I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

Xue Yuan walked up to Chu Wei and stood still.

Chu Wei noticed him, pursed the corners of his lips, and instead had the courage to stretch out his hand towards the emperor, but halfway through, Xue Yuan stopped him firmly.

"Master Chu, you have passed."

Xue Yuan lowered his voice, let go of his hands, took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his hands.He seemed to be smiling, and he had never done anything hurtful, but Chu Wei looked at him as if he could see the cold warning in his expression.

Chu Wei put his hands behind his back expressionlessly, his slender fingers with well-defined joints were stiff and cramped.

Seeing his appearance, Xue Yuan grinned silently, and whispered softly and affectionately: "Chu Wei, you are just a coward, can you bear the emperor?"

Chu Wei's expression sank, he was not as good as Long Yang, but the point that was even more dissatisfied was, "Why can't I bear it?"

He almost blurted out, but after blurting out, he was speechless.

Xue Yuan's smile was a little more mocking.He walked to Gu Yuanbai's side, bent down and hugged the limp emperor in his arms lightly, Chu Wei couldn't help but stepped forward, wanting to stop his rebellious behavior, but as soon as he walked in, he Xue Yuan held His Majesty's hand and slapped him lightly on the face.

Chu Wei stopped.

The reason why the strength is very light is because Xue Yuan is reluctant to part with Gu Yuanbai's hand.The palms are soft and the flesh is delicate, but when these pampered hands pass across the face, it is even more humiliating.

Xue Yuan palmed this hand, inserted his fingers into the gap between the little emperor's fingers, and slapped Zhuangyuan Lang's handsome face one after another. The expression of this proud man changed again and again, but it was obvious that he couldn't stand it.

"If he treats you like this," Xue Yuan smiled, "how can you bear it?"

He seemed to be speaking a secret, whispered, "You can't, I can."

Chu Wei was extremely arrogant. He was beaten to the side of his face, and the side of his jade-like face turned slightly red because of this. It didn't hurt, but his expression was forbearing, and there was a faint sign of anger.

"Your Majesty won't do that." He suppressed, refuting Xue Yuan's words.

Xue Yuan wiped Gu Yuanbai's hands, and Gu Yuanbai's eyelids twitched a few times, showing signs of awakening.Chu Wei's heart skipped a beat, as if he had seen some savage beast, he stood up straight suddenly.

Seeing his movement, Xue Yuan smiled contemptuously, put Gu Yuanbai's hand on his lips in front of him, and kissed him out of thin air.

Gu Yuanbai saw this scene as soon as he opened his eyes. He was in a daze, and before he could recover, he had already hit Xue Yuan's face with force with a "slap".

After recovering, Gu Yuanbai's face was covered with frost.

Xue Yuan turned his head to the side, he smiled slightly, took Gu Yuanbai's hand casually, pulled it to his lips and blew it, then sighed: "I have been thinking about this slap for a long time."

"Look at your tenderness, your palms are all red."

"Xue Yuan, have you started messing around again?" Gu Yuanbai asked for a dagger with a dark face.

Xue Yuan's sudden coquettish words made Gu Yuanbai plan to break his third leg.

Xue Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at the dagger, his face turned livid. At the critical moment, a eunuch outside the door hurriedly said: "Report! Eight hundred miles urgent report!"

Gu Yuanbai threw away the dagger in his hand, got up and walked out with big strides.

The eunuch who came to report from outside was travel-stained, knelt on the ground and handed in the urgent report. Tian Fusheng quickly took it, and after a simple inspection, he ran and handed it to Gu Yuanbai.

Gu Yuanbai unfolded the letter paper and looked at it, his face gradually became serious. After putting down the letter paper, he immediately patted the table and said, "Let the ministers of the Ministry of War, the ministers of the Ministry of household and the privy envoys come to the Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters immediately!"

"Yes!" Tian Fusheng hastily sent someone to summon the two ministers.Gu Yuanbai sat behind the table, unfolded the pen and paper, and wrote the main points in a smooth manner.

Locust plagues appeared in the north.

In ancient times, locust plagues, floods, and droughts were the three most common disasters.

Gu Yuanbai could imagine the seriousness of the emergency report from eight hundred miles to the north, just saying "locusts cover the sun, and no grass grows where they pass".

The Ministers of the Ministry of War, the Ministers of the Ministry of Households and the Privy Envoy hurried to the Xuanzheng Hall. Gu Yuanbai didn't have time to say more, so he showed them General Xue's notes directly.

General Xue led his troops to northern Xinjiang, first to escort the caravan, and second, to deter the nomads in northern Xinjiang and achieve the purpose of cross-border trade.The main purpose of this trip is business, not war.But Gu Yuanbai gave him enough soldiers and horses, enough food and grass. General Xue brought these enough things. Originally, he wanted to show off his ambition and teach the nomads in northern Xinjiang who had become more and more arrogant in recent years. When I went to the north, I found a plague of locusts.

Wherever they passed, the locusts had eaten up the turf and animal fur. General Xue promptly sent people to protect the grain and grass day and night, and manually caught these locusts.And when they arrived in northern Xinjiang, the soldiers guarding northern Xinjiang were already hungry to the limit. When they saw them coming with a large amount of food and grass, they immediately broke down and cried with joy.

Because of the sudden locust plague, the nomads attacked the border in advance and launched several frequent battles.

What is even more distressing is that cannibalism has already occurred in the northern disaster area.

As soon as General Xue arrived at the border, he immediately sent people to fight against foreign enemies and set fire to the locusts. A large amount of food and grass in the army was transferred to help the people.The chaotic and man-eating places are rectified by strong means, the border soldiers are resettled to resettle the people in the disaster area, and the news is spread to let the affected people rush to the border army garrison immediately.

After several drastic policies, a glimmer of light finally appeared in the hell-like border.But General Xue was nervous, knowing that what was difficult in this battle was not nomads, but food and natural disasters.

Locusts are difficult to catch, and what is even more difficult is the amount of food and grass that General Xue brought. Gu Yuanbai gave them enough food and grass for the entire army, but these food and grass will not last long for the affected areas.

After reading the scriptures, the three ministers understood why the Holy Majesty's expression was so solemn, and the Minister of War said directly: "Holy Majesty, there should be no delay, and people should be sent to deliver food to the northern border immediately, otherwise there will be heavy casualties in the north, and it may happen again. riot."

The privy envoy said in a deep voice: "In the past, it was September when the nomads invaded the Central Plains. At that time, their soldiers were strong and their horses were strong. Both the soldiers and their horses were fat and healthy. But from General Xue's memorial, it can be seen that the nomads have also been deeply affected by the locust plague. Harmful, their horses, cattle and sheep have no food to eat, which makes them launch many invasions in advance. The nomads have always relied on their riding skills, but now they have lost their powerful horses. It is we who suppressed them opportunity."

Gu Yuanbai's face was condensed, "After the locust plague, there will be a series of disasters and disease outbreaks, and the imperial court must make all preparations to deal with it. Minister of the Ministry of Households, how about the state treasury's granary?"

Hubu Shangshu looked relieved, "Returning to the Holy Lord, the treasury has been unable to fill up the supplies of the rebel army looted in Jingnan and Hunan. Later, there were donations of rice and flour from all over the world, and 22 granaries were hurriedly built in the capital alone. , These granaries are already packed to the brim. Throughout the Daheng Dynasty, due to the previous anti-corruption campaign, all gaps in the granaries and meat warehouses have been filled with grain. No matter how much grain is transferred from northern Xinjiang, after one month, the granary is still piled up like a mountain."

As soon as he said this, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.

The privy envoy had confidence in his heart, and said: "Then it's time for our Daheng soldiers to be strong."

Gu Yuanbai's face was a little slow. Whether it was anti-corruption or dealing with the rebel army, he always danced on the landmines when he did these things. Unexpectedly, now, he abruptly turned the unfavorable situation in northern Xinjiang to his advantage.

That's right, the locusts gnawed at the grassland on which nomads depended. Their cattle and sheep were killed by them and dried into meat, which became rations for marching soldiers, but their horses could not eat their cattle and sheep.

And without the nomads with strong horses, Daheng is really not afraid of them.

Gu Yuanbai suddenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity.

An excellent opportunity to attack the nomads in northern Xinjiang.

This is a great temptation, Gu Yuanbai began to think seriously, should he start a war now?

In Gu Yuanbai's original plan, he planned to start the border trade first, and exchange good horses, cattle and sheep from nomads, so as to train a high number of cavalry.It wasn't until a few years later that the cavalry was strong, the transportation was built, and the post stations were developed, and then they went to wipe out the nomads in one fell swoop.

If a war is started now, what will be the pros and cons?

Of course, there is no need to say much about the positive side. The Daheng granary is overflowing, and the nomads are suffering from locust plagues, and the soldiers and horses are weak.It would be an excellent time to attack now, but attacking the nomads in advance would also be a sudden and huge pressure on Daheng's army logistics and on the people and officials.

Road construction is in progress. If the transportation to northern Xinjiang is to be developed, it will take two or three years. Let’s not talk about other things. If the huge grassland is really destroyed, the traffic will be inconvenient and the news will be blocked. It took a long time to reach Gu Yuanbai's hands, so why not be afraid of their resurgence?

Conquering the world is not difficult, what is difficult is defending the world.

Gu Yuanbai thought a lot, and his mind was running fast.The nomadic peoples in northern Xinjiang are not only the eight Khitan tribes, but also the three tribes separated from the Uighur tribe, Gaochang, Ganzhou, and Huangtou. In addition to the three tribes of the Uighur tribe, there is another weak ethnic group, and that nation is the Jurchen.

The total number of nomads on the grasslands is hundreds of thousands, which is a huge northern ethnic group.

However, these nomads continued to have internal strife, and each of them regarded the other peoples as slaves. In the eight Khitan tribes alone, the old chiefs were about to die, old age, sickness and death, and there was an undercurrent among the chiefs of the eight tribes.

Should I fight?

Once the imperial court makes a massive attack, they will be unprepared in the early stage, but they will definitely discuss a unified resistance afterwards.The entire Daheng Dynasty has not yet prepared for a long-term battle, and there are always places on the grassland where locusts cannot reach. Once they are unified, they will help each other. At that time, it will be a unity of nomadic peoples.

Gu Yuanbai opened his eyes abruptly, and said forcefully, "Hit."

The privy envoy and the minister of the Ministry of War looked at Gu Yuanbai with piercing eyes.

Gu Yuanbai looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and said concisely: "You go to get the grain and grass to load the car now, and get the grain and grass that can be sent to northern Xinjiang to the greatest extent."

Hubu Shangshu took the order and left in a hurry.

The Minister of the Ministry of War couldn't help but said: "My lord, are you really fighting?"

"Fighting is for fighting," Gu Yuanbai suddenly smiled, "But the border crossing also requires mutual trading."

"I don't intend to forcibly suppress the nomads right now," Gu Yuanbai continued, looking at the puzzled eyes of the two courtiers, "What I want to do is to make them think that I am going to send troops against them."

First scare those nomads who have gradually become arrogant and domineering in these years, and show Daheng's abundant food and soldiers.When they were so afraid that they were ready to unite, it was the time when Gu Yuanbai stopped the war and went to negotiate peace with them.

Give them a title at will, push one of the tribes to be the leader of all ethnic groups, and then threaten and lure them, causing civil strife.Treating them differently is the easiest way to centrifuge, and it is also the easiest to separate.

It would be best for the nomads to accept the court to run schools. Aren't they eager to learn Daheng's civilization?Daheng can teach their children for free, and when their children deeply understand what imperial power is above all else, what is the deep-rooted Chinese characters and Chinese culture, they will be educated.

Children who have been educated, once their parents do something bad to the Daheng Empire, they will report to the garrison minister to expose their parents' evil deeds.Everyone is afraid of each other and controlling thoughts is the most effective way of ruling.

Of course, if they are unwilling to accept the imperial court’s running of schools, then wait a few years later, when Daheng’s cavalry rides across the grasslands, hundreds of thousands of them will become coolies, and go to liberate the labor force of the ordinary people at the bottom.

The privy envoy stroked his beard, looked at each other with the Minister of War, and said, "Your Majesty, do you have someone in your mind for the person who will send food and lead the soldiers?"

Gu Yuanbai paused, and said, "Xue Yuan."

At the same time, Mingsheng Station.

Li Angshun, the prince of Xixia, asked: "The person in the carriage is Prince He?"

His subordinate replied: "I saw the carriage parked in front of Prince He's mansion with my own eyes. Those guards are so imposing, they must be Prince He."

"I heard that Prince He has also been on the battlefield." Li Angshun thought about the man in the carriage showing half of his chin, "I didn't expect Prince He to look like this."

He smiled meaningfully, "For the beauties from Xixia we brought, let's send one to Prince He's Mansion. Just treat it as an apology. After all, we are in Dahengjing City, and we cannot offend such dignitaries as Prince He."

"By the way, let's see what Prince He looks like," Li Angshun couldn't hold back his interest, his curly black hair fell loose, and he muttered to himself, "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you are fighting on the battlefield."

On the contrary, he was pampered and his skin was so delicate that he was even fairer than that Daheng official named Chu Wei.

Could it be that I read it wrong at the time?