Qin Gang looked sad.
Nangong Xi looked at Chu Qing with resentment: "Commander Chu, too. Why did you mention this matter in the court in front of all the officials?"
The fourth child suddenly became unhappy: "I want him to say it, how about it?"
Nangong Xi quickly admitted her mistake and didn't know what to say.
In fact, this matter really shouldn't be mentioned directly in court.
Jiang Yuesheng looked at Chu Qing with hesitation just now, and it was also for this reason.
Once it is said that Yingdao officials are involved and said in front of the ministers, there are only two results. One, this matter is true, and two, this matter is false.
It's easier to say it's false or a misunderstanding, but this involves the Qianqi Camp's inability to investigate the case. To put it more simply, it's all nonsense, and the Chang Dynasty officials have to negotiate with Yingdao. He said he was wrongly blaming others.
But if it were not a misunderstanding and it was said in front of civil and military officials, it would not take long for it to spread to the people. The response from the people can be imagined. It was not enough for Yingdao to poison the East China Sea, but it dared to let the assassins go to Beijing to cause trouble. Then Are there any more gentlemen in the court? If so, fuck them!
Therefore, regardless of whether it is true or not, Chu Qing should tell the fourth child in advance, and then the fourth child will hold a small meeting, everyone will discuss it, and finally test Yingshi and see the result before deciding.
Jiang Yuesheng told the matter directly in front of all the civil and military officials, and it would not be possible without fighting.
But if you fight, it will be a lot of trouble.
If you want to fight, you must first solve the internal problems. It is not an internal problem. The situation over the East China Sea is not an exaggeration.
The people on Yingdao are not fools. If the imperial court wants to rectify the officialdom of the aristocratic families in the East China Sea, the Ying thieves will definitely interfere with it, because everyone knows with their ass that after the imperial court has completed the rectification of the aristocratic families in the East China Sea, it will have to attack Yingdao.
Nangong Xi is worried about this place. Even if the family solves the problem, can the boat master fight across the sea?
From the beginning of the Dachang Dynasty to the present, there has never been a precedent for the navy master to cross the ocean to attack you, and it is a bit difficult to defend the territory.
The pirates who came to land were all privateers, and they were fighting on the mainland. Even though they had the advantage, they failed several times in the home battle. They were either fighting against the official regular army of Yingdao, or fighting with pirates.
As soon as Sun An entered the palace, Huang Laosi asked: "Nanguan Bingtao, is there any news?"
"As far as your Majesty is concerned, no news has reached the capital yet."
The fourth child looked at Chu Qing again: "In the past few days, I heard that many Liangrong envoys have come. They are all noble tribes on the grassland, coming to find a match for the eldest prince... who came to visit the eldest prince. Do these envoys have any contact with each other?"
Chu Qing knew what Huang Laosi meant: "A letter came from the border army a few days ago. Although the grassland has not been in chaos, various noble tribes have two minds. Now that it is autumn, it is impossible for Liang Rong to invade the border."
"If spring comes next year, will Liangrong be able to regain its strength?"
"That's terrible." Chu Qing had been to the grassland after all and expressed his opinion: "The Golden Wolf King is old and received the family stabbing package. So many of his sons died, and only one eldest prince was caught in Beijing. Among them, his dominance is not as good as before. At his age, it is almost impossible to mount a battle. Many powerful noble tribes have begun to annex small tribes and grasslands, either openly or covertly. The border troops have also released news. In the past month, more than 10,000 herdsmen have entered the customs, and there is a steady decline. In addition, 80% of the grasslands will be civil unrest. From the current point of view, in the next two years, at least one or two years, a new situation will be established among the aristocratic tribes on the grasslands. Before the rulers, it was difficult to go to the border to find trouble.”
Nangong Xi and Qin Gang have also been paying attention to things at the border and on the grassland, and they nodded in agreement.
"Originally, we should have taken advantage of his illness to kill him, but we didn't expect the East China Sea Three Paths and the Japanese thieves to be so rampant."
Laosi picked up the tea cup but did not drink it. He murmured: "Since the frontier troops have no worries, we sent troops to the East China Sea...but what happened to Nanguan is still unclear."
It can be seen that the fourth child is very hesitant. The last thing he wants to face is a multi-front battle. According to the character of the fourth child, he only solves one problem a day. After solving today's problem, he goes to sleep and talks about it when he wakes up tomorrow. others.
In fact, this is the most significant difference between civil servants and military generals.
The fourth child is a military general at heart. If something happens, he will immediately prepare for the worst. Force cannot solve all problems, but when all methods have been tried and are useless, force is the final solution.
There is one thing that Lao Si knows very well in his heart. Sooner or later, there will be a battle with the Japanese thieves. It has nothing to do with how many outrageous things the Japanese thieves have committed. It has to do with the prosperity of the country and the expansion of territory. Yingdao is not big and is separated from Dachang across the sea. Hope, even if you don't have such ambitions and don't surrender, sooner or later there will be a fight. Once there is a fight, it will not be to make you surrender, but to accept Dachang's territory!
This is also the result of Chu Qing's continuous indoctrination. When Chen Laojiu was asked to go to Shangyundao, the two of them discussed this matter. Even if the Ying thieves say that they surrender and surrender, they are just pretending. This country, this nation, You can never be submissive all the time. When one day he is stronger than you, has a sword faster than you, and has a boat faster than you, he will definitely show his most ferocious face.
"Your Majesty, I secretly believe that now that we are in great prosperity, it is not appropriate to use troops abroad."
Qin Gang glanced at the face of the fourth child, and said solemnly: "The outside of Xiang must be settled first. Nowadays, when the Qianqi Camp is mentioned, all the aristocratic families are talking about it. I heard that many aristocratic families have secretly made up the tax money and gone to the government. We have re-recorded household registrations and no longer dare to conceal our households and land. The academies opened by merchants are not as hit or miss as they were last year. Many state capitals have opened them. In addition, after the implementation of commercial tax, the national treasury also issued The army is in arrears with food and salary, hundreds of industries are waiting for prosperity, and hundreds of wastes are waiting for prosperity. If the army is used, it will affect the whole body. Compared with Yingdao, the prairie Liangrong is the most serious problem of our Dachang. If it is true as Commander Chu said, the prairie will surely If there is chaos, there will be chaos. Even if I, Dachang, use troops, we should send troops outside the pass and go straight into the depths of the grassland to wipe out the Golden Wolf King's tent."
Nangong Xi nodded repeatedly: "I feel that what General Qin said is very true. Compared to Yingdao, which at least seems to be peaceful on the surface, Liangrong is the danger to our great prosperity."
The fourth child smiled slightly, with a complicated smile, and looked at Chu Qing: "What do the Chu Qing family think?"
Chu Qing said nothing.
From a personal point of view, he thinks that the Japanese thieves should be killed first. The whole world can ignore them, so he must fight the Japanese thieves first and kill them to death. After the killing, the corpses will be burned and the ashes will be thrown away to avoid Let those idiots put their memorial tablets in the Buddhist hall.
But from the perspective of the commander of Qianqiying and the ministers, what Qin Gang and Nangong Xi said was correct.
"Sun An."
"The old slave is here."
Laosi ordered: "Get the letter from King Qi and give it to Qin Gang and Nangong Xi for reading."
"yes."
Sun An went out, and Nangong Xi and Qin Gang didn't know why. The King of Qi, naturally the wild prince Chen Yan and Chen Laojiu, went to the East China Sea. Before going, he was granted the title of King of Qi and was appointed as the Military Supervisor of Shangyundao and the fiefdom. Just over there in Lake City of the Lake Girl Tribe.
After a while, Sun An came back with a letter and handed it to Nangong Xi.
Nangong Xi opened the letter, and Qin Gang also looked at it intently.
The two veterans frowned at first, and after a while, they suddenly became furious.
Qin Gang slapped Nangong Xi on the thigh and roared angrily: "Ying thief, you deserve to die!"
Nangong Xi originally wanted to shout, but Qin Gang's slap almost caused him to become paralyzed, causing him to gasp in pain.
The two old ministers finally understood why the first thing that came to mind when Lao Si mentioned the Japanese thieves was to use weapons.
