Chapter 427 Worry
It was not cost-effective to replace the Tumen occupied by the Song Dynasty, Xixia was not a good deal, but too cost-effective. In terms of area, it was four to five times the area that was easy to change. In terms of the land, the Tumen area was mostly barren mountains and wild ridges, while Suizhou was Dangxiangxin, which had the benefit of a large three-person family. From a military perspective, the Song Dynasty obtained the Tumen area, which slightly strengthened the defense of Yanzhou, but there was no Tumen. Now that the fortresses in the northern part of Yanzhou were repaired together, it could also ensure the safety of Yanzhou. However, the Song Dynasty obtained Suizhou, which directly threatened the Yinxia two prefectures, the old nest of Xixia, and even dragged Xixia to the war of attrition they least wanted.
There are also people's hearts. The famous mountains are newly built, and people are uneasy. When they move to Tumen, the land is narrow and the soil is thin. More than 10,000 yuan will inevitably lead to disintegration.
If Wang Anshi's reform is right and wrong, most people don't understand it, and they will be unaware of it.
But this is too simple. Even if an ordinary person takes the Shaanxi map and draws two circles, he can see how much cheaper Xixia has made.
The Song Dynasty changed, and it was understandable. Everyone wanted to make peace together, so they knew it was a loss-making business, but they did it.
But why don’t the people of Xixia change?
It cannot be said that the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty were King Huai of Chu, that was too shallow, and Wang Ju dared not say that everyone was King Huai of Chu, Zhao Xu, Zeng Gongliang, Wen Yanbo, is it only you, Wang Ju, Qu Yuan?
Zhao Xu didn't think so, so he asked, "Wang Qing, why didn't Xixia change?"
"Your Majesty, all the masters, the principles are a bit complicated. Xixia, Liao Kingdom and our dynasty seem to be the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In terms of military territory, Liao Kingdom is the most powerful, and in terms of financial resources and population, our dynasty is far superior. Only Xixia is narrow and poor. Even the military is not very powerful."
"Wang Ju. Although Xixia is narrow and poor, Xixia defeated our dynasty many times and defeated the Khitan." Wen Yanbo immediately refuted.
"Duke Wen, our country's defeat is only Sanchuankou, and Haoshuichuan and Dingchuan Fortress. In fact, Sanchuankou's defeat is mainly due to the defeat of Li Shibin and the thirty-six villages of Jinming by Li Yuanhao. If the Qiang people are truly regarded as our people of the Song Dynasty, it is a disastrous defeat. If it is not regarded as a people of the Song Dynasty, it is not a very miserable defeat. Liu Ping's casualties are only a few thousand subordinates. When the two countries fight, can thousands of casualties be considered major casualties? Just like when I first arrived in Huachi County, I was just a small victory, so I was embarrassed to show off. It is because of this. Besides, Liu Ping also killed and injured many Western Xia soldiers."
"Is Li Shibin not Song Chen?"
"Duke Wen, Li Shibin is definitely a minister of the Song Dynasty. However, at the beginning, the monarch and ministers of our dynasty did not expect Li Yuanhao to attack suddenly. The Yanzhou government did not set up a scout, and Li Shibin did not set up a secret spy. Most of the Qiang people who belonged to the thirty-six villages were bribed by the Western Xia. The thirty-six villages of Jinming were the Yanzhou Great Wall. In fact, this Great Wall was created and collapsed at any time. That was what Li Yuanhao was eager to start a sudden attack. Otherwise, it would be the defeat of Sanchuankou, and even Yanzhou could be captured... Not to mention anything else, it would be like the minister who used Yeli's troops."
This problem is complicated again, such as how do foreigners manage it?
For example, why did the Song Dynasty have such good policies? Some foreign tribes want to defect to the Western Xia?
But it is not complicated to say. How the foreigners manage, grace should be like a kind of grace, giving true respect, rather than discrimination and buying peace. Power should be like a kind of power, rather than being an official, and being a bandit first.
Dare to take some revenge appropriately, just like the Xixia people did, rather than putting peace as the most important thing.
However, this theory still had no market in the Song Dynasty, and Wang Ju didn't want to attract everyone's opposition and hatred, so he skipped it and said: "I don't know what others think. Li Yuanhao broke through the 36 villages of Jinming, and Xiaguan was not born. However, Xiaguan was born and raised in Yanzhou. I heard many statements, and at least most people think that the fall of Li Shibin and Jinming's 36 villages of Jinming was still a good thing for Yanzhou."
"Wang Ju, do you know how much the cost of the officers and soldiers the imperial court spent in Yanzhou for one year because of Li Shibin's mistake?"
"It must...of course! Duke Wen, Qinzhou Shufan is very loyal to our dynasty. In the past, the imperial court did not place many officers and soldiers. What is the final result? Even if Li Shibin set up a secret spy and did not allow Li Yuanhao to rebel against the Qiang people in various villages and villages successfully, our dynasty only defends and passively get beaten. Xixia often invades the whole country, and sooner or later the imperial court will place officers and soldiers."
"Where is good water river, where is Dingchuan Village?"
"In the Battle of Haoshuichuan, General Wang Gui was defeated miserably, but he also killed many Western Xia officers and soldiers. Li Yuanhao did not take advantage of it. The real defeat was the battle of Dingchuan Village, but what about the battle of Fulinlu? Why did Li Yuanhao make a will to make friends with our dynasty before his death? Also, why did Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Shengzong of Liao sign an alliance with our dynasty at the city of Chanzhou? This peace was not really bought with money, but was fought!"
"Absurd, what about Liao Kingdom?"
"Li Yuanhao defeated the Liao army because Liao Xingzong did not use troops, which made Xixia lucky to win. After that, Liao sent out multiple attacks on the side forces, almost breaking Xingqing Prefecture. Therefore, Xixia did not dare to provoke the Liao Kingdom. Therefore, Xixia had two ideas. The first idea was to rely on our dynasty and take the initiative to make friends. Then Song and Xia would be safe for a long time. The two countries joined forces, and Liao did not dare to attack that country easily. The fact is that even if Xixia took the initiative to invade our dynasty, our dynasty still had so many scholars and officials who wanted to be harmonious, so don't say that they depend on our dynasty. Who dared to use military forces at that time?" Wen Yanbo was aggressive. Wang Ju didn't want to provoke him yet, and he didn't have the qualifications to provoke him. The qualifications and ages were too different, so Wang Ju immediately returned to the topic and said:
"There is also a kind of thought. Anyway, I dare not provoke the Liao Kingdom. It is better to have a good relationship with the Liao Kingdom and jointly deal with our dynasty, invade our dynasty bit by bit, expand the territory, and weaken our dynasty's strength. Moreover, when attacking our dynasty, it will gather the morale of various ministries and transfer the many contradictions in the Western Xia country."
"In fact, Xixia is not strong. If it weren't for conspiracy, even if Li Yuanhao was alive, he would not be able to defeat the Tubo people. As for the three battles with our dynasty, he also used conspiracy and tricks, and often used several times or ten times of his troops to win. However, Li Yuanhao died... So Cai Gong and Chen in Dashun City won."
In other words, once Li Yuanhao dies, even if Xixia uses this tactic of fighting less, he may not be able to win.
In fact, Li Yuanhao established a country from the gap between the two major powers of Song and Liao, which was amazing. But most of the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty were afraid to fight. Wang Ju could not say it.
"This is what I say." Zhao Xu let out a long sigh.
The literati and officials in the court all wanted peace, and this was by no means the result Zhao Xu wanted.
But no one can clearly explain the reason, so Zhao Xu can't explain everyone.
Now Wang Ju has explained a lot of the truth with a few simple words, which is actually equivalent to explaining to everyone for Zhao Xu.
"Wang Qing, why didn't Xixia change?" Zhao Xu asked again.
"As for this reason, whether the Western Xia or Liao Kingdom negotiate peace with our country, it was a failure in the previous war or it was dragged into a stalemate. For example, in the Qingli War, Xixia was a war that had been planned for a long time, and our country rushed to fight. Therefore, after a few years of war, the national treasury was empty and the people were living in poverty. But in the Xixia side, the people were even more miserable. People ate soil, tree bark, dig rats and birds to catch hunger! However, since the alliance of the Chanyuan, our country's policies gradually became introverted. We were not interested in expanding territory and were disgusted with war. Therefore, the scholars and officials and few who are more responsible for war. If Xixia took the initiative to rely on our country like Li Deming, our country would not seek it! If Xixia repeatedly launched invasions, because of war and disputes, our country could not fight together, then Xixia might succeed, tear off pieces of meat from our country to gradually grow stronger."
"It is not that my literati and officials are not smart. Many of our literati and officials are far more intelligent than the elites of the Xixia. But it is precisely because of this kind of peace-seeking mentality and among the Three Kingdoms, Xixia attaches the most importance to intelligence. Our literati may not be very familiar with the specific situation in the Xixia side. Maybe even the situation in the palace of our ritual is clearly understood. Therefore, Xixia has this plan, not that it is not that it does not change, but that it does not intend to exchange it at the beginning!"
"In the year Weimingshan joined our dynasty, our dynasty was in a difficult time. Even the victims in Hebei were unable to provide relief, so they could not survive by themselves. The Xixia side was also in difficulty, and it was even more difficult than our dynasty. Dashun City was defeated, Li Liangzuo was injured and died of illness, the small king ascended the throne, and the country suffered a major drought. Therefore, Xixia was unable to send troops to Suizhou, and only sent tens of thousands of troops to rescue, but was defeated by Zhong Yan. This year, Xixia gradually took this breath and began to take back Suizhou. How did they take back Suizhou? There are two ways, one is to force it, but the grasp may not be very good. The officers and soldiers of our dynasty were not officers and soldiers of the Qingli Festival, and there were so many powerful Poches, Fanluo and archers in the border area. The second method is to pick up cleverly."
"Catch it up! They wanted to take advantage of the mentality of most literati and officials in our dynasty to seek peace and propose this seemingly feasible method. Sure enough, our dynasty agreed. If Guo Kui and Zhao Hun were not smart, they burned all the forts in Suizhou in accordance with the imperial edict of the court, and more than 10,000 entries of Weimingshan were moved to Yanzhou. At that time, our dynasty found that it was too late to be deceived. There were not no forts in Suizhou, but many forts, but most of these forts were on the original border of Song and Xia, between Suizhou and Yanzhou. The Xixia army followed up and repaired a little, and our dynasty would completely throw Suizhou away. And what was fatal was that more than 10,000 entries of Weimingshan could not settle down. At that time, in disappointment, Xixia sent spies to instigate them. The more than 10,000 entries of Fan Qiang would become a super gunpowder pack in Yanzhou, igniting it, and the consequences would be unimaginable!"
In other words, Xixia didn't want to change since the beginning, and had never thought about exchanges seriously. She thought that the monarch and ministers of the Song Dynasty would be foolish and then make a big advantage! Wang Ju didn't want to offend too many people, and he said it very tactfully.
However, what they didn't expect in their dreams was that Guo Kui was not deceived and Zhao Fu was not deceived.
Wang Ju finished speaking in one breath and stood up with his head down.
Wen Yanbo said in a solemn voice: "Wang Ju, according to your wishes, we should fight?"
"Duke Wen, the officials didn't want to fight. That day, I was very clear with Fan Chunren. Now that the country is in a difficult economy, and at least this next two years, we should not start a war. But we don't want to start a war, which does not mean that we are not prepared for war. As the memorial of Zhao, if we don't return to Suizhou, we will fight. If we return to Suizhou, we will fight. Xixia will take advantage of the more than 10,000 tents in Weimingshan and have nowhere to stay in chaos, and take the opportunity to send troops to attack Qingjian City and other places, and once you can lose the shame of Dashun City. If you can occupy it, you will lose the morale of our army. If you can, you will lose the shame of Dashun City. Our court will be defeated again, and there will be more scholars and officials who are afraid of fighting. Then, in the future, it will be beneficial to Xixia. So my idea is that I don't want to start a war immediately, but I must prepare for war!"
"What should I do now?" Zhao Xu asked.
"It's beyond reach. Since Mr. Guo proposed to the court very early that this Zheng Shang is 600 miles away, he should be prepared for some precautions. But regardless of whether he is prepared or not, the court should prepare for war." Wang Judao.
It must be fought, but Wang Ju changed the statement, it was not that I wanted to fight, but that Xixia was forced to fight.
After Wang Ju finished speaking, he glanced at everyone again.
Some big shots still agree with it, but when Wang Ju glanced at Sima Guang, he saw a strong expression of disgust in Sima Guang's eyes.
Please believe that Sima Guang is definitely not a traitor.
Is the power scheme wrong? If there is no power scheme, which minister can get up to power, but which minister doesn’t want to get up to power?
Is it wrong to suppress political enemies? Is it a mess in the officialdom? Do you want to learn from Mr. Dongguo and the snake farmer?
At least in Sima Guang's heart, he always thought that I was for the good of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, in Sima Guang's heart, Wang Ju was indeed a disaster, a traitor, and a villain after the Song Dynasty.
Wang Ju's statement of taking advantage of the opportunity could not be concealed by Sima Guang, and it also increased his hatred.
"This person is a big trouble..." Wang Ju thought to himself.
These two people are water and fire...
However, Wang Ju was worried about what he would do next.
In fact, Suizhou is not as serious as Zhao Xu's thoughts. Maybe Guo Kui is prepared.
If Guo Kui is not prepared, Suizhou will be lost, it doesn’t matter. Even if Suizhou is lost, it may be a good thing for more scholars and officials to sober up and give up their appeasement mentality.
Some literati may continue to fool themselves and weave a dream of peace in the Song Dynasty... But Zhao Xu's dream is not this dream!
Wang Ju was worried about himself.
He presided over the military weapon supervision and cut the situation. It didn't matter if he cut the official craftsmen, but the one who cut the next was not the craftsmen, but the officials.
The entire military weapon supervision merged dozens of bureaus, institutes, and institutes. It turned out that these bureaus had many envoys, deputy envoys, chief supervisors, chief supervisors, and other officials, as well as a large number of officials, with more than a thousand officials!
Of course, this is the institution of the court, and there must be a commissioned official to lead the head.
However, these institutions are not doing things, but become places for resettlement of children of powerful people, so many unconventional officials were arranged to come to these institutions. So one monk carried water to eat, two monks carried water to eat, and three monks had no water to eat.
Originally, the three monks had no water to eat. After Wang Ju cut it, there were only five warehouses and six courtyards, so they became ten monks who fetched water, and they couldn't eat water.
Wang Ju will not sit idly by and watch this happen, so he will definitely cut it down heavily. This is the so-called severance.
But when it comes to this point, don't look at these poor officials and officials, but they are all powerful people. Their ancestors can tell the descendants of Shi Shouxin, Gao Huaide, Wang Shenqi, Zhang Guanghan, Pan Mei and others, and even descendants of Yang Ye and Li Jilong, and the children of Gao Cao.
It doesn’t matter if the severance is reduced. Once the severance is reduced, the official is willing to go through. Not only are these officials themselves a background, but there are many powerful parents and elders behind them!
Talking about human hearts is better than one's own hearts.
Just like I am considering my second sister’s dowry now, why do I want my second sister to be respected at my husband’s house?
Or if you ask your third brother to study, you won’t be able to get a Jinshi exam, or at least one Juren exam, and you will get a good future in the future.
Once so many officials are laid off, the background of these officials who are terrible is not like Zheng Baiqu. Many people have deep backgrounds. How much trouble will they be?
Not to mention a lot of trouble, if someone makes trouble behind the scenes, Wang Ju would not have thought he could get out of the stage!
So will Sima Guang make a big move on himself?
Thinking of this, Wang Ju's eyes suddenly became sharp... (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!
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Chapter completed!