.In the Chang'an City of Qin, the Tai Chi Hall gathered.

Fu Jian was standing tall at the dragon seat, his narrow phoenix eyes closed slightly and listening to a minister below making a generous speech.

"Your Majesty, I think it is the right thing to do to destroy Jin State first. This Battle of Shouchun just exposed the emptiness of Jin State's defense. Huan Wen was old and unstoppable. He was disturbed by General Murong's 20,000 elite soldiers in a heavily guarded place. He happened to take advantage of the opportunity to attack. He would definitely attack the healthy city and build an immortal cause forever." The person who spoke was Fu Ming, King of Beicheng, who was Fu Jian's cousin.

The ministers were buzzing and some people agreed.

General Yang An of Zhennan came out and said, "Your Majesty, I have objections."

Fu Jian didn't say anything, and moved his white and slender fingers on the handrail of the dragon seat, signaling to continue.

"I think that although what King Beicheng said sounds reasonable, I am not very clear about the details, so I cannot agree." Yang An said calmly.

"What's wrong with what I said?" Fu Ming's face was full of disdain. He always despised and contemptuous of these Han generals who followed Wang Meng to share the Di people's country.

"As King Beicheng said, Murong Chui broke the eastern front of Jin State, which is indeed good, but most of them were lucky, and most of them were civilians. The more than 10,000 people actually wiped out by the Jin ** team, it did not shake the foundation of the Jin army. It did not fight head-on with Huan Wen's army from beginning to end, and often defeated them with a trick. This alone is not enough to conclude that Jin State is weak and vulnerable."

"If you win, you will win. No matter what method he uses, the Jin soldiers are from Jin, and the people of Jin are also from Jin. If you kill one, you will lose one enemy. Isn't this the reason? I think General Yang is afraid of others' victory and has ulterior motives." Fu Ming's words became sarcastic and mean.

Yang An said sternly: "The words of King Beicheng are really hard to accept. What we are talking about is a major matter related to the country. What does it have to do with personal grievances? This matter is obvious. Although Murong Chui claimed to be a great victory, he led 20,000 elite troops to lose all their losses and fled back alone; the Jin army lost 10,000, and in terms of the army, he returned to defeat. As for the battlefield, he did not use everything to slaughter the people as his achievements, he did not agree with it. The war between the two countries was a competition between the two armies. The ancients even did not even kill the envoys during the war, let alone the civilians? In my opinion, Murong Chui's battle did not weaken the morale of the Jin people, but encouraged the Jin people; if he was defeated, he was slaughtered. Whoever was willing to surrender would arouse the desire to fight to the death."

Yang An said something and the ministers frowned and agreed.

Fu Ming was still waiting for another word, but Fu Jian coughed lightly, and he stopped talking, and the hall immediately calmed down.

"Do Jing Lue have any questions? Tell me."

Wang Meng sat in the chair specially given, heard Fu Jian's name, and hurriedly stood up and saluted, "I am not thinking about what General Murong Chui brought about this battle, I am thinking about two other things."

"Oh? Tell me." Fu Jian stood up and said.

"Yes! The first thing is the national treasury. I visited the Ministry of Revenue this morning. If I don't look at it, I'm really worried. Once upon a glance, I was really worried. Once upon a time, the money and grain in our treasury were like mountains. I didn't move grain for three years, and the rats in the warehouse were all big. But now I'm not able to make ends meet, and I'm afraid I can't afford a battle of 200,000 people. Now it's time for the yellow and yellow. I'm destroying Yan last year, and a large area of ​​fields became deserted. It can be imagined that this year it will be difficult and the number of victims will increase. At this time, it's not a discussion on whether to attack Jin, but a question of the military and civilians of the Qin Dynasty filling their stomachs. Could it be that they go to war on hunger?" Wang Meng was deeply worried, his gray beard was shaking, and his face was wrinkled, like a knife and axe marks were carved.

"What? It's so far?" Fu Jian said in shock.

"The old minister dare not speak out in danger, so please ask Lord Lu of the Ministry of Revenue. The food prices in the market have soared, and some big households have even hoarded goods. The old minister is about to report to His Majesty that it needs to be rectified."

Fu Jian leaned back and felt a little sweat on his forehead.

"The second thing is that according to the urgent report from the border areas, I heard that our Qin Dynasty was using troops to Jin State. Dai State and Qiu Chi State had quietly deployed tens of thousands of soldiers on our border. I may have bad intentions. The remnants of Yan State recruited 30,000 new soldiers in Longcheng are stepping up training. Although Xiliang and Tuyuhun have no abnormal movement, once these families move, it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take action. Unfortunately, the situation is said by the junior envoy of Jin State, and there are many crises."

Fu Jian's face changed drastically, and problems such as food are easy to solve. What Wang Meng said later is a big trouble. This is not a joke. If you are not careful, you will worry about the destruction of the country.

"Wang Qing has any countermeasures?" Fu Jianqiang calmed down and asked.

"I think that before the time comes to launch a large-scale military service against Jin State, we must first calm the internal situation before fighting foreign countries. We must pull out the thorns from our Qin's throat to deal with Jin State. Now we have the plan to stabilize Xiliang and Tuyuhun first, and free up our hands to eliminate Dai State, Qiuchi and Longcheng in one fell swoop. Let's go back and subdue Xiliang and Tuyuhun, and then move southward in a stable manner. This is a strategy." Wang Meng said slowly.

Fu Jian pondered for a moment and said, "Will it take more than ten years to do this? How can I wait?"

Wang Meng said seriously: "If you can't wait, you have to wait. If the situation goes well, you can go south for ten years. If it doesn't go well, you will have to go south for at least twenty years."

Fu Jian was speechless. All the ministers knew that His Majesty's lifelong ambition was to unify the south and establish great achievements for all generations. Wang Meng's words basically denied the possibility of unifying the south during his lifetime. How could he accept this?

"Mr. Wang is too conservative. Even if you follow Master Wang's words, first install the Nei Ne and then fight south. My Iron Cavalry of the Qin Dynasty will be together. These northern sluts will definitely collapse within two years. Why do you need ten or twenty years?" Someone questioned.

Wang Meng said quietly: "It is easy to attack cities and land, but is it so easy to completely surrender? The Yan State was destroyed by me for a year. What is the situation in the east now? The Ministry of War reports urgently every day, and riots happen from time to time. My army stationed in various places are now busy suppressing and putting out fires. It is so anxious. If it is so easy to win the world, what do we need to plan for Your Majesty? Just bring an army of victories to sweep the world; it is easy to defend, don't you understand this principle?"

After all the slaughter and beating, the embarrassed minister blushed and pushed him down.

Fu Jian said again: "However, Wang Qing has something to say to stabilize Xiliang and Tuyuhun."

"The marriage is a strategy. You can choose a palace maid in the palace to marry him as a princess, and then go back to settle the score with them. Although this move has slightly damaged the national system, the Han Han in the previous dynasty used it as a national policy, which has brought decades of peace in the Western Regions, which shows that it is quite effective."

"Okay, if all the ministers have no objection, they will follow what Lord Wang said." Fu Jian had no choice but to do so. Although he was unwilling to do so, reason told him that what Wang Meng said was indeed a good word.

Everyone had no objection. Fu Jiangang wanted to retreat to the court, but Wang Meng said again: "Your Majesty, the old minister has another matter to ask Your Majesty to decide."

Fu Jian frowned and said, "Tell me."

"General Deng Qiang led his troops to attack Huainan County and have already captured two consecutive cities. Huainan and Hefei have both cities, but they have become empty cities, which is of little significance. Now the army is blocked and outside Chaohu City, whether to ask His Majesty to order the recall of the army is a perfect match." Wang bowed and said.

"Chaohu City? Why haven't I heard of this city?" Fu Jian said in surprise.

"It is a newly built city by the Jin people, and the army of General Deng and Qiang was blocked from advancing outside this city."

"How can a newly built small city block Deng Qiang's army? Who is the guard in the city?"

"This... said that His Majesty and all the ministers knew him. He was Han Mu, a young envoy from Jin who came to my Chang'an a few days ago."

"What?" Fu Jian's face changed drastically.

The ministers were also buzzing, and they seemed extremely surprised.

"How could that person who escapes helplessness be the garrison of Chaohu City? What ability does he have to stop my general Deng Qiang's army?" Fu Jian was angry.

"The old minister didn't know that this person had such ability before. There were 20,000 new troops in Chaohu City, called the Northern Mansion Army; Han Mu was the commander of the Northern Mansion Army; although Chaohu City was small, the city was strong and the river was deep. The Jin people tried their best to defend the city, and it was not easy to take it down if they were anxious." Wang Meng said.

"This time, we must not withdraw our troops. We told Deng Qiang that we would not withdraw our troops if we did not take Chaohu City. This little envoy played with me and regretted not letting him go back. This time we would break Chaohu City and use him to behead him and behead him for the public." Fu Jian said angrily.

Wang Meng was still waiting for another word, but Fu Jian waved his robe and stood up and walked off the dragon throne, leaving angrily.

The eunuch reacted very quickly and hurriedly shouted: "Retreat the court!"

Wang Meng sighed inwardly and bowed helplessly. He knew that Fu Jian was not just angry for this little envoy Han Mu. He was actually annoying what he said before. Those words directly tore up the wonderful grand scheme in his heart, but it did not happen at that time, and this incident happened.

Wang Meng returned to the subordinates of the Ministry of War and pondered for a while. He ordered people to summon relevant personnel from the Ministry of War to make arrangements. He urgently ordered the Sima Xu Qing of Liangzhou to lead 15,000 cavalry to the front line of Chaohu City; and some people were sent to summon the Iron Armored Army Captain Rong Gang and ordered him to bring 300 Iron Armored Army to support Chaohu City.

After doing these things, Wang Meng leaned back on the back of the chair and sighed and said, "Deng Qiang, Deng Qiang, I have given you all I can give you, you must do it yourself." The afternoon sun shone into the big window, covering Wang Meng's whole body, Wang Meng's gray hair looked a little messy. In the sun, his face was white and gold, which seemed a bit sick, giving people a sense of heroic twilight.

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The same sunshine was bathed in Chaohu City. Han Mu and his wives sat in the yard east of the Marshal's Mansion in this warm early spring sunshine and chatted about homework.

The yard was still very empty, and Liu Rumei and Zhang Tongyun were still discussing how to arrange the empty yard, and several little maids were giving advice.

Su Hongling and Wang Yurun pointed at the ancient wood beside him and didn't know what they were saying?

Han Mu relaxed, leaned on the big chair and enjoyed this rare leisure time. Xie Daoyun sat aside and said something softly to him. Han Mu held Xie Daoyun's little hand with one hand and pinched it gently, while talking none of them.
Chapter completed!