"Your Majesty, I believe that given the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, we should choose to negotiate peace with the Chu Dynasty instead of launching a war."
As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar in Jinluan Palace.
Everyone's eyes are focused on the other person. This person's name is Jiang Qingshu. He is the Minister of Rites of the Tang Dynasty and a great Confucian.
After hearing Jiang Qingshu's proposal for peace talks, the expressions of Meng Tian, Wu Song and others present changed slightly.
Even Tang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly. He had some impression of Jiang Qingshu. The latter was born in a family of loyal ministers. The Jiang family had served as officials for three generations. Jiang Qingshu's father was a man who followed Tang Zheng to conquer the world.
Later, Tang Zheng succeeded in seizing power, but Jiang Qingshu's father unfortunately died in battle.
In order to make up for the debt to the Jiang family, Tang Zheng made an exception and personally promoted Jiang Qingshu to be the Minister of Rites. At that time, Jiang Qingshu was only a minor civil servant and was not even qualified to go to the early court.
However, since he was promoted to be the Minister of Rites, Jiang Qingshu's life has undergone a cheating reversal, and his whole person has become more and more swollen, and his work is very high-profile!
Relying on the fact that he was born into a loyal minister's family, coupled with Tang Zheng's love for him, Jiang Qingshu also became favored and arrogant, and would use his status to bully his subordinates at every turn, making the entire Ministry of Rites dare not be angry with him. Word.
Even some veterans of the court turned a blind eye to Jiang Qingshu's behavior.
However, Jiang Qingshu had been very close to Tang Shuheng before.
After Tang Shuheng's rebellion, Jiang Qingshu took the initiative to draw a clear line with the other party. This is where he was smart. He knew that Tang Shuheng's rebellion would definitely lead to death. Although Jiang Qingshu was usually arrogant, he never dared to disobey the Tang Emperor. Don't dare to do something as treacherous as treason.
Although Emperor Tang did not pursue the matter later, Tang Zheng no longer loved him as much as before.
At this moment, when Tang Yu heard Jiang Qingshu refute his point of view in public, Tang Yu did not get angry, but said calmly: "In this case, let's talk about why you chose to negotiate peace with Da Chu instead of fighting." After hearing this, Jiang Qingshu said with an arrogant expression: "Returning to your majesty, my point of view is actually very simple. The world war is about to begin, and all the people of Chu are the overlords of the world. In terms of strength, they are far superior to us. If a war breaks out, our country, the Tang Dynasty, will definitely die!" "
"Front-on confrontation is disadvantageous!"
"Just letting the killing go, no!"
"So I suggest that since we know that we are not the opponent of Da Chu, it is better to directly choose to negotiate peace with Da Chu. This way, Datang can develop better and cannot blindly start a war!"
What!
In an instant, the whole place was in an uproar.
Meng Tian was the first to stand up, pointed at Jiang Qingshu's nose and said angrily: "Jiang Qingshu, what are you talking nonsense here! Which of your eyes can see that our strength is not as good as that of Da Chu? If our strength is not as good as that of Da Chu, then Shushan will How do you explain the battle?"
After the words fell, all the generals present also looked angry.
Military generals are all straight-tempered, and the ones they usually look down on the most are people like Jiang Qingshu, who surrender before the battle begins. If this was on the battlefield, they would have to see Jiang Qingshu with their own hands.
You know, it is a taboo to shake the morale of the military on the battlefield.
"That's right. This time we not only destroyed Shushan, but also defeated the armies of the Three Kingdoms and many decent people in the world. This proves that our strength is not weaker than that of Chu. Even if we fight, we are not afraid at all!"
"What a bullshit scholar, I think this is the cowardice of a coward! You are lucky that this is in the court. If it were a battlefield, and someone like you chose to surrender without fighting, I would have to kill you with my own hands!"
"Yes! You are trying to shake the morale of the army. Even if you are the Minister of Rites, I will still kill you!"
Military generals are all straight-tempered, and they usually look down on civil servants like Jiang Qingshu. They talk about truth, but in fact they can only talk on paper.
We still have to rely on generals like them to truly protect our country.
