Zhuangda Tang Juvenile Lang

Chapter 549
Seeing that the atmosphere made him mobilize himself, Qin Feng's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "All loyal heroes, I, Qin Feng, was entrusted by His Majesty to formally invite you to return to the Central Plains Dynasty in the name of the Han people. At the same time, I also invite you Join the Tang army, fight for the glory of China, and fight to wipe out the shame of the previous dynasty."

"General, do you want us to join the Tang army?" Chu Huaizhong asked in a deep voice.They were the army of the former dynasty, and they regarded themselves as soldiers of the former dynasty. To a certain extent, they had a sworn hatred with the Tang Dynasty.

"I don't want to, I invite you! I invite you to join!" Qin Feng said very sincerely: "I admire you for being able to persevere for decades under such a difficult situation."

Is there anything more touching than being recognized by your compatriots for your own efforts?There were tears in Chu Huaizhong's eyes: "But we are the army of the previous dynasty, and you are the Tang army. If it weren't for the sake of you being hot-blooded men, I would have let you eat crossbow arrows."

"Whether it's the Sui army or the Tang army, they are all from the Chinese lineage! We have a common enemy, Goguryeo!"

"I'm not going to lie to the general, but I just ask, can you accept us, Your Majesty?" Chu Huaizhong stared at Qin Feng, speaking very calmly, which was also what everyone was worried about.

"The current emperor is wise, and he greatly appreciates you. Brother Qiu Man was received by His Majesty, you can ask him about that. Moreover, I came here today with His Majesty's decree and sincerity."

Xuan Bing understood, and took out the imperial decree wrapped in yellow silk from his luggage. The general meaning was: the heroic story of Zhongyi City is enough to move the heavens and the earth. Li Shimin welcomes them home on behalf of the Han nation. Joining the Datang army, if they want to return to their hometown to live and work in peace and contentment, Datang is willing to set aside a piece of land for them and let them build a village independently.At the same time, it also brought Li Shimin's canonization of Chu Huaizhong, a special official position in Chu Huaizhong's name: General Huaizhong, a fifth-rank official position.

Under everyone's eyes, Chu Huaizhong stood up and said generously: "Chu Huaizhong accepts the order, General Qin! Chu is willing to join the army and become a small soldier to open up the territory of our Tang Dynasty and make our Tang Dynasty square. Congratulations, I will live up to Your Majesty's great grace!" Chu Huaizhong bowed down.
"Crack, crack, crack, crack..."

"The last general pays his respects to the general."

"The last general pays his respects to the great general!"

……

This change of identity brought about a difference in status. As the top warrior of the Tang Dynasty and the chief executive of Youzhou, Qin Feng made everyone take the lead. He was superior, but his face was helpless.This kind of overwhelming feeling is actually quite uncomfortable.

"Great general, although the last general is in the deep mountains, I have also heard about the great feats that the general has made in Turkic. The general is today's Huo Hussar, and we are convinced." His name is Hou Zhong, who was originally a member of the Sui army. The military staff officer of the army is a literati with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and he attaches great importance to the distinction between superiors and inferiors. He sighed: "We went to the Goguryeo army in order to make achievements, but... ah, we were defeated. It was a disastrous defeat. Millions of troops disappeared like this, not to mention that in just a few years, the Great Sui Dynasty was like the Great Qin Kingdom, which died in the second generation."

Chu Huaizhong understood what Hou Zhong meant, and he smiled wryly: "To tell you the truth, we are all from poor people, and we don't know a few characters. More than ten years ago, we were just ordinary soldiers. When the army was defeated, there were routs all over the mountains and plains. Soldiers, none of them are masters. We have no choice but to make a living, so we have to come out to take charge. These years we have been hiding in Tibet, surviving, and we are barely self-sufficient. We are really incapable of revenge. The general uses his soldiers like a god , it would be best if the general was in charge."

"If that's the case, then I won't be polite. No matter how hypocritical you are, it will be hypocritical." Qin Feng glanced at these high-spirited and desperate survivors of the former dynasty, and he inevitably burst into great ambition. He shouted: "Goguryeo, I have killed more than a million Chinese soldiers. As a member of the big Chinese family, I don't think there is any possibility of reconciliation. These dogs are just white-eyed wolves who can't get enough to feed. When the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they begged for mercy like dogs. When the Central Plains fell, they turned into tigers and wolves one by one, wishing to tear off a large piece of fat from their "Tian Khan". People who are not my race must have different hearts. This is not true at all. Therefore, for people including Goguryeo in the flesh I have always been unfavorable to the surrounding alien races. Emotionally, I wish I could kill all the alien races I can see, but from the overall situation, I also know that this is absolutely impossible."

"The general said it to our hearts." Chu Huaizhong said with emotion: "Seeing that the former enemies are happy and happy, we wish to die with them. But, no. It doesn't matter if we die, what about the tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled? What to do? Who will take care of it?"

"I understand everyone's difficulties. It takes more courage to live than to die." Qin Feng's words warmed the hearts of these compatriots living outside.

The words "Long live the understanding" may be the common voice of everyone.

"There is another sentence, I think you are also deeply touched."

After everyone listened, they listened carefully.Just listen to Qin Feng continue: "Ideals are beautiful, but reality is cruel. When ideals and reality conflict, people have to succumb to reality and give up their ideals."

Everyone nodded silently. Their situation was like this. As Chu Huaizhong said just now, they had to succumb to reality and gave up their ideal of revenge.

"One person is like this, so is a country. Individuals have personal helplessness, and countries also have national difficulties." This sentence is the key point that Qin Feng wants to explain, and everything else is just foreshadowing.

Chu Huaizhong and others really had a knot in their hearts: Goguryeo is divided into two, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but why didn't Datang seize this eternal opportunity?They don't understand.

Therefore, Qin Feng asked them to understand, otherwise, they would not be able to cooperate sincerely.When the misunderstanding is resolved, it ceases to exist. People and people, brothers and brothers, husbands and wives often end up in a relationship because of a small misunderstanding.Since Chu Huaizhong and the others have knots in their hearts, if they don't solve them, it will be bad for their future actions. Therefore, Qin Feng took precautions.

Hearing what Qin Feng said, if Chu Huaizhong and others realized something, they seemed to understand what Qin Feng meant.

Qin Feng said: "Destroying Goguryeo and avenging millions of compatriots is an eternal opportunity. This is the consensus of the court. Datang does have the strength to destroy Goguryeo now. Your Majesty and all the officials in the court also know that they will annihilate a unified country in the future." The price of Goguryeo is countless times higher than today, but why didn’t they raise troops? Did the Tang Dynasty not want to avenge the former soldiers? Or was the Tang Dynasty too merciful?”

Two questions: There is no doubt that the question has reached everyone's heart.

yes?Why?
Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and others stared blankly at Qin Feng, waiting for him to answer everyone's doubts.

"Neither of them! It's more than enough heart, but not enough strength! Let me talk about a set of numbers, and everyone will understand your majesty's difficulties. According to historical records, in the five years of the great cause, the number of households in the country is about 1000 million, and each household is five. The total population is about 5600-5800 million. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty’s unification of the world, statistics show that after the huge consumption in the troubled times, the country has only about 200 million households, with five members per household, and the total population is about 1000 million.”

"my God!"

"More than 5000 million people, it's not like this."

……

After a sound of gasping for air, there was a commotion in the peaceful meeting hall.

Qin Feng ignored everyone and continued: "What are you fighting for? It's population, money, and food. If there is no population, there will be no soldiers. Without money and food, there will be no support for the army."

"Now people in the world abuse Yang Guang and dismiss Yang Guang as worthless. But in fact, as long as we carefully sort out each of his decrees, we can know that Yang Guang is not useless. He is not bad, but he has not seen the essence of the world clearly. After the great chaos in the previous dynasty, the people's minds were settled. Emperor Wen Yang Jian was very good at accumulating wealth. Although the treasury was abundant, it was a typical example of the country being rich and the people weak. Faced with such a situation, as the king of a country, the first thing to do is to make the people rich. However, Yang Guang's ambitions are too big, and his ambitions are too broad, so he directly designated his reign title as "Daye", intending to achieve a great cause. It's a pity that he was so ambitious, not only did he fail to govern the country well and make the people rich. On the contrary, he continued to squeeze The power of the people brazenly launched a large-scale war, which directly led to the demise of the Great Sui Dynasty."

Everyone listened carefully. Most of the people in this conference hall were born in Yang Guang's era. They knew Yang Guang's government orders better than Qin Feng. I strongly agree.

In all fairness, Yang Guang does have extraordinary intelligence and courage, and everything he does is impeccable.

After everyone calmed down, Qin Feng went on to say: "For thousands of years, after great chaos, great rule is necessary. Only in this way can a country's national fortune be prosperous. Since ancient times, it has been like this. The chaos at the end of Qin Dynasty, Emperor Han Wen and Emperor Han Jing were exempted from the chaos. The flames of war, the emphasis on production, the persuasion of farming and mulberry, the construction of water conservancy, the people's peace and tranquility, the family is full, the cattle and horses are everywhere, and the surplus grain is used to farm. There is a peaceful scene of the four seas and the world. Created a strong and prosperous Han Dynasty; Wang Mang's disorderly government, the country fell apart, and the world was in chaos. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty implemented the national policy of "Yanwu Xiuwen" and developed production, which laid the foundation for the Han Dynasty for nearly 200 years. The early years of the Sui Dynasty were no exception. Such is the case. Governance at home, and virtue at home, made Fanbang submit and rule the world. Looking at Yang Guang again, he has such wealth left by Wendi Yang Jian, but he has achieved eternal infamy because of his military prowess. Today, it is decided that in the East Turks Although the First World War ended with the victory of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the Tang Dynasty also emptied the treasury. Ladies and gentlemen, if you continue to mobilize troops, there will be forced recruitment of young and strong men, increased taxes, and no emphasis on production... All kinds of pre-troubled times Signs. A lesson from the past, and a teacher from the past. The reason why we give up the good time now, and walk so hard between Gao Jianwu and Yuan’s is because the world is thinking about it. I, Tang, need a period of recuperation. Large-scale The use of troops will hurt the country. With Yang Guang’s lessons learned, I can’t do this stupid thing if I don’t do it. When my Tang Dynasty is almost recuperated, so what if Goguryeo becomes stronger? My Tang Dynasty can annihilate the strong when it is weak After the Eastern Turks become stronger, what is the blighted Goguryeo?"

"The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty believed that the world had just undergone great wars, and what is needed now is governance and consolidation, not excessive ambition. Your Majesty has both wisdom and courage, is comprehensive in everything, and is well-founded. He has both the Hanwu moment and the ability to govern the world. , Therefore, His Majesty believes that if the war is forced to start, the Tang Dynasty may become the second Qin Dynasty, the second Sui Dynasty, and the second dynasty will be destroyed. This is why we avoid talking about sending troops."

Qin Feng's words can be said to be powerful and powerful, with every word and sentence, what he said is justified and well-founded.

Only Chu Huaizhong and others were speechless.

"Generals, because Yang Guang didn't care about the hearts of the people and didn't follow the expectations of the people, in the end, the vitality of our Chinese nation was greatly damaged, and we lost more than 5000 million people at once. If there is another chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, our Huaxia will face The end of species extinction. Even His Majesty would not dare to take such a risk."

Everyone was surprised that the emperor of the Tang Dynasty could see the problem so thoroughly. Chu Huaizhong wiped off his cold sweat and said, "We must not step into the footsteps of the previous dynasty."

Hou Zhong also nodded and said: "Your Majesty's consideration is correct, I am ashamed, I was indeed inconsiderate."

"Yes, you must never step into the footsteps of the previous dynasty."

Others also expressed their opinions one after another, supporting Li Shimin's current choice
The biggest difference between military commanders and civilian officials is that they are upright, sensible, and rarely engage in intrigue.

When Qin Feng explained the reality of Datang clearly, but Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and others were disappointed because of Datang's weakness, they accepted this reality convincingly, and even more recognized the newcomer who was far away in Chang'an. lord.

(End of this chapter)