I am the empress, you still tell me to run away?

Lin Xuan drew a concise line in the area of ​​the battlefield.

The old servant Li Mu looked at the map and then at Lin Xuan, his eyes became more and more shocked.

This is the capital of heaven, and it is not far from the front line of the border. Lin Xuan can guess the current battle situation on the front line from their few words. Is he still human?

"Boy Lin, the Nanyue Kingdom has an army of 12. The Zhennan Camp led by General Fan Yangbing has just fought against the Chu Kingdom and has not yet recovered. They are all old, weak, sick and disabled. They can't be stopped."

The old servant Li Mu still couldn't hold back, and spoke again.

Lin Xuan smiled: "It's okay, Nanyue is a small and barren country. After occupying Lizhi County, everyone in this army has plundered a lot. They have long lost their enterprising thoughts. They just want to go back to the country as soon as possible. Even if they give them more Even if they rob, they can’t rob. Taking ten thousand steps back, when they want to attack again, they have to send the robbed things back to Nanyue Kingdom.”

"In addition, it is true that Fan Yangbing's Zhennan Camp has fought with Chu State not long ago, but if there is no accident, there are at least 20 elites who can fight. These are veterans who have fought many battles and have rich experience. Too stupid, relying on the city to block a [-] South Vietnamese army is not a problem."

"..."

The old servant Li Mu couldn't help swallowing.

These are all the secrets of the Pojun Mansion, and Lin Xuan analyzed them all in just a few words, which is too scary.

If Lin Xuan went to the battlefield and was still in the enemy's army, it would be a nightmare for Daqian.

Fortunately, they are familiar with Lin Xuan, otherwise it would be too scary.

Zhao Yuehan reminded: "Brother Lin, the key now is the food, grass and soldiers for support."

Lin Xuan nodded, pointing at Xiangzhou with his brush: "Let's talk about soldiers and horses first. The famine happened in Xiangzhou, and after many wars, it takes time to recuperate. Therefore, you must be cautious when recruiting troops. The best source of troops right now is Xiangzhou. state."

"Elephant state?"

Zhao Yuehan looked at Xiangzhou on the map and said: "Brother Lin, Xiangzhou is all victims of famine. If it was recruited in the early stage, it should be able to rearrange some capable soldiers, but now they are all hungry. After two or three months, everyone is skinny, how can we go to the battlefield?"

Lin Xuan shook his head: "No, everything has two sides. Recently, I have seen some victims from Xiangzhou in Tiandu. It should be that the famine in Xiangzhou has reached its limit. Just wait for the sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes from the Royal Manor to mature. Relying solely on food for work will become unrealistic."

"So, to solve the South Vietnam issue, we must deal with the famine in Xiangzhou together. Otherwise, the war in the south will expand, and Xiangzhou will riot first if it fails to get the corn and sweet potatoes for disaster relief, and things will be difficult to handle."

"So, instead of this, it is better to recruit these young and middle-aged men who can still move and can afford weapons into the army, give them a bite to eat, and go to the front line."

boom!

The bench that the old servant Li Mu was sitting on was shattered again!

He couldn't suppress his violent temper, and stared at Lin Xuan as if he was out of breath: "Boy Lin, after all, you want them to die!"

How can you be so cold-blooded? !

Chapter 81 Brother Lin is talking about Sima Zhao?

Ah this.

Lin Xuan glanced at the old servant Li Mu, then at the broken stool, and was speechless.

Considering that the old servant Li Mu was also born in the army, it is very normal for him to care about this kind of thing, especially when he feels that he is coming up with a bad idea, sending a group of innocent soldiers to die, it is even more disgusting.

It's just that he hasn't finished speaking yet.

Where does this mean.

Lin Xuan raised his hand and said calmly: "I only said to recruit troops in Xiangzhou and let them support General Fan Yangbing, but I didn't say to let them go to the battlefield."

Conscription not on the battlefield?

The old servant Li Mu looked at Lin Xuan with doubts all over his face.

Zhao Yuehan was also slightly taken aback, it was the first time she heard that soldiers were drafted during a war, but they were not sent to the battlefield.

Lin Xuan smiled: "This Xiangzhou conscription can be [-], [-], but it is best not to exceed [-]. Let's assume that [-] soldiers are recruited, and at least half a month's rations are prepared. Half a month should be It’s the limit that can be raised right now.”

Hearing this, the old servants Li Mu and Zhao Yuehan became more and more confused.

Not to mention the conscription in Xiangzhou, and the one-time conscript is [-] or [-], but the food and grass are only prepared for half a month.

Even if it is half a month's food and grass, it will probably have to be greatly discounted when it is actually distributed.

The key is that there is half a month of food and grass, so what is the use?

Besides, these people don't go to war?

Could it be that half a month's military rations have been eaten, waiting for mutiny?

Zhao Yuehan looked at Lin Xuan suspiciously: "Brother Lin, I don't understand what you're saying anymore."

Lin Xuan did not answer directly, but asked a brand new question: "Brother Zhao, let me ask you, where did the military salary for this expedition come from?"

The answer is simple.

Zhao Yuehan replied bluntly: "Of course it's the treasury!"

Lin Xuan asked again: "Where are these military salaries before they enter the national treasury?"

Zhao Yuehan continued to answer: "Taxes from various places."

Lin Xuan suddenly found that this brother Zhao was sometimes honest and cute, and really wanted to see Zhao Yuehan's appearance when he resumed his women's clothing.

"I heard that the empress Ji Handan almost used up all the money and food in the national treasury long ago, even after a few years of taxation. It can be said that the deficit is serious, so where does the money and food in the national treasury come from now? ?”

Ok?

Zhao Yuehan seemed to realize something.

She looked directly at Lin Xuan: "Some are from your donation last time, Brother Lin, and more are from His Majesty's confiscation of the five aristocratic families in Tiandu..."

The old servant Li Mu looked at Lin Xuan in shock, as if he understood something.

What Lin Xuan meant was that the money and food for the conquest of Nanyue Kingdom came from aristocratic families.

It's scary to think about it, as severe as the famine in the state, but the supply of the aristocratic family has never been in short supply, even the servants are full of greasy faces.

To put it simply, the aristocratic family's wealth is far beyond their imagination.

"Brother Lin, do you mean to ask the aristocratic family to raise food, grass and military pay?" Zhao Yuehan spread out his folding fan and shook his head, "It is estimated that if His Majesty asks them for it himself, they will all cry poorly, or even be poorer than anyone else."

Lin Xuan wrote down the words "Aristocratic Family" on the bamboo paper, and said flatly: "It's natural."

This kind of thing has happened countless times in his known history.

It was the Tang Dynasty, it was the Song Dynasty, it was the Ming Dynasty, and it was the Qing Dynasty.

Especially in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, when Li Zicheng besieged the capital, Emperor Chongzhen almost cried at the court meeting in order to raise food and pay.

As a result, Wang Zhixin, the richest eunuch, donated 1 taels, Wei Zaode, the chief assistant of the other cabinet, donated 500 taels, and the rest were only a few hundred taels, dozens of taels, and the highest sum did not exceed 2 taels.

Scattered and scattered, I barely scraped together 20 taels of silver, and even most of the 20 taels belonged to Emperor Chongzhen himself.

Later, King Chuang entered the capital, burned, killed, and looted. Only 7000 million taels of silver were copied, and there were countless other jewels.

As for the national treasury, the new treasury only has more than 2300 gold, and the old treasury only has more than 1000 gold except for some clothes, and the money is reserved for the repair of the princess tomb and the defense of the city.

I have to say that Chongzhen was really miserable.

Of course, it is not that no one is unwilling to donate money. It is said that an old man in his 60s donated all his life savings of 400 taels, which is many times nobler than many ministers.

Later, Li Zicheng stormed into Beijing and seized 7000 million taels of silver with sticks and punishments. Those Ming officials who were unwilling to save the country were basically killed, which has to be said to be very ironic.

In addition, the vassal kings of various places in the Ming Dynasty were also like this. The money in the treasury was moldy, but they were unwilling to use it as military pay to support the defense of the city.

Right now, although Dagan is not as miserable as the late Ming Empire, the aristocratic families all over the place are like blood-sucking moths attached to the land of Dagan, only sucking but not vomit, sooner or later they will take pills.

There is no money in the national treasury, and under the war and famine, the treasuries of various places are also empty, but the aristocratic families have money.

As long as the hoe is dug well and you dig a few times at random, you can dig out a lot of money and food if you dig out the roots of the aristocratic family.

In this way, whether it is disaster relief or food and grass to support General Fan Yangbing, there will be everything.

Lin Xuan drew a few arrows from Xiangzhou to the surrounding states and counties: "These soldiers recruited by Xiangzhou are people who help the court raise food and salaries, and they are also people who assist the general Fan Yangbing in defending the city."

"Except for the aristocratic families in various states and counties, there are still surplus money and food. If we don't ask them to raise food and grass, where else can we go?"

If there was still a bench, the old servant Li Mu would definitely stand up suddenly, startled by Lin Xuan's words.

Even Zhao Yuehan temporarily held his breath at this moment.

Lin Xuan actually wanted to use the soldiers recruited from Xiangzhou to pretend to be rioters and attack the aristocratic families in nearby states and counties in order to seize food and wages. Is this to save the people, or to cause chaos?

Zhao Yuehan stared at Lin Xuan, and asked: "Brother Lin, this is a serious matter, even Master Mo Mo may not be able to handle it."

Lin Xuan blinked his eyes: "This is the best way right now. As for the other ways, it is probably to find a way to get food from the surrounding countries."

"First of all, it's the State of Wei. The indemnity of the State of Wei is still being raised, and it still faces threats from the grassland tribes. It has long been destitute."

"The State of Yu is in the west, with a vast land and few people. It is not a place for grain production, and there is no surplus food and grass at all."

"Chu State is rich, but the current Chu State will not sell grain to Dagan at all."

"So, only aristocratic families!"

"What's more, isn't it normal for some rebellions to break out every year? Besides, don't officials in various places often create some rebellions without rebellion?"

Hearing Lin Xuan's suggestion, Zhao Yuehan and the old servant Li Mu fell into deep thought, feeling a little bad all over.

Especially Lin Xuan's last sentence was extremely piercing.

Seeing the ugly faces of the two, Lin Xuan sighed in his heart: "Brother Zhao, you are the one who asked about this kind of thing, and I will tell you, whether to use it or not is up to His Majesty to decide, I believe Lord Mo Mo can bear it." .”

"In addition, isn't the imperial court conducting the imperial examination? So many brand-new talents are going to be sent to various places to serve as officials. Only the cleaned places are the cleanest, and it is also the easiest for these talents to let go."

"Otherwise, more often than not, they will become puppets and make no achievements."

The old servant Li Mu was completely paralyzed.

At first, he just thought that Lin Xuan was a madman, but later he found out that he was not, but Lin Xuan liked to jump left and right between life and death.

Later, he thought that Lin Xuan was a celebrity, but it turned out that Lin Xuan was not a celebrity at all.

If it was a celebrity, how could he come up with such a vicious strategy.

Zhao Yuehan hesitated for a while: "If His Majesty really adopts such a strategy, how can he judge which families are rich and worthy of being killed by the rebels?"

The old servant Li Mu was completely silent.

Your Majesty, you are really tempted by Lin Xuan's proposal.

Lin Xuan picked up a brush and drew a few dotted arrows on the map: "From Xiangzhou to Lizhi County, choose these three roads, or take a detour, go along the way, enter the city, and ask the local government to summon the landlords before arriving. Rich and gentry families donated money and food."

"If you give me a lot, I will take Baying and leave."

"If you don't give much, just visit the common people and find out which one is rich and unkind, and just raid the house at night. If you go on like this, the money and food you want will definitely be sufficient."

"As for the follow-up matter, the imperial court found a few captives from the South Vietnam Kingdom, cut off their tongues, pretended to violate the imperial court's military discipline, and executed them in public. Just set an example."

"Another point is that the generals who lead the troops must be qualified, so that the soldiers recruited by Xiangzhou can do what is forbidden."

"..."

For some reason, Zhao Yuehan's eyes lit up when he heard Lin Xuan say this.

The old servant Li Mu looked a little scared.

There is no doubt that His Majesty is really tempted.

Zhao Yuehan thought for a while and asked again: "Brother Lin, according to what you said, it is only to let the general Fan Yangbing have money and food, and the Xiangzhou soldiers can't go to the battlefield. It is afraid that Fan Yangbing's 3 troops want to counterattack the Nanyue Kingdom. Is it difficult?"

Lin Xuan didn't answer first, but wrote a few words nearby.

King Yue, King Chen, and King Zheng.

The old servant Li Mu said: "Boy Lin, you mean to let King Yue, King Chen, and King Zheng fight?"

Zhao Yuehan frowned slightly, if the princes and kings were obedient, she wouldn't have to worry so much.

Lin Xuan said: "During the first battle between the three kings of Daqian, King Beijiang, King Shu, King Chen, King Sui, King Xu, King Yue, and King Zheng did not participate in the battle."

"Later, the war was also invaded by foreign enemies. As a result, the king of Beijiang had fought with the state of Wei, and the king of Sui had fought with the state of Chu. The soldiers and horses of the other princes and kings were not damaged at all."

"The land of the King of Yue borders on the Nanyue Kingdom, but the Nanyue Kingdom deliberately bypasses the King of Yue to attack Lizhi County. Why? Is the King of Yue colluding with the Nanyue Kingdom?"

The old servant Li Mu immediately said: "Impossible!"

Lin Xuan nodded: "Of course this is impossible. The real reason is that the Nanyue Kingdom doesn't want to fight the King of Yue, or they know that the King of Yue is very strong and don't want to waste their troops there."

"Even if this is the case, the Nanyue Kingdom will allocate at least [-] troops to guard against the King of Yue. In this way, General Fan Yangbing will have to face only [-] troops from the Nanyue Kingdom."

"Not surprisingly, the two sides should be confronting each other."

"In addition to King Yue, King Zheng's fief is also relatively close to Nanyue Kingdom. It only takes one day for King Zheng to send troops to reach the front line."

"As for King Chen, he is the strongest of the three kings. The reason why he is mentioned here is because King Chen, King Yue, and King Zheng have a very good relationship. The court only needs to send him an imperial edict to send troops. .”