Because the war was carried out in the territory of the Great Wei Dynasty, it has been going on for nearly fifty years. From Qinfeng Road to Hedong Road, to Hebei Road and Jibei Road, over twenty prefectures and counties were conquered in these fifty years, more than a hundred counties were conquered, at least a thousand towns, and more than ten thousand villages were destroyed into ruins, at least a million people were killed, and hundreds of thousands of people were looted out of the border wall and became slaves.

The losses of personnel, materials, roads, bridges, cities and towns are simply uncountable. Economically, the situation facing the Wei Dynasty over the past fifty years is internal and external difficulties, the country is weak, the people are poor.

If Deng Ming had a clear understanding in his heart, everyone would say that the emperor was impatient... In the current situation in the Great Wei Dynasty, it was really a situation where he could not continue without trying to recover.

The Beilu then also had such tactics and tactics. In fact, there were not many surprising things, but the easiest one was the most effective method. The Donghu people kept biting on the Great Wei, which was a natural asymmetric tactic. The Wei army had excellent armor, weapons, firm will, efficient court and overall dispatch, but these were useless. If the long border line was unable to break through, there must be a large number of mobile cavalry before they could. Passive defense would always have gaps and loopholes, and there would be no effective counterattack methods.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, whether it was the Chinese-style Xiongnu or the later Xianbei, after its Chinese-style, they always had to turn around to defend against the nomadic peoples behind them. For example, the Xianbei defended Rouran, and the Turks defended during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Whether it is the Xianbei vs. Rouran, or the Sui and Tang dynasties, there is no other good way to defeat the cavalry. The only way to defeat the cavalry is to be the cavalry! Whether it is Wei Qing, Huo Qubing, Dou Xian who straits Yanran, or Li Guang, Li Jing, whether it is the Han army or the Tang army, the way to defeat the enemy on the grassland and successfully prevent these nomadic cavalry is nothing more than to consume the country's financial resources and raise an equally powerful cavalry!

"Although that's the case," Deng Ming held Chen Changde's hands and said solemnly: "The emperor is impatient, but he doesn't know that the changes on the battlefield are changing rapidly. If it is not necessary, you must not be in the face of the battle. Also, you often come forward to urge the battle with the red flag, but your words must be eased. Don't ask Li Zhaotao, Yue Taiwei and others to feel too much pressure."

Chen Changde was also a military general. He knew that Deng Ming's words were all out of public interest and for the sake of the Great Wei, but he also understood in his heart that such things were definitely not something he could interfere with. Even the old lieutenant in front of him was just using his reputation to suppress the capital. He would not listen to Deng Ming's major military affairs at the moment. He could only be timid and seemed to agree, but in fact he had no sincerity.

Deng Ming was also helpless. He was old and old now, and he was willing to kill the enemy, but he was powerless to turn the world back. At this time, he could only sigh at the sky, hoping that the future results would be better. The veteran who killed the enemy for a lifetime on the battlefield could only pray to the sky at this time. This is actually a more sad thing.

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"The old man Deng Ming was moved out by the official again."

Han Zhong and Zhang Guangen, as well as several Daguan and the Deputy Privy Councilor, would meet in the Political Affairs Hall every day at noon. After everyone talked about some official duties, they would just chat casually.

Many officials wearing soft-legged heads were running back and forth under the eaves of the political affairs hall. Some were still busy with official duties, while others were supervising the kitchen and preparing to bring the dine-in to the meal quickly.

According to the prescribed standards, the left and right ministers eat every year

The average standard for each meal is less than ten cents after the legal holiday.

This doesn't sound much at first glance, but if ordinary people save a little money on a meal, it will be enough for about a year.

The standard for the prime minister's meal is to be lower than the emperor, higher than the queen, and higher than the prince.

In fact, the standard of ten-month meals for each meal is that even if the prime minister sets up eight treasures in the political affairs hall every day, he can’t finish eating. This is an invisible benefit. The food payments that cannot be finished are of course settled by the officials on a quarterly basis and sent a lot of money to the prime minister’s mansion.

With a fixed salary, as well as the expenses from firewood to straw bundles and over 100 yuan, the court is responsible for it. After several prime ministers, it is normal for a family to have hundreds of thousands of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks of chunks

This is also the purpose of the Great Wei Dynasty after its founding. It is necessary to select the best among all officials and ministers to control the common power of the Xu family. After all, the emperor could not do everything himself. Everything was done by the emperor, and he was exhausted. At this time, no emperor could magically invent the cabinet or military system. Relying on the prime minister is the right way, so it is not surprising that he treated the prime minister with good treatment.

As the deputy minister of the magistrate, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, the subsidy for each meal was five or six cents, and the salary was quite generous.

As for the political affairs hall, it was a system passed down from the Tang Dynasty, which was conducive to the priests and officials to strengthen exchanges. Even if they could not be harmonious, they could communicate military and political affairs at least on the surface and strengthen understanding, so as not to become more energetic in the struggle.

This tradition was abolished at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and after the founding of the Great Wei Kingdom, it was picked up again.

Dining in is actually the ultimate dream of the Tang people. The ultimate goal of many people as officials throughout their lives is to be able to eat in the political affairs hall. Because dine in is more noble than ordinary people imagine, people at that time even fabricated many stories of gods and monsters for this, which shows its important position.

While the officials were preparing, the priests also accepted official duties and were waiting for the time being.

The lunch time is also the most relaxing moment for these priests. The weather in the north is extremely cold. Although it is almost March, the cold is in the morning. Everyone works in the room where the brazier burns charcoal fires, holding their writing and calculating. By noon, they are exhausted. At this time, they walk out the door and breathe some fresh air, and their minds are cheered up, and their spirits will be much better.

Han Zhong said first, then squinted his eyes and smiled at Zhang Guangen, "The swallows under the hall have started to build nests again."

Zhang Guangen was also a vain. In the past two years, it seems that life is not easy for every high-ranking official and noble. After the capital's chaos, Zhang Guangen found that the overall situation of the capital and the national fortune of the entire Wei Dynasty had not improved any... Previously, Zhang Guangen was an ally of Han Zhong. He always thought that the national fortune of the Great Wei was not good and the poor handling of state affairs was because of Liu Zhiyuan's constraints, but Liu Zhiyuan had been dead for a year. So far, the national fortune has not changed.

Even worsened.

Li Kaiming was a disaster on Fujian Road, but fortunately, the Qin King Xu Zi was there first. Otherwise, the current situation would be unimaginable. The Great Wei had to use its last power to allocate more than 20 troops to the imperial guards south. The southeastern financial, money and food are important places, but it is necessary to connect the war. A huge bandit like Li Kaiming is also a very experienced bandit who will not surrender.

Waiting for death, the most optimistic court probably would have to fight for two or three years, and to turn the essence of several roads into white land, so that the giant bandit could be wiped out.

What's even more terrifying is that Li Kaiming became a general trend and could not be wiped out at all. While the imperial court was facing powerful enemies in the north, it also had to sit idly by the southeast and fall into the hands of bandits.

In addition, the bandits in the heart of the Central Plains have also begun to get ready. Recently, the news has been reported that the Liu Anle brothers have been invaded in Henan and have conquered many counties and are making weapons, which will force the people to become strong. The number of people will soon return to a terrifying scale of more than 100,000 people.

Next is the war with the Donghu people. The court used up all the taxes and all the levies. Now there is not much storage, and money, food, weapons, human resources and material resources are all used to reach a limit. It is like a person pulling a bow and arrow, and he has already pulled the bow and arrow, and there is no way to pull it anymore...

"The spring breeze turns into rain, and the flying swallows return..." Zhang Guangen sighed: "In fact, it's still early, and the swallow in front of him is quite impatient."

Of course, Zhang Guangen was pointing something. Han Zhong's face was calm and he said, "It may be that the swallow wants to have children. Staying there is hunger and cold, so he can only make plans early and prepare for the future?"

"Is this prime minister's words referring to it?"

"Yes." Han Zhong looked at the inner east gate. Deng Ming and others had left. Deng Ming was going out of the Daqing Palace, and Chen Changde had already gone outside the palace gate. Han Zhong knew that there was already a red flag outside the palace gate. Chen Changde would hold the red flag to Yuguan. In his capacity as a sect, he urged Li Guorui to lead his troops to fight. At least he would dispatch all the main forces to accelerate the construction of Jinzhou City and attract the enemy cavalry to fight.

Now there are only a few elite cavalry and civilians who build Jinzhou, and the main force of the imperial guards will cover them behind them. If the main force comes out together, the action of building a city will of course be much faster, which forces the Donghu people to fight with the main force of the imperial guards.

If the Donghu avoided fighting, Jinzhou City and its affiliated camps and military forts were built, this Northern Expedition would also be successful. The Privy Council would transport a large number of prepared crossbows to the front and cooperate with the city to prevent the Donghu people from crossing western Liaoning.

In another two or three years, the court recovered and went north along the Yu River, built several cities east of Jinzhou, and controlled the passage to western Liaoning, including the Yu River. In this way, the entire strategic goal was completed. The generals of the cavalry detoured more than a thousand miles to reach the north of Jizhou and Yunzhou. Their logistics were unable to support them at all. The northern barbarians were poor and weak, and it was impossible for them to be of much help to the Donghu. If so, the Great Wei could avoid the embarrassment of being penetrated by the Hu cavalry after a few years, and the entire strategic situation would be greatly improved.

"I asked someone to let the outside world out, saying that there are still six or seven million stones of grain in Tongzhou." Han Zhong said indifferently: "In fact, there are less than four million stones. Now I hope that the southern grains will be collected and shipped immediately. Even if the local officials are responsible for their duties, they will not shirk responsibility or delay. The grains will be transported north at least after April, which is the autumn grains last year. Then I have to hope that they will collect summer taxes quickly, and the transshipment envoys from all over the country will quickly send the taxes to Yanjing..."

"There is no money in the treasury?"

"It doesn't even have three million guan." Han Zhong smiled bitterly and said, "This is the result of our collection and levy... If this money needs to be used normally, it will have to be levied until the summer and autumn collection. Our national taxes in the Great Wei Dynasty were divided into two taxes. This is a method learned from the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Yan, to adjust the rent and levy to two taxes, but we rent and levy, and we also have salt, tea, wine and vinegar. It seems that the income of levy is far greater than that of the Tang Dynasty, but our expenses are far greater than that of the Tang Dynasty."
Chapter completed!