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Chapter 840 National Strategy

Zhao Bing originally wanted to convene important officials from all walks of life to discuss the matter after the empress dowager returns to the capital, and to discuss the country's goals, and set long-term goals, but human calculations are not as good as God's calculations. He was actually "idled" by the empress dowager, which also made him unable to arrange state affairs according to his own. However, his mind was not idle, and he was still considering where the Song Dynasty would go, and constantly improving his ideas.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Bing did not expect that he could recover Jiangnan at such a fast speed, nor did he expect that Kublai Khan had such a high prestige in the Yuan court. Even after his death, no one dared to disobey his will, especially the army in Jiangbei who actually sat on the decline of Jiangnan. Of course, this does not rule out that Kublai Khan did not expect that he would die, or that he died so quickly, so he did not make arrangements for the funeral. After the "Puan Chan" incident, Kublai Khan was furious and idle the real gold, and killed his close ministers or diverted them, and instead let Empress Nanbi participate in the government.

In this way, after Kublai Khan's death, no authoritative figure could suppress the Yuan court. The prince of Shangdu was equal to an empty stance. Queen Nanbi of Dadu could not fully control the situation of the Dadu court. All forces in the court also took the opportunity to gain power. The outer sects and the nearby sects, Han officials and Meng officials started an open and secret battle. Unfortunately, no one could gain an advantage in a short period of time, which made those local forces in the wait-and-see and choose, and still acted under Kublai Khan's old system.

The victory came too quickly, which also caught Zhao Bing off guard. He had only five pot lids, but now he had to cover ten pots. It was difficult to deal with the sudden change in policy reserves, materials and military preparations, which made him feel like a poor person was suddenly rich, worried that his thatched hut would not be able to put down the mountain banknotes, but he didn't know how to spend the wealth in front of him.

Zhao Bing was not ruthless at that time. Since he couldn't put down the straw shed, he set up fences next to the shed and enclosed all the money into his yard first. But afterwards, he thought about how fragile this fence was enough to allow a cow to pass through. If one of the Mongolian Yuan parties realized the crisis of the situation and put down his prejudice and mobilized troops to launch a counterattack, the force in his hands could not consolidate such a long front line at all. He would be divided and surrounded by the Mongolian Yuan army that was good at interspersing and detouring and quickly maneuvering. The best result was to establish several enemy bases and occupy several coastal cities in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas with the assistance of the navy.

Fortunately, Zhao Bing's mind was still clear and realized that he was like a little snake swallowing a cow. First of all, he had to ensure that his belly was not broken. After slowly digesting the giant beast in his belly, he could grow up to hunt larger food again, instead of dragging his heavy body to challenge a tiger that seemed exhausted. Therefore, in the face of the temptation that seemed to be within his reach, he stopped attacking immediately.

Zhao Bing has been constantly reflecting and summarizing recently, thinking about what the Song Dynasty needs most now and where his ultimate goal is. He thought that he should not be entangled by those disputes at present, but would need a period of rest and development, and at least five or ten years of development. If this period can be passed smoothly, no country in the world can stop him at that time, and then he can calm down and calculate the accounts that should be calculated one by one. Then he will move forward step by step towards the big goal.

In reflection, Zhao Bing understood that both the development of civilization and the progress of society all require material foundations. In his previous life, everyone knew that the United States was the most developed country in the world, and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, it became the only superpower in the world. However, it was not formed in one day. It was only after a long period of arrangement that it was able to rise. It was just as the saying goes.

At the end of the 19th century, the United States could only be considered a country of medium development in the world at that time, and the British Empire was the eldest. Naturally, the United States did not want to be a younger brother, but it found that it had no problem defeating the British Empire militarily, but it could not break through the global system of the British Empire at all. So they did not take action. Although they had plans and plans to fight the British, they began to wait patiently for opportunities.

When the First World War, the British were disabled, but the Americans still did not get the global hegemony they had always dreamed of. Because the lean camel was bigger than the horse, the soft power that Britain established in two hundred years is still there. It is not that the hard power will increase, and hegemony will belong to you. If you don’t have soft power, you will still not get it. So the United States waited patiently for twenty years, waiting for the next World War. For this day, until the outbreak of World War II, the United States helped Germany restore its economy, the so-called "Dowes Plan".

The Americans told the Germans that I would not take back all your compensation for the first battle, but instead turned into investment in Germany. The Americans invested all the money into Germany's military industry, such as Krupp, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, which were large enterprises, quickly became stronger by relying on the "Dowes Plan" of the United States. The products after the recovery of the military industry cannot be consumed peacefully, and they can only go on the road of war. In the end, Hitler "lived down everyone's expectations" and led the Germans to the road of war again. The British Empire was still aimed at. Although Germany was defeated again this time, it completely defeated Britain, and the Americans finally successfully reached the top.

Zhao Bing used this as a topic of conversation and did not take it seriously. He felt that it would be impossible for Americans to achieve such a big situation with their practical character. He could not imagine that when he didn't know what "The Art of War" was, he had already had acquainted with Sun Tzu. But when he stood on the commanding heights, he recalled it again, but was surprised to find that the United States should have been planning a big strategically for a long time, otherwise he would not have achieved the current situation.

Think about how far-reaching and meticulous this strategic layout is with the strength of the United States, and it has been achieved through the efforts and persistence of more than a dozen presidents. It can be said that the entire world has been studied very thoroughly. In dealing with international disputes between various countries, a complete set of standard response procedures have long been formed. The planning and persistence of the grand strategy and the grasp of the timing are all referenceable.

On the other hand, his overall view is much inferior, and he has not yet broken out of the thinking mode of small countries and few people and restored the Central Plains. The outside of the Wrangler Massacre is more like an empty slogan, but there is no specific feasible plan and far-reaching layout. Therefore, he still needs to learn little by little, instead of just talking about the rise of a big country, but he is completely influenced by small profits when he acts, and he must learn to calculate big accounts.

Throughout history, we can see that to truly become a big country that can influence the world, first of all, it is to have a vast territory, secondly, it is to have strong resources, and thirdly, it is to have a large population. Zhao Bing understood that with the current technological level, if you want to conquer the whole world, it is impossible to achieve the goal of being the leader of the earth. I am afraid that you will die of old age when you walk around empty-handedly. In Asia, the Mongolian Empire is well deserved to be the only superpower, and the only one who can compete with it is the Song Dynasty, which has just occupied Jiangnan...

"Your Majesty, please make it clear, what is the core interest?" Lu Xiufu and others didn't understand this new term, so he frowned and asked.

"The current core interests are nothing more than three. One is to ensure the stability and authority of the regime; the other is to continue the road to rejuvenation of the Song Dynasty; the third is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, hide the people, and maintain its deterrence to the surrounding countries!" Zhao Bing explained again.

"Please explain in detail with your Majesty!" Lu Xiufu seemed to have some insight after hearing this. Seeing that the other people were still confused, he said again.

"Ensure the stability and authority of the regime means that our dynasty still adopts the ancestral system and the emperor and the literati and officials jointly govern the country. This structure cannot be easily moved, and the emperor's authority must still be maintained and guaranteed." Zhao Bing said.

He knew that under the current social form, he was unable to change the political system, although later generations criticized the imperial system. The literati group still concentrated the most elite political force in China today, and no other political force is able to replace it now. Therefore, in this case, especially when the Chinese people's habit of being dispersed, such an irreplaceable leadership core is still needed.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Several people immediately smiled and said in unison. They were uneasy about the young emperor's policy of equal importance to both civil and military affairs, and were worried that one day they would go back to the road of martial arts rule. Now he promised to adhere to the ancestral system and still adopted the system of co-governing the country with Confucian scholars, which naturally reassured everyone.

"Since the founding of Taizu, our Song Dynasty has always faced threats from the northern barbarians. We have been bullied by them for hundreds of years, and were forced to move south during the Gaozong Dynasty, but we still almost destroyed the country. Although we occupy a corner of the southeast, the threat has not been lifted. Only the national rejuvenation, as prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties, can our country be kept long and the people live and work in peace and contentment!" Zhao Bing said again.

"What Your Majesty said is that only when the country is strong and the people are rich can we drive away the barbarians and maintain peace for all generations." Wen Tianxiang praised.

"I believe that all the families of your family have understood that for many years, our Song Dynasty has accumulated wealth from all over the world, and its wealth has been coveted by the barbarians around us. However, our dynasty has only one million troops, but it is unable to defend its wealth, resulting in cedes land and paying compensation, the king is humiliated, and the people are slaughtered and enslaved. Therefore, not only should the country be rich, but also the army be strong. Only when the sword arrives can we go without any disadvantages." Zhao Bing waved his hand suddenly. Several people looked at each other and nodded frequently. They were all people who had experienced the danger of destroying the country, and were well aware of the disasters and humiliation brought by the weakness of the army.

"The country is rich and the people are the source of turmoil in all dynasties. A large amount of wealth has been accumulated in all dynasties. However, when the people are in chaos, it will be destroyed by the people's chaos, leaving the country without accumulation. After that, the new dynasty came, and then the prosperity came. Then it was corruption and degeneration, leading to the people's chaos, wealth is lost again, and everything is gone. This cycle is repeated and endless." Zhao Bing frowned and said, "We cannot only accumulate wealth by increasing taxes and robbing the rich to help the poor. Instead, we must use reasonable taxes and increase tax sources to solve it, so that the people can have more wealth in the family, so that the people can be happy to serve the court and the country will be stable."

"Your Majesty is kind, our dynasty will prosper!" Ying Jieyan said first.

"Your Majesty, the people, and I are willing to help Your Majesty achieve great harmony!" Liu Fu also politely said.

"Don't be too polite. If you want to realize this wish, we still need the joint efforts of our monarch and ministers. I want to thank you for yourselves!" Zhao Bing returned the courtesy.

"Your Majesty, although our dynasty is currently in the southeast, many problems in the country are to be solved, and the Mongolian Yuan is still eyeing him. How should we deal with it now?" Wen Tianxiang asked slowly.

"Wen Xiang said it well. The problems we are facing are very complicated at present. To revive our dynasty, the most important thing is to be firm and clarify our own ideas. Since we have already established policies, whether others criticize them in a ridiculous and ridiculous way, or appreciate them with lofty ambitions, don't be influenced by their words and avoid making wrong decisions under impulse." Zhao Bing thought about it and sorted out his thoughts.

"The Mongol Yuan is undoubtedly our biggest threat at present. If we want to revive and rise, we must overcome the Mongol Yuan hurdle to occupy a favorable strategic situation. The Mongol Yuan is facing no less problems than us. Jiangbei has been ravaged by them, the population has decreased, the land is deserted, and it is difficult to satisfy itself. Previously, half of the wealth came from Jiangnan, and food accounted for 70%. Losing Jiangnan is equivalent to cutting off its financial path. They must be unwilling to accept it. The peace talks just want to continue usurping our money and food. If they fail, the war will restart. Frequent conflicts will be inevitable after that."

"Then how will we deal with it?" Wen Tianxiang asked again.

"The present is not the best time, so naturally it is to wait. But my intention is not to wait passively. When it is time to take action, you must take action. When it is time to counterattack, you must never be ruthless to curb the revival of the Mongol Yuan. After Kublai Khan inherited the Khan throne, Mongolia was actually in a state of division, and the kings of the outer sects were no longer dominated by it. The kings of the near branch of the sect were also maintained entirely by interests. After losing the financial resources of Jiangnan, not only will the dynasty be in trouble, but the assistance to the sects will also be gradually cut off. In order to maintain, they can only solve the problem by increasing taxes from various parts of Jiangbei and increasing tribute from the sects. This will inevitably increase the conflicts between all parties and the Yuan court. In order to ease domestic conflicts, the real gold can only be transferred through foreign wars!" Zhao Bing thought for a moment.

"Your Majesty's intention is to wait for the Mongol Yuan to gradually fall into crisis and will continue to cause conflicts, and we are just using moderate counterattack to consume their national strength. However, our dynasty can take the opportunity to complete internal governance as soon as possible, develop production and accumulate wealth, complete combat preparations, and wait for the opportunity to come!" Wen Tianxiang made his own understanding.
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