Han Shizu

Chapter 1173 Another South Expedition

Chapter 1173 Another South Expedition
"What do you think?" Facing Liu Yang's question, Emperor Liu's reaction was worth pondering, his deep eyes fell on Liu Yang, and the corner of his mouth smiled.

Then he said: "What's your opinion on the matter of Dali? What's your opinion?"

Seeing Emperor Liu questioning again, this time Liu Yang was obviously much more alert, and without thinking, he replied directly: "I think what Mr. Zhao said is well-founded and can be adopted!"

Hearing this, Emperor Liu laughed immediately, and said: "What Zhao Pu said, there is one positive and one negative, two opinions, which one do you hold?"

Looking into the eyes of the prince, the sense of scrutiny became stronger. Emperor Liu, the son, may be a bit slower in everything, but if he really thinks he is mediocre and stupid, then the mediocre person must be himself.

In these years, Liu Yang has been the prince obediently and honestly, seldom made surprising words, he always thinks twice before speaking and doing things, although he is foolish, he has never made any major mistakes.And many ideas are both timely and feasible. As the successor carefully cultivated by Emperor Liu, with so many years of training in combination of theory and practice, the quality is obviously not much worse.

At this time, Emperor Liu wanted to have a clear opinion. Liu Yang concentrated his mind, pondered for a while, and said: "Mr. Zhao's understanding of the situation in the southwest, I am afraid that there are few people in the imperial court who can surpass him. Since he feels that the crusade against Dali is useful The chances of winning are not as difficult as it appears on the surface, so it doesn't matter if you send troops!"

"This is still Zhao Pu's opinion. What I'm asking is your opinion. Do you agree with sending troops?" Emperor Liu asked a bit repetitively.

Liu Yang was silent, raised his head, looked at Emperor Liu calmly for a while, and said calmly: "I dare not hide it, I really have doubts! I am also yearning to expand the territory, achieve great fame, and great achievements. It's just the few things Zhao Gong proposed. There is still a lot of reason to worry about it!"

"However!" Silently observing Emperor Liu's expression, Liu Yang continued: "If you want to vent your population in the future, Dali may not be attractive enough. The poor mountains and remote places are full of alien races, and the Han people hate it. Even, it is not as good as Annan, at least The Jiaozhi Plain still enjoys the benefits of rivers and seas.”

Emperor Liu was also very satisfied with this understanding of Liu Yang, and was not displeased because of his conservativeness and doubts.Because this is also a manifestation of maturity, and Emperor Liu himself has no scruples.

It took a year to fight against Annan, who was torn apart, and the Han army that marched south has not yet been withdrawn.Facing Dali, which has been established for a long time, the ethnic situation is more complicated, and the road traffic is worse, how much time will be spent, how much food will be consumed, and the price of success or failure, these are also the emperors who have been thinking about it.Emperor Liu would not think that the Han army was truly invincible, invincible, and invincible.

Looking at Liu Yang, Emperor Liu finally said: "I'm not going to hide it from you, attacking Dali, I think more about fulfilling a long-cherished wish!"

Liu Yang was surprised, and Emperor Liu continued: "Furthermore, Wang Quanbin has been in the southwest for ten full years. I promised him back then that the emperor's golden words are not easy to break his promise! He is a veteran in his sixtieth year, just like him. As mentioned in the play table, if you drag it on, you will really be powerless!
Now, Duan Sicong, the lord of Dali, is ill and the court is unstable. It is indeed a good opportunity, as Wang Quanbin said.Otherwise, why do you think they came in a hurry to strengthen friendly traffic? "

That's right, in the six years since the treasure was opened, the contact activities between the imperial court and Dali are still very frequent.Duan Sicong, the leader of the Dali Kingdom, sent his clan to the north to present generous gifts, with the intention of establishing good trade between the two countries.In Wang Quanbin's latest Nanzheng performance, he also clearly pointed out Duan Sicong's physical problems.

In any case, Duan Sicong is a monarch who has been in power for 16 years, and it has a huge effect on the stability and balance of his country's political affairs.And once Duan Sicong has a problem, and the big man is on the sidelines to provoke, a good opportunity will appear.

Regarding Wang Quanbin, Emperor Liu was a little surprised that he could endure it for so long.Four times in Kai Baonian, he was not in charge each time, but the longer he endured, the more confident he was in Wang Quanbin and Emperor Liu.

"Is it too child's play to take advantage of personal considerations in military and state affairs?" Liu Yang raised questions about Emperor Liu's remarks, and it could even be said to be questioning.

Emperor Liu smiled, changed the subject abruptly, and said, "What do you think of Zhao Pu's opinion?"

Liu Yang was almost confused by Emperor Liu's question, but he still hesitated and said: "Didn't Mr. Zhao agree to send troops?"

"Really?" Emperor Liu smiled even more.

Seeing Emperor Liu's reaction, Liu Yang came to his senses, and couldn't help being surprised: "Could it be that Mr. Zhao doesn't agree with sending troops to Dali?"

"Poor mountains and bad waters, barren land, what a difference to get, it's just a waste of money and food for the army!" Emperor Liu said indifferently: "Zhao Pu is a very shrewd person, and he can settle accounts. How could he sincerely agree with the large-scale southern expedition?"

"In this case, why did he agree in the bamboo hut?" Liu Yang asked immediately.

"As I said, Zhao Pu is a shrewd person. He has already seen that I have the ambition to go south to Dali!" Emperor Liu said calmly.

Hearing what Emperor Liu said, Liu Yang suddenly became a little surprised, and then he was surprised and moved, and said, "I never thought that Zhao Pu was trying to cater to your ideas?"

Liu Yang frowned tightly: "It's such a big military matter, but you can't speak it out, and try to express your own opinion. If the conquest is unfavorable and the national strength is consumed, who will be responsible!"

Emperor Liu was still indifferent: "Didn't Zhao Pu clearly explain the difficulties and hidden dangers of conquering Dali?"

Liu Yang opened his mouth and finally smiled wryly.

Emperor Liu continued: "Furthermore, if I decide to send troops, who can stop me? Instead of wasting such useless rhetoric, why not focus on how to defeat Dali!"

Of course, there is another layer of consideration in this, this time back to the court, Zhao Pu, a new official, will always have to burn a few fires when he takes office.The conquest of Dali is an opportunity. Although it seems difficult, if it is successful, the impact will be even greater.

Moreover, this is not a blind gamble. Zhao Pu has a clear understanding of the situation in the Southwest, and he has confidence in Wang Quanbin's southern expedition.Zhao Pu didn't blindly flatter the emperor while ignoring the overall military and political situation.

Taking a step back, even if he failed, he would be taking the blame for Emperor Liu.After so many years, who can have this kind of opportunity?If so, it is unknown whether it is a blessing or a curse.

The twists and turns in it are obviously not something that Liu Yang can understand today.This trip, the conversation between the father and son has greatly refreshed Liu Yang's three views, and obviously he has not recovered yet.

"As I said, Zhao Pu is a wonderful person. From now on, you can learn from him and see the difference between him and Wei Renpu!" Emperor Liu smiled slightly.

"Yes!" Liu Yang replied.

Taking a deep breath, Emperor Liu became serious again, and ordered: "I have made up my mind to conquer Dali. I have sent an order to send troops to the southwest as soon as I return to the palace! This time, you have to participate in the military deployment, so don't worry about it. As a monarch, It is not necessary to be able to lead troops to fight and command in front of battle, but one must understand how war is going on and be clear about what is being fought!"

"Yes!"

In the summer and June of the sixth year of Kaibao, Emperor Liu formally issued an edict, taking Wang Quanbin as the Southwest envoy, leading an army of [-] troops in the three provinces of Sichuan, Shu, and Hunan, and sent troops to Dali.Wang Renshan served as the deputy envoy to recruit, and two veteran generals led the army. At the same time, Xue Juzheng was responsible for raising money and food.

He also ordered Lu Huaizhong to lead his troops to march from Guangnan West Road in response.This army march can be regarded as the largest in the first year of the treasure. The main battle army and the chieftain army who accompanied the army and civilians to fight in various conscripts totaled more than [-].

This is not counting the number of civilians recruited for logistics transfers, which are in the tens of thousands. Therefore, it is not too much to double the number of people who attacked Dali this time, claiming to be 300,000.

At the same time, Zhao Pu recovered without any surprise and returned to his post.Since he was recommended by Liu Ci and became an official in the court, after fifteen years of hard work, Zhao Pu finally realized his political ambitions.

The official position given to Zhao Pu was just like what Liu Yang said, Shangshu Zuocheng and Tongping Zhangshi, because of his experience in the southwest, he was mainly in charge of Dali affairs.

(End of this chapter)

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