A few days later, Zhang Xiaowu announced to everyone in the Marshal's Mansion that due to physical reasons, he needed to recuperate for a period of time. During this period, if there were any important events, the Military Aircraft Department could report to him. If there were no important events, the Military Aircraft Department could make its own decision.
The Military Aircraft Department is headed by nine people, namely Xiao Kai, Wu Song, Ruan Qingwen, Guan Xiang, Hu Li, Zhang Tongming, Wen Ruyu, Xia Ming and Guo Xiang, which is equivalent to another central government office in the north.
Within a month of Zhang Xiaowu's training, the Military Aircraft Department handled all matters in the four northern states in an orderly manner. Now there is a melee in the north, floods in the Central Plains, and banditry and corruption in the south. As long as the Military Aircraft Department guards the four northern states, there is no need to take any major action.
, you can achieve the general trend through the decline of one and the growth of the other.
Through secret observation, Zhang Xiaowu was both pleased and dissatisfied. It turned out that the four northern states were still developing at a rapid pace after they were separated from his direct management. And during this month of training, perhaps because he no longer had to worry about military and political affairs, Zhang Xiaowu's hair gradually turned black.
Yes, this further verified Dr. Hao’s conclusion.
"Should I really rest?" Zhang Xiaowu asked the sky, also asking himself.
The first person to notice Zhang Xiaowu's thoughts was Wu Song. He carried wine and dog meat to the Hejian County Prince's Mansion - in fact, the Marshal's Mansion was right next door to the Hejian County Prince's Mansion. He opened the door and walked in. Wu Song saw
Zhang Xiaowu's hair turned black. He immediately congratulated Zhang Xiaowu and congratulated Zhang Xiaowu for returning to normal health.
"It's not necessarily the same as before." Zhang Xiaowu laughed, pulled Wu Song to sit on the couch, and ordered his servants to prepare some side dishes. They would have a few drinks today.
Wusong smiled and sat on the couch, while the servants placed the heater at his feet.
Starting from the Holy Han Empire, the Han people in the Central Plains began to learn from the barbarians to sit on chairs. So far, they have adopted the habit of sitting on chairs, and many shapes of chairs and even sofas have appeared in the homes of ordinary people and wealthy people. However, many literati still like it.
Sitting on the couch, I just made some changes. There are some couches similar to small benches placed on the couch.
Zhang Xiaowu especially likes to sit on a couch, drink and read. He likes to read history, the history of this parallel world, and foreign stories. In order to read books, he even built a special library in the mansion and asked special staff to compile the books.
Translated into vernacular - the staff understand that generals are inferior to men of letters, otherwise they would not be needed.
Wu Song saw the "Historical Records of Tiantang" lying on the table and said with a smile: "Li's Tiantang was originally a comprehensive empire, but it was a pity that it was less than two hundred years old. It's a pity."
Zhang Xiaowu poured the wine himself, and the two of them ate the dog meat, drank it all, and then said: "The Holy Han are somewhat self-contained, such as the sea ban policy, which is really difficult to understand. If they had been exposed to the sea ban earlier, how could they be in poverty today?"
Wu Song said: "It's not necessarily true that the Holy Han Empire is completely self-contained. It's just that the Xuanyuan family is too disdainful of the four barbarians, and the Han people also look down on the surrounding countries. They use coercion to their neighboring countries and even do not hesitate to use force to conquer them. It is precisely because of too many conquests.
, huge financial resources have been plunged into war, which has led to the fact that our Holy Han is not as strong as it was a hundred years ago, and its population alone is one-fourth less than it was a hundred years ago."
How could any powerful country have the intention to use any conspiracy to crush a small country with direct force? Look at Iraq, which was destroyed in an instant because it offended the United States. The Holy Han Empire destroyed the small Siyi countries because the Holy Han Empire was more powerful than the other countries.
The surrounding small countries are too powerful to bother with conspiracy.
Zhang Xiaowu smiled slightly and said: "I think the population may not really decrease. A hundred years ago, the government was powerful and the population statistics were in place. Now the government is corrupt and the population statistics are not in place. Maybe many people are not included in the statistics. Look at the four northern states.
Compared with a hundred years ago, the population has increased by 30%, and the income of the people has doubled. Even our Marshal's Mansion, this year's annual income is equal to the imperial court's annual income."
Wu Song said: "Sir, I seem to be particularly satisfied with the development of the north in the past few years."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "As a warrior, I will naturally be satisfied if I can lead the people of the four northern states to live a peaceful life."
Wusong's eyes lit up and he asked further: "Have you never thought about benefiting the world?"
Zhang Xiaowu smiled and said: "Mr. Wu, when we were in Saibei Mucheng, did we ever think about today?"
Wu Song said: "I never thought, and I never thought, that the world would be in such a state of decline. Alas..."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "There is no need to sigh, the general trend of the world is that if it is separated for a long time, it will be reunited and it will be reunited for a long time."
Wu Song asked: "Do you also feel that the atmosphere in the world is strange? In the recent dynasty, Gu Yong and Li Cunyi were in charge, and they bullied the young master. Many old officials in Longdu were dissatisfied; Jiangnan was controlled by Mudong Hou Lin Feng, but Lin Feng was in Jiangnan.
He formed a private army in the name of fighting bandits, and this man is the richest man in the world.
I think his ambitions are not small. The three states in Jiangdong are in charge of Boyanghou Qianyang. This person is like a poisonous snake, and he also expands his power in Jiangdong overtly and covertly. Finally, the person in charge of the four states in Lingnan is Shi Yong, the former minister of the Ministry of War.
This Shi Yong is full of resentment towards the imperial court because of the death of his son Shi Tyne, I'm afraid..."
Zhang Xiaowu smiled faintly: "We don't have to worry about whether they have second thoughts. We just need to be ourselves and arm ourselves. Don't you understand the principle of accumulating food and becoming king later?"
Wusong murmured to himself: "Guangji Liang will soon become king?" After thinking for a long time, he finally laughed and said: "It seems that you don't need me to persuade you, you have already made up your mind."
Zhang Xiaowu said: "We have not yet exhausted all the saints."
Wu Song said: "Even if the Xuanyuan family reaches its end, it should not end in the hands of adults. You and I can just watch." After saying this, the two looked at each other and laughed.
Wu Song cleared up his doubts and asked Zhang Xiaowu about his recent plans, whether he really let go to the Military Aircraft Department of the Marshal's Mansion. Zhang Xiaowu said that now I only need to be in charge of the overall situation secretly. If I still go above the light, others will
If they are afraid of me and are on guard against me, it is better for me to rest and let them kill each other.
After Wu Song left, he secretly informed everyone in the Military Aircraft Department of Zhang Xiaowu's decision. Everyone finally understood Zhang Xiaowu's conspiracy and couldn't help but smile knowingly. Then they visited Zhang Xiaowu one by one, and Zhang Xiaowu also discussed their respective important tasks with them one by one.
But Xiao Kai was very uncomfortable, because to outsiders, it seemed that he had taken away Zhang Xiaowu's power. Zhang Xiaowu in turn comforted him with a smile, and then suddenly suggested: "Your youngest son is already four years old.
An'an is two years old, and we play together all day long. I think they are two childhood sweethearts who have grown up together. It would be better for us to become sons and daughters, what do you think?"
Xiao Kai was very happy. He gave birth to three children, the eldest daughter, the second daughter and the third son. This third son is Xiao Zui. Xiao Zui, who is only four years old, plays with his two-year-old An An all day long. He is very dependent on this child.
Brother. What Zhang Xiaowu considered was that if Xiao Zui and Zhang Anan, the childhood sweethearts, agreed to get married, no one in the army would dare to gossip about Xiao Kai.
Xiao Kai was overjoyed, and the two settled the children's marriage. As for the children's thoughts -a four -year -old, one two years old, they can have a fart opposition.