Fu Song

Chapter 600 Ming Xiu Plank Road
The room was not big, and after everyone sat down, it seemed a bit too crowded.Lu Wan could only move a small bench and sit near the threshold. Although the door was closed, the wind blowing in through the crack of the door still made her back feel cool.

But he was still very happy.

Look who is sitting in the room?

Chief Assistant Xiao Cheng,

Luo Xin in the sixth department, don't underestimate this position, the rank is not high, but it is at the crucial point, the real person who holds the power.

Xie Hong, governor of Liangjiang,

In the eastern Xingyuan, Gao Yingxiang, the chief of the march, and Wei Wu, the deputy chief.

All of them are senior officials.

He is the only county magistrate of the seventh rank, no, he has been promoted two ranks in a row and has become the magistrate of the sixth rank.

But there is still a long distance between these people.

If it wasn't for this meeting, it was held in Qiao County, and the few things he did just won the favor of the chief minister. I am afraid that such a meeting, he would have to wait outside the door far away. Guys the meeting is over.

"Now, I still prefer soldiers from the Southwest." Xiao Cheng said straight to the point. "Do you know why?"

Xie Hongdao: "Southwest soldiers are better at fighting!"

"Yes, the soldiers from the southwest are better at fighting now, why?" Xiao Cheng said: "Because the natural and economic conditions in the southwest are far worse than those in the south of the Yangtze River. If people want to survive, they have to fight. If you want to live a good life, you have to fight. Fight with the sky, fight with the earth, fight with beasts, and fight with people."

"What the chief assistant said is reasonable!" Xie Hongdao: "Everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River has always been rich. Ordinary families have little savings. If they live in the comfort zone for too long, they naturally lose the will to win and just want to be comfortable and stable."

"Everyone wants to be comfortable and stable, but without a strong army to protect, all of this is very likely to be lost in the blink of an eye. Just like the millions of people in Tokyo, they have always, undoubtedly They are the happiest group of people in the entire Song Dynasty, but now? They have become the most miserable group of people." Xiao Cheng's voice gradually increased. "Xie Du, do you know how many people are there in the half of the country in our hands, and how many people are there in the Xiang army?"

"This, I really don't know!" Xie Hong shook his head.

"Before I set off, Lu Wenhuan gave me a statistic!" Xiao Cheng said: "There are more than [-] imperial troops, and the Xiang army is as high as over [-]."

"So much?" Xie Hong, Gao Yingxiang and the others were shocked.

"The number of people sounds like a lot, but they are all supported by the state! But tell me, how many of these hundreds of thousands of people can really fight?" Xiao Cheng sneered: "Xie Du, your family, Have you ever used Xiang Jun to help you do things?"

Xie Hong was speechless, embarrassed, and Lu Wan, who was sitting on the small bench at the door, immediately lowered his head, fearing that Xiao Cheng would hit him next.

"I'm not criticizing you!" Xiao Cheng leaned back a little disappointed, and said, "You guys are all main fighters, all of the court's cadres, my confidantes, but you are all ordering these people, you can Imagine what the whole South looks like?"

"Shoufu, turn back to me." Xie Hong whispered.

Xiao Cheng waved his hand: "So, we need to reform the military. What is the military for? It is used for fighting and defending the country. It is not a servant of officials at all levels, and it is not the government's use of weapons to eliminate disasters. Idle people who have been raised by money. The imperial army will be reorganized, and the Xiang army will be disbanded!"

Xie Hong swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "Shoufu, the lower officials naturally support you, but this will destroy the jobs of hundreds of thousands of people, so you need to be careful. Whether it is the Imperial Army or the Xiang Army Forget it, they may not be able to resist external insults, but they are making trouble inside, but they are all heroes!"

"Shoufu, these people rely on punishment and don't blame the public, and they will inevitably rise up to make trouble. If there are people who connive or even instigate after this, it will be really hard to control!" Gao Yingxiang also persuaded: "It takes a step One step at a time."

"I know, so didn't this come to Liangjiang first?" Xiao Cheng said: "Military reform must come first and must be completed. If the military reform is not completed, nothing can be done well."

Using the military reform to completely strip the army from various local forces and mountains, and put them all under the control of the imperial court, and then carry out the official reform, Xiao Cheng has the confidence.

A scholar who rebelled would fail in ten years.

Without the barrel of a gun, how could Xiao Cheng be afraid of people like you making noise?
"What can be done in Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong, there is no reason why other places can't do it!" Xiao Cheng said, "Thank you Du, can Liangjiang do it?"

At this time, what else can Xie Hong say, naturally he can only puff his chest out and say: "It can be done!"

"Okay, this is the look of being willing to do things, wanting to do things, and daring to do things. It's not in vain that I tried my best to allocate part of the original Jiangnan Road site to Liangjiang!" Xiao Cheng laughed: "First, in their Pry a hole in the sphere of influence."

Xie Hong let out a long breath, and it wasn't until this moment that he realized why Xiao Cheng wanted to allocate a large area of ​​Yuanjiangnan Road to Liangjiang, regardless of how those people objected.

In fact, the original territory of Jiangnan Road has basically been cut to the point that some belong to Liangjiang, some belong to Lianghu, and most of them belong to Fujian and Zhejiang. Of course, the Fujian and Zhejiang areas have also become those people's base camp.

The original pacifiers of Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road were all taken to the center by Xiao Cheng. Shangshu, it seems that Xiao Cheng has given them great power, but in the long run, it has become water without a source and a tree without roots.

If they don't leave, the court will not be able to make major moves in these places.

Now they are greedy for higher power and position, leaving the place, which will facilitate Xiao Cheng's subsequent division of regions and corresponding personnel arrangements.

Like Liu Jun and Liu Liangchen, he has now become a transshipment envoy of Fujian and Zhejiang, specializing in the finances of this region. Do you think he can obey Xu Xiangqi, the minister of the Ministry of household affairs?

Moreover, there is also a tiger and wolf division led by Zheng Zhihu, a naval officer loyal to Xiao Cheng, in the Fujian and Zhejiang regions!

"Director Gao, how many battle-hardened troops do you have in the east?" Xiao Cheng asked.

"Last year, the troops that came over from the Southwest to support were [-] people in total. This is undoubtedly the main force." Gao Yingxiang said: "The troops transferred by Xie Du and Liu Liangchen totaled [-] people. The defense of Xuzhou is quite effective."

Speaking of this, Gao Yingxiang smiled and said: "The last general is still in the Forbidden Army within the two rivers, and the Xiang Army selects personnel to form a new army. It is funny to say that many officers and soldiers who look good actually refused to come. Served in the new army. In the end, a total of [-] people were selected. For more than a year, the main energy of the last general has been on the training of these people. Now it is barely available, at least to guard the city and fight against the wind There is no problem at all."

"That is to say, the other Imperial Guards and Xiang Army are all for display!" Xiao Cheng said coldly.

"Some of them simply don't want to fight." Gao Yingxiang said with a smile: "To put it bluntly, they are just afraid of death."

"Those who are afraid of death usually die first!" Xiao Cheng stood up and walked a few steps in the room, as if a few words floated from a distance, but cast a layer of fear on everyone in the room. chill.

"Military reform will be carried out in Liangjiang first!" Xiao Cheng said: "Before that, Director Gao, Eastern Xingyuan will launch the Northern Expedition within the next two months, taking down Songcheng, Shangqiu and other places first, and then So they planned to take Tokyo directly. All the forbidden troops and Xiang troops in the Liangjiang area must be transferred to the front line to listen to them."

Hearing Xiao Cheng's words, Xie Hong turned pale with shock at first, but after thinking about it, he suddenly understood again.

I'm afraid that the general attack on the Kaifeng area is fake, and helping Gao Yingxiang complete the military reform in the Liangjiang area is the real purpose of the chief assistant, right?

Could it be said that Shoufu said that those who are afraid of death often die first?
You want to take the salary of the imperial court, but you are not willing to raise a knife and gun to work for the imperial court. How can there be such an easy thing in this world?
Moreover, the Northern Expedition, reclaiming the old soil, restoring the old capital, is a politically correct thing.

Who dares to object?

Whether it's those in the imperial court or the local forces in the Jiangnan area, I'm afraid they can only keep silent.

Then, all the Imperial Army and Xiang Army in the Liangjiang area will be sent to the front line.

Gao Yingxiang began to analyze the problem from the military: "Shoufu, taking Songcheng, Shangqiu and other places is not a problem at all, but I'm afraid it will be difficult in the future. The political significance of Kaifeng, Tokyo and other places is extraordinary. , if we can take it down, I am afraid that all the areas south of Kaifeng will fall in the face of the wind, and Quzhen's rule in Beijing Southwest Road, Jingbei Road and other places will collapse. Therefore, the Liao people will definitely not sit back and watch such a thing happen , in Huazhou, the Liao people stationed tens of thousands of troops. Hebei Road is completely controlled by the Liao people. It will not take a long time to gather tens of thousands of troops to help. At the same time, the Liao people will also order the puppet Qi king Liu Yu to attack Xuzhou Wait for the attack to be launched, and I will save everything I attack. If I really want to attack Tokyo, I don’t have an elite army of more than [-], I’m afraid I won’t be able to succeed!”

Luo Xin smiled and said, "Director Gao, what we need is to give the enemy the illusion that we are really going to open the seal. In this way, the imperial court can kill two birds with one stone. First, solve the problem of military reform on Liangjiang Road. Those Isn’t the rice worm in the army afraid of death and afraid to go to the battlefield? Then when the military operation starts, these people will probably do everything possible to find a way out on their own, and those who can’t find a way will probably become deserters. It's nothing to worry about. These people, even if they voluntarily made way for us. There are still some who want to make trouble, hehe, since the beginning of the war, there are military laws to control it! At this time, if the military reform is carried out according to the trend, there will be more people who don't want to join the war , will flee from the army one after another, and instead let the court pay less food and pay for the funeral!"

"So it was just for show?"

"You have to do something like this, and you can deceive people! Zhennan Wang Yeluzhen has rich military experience and is a person with both civil and military skills. If you do poorly, he will definitely see your flaws!" Xiao Cheng He smiled and said, "Luo Xin, keep talking!"

Luo Xin nodded, and waited until everyone's eyes were on him, before saying: "The first purpose of the first stage is very clear, which is to take this opportunity to complete the military reform. The second purpose is to force The Puppet State of Zhao transferred the troops stationed in Chenzhou and Caizhou back to support Kaifeng, leaving these places empty of military power."

Gao Yingxiang jumped up all of a sudden: "The real military targets of this war are Chenzhou and Caizhou? Shoufu, as the chief of the central army, why don't I know about this?"

Xiao Cheng smiled and said: "Director Gao, please be safe and don't worry. So far, only Luo Xin and I know about this matter. It was after Luo Xin came back that I conceived this plan with him. Moreover, this plan Except for these few people in the room now, I am not going to tell anyone else!"

"What is the reason why the chief assistant suddenly had such a military action plan?" Gao Yingxiang looked at Luo Xin suspiciously. Luo Xin had just returned from a mission to the Western Army. The birth of this plan must be because he was on the way. Something unexpected happened during the envoy.

"Yingzhou Zhizhou Tang Song and Imperial Army Commander Yu Sheng have surrendered to us!" Xiao Cheng said: "On the way back from the northwest, Luo Xin went to Yingzhou to discuss this matter."

"Will there be fraud?" Xie Hong asked.

"Now Yu Ke is still in Yingzhou." Xiao Cheng said concisely, but everyone was stunned.

Yu Ke of Zhiqiu Academy is the leader of the imperial court in the dark front, if there is any change in Yingzhou, it must be hidden from his eyes and ears.

"So Gaodu, the more violent and realistic your next attack is, the easier it will be for us to capture Chenzhou and Caizhou. And after taking these two places in one fell swoop, it will be easier to attack Kaifeng." It's real."

"Where does the army come from?" Gao Yingxiang asked: "I have a nail and a nail here. If I want to convince the enemy of my true purpose, Dongfang Xingyuan can't transfer the army away at will, but increase it."

"Of course!" Xiao Cheng nodded: "The recovery of the troops in Chenzhou and Caizhou will be completed by the forbidden army led by Yu Sheng in Yingzhou, and the three thousand forbidden troops who came with me this time, and Han Kai will greet them next time." When I came out under my guise, Han Kai brought another thousand people over."

"Han Yan is Jiang Ning's garrison, he easily left the Jiang Ning mansion, I'm afraid it will make people suspicious!" Gao Yingxiang said.

"There will be no doubts, because I will be assassinated in Liangjiang soon!" Xiao Cheng said with a smile, "That's why Han Kai came to welcome me, and then I will go straight back to Jiangning. Han Kai will continue to investigate the assassination case." The reason for staying behind is the mastermind, and when the war unfolds and everyone suddenly understands, it doesn't matter. But Director Gao, Governor Xie, you can take the blame!"

Xie Hong and Gao Yingxiang looked at each other, but laughed out loud.

"Such a scapegoat, we want to bear more."

Such a pot, how wronged I was at the beginning, and how much I will be rewarded later!

(End of this chapter)