Xiao Ye was surprised when he heard Xu Qing's words: "Build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly? On the surface, they sent a large army to escort Liuli north, but in fact..."
Xu Qing took over and said: "In fact, the new firearms and baggage supplies of the Firearms Department are transported to the border to prepare for the war, and the freight for transporting the baggage firearms is still paid by the grassland."
"Excellent! In this way, as long as our army and the army on the grassland have exchanged the Glazed Wolf King and 500,000 taels of silver at the border, we can send troops to attack the grassland!"
Just as Xiao Ye was admiring, he suddenly noticed something was wrong: "Wait, a new type of firearm?"
Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yes, the new firearms have been formed and tested a few days ago. They are amazingly powerful and have been mass-produced. Bringing new firearms to this expedition will get twice the result with half the effort."
The Emperor of Chu smiled and said: "God has really blessed our Chu country this time. The northern nomads have always been a big trouble in the Central Plains. Although they have fought against them in every dynasty, they have never been directly eliminated. The vast grassland is unsafe to defend. Even if they win a big victory,
In the end, they had no choice but to withdraw to the Central Plains. When the Central Plains withdraws their troops, they will come back again. If we can accomplish this in one battle, we will all leave our names in history."
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, it is extremely difficult to completely wipe out a nation. As the saying goes, wildfire will never burn it out, and the spring breeze will blow it again. Even if we have the power of firearms, we still can't do it."
Emperor Chu sighed and said, "Are we just going to let them come back and be powerless?"
Passes in the Central Plains are often built close to mountains for easy access to materials. However, the grasslands are flat and vast, and there are naturally few natural moats that can be defended against. There is also a lack of rocks and other materials that make it impossible to build a city.
Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that compared to the Central Plains, it is a little dry and not suitable for growing food.
This is also the reason why some dynasties had to retreat back to the customs even if they had the ability to conquer the Xiongnu and other nomads. Land that is not suitable for growing food is not good land!
When the army was stationed, it was not even possible to farm. Food had to be transported within the pass. Moreover, the people of the Central Plains were not proficient in herding, so they despised this land even more.
In the end, due to geographical factors, financial factors and deep-rooted farming factors, the summary is that the barbarian land is worthy of being a barbarian land, and dogs are not needed...
Emperor Chu's idea at this time could only be to completely eliminate them and avoid future troubles forever, instead of actually occupying that land.
This was his limitation, but Xu Qing was different. Xu Qing said: "Perhaps we can include the grassland and the tribes grazing on the grassland into the Chinese version of the map."
The wise king frowned and said, "Incorporate them into the territory? No emperor has done this in the past, but the leader of that group of nomadic people is unruly, and he only superficially surrendered because he lost the war. As long as the Central Plains is slightly tired,
We will bite back if we take them into our territory, and bringing them into our territory is tantamount to inviting a wolf into the house. Therefore, I feel that it is better to completely destroy things that are beyond our control to avoid future troubles."
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "My lord, you have misunderstood what I meant. I do not want to defeat the Wanyan tribe on the grassland and then accept their surrender and make them surrender to me in the Central Plains. Instead, I want to completely destroy the grassland."
It has become my inherent territory in the Central Plains."
The wise king snorted and said: "To put it lightly, what is the use of occupying such a large piece of barren land? What's more, you want to keep the nomads on the grassland there. This is simply a money-losing business. You
Do you think the treasury has too much money?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, please listen to my explanation."
The wise king took a sip of tea, put the tea cup on the table, and said: "Okay, you can tell me how you can include the grassland in my original map."
Xu Qing said: "On the grasslands and in the Central Plains, there are also classes of nobles. There are also nobles and ordinary people. Where there is power and capital, there will be exploitation. The nobles are superior to others and exploit the herdsmen, and even the cattle raised by some herdsmen.
The sheep and even their lives do not belong to them. The ordinary herdsmen have long been dissatisfied with these nobles, but they are afraid that they do not have enough force to resist."
"Then, the first thing we need to eliminate in this battle is the nobles on the grassland, and distribute their cattle and sheep to ordinary herdsmen. Those herdsmen will naturally join our Chu State wholeheartedly, and even help our Chu State to hunt down the grassland.
Other nobles can later use the grassland to train horses to provide cattle, sheep and various meats, so although the grassland is not suitable for growing food, it is very suitable as a pasture and horse farm."
The wise king frowned and said, "If you give them cattle and sheep, they will join you? What's the point of the national justice, the country and the world? They don't even care about it, how can they be conquered by you so easily? I'm afraid you are a little fanciful, right?"
Xu Qing sighed and said: "I'm afraid it's really that easy. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the following words may not sound nice, but they are true. Your Majesty and you, including His Highness the Crown Prince and I, and even all the civil and military officials in the court, we keep saying that our family
The great righteousness of the country and the great righteousness of the nation, up to now, are actually just the entertainment of a small group of people like us."
When Emperor Chu heard this, he couldn't help but slapped the table with his hand, and said angrily: "Xu Qing, Marquis of Anding County, do you know what you are talking about?!"
There was a look of thoughtfulness on King Xian's face. He waved his hand towards Emperor Chu to signal him to calm down. Then he looked at Xu Qing and said, "Go ahead."
Xu Qing continued: "When people are still running around for food and clothing, no righteousness is important. They don't even know a big character, let alone talking about the righteousness of the nation and the country. Who can keep them fed and clothed?"
, who will they be loyal to? Although there have been many peasant uprisings from ancient times to the present, the fundamental reason for these peasant uprisings has never been the justice of the family and the country, and the unification of the world, but that they can no longer survive. They will die anyway, so why not die?
Come and fight for a way out?"
The Emperor of Chu fell silent after hearing this, because what Xu Qing talked about had just happened to the Chu State the year before last. At that time, the Chu State was plagued by disasters, and rebellions broke out all over the place. How could a person go there when even food and clothing were a problem?
Care about the justice of the family and the country.
The wise king on the side spoke at this time: "The herdsmen of the grasslands value cattle and sheep, while the farmers of the Central Plains value cultivated land. If you say so, the way to unite the people of Chu State and the court is not to just let the government post notices.
Reason with them, but follow your example of dividing the grasslands between cattle and sheep, and directly give them fields?"
Xu Qing nodded and said: "Yes, but judging from the national conditions, this method can be used in grasslands, but we in the Central Plains cannot use it, because a large amount of land is in the hands of aristocratic families. If we do this, we will attract a joint resistance from the aristocratic families in the Central Plains. I am afraid that there will be