1748. The Lifeline
Zhong Jian's eyes flashed with a slight harsh look, "If this is the case, we can't sit still and wait for death."
He looked at Zhao Dongting with a deep sense, "This extreme realm represents the coming of real gold. It is just that if they continue to delay, their Yuan Kingdom will still have hope. When the four Khanate troops arrive, as long as our front-line army defeats them all, they will completely destroy their hopes. I think he may not come to the palace. Even if the overall situation is decided, the emperor might as well reward him with high officials and generous salaries, or let him make his own requests. There will be hope to recruit him! After all, who in the world can offer more favorable conditions than the emperor? Who else can be more worthy of loyalty than the emperor?"
I have to say that some people’s brains are easy to use, and Zhong Jian belongs to this.
He was born in the agricultural major at the time. Although he was the first in the palace examination and was personally mentioned by Zhao Dongting, he still had no connection with "military" and "politics".
Zhao Dongting promoted him to the Minister of War, but in fact, it may not be without the mentality of giving it a try. He was eager to promote young officials, but there were few candidates who could be suitable for the "Minister of War".
Now it seems that Zhao Dongting’s approach should be quite correct.
Whether in national policies, or in actual specific matters such as grain transportation and military conscription, Zhong Jian handles them in an orderly manner, and often has unique insights that make people shine.
Even now, Su Liuyi wants Zhong Jian to take over his class, instead of just thinking about his nephew Su Quandang.
Zhong Jian's words clearly analyzed the pros and cons. Especially the last sentence made Zhao Dongting feel enlightened.
yes!
What are you afraid of when the Song Dynasty had a cannon to defeat the enemy?
If the Yuan Dynasty dared to take the initiative to attack after the arrival of the four Khanate countries, they would be able to often defeat the enemy's cannons!
Zhao Dongting could imagine that as long as there were enough cannons to secretly transport them to the front line, they would definitely be able to kill the enemy and throw them away when the war started.
By then, the Yuan Dynasty would not even have an army, and it would be useless to have a strong man in the extreme realm.
As for whether the Yuan army would take the initiative to launch an attack after the arrival of the four Khanate countries, Zhao Dongting was not worried about this.
There is no good in this world for no reason. He doesn't believe that the four Khanate will send troops to help the Yuan Kingdom in vain. Moreover, it is impossible to help without restrictions.
Speaking of "suffering", the Yuan Dynasty could not endure the Song Dynasty.
Because of Zhong Jian's words, his thinking became completely clear. It would be okay to have a truce, it was nothing more than changing to first moves.
"Why do you learn to flatter me now?"
Zhao Dongting laughed and patted Zhong Jian on the shoulder, obviously in a good mood.
Then he looked at Su Liuyi and said, "Aiqing Su, you will hold a meeting of the military aircraft cabinet tomorrow and order the front-line army to remain unmoved in the name of the military aircraft cabinet."
Su Liuyi didn't speak from beginning to end and was in a slight state of excitement.
At this time, listening to Zhao Dongting's words, he said, "Your Majesty, you have issued an order to quit the front line. Only those objects are not in the front line. We don't need to issue any more orders, right?"
The object he mentioned was the enemy-breaking cannon.
This matter is top secret in the palace. Except for those who witnessed the cannon test, almost no one learned about the enemy's cannon after that.
The palace only explained that the noise caused by the bombing explosion was caused by the explosion of the sky thunder.
The only one in the Ministry of War knows how to defeat the enemy cannon. Su Liuyi took this into consideration and replaced it with the object of talent. He knew that the emperor would definitely understand what he was going to say.
Zhao Dongting nodded slightly when he heard this, "It's true. Since that's the case, then let's avoid it."
Su Liuyi said again: "Then the garrison of the Japanese road..."
Zhao Dongting frowned slightly. If Su Liuyi hadn't mentioned this, he would have forgotten it.
Now Zheng Yihang and Moriko are still leading the garrison troops of the Wo Road and Liuqiu army in Changmencho, and this is already a news that has been sent to Changsha a month ago. It is possible that the two of them have led their troops to fight against Goryeo. Goryeo is also a vassal state of the Yuan Dynasty, and I don’t know if the real gold will regard this as a provocation. If this is the case, the old eunuch will come to the palace again, and it will be a situation that will be defeated by the death.
He was unwilling to face the old eunuch again without preparation.
"Send someone to pass the order!"
After a little thought, Zhao Dongting said to Su Liu Yi: "In my name, he sent an order to General Zheng of the Japanese garrison army to stop using military forces against Goryeo, but he should not slacken in training on the Japanese garrison."
"What about Liu Qiujun?"
Su Liuyi was puzzled when he saw that Zhao Dongting didn't say this.
Zhao Dongting said: "I will write this letter to the Lord of the Axing Emperor. I am not Liu Qiu's king, how can I command his army by stepping over the authority?"
"yes."
Su Liuyi agreed and said nothing more.
Zhao Dongting glanced at the people of the Ministry of War and said, "Although we are on standby for the time being, you must not slack off. We should not make any mistakes in recruiting and transporting grain. Taking advantage of this period, it is necessary to transfer outstanding soldiers from the garrison army to the front-line army as quickly as possible, and then fill and improve the vacancy in the garrison army. Only by making sufficient preparations can our Song Dynasty have enough ability to deal with various sudden changes."
"I will receive the order!"
Headed by Zhong Jian, all the ministers of the Ministry of War were handed over to take the order.
Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "Then all my dear friends, please go back and rest early..."
Everyone slowly left the imperial study room.
Zhao Dongting watched them leave, sighed softly, and sat back on the bed.
Eunuch Liu grinded ink beside him and said with a smile: "Apart from the days of the Mingjingtai Conference, the emperor has not worked so hard for some time."
Zhao Dongting laughed and said, "There's no way... Eunuch Liu, I'm going to hide it from you. This old eunuch of the Yuan Dynasty really makes me feel uncomfortable. He is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark, and he may hurt people at any time. If any empress in the court or someone close to me is brought to me... I can't even think about it. But now I can't deal with him, so I can only pray that he won't come out to hurt people. This is really atrocity! The initiative is completely in the hands of others. I haven't experienced this feeling for a long time."
"well……"
Eunuch Liu sighed when he heard this, "Who made you pinch your lifeline by yours? Your lifeline is the empresses and princes in the palace, princesses..."
Zhao Dongting shook his head and stopped talking.
Of course he knew where his lifeline was. Because in his heart, family is more important than his own life.
If there were no Le Chan and the others, with his Zhenwu realm's cultivation level, he might be able to hide in the army and personally command the army to destroy the Yuan Dynasty.
But being a human being doesn’t even have a lifeline, isn’t it fun? Isn’t it sad?
Chapter completed!