Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 69 Xi Xia is a Thief
Although Lu Yijian was talking about gaining knowledge, both Zhang Dexiang and Yan Shu understood what was going on.

After Ren Fu's army was wiped out by the Xia thief last time, Yuan Hao sent envoys to invite peace—in fact, everyone knew that he was actually forcing Song to sign an alliance under the city—the emperor and most of the ministers were still unwilling to submit to the weaker Liao Kingdom. Many Xixia paid the old coins, so this matter was delayed.Although the several ministers all hoped to end the war as soon as possible, but the general climate was such that no one dared to make a clear attitude.

But the war went on for more than a year. Not only was the national treasury empty long ago, but they were blackmailed by the Liao Kingdom, and it was another big defeat. Are they all shouting for a ceasefire with Xixia as soon as possible and to rest with the people?Therefore, accepting Xixia's conditions is already what the people want. The only problem is that the emperor is unwilling to bear this infamy.

If in the past, several ministers reached an agreement, and the censors did not dare to speak out because of successive military failures, the emperor would definitely listen to the ministers.But this time the emperor insisted on listening to Li Buqi's opinion, which made the princes worry - who knows what the child will say, it will be troublesome if the emperor changes his mind again.Therefore, Lu Yijian asked everyone to come to see the emperor and Li Buqi, and if Li Buqi made any trouble, he could quickly remedy it.

The three of them share the same mind, and handed over the sign to see you without saying a word.It was not good for the three important ministers to meet Zhao Zhen together, so they were not allowed to come in, so Li Buqi just saluted Zhao Zhen and the three ministers entered the Chongzheng Hall.

Zhao Zhen saw that the three ministers had arrived, and the topic would start no matter how embarrassing it was, so he said: "Li Buqi, this time my Great Song Dynasty was spared the war with the Liao Kingdom, and you owe it to me. After Fu Yanguo went to the Liao Kingdom, I just boast that your analysis of the Liao Kingdom is indeed on point. But the foreign aggression of the Song Dynasty is not only the Liao Kingdom, but also the Western thieves. You know that the Song Dynasty lost another game against the Xia thieves just now, and lost nearly [-] troops. "

Zhao Zhen blushed a little, coughed and continued: "Since the second year of Baoyuan, our Great Song Dynasty has repeatedly defeated the Xia bandits, but now the country is not enough, and the Liao people are staring at them. The princes think that it will be unsustainable to continue to attack Xia. I can't decide. I don't know what you think about this matter?"

Li Buqi had already made up his mind, and bowed under the watchful eyes of several pairs of eyes: "This is a major national event, and the minister's position is humble, and he doesn't know the specific situation, so he dare not speak nonsense."

Lu Yijian and the others secretly breathed a sigh of relief.But Zhao Zhen said firmly: "Just say what you say, I will forgive you if you make a mistake."

So what Li Buqi said later made the hearts of the three gentlemen aroused again.

"The boy thinks that since there are so many obstacles at the moment and it is difficult to defeat Xia, it is no big deal to negotiate a peace with him. It can be used as a way to delay the army. Just buy time and be prepared to fight back in the future.

At that time, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty had to adopt a kinship policy when he was frustrated by the Xiongnu. Four generations of people worked hard to govern and expelled the Xiongnu to the north;These are all well-known stories.It's just that if your Majesty and the ministers stop the war with the Xia bandits, you must learn from the Han emperor and Tang Taizong, and don't forget to work hard to wipe out the Xia bandits one day.Otherwise, a truce with the Xia thief will do a lot of harm but no benefit. "

Zhao Zhen immediately asked: "Why don't we wipe out Xia's bandits, and there will be a lot of harm and no benefit?"

Li Buqi said: "Thieves Xia were originally subjects under the rule of my Great Song Dynasty, but now they rule the land of our Great Song Dynasty separately, so they are thieves. Isn't your kid right?"

This is a consensus, otherwise why would people in Tokyo call him Xia Thief whenever Yuan Hao was mentioned?

After seeing Zhao Zhen and the three ministers nodded, Li Buqi said: "If this thief does not die, but lives happily, he will set a bad example for the people of the world. Someone with ulterior motives set up the idea of ​​imitating Xia thief. On the way back to Tokyo from Shaanxi, the boy heard that some lawless person once said, "If you want to get an official, kill and set fire and be recruited." Yuan Hao doesn't kill, there is such a thing I'm afraid there will be more thieves in your mind."

After hearing Li Buqi's words, Zhao Zhen's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he looked at the three gentlemen: "Murder and arson will be recruited? But is there really such a thing?"

Li Buqi mourned for Yuan Hao in silence for 3 minutes.With this sentence, I believe that no matter whether Zhao Zhen will agree to negotiate a peace now, he will always think about Yuan Hao, and he will definitely get rid of Xixia and then quickly.

When I was a child, I read comics and knew that Di Qing was probably the last famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, but he was killed by civil servants in the end.Zhao Zhen never forgets what Xi Xia said, so he should protect Di Qing in the future, right?Maybe Di Qing can play a bigger role?

Lu Yijian stumbled secretly.Based on Lu Yijian's understanding of Zhao Zhen, he knew that Li Buqi's last few words were too lethal.What is the emperor of the Zhao family worried about?The most worrying thing is that there will be another person in a yellow robe who overthrows the Zhao family. Therefore, not only the generals are strictly guarded, but the civilian officials are also carefully guarded.But now Li Buqi tells the emperor that if you don’t kill Yuan Hao, more and more people will follow Yuan Hao’s example and cut off your territory. In the end, your country will be ruined as well. What do you think the emperor will think?It would be ridiculous to say that "in a remote place, it is not beneficial to labor in an expedition to the country".In the emperor's heart, it must be the rhythm of immortal Yuan Hao vowing not to give up.

But war requires sufficient money and food, and a strong army.Because the treasury is empty and the army is incompetent, the emperor already has the idea of ​​changing people and reforming the law. If Lu Yijian and others can't give the emperor these two things, wouldn't this be more determined for the emperor to change people and carry out reforms?For him, Lu Yijian, this was a more serious issue than whether Da Song and Xixia negotiated peace.So I had to take action, and we must not let the emperor maintain his fighting spirit.

But before Lu Yijian opened his mouth, he spoke first: "If you allow him to negotiate a peace, and then send troops to conquer, it is not what a benevolent king does."

Li Buqi bowed and said: "The Xia thief is also a barbarian, ambitious and greedy. Does Mr. Xiang think that the Xia thief will abide by the covenant? The Xia thief will definitely violate the covenant first. You can see this by looking at the Liao Kingdom."

Zhang Dexiang also said: "If the peace talks are successful, the Xia people will be the people of the Great Song Dynasty like all the people in the world. Even if there are some small mistakes, with the benevolence of your majesty, you can't easily go to war."

What theory is this?Li Buqi was stunned. After swallowing, he still respectfully said: "So that's the case, that's easy. Since they are citizens of the Great Song Dynasty, they should be treated equally, and those who are guilty should be punished. Your Majesty can not pursue Thief Xia. But whether the people whose family members were killed by the Xia thief can be held accountable for the crime of the Xia thief, the court should always give justice to the people who died."

Zhang De seemed to be choked, even though he was well-mannered, his face was flushed.Lu Yijian hurriedly picked up, but with Li Buqi's words, he had no choice but to settle for the next best thing: "Your Majesty, I think what Li Buqi said makes sense."

"It's just that Fan Xiwen and Han Zhigui are the top ministers in the court who know soldiers. Liu Ping, Ren Fu, and Ge Huaimin are all chosen at the moment. They lead a strong force of the forbidden army, but they still cannot defeat Xia Bandit. I don't know who else can defeat Xia Bandit. From this point of view, the Chinese people are not strong enough to fight, and they are not as cunning as the barbarians. They have more than rules, and if they go into remote places, they will die. Please, Your Majesty, remember the common people."

PS: Thank you Shuhua Ye for giving such a high evaluation. If you hit a wall, you must do your best to live up to everyone's expectations.

(End of this chapter)