Chapter 42: Blackmail Xiang Yu
To put it bluntly, it is a list of extortion, adding some bargaining chips on the basis of 500,000 stone of military rations, 400,000 taels of gold, plus the conditions of Fan Zeng's old horseman, so as to leave room for bargaining.
The love of the red face, the priceless treasure plus the talent of a famous general and the righteousness of a brother who is hard to find in thousands of armies.
These two people should be able to afford this price in Xiang Yu's heart.
To be honest, maybe Li Feng is an ordinary office worker in the socialism of the Dragon Kingdom, and the reason for the small dick is that he never thinks that a thousand troops are easy to obtain, and it is difficult to find a wise saying.
But in a battle, the role that generals can play is indeed much more important than that of soldiers, and it should indeed become a key object of protection, especially in the era of cold weapons, which is particularly obvious.
But this does not mean that at a critical moment, in order to save you, you have to sacrifice the interests and even lives of tens of millions of people.
Your life is your life, but the life of an ordinary soldier is not your life?
Just like in later life, if you are the boss, can you exploit your subordinate employees at will? The fruits of your labor are the results, but the efforts of the people who work for you are not the results?
Moreover, Li Feng, who came through the crossing, deeply knew that an iron army was the most important military force of the country.
Famous generals also have times when they miss, but if there is an army whose thoughts, skills, and weapons are all at the level of the king of soldiers, I believe that even if it is a very ordinary general, he can play a good record.
Therefore, the most important thing is to improve the overall quality of the armed forces.
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Early the next morning, Mama Xiao woke up Yu Ji and helped her with her makeup and washing.
"Miss, Mr. Mei sent someone to pick you up, saying that Your Majesty has a will, and after breakfast, I will take you to Xianyang City for a walk, take a walk, and see what the real great power atmosphere is."
Yu Ji sighed: "Okay, just go, I want to see what has become of Xianyang, which has returned to the rule of the faint monarch after several wars, I'm afraid it will be worse!" ”
Putting aside the boredom in her heart, Yu Ji was neatly dressed and walked out under the service of Mama Xiao.
At this time, Li Feng was summoning Li Bing, Wang Chong, Meng Rui, Han Xin, and Bai Zhan, Su Du and others who had just returned, and now several people were looking at the exchange list that Li Feng had prepared for Xiang Yu.
"I've read it all, if you have any opinions, mention them."
A few people, you look at me, I look at you, discussed it, reached a unified opinion, and Bai Zhan came forward:
"Your Majesty, the ministers have no objections, but they want to add an article to make an agreement with Xiang Yu that within three years, Qin Chu will be reconciled and will not interfere with each other's borders."
"Three years without war? I have been thinking day and night that the mountains and rivers of the world will be unified again, how can I wait for him for three years? ”
Bai Zhan smiled: "Your Majesty has misunderstood, this is just an expedient measure, it is only effective for Xiang Yu, but it is ineffective for Your Majesty." ”
"Haha, yes!" Li Feng heard the meaning of Bai Zhan's words, these people really learned badly from themselves.
But then he thought of a bigger possibility, and couldn't help but smile gloomily in his heart, and looked at Han Xin: "General Han, you know more about Xiang Yu's situation, when do you think he will be able to get these things together." ”
Han Xin smiled: "Back to Your Majesty, your asking price is too high, and you may not be able to get it for him for three or four years." ”
"So, do you want to lower the price?"
"Well...., it's up to Your Majesty to decide."
"I have already met Yu Ji last night, I am sure that Xiang Yu is willing to spend this price in exchange, we think it is better if he can't get it together, and if he can't get it together, he will ask for those princes he has sealed, so...."
"In this way, the princes will inevitably be dissatisfied, even if they don't fight each other, they will dislike each other, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone for us, the king Shengming." Han Xin understood it at one point, and actually answered Li Feng's words.
Bai Zhan was dissatisfied: "Brother Han, in front of Your Majesty, you must not be rude. ”
"It's okay, Han Xin is right, that's what I mean." Li Feng smiled and waved his hand, this kind of occasion similar to a small meeting in the company, he really didn't care about Han Xin's so-called rude behavior.
In the final analysis, he, like himself, was just a stinky dick before he made his career, and asked for so many courtesies at one time, isn't it embarrassing, everything has to have a process.
Having said that, since Xiang Yu can't make up this amount, does he have to give him time to rob the other princes, Li Feng looked at the ministers: "Then do you think it is appropriate for us to give them as much time as they can to gather as many things." ”
"Five to eight months."
"Okay, then this matter is fully responsible for Han Xin, my reserve price is 500,000 stone military rations, 400,000 taels of gold, and the more the rest, the better, I don't know if Qing can be sure."
"If it's just the reserve price, the minister is completely sure."
"Okay, you go and arrange it, after the matter is completed, the three generals will take one of the things that are exchanged as additional benefits, and forty percent will be distributed as a pension to the Great Qin Erlang who died and are disabled in this battle, and the rest will be handed over to the treasury, what do you think?"
"Hahahaha! On behalf of the whole army, the ministers thanked His Majesty Longen. ”
When several generals heard this, they couldn't help laughing, for the first time in history, they had heard of such a king who blatantly treated military warfare as a business.
When it comes to self-interest, even if it is one percent, it is enough to gain a wave of fat.
Han Xin, a child from a poor family, even kowtowed on the spot: "You have the trust of Your Majesty, and the minister will definitely knock him out." ”
"Hmm!" Li Feng nodded: "Summoning you this time, there is another important thing, that is, the reward platform and the martyr's tower are being built as soon as possible, once completed, I will hold a ceremony to worship the heavens, and do the things of worshipping the generals, rewarding the heroes, and compensating the fallen soldiers, so before that, we need to make some preparations in advance."
"Your Majesty, please."
"I need a list of soldiers who have died in battle since I entered Shu in the Great Qin, you can have statistics."
"This... Your Majesty, Sima in the army has statistics, but the statistics are not very clear. Bai Zhan and Su Du glanced at each other: "Wait for the minister to return to the army and ask." ”
"No, you have to be personally responsible for this matter, as well as the military merits and promotions since entering Shu, you must count them one by one before the completion of the reward platform and the martyr's tower, this is my death order, and there must be no mistake."
"Yes, the ministers will do it immediately."
"Well, this ceremony of sacrificing to the heavens is a big deal, I have drafted a charter, you can wait and take a look, if you have any questions, just ask them, and if there are no major problems, follow the above content."
Li Feng then distributed the prepared charter form to several confidant ministers.
This is something that seems extremely simple, but it has been proven by history to be very effective, and Li Feng took it out of his mind without much effort.
As a traverser, you have to be a bit of a traverser, right?