In the third year of Linde, it snowed for the first time!
The Great Khan of Beigan went on a personal expedition, with General Boyanna of the Imperial Guard as the vanguard, and ordered 400,000 elite troops to go south to attack the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Three days later, the Zhao Palace no longer covered up, and raised troops in Yancheng to offer sacrifices to heaven. They held the instructions of Emperor Zhou Zuzhen written by Emperor Taizu Gao and offered peace to heaven.
If there are no honest ministers in the dynasty and there are traitors and traitors in the dynasty, they must be punished with troops to clear the emperor's side.
This is the content contained in the ancestral training of the Emperor Zhou Dynasty, and now it has become the legal basis for King Zhao to start.
The news that King Zhao and Beiqian raised armies almost at the same time spread throughout the world, and the whole country was shocked for a while.
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The Divine Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Daming Palace, and Wuying Palace.
"Everyone, King Zhao conspired to rebel and echoed the barbarians in Beigan. It is really a crime that cannot be punished! I propose to send troops to strangle the rebels."
This indignant man was a general of the imperial army of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He was a young man who had achieved great success, so he was inevitably arrogant.
After hearing the news that Beigan and the Zhao Palace had raised troops, he vigorously advocated a decisive battle.
"The first battle is the decisive battle, and the outcome will be decided in one battle. We must use the power of thunder to defeat the rebellion internally and attack the barbarians externally, in order to demonstrate the majesty of our Great Zhou Dynasty!"
Warlikeness is the passion of young officers, and it is also the biggest common fault. They deal with things in a straight-forward, black-and-white manner!
It's just that although this young general is very active, he has little say in the Wuying Palace. He is just a fifth-grade imperial guard general, and he is only the lowest-ranking general in this highest military meeting of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If he were not the Zhonglang General of the Royal Forest Army, he would not be qualified to participate in this meeting.
He came to attend the meeting as a representative of the young generals in the Royal Forest Army and a future confidant of the emperor.
At this time, those who spoke in the Wuying Hall and advocated a decisive battle were all young people, the real bosses, who had never spoken out.
Wu Keming, the top leader of the operational staff of Prince Zhao's Mansion, the Commander-in-Chief of the Central Army of the Sixth Army Governor's Mansion, and the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Forest Army, Wu Keming, kept sipping tea without expressing any opinions.
The Sixth Army Commandery Office is held by five people from the Sixth Army of the Emperor. The commander-in-chief of the Shence Army is the commander-in-chief of the left army. The commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army is the commander-in-chief of the right army. The commander-in-chief of the Tiance Army is the commander-in-chief of the front army. The commander-in-chief of the Shenwu Army is the commander-in-chief of the rear army. The commander-in-chief of the army, the general of the Royal Forest Army is the commander-in-chief of the central army.
On top of the five major governors, there is also a general governor, which is the general of the world's military and horses that most often appears in Jianghu stories.
Now that the other four governors are no longer in Beijing, Wu Keming represents the attitude of the Sixth Army Commander's Office.
But from the beginning of the meeting to now, Governor Wu has not spoken. Instead, he quietly listened to the discussions of others.
"The fallacy is that you blindly seek war, but you don't know that war is the continuation of politics, and war serves certain political purposes. Just shouting and killing, falling into the inferior position, is just a martial artist."
Han Wei, the newly appointed doctor of the Ministry of War, sneered at the statement of this doctor of the Royal Forest Army. He was a serious Hanlin bachelor with imperial examination background. Just when he was about to be sent to a county as a prefect, the doctor of the Ministry of War actually requested to go to the Dali Temple Criminal Law Academy for further study. …
No, it can no longer be called the Dali Temple Academy of Criminal Law. It is now officially renamed the Dazhou Empire Jingwei Academy.
Among them, there are subjects such as criminal law, literature, military affairs, government, medicine, and calligraphy. It integrates the three subjects of arts, science, and engineering. It can already be seen the prototype of a comprehensive university in later generations, and it became the invisible highest institution of higher learning in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
As for the Imperial College and the Imperial College... they have nothing to say about these scumbags.
Han Wei studied war economics and war politics at the Da Zhou Empire Jingwei College.
From an economic perspective, the essential reason for war is of course profit. Wars are fought for wealth, wars are waged to gain material and other possessions. For a war to break out, at least one party must see that the expected benefits from the war exceed the expected costs.
For example, in Prince Zhao's Mansion, what he saw was the lofty throne of the Great Zhou Empire, and what his people saw was the success of following the dragon after victory. Once King Zhao ascends to Dabao, their status will rise.
The conflict between the imperial court and Prince Zhao's Mansion is an irreconcilable conflict that can only be resolved by war.
But Han Wei had a different view on Beigan.
For Beigan, the conflict between them and the Zhou Dynasty was not irreconcilable.
Emperor Qian wanted to use this war to establish his prestige, divert domestic conflicts, pass on the current economic crisis in Daqian, and also take advantage of Dazhou's wealth.
What they seek is more economic wealth, and there is room for peace talks between Dazhou and Beigan.
Problems that cannot be solved through negotiations, negotiations, and transactions will be solved through war.
Emperor Qian wanted money and prestige, and Zhou Dynasty could give it to him. He could also follow the example of the former Song Dynasty and establish a Chanyuan Alliance.
After the Chanyuan Alliance, the former Song Dynasty and the Khitan, the previous overlord in the north, ended their more than 40 years of hostility, and there was no longer any war;
Not going to war is definitely a good thing for the people, especially those in border areas.
This so-called annual coin is "less than one percent" compared to the cost of using troops.
I won’t go into details about the specific burden of this annual coin, but the Northern Song Dynasty relied on the Chanyuan Alliance to engage in forex trade on the border, which made the Song Dynasty make a lot of money.
Whether it is material production or cultural output, it can completely crush the Liao Dynasty at the same time. So we can see that in the market trade, the porcelain, silk, tea and other products of the Song Dynasty were sold well in the Liao Dynasty, and thus gained huge profits, while the products of the Liao Kingdom had almost no sales, and they basically lost money and made money. , the Song Dynasty had a huge trade surplus with the Liao Dynasty.
The so-called Sui coins were all earned in the market transactions.
The economic aspect is not the most important, but the cultural invasion is more important.
Daozong of the Liao Dynasty of Khitan once said, "Our cultural relics are all the same as those of China." It can be said that the Khitan senior officials at that time began to admire the culture of the Central Plains.
From the perspective of culture war, it is also a successful start.
It was just that the people of the former Song Dynasty failed to seize such an opportunity, which turned the Chanyuan Alliance into a shame.
But Han Wei believed that there were two sides to the matter. There were advantages and disadvantages to entering into an alliance with Beigan, which could not be summed up in one word.
When the newly appointed lieutenant of the Ministry of War said these words, Lin Buji, the young lieutenant general of the Royal Forest Army, almost jumped up.
"You are treasonous!"
Hot-blooded young people are always easy to get into trouble.
But Han Wei remained motionless, looking at the thoughtful bosses present.
Lin Buji saw this situation and was about to jump up and hit someone. Just as he stood up, Wu Keming's voice came from the main seat.
"Don't be presumptuous!"
Wu Keming's deep voice came, which immediately calmed down Lin Buji, whose blood had just surged.
"Buji, I have violated the etiquette of the Wuying Palace. Please forgive me, Lord Governor!" Lin Buji immediately bowed and apologized.
Wu Keming didn't speak. Li Chengguang, the Secretary of the Ministry of War on the side, laughed and said, "Young man is so angry that he scolds Fang Qiu. He is not afraid of serving the country wholeheartedly. How can he be punished for such a small crime?! Sit down!"
When the Secretary of the Ministry of War opened his mouth, it meant that this matter was finalized.
At the same time, he also said that Mr. Li supports the views of Han Wei, the doctor of the Ministry of War.
From the beginning, the purpose of this military meeting was to discuss whether to attack one family or two families?
Lin Buji, the lieutenant general of the Royal Forest Army, was certainly a young and enthusiastic man, but his words had no substantive effect. On the contrary, Han Wei's words had his own opinions, both politically and militarily.
"Jun Yue, keep talking!"
Junyue is Han Wei's nickname, and Li Chengguang is both Han Wei's boss and his elder. While this title is reasonable, it also shows his support for Han Wei's views.
After receiving the affirmation from the top leader of the Ministry of War, Han Wei became more confident, "Gentlemen, I think that peace talks with Beigan are not a shame, but that we have to look at the pros and cons of the peace talks. The Han Dynasty had the siege of Baideng, and the Tang Dynasty had the siege of the Weishui River. The alliance is just a temporary choice. What's the point?! When Prince Yang opened the border trading market with Beigan, he once had the idea of containing Beigan through economic means.
He was a low-ranking official but not talented. He once read the manuscripts of Prince Yang and Taifu in the Tongwen Hall of the Hanlin Academy, and gained some insights. If we, under the guise of the alliance, expand our trade with Beigan, our commodities and coins from the Great Zhou Dynasty will occupy Beigan. "
Han Wei's words described a terrible scene, an extremely terrible scene for Beigan.
The commodities and coins of the Great Zhou Dynasty occupied the market of Beigan, and the culture of the Great Zhou Dynasty was highly praised by the nobles and common people of Beigan.
Then there is no need for such Beigan to exist.
Beigan can be captured without the sharpness of a sword or a single soldier.
Han Wei's talent is indeed extraordinary. With the help of a manuscript written by Yang Qingyuan, he has already formulated a plan to deal with Beigan through economic war and cultural war. Although this plan seems very immature, the core is still the same. ten.
The scenes depicted by Han Wei also moved many people.
War kills people!
One general's success and ten thousand bones withered!
If it is possible to fight on a single line, it is definitely an unwise choice to choose to fight on two lines.
The trend at the meeting began to favor Han Wei.
"That's not true!"
Wang Hua, who has always been a transparent person, spoke up. He is now the Grand Bachelor of the Zhongji Palace. Although he is not the chief minister of the cabinet, the Zhongji Palace is indeed the first of the two pavilions and the four palaces. Anyone with a discerning eye in the court can see that Wang Hua will He is the future chief minister of the cabinet.
Han Wei thought that some of the big shots in the military would oppose his views, but he did not expect that the first person to express his clear opposition would be the Grand Master of Zhongji Palace.
Wang Hua ignored the gazes from all around and said unhurriedly, "Jun Yue's words do have merit, but they are based on a false premise."
"Please enlighten me, Lord Wang!"
"What Jun Yue said must be based on a premise. I, Dazhou, can provide the benefits Beigan seeks, but this is not the case!"
Wang Hua's eyes swept towards everyone present, showing his majesty. Although he had not yet assumed the position of chief assistant, Wang Hua already had the power of chief assistant.
"Beigan's move south this time is not just for economic benefits, nor is Emperor Qian simply establishing his authority, but he wants to completely control Beigan's border troops through this war."
This is the core of Beiqin going south.
For Emperor Qian, winning or losing this battle is not important. There are ways to win when you win, and there are ways to lose when you lose.
If he wins, Emperor Qian can establish prestige in the country and the army, and obtain a large amount of economic benefits from the Great Zhou Dynasty.
If they fail to win, they can use this as an excuse to purge King Liang's remnants in the army and completely control this frontier army in his own hands.
Therefore, winning or losing this war is not important, fighting is the most important.
As long as it's not a disastrous defeat, Emperor Qian can accept it!
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Here Wang Hua continued, "Besides, the previous King Liang's self-reliance was supported by me, the Great Zhou Dynasty, in order to provoke infighting between the Prince Liang's Mansion and the Beiqian Court, so that King Liang would become our northern barrier to the Great Zhou Dynasty. ."
Everyone here is the core figure of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the future pillars, so there is no problem in speaking out about this former national policy.
For example, Han Wei was valued by Li Chengguang, Minister of the Ministry of War. If he had not only had one daughter, he would definitely have recruited Han Wei as his mistress. Even if he is not Weng's son-in-law, Han Wei is Li Chengguang's key training target.
Although Lin Buji is hot-blooded and impulsive, he is Wu Keming's nephew and the cousin of Emperor Linde. He is loyal to Emperor Linde. Being able to become a lieutenant general in the Royal Forest Army and stay in Miyagi City shows his ability and loyalty. .
"This was the strategy that the Emperor, Chief Minister Qian, me, and Prince Yang discussed together. The results have been excellent over the years. Prince Liang's Mansion and the Beiqian Center have always been in a state of opposition. Our northern border is stable and the people live in peace. ."
I just don’t know what means this Qianhuang used, but he was able to take down King Liang, a veteran of the three dynasties, which really surprised Wang Hua.
This time Beiqian went south in the name of avenging King Liang and avenging the great Khan.
After Jin Yiwei's inquiring, they actually got the news from Beigan that Tiance's army had assassinated King Liang and the Great Khan of Beigan.
Beizhen Fusi immediately believed that this was a conspiracy of the Liang Prince's Palace.
Tiancejun did not do this, let alone do it!
This was just an assassination after Emperor Qian used disgraceful means.
But as a result, this Dagan Khan is even less likely to choose peace talks.
The Great Khan of Beigan still needs this battle to clear himself of the suspicion of killing the hero. What he wants, Da Zhou cannot give!
There is only one battle between the two sides!
After Wang Hua's explanation, the thinking of this military meeting has been highly unified.
"Your Majesty has a decree!"
"I respectfully listen to the edict!" All the ministers stood up from their seats and bowed to show their respect.
"The imperial edict says: ... There is rampant violence in Beidi outside, and there are intrigues and rebellion inside. In this critical autumn, all the ministers must work together to overcome the difficulties! ... Promote the Commander-in-Chief of the Tiance Army to be the Governor of the Northern Territory, Responsible for all matters related to the war against Beigan... He promoted Wu Keming, the commander-in-chief of the Royal Forest Army, to be the governor of Youzhou, and ordered one hundred thousand imperial troops to go north to assist Cao Xueyang, the commander-in-chief of the Longwu Army, in putting down the rebellion..."
Emperor Linde rarely interfered with ordinary political affairs, and governed from an arched position, looking like a mascot.
But today, before the system is established, no one would regard the Emperor as a mascot.
His will represents the highest will of the empire!
Of course, this will was discussed by Emperor Linde and several core people.
But when this will appears, there will be no other voices in the empire!
"I obey the decree!"
The two-front war against Beigan and King Zhao began after this imperial edict was issued!
(End of chapter)
