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This time, Li Congjing's arrangement of using troops in Jianghuai is actually very clear. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The cause of this incident can be traced back to the controversy over whether to attack Huaidi or Liangchuan first.

At that time, Wang Pu once said: "There are many benefits to fighting for Jianghuai first." First, in the battle between the north and the south, those who win Huai land will have the first opportunity, and if they seize Huai land, they will be able to gain the initiative to use troops in Jiangnan in the war situation, and they will be completely in a condescending situation militarily. Second, in the land of Jianghuai, there are benefits of fishing and salt, and the families of wealthy businessmen gather, if they can make the best use of the land in the north of the river, the imperial court can increase its wealth by millions every year; Third, the princes of Jiangnan, Yang Wu is the strongest, if you get Jiangnan, you can block Yang Wu's way to the sea, so that it is trapped in a corner, and can no longer communicate with the Khitan, and in the future, Yang Wu can be pacified, and it can be surrounded on all sides, so that it has no room for turn; Fourth, the Tang Dynasty has Jianghuai, which is convenient for maritime trade; The fifth ......"

The current situation of Wu is that there is the Tang Dynasty in the north, Ma Chu in the west, Liu Han (Southern Han) in the south, and Wu Yue and Min in the east. However, because it covers the Huai land, it reaches Haizhou in the north (Lianyungang in later generations) and reaches the Yangtze River estuary in the south, so it has a coastline of thousands of miles.

All in all, if Jiangbei can be captured, it can greatly weaken the national strength of Wu, and correspondingly greatly enhance the national strength of the Tang Dynasty.

Originally, in history, when the Southern Tang Dynasty was in the middle of Li Jing, the east destroyed the Fujian State and the west destroyed the Chu State, and since the loss of the land in the north of the Yangtze River, the country's strength has declined, since then it has been trapped in a corner, and then there is no action, and finally sit back and wait to be destroyed - although after the destruction of Fujian and Chu, the Southern Tang Dynasty did not have a substantial gain, but in vain the national strength, but at that time it was able to quickly destroy the two countries, itself is the embodiment of strength, failed to keep the results, not the lack of national strength, but the problem of the monarch and the minister.

Let's say that after Wang Pu proposed to set the Jianghuai policy first, there was a big debate among the people in the Qin Palace.

However, at that time, Meng Zhixiang and Li Shaobin possessed two rivers, did not obey the order, and tried to divide the situation with the ministers of the Tang Dynasty. Now that the two rivers are stable, the Tang Dynasty is going to compete for the Huai land, which coincides with the Wu State thinking that Li Congjing and Li Congrong are fighting for each other, there must be internal friction, and it is also the rectification of internal affairs, and the energy is limited, so when the old Chu King Ma Yin is newly dead, he sent troops to Chudi, intending to dominate the south of the Yangtze River to strengthen the country - this gave the Tang Dynasty a chance.

Since this year, the Tang Dynasty first rectified the rule of officials in Luoyang, and then sent troops to Chu to aid the king of Chu, and then implemented a new stage of the new policy, and then leveled the turmoil in the towns of Shandong, and pushed the rectification of the government to the prefectures and counties.

This kind of dense and compact national political affairs can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.

Although impatient, it is not chaotic.

After the completion of the rectification of Luoyang's officials, the atmosphere of the entire Tang Dynasty and even the Tang Dynasty officialdom took on a new look, and two or three out of ten officials in Luoyang were punished, which not only shook the Luoyang officialdom, but also made the Luoyang officialdom rejuvenate after the matter was completed.

Under such circumstances, it will be much easier to rectify the administration of state and county officials.

As Feng Dao said: "Governing the world's officials is not blocking." Corrupt officials and corrupt officials cannot be punished, even if many people are killed, it may not be able to make the officialdom atmosphere look new, rectify the rule of officials, punish lawlessness is only the first step, the intention is to deter bad officials, make them afraid of the law, and then use the law as the basis to rectify the officialdom atmosphere, reshape the order of officialdom, and guide the officials of the world to be pragmatic and good. ”

Feng Dao's words, from a system point of view, is to establish a set of strong and powerful supervision system, and implement it with all its might, so that officials dare not violate the law, so as to achieve the effect of purging the rule of officials and political clarity.

Li Congjing agreed with Feng Dao's point of view, because he knew that during the Hongwu period of Ming Taizu, Zhu Yuanzhang's punishment of corrupt officials was the most severe, and it could even be called murderous, but the results showed that this did not have much effect.

For the time being, after the rectification of Luoyang's bureaucracy, the operation of the state apparatus has become more efficient, and it has been able to support the two-front war of the empire, and under this premise, to ensure the smooth implementation of the new policy and the new stage.

Feng Dao, An Chongxue, Ren Yuan, Li Qi, and Li Yu, although they cannot be called famous ministers, are all temporary choices, but when the program has been set, they can meet the needs of assisting Li Siyuan in handling imperial affairs.

Among them, especially Ren Yuan, who has the talent to help the world, the history books say that "Ren Yuan has the talent of helping things vertically and horizontally, and there is no way to protect himself", it can be seen that his talent is not bad, and he is not good at protecting himself.

The implementation of major national political affairs in the Tang Dynasty seems impatient, and Li Congjing still dares to fight Huaidi, which is not a reckless move, and the root cause is here.

After the Hundred Battles Army pacified the Xuanwu Army, it went east to Shandong to settle the rebellion of the feudal domains, which was just a pretense, intended to attract the attention of all parties and cover for the covert actions of the guards and pro-army.

In addition, the Tsing Yi Yamen lost Lin Anxin, and the new head of the department had not yet performed his duties, he could only deal with ordinary situations and maintain daily operations, and could not take effective measures to deal with sudden disasters. At this time, the Tsing Yi Yamen, even if there are still some remnants, can only be dormant and hidden, under the strict closure of the military intelligence department, where can we timely detect the already hidden movement of the guards and pro-army?

After Li Congjing traveled eastward, the chaotic feudal towns in Shandong were pacified in a few days because the people's hearts were oriented to the imperial court, and Li Siyuan had many arrangements, and the army and the people were afraid of the prestige of Li Congjing and the Hundred Battles Army.

In fact, after the Hundred Battles Army pacified the Xuanwu Army, it did not entangle with the Pinglu Army and the Tianping Army, but showed its momentum and then waved its division to the south.

After that, Li Congjing handed over the rectification of the rule of officials, the removal of officials, and the implementation of the new policy to Ren Yuan and other officials who accompanied him, and he quickly rushed to Huaidi.

Because the Tang army's march into Huaidi was sudden, Wu was not prepared for it in terms of strategy and tactics, and the generals and pawns of the hundred battles were all elite, so they were able to make a surprise attack and successfully cross the Huai River, forcing the Wu army to retreat into the city and defend the city - but Rao was so, and the hundred battle army failed to take Shouchun City in one fell swoop.

From this point of view, since this year, the Tang Dynasty has rectified the rule of Luoyang officials, made a big momentum to send troops to Chudi, implemented new policies in the local area, pacified the rebellion in Shandong Domain, and then raised troops to the south to attack Shouchun, all events are not independent, but strung together.

Li Siyuan, Li Congjing father and son, the far-reaching planning and layout can be seen.

And throughout the essence of the entire layout, is the illusion of Li Congjing and Li Congrong's brothers, without this illusion that the world is generally accepted by Wu State, there would be no Wu State's bold westward expedition, and there would be no success in the layout of the Tang Dynasty today.

"Congrong was raised by me, how can I not know his temperament. When I was not in the army, I accompanied him day and night, and the sage books I read were also the sage books he read. Li Congjing sat behind the small case for a long time, then stood up again, and looked at the cliff from afar, "Xu Zhihe doesn't know who Congrong is, but he categorically thinks that Congrong must be 'used by him', isn't it a big mistake?" ”

Mo Li chuckled beside him and said, "Speaking of which, it's not that Xu Zhihe doesn't know about King Zhao, it's just that what he has learned is what His Highness wants him to know." ”

That's a good point.

Li Congjing conquered the south and the north, and fought with the princes of all parties to the death, and he didn't know how many schemes he had used and how many people's hearts he had calculated.

The contradictory relationship between Yelu Bei and Yelu Deguang, Xu Zhihe and Xu Zhixun has all been used by Li Congjing, even if this is the case, of course he must guard against the fact that one day, others will use his own way to treat others.

If he didn't, he wouldn't be wise.

Going a step further, although Li Congjing traveled to the world, because he knew that the owner of this body had a miserable fate, at first he just wanted to save his life in the troubled times, but he also knew about Li Siyuan's future emperor, even so, how could he not take more care of Li Congrong and Li Conghou's brothers, and deliberately cultivate their hearts?

The reason why a person is what he is now is determined by his growth experience, this experience includes personal experience and what he has seen and heard.

This can be seen from Li Conghou's character.

As for Li Congrong that Xu Zhihe heard about, it was just an illusion deliberately created by Li Congjing. It can even be said that from the time Xu Zhihe began to inquire about Li Congrong, he fell into the trap designed by Li Congjing for him.

"Xu Zhihe has today's mistakes, and he is not wronged. Everything is caused by cause and effect, and when you hear the effect and know the cause, you will know that those unexpected results are actually inevitable. Li Congjing breathed a long sigh of relief, and then smiled, "The world is big, people are different, I can't care if other people's families want brothers to kill each other, but in our family, only brothers are united in their interests and gold!" If the family is not governed, how can the world be governed? ”

Mo Li said with a smile: "I just don't know how King Song will react when he learns about this, his upright temperament has hated King Zhao miserably before." ”

"Let's not talk about being thick, when I go back to Luoyang next time, Yongning may not know what to do to me." Thinking of this, Li Congjing was a little stunned, "Didn't you see him pulling Congrong's ears into the palace, it's extremely scary." ”

Mo Li smiled and said nothing.

Just when everyone was sightseeing on the top of the mountain, the Chu Di war report came over.

Reading the war report, Li Congjing said with a smile: "Living up to expectations, Dongting Lake and Langzhou have won great victories one after another, and Yang Wu has suffered heavy losses and has retreated to Yiyang. ”

After reading the battle report, Mo Li said with a distant gaze: "Speaking of the Chu-Di War, the reason why the Tang Dynasty chose to go south when Wu and Chu fought for several months, and the king of Chu had lost the king capital and half of the rivers and mountains, is that there is a lot of work. ”

Li Congjing snorted coldly, "Although the King of Chu is nominally a vassal to the Tang Dynasty, in fact, he is actually divided, if this matter was placed in previous years, the Tang Dynasty would have tolerated, but today, the Tang Dynasty is far from being comparable to the past, but it is difficult to tolerate it." ”

"When Ma Yin died of illness, the Tang Dynasty had just settled in Shu, and the country had not rectified the rule of officials, and the new policy was about to deepen, so it was inconvenient to cause more incidents, so it could only be appeased temporarily. Now that the Tang Dynasty is weak in the north of the Khitan and the inner strong state and county, everything is moving forward steadily, and it is natural to look at the overall situation of the world. ”

The Chudi War lasted for half a year, and the Tang Dynasty decided to enter Chu, but it was not because of the rescue letter from the King of Chu.

Datang didn't enter Chu before, and it didn't mean that he couldn't free his hands.

If the land of Chu is complete, it is still in the hands of the king of Chu, at this time, the Tang army entered Chu and helped the king of Chu to defend the land of Chu, and when the Wu army retreated, whose land of Chu belonged to?

The Tang army worked hard to go south, losing troops and losing generals, how could it do such a thankless job. Guarding the door of the house for others, what has become of the Tang Army?

Even if the king of Chu gave a reward afterwards, it was not what the Tang Dynasty wanted.

What Datang wants is to take Chu Di into his pocket!

Now, half of the mountains and rivers in Chu have fallen into the hands of Wu State, and the Tang army will defeat it again, but it is obtained from Wu State, and the relationship between them will change immediately.

Moreover, at this time, the Tang army fought against the Wu army, and the Chu soldiers helped, so it was much easier.

All in all, the Tang army entered Chu at this time because the fire had arrived. Entering Chu too early, even though it was easier to fight the Wu army, but forcibly annexing Chu afterwards would be too ugly. After all, there are many princes in Jiangnan, and the Tang Dynasty is too strong, which causes everyone to be in danger, or to form an alliance with Wu, it is not beautiful. If you enter Chu too late, the land of Chu will become the state of Wu, and if you don't get the help of the Chu army and the vassals of the king of Chu, it will be too laborious to fight.

Enter Chu and seize Huai, now is the right time!