"Your Majesty, you are facing the map again." Queen Quan walked in and said to Li Jun who was looking at the map. The voice was like a yellow oriole singing, and it was like a pearl falling on a jade plate. It was so pleasant and beautiful.

Today she specially changed into a light green shirt and pressed it against her, highlighting her mature female curves to the fullest, and exuding a seductive charming power all over her body. She was beautiful step by step, as beautiful as a painting. Even the national master of painting could not imagine painting such a noble and invisible temperament.

Yu had a silver tray in his hand, and there was an exquisite jade bowl on it. The jade bowl contained a steaming soup, and the fragrance was everywhere. Li Jun couldn't help but shrugged his nose, looked back at her, and said, "Yes."

"Come on, drink this bowl of soup." Queen Quan took the jade bowl and scooped the soup with a spoon, and said, "This is the lotus seed soup specially made for you, and it is also your favorite food." After scooping the soup, you have to feed Li Jun. Li Jun has a very extraordinary relationship with her now, and she doesn't have to serve everything. She hurriedly took the jade bowl and said, "Yan'er, I'll do it myself."

Queen Quan knew that Li Jun was not a person who liked to serve, so she didn't insist, so she handed him the bowl and said, "It's almost time to drink it, drink it while it's hot."

Since Li Jun got along with her, he seemed to be twenty years younger, so he naturally would not ignore her words. He picked up the bowl and drank it in one gulp, but his eyes were still staring at the map, as if the map had magical charm. Perhaps the map was more charming than the beautiful All Queen.

"It's another Niu Drink." Queen Quan murmured in her heart and asked, "Master, is it delicious?"

After Queen Quan and Li Jun re-joined her husband and wife, she was considerate and thoughtful. Her favorite thing was to let Li Jun concentrate on national affairs and not be distracted by other things. She was serving food and drink in person.

"It's delicious, delicious, delicious." Li Jun praised it very much.

Being able to get Li Jun's praise has a magical effect on Queen Quan, and she smiled. Unfortunately, her smile lasted for less than a second before disappearing, not because of anything else, but because Li Jun's next words vented her joy all at once. Li Jun said: "What kind of soup are you?"

This was naturally a very bad thing for Queen Quan who was happy on her head. She said angrily: "Look at you, you still ask what soup it is after you have drunk. Every time it is like this, you can drink the soup in one sip, and you will know that the beef drink is not at all. You can eat as well, holding the rice bowl and looking at the map, as if there is gold on the map."

Since dealing with Xie Daoqing's funeral, Li Jun seemed to have suddenly changed his mind. He looked at the map all day long, ignored other matters. He left administrative matters to Li Tingzhi and Wen Tianxiang to handle, and military matters to Liao Shenggong and Liu Hezi. He ignored them and only knew that he might have been obsessed with the map. He really was so ignorant that he could not know the taste.

Although Queen Quan is virtuous, out of care, it is inevitable to complain a few words.

This was an unconscious complaint. I didn't expect Queen Quan to say that as soon as she finished speaking, Li Jun's next words made her even open her eyes wide open. Li Jun said: "Yan'er, you're right. There are not only gold on the map, but also millions of soldiers. The great future of the Song Dynasty is all on this."

"Your Majesty, aren't you joking?" Queen Quan's eyes widened, looked at Li Jun in surprise, then looked at the map in surprise, and asked in a tone of surprise: "Your Majesty, where is the gold? Where are the millions of soldiers? The future of the Song Dynasty will be created by the emperor, not on the map."

It can be imagined that if Li Jun was not the emperor's emperor and could not play, she would have touched Li Jun's forehead and asked, "Are you confused?"

Li Jun's words were really strange. Not to mention the Queen, if it were someone else, it might be more surprised than her.

"Yan'er, come and see." Li Jun pointed to the map and said, "I have thought about it. We must implement a new strategy. Once this strategy is implemented, the treasury of the Song Dynasty will be full, and millions of soldiers are no problem. Then, there is naturally no problem with the bright future of the Song Dynasty." Heavy knocking on the map.

Queen Quan is a virtuous queen, but she was a little confused about military and national affairs and asked: "Emperor, there are only mountains, rivers and waters above, and there is no gold or a heroic soldier."

"It is these mountains and rivers that are the money bags of the Song Dynasty and the place where the great soldiers of the Song Dynasty grow." Li Jun looked at her and said, "Yan'er, I have thought about it. With the strength of the Song Dynasty, it is really unwise to launch a large-scale northern expedition at this time. The Song Dynasty does not have the ability to restore the Central Plains and regain Bianjing. I was too impatient for the large-scale northern expedition a few times."

As Li Jun said, the Southern Song Dynasty did not have the strength to fight the Northern Expedition at this time, and the military and political affairs had not been changed and the internal affairs were not revised, and the problems were still accumulated. If the Northern Expedition was launched at this time, it was still difficult to say whether it could win. The current situation was an unexpected fortune for the Southern Song Dynasty. The reason was very simple. Xie Daoqing gave severance payments to his ministers, and they all thought that the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, but because Li Jun suddenly came to this world and turned the tide. In a word, this victory was not obtained with preparation, but unexpectedly.

Historical laws show that if you want to win a war, you must not only achieve military victory, but also internal affairs, so that you can maintain long-term stability. The Southern Song Dynasty’s accumulated tragedies have never been worse in the ages. Even if Li Jun succeeded in the Northern Expedition and restored large areas of rivers and mountains, and if the internal affairs were not yet repaired, it is hard to say whether the Southern Song Dynasty could manage these lost lands well and manage these lost lands well.

A very famous example in history is the Roman Unification War led by Justinian the Great, the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire reconquered the Western Roman Empire and unified the Roman Empire with its strong military strength. Due to many reasons, it eventually led to failure, and the Eastern Roman Empire reappeared. One of the very important reasons is that Justinian the Great did not make any achievements in internal affairs, otherwise, the Roman Unification War led by him would write a brilliant chapter.

The current situation is quite similar. The Southern Song Dynasty was famous for its "three redundant". It was redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant soldiers were basically resolved under the rectification of Li Jun. Due to the extremely dangerous situation, Li Jun devoted a lot of energy to the war and deal with problems in the army. He had not yet acted in the internal affairs. If he wanted to support such a large-scale war such as the Northern Expedition with the extremely low administrative efficiency of the Southern Song Dynasty, and to build a large-scale reconstruction, it was a bit fantastic.

The reason why Li Jun decided to fight the Northern Expedition was because Xie Daoqing's death buried a thorn in his heart. What he thought was to create a good situation before he abdicated, forcing the successor to go on and carry out the great cause of restoration to the end. Now, Xie Daoqing's thorn has been removed, and Li Jun has no concerns in this regard. These days, he has reexamined the situation of the Southern Song Dynasty and discovered the problems.

There is a historical rule: only an efficient government can meet the needs of large-scale wars. The unified war launched by Qin Shihuang well illustrates this point. Although the Qin State was accused by Confucianism at that time, we have to admit that the efficiency of the Qin government agencies was very high, and government orders could be issued quickly and implemented well.

After thinking over the past few days, Li Jun has decided that while fighting and creating a more favorable strategic situation, he must carry out internal reforms to build the strength of the Southern Song Dynasty so strong that he can cope with any situation.

Another situation prompted Li Jun to make this decision. After dealing with Xie Daoqing's funeral, Li Jun accepted Wen Tianxiang's report and realized that the situation was even more serious than he thought. The finances were facing exhaustion, there were signs of shortage of troops, and the manpower was tight. It was originally a normal thing for large-scale wars to cause these consequences, and Li Jun was not surprised. What surprised Li Jun was that the finances were actually exhausted. According to his estimates, he could have supported the war. After understanding, he realized that it was not that there was no money, but that the money was shattered by the black hands, which was what we now said that local officials had made a name for their pockets, embezzled them, and caused the national treasury to be empty.

If you don’t cut off these black hands, you will never have a full treasury. The best way to cut off these black hands is to repair your internal affairs.

The large-scale Northern Expedition was a consensus between the ministers and the people in the court. No one raised any objections. If Zhao Meng had not been to rebel, this great cause was not held as scheduled, he would have had a large army long ago, heading straight to the Central Plains and leading the army to Bianjing. Now, Li Jun thought that the Northern Expedition should not be, and he blamed himself deeply. It was really surprising. Empress Quan was surprised again and asked, "Emperor, no? This is something that the ministers in the court unanimously recognized. They praised the emperor for the Northern Expedition, and many people wrote poems."

"The truth is sometimes in the hands of a few people!" Li Jun quoted the famous saying of the great leader and said, "I dare to assert that if we launch a large-scale northern expedition now, it will be Han Tuozhou's second place and he will be defeated."

After Emperor Gaozong moved south, restoring the Central Plains has always been the dream of the Southern Song people. Many emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty had worked hard for it, that Emperor Gaozong himself had a full-time Yue Fei to restore the Central Plains, but in the end, Yue Fei died under his butcher knife. By the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a Northern Expedition, which was the Northern Expedition led by Han Luzhou.

Han Luzhou was actually a powerful minister and a very extravagant person. He was very out of date for leading the Northern Expedition. The internal affairs of the Southern Song Dynasty had not been revised and the military and political reforms had not been reformed, so he had no strength to come to the Northern Expedition. In order to gain power and gain greater power, he tried to imitate the military division of Dou Xian in the Eastern Han Dynasty to achieve meritorious results through the Northern Expedition. As a result, his friends naturally wanted to get it. Not only did they return after a great defeat, but they also used up their national strength and wasted all the only precious resources in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Dou Xian attacked the Huns in the north because he committed a crime and made military achievements to atone for his sins. Fortunately, he had outstanding military talents. He successfully attacked the Huns in the north, drove the Huns out of the northern desert, and returned to Yanran Mountain. Han Tuozhou did not have the military talents like Dou Xian, but he tried to fight the Northern Expedition. If he failed, there would be no law of nature.

Han Luzhou was a traitor, a taboo in the Southern Song Dynasty. Li Jun used this as a speculation, which was really scary. Queen Quan said with a little fragrant tongue and said, "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense. The emperor is wise and magical, how can that traitor be able to compare with?"

Li Jun smiled and said, "I'm making an example."

"Your Majesty, for example, can't talk nonsense." Queen Quan was still worried and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't understand. Can you tell me, okay?"

Li Jun naturally responded and said, "Well, you will understand as soon as I tell you."

Li Tingzhi, Wen Tianxiang, Chen Yizhong, Lu Xiufu, Liao Shenggong, Gundam, Zhang Shijie, Zhang Jue, Zhao Liangchun, Liu Hezi, Huang Han, Zheng Jinghe, Zhao Qian, Jie Jin and others stood upright, as if they were waiting for some good news, their eyes were full of hope.

Chen Yizhong and Lu Xiufu went to Beijing to attend Xie Daoqing's funeral and reported their duties. They have not left yet.

Yes, they were waiting for Li Jun's summons. Li Jun is a man who is really a bit difficult to capture. These days, he has been hiding in the deep palace and has not come out. He has handed over everything to the ministers, and he ignored him. Unexpectedly, a decree suddenly came to him, asking them to see Li Jun immediately.

Li Jun is their soul and their backbone. It seems that something is missing after not seeing each other for many days. Li Jun suddenly summoned him, which is naturally a great thing for them, and he rushed over excitedly.

Just as they were expecting, Li Jun walked out, Li Tingzhi and the others hurriedly greeted Li Jun, and Li Jun waved his hand and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine, don't be polite anymore. Come on, let's sit down." He pointed to the chair and asked them to sit down.

Li Tingzhi and the others thanked each other and sat down.

Li Jun did not sit down, but opened a scroll in his hand and hung it on the wall. Li Tingzhi and the others had seen the scroll in Li Jun's hand for a long time, but they didn't expect it to be a map with many arrows on it. For military strategists like Liao Shenggong, they could tell at a glance that this was a strategic situation map of Mongolia and the Southern Song Dynasty.

"The emperor hasn't seen us now. It turns out that he is thinking about good plans. It seems that he will take a big move again." Liao Shenggong, Li Tingzhi, Liu Hezi and Zheng Jing and the four looked at each other and thought so. These four people are resourceful people, and their ideas are often coincidental, so they will meet each other whenever there is a problem.

Li Jun did not express his opinion immediately, but sat back on the chair and said, "Today I came here to discuss what strategies we should adopt now, whether to attack? Defend? Attack, where to attack? Defend, where to defend? Let's talk freely, the truth is true. I like to listen to the words in my heart the most, and say everything in your heart."

Li Jun is an easy-going person. Since he came to this world, no one has ever been guilty of improper words. He said that he would definitely not care about it.

Gundam was anxious and had to take everything in his hands, so he naturally spoke first, saying, "Your Majesty, I think there is nothing to discuss. Of course, we are concentrating our army on the northern expedition. According to the original plan, we will first stabilize the situation in Huaidong and Huaixi, then divide our troops northward, lead the Central Plains, and restore Bianjing." After a pause, we added two words: "It's over."

Many people who have his idea, Zhao Qian, Huang Han, Jie Jin, Zhang Shijie, Zhang Jue, Zhao Liangchun and others nodded in agreement.

This idea is the most popular view at present. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Mongols losing a million troops, they will advance northward, restore the Central Plains, and recover lost territory. They will think so as long as they don’t have any problems.

The ministers in the court also thought so, and some people wrote poems to express their joy.

Wen Tianxiang complained in his heart. If he wanted to be a real Northern Expedition, he, the prime minister, would have to worry about money, food and soldiers. Now for Wen Tianxiang, he just knew how hard it was to be the prime minister. The huge consumption on the front line had to fall on him, the prime minister. It would be impossible to not have a headache if he didn't have a headache.

In fact, if this was a well-prepared war, there was no need to worry about these things. The problem was that the Southern Song Dynasty was not prepared at all. Under Li Jun's push, he responded hastily and was seriously lacking in various war materials. In addition, the government's inefficiency in its work, let alone Wen Tianxiang's headache, anyone would have a headache.

However, Wen Tianxiang was not a person who was afraid of difficulties. He said, "Emperor, General Gao said, I agree. It is time for the Northern Expedition to recover the Central Plains." He patted his forehead and said, "Emperor, I know that there are many difficulties in this. I dare not say anything else. As long as the emperor needs it, I must meet the needs of the front line no matter what."

Wen Tianxiang often said, "Those who enjoy people's joy worry about people's worries, and those who eat people's food die." Naturally, he would not retreat. As soon as his words fell, a sound of praise sounded.

"Lu Shan is worthy of being a pillar of our dynasty!" Li Jun was very satisfied and said, "Lu Shan, let's say what you didn't say together."

Wen Tianxiang followed the order and said: "Emperor, I think that our dynasty will inherit the rebellion of the Five Dynasties, reduce the vassal states, establish counties and towns, and make each of them defend themselves. In this way, the power will be dispersed and cannot cope with the situation. When the enemy goes to one state, one state will be destroyed, and when one county, one county will be destroyed. I believe that our dynasty should establish four towns and set up a governor." Walking to the map, pointing to the map, he said: "Giving Guangxi to Hunan, the capital is located in Changsha; Guangdong to Jiangxi, the capital is located in Longxing; Fujian to Jiangdong, the capital is located in Fanyang; Huaixi and Huaidong are located together, and the capital is located in Yangzhou.

"If Hunan wants to capture Ezhou, Jiangxi takes over Qihuang, and Yangzhou takes over the two Huaihe Rivers, then the strong people can completely resist the attack of the Tatars. We have made an appointment to fight the northern expedition together, and there will be advances and no retreats. The Tatars must have multiple defensive forces and are exhausted. Our army will be invincible under the support of the rebel army in the north, and will be able to defeat all the attacks. Restoring the Central Plains! "

The generous speeches were loud and moving.

His words not only involve military affairs, but also administrative aspects, and involve a lot of involvement. Li Tingzhi and the others never expected Wen Tianxiang to say such words, and they all looked at him in surprise.
Chapter completed!