War in the age of firearms relied on poor logistics.
As long as the logistics supplies are sufficient, it doesn't matter even if the soldiers' combat capabilities are poor.
But once the logistics are ineffective, it is no different than holding a kitchen knife and fighting high-voltage wires. It is purely seeking death.
If rebels want to gain a foothold in the age of firearms, they must meet three hard requirements.
The first item is that the central government has problems, forcing the people to rebel.
The second item is to obtain the support of an external force that can directly compete with one's own government.
The third item is that our own forces are very popular among the people, and we must at least be able to respond to the call of a million people.
But finding someone in this world who can do these three things is almost as difficult as climbing to the sky with bare hands.
And when Li Chengqian said all these words, Li Shimin also fell into a long silence.
He was an emperor with a military background, so of course he knew that most of what Li Chengqian said was true. .??.
I do not know how long it has been.
Li Shimin just waved his hand and said: "You go down first, let me think about the cabinet matters carefully."
He just needs to tell me.
This means that his identity has changed.
From Li Chengqian's Laozi, he became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
And Li Chengqian naturally would not force him to accept his own ideas.
After all, his plan from the beginning was to give Li Shimin a signal.
As for whether he agrees or not, that doesn't matter, as long as he is mentally prepared for this, and then we can think of ways to get him to accept it little by little.
Wait until you walk out of the Manna Hall.
Li Chengqian originally planned to go back to the East Palace directly.
Unexpectedly, before he had even taken a few steps, Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin surrounded him.
"Uncle Cheng, uncle?"
Li Chengqian was also startled by the sudden appearance of these two people.
Haven't they already left the palace?
Why are you still here?
Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin looked at each other.
Cheng Yaojin said:
"Old Changsun, you should speak first."
"You go ahead and say it."
Changsun Wuji said: "After all, you were the one who started this matter."
"It's you first."
"You first……"
Li Chengqian looked at the two people in front of him, a little dumbfounded.
What are these two guys doing?
Seeing the two people's endless humility, Li Chengqian hurriedly said: "No..."
"What do you two want from me? Why are you so humble to each other?"
Hearing him speak, the two of them paused and winked at each other.
In the end, Changsun Wuji tilted his head, obviously not intending to speak first.
See this scene.
Cheng Yaojin couldn't help but sigh and said: "Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to discuss the Northeast Road with His Highness..."
When Li Chengqian heard this, his brows twitched a few times.
His eyes swept over Changsun Wuji, and he felt a little clearer in his heart.
"Could it be that Uncle Cheng is overthinking it?"
"Want to give some of the Northeast Road business to my uncle?"
In order to let Cheng Yaojin help him.
Li Chengqian once handed over all the fertilizer and agricultural tools business on Northeast Road to Cheng Yaojin.
Cheng Yaojin even had a fight with Changsun Wuji over this matter.
Now that they both came together, it was most likely for this reason.
Cheng Yaojin laughed dryly and said: "It's almost the same thing, but it's not entirely right."
"What's the meaning?"
Li Chengqian looked at him straightly.
"Well……"
Cheng Yaojin fell into silence again.
Changsun Wuji, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore and rolled his eyes almost to the sky.
"Let you tell me something
Son, why is it so difficult?"
After finishing speaking, he looked at Li Chengqian again and said, "I'll be the one to talk about this!"
"This old boy made a loss by promoting agricultural tools and fertilizers on Northeast Road."
"So I wanted to drag me into the water and then touch me across the river."
"I said half the family, but he didn't agree."
"If you ask me to sell farm tools, he will sell fertilizers."
"How can the profit from selling chemical fertilizers be matched by selling agricultural tools?"
"After selling farm tools, the market will soon become saturated."
"This old boy has been struggling on the Northeast Road for so long, and now he wants me to get into the water."
"Isn't it obvious that you are just teasing me?"
"So, I don't agree, so he has to drag me to see you."
Changsun Wuji said angrily: "Now it's up to you to make a decision. How will this market be distributed?"
Listen to what he said here.
Li Chengqian finally understood.
Isn’t this just an uneven distribution of spoils?
"You really can't ask me about this matter."
"What I promised Uncle Cheng at that time was to ask him to expand his business in Northeast Road and promote the development of agricultural tools and fertilizers."
"Whether it's a loss or a profit, it has nothing to do with me."
"And now, if he wants to drag you into trouble, uncle, that is also a matter between the two of you."
"If uncle thinks it's not profitable, he doesn't have to do it."
"After all, in addition to the Northeast Road, don't you have four other places? This one is not missing, right?"
"but!"
When he said this, Li Chengqian looked at Cheng Yaojin and emphasized: "When I handed over the farm tools and fertilizer business to you two, I already said that making money is one aspect of this matter.
The main purpose is to promote it and let the common people know about the existence of agricultural tools.
Everyone knows the role of chemical fertilizers.”
"But if either of you gives up one of them because you can't make money selling farm tools or fertilizers."
"Then don't blame me for turning against others!"
Agricultural tools and fertilizers are commercial activities on the surface, but in fact they are linked to politics.
At this moment, his words were also a warning to the two people in front of him not to regard this matter as purely commercial.
After all, he had told the two of them that this business would be very profitable at the beginning, but it would also fall into a smooth period after a while, and their task was to withstand the pressure and promote technological products to the common people.
If the two of them don't even have this awareness and choose to give up one item just because they are losing money, then the point of entrusting them with this business will be gone.
And after saying this.
Li Chengqian turned around and left without saying much to the two of them.
Anyway, what he said has been made clear, and they decide what to do.
And it was the appearance of these two people that made Li Chengqian realize a problem.
The current business world in Datang seems to be too thin.
There are now three giants in the business world of Datang.
That is the Changsun family, the Cheng family, and even the Lu family.
Lu Qing's status is not as good as that of Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin, so the Lu family has always kept a low profile and developed steadily in strict accordance with Li Chengqian's plan.
But the Changsun family and the Cheng family are different.
These two people are like bullies in the business world, who has to bully whom.
Especially after Li Chengqian handed over the fertilizer and farm equipment business to the two, the financial resources of the two families continued to expand.
If Li Chengqian hadn't given them an order a long time ago, telling them not to annex the power of other families, these two guys might not have turned themselves into industry oligarchs now.
no.
It absolutely cannot continue like this.
If this continues, not to mention decades, there will probably be problems in a dozen or so years.