Jinyi Night Walk

Seeing Xia Xun's expression, the smile on Zhu Di's face slowly froze: "What? You don't agree?"

Xia Xun said: "Your Majesty, I think that Annan can't swallow it!"

Zhu Di frowned slightly, then raised it again, and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me the reason!"

Xia Xun took a deep breath, and then said: "I asked Annan in a big way. It was originally at the request of Annan's Chen family, but now the Chen family is extinct. Of course, the Li family should send troops to punish for offending the heavenly court. Those who sent troops, after Cheng Guogong and the British soldiers sent Annan, first used a scheming plan to enumerate Li's crimes, and spread them among the people in Annan, so they won the hearts of the people. What will Annan's officials and people think when they annex Annan? Our help today will become our strong enemy in the future!"

Zhu Di showed his face and said: "Hehe, so you are worried about this! This is not a problem. After the Li family is wiped out, I can't immediately set up officials in Annan Fujun County. I will operate it. Please, set up counties and counties in a logical manner, and let Annan return to Middle Earth!"

Xia Xun said: "How to respond to the request of Annan's army and civilians?"

Zhu Di said bluntly: "If the army and the people in Annan are monolithic and united as one, how can it be possible for the Li family to replace the Chen family? The Li family can find someone to support him, so why can't I find someone to speak for him among the officials and elders in Annan, so as to speak for him? On the grounds that the Chen family is extinct, did you take the initiative to invite me, Daming, to restore counties and counties in Annan, directly governing and setting up officials?"

Xia Xun said: "Your Majesty, this is just a means! It's just a name, not people's hearts! How could Annan's soldiers and civilians be convinced because of this?"

Xia Xun said again: "In Yichen's view, whether it is the Chen family or the Li family of An Nanguo, no matter who is called the king, and respectful and obedient to my Ming Dynasty, it is just a fear of my Ming Dynasty's strength, and it is definitely not a sincere loyalty. The Li family replaced the Chen family, as long as they are still respectful and tame to our Ming Dynasty, it is enough. Even if we try our best to support the Chen family to become the king, it is not the same to our Ming Dynasty. Gong? Benefits! The interests of the country! Everything depends on the interests of the country, it is true for Annan, and it is also true for me, Ming!"

Zhu Di said: "Isn't it in the interests of the country to expand the territory?"

Xia Xun said: "Yes! However, there is a limit to everything, and it is too late. Genghis Khan's mountains and rivers disappeared in an instant. Isn't this a lesson from the past? My Ming Dynasty wants to expand its territory. First, it depends on the terrain. The land is dangerous. Once it falls into someone else's The hand of the Ming Dynasty is a heart disease in my heart, and I must seize it! The second is to see its wealth, the land of fish and rice, and it can help thousands of Hui people, and it should be seized! The third is to see whether it is controllable. It can be beaten and managed. , can be seized! The fourth is to see whether it is beneficial to our court or to our people.

Your majesty, Annan, has never been able to become my Ming's heartache. The barbarians in the north are my constant and powerful enemies in the Central Plains. Although the Tatars have suffered setbacks, they have not lost their vitality. To ease, the Tatars will inevitably invade the south again. Our enemy is still living well in the north. At this time, hundreds of thousands of troops are left in Annan, and they consume countless grains and rice every day. The consumption of national power is too great.

Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must not be careless.Is this way of survival only reflected in "defeat"?Otherwise, a miserable victory would be unbearable.This tragedy may be the heavy casualties of soldiers, or it may be the heavy loss of the country.To say something disrespectful, it is not a business, but it also has a common principle. If the cost of the war far exceeds the income of the war, why do we fight?

Moreover, there are many major events in the imperial court now, such as dredging the canal, consolidating Liaodong, sailing treasure ships..., a series of major events, all of which cost a lot of money. If too many things are done at once, the people will be seriously injured. Just beating a Xiongnu, just because he didn't know how to restrain himself, he fought again and again, and finally exhausted all the national power saved by the Wen and Jing dynasties, leaving ten houses empty, countless families ruined, and the country's vitality seriously injured. I have sinned against myself, but can the countless people who died of cold and starvation be resurrected for this?

The emperor knew that Annan belonged to China since Qin Shihuang, so he should also know that before that, it was not owned by me. Qin Shihuang set up Xiangjun to govern Annan. Only 11 years later, Annan became independent again; Emperor Wu destroyed it. After that, the people in Annan area repeatedly resisted. After 300 years, they became independent again. After that, most of the time... Hehe, the Central Plains Empire did not recognize its independence, but how many people can really regard it as How about the counties and counties in the Central Plains?What does it actually look like?

The emperor should be very clear about the protection of the capital of the Tang Dynasty. The duty of the protection of the capital is to "comfort the feudal vassals and bring peace to the foreign bandits", and to "comfort, convict, commend merits, and punish deeds" of the Hui people in the surrounding areas is really important. It is still the local chief who manages the affairs of the clan's headquarters, and the Duhufu is very different from the county.The Mongols annexed thousands of miles of mountains and rivers in the Central Plains, and they were defeated three times in Annan, and they stopped here.

If the Mongols continue to invade the south, can Annan's tiny land be able to resist it?Of course not, so why did the Mongols stop here?Because the gains outweigh the losses!Emperor Taizu Gao once said: "The barbarians in the four directions and the small southern barbarians are limited to mountains and seas, and are secluded in a corner. The land they get is not enough to supply, and the people they get are not enough to command.If he doesn't think about himself and disturbs me, that's bad luck.He is not troubled by China, and it is not auspicious for me to launch an army to attack it', the minister thinks this is the most reasonable saying. "

Xia Xun had thought about these words for a long time, and he had tried his best to understand Annan's previous situation and the current situation.Combining the current situation and the original historical development that he can remember, he knows how much damage has been caused to Daming in the past few decades when he sent troops to Annan, and then changed his original intention to occupy it in a flash of enthusiasm.

Since this place was acquired, there have been constant rebellions and guerrilla warfare, dragging Daming into this abyss until Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty decided to withdraw troops and stop the war. During this period, there were more than 30 years. During this period, countless generals were killed and injured in Annan, and from there, let alone taxation Well, just to transport food to ensure the livelihood of the local people, the amount exceeded the sum of the needs of the northern and southern capitals at that time, which greatly consumed the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the country may not have weakened so quickly, and it might have successfully survived the Little Ice Age in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, thus completing the critical stage of national transformation, reborn and reborn from the ashes.

Zhu Di's complexion is very ugly, Xia Xun has already seen it, but he still wants to speak out his own psychology, if the emperor just wants an achievement, a reputation of kindness and power, then defeat the Li clan's forces, and in Annan It is enough to support a puppet, ask the local people to govern the local people, and let the imperial court "back up" him. By controlling him, it is enough to control the people there.

If you want to obtain economic benefits other than political benefits, then set up a colony. It is just to strengthen the relationship between the suzerain and the vassal state, and create an enhanced version. Why let countless soldiers bleed and kill the people in the mainland? The hard-earned food is transported to support a group of people who only enjoy without giving. When they fatten up and lose weight, watch them become independent again?

Zhu Di's complexion was already ugly, and his voice was a bit stiff, but he still managed to say: "The Tatars have suffered repeated defeats, Liaodong has become more and more prosperous, and the Tatars have been forced to submit to me, Ming Dynasty, and the Tatar Khan Ben Yashili has already asked the court for peace. , I have sent Guo Ji to appease the Tatars. On the side of Wala, I also sent envoys to make several powerful tribal chiefs kings, and provoke them to fight among themselves, at least for a while. There will be spare power to invade the south, this is a god-sent opportunity, how can we let it go easily!"

Xia Xun bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, I always think that the best way to deal with Annan is to control a puppet indirectly!"

Zhu Di's face darkened, and he said with a sneer, "If you say it according to what you said, the territory of this dynasty throughout the ages will never be able to expand!"

Xia Xun hurriedly said: "I don't mean that, I mean, we should weigh the gains and losses to see if it's worth it or not!"

Zhu Di said: "Isn't it worthwhile to return Jiaozhi to the territory?"

Xia Xun said: "It's worth it, but it's not worth it. Nearly a thousand years ago, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the "Grand Canal" to connect the Qiantang River, Yangtze River, Huaihe River, Yellow River, and Haihe River. With Luoyang as the center, it reaches Zhuojun in the north and reaches Zhuojun in the south. Yuhang has greatly promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the North and the South. Since then, all dynasties and dynasties have enjoyed its merits. It is worth it! But Emperor Sui Yang didn't know how to sympathize with the power of the people. It's not worth it!"

Xia Xun broke his heart and said bluntly: "Emperor Sui Yang reigned for 14 years. In just 14 years, he created great achievements that others could hardly create. In terms of martial arts, he destroyed Chen Guo, and in terms of cultural governance, he created He built the eastern capital Luoyang, moved the capital to Luoyang, built the canal, toured Zhangye to the west to unblock the Silk Road, developed the Western Regions, and went north to defeat the Turks.

He Ping Wuhui in the south, but the Xiongnu in the north. Among the Kun brothers, he is the only one who has made a name for himself.At the age of only 20, he completed the great cause of unifying the world and ended the war era in the Central Plains for hundreds of years. People in the Tang Dynasty said: "The Sui Dynasty died on this river, and it has been a thousand miles away. If there is no water palace and dragon boat, we will share Yu There are not many merits.” Yang Guang was compared with Dayu. After hundreds of years, when the Song Dynasty flooded, this thousand-mile Sui embankment also saved the lives of thousands of families. The merits are not great. ?

Most of the things Qin Shihuang did, he also did, but he did not burn the books back to the pit to return to Confucianism; most of the things that Sui Yang did, Tang Taizong also did, but Tang Taizong’s Zhenguan era was far less than Sui Yang’s early days Wealthy, however, Qin Shihuang and Tang Taizong both have the reputation of "one emperor through the ages", but Emperor Sui Yang has a bad reputation of being reviled forever, why?

It's just because he doesn't know restraint, doesn't know how to recuperate people's strength, and doesn't know how to make trade-offs!For the common people, such things as expanding the territory, such a huge empire, such a kingdom coming to court, and such an incomparably magnificent building can only be coaxed into admiration by the barbarians and flattered by the literati. It is the foundation of a country! "

I, Ming, have many more important things to do now, and the north is not as stable as Mount Tai. Now we should strengthen the northeast while strengthening ourselves!Based on the current territory of my Ming Dynasty, as long as the country is strong, even though the barbarian lands are not owned by me, they can be used by me. Otherwise, even if they are owned by me, they will be lost. The in vain pay, especially difficult to measure.If His Majesty doesn't take it today, if one day the time comes, wouldn't His Majesty's descendants take it? "

Zhu Di finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said angrily: "If you don't take it, you will be blamed instead! I have made up my mind, so you don't need to say more!" As he said, he flicked his big sleeves and walked away.

"Fu Guogong..., alas!"

"Oh! Grandpa..."

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi walked around in Xia Xun's study like lanterns. You sighed and I sighed, both frustrated by Xia Xun's giving up the golden opportunity to become the first minister of Ming Dynasty.

Xia Xun didn't take it seriously, looked at them with a smile, and said, "Don't turn around, you two. My eyes are dazzled. Please reply to the prince and tell him what I mean. I think my opinion is wrong. It will be wrong, if I know it is wrong, but only do it to cater to my wishes, then today's glory is but tomorrow's yellow flowers, what is the pity?"

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi are also looking forward to the great dream of "the death of the Tang Dynasty, Jiaozhi was reduced to the barbarians for more than [-] years, and even returned to the territory". Xia Xun gave up such a good opportunity so easily. They were really sad, but Xia Xun was very determined, but the two had nothing to say, and finally had to leave sadly.

After the two left, the relaxed and calm smile on Xia Xun's face disappeared.He didn't say some things to Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi.The ancients said: "When you are happy, talk about your heart, and when you are unhappy, you must avoid venting; when you are upset, talk about your sadness, and you should feel ashamed when you are happy. Westerners say that it is best to keep a "porcupine distance" when getting along with others. It is said that porcupines The porcupines are covered with thorns. When it is cold, they want to get close to each other to take advantage of the body temperature, but they can't get too close, so the porcupines stay as close as possible under the premise that no one can puncture the other.

That's Xia Xun's opinion, is there anything wrong with telling others?joke!Everyone has their own secrets.

These people only know one thing, but not the other thing. At the beginning of the Timur Empire, two important figures, Prime Minister Aldusha and General Gaisuyeddin, were used as envoys. When they arrived in Ming Dynasty, they were particularly concerned about politics, economy, and military affairs. Xia Xun was already alert to the development in all aspects. As early as when the two returned to the Timur Empire, Xia Xun's Qianlong had already started to move, sending people to follow their tracks and follow them away. Western Regions.

Now, the message has been sent back.After Emperor Tiemuer heard the news that the Ming army was strong and the horse was strong, he did not dispel his ambition, on the contrary, it aroused his arrogance. He paid more attention to any previous war, and personally deployed and prepared. Wan Tieqi will soon make a comeback.

Xia Xun wanted to eliminate the great tragedy in history that when the whole world was moving forward, the ancient Chinese country, which was originally the wealthiest, most advanced, and most civilized in the world, was dragged backwards. To do this, Daming's own Development is the most important thing, and whether the operation of Liaodong is suitable or not is also extremely important, so after Xia Xun left Liaodong, he did not give up his attention there.

This is also one of the main reasons why he did not have too close contact with Wan Shiyu and Zhang Jun, because everything he wants to know has his own news channel.Xia Xun's Qianlong is still active outside the pass and on the grassland, so he also knows all the information about Tatar and Oirat.

That's right, the Tatars have indeed asked Daming for peace now. Being oppressed by Oala over there, and threatened by Ming here, Grand Master Arutai's life is not easy.The rapid development of Liaodong poses a particularly serious psychological threat to him.When Xia Xun was there, he instructed the Liaodong shogunate to treat all friendly grassland tribes equally. This policy greatly benefited those Tatar tribes who were adjacent to Liaodong and had little enmity with Liaodong. Under the circumstances, Alutai took advantage of the situation to make concessions, and ordered the Great Khan Benya to hand over the peace letter to Daming.

However, most of the tribes adjacent to Liaodong are small tribes with low status among the Tatar tribes. It is because of their weak strength that they are not taken seriously. The best grasslands are occupied by the big tribes, and they are squeezed out The area bordering Liaodong serves as a buffer for both sides, but now these small tribes are benefiting, and these powerful tribes are naturally unbalanced.

As a result, some small things were infinitely magnified. For example, a Tatar shepherd who went to Liaodong to do business was injured in a fight with others after drinking, broke his nose, cut his arm, and became oppressed and insulted by the Han people. became disabled; for example, some herdsmen in those small tribes wanted to live a peaceful and comfortable life, so they took advantage of the opportunity of doing business and defected to Liaodong as a whole. defection.

Don't underestimate the energy of these big tribes. They have successfully stirred up hatred for Ming Dynasty and opposition to Liaodong within Tatar.And once this kind of emotion accumulates to a certain level, it needs to be released.

The court’s strategy of splitting up Oara did play a certain role. The few Oara nobles who were entrusted as kings by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty were overjoyed, and no one looked down on each other, even Oara Khan. Some small frictions began, and gradually major internal strife occurred.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and Wala originally agreed to invade the Tatars.Now that there is another dispute within Oala, the pressure on Tatar is less, and it does not need to urgently seek reconciliation with Ming, and the internal anti-Ming sentiment is getting stronger... Xia Xun learned from the messy information Based on the inductive analysis, it is worried that Ming and Tatars will soon have another dispute.

If this worry really becomes a reality, then the north will fight the Tatars; in the west, the lame Timur will drive hundreds of thousands of royal lions into the Western Regions; With the legion and the countless military expenditures, it is not impossible that there will be smoke everywhere and the buildings will collapse!

"You come out!"

Xia Xun pondered for a while, and then gave an order. Xu Jiang immediately flashed out from behind the screen. Since he took care of the Shandong White Lotus Sect, he has become Xia Xun's absolutely trustworthy confidant.

"Quickly find our people in the flying dragon, and see if there are any people who are going to the north or west to perform missions. If not, tell them to 'discover something', and Hu Yan will send them there, and then tell them to check us out. Report the information you have received to Hu Wei, and Hu Wei will report it to the emperor!"

"Yes!" Xu Jiang agreed, and then said worriedly: "The Duke refuses to go to Annan to lead the army, will the emperor let the emperor..."

Now, everything about Xu Jiang is tied to Xia Xun, and everyone is prosperous and everyone is damaged. He naturally cares about everything about Xia Xun.

Xia Xun smiled slightly and said: "Well, you don't have to worry. If I go along with him now, I will be sad with him in the future. Although I have turned against him now, he will understand in the future that I was right! He is not Yuan Shao, not an emperor who cannot afford to lose, so I will not become Tian Feng!"

p: My dear, the first ten days will pass, I ask you for a monthly ticket!