Looking at Xia Xun's expression, the smile on Zhu Di's face slowly solidified: "What? You don't agree? ”

Xia Xun said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Annan can't swallow it!" ”

Zhu Di's brows tightened slightly, and then he raised it again, and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me the reason!" ”

Xia Xun took a deep breath, and then said: "I asked Annan about it, originally at the request of Annan Chen, but now the Chen family is no longer the heir. Li Shi offended the Celestial Empire, of course, he should send troops to punish him, but we also sent troops based on this great righteousness, after the Cheng Guo Gong and the British soldiers sent to Annam, they first used a trick to list the Li family's crimes, and spread them among the people of Annam, so they won the hearts of the people. If we go against the grain and annex Annam after exterminating the Lê clan, what will the officials and people of Annam think? Our help today will become our strong enemy in the future! ”

Zhu Di said with a smile: "Hehe, it turns out that you are worried about this!" This is not a problem, after the extermination of the Li clan, I naturally cannot immediately set up a liuguan in the county of Annan, and I will operate a meeting, and at the request of the military and people of Annan, it is logical to set up a county and county, so that Annan can return to Middle-earth! ”

Xia Xun said: "How to respond to the invitation of the military and civilians of Annan? ”

Zhu Di said frankly: "If the soldiers and civilians of Annam are monolithic and united, how can the Li clan replace the Chen clan?" The Li clan can find someone to support him, can't I find someone to speak for him among the officials and elders in Annam, and take the initiative to invite me to restore the county in Annam and set up officials directly under the central government on the grounds that the Chen family is the heir? ”

Xia Xun said: "Your Majesty, this is just a means!" It's just a name, not a heart! How could the soldiers and civilians of Annam be subjugated by this? ”

Xia Xun said again: "If Yichen looks at it, whether it is the Chen family or the Li family of Annan Kingdom, no matter who is the king, he is obedient to my Ming Dynasty, but he is only afraid of the strength of my Ming Dynasty, and it is definitely not sincere loyalty." Li Shi took the Chen family and replaced it, as long as I can still be tame to my Ming, it is enough, even if we try our best to protect the Chen family as the king, how is it not the same for me Daming, I am strong and tame, and I am weak and disrespectful? Benefit! The interests of the country! Everything depends on the interests of the country, this is true for Annan, and it is also true for my Daming! ”

Zhu Di said: "Isn't it the interest of the country to expand the territory? ”

Xia Xun said: "Yes! However, everything is in moderation, and it is too much. Genghis Khan's 100,000 miles of rivers and mountains disappeared in an instant, isn't it a lesson from the past? I want to open up the territory, one to see the terrain, its land is dangerous, once it falls into the hands of others, in my Ming will be a confidant disease, will be taken! The second is to look at its wealth, the land of fish and rice, which can help thousands of people, and should be taken! The third is to see whether it is controllable or not, it can be defeated, and it can be governed, and it can be won! Fourth, it is beneficial or unhelpful to our court and my people, and the harm outweighs the benefits.

The emperor, Annam, has never been able to become the heart of my Ming Dynasty, the barbarism of the north, is my Central Plains since ancient times unchanged strong enemy, although the Tatars have suffered setbacks, but the vitality has not been lost, once the battle between Warat and the Tatars has eased, the Tatars will inevitably invade the south again, our great enemy, is still alive and well in the north, at this time in Annam left hundreds of thousands of troops, every day to consume countless grains and rice, the loss of national strength is too much.

Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be careless. Is this way of survival only embodied in "defeat"? Otherwise, a crushing victory is also an unbearable burden. This tragedy is either the heavy casualties of the soldiers, or the heavy wear and tear of the country. The minister said disrespectfully, it is not a business, but there is a common principle, if the war is far more than the war, why do we fight?

Moreover, now there are many major events in the imperial court, dredging the canal, consolidating Liaodong, treasure ships going to sea, a series ......of major events, all of which cost a lot of money, if you do too many things at once, the people will be greatly injured, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty just fought a Xiongnu, just because he did not know moderation, fought again and again, and finally exhausted all the national strength saved by the two dynasties of Wenjing, making ten rooms and nine empty, countless people were ruined, the country's vitality was greatly damaged, and the old party issued an edict of guilt, but the hundreds of people who died of freezing and starvation, can they be resurrected for this?

The emperor knows that Annan has belonged to my China since the time of Qin Shi Huang, so he should also know that before, it was not owned by me, Qin Shi Huang set up Xiang County, governed Annam, and only eleven years later, Annan became independent again; Another hundred and two years, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was destroyed, after that, the people in the area of Annam repeatedly resisted, three hundred years later, independent again, most of the time after that, it ......, hehe, the Central Plains Empire does not recognize its independence, but how many can really govern it as a county in the Central Plains? What does it actually look like?

The emperor should be very clear that the duty of the protector of the Tang Dynasty is to "comfort the feudal domains and the foreign invaders of Jining", and the real management of the affairs of the clan headquarters is still the local chief, which is very different from the county. The Mongols annexed the Central Plains and suffered three major defeats in Annam, stopping there.

If the Mongols continue to invade south, will it be possible to resist the small land of Annam? Naturally not, so why did the Mongols stop here? Because the gains outweigh the losses! Emperor Taizu Gao once said: 'The small countries of the Quartet and the Southern Barbarians, limited to mountains and seas, are isolated in a corner, and their land is not enough to supply, and their people are not enough to make orders. If he doesn't think about it and comes to disturb me, it is ominous. He is not troubled by China, and I raise an army to attack it, and it is also ominous', the minister felt that this was a wise saying. ”

Xia Xun has been thinking about these words for a long time, and he has also tried his best to understand Annan's previous situation and current situation. Combined with the current situation and the original historical development that he can remember, he knows how much damage has been caused to the Ming Dynasty in the past few decades when he sent troops to Annan and then changed his mind to occupy it.

Since the fight in this place, the rebellion continued, guerrilla warfare one after another, the Ming Dynasty was completely dragged in this abyss, until Ming Xuanzong decided to withdraw the troops to strike the war, during this period of more than 30 years, the Ming Dynasty in Annan generals were killed and wounded innumerable, and from there not to mention taxation, just to transport grain to ensure the livelihood of the local people, the number exceeded the sum of the needs of the north and south at that time, greatly depleting the strength of the Ming Dynasty.

Otherwise, after the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the country may not weaken so quickly, and perhaps it will be able to successfully survive the Xiaoice period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, so as to complete the key stage of national transformation, be reborn, and be reborn.

Zhu Di's face was very ugly, Xia Xun had already seen it, but he still had to say his psychological words, if the emperor just wanted an achievement and a reputation of grace and power, then defeat the Li forces, support a puppet in Annam, and ask the locals to govern the locals, and the court will "support" him, and through his control, it is enough to control the people there.

If you want to obtain economic benefits other than political benefits, then it is better to build a colony, but it is just to strengthen the relationship between the current suzerainty and vassal states, and make an enhanced version, why let countless soldiers shed blood, transport the grain that the people in the interior have worked hard to grow over to raise a group of people who only enjoy and do not pay, and when they fatten up and lose weight, watch them become independent again?

Zhu Di's face was already ugly, and his voice was a little stiff, but he still reluctantly said: "Tatar has suffered repeated defeats, and Liaodong is becoming more and more prosperous, which has forced Tatars to submit to my Ming Dynasty, and the Tatar Khan Benja has asked the court for peace, and I have sent Guo Ji to preach the Tatars." And on the side of Warat, I also sent envoys to make several powerful tribal chieftains kings, provoking them to fight among themselves, at least for a while and a half, there will be no spare strength to invade the south, this is a God-given opportunity, how can I easily let it go! ”

Xia Xun arched deeply: "Your Majesty, the minister always thinks that the best way for Annan is to indirectly control a puppet!" ”

Zhu Di's face sank, and he sneered: "According to what you say, throughout the ages, the territory of this imperial world will never be able to expand!" ”

Xia Xun hurriedly said: "That's not what the minister meant, the minister said that the gains and losses should be measured to see if it's worth it or not!" ”

Zhu Di said: "Isn't it worth it to reinstate the territory of Jiaozhi?" ”

Xia Xun said: "It's worth it, it's not worth it." Nearly 1,000 years ago, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty dug the "Grand Canal", connecting the Qiantang River, the Yangtze River, the Huai River, the Yellow River and the Haihe River, with Luoyang as the center, Zhuo County in the north, and Yuhang in the south, which greatly promoted the economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south. But Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty didn't know how to sympathize with the people, such a huge project, cut into the merit in his own hands, so that the country was destroyed, for him, it was not worth it! ”

Xia Xun was heartbroken and said bluntly: "Emperor Yang of Sui reigned for fourteen years, and in just fourteen years, he created great achievements that are difficult for others to create. In martial arts, he destroyed the state of Chen, and in terms of civil governance, he pioneered the imperial examination. He built the eastern capital of Luoyang, moved the capital to Luoyang, built canals, toured Zhangye in the west to smooth the Silk Road, developed the Western Regions, and defeated the Turks in the north.

He is in the south of Wuhui, but in the north of the Huns, among the Kundi, he has a unique reputation. At the age of 20, he completed the great cause of dominating the world, ending the war-torn era of the Central Plains for hundreds of years. If there is no water temple dragon boat matter, Gongyu will not have much merit. "Compare Yang Guang with Dayu, after hundreds of years, when the Song Dynasty sent a big flood, this thousand-mile Sui embankment also saved the lives of thousands of families, is it a big achievement?

Qin Shi Huang did most of the things he did, but he didn't burn the books and pit Confucianism; What Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did, most of the Tang Taizong also did, but the Zhenguan era of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was far less prosperous than the early stage of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, however, Qin Shi Huang and Tang Taizong both had the reputation of "Emperor of the Ages", but Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty had a notoriety that was scolded for all generations, why?

It's just because he doesn't know moderation, he doesn't know how to recuperate the people, and he doesn't know how to weigh and choose! For the common people, what to expand the territory, what a huge empire, what all countries come to court, what incomparably magnificent buildings, can only coax the barbarians to admire, literati to praise, after all, it is just a touch of luck, whether the people of Li have a way to live, is the foundation of a country! ”

I Daming, there are many more important things to do now, and the north is not as stable as Mount Tai now, and now it should be to consolidate the northeast on the one hand, and strengthen itself on the other! With the territory of my Ming Dynasty today, as long as the country is strong, although the barbarian land is not owned by me, it can be used by me, otherwise even if it is owned by me, it will be lost, and the vain effort of the people in this process is especially difficult to measure. If Your Majesty does not take it today, if the time is ripe one day, can't Your Majesty's descendants take it? ”

Zhu Di finally couldn't help it, and said angrily: "If you don't take it, you will be blamed!" I have made up my mind, so I don't need to say more! As he spoke, he flicked his sleeves and walked away.

"Fuguo Gong......, alas!"

"Alas! Grandpa Guo ......"

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi walked around in Xia Xun's study, you sighed, I sighed, they were both frustrated by Xia Xun's great opportunity to give up to become the first minister of the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Xun didn't think so, looked at them with a smile, and said, "Don't turn around, you two, my eyes are dazzled." Please reply to the prince and tell him what I mean, I think I am not wrong, if I know that it is wrong, but only to cater to it, then what pity is it that today's glory is just tomorrow's yellow flower? ”

Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi also looked forward to the great dream of "the death of the Tang Dynasty, the exchange of barbarians for more than 400 years, and the return to the territory", only hated that they were not military generals, and they could not create this great cause of great achievements, such a good opportunity was easily given up by Xia Xun, they were really sad, but Xia Xun was very resolute, but the two had nothing to say, and in the end they had to leave.

After the two left, the relaxed and tranquil smile on Xia Xun's face disappeared. There were some things he didn't say to Xie Jin and Yang Shiqi. The ancients went: "When you are happy, you must know your heart, and when you lose your joy, you must prevent venting; When you are annoyed, you should be sad, and when you are good, you should feel ashamed. Westerners say that it is best to keep a "porcupine distance" from people, and it is said that porcupines are covered with thorns, and when it is cold, they want to get close to each other to keep out their body heat, but they can't get too close, so porcupines try to stay together as much as possible on the premise that no one can stab anyone.

Xia Xun is this view, everything must be said to others? Joke! Everyone has their own secrets.

These people only know one of them, but they don't know the other, when the Timurid Empire actually took the prime minister Aldushah and the general Gaisuyaddin as two important figures as envoys, and when the Ming Dynasty was particularly concerned about the development of politics, economy, and military, Xia Xun was already vigilant, as early as when these two people returned to the Timur Empire, Xia Xun's hidden dragon had already begun to act, and sent people to follow their traces and follow them to the Western Regions.

Now, the message has been sent back. After Timur the Great heard the news that the Ming soldiers were strong and the horses were strong, he did not discourage his ambitions, but on the contrary, aroused his pride, he attached more importance to any previous war, personally deployed, prepared, hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry will soon come back.

Xia Xun had the intention to eliminate the great tragedy of the whole world moving forward in history, but dragging the richest, most advanced, and most civilized ancient Chinese country in the world to retreat in great strides, to do this, the development of the Ming Dynasty itself is the most important, and whether Liaodong is properly managed or not is also extremely important, so after Xia Xun left Liaodong, he did not give up his attention there.

This is also a major reason why he did not have too close contact with Wan Shiyu and Zhang Jun, because everything he wanted to know had his own news channels. Xia Xun's hidden dragon is still active frequently outside the pass and on the grassland, so he is also clear about the information about Tatar and Warat.

Yes, Tatar is indeed asking for peace with the Ming Dynasty now, and the oppression of Warat is being carried out over there, and the threat of the Ming Dynasty is being threatened by the Ming Dynasty, and the life of the Arutai Taishi is not easy. And the rapid development of Liaodong is a particularly serious psychological threat to him. When Xia Xun was there, he had instructed the Liaodong shogunate to do business without discrimination to friendly steppe tribes, and this policy greatly benefited those Tatar tribes who were adjacent to Liaodong and did not have a high degree of hatred with Liaodong.

However, most of the small tribes adjacent to Liaodong are the lower status of the Tatar tribes, and it is precisely because of the weakness of their tribes that they are not taken seriously, and the best steppe is occupied by the big tribes, and they are squeezed into the border area with Liaodong as a buffer between the two sides, and now it is these small tribes who benefit, and these powerful tribes are naturally unbalanced in their hearts.

As a result, some small things have been infinitely magnified, such as the Tatar herdsman who went to Liaodong to do business, was injured in a fight with someone after drinking, broke his nose, cut his arm, and became oppressed by the Han people, and was humiliated and became disabled; For example, some herdsmen in those small tribes wanted to live a peaceful and comfortable life, so they took the opportunity to do business, and the whole child defected to Liaodong, and was resettled by the Liaodong government, and also became a group of defectors of a tribe.

Don't underestimate the energy of these great tribes, they have already managed to provoke hatred of the Ming Dynasty and antagonism against Liaodong within the Tatars. And once this emotion accumulates to a certain extent, it needs to be released.

The imperial court's strategy to divide Warat did play a certain role, and several Warat nobles who were divided into kings by the envoys of the Ming Dynasty got carried away, and no one looked down on each other, even the Warat Khan was not in his eyes, starting from some small frictions, and gradually there was a big infighting.

However, there must be advantages and disadvantages in everything, and Warat turned out to be unanimous in its foreign aggression against Tatars. Now that there is another dispute within Warat, the pressure on Tatar is small, and it does not need to urgently seek reconciliation with the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the increasingly ......strong internal anti-Ming sentiment, Xia Xun summarized and analyzed from the messy information in his hands, worried that the Ming and Tatar would soon have another dispute.

If this fear really becomes a reality, then the North will fight with the Tatars; In the West, the lame Timur killed hundreds of thousands of lions into the Western Regions; If the Ming Dynasty falls into hundreds of thousands of legions and countless military expenses in the mud pit of Annan, it is not impossible that the wolf smoke will rise and the building will collapse!

"Come out!"

Xia Xun pondered for a long time before he gave an order, Xu Jiang immediately flashed out from behind the screen, since he handled the Shandong White Lotus Sect, he had become Xia Xun's absolute trusted confidant.

"Quickly find our people in the Flying Dragon, see if there are any people who go to the north and west to carry out the mission, if not, ask them to 'find something', Hu Hu will send them over, and then ask them to report the information we have found to Hu Hui, and Hu Hui will report to the emperor!"

"Yes!" Xu Jiang agreed, and said worriedly: "Guogong refuses to go to Annan to lead the troops, will the emperor ......?"

Now, everything Xu Jiang has is tied to Xia Xun, one is prosperous, and the other is lost, so he naturally cares about everything about Xia Xun.

Xia Xun smiled slightly and said: "Well, you don't have to worry, if I echo him now, I will be sad with him in the future, although I disobey him now, but he will understand in the future that I am right!" He is not Yuan Shao, not an emperor who can't afford to lose, so, I won't become Tian Feng! ”

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