Wu Hou Qifu personally came to the train station to greet the Wu hero Zhu Dahu who returned from the empire.
When he saw Zhu Dahu coming down from the train, he immediately stepped forward to greet him and held Zhu Dahu's hand tightly.
"Zhu Aiqing, you have worked hard these days.
It was you who worked up and down the empire that made the empire issue relevant regulations on civil war among vassals.
With this provision, we, the vassal states, can carry out a big fight without worrying about the empire suddenly getting involved in the war.
This is also a prerequisite for many of our potential allies in Wu to be willing to form an alliance with us."
The exceptional treatment given to Zhu Dahu by the monarch made him feel like a thorn in his back.
The real leader of the Wu Kingdom is not the smiling Marquis of Wu now, but his father.
As a high-ranking official in the Wu Kingdom, Zhu Dahu was too close to the new king, which made the old king feel threatened.
His status will be unstable, and it is likely that he will be relegated to another book by the old king and will no longer be used again.
But we should not neglect the new king too much. Sooner or later, the new king will take power one day.
Even if he is gone by then, his family will still bear the wrath of the new king.
As a smart man, Zhu Dahu would not do anything that would harm his descendants.
In a short period of time, he already figured out what he should do?
He should do his job well. No matter he is the new king or the old king, as long as it is his job, he will always do it well.
If he is assigned other tasks, he will refuse on the grounds of lack of ability.
In this way, you will not become a confidant of the new king or the old king, and you will not gain much benefit, but you will have no problem keeping your current wealth.
Zhu Dahu thinks about what he should do in the future?
When he faced the preferential treatment from King Qi Fu, he knew what he should do.
Zhu Dahu looked slightly excited and said humbly: "Master, I am really flattered by the way you treat me.
The old minister went to the empire and just tried his best to do what he should do.
This is the combined effect of the right time, place, and people, and it is definitely not the result that the veteran achieved by himself."
Zhu Dahu behaves very modestly, which can establish his character as not seeking fame and fortune.
Establishing this persona in the officialdom can reduce a lot of trouble.
He has accomplished the task, and it is his reward that no one can intercept.
If Zhu Dahu behaves in a low-key manner, he can also delay the tasks imposed by the new king or the old king.
When Wu Hou Qifu saw Zhu Dahu's reaction, he could only sigh in his heart, he was indeed a eloquent strategist.
They are good at using words to achieve their goals.
Such people only believe what they see and they will not be convinced.
Wu Hou Qifu knew that he could not be impatient. His greatest advantage was his youth.
He is now the legitimate monarch of the Wu Kingdom. Once his father has a problem, he will legitimately take over the Wu Kingdom.
He only needs to convey his good attitude towards the ministers, this is the best weapon.
Zhu Dahu saw Wu Hou Qifu fall into silence, and he knew that he must not let Wu Hou Qifu feel left out.
He asked with concern: "My lord, I am on my way back and it is not convenient for me to receive telegrams. I can only learn about the general situation of various European countries through the imperial newspapers.
We, the Wu State, need to form an alliance to deal with the four-nation alliance formed by the Gui State. What is the progress of the alliance now?"
Zhu Dahu was unable to use telegrams all the way to learn about the major events in Wu State. He felt very depressed.
People in the past believed that telegrams were highly confidential. As long as they were not sent in plain text, there was almost no way to know the contents of the telegrams.
Anyone can receive a telegram from a certain radio station, but all they see are messy codes.
Only through the password can the true telegram content be restored.
However, with the rapid development of mathematics, cryptography, its derivative discipline, is also progressing rapidly.
Not to mention the Imperial Huaxia University, which is full of talented mathematicians.
They can set up observation points on two mountain peaks, calculate the curvature of the earth's space, and understand whether people live in a three-dimensional world.
Mathematicians can come up with ingenious solutions to such complex problems.
What's more, it's a matter of translating telegrams with many common expressions.
As long as we grasp the common words that appear frequently and use this common word as an anchor, as long as the amount of calculation is large enough, the content of the telegram will definitely be cracked.
Even the empire manufactured a mechanical computer and used this mechanical computer as a prototype to develop a cipher machine specifically used to encrypt telegrams.
Even with this kind of cipher machine, the parameters given can only guarantee that the telegram will not be deciphered within two years if the password is not leaked.
Wu Guo did not have such an advanced cipher machine and just used regular password encryption.
If this kind of code is used too much, it will definitely be deciphered by the enemy.
The only solution now is to use less telegrams.
Replacing the codebooks at all levels would increase the cost and take too long. For this matter, it is not worth going to war.
Zhu Dahu was on his way home, and it was even less likely that he would make a phone call to learn about relevant matters.
He could only learn about the developments in Europe by reading the imperial newspapers.
From his perspective, the situation in Europe has reached a stage of simmering fire.
All countries are intensifying their arms race. Once a country cannot bear it, what will happen to the huge financial pressure brought by the arms race?
The war in Europe will be directly ignited.
He, a person far away from the region, can feel the smell of gunpowder smoke in the sky over Europe.
It was impossible for the Wu State, which was at the center of the whirlpool, not to feel the tremendous pressure before the war.
Wu Hou Qifu's expression changed slightly, and he first invited: "My father is going to meet Zhu Aiqing, and he happens to be riding in my car. We are talking in the car."
Zhu Dahu boarded Wu Hou Qifu's car. As soon as the door closed, he heard Wu Hou Qifu sigh.
"Zhu Aiqing, it's too late for us to seek an alliance.
Gui Guo and other four countries formed an alliance in response to the economic crisis.
Because the alliance's internal economy has already become what it is.
Because these four countries are economically connected, it is natural for them to form a military alliance.
We want to form alliances with other countries, but they don't push back and demand a lot, or even make us bear the cost of their military expansion.
That is a country like Yue that has been transferred.
They don’t want to get involved in the war too early, they just want to get some resources from us.”
Wu Hou Qifu was very tired. None of the allies they met in Wu State wanted to work together with Wu State to tide over this crisis.
When Zhu Dahu heard Wu Hou Qifu say this, he was not surprised at all.
He lamented: "My lord, these countries still haven't changed, they are still greedy.
These countries are just right. We cannot cope with this situation by relying on our own national strength alone.
To strike, you need to be strong. Now is definitely not a good time to form an alliance.
As long as we can survive the initial offensive of the Quad Alliance.
These potential allies have also been attacked by other countries.
This way we can stay together as a team and at the same time select qualified partners for us.
A country that is wiped out in a short period of time cannot be our ally."
When Wu Hou Qifu heard what Zhu Dahu said, his eyes widened and he couldn't believe it.
The method Zhu Dahu mentioned was something he could never imagine before.
Even if Wu State mobilizes the whole country, it can only mobilize an army of 200,000.
Mobilizing more troops would have extremely serious consequences for Wu.
A large number of young men and women were brought to the front line. No one was growing food, and coal was used to produce weapons and ammunition. The troops on the front line could not stop for long.
However, the Four Kingdoms Alliance can easily pull out 400,000 troops. If they mobilize as much as Wu did, they can recruit even more soldiers.
In Wu State, most people are pessimistic about the future situation. Optimistic people like Zhu Dahu are very rare.
When Zhu Dahu saw Wu Hou Qifu's expression, he knew that Wu Hou Qifu did not believe what he said.
He was like this before, until he went to live in the Empire for a period of time and saw the power of the Imperial Royal Army.
Only then did I realize that the combat effectiveness of an army must not be judged by the number of people on paper.
Many vassal states in Europe had their rudimentary armies built by hiring retired officers and military school students.
This makes the strength of the armies of various countries similar, and only requires a simple competition in terms of numbers.
Now that the situation has changed, the strength of the army is by no means a simple competition of numbers, but a comprehensive consideration of all parties.
Just as Zhu Dahu was about to express his thoughts, he saw that the car had stopped at Wu Palace.
Wu King Qifu pushed open the car door and got out of the car, stopped what he wanted to say, and followed Wu Hou Qifu to meet Qi Gangyi, the real leader of the Wu Kingdom.
When Qi Gangyi saw Zhu Dahu entering the palace, he said in a kind voice: "Zhu Aiqing, you have worked hard this time."
After Zhu Dahu greeted him, he continued to maintain a humble posture.
"I just did a trivial job. This happened because of the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people. I am just a small part of it.
The real credit must be divided between the king and the princes of the vassal states.
Emperor Su He is a person who misses old friendships, so if he adopts this method, he is also thinking about old friendships."
After Qi Gangyi heard this, he laughed and said: "Zhu Aiqing, you are still the same.
This king will always reward those who have merit and punish those who have made mistakes."
After Qi Gangyi said this, he immediately awarded the reward that he had prepared.
Wu Hou Qifu then walked up to Qi Gangyi and reported several things.
After Qi Gangyi listened, his expression also changed drastically.
He did not expect that Zhu Dahu would gain something different when he went to the empire.
Qi Gangyi saw Zhu Dahu, who was slightly excited after accepting the reward.
"Zhu Aiqing, you just talked about our quasi-ally of Wu State, the lion.
The best thing for us in Wu State is to ignore these people and wait for the war to break out."
Qi Gangyi knew that Zhu Dahu had not yet come up with the entire plan.
But he couldn't help but ask: "The gap between our Wu Kingdom and the Four Kingdoms Alliance is really too big.
The Four Kingdoms Alliance can easily expand its army by 400,000. If Wu State relaxes the conditions for recruiting troops, it can only mobilize 200,000 young men.
This is when the war is about to begin, and the last batch of people will be mobilized to join the army.
We, the Wu State, have no problem dealing with any of these four countries alone.
But it is precisely because the gap with the Four Kingdoms Alliance is too large that it has led to a series of problems in Wu State.
If Zhu Aiqing has any suggestions, he can discuss them with us."
Zhu Dahu took this opportunity to express his reasons.
“When every country was first established, it had armies.
The origins of these armies are very similar.
The gap in military strength between the armies of various countries is not too large.
But this was before, now with the rapid development of various countries.
Measuring the strength of the military of various countries no longer depends solely on the number of people.
Everyone knows the result of Chu's use of small torpedo boats to sink Song's battleships.
This incident alone can illustrate that the application of new weapons played a decisive role in the war.
Other countries engage in arms races, while they simply expand their armies crudely.
Not only do we need to expand our military, we also need to teach these soldiers basic knowledge.
We must train a strong army, only then can we achieve the goal of defeating the strong with the weak.
Your Majesty has served in the Imperial Army and has been on the battlefield for many years, so he must know more about it than I do.
If a strong army treats a rabble, what will happen to these rabble?
Other vassal states engaged in an arms race, and they all chose to expand their armies.
We cannot follow blindly. I suggest that in the arms race of Wu State, priority should be given to building a strong army rather than a large and weak army."
After Qi Gangyi listened, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Zhu Aiqing, what you said is very good.
When I was in the army, the Royal Army, with only a few hundred men, dared to pursue bandits several times their size.
Without it, the Royal Army is indeed powerful.
We must build a mature army.
After a long period of training, the army realized that they had arrived in a new place.
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