Shang Yi was also in a dilemma at this time, because both plans made sense. Whether to fight the south first or the north first, it was indeed difficult to choose. Therefore, Shang Yi became more and more troubled as he thought about it. Fortunately, he was just now.
It is late November, and it is still early. Even if you use troops, you have to wait until the beginning of next year. If you use troops to the north, you may have to wait until February and there is enough time to think about it.
So Shang Yi first ordered the 21st Army to be drawn from the Nanjing Military Region and drove to Hunan to strengthen the garrison troops in Hunan. After all, no matter which direction the troops were used, they would first defend the southern border.
Back to the inner house of the palace, it was still early before supper. Shang Wan and his younger brothers and sisters were playing in the amusement park. The other wives and concubines were all busy with their own affairs, but they had not come back yet. Only Ye Yaoying was at home and sorted out today's
Official business.
Seeing Shang Yi coming back, Ye Yaoying immediately put down what he was doing and smiled and said, "Why did my brother come back so early?"
The two have been married for seven or eight years, Shang Yi is over thirty years old, and Ye Yaoying has grown from a graceful girl to a charming young woman. However, when the two are together in private, Ye Yaoying is still
Use the name when the two first met.
Shang Yi shook his head and said, "I have some thoughts that make me have a headache, so I was lazy today and come back soon." As he said that, he lay on the bed with his hands behind his head.
Ye Yaoyun certainly knew why Shang Yi had a headache, but the Central Plains War won a complete victory, and Shang Yi was relaxed, so he was lazy. If it were during the Central Plains War, Shang Yi would probably stay in the office.
, he would never give up until he wanted to come up with a solution. Therefore, he also got up and went to the couch patrol, and said with a smile: "Is it a matter of using troops for the north and the south?"
Shang Yi said: "Of course, is there anything else now?"
Ye Yaoying sat down beside the couch and said, "I have heard of it too. There are many people in the palace saying that they hope that we will continue to use troops north and strive to conquer Beijing as soon as possible. As long as we conquer Beijing
, the brother can officially become emperor. Is it so difficult for me to become emperor earlier?"
Shang Yi reached out and gently put his waist on her slender waist, and smiled and said, "If you don't want to say anything, it must be a lie. Of course, I also want to become emperor earlier. After becoming emperor, I can set up three palaces.
What a great day for the six courtyards, seventy-two concubines were established, and then selecting girls from the people to enrich the harem."
After hearing this, Ye Yaoying couldn't help but smile and lit it on his forehead, and said angrily: "It makes me say it's like a Hedong lion. If you want to enrich your harem, who has stopped you? Now we are in the palace.
There are six sisters, and there are still no one in the family. They are almost enough to go to the three palaces and six courtyards, even if they don’t have to become emperors, the seventy-two concubines can get together.”
Shang Yi tried a little harder, letting her lie on her body, kissed her on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll be enough with you sisters. If there are more, I'll do it."
I can't stand it, and then I'll be terrible if I get rid of my semen."
Ye Yaoyun's face turned red, she twisted Shang Yi's arm and said angrily: "What a mess." As she said that, she was about to get up from Shang Yi.
But Shang Yi hugged her with both hands and said, "Don't move, let me hug you for a while."
Ye Yaoying said shyly: "It's still broad in the daytime. If Wan'er sees it, what will it look like? At most, at night, you can do whatever you want, okay."
Shang Yi said: "I just want to hug you for a while, so that she can see it. Besides, this girl has fun and will not stop until dinner. But at night, I will listen to me.
Yes, let's play two new tricks this time, so that's fine."
After hearing this, Ye Yaoying said a few more coquettishly, she didn't want to get up again and quietly leaned on Shang Yi. After a while, she asked again: "What do you think about the use of troops from the north and the south?
”
Shang Yi put one hand behind his head, hugged her with the other hand, gently stroked her behind her, and said, "Of course I hope to end the domestic war early, Nanjing is in our hands. If Beijing is conquered,
The overall situation in the country can be basically true, but defeating the Qing Dynasty and unifying the country is only the first step. Since I decided to replace the Ming Dynasty and defeat the Qing court, the goal is not to reach this point, but to
Let China embark on the right path of development and build a truly powerful, prosperous and civilized country. If you can’t do this, then what’s the point of being this emperor?”
Ye Yaoying leaned on Shang Yi and couldn't help but feel curious, saying, "I understand what my brother said about building a strong, wealthy and civilized country, but what does it mean to 'taking the right path of development'?"
Shang Yi smiled and said, "I have ruled in Zhejiang for seven years now, and I have been in Nanjing for almost three years. Over the years, we have been promoting industry and commerce, encouraging the establishment of industries and developing overseas trade, and introducing steam machines.
If we were to start new science and technology and exchange with overseas countries, these things were not the right way to go from traditional perspectives. If it were in the peaceful years, it would have caused many great scholars and scholars to criticize them.
”
Ye Yaoying smiled and said, "In fact, there is no need to wait until the peaceful years. Now, there are no one in Nanjing who criticizes his brother's practices, saying that promoting business and commerce to educate the people for profit, starting an industry is to compete with the people for profit, and overseas trade is to waste the money.
No, steam machines and the establishment of new science and technology are just curious and erotic skills. Exchanges and exchanges with overseas countries will damage the power of the Celestial Empire. In short, they are not the right way to govern the country."
Shang Yi smiled bitterly and said, "What is the right way to govern the country? In their opinion, it is the empty words and clichés of the saints, and they are just frogs in the well. I don't know how big the real world is.
Even if China has a huge territory, it is just one of them. Now all European countries are vigorously developing industry and commerce and establishing new science and technology. If we remain self-confidence, we may lag behind all European countries within a hundred years."
Ye Yaoying chuckled softly and said, "Actually, brother doesn't have to be angry with them. The people who say these words are just some pedantic Confucian scholars, real knowledgeable people, such as Mr. Wang from the cabinet, Mr. Huang from the Senate, and Gu
Mr. and others support their brother's decisions, and in recent years, they have also achieved great results in Nanjing and Zhejiang. If we had not relied on these new policies, we would not have defeated the Qing Dynasty so smoothly."
Shang Yi also nodded and said, "It's a pity that it's not enough. First of all, these new policies were not perfect enough, because our focus is still on military wars, so there are still some policies that cannot be implemented yet. In addition, although in recent years,
,The new policy has also achieved some results, but it is mainly concentrated in the coastal areas of Nanjing, Zhejiang and Jiangsu. The promotion in the two lakes, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places is not enough, let alone in other places that do not belong to me, but
If we want to further promote these new policies, we must end the civil war as soon as possible so that there can be a stable environment to promote the new policies, and the second is that we must unify the whole country to implement these new policies on a large scale."
Ye Yaoying said: "Since this is the case, then continue the Northern Expedition. If Beijing is conquered, will the overall situation be decided?"
Shang Yi shook his head and said, "I thought so before, but to conquer Beijing, at most I can only make me proclaim myself immediately. It does not mean that the entire north has been pacified, and there are also Shaanxi, Shanxi and other places, and it is adjacent to the north.
, and there are Mongolia and the Qing courts that may withdraw from the outside of the pass and continue to be enemies with us. Therefore, only one Beijing is the only political significance than practical significance. To completely pacify the north, it will take a lot of effort."
Ye Yaoying said: "So what about pacifying the south first?"
Shang Yi said: "Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi are easy to talk about, but Guizhou and Sichuan provinces have dangerous terrain, with many mountains and dense forests, and it is not easy to fight."
Ye Yaoying smiled and said, "I think you are so stubborn. With our current strength, neither the Northern and Qing Dynasties nor the Southern Ming Dynasties are our opponents, so whether it is south first, then north first, then south.
It doesn't matter, at most it's just one or two years earlier or one or two years later. My brother cares about the world and hopes that the country will achieve stability and rest as soon as possible. I can understand the mood of promoting the new policy, but haste will not be
It's better to go step by step. Moreover, my brother is only in his early thirties this year, so there is still a long time to go. As my brother said, the most taboo thing about hesitation and uncertainty in the battle is that hesitation is the most important thing.
The one you choose is not the best, but it is better than not choosing.”
After hearing this, Shang Yi nodded, and then he felt that he was indeed worried about the issue of going south and north. In the past, it was because of the existence of a powerful opponent of the Qing court, which was still early to truly unify China, so it was in the north and south.
The first choice for the issue is to do everything to deal with the Qing Dynasty, and there are not so many other ideas. Now the Qing court has basically failed completely, but the thoughts have increased. It is like a football game, when 0-0, the whole team is
Thoughts can still be unified, but after leading 1-0, chaos is often prone to occur. Some people want to take advantage of the victory and attack, while others want to retreat across the board and maintain their lead, but they will lose their position. This situation is in China
It often appears on the team.
What Ye Yaoying said is not wrong. Now he has an absolute advantage. No matter north or south, he will destroy whoever he says he will destroy. Therefore, the most important thing now is not to choose, but to make a decision as soon as possible, so that officials, soldiers, and Nanjing can be
People from all walks of life unify their thinking so that there will be no confusion in their thoughts. Therefore, Shang Yi nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. Anyway, it's almost the same as hitting whoever is first and then hitting anyone, and they always have to hit them."
As he said that, Shang Yi hugged Ye Yaoying hard, kissed her on the cheek, and said, "It seems that I want to reward you well."
After hearing this, Ye Yaoying hurriedly struggled out of his arms, his face turned red, and said, "Who cares about your reward? It's almost time for supper now. I'll go and see how Wan'er is." As he said, he ran away.