Holidays always pass quickly, both ancient and modern.

The three-day rest period ended soon, and Shen Mo returned to the daily life of a hard working king.

It is said that it is a rest, but it is actually more tiring than handling daily government affairs.

In addition to several large-scale sacrificial activities, they were waiting for their ministers to come to greet the New Year in the mansion.

On the last day of the third year of junior high school, Shen Mo invited Yu Chenglong and Wang Fuzhi, two old ministers, including their families, to the Duke's Mansion to gather alone.

This is a respect for the two respected old ministers and wise men, and at the same time, some things they have to talk about separately.

The banquet was made by the chef of the Duke's Mansion, and it still maintained its richness but without losing its simplicity as always.

After the banquet, the female family went to the back garden to chat together, while Shen Mo took the two old ministers into his study.

Although Wang Yan, the secretary of the king, was on holiday, he still consciously entered the work scene and took out a small notebook to prepare for recording.

Shen Mo waved his hand and smiled, "I don't need to record today's conversation. I'm just having a casual chat with my two husbands."

Wang Qi immediately knew that what he was going to talk about today was not suitable for staying in the daily life record in the future, so he immediately nodded, closed his notebook, and bowed out.

Shen Mo did not immediately get to the topic that he was going to talk about today, but opened the topic from Wang Xian who had just left.

He smiled and looked at Wang Fuzhi and said, "Mr. Jiang Zhai, He Gong has been working with me for nearly half a year. You can consider letting me go out."

Hegong is the word Wang Yan.

Wang Fuzhi was slightly surprised when he heard this and said, "Master, what's wrong with him doing things?"

Shen Mo waved his hand and smiled, "I am diligent in doing things, smart and steady, and there is no mistake. But this position as a cabinet clerk is a bit useless to him. Although the lack of talent in the court has been much easier than before,

It’s still my own people to worry. If you have great achievements and talent, you will not have enough experience in entering the center in the future.”

Wang Fuzhi understood that this was what the king wanted to value his son. He was happy and hurriedly stood up and bowed to thank him, "I thank you for your cultivation for your son."

Shen Mo smiled and said, "You discuss with Hegong first to see where you want to take up a position."

Secretary around a monarch like Wang Yan usually starts from the magistrate.

This starting point is not low, but it can't be higher.

In ancient times, the magistrate was considered the most grassroots civil servant. If you start with the magistrate, the starting point is too high and it will be difficult to get promoted in the future, and the second is that it will lose the meaning of exile experience.

Wang Fuzhi sat down and nodded in agreement.

Shen Mo said again: "In the future, whether it is a student of the Imperial Academy or a Janba official, except for special circumstances, you will have to go to the grassroots level to be promoted. This requires a rule to be formed."

Yu Chenglong understood the meaning of the king.

In the future, if you want to be valued and become an official in the center of the court, you must start with a local official.

He nodded and said, "Your Highness is very considering. If the central officials of the court have no experience in serving as political and civilians, they will easily become Zhao Kuo, who talks about military affairs on paper, and harm the country and the people."

Yu Chenglong himself is the best example. He started step by step from the magistrate of Luocheng, who was poor and robbed, and started to work harder step by step, including the magistrate, the prefect, the prefect, the prefect, the governor, and even the current prime minister.

It took twenty years to reach this point, and the experience at the grassroots level is rich.

With these grassroots experiences, when formulating policies when being prime minister, it can be targeted. The policies that will not be developed are deviated from reality and harm the people. It will not be easy for the officials below to fool him, and they must be honest.

Do things steadily.

Wang Fuzhi nodded in agreement.

This rule of employing people was decided between three big shots in just a few words.

In the future, the cabinet will formulate a charter, and the monarch will review it and use a seal, and then issue it to the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel will formulate detailed implementation details. After the cabinet is correct, the monarch will finally make the seal. The rules will be officially decided and implemented.

After talking about this topic, Wang Fuzhi began to raise another topic that many people were concerned about.

"Your Majesty, now that Jiangxia City has been taken down by our army, Hankou and Hanyang City will be natural."

Jiangxia, Hankou and Hanyang are the three towns of Wuhan.

However, Wuchang later was still called Jiangxia.

Although the three towns are divided into three parts by the Yangtze River, they are not one city, but three cities.

It was later merged with Wuhan.

Shen Mo nodded and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, Sun Xiang's good news will be delivered in two days. Jiangxia is lost, the Qing army in Hankou and Hanyang will definitely not be interested in fighting again. In addition, our navy has been strictly blocking the Yangtze River waterway.

The Qing army around was unable to rescue them at all, and the two towns fell within only three or five days."

Yu Chenglong was excited when he heard this, "Okay, after these three towns fell into our hands, our army could drive straight along the Yangtze River waterway and take Huangzhou Prefecture. After Huangzhou Prefecture, Jiujiang would face our army's military front.

.As long as you take down Jiujiang, the entire Jiangxi will be held in your hands by our army."

Jiujiang Prefecture is located at the northernmost end of Jiangxi, and Poyang Lake has since merged into the Yangtze River.

As long as Jiujiang is occupied, the Chu Navy can go south along Poyang Lake and directly threaten Nanchang.

Nanchang is the capital of Jiangxi. At that time, the Chu army attacked Nanchang from south to north, and it would be a matter of time before Nanchang fell.

If the Qing army wanted to defend Nanchang, they must have to defend Jiujiang.

But it is impossible to defend Jiujiang without a powerful navy.

Once Nanchang is lost, most of Jiangxi will be within the sphere of influence of the Chu army.

Once the entire Jiangxi falls into Shen Mo's hands, it will be great good news for the State of Chu in terms of political significance, talent supply and material supply.

For the Qing Dynasty, it was naturally an extremely significant loss.

Therefore, if you want to take over Jiangxi, Jiujiang has become a top priority.

Wang Fuzhi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, since Jiujiang is so important, Kangxi will definitely gather heavy troops here to defend. If he wants to attack Jiujiang, he must be fully prepared."

Shen Mo nodded and said, "Mr. Jiang Zhai said very well. Jiujiang is so important, and it must be done well. Otherwise, once the attack is unfavorable, the morale and public opinion will be damaged."

In fact, Shen Mo began planning and preparing for the Battle of Jiujiang two months ago, and many preparations had already begun.

Everything is planned, and nothing is done.

This is even more true in war.

A small-scale war will take several months to prepare.

If it is a big war, it is possible for several years or even decades. If it is a hasty fight, it is easy to fail.

The emperor was fooled by Wang Zhen on a whim. It took only five days from issuing the order to go to the expedition to the beginning.

Many soldiers were confused when they arrived at Tumu Fort. How could they not defeat the war?

The preparations to be made are in addition to sufficient troops, so weapons, equipment, food, supplies, and even how many civilians are recruited, and building road stations and granaries along the way need to be considered.

In addition to these hardware preparations, intelligence preparation is also required.

Regarding the various detailed information investigations of the enemy's existing forces and guards, the terrain reconnaissance, map drawings, etc. on the battlefield have been carried out, and even the hydrological conditions during the march and near the battlefield must be considered.

To be more comprehensive, we need to deduce the intelligence of the reinforcements that the enemy may send and the commanding generals.

An ordinary person has to prepare for several days when he goes out for a long trip, not to mention the time it takes for a country to launch a large-scale battle.

Of course, the long preparation time has a lot to do with the road traffic conditions and transportation capacity in this era.

The south is better, the water system is well developed, and shipping is relatively more convenient, with large transportation volume and fast transportation speed.

If you arrive in the north, most of them will be transported by large animals such as cattle, horses, mules and other animals.

The soldiers basically had to walk on their two big feet.

When various transportation systems in later generations are highly developed, the preparation time will naturally be greatly reduced.

Yu Chenglong took it and said, "If it goes well, we will be able to take Nanchang in May. At the end of the year, the entire Jiangxi will be included in our Great Chu territory. If Jiangxi is taken, Jiangnan will be almost at risk. When we arrive, we will be able to defend it.

By the end of next year, maybe our army will be able to celebrate the New Year in Nanjing."

Wang Fuzhi was also a little excited when he said this.

Shen Mo nodded with a smile, agreeing with Jackie Chan's calculations.

To be honest, as more and more cities are captured, the territory is getting bigger and bigger, the Chu army expands faster and faster. Every time the news comes from the good news, it is difficult to cause too many turmoil in Shen Mo's heart.

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Commonly known as Winning Mala.

Winning too much is already a little numb.

The equipment firepower is much higher than that of Man Qing, and the Chu army is an absolute elite, so there is no need to consider the morale.

And there are also big killers like the Empire system as a chassis. What battle can’t be won? What city can’t be captured?

To be honest, Shen Mo has even become a little interested in the Qing Dynasty.

It is said that it is to fight the Qing Dynasty, but in fact, there are only a few hundred thousand people in the Qing Dynasty, and the number of males may only have a maximum of 200,000.

The 200,000 people are basically the masters, and there are basically no ones who are the big bosses.

So after all the fights, they are all Han people fighting against Han people. In Shen Mo's opinion, the deaths are all his own people, which is meaningless.

Sometimes he thought, he would quickly unify the world, destroy the Qing Dynasty, and then deal with Ge Erdan, and then go to Heilongjiang to fight the Rakshasa soldiers.

Fighting the Rakshasa soldiers is much more interesting than fighting the Qing Dynasty. It is a serious foreign war, and it is only when fighting is passionate.
To be continued...