Just now, Guo Ning was listening through the wall. After hearing this, he left with peace of mind. He walked slowly to the inner courtyard of his house. Without talking for a long time, Lu Han was able to know the content of the conversation between Jing Anmin and others in advance. What happened in the Marshal's Mansion Don't even think about hiding things from this queen who started from scratch with Guo Ning.
Guo Ning was not surprised by this.
Not to mention a small capital, the Marshal's Mansion, the same applies to the entire Zhou Dynasty. When Guo Ning started the army, many of the family members, women and children were taken care of by Lu Han. Later, there were many soldiers who did not get married, and Lu Han helped arrange marriages for many of them. Of course, Lu Han had no relatives for marriage, but he recognized many sworn sisters and formed a boudoir friendship. To this day, these are the sources of information.
Guo Ning was very satisfied with this. In his opinion, only Lu Han was smart and could listen and see on behalf of her husband. As another pair of eyes, he could truly rest assured.
As the founding emperor who truly started from the bottom, Guo Ning has personally experienced the disintegration of his subordinates, and also experienced firsthand how difficult it is for a leader to weigh the surging hearts of his subordinates. Therefore, he has always devoted a lot of energy to When it comes to restraining and controlling people's hearts, don't dare to be negligent in the slightest.
In the eyes of the Jurchens, the Han soldiers were just like pigs and dogs, consumables used to fill ravines. Their biggest dream was to escape from this tragic fate and gain wealth for themselves and their descendants. Guo Ning gave them ideas Only then did he win their allegiance.
In order to ensure that the army is always reliable, Guo Ning also inculcates the principle of loyalty to the country through a large number of military academies, constantly transfers the backbone of the army to the forbidden army system around him, and uses the means of undressing and pushing food on a daily basis.
It's a pity that there is no eternal loyalty in this world. The army will still have its own ideas, and the military group will have its own ideas based on its own interests.
It is impossible for Guo Ning to transcend the times just because of a big dream. No matter how many military schools he builds and how much ideological education he provides, he cannot turn the army into the people's army that will be seen in later generations. The military group's desires are hard to satisfy, and its desire to seize profits Desire is like a herd of beasts constantly hunting prey. To a certain extent, this greed is the source of the army's combat effectiveness.
The best Guo Ning can do is to rely on intelligence agencies and closely monitor the army, but he cannot go to war against the army and completely clean up the many thorns in the army. Because that would be equivalent to castrating the army's wild nature and destroying the army's combat effectiveness. .
Releasing groups of powerful factions and profit-hungry figures from the military junta overseas can curb the risk of losing control of the military in the short term, satisfy the appetites of military nobles, and at the same time release the destructive power of the military junta overseas. This is Many close subordinates have repeatedly planned the best strategy.
But obviously, from Lu Han's perspective, he immediately saw the negative impact of this strategy.
At this time, Lu Han held up her chin and watched Guo Ning eating. Seeing her husband devouring his food, her face was filled with unconcealable happiness, just like an ordinary young woman from a well-off farm family. But what this ordinary woman said in her words was, It is also an extremely critical military and political event.
"You know, not all of my sisters' men may be in high positions. Many of them are only good at swords and guns, and have no brains for running a family business. So in the past few years, most military households have lived by, It’s still land given by the imperial court, plus dividends from a government-run trading firm at most.”
It is not easy to uniformly allocate military land to a huge number of soldiers. The dividends of several government-owned trading companies are calculated and adjusted every year based on seniority, military rank, and military merit. The Ministry of War and the Marshal's Office have to do these two things For a long time, he has maintained hundreds of accounting clerks, and the abacus beads have never stopped crackling.
Lu Han mentioned these two things, but he didn't attach much importance to them. Guo Ning couldn't help but reply: "That's a lot."
"Yes, this is quite a lot. Compared with the hard days under the rule of the Jurchens, it is much better. The amount of dividends from participating companies is also quite large, which is enough for an ordinary soldier to support several people in his family and live a comfortable life. A prosperous life. But after all, what the soldiers can get is not as good as those who know how to camp."
Lu Han frowned slightly and said: "Nowadays, supply convoys and caravans come and go from various military fortresses in northern Xinjiang every month, and there are letters from home and residences. Many of the people in the side office are colleagues in the army and former troops. . The people of Jing'an asked them to make a big splash, and the news would spread throughout the country in a short time. Many people would think that these people who are full of money have benefited; why should a simple man who is loyal to the country and loyal to the emperor have to live in the cold northern frontier? Stay put and risk your life against the Mongols at any time?"
Guo Ning put down the porridge bowl and burped.
The officials accompanying the left and right departments had just eaten a little, and their stomachs were already half full. Now they wanted to be active, but their gastrointestinal capacity was limited.
"You mean that once this news spreads widely, the border warriors will be generally envious and want to go to the sea? Are you unwilling to stay on the front line and suffer hardship?"
Lu Han nodded: "It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. When we were young, our eyes and ears were blocked in Wushabao. We had no idea what a good life was like. We only knew that soldiers were born with such difficulties. Even so, we always felt that, The Jurchens let us Han people take the lead and fight fiercely with the grassland tribes, and they went to the Southern Song Dynasty to plunder as much as they wanted. It was very shameless. Liulang, remember, one time when you came back from hunting under orders, the commander was bragging about your early deeds in the Southern Dynasties... What did you do?"
"Is there still such a thing?"
Guo Ning was really unaffected for a while. After thinking about it, he laughed: "I asked Lu Su to urinate on the yellow sheep that he had hunted, and then presented it to the commander. In the evening, the commander roasted the lamb and ate it. It’s a bit of a sheep show.”
"Yes, we were still like this at that time. What's the difference between the soldiers in Northern Xinjiang and us? The soldiers originally thought that the imperial court poured the wealth gained from the sea into the north, and the opportunity to be rewarded for meritorious service also lay in the north. Now suddenly someone It was widely publicized that after the imperial court captured Goryeo, tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people would be sent to the sea to directly obtain benefits..."
Lu Han raised his voice: "With so many people going to eat meat, who is left to gnaw the bones? Who is still willing to stay in the north and suffer hardship? The morale of the army will definitely be chaotic! Whose idea came from Jing Anmin's words?"
Hearing his mother's loud voice, Guo Jing, who was playing on the beach on the other side, turned around to take a look.
"It's none of Lao Jing's business. This is the result of discussions with the generals during this inspection of Xijing... Didn't I just return to Zhongdu? I haven't bothered to tell you... not many people in the court know."
Guo Ning made a face to his son and explained to Lu Han: "After a victory at the beginning of the year, the territory we control on the grassland has become much larger. However, thousands of defense lines and newly added logistics channels must be retained everywhere. The army. Just on the front line of Dongsheng Prefecture north of Xijing, it currently maintains regular armies from 20 cities, 30,000 civilians, more than 3,000 chariots, and nearly 10,000 draft horses. A new garrison fort has been set up. , which requires huge investment."
"There's nothing we can do about it. I heard from Li Yun's mother-in-law that we can support it financially."
"The financial resources of the Great Zhou Dynasty are much stronger than those of the Jin Kingdom, so there is no problem in supporting them. The problem is that if we continue to expand, we will not only have to deal with the Mongolian army, but also the vast sea of death in the desert. The consumption will be ten times greater. Then It really can't be done. So we plan to spread some news, pretend to weaken the northern Xinjiang garrison, and try to attract the Mongols in this autumn and winter... Let them suffer the hardships of the desert first, while we wait for work and fight a few relaxed and happy games battle."
"I see...this is for the Mongols to see?"
Lu Han didn't know much about military affairs, so he said suspiciously: "We just won the battle at the beginning of the year. The Mongols don't have a backbone capable of directing the plan on the grassland, so they may not take the initiative to kill them, right?"
"It will come."
Guo Ning said: "Both Datong Prefecture and Jingzhao Prefecture have received accurate news. The Mongolian Khan Temujin has returned to the grassland... The Mongols cannot hold back for long, and there will be a big move."