Xia Yan, the second prime minister, the first assistant of the empire, the actual ruler of the empire when Emperor Jiajing cultivated, for the entire empire, his importance is self-evident, and the power he holds is also extremely amazing, and he also has a different ability than other first assistants, that is, dare to quarrel with the emperor, Emperor Jiajing's strength is unprecedented, and the desire for power is also extremely strong, but Xia Yan dares to argue with the emperor on issues of principle, and does not back down. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In all fairness, Xia Yan's own desire for power is also very strong, and he has a strong sense of fame, as an official, this is the driving force for progress, not too much at all, as a first assistant, this is even more valuable, you know, Mr. Xia Yan's successor Yan Song Yan Ge is a head assistant who has no motivation and a heart to do things, and only when it comes to his own status and interests will he become more courageous than anyone else.

Compared with Yan Song, Xia Yan is undoubtedly excellent, if the emperor he meets is Li Shimin, his achievements will be higher than Fang Du, or meet Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, or Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, it is also good, and it is okay to meet Hongzhi Emperor Zhu Youzhang, or even Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao, but he just met Jiajing Emperor Zhu Houxuan......

If Mr. Yan Song's specialty is to pat on the back and reverse black and white, then Mr. Xia Yan's specialty is to govern the country and promote talents, but perhaps Emperor Jiajing needs a deferential person who is good at patting on the back and reversing black and white to be the first assistant, rather than a person who dares to argue with the emperor all the time and dare to offend the dignity of the emperor - the dignity that Emperor Jiajing fought for through the Great Rites Discussion will not allow the second Yang Tinghe to offend.

In another time and space, there is still a year left, this venerable old man will be persecuted to death by Yan Song, and another strong man who is bent on recovering the territory and protecting the people from the Mongol slaughter will also die, and now, can he change all this? Zheng Guang was a little confused.

"Xiangye, Zheng Xiu is here." The old housekeeper bowed to Xia Yan, and then took the initiative to retreat, leaving only Zheng Guang and the old man Xia Yan who had his back to Zheng Guang and didn't know what he was thinking, Xia Yan didn't seem to have the intention of speaking first, Zheng Guang waited for a while, and then spoke first: "Student Zheng Guang, meet the teacher!" ”

Xia Yan is also the head of the Hanlin Academy at the moment, although he doesn't care about the trivial matters of the Hanlin Academy at all, but in terms of name, Xia Yan is currently Zheng Guang's most orthodox teacher, and also the teacher of Li Chunfang and Hu Zhengmeng, which is also a reason why Zheng Guang is a little eager to save Xia Yan at present, since he has become Xia Yan's student, then, once Xia Yan is defeated, he will also be implicated, even if he is not implicated, Yan Song, who has succeeded in the upper position, will not let himself go easily.

Whether it is for the idea in his heart or for his future safety, Xia Yan can't die, but he is soft-spoken, how to save Xia Yan is the highest success rate, Zheng Guang is not sure, even if Yan Song's killing move to attack Xia Yan is resolved, it is difficult to ensure that Yan Song and the demonic Yan Shifan have no backhand.

This soft-hearted old man died on his soft-heartedness.

"Do you know why the old man is looking for you at this time?" Xia Yan's deep voice came, and he still didn't turn around, and the sudden inquiry also made Zheng Guang a little puzzled, but then he remembered that Emperor Jiajing said that he was originally the third, but the emperor insisted on promoting himself to the first place, that is to say, the ranking that Xia Yan set for himself was the third place Tanhua, not the first champion, the disagreement between the emperor and Xia Yan, is it the reason for this matter? It seems that what the emperor said before is true.

Xia Yan still hopes to recover the Hetao, some of the reasons he said are not reasons not to regain the Hetao in Xia Yan's opinion, for Xia Yan, these problems can be solved, and he has never put my counterattack in his eyes, I don't know if he believes in Zeng Mo too much, or if he has other preparations.

"Could it be that it's about the Hetao?" Zheng Guang asked cautiously.

Xia Yan turned around and looked directly at Zheng Guang: "Since you guessed, then the old man will not go around in circles, the rumors in the capital are not groundless, the old man is really ready to support Zeng Milling to make a move in the Hetao and take the Hetao back, originally His Majesty also supported, and later His Majesty had some concerns, but the old man thought that those concerns were within the scope of the old man's deal, until your strategy was seen by Your Majesty, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and the old man was in a hurry and could not deal with it, and it was actually His Majesty who vetoed the battle of the Hetao.

The battle of the Hetao, the old man's plan also started last year, not a moment of brain fever, nor is it unprepared and worried, the strength of the Ming Dynasty, the weakness of the Ming border army, empty salary, lack of combat effectiveness and so on, the old man has taken into account, as for the most important one you said to move His Majesty, I answer's reaction, you think that I will never sit back and watch the Hetao be taken back by the Ming Dynasty, and will definitely raise troops to seize it again, the Ming soldiers can not deal with it properly, and it will definitely need to be mobilized nationwide, and I will fight a big fight.

At that time, not only the northwest problem can not be solved, but the southeast problem will also be implicated and cannot be solved, the Ming Dynasty is financially difficult, and if there is no sustainability at that time, even the salaries of the court officials and soldiers cannot be issued, and the Ming Dynasty will collapse without a fight, and the Ming Dynasty will even have the worry of overturning, Zheng Guang, don't you think you are too alarmist?!

Zheng Guang, you have lived in the southeast for a long time, and you only know that the people in the southeast are deeply suffering from the Japanese invaders, but do you know how many Tartars invade the interior of the Central Plains along the Hetao every year, and how many people in the Central Plains are taken captive and become slaves! If you recapture the Hetao, you can keep the war out of the country, and the method of cavalry attack you proposed may not be useless! The people of the southeast are the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of the north are not the people of the Ming Dynasty? ! ”

Xia Yan stared at Zheng Guang deadly, the momentum brought by being in a high position for a long time was extremely oppressive, even if he just stood there, he could have a special effect of not being angry and self-imposing, it was really awesome, but Zheng Guang had already prepared, and for Xia Yan's questioning, Zheng Guang decided to fight back: "The student didn't have the slightest idea, what the student said, it was completely out of a public heart, as a teacher, it is impossible not to know what is the most important thing in a war, yes, it is very important for the soldiers to be strong, but the grain and ordnance are equally important!"

People have to eat, if they don't have enough to eat, they won't have the strength, and the army is even more so, if the soldiers can't eat enough, they can't wield their swords, they can't kill the enemy, and they die on the battlefield in vain! What is Grain Ordnance? It's all money! The elite of the sergeants, the ability of the generals, and the abundance of money and food are the three indispensable elements for winning the war, and they are all indispensable! And money and food are the top priority, the three armies have not moved, the grain and grass go first, and the soldiers are not paid, so the army's heart will float! Money, food, everything!

And now, is Daming rich? Is there enough money in the treasury and grain in the grain storen? The southeast provinces are the wealth of the Ming Dynasty, accounting for almost eighty percent of the national tax revenue, and now, the Japanese are entrenched in the southeast, the southeast tax has decreased sharply, and its number can not even meet the normal expenditure of the Ming Dynasty for a year. The court officials are still in arrears, not to mention the salaries of the soldiers?

Yes, Governor Zeng may have the confidence to recover the Hetao, but, teacher, the Hetao has been lost for decades, all the construction of the Hetao at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty was destroyed by the Mongols, many places are barren and uninhabited, and there is no city for the army to garrison. Will you build a city, or will you camp in the wilderness? How to garrison each dangerous place? Is it necessary to build fortifications?

If the Hetao wants to play its due role, it is necessary to have a large city, which can accumulate grain, grass and ordnance, and become a heavy place for grain, so that it will not transport grain directly to the battlefield from too far away, increasing the loss of grain, so how should the big city be built? How should the money, stones, timbers, people, and officials be arranged? Do roads need to be built as well? You can't just let that muddy road go unnoticed, right? With the city, you have to arrange officials, right? You can't do it without people in the city, right? Do you want to immigrate to Shibian?

These are very simple things to do, how much does it cost? As soon as the Mongols came, a fire could destroy everything, and how much money would it cost us to rebuild? We spent a lot of effort to rebuild and protect the Hetao, and as soon as the Mongols came, we made a slight mistake, and even more than 100 people were rushed in by them, and they could burn, kill, loot and cause huge losses!

Teacher, the students are not against the recovery of the Hetao, the Hetao must be recovered, the Mongols must be expelled and eliminated, and the former Han must follow the example of the former Han to destroy the Xiongnu, seize the Hetao, and then destroy the Mongols! However, before seizing the Hetao, we must fight a big victory, so that the Mongols will not dare to go south for at least a year or two, so that we have enough time to build the Hetao as a logistical place, and then, in one go, we must enter the hinterland of Mongolia and crisscross the steppe!

If you want to fight, you have to defeat them in one go, and you have to follow the strategy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if you don't move, you will do it, and if you move, at least 100,000 soldiers! 350,000 people are enough to destroy the Japanese invaders, but to deal with the Mongols, without 200,000 soldiers, it is impossible to do it, and the 200,000 soldiers need to consume the grain, straw and ordnance, the number of mules and horses, the vehicles needed, and the people, which is what the Ming can afford now? ”

Xia Yan was silent, he was the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty, although some problems were not as full as Zheng Guang knew from other channels, but the most basic problem of the household treasury, he was still clear, the empty treasury that could run the carriage really did not have the confidence to fight a war of 200,000 people, thinking that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in order to completely defeat the Xiongnu, but paid the heavy price of "halving the domestic household registration", consumed the wealth accumulated by Wenjingzhizhi for decades, and also borrowed money from the people, almost causing an economic crisis, Only then was he able to expel the Huns and play the name of a strong man, and the Ming Dynasty, an empty shelf, really wanted to fight and run out of food in minutes.

Zheng Guang took advantage of the victory to pursue: "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, relying on the wealth and ordnance accumulated by the Second Emperor Wenjing for decades, the rule of Wenjing is not a joke, the Han Dynasty was able to accumulate national strength by virtue of this, and before that, to gain time with humiliating and friendly policies, the Xiongnu still went south every year to burn and loot, the Han still insisted on patience, to fight, to fight, so that he had no power to fight back, even if we paid a heavy price, we must insist on completely defeating him!"

When Lan Yu led the army away from the Central Plains, he fought in the Mobei Fishing Sea, and the loss of soldiers was unknown, but the remnants of Meng Yuan's forces were completely wiped out, and since then Meng Yuan's thieves have completely lost the strength to compete with the Ming Dynasty, and they have now recovered a certain strength, if the Ming Dynasty can't go deep into Mobei, or even surpass Lan Yu, and fight farther than the fishing Hai, it will still leave trouble! If we want to fight, we must completely eliminate the troubles! Then you need more money, more food! The southeast is uneven, absolutely not! ”