Xiao Ruxun's throne was basically stable, and so was the government of the Daqin. The military, financial, and political power of the world were basically in his hands.
His position was as stable as Mount Tai, and his power was far greater than that of the previous emperors, let alone that of the Wanli Emperor.
He decisively launched a great purge and swept away all the forces that might oppose him, leaving no one alive. Those who were left were very smart and able to do things.
Therefore, the Li family would not get any help. If something happened, they would not even be able to resist.
Li Rusong was deeply aware of his situation. He was no longer as arrogant as he was in the past. The arrogant general who punched the inspector and insulted the civil officials had disappeared.
And when he brought his two younger brothers to observe the situation in the capital and felt the valiance of the Black Water secret agents, he was deeply impressed by Xiao Ruxun's methods.
"The Black Water agents are everywhere, and they can even penetrate so deep into other countries. With only a few people, they can do what tens of thousands of troops can do and create such a favorable situation for our army.
As long as our army rushes over, everything will be settled. Although the Emperor of the Daqin is far away in Beijing, every move of Nihon is under the control of the Emperor … "
Li Rusong put down the monocular in his hand and sighed deeply, sighing at the strength of Xiao Ruxun.
The young general who argued with him at the gate of the Ministry of War and did not flinch had become such a terrible emperor. Now every time he thought of the scenes in the past, Li Rusong even had the illusion that he was dreaming.
He had bullied Xiao Ruxun with his identity and strength? He had bullied Emperor Longwu of the Daqin?
Reality had told him countless times that he was not dreaming. Everything he had encountered was real. Everything was real. It was not fake. It was also true that he could live until now. It was not fake.
Li Rumei and Li Ruzhang beside him also felt the same.
The Emperor's valiance, the Emperor's might that suppressed the world, and the scene in front of them was perhaps only a small microcosm of everything. The generals of the former Ming Dynasty, who were used to living between the Wanli Emperor and the civil officials, felt that they were fortunate to be able to witness the might of the first Emperor and Emperor Taizu while they were still alive.
Anyway, some people said that the power and power of the current emperor could only be compared to the Ancestral Dragon Emperor and Emperor Taizu throughout the history of Huaxia.
They had experienced it firsthand.
For example, during the period of the former Ming Dynasty, the most elite part of the Liaodong Army was their own private soldiers. They paid for the private soldiers with good food and drinks, and they fought as hard as they did. But now, the entire army of the Daqin had changed.
There were seven levels from top to bottom, and one level was in charge of the other. The ones who could really manage the army were the low-level officers with relatively low status. The senior officers basically could not have any contact with the soldiers, and there was no need.
The soldiers were sent over after they were trained. One only needed to lead the soldiers to fight and listen to orders. There was no need to train the soldiers.
The generals did not need to train the soldiers, and the instructors did not need to train the soldiers. The Daqin army had a unified training model. The soldiers trained were all proficient in the commands of the Daqin army and would follow orders. With a little battlefield training, they would become elite soldiers.
The daily training was done by the low-level officers. The generals only needed to inspect, and there was no need to watch them every day.
If it was not for the war, these middle and senior officers often felt that they did not need to exist and did not need to exert effort to maintain the army, the army could still exist.
Li Rumei and Li Ruzhang also led the soldiers in the army. The original army was scattered and reorganized, or simply retired. The new army felt like that.
They were not unfamiliar at all, and did not need any more training. They could understand the commands as soon as they got started, and follow the flag and the war drum to advance and retreat, form a formation to attack, and so on.
If they had to describe how they felt, they would feel.
Loss.
Yes, they were slightly lost. They felt a sense of loss that they could not participate in many things.
But they were all generals who had survived in the strange situation of the former Ming Dynasty, and they were clear about all of this.
This was the way the emperor controlled the military power and did not let the generals rebel.
The emperor ascended the throne through a mutiny. The last person to do this was Zhao Kuangyin, and the next was Guo Wei.
There was no need to mention Guo Wei. The situation was different. It was not like everyone did not know what Zhao Kuangyin did.
The emperor did not kill the generals, did not seize the military power, and continued to use them. He gave them money, titles, positions, honors, and everything else. It seemed that he was completely different from Zhao Kuangyin. It seemed that he trusted everyone, and it seemed that he had drawn a line with Zhu Yuanzhang.
But did he really trust everyone that much?
A few extremely intelligent generals finally understood what Xiao Ruxun was playing after thinking for a long time through the clues before and after the founding of the country.
Perhaps as early as the Burmese period, no, perhaps even earlier, Xiao Ruxun already had the intention to be a disloyal subject.
Perhaps it was a disloyal heart that he did not even realize himself.
From the beginning of the establishment of the Zhennan Army, he built this army into his own army and branded it with his own brand. It was not the general's, nor the court's. At the beginning, he designed the strategy of training first before joining the army, and the basic officers leading the troops and the senior officers using the troops.
The basic officers were in contact with the troops but had low positions, and the senior officers had high positions but did not have direct contact with the soldiers.
If this was not enough insurance, adding a large number of clerical positions in the army in the name of eliminating illiteracy and handling the financial and legal affairs of the army was a stroke of genius.
Many generals did not know, and only a few intelligent people knew how the emperor used clerical positions to teach the soldiers how to read and write to brainwash them, implanting in them the idea of being loyal to Xiao Ruxun. After the founding of the country, it changed to the idea of being loyal to the emperor and patriotic.
Under the influence of a long time and the environment, every soldier could not help but become such a person. The army became a big melting pot, and everyone who joined became the same person.
Li Rumei and Li Ruzhang were not so intelligent and did not realize the emperor's tricks.
Li Rusong was smarter, but he did not come into contact with Xiao Ruxun when he was in Myanmar, so he did not know much about it.
Li Chengliang was smart enough, but he was old and timid. During the great purge, he was scared out of his wits and did not dare to speculate.
Only those who retreated after the founding of the country could really see what Xiao Ruxun had done in the past, what he was doing now, and what he would do in the future.
But what was the use?
Once the fire of such a big melting pot was ignited, it was not so easy to extinguish it. How could the fire that Xiao Ruxun used five years to ignite be extinguished so easily?
This fire not only forged the army into a piece of fine steel, but also reborn the Divine Land of Huaxia in the fire. The blazing temperature also burned the disloyal hearts of all the countries around Daqin.
The stronger the disloyal hearts, the more painful it was until they died.
At present, Jingdu of Country R was burned by this blazing fire and became what it was today.
The people inside could not get out, and the people outside could not get in. The people inside thought that there was the Qin Army inside, and the people outside thought that there was the Qin Army outside. The people inside thought that it was safe outside, and the people outside thought that it was safe inside.
Where was the safe place?
Where was the way out?
Li Rusong took a deep breath and showed a confident smile on his face.
Nowhere was safe. Since the emperor of Daqin set his eyes on you, you could no longer say that you were safe.
The destruction of Jingdu and the destruction of Country R could be said to have started today, but it could also be said to have started long ago.
But no matter what, it was Li Rusong who really completed this decisive blow.
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