Lord of the House

(Today's total mobilization of tickets, red tickets exceeded 12,000, and a chapter was added in the early morning)

Gao Zongting is also a person who thinks highly of himself. Lin Fu invited him to join Huaidong and entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of Dianshuling, but he did not give in.

After sitting down, the more core secrets Lin Fu revealed, the more uneasy Gao Zongting felt.

Before Li Zhuo was appointed as the Minister of War in Jiangning, Gao Zongting went to Jiangning on behalf of Li Zhuo to watch the situation. At that time, he noticed Lin Fu and was the first to realize the extraordinaryness of Lin Fu hidden under the bad name of "pig herdsman". Since then, Gao Zongting has paid great attention to the rise of Lin Fu. He is also close to Huaidong. He can speculate about the secrets of Huaidong that outsiders do not know. In front of him, Gao Zongting was still shocked.

As early as last September, Lin Fu had borrowed money from the Huaidong Bank established by Xincheng, and absorbed a large amount of rice and grain from the local area to prepare for the famine.

In the eyes of the world, the Huaidong forces only expanded dramatically after March this year.

In the name of the fake King of Qin, he used the strategy of attacking the east and the west, and attacked eastern Zhejiang. In a very short period of time, Huaidong rapidly expanded the total number of standing troops to nearly 70,000. The war in eastern Zhejiang lasted for two months, and in the later period of Huaidong, a standing army of about 50,000 soldiers and horses was maintained in eastern Zhejiang to conduct a military confrontation with the She family. Huaidong also secretly supported the Red Jacket Army, relieved the Huai Si displaced persons, and led the Zhao'an Refugee Army to prepare for the establishment of the Huaiyang Town Army. In June and July, 30,000 strong men were recruited from Huaisi and incorporated into the labor camp, so that the scale of the labor camp was restored to the level of about 80,000. During this period, Huaidong also completed the construction of the Hanhai Embankment, which was more than 300 miles long.

Behind these incidents, it means a huge consumption of materials.

The Jinhai grain route was interrupted from the beginning of February, which meant that Huaidong could no longer benefit from the Jinhai grain route from the first ten days of February.

Gao Zongting previously speculated that the reason why Huaidong was able to rapidly expand its power in the first half of the year and did so many things was mainly due to the grain reserves last year. At the same time, it is speculated that once the grain reserves in Huaidong are exhausted, the momentum of expansion will be curbed. Only relying on the tax revenue of Hailing, Huai’an and Mingzhou to maintain such a huge army, it is easy to fall into short-suffering and lack of rice and grain. 's predicament.

However, the truth of the matter is that Huaidong's rice grain reserves have never been less than 800,000 stone. After being joined by Jinhai forces, it provided supplies equivalent to 400,000 rice grains for the southward migration of nearly 400,000 soldiers and civilians, and Huaidong's rice grain reserves were even further increased to 1.4 million stone - Gao Zongting knew that he joined Huaidong , is just the icing on the cake, Huaidong has already laid a solid foundation on the road of taking over the world.

In the face of absolute strength, the role of strategy will appear powerless.

If Yanjing could have a reserve of one million stone grains of rice before the siege, even if the Jingying army was no longer a climate, the final outcome of the Yanjing war would most likely be that the Donghu people would withdraw from the customs after plundering.

Obviously, even if the Donghu people occupy Yanjing City, it will not be easy to completely control the situation in Yanji and Jinjun.

"According to the clan's opinion, how long will it take Yanhu to completely control the northern land and restore the ability to use troops on a large scale in the Hehuai region?" Lin Fu asked.

"The commander-in-chief often sighs when he is alive, that the two generations of captive kings of Donghu are both male kings, which is the biggest misfortune of Dayue in recent decades, and this is exactly the case," Gao Zongting sighed, "The captive king changed his khan to become emperor in Yanjing, and he just Amnesty all over the world, tax reduction and exemption for three years in the region affected by the war. On the surface, in the three years of Yanhu, it was impossible to collect a little money and grain from Yanji and other places, but in fact, the king's mind is very good - Yanji and other places have long been It was extremely difficult for Yanhu to collect money and grain from ordinary people. Yanhu reduced or exempted taxes. While buying people's hearts, he also returned home as a refugee, and did not bear the materials for resettlement. Poverty, starvation, or even changing children to eat, does not mean that the wealthy and wealthy households in the country have no food in their hands-South Jin and Central Jin are not seriously devastated by the war. There is a large amount of rice grain stored in the store, but the people have no money in their hands, so I can't imagine that these tycoons and big families will give them free rice and grain..."

Gao Zongting continued: "...Let's not talk about Jin County, areas like Jidong were not seriously damaged by the war. The Donghu people broke into the borders and invaded in the ninth year of Chongguan, and the main victims were Yannan and western Shandong. Ten years after the spring, the prisoners passed through eastern Ji and exited from Linyu, but there was no large-scale siege in Jidong, and few docks were broken. Many of the army generals themselves were lords and gentry who occupied land in the counties in eastern Hebei, invaded the fields, and invaded the townships and counties, so the imperial court still reduced or exempted the county in Jidong for one year after the war. Some surplus grain... The more the grain price in Gyeonggi keeps rising, the more the lords in Gyeonggi and the counties in eastern Hebei hold the grain in their hands, and the grain merchants are hoarding it. There is no way to change that.”

"...For Yanhu, the most important thing at the moment is not to worry about not being able to raise food, but to let these tyrants and big families take out the food without causing fierce confrontation," Gao Zongting said, "Zhang Xie surrendered, the prisoners surrendered. Before entering the city, the king also promised not to loot the city, and the officials and generals were appointed according to the generous salary before the war. However, it is unknown how much money the inner court and the descendants of Wang Fan's clan could loot from Yanhu. Only the areas near Gyeonggi belonged to the inner court. There are no less than one million mu of fertile soil under the jurisdiction of Miyata Huangzhuang - if Yan Hu Ruo used the two-pronged approach of redemption of official titles and gold and silver, he should be able to raise a lot of food in eastern Hebei and southern Jin."

"Of course, even if the refugees return to their hometowns, they have to survive the famine without surplus food," Gao Zongting continued, "When the soldiers came over, the people fled, and in addition to gold, silver and necessary dry food, many people would take the food that they could not take with them. If they are buried, they may not all be found by the captive soldiers. Most of them can use these grains to survive the famine when they return home. For us, the most optimistic estimate is that after the autumn of next year, Yanhu will be able to restore its power to the Hehuai region. The ability to use troops on a large scale; in fact, it is very likely that after the Yellow River freezes this winter, Yan Hu will use troops against the Hehuai..."

"The Hehuai defense line is still vulnerable at the moment. If it is me, I will not miss this opportunity as long as it is possible." Lin Bie sighed softly.

"Mr. Gao, let me ask you one more question, is there any possibility that Chen Zhihu could be used by Yan Hu?" Lin Xuwen asked.

Chen Zhihu fell into Sanhe alone and was trapped to death by Tuantuan. There was no possibility of breaking out of the encirclement. Chen Zhihu died or surrendered. Even if he surrendered, there were various situations. Lin Xuwen was afraid that after Chen Zhihu surrendered, he would give up on the ground for the tiger. As the head of the five tigers in East Fujian, Chen Zhihu was the leader of the five tigers in East Fujian. During the period of defending Datong and serving as the envoy of Henan, his reputation far surpassed that of the other four. If Chen Zhihu would drive Donghu away. It was a huge blow to the morale of the generals in the south.

On the Hehuai line of defense, almost no general can rival Chen Zhihu.

Gao Zongting looked sad, and said, "Chen Zhihu pays more attention to grievances than loyalty and righteousness. If he doesn't know the truth about the death of the superintendent, he may die in battle and will not yield to the captives, but... I really don't have much confidence." Obviously Yan Hu would send people into Sanhe to persuade him to surrender, and Gao Zongting could not predict what the outcome would be.

Lin Fie doesn't care about this very much. If he is afraid of one person and his morale suffers, it is unnecessary. Chen Zhihu is an incomparably sharp knife, the key is to see in whose hands it is. Chen Zhihu guarded Datong or served as the envoy of the Henan system. He seemed to be murderous and brutal, but in fact he did not show the great wisdom to turn the situation around.

When it comes to the bravery of the leader, Ning Zechen, Ao Canghai, Zhou Pu and others under Huaidong's subordinates, and even Sun Zhuang, are not necessarily much worse than Chen Zhihu! And Huaiyang Liu Miaozhen's female tiger should be able to give Chen Zhihu some hardship on the frontal battlefield.

Song Jia stood behind Lin Fu and interjected, "According to what the concubine saw, even if Chen Zhihu could be used by Yan Hu, Yan Hu would also use him to find the Cao family!"

Gao Zongting and Lin Xuwen were naturally unclear about Song Jia's role in Lin Fu's side. Hearing Song Jia's opening to participate in the discussion, Gao Zongting was also quite surprised and said, "What Miss Song said is very true, Tao Chun guards the Qinghe River, and from When He Huai came over, it was Huaidong, and they were inextricably linked with the former East Fujian Army, so Yan Hu would not fail to prevent Chen Zhihu from turning against the water in front of the battle..."

Sitting and talking, time flies, and before you know it, you see the morning star rising in the sky.

Lin Xuwen and Gao Zongting arranged to rest in other courtyards and were about to leave when Chen Hualian came in to inform Chen/Yuanliang that they had come to Laizhou, and they had arrived at the Xiashan camp and wanted to see Lin Fu.

"It's really not greedy enough to swallow an elephant," Lin Bie angrily patted the table and stood up, pointing to Chen Hualian, "If you go back and talk, just say I don't see him."

Without the support of Huaidong, it is simply a fool's dream to want to support King Lu just relying on the Gu family and the Liang family.

After Lin Fu arrived in Laizhou, although he sent people to condolences to the Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu, it was only a courtesy of the courtiers. He did not contact Gu Siyuan and others, but he had clearly stated Huaidong's position, that is, Gu Siyuan and the others should be in trouble. Retreat, don't grow branches at this time.

Gu Siyuan took Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu to Qingzhou. He did not come, but Chen/Yuanliang came over. After Chen/Yuanliang arrived in Laizhou, he came to see him without looking at the time~www.readwn.com~ Naturally He made up his mind to persuade Lin Fu to agree to make King Lu the emperor together.

Benevolent desires sway his heart, and profit makes his mind faint—Lin Fu did not expect that after Gu Siyuan, Chen/Yuanliang and others set up the Qingzhou Army, they would cling to this greed.

"My lord, I think it's better to meet you..." Gao Zongting suggested.

"Yeah," Lin Xuwen also persuaded, "This may only be the thoughts of the people in Qingzhou, and Jiang Ning, Lord Gu may not support it. It's better not to make the relationship difficult!"

Lin Bie frowned, he really didn't have much confidence in Gu Wuchen.

Gao Zongting put his hands together, and he also doubted that Gu Wuchen could not stand the temptation of supporting Li Gong.

When Lin Xuwen and Huang Jinnian went to Jiangning, they actually announced that Huaidong would no longer support Gu Wuchen in the struggle for power in Jiangning.

Gu Wuchen is the left servant of the Ministry of War. Without the support of Huaidong, there is no chance to be the chancellor of the cabinet. If Gu Wuchen wants to pay respects to the prime minister, he can only take this opportunity to support King Lu as the emperor. politics.

Counting the time when Gu Siyuan took Empress Dowager Liang and King Lu to Qingzhou, they should have asked Gu Wuchen what he meant.

Gao Zongting suggested that Lin Fu not tear his face immediately, but to stabilize them and prevent them from taking desperate risks.

After listening to Gao Zongting and Lin Xuwen's advice, Lin Fu softened his face and asked Chen Hualian, "Is Chen/Yuanliang coming alone?"

"There is another surnamed Zuo, who looks like a eunuch," Chen Hualian said, "Uncle Yang Pu also followed."

Yang Pu has been in Jiangning all this time, and he came here, which means that Gu Wuchen wants to pay respects to the prime minister by virtue of the support.

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