Monument Yangmen

Chapter 900 I don't need an iron barrel, I just hope that the tragedy will not repeat itself
Yelusi, the young emperor of the Liao Kingdom, rushed to Yanjing City in person to pay homage to the suzerain emperor Yang Qi, and there was nothing wrong with it in terms of etiquette.

Throughout the dynasties, it was a great joy to show off when encountering such foreign emperors paying tribute.

It is not difficult to understand that She Saihua withheld the diplomatic documents of the Liao Kingdom and acquiesced in Yelusi's entry into the Yan Kingdom.

She wanted to see Yelusi.

However, Yang Qi couldn't understand Yang Yanqi's quarrel with Kou Zhun because of this matter.

Yang Qi looked at Kou Zhun suspiciously.

Kou Zhun guessed what he was thinking, curled his lips, and muttered: "Your unreasonable sister, let me drive her out of Yan Kingdom and not allow her to come in."

Yang Qi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.

I didn't realize that Yang Yanqi had such a clear love and hate before.

Yang Qile waved his hands happily, "I don't care about this matter, so don't say sour words here, or I will have someone beat you out."

When Kou Zhun heard this, he became anxious.

"This is your family business. It's hard to be a man between the queen mother and the princess."

Yang Qibai glanced at him and said: "The princess has already married into your Kou family, and she is a member of your Kou family. You are a dignified prime minister, you can't control your wife, and you still count on me to help you manage it. You are not afraid of being laughed at if it spreads." .”

Kou Zhun said dejectedly: "The minister has become a joke..."

"Hahaha……"

His resentful appearance amused Lu Mengzheng and Xiang Minzhong.

Xiang Minzhong smiled and said: "Back then, Fang Qiao was afraid of his wife, which was cited as a good story. Now that you Kou Zhun is afraid of his wife, it will become a good story in the future. I can help you if you have any plans to write a book about it. "

"Go! Go! Go……"

Kou Zhun glared at Xiang Minzhong angrily, and made everyone laugh again.

Smiling and laughing, the topic of the crowd led to the matter of Yelusi, the young emperor of the Liao Kingdom, visiting Beijing to pay homage.

Xiang Minzhong muttered: "The young emperor of the Liao Kingdom came to Beijing this time, and I am afraid that the picture is not small."

After speaking, he looked at the others.

Lu Mengzheng nodded thoughtfully.

He agreed with Xiang Minzhong's statement. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that it would be strange if the little emperor of Liao Kingdom went to Yan in person without any conspiracy.

When it came to business, Kou Zhun didn't care about being ridiculed by everyone just now, he interjected, "What else can he plan, but beg His Majesty to spare them the annual tribute of the Liao Kingdom.

Shang Qingzi has been sitting outside the capital for these years, and has continued his usual style of collecting firewood, but he has made the Liao Kingdom miserable.

On the one hand, the Liao Kingdom has to deal with Shang Qingzi's looting, and on the other hand, it has to offer a heavy annual tribute to our court.

As far as the Liao Kingdom is now, it has long been overwhelmed.

It is said that last year there were hundreds of rebellions in the Liao Kingdom.

If we ask them to pay tribute, it is estimated that Yelu heir will not be able to sit firmly on the throne. "

Lu Meng was adding from the side: "When I was in Dengzhou, I heard from the merchants from Goryeo that Goryeo has now been controlled by the nobles of the Liao Kingdom who defected before.

I am afraid that the rebellion in the Liao Kingdom has something to do with them. "

After saying this, everyone looked at Yang Qi in unison.

As Yang Qi is the ruler of the Yan Kingdom, all the control and decision-making power are in his hands.

Yang Qi frowned and said: "I heard what you mean, is it to let me push the boat along the way and reduce the annual tribute of the Liao Kingdom?"

Xiang Minzhong nodded and said: "There are many turmoil in the Liao Dynasty. If we press it hard, it will definitely push the Liao Kingdom to a corner. It may also be pulled into it.

More importantly, those Liao nobles who controlled Goryeo would certainly not sit still.

It is very likely that they will send troops to the south to compete for the territory of Liao.

As long as they control the existing territory of the Liao Kingdom, plus the territory of Koryo, it is very likely that they will revive. "

Everyone nodded in unison.

So did they.

Leaving the current Liao State can help Yan State contain Goryeo and most of the nomads in the north of Liao State.

Without the current Liao Kingdom, the Yan Kingdom is bound to face these enemies head-on.

Nomads are mostly rangers, good at looting, and even better at guerrilla warfare.

Once Yan State faces these enemies directly, more troops must be dispatched to guard the narrow and long border in the north of Yan State.

For the Yan State, this was a waste of money, material resources, and manpower, but it was fruitless.

Yang Qi was silent for a full quarter of an hour before looking around at the crowd and said, "You don't want to lose the big because of small things, I can understand that. But my consideration is different from yours."

Everyone was stunned, staring at Yang Qi, waiting for the next sentence.

Yang Qi said slowly: "Looking around, whether it is the Great Jin, the Great Shu, or the Liao Kingdom, they are not the enemies of our Yan Kingdom. Especially after our Yan Kingdom's soldiers and horses have changed their armaments, their combat effectiveness has increased several times, and they have swept the entire country. They are no problem.

However, why did I keep Da Jin and Da Shu alone, let them become stronger, but did not restrain them, and did not even let them pay tribute?
Don't I know that when the two of them become stronger, they will become the great enemy of my country Yan?
And why did I suppress the Liao Kingdom and let them fall apart?

Don't I know that after the fall of the Liao Kingdom, our Yan Kingdom will face countless harassing enemies?

I know all about it. "

Yang Qi paused, and said quietly: "The reason why I treat them differently from the three kingdoms is not my choice, but their own choice. Dashu went west all the way, and on their way to the west, there are countless Inexhaustible land, let them plunder.

The same is true for the west and north of the Jin Dynasty.

If we compare the land of Yan State to a plate of fragrant meat left by our ancestors.

So what Dajin and Dashu are doing is to make the piece of fragrant meat left by our ancestors bigger and more fragrant.

If one day, they return to attack our country of Yan, then it can only explain one point.

That is, they have been unable to plunder any land to the west or north.

At that time, no matter on this land, whoever beats whomever.

This country, after all, is my country of the Han family, and my son of the Han family will always stand on top of the world.

It's like a group of brothers robbing the meat in their own pot, no matter who eats the meat in the end.

It all fell into our own stomachs.

However, Liao is different.

They have no desire to expand outward.

As they go east, there are also countless lands waiting for them to plunder.

But they seem invisible.

Their eyes will always be on the land of our Central Plains.

They never thought of making our piece of meat bigger, they just wanted to eat our piece of meat. "

Yang Qi looked around at the crowd, and said solemnly: "You tell me, how can I keep the Liao Kingdom, which is so unprogressive?"

Without waiting for everyone to answer, Yang Qi said decisively: "Since the truce between Yan and Liao, I just asked them for annual tribute, but did I ever say that the sale of ironware to them was banned? Do business with them?
I didn't!
But what about them?
They are like a family dog, they don't want to make progress, they just want to guard their own one-acre three-point land.

They never even reached out and asked his neighbor if he would like to buy or sell things with them.

Such is the Liao Kingdom, what use is it for me to keep it?

It is kept to help the country of Yan resist some enemies.

But without it, wouldn't our country of Yan be able to resist the enemy?

Instead, I hope that my country of Yan has some enemies.

Because the enemy can remind us that we are constantly getting bigger and stronger.

The enemy can keep our soldiers and horses in a fighting state at all times.

I don't want to do the things of the bird's bow and the horse's release in Nanshan, and I won't do it.

All of you have served as officials in Song State.

It has been less than 50 years since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and you should know how the soldiers and horses in various places have rotted.

I can turn the country into an iron barrel, but I don't want a group of lambs to live in the iron barrel.

I don't hope that one day, the iron hooves of the enemy will break through the iron barrels of the Yan Kingdom, and what they will see will be lambs everywhere.

What I hope to see is that one day, when the iron hooves of the enemy break through the iron barrels of Yan Kingdom, what I see is a group of wild wolves with red eyes. "

Kou Zhun opened his mouth, but did not speak.

Xiang Minzhong looked at Yang Qi in astonishment, but didn't speak.

Only Lu Mengzheng frowned and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the people in the world are the only ones who will suffer in the end."

Yang Qi widened his eyes and reprimanded: "Arbitrariness will hurt the people, but have you ever thought that the easy life of luxury and money will corrupt them and turn them into lambs?

I would rather see the common people starve to death with swords than to see the common people being eaten while holding golden bowls.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, more than 4000 million Han family sons were either killed or eaten.

I don't want such a tragedy to happen again.

I don't even hope that one day, the enemy will come over with a butcher's knife, and the people will kneel on the ground waiting to be killed.While beheading their heads, the enemies laughed and competed with each other who could kill more. "

"Oh!"

"They dare!"

Even Kou Zhun was a literati, and when he heard these words, he slapped the table, blew his beard and stared and shouted.

"To shut up!"

Yang Qi scolded Kou Zhun, and Kou Zhun shrank his neck in fright.

For Kou Zhun, he couldn't imagine such a scene.

Because the current state of Yan is extremely powerful and deters all directions, the neighbors around have only the opportunity to be beaten by the State of Yan, not the State of Yan.

But for Yang Qi, it was different.

Because he is not telling stories to Kou Zhun and others, he is talking to them with one historical fact after another.

Yang Qi patted the table, and said loudly: "I don't need an iron barrel country. In this Han family country, whoever has the ability will sit. However, I want an unyielding national soul, a person who will always dare to take everything from our bowl. The man who eats meat stretches out the courage of the sword."

Kou Zhun and the others couldn't be more shocked.

They couldn't believe their ears, but Yang Qi's words sounded like a magic voice, echoing in their ears for a long time.

An emperor who doesn't need iron barrels.

In ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, I have not seen one.

An emperor who cared wholeheartedly for the nation.

They haven't seen either.

"Gudu~"

Kou Zhun swallowed secretly, and said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty... are you going to become a saint?"

"Shut up, get the hell out of here!"

Yang Qi roared at Kou Zhun.

After finally mobilizing the atmosphere, Kou Zhun destroyed half of it all at once.

Kou Zhun smiled dryly and prepared to leave.

Xiang Minzhong looked at Yang Qi with a strange expression, and said in a low voice: "Chen... I also think so..."

"The minister is also..."

Lu Mengzheng added in embarrassment.

Yang Qi stared at her eyes and cursed, "You all get lost..."

The three of them looked at each other, and fled out of the imperial study in desperation.

They don't understand, they don't understand Yang Qi's purpose of doing this.

In their view, an emperor who does not need iron barrels and is dedicated to the people and the nation has no other explanation except for wanting to be holy.

In the whole world, the only one who can understand Yang Qi is himself.

Two-legged sheep, Southern barbarians, Han slaves, rat-tailed pigtails, yellow-skinned monkeys, sick men of East Asia...

Every word, every word, deeply hurt Yang Qi's soul, and every word represented a history of humiliation.

It is obviously the smartest nation in the world, it is obviously the simplest nation in the world, and it is obviously the toughest nation in the world.

Why would you be reduced to being bullied by others?

Shouldn't we bully others?
Yang Qi never thought of himself as a saint, nor did he think of becoming one.

He just wants to guard a group of relatives at home, free from disasters and illnesses, and simply pass the goods.

However, in the process of realizing this dream, he unknowingly reached the top of the country, and even qualified to become the rule maker of the world.

Now that we have come to this point, why not do something for this nation?

Yang Qi did not dare to hope for immortality.

He couldn't care less about what the world he changed would look like in a thousand years.

He just hoped that he would try his best to nip all threats in the bud.

This dream is a bit big, and it can even be said to be arrogant.

Maybe it won't be possible for the rest of my life.

But he has no intention of giving up.

For anything, someone needs to do it.

Nobody does it, and it never will.

But someone has taken the first step and made people see the way ahead, then those who came after will automatically follow.

"Whoo~"

Yang Qi exhaled a foul breath, stood up slowly, and looked at the blue sky outside the window.

No one understands what he's doing, and he can only walk forward alone with a heavy burden.

Just when Yang Qi raised his head and looked out of the window, someone also looked out of the window.

Outside the capital.

The luxurious Luanjia pieced together by a group slowly left the capital.

Luan is driving in Zhonggui's carriage.

The young Yelusi looked at the blue sky outside the window, and said in a daze, "Mother, why do I feel that the sky outside the capital is bluer than the sky inside the capital?"

Empress Dowager Tie Jing accompanied Yelusi to look at the sky, and said quietly: "Because he is strong enough, so strong that even the sky obeys his will."

Yelusi turned his head, blinked his big black eyes, and asked in a daze, "Is the queen mother talking about the emperor's uncle of Yan Kingdom?"

A flash of pain flashed in the eyes of Queen Mother Tie Jing, and she whispered: "My lord, who told you?"

Yelusi tilted his head and said: "People in Shangjing are saying that I don't know if I want to know. They all say that my uncle, the Emperor of Yan Kingdom, is the strongest person in the world. The reason why I still Being able to sit on the throne is because of the blood similar to him flowing in his body, as long as he doesn't nod, those moles in the country can only jump around and never dare to covet my throne."

(End of this chapter)