Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 766 I don't want to see you (please subscribe!)
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"Please, Your Majesty, think twice!"

On Li Yan's side, he said with pride that he was going to destroy the Jurchen clan, but Li Gang jumped out to make Li Yan think twice.

It is estimated that anyone facing such a situation will be unhappy.

Li Yan is no exception.

But in order to maintain his image as a wise gentleman, Li Yan squeezed out a smile, and then asked Li Gang in a pleasant manner: "Why did Aiqing say this, but what is wrong with my words?"

Li Gang was really not polite to Li Yan, and said bluntly: "What will your majesty gain after you destroy the Jurchen regardless of everything?"

"Uh……"

Li Yan was speechless for a moment.

Li Gang continued: "If there is a war with the Kingdom of Jin, the Jurchens will have to resist on scorched earth in order to defend the country, and all the people will fight. In this case, how many Han people will be killed or injured to conquer the Kingdom of Jin? The key is that the Northeast is bitterly cold. Life there is difficult, even if Dazhong really got it, what's the use?"

Li Yan wanted to say, "Northeast is not as bad as you said, it is also a treasure land, it is rich in materials, it is an important production base of timber and minerals, and it is rich in wild animal and plant resources. There are oil shale, iron, boron, diamond Magnesite, diamond, talc, jade, solvent limestone and other minerals are extremely rich in reserves. In addition, there is Liaohe Oilfield, which is rich in oil and natural gas reserves. Ulagrass)."

But when the words came to his lips, Li Yan swallowed the words again, because in this era, the resources are too rich, not worse than those in the Northeast, and the resources are far less important than later generations, so no one cares about them Resources, as for the Northeast Three Treasures, if Li Yan wanted it, as long as he was willing to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Jin, he could have as much as he wanted.

Then don't talk about the usefulness of the country's gold, but only the hatred with the country of Jin?

This doesn't really make sense either.

Yes.

It is hateful for the Jin people to invade south.

But it was the Northern Song Dynasty that the Jin people invaded, not Dazhong.

Therefore, there is no hatred between Dazhong and Jin Guo. Even if there is hatred, it is also the Jin people who hate Dazhong, because Dazhong slaughtered countless Jin people and eunuched more than ten thousand Jurchens to mine.

Therefore, none of these can be an excuse for Li Yan and Jin Guo to fight to the end.

in fact--

Li Yan knew everything Li Gang said.

Just now when Li Yan said that the Jurchens were destroyed, he was just talking too much, but Li Yan didn't like Wan Yanchang's saying "I will never die and never stop".

Unexpectedly, Li Gang took this seriously.

Now Li Yan didn't know how to pick it up, so he could only say: "How can others sleep soundly on the side of the couch."

But what Li Yan never expected was that this was also rejected by Li Gang.

Li Gangdao: "If the Jin people are driven out of the Great Wall, it will not be the Kingdom of Jin, but the Kingdom of Xia and Song next to our couch."

Li Yan was speechless after being swallowed by Li Gang, and thought: "No wonder so many people can't stand Li Gang, this kind of direct minister."

Li Gang went on to say: "Taking a step back, even if Your Majesty wants to follow the example of Han Wu Tang Zong to unify the world, he should first map the land of Shu, Qin won the land of Shu, and appointed Li Bing and his son to control the water, so that the land of Shu, which has been suffering from floods for many years, became Since then, the state of Qin has solved the food problem due to the fertile land thousands of miles away. Due to the continuous supply of food from the land of Shu, Qin conquered the six eastern countries and unified the world. During the war, Xiang Yu was wiped out in one fell swoop, and the Han Dynasty, which had been established for more than [-] years, was established. Song Zu acquired the land of Shu, used the land as a springboard and a granary, and successively wiped out the wealthy Southern Tang, Wuyue and other countries in the south, ending the war. , establish the Song Dynasty, and if Your Majesty can get the land of Shu, you can go down the river to destroy the Song Kingdom, first going north and then going south, which is no different from going south, and most importantly, it will delay your majesty's great opportunity to rule the world."

"you!"

Li Yan made Li Gang speechless.

In the end, Li Yan could only flick his sleeves and leave angrily.

This is a small meeting that only ministers can participate in. Those who can come to participate, except for Ma Kuo, are all the figures in Dazhong who can stomp their feet three times at present, and they are all Li Yan's humerus ministers.

And it was precisely because there were no outsiders around that Li Yan spoke so casually, which led to the current situation.

Seeing that Li Yan was left in anger by Li Gang, Tang Ke couldn't help but said: "The officials are just joking for a while, why do you take it seriously and stand up to the officials?"

Li Gang said solemnly: "You are not joking, how can the emperor be frivolous, and Tang Zuocheng, if others say this, it's fine, why do you say this, have you forgotten how the Northern Song Dynasty died? "

Under the deliberate propaganda of the Dazhong Propaganda Department, the responsibility for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty was all borne by Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan and his son.

Therefore, in the eyes of today's Dazhong people, Zhao Ji is frivolous, playful, and extravagant, while Zhao Huan is indecisive and cowardly. It is precisely because their father and son misled the country that the Northern Song Dynasty died.

Of course, this is indeed the case. The Propaganda Department of Dazhong just exaggerated it and covered up some of the national conditions of the Northern Song Dynasty, for example, no military equipment, natural disasters, frequent civil strife, etc. (in fact, these national conditions are also Zhao Ji caused), the purpose is naturally to tell the world that Zhao Song has no virtue and should die, and Li Zhong's replacement of Zhao Song is in accordance with God's will.

Zhao Huan will not talk about it, mainly because of incompetence.

As for Zhao Ji's evaluation, the most famous sentence at present is the evaluation of Zhezong Prime Minister Zhang Dun: Duan Wang is frivolous and cannot rule the world.

Therefore, as soon as Li Gang said this, Tang Ke was immediately stunned by Li Gang.

Chen Gongfu then said: "Bo Ji, what you said is serious. Your Majesty is wise, open-minded and magnanimous. He knows people well and makes them happy to use them. In a few years, there will be no strategy left behind, no soldiers left behind, and a great cause will be determined. How can you compare it with Song Hundi?"

Li Gangdao: "Your Majesty is only 36 this year, Dazhong has not yet unified the world, and everything has not yet been finalized, so it is natural to guard against it."

When Chen Gongfu heard the words, he was also speechless.

Seeing this, Wen Huanzhang said, "Li Youcheng's words are good. Dazhong is still far away from the unification of the Dazhong. Therefore, not only the officials, but we must not slack off."

Zhao Ding, Xu Guanzhong and others heard the words and said in unison: "We will follow the teachings of Dazai."

Although Wen Huanzhang still bears the name of prime minister, he does not fight for power, or even take charge of power. He is more concerned with maintaining Li Yan's imperial power and shaping the atmosphere of Dazhong officialdom.

Moreover, Wen Huanzhang likes to support capable officials, and also likes to coordinate for all parties—no matter which party has an unresolvable problem, he will first find Wen Huanzhang to coordinate, and if it is not possible, then invite Li Yan Come out referee.

In addition, Wen Huanzhang's qualifications and achievements in Dazhong.

Officials in the middle and high schools respected the old prime minister regardless of literary or martial arts, even Zhao Ding, who had been suppressed by Wen Huanzhang, was no exception.

This also includes Li Gang, who was also impressed by Wen Huanzhang's character.

Therefore, when Jianwen Huanzhang spoke, Li Gang paid homage to Wen Huanzhang, and then explained: "Your Majesty wants Li Gang to be an admonishing minister like Wei Zheng, so your Majesty must also have a heart like Tang Taizong."

Now, everyone understood Li Gang's meaning, nothing more, just testing Li Yan's mind, that is, he, Li Gang, an admonishing minister, wanted to get along with Li Yan, a wise king.

At this moment, the eunuch passing the decree came in, and said to Li Gang, "Li Youcheng accepts the decree."

Li Gang listened to the words, bowed respectfully, and said: "My minister Li Gang accepts the order."

The eunuch said: "Your Majesty's oral order is that Shangshu Youcheng Li Gang will be fully responsible for the peace negotiation with the Kingdom of Jin. In addition, His Majesty asked our family to tell Li Youcheng in the original words, 'Give you a three-day holiday. Within these three days, I don't want to See you!'"

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(End of this chapter)