Xixia is indeed a little more rampant.
Li Qianshun was indeed a bit dull and could not see the situation clearly. In other words, he was attracted by the benefits provided by Meng Yuan.
He didn't even think about how powerful Meng Yuan was now. A country of gold thieves was destroyed by him and Bei Yan together.
What credibility does such a country have?
Moreover, there are only interests and life and death between the two countries, and there are no long-term allies at all.
Long Youdao, which Meng Yuan promised, is still in Da Qian's hands.
What benefit is this?
If it were really a benefit, it would be for Meng Yuan to directly give up his western pasture to Xixia!
Is Meng Yuan willing?
Definitely not willing.
What kind of benefit is it to give Xixia the territory of Longyou Road that is still in the hands of Daqian?
However, even so, Li Qianshun was still tempted.
In other words, he felt that the current Daqian was still the Daqian when Li Linfu was in power. When he heard that there were Dong and Li rebels in the interior of Daqian, he felt that Daqian was now in chaos, just like the Jin Dynasty back then.
He felt that as long as he sent his troops south, he could occupy the Hetao area and then invade the entire Longyou Road.
Maybe he could take the opportunity to reach directly outside Daqian's capital, raise troops to rob him, and return to the Western Xia imperial capital with gold and silver treasures, and from then on he would be as rich as the enemy.
However, Meng Yuan and Bei Yan sent troops to destroy the golden thieves, which damaged their vitality and had no reason to watch Da Qian really resurrect.
Naturally, a war between Daqian and Xixia was triggered.
After the founding of Daqian, there were many battles with Xixia, and there were times when they lost troops and generals.
If they want to go south in the future, they must first let Xixia consume a large wave of troops.
This is called a dead Taoist friend but a poor Taoist.
In fact, Xiao Yi had already decided to launch troops against Xixia, and since Xixia took the initiative to provoke the war, there was no need to make any excuses.
It is true that he was the prince of the prison country. He also eradicated the traitor Li Linfu and pacified the Li thief in Jinyang. He was also regarded as a prince on horseback and had great military exploits.
But facing the two war machines of Meng Yuan and Bei Yan, he must ensure that he has enough strength to compete with them, and will not directly destroy the country after their alliance goes south.
If you want to have the strength to compete with it, you must naturally have military power and have elite soldiers and generals.
The Imperial Guard has completed a conscription.
Therefore, the new recruits must see blood. Only those who have experienced battlefields large and small and survived fighting on the battlefield can be considered true elites.
War actually has another benefit, that is, plundering, not just land, but also money and population.
The twelfth lunar month of winter is the best time to start a war.
For Xixia, it was naturally the completion of the autumn harvest. The war horses had gained autumn fat and were stronger and stronger. The same was true for the soldiers. There was another one, naturally it was because of the weather.
Spring has begun, and spring plowing is about to begin. The weather in summer is too hot. If there is a slight attack, some soldiers will fall down from their horses due to the unbearable heat, twitch a few times and then die.
It is natural to complete the harvest in autumn, and we cannot let so much food rot in the ground.
Therefore, there is only winter, only this time. The autumn harvest is here, there is food, and the war horses are fattened. The cold in winter is naturally easier to endure than the heat in summer.
Candlelight flickers.
After an hour of discussion, in the end, the mother-in-law is right and the father-in-law is right.
Don't give in to anyone.
to be honest.
Some people want to focus on finance so that Daqian can become rich and have enough confidence and strength to send troops.
In this way, one's family will not be wiped out in a national war.
"Your Majesty Xixia may not do this." Bao Zheng, the Minister of Punishment, cupped his hands in front of him.
"But what if it is really done?" Guo Ziyi, the Minister of War, immediately frowned and came out after hearing this, rarely refuting it on the spot.
"This kind of thing is a matter of choice, but is it possible to bet on military and national affairs?"
Dai Guang, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, thought about it for a while and immediately expressed his position. He cupped his hands and said: "Your Highness, I think this matter is indeed unavoidable. If Li Qianshun of Xixia is really unintentional, he will not let the Xixia thieves invade the border and call for war."
"The merchants of Xixia will not suddenly stop entering the customs to do business. They must be preparing for something."
"Li Qianshun's ambition is not small. If Meng Yuan really promised something and gave him benefits, he would be willing to go south."
There were two opposing sides in the meeting hall, with completely different views, which made the atmosphere a bit solemn. However, almost all the smart people in the hall understood that this was just a difference in attitude caused by different thinking directions and different positions on both sides, rather than a so-called party dispute.
After all, Grand Tutor Zhang Jiuling is now one of the Three Dukes, and is recognized as an upright minister and a famous Confucian scholar, not a treacherous figure like Li Linfu.
Although Di Yan is a disciple of Zhang Jiuling, he is also upright, upright, benevolent, talented and scholarly.
If there is really any kind of party struggle, Zhang Jiuling's reputation and his mentor-disciple relationship are all over the world.
Above the court, at least half of the ministers now can be his people.
However, no.
There are only a few people in the court who are disciples of Zhang Jiuling. Even his son Zhang Jianzhi has not served as an official until now. It was only because His Highness the Crown Prince wanted to start a new school that Zhang Jiuling came out, and Zhang Jianzhi has now become He was appointed secretary to the bookstore in the prison and was responsible for compiling the Di newspaper. Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the supervisor and he was appointed as the secretary.
Back to the matter itself, Di Yan and others actually hope to hold on to Yangguan and other passes. No matter how Xixia calls, as long as it is not a large-scale attack, they should leave him alone.
Only in this way can the country focus on the fiscal reform that has already begun, so as to fully revive the country and completely untie the fatal financial shackles around the country's neck. But once something big happens in the northwest, a war will inevitably break out, causing the country to lose all the money it has managed to save.
At that time, I want to get my finances back on track, but I don’t know that I have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse.
As for Guo Ziyi and others, it is naturally from the perspective of a general. They feel that Meng Yuan and Beiyan have just completed the battle to destroy the gold, and they also want to recuperate, and Daqian has now completed the conscription, completed his training, and completed After the autumn harvest, it should not be a problem to clean up a Xixia.
The key is for the future. If Meng Yuan and Bei Yan go south, according to the general situation hinted by His Highness, the capital side will have to resist Meng Yuan, and King Yan will be responsible for Bei Yan.
In this way, it is still necessary to deal with Xixia, the wild wolf of the northwest, as soon as possible.
When Meng Yuan really goes south, they don't have to divide their troops to the northwest, and they don't have to worry about stretching the front too long.
The key is that Guo Ziyi and others also know that taking the initiative to attack Xixia will not only solve the hidden danger of Xixia, but also obtain Xixia's war horses, supplies, population, food, etc.
Xixia also has a large pasture, and it can be regarded as a nomadic people in the northwest. How can I say that there are 100,000 war horses in the country?
With these war horses, light cavalry and heavy armored cavalry can be formed, and they will have the confidence to fight against the Meng Yuan cavalry.
However, a national war cannot be decided directly through talk and discussion.
This is not Li Thief going south and directly threatening the capital. In any case, Li Thief is just a trivial thief. He is not a foreign country like Xixia. After being conquered by Yue Shan, Shi Siming, Han Shizhong and others, it still became powerful again.
The difficulty of the matter was obvious as soon as it came up. Dai Guang, who wanted to follow in the footsteps of His Highness the Crown Prince and be a lonely minister, had no choice but to step forward and add something.
"Your Highness, there is no major disaster in the autumn harvest this year. Even the Hedong Road did not delay the autumn harvest because of the quick and skillful attack. However, if we use soldiers in a place like Xiliang, the difficulty of transshipment is not comparable to that of the Central Plains and Guanzhong. ! Maybe it has to be dispatched from Bashu, but Bashu..."
Needless to say, the land of Bashu has become Liu Zhu's private territory.
So far, we can't even collect taxes.
The envoys or censors who were dispatched were unexpectedly intercepted and killed by horse bandits on the way.
Is that a horse bandit?
Of course everyone knows the real situation.
Of course, this statement is also the truth without any need to defend it, and it hits the target of Guo Ziyi and Xiao Yi.
The Longyou Road side belongs to the Loess Plateau, while the Xiliang side is completely desert and Gobi land.
You can imagine how difficult it is to transport food and grass.
In this year, water conservancy projects, roads and bridges were built, and work-for-relief was used to support the people and carry out construction.
It also failed to completely improve the road on Longyou Road.
All I can say is that it's much better than before.
But it's a little better.
If we really wanted to transport grain and grass, it would probably take fourteen to five days from Chang'an to Lanzhou.
That's half a month.
Xiao Yi finally spoke: "Then how should we deal with what Dai Shangshu said? What if Meng Yuanzhen uses the land of Xiliang to lure the Xixia people into the situation?"
"Repair the forts along the line, store food on the spot, sit back and observe the situation, and then talk about other things." Dai Guang said sincerely.
The meaning is also very simple, that is: keep.
Xiao Yi frowned slightly and did not answer.
Seeing this, Dai Guang could only sigh secretly, knowing that His Highness the Crown Prince's intention to personally conquer Xixia was probably impossible to change.
Wang Yueshan of Yong'an County stood up, looked around at the ministers present, and said with cupped hands: "Your Highness, colleagues, I think this matter is not about whether Xixia will send troops, and how many benefits Meng Yuan has given Xixia. Once Whether we start a war or win or lose, we need to record these things layer by layer, wrap them up layer by layer, and then peel them off from the outermost layers, so that we can be condescending and deal with them calmly."
Yueshan spoke, and there was silence.
Xiao Yi quickly asked respectfully: "According to what the prince said, what is the outermost layer?"
"It's the unification of China!"
Although Yue Shan was old, his words were so powerful that everyone had to take them seriously.
"Since we want to unify China and make the world unified, the land of Xixia will be conquered by Daqian sooner or later. Now, Xixia, which has surrendered for decades, has another Li Qianshun, just like Li Yuanhao back then. If we continue to guard, no matter what, we will only Morale has been lost. Besides, haven’t we always thought that the war horses would be isolated and restricted by the barbarians in the north such as Xixia and Meng Yuan? If we can break the summer, the cavalry will have no worries."
Yue Shan is the god of military affairs, and he has absolute say in the military.
Now that he has stood up.
That means that this controversial discussion is finally coming to an end.
That being the case, many ministers actually breathed a sigh of relief secretly, truly relieved.
Because this kind of confrontation is very painful.
They cannot decide a state matter based on their personal subjective assumptions, let alone provoke party disputes based on personal interests.
This is something His Highness the Crown Prince absolutely does not want to see, and it is also what he least wants to see.
Anyone who dares to really stand up and stir up party strife will probably never see the sun the next day.
Sure enough, the Prince of Yong'an County came forward to express his support for sending troops to attack Xixia, and His Highness the Crown Prince had the greatest confidence.
"I have decided to be alone." The expressionless His Highness the Prince said immediately in a deep voice.
"The affairs of Xiliang are related to the hearts of the people of Longyou. Even if there is a possibility, we must take precautions first. Moreover, Li Qianshun, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, is an accomplice. He is a vassal of Daqian, but he isolates the party, Xiang Fan, and cavalry. He also attempts to unite the Mongols. The Yuan Dynasty invaded the territory of Daqian Long Youdao... His name for his shallow virtues can be regarded as spreading throughout the world, and he is the crown prince of Daqianjian Kingdom. I have wanted to teach him a lesson for a long time!"
The civil and military officials below were stunned for a moment, each at a loss for words.
"Gu Hui said to King Yan, asking him to support some grain and grass. The land south of the Yangtze River is a land of fish and rice. After all, it is also a land with sufficient grain and grass. When the time comes, we can go directly up the river and transport it from the capital to Xiliang. At that time, the county The king can conquer Xiguan with three arrows, and he can still do it now!"
"Also, release another batch of national debts. After the conquest of Xixia, we can start the exchange, so that the people can live a peaceful year."
"The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War will work hard, and we will immediately shift our focus tomorrow to conquer Xixia!"
"Yes." Guo Ziyi solemnly stepped out of the queue and bowed to receive the order.
"Yes." Dai Guang also bowed his head and responded.
"Zhang Jianzhi."
"I'm here."
In every discussion, in addition to important ministers, there are also people from Di Bao who participate.
Because the Di newspapers they compile are often about major military and state affairs, political affairs, etc. of Daqian.
It must be compiled as soon as possible, typeset as soon as possible, printed as soon as possible, and submitted as soon as possible.
"Appropriately describe Xixia's crimes and Li Qianshun's evil deeds in the Di newspaper, and appropriately describe the importance of Yan'an, but it must be moderate, don't be too impatient, and the discussion must be based on the development of the current situation and information, do you understand?"
"Understood." Zhang Jianzhi said with cupped hands.
"You can also post some information in the Di Bao. Just say that the imperial court is purchasing grain for military use in the Xiliang area to the west of the river. It will set a suitable and fixed price there and tell the merchants who are willing to transport grain to Shaanluo area. You will definitely make money." Xiao Yi ordered again.
There are so many benefits to the Di Bao, and Xiao Yi's skill has made even the elders of the three dynasties like Zhang Jiuling admire him very much.
I really admire that throughout the ages, that emperor dared to act like this, write down everything the court did in the imperial newspaper, and spread it to the people of the world, so that all people in the world would know what the court wanted to do, what it had done, and what it had accomplished.
He also broadened the people's wisdom and allowed the academicians in the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall to discuss state affairs, open up their opinions and accept advice with an open mind.
Now that I think about it, His Royal Highness may have had expert guidance behind him. From the beginning to now, it seems that he has never made a wrong step.
This expedition to Xixia must have been discussed and probably deduced.
Therefore, it must be possible to win.
"The Yulin Guards, the Long Guards, and Wu Xue will make a big strategic plan together. We should also have advance and retreat strategies so that we are prepared."
Yue Hongling cupped her hands and said, "Here!"
