Ying Jieyan's words silently made Zhao Bing silent and also made him reflect on what he did at this stage. In the case of a huge gap in strength from the Mongol Yuan, he personally led a large army to recapture Jiangnan, which made his confidence expand and his desire for power became stronger. This is also the root of the extreme depression and troubles after the empress dowager took over power after returning to Lin'an and was suddenly forced to "cultivate". It is the reason why the desire for power greed, and then he was eager to achieve success and lost his mind.

Greed for power often makes people lose their minds. Looking back on the strategy of luring the enemy deep into the enemy and killing the enemy in Huaixi, Mongolia. In fact, it is crazy to think about it now. I only thought about the outcome of victory, but I did not think about the result of defeat. Once this battle fails, the Mongolian Yuan army will infiltrate Jiangnan, but their army is all involved in the battle to seize Shouzhou, without any mobile force. Or the Mongolian Yuan went south from Huaixi to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and the main attack direction is in Pingjiang, then Lin'an may fall again, and the consequences of the loss of the Yangtze River defense line are not difficult to imagine.

Zhao Bing was a little scared when he thought of this. He was simply playing with fire. In order to satisfy his greed for power, he was gambled on the entire country. Fortunately, he stopped in time when he was about to integrate internal affairs. As the old man said, he completely lost his patience in the past, and even used force to resolve internal conflicts and establish a regime dominated by soldiers, without caring about the consequences.

This reminded Zhao Bing of his previous life, Lin Yutang said when he evaluated Wu Zetian: Since murder has become a habit, the murderer will lose his horror for murder... In Wu Zetian's heart, massacre is great and authority. Just as some Western scholars said in the book "Humanity in Politics": It is absolutely impossible to infer political science from the principle of human nature. Once he is used to solving problems with this, even if it is indeed for the sake of preventing problems before they happen, he is still a little "selfless" and he will gradually lose his true heart.

The old man's warning now is like giving Zhao Bing a blow, which also made him much more awake. The Song Dynasty followed the system of three hundred years, and according to the principle of existence, it must have its value, and of course it is not ruled out that there are also unreasonable ones. Later generations often comment from the current perspective, which is inevitable that there are biases. It is even more impossible to use it for one's own interests and describe sesame as watermelon. This principle also applies to advantages and disadvantages.

In this way, Zhao Bing also had another interpretation of the "Xujun" of the Song Dynasty. Although the prime minister nominally held the actual governance power, it was difficult to make arbitrary decisions. Because not only were the restraint of the censors, they were also a ruling team, and they needed to discuss and form a unified opinion to decide. The emergence of the power prime minister in history was often the era of the unique prime minister. In addition, the emperor held the power of the prime minister, so he could choose court officials with similar ruling ideas as prime ministers, or add deputy prime ministers to further decompose power to avoid the emergence of powerful ministers.

Therefore, Zhao Bing believed that although the "Xujun" was a consensus among scholars and officials, he was still far from the "Xujun Republic" in the actual operation of power. Although this collective decision-making system avoided the uncontrollable power of the general and reduced losses caused by biased personal understanding, it also had considerable disadvantages. It was easy to argue and fail to decide due to serious differences in opinions, and poor execution ability of people to respond quickly to emergencies, and even caused party disputes.

In addition, although various restrictions were put in place in order to prevent the emperor from making arbitrary decisions, it was difficult to enforce and implement the emperor's edicts if they did not get the deputy signatures of the priests. However, Zhao Bing thought that if he did not stamp the edicts of the two provinces, they would not be able to issue and enforce them. In addition, the emperor could theoretically bypass the statutory procedures such as drafting edicts by the Secretariat and reviewing the edicts of the Secretariat, and did not need the deputy signatures of the prime minister, but directly issued orders in the form of "hand edicts", "internal surrender", "internal approval", etc. Even if such private purpose is not legal in terms of law, it can still be used to the world and make the prime minister helpless.

After understanding the pros and cons, Zhao Bing suddenly realized that he could take advantage of institutional loopholes and backdoors to open a path for himself without having to resort to force. But he couldn't say that he was willing to shackle himself, and he still needed to eliminate the dross and clear the way to achieve his goals. Although this road is still full of bumps and uncertainty, it is better than a bloody cleaning that may trigger a total shock. After all, there are many uncertainties...

"Your Majesty, you have to make a decision on the Wu family early to avoid any troubles!" Seeing that the little emperor was wandering outside the sky, the gloomy color on his face gradually disappeared, Ying Jieyan breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had figured out the joints. He had to understand that even though the two were masters and apprentices, he still couldn't tell some of the words clearly, so he could only let him realize it. Obviously, the little emperor had already understood what he meant, and he asked again.

"Sir, I think that since there is an appointment first, I will order the direct Wu family members in the court to be demoted to a first-class position and leave the capital. Those who serve as chief officials in the local area will be adjusted to a deputy or idle position. The rest will return to their hometown to educate their children and be a farming family. Duke Xu will keep his title and still live in the capital's mansion, so he can leave a son to serve. Then Wu Shuo is a playboy. After the department is interrogated and convicted, I will express his father's merits, spare his life, remove all titles, and be granted a thousand miles of power, and will not be allowed to enter the capital forever." Zhao Bing thought for a while.

"Your Majesty is also a kindness outside the law. If you can get rid of such a serious crime, they will definitely be grateful!" Ying Jieyan nodded, and he also knew that the crime of disrespect has always been unforgivable. Even if the young emperor limited his family law to avoid his death, it would not be an exaggeration to implicate the three tribes. However, this disposal eased the tense atmosphere in the court and gave face to several recommended officials. The Wu family escaped by chance and would definitely be obedient in the future.

"As for the queen, I cannot help but punish her. I plan to let her think about her mistakes in the palace, and be fined for one year. She will not take charge of the affairs of the harem for the time being, as a punishment!" Zhao Bing thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty is very appropriate. After all, the queen is young and is not familiar with the affairs of the palace and does not understand the complexity of the government. She can also be forgiven and has some explanations to the court officials. Your Majesty punished the queen slightly, but the throne is still there, and the Wu family couldn't say anything!" Ying Jieyan stroked his beard and said, "He had already found the Wu family's trump card. Everything they did was actually centered around ensuring that the queen was not deposed. The result was better than expected, so he could naturally accept it with peace of mind and no longer cause any trouble.

"Sir, the matter of the Wu family has been settled, but external troubles are still eliminated. I want to seize Huaixi to eliminate the threat to the capital. What do you think?" Zhao Bing was always worried about the invasion of the Mongolian Yuan invasion of the South and thought about solutions, but he has not had a good plan since the last time. He asked the old man for advice.

"Your Majesty, the current threat from the Mongol Yuan to our dynasty seems to be from Jiangbei, but I think the southwest is even more dangerous!" Ying Jie Yan Yan said.

"Oh, what do you mean by sir?" Zhao Bing said in surprise.

"Your Majesty, please come and see!" Ying Jieyan stood up and went to the map hanging on the wall and said, "The Jiangbei Mongolian Yuan army facing the Yangtze River is one of the Shandong and Hebei Mongolian Army, with ten thousand households on the left hand, ten thousand households on the right hand, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the Mongolian Army, ten thousand households on the right hand, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the Mongolian Army, ten thousand households on the right hand, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the Mongolian Army, ten thousand households on the right hand, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the capital, ten thousand households on the Tulidu, ten thousand households on the monks. The original government is in Luoyang, and now it is also moved to Shouzhou, and all the troops under its jurisdiction are also moved south."

"After our dynasty recovered the Yangtze River, we quickly established defense lines based on the natural danger of the Yangtze River, rebuilt city defenses in strategic areas, set up forts in dangerous areas, stationed seven armies, and deployed inland river naval forces and the first fleet of naval forces. We can use the Yangtze River to quickly maneuver and help each other. There are also imperial guards stationed around the capital, which can defend the capital and quickly reinforce the towns along the river."

"The Mongolian Yuan fought with our army several times. With Boyan's knowledge, it is not difficult to find that the winner of our dynasty was the one who could win with the help of the navy's rapid maneuver and the ability to dispatch troops, and the two were invincible firearms. The enemy Jingxiang, Lianghuai Navy and the navy were all lost. Even if we dispatch warships from Goryeo, it would not be possible to rebuild the navy in a short time. With the heavy defense of our army, even if the Mongolian Yuan attacked, it would be difficult to succeed without the assistance of the navy!"

"Well, what sir said is reasonable. Even if the enemy can break through a little, we can send a navy army to defeat its navy and cut off the passage for them to mobilize reinforcements and supplies, and we can quickly encircle and annihilate the enemy troops crossing the river and restore the defense line." Zhao Bing nodded and said.

"At present, the Mongolian Yuan army stationed in Huaidong and Huaixi with 100,000 households, obviously to prevent our army from expeditioning in the north, rather than going south. And Boyan would also be worried that after launching an attack in Huaidong, our army would re-use the same trick from behind from the sea, and attacked two times to encircle and annihilate it. Therefore, I think that if the Mongolian Yuan wanted to launch an attack, it would not attack the stone with eggs, but instead adopted a defensive force to confront our army!" Ying Jieyan said.

"Mr. I mean that the Mongols and Yuan dynasties followed the strategy of Mongols' invasion of the south in the past, invaded our hinterland from Sichuan or Dali, and then achieved the goal of seizing Jiangnan!" Zhao Bing pointed to the map and said.

During the war of invasion of the Southern Invasion, Mongolia launched a frontal attack from the two Huai Rivers to the Southern Song Dynasty many times, but they all ended in failure. During this period, the attack of the Mongolian army was constantly blocked, which also prompted them to constantly change their offensive methods and directions. Therefore, the then Mongolian Khan Mengge decided to change the Mongolian strategy of attacking the Song Dynasty.

The army was led by Mengge and rushed directly to Sichuan, while the other army was led by Kublai Khan to capture Ezhou. The main purpose of this army was to restrain the military power of the Southern Song Dynasty and put the Southern Song army into an unfavorable position in fighting on both sides. Ezhou was in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and had very important strategic significance. If Ezhou could be captured, even if Sichuan could not be taken down, it could be divided into two parts, but it was still blocked by the Yangtze River.

In the Second War, in order to avoid the natural danger of the Yangtze River, the Mongolian army adopted a roundabout encirclement tactic and planned to divide the troops into three north, middle and south routes: the 100,000 troops on the south route directly took Dali Kingdom through Guangxi and entered Changsha; the 2nd route led by Mengge to the south to Sichuan and Chongqing; the 2nd route led by Kublai to enter Ezhou. The three armies planned to meet in Wuhan, then advance eastward along the river and head straight to Lin'an, trying to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty in one fell swoop. If Mengge had not died in battle under Diaoyu City, the Mongolian army that captured Dali had suffered too much losses and stopped in Changsha, it would have been possible.

"That is, Sichuan and Shu have already fallen into the enemy, and Dali has surrendered to Mongolia, but our army has only three armies on this line, with less than 100,000 troops, and the defense area is too large, mutual support is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there is also the worry of losing one another. The Mongolian Yuan stationed hundreds of thousands of elite troops in Shaanxi to suppress the rebellious sect kings. Once the task is completed, they can enter Shu from Shaanxi to Shu and work together to go down the river. At the same time, the enemy in Dali can also enter Huguang. However, there are only some state prefecture troops behind us, not only have weak military strength, but also their combat power is not as good as the imperial guards, and they cannot resist at all. At that time, it was the most dangerous to be affected by enemies on all sides!" Ying Jieyan said.

"Mr. I mean, the strategy of attacking the north and defending the north should be adopted. First, take advantage of the opportunity of the rebellion in the northwest of the Mongolian Yuan and the Dali turmoil in full swing, and first recovering Guangxi South Road, defeating the enemy in Dali, and improving the defensive situation. At the same time, we marched into Sichuan and Sichuan to seize the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, restore Chongqing's defense system, and wait for an opportunity to occupy Chengdu, thereby eliminating the threat to the Mongolian Yuan to our hinterland." Zhao Bing looked at the map and pondered for a moment.

"Yes, only by eliminating the worries from behind can we fight the Central Plains in the north." Ying Jieyan nodded, "The time is right now. Sichuan and Shu area has been repeatedly war-torn, with sharp decline in population and barren land, making it difficult to support the army. The enemy's war in the northwest is in full swing, which is a good time to control Sichuan and Shu. Our army can transport supplies from the Yangtze River and mobilize troops. The Dali turmoil was all caused by the assassination of Yunnan King Yesen Timur. As long as the real gold reappoints the new king and re-supervising the military, Zhang Lidao's prestige in Dali and his ability to govern, the turmoil will end for a period of time, and we will not have much time left."

"What the sir said is, but I am still a little worried. Although Sichuan and Shu are broken, they can still be self-sufficient. However, there are many people in Guangnan and Dali barbarians, with strong people, impermanent submissions, and poor resources. I am worried that if our army is involved, it will not only involve many troops, but also consume a lot of money and grain to support it. It is really not worth the loss!" Zhao Bing understood what Ying Jieyan said, but he also had his own concerns. This is also the reason why he could accept the border residents who fled to the Song Dynasty, but he also ordered Jiang Jin not to send troops to participate in tribal struggles.
Chapter completed!