Chapter 1405: It's hard to be suspicious
Ning Zefeng retreated, leaving only Cao Tiancheng and Tian Fen in the study.
"How do you think of this person?" Tian Fen asked.
"It's a character." Cao Tiancheng nodded and said satisfied. There were not many people who could get his evaluation. It can be seen that Ning Zefeng's performance is quite recognized in his heart." His mind is not blinded by hatred, he can rationally see the gap between the enemy and us, and can propose effective response methods. He is neither anxious nor dry, and has the talent of a general. He is much stronger than many famous generals in my Great Qi."
"Your Majesty may not know his initial situation." Tian Fen said with a smile: "Your Highness the Prince talked to me about this person, saying that when he first met Ning Zefeng, he couldn't believe his eyes, because the one who appeared in front of the Prince's Hall was a fat man weighing more than 300 pounds."
"Three hundred kilograms?" Cao Tiancheng looked at his strong figure in shock. Didn't he say that Ning Zefeng cut it open from the middle at that time, and half of it was almost as heavy as him?
"More than three hundred kilograms!" Tian Fen nodded and said, "But since he moved into the inn, His Highness the Prince saw him start to lose weight. His Majesty, in three months, he lost half of his weight. In the words of His Highness the Prince, he has never seen someone so cruel to him."
"Be cruel to yourself, be even more cruel to others!" Cao Tiancheng laughed and said, "We just need such people now."
"If he doesn't regard his life as his life, he will be extremely indifferent to other people's lives. Your Majesty, from the first stage countermeasures he proposed, he is using the lives of countless people to build a team he needs. This will sacrifice the lives of countless people. Your Majesty, this person can be used and can be used greatly, but you must use it with caution." Tian Fen said.
Cao Tiancheng took a deep breath, "Sincere assistant, what's wrong with you? Those who do big things are not careful. Just the current situation of our Daqi on the sea. If we can use human lives to build a powerful army, it would be worth it. Otherwise, more people will die and even endanger our country."
Tian Fen was silent for a moment, "His Majesty, have you read the notes, memorials, and the rules and regulations of the Ming people sent back by His Majesty?"
"I took a look at it a little." Cao Tiancheng said unconsciously.
"Your Majesty, I want to ask you to forgive me first. I have ordered people to record these things along the way. I have been reading and studying these days." Tian Fen said.
Cao Tiancheng's face changed slightly: "Sincere assistant, what's wrong? Do you think what Cao Yun said makes sense?"
"Da Qi is sick and is very ill. If he is seriously ill, he needs to use strong medicine." Tian Fen said: "At this point, I stand firmly with His Majesty. Besides, these strategies have always been my advice for His Majesty. If I change my course now, wouldn't I beg myself?"
Cao Tiancheng laughed: "I think so."
"But the medicine is used too hard. Even if it can cure the disease, it will still hurt the body!" Tian Fen said: "Your Majesty, although the final decisive battle has not yet arrived, I can expect that after this internal struggle, the Great Qi will inevitably be weak for a long time, and it can't be described as riddled with holes. Your Majesty, the clan family has penetrated into all aspects of our Great Qi. This time, they will be completely removed from it, and it will be hurt not only the outside but also the inside!"
When Tian Fen said this, Cao Tiancheng also fell silent.
"So I'm thinking that when the Ming Dynasty was founded, the situation faced was only worse than what we were going to face. Why did they develop into their current appearance in just ten years? In the past, I ordered people to collect policy information from the Ming people in all aspects, but it was just a little bit of a fur. This time, His Highness the Prince went to the Ming Dynasty for more than half a year. With His Highness's experience, he saw that things were incisive and memorials and notes were very inspiring. "
"Are you going to follow some of the strategies of Mingren in the future?"
"Of course, after removing those disasters, many of the policies of the Ming people can indeed stimulate the development of economic and livelihood to the greatest extent. More importantly, it has a considerable effect on uniting people's hearts. Your Majesty, we only need to combine the actual situation of our Daqi to make changes. What is beneficial to us, and what is not conducive to us should be cut off. Stones from other mountains can be polished!"
"You are the chief assistant. Next, I cut Daqi's bloody hand with a knife. How to cure the disease and make him stronger is the responsibility of you, the chief assistant." Cao Tiancheng smiled and said with a hint. "By the way, what Ning Zefeng said in the end, to migrate the people within fifty miles of the coast and turn the within fifty miles of the coast into a deserted coriander. What do you think?"
"Moving the people along the coast, there are only beacon towers within fifty miles of the coast. Whenever an enemy attacks, immediately ignite the beacon towers to warn. If there is no people within fifty miles, the enemy will have no robbery or harassment, so that the people will not be injured or killed or panic. If the enemy dares to go deep into the mainland, they can gather troops and quickly insert them behind the enemy and cut off their way back. The strategy is a good strategy, but moving the people over fifty miles of the coast will involve so many people and how much money and food are needed!" Tian Fen scratched his head in embarrassment, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue is afraid that the Ministry of Revenue will be unable to support such a huge migration plan. After all, these people need to be placed, otherwise it will easily cause civil unrest!"
"As long as it works, that's a good plan. As for money, when you get those big fat pigs, are you still afraid that you won't have money? They have exploited territories from generation to generation, and they don't know how much wealth they have accumulated, so they can just use it for the people." Cao Tiancheng decided: "Prime Minister, we must look at the long-term."
Tian Fen smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the old minister's eyes naturally look at the long-term, but I am afraid that the eyes of the people who need to be moved will not be far away. The hometown is hard to leave. Such things have always been the most difficult."
"No matter how difficult the matter is, people always need to do it." Cao Tiancheng said: "Don't the Ming people often migrate the people on a large scale? We cannot borrow our policies?"
"The immigration policy of Ming people is not a single one, but a complete set of major policies involving all aspects. The most important one is land, and this is exactly what we are most difficult to implement."
"The chief assistant, if it is urgent to follow the power, it is impossible, so he can only move forcibly." Cao Tiancheng said coldly, "As long as the result is good, the method does not matter."
"I will first discuss with local governments and then make a decision. Please give your Majesty more time." Tian Fen said: "Things involving thousands of ordinary people must not be careless. Moreover, this matter must be put on the agenda after the Luoyang is resolved. Now, it is better to be quiet than to move."
Cao Tiancheng nodded and said, "I naturally can't save this. Speaking of Luoyang, our prince should have arrived in Luoyang now, right?"
"It should be coming soon."
"Sinceremony, do you know? I've been frightened these days. Do you know what I'm worried about?"
"Worrying that His Highness the Prince is really doing a fake act?" Tian Fen said straightforwardly. "Does it really gather heavy troops in Luoyang to compete with His Majesty?"
In front of Tian Fen, Cao Tiancheng never concealed himself and nodded simply: "That's right, Chief Supervisor, I was actually worried when you made this proposal. If you hadn't insisted, I would never agree. When I thought of Cao Yun having heavy troops in Luoyang and having the support of those wealthy families, I felt like a disaster was coming."
"Your Majesty, the family of His Highness the Prince is under our control. If this cannot make His Highness relieved, then all the families of the troops gathered in Luoyang, including the intermediate officers and above, will all be controlled by ghosts? Tell me, under such circumstances, even if His Highness the Prince has a strange intention, can he really command so many officers to rebel together?"
"What's more, the two masters of the wealthy families have died in Luzhou. Cao Hui has done a very good job of keeping secrets. So far, those people still think that these two people can return to Luoyang on time. What's more, hasn't Your Majesty convinced the masters of the Nantianmen to enter Luoyang in a large number? With these people cooperating with the ghost's actions in the city, their every move is within Your Majesty's sight."
"I have had a deep conversation with His Highness the Prince and I firmly believe that His Highness the Prince will never be the kind of person who is ill-behaved. He may be a little dissatisfied with His Majesty, but he is extremely loyal to the Cao clan. He knows that if he does such a thing, He will immediately fall into the cruelest civil war. After a big battle, no matter who wins or loses, the Cao clan will not be the Cao clan in the end."
"So when I told him that when someone wanted to take a step back, he chose to surrender to His Majesty forever. After the Luoyang incident was over, he begged His Majesty to allow him to enter Yulong Mountain and follow the old prince Cao to study the secrets."
"If he can really do this, then after he enters Yulong Mountain, I will let his son inherit his prince's position, and inherit his title forever." Cao Tiancheng was a little surprised, "Is he just such a request?"
"He hopes that when forming the army, His Majesty can try his best to protect the generals with rich combat experience. All the generals of the Ming Dynasty have talents who come out of the battle and fight against them. We need those experienced generals to grasp the situation on the battlefield. He asks His Majesty to believe that although these generals were all cultivated by him, their loyalty to His Majesty is unquestionable." Tian Fen said.
"Try to do it!" Cao Tiancheng was silent for a moment. "This time I attacked Kunling County, I want to see how other generals performed? Is it really as unbearable as Cao Yun said."
"Your Majesty, Zhou Jiyun has rich combat experience. In my opinion, it is better to send a mature and polite general to preside over the leadership." Tian Fen hesitated for a moment: "Although it is attacking two routes now, whether it is commanding the Hengduanshan army or the Luzhou army, I have never commanded such a large army before, and I am really worried."
"If they can't even beat Zhou Jiyun, the trapped beast, I will consider the questions raised by Cao Yun." Cao Tianchengdao.
Chapter completed!