The Book of Heaven

Chapter 133 War
Telling a story is a difficult business.

Especially when the storyteller is not a good storyteller himself.Ma Zheng is not good at telling stories. As a result, from morning to night, if it wasn't because Ma Zheng prepared some food for himself, he might starve himself to death.

"If you can soak in a hot spring at this time, and then ask a few girls to loosen your bones, it will feel so good."

Ma Zheng enjoyed a lot of things like this before time travel. In that life, he was not short of money or women, but every time he woke up from the gentleness, he always felt that his life seemed to lack something.

Not long after he traveled to this era, he finally found what he lacked - his own strength.

In that life, every time he said to others, "In what era do you have to do things, don't you know that money is omnipotent", in fact, he knew very well in his heart that he was Ah Q at that time, the spiritual victory method, Self-comforting method, no matter how much you humiliate others, you will not be knocked over by yourself, and it will be enjoyable to spit after stepping on one foot!
Ma Zheng didn't know if others would think so, at least he thought so.

So Ma Zheng no longer expects that kind of extravagant gentleness, but only thinks about it occasionally, that's all.

"So, the Da Yue Clan must hate you very much? Have you never worried about being schemed against by them?"

"I'm not worried about that at all."

"Oh?" Zhao Shuying was a little surprised.Ma Zheng let out a long and sincere sigh, and said, "Don't worry, they will definitely plot against me."

Ma Zheng's accident made Zhao Shuying even more surprised. What made Ma Zheng so cool and bright?Does he have any cards?
In fact, Ma Zheng really didn't have any hole cards, it's just that he really didn't care about these things, the soldiers came to block, and the water came to cover him.

"Forget it, you look like you have a plan in mind, let me study it."

"How do you want to study?"

Being pestered by Zhao Shuying like this, Ma Zheng was already very irritable.He can't win in fights, and he can't run away. If he keeps entangled with Zhao Shuying like this, what Ma Zheng worries most is not that he will be killed by Zhao Shuying, but that he will be fascinated by Zhao Shuying.

Such a woman would not only kill her under the bed, but also in bed.

So Ma Zheng compromised.

Finally getting the answer she wanted, Zhao Shuying also smiled, and this smile, in Ma Zheng's eyes, was really like the warm sun in winter.

"Actually, you look pretty when you smile."

"Thank you!" Zhao Shuying twitched a little, and said, "If you promised me earlier, I would have smiled for you."

"Are you joking?" Ma Zheng sighed slightly in his heart, he really wanted to say that, but unfortunately he didn't dare.

"Come on, sit down, close your eyes, um, give me your hand."

Ma Zheng is like a puppet, obeying Zhao Shuying's name, the lonely man and the widow are in the same room, and they are still on the same bed, but the things they do really make Ma Zheng not so happy.
The Great Han Empire had different attitudes towards the small bordering countries.

In terms of terrain, all small countries that have no retreat and are backed by the sea have basically been conquered by the Han Empire. After hundreds of years or even decades of assimilation, these small countries have basically completely disappeared. In the long river of history.

500 years ago, there was a courtier who came up with a very sinister method. He urged His Majesty the Emperor of Han to do the first thing after conquering the small neighboring countries, which is to completely destroy their history and erase any history of this country. In this way, after a mere hundred years, these countries will have real news.

There is no doubt that this method inherited the first emperor's burning of books and burying Confucianism, and the strength of the Han Empire was far greater than that of the Qin State back then, and the result was that it was implemented more thoroughly.

A great man once said that knowledge is like a circle, the more I know, the more ignorant I find myself.The situation in the Han Empire is similar.

The larger the country's land area, it means that the bordering countries have not decreased, but have become more and more.

Before Lingnan was in chaos, the empire didn't have to think about the South China Sea issue.

Before the Cochin Kingdom existed, the imperial people did not know about Annan.

Before the Eastern Huns fell down, the empire had a good relationship with Silla and Japan.
If the core of an expanding empire's foreign policy is "distance and near attack", then the empire is now in a bottleneck stage.

No matter how powerful the empire is, it is limited, but the enemies around the empire seem to be infinite.

In this way, going up to His Majesty the Emperor and down to the post office at the border, they all fell into a kind of confusion.

Why do the enemies fight more and more, and spend more and more military funds every year?If this continues, when will it end?

The empire is confused, but the enemies around the empire are very clear that they can't resist the mighty Han Empire alone. The only thing they can do is to cooperate vertically and horizontally, and at the same time use non-positive means to infiltrate the high-level empire.

There will always be eggs with cracks, and there will always be meritorious ministers who fall under the sugar-coated shells. Even if the major policies of the empire cannot be changed temporarily, in some small matters, the meritorious deeds of these ministers whose thinking has been corrupted can still be said.

For example, on the question of Home.

The Dayue Clan lost one of the most important towns for foreign commerce and trade for no reason. The loss can be described as traumatic, especially the death of the city lord Nanduotuo, which made the Dayue Clan hate it to the bone.

Da Yuezhi, who considered himself the representative of the Yuezhi clan, couldn't swallow this tone easily, otherwise how could he convince the public?Even if it was just a gesture, after more than a month of deliberation, the Da Yue Clan finally assembled [-] soldiers and horses to attack the border towns of the Han Empire.

Forty thousand soldiers and horses, say more or less, say less.

Compared with the Han Empire's million iron armor, it's not much.

But for a total of [-] frontier troops with the northwest border, it is not a lot.

The imperial court was shocked when they received the news that Dayue Clan sent troops.After all, Home City can be said to be "outsmarted". On the surface, it should be the Dumi people who offended the Dayue Clan. Even the one who controls Home City now is the legendary Dumi. Dan Dun, how can this account be counted? The empire is coming?
Of course, these words can only deceive those laymen. Whether the Da Yue Clan was wrong or not, and whether the Han Empire was wronged or not, those who really know the inside story know it well.

In this war, the Da Yue Clan has already made a gesture, whether to fight or not, it is in the hands of the Han Empire.

The people in the hinterland of the empire naturally hoped to fight. The stronger the country, the stronger the people's sense of pride, they could walk with wind, and they would have more things to talk about after dinner.

But for the common people living in the northwest border, the news of the war has just been blown by the northwest wind, and they have already started to flee with their families.

No matter how powerful the Han Empire is, the shadow of war in the hearts of the common people can never be shaken away. Who can guarantee that the Han Empire will not lose even if the war continues?Angry aliens will not show mercy to the big men, and they will not distinguish between civilians and soldiers with the butcher knives they wield.

(End of this chapter)