Chapter Twenty-Four: The Great Northwest Detour

The Mu family's participation in it is a wonderful move.

The authority of the Mu family is there, and naturally no one dares to move the Mu family's business, hiding a lot of baggage, and no one will say anything. And once the war starts, the Mu family will be exposed to the world about these things, no matter how the Mu family explains, it can't be explained clearly.

This gives Beijing more time.

Thinking of this, He Xi said to the left and right, "Let him come."

Soon Zhao Zongshou came over.

He Xi said, "How did you do this?"

Zhao Zongshou immediately said what he had done, and continued: "In fact, Shanxi Bank originally took the route of northwest border trade, plus the route of the Mu family from the northwest to the southwest, there is no problem at all, with the Mu family, it is much easier for Shanxi businessmen to enter the southwest. So they immediately agreed."

He Xi said, "I remember, I didn't let you do this."

Zhao Zongshou said, "If the lower official wants to serve the imperial court, please give me a chance."

He Xi looked at Zhao Zongshou, if he didn't understand at the moment, Zhao Zongshou was a white wolf with empty gloves, and it would be too stupid to deceive at both ends. However, for He Xi, it doesn't matter. The important thing is that Zhao Zongshou shows his ability and is a talent.

But it's just a talent.

He Xi is in his current position, and the people he can see are even stronger than some of his feelings in later generations.

After all, He Xi is not the most top-notch group of people in the contemporary era. It's just a hard time for college students.

And the people around He Xi now dare not say that they are the most powerful people in the world. But it is within the jurisdiction of Beijing that all the top figures of the younger generation can do things by He Xi's side.

Many people think that the ancients are very powerful, and that is because the people who can leave their names in history, they are the choice of the moment in their time, and they dare not say that they are unique, at least the most top-notch group of people at that time. And these people compare themselves with these ancients, and naturally come to such conclusions.

This is the case with He Xi.

People like Zhao Zongshou can also be regarded as talents in future generations. Seeing the stitches, things will come, seize the opportunity and not let go.

But here in He Xi, Zhao Zongshou can be regarded as a talent, and he can only be used.

He Xi said, "I'll give you a chance, you can be a scholar in the cabinet now. However, I will give you a reminder to practice your official language."

Zhao Zongshou said, "Yes, thank you."

He Xiyi waved his hand and said, "Go down."

Immediately, He Xi took out the report of the Privy Council, which was naturally a report on the Northwest Strategy, a thick stack, with all kinds of plans, which was much more complete than what Zhao Zongshou said. It's just that none of them thought of letting the Mu family get on the ship of the imperial court.

After all, the neutral attitude of the Mu family is known to everyone.

He Xi secretly said in his heart, "It's too decent. Sometimes, you have to get some charlatans to join the Privy Council, and these people still have ideas."

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Wenyuan Pavilion.

Zhao Zongshou was dressed in the official uniform of a scholar and walked inside cautiously. Inside. He was promoted by He Xi, but he didn't dare to speak much here, because of his southwestern accent, he couldn't change it for a while. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was looked down upon.

However, being able to walk here is enough shock for Zhao Zongshou.

He talks less and does more, which can be regarded as diligence.

It's just that he just came to see this big meeting, and the document in his hand said that it was a joint meeting of the Privy Council of the Northwest Strategic Cabinet. He just looked at the text, and suddenly felt like a frog at the bottom of a well.

"The idea of another battlefield." Qu Neng said: "I have led the whole Privy Council to think about it carefully, and on the whole, we all support this idea, but there are different ideas about opening up another battlefield, and one side thinks that we should send sailors south to attack the coastal areas south of the Yangtze River. On the other hand, I feel that I should make a fuss in the northwest."

"Your Majesty's holy parable, Jiangnan is the people of the court, if you can take it, you will take it

, can not take the chaos of the world, this is very the way of the court to love the people. Therefore, we have only one goal, and that is the Northwest Strategy. Northwest detour."

"In general, Shanxi is not good. Shanxi, like the Yellow River, is very difficult to fight a general battle. The experience of the Great Battle of the River tells us that the greater the battle, the greater the battle, the better it will be for us. In the battle, our army can resist and contain the opponent's 100,000 horses. In the offensive and defensive battles of the city, our army can withstand the opponent's maximum of 50,000 horses. The difference between this is the battle, which gives me an advantage. If we can, we will try to fight the battle of the conference, the battle of the conference, and the battle of the river again, it is best to do it. But now it is impossible to play this way along the Yellow River. We got the information, Wei Guogong's idea is very simple, that is, to train the troops, and before the training, the Yellow River line will be fully defended."

"When we go south, we are gnawing hard bones along the Yellow River, and we have to beware of them picking up the Yellow River."

"The same problem in Shanxi is that there are many problems at some important checkpoints. During the Hongwu period, Emperor Taizu strengthened the world's checkpoints, and almost all the world's dangerous passes have artillery, and now there are more artillery in these places, and the number of artillery in Yanmen Pass has reached the point where it can not be recovered, and the reason why there are so many artillery pieces in Yanmen Pass today is not that there are only so many artillery pieces in Shanxi, but that Yanmen Pass can only put so many artillery."

"It is inevitable that he will be stormed, and that blood will be shed into the sea."

"So the Northwest Raiders must be Shaanxi. It's not Shanxi."

"The situation in Shaanxi is very different. Of course, Shaanxi has four stops, but in fact, it is not a day since the northwest was broken. Now the work of the restoration of the northwest, half of Thailand is on the King of Qin, but even so, today's Shaanxi cannot be compared with the ancient Shaanxi. More importantly, Geng Bingwen's army in Shanxi. Some of them are the local army of Shaanxi, not to mention, because of the King of Qin, the Shaanxi army has undergone a major adjustment. In other words, Shaanxi is now empty. The commander is also problematic."

"What's more, Shaanxi has not stepped up its firepower since the start of the war. The number of artillery guns was not increased, and even some of the artillery guns that were originally scheduled were given to the front line. In other words, the combat effectiveness of Shaanxi's army at the moment is still stuck in the Hongwu period."

Qu Neng said loudly: "Only if our main force enters Shaanxi, a big victory is inevitable."

Yang Shiqi said: "Logistics, what about logistics? The privy envoy would not want to make a desperate gamble and raid Xi'an with a large army, so don't talk about such thoughts. It's too risky, and if that's the case, I'd rather hit Shanxi first."

Qu Neng said, "Naturally, it won't. We have also reflected that this kind of play is not a big achievement or a big defeat. It's too risky. Military affairs, don't be too risky. The idea was to build a railway. From Jingshi to Datong, from Datong to Dongsheng, from Dongsheng to Ningxia. Or build a bridge over the Yellow River from Datong and enter Shaanxi, so that logistical materials will continue to flow into Shaanxi."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was in an uproar.

Only He Xi did not move.

Without him, this plan was originally communicated by He Xi with the Privy Council.

After all, it is normal to have a small meeting before the conference.

In fact, before Qu Neng, he thought of the same style of play as Zhao Zongshou. It's nothing more than a different thing from Zhao Zongshou, Qu Neng wants to occupy a place on the west bank of the Yellow River and slowly figure it out.

And there was no such risk as Zhao Zongshou to raid Xi'an.

The reason why He Xi has such an idea is also thoughtful. Most importantly, he wanted to talk about spending military money on meaningful things, such as building railroads. To be honest, it is almost a loss of money to build this Northwest Railway. But as long as it is completed, the development of the northwest can be put on the agenda.

And as long as it is repaired, it will only take a few days from Gansu to Beijing.

A large number of supplies came and went freely, and the originally desolate scene in the northwest could be changed immediately. This is a more important thing than fighting the northwest now.

"In that case, it won't be too loud. It was known to the Southern Army. There will be no suddenness when we attack?" Xie Jin said.

"There's no need for any suddenness at all." Qu Neng glanced at He Xi and saw that He Xi did not react, so he said.