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Chapter 648 Expedition Strategy
The survey given by the household doctor is indeed correct.In fact, the people of Zhao State have already slaughtered cattle and sold beef in private.There is no way around this, the market decides.After all, Chinese people in this era don't like to eat pork.

People at that time believed that pork had a fishy smell, and officials and wealthy families would not eat it.The Compendium of Materia Medica also says that pigs, aquatic animals, salty cold, meat are slightly poisonous, and all meat is nourishing, but pork is not beneficial, even doctors do not encourage people to eat pork.So at that time, only the poor and helpless people would eat pork.

As for horse meat, let alone, Han people generally think that horse meat is poisonous, but only Fan people eat horse meat.

At that time, the most mainstream food in the society was mutton, and doctors also suggested that people use mutton to nourish in winter.However, mutton is warm in nature and easy to get angry. More importantly, mutton has a strong smell, which makes some people not like to eat it.Below the mutton is chicken and dog meat.However, chicken, dog's head and goose are not on the table.

As for aquatic products, although there are many in the north, it is not without them, but Chinese people like to eat fish meat, which is raw meat, and fish meat is sashimi.During the Three Kingdoms period, Chen Deng had too many parasites and died of illness because he ate sashimi all day long.

The role of beef is known from the sacrifices. In ancient times, the sacrifices of cattle, sheep, and hogs were all prepared as Tailao, but without beef, it can only be called Shaolao, which is one level worse.Eating cattle has been banned in ancient times, but the more prohibited, the more desirable it is.

Therefore, eating beef has become a common thing for the heroes of the world, and the first thing for those who seek rebellion is often to kill cattle.In the history books, when Liu Wuzhou rebelled, he yelled and said: "The thieves will rise, the crowd will be hungry, the strong men will keep their points, and they will die in the ravine."Now the official millet is red and rotten in the warehouse, who can take it with me? '

When Liu Heita rebelled, Heita was delighted, and served the soldiers with vertebral cattle, and won more than a hundred soldiers.One meal of beef rice summoned hundreds of soldiers for Liu Heita.From the deeds of the two heroes, we can see why there were so few cattle in troubled times.

However, the reason why Youjing really wants to abolish the ban on slaughtering cattle is that the land of Youjing does not need the Central Plains. Due to Li Chongjiu’s policy, 10,000+ Fan people live in the land of Youjing Mansion, and there are protons from various ethnic groups in the Imperial College Today, there are a large number of Fan merchants in Youjing City, and there are also many Fan Army soldiers in the two armies of Yiwei and Wuwei.

There is a mixture of Han and Fan in Youjing, but the Fan does not have the habit of not eating beef.In particular, the Khitan people still have the habit of feasting on bull heads during La Ri.Then when these Fan people ate beef in Youjing, whether Zhao Guo took care of it or not was a question.

As for the folks, they also have their own methods for slaughtering cattle. According to Dazhao's law, it takes only one year to slaughter cattle.But the people, don't say slaughter, but manslaughter, I accidentally killed my own cattle, the court can't hold me accountable.The binding force of fasting beef has become worse and worse, and now in wealthy families, killing cattle secretly has become an open secret.Even some restaurants are secretly selling beef again.

As soon as the conclusion came out, all the officials in Dazhao knew that they were deceiving themselves and others. The calls for abolishing the ban on cattle slaughter were getting louder and louder, and the calls for heavy taxes on slaughtering cattle instead were getting louder and louder.

Wei Zheng also agrees with this concept, as long as he believes that what is beneficial to the people is also beneficial to the country, since the abolition of cattle killing has become the general trend.Then it is meaningless for the court to continue to hide its ears and steal the bell. If it is forcibly suppressed, it will be counterproductive, but it is better to follow the public opinion.

"Wei Zaifu, Your Majesty has summoned you to come to Linshuo Palace late at night to discuss important matters." Wei Zheng has long been surprised at the fact that the Great Zhao Emperor has asked people to wake up in the middle of the night to discuss things in Linshuo Palace many times. No wonder.Ji Chuan often complained, calling people into the palace in the middle of the night, and going to court early the next morning, how could he save himself.

But Xue Wanshu said, Ji Chuan, you don't know your blessings if you are in the midst of blessings. If you weren't an important minister of the emperor, you wouldn't even have the qualifications to be called into the palace in the middle of the night for business negotiations.

"Understood." Wei Zheng had just finished writing the memorial, thinking that he would take this opportunity to hand it over to Li Chongjiu.

Wei Zheng's carriage was not the fastest to arrive at Linshuo Palace, Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan and others were also one step faster.Wen Yanbo, Ji Chuan and the others bought houses in Beifang next to Linshuo Palace, so that they could go to court on weekdays.As for Wei Zheng, he still lives near Youjing Mushou Mansion.So Wei Zheng got up earlier than others every time he went to court, so that he would not be late.

Wei Zheng bowed to Wen Yanbo immediately, but Wang Gui, Ji Chuan, Yu Shinan and others bowed to Wei Zheng together.Everyone entered the hall together.

But seeing that the hall was brightly lit, Li Chongjiu was sitting on a ladder with an oil lamp in his hand.Everyone could clearly see that the oil lamp in Li Chongjiu's hand was shining on the place of Goguryeo on the map.

"See Your Majesty!" The six paid homage to Li Chongjiu together.

Li Chongjiu said: "Don't be too polite, I intend to attack Goguryeo, what do you think?"

As soon as the words fell, the six ministers all looked at each other, and Ji Chuan first asked: "How will your Majesty fight? Autumn is coming soon, and I am going to send troops to mobilize for a month. When the army arrives in Liaodong, it is already very cold. Dong, how to attack the city?"

Wang Gui also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, among the five armies of our army, three armies are stationed in Luoyang, Shandong, and Shaanxi. Right now, only the Yiwei and Wuwei armies can be mobilized. Victory, the expansion of land for hundreds of miles, but the Turks are still there, if we mobilize Fanjun to attack Goguryeo at this time, it is difficult to guarantee that the Turks will have any changes at this time."

Li Chongjiu listened to Ji Chuan, and Wang Gui resolutely opposed it. He was not surprised at all, and asked the other ministers with a smile, "Do you think so too?"

"Weichen knows that he wants to take advantage of this time to capture Wuhuan Mountain, isolate Turkic Goguryeo, and try his best to deal with Goguryeo, but Weichen feels that it is too hasty," Wen Yanbo said, "Whether it is the reserves in the treasury of Youjing Mansion In terms of financial and material resources, it is not enough to support us to launch a big war now, even if we want to fight Goguryeo, at least we have to wait for the outcome of the Shandong war before making a decision."

Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty, it is said that Liaodong made a detailed report that Goguryeo stationed at least [-] soldiers and horses in the direction of the Great Wall to guard against our army day and night, and built nearly a hundred beacon towers by the Liaoshui River. Goguryeo will know the intention of crossing the river in Liaoshui immediately. Your Majesty, Goguryeo has been thinking about me, Zhao, for the past few years, and Goguryeo can see it if it works hard to make a good relationship with Turks."

Yu Shinan rolled his eyes but said: "Wen Zaifu, Your Majesty must have a reason for saying this."

Wei Zheng glanced at Yu Shinan and said: "As a subject, you can blindly flatter your majesty. Your Majesty is attacking Goguryeo at this time. What are the chances of winning? Please forgive me for not being able to see it. Zhao Guo fought on all sides this year. Going south again, returning to Youjing, Shandong is in war again, it will be winter soon, and His Majesty will attack Goguryeo at this time."

Wei Zheng reprimanded Yu Shinan while opposing Li Chongjiu, and Yu Shinan was very unhappy when Wei Zheng reprimanded him.

Li Chongjiu laughed loudly, and immediately walked down the ladder.Li Chongjiu glanced at all the ministers, and said enthusiastically: "You are not optimistic. If I can succeed in attacking Goguryeo this time, then Goguryeo will definitely not think that I will send troops to crusade at this time, right?"

"Then if I lead an army to raid Pyongyang from the sea and go straight to the confidant of Goguryeo, how do you think the Goguryeo people will react?"

All the ministers were surprised when they heard this. "Not by land, but by sea?"

"That's right." Li Chongjiu nodded
"Gaoguryeo has its own Great Wall as a barrier, and has Turks as Austrian aid. It has repeatedly invaded my hometown in Liaodong. Last year when I destroyed Wang Shichong, Goguryeo crossed the Liaoshui River and killed 3000 of our soldiers and civilians. I am angry when I think about it today." Li Chongjiu said, "Instead of gathering the main force to attack Liaodong City, it is better to go straight to your confidants. Pyongyang is the capital of Goguryeo, and nearby is a place where Goguryeo has developed agriculture. This autumn, the harvest in Goguryeo should be good. I am going to help the Goguryeo people. , to reap for them for free."

Zhang Xuansu, who had been silent all this time, also said at this time: "Capturing Pyongyang is better than capturing ten Liaodong cities. If you can conquer them in one battle, everyone in Goguryeo will be terrified."

Yu Shinan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's move must have exceeded the expectations of the Goguryeo people. It is really a great move."

Wei Zheng asked: "This strategy sounds unexpected, but can your majesty succeed? But the expedition across the sea is not a small risk. In case Zhao Jun fails to capture Pyongyang and Goguryeo returns from the front line of Liaodong, then our army Instead, they will be wiped out of the city.”

"So the advantage is to make a quick decision. Yang Pu, you can succeed when you come to protect your children. How can I not succeed?"

Li Chongjiu immediately revealed all the advantages of Da Zhao just now.All the ministers nodded after hearing this, thinking that the chance is not small.

Zhang Xuansu said: "From my point of view, whether the attack on Goguryeo can be won or not depends on several key points. First, the army crossing the sea must reach Pyongyang safely, and then return safely from Pyongyang. There must be no dangers on the way. The second is Silla. Whether the army can cooperate. The third is whether the Goguryeo people are prepared."
"The first point is not a big problem. There are maritime merchants, and there is no risk in the sea route."

"The second point is to contact the Silla people. It is imperative. You can inform Jin Chunqiu and Yuan Xiao. They are the main combat faction of Silla, and they will definitely cooperate with us."

"The third point of keeping secrets is really important. We don't know that there are no Goguryeo people in Youjing City."

Li Chongjiu nodded.

"Another point is that our army is going to fight across the sea, but the sea is rough and rough. The infantry of our two armies are fighting across the sea. I am afraid that the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. But if the navy disembarks and fights on land, I am afraid it will be difficult for us to be able to fight fortified battles, especially It's still a strong city like Pyongyang." Wen Yanbo said.

Wen Yanbo's worries were not groundless.

Sancha River Mouth.A warship floated down the river.The warship was full of Zhao soldiers.

(End of this chapter)