Su You immediately said: "If your Majesty wants to use it, he must first try the small states and border counties, and then promote them in order according to their political performance."

"My Su family will not follow the path of Lu Huiqing and Li Ding."

Zhao Xu felt strange: "Don't you always say that nature is the right thing to do? Deliberately suppressing the career of a relative, but you also lose the favor."

Su You smiled and said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood me. Although Ziyou has learned a lot of skills from the three elders, after all, he has not practiced the practice himself. It is important to get familiar with the process."

"That is not only responsible for the country and Your Majesty, but also responsible for yourself and your family."

"Similarly, when ministers recommend suitable talents to Your Majesty, they also need to be placed in appropriate positions. Your Majesty will carefully examine their suitability before deciding whether to place them in more critical positions. This is also responsible for the country.

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Zhao Xu is not an idiot either: "Mingrun, is there something in his words?"

Su You brewed the tea and watched the dry green tea leaves gradually unfolding in the glass bowl: "Just like making tea, being an official also requires heat."

"Even if you have talents, you have to come step by step. Your Majesty, the next thing I have to do is military affairs, and one of them is to choose commanders and generals."

"I really don't agree with Xu Xi's appointment, and I don't agree even more with what he said about Yi Yu in Xixia."

"If he were in front of me, I would ask him how he came to this conclusion?"

"How much does he know about Xixia's national conditions and people's sentiments? How many horses, grains, cattle, sheep, and steel are produced in Xixia each year? What is the composition of the population? How many standing soldiers are there on weekdays? How is the equipment? What can be done in extreme circumstances?

How many have been mobilized? How is the equipment?"

"Do you know how mobile the Xixia people are? How many generals have outstanding abilities recently? Which armies are strong and which are weak? What is the character of the generals? What is the relationship between the generals?"

"If we want to go to war with Xixia, what is our preset goal? What preparations are needed to achieve this goal? How much food and grass are needed? How much armaments are needed? How many soldiers need to be mobilized to achieve the goal?"

"Have there been any military rehearsals? Have our army's combat effectiveness, mobility, and logistics capabilities been confirmed?"

"How long can we sustain the war? How many people can we deal with? What forces does Xixia have that we can win over?"

"What is the climate and geography like? How is the people's support? What are the conditions near the war zone, water sources, rivers, and vegetation?"

"Will it be ambushed, attacked by water, or attacked by fire?"

"And most importantly, after occupying Xixia, what are the follow-up plans? What kind of governance method should be chosen, which officials can be sent to serve, and what are the requirements for them? Have these things been discussed?"

"The Battle of Jiaozhi became hasty, so I had to deal with it urgently."

"But even so, we must make decisions before taking action, and look for problems that may arise in the war situation to prepare for prevention."

"Under the appointment of His Majesty, Guo Kui went from Shaanxi to Jiaozhi to conquer. First, the soldiers were acclimatized, and then he ignored Li Changjie's military strategy. The most critical thing was that he completely misjudged the capabilities of the Jiaozhi Navy."

"If our navy does not have the new navy Ning Haijun, the war situation will evolve into the Fujian and Guangdong Navy being annihilated by the Cochin people. Guo Kui will not be able to cross the river, and his return route will even be cut off!"

"So in that battle, the Song Dynasty actually won by luck. The reason for the victory was simply because the enemy made a bigger mistake than us. They had no idea about the huge power of our new navy of the Song Dynasty."

"So that battle was not won by us, but by them."

This was a very strange thing to say, but Zhao Xu understood that it was hard to say what the battle would have been like if Su You had not used the rebuilt Ning Navy to reinforce it.

"It was much better to capture the city later." I heard Su You continue: "In my heart, it was a silent battle; but in my opinion, it can barely be regarded as a real victory."

Zhao Xu also had to be convinced. The capture of Champa was really beautiful. It was precisely because the capture of Champa was so "easy" that he became ambitious again. He felt that it would not be a problem to capture Xixia in three to five years.

Why did Gao Zunyu stay in Hehuang? The reason is simple. He is Zhao Xu's uncle.

If Zhao Xu wanted his uncle to be his assistant and to balance him with his uncle Cao Yi, he had to let Gao Zunyu make meritorious deeds.

Zhao Xu's wishful thinking was very good. His uncle first established military exploits in Hehuang, so that he was almost promoted to Jiedushi. Then he served as the main force in the annihilation of Xixia and made great achievements again, becoming a Jiedushi like Ping Zhongshu like his uncle.

The smooth affairs under the family are what the people call "envoys".

Then Zhao Xu could give his mother's family great rewards, and at the same time follow the ancestor's practice of releasing military power over a glass of wine, allowing his uncle to "go home and enjoy the blessings" and stay behind the scenes, weakening the Queen Mother's family's control in the court, and at the same time allowing his uncle to "go home and enjoy the blessings".

The status of the Gao family has been strengthened again and will not fade for at least another hundred years.

The abacus was calculated very well, but there was only one question - I didn't ask the Xixia people whether they would answer it or not.

This is exactly what Su You is worried about the most.

Gao Zunyu was also a high-ranking military officer. He was good at speaking and knew martial arts. During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, he served as the deputy envoy of the Ministry of Finance. During the reign of Emperor Yingzong, he served as the station supervisor of the Zhenrong Army. When Zhao Xu came to the throne, he negotiated well with the Xia people.

Promote the security forces.

Later, he served as deputy envoy to pacify Qinfeng Road and informed the military affairs of the Far Eastern Army. In the second year of Xining, he was promoted to deputy envoy and brought in command of military equipment. In that year, he defeated the Xixia army at Yeren Pass and occupied Wusheng City. Due to his meritorious service, he was informed of the military affairs of the Tao Army and entered the country.

He went west to serve as the general envoy, governor of Rongzhou, and served as general manager.

Later, when Wang Shao attacked Hehuang, he informed the Tongyuan Army again and added the Min Army as governor.

Judging from his resume, he is flawless, and with thousands of troops in Minzhou, he has captured 300,000 tribes under Xiangzhan, effectively protecting Wang Shao's rear.

It can be said that Gao Zunyu accounted for at least half of the credit for the Song Dynasty's conquest of Hehuang.

We captured hundreds of thousands of Tibetan people hundreds of miles northwest of Minzhou without spending a single soldier. Although it was mainly due to Wang Shao's strength and victory, it was a free ride, but in terms of the results of the battle, it was really not as good as the others.

Wang Shao obtained the title of Shao of the Tibetan tribe.

Moreover, Xiang Zhan was quite loyal, and the rule of the Song Dynasty in Minzhou was quite stable.

It was necessary, because the profits from the wool business turned the former one sheep into the value of three sheep, which is equivalent to the per capita income of the Minzhou Tibetan people who suddenly doubled inexplicably after returning to the Song Dynasty, and they filled the wild with joy.

It's not an overstatement.

Although this is actually mainly brought about by Su You's inventions, I can't help but think that Uncle Gao Guo is the chosen one. He is so lucky that he can have a ride along the way!

Isn't he the chosen one, the one chosen by the emperor?

Su You's contribution was too great to be given away. It was a dream to have someone share the credit for him.

Thinking of this, Su You felt that he should add another word to Zhao Xu: "I am in the South China Sea and don't know the situation in the west. I don't know how the new army in Bianjing is training."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but feel very proud: "Now that the Fourth Army has been fully prepared, its strength has reached 50,000, the capital is already impregnable, and most of the burden on the Xiang Army has been relieved."

"Such a major event has been done quietly. Mingrun, you said that Su Ziyou is the one who doesn't want people to know about it. I think you are the one! You are the first to reduce the burden of the country's redundant army!"

Su You handed over his hand: "Your Majesty, this is a serious statement. The emergence of firearms is an inevitable result of the development of science and engineering; and after its emergence, a matching military system will naturally appear; these are all things that should naturally happen. Credit

No matter how you calculate it, it cannot be attributed to me."

"But now that the capital is secure, shouldn't the army over there also be equipped?"

Zhao Xu was a little pleased: "No need to hide it from the Xixia and Liao people anymore?"

Su You's style of doing things makes the famous Zhao Xu a little embarrassed. What Su You likes to do most is to make trouble with dogs. It's best if the thing is done and no one else knows who did it. It seems that this is the way to go.

The coolest thing, it's just a pervert.

What Zhao Xu likes is to show off, and he thinks that it is the style of a great country to make all countries cry and shout for me to ask for what I want, and then give him what he wants when he is in a good mood, but not when he is not.

Similarly, Su You felt that this was called "a dog can't hide two ounces of sesame oil in its belly", which was a perversion. Back then, he demonstrated the power of the crane-shank crossbow in front of the Liao envoys, but in private he developed the revolving musket

What happened next, otherwise, he would even have to hide the crane-shin crossbow.
Chapter completed!