The Concubine of the Red Chamber is a little flower essence

Emperor Qianyuan was really disappointed this time, even Xiaohuajing couldn't eat the food he made himself.

Regarding the Mongolian Tartars in the Great Moon Dynasty, except for the founding emperor who had the ability to hunt down and kill them, the other emperors could only be regarded as conservative.

Compared with the early days of the Great Moon Dynasty, the current territory is still somewhat reduced.

The ideal of Emperor Qianyuan was to take all the land that the naked eye could see into his own.

The Japanese pirates in the south were expelled, but Emperor Qianyuan was not so kind, because he didn't know when the Japanese pirates would come back again.

Now, the imperial court is not yet ready for battle, and Wacha has already broken through Datong.

Although it is said that the Wacha people generally run away after robbing and will not occupy the city,

However, every time Wacha invaded, blood flowed into rivers.

Waci is ferocious, burning things that cannot be taken away, and beheading those who cannot be taken away, especially likes beheading young adults and robbing young women.

This time, even if Emperor Qianyuan was benevolent, Wei Kun's family would not be ruined, and the general's official position would be dismissed.

What Emperor Qianyuan was thinking now was whether it was worthwhile to protect the Wei family under the pressure of civil officials.

Although the emperor spoke eloquently, in fact, there was a game between his ministers.

If an emperor frequently makes stupid moves, his prestige will disappear, and he will lose the hearts of the people and the army.

At this moment, Emperor Qianyuan became more determined to destroy Waci, allowing Waci to grow up, and sooner or later he gave birth to the desire to compete in the Central Plains.

The reason why Emperor Qianyuan endured every year and never did anything was because the imperial court's treasury and silver were limited, and the army's display could not be stretched too long.

Now it is imminent.

The little prince was so provocative, looting and massacring the city, and not giving back, it seemed that the Great Moon Dynasty was cowardly.

Originally, Wacha and the Great Moon Dynasty signed a covenant under the city to pay tribute to horses every year.

Although there are only a few dozen war horses a year, the gifts from the imperial court are more than double the value of the war horses.

Even so, Wacha has not paid tribute for ten years.

The imperial court didn't use soldiers, precisely because the south was not peaceful, and Emperor Jiahe was old and didn't want to use weapons anymore.

Emperor Qianyuan, Shisan, and Jia Daishan, the only surviving veteran of the Jiahe Dynasty, the three cabinets discussed for three days and three nights: to fight or not to fight.

War, the treasury is not so full of money, the war must be resolved quickly, and the time cannot be too long.

No war, Wacha has been harassed for nearly ten years. They demanded to be friendly neighbors and no longer pay tribute.

The imperial court didn't care about dozens of war horses and wolf skins, but they couldn't bear the arrogance of Wathorn.

Xiaohuajing only prepares food for them every day, and does not participate in the men's competition.

However, Xiao Huajing knew that Emperor Qianyuan wanted to take the opportunity to go to war and wipe out the [-] cavalry of Wacha.

The key reason for Emperor Qianyuan's hesitation was who would be in command and whether he could win.

If all civil servants objected and the emperor insisted on fighting, once defeated, Emperor Qianyuan would be a faint emperor in the mouth of the people.

Xiao Huajing also heard some ways of fighting. Jia Daishan is worthy of being a veteran. His idea is that if there is a war, it is not a place in Shanxi. Horses are highly mobile and capable of fighting immediately.

If the court wants to win, one is to fight, and the other is to blockade Gansu, Shanxi, and Shaanxi. From now on, not a grain of rice will flow out.

Then, they sent generals familiar with foreign times to hunt down and kill the Wacha tribe.

According to this calculation, more than 20 troops must be deployed along the line of Gansu, Shanxi, and Shaanxi in order to contain Wacha's [-] elite cavalry.

According to Jia Daishan's words, as long as the blockade is tight, even if we can't find the main force of Wacha's decisive battle, it's worth delaying them to death.

However, from now to the end of the year, even before the grain harvest in May next year, can the imperial court afford to support a 20 army?

Each soldier supports one tael of silver per month, which is 20 taels per month, and the consumption of tens of thousands of main horses will consume at least 500 million silver in a year.

Moreover, Waci has already looted a lot of food and grass. Whether Waci can be wiped out in a year remains to be discussed.

After the war, pensions were needed. Emperor Qianyuan developed medium-sized guns and created a navy in the past few years. Now the inventory is less than 200 million, and the court's money is not enough to support a year's war.

The only hope is that this year's tax harvest, Chunshang can collect 300 million, and it can barely start.

Fighting is worth money.

And fighting is not just for military officers. Civil servants have to fight against the enemy, help collect taxes, and help raise food and grass.

After three days and three nights of staying with ordinary civil servants and military generals, Emperor Qianyuan returned to Kunning Palace and fell asleep at the end, muttering in his dream: "Will you win the battle or not?"

Emperor Qianyuan slept for a day and a night, and finally regained his vitality.

This day I got up and ate lunch directly, and ate half of it with my rice bowl in my hand, and then began to meditate again, staring at Xiaohuajing from time to time.

Xiao Huajing looked at Emperor Qianyuan with a smile: "What is your Majesty looking at? The art of war is not written on the face of the concubine?"

Emperor Qianyuan simply put down the bowl and chopsticks: "Has Zi Tong heard about the debate in the court?"

Xiao Huajing nodded: "I have heard a little bit about it, but I don't know which case your Majesty asked about?"

She, the queen, was authorized to be in charge of guarding and patrolling the palace. If she didn't know about the controversy in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she would be deceiving the emperor.

Emperor Qianyuan said: "Well, what does Zi Tong think about the Wei family's controversy? I heard that the Wei family's wife came into the palace to cry?"

Although Emperor Qianyuan did not order to copy the uniform of General Zhanwei, Jin Yiwei blocked the General's Mansion under the pretext of protecting Wei's family.

It is true that in the past few days, people who do not know the truth have been instigated to throw eggs and rotten leaves at the generals.

What the common people heard was that the Wei family retreated in fear of the battle, resulting in the tragic death of the common people, and perhaps they will come to the capital.

The people at the bottom of the capital had little knowledge, and the rumor spread that the general surrendered, fearing that he would lead troops to besiege the imperial city.

Don't you hate the Wei family?

Jin Yiwei just used the excuse to be the master of the Wei family, so as to prevent the Wei family from escaping and making it difficult to arrest in the future.

If His Majesty doesn't punish the Wei family, it happens to protect the Wei family, and it can be regarded as a good relationship with the Wei family.

Wei Ruolan still has a certain amount of energy, protecting his mother into the palace to seek an audience, crying to Xiao Huajing, can guarantee that her husband will not surrender to the enemy, not to mention the righteousness of the nation, even if the eldest son dies at the hands of Waci, her husband will not surrender to the enemy .

Xiao Huajing persuaded him to go back with one sentence: "Your Majesty doesn't trust General Wei, madam, can you still come into the palace?"

Only then did Mrs. Wei go back crying, and the family was still preparing for the funeral of the eldest son.

Datong changed defenses, and Wei Ruosong's body was taken back to Kyoto by Jin Yiwei for burial, and General Wei was escorted back to Beijing to defend himself.

This is already a very good treatment for generals who were defeated and framed.

Before Jin Yiwei left Beijing, he was personally interviewed by Emperor Qianyuan, and he pressed a secret order to ensure the safety of the old general of the Wei family, otherwise he will see you later.

There was no conclusion in the Jinluan Hall, and the secret decree of Emperor Qianyuan was not to kill the Wei family.

Speaking of it is also fate, this time it is Feng Tang and his son who were assigned to Shanxi to replace Wei Kun to defend Datong this time.

General Wei Kun was able to save his life because of the desperate rescue of Feng Tang and his son.

At such a time, Emperor Qianyuan secretly rejoiced that Feng Tang thought her wife was begging for mercy, so she was sent to Shanxi instead of Mobei.

Feng Tang also counted as Jia Hu, belonging to the royal uncle.

Feng Tang has not replied to the title of general yet, but his ability is no problem to take over the garrison.

At the end of May, Wei Kun returned to Beijing, but he didn't return home, and even his son's coffin was sent to Wei's other courtyard by his subordinates for a funeral, so he went directly to the palace to plead guilty.

For the treatment along the way, Wei Kun knew that he would not die, and was very grateful to Emperor Qianyuan in his heart.

He attacked to plead guilty and also to fight, and asked to participate in the war again as a scout general banner.

He said that he is familiar with the path of the grassland and the habits of Wacha, and he is willing to become a scout and go to the grassland to scout the enemy's situation.

The siege provided accurate information, and the current food and grass of Wacha was not enough for 5 to [-] people of their tribe to survive the winter. Therefore, he thought that as long as the court raised enough troops, it would be enough to destroy Wacha.

Xiao Huajing understood her grandfather's thoughts. Although his grandfather Jia Daishan was a general, he did not advocate war.

Although Wacha provokes, our dynasty is a teacher of justice. However, regardless of whether we win or lose, it will be a waste of money and people.

As for Mongolia, unless we have enough troops to garrison the grasslands, we will be like the emperors who fought in the past, but they feel that it is not worthwhile to stay in the Mongolian cities, so they retreat to the interior.

For Jia Daishan, since he despises the grasslands and disdains riding and grazing, he simply does not fight and signs a tribute agreement.

The reason why Emperor Jiahe disliked the Wacha people was also because of the thin and generous exchanges. Wacha became more and more greedy, and even made an inch of it. He not only asked for rewards of money, but also asked for the release of salt and iron.

This is not a problem in Jia Daishan's eyes. The problem of Wacha's greed is easy to solve. The ratio of the number of people paying tribute to the reward entering the palace is stipulated. For example, the tribute is [-], and the reward is [-].

With such a itinerary system, paying tribute every year and strictly checking it, Wacha dare not play tricks.

Over the past ten years, Wacha has been harassing every year, and the money he has robbed is far more than the original reward.

In short, peace is the most important thing on the border, and one should not rashly declare war without the certainty of invincibility.

Jia Daishan couldn't teach the emperor, he could only show the difficulties.

Obviously, Emperor Qianyuan still didn't give up the idea of ​​going to war.

In the Jinluan Hall, although the military officer opposed the raid and beheading of the Wei family, he was not enthusiastic about whether to start the war.

Xiaohuajing's temperament is very happy for the country to be prosperous, but not happy for the country to fall into war.

She supported Emperor Qianyuan's development of guns, mainly because Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted, and they had to pay back.

Xiaohuajing's ideal is to station troops and borders, with guns and guns everywhere, which is enough to deter.

She does not advocate war and expansion.

Emperor Qianyuan wanted to expand the territory and establish immortal feats.

Xiaohua meticulously agrees with opening a horse market in the border area, exchanging what is needed, and then importing the culture of the Central Plains to Wacha to educate Wacha and Sinicize it.

Copper and iron naturally need to be controlled.

We do not invade, nor can we be invaded.

However, Jia Dai's good reasoning and Xiao Huajing's cold treatment did not extinguish the ambition in Emperor Qianyuan's heart.

He finally decided to send troops, and also asked Jia Daishan, a veteran, to go out and serve as the general who conquered Peking University.