back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 914
Privy envoy Jiang Yu's words were extremely moving.There was an aura of compassion and pity, rushing towards the face, no matter how heartless and heartless people heard it, they would feel ashamed.

Indeed, the barbarism of the prairie people was much clearer to the officials present than to the common people.They dare not imagine the fate of being ruled by aliens.Therefore, there is some reason for Jiang Yu's request to send troops.

Feng Jing, the chief assistant of the cabinet, still insisted on different opinions: "Although the words of the privy envoy are reasonable, they are not a perfect strategy. Your Majesty, the minister is not talented and does not understand military affairs, but he also understands the timing, location, and harmony. The most important thing for marching and fighting. The so-called The right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people. But if you think about it carefully, if you send troops at this time, can you have the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people? First of all, the time of day, it is the end of autumn, and I am afraid that it will be winter when I march to the border. Although I Most of the soldiers have cotton clothes to keep out the cold, but in winter on the grassland, it is difficult to march after all. Besides, the Khitan people are more familiar with the grassland than I am, and the geographical advantage is definitely not on my side. The determination to die, but the Khitan people are also united, and it is difficult to overcome them in a hurry. Why don't we plan long-term and plan it slowly?"

Whether it is a civil servant, or Feng Jing, the all-rounder who is "even in three yuan", the truth he said is very convincing.

But the privy envoy Jiang Yu still dismissed it: "Your Majesty, I have a question. If Feng Shoufu is familiar with the historical records of this dynasty, he must know that Gaozong's Northern Expedition also went before winter. It is absurd to say that you can't fight in winter!"

The chief assistant, Feng Jing, was not angry, and said slowly: "The privy envoy probably remembered wrongly. At that time, Gaozong had already beaten the Khitan people to the point where they could not fight back, so he dared to enter in winter and retake thousands of miles north of the Great Wall in one fell swoop. Land. The Khitan has strong soldiers and horses today, how can we talk about it at the same time?"

"I'm Dashun now, how can I not have a strong army and a strong horse?" Jiang Yu's confidence is a bit lacking. In fact, anyone with military knowledge knows that fighting in winter is a heavy burden for both men and horses.Even if he could win, it would be a miserable victory.

Suddenly, Lin Zhenzhong, who had been silent all this time, spoke up: "Your Majesty, I have a book to play!"

"Prelude!"

What Lu Chengqi likes most is brainstorming, not blindly criticizing, since they can speak freely, let them argue.In the final analysis, the right to decide whether to send troops or not is still in his hands.

"Your Majesty, the minister's tools, this year's autumn harvest, totaled 100 guan, which have been fully charged into the national treasury." Lin Zhenzhong said slowly.

Before Jiang Yu could react, Feng Jing, the chief assistant, already understood what Lin Zhenzhong was going to say.Don't look at 100 million guan, the piled up copper coins can be like a hill.But it is very fast to use. Counting the soldiers that Dashun is raising now, the number has exceeded one million.The 100 guan is just the military salary for March during the war.In addition, it is necessary to mobilize grain, luggage, cotton clothes, fodder, horses, etc., 100 million guan, which is not enough to see.

This is also the result of Lu Chengqi's low agricultural tax, [-]% of the agricultural tax, even if it is collected in summer and autumn, it will not be able to pay that much money!
Lu Chengqi nodded slowly. He knew a long time ago that fighting a war is actually fighting for money. Without money, the army cannot be mobilized.There is a saying in later generations, which is called the sound of the cannon, and the gold is ten thousand taels.Lu Chengqi also has a lot of artillery. Without money, how can he fight?

The Khitan people are different, they are "one hundred thousand youths and one hundred thousand soldiers", as long as they can ride horses and draw bows, and add some Han infantry, they can definitely summon a large wave of troops in just a few days.Even food and horses are self-provided.As for the spoils of war, they also plundered by themselves.Dashun is a "soldier of benevolence and righteousness", and the logistics must be guaranteed by itself.

Seeing that Lu Chengqi already understood the difficulty of the treasury, Lin Zhenzhong wisely stopped talking.

"Where is the Minister of War?" Lu Chengqi fixed his eyes on Zhong Gu.

"Chen is here!"

Seeing that Lu Chengqi had "rolled his name", Zhong Gu hurriedly walked out with his chao wat in his hand.

"Tell me your opinion!" Lu Chengqi said slowly.

Zhong Gu held the wat in his hand, thought for a while, and said calmly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that we must fight!"

Lu Chengqi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? I want to hear your reason?"

"Your Majesty, the intention of the Khitan people to invade the south is known to everyone. If we don't get rid of their thoughts as soon as possible, I fear that after a hundred years, the Khitan people will become my confidant's trouble." Zhong Gu said a nonsense, and the Khitan people are now the confidants of the Han people. .But he quickly added: "It is absolutely necessary to fight, but it does not mean to fight now, nor does it mean not to fight..."

Lu Chengqi clapped his hands and praised: "That's right, what Zhongqing said is right, I will definitely fight if I fight. If they don't teach the Liao Kingdom a lesson, they still don't know how many eyes Lord Ma has! Dare to break ground on Taisui's head, it's a shame!" Eat the bear heart and leopard courage! It is really impossible to fight now, the army is not paid enough, and the food and grass are not enough. Do I want to let the soldiers go to death? By the way, won’t the frontier army not pursue it?” Lu Chengqi suddenly thought of this, “The Khitan people captured The population must not be moving fast!"

The Pegasus who retreated to the side reported urgently, bowed his body, and said with a guilty conscience: "Reporting to Your Majesty, we have pursued and captured many people back. But the frontier army...doesn't seem to be taking advantage..."

Lu Chengqi understood very well that if the frontier army wanted to pursue them, they must send cavalry.

Whose cavalry in the world can beat the prairie people?I am afraid that there are only nomads who are also grassland people.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you don't suffer a big loss. The Khitan people intend to rob property. As for the population, they don't want it." Lu Chengqi judged calmly. He knew that the Little Ice Age had arrived, and the winter in the north was bitterly cold. Even the Khitan themselves If there is not enough food to eat, how can I increase the population burden on myself?It is good to snatch Han Chinese as slaves, but in the end it is too much to eat, and the gain outweighs the loss.

"Your Majesty is truly a man of God!" Pegasus Express said in surprise, "After the frontier cavalry chased them, they met the captured civilians on the way. Unexpectedly, the Liao thieves set up an ambush and wounded many people and horses, and even died. Many people. Fortunately, the firearms were sharp, and many soldiers were killed, and there was even a Lin Ya..."

Lu Chengqi was stunned: "Isn't Lin Ya a civil servant of the Liao Kingdom? Oh, yes, I can think of setting up an ambush. This man's military skills are good, and he must be a character. Not bad, not bad. As for the blood debt of the people, one day I will Let the Liao Kingdom pay in blood!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

There was a burst of flattery in the Daqing Hall, but Lu Chengqi ignored it.

"Pangu opened the world, Nuwa made people from mud, Sui people and I made fire, I had a nest for my house, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, Fuxi established a sage, Yanhuang came out of the Weihe River, and China began to form a country. You and I have the same root, and we were originally a family. , the blood is passed down from generation to generation, and Yanhuang has descendants. We are one family, and we can form a country. This country is called Huaxia, and it will follow the hearts of the people..."

Lu Chengqi sang this national anthem in a murmur. More than a year later, this song has been spread all over the country through the supervision department.When the country is being humiliated at this moment, the singing has a tragic meaning.The Xianshao envoys on both sides quickly came to their senses when they saw this, played music for Lu Chengqi, and gently reconciled.

At the end of a song, Lu Chengqi's face suddenly showed pride: "If you offend Tianwei, you will be punished even if you are far away!"

After finishing speaking, Lu Chengqi got up and walked away, leaving only a hall full of stunned civil and military officials.

"It's time to fight again!"

This is the voice of all the courtiers. Although most of the courtiers don't like it, they can only persuade Lu Chengqi to send troops, and there is really nothing they can do.Unless the Privy Council and the Emperor disagree, but the Privy Councilor Jiang Yu obviously wears the same pair of pants as Lu Chengqi. A big battle that will determine the fate of the country may be inevitable...

(End of this chapter)