"Emperor, I am poor in qualifications and have a weak understanding of my youth. I dare not humiliate the supreme even if I get it. I will never take on such a heavy responsibility. I will ask the emperor to take back his life." As soon as Li Jun finished speaking, Du Dayong immediately refused, so anxious that his face was sweating. He never expected that Li Jun would value him so much and would assign him such a heavy responsibility. It would not be possible to be anxious.

Although this person is young, he is modest and cautious, mature and steady, but has no arrogance, which makes people feel good at seeing him. Such behavior has made Liao Shenggong and others feel a little more favorable to him, and they nodded.

Li Jun smiled and said, "Great use, you don't have to refuse. I know your concerns, don't worry, you can report any questions directly to me. You are just thinking about studying. This is a good thing. The court urgently needs talents like you to contribute to the court. You can do middle school, study while you are doing, study while you are doing." What I thought to myself was: "If you want to be a student, it's still good for me to enlighten students."

"General Du, you are an excellent student and an excellent military strategist." Liao Shenggong agreed with Li Jun's opinion and said, "Now, I allow you to graduate in the name of the dean of the Military Academy. You are such a low-key student. You are really low-key. You tell Gundam and others such good plans, but don't tell me. You really have to find something for you and punish you." After that, you have already started joking, which shows how happy he is.

In addition to having good military cultivation, Liao Shenggong also has another good advantage, which is that he likes to promote talents. After listening to Du Dayong's analysis, he has fallen in love with this young man. When it comes to being happy, he naturally has to joke about it.

Du Dayong hurriedly said: "General Liao is plagued by military affairs, Dayong dares not disturb General Liao at all, so please forgive me."

"You haven't heard it yet." Li Jun reminded Du Dayong: "General Liao has a bad shortcoming. When he sees someone else's good ideas, he always wants to understand. If you look for Zhang Shijie, but don't look for him, he has a little resentment and will punish you for graduation. You must be with this strategic force."

Li Jun is also a joking expert. He made a joke about Liao Shenggong, which attracted a lot of laughter.

Du Dayong still dared not agree and said, "Your Majesty, I am still young."

"You are twenty-four years old, not young anymore." Li Jun stopped him from saying something and enlightened, "You know that Huo Qubing went to war at the age of eighteen and killed the enemy with 800 heroes. At the age of twenty-four, he had already sealed the wolf in Xushan and Chan Gu Ren. As the saying goes, 'Heroes are young', 'Ambition is not high', you are twenty-four years old, which is a great time to gallop on the battlefield. Won't you say you don't have the courage of Huo Qubing?" This sentence is both enlightenment, motivation, and even more exciting.

Sure enough, when Du Dayong heard this, he raised his head and thrust his chest, and a shiny light shot out from his clear eyes, saying, "Your Majesty, since that's the case, I'll do it."

"This is not very good." Li Jun was very pleased and said: "General Du, the formation of this strategic force is the top priority. If you have any needs, you can directly contact me. This matter must be taken from the fastest and strictest."

Du Dayong took the order and said, "I understand."

"I have thoughts about establishing the Strategy Department and have done some work. I have allocated the special forces, Xuanjia Cavalry and General Jie Jin's cavalry into the strategic forces." Li Jun immediately created three strategic forces. These three troops were elite troops and were equipped with extremely advanced equipment. In today's terms, the technical content is not low, and no matter how correct it is to be included in the strategic forces, it is no longer correct.

The two elite troops, the special forces and the Xuan Armored Cavalry, which showed their strengths in the Lin'an defense battle, were officially upgraded to strategic troops.

Liao Shenggong and the others naturally knew how much effort Li Jun had put in to this and said, "The emperor is wise."

"General Du, you just mentioned the need to seize Shandong and accelerate the process of the war in Sichuan. Now I will say everything in your heart. What should I do specifically? I want to hear your opinions." Li Jun looked at Du Dayong expectantly.

People like Du Dayong can propose to seize Shandong and accelerate the process of the war in Sichuan. It is unnecessary to think that he must have his plan. Listening to his opinions is very beneficial to dealing with these issues. Li Jun is a wise ruler who is good at adopting other people's opinions, so he will naturally not miss this opportunity.

Liao Shenggong and the others also thought like Li Jun, looking at Du Dayong with great anticipation.

"Abide by the order." Du Dayong took the order, walked to the map, picked up the bamboo whip, pointed to the map and said: "Your Majesty, I think that if we seize Shandong, our dynasty can have a large-scale landing battle. We can send a powerful brigade to land here, and then go south along this area, and advance north and south with the army set out from Yangzhou, echoing from each other, cutting off the connection between the Tatar army entrenched in Shandong and the Central Plains Tatars in order to completely annihilate.

"While implementing division, we will send troops to carry out multi-point landing, conduct centripetal assaults, and attack them everywhere, so that the war in Shandong can end in the shortest time."

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice of approval immediately sounded, and it was Li Jun and the others who agreed.

"This is a good plan, but there must be an army that can bear the heavy responsibility of dividing the enemy to complete it." Liao Shenggong analyzed with his unique insight and said: "It's a pity that General Jie Jin is far away in the Jianghan Plain." His sigh said that Xie Jin is the best candidate to be competent for this important task.

The long-distance raid from Yangzhou was so beautiful that it was very reassuring. Liao Shenggong naturally thought of him at once.

His words were immediately approved by Li Tingzhi and the others. Chen Yizhong said: "Your Majesty, I think you can let Zheng Jing and General Jie Jin transport General Jie Jin to Shandong to land."

Li Jun smiled but did not answer, looked at Du Dayong and said, "General Du, what unit do you think is suitable for this task?"

"Your Majesty, I think that General Jie Jin's cavalry can certainly be competent for this important task, but he rested in the Jianghan Plain, so the court did not have to look far away. In addition to understanding General Jie Jin, the court also had an assault force with combat power not under General Jie Jin's cavalry. I think that General Zhao Qian's Xuanjia cavalry can also complete this important task." Du Dayong, the commander of this strategic unit, ordered the general for the first time.

Chen Yizhong knocked on the forehead and said, "Yes, I'm so confused that I forgot about the Xuan Armored Cavalry."

The Xuanjia Cavalry is now expanding, with almost 20,000 people. Their combat effectiveness has attracted the attention of the world in the battle of defense of Lin'an and the battle to encircle and annihilate Guo Kan. If they were to go out, they would naturally succeed. This issue was immediately agreed.

"This is the name of the strategic commander." Li Jun smiled and said, "It will be done by Zhao Qian. General Liao, General Du, you, Zhao Liangchun, and Zheng Jinghe, have a good study and formulate a detailed and practical action plan."

Liao and Du immediately said, "Abide by the order."

Li Jun walked to the map and said, "General Du decided to put Jie Jin in the Jianghan Plain without moving. That was intended. He meant to send Jie Jin to Sichuan to speed up the process of the Sichuan war. This is a very good idea. The Chengdu Plain is flat and a horse is a paradise for cavalry. I believe they will have good performance."

Li Tingzhi continued to say what Li Jun did not say: "The Guanzhong Plain is also a paradise for cavalry. When we enter Guanzhong, the Tartars will inevitably send troops to fight. I believe that there will inevitably be a war in the Guanzhong area, and there will be a tough battle to fight. It is necessary to send a powerful strategic assault force."

His words would be fulfilled 100%. Kublai Khan, who likes Han culture, must know the role played by Guanzhong in history. One of Qin Shihuang’s two major bases for unifying China. Emperor Gaozu of Han realized the importance of Guanzhong and immediately set out from Luoyang to establish his capital. As a magnificent emperor and an extremely outstanding strategist, Kublai Khan must know what the land of Guanzhong is. If Guanzhong was taken down by the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Jun would definitely use Guanzhong as a base, and like Qin Shihuang’s war of unification, he would launch a large number of troops from Guanzhong, threaten Luoyang, lead the Central Plains, and attack Bianjing.

The key battle for Qin Shihuang to unify China, the Battle of Tianzhong Mountain, invested 600,000 troops at one time. At that time, the bases of Qin were mainly Guanzhong, Chengdu Plain, and now part of Guizhou. With these three places, they could invest 600,000 troops at one time, which shows how strong the strength of these places is.

If the Southern Song Dynasty had obtained the Guanzhong land, plus the Chengdu Plain, Guizhou, and Yunnan, the combined army would have at least hundreds of thousands. If Li Jun had siege troops such as Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Nepal sent troops together, the number of this army would have been greater. During the Warring States Period, the ranks of the Qin State were no exaggeration, but would have become a fact.

Not to mention that the Southern Song Dynasty now has many advanced weapons, and the armed army has amazing combat effectiveness. If such an army set out from Guanzhong and advanced into the Central Plains, how much significance would it be? It would not be an exaggeration to use all the praises to praise them.

It is inevitable that Kublai Khan will send a large army to fight for Guanzhong, so it is inevitable that the battles in Guanzhong will be tough. It is a preparatory step to deploy Jie Jin, a powerful strategic assault force, in Sichuan.

"So that's it." Chen Yizhong, a man who is not good at military affairs, suddenly realized and praised: "This is a good idea."

"The navy sent them to the river to learn that Jin will enter Sichuan." Li Jun happily returned to his seat, patted his forehead, and suddenly said something irrelevant to this: "Silver, silver." Then he explained: "Victory is a good thing, but it is just the beginning, and there are many more work in the future. The court regained lost land, not exploitation, but to let the people live a good life. Victory is only the first step, and construction is also required. The reconstruction work of Huaidong, Huaixi, Qihuang, Yinghan should be started immediately, and production here should be restored in the shortest time, so that the people can live and work in peace and happiness."

The military expenditure of war requires a lot of silver. It goes without saying that reconstruction also requires a lot of silver. Li Jun and Li Tingzhi are worried about silver every day and always worry about it. In Li Tingzhi's words, it is: "The court did not have silver, but spent too quickly. How fast the silver was spent? It was amazing to say it. It gave me the feeling that the silver was not spent, but washed away by water. There was a rush of water, and the silver that was originally piled up like a mountain suddenly disappeared."

Wen Tianxiang and the others were confused by the two "silver" of Li Jun. Now they realized that Li Jun was worried about rebuilding these areas with urgent need for money. They never expected that Li Jun, a very well-educated person, would act like a money-loving person, and smiled at each other.

"The emperor's kindness!" Wen Tianxiang and the others had to admire Li Jun's far-sightedness from the bottom of their hearts and thought of everything ahead. When people were still immersed in the joy of victory, he had already begun to deploy reconstruction work.

Li Tingzhi also slapped his forehead like Li Jun and said helplessly: "Master, we can save some money on this silver and can still hold on." His words were interrupted by Li Jun, and Li Jun said: "That's good, that's good, that's great. I have always been worried that there is no money, and it will be much easier to deal with with it with the money."

Li Jun rarely shows such a thing. It’s really money to make others happy, but it makes Li Jun worry, so worried that he can’t do anything about it.

"Emperor, the reconstruction work requires a large number of officials and officials. Where can the emperor choose these personnel?" Li Tingzhi, the chief minister, was very difficult. After worrying about money, he still had to worry about people. It is no wonder that in these four places, the original officials and officials either fled or died in the war. In short, they can no longer use them and must find people to manage these places.

Officials in the Southern Song Dynasty were experts who lost power and humiliated the country, experts who bullied the people, and mediocre people who governed the world. Li Jun was very dissatisfied with them. He thought for a while and said, "In the past, officials were not needed except for those who were capable of being officials and officials, and they were dismissed from them. First, a group of officials with upright style, honest officials, and real talents and knowledge can be drawn from various places to go over. This is probably not enough. The court would hold a training class and a group of flexible and pragmatic scholars from all over the country for training. Of course, young people who are smart and studious and are determined to do practical things for the people can also be recruited. They should teach them to regulate their governance, follow the law, and send them to them after the training is complete."

He patted his forehead and said, "The four places of Huaidong, Huaixi, Qihuang and Yinghan need a large number of officials. This is still a drop in the bucket and cannot solve the problem at all. This is better, a group of talented and virtuous elders can be selected from the local area and let them take office as well. Oh, by the way, it is not our choice, but local people are required to choose, and those who meet the requirements will be appointed, and those who do not meet the requirements will not be required. Pay special attention that there should be no favoritism and fraud."

It is a good rule for local people to select officials, but those rich people may not be able to do things that use money to buy the people's hearts in order to become officials. There are many precedents in modern society, so Li Jun gave a special advice.

Li Tingzhi estimated that, given the current situation of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was enough to govern the officials in these four places. However, in the future, there will be quite a lot of officials needed after the restoration of Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guanzhong, and the Central Plains. This is not something that the Southern Song Dynasty can meet at present. It should be prepared early. The method of training officials proposed by Li Jun is indeed a good solution, saying: "What the emperor said is very reasonable, I will start this plan immediately."

Wen Tianxiang offered a suggestion: "The emperor, I think that the imperial examination can be held and a group of talented scholars can be selected."

Chen Yizhong was from the imperial examination and agreed with Wen Tianxiang's method and said: "Emperor, what Lu Shan said makes sense. I also think so. Please accept it and restore the imperial examination."

Li Jun knew the pros and cons of the imperial examination system very clearly and decided to abolish it. He said: "The court has no money at present, and there is no energy to restore the imperial examination. What the court needs is not only a scholar who reads some books of sages, but only a scholar who can talk about the ways of Confucius and Mencius, but a talent with real talents and knowledge. Oh, by the way, the training class may not meet the needs of officials in the future. So, the court allocates a batch of silver to open a political and legal school to specialize in cultivating the officials needed by the court. They not only need to learn how to be an official, but also learn how to be a good official and a clean official."

The source of officials in ancient times was mainly to learn from imperial examinations, believing that scholars who understand the ways of Confucius and Mencius were talents and could govern the world. It is undeniable that the imperial examination system did make great contributions to Chinese history, but it also restricted China's development. Li Jun was unique and learned from the political and legal universities that are now being promoted by various countries. He opened a similar college and specialized in training officials. It is indeed a good law.

There are many colleges in the Southern Song Dynasty, involving various industries, and the initial results are pretty good. Wen Tianxiang slapped his forehead and immediately expressed his support: "What the emperor said is to remind me that this college should not only be run, but also be run bigger. Not only should we train new officials, but we should also send existing officials for training so that they can know how to be a good official and not be corrupt officials." He knocked heavily on the table and sighed: "I have investigated and dealt with these days!"

Wen Tianxiang is upright and selfless, and he hates corrupt officials, but he can't investigate and arrest them all, which really makes him distressed. Li Jun's method must have a warning effect, so he has no choice but to disagree.

Chen Yizhong also expressed his opinion: "A lot of scholars were enthusiastic when they entered the government and asked for their destiny for the people, but later they were disgusted and greedy. This school of politics and law will definitely cure their greed."

"The greed of officials and whether they are greedy is certainly related to education. What is more important is the administrative system of the court. It is too naive to cure their greed with one college." Li Jun thought in his heart and said, "You all agree, this matter is decided. Let the training class be organized first, and then prepare for the establishment of the college."

"Abide by the order." Li Tingzhi and the others happily received the order.

"Xiangfu is too busy to finish the affairs of the Secretariat alone. Look, Xiangfu is full of hair, which makes people feel uncomfortable." Li Jun looked at the chief minister with sympathy and said, "Let's do this, let Lu Xiufu come back and help Xiangfu."

Li Tingzhi had a lot of affairs. With his impression, he would rather face the Mongolian army in Yangzhou than preside over the affairs of the Secretariat. He was very moved and said: "The emperor, work hard for the court and loyal to the country. I am the duty of my ministers. I have nothing else, but I still have a loyalty. What Wuhou said, "I will devote myself to my efforts until I die."

Li Jun knew that he was an honest person and did not tell lies. This was his ambition and sighed: "Xiangfu was the example of my ministers of the Song Dynasty, and he would keep his history in the book!"

Li Tingzhi's prestige in the court naturally didn't say anything, and his character was nothing to say. Wen Tianxiang and the others nodded in agreement.

Li Jun walked to the map and said, "Look at the map, most areas in the Yangtze River Basin have been regained, and some areas are about to be regained, which means that the construction of the Yangtze River Basin will be put on the agenda. There is a saying that "rely rely on the mountains to eat mountains, rely on the water to drink water." The development of the Yangtze River Basin of course depends on the Yangtze River. The entire Yangtze River Basin will flourish because of the Yangtze River. However, the Yangtze River Basin still lacks important wharfs, and there is no port that can undertake the transportation of goods.

"I decided to build a good port here in Wusong area to facilitate economic construction in the Yangtze River Basin. For this port, the court's policy is to 'give policies, not silver'. Whoever builds will benefit, the inlet and exit of goods can be charged, and the mooring of ships can be charged, of course, reasonable fees must be charged under the guidance of the court."

The place where Li Jun points to the point is the Wusong Wharf in Shanghai now, which is a good port. If built, it will play a good role in promoting the development of the Yangtze River Basin. A large amount of goods will be shipped overseas from here.

Shanghai established a town in Xianchun for three years. It was only seven years since it was built. It was just a small town. It was Li Jun's idea that led to the official launch of the Yangtze River Basin, led by Shanghai. In the near future, a metropolis will be built with Wusong as the center. The goods from the Yangtze River Basin will be shipped here and shipped overseas, and overseas goods will also be shipped from here to the mainland.

All the strategists here, of course, knowing the benefits of Li Jun's distributing skills, I deeply agree and applauded.

Liao Shenggong expressed his opinion: "Your Majesty, I think someone can be sent to dredge the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, which will not only facilitate the transportation of goods from north to south, but also facilitate the delivery of troops."

The Beijing-Hangzhou Canal runs through the north and south. If it is unobstructed, it will be unnecessary to mention the economic and military benefits it brings. The army can go straight to North China from Jiangnan, and it is no problem to threaten Beijing. This is an early measure proposed for the future restoration of Yanyun.

Li Tingzhi and the others nodded in agreement, and Li Jun said, "I think so too. The place for restoration not only requires officials and money, but also a large number of talents of all kinds and funds. We now have various colleges that can be trained. Although the scale is not large and the number of people is limited, when the conditions are ripe, we can do bigger, more, and better.

"The court should take measures to convert the money in the hands of landlords, rich peasants and merchants into funds and invest them in these areas. With these funds, these places cannot do without development."

The "giving policies, not giving money" proposed by Li Jun is similar to the current reform and opening up in China. China's current reform is "giving policies, not giving money", and funds are introduced. China's current opening up can use overseas funds, but Li Jun does not have this condition and can only obtain it through his own accumulation.
Chapter completed!