Chapter 80: The Second Cut

Yang Pu saw Zhu Qizhen's heartbeat and said: "Your Majesty, even if Your Majesty exerts all the power of the world, sealing the wolf Juxu, and Le Shi Yanran." However, one is declining and the other is just thriving. ”

"Go to the tile spur today, who will be on the grassland in the future?"

"Emperor Taizong has exhausted his national strength, and he will only have peace for twenty or thirty years, even if the national strength may not be comparable to that of Taizong."

"In the opinion of the minister, go to the army to plan, then cut the handover, and then cut the army."

"Your Majesty is bent on cutting down the army, isn't it better to give up the top and take the bottom."

Zhu Qizhen's heart moved, and he reflected on what he had done over the years. I feel like I'm ignoring a little bit.

War has always been a continuation of politics, and it may not be impossible to use war to solve political problems, but it really cannot be regarded as the best policy. He carefully analyzed why he had to destroy the thorns.

It is the strength and energy of the liberation court, if the border line is only a few hundred miles away from the capital, the strategic direction of the Ming court is locked.

Don't think about other aspects of expansion.

So defeating the Tile Thorn is not the goal. More important than defeating the trolls was the establishment of rule over the steppes.

He didn't think deeply enough about this question.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen was determined to fight the tile spurs, so he felt that what Yang Pu said was somewhat right. Nor will he change his mind, he asked: "In the opinion of the gentleman, what should I do?" ”

Yang Pu said: "The imperial court uses more Tartar officials, many of them are people from various departments of Eastern Mongolia, who are poor and poor, and the court raises them, which costs a lot of financial resources, so it is better to give the son of Arutai to rebuild the tribe outside the border wall." The imperial court traded with each other, making it a horse herding for the imperial court. ”

"Naturally, the Watts will not be willing. In this way, the imperial court can support the two powers to fight. Enjoy the benefits of a fisherman. ”

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he was inevitably a little disappointed in his heart.

Sure enough, in military affairs, among the three Yangs, only Yang Rong is the most proficient.

If it was Yang Rongzai, he would never say such a thing.

Yang Pu's thinking is right.

That's right.

Yang Pu's idea is similar to a proxy war. But the problem is that he ignored the issue of size, and the son of Arutai, if it wasn't for the exhaustion, would not have come to the imperial court.

He has a few people now, Zhu Qizhen doesn't have to think about it, if he still has two hundred horses, it will be too much.

If the imperial court supports the son of Arutai to be strong enough to gain a foothold in the grassland, and it is enough to fight against the tile spurs, without supporting at least 10,000 cavalry, there are many food and weapons.

With this kind of expenditure, can't the court fight it by itself?

Probably the only good thing is that the support for the son of Arutai is phased, and it will always be supported, and when the son of Arutai can fight against the tile spur, the court will not care.

And that's all going well. What kind of person made Yang Pu feel that Arutai couldn't beat the tile spur, and Arutai's son would be able to fight first.

Everyone has limitations, Yang Pu is a few years younger than Yang Shiqi and Yang Rong, and he started relatively late, and he has not experienced the Northern Expedition of Taizong.

The son of Arutai can be used, but it is not used in this way, and all the prerequisites for supporting the son of Arutai are to defeat the Tile Thorn and divide it from the Tile Thorn tribe to the Arutai Division. And not the imperial court spent money to support them.

Zhu Qizhen thought about it, diverted the topic and said: "Go to the army to fight, and then fight the enemy." What Mr. said is extremely true, the tile thorn first beheaded Hami, and then broke the slaves, eliminating the barriers outside the border walls of the imperial court. ”

"The imperial court can't help but respond, and I seem to remember that Yili sent an envoy to Beijing. I want to send someone to send an envoy to Yili to put it in, and if I can use it for the imperial court, I will let the thorn be sharp in my back. ”

"It's like Han befriending the Otsuki clan. What does the gentleman think? ”

This idea, Zhu Qizhen is not new now.

It's just that I feel that there is little hope, so I haven't done it.

Yili Rangli is actually the Chagatai Khanate, but the imperial court translator refers to the translated name of the capital of the Chagatai Khanate.

The Chagatai Khanate had been divided, and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate was subjugated to the Vaspur. The Western Chagatai Khanate had already moved westward, and most of it was outside the borders of later China.

And Yili is the Yining City of the later generations, that is, Yili.

But now, Zhu Qizhen feels the pressure of the thorn aggressively. Zhu Qizhen thought about it and felt that although it was useless, even if it was useless, it was not just a waste of an envoy.

The tile spur seems arrogant to Daming, but in fact he is cautious. Little by little, the Ming fence will be demolished, and then the picture will be lifted

And Zhu Qizhen also dispelled the idea of contempt, how many envoys did Emperor Wu of Han send in order to make friends with the Dayue clan. And the Ming Dynasty is in contact with all the ministries of the Western Regions, although the connection is not too close.

This connection is none other than tributary trade.

This year, the envoys of Yili came to pay tribute.

From the fact that he was able to walk from Hami to Beijing, we can see the political tendency of Yili Jiangli. Just think about it, Hami is already under the control of the Watts.

If Yili was hostile to the tile spurs, how could he possibly go to the pass.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the hoe is dug well, there is no corner that can't be dug up, compared to the various departments on the grassland, Zhu Qizhen can say without hesitation, you are all poor.

And even if you can't talk about it, as long as you stick a thorn in your heart first, it's pretty good.

Yang Pu said: "The minister thinks that His Majesty's words are excellent. Yang Pu's tone was a little gloomy. continued: "Since Emperor Taizong, many internal officials have been sent to envoys, and His Majesty can choose virtuous people to follow Yili to return the envoys to China. ”

Yang Pu is such a smart person, can't he hear Zhu Qizhen's hand, Wang Gu is talking about him left and right. However, he has no objection to this matter.

Anyway, the cost is low, and the effect may or may not be good.

Even Yang Pu reduced the cost and replaced the envoy with a eunuch. It can be said not to say one. Even if hundreds of eunuchs died, Yang Pu would not blink an eye.

Zhu Qizhen also felt that what Yang Pu said was good. First, this is the norm. Second, there is a civil official, and on many occasions, they can't soften themselves.

Since there is a request for others, there is no need for any heavenly kingdom. As long as you deceive Yili Li, what's the matter? What, national credit, haven't you seen the Warring States Policy?

Civil officials may not be able to do these things well, but if they are placed on eunuchs, there will be no moral burden. And they have their own back-to-back system, even if something happens in the future, it is these eunuchs who call the shots on their own.

Zhu Qizhen said: "Okay, I will ask Fan Hong when I go back." ”

Yang Pu was slightly depressed in his heart, but he didn't give up, he decided to carry out the next wave of temptation, and said: "Your Majesty also knows the news of the retreat of the Yellow River." ”

Zhu Qizhen said with a smile: "This is the blessing of the ancestors and the ancestors. ”

This incident is also something that rarely makes Zhu Qizhen happy recently.

Yang Pu said: "What Your Majesty said is extremely true. Lao Chen recently checked the archives of the Yellow River, but he saw the last major repair, it was the last year of Hongwu, and now it has been decades, although it has been maintained every year, but the embankments everywhere have reached the point of unbearable. ”、

"And Your Majesty, the heavens are wise. The strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand is really the best strategy in the world, and the minister thinks that it is a good strategy to rebuild the course of the Yellow River and attack sand with water. ”

"Such a big river can keep peace, and Your Majesty's love for the people can also show the future. Not only let the people of Hebei bathe in the emperor's grace, but also feel the virtue of His Majesty up and down the river. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, his smile was a little stiff.

Yang Pu didn't want money to pat the horses, but he forced Zhu Qizhen step by step to a point where he couldn't refuse.

It seems that if you don't build a river, you don't care for the people. If you don't repair the river, you will prefer the people of Hebei, and if you don't love the people of Henan, or even if you don't repair the river, you will be immoral and incompetent.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen doesn't want to repair the river.

The Yellow River Canal and the Huaihe River water system, he will definitely rectify it, but there are priorities. Now the tile spurs are approaching step by step. Zhu Qizhen was even worried that the war with the tile spur would not be orthodox for 14 years.

It is quite possible that in the twelfth year of Orthodoxy, the thirteenth year it broke out.

In the face of an imminent war, shouldn't the finances be tilted?

Although the imperial court has a lot of money, it is still difficult to take care of such a big project.

This is Yang Pu's intention. In his opinion, the emperor was overly worried about the threat of the tile spurs.

Since the emperor can't save money, instead of smashing the city wall on the nine sides, it is better to smash it on the Yellow River to build the embankment.