After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather turned cold. Li Xingzhou took He Qian and Pu Chaling to the palace for a meal. The emperor and the queen wanted to meet them.

He Qian has seen him many times, after all, He Zhao’s identity is there.

But Pu Chaling was very nervous. Fortunately, the queen had a good impression of her and said that she was blessed and could give birth. It seemed that in this era, being able to give birth is the most favored.

The emperor spoke much more. "Since I am a royal family, I will be at ease in the future. Don't think too much about the matter in the north, and you can also write more letters to your father. If he is willing to come to the south to retire, I will not treat him badly."

Pu Chaling nodded quickly and thanked.

After dinner, the two girls followed the queen to talk to the back, while Li Xingzhou stayed to talk to the emperor about the matter in the north.

"So, have you made up your mind?"

Li Xingzhou nodded, "It is better to be early than late. If this matter is cut off, it will be cut off. Hexi must be taken earlier. If it is delayed, there may be variables.

As for the Jin Kingdom... we can only say that we admire the false reputation and live in real disasters. When the Xia Kingdom is eliminated, the people in the world will be even more convinced. But if we save the Jin Kingdom and demonstrate the power of the sect leader, what are the benefits of us?

Such thankless things will not be worth it in the future. Once the Xia Kingdom is destroyed, you can still be powerful and gain the land of Hetao.

As for the threat from the Mongols, our Liao and Jin countries have all fought, so why fear the Mongols.”

The emperor nodded: "I have the full authority to leave this matter to you. How to deal with it? Finally, I will come up with a charter and submit it to me."

Lee Sing-cheol nodded.

.........

The next day, he summoned the important officials at the Zhengshi Hall again to preside over the discussion, but this time he did not let everyone speak first.

Everyone also understood that he was going to make a decision.

When everyone arrived, Li Xingzhou stood up in person, closed the door, and then turned around and said, "I have discussed with the emperor today. I have made a decision. Today I will tell you."

Hearing this, everyone sat upright and became serious.

"Before I tell you a story, I want to tell you a story," said Lee Sing-cheol.

As soon as this statement is spoken? Everyone knows that it is not as simple as a simple story.

"The Jurchens started between the Black Mountains and White Waters? When the Emperor of Jin sent troops, there were only more than 3,000 people? But in the following years, they swept the north? Defeat the Liao Kingdom with an army of 700,000, so there are rumors that "The Jurchens are not satisfied with ten thousand? It is invincible." At first I was also curious why they were so powerful?

I am also curious why the Jin Kingdom was not as powerful as before after the founding of the country?

At that time, 3,000 people could swallow the Liao Kingdom? Later, hundreds of thousands of people were defeated by our army? Why was the gap so big in just a few years? I can't figure it out." Li Xingzhou said as he looked around everyone.

Everyone showed curiosity on their faces.

"So after invading the Jin Kingdom, I visited and asked around, why..." "Finally? The emperor pays off for those who are interested? Slowly I found out some news and understood some truths. Today I want to talk to you and the Lords, hoping that we can take it as a warning? I will not follow the footsteps of the Jin Kingdom."

Li Xingzhou said seriously: "At the beginning, there were few people in the Jurchens, but they were united? But it was far from enough to be united. As the saying goes, "Three bad generals? Above Zhuge Liang," and there is also a saying, "A wise man will make a mistake in a thousand thoughts?" The foolish man will make a mistake in a thousand thoughts.

And the Jurchens have a tradition? It is called 'plastering'? Before each war, they will set up a battlefield model made of sand in the big tent. No matter the main generals and deputy generals or even the lower-ranking generals in the army, they can express their opinions on the sand table as long as they are in the account, speak freely, express their own ideas, and even argue with the main generals and oppose the superiors' claims. This is common.

But when the Lord General decided on a major plan, everyone would flatten the sand table together and then stop arguing.

And placing the sand table together is called "plastering". First, it prevents military aircraft from leaking out and affecting the subsequent combat operations.

Second, it means that the disputes in the big tent cannot be brought out of the tent. Once the main general makes the final decision, he must abandon his past grudges and leave the military tent, and he will not care about the disputes in the military tent. Everyone cannot bring out the emotions in the tent. They must work together to plan the overall situation!

Therefore, the Jurchens raised their troops with 3,000 people, and won every battle within a few years, defeating the Liao Kingdom, which had an army of 700,000!

After the world was stable and after the founding of the Jin Kingdom, Wanyan Wugunai had just passed away. His son began to compete for power with his uncle. The court split and attacked each other and stood in the team. There were many internal conflicts. Until our army headed north, he still sent a fool as the commander under the internal strife to reject my royal army......

How can you be invincible?”

Obedient and listen to the sounds, gongs and drums, everyone is smart. When they say this, everyone already knows what it means.

As the head of all officials, Duke De sighed and said: "We claim to be China's orthodox, and we feel that we are not comparable to the barbarians of foreign countries. Today, after listening to the secret things that Your Highness said, he felt that the green mountains outside the mountains should not be underestimated. Foreign countries also have strengths and a way to survive. The principles are worthy of our careful consideration and study.

Please rest assured, Your Highness, I believe that all the adults here are wise and people of the country, and have heard of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru's stories, and Your Highness will definitely understand them."

Many of them were moved and expressed their opinions that no matter what the result was, they would not be separated and confronted due to different opinions and formed a clique for personal gain.

Li Xingzhou finally felt relieved.

He was not a fabrication. The Jurchens really had the habit of "plastering" of high-level military democracy, which is an important reason for the high combat effectiveness of the Jurchen army.

At the same time, the ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, let alone military democracy in wars, even the Yellow River management could form cliques and factions to engage in party struggles due to different opinions. This is no wonder they are no match for the Jin army at all.

"Okay, then I'll talk about the overall plan next.

The decision I discussed with the emperor was to focus on the Hetao area.

To the west, the new army and the imperial guards Shenwu Army are about to start preparing for war. As early as the second half of next year, and as late as the spring of the following year, troops will be sent north!"

Li Xingzhou made a decision and everyone looked particularly serious. This was the main policy of Jingguo in the next few years.

"This excuse is for Xia to seize and kidnap our Jingguo caravan and punish him when we were in war with Jin and were unable to look west.

As for how to say the words to the outside world, it requires everyone to work hard and think about it carefully.

The purpose of this battle is to at least take over the Hetao area, from Yinshan to the north to Luliang to the east to the upper reaches of the Yellow River to the south to Liupan Mountain, and all the areas in Hetao were regained.

If the war is going well, you can take Xingqing Prefecture westward and reach the foot of Helan Mountain. If the war is ideal, you can take the opportunity to open up the Hexi Corridor and clean up the Tubo and Uighur tribes in it."

Everyone listened quietly. If Li Xingzhou had said these things before, Jing Guo would only dare to think about it, but now it is no longer just thinking about it.

"Then it was east of the Taihang Mountains, and agreed to the Mongols, but they wanted to ask for 200,000 cattle and sheep, and at the same time they promised that if they wanted to take revenge, they would have to let the Pucha family go."

"What does Your Highness mean?" Xue Fang smelled an unusual smell first.

"Yes, the daughter of the Pucha family is in our mansion. She is both the former queen of the Jin Kingdom and one of the five Jurchen tribes.

If the other four tribes were slaughtered by the Mongols, then the only one who had the appeal would be the Pucha family.

The Jurchens were different from Khitans, and they were not sinicized enough. The Chinese characters and Chinese Central Plains culture were not widely circulated among them. It was impossible to quickly absorb rule without causing resistance like the Khitans.

In the future, we can build a new Jin Kingdom. Our country will be given the title of the children of Puchaling in the name of the sect leader, call on the management of the Jurchens, and then gradually train the same tracks, write the same texts, and educate the people under the rule.

Also, be prepared for another move, and do not give Jin Guo an open support, but can change the way.

Didn’t they want to buy our firearms from the whole country? Then sell them two thousand guns that were eliminated by the new army, so that they could help resist the Mongols in the north, and then move them to the capital’s treasury.”

Tang Zhou smiled at the fat face and said excitedly: "Your Highness, I first want 200,000 cattle and sheep in Mongolia, and also the treasury of the Jin Kingdom, and then let the Jin people help resist Mongolia!"

"Yes, they also have to buy ammunition in the future. Some of the things that help life are business." Li Xingzhou said confidently: "Western uses this method to maintain it.

The Privy Council will add two thousand new rifles to Yang Hongzhao, so that he can stabilize the defense along Huizhou, and there will be no worries in the east."
Chapter completed!