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"I guess that's why. It's reasonable."

  Guo Ning answered and pondered for a long time.

  Lu Han said no more.

  Guo Ning added: "I'm actually not angry."

  When he was young, Guo Ning was a pure warrior, but later he was no longer. When he was young, Guo Ning was a man full of ideals. Later, his ideals became clearer and bigger. However, in order to realize his ideals, Guo Ning used the most realistic means step by step and got to where he is now step by step.

  The current situation is the result of Guo Ning's continued promotion.

  He established a new dynasty and removed all political obstacles; he had hundreds of thousands of wolf-like soldiers who were eager to make achievements, and their strength was enough to remove military obstacles; he also had a huge territory and a vibrant people , this is a huge market, and through trade, this market is a continuous source of substantial financial resources.

  In Guo Ning's impression, those powerful countries in later generations were nothing more than this. Stabilize the political situation, clarify the direction, use financial resources to support force, use force to seize the market and financial resources, and this cycle continues, and the monster continues to grow.

  Relying on the growth of the monster itself is much more reliable than promoting it through the personal will of a leader.

  No matter how strong a leader is, he has his limits. Even if you are a powerful and wise person who has been rare for thousands of years, your personal talent has reached its peak and your lifespan has its limit. Even if he uses unparalleled means to create an environment where everyone is free and the world is equal, it is inevitable that people will perish and political power will cease.

  Once the people are gone, the seemingly non-existent shadows under the bright lights, the originally smooth torrent under the control of the helmsman, and even the students who are obedient to their teachers all rise again and still merge into monsters.

  Lu Hanshi just said a few words, and the focus was on talking about some people's agenda, but he also mentioned collusion between power and money, conveying benefits, collusion and entanglement, bullying good people, and using private interests to harm the public.

  The warriors of the Great Zhou Dynasty governed the country, and military households were all over the government and the public. Those who held the power among the soldiers did this on a daily basis. Compared with the terrifying monsters that Guo Ning remembers one after another, these are nothing special, and they will intensify sooner or later.

  Therefore, Guo Ning has been reusing the two organizations, the Left and Right Department and the Recording Department, because it is impossible to suppress the selfish desires of so many nobles of the new dynasty without using unconventional organizations and unconventional people.

  There is nothing shameful about having selfish desires. Many people always use excessive selfish desires to criticize others. In fact, no matter how outstanding a group is, it is difficult to avoid rampant selfish desires. There may be some people who can completely abandon their personal and family interests for the sake of their dreams and serve the public wholeheartedly. However, looking at a thousand years ahead and a thousand years back, how rare are the number of such people?
  Guo Ning felt that compared with those peerless people in the dream, he was not as good as a piece of dust; so it is common sense to take the Dharma from the top to get the bottom. So he simply skipped many efforts that were bound to fail, cultivated interest groups from the beginning, and allowed the expansion of monsters.

  It is better to raise a monster and make it eat people than to be a slave, a fourth-class human being, a slaughtered dog or sheep, or a skeleton exposed in the wilderness. Even if it is a monster with dirty blood flowing from every pore, it is at least strong, greedy, has fangs and sharp teeth, and is willing to continuously attack and seize the flesh and blood of its enemies.

  During Guo Ning's trip to the north, the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang he saw were all high-spirited and eager to try. This was because they all saw the benefits of the grassland and thought that after completely crushing the Mongolian Uluths, they would surely bring about greater success. big benefits.

  But there are too many sources of benefits in the world, and the grasslands are ultimately barren.

  After all, what the grassland can provide is just livestock and furs, and at most some medicinal materials. All these things are found in the northeastern hinterland, and their abundance is far greater than that. Even if we set our sights all the way to the west and north of the vast sea, the power is so strong that it can overwhelm everything, and we can defeat the terrifying army led by Genghis Khan there, it is only the benefit of adding a few additional Uighur caravans.

  Compared with the interests of the Great Zhou Dynasty from the Song State in the Southern Dynasties, and compared with the benefits of maritime trade relying on the ports of the Song State, it is like a baht compared to the sea.

  If judged purely from a commercial perspective, everything the Zhou Dynasty obtained from the grassland was only a small part of the trade system between Zhou and Song Dynasty that could be replaced. It can even be said that the Great Zhou Dynasty itself was also a ring surrounding the Southern Dynasties.

  Among the popular commodities traded on a huge scale between the two countries, in addition to horses and furs, silk fabrics, tea, grain, and various luxury goods are all products of the Song Kingdom that have an absolute advantage. With the deterrence of force and the control ability that far exceeded that of the previous dynasty, Dazhou set up several customs profit sharing, and this was enough to ensure that Dazhou would be richer than Dajin back then. .

  In this case, unlike the idea of ​​​​recruiting military personnel in the north, the civil and military forces in the south will naturally bring new targets to the monsters.

  There is obviously delicious meat, why do we have to endure thousands of miles of wind and frost to chew hard bones?
  Just trade can do this, but if we rely on force, can we extract more from the Southern Song Dynasty? What if we really swallowed Nan Chao?
  The monster is alive. It has its own demands, has no mercy at all, and only pursues interests; it is definitely not a clay sculpture, and it will never obey others easily. Its movements represent the aspirations of the people in the martial arts group. Although there are only a few people making small moves at the moment, Guo Ning cannot ignore them.

  After a while, Guo Ning asked: "Is there anything to eat? I drove a long way to get here, and I just feel hungry now."

  "Of course...well, you, the emperor, have done a very hard job."

  "Ahan, you are not easy as a queen. We are the same as each other." Guo Ning stood up, took his robe and put it on, and followed Lu Han to the dining room. He saw almost no servants along the way, only a few who followed Lu Han. Long time old aunt.

  The couple are not greedy for luxury and enjoyment, and they have no royal style. In addition, Lu Han has already made arrangements to get rid of irrelevant servants.

  So Guo Ning spoke very freely. He took two steps and said, "Actually, if these people have ideas, it's not impossible to tell me directly. They are afraid that speaking out to my face will make me unhappy, and they will not accept my move no matter what. The whole country mobilized troops to fight in the north, so they played this little trick... Hehe, the more officials become bigger, the more people become more and more thieves."

  "But you're not angry?"

  "Why be angry? That's how people are."

  Guo Ning sat down, picked up the bowl, and began to eat and drink: "Ahan, when I led the defeated soldiers from Yehuling to Hebei, I treated everyone with my heart and soul along the way, right? Once there is no benefit, everyone will How did you treat me? But the fault is mine, not everyone else. We are human beings, we need to have food, clothing, and hope, and wealth. If I can't give it, people's hearts will inevitably disperse."

  "So I have always understood that no matter whether it is the righteous Guo Liulang, the evil tiger who bites people everywhere, or the emperor who is elected by the yellow robe, don't expect everyone to be unconditionally convinced. This is unrealistic. The situation of being hit by an arrow and almost drowning in the pond will immediately reappear."

  "Don't scare me!" Lu Han turned pale and shouted.

  Guo Ning smiled at her and continued: "There are too many people in this world who are full of loyalty in front of me; those who dare to follow me to fight on the battlefield will never stop for ten seconds; those who can perform reliably on the battlefield, there will be hundreds of them." There is only one in there. Ah Han, I want them to work hard, and they naturally want to get more from me. Therefore, they hope that I must come up with something to satisfy them, and I should also set goals for them to drive them forward. .”

  "But this time, they went too far! What if the lack of food and supplies leads to a war..."

  "They know they won't. If I can't see through them, I won't have the intention to bathe or eat here."

  Guo Ning swallowed the food in his mouth, and a murderous look flashed on his face: "If any civil servant dares to use this trick, his behavior is basically to deceive the emperor and betray the master. With the style of that person, there must be careful planning, and a series of things behind it The conspiracy will not stop, and maybe there are plans for you and our Jing'er. So I got the secret report, quickly led fifty cavalry, and galloped back. On the way, I thought, no matter who is involved, I I have to personally lead people to confiscate homes and exterminate clans, so that people will know the majesty of the emperor of the Zhou Dynasty..."

  Hearing this, Lu Han thought of half an hour ago. Guo Ning mingled in the queue of post horses and rushed back eight hundred miles away. The dust and dust on his face almost turned into a crust, and he was shaken when he dismounted. It is so valuable for a man who has become an emperor and is so proud of having just won a battle to care so much about his family.

  She stretched out her hand to hold the back of Guo Ning's hand and smiled at him.

  Guo Ning continued: "But it would be different if these warriors did it."

  "Why is it different? You can't bear to treat people who have fought with you?"

  "No, no, it's because I understand them just as they understand me."

  Guo Ning explained:
  "They are all people who have struggled in troubled times. They are familiar with fighting and know what I am capable of. They are not worried about my defeat. They also know that under the current situation, the armies of northern Xinjiang will die against the Mongols." Shrimp, I will never suffer a loss. They used the tricks of the gangsters here, not to make me lose, but to prevent me from winning again and again. The scale of the war became larger and larger, and finally they faced Genghis Khan directly, and there was a company of soldiers. Millions, blood is flowing. This will definitely affect them to sharpen their knives to fight against the real pigs and sheep."

  "It's you who, for many years, has been trying to keep your mouth shut, but has always been violent, and you have ruined your reputation to this extent!"

  Lu Han shook his head repeatedly, then asked again: "So, will the focus of military affairs be in the north or the south? After all, these people are having too much fun in private. How do you plan to deal with it?"

  "South or north is of great importance, and it is not up to us. It must be agreed by the Mongolian Khan and the Zhao Song officials. As for those who make trouble... You will work hard later and talk to your sisters. Tell them. , I have come back to spread the news."

  "it is good."

  "When those who make trouble know that I'm back, they will definitely stop. They will also work day and night to eliminate evidence to protect themselves or their masters. I will give them a chance to see if their actions are faster or slower than Li Yun and Xu Jin. , look at how well they do things..."

  Lu Han asked keenly: "Still want to kill people?"

  There was a hint of solemnity in Guo Ning's words: "I speak with the national law. Outside the national law, even if it offends me, I will never care about it, but within the national law, even if I am a close friend of the military, I will not care. Hands... they choose their own path, just look at them!"