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It snowed all night, and Odori Mountain turned white. The north wind blows, and the snow flowers on the pine trees fall down, and this world of silver makeup is so beautiful that people will not want to leave.

Of course, even if Dayan Ozir does not linger, it will be difficult to return. This white ice and snow was like the last straw that broke the camel's back for his two or three thousand remnants.

Dayan Ozir drank a bowl of horse blood while it was hot, and his mouth was scarlet, and the smell of the smell made him feel so uncomfortable that he wanted to vomit.

From the bottom of the mountain, Qin Jun's shout came again, "Those who descend will not die." "Whoever captures Dayan Ozir alive will be rewarded with a thousand gold." Hearing these shouts, Dayan Ozir couldn't help but grab the felt hat on his head and threw it the snow.

The Mongols have a peculiar hairstyle, with a bunch of hair on the left and right ears, which is kept as long as possible to make a braid, and a short bunch of hair on the forehead, which is shaved elsewhere. This hairstyle looks full of wildness, and in the eyes of the Han people, it feels ugly, but no matter how ugly it is, his head is worth a thousand gold.

Dayan Ozir knew that among his subordinates, there were probably not a few who wanted to cut off his head and go down the mountain to ask for a reward from the Qin army.

He touched his head and yelled a little hysterically: "Come on, the daughter is here, who wants to come and get it, hurry up!" ”

The two or three thousand hungry and cold remnants on the mountain looked at each other, and Dayan Ozir's eyes were full of distrust when they looked at them.

At this moment, a gust of wind came, and snowballs fell on the pine branches, which just hit the top of Dayan Ozir's smooth head, and he was so cold that he was excited.

The subordinate general Qinggeltai hurriedly came up and whispered: "Great Khan, don't be like this"

"Fuck off! Do you want my head down the mountain too? "Although Dayan Ozir is sweating, he is still too young.

Half a month ago, he was still dreaming of entering the Central Plains, and his ambition suddenly shattered, and now he is trapped in this Datong Mountain, with no food to eat, no clothes to wear. Two or three thousand remnants of soldiers were still looking at his head, and they had ghosts in their hearts.

It was as if he had suddenly fallen from heaven to hell, and his whole person had almost collapsed, and he was about to lose his mind, and he had no idea how his actions felt to his already desperate soldiers.

Qinggeltai was pushed down by him, his right hand was cut by a sharp stone, red blood dripped on the snow, one, two, three o'clock, he was still trying to break through in every possible way, the last glimmer of hope in his heart dripped out with the blood little by little, dripping on the cold snow.

When forced into Odori Mountain. Dayan Ozir still has more than 4,000 horses around him, and he has been besieged for half a month, and he has failed to break through several times, and nearly half of them have become deserters.

Those who could stay were originally more loyal, but last night a snow fell, which made everyone's situation even worse, all the food was eaten, and even the war horses were about to be killed.

It's cold and hungry. How long will it last?

At this time, the Qin army made another condition, those who surrendered would not be killed, and those who captured and killed Dayan Ozir would also be rewarded with a thousand gold, which also broke the last bit of resistance of the more than 2,000 remnants.

They cowered next to each other. Silently looking at Dayan Ozir and Qinggeltai, they were in mixed moods, and their eyes were fluttering.

Qinggeltai sat on the ground, letting the blood on his hands flow down the ground. There is no greater mourning than death

Boom! No one expected that Qinggeltai would suddenly break out at this time. Draw your knife and slash out.

Burst! Dayan Ozir's head instantly rolled down on the snow, and his angry eyes were still open, as if he didn't believe that his former most trusted Qinggeltai would do this.

The headless corpse spurted blood wildly, languishing and fell to the ground, the white snowflakes on the ground were all dyed red, and an exclamation of surprise came from the mouths of the two thousand remnants, and there was a commotion on the mountain.

Not long after, Han Gang and Hao Shaoqi under the mountain saw that Qinggeltai was carrying Dayan Ozir's head and walking down the mountain with more than 2,000 remnants.

Han Gang and Hao Shao were very happy, to be honest, this ghost weather was so cold that it turned into ice, and the remnants of the soldiers on the mountain were uncomfortable, and they couldn't stand it anymore. It would be great to be able to deal with this group of remnants as much as possible.

When the good news arrived and returned to Lanzhou, Qin Mu was happy, and immediately issued an order, ordering Hao Shaoqi to take 2,000 men and horses to Zhenxining City, and the rest of the men and horses quickly withdrew to Lanzhou to slightly reduce the logistical pressure.

In this conquest of Longyou, sixty percent of the grain and grass of the army were transferred by merchants, most of whom were opened in China and France, and merchants transported grain and grass in exchange for salt. Some of them are pure contracting, that is, the government contracts the work of transporting grain and grass to merchants.

The cost of doing so is similar to that of its own transport, but the efficiency is completely different.

The longer a businessman spends on the road, the more they lose, the less they earn, and they may even lose money.

Some merchants were nearly twice as efficient as the people recruited by the imperial court, and it's hard to imagine how the merchants did it.

In the second hall of Lanzhou Mansion, there are only Qin Mu and Sima An.

Since ascending the throne, Qin Mu has rarely summoned Sima An alone.

More than half a year has passed, and Sima An did not make any unwise moves because of Qin Mu's deliberate estrangement, but kept giving in and tried his best to cooperate with Qin Mu's series of policies.

In this regard, Qin Mu expressed his satisfaction.

The new emperor ascended the throne, especially the founding emperor, there must be a process of centralization, without first strengthening his authority, not only will it be difficult to implement, but those who are strict will will also affect the stability of the country, and the nascent regime will collapse rapidly, Qin Mu is of course no exception, and centralization is inevitable.

Sima An is a smart man, so he naturally knows that whoever fights for power with the emperor at this time will not end well. Most of the founding heroes of the past dynasties have retired after success, which is not without internal reasons.

Today, Qin Mu suddenly summoned him alone, and Sima An was a little unsuitable.

Qin Mu chatted with him for a while about internal affairs and the war situation before he said: "Master Sima has probably also noticed that the current caravan always seems to be keeping up with the footsteps of the army, and the two have a feeling of mutual dependence, what does Master Sima think about this?" ”

"This time, there was a lot of opposition to contracting logistics to businessmen, but now it seems that the effect is quite good." A companion is like a tiger, Qin Mu suddenly asked such a thing, and Sima An could only make a perfunctory sentence before he could think it through.

Qin Mu said casually: "The capital of the Tang Dynasty, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, is in charge of the army and the government and has wealth, but there is the Anshi Rebellion. After the founding of the Song Dynasty, not only did it not allow the army to be stained with the word wealth, but even set up another branch envoy to separate the financial power from the prime minister's administration, so as to stop the momentum of military secession that became a trend after the Tang Dynasty. ”

"What His Majesty said is extremely true." Sima An naturally knew the severity of this matter, but Qin Mu's attitude was quite intriguing, making people a little uncertain, "Your Majesty, with the current situation, if the generals in the army collude with businessmen, it is indeed possible to get financial support." However, the minister thought that this was not the same as the Tang Dynasty's temperance envoy in charge of local financial power. ”

"Master Sima, please speak."

"Your Majesty, businessmen seek profit, as long as they have the opportunity, they will inevitably buy off the generals in the army as much as possible in order to make greater profits from them, but let them pour out their wealth to support the generals' rebellion, I'm afraid few businessmen are willing"

Qin Mu interrupted him and said, "Mr. Sima, have you forgotten the eight families on the right side of the mountain?" ”

Sima An shook his head and said: "There is no doubt about the eight families on the right side of the mountain, but it is not true to say that the eight families on the right side of the mountain support the entry of the Manchu Qing Dynasty." In real terms, I am afraid that the most reluctant to enter the Manchu Qing Dynasty is the eight families on the right side of the mountain. ”

"Who can guarantee that there will not be a businessman who feels that he can maximize his interests by supporting the generals."

"Your Majesty, there must be such people, but there are not many."

"Whenever possible, you have to take precautions."

Obviously, the emperor did not want to completely separate the merchants from the army at once, otherwise he would not need to consult with himself at all, and just issue an order.

So how to find a balance point, so that the Shang and the army form a benign combination, without causing a rebellion, presumably, this is the answer that the emperor wants.

Sima An thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the key is to prevent it from the root, the minister thinks that the Song Dynasty's change of tactics is slightly improved, and it does not lose the feasible strategy." ”

Such words immediately came to Qin Mu's mind: "Soldiers don't know generals, generals don't know soldiers", "Soldiers are impermanent, handsome are impermanent".

His brows frowned slightly, the method of changing the military is very effective in preventing the dictatorship of generals, but it also has many drawbacks, how can it be improved to eliminate his drawbacks?

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(To be continued......)