which more than 40,000 are paid, if the 30,000 people from Jiangxi enter Sichuan again, even if Haoge sends 100,000 people to attack, Qin Taifu and Yuan Duzhen should be able to deal with it." ”

Wang Yan nodded, and knocked his hand twice on the edge of the sand table, "Yuan Zongdi has been in Sichuan for more than two years and has built a lot of fortified villages, so there should be no problem resisting the attack of the Jin army." ”

Saying that, Wang Yan asked Gu Yanwu again, "Taifu Qin is the stone pillar of the imperial court in the southwest, there must be no mistakes, the reward prepared by the Ministry of Rites to Taifu Qin, as well as the imperial doctor, have you set off?" ”

Qin Liangyu has gone through Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen, Hongguang, Longwu, and the six dynasties, and has a very high prestige in the world, which can be said to be the only remaining old qualification of the Ming Dynasty, her existence has great political significance for the Ming Dynasty, especially her status in the southwest, it can be said that with Qin Liangyu, the southwest Tusi will not be chaotic, and it will be of great help to the imperial court to stabilize Sichuan, Guizhou and other places, so Wang Yan always cares about this old lady, and hopes that she can live more time for the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the imperial court has sent three waves of imperial doctors, and Taifu Qin's condition has improved."

Wang Yan nodded, "That's very good!" ”

With Qin Liangyu here, Yuan Zongdi at least occupies a favorable location in Sichuan, which reassures him a lot.

"Your Highness, although the Sichuan side should have also received the news and is ready to meet the Jin army, our dynasty should still have spare strength to deal with the mutation." Wang Fuzhi is in charge of the household department, and although there is money in the account, there is an urgent shortage of war materials, so he is a little worried, "Xia Guan thinks that His Royal Highness should put some pressure on Yangzhou, or His Royal Highness should come in person to solve the war in Yangzhou as soon as possible." ”

Wang Yan listened to a deep groan, although he had confidence in Sichuan, but what Wang Fuzhi said was right, fighting on two fronts, facing the Jin State and the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the same time, maybe Sun Kewang in the southwest would also come up to join in the fun, and the imperial court really needed to spare strength, otherwise it would not be able to respond at that time.

Wang Yan nodded, "Yangzhou really needs to be urged, but since Lone has already asked the Chen Pavilion Department to supervise Jiangbei, then you must believe that the Chen Pavilion Department will not go to Yangzhou Lone." ”

As he spoke, Wang Yan looked at Qu Congzhi, "The new guns and new armor of the Ministry of Industry are not in storage, if they are in storage, the Ministry of War will transfer a thousand new guns, a thousand sets of new armor, and then transfer the Iron Man Army and send it to Yangzhou, and Chen Gebu will understand the meaning of loneliness." ”