"As the saying goes, prosperity must decline, and in the humble opinion of the ministers, the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is in a period of decline from prosperity to decline!" Wang Pu's tone was categorical and confident.

Liu Chengyou directly took it as a compliment, waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it!" ”

"The wealth of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is in the imperial court, bureaucrats, meritorious marquis, local generals, wealthy right, and even rich businessmen. In the country, the royal family and nobles, ministers and ministers below, more estates and land, absorbing Dingkou as a villager, for their rich to enjoy the labor supply.

And the livelihood of his ordinary Qiantou is not difficult, but it is not rich. The puppet Tang was able to maintain its prosperity, and for many years, there was no external threat and few soldiers. However, once the military disaster invades, the urgent levy will cause the people's resentment, the so-called cultivator has his land, more like an illusion, the more landless people there are, it will be difficult to ensure its current prosperity! ”

Liu Chengyou suppressed the desire twitching at the corners of his mouth and said, "Qing, this is hinting at me and the big man!" ”

"Don't dare!" Wang Pu saluted, and then said:

"Tang lord Li Jing has been on the throne for several years, although he has followed Li Yu's government, but he has the talent and strategy of governing Anbang, compared to his father, it is really difficult to look at it. Only the capital of the Chinese people, conservative, I don't know how to change randomly at any time, and my mind and eyes are only limited to the corner of the south of the Yangtze River, and I am not a person who has become a big thing!

Since Li Yu, the puppet Tang Dynasty soldiers have stopped fighting, vigorously developed culture and education, and made the prosperity of clothing and etiquette come out of Jiangzuo. Although governing the country in this way helps to calm people's hearts, in this troubled era, I don't know how to organize the army and build spears and soldiers, which is really putting the cart before the horse and abolishing martial arts. ”

"The puppet Tang lord is good at singing and dancing feasts, often setting up banquets in the palace, inviting courtiers, talking loudly, and discussing the world with articles. The two ministers entered Jinling and were invited by the Tang lord to have a feast, which was enough six times! ”

"Li Jing is good to enjoy, happy palace mansions, ministers view the Tang Palace, the newly built imperial garden, palace, it is difficult to see the whole picture, there are several people who are under construction, the richness of the palace, the luxury of the ornaments, it is unimaginable."

"According to the land of Jianghuai's rich essence, with its 'celebrity and gentleman' style, if you don't want to enjoy it, do you still want to be frugal like us?" Liu Chengyou finally spoke, sighing lightly, and his tone was the same as eating a lemon.

Interrupted by Liu Chengyou, Wang Pu took the opportunity to slow down, reorganized his language a little, and continued: "In the land south of the Yangtze River, the Buddha is admired, and the wind of worshipping Buddha is very strong, from the lord of the country down. As a result, the Buddhist temple is prosperous, and there is quite a view of the 480 temples of the Southern Dynasty. The puppet Tang court, just building temples, spent a lot of money and food. And many Buddhist temples are magnificent, not lower than the palace, and the land and Dingkou owned by the monks in the south of the Yangtze River are not less than the rich and wealthy ......"

When it came to Buddhist temples, the ministers couldn't help but look at Liu Chengyou to see the emperor's reaction. Everyone present basically knew that the Son of Heaven "hated" Buddhism, and his attitude became more and more disgusted day after day.

Sure enough, the corners of Liu Chengyou's mouth clearly revealed an extremely obvious hint of sneering.

Wang Zhang, who was heartbroken and bitter for the Han Dynasty's finances, couldn't help but say: "With this sufficient money and food to pay taxes, I don't know how to educate the army and civilians, rescue disasters, build water conservancy, but use it to build useless Buddhist temples and support those monks and Buddhists!" ”

After Wang Zhang's angry words, Feng Dao also expressed his contempt for this matter. Under the influence of Yoo Seung-woo, the atmosphere in the DPRK and China is changing, and denunciation of Buddhism has become a new form of political correctness.

"Wang Qing, go on!"

"Yes!"

Under Liu Chengyou's signal, Wang Pu continued to report what he had observed and thought, and it became more and more smooth.

"The military strength of the puppet Tang Dynasty has more than 100,000, but with its national strength and Dingkou, if it exerts all its strength, it is not impossible to gather 300,000 troops, it can be described as prosperous. However, its soldiers and horses, located in the southern soil, and with the people's customs and few bravery, even if the fighting ability is not despicable and despicable, it will be difficult to fight against the strong soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

In addition, it has a long history, and the battle formation has been sparse for a long time, and the stars have withered, and more scribes have driven the army. Those who were able to lead the army to conquer the country were only Chen Jue, Cha Wenhui, Feng Yanlu, Bian Hao and others.

Four years ago, he sent troops to destroy Min, although he broke the country of civil strife, but lost the important land of Fuzhou, and was broken by Wu Yue with a division to unite the army of the country, and the army was defeated. Its combat power is still known! ”

And its territory, the states it contains, is the foundation laid by Yang Wu back then, and there is nothing to gain for thirty years. The land of Fujian is a small projectile, but it is only for the sake of staying in Zhangzhou, and it is impossible to cut it down, so it has no choice but to appease. ”

And this time, Tang and the ministers felt the most deeply than the party struggle in the court. The struggle between the Nandu scholars and the old ministers in Jiangnan ran through the history of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, when Li Yu was there, he could still suppress it, but Li Jing had no ability and skill.

In the past few years, the fierce party struggle has affected the country's capital. In order to seek the personal interests of the parties, they attacked each other, so that they mobilized their troops and suffered great defeats and losses, but they also had to be preserved. After a little derogation, he reverted to other uses, and he was still an important minister at home and abroad. The Tang monarchy is powerless, but needs to rely on his peers.

Comprehensive pseudo-Tang Dynasty ministers, far-sighted and insightful, only Song Qiqiu and Han Xizai are two, but they are two parties and hinder each other. The rest are all over-named, and they do nothing. The minister can assert that the pseudo-Tang party struggle will have great benefits when our army goes south! ”

In addition, the dispute over the position of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty is also a problem. Li Jingsui, the emperor's younger brother, is weak and cowardly, and has no quarrel with the world, and Li Hongji, the pseudo-king of Yan, is young and ambitious, leading the army to Runzhou, and what the ministers have heard and observed, then Li Hongji is very likely to cause the disaster of Xiao Wall......"

“......”

This trip to the south, Wang Pu obviously looked with his heart, listened with his heart, and thought with his heart, and after what he said, Liu Chengyou obviously had a clearer understanding of the country he was going to destroy.

Chao Wang Pu showed a very kind smile, motioned for him to sit down, and ordered someone to add tea, although it was a compliment, but the meaning of his appreciation, everyone present could see it.

Tao Gu was the same, he sat on the side, took a deep breath, his heart was slightly blocked, and he was unhappy. What Wang Pu saw, he basically saw it, but unfortunately, he was not given the opportunity to make a statement.

It would be good if the old man said it first, and suddenly he passed this thought, but when he looked at the Son of Heaven and then at Wang Pu, the jealousy in his heart became heavier.

Liu Chengyou was silent, digested what Tao Gu and Wang Pu had reported, and sighed faintly: "The country of the pseudo-Tang Dynasty, when the mountains and rivers are broken, it is a paradise!" ”

"It's a pity that now is a world of great contention, and only the powerful have the qualifications to establish a royal paradise!" Yang Wei said with a serious expression.

Feng Dao also said: "Its prosperity is like a castle in the air, once I come to the sky, it will be a bubble, not enough!" ”

"No matter how rich his country is, it is also the minced meat of the tiger's mouth of the Han Dynasty. On the other day, the army went south, and the ministers were willing to break the country for His Majesty and turn the palace of the puppet Tang Dynasty into His Majesty's palace! Wang Jun got up and spoke aloud, by the way, he had the intention of asking Ying to lead the troops, but it was too early.

Guo Wei is probably the person who listens most seriously except for Liu Chengyou, and he also sighed: "So rich, but lacking the means and ability to protect, he should be ambushed by me!" ”

“......”

"Your Majesty, if the army is mobilized on another day, I will go south, although I will bully the weak with strong soldiers, but I must not be negligent. The southern soldiers are not as good as the northern soldiers, but the Jiangnan naval division needs to be careful. The Jianghuai River is connected, and the water network in Huainan is not as dense as that in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is also the place where the water division is used. I am short of the navy, and I ask Your Majesty to prepare early! ”

"Water Army!" Liu Chengyou frowned, it's money and food again.

Looking at Tao Gu and Wang Pu, Tao Gu replied first this time: "It is true that the pseudo-Tang army, if it can be praised, I am afraid it is its sailor, there are tens of thousands of people!" ”

"Your Majesty wants to plot Huainan, and you should be fully prepared!" Guo Wei reminded.

Wang Pu followed up and also spoke: "On the way back to the north, the ministers felt the southern climate, the heat was unbearable, and there were many northerners in our court, and they were not accustomed to its water and soil. At that time, the soldiers will go south, and the army will gather to imitate the epidemic! ”

"You need to train the southern conscription horses early!" Guo Wei said solemnly.

"There are more than a dozen states in Jiangbei, and their military information such as topography, roads, cities, soldiers and horses, etc., still need to be explored as soon as possible!" This Wei Renpu suggested.

After a pause, he said: "The timing of the mobilization of troops still needs to be grasped, and it is necessary to prevent the Khitan, Mengshu and even Li Yiyin of Xiazhou!" ”

"Or you can send an edict and invite Jingnan, Wu Yue, and Ma Chu to follow me and cut down Tang on all sides!" Fan Zhen proposes a strategy.

Feng Dao was also unwilling to be lonely: "Gao Baorong is afraid of the Central Plains, and Wu Yue and his feud can be his teacher." The Ma brothers in Hunan are fighting infighting, and the disaster of Xiao Wall is still endless, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to help......"

Next, the palace council soon evolved into a Han monarch and minister, who was strategically planning against the Southern Tang Dynasty. Basically, there is something to say.

is sitting on the throne, looking at the important ministers who are discussing and admonishing the group and behaving actively, Liu Chengyou's mind can't help but drift for a while.

This was the first time he had seen the courtiers, and he was so moved to discuss one thing in unison.

If the ministers of the Han Dynasty can work together here, why worry about the injustice of the world. Of course, this is just an illusion, just think about it, Liu Chengyou is still very sober about this.

He still has a lot to work on......