Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

The old emperor has cultivated for a long time, and his health has no intention of getting better. On the contrary, his health is getting worse every day. Therefore, whether he wants to or not, he can only entrust all political affairs to the prince. Situ Sheng, the prince of the country, is sitting very Steady, no one can shake it.

It is said that the prince supervises the country, but who has seen a prince who can completely control the government throughout the ages?In the previous life of Jiang Yuan, Li Shimin after the Xuanwumen incident in the Tang Dynasty was a prince who could say anything, but at that time Li Yuan had already been imprisoned in the palace by him, and the other princes born in the first line were all slaughtered by him. You can lead the government unscrupulously, but how many princes like Li Shimin can there be?At other times, even if the old emperor still has his breath, the prince must honestly make up his mind in the morning and evening, report sooner or later, and dare not take a step beyond the threshold, otherwise whoever will win will die.

The imperial physician had repeatedly told the old emperor to stay in bed and rest more, to spend less time on government affairs, and try to rest as much as possible, but which emperor can bear the feeling of being left behind?The Emperor Hanzhi of the Eastern Han Dynasty was just an eight or nine-year-old child who knew that the whole world should be his own. He was very angry with Liang Ji, who was a powerful minister of foreign relatives, and called him "dominant" in front of his officials. General".A child can't bear it, let alone the ruler of the world who has been the emperor for so many years, how can he bear it?

Therefore, the old emperor had to listen to Situ Sheng's work report every day, and insisted on taking control of the government, saying that he would not allow Situ Sheng to control everything.At the beginning, Situ Sheng's family members didn't know where they flew. In order to check and balance Situ Sheng, they even secretly supported Situ Hui's development of power.The old emperor did not know how much ginseng and other refreshing medicines he used every day, and he knew that this was overdrawing his life, but he absolutely refused to let go of his power.

Jiang Yuan looked at it with cold eyes and kept sneering in his heart. The so-called medicine is three-point poisonous, even if ginseng is the king of herbs, it cannot be eaten indiscriminately.The use of ginseng is the most important thing, and it must not be messed up. This thing really nourishes qi and blood, but eating it indiscriminately will cause loss of qi and blood, and it can even kill people.If the old emperor continued to toss about like this, he would die of taking medicine if he didn't die of illness.The truth is this truth, but do you want to say it in front of him?If it is true that the old emperor will turn his face and deny anyone, since he can't say it, he can only watch him die.

At this time, neither Jiang Yuan nor Situ Sheng was interested in taking care of the old emperor's careless taking of medicine, because there were more important things that needed to be dealt with by them, and that was—the Northern Man sent an envoy to visit!

Come sooner or later, they came as soon as Jingchao changed the crown prince, and I want to know what these guys are up to.

The former deposed prince Yizhong Prince Situ Ang never liked the culture of the Central Plains but admired the nomadic civilization of the Northern Man. He always wanted to learn from the Northern Man in terms of clothing and behavior. This deposed prince can also speak the Northern Man dialect. Knowing how to write Beiman characters, and even risking being abolished, he got a Beiman wizard into the palace to play witchcraft...

For such a prince, the Beiman side is of course at ease. After all, once such a prince ascends to the throne, even if the Beiman cannot completely destroy the Jing Dynasty, he can get more benefits from the Jing Dynasty to enrich the country. It is more in line with the needs of the northern barbarians.Who knew that Situ Ang, a guy who only talks but doesn't practice, killed his teacher with a single twitch, and was deposed by the old emperor because of his immorality. again.

A few years later, the Jingchao suddenly changed a prince, and this prince was a well-known martial artist, good at winning more with less, and even had the name of Emperor of Heaven, which was even widely spread in the grasslands.Now, the old emperor who used to be soft and did not dare to offend the northern man was dying of illness. The prince was ordered to supervise the country. Maybe it would be his turn to take charge of the country soon, which is not bad.How could Beiman easily let go of such news?It is necessary to send a team of people to Jingchao here to find out the truth. Whether it is intimidation or intimidation, they all need a clear attitude from the new prince!

The entire Beiman needs to know the new prince's character, age, ability, thought, external attitude, and the most important thing is whether he will be full of thoughts of going to war with Beiman!

If this Situ Sheng was a timid guy, then taking advantage of the old emperor's serious illness and the turmoil in the Jing Kingdom court, the Northern Man could send troops to attack the Jing Dynasty to gain more benefits, and even force the Jing Dynasty to sign an alliance under the city.If this Situ Sheng is a tough character like the legend, then we must understand him, dig him out, know his thoughts, find out his weaknesses, and even find out the reality of their army from Yasukuni!

This matter did not exceed Jiang Yuan's expectations. On the contrary, if Beiman still resisted sending a mission at this time, he would instead wonder whether there was any deep conspiracy hidden by Beiman, or whether Beiman was in power. Man is not a waste.The so-called know yourself and yourself, and win a hundred battles is the consensus of all mankind. The technology of the Beiman is indeed behind the Jing Dynasty, but they are also normal human beings and not idiots.

As the left servant of the Ministry of War and the Chief Adviser under His Highness the Crown Prince, Jiang Yuan has access to information far better than others. Only he has seen some extremely top-secret information and specific maps of villages and creeks. Even Situ Sheng's subordinates Jiang Yuan is in charge of managing a caravan specially used to inquire about intelligence outside the customs.Jiang Yuan has a deep understanding of the situation in the country of Beiman. Even if he can't be called the number one in the country, he can definitely be ranked in the top five.

This country that never existed in the previous life is very powerful. Although it is not as exaggerated as Mongolia's fight all the way to Europe, it is undoubtedly a very powerful country in this era from the perspective of its territory.From the future Siberia in the east, to the later Ukraine in the west, to the edge of the Great Wall in the south, to the later Lake Baikal in the north, and even north of Lake Baikal, there are also northern barbarians living with a population of about 200 million. It's not that much for the dynasty, but it still controls many countries in the Western Regions and tribes of other races. It can definitely reach 40 soldiers, including about 25 in its own country. This is not the case during the San Francisco rebellion. Farmers who have just put down their hoes, these people are all soldiers who have seen blood and killed people!

At the beginning, Emperor Gaozu was besieged by 15 northern barbarian troops and could not get out of the border city. King Qin's army had a full 50 people but could not enter.At that time, the 50 King Qin's army were all capable troops who had fought with Emperor Gao for many years. The ferocity of the barbarian army.

To deal with agile and fast-moving nomads, even if Jiang Yuan holds a cannon in his hand, it is of little use. Mobile troops must use troops that can also move fast to chase them. Unless they are lured into the encirclement, otherwise with the current level of technology, Even with gunpowder, it is not so easy to completely wipe out such a large cavalry unit.If our side is defending, we can of course rely on the power of gunpowder to destroy the enemy's vital force, but if the enemy retreats, then even gunpowder is useless. Gunpowder has no long legs and cannot catch up with cavalry, so the most important thing is training. The cavalry army of the Jing Dynasty.

The scientific and technological development of the ancient nomads could hardly surpass that of the farming peoples. They had no fixed residence, no corresponding civilization and knowledge, and the scientific and technological development of the northern barbarians was still very slow.In the Jing Dynasty, even the hoes used by the most ordinary farmers were made of iron. Except for those mountain villages that were too backward and did not communicate with the outside world, iron products had been converted from military use to civilian use, and all Dajing subjects were used to iron. Iron weapons and iron armor are standard configurations in the army, and all elite troops are equipped with them, but the northern barbarians are not.

The Beiman Kingdom itself did not have the technology to make steel, but during the reign of Emperor Gaozu of the Jing Dynasty, there was a clear decree that no inch of iron was allowed to leave the country, and craftsmen were strictly prohibited from leaving the country.Therefore, although Beiman has successively smuggled some ironware from the Jing Dynasty over the years, this amount of ironware is not enough to arm the entire army.The arrows of bows and arrows in the northern barbarian army were even made of bones, and it would be nice if soldiers could wear leather armor. Horses had no hoof protection, only leather horseshoes, and cavalry sabers were even made of rusty bronze. I don't know what age it is.

What is the use of such a country even if it can grab more money?Soldiers can be trained slowly, and the army can be cultivated gradually, but no one can change the policies and systems on which the birth of science and technology depends.

The reason why the Western Han Dynasty was able to defeat the Huns in the last generation, why the Tang Dynasty was able to defeat the Turks, and why the Ming Dynasty still drove the descendants of Genghis Khan out of the Great Wall was largely due to the advancement of science and technology.The nomads have nothing to do at this point. Nomads who are still in the primitive stage of slavery development simply cannot develop technology as steadily as the farming peoples at this time.Slave owners will never allow slaves to master technology and knowledge, and they themselves do not have the conditions and ability to develop technology. It is impossible for a nation to rely on only a few slave owners to develop technology, so it is difficult for their technology to make breakthroughs .

No nomadic people will take the initiative to abolish slavery, and the primitive social system is doomed to technological backwardness and ultimate failure.In terms of culture, the whole Northern Man and all the surrounding countries have an opponent that is not the Central Plains. If they want to introduce the Central Plains culture to change the country, then the consequence will be that their backward civilization will be swallowed up by the Central Plains civilization. If they refuse to integrate and rely on outdated technology, then outdated technology is the cause of their death.Fundamentally speaking, it is difficult for them to win, if they do not merge, they will die, this is inevitable!

Even if such words are spoken in this era, no one can understand them. Jiang Yuan swallowed them back. Maybe he will teach his descendants this way in the future, but such words must not be spread outside.

The old emperor was seriously ill and unable to get up. No matter whether he wanted to or not, he could not receive the envoys of the northern barbarians in this way. Instead of showing the envoys of the northern barbarians an old and weak monarch, it would be better for them to see a powerful heir to the country. For the sake of the country, he cannot be willful.As the prince of Jian Guo, Situ Sheng can only and must shoulder the responsibility of receiving the envoys from the Northern Man, and the responsibility of representing the country and tens of millions of subjects to have a dialogue with another powerful country!

Situ Sheng summoned Jiang Yuan overnight, and there was only one order, "I want the Northern Man to see a powerful empire, and I want them not to dare to invade!"

He didn't even mention "Gu" and changed his name to "I". One can imagine the excitement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.But Jiang Yuan can understand Situ Sheng's mood very well. As a powerful country, it must not allow another big country to despise itself. There is no show of weakness among the powerful countries, only strong deterrence.

If Situ Sheng hadn't shown his strength, Dajing's strength, then the Northern Man might take this opportunity to cross the Great Wall and attack the Central Plains.Therefore, Situ Sheng had to present a vigorous, powerful and prosperous country, so that the northern barbarians would be afraid and dare not invade.In this era, there is no such thing as economic war or cold war. There is absolutely zero tolerance between countries. Whoever is weak will be beaten, and whoever is strong will let it go. This is the iron law of blood and fire!

Jiang Yuan nodded, "Your Highness clearly sees that the strength of a country is the basis for life and death, and the northern barbarians must not be made to feel that His Highness is weak and bully, and they must not be made to feel that the Central Plains is weak and insignificant. The enemy is strong! Let the Beiman know how powerful Dajing is!"

For decades, there has been only friction but no war between Beiman and Dajing, thanks to the toughness of Emperor Taizong at the beginning.

When Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, Beiman sent an envoy to congratulate him. The envoy said with a contemptuous expression, "Jingguo is as weak as a lamb, and Beiman is as strong as a tiger or leopard."

Emperor Taizong immediately went up against the case and summoned a large army to go out and fight the northern barbarians to the death.At that time, the Northern Man was deeply involved in the war with the countries of the Western Regions. How could they wish to fight with the Jing Dynasty?Knowing that Taizong was so tough, this made Beiman dare not provoke Jingchao too much, and there had been no war between the two countries for decades.Before Situ Sheng made all the preparations for the Northern Expedition, the Northern Barbarians must be stabilized, and they must not be allowed to have the heart to go south.

The young Guan Yinghou showed a confident smile. The best way to intimidate the enemy is to show his majesty, and there are only two of them that can show his majesty the most-military exercises and military parades.Since he was able to use military exercises to force the palaces of the two kings to change and Prince Rui ascended the throne, why not frighten the northern barbarians today?

"Your Highness, why don't you show the majesty of our army to the Northern Man's envoy? The soldiers of the Gyeonggi Camp have always been well-trained and well-armed. If you can show it to the Northern Man's envoy, it will surely shock their hearts and make the Northern Mansion dare not You have the intention to offend me." Jiang Yuan poured a cup of tea for Situ Sheng and said slowly.

"Oh?" There is no military parade in this era, and it is common to call troops on the battlefield, but in terms of deterrence, how can it be as powerful as the military parade of later generations?Situ Sheng hurriedly asked: "How can Qingyuan show it so that it will not reveal our army's tactics and deter the envoys of the Northern Man?"

Don't things like this happen often in future generations?The missile vehicles, armored vehicles, and tanks that drove past on the parade did not show their actual effects in battle. If you want to know what effects are there, you must rely on spies or brain supplements. The effects of brain supplementation It is often more powerful than what you actually see. The power of the missile is only greater if you have a brain hole. Isn't this deterring the enemy...

Jiang Yuan himself had participated in a military parade before, so he was quite familiar with the procedures inside, and picked up some points in common with Jing Chao, which naturally made Situ Sheng nod repeatedly.

The specific details need to be negotiated with the officers of the various ministries, and the form and scale should also be discussed with the important officials in the court, but the core content cannot be changed-magnificent outlook, invigorating the army, and boosting morale!You can come as grand as you want, come as you can deter the enemy, show your military power, show your weapons, and even prepare a military drill, but you can't let them know the real tactics and the use of core weapons. achieve the best results.

Sure enough, the next day at the court meeting, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince announced in the main hall that he would inspect the troops of the Gyeonggi Daying Army in front of the Northern Man envoys. pressed down.

The purpose of reviewing troops is to show the military might, which is undoubtedly quite in line with the common values ​​of the courtiers of the Jing Dynasty. In this era when literati were fond of fighting and warriors were warlike, the new thing of military parade naturally attracted the attention of all courtiers.

The result of everyone's discussion must be agreed. If there were not so many people under the city wall, they even wanted to pull out the entire Gyeonggi camp.The hatred for the northern barbarians is equally strong no matter whether it is the courtiers who were born in a noble family, aristocratic family, imperial examinations, Mengyin, or ordinary people working in the fields, or even the local hooligans on the street.This is a national enmity and a disgrace to the people of the whole country. How can such a shame and humiliation be forgotten, and how can it not be reported? !

This is not the weak Song Dynasty that was kidnapped by corrupt scholars and courtiers in the previous life. In this Dajing, even pure Confucian scholars must read the "Gongyang Spring and Autumn Annals".The ancient "Zhou Li" records that "revenge can last for five generations, within five generations." That is to say, such things as revenge should be completed within five generations, but "Gongyang Chunqiu" refuted this statement, "It can still be done for nine generations." Revenge? It is possible even for a hundred generations. Is it possible to have a family? It is impossible. How can a country? National enmity is no more than personal enmity, national enmity must be avenged even for a hundred generations, it must be avenged!

Under the excitement of the crowd, the proposal of the military parade was easily passed. The specific matters were handed over to the Gyeonggi Camp led by Jiang Yuan, and the six departments would provide convenience for the military parade.Everyone's eyes were burning and shining, waiting for the arrival of the Beiman's envoy!