If you can be half a step ahead, you are a genius; One step ahead, you are crazy; But two or three steps ahead is uncertain.

Today, he is the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, above tens of thousands of people, with a high and powerful position, and he seems to be the king of the world, and his majesty is incomparable. But Zhao Pu knew that this was the emperor of the crater, and maybe when, his life would be gone.

At this time, he seemed to control most of the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and all the Xiang armies and rebel armies obeyed him, His Majesty the Emperor, and the ministers of Yingtianfu were all headed by him. But he knew that the only troops who could command the movement were the 30,000 eight-character soldiers under him, and the only ones who could command the movement were those henchmen and ministers.

The armies in Shandong, Henan, and Shaanxi, as well as the Jiangnan region, he was simply unable to command.

If it is said that the national policy of the Song Dynasty has always been to strengthen the strong and weak branches, then at this time there is a situation of weak cadres and strong branches. If it weren't for the Song Dynasty's establishment of the country for a hundred years, the majesty still existed, coupled with the foreign enemy in front of the country, the country was in danger, at this time, it must be anti-king everywhere, and there was a separatist regime everywhere.

Fortunately, the decentralization system of the Song Dynasty suppressed various powers to the limit and eliminated the factors of dictatorship and separation. Coupled with the century-old trend of thinking of emphasizing literature and suppressing martial arts, it is difficult to give birth to a hero like Li Yuan in this era, and it is even more impossible to coerce the Son of Heaven like Cao Cao.

This is an era without heroes.

In this era, when he was an emperor, he was happy. As long as you don't do things that anger and resentment, the throne is stable.

But you can't leave anything to chance.

In short, being an emperor is still a high-risk business, and if you are not careful, you will have no life, cherish life, and everything needs to be cautious.

How to stand in the world?

Have a strong army, and power comes out of the barrel of a gun!

However, it is correct to have power from the barrel of the gun, but it is more important who holds the gun.

Historically, many cattle people thought that they had mastered the gun and mastered the world, but they did not let the gun stick in their hands. For example, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing government worked hard to train the new army, all kinds of weapons, all kinds of welfare, and tried its best to tilt towards the new army, and the result was that the new army did become very strong and powerful.

However, the ideological work was not done well, and the new army was invaded by revolutionary ideas, and finally became the gravediggers of the Qing government.

Zhao Pu didn't want to work hard to train the Eight-Character Army, but in the end, it was the Eight-Character Army that played a coup d'état and pushed him to the ground, which was a tragedy.

Although Wang Yan, Wang Shouyi, Li Pojun and others are loyal to him and will not betray him, who can say for sure. Don't think that if you are good to others, others will be loyal to you, this is impossible. Historically, Zhao Kuangyin was also loyal to Chai Rong, but in the end, he still took away the Chai family.

As the saying goes, if the suspect is not used, there will be no one available; If there is no doubt about employing people, there will be no doubt about death.

A wise king seldom suspects others, but he is always on guard.

At this time, the Military Propaganda Department is very important, constantly brainwashing, constantly instilling the idea of loyalty, and constantly brainwashing middle and low-level generals, even if Wang Yan and others want to rebel in the future, and want to clear the monarch's side, they have to weigh it, and a few of the soldiers below are willing to rebel with him.

This is also the means used by Mao Weiren to control the army in later generations, ** wanted to rebel, but as a result, he could not command the army; ** If you want to be counter-revolutionary, you don't have the right to fight. Without military power, even if the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, it is powerless to rebel. In history, Qin Hui was extremely powerful, and he almost set Zhao Gou in the air, and all the people in the court were Qin Hui's henchmen, but Qin Hui did not dare to rebel. Because he could not command the army, the whole army was extremely disgusted with him.

In short, it is correct to have power from the barrel of a gun, but it is even more important to brainwash the head holding the barrel of a gun.

However, who is in charge of the Military Propaganda Department, Zhao Pu is entangled.

This position is extremely important, extremely critical, the need for selfless people, the need for non-party generations, the need for easy to control the generation, carefully counted the various elders of the court, none of them qualified, in desperation, Zhao Pu had to take on the same role himself, and at the same time continue to tap military propaganda talents.

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Military propaganda talents, Zhao Pu is a little worried!

Sitting on the chair, Zhao Pu kept thinking, writing some words casually, and then constantly crossed out, and all kinds of thoughts fluctuated.

"Who do you think is the most reliable in the world?" Suddenly, Zhao Pu asked Wang Wuyue on the side.

Wang Wuyue was a little dumbfounded for a while, and said weakly: "I don't know this either!" ”

"What's the matter?"

Wang Wuyue thought for a while and said, "Master Li Gang, he is honest and honest, and he can be trusted. Lord Zhao Ding, excellent in politics, can be trusted; Wang Boyan is loyal, good at reconciling various departments, and can be trusted. Zong Ze, the old man seeks the country, can be trusted ......"

Wang Wuyue said several times in a row.

Zhao Pu nodded, they can indeed be trusted, but these people are loyal to the Great Song Dynasty. And now, he is the emperor, so he is naturally loyal to him. It's just that they still have too many deficiencies, enough to trust, but not enough to rely on; It's enough to live and die, but it's not enough to take on big things.

Zhao Pu said: "I understand who can be trusted!" “

After finishing speaking, Zhao Pu began to write. It is difficult to say that it is difficult to say that it is not difficult to publicize talents, and it is not difficult to say that it is not difficult. First of all, those who are from rich and noble backgrounds are not allowed to be members of the Military Propaganda Department. There is still some truth in the class viewpoint, but as a landlord class, it is against the landlord class, after all, it is a minority. As a member of the Military Propaganda Department, the first point is to be upright.

It is best to be from Bianliang, who have been sacked by the Jin army and have a deep hatred for the Jin army.

Secondly, don't be a nerd or an old fritter, but have a certain amount of propaganda experience and be able to grasp the key points of propaganda.

Third, the best men in the army know how to march and fight.

There are at least 50 backbone personnel of the Military Propaganda Department. These 50 people will be the backbone of the propaganda department, and the scale of the propaganda department will be expanded in the future, and it is best to have one member of the military propaganda department for every 100 people in the army. But now I can't reach it, so I can only barely make do with it.

After writing a note, it was sent to Zhongshu Province and asked Wang Boyan to select spare personnel from among the middle and low-level officials. And Wang Yan also wanted to select some literate soldiers from the army who were suitable for propaganda as propaganda candidates. And Zhao Pu will personally review it, and then brainwash these people, and then let these people brainwash others.

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The next day, under the protection of the guards, Zhao Pu marched to a manor outside Yingtianfu.

After Zhao Pu became emperor, within a few days, under the direct operation of Wang Wuyue, 200 craftsmen secretly entered here, and no one knew what they were doing. In the vicinity, there are hundreds of soldiers of the Bazi Army, and outsiders are forbidden to approach the vicinity, and if you want to enter the manor, you must have the corresponding approval.

It was an extremely ordinary manor, and no one would have noticed it if it weren't for the heavily guarded guards.

Some court officials quickly noticed this, but they unanimously chose to be silent, they are all smart people, and smart people will not be too entangled in these small problems.

Approaching this manor, Zhao Pu's mood was a little excited, here is his secret weapon.

"Stop, this is a military place, outsiders are not allowed to enter!" On the parapet of the manor, a soldier shouted. At the same time, on the city walls, various bows and crossbows were opened, ready to shoot at any time.

After this period of experience, Zhao Pu is no longer a military idiot, and he already has a deep understanding of the military, which is much inferior to those famous generals, but he can be regarded as a second-rate general. The parapet wall has one zhang and three zhang, the layout on the city wall is tight, there are crossbow arrows fired one by one, and the configuration of troops, if you want to conquer this manor, you have to mobilize at least 5,000 elite soldiers, and it will take a day.

This village, so to speak, is a small military fortress.

At this time, a pro-soldier stepped forward and said, "General Zhao has arrived, this is the token!" ”

As he spoke, the soldier walked to the base of the parapet wall, and a rope fell from the wall, pulling the token up. After seeing the token, he slowly opened the suspension bridge, opened the city gate, and committed Zhao Pu and others into the city.

Entering the manor, I vaguely heard the sound of striking iron and the sound of gunpowder exploding, and craftsmen were busy working, building weapons for this "General Zhao".