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Dong Lun Kingdom once served as a buffer zone between Daxuan and Voss, and was indulged by the late emperor for decades. This was the late emperor's diplomatic strategy, and the late emperor did not tell Emperor Qingde briefly about it until his death.

Emperor Qingde had always been dissatisfied with this strategy. It was only in recent years that he felt more and more that the late emperor might not be wrong.

The reason why I didn't take it seriously before was because the emperor responded to all requests from the Donglun Kingdom during his lifetime. It is said that the Donglun Kingdom has received many favors and should be more friendly to Daxuan.

But in fact, since the late emperor was critically ill and the Dong Lun Kingdom could no longer receive help, he immediately harassed the Daxuan border, burning, killing and looting many times without any nostalgia for the past.

Instead of functioning, this so-called buffer zone has become a scourge.

It was not until the Donglun Kingdom was destroyed and became the Xinlun Prefecture of Daxuan. After accepting the rule of Daxuan and Daxuan directly faced the Voss Kingdom, Emperor Qingde discovered from the treasury expenditure that it was better to have a buffer zone.

Because the financial resources provided to the Dong Lun Kingdom every year during the former emperor's period were far less than the military expenses paid to the border guards.

And this is after opening border trade with Voss. The country of Voss can solve a certain degree of food and clothing problems through trade.

Otherwise, I am afraid that the Voss Congress will have to attack several times every year instead of just having small fights on the border.

"Uncle Emperor, what do you mean by 'knowledge is not a blessing'?" the emperor asked.

King Qin: “Since cotton was planted in military camps, military expenditures have been decreasing year after year, and the number of people dying of hunger and cold has also been decreasing year by year, but the number of births reported from various places has been increasing year by year;

Although there is no more Donglun Kingdom, Daxuan is now prospering, so I said that it is a blessing in disguise. "

The emperor was silent.

Some things cannot be thought about in detail, because if you think about them carefully, you will find that many things are not logical and natural.

It is difficult to fight a national war quickly, no matter how small the enemy country is. If you have the right time, location, and people, there is a lot of luck in it.

Because no matter how small a country is, there are tens of thousands of troops. Even if you stand there waiting to be beheaded, it will take dozens of days or even months.

If Chu Qing hadn't quickly added the fifteen officers he had just trained to the Dong Lun Kingdom at that time, and re-established the transmission channels for intelligence between the two countries, the war with the Dong Lun Kingdom would not have been won so quickly.

And it was also because this group of people, together with the old hidden piles buried in the Donglun Kingdom, under Chu Qing's dispatch, gave the army powerful intelligence transmission support.

Sun Tzu said: Soldiers are important matters of the country, the place of life and death, and the path to survival. They must be observed.Therefore, the scriptures are based on five things, which are calibrated and analyzed in order to explore their emotions: the first is called Dao, the second is called Heaven, the third is called Earth, the fourth is called General, and the fifth is called Dharma.

Sun Tzu ranked "Tao" first. This "Tao" refers to the political alignment of the people's thoughts with the monarch's. This is "harmony".

It can be seen that "humanity" is particularly important.

In the war with Donglun, not only did the people unite and unite, the cooperation between various departments was also extremely efficient, especially the transmission of intelligence.

If it is said that for a general to have all the five qualities of wisdom, trust, benevolence, courage, and strictness, they are the main reasons for victory in command operations, then the timely, accurate, and objective intelligence is the decisive factor for the success of the general's decision-making. .

and so……

If Chu Qing hadn't been involved in all this, I don't know how long the fight with Dong Lun Country would have been.

At that time, the Chu Qing Dynasty used its modest family resources to support Hong Liang's army with food and grass for a day and a half, allowing it to defend the northern border from the attack from the Voss State, and did not allow the Voss State to take advantage of the chaos and succeed, thereby causing great damage to Daxuan. harm.

You must know that in the confrontation with the Voss cavalry, Hong Liang's troops suffered heavy losses and their morale was already low. Once they ran out of food, they might no longer have the will to hold on to their position.

Then, it might be possible for the Voss army to invade in one fell swoop and approach Kyoto; at best, Daxuan would also be caught in an endless tug-of-war with the Voss Kingdom.At that time, "strength will be lost and wealth will be lost, and the Central Plains will be empty at home. Seven out of ten of the expenses of the common people will go away; ten of the expenses of the public family will go away if the army is broken, and the horses, armor, arrows, bows, halberds, shields, spears, oars, oxen and carts will go away." Six."

I don’t know how far the Daxuan economy will decline; wars are raging, and the country will be in turmoil from now on. Anyway, it will not be what it is today.

"In addition to Duke Hong Guo, Duke Yong'an also contributed in that battle." The emperor said, he just recalled the war that destroyed the Dong Lun Kingdom.

Then he added: "The cultivation of cotton in military villages was also started by Yong'an Gong."

The Dong Lun Kingdom as a buffer zone was gone, and the garrison could be used to grow cotton to achieve partial self-sufficiency in military expenses. It did not put excessive pressure on the government's finances. This was also Chu Qing's handiwork.

"This person... actually played such a huge role." The emperor murmured.

As the saying goes, you can't dwell on anything, otherwise you'll scare yourself.

If Chu Qing were to say these things herself, she could only say it was "a coincidence."

There are many factors that determine the success or failure of the war. She just happened to be involved in a more important part, but she cannot be regarded as the decisive factor in the victory of the war.

As for the rapid recovery of the economy after the war, Chu Qing can admit it shamelessly - "Well, I do have a lot of merit."

King Qin took advantage of the emperor's daze and ate the food silently. After talking to the emperor for a while, the food became cold again.

Didn't you see that Eunuch Li's face was wrinkled up like a bitter melon? The food on the table had been heated in turn, and if it was heated again, it would lose its taste.

"The emperor is saying that losing the horse Dong Lun is not necessarily a bad thing. The reason is because of Yong'an Gong?" the emperor asked.

King Qin looked at the roasted dried abalone with oyster sauce he had just picked up with some regret. He was about to put down his question to the emperor, but thought about it and held it back: "Your Majesty, at least now I can eat roasted dried abalone with oyster sauce!"

As he said this, he put the whole bite into his mouth and chewed it.

In the past, when I mentioned blast furnaces and soybean oil, I thought of Chu Qing; later when I mentioned cotton-padded clothes and woolen socks, I thought of Chu Qing; now when I see oyster sauce and dried seafood, I think of Chu Qing again.

"I recently ordered a batch of plate glass from Linyang County. I plan to install glass windows for the study first. It will be there in a few days. Your Majesty, do you want some for the imperial study? I will use it first." King Qin asked road.

Dried abalone is so fragrant. Let’s get some more.

The emperor pursed his lips - glass and cement were also clear.

"Uncle Huang has kept pace with the times," the emperor said, "but I am short of money and can't afford it!"

The emperor wanted to say, uncle, if you really care about me, help me think about how to get the glass-making formula from Yong'an Gong.

King Qin: "Your Majesty, whatever you like, as long as I have it, you can take it, but you have to leave some for me, and I have to support my family."

King Qin curled his lips in his heart.

Although they are both members of the royal family, those who sit on the Dragon Throne and those who do not sit on the Dragon Throne have very different ideas.

Everything under the sky is not the king's soil. What's mine is yours, what's yours is still yours, everything is yours, this idea, alas, we are just a prince, not worthy of your thinking! (End of chapter)