"The fish is too big to catch."

Jiang Changge chewed Cao Huachun's words and fell into deep thought, at this time, Jiang Changge followed Cao Huachun without speaking, and Cao Huachun was holding the materials that Jiang Changge had collected over the years in his hand at this time.

Just looking at agriculture made him feel extremely tricky, but what about the military, politics, and Lantian's most powerful business?

The stone of other mountains can attack jade, the Ming Dynasty has reached this point, these loyal filial sons of the Ming Dynasty do not have any too pedantic ideas, in fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty may not be as pedantic as you think, the reason why you feel that they are very pedantic, that is what they want you to feel, because pedantry is in line with their core interests, if pedantry can no longer bring benefits to the old school, they will become reformists as quickly as possible, people to put it bluntly are just a group of creatures born after interests, as long as the interests are enough, There is no such thing as conservatism and change.

The reason for being conservative is that they want to keep the interests that they have put in their pockets, and the change is not to get benefits, but to get benefits, which is actually the most real dispute in the world.

Interests, the core of all the contention is interests, the people rebel because the gentry robbed the interests of the people, the gentry rebelled because the magnates occupied the interests of the gentry, and the magnates seized power because the imperial power threatened their interests.

In a world where either the east wind overpowers the west wind or the west wind overpowers the east wind, without exception, if you put aside all the words used to cover the war and whitewash the peace, you will see that there is a naked letter of interest in its heart.

The uneven distribution of interests is the main culprit of war, and it is very difficult for human beings to achieve a balance of interests, because those who possess more want to possess more, and those who possess less want to possess more, and people's hearts will not be satisfied, so the strife will not stop.

And the so-called peaceful and prosperous era is only the result of reaching the maximum balance of interests.

Cao Huachun returned to the house, closed the door, and looked at some of the reforms on the fold about the past two days, Cao Huachun wanted to know about Lantian, because only by understanding could he get more information, and he knew that he would not be defeated in a hundred battles.

The military of Lantian.

Cao Huachun looked at it carefully, before the Lantian military, Cao Huachun had heard a lot, and in the battle of Naturalization City, the Lantian Army actually seized the Naturalization City from the hands of Jiannu and Shuorui Prince Dolgon, so that the invincible Prince Heshuorui tasted defeat for the first time, and also let the whole world know about the existence of the Lantian Army and Lantian Li Chaosheng.

Followed by the battle between Lantian and Zhang Xianzhong at Tongqian Pass, Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 army outside Chen Bing Pass, but was blocked by more than 10,000 people in Lantian at Tongqian Pass, which shows the terrible Lantian army.

The horror of the Lantian Army lies in the firearms, which Cao Huachun's spies found out that Lantian's new musket is the kind of self-fired musket that can be fired without ignition.

Tap fire, this is the official name of this gun in the Ming Dynasty, and through some special channels, the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty disassembled this firearm and found that it was designed in a way that uses flint to ignite and excite ammunition.

The Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty has imitated it, and found that it is not difficult to imitate this kind of gun, but the difficulty is that if you want to improve the accuracy, you must increase investment, and the barrel is made of steel, otherwise it is difficult to reach the standard of Lantian.

In this way, the cost of such a flintlock pistol is as high as 20 taels of silver, which is unacceptable to the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also unacceptable to the current finances of the Ming Dynasty.

It's too expensive, some things are good, but maybe they don't suit you, just like everyone knows that sports cars are good, but if you buy them, you're going to break the bank, and you have to eat instant noodles and steamed buns for the rest of your life, maybe this thing is not suitable for you.

And Daming's current view of flintlock pistols is that they can't afford to build them at all.

In the words of the Ministry of Labor, this gun also saves the ignition step, which is not a big deal, but is this gun really just saving the ignition step?

This is ridiculous, the appearance of this kind of gun, represents a change in the way of combat, in the past, shooting was a three-point shooting, two teams of soldiers with firearms lined up to fire at each other, who died first, is considered to lose.

And the flintlock pistol appeared, it was very diverse, you don't have to line up too rigidly when fighting, you can squat, you can lie on your stomach, you can climb the tree, you can shoot in various postures, this is progress.

You must know that both the Ming Dynasty's three-eyed firearm and the bird's firearm need to see the open fire, so the posture of the battle is very demanding, especially the three-eyed firearm, when fighting, you have to keep one hand to ignite the fire, which is very restrictive to people's movements, making the battle less flexible.

However, the flintlock pistol perfectly freed one hand, became more flexible, and the two hands held the gun to aim more accurately, so that the power of the firearm increased by more than a star and a half.

The strength of the Lantian army lies in firearms, which is the consensus of everyone in the Ming Dynasty, including Jiannu, and Lantian firearms are all over the world.

In this regard, Cao Huachun only thought that the Lantian Army was a strengthened Shenji Battalion, but seeing the analysis on this excerpt, Cao Huachun found that he completely underestimated Lantian.

Lantian military system is divided into regular army and militia, the regular army Lantian only has 40,000 divisions, the four master regiments are equipped with a full firearms lineup, and the combat effectiveness is very strong, respectively, Li Chaohu division who stayed in Guihua City, Li Chaolong division who guarded the headquarters of Lantian Field, and Li Dezhen division who blocked Zhang Xianzhong at Tongqian Pass, and Shi Dalei division.

In addition to these four regular armies, Lantian also has a militia, the militia is drawn from the common people, many Lantian militia can almost do one out of ten people must be Lantian militia, and Lantian people are proud to be a militia, and these militia are very on the right track of military training, according to the subordinates, Lantian militia combat effectiveness is probably not weaker than the Ming border army, and some are even much higher than the Ming border army.

His subordinates once stayed in a village, which was not big but had a hundred militiamen, and these hundred militiamen were trained, and they were proficient in all kinds of firearms and weapons, and their subordinates thought that if they were allowed to fight against the border army, the border army would have little chance of winning.

And such villages, the entire Lantian is countless, and the subordinates think that the number of Lantian militia is not less than 300,000.

"Hiss~"

Seeing the number of 300,000, Cao Huachun gasped, although Lantian was strong before, Cao Huachun always thought that he only had 40,000 soldiers who could fight, but now it seems that he is so lonely and unheard, where is Lantian 40,000 troops, he is 40,000 troops on the surface.

The army of 300,000 hidden in the shadows, Cao Huachun's hands with the fold are trembling, this is much more terrible than the Liukou, the Liukou are all rabble, you don't care if it is Gao Yingxiang's 300,000 army, or Zhang Xianzhong's 200,000 army, it is just the number of homeless people.

You must know that the rogues like to drag their families with their families to fight, and before the men carry the red tassel guns during the day, after the battle, they will go back to their tents to find their wives and children to eat and sleep.

Therefore, the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty sometimes say that they are facing 300,000 troops and 200,000 troops, but in fact, there are only tens of thousands of people who can really fight, but Lantian is different, Lantian is a militia that is not weaker than the border army of 300,000, and this force makes Cao Huachun restless.

In fact, he was still a little disdainful when he saw the militia system just now, what kind of novelty is this, isn't this the guard system that grandpa played leftover?

The militia also farms in peacetime and trains when they have nothing to do, isn't it the same with the guards?

Do you usually farm and train when you are free? There is nothing new about this, but now I see the number of 300,000 Cao Huachun is not clear.

At this time, Cao Huachun was like a mang on his back, and he said that Lantian was strong, and at this moment he really felt that anyone facing the number of 300,000 would be afraid, that was 300,000 soldiers.

And each of them is not weaker than the border army, so many soldiers who can fight, can the imperial court come up with it at once?

Cao Huachun denied it in his heart, the imperial court couldn't take it out, and the imperial court didn't have so much money to support these soldiers to fight.

Immediately after Cao Huachun's forehead, he saw sweat, Lantian actually had the strength to annex the northwest, if all the 300,000 soldiers and horses went into battle, whether you were a rogue or an official army, you would obediently roll out of the northwest.

And the reason why he didn't do it for a long time, what supported him, was it the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, the loyal monarch who stayed and the patriotism, or Cao Huachun thought of a folk saying, that is, Lantian County respected Li Chaosheng very much for the emperor of the dynasty, and there were even rumors that Chongzhen did not die, and Lantian did not rebel.

In the past, Cao Huachun felt that this was nonsense, if Lantian was really as powerful as the folk said, would a world-famous hero like Li Chaosheng stop moving forward? Will you delay doing it because you respect someone?

If this is really the case, I am afraid that there will not be so many chaotic ministers and thieves in the world, because Cao Huachun has always believed in the supremacy of interests, because if Lantian really has that strength, even if Li Chaosheng personally does not want to rebel, then how can the military generals under Li Chaosheng not rebel?

You must know that they are now at most the chief of a county town, the chief bookkeeper, and the gong cao, but if you rebel and win the world, you will be the country's cabinet elder, prime minister, and six books.

This general gap between heaven and earth, how do you let them choose, and the fool will continue to be willing to serve as the lieutenant chief, the chief bookkeeper, and the gong cao.

Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe, in addition to Zhao Kuangyin himself wanting to be the emperor, the generals under their command are more likely to want to go further, and the yellow robe is added, which shows that not only the boss is in a hurry, but the younger brother under his command is even more anxious.

mutiny to Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin was anxious, those under his command were even more anxious, Wei Chi Jingde even went to see Li Yuan with a sword, the meaning is obvious, Emperor Taishang, if you don't give up the throne to His Royal Highness King Qin, then today we will die together.

Thinking of this, Cao Huachun stomped his feet and said: "To this day, when I saw this excerpt, I realized that the clown turned out to be myself, I always thought that Li Chaosheng did not plot the world because of his lack of strength, but today it seems that this person is broad-minded, and he does not want to take over the world by force, let alone bear the reputation of disloyalty and injustice, so he can't bear it." ”

"If he didn't want to accept this great tomorrow with benevolence and righteousness, and didn't want to let the lives be ruined, but chose to collude with the thieves, I'm afraid that the emperor of the capital would no longer be able to sit on the throne under his ass."

Cao Huachun said, rubbing the sweat on his palms, Lantian can now be surrendered by force, Tartar is not good, Liukou is not good, and Daming is not good.

This made Cao Huachun feel very powerless, if the force failed, then he could only hope that Li Chaosheng's moral standards would really be like the folk say, Chongzhen will not die, and Lantian will not rebel.

Now Cao Huachun has almost no way to Li Chaosheng, maybe it is indeed a good way to send a beauty to Lantian to use a beauty to delay the hearts of Lantian people, but Li Chaosheng is a hero like the world, and the beauty is probably not enough to stop his ambitions, or ......

Cao Huachun's eyes rolled, the emperor's eldest princess Zhu Yujiao is almost thirteen years old, and she can get married in another year, or should His Majesty marry the princess to Li Chaosheng and tie up Li Chaosheng with marriage?

This method, Cao Huachun thought about it and felt that it was feasible.

Lantian is a poisonous dragon hidden in the depths of the Ming Dynasty, when everyone was disturbed by the world's fame and fortune, only Li Chaosheng endured his ambitions, and then grew stronger and stronger little by little, until now, he has grown into a sky dragon, at this time he showed his fangs and roared to the world.

And then the world realized that the dragon had grown up, and now it was impossible to restrain him.

Since the restriction of the dragon can not be done, then try to be friendly with it, and kissing is a very good way, although the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has not been in harmony since Taizu, no compensation, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies in Sheji, but Li Chaosheng is not a Tartar, not a return, not a Tibetan from Wusi, he is a standard Ming person.

The princess of the Ming Dynasty, married to the Ming people, is this considered a harmony?

This is definitely not counted, if the princess of Daming can't even marry the Daming, then the princess of Daming can only become a nun.

persuaded Chongzhen to marry the eldest princess Zhu Yujiao to Li Chaosheng, this Cao Huachun felt feasible, but Li Chaosheng had already married a wife, and his wife was still the lord of the Qin Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, so the princess was considered a flat wife or a concubine when she married her?

Let the princess be a concubine, Cao Huachun shook his head, feeling that this idea is too bold, how noble the princess is, if she is a concubine for Li Chaosheng, where will Chongzhen's face go?

Chongzhen is a very face-saving person, otherwise a group of ministers can't say that the emperor can't move south, otherwise he will be ashamed of his ancestors, and then Chongzhen will be really embarrassed to move south, if this matter is replaced by a slightly thick-skinned emperor, such as Liu Bang, it must be a sentence, what Aiqing said is, since Aiqing stayed, he withdrew alone, it is really my good brother, come on.

Then the soles of the feet are oiled, if it is replaced by Cao Cao, it must be the first time to run, and ask while running, do I use the whole look, shave the beard?

Then a smoke ran to the south, standing at the mouth of the river and laughing: "Haha...... Lone laughing and wandering is short-witted, the Tartar is incompetent, if you set up an ambush here, Lone will definitely be unable to fly, I think these two thieves are just like that, hahaha......"