Prime Minister of Great Qin

"An army of hundreds of thousands? This is impossible." Hu Hai looked stunned.

If he remembers correctly.

Han Xin had a total of 20,000 soldiers.

Even if the local military strength is added, it is only 30,000 to 40,000. How could there be so many more at once?

And with so many soldiers and horses, who will provide the food, grass and baggage?

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai indifferently and chuckled: "It is indeed impossible in a short time. Maybe when the court first received the document sent back by Han Xin, he only had 30,000 or 40,000 troops in hand, but Liaodong is remote after all. , it took some time for the news to come back, and when the news came back for the second time, the troops in his hands were no longer what they used to be."

"Han Xin's family is in poor condition."

"He also loves to train troops by nature and enjoys the feeling of being in charge of thousands of soldiers and horses."

"When you are happy to see a hunter, you may not follow the rules."

"and"

"He's not a rule-abiding person."

"Isn't the golden scale just a thing in the pond? It turns into a dragon when it encounters the storm."

"That's Han Xin."

talking.

He smiled half-heartedly and said: "The changes in the world between Zhou and Qin are indeed very interesting. Three of the four military sects have emerged so far."

"Four sects of military strategists?" Ying Sinian looked curious.

Ji Heng said: "The four factions of military strategists are also called the four forces of military strategists. It is a military term that refers to military strategy, military yin and yang, military situation, and military skills."

"But to be precise, there are only three factions of military strategists now."

"It is the military power plan, the yin and yang of the army, and the military situation ahead."

"Those who use military tactics to defend the country with integrity, use troops with surprise, plan first and then fight, take into account the situation, include yin and yang, and use skills."

"There are many generals like this."

"Military power planners should also be the most comprehensive category among soldiers. They pay attention to war strategies, making decisions before taking action. The most typical example in this regard is Han Xin."

"The yin and yang of war: The yin and yang are those who move according to the time, push the punishment virtue, and attack according to the fight. Because of the five victories, they are the ones who pretend to be ghosts and gods to help."

"This faction."

"The Bing Yin Yang family seems to be more elusive. The biggest characteristic of this sect is the use of cleverness and outsmarting. If the Machiavellian family is head-on, then the Yin Yang family is just bluffing, hiding a knife behind a smile, and killing with one blow."

"I am the most typical person in this regard."

"Apart from me, it is Zhang Liang."

"It's just that because of my existence, Zhang Liang has been suppressed and cannot fully unleash his talents."

Hu Hai and Ying Sinian looked at each other and couldn't help but look at each other.

But he also takes it for granted.

Ji Heng lives in the market, but he plans the world. If they hadn't been familiar with Ji Heng, they might not have guessed that the man in front of them is the biggest promoter of the current situation in the world, and most of the time, Ji Heng's strategies are hidden inside. The knife makes people shudder.

It's just that they didn't expect it.

Ji Heng actually included himself and Zhang Liang in the category of military strategists.

In their impression, military strategists lead troops to fight. This relies on tricks and calculations. Can they really be classified as military strategists?

However, thinking of Ji Heng's unreasonable calculations and his extremely good at attacking people's minds, a sentence couldn't help but come to mind.

One word can be worth tens of millions of soldiers.

Probably so.

They also had concrete substitutions for Bing Yin and Yang.

Counselor!

Ji Heng continued: "The military situation refers to: 'The situation refers to the thunder and wind, the last attack and the first arrival, the clutch and the back home, the change is constant, and the enemy is controlled by light illness.'"

"If the Yin Yang family calls it outsmarting, then the situation family calls it 'the brave one wins when we meet on a narrow road'."

"On the battlefield, situationists don't have many tactics, and they don't engage in any yin-yang magic tricks or mysteries. They even don't have a detailed overall military plan at the beginning, but these people are natural generals and have full military ability. With their talent and acumen, they can make the most favorable judgment in an instant based on the battlefield situation. When they see a flaw in the enemy, they will attack quickly and seize the opponent's weakness to win."

"You should know who this person is."

"Xiang Ji." Ying Sinian and Hu Hai nodded quickly.

Ji Hengming didn't need to say this. Just hearing Ji Heng's description, they immediately thought of Xiang Yu.

This young man, who was clearly only in his twenties, showed great success in the Guandong Rebellion. He killed Liu Ji and others so much that they did not dare to leave the city, and also killed many Qin soldiers. His reputation was spread throughout the country. The world.

"Why isn't there the last soldier skill?" Hu Hai asked curiously.

Ji Heng smiled and said: "It's not that there aren't any, it's just that there are not many outstanding generals. This type of general can be accurately described as 'the one who is skillful, masters his hands and feet, uses weapons and equipment, and accumulates mechanisms to establish the winner of offense and defense'." "

"That's how most people understand it now."

"Actually, it's the Mo family."

"In the age of great strife for hundreds of years, the one who is slightly more famous is Tian Dan."

"Tian Dan defeated Yan with a fire ox."

"That's one."

"Wang Ben's flooded girders count as one."

"But they can't really be counted as military recruitment skills."

"But in my estimation, military skills may become the mainstream in the future. The poor will be the other three, and the rich will be overwhelmed by their equipment." "It's just that the current military development has not yet reached the point where military skills have become the mainstream."

Listening to Ji Heng's words, Ying Sinian was thoughtful.

Ji Heng continued: "Han Xin should be waiting for the court's attitude now."

"What's your attitude?" Hu Hai asked.

Ji Heng chuckled and said calmly: "Does the imperial court trust him? Does he really have a correct judgment on the world's situation, and does he really dare to hand over the heavy responsibility of breaking the world to Han Xin's hands."

"What if you don't believe it?" Ying Sinian asked.

Ji Heng sneered, shook his head and said, "He may think that all the people in the court are people who are in the same position, and from now on they will also think that the court is just a bunch of drunkards and rice sacks."

Ying Sinian looked stunned.

Hu Hai also twitched the corners of his mouth slightly.

Is this Han Xin really so arrogant?

"What if it's trust?"

Ji Heng said in a deep voice: "He will sweep through Guandong on his own, and will basically not let the imperial court take action again. He doesn't like to be controlled by others in the military, and his eyes have been focused on Wang Jian and Meng Tian from the very beginning. This type, his ambition is to take charge of the world's military."

"So how can I ask for help from others?"

"Han Xin will not allow outsiders to interfere, so to speak."

"The general is outside, and military orders are not obeyed!"

Hear the words.

Both Ying Sinian and Hu Hai turned pale.

Are you going to be out of town and don't you accept military orders? Is this something a general can do?

Ji Heng glanced at the two men and said with a smile: "For generals who are from the army, their duty is to fight. As long as they can win, they can't see anything else. This is their advantage, and it is also their disadvantage. However, Compared to those generals who are flattering, isn't this type of general easier to control?"

"For a monarch, he is not afraid that his ministers are capable, but what he is afraid of is that he cannot control his ministers."

"A monarch can be without stain."

"But a minister must never be perfect."

"If the ministers have stains, then all their power can only come from the monarch. Such people are actually easier to handle. Otherwise, why did Wang Jian go to the trouble of asking the First Emperor for farmland and houses? He was giving others leverage. .”

Ying Sinian was thoughtful.

He is very smart, and he improves quickly when he is in front of Ji Heng every day.

I soon figured out the reason.

Ji Heng shook his head and was not prepared to say more about this. He said calmly: "You don't actually need to care about so much military affairs. Just know the general situation of the world. Don't come up with your own opinions, let alone express some childish and ridiculous opinions at will, let alone rely on it. Interfering at will according to one's own thoughts is the way to death."

"When the time comes that he will become the emperor of his clan and conquer the world in one battle, he will really make people laugh for thousands of years."

"Military matters are left to the generals."

"What the court really needs to focus on is reconstruction after the war and how to quickly resume production after the war."

"Compared to Guanzhong, the population in Guandong is relatively sparse. After the war, the population even declined. In this case, the first consideration of the imperial court is how to restore order in Guandong as soon as possible and get Guandong back on track as soon as possible."

"But just restoring order and resuming production is actually not enough."

"And it's not nearly enough."

"It's impossible for Da Qin to accept it."

"Why is this?" Yisnian looked confused.

Ji Heng looked solemn and said seriously: "This is determined by the Great Qin system."

"The system of Da Qin requires a lot of people to support it and a lot of money and food to fill it. Before the world was in chaos, the system of Da Qin was already in a situation where it could no longer sustain itself. With the war in Guandong, the population was declining. Even if it recovers in the future Even if production is reduced, it cannot keep up with the past, and the rents and taxes collected are far from enough.”

"So it's not enough to calm the chaos."

"Reconstruction after the war is the top priority of Great Qin."

"How to provide greater output with a smaller population, speed up the circulation of goods, and then create more commercial taxes to ensure the stable operation of the Qin system. This is actually the real headache for the court. "

"What should the court do?" Ying Sinian bowed respectfully.

Ji Heng said: "Develop productivity."

"Replace the old technology in the world."

"Let a small number of people, because of technological innovation, achieve the productivity that many people could achieve in the past."

"at the same time."

“Be prepared to dump your merchandise.”

"Dumping?" Ying Sinian looked confused, not knowing what these two words meant.

Ji Heng said solemnly: "Guanzhong will enter a relatively peaceful stage in the next few years. During this period, Guanzhong should vigorously develop productivity and stockpile a large amount of food and goods needed for post-war reconstruction."

"After the end of the Kanto War, the imperial court took over completely. The first thing it did was to take the copper mines back into national ownership, and then to manufacture copper coins on a large scale, implement 'work-for-relief', and distribute these coins to the people at the bottom to use them to rebuild their homes. "

"at this time."

"Then most of the goods hoarded in Kanto will be sold to the people of Kanto."

"In this way, the coins issued are recovered."

"After this round of events, Qin Banliang was completely accepted by the local government, and the increase in currency issuance due to the decrease in population will also return to the imperial treasury along with commercial taxes. The people of Guanzhong can rely on the reconstruction of Guandong and obviously make a fortune. Wealth, as for Guandong, he rebuilt his homeland and felt the favor of Qin Ting." (End of this chapter)