The structure of the Machinery Industry Bureau is still being formed, and even more of the resumes and rosters of officials that Wang Yan got from the Ministry of Officials, and the people named by Wang Yan are also coming one after another.

The three-year plan for the industrial construction of the Daimyo Mansion was only basically formed in Wang Yan's head. But at this time, the sound of the horn from the northwest once again broke the world that had just calmed down, and the wind and clouds were thunderous for a while.

In mid-May, the little emperor of the Western Xia, Li Liangzuo, issued a letter of state to formally declare war on the regime, and when the news was walking, the 30,000 elite cavalry of the Western Xia border army and the southern army had crossed the Kara River and quickly approached the Hehuang area.

Dong Yu, the son of Dong Yu, was so happy that he disregarded his father's dissuasion, and quickly raised 20,000 troops out of Huangzhou, trying to gather 20,000 elite horsemen to block the Huangshui fork and cross the river with the Southern Army.

In the Battle of Huangshui Fork, Dong Yu's troops were blocked by two thousand musketeers of the Western Xia general Zhuo Luolan, suffered heavy losses, collapsed morale, and were unable to restrain the flintlock pistols.

From 18 May, the Henan Military Division officially crossed the Huangshui, Pingchuan, and advanced towards Huangzhou City under the great morale.

The Ministry of Xining Prefecture has 60,000 elite horsemen in his hands, but he does not dare to move. Due to the defeat in the battle of Huangzhou fork, the eloquent and strategic Dong Yu has seen the ability of Dong Yu, who is very happy, and he does not dare to trust his son anymore. And at the same time, the Renduo tribe of Western Xia came out of Renduoquan City and entered the Hehuang area.

At the same time, there was news that the 20,000 cavalry originally used by the Western Xia Gansu Military Division to guard against the partridge horse thieves had gone south. The speed of advancement is not fast, but it is enough to make the servants dare not move, and they are temporarily unable to rescue the Huangzhou Dong Felt Department.

Judge that the Gansu Military Division dares to go south at this time, and there should have been a tacit understanding between Xixia and Hui Partridge. And there is news as early as the beginning of May, the Western Xia general Manba has taken a thousand iron harriers and 6,000 guards to Helan Mountain, counting the time, the strict military discipline of Manba should have crossed the Tengger Desert before the battle of Huangshui Fork, that is to say, the unpredictable Manba Department may appear in any corner of the Hehuang area at any time.

Therefore, he was careful that he could easily divide his troops to rescue Huangzhou, which would cause the main force of Hehuang to suffer heavy losses, so he could only stand still.

Gossip rumors: If he did not divide his troops in time to rescue his son Dong Yu, Huangzhou was besieged, and there was a heart disease between father and son.

In the lobby of the Machinery Industry Bureau, Mu Guiying personally reported the above news to Wang Yan.

These things have nothing to do with the Machinery Industry Bureau, but Aunt Mu knows that Da Yan cares about these, so she will report it as soon as possible.

After that, Wang Yan was furious, got up and walked around and muttered: "Dong felt mud can't support the wall. If I had been a fool, I'd have shot this kid on the wall in the first place! ”

The language of the Great Demon King is so unrestrained, so as a woman who came over, Mu Guiying inevitably blushed a little, and raised her hand to touch Da Yan's head and said: "Don't worry, this is a matter of the Tubo people, and it has little to do with the Great Song Dynasty for the time being, let alone the Daimyo's Mansion." ”

Wang Yan said dejectedly: "It has a lot to do with it. Now that the Gansu Military Division dares to go south, the Western Xia definitely has a ** deal with the Hui Partridge, and Yelu Hongji, who may have survived the chaos, acquiesced. The Tanguts waged war faster than I expected. This battle must not be won by Western Xia, otherwise Li Liangzuo, a bear child, will inevitably become the leader, then my Great Song Dynasty will be subjected to endless harassment, and there is no Qiang Pang and no Heiyun is also an absolute pill. All this is the plot of the old fox of King Ming. Auntie, you believe me, although the Queen Mother believes in Buddhism, she is not extreme, she is a normal person. Once the power of Western Xia falls into the hands of the tyrannical bear child Li Liangzuo, and the regime is tied to extremist religion, it will be a disaster for everyone in the world. ”

At this time, Mu Guiying also had a premonition of the seriousness of the problem. Maybe there is really a big goose who has some feelings for the Empress Dowager of Western Xia, and some butts decide the head in this matter. But with the mad old fox of King Dazang Ming intervening in these things, it is indeed a serious problem.

However, there is no way now, if Wang Yan is in power in Qin Fenglu, he may be able to do something. Now far away from thousands of rivers and mountains, Wang Yan, who has been refrigerated, is helpless.

Come to think of it, the most hateful thing is Fubi. When Wang Yan judged these situations, he specifically asked Fu Bi for advice, and it was only the end of February when he asked for an envoy to deal with him.

There was plenty of time and so much to do. If we step up the dispatch of envoys, give money and food, and give trade terms, and persuade the people to take the initiative to send troops in advance, it is not the current situation at all.

At least it can disrupt the deployment of Western Xia. If he is ruthless enough, has the intention to concentrate superior forces, and sends the Henan Military Division back to the east of Lingbo Mountain in one go, it is equivalent to advancing the sphere of influence to the line of the ancient Great Wall before the elite deployment of muskets in Western Xia.

At that time, he had the full initiative, relying on the Great Wall and the Zero Wave Mountain Range to block the supporting cavalry of Western Xia, and he could also threaten Xiliang Mansion from afar.

If we take action in March, even if we can't say that we can take the initiative to send troops, at least we can prepare in advance and deploy an offensive on the front line of the Huangshui fork to block the crossing of the river with the Southern Army, why are we so passive now?

If Xining Prefecture and Huangzhou are lost, they can retreat to the west of Qinghai Lake, but the stick beats the water dogs, at that time, not only the trade route of the Great Song Dynasty in the west will be cut off, and the Hehuang region will fall into the hands of the Xixia people, and the allies of the Great Song Dynasty will inevitably be fallen into the well by the Hui partridge horse thieves.

They are all wolves, but it is a fact that the Na Gang regime is the most friendly and trade-loving to the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also Fu Bi's consistent diplomatic thinking.

Thinking of this, Wang Yan took a deep breath, but knew that Fu Bi could not be completely blamed for this. Because now Fu Bi really may not have the final say, at that time, Da Yan judged the situation and offered advice, and Fu Bi accepted it, but it didn't mean that Han Jiang and the other ministers would accept it. Now that the emperor has nothing to do, it is really not something that Fu Bi can do by saying that he supports the war.

According to the news from Zhang Fangping's Stay-at-Home Division, even now, the Great Song Dynasty court is divided into several factions, and there is a proposal that "this situation is very good, and I will do the fire watching from the shore."

There is also the voice of "forming an alliance with the Western Xia and sending troops from the west to cooperate with the Western Xia to attack the Hehuang region". The voice of this group is now a bit biased towards the mainstream, from the perspective of human nature, this is very obscene, it is all about interests, the Great Song Dynasty is afraid of Western Xia but not afraid of Tubo, so the point of view of this kind of person: Help Xixia clean up the Tubo people, deepen the relationship with Xixia, and can obtain a part of the land of Tubo, which is the benefit.

On the surface, this is true, but it is actually a short-sighted group. Many years ago, Tibet was ruled by chaos and "warlords". In this case, the Great Song Dynasty suffered deeply, and the entanglement and melee of various warlord tribes often burned the flames of war to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and no responsible person could be found.

For example, artillery shells from Burma have fallen into Yunnan more than once and caused damage, but the central government has not even figured out who to communicate with, and both the government and the rebels said that the other party had done it. This is the reality, and if this kind of thing happened in ancient times, it hurt a lot, and the border people suffered from it.

When a region is in civil strife, trade is a joke. The materials that Da Song intends to transport to Tribe A will most likely be robbed by Tribe B, and even if they are not robbed, they will have a grudge against Tribe C. For the most part, there are really few businessmen who are willing to sell goods in this situation. Therefore, in addition to the harm brought to the border people, the civil strife basically represents the severance of trade.

The reason why Fu Bi holds the same idea as Da Yan is because after the rise of the Na Gang regime, although he could not theoretically unify all the Tibetan tribes, basically the rules are in place, and there is no chaos, so he has been protecting the western trade routes. In addition to trading in Tibet, the Great Song caravans could also reach the Hui Partridge or continue westward.

Let's not talk about trade, if the Hehuang region is controlled by the Western Xia, and the strength increases, it will also be extremely unfavorable to the Great Song Dynasty. Speaking of which, throughout the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, the most tense and bitter hatred with the Great Song Dynasty will only be the Western Xia.

For all kinds of reasons, it is destined that the battle cannot be lost. They will split and fight each other under the influence of religious theocracy, whether unified or divided, they will all become serfs worse than the Golden Triangle region at that time, until a certain grandfather liberates them nine hundred years later.

Even if he is not defeated by the Western Xia this time, after his death in the future, several sons will compete for the throne, which will once again plunge Tubo into darkness and civil strife, and then be used by religious gods.

But that's not important, it's a pro-Han regime. The industrialization of Dayan was being rolled out, and the Tubo people during the period of the Baba period began to be pro-Han, coupled with industrial trade and cultural invasion, it was really not difficult to control or even assimilate it for a few years.

Human nature dictates that as long as you are strong enough and advanced enough to propagandize, then nothing is a problem.

For example, Japan was twice flipped to the ground by the US imperialists and Japan, once by a direct nuclear bomb, and once by a plaza agreement that was almost looted by usury. But in fact, there are very few people in Japan who do not kiss their American fathers, and they hate China that they have bullied. It is called the worship of the strong and the superiority of the weak.

For example, the Japanese army pulled such a big hatred in China, but a Japanese drama "Ashin" after the war could move half of China at that time.

Ashin's son joined the army as a pilot and fought against the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater. After the defeat of the U.S. troops landing in Japan, Ashin's man committed suicide by seppuku in disgrace, and Da Yan remembers: Uncle was moved when he saw these episodes.

This is called the wrong script, damn if the "sons of Ashin" really drove the Zero fighter and defeated the Thief Eagle in the Pacific theater, then although China will not be as long as the night, the Chinese will continue to die by tens of millions. But this is human nature, human nature determines that at that time, most people who watched "Ashin" thought that the Japanese army was a bushido hero, and Ashin was the mother of several heroes, which was very remarkable.

This is the power of cultural invasion, and it is also what Confucius called the inherent goodness of human nature. As a normal person with good human nature, the requirements are really low, it is easy to forgive others, and it is easy to remember the kindness and shining points in others.

For example, Ouyang Feng has been bad for a lifetime, and in the end, he only needs to be kind to Yang, and the old poison can be forgiven by ninety percent of readers, while Huang Rong is hated by ninety percent of readers. If it is true theory, the old poison is of course 100,000 times more damning than Huang Rong.

The premise of cultural invasion is that it works only for "normal people". When encountering a theocratic country or extremist ideology, it will hit the streets, such as Afghanistan, and in turn will not want the American Daddy Day. The bloodline of "human nature is inherently good" can be wiped out by theocratic religious thinking like a virus invasion, which is why religion can produce a large number of anti-one people and one category.

So the reason for supporting him is not too simple: he is not the king of Ming, he is a person who wants to do business.

At this point, Wang Yan lifted the tea and took a few sips, and hurriedly fanned it with a fan to relieve his anger.

Mu Guiying said with a strange expression: "Speaking of which, it was the flintlock pistol you sold to Western Xia at the beginning. The lack of preparation of the Ministry of Waiting, coupled with Dong Yu's stubbornness and self-use, has the current result. Or...... Since the rich minister didn't have time to intervene diplomatically, then you intervened again in trade and provided flintlock pistols to the fusiliers? ”

Wang Yan thought for a while, shook his head and said, "But it can't." This will definitely prick the nerves of Western Xia. ”

Mu Guiying said in horror: "You don't want to hurt the heart of the Empress Dowager, right?" ”

Wang Yan shook his hand and said, "This is not it." At that time, during the battle against bandits in the northwest, although the Western Xia intervened and provided command and material support, they did not give war horses and flintlock pistols to Sanshan Qizhai from beginning to end. Therefore, this has been tacitly acquiesced to a bottom line in the Song Dynasty, and my Great Song Dynasty is not on the verge of life and death, as a responsible power, it needs reputation and some rules and bottom lines, otherwise it will be very unfavorable to the trade, rise, diplomacy and so on of the Great Song Dynasty in the future. ”

At this point, Aunt Mu Guiying has nothing to say, it seems that all of them have encountered a dead end, so they can only wait and see.

"It's useless to think too much, you better think about the construction of the Daimyo's Mansion." Mu Guiying sighed and left.

After calming down, in fact, Wang Yan was not panicked about this, and after thinking about it for a long time, he vaguely felt that this was an alternative route, and it might also get a lot of benefits for the Great Song Dynasty.

Finally, after drinking the tea in one gulp, Wang Yan got up and left the Administration of the Machinery Industry Bureau......