Qin Xiao's heart trembled. He had not seriously considered this matter before. After all, the saint promised that the Jiangnan family would provide military supplies to Long Ruijun, and the Jiangnan family headed by Lin Hong would do their best to protect themselves.
Supply, at least given the current situation, Long Ruijun's logistics can still be guaranteed.
But what Gu Baiyi said is indeed correct. The Jiangnan Family is indeed Long Ruijun's biggest help at the moment, but it is also the biggest hidden danger.
This is not to say that the Jiangnan family will have second thoughts, but whether the imperial court will always allow the Jiangnan family to provide financial resources to Long Ruijun.
The Jiangnan Family is now under unprecedented pressure. In addition to paying taxes to the Ministry of Household Affairs, it also has to pay millions of taels of silver to the internal treasury every year. If bearing taxes from the Ministry of Households is not a big deal for the Jiangnan Family,
But the sudden increase in the burden of millions of taels of silver in the internal treasury was like a mountain weighing on the Jiangnan family.
Now that Long Ruijun's military resources have been increased, it is another huge mountain to suppress for the Jiangnan family.
At present, Long Rui's army only has a few thousand soldiers and horses, and it is not too big in terms of military pay and consumption. However, the purpose of Qin Xiao's training is to use it to regain Xiling. Until the position is stabilized, it will inevitably recruit troops. As the strength of the troops increases, the Jiangnan family
The pressure they will bear will become greater and greater. In the end, the Jiangnan Aristocratic Family will be unable to hold on any longer and may not be forced to take risks again if they have no way out.
And the imperial court will definitely not really drain the river, and it will certainly not let the money tree of Jiangnan be uprooted. Therefore, once it realizes that the Jiangnan family cannot bear it, it will naturally reduce the pressure on the Jiangnan family.
For the reduced silver tael, the household department of the State Minister must not be short of even one tael of silver. The inner treasury is His Majesty the Emperor's purse, and of course it cannot be reduced. In this way, the military resources of Long Ruijun can only be reduced.
Qin Xiao also realized at this time that the current source of military resources, which seemed to be very stable, actually had huge hidden dangers.
Soldiers have to eat food. Once the military resources are cut off, the soldiers will have no pay, and they will not even have enough to eat, and something will inevitably happen.
The emperor is not afraid of hungry soldiers. Since ancient times, even if a general has great military achievements and high prestige, it is absolutely impossible to lead a group of soldiers who are not even hungry to charge into battle. Once there is a mutiny, no one can bear the consequences.
Gu Baiyi's words awakened the dreamer.
"The Jiangnan Family can fully support Long Ruijun now just because they want to rely on you. In the final analysis, they hope to use you to protect their family." Gu Baiyi said seriously: "Once they can't bear it themselves, or you are against
They have lost their use value, and they will definitely abandon you very simply. If you want to truly establish a foothold in the Northeast, you need to eliminate the existence of all hidden dangers. There are two things that you must firmly control in your own hands. The other is military power.
The same thing is financial power, both are indispensable.”
Qin Xiao nodded and said: "Brother's words make sense. It's just that with the current situation, except for the Jiangnan family, I can't rely on anyone else. The national treasury is empty, and the prime minister controls the household department. It's simply unreasonable to want to get money from the household department, except
The Jiangnan family has almost no other sources of military resources."
Gu Baiyi stared at Qin Xiao and said with a smile: "You are wrong!"
Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, when you go to the countryside, do as the Romans do. When you arrive in the Northeast, you not only have to get used to the environment and climate in the Northeast, but you also have to get closer to the Northeast's aristocratic families. Without the help of the Northeast's gentry, it is almost impossible for you to gain a foothold in the Northeast.
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Qin Xiao said in surprise: "You want to get close to the Northeastern gentry? But the four northeastern counties are all the territory of the Liaodong Army, and the Northeastern gentry are all their people, we...!"
"You are wrong again." Gu Baiyi said: "Although the Northeastern gentry obeys the orders of the Liaodong Army, they have never been members of the Liaodong Army. In the eyes of the Northeastern gentry, the Liaodong Army belongs to outsiders, and they are outsiders who they hate to the bone."
Qin Xiao was even more surprised, realizing that Gu Baiyi might have allowed him to push through the clouds and see the blue sky, and asked urgently: "Brother, the Northeastern gentry hates the Liaodong Army? Where does this start?"
"Back then, Emperor Wuzong ordered the Liaodong Army to garrison the Northeast. Their military discipline was strict and they did no harm to the people. They also guarded the four northeastern counties from foreign enemies. The gentry in the four northeastern counties naturally regarded the Liaodong Army as their king's division." Gu Baiyi reached for it himself.
Qin Xiao immediately reached for the teapot, grabbed the teapot, and poured a cup of tea for Gu Baiyi with a smile. Gu Baiyi smiled and continued: "It is precisely because of the support of the gentry in the four northeastern counties that the Liaodong Army can completely establish a foothold in the northeast.
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Qin Xiao seemed to understand something and asked: "The Northeastern gentry had a grudge against the Liaodong Army because the dove occupied the magpie's nest?"
"Hitting the nail on the head." Gu Baiyi praised: "The Liaodong Army has been stationed in the Northeast for nearly a hundred years. With its early achievements and the power of the Tang Dynasty, the surrounding tribes naturally dare not provoke them. Mencius said that he was born in sorrow and died in happiness.
.The Liaodong Army did not have to fight. It was well-paid and had lived comfortably for too long. The fighting spirit of the past was gone. The army was corrupt. From top to bottom, they only knew how to amass money and settle for pleasure. If it was just greed for money, it would be nothing. Later in Liaodong
The army used military training as an excuse to enclose land in the Northeast. You have to know that the fertile land in the Northeast was originally owned by wealthy gentry from aristocratic families. Since the Liaodong Army was enclosing land, it naturally found the best fertile land to occupy.
If you snatch it from your hands, how can the two sides avoid conflicts?"
Qin Xiao smiled and said: "The more powerful the big family is, the better the land it owns. However, the Liaodong Army's enclosure is all about high-quality fertile land, which naturally offends many aristocratic families."
"That's right." Gu Baiyi said with a smile: "So the bandits in the four northeastern counties are one after another. Many of the bandits were originally gentry. Their fields were robbed by the Liaodong Army. They had no choice but to gather together to cause trouble. The family of Zhou Hongji, the head of Montenegro, was originally from the gentry.
The gentry in Liaodong County had a lot of wealth and a lot of land, but they were robbed by the Liaodong Army. Zhou Hongji was so angry that he gathered people to start a rebellion. His family property was completely robbed, why do you think he could still gather a crowd?
An incident?"
"Could it be that other gentry were helping behind the scenes?" Qin Xiao realized immediately.
Gu Baiyi nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, many gentry in the Northeast were forced into desperation by the Liaodong Army. Many of them even had their families destroyed. Naturally, they hated the Liaodong Army. In fact, the purpose of the Liaodong Army's encirclement and occupation of land was also very simple.
The northeastern aristocratic families were wiped out and replaced by members of the Liaodong Army. In this way, the Liaodong Army had military power and complete control of the land and property rights of the entire Liaodong. At that time, even the imperial court would not dare to act rashly against the Liaodong Army.
How could the Northeastern Family not see through their purpose? They knew that the Liaodong Army not only wanted their money, but also wanted their lives. Although the Northeastern Family still ostensibly obeyed the Liaodong Army because the Liaodong Army had knives in their hands,
But they already hate the Liaodong Army deeply in their hearts. Behind the many bandits in the Northeast, most of the Northeastern families are involved."
Qin Xiao suddenly realized and said excitedly: "Brother, in this way, the Liaodong Army is actually unpopular in the Northeast and does not have the support of the Northeast family. On the contrary, the two sides have deep hatred?"
"When Long Rui's army came out of the border, the Liaodong Army was naturally extremely hostile, but the attitude of the Northeastern family was not necessarily the same." Gu Baiyi said slowly: "They didn't know the details of Long Rui's army for a while, and they didn't know why we came out of the border.
The real intention is that once we confront the Liaodong Army tit for tat, they will soon realize that if they want to check and balance the Liaodong Army, they can just use the power of the Long Rui Army. The strongest relationship in the world is that both parties have common interests.
I feel that we can use us to check and balance the Liaodong Army, and we can also use their thoughts to form an alliance with them, and use their connections and financial resources to gain a foothold in the Northeast and gradually grow stronger." Looking at Qin Xiao, he solemnly said: "So before we
Before we have a firm foothold, we must know what the Northeastern families want, so that we can get their support. In the Northeast, if we can get the support of the local gentry, we will be almost invincible.
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Qin Xiao said with a smile: "Listening to your words is worth ten years of studying. Brother, once you say these words, I can have a good sleep tonight."
"Actually, as far as you are concerned, you have a huge advantage that cannot be compared with that of the Liaodong Army." Gu Baiyi drank tea from a cup and said calmly: "During the Jiangnan Rebellion, Xia Houning led the Shence Army to Hangzhou.
Daxing Prison, many Hangzhou gentry were murdered by it. When the Hangzhou gentry was about to suffer a disaster, it was you who turned things around in Hangzhou. Not only did you stop the Shence Army from continuing to Daxing Prison, but you reversed the case for the Hangzhou family and saved them from the sword.
Countless lives. This matter has been spread for a long time, and the wealthy gentry in the Northeast are naturally aware of it." After a pause, he said with a smile: "In their eyes, Xia Houning and Shence Army are today's Liaodong Army, and the Hangzhou family will
It's the Northeastern Family. If you can join the Hangzhou Family in Hangzhou, you can naturally turn things around when you get to the Northeast and save the Northeastern Family from the hands of the Liaodong Army."
Qin Xiao raised his hand and touched his head and said with a smile: "I never thought that what I did in Hangzhou could have such an effect."
"Buddhism pays attention to the cycle of cause and effect." Gu Baiyi said seriously: "If you do good or evil, if there is a cause, there will definitely be an effect. However, even if the Northeastern family has hope for you, they will never do it before the situation is clear.
Acting rashly. The Liaodong Army has been in the four northeastern counties for nearly a hundred years, and it can be regarded as deeply rooted. The wealthy gentry of the northeastern families hate and fear them. Before you have strong enough strength, these wealthy gentry will not dare to make a bet easily. "
Qin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "Compared with the Liaodong Army's current strength, the gap is too big. Those wealthy gentry from aristocratic families will naturally not help us at this time."
"Don't be too hasty." Gu Baiyi said calmly: "The Jiangnan Family can still provide logistics for the time being. In addition, the Liaodong Army is still wary of the imperial court. Unless it is a last resort, it will not really break up with us.
Therefore, we can now use the Jiangnan Family and the imperial court to strengthen our own strength. Now that we have accumulated strength through military campaigns, even if the support of the Jiangnan Family is cut off one day, we will still have enough power to win over the Northeastern gentry, so that we will not have no way out.
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Qin Xiao sighed in his heart, Gu Baiyi was indeed confident about his departure from seclusion, but these words had already planned the next path for Long Ruijun. With this brother-in-law by his side, he was really more powerful than a tiger.