Hearing that His Majesty asked the School Affairs Office to dispatch personnel to the Han Dynasty to participate in the armored cavalry, Lu Yi suppressed the ecstasy in his heart. It was not until he left the palace and returned to the School Affairs Office that he laughed loudly.
The people below came up:
"It seems that the school secretary has met with something happy?"
After Lu Yi finished laughing, he patted the other party on the shoulder and said with a smile on his face:
"It's not that I've encountered a happy event, it's that we've encountered a happy event. Go and call everyone over. I have something to tell you."
When the people in the school affairs office learned that they were going to send people to Han, they were all overjoyed.
Since the school office has an errand to make money for His Majesty, everyone knows that doing business with Han people is the most profitable.
Not to mention military procurement.
Although they didn't know how much food the armored cavalry would have to pay.
However, among the three countries, military procurement accounted for the majority of the imperial treasury expenditures. It is conceivable that the amount of money and food was huge.
Since it is a necessary expenditure, who will make these weapons, armor and other items, and how will they be made?
You don’t need to deliberately touch it, oil and water will naturally get on your hands.
You say your food is good, and he says his is good. As long as the difference is not big, there is something special about which one you choose, right?
In the past few years, Xinghanhui has taken great care of the school affairs office, and only then has the school affairs office regained a firm foothold in front of His Majesty.
The school affairs office also reciprocated the favor and made many conveniences for the Xinghan Hui in Wudi.
There is a close relationship between the two.
"The purchase of horses from the Han Kingdom was obviously negotiated by the school affairs office, but in the end it was advantageous to Zhu Ju..."
Someone said angrily: "This tone is really hard to swallow!"
Lu Yi waved his hand and said in a gentle tone:
"Let bygones be bygones. Although the armored cavalry is a military matter, we don't know much about it. Even if we want to intervene, it's hard to do it well."
"But now that His Majesty has encountered difficulties, he finally remembered the good things about our school affairs office."
Qin Bo nodded and agreed: "I think Zhu Ju has never been to the Han Dynasty, let alone have any friendship with Feng Junhou."
"I think it's impossible to discount the money and food that Junhou Feng entrusted to his armored cavalry. If I don't say more on purpose, it's just for His Majesty's sake."
Lu Yi understood, smiled and said:
"We are different. Not only have we met Feng Junhou, but we have also had close contacts with the Xinghan Society."
"If we are asked to talk, it will not be an official talk. We can build friendship with Feng Junhou privately."
"When necessary," Lu Yi said here, paused, and said leisurely, "Hasn't the Xinghan Association always wanted to plant more sugar cane in Jingzhou?"
"It's just because of the general's reputation that we have been more cautious."
When General Shang led the army to garrison in Jingzhou, he wrote to Your Majesty to let the soldiers garrison in Jingzhou.
Therefore, although sugarcane cultivation is very popular in Jingzhou, most of it is done by private individuals.
Although there are some farms for lieutenants and generals, most of them are in the south. In core areas such as Nanjun, restrictions have not been relaxed.
"If Feng Junhou can really help us gain face in front of His Majesty, we can also think of ways to give Feng Junhou face, right?"
At this time, Lu Yi also had the confidence to use the sugar cane farming in the fields as a bargaining chip.
That is the food of Shu.
Although the Han Kingdom and the Wei thieves fought in Guanzhong two years ago, food from Shu was still continuously transported to Jingzhou, which greatly enriched Jingzhou's food and grass supply.
This credit must also be recorded on the head of the school affairs office.
Because the person coordinating this matter is the school affairs office.
Now that Han has captured Guanzhong, it is a veritable land of abundance.
People who heard from the Xinghan Hui said that the leader had mentioned that after the situation in Guanzhong stabilized, we could continue to increase the shipment of grain to Jingzhou.
The only request is to release restrictions on Jingzhou's fields and help Xinghan Hui grow more sugarcane.
In fact, the school affairs office is not without doubts. Since Shu and Guanzhong are both called the land of abundance, why can't we grow more sugar cane in Shu?
The people from the Xinghan Hui sighed:
"Most of the land in Shu, especially the land around Jincheng, belongs to aristocratic families."
"The princes and the aristocratic families in Shu could not deal with each other, so the Xinghan Society could only go to Nanzhong to plant sugar cane at the beginning."
"And the Prime Minister has always been fair and strict. Even Feng Junhou has been punished by the Prime Minister before, so he doesn't dare to make too many mistakes."
"Although the Prime Minister has passed away now, the Lord has not returned to Shu for many years. You can't give up your achievements and return to Shu to worry about this just for the sake of sugar cane, right?"
"Besides, when you were young, you were told a lot of unpleasant things by people in Shu because of some trivial matters."
"Now that I have become an important minister in the court, I don't know how many people are watching me. It's even better not to overdo it, otherwise, people will be afraid of me..."
The reason is very sufficient and the tone is extremely regretful.
There is no way, what about Qiao Ling Ling, who is ruthless and ruthless, what Xiao Wen and Feng Gui Wang are, these are all solid rumors, even people from the Wu State School Affairs Office have heard about them.
When the people in the school affairs office heard about it, they felt a little sad for some reason.
Yes, why is it so difficult to do something?
In the eyes of many people in Wudi, isn't the school office also like a wolf and a tiger, hated by people and hated by ghosts?
"Although the Xinghan Hui family has great achievements, there are actually many difficulties internally."
"Just a few days ago, someone took advantage of the Prime Minister's death to put eye drops on Huili. The leader had to send people to investigate the Huili."
"I heard that some people were found out because their hands and feet were not clean. Not only their wives and daughters were affected, but in serious cases, they even lost their lives..."
"Alas, despite your current status, Junhou is actually walking on thin ice behind his back. He is just afraid that if he is not careful, someone will catch him!"
"Anyway, there are sugar cane from Nanzhong and sugar cane from Jingzhou. Junhou feels that it is quite good now and there is no need to start a war again."
All these things made the school administration feel a little sympathetic.
It turns out that Feng Junhou is not easy either!
However, it was precisely because of knowing this that the school affairs office finally made the final decision to fully liberalize land restrictions in Jingzhou.
For His Majesty's armored cavalry, it is actually not a bad thing to use the farmland in Jingzhou to grow sugar cane.
Even some generals in the Jingzhou army might be grateful to the school affairs office.
After all, I watched other people make a lot of money growing sugar cane, and they also received brown sugar every year.
The farmland that I have worked so hard to cultivate can only grow food. Who would be happy if I replaced it?
This is exactly what the saying goes: don’t worry about scarcity but worry about inequality!
Of course, this kind of thinking has also emerged in recent years.
If it had been a few years ago, when Jingzhou was short of food, that would be another story.
I don’t know why, but more and more private fields are being used to grow sugar cane, but the price of food is getting lower and lower.
It’s really strange and strange that people don’t pay thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars for a handful of grain anymore!
The big bosses in the army didn't understand, but Lu Yi and others, who were personally responsible for the matter, understood it all too well.
Even this matter, they regard it as the merit of the school affairs office.
After all, this allowed Jingzhou's military officials to no longer suffer from food shortages.
However, compared to Lu Yi’s optimism, Qin Bo was a little worried:
"School Secretary, if what Zhu Ju said is true and the armored cavalry really needs that much money and food, what should we do?"
When Lu Yi heard this, he smiled slightly and said slowly:
"This matter depends on the ability of Principal Qin."
"Me?" Qin Bo was a little stunned.
"Yes." Lu Yi nodded, "I must stay with Your Majesty and cannot leave for a moment, lest someone secretly mess with us without knowing it."
"Qin School Affairs, you have frequently traveled between Wu and Han, so you are the most suitable person to be familiar with the situation in Han."
"When you go to Han this time, you will not only help our school office to build the armored cavalry, but you will also do it to His Majesty's satisfaction."
The school affairs office is different from other courtiers.
Your Majesty's trust is the foundation of the school administration.
No matter how difficult the matter is, as long as it is something entrusted by His Majesty, it must be done well.
"It would be best," Lu Yi's voice turned sinister, "to allow the school affairs office to reasonably intervene in the affairs of the armored cavalry."
Qin Bo was shocked: "If this happens, I'm afraid Zhu Ju..."
Lu Yi said in a deep tone: "We don't understand the matter of leading the army, but Zhu Ju also doesn't understand the matter of money and food."
"He leads his army, but we can't let him just say whatever he wants when it comes to the cost of the armored cavalry."
Lu Yi looked at Qin Bo with cold eyes, "You need to inquire more. It is best to ask Feng Junhou in person to see what the specific situation is."
Qin Bo heard this time that Lu Xiaoshu said that if he had no way, he could ask Feng Junhou if there was any way to farm in Jingzhou, which would be a bargaining chip.
I believe Feng Junhou will be happy to see the win-win situation happen. It should be said to be a win-win situation, or a win-win situation.
After all, there is a Jingzhou family, and now the Jingzhou Army lieutenants can finally get involved.
What a win!
The only price in this matter is just a piece of evidence.
Anyway, Zhu Ju and Feng Junhou have no friendship. We in Wu State are all willing, but there is no reason why Feng Junhou is not willing.
"Go down and understand."
Qin Guan bowed his hands to Lu Yi.
Lu Yi then smiled with satisfaction.
Feng Junhou, who was thousands of miles away, didn't know about the dirty things inside Wu State. Even if he knew, he wouldn't care.
After the former Prime Minister Shi Yangyi surrendered to the enemy, he knew that although the Han Dynasty had beaten the Wei State to a semi-crippling state, the Wei State had even begun to split within itself.
But Emperor Sun would be even more helpless when facing the Wei State, which had gained the advanced posture of the Han Dynasty.
When the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was there, there were two long histories in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
One is the accompanying army commander Shi Yangyi, and the other is the staying commander Shi Jiang Wan.
As the name suggests, the military commander Shi Yangyi followed the prime minister to lead the army.
Chang Shi is the first person under the Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Logically speaking, if the prime minister is away, the army should be temporarily commanded by Chang Shi.
Therefore, in the original history, there is a conspiracy theory that the prime minister originally asked Wei Yan to take over his leadership of the army.
As a result, after the prime minister's death, Yang Yi ignored the prime minister's will and colluded with the big guys in the army to squeeze out Wei Yan. This is somewhat untenable.
Because whether it is from a legal perspective or a procedural perspective, Prime Minister Chang Shi is indeed the most suitable person to succeed the Prime Minister and temporarily command the army.
Unless Wei Yan can lead a large army alone like Feng Junhou, he is not an official in the prime minister's office and has a transcendent status.
This is why the Prime Minister, even though he knew that Feng Junhou was still young and not yet qualified enough, he still insisted on letting him succeed him in commanding the army in Guanzhong.
As long as the procedures are in place, at least in the name of justice, no one can find fault.
Moreover, the Prime Minister also believed in Feng Junhou's ability and overall view.
Although in this historical line, Feng Junhou became the person who succeeded the prime minister in charge of the Guanzhong army, not Yang Yi in the original history.
But before that, Yang Yi, the commander of the army, had full access to most of the army's secrets.
Feng Junhou had reason to believe that the Wei State had the secrets that Yang Yi brought there.
Coupled with the lesson of being beaten violently by the Han cavalry, and the experience of beating the Wu Kingdom violently.
Even if the Wei State cannot restore the Han Dynasty's iron cavalry, the Wei State's cavalry will definitely have a qualitative improvement in combat effectiveness.
Just based on Sun Shiwan's reputation, he can't even defeat the original Wei cavalry. If there is another Wei cavalry, maybe it will evolve into Sun Wanwan?
But think about it, if you want to evolve into Sun Wanwan, then you have to add up all the men in the Wu Kingdom?
Feng Junhou had always been kind-hearted and could not bear to see Emperor Wu turn into Sun Wanwan, so he naturally taught the Han how to form a cavalry army.
Just in this way, the military generation gap between the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu will be greatly shortened. If Wu State can really organize cavalry.
But even if Wu failed to form cavalry, Feng Junhou didn't care.
As long as they know how to deal with the new cavalry that may appear in Wei State, that will be enough.
Anyway, Feng Junhou didn't have much hope for Emperor Wu at all.
Regardless of whether the Wu people are willing to admit it or not, the situation has become clear now that the Three Kingdoms have established themselves:
The protagonist who dominates the world is either Han or Wei, and Wu is just a supporting role.
Unless Wu can break through Hefei, or Xiangyang.
These two places are the support points for Wei State to suppress Wu State.
If Wu State cannot take these two places, it will be suppressed in the south forever.
Otherwise, even if Emperor Wu wanted to stab the big man in the back again, he would have to attack Yong'an.
If Hefei and Xiangyang are in hard mode, then Yongan is in hell mode.
Originally, Wei State had a third support point, which was used to suppress Ji Han, and that was Qishan.
Unfortunately, with the help of a certain country rogue, the Han Prime Minister's first Northern Expedition finally secured this key point permanently.
After the Wei State lost Qishan Fort, it has been having nightmares on the western battlefield over the years.
Emperor Wu naturally saw all this, so he became more and more eager to capture Hefei.
Lu Yi was a close friend of Emperor Wu and was good at figuring out what was best for him. How could he not see what Emperor Wu was thinking?
As a lucky minister, Lu Yi had no opinions on national affairs.
So he didn't even know how to lead the army to help His Majesty capture Hefei.
But for so many years, His Majesty has led his troops north to attack Hefei every year, but he has failed to capture this place.
In Lu Yi's opinion, His Majesty may not be able to achieve his wish simply by relying on Wu's soldiers.
But in this world, there are always more solutions than difficulties.
For example...can we ask allies to help?
Feng Junhou is a famous general in the world. Over the years, he has conquered cities and territories and conquered everything.
The battle in Guanzhong, which was fought thousands of miles away, shocked the world.
Not to mention the rivers and mountains inside and outside, how many dangerous and important cities are there?
How come they can capture it?
Since Wu and Han are allies, Feng Junhou is now willing to teach Wu even important weapons such as armored cavalry.
So what's the harm in asking him if he can capture Hefei?
The School Affairs Office helps His Majesty spy on the situation of courtiers and localities. It is instinctive to collect information.
Now everyone in the Wu Kingdom is only looking at the Han's armored cavalry.
But according to the information gathered by the school affairs office, Han State, or Feng Junhou, still has a powerful siege weapon in his hands.
In the Battle of Xiaoguan that year, Feng Junhou used 3,000 cavalry to defeat the 100,000-strong army of Wei thieves, which attracted the attention of the world.
But few people have noticed that Shiro Seki, who stole the show in the Battle of Guanzhong, had actually appeared in the Battle of Xiaoguan earlier.
At that time, Guan Shilang led a partial army and was able to defeat two of the bandit's strongholds in a short period of time.
According to a Mr. Ma who is closely related to the Xinghan Society and did not want to be named, he accidentally mentioned:
What Sekishiro used was a siege weapon called a stone cannon.
When activated, the sound is like thunder, and it hits the ground. No matter how big or fortified the city is, it will not be able to withstand the blow of such a magical weapon.
The generals of the Wu Kingdom couldn't bear to ask for advice, but for Lu Yi, shamelessness didn't matter at all.
As long as it makes His Majesty happy, what does shame mean?
But Lu Yi also knew that even if it was the Wu-Han Alliance, Feng Junhou was not a good person. There was no reason for him to help without any reason, let alone such a magical weapon.
Therefore, it depends on whether the chips you offer can impress the other party.
