Chapter 990: Wang Meng's Strategy
Hua'an heard this, and felt that what Avatar said was very reasonable, and he himself thought so, after all, camels were originally evolved according to the special environment of the desert, and only in the desert can the great advantages of camels be reflected, and on the grassland or loess, the advantages of camels can not be reflected at all, and the horses originally came from the grassland, and the evolution of the body was completely to adapt to the terrain and climate of the grassland, so in the grass outside the west gate of Luoyang City, the camel was not comparable to the war horse, and, In terms of speed, it was left far behind.
"Is there a desert near Luoyang City?" Hua An looked at the generals beside him and asked softly.
"Your Majesty, Luoyang City is located in the Central Plains, how can there be a desert nearby?" A subordinate general said.
"Yes! Your Majesty, the deserts are all in the Western Regions, and there are no deserts in the Central Plains. Another general, Masase, said.
Hearing this, Hua An nodded lightly, and said, "There is no desert near Luoyang City, there is always sand!" ”
"The king's intention is to build a desert near Luoyang City?" Wang Meng looked at Hua An and guessed softly.
Hua An nodded, and said: "That's right, what this king means is to build a desert near Luoyang City, I don't know what you think?" After speaking, he looked at the generals under his command.
When Wang Meng and other generals heard this, they were all taken aback, and Hua'an's sudden whimsy made them feel a little overwhelmed.
"How large is the desert that the king plans to build?" A subordinate general asked in a low voice.
Hua An thought for a while, and said: "It doesn't need to be too big, it can be a mile in radius, and the thickness is more than three feet." After speaking, he looked at the generals under his command.
When the generals heard this, they felt that it was not very large, and they used thousands of laborers. It could be completed in a few months, so there were no objections and Huaan's request was approved.
"Your Majesty, in order to repair the palace and expand the city, there is not much surplus labor left near Luoyang City, and now. The weather is so cold, should the construction of the desert wait until next year's spring planting? One of his subordinates said.
Obviously, the weather was too cold at this time, and a lot of the sediment in the river was frozen, and the difficulty of construction was too great.
Hearing this, Hua An thought carefully for a moment, and said, "Okay then!" There is no rush in this matter. It is not too late to build after the spring ploughing next year, and the most urgent task now is to complete the restoration of the palace as much as possible. ”
"The king can rest assured that the restoration of the palace is progressing very smoothly, and it is estimated that it will be completed before the spring ploughing next year." One of the subordinates, Masase, said.
Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and after giving an explanation to the hundred camel cavalry, he led his henchmen to leave the West Gate. and return to the North Palace.
The group had just returned to the Northern Palace, a small worker in the direction of the Western Regions. He transmitted the various situations in the Western Regions back to Luoyang City and handed them over to Hua'an.
Looking at the information in his hand, Hua An nodded with great satisfaction, according to the detailed report, Hua An understood the current situation in the Western Regions, and had a preliminary understanding of the military strength and national strength of the countries in the Western Regions. In particular, the potential contradictions between the countries in the Western Regions are what Hua'an is most concerned about, after all, if the Western Regions is to be pacified in the future, it is necessary to rely on the contradictions between the countries. In this way, various problems in the Western Regions can be solved faster and better.
"Your Majesty, according to the detailed investigation, it is impossible for the countries of the Western Regions to achieve unification in a short period of time, and the scattered Western Regions will not pose any threat to us, and in the future, the Western Regions will definitely be easily pacified." Wang Meng looked at Hua An and said.
When Hua An heard this, he was very happy, looked at Wang Meng, and said: "General Wang is right, with the current strength of this king, it is more than enough to pacify the countries of the Western Regions, but there are threats in the south and north, and this king is unable to transfer more troops and horses into the Western Regions!" ”
Hearing this, Wang Meng nodded lightly, clasped his fists and said: "Since there are threats to both the south and the north, the king should do his best to eliminate these two threats, and then move westward to occupy the Western Regions." ”
"Do your best to eliminate the threat from the north and the south, how can this king not want to? I just don't know what to do! Hua An said softly.
Wang Meng thought for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, in a few months, the palace of Luoyang City will be built, and when the time comes, the king can write to the imperial court and ask the imperial court to move the capital to Luoyang City immediately. ”
"Isn't this the act of a traitor who coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes? Also, what if the imperial court does not agree to move the capital? Hua An said softly.
Wang Meng hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, how can people who do great things be so forward-looking, since ancient times, all those who do great things are informal, the so-called baht thieves steal the country, as long as the king can dominate the world, who dares to say anything?" As for whether the court agrees to move the capital, it naturally depends on the king's means. ”
Obviously, Wang Meng believes in the defeat of the king, and feels that as long as Hua'an can firmly control the world, no one will dare to say anything cool, and as long as Hua'an's means are hard enough, he can force the imperial court to move the capital.
When Hua An heard this, he felt that what Wang Meng said was not unreasonable, in this troubled world, strength is the most important thing, as long as you have enough strength, you can completely change the world and realize the wishes that ordinary people can't achieve, as for history, it's just written by the winners.
"General Wang thinks that what means should this king use to make the imperial court move the capital to Luoyang City?" Hua An looked at Wang Meng and asked.
Wang Meng thought for a moment, and said: "There are three measures that the king can take, first, return the old capital, the capital of the Great Jin Dynasty should have been Luoyang City, and now, it is completely humiliating to regard Jiankang City as the capital, and the king should ask the court to move the capital on the grounds of returning the old capital, and the court should not refuse." He paused as he spoke.
"That makes sense, but what about the second point?" Hua An interjected, and asked impatiently.
Wang Meng continued: "Second, the current Great Jin Dynasty is not the emperor alone, the princes and ministers of the Manchu Dynasty have long set the emperor in the air, if I can attract a group of ministers in the court for my use, I believe that things will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort." After speaking, the corners of his mouth smiled slightly.
Hua'an heard this. nodded in approval, and said softly: "General Wang is right, now the strength of this king is already in full swing, even if this king does not win over, there are many officials in Jiangnan who write private letters to this king and show their loyalty." In this way, if this king is sincerely wooed, there will definitely be more court officials who will fall to this king, a clever plan, it is really a clever plan! After saying that, he couldn't close his mouth happily.
Seeing that Hua'an was so happy, Wang Meng continued: "Your Majesty, if one or two points cannot force the imperial court to move the capital to Luoyang, the third point may force the imperial court to move the capital. ”
"Oh, what a clever plan General Wang has. Let's talk about it. Hua An asked eagerly.
Wang Meng pondered for a moment, and said: "Attract the poor people in Jiangnan, especially those in Nandu, and let them leave Jiangnan in large numbers and return to the north." ”
Obviously, Wang Meng knows very well in his heart that there are a large number of poor people in the current population of Jiangnan, all of whom are trying to escape the war. Those who fled to Jiangnan, and they fled to Jiangnan. Naturally, they did not have their own land, so they had to rent the land of the nobles and use a large part of the harvest as rent, and in this way, their lives would be very poor. And more or less resentment in his heart, and at this time the Central Plains has been recovered by Hua'an, if these people from Nandu are allowed to return to their hometowns, and promise to give them enough land to feed themselves, so so. They will be willing to leave Jiangnan and return to their hometowns, so that the population of Jiangnan will inevitably be greatly reduced, and once the population of Jiangnan declines on a large scale, many of the land that has been reclaimed will become barren, so that the scholars who have a large amount of arable land will suffer heavy losses, and the imperial court will also face many difficulties because of the decline in population, so they have to obey Hua'an's construction and choose to move the capital to Luoyang City.
Listening to Wang Meng's third point, Hua An'an was very happy, and vigorously praised Wang Meng, according to Wang Meng's strategy, Hua'an can at least pull half of the population of Jiangnan into his own jurisdiction, so that Jiangnan's strength will become vulnerable, after all, without population, military and financial resources, etc., will suffer huge losses, thus greatly losing strength.
"General Wang, what should the imperial court do if the imperial court prevents the people of Nandu from returning to their hometowns?" Hua An said softly.
Wang Meng smiled and said: "The king is too worried, the people choose to return to their hometown, it is a matter of course, the court has no reason to stop it, besides, the power of the people far exceeds the power of the court, the people want to return to their hometown, how can the river be stopped by a few miles wide?" ”
Hearing this, Hua An nodded lightly, and said: "What General Wang said is that if the common people all want to return to the north wholeheartedly, the rivers and rivers cannot be stopped, and if the court deliberately prevents it, it will definitely cause resentment among the people, and when the time comes, the court will definitely be more passive, and at that time, the king will be more active." ”
"Your Majesty, now that the palace in Luoyang City has not been repaired, the first point cannot be carried out, but the second and third points can already be carried out, it is better to start preparing now, so that after the spring ploughing in the coming year, we can officially ask the imperial court to move the capital." One of his subordinates looked at Hua'an and said.
Hua'an thought for a while, and said: "It's the middle of winter now, and it's about to be the New Year, so it's not appropriate to let the people move their families at this time, and if a large number of people really return to the north, how to solve the problem of food and housing?" When the weather is not cold, you can let the people temporarily build a shack, now the weather is so cold, if you let the people build a shack to live, don't you freeze to death a large number of people, this is absolutely impossible, or wait for the next spring, after the weather is a little warmer, and then mobilize the people of Nandu to return to their hometown! In addition, before that, all counties should be prepared to prepare houses and enough arable land to support themselves for the people who are about to return to their hometowns, so that the people who return to their hometowns can have no worries about food and clothing. ”
"What the king said is extremely true, and his subordinates have not considered it properly." The subordinate clenched his fists and said.
"Your Majesty, the second point, to win over the court officials, can be executed at any time!" Another subordinate said loudly.
Hua An hurriedly nodded and said: "That's right, the ministers in the court, those who can be wooed still have to be wooed, and this matter will be handed over to a few of you, and this errand must be done well." ”
"Yes, Your Majesty, we will complete our mission." Several subordinates shouted the order.
Hua'an nodded with satisfaction, and then issued an order, let the county officials prepare a certain number of houses, for the people of Nandu to return to their hometowns, if the houses are not well prepared, when the people arrive in the next year, they must also be properly resettled, it is really not possible, temples and county officials can be resettled, in short, the people who return to their hometowns are not allowed to have a place to live, of course, if there are too many people returning from the counties, and there are not enough houses and arable land for resettlement for a while, they can be mobilized to go to neighboring counties, to alleviate the pressure on the supply of arable land and buildings.
After arranging these things, Hua An ordered several generals under his command to go to the military camp to conduct strict training for the army near Luoyang City.
After receiving the order, the generals under his command immediately went to the camps of the various armies, and in accordance with Hua'an's order, the soldiers in the battalion were trained more strictly, after all, it was winter, and at such a time, the training of the soldiers under his command could better exercise the endurance and perseverance of the soldiers, and the training effect was much better than usual.
Of course, in order to encourage the enthusiasm of the soldiers for training, Hua'an will also personally go to the camps of various armies when he is fine, and personally guide the training of the soldiers, and at the same time encourage the officers and men of each army.
However, Hua'an is still more interested in the affairs of the Western Regions, and uses this as an excuse to often enter the Western Regions wine shop, nominally to learn more about the Western Regions from Rouge's mouth, in fact, the main purpose is to go to Wushan with Rouge and feel the different feelings of women in the Western Regions, and Rouge has been respectful to Hua'an since he knew Hua'an's true identity, and is very willing to serve Hua'an, after all, Hua'an already has the status of a royal family, and his status is extremely noble, and he has now been governor of the land of ten states, is the most powerful person in the world today, and what a great honor it is for an ordinary dancing girl from the Western Regions to be nourished by the rain and dew of Hua'an! (To be continued......)