Manchu traitor, how can you let me be the emperor of the ages

Chapter 170 Li Jing entered the palace, the god holding the pagoda

The old eunuch walked quickly into the political affairs hall with the intention of giving Li Gan a good news, without any scruples about Chang Zhi, and directly handed the report to Li Gan.

Many of the military newspapers that reported victory had to be posted along the way. Now it is estimated that the whole city will soon know about it.

But even so, Chang Zhi still chose to evade, he got up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I thank you for your grace, and please leave."

"Not in a hurry."

Li Gan smiled in vain, didn't even talk about business, how could he let you go?
"Sit down first, I still have a few things to tell you."

He unfolded the military newspaper, glanced at it lightly, then turned to Chang Zhi and said, "Changqing's family, what do you think of the Guangwen Division's errand?"

Chang Zhi obviously had prepared a draft before coming and made some preparations.He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think that the affairs of Guangwen Division should be carefully observed and lenient."

Careful and reassuring are clearly two different and opposite words.

But Li Gan didn't speak out in a hurry, he wanted to see what this old Hanlin who had studied all his life thought.

Chang Zhi continued: "Your Majesty, I believe that being careful means treating every article written by the common people with care; being lenient means that you should not do everything. The Department of Guangwen is only a place for communication, not a yamen for hearing cases. , and should not be in charge of the Jingzhao Mansion."

Li Gan nodded slightly, it seems that he also expected that if the Guangwen Department's platform is set up in the future, the common people's chores will definitely be indispensable.

There must be those who sue, who are wronged, who speak out about national policy, and who seek to be prominent...

These things will certainly not be less.

If the Department of Guangwen is in charge of everything, not only will it be too busy, but it will also encroach on the power space of other yamen and arouse resentment.

"Changqing's family only said to serve the people, so how is the Department of Guangwen going to serve the emperor?"

Chang Zhi sighed quietly, the office of the Guangwen Department is really difficult to manage.

The next one is directly facing the common people. Once it is not handled properly and the common people cause trouble, they will be unable to escape and will suffer.

The one directly facing the emperor is His Majesty again. If there is a mistake here, it will be even more serious. Dismissal from office is a minor matter. If you are convicted again and implicate your family, it is not worth it.

Before Chang Zhi came, he had already thought about what to say, he cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I think you should be sincere when serving the king, but I also want to ask your majesty what it is that you want to see."

When he spoke, there was a faint sense of humiliation in his heart.

I have been in the Hanlin Academy for half my life, and I have always talked about things according to my heart, but I didn't expect that when I was old, I would have to be late and flatter.

It's just that there are too many things in this world that cannot go according to your wishes. When people get old, they will naturally have more worries...

"it is good."

Li Gan nodded with a smile, Chang Zhi really knew clearly.

He smiled and said: "Your yamen has just opened, so there may not be too many people passing articles."

"That's why I trouble Changqing's family to send me all the articles I have received from the common people."

Without the slightest hesitation, Chang Zhi cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I take orders."

Li Gan smiled and nodded: "In that case, let's go to Changqing's house first. It's best not to run around these two days, lest the imperial physician sent by me can't find you."

Chang Zhi was startled, then cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

As soon as he left, the old eunuch who had been waiting for a long time came forward and said: "Your Majesty, Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, begs to see you."

Li Gan suddenly became interested, this is a rare visitor.

In the past, these ministers would not come to him for nothing, and Li Jing never took the initiative to come here once or twice, why did he think of it today?
Subconsciously, Li Qian remembered the good news he had just delivered, picked it up and looked at it for a while, and then said to the old eunuch: "Please come in!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The old eunuch withdrew slowly.

Li Gan took those good news and continued to read them.

It says that the forbidden army of the imperial court has gone south, captured Yangzhou, and will soon go further down the Yangtze River.

This time under the city of Yangzhou, the imperial army still received little resistance. After only half a day of attacking the city, Yangzhou city opened its doors and surrendered.

Wu Guo seems to have completely given up on defending against the imperial army on the north bank of the Yangtze River, so they probably want to take advantage of the natural dangers of the Yangtze River and the advantages of the navy to defend the imperial court's offensive...

Just as Li Gan was thinking, Li Jing, who was wearing a scarlet robe and a black gauze on his head, followed the old eunuch into the political affairs hall.

"Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, see Your Majesty."

"Give me a seat." Li Gan just asked the old eunuch to move the stool over, and didn't say anything.

Li Jing waited for a while, seeing that Li Gan still did not speak, he took the initiative to say: "Your Majesty, I have something to play."

"The forbidden army of the imperial court has arrived to capture Yangzhou, and now they are about to go south."

Li Jing said: "But at this moment, the army has insufficient food and grass, and the imperial army is discussing to divide the troops into two groups."

"One way to the east is to take Hailing, Chongzhou, until the East China Sea, and the other way is from Yangzhou to the west, cross the Yangtze River to take Jinling."

Li Gan thought for a moment after listening, then turned to the old eunuch and said, "Bring the map."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The old eunuch hurriedly asked the young eunuchs below to spread the map on the table.

According to Li Jing's words just now, Li Gan quickly found two routes of the imperial court's imperial army on it.

He pondered for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Li Jing: "The army is going to supply the grain and grass of the Yue Kingdom?"

"Your Majesty is innocent."

Li Jing said with emotion: "The army marching in the affluent land of Wu would never lack food and grass. But your Majesty took good care of the people of Wu land with benevolence, and the forbidden army naturally had to rely on the grain and grass of Yue."

"Now the commanders of the imperial army have discussed two strategies, one is to go to the sea in the east, and then receive the grain and grass from the country of Yue. The other is to go to Jinling in the west and cross the river, and receive the grain and grass from the country of Yue by land. Since the dispute over this matter was unresolved, it was decided to divide the troops into two groups and advance side by side."

"But I secretly feel that this is not appropriate, so I came here to ask His Majesty to decide whether it should be so."

Li Gan stared at the mountains and rivers on the map, and nodded slightly: "It seems that no matter how you go, you will be blocked by the Wu Guoshui army..."

Needless to say, going east to the sea, if the grain transport ships of Yue State want to bypass the Yangtze River Estuary at sea and reach the north bank, they will definitely be blocked by Wu State's navy.

Such a long sea route is no less than a natural moat to the currently incomplete navy of the Yue State.

The other way is to cross the Yangtze River and take Jinling.

For a place as important as Jinling, the state of Wu must have sent heavy troops to guard it.

If the river is crossed from here, the sailors of the Wu Kingdom will inevitably come out in full force, and most of the imperial imperial guards are from the north, who are not good at water warfare.

Therefore, the disadvantage of this route is that the imperial court's forbidden army replaced the Yue State and assumed the risk of crossing the waterway.

Li Gan pondered on the map for a moment, and then said: "It is not advisable to go to the East China Sea and wait for the Yue Kingdom to transport grain from the sea."

It doesn't matter if the risk is transferred out appropriately.

But before the transfer, you have to consider whether the person who is transferred can bear this risk?
"The power of the Yue country is weak, and it is still possible to stick to a city there."

"But if you want to drive the grain ship to the north and break through Wu's blockade at sea, I'm afraid it's beyond your capabilities?"

Li Jing was startled for a moment, then said: "Your Majesty, I am also worried about this."

"It's just that transporting grain by sea is much faster than transporting it by land. Starting from the country of Yue, it can reach the north bank of the Yangtze River in two or three days and be delivered to the imperial army. The loss on the way is very small, which is better than land transport."

"That's why many generals in the army feel that they can take a risk."

Li Gan shook his head lightly. At that time, the food would be cut off by Wu Guo, and there would be nowhere to cry.

"Yue State's grain ships going north from the sea were not only blocked by Wu State's sailors, but also lost due to wind and waves. If the calculation is made to the end, the loss is not necessarily less than that of land transportation."

Li Jing smiled lightly and said: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry too much about the wind and waves. The wind and waves in the East China Sea and Hangzhou Bay are only the most violent in summer and autumn. Now it has entered October and winter, and the wind and waves have gradually subsided. In the middle of the month, there will be no worries."

The most turbulent August in Hangzhou Bay has passed, and the risk is not so high now.

However, Li Qian knew that the months of the wind and waves had nothing to do with the months, but rather with the direction of the wind.

With the terrain of Hangzhou Bay, as long as the wind is from the southeast or east, it is easy to blow tides like the Qiantang tide. If the wind is from the northwest or west, the wind and waves will be relatively small.

Although Li Gan didn't know the wind direction on Wuyue's side, he knew that even though it was October in the capital this year, it wasn't too cold.

From the knowledge of air flow such as the formation of wind, it can be known that the capital city and Xingyang in the northwest are still hot, and the Hangzhou Bay in the southeast may not be easy to blow northwest wind, and the wind and waves may not disappear.

In this case, let the fleet of Yue State transport grain at sea, there is a high probability that people will feed the fish with the grain.

"This year's situation is special, and the storm may not be small." Li Gan shook his head lightly, but did not elaborate on it with Li Jing.

Li Jing frowned slightly: "Your Majesty, could it be the calculation of Qin Tianjian?"

"What they calculated may not be accurate."

"It's not Qin Tian's calculation, it's Zhen..." Li Gan paused for a moment, then suddenly changed his words: "I met a god-man and told me in a dream."

Li Jing was a little dumbfounded, the god-man entrusted his dream?
"Your Majesty, this matter..."

He couldn't believe it. Is it really appropriate to pin the strategy of the army's advance on the illusory dream of the gods and men?

"Your Majesty, may I ask who is the god who told His Majesty about this matter..." Li Jing looked at Li Gan tentatively.

Li Gan himself knew that these words were unreliable, but right now it was most appropriate for the god-man to entrust his dream.

He tried his best to remember, and said slowly: "It's a god in golden armor, holding a golden pagoda in his hand..."

Before Li Jing could say more, Li Qian added: "However, this person seems very unreliable, and what he said is somewhat vague, and I'm not sure."

"But no matter what, try not to let Yue go by sea."

The corner of Li Jing's mouth twitched, but he still replied: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will tell the frontline soldiers."

Li Gan then pointed to the map and said: "In my opinion, it is possible to divide the troops, but not as before."

He said frankly: "One line of soldiers and horses rushed to the opposite bank of Jinling to make a gesture of crossing the river, and the other line of soldiers and horses continued westward, going down the Yangtze River, and crossing the river in Wuhu and even Nanling."

Following Li Qian's directions, Li Jing quickly guessed his intention.

"Your Majesty wants the Imperial Army to be a check on the two places?"

Li Gan nodded, and continued: "If the State of Wu sends a large number of sailors to guard Jinling, then Wuhu's defensive position will be empty. At this time, the Jinling garrison can be ordered to feign an attack to hold back the Wu soldiers, and they can cross the river in Wuhu, and vice versa."

Looking at it this way, the strategy of using troops to contain each other is much stronger than the previous division of troops.

But Li Jing couldn't help but smiled wryly and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, the army has considered crossing the river like this before."

He pointed to the map and said, "Originally, they planned to send soldiers and horses directly from Yangzhou to the south, crossing the river to deter Zhenjiang on the other side."

"Another group of soldiers and horses went west to deter Jinling."

Li Qian frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "It seems to be okay."

Li Jing said helplessly: "Your Majesty, the army's food and grass are about to run out."

After such a tossing, it might be the year of the monkey, and if the 300,000 imperial guards run out of food and grass, something big will happen.

Therefore, many people in the Forbidden Army supported going east to the sea, allowing Yue to transport food by sea.

Li Gan shook his head slightly: "It doesn't have to be shipped from Yue."

Li Jing was startled.

However, Li Gan pointed to the Yangtze River on the map and said: "The imperial court's grain has long been loaded on ships in Hengshan, Jiangxia and other counties, and stopped at the port. As long as the water ships over there set off and go down the Yangtze River, thousands of miles a day, more than ten You can reach Jinling in one day, and if the imperial troops are in Wuhu, it will be even faster."

Li Jing was taken aback, looked in the direction Li Gan pointed, deduced it in his mind, and found that it was so.

This strategy seems to be the perfect solution to the problems encountered by the Custodians.

"His Majesty……"

Li Jing opened his mouth, took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and tried to find some flaws in it: "There is also Wu's navy on the Yangtze River, if the grain boats are intercepted by them, wouldn't it be dangerous? "

Li Gan also frowned. Wu Guoneng fought all the way to Yingdu, and his sailors played an indelible role in it.

Wu's warships are invincible on the Yangtze River, and few people are their opponents.

The tank boats transporting grain are ships without combat effectiveness. If they encounter Wu's warships, if they don't surrender and be captured, they will have to be destroyed and sunk in the river.

Li Gan thought for a moment, then slowly said: "Wu's sailors will always be a big problem."

"Even if the imperial army captures the capital of Wu, if there are still remnants of sailors left in the Yangtze River to make trouble, the imperial court's tank ships will still not be able to move."

Li Jing also nodded approvingly, if these sailors were wiped out, then Wu Guo would have no power to fight back.

Their land soldiers and horses can only be slaughtered by the court obediently.

Li Qian thought for a moment, then shook his head lightly: "If it really doesn't work, you can divide the imperial army into dozens of groups, and send troops to the north bank to try to cross the river."

Although Wu's sailors are formidable, their numbers are still too small compared to the imperial court's forbidden army.

As long as they spread out to defend the imperial court's soldiers and horses, the numbers in various places will be reduced to a certain extent.

"At the same time, order the tank boats in Hengshan, Jiangxia and other counties to set off and go down the Yangtze River."

Li Gan frowned and said: "As long as there is a local sailor to intercept the tank boat, the imperial army can take advantage of the situation to cross the river."

Li Jing also understood what His Majesty meant, no matter how powerful the sailors were, they still couldn't leave the shore completely.

After the imperial army crossed the river, they captured the construction sites and ports of the sailors, and those sailors who had no supplies had no choice but to surrender.

As long as there is a way for the forbidden army to cross the river, it can slowly eat away at it, and finally take it down in one fell swoop.

Li Jing also nodded slowly. This seems to be much less damage than forced crossing, and once dispersed, the imperial army's tactics can be more flexible.

As long as there is one place that can cross the river and land on the shore, it can drive the overall situation, which should be better than attacking one place together.

"Your Majesty, after I go back to the Ministry of War to discuss, I'll belittle Your Majesty again." He didn't make a decision right away, but decided to go back and think it over again.

Li Jing's expression was a bit dignified. No matter what the result was, today he saw what His Majesty the Emperor is capable of.

It is said that this His Majesty grew up in the deep palace since he was a child, but even so, the strategy in his chest is not inferior to some generals who have been fighting outside for many years.

Thousands of miles away, he can still analyze the situation of Wu and Yue clearly, and see clearly the pros and cons of both sides...

Li Jing felt that his trip was worthwhile.

Li Qian also nodded lightly, and said with a smile: "Da Sima, go slowly, I won't see you off."

"Resignation." Li Jing bowed and took a few steps back, then walked out the door.

In this conversation, Li Gan didn't mention Li Yuan and the other three people in charge of the military, and Li Jing seemed to have forgotten it, and didn't mention it at all.

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Xingyang.

The intrigues in the court did not affect the lives of the common people.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, Zhongmu County.

A few dark clouds floated in the sky, blocking the blazing sun, but they couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the people.

The people working on the banks of the river had a lively atmosphere and were in full swing.

Some wielded hoes and shovels, digging hard to divert the river, while others carried the stones brought in, and piled up the prototype of the embankment under the command of the mason...

But no matter what kind of work they do, these people's dark faces covered with muddy water and ravines all carry a kind of light called hope.

It's hard to imagine that these common people don't have money rewards at all for their work.

In the distance, a fat man in a money jacket was walking along the embankment with an old man, and behind them were a few court officials.

"My lord, our Majesty is really a good method!"

Zheng Chen looked at He Shen who was walking beside him with a smile: "Your Majesty can actually do the opposite of such a troublesome rumor, and he can single-handedly defeat everyone's rumors, and let those people I have to admit defeat, it's really... tsk tsk..."

He shook his head and continued to sigh with emotion.

He Shen also thought of the news that came from the capital in the past few days. Even though he was a little fat man who weighed more than 200 catties, he couldn't help but blush when he heard it.

"Old Zheng, this... you can eat food indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense..."

He Fatty is still trying hard to restore a little reputation for his Majesty: "These words may not be passed on by His Majesty..."

"Oh~" Zheng Chen was taken aback, then stroked his beard and laughed loudly, expressing his understanding.

"My lord, I understand, I understand everything, no need to explain."

He Shen can't wait to punch his old man in the face, do you know a hammer?
It's just that He Shen also understands that this matter is really not easy to explain.

According to the official practice, if it is impossible to find out who is behind the scenes, the person who benefits the most is usually the one behind the scenes...

　I feel that the recent writing is a bit dull. I need to organize the outline carefully and figure out the plot...

　　
　
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