sweeping the world

Chapter 428 Revisiting National Policy
Attacking Zhao, Yu Yan, Meng Liang, Yu Dai, and Jin was the national policy of the Han Dynasty proposed by Xie Ai to Liu Yan. After hearing this, Liu Yan immediately decided on it as an implementation policy.

In attacking Zhao, the Han State has been doing it since returning to Qingzhou from Liaodong. Four major wars broke out in a few years, and there were countless small battles. The casualties caused by the war between the two sides definitely exceeded 30. Shijie Zhao State There were as many as 70 prisoners of war captured by the Han State alone, and most of the Han State's slaves were captured during the war with Shijie Zhao State.

There is no possibility of peace between Han and Shi Jie Zhao. Even if Shi Hu is willing to recognize the occupied area Liu Yan currently obtains from Shi Jie Zhao, and even if Shi Hu is willing to cede more territory, Liu Yan will not What peace agreement was reached with Shihu.

"Our purpose is to restore the Central Plains, and then restore all the old territory of the Han family." Liu Yan did not talk about the things after the restoration of the old territory of the Han family: "Shihu sent an envoy to come, one is to redeem Yao Yizhong to integrate The Qiang people use it for themselves, and secondly, to gain time to prepare for war."

Three days have passed since I met with the envoys from various countries.The meeting that day was definitely not a pleasant one. The Han State did not give Shi Jie Zhao and Murong Yan a good look, and their attitude towards other countries was not very good either.

Liu Yan wanted the nations to know clearly that the Han State was not afraid of being an enemy of the world at all, that the Han State did not have a guilty conscience, and it was even less likely that the Han State would be shaken by the will of anyone outside.His toughness is very necessary. The south has obtained a loud voice from the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The war in the west does not appear to be at a disadvantage. The battlefield in the north also maintains a confrontation. The morale of the domestic people is rising.

In many cases, ideas and morale can determine everything. For example, many countries that have just founded a country can triumphantly expand their territory at the beginning, because their ideas and morale have reached their peak, and they have confidence in everything they do. High, when the spirit is high, you will not be weak in doing anything.

Once that enthusiasm is over, any country will enter a period of stagnation. The country maintains a defensive posture for a long time. As time goes by, domestic conflicts become more intense and more difficult to vent to the outside. It is inevitable that the country will show decline, and then the country will enter the grave. .

History has shown countless times that not every country has the opportunity to rejuvenate like the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, Yan Han, Li Tang, and Zhao Song. on one's last legs.

"What can be solved in our generation, we must not think about leaving it to future generations." Ji Chang has always agreed that the morale of the country's people can only rise but not fall, and the country can only expand its territory and not enter a period of stagnation. : "Once we want to be safe, a lot of things will be different."

Liu Yan clapped his hands without concealment and congratulated: "Tai'an is a sensible person." He glanced at the others, stood up and walked around in the military tent, and replied: "Our national strength can support the continued war. To build more meritorious deeds, the people hope that the country will become bigger and have more land. It is the will of the whole country to expand the territory. As long as this will continues, even after disasters, it can guarantee that the country will not be decadent. Once we Those who run the country want to be stable, and that is the beginning of the country's stagnation."

""Sima Fa" said: "Although a country is large, it will perish if it is warlike; although the world is safe, it will be dangerous if you forget to fight." Military power cannot be abolished, and if it is abolished, it will call for bandits. In the past, Fu Chai, the king of Wu, was warlike and died, and King Xu Yan was destroyed without any military. Therefore, the king of Ming ruled the country. Don’t forget about death, so that the country can be protected because of the safety of the body.” Sang Yu shook his head and said with a smile: “For the big man, the old land of the Han family has not been restored, and there are not only the old land of the Han family in the world. It is the kingly way of life to continue to develop and expand."

The early "Tianxia" refers to the Central Plains, followed by Minyue, Nanyue, and Guiyue, and then the Korean Peninsula, and then the Western Regions came into view, waiting for a person named Himiko to appear and adding the Wa Islands, and then Jiaozhi, Yelang, Tianzhu, Shendu, and Xiandou (both from India) have also entered the known range.

Liu Yan likes his ministers and knows that the world is not just a small piece. What he hopes more is that the country can be weak at the beginning but the vision and structure must be high. But the goal that cannot be set is just to restore the old land of the Han family and there is no hope. So waiting for the day when the old land of the Han family will be restored is to wait for the country to enter a period of stagnation or internal friction.

The king and the left and right prime ministers expressed their opinions one after another, and the rest of the Jiuqing who were present inevitably also expressed their opinions.

Generally speaking, Han is not afraid of war, on the contrary, Han loves war.The Han Dynasty should rise from the flames of war, bring the flames of war to all places, and make the people and the land belong to itself, so that it is truly the king's land under the whole world, and the king's ministers on the coast of the land.

"Yu Yan's established policy remains unchanged, and the battle line is based on the territory of Liaodong and South Su City of Goguryeo." Liu Yan has always been wary of Murong Yan's country: "Murong Xianbei's battlefields are no less than those of the Han Dynasty. They are fighting against Dai and Goguryeo. , Fuyu State are all at war, Duan Xianbei and Yuwen Xianbei are at war locally, and even the Quwo people are causing trouble. We are in a war, but they are in a quagmire. In the short term, the two sides are more involved in each other. "

"The Han Dynasty can definitely afford it." Lu Yi said confidently: "The king drew troops from various vassal states to join the Goguryeo battlefield, and the king was forced to transfer his troops to the east to confront the Yan Kingdom. The Han Dynasty only needed to provide Necessary armor, equipment, and supplies of food and fodder are needed, but the State of Yan is constantly consuming its troops and national power."

Speaking of which, the vassal armies of the Han Kingdom are really not very good.

Goguryeo's current army is all urgently recruited. The majority of the [-] troops are young and old, and they are not in high spirits after experiencing a disastrous defeat.If it weren't for the fact that the country was about to be subjugated if they didn't fight hard, and then Murong Yan dug up Gao Zhao's ancestral grave and captured his mother, Goguryeo would actually be in trouble.

Baekje and Silla were forced to move their troops north to fight Murong Yanguo. They would not use the real elite to fight, and their desire to fight would not be so high.

Those vassal states on the Wa Islands are even worse. The average height of the Japanese is only 1.4 meters. If they hadn’t been backed by the Han army, they would have been a little more aggressive. A group of Japanese who were not much taller than children would have been more funny than grandiose when they arrived on the battlefield.

"It's waste." Sang Yu said lightly: "The longer it takes, the more people die, and the more beneficial it will be for the big man."

Liu Yan glared at Sang Yu as if accusingly.

What Sang Yu said is not wrong at all, regardless of whether it is consumption of Murong Yan, Goguryeo and other countries, it is beneficial to Han.The problem is, the truth is like that, and it seems a bit sinister to say it.

Next, led by Liu Yan, everyone summed up the matters about Meng Liang, Yu Dai, and Jin.

The situation in Zhang's Liang Country is quite special.This is a country that will not easily move its troops east unless it is threatened by the countries in the east. They prefer to continue westward.

At present, Zhang's Liang Kingdom has been forced to move troops eastward because Fu Hong is growing stronger in Longxi County and Beidi, and Zhang Jun must suppress Fu Hong to become stronger.The main purpose of Zhang Zuo's mission this time was to reach an agreement with Han, for example, the Han army regained control of Qin, and the two sides worked together to eliminate Fu Hong.

"You don't need to talk about the alliance with the Liang Kingdom." Sang Yu saw it very clearly: "Xiliang is the old land of the Han family, and it is also on the list of the Han's recovery. It's just that it is not easy to express it directly. The alliance with the Liang Kingdom is tantamount to acknowledgment The existence of this country, even if it is not for this, is only for the two ends of the snakes and rats in the Liang country, and an alliance is out of the question."

After all, the Liang Kingdom of the Zhang family has not denied that it is a problem of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. They and the Han Kingdom initially wanted to form an alliance of equal status, and created a so-called "Three Kings Alliance".

The "Three Kings Alliance" became a joke after Ran Min got rid of the country title, and Liu Yan never admitted the existence of any "Three Kings Alliance".

Zhang Jun had always pursued the idea of ​​taking the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty as the Zhengshuo status, waiting for Liu Yan to challenge the Zhengshuo status of the Sima family. Zhang Jun also sent envoys to Jiankang for pilgrimage, but those sent to Han Dynasty were for the purpose of forming an alliance.In this case, whether it is from the absolute inability to recognize the existence of the Zhang Liang Kingdom, or the unwillingness to shoulder the problem of forming an alliance first and then falling out, there are really huge difficulties in the alliance between Han and Zhang Liang.

"Xie Ai said that Meng Liang is due to his background." Ji Chang said without any scruples, "From his heart, he felt that King Liang had never treated him badly, and if he wanted to switch to the king's command, he must do so. Make the final calculation for Liangguo in return."

That is Ji Chang. If other people said it like this, Liu Yan would have thoughts in his heart even if he didn't express his opinion.

"Of course..." Ji Chang turned his words around again, and said, "Xie Ai doesn't know the current situation of the Han Kingdom, let alone the king's aspirations, maybe Meng Liang's strategy is due to his limited vision, and suggesting Meng Liang may not be selfish. "

This time Liu Yan looked at Ji Chang playfully.In his impression, Ji Chang has always maintained his existence as a loyal minister who talks about everything and is not afraid of ugly things. He never expected that he would say ugly things one moment and then backtrack the next moment.

"If you want to say something ugly, you have to say it. It's nothing more than a guess." Ji Chang didn't hide anything, and said with a look that he put the state affairs first, "The king still relies heavily on Xie Ai to lead the army to fight in the grassland. Don’t let the words just now reach his ears.”

"Speaking of which, I didn't expect Xie Ai to be good at commanding troops." Sang Yu asked Liu Yan with a smile: "The king was sure that Xie Ai was capable before? He didn't send many generals, but only Xie Ai, who has a strong literary style."

Liu Yan smiled and didn't need any explanation, just like he is currently training Wang Meng and he doesn't need to explain to anyone.

Everyone said that Xie Ai was just an interlude, and they would disperse after talking for a while.

Lu Yi walked out of the military tent and stayed there on purpose. Not long after, Ji Chang and Sang Yu came over together.

"Sun Chuo keeps asking for an interview. It's related to the overall situation of He Jin, but there must be a step." Ji Chang clasped his hands behind his back and looked a little arrogant: "Is there a plan for what he said?"

Sang Yu was sorting out the wrinkles on his clothes that had been folded after kneeling down just now. He glanced at Ji Chang who had a serious face with a smile, and said to Lu Yi with a smile: "It has been hanging for three days. I guess the famous post has been sent to the left side more than once." The prime minister has gone there."

Lu Yi didn't think there was anything wrong with Ji Chang's attitude, the reason was that Ji Chang treated everyone like this, not just him.

"Harmony with Jin is a national policy." Lu Yi pondered for a while, and then said: "Chu Po has a great reputation, but he is a person who has more success than failure. Huan Wen captured him, and he tried to commit suicide more than once without success. It can be seen that he is a person who seeks fame. It is useless for such a person to stay in the big man. Putting it back can relieve the tension with the puppet government in the south on the one hand, and allow him to continue to do bad things."

"Yu once overheard the king telling a joke." Sang Yu laughed 'haha' without saying it: "It's just that 'water is too cold', I don't know if the king is thinking about the story, or Where did you get the allusion from. From the perspective of Chu Po as a person, isn't it the epitome of someone in "The Water Is Too Cool"?"

Liu Yan will definitely scream injustice here. The story he told about "The water is too cold" has nothing to do with Chu Pei. Chu Pei wanted to do something but couldn't do it. The one in "The water is too cold" is really Incompetent bungler.

"It has to be released." Lu Yi must have heard the story of "the water is too cold", so he also had a smile on his face: "I think that in terms of releasing Chu Pei, the Han Dynasty can get a large amount of money from the puppet dynasty in the south. The benefit is not knowing which step can be achieved.”

Ji Chang, who usually does not smile, is also laughing at this time, but the smile is a bit cold.He had to explain one thing: "There are no requirements on the territory, the important thing is business exchanges, and the second is to ensure that the puppet dynasty can live in peace."

What Lu Yi was waiting for was this sentence. It might be possible to ask for land from the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty now, but in some respects it also cut off the possibility of letting the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty settle down.

This time the Han army marched south with only one purpose. It was not to gain much territory from the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was just that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty jumped too high and needed a stick to knock the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty into paralysis.

That blow was hard enough, especially Huan Wen's capture of Chu Po made the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty lose face. According to estimates, the goal has been achieved. Before the Han Dynasty really destroyed the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it crossed the Yangtze River and made a large-scale attack. If you don't know how to do things, then it would be too much to over-stimulate the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Lu Yi got a clear answer and can implement it according to the goal.He returned to his tent and learned that Sun Chuo asked to see him many times today, and Sun Chuo left just now.

"Arrange it." Lu Yi thought about it for a while, and then ordered: "We will receive Sun Chuo tomorrow."

Secretary Lang was about to sing "No", but Lu Yi didn't finish.

"You need to talk to Sun Chuoming." Lu Yi added with disgust on his face, "If that guy named Liu Tun shows up, then nothing can be negotiated."

There are many lunatics in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are more people who only care about their own face regardless of the overall situation.This is no secret in the whole world.

(End of this chapter)