A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 534: The great dynasty meets with dragons and tigers looking at each other, and the Five Phases discuss the feudal officials

Beiding two years
March
Baishu, the son of Xia Dynasty, came to the court and held a court meeting.

"Since Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, this is the first time that a member of the Bai family has been killed by others. It has been thousands of years since the Bai family established a state in the Zhou Dynasty. This is the first time that my noble stomach has been humiliated by a foreign country. Died by a foreign race.

This is a disgrace to the Bai family, a disgrace to the royal family, and even more to Daxia. It is tolerable, but what is intolerable! "

Bai Shu, who is in his fifties this year, is the strongest man among the previous heads of the Bai family. He holds the imperial throne and is not angry or powerful.

Coupled with the fact that he has been in the military all year round, it can be said that most of the territory of Daxia was conquered by Bai Shu's leaders. In the Xia Kingdom, Bai Shu had absolute power.

"I am terrified and ashamed!"

After hearing Bai Shu's words, the ministers quickly bowed their heads and saluted.

"I don't want your fear and shame, I just want Tuoba Yinna's head!"

The dragon's roar was deafening and enlightening. Some officials who had never seen Bai Shu and had a slightly lower official rank even had their legs trembling and their breathing almost stagnated.

"Your Majesty, I have the absolute responsibility for the sorrow of King Guangping. As the deputy general of the army, I assisted the prince to rush to Pingcheng, but he did not arrive, so that King Guangping passed away. Please punish your majesty."

General Zhenbei and Fan Yang Guan'an came out to plead guilty.

"My father and my son are also guilty. As the commander-in-chief of the army, they knew clearly that Pingcheng's troops were weak and that the country's soldiers were large, but they were cautious about the enemy's ambush, so that the march was slow, and it took too much time to conquer Guangchang, which made Wang uncle Distressed.

The son felt uneasy and asked his father to punish him. "

Prince Bai Kai then went out to plead guilty with Yuan An.

Then the generals who followed Bai Kai, Yuan An, and Bai Lin on the expedition fell to the ground and asked Bai Shu to punish him.

"Hmph, the law doesn't punish everyone, right?"

Bai Kai and Yuan An's expressions changed greatly, and they quickly said:

"I don't dare!"

Bai Shu stood up suddenly, walked to the steps, waved his sleeves, looked at the ministers in the palace who did not dare to raise their heads, and said slowly:
“I have punished those who should be punished, and I will not implicate those who should not be punished.

Is it really sinful to plead guilty in such a concerted manner? "

The heads of the ministers were lowered.

"I said before, I don't want your apology letter, I just want Tuoba Yinna's head.

As long as Tuoba Ying does not kill him that day, and Daxia does not stop fighting for one day, I will capture him even if he is at the end of the world.

If the state of Dai takes him in, I will attack the state of Dai. If the state of Yan takes him in, I will attack the state of Yan. It is the same with Zhao, Jin and Liang.

I will make sure that no one in the world dares to take in anyone whose hands are stained with the blood of the Bai family.

I have decided to launch a war against Yan. "

"His Majesty."

Bai Shu suddenly looked at him, and the minister who wanted to dissuade him suddenly did not dare to speak.

"Just like that, the Guowei Mansion, the Five Soldiers Cao, and the Prime Minister's Mansion came up with the charter and reported it to me."

After saying that, Bai Shu walked out of Chengtian Hall, and the eunuchs beside him quickly shouted:

"Retreat!"

"Long live my emperor! Long live!"

At the end of the court meeting, Prime Minister Su An, Guo Wei Yuan Jian, Zhongshu Ling Cui Wei, Shangshu Ling Zhang Ye, Zhenjun General Bai Wu, Zhenbei General Yuan An and others walked shoulder to shoulder on the court road.

"Xiang Cui, why is Your Majesty so angry today? Who offended Long Yan?"

The minister ordered Zhang Ye to ask Cui Wei with a sad face.

In the Xia Kingdom, there were only five people who could be called prime ministers: the Prime Minister, the Lieutenant of the State, Zhongshu Ling, Shangshu Ling, and Secretary Ling. Among them, the Secretary Ling was called the Internal Prime Minister.

"You don't know. Yesterday, King Bai Gu of Guangping brought several princes and marquis into the palace and cried to His Majesty. Seeing that Tuoba Yina was now at large, and the great revenge of King Min of Guangping could not be avenged, the Queen Mother of Guangping I shed tears all day long and my eyes are blinded by crying.

His Majesty took pity on him and ordered King Guangping to be appointed General of Hussars, which may have something to do with this matter. "

"Alas, these are troubled times. Shihu in the south is eyeing me Daxia. As far as I know, Murong Yan in the north has taken in many remnants of the Tuoba and Duan tribes who have fled, and their strength has greatly increased.

Moreover, envoys from Yan, Zhao, and Jin had secret contacts in Dongmou, and they may have made a secret agreement. It was not the best time to send troops to Yan at this time. "

Yuan Jian also spoke out, telling some intelligence about the north and the south, pointing out that this year was not a good time to send troops.

"Not only that, last year, first Duanpixi and then Bingzhou were attacked by Tuoba Yina. Almost the entire territory fell. Hundreds of thousands of troops stayed in the ice and snow of Dai for several months. This has already reduced the national treasury. It's completely consumed.

Although Bingzhou was restored, it suffered extremely serious damage from Dai Kingdom, and Youzhou was even more severely damaged. Two counties were lost and are not recovered, not to mention that the two states are in the process of recovery.

In addition, Daxia's taxation was almost entirely supported by the two states of Si and Ji. Where did the money come from to fight the war?

If I take another two years off, it will be about the same. "Su An took over the conversation and explained the reasons why he did not agree to a war from the perspective of the treasury.

"Even if it is a great reason, it is true that Tuoba Yin killed King Guangping. If Daxia does not let it go, it will greatly reduce the prestige of the court. Maybe the Hu people in You and Binzhou who have just been pacified will also be killed. Will cause chaos.

Whether it is for revenge or Yang Wei, this battle must be fought. "

Bai Wu disagreed with the opinions of several people and supported fighting this battle.

"Yes, it is better to fight this battle sooner rather than later. Now that Murong Huang is dominating Liaodong and Jin is aiding from the sea, he has become a serious problem for me in Great Xia.

Fortunately, when the Yan Kingdom was first established, its strength was not stable. If they were given time to stabilize, it would be more difficult to fight in the future.

Now that Daxia still has prestige in Liaodong, Shi Hu has initially taken control of Shi Zhao's power. It is the best policy to nip the threat of Yan State in the bud.

Furthermore, from a geographical point of view, the only threat to our country in the north is the Yan State. If we do not eliminate it as soon as possible, we will have to wait until the Zhao State recovers.

A north-south pincer attack with Yan State will be the most uncomfortable at that time. "

Yuan An agreed with Bai Wu's opinion and explained the necessity of fighting this war from a military perspective.

"But now that the national treasury is empty, the soldiers are tired, and the people have only just settled down, how can we get the military supplies for this war?"

Su An, Zhang Ye, Cui Hao, and Yuan Jian insisted on their own views. The insufficient national treasury was an objective reality and they could not be attacked just because they wanted to.

Forcibly launching a war will definitely arouse war-weariness in the country and lead to militancy, which will lead to the retreat of the Qin Dynasty and the Yan-Han Dynasty.

The worries of Bai Wu and Yuan An are not unreasonable. If the development of Yan State is stopped this year, it will be easy to fight in the future.

What can be expected is that if the resources required to defeat Yan State now are one, in two years' time, the resources required to defeat it will be three or even four, five, or six.

After this court meeting, the debate about Yan State's decision to send troops began to spread, so that the important ministers guarding the local areas and borders knew about it. The table above explains their suggestions.

Among them, Bai Yong, the governor of Bingzhou, and Liu Min, the governor of Bingzhou, expressed their opposition to the dispatch of troops. They believed that the war last year had already damaged the country's foundation. The country, especially Youzhou and Bingzhou, was in ruins and was waiting to be revitalized. Farmers and mulberry farmers should be encouraged first. , there should be no more war.

Then Bai Chuan, the governor of Jizhou, and Bai Qian, the captain of Sizhou, came to the table and said that last year's war had done a lot of damage to the two states of Sizhou and Jizhou. Many civilians from the two states sent grain and grass, and most of the taxes from the states and counties were used in this war.

If there is another war this year, I am afraid that the people and nobles in the two states will have objections, and may even be unable to bear the intrusion and may cause chaos.

White House
Bai Shu, who was dealing with the memorial, saw that his secretary ordered Wang Shi to keep putting things on the case, and the officials from various states persuaded him to stop drumming and flag banners and rest with the people.

And some clan ministers persuaded themselves to calm down and not to cause irreversible harm to the people with temporary anger. They should not give up the aspirations of their ancestors. They should distinguish between big and small.

Because most of these clan members are his uncles and great-uncles, Bai Shu also needs to be careful about their suggestions.

But there are also a small number of people who support their sending troops. In addition to Bai Wu and Yuan An,
There are also Tian Xin, the general manager of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture, Shi Liucheng, the governor of the Northern Xinjiang Prefecture, Yan Qi, the captain of Dongyi School, Bai Lin, the governor of Youzhou, and Hu Yanying, the governor of Youzhou, who all support sending troops now.

Among them, the above table by Tian Tian and Yan Qi explains the necessity of sending troops from a different perspective.

"I have said something above. I heard that your Majesty intends to conquer Yan this year. I am afraid to tell you my suggestion. I hope your Majesty will know it.

Your Majesty has entrusted the affairs of Dongyi to Weichen, and the management of the Hu people who do not obey the king, but obey the Hu people of Daxia, is a great trust in me, and I am very grateful.

I started in the late twenties, and I have been among the Hu people all year round. It has been more than thirty years ago. It can be said that I have been here for a long time, and my understanding of the Hu people is very deep.

I have always known that the Hu people are ignorant, do not understand etiquette and morals, and drink hair like blood. This is because they are not yet civilized.

If this is the case, I think it is not a bad idea to put the conquest of Yan in the future.

However, the Murong family is different from the Yuwen family in that they have been bathing for a long time. They can be traced back to Sima Yi of the Jin Dynasty, which has been decades ago.

The Murong clan appointed Han officials, reused Han ministers, and took Sinology as the foundation of the country. Therefore, they knew strategies and understood classics, and were different from the barbarians.

When I was in the Yuwen Department, I saw many times that Murong's soldiers defeated the Yuwen Department's thousand-man army with hundreds of people. This was the reason why Yan State had regulations.

It can be seen that the threat from Murong's tribe is far greater than that of Duan's tribe, and even compared to that of the former Zhao Dynasty.

Furthermore, the Yuwen tribe and the Tuoba tribe are competing in the grassland today, and the imperial court urgently needs to show its power to intimidate the Yuwen tribes.

Therefore, I believe that destroying the enemy at a weak stage is a superior strategy. Allowing the enemy to develop, mature and achieve success is a inferior strategy. I hope that your majesty will adopt the superior strategy and despise the inferior strategy.

Your Majesty, Yan Qi, the Commander-in-Chief of Dongyi School, comes forward. "

Then Tian Jin gave Bai Shu professional advice on matters under his jurisdiction:

"I have expressed my gratitude to you for your majesty's love and mercy, and I have been given the important task of taking charge of the Northern Territory. I will be in charge of the Hu people in the north, and I will serve as the city wall of the Han family. I am very grateful.

Now that I have heard that your majesty intends to conquer Yan, I have some incompetent opinions, and I would like to lend your majesty's ear.

Since this year, many Hu people have fled to the northern border and rushed to the Yuwen and Murong tribes. Among them, there are even many who crossed the border from Daidai and roared across the northern border to defect to Liaodong.

It can be seen that the Murong clan has great power and prestige among the Xianbei tribes, which is a great problem for us in Great Xia.

It can be seen that his strength is getting stronger every year. If his prestige is not destroyed and his rise is not destroyed this year, I am afraid that Tuoba, Yuwen, Duan and other tribes will all come under his banner and regard him as the master. Monan Mobei, Liaodong and Liaoxi are all occupied by it, so it is not far away.

Your Majesty, please look down upon my humble opinion. "

(End of this chapter)