Chapter 5 The Stratagem of the Canal
The autumn harvest of Yan is in full swing from the south to the north.
And the migratory birds have gradually begun to migrate from the north to the south, and every day in the blue sky of the thistle, you can see a large number of migratory birds waiting for the wild geese in a line or herringbone "array", flying to the south.
The little princess suddenly found that the swallows under the eaves of the dormitory were missing one day, and she cried. ran to find his father, but he had to let him find the swallows in the swallow's nest under the eaves of his dormitory.
"Okay, sister-in-law, don't cry, you see it's cold, you have to spend the winter in the house, and the swallows are going to the south for the winter. But it doesn't matter, when the weather warms up next spring, the swallows will fly back. ”
Ji Kang comforted Ji Wu softly.
"No, Father, I want my swallows, and I can let them come into my house, wow......"
It seems that the reason doesn't make sense, and Ji Kang can only look at the crying Ji Wu helplessly.
"Let's do this, my father will have someone draw you a picture of a swallow and hang it in your bedroom?"
Ji Wan tilted her little head, thought about it, and agreed to her father's suggestion.
Ji Kang, who returned to Jidu, was busier than when he was in Handan.
As the king of a country, especially the king of Yan Kingdom, which is always in the transition period, Ji Kang does not dare to slack off.
Although many specific matters are handled by several ministers and officials, Ji Kang must personally grasp and steer the strategic policy of Yan Guoda, and he must not let Yan Guo, a big ship, deviate from the "track" he expected.
"Su Xiang, the body is important, why don't you recuperate at home for a few more days?"
In the Military Aircraft Pavilion, Ji Kang saw that his body had healed, and asked with concern.
"Your Majesty, the minister's body has recovered, thank you for your concern." Su belly bowed and replied.
Seeing this, Ji Kang waved his hand and said, "All the secretaries, sit down." ”
Among several ministers, Lu Zhonglian continued to stay in Qidi, Changguo Junle was stationed in Jinyang, and five people, including Ju Xin, Su Bei, Su Dai, Jiang Qu and General Rong Yan, sat down one after another.
"This year, the Zhao Kingdom has been wiped out by my Yan Kingdom, and the pace of my Yan Kingdom dominating the world? Is it according to the plan of my Yan Kingdom? Step by step. How many ministers and widows are discussing with the ministers today? That is, how should I deal with myself in the coming year? Is it to recuperate or to continue the conquest of the nations? ”
Ji Kang's voice sounded in the Military Aircraft Pavilion.
Yan Guo has arrived today? Several ministers present here have no doubt about the strength of Yan State to unify the world.
Just go with the current trend? Don't have any big problems in the middle, Yan Guo will inevitably be like what his own king said just now? Destroy the other nations one by one.
"My Yan Kingdom has been on the throne since the king? Nawei occupied Qi and destroyed the Zhao State, which can be described as invincible and invincible? Where did the soldiers go? All invincible. Now the king has great ambitions, and the generals will be sincere, and they should be in one go to destroy the countries of the Central Plains, so as to complete the great cause of our Yan country to unify the world. ”
Gaoyang Junrong Cockroach? stood up, bowed to Ji Kang and said proudly.
"Your Majesty? Now that my Yan Kingdom has destroyed the Zhao Kingdom, I learned from the information sent back by the Intelligence Bureau from various countries? Under the advocacy of the Qin State, the countries of the Central Plains have huddled together? Reign together with our country. ”
"Right now? My Yan country attacked a country and all countries fought against it? In the future, our Yan country should be cautious and not careless. ”
Ge Xiangjuxin's attitude is still very cautious as usual.
"The drama is too much, the national strength of my Yan country is now the crown of all countries, and the military strength is even more courageous to all countries, that is, the Qin country joins forces with all countries, why should my Yan country be afraid of it?" Rong Yan looked at the drama Xin Yan and said.
"Gao Yangjun, the old man does not deny the courage of my Yan army. However, the major affairs of soldiers and the country should think twice before acting; Underestimating the enemy is a taboo for soldiers, and it should not be temporary. ”
Ju Xin looked at Rong Yan and didn't think so.
This glorious worm, according to the king's words, is "floating"!
Haven't you heard that arrogant soldiers will be defeated? Hmph, it's a puppet's bravery!
I don't know since when the entire Yan Guowen and Wu became like this.
Also, the country is strong, and the interests are greater.
The army has its own hills, and the political circles have their own gangs. Usually, the gangs also fight with each other, but once the two systems meet, they unite and unite with each other.
Wenchen wants the country to have long-term peace and stability, and military generals want the country to expand its territory, and the civil and military are closely linked to each other.
In the absence of Changguo Junle, Rong Worm represented the interests of the Yan army. At present, it is definitely necessary to fight for the right to speak and even the interests of the army and the court.
For such a change in the court, Ji Kang did not deliberately suppress it.
Ji Kang remembered that when he was in the Southern Song Dynasty, the then emperor Zhao Gou asked the general Yue Fei a question: "Why is the world peaceful?" ”。
Yue Fei replied without hesitation: "Civil officials don't love money, military attaches don't hesitate to die, why don't you have peace in the world!" ”
can make a national hero sigh like this, which shows how far the character of the Southern Song Dynasty court and even officials has reached!
If such a country does not perish, God really can't see it.
Where the interests are, there are contradictions. As long as the civil ministers and military generals of Yan State are not in the same situation as Yue Fei sighed, but when they are safeguarding their own interests, they can consider and deal with problems from the perspective of the country, why should they interfere?
And Ji Kang firmly believes that as long as he is here, Yan Guo will never become the "virtue" of the Song Dynasty.
However, in the face of the civil and military disputes in the court, Ji Kang's own attitude must be shown and impartial, let alone let the temple become a "vegetable market".
Ji Kang's face immediately became gloomy.
Seeing this, Su Belly, who had just recovered from illness, stood up again as usual to play the "round field".
Su belly is a good friend of Ji Xin, and he originally had a good relationship with Rong Yan in the court.
When Rong Yi went to Liaodi, the relationship between Su Yu and Rong Yi became very "bad" for a while. However, when Ji Kang coordinated Rong Worm to return to Ji Capital from Liaodi, Su Belly personally came to the door to confess to Rong Worm.
Rong Yan is not a "Hanhan", especially when Su's daughter became the queen and gave birth to Ji Hua for Ji Kang, the relationship between the two was repaired again.
Not for yourself, but also for the sake of your family and even the next generation!
"Gao Yangjun, what the drama said just now is also from the perspective of the country. We are not not exempting the army from using troops, but we must also consider the economic situation of the country. Since my king ascended the throne, my Yan country has been mobilizing troops year after year, although the soldiers are sharp, but the national strength has also suffered a huge loss, and the use of troops should be cautious. ”
The belly is also keeping pace with the times, and the word "economy" is also spoken.
However, in and out of the words, it is obvious that he is still biased towards the drama of the same Wenchen.
Rong Yan's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but retort: "Su Xiang, every time my Yan country's army uses troops, it is not just consumption, but also a lot of wealth, right?" Why is it costly? ”
Rong Yan's words are meaningful, whether it is when Yan destroyed Qi or used troops in Zhao in the past two years, the people of Qi and Zhao are poor, but the royal family and the lords of these two countries are not poor.
After occupying Qi and Zhao, the wealth handed over to the treasury was, to be honest, more than enough to cover the cost of Yan State's use of troops against these two countries.
It can be said that the use of troops by Yan and Zhao not only did not pay compensation, but earned it.
The cabinet minister looked at Ji Kang's face and said, "Cabinet ministers, there is no need to argue too much about this here. I believe that it is the established national policy of my Yan State to unify the world, but when to use troops, it is decided by our king, and you don't have to argue. ”
Everyone couldn't help but glared at Jiang Qu, and scolded again in their hearts: "Horse fine." ”
However, Jiang Qu's words also woke everyone up.
The three of Ji Xin, Rong Yan, and Su Bao looked at Ji Kang and confessed together: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others ask for guilt." ”
Ji Kang just waved his hand and said, "For the sake of the country, what is the crime? All the secretaries sit down and speak. ”
Among the ministers of the Yan Kingdom, Su Dai was the oldest, coughed at this time, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, after my Yan Kingdom destroyed Zhao this year, it has dominated the north of the Central Plains, and the general trend of the world is in my Yan Country and not in other countries. What Gao Yangjun said just now is true, my Yan Kingdom should take advantage of the situation and not stand still. ”
Hearing Su Dai say this, Rong Yan glanced at Su Dai gratefully.
Su Dai nodded to Rong Yan and continued: "Your Majesty, my Yan Kingdom should destroy all countries one by one according to the plan, and complete the unification of our China, which is a great cause for a thousand years. ”
"But what Su Xiang said in the same drama just now is also very true, now the Central Plains countries are huddled together, hitting one country is equivalent to hitting all countries, my Yan country can not be forcibly taken, in the opinion of the minister, my Yan country should divide and turn the Central Plains countries into pieces, and break them one by one. This is the humble opinion of the minister, please ask the king to learn clearly. ”
After listening to Su Dai's words, a smile appeared on Ji Kang's face.
Su Dai's strategy coincided with what Ji Kang wanted in his heart.
After looking at the people in the cabinet, Ji Kang nodded and said, "Zhongqing, what Su Xiang said just now is just the intention of being a widow. Today, the general trend has been in our Yan country, and it is time to complete the unification of the world. ”
Speaking of this, Ji Kang stood up, as usual, and came to the map in front of the wall, and looked at the map. First he looked at the Wei State, and then looked west at Korea and the Qin State.
Looking at the map, he asked everyone: "So, what is the next step for my Yan country?" ”
Su Bei stood up, bowed to Ji Kang and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Qin State is still the main opponent of my Yan State at the moment, and my Yan State should first be easy and then difficult, first destroy the Wei State, then Korea, and then take the Qin State in the west and fight a decisive battle with it." As for the Chu State, as long as my Yan State can destroy the Qin State, it can be destroyed in one fell swoop. ”
Ji Kang didn't answer immediately, and Ji Xin and the others didn't answer Su Yu immediately, they were all thinking.
In the entire military aircraft pavilion, there was a sudden silence.
After a while, everyone's ears suddenly heard Jiang Qu's voice: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that my Yan State should first take Qin State, and then Wei State and Korea, which is the best policy." ”
Ji Kang turned around, and everyone also looked at Jiangqu together.
"General, tell me your reasons." Ji Kang smiled at the channel.
Jiang Qu's face was solemn, and he bowed to Ji Kang and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that when all countries today, except for Qin, which is the great enemy of my Yan State, Wei, Han, including Chu State, are not the opponents of my Yan State. Similarly, the Qin State also regards our Yan State as the enemy of life and death. ”
"If my Yan country goes south to attack Wei or other countries at this time, other countries will no longer be like when my Yan country destroyed Qi and Zhao, and stand by and watch, and will send troops to fight to the death with my Yan country. Such a situation has already manifested itself in the later period of my destruction of Zhao. ”
"But if my Yan State does not attack Wei, Han or even Chu now, but sends envoys to the three kingdoms of Wei, Han and Chu, and makes peace with the three kingdoms and attacks Qin, the three kingdoms will be happy to see my Yan country like this."
Jiang Qu saw more and more smiles on Ji Kang's face, and he was even more confident.
"Just now, the king and Su Xiang both said that for all countries, they should be divided and attacked, and the minister thought so. After my Yan State destroyed Zhao, it is true that Wei, Han, and Chu were afraid of my Yan State, but in the same way, they were also afraid of Qin State. ”
"For the three kingdoms of Wei, Han, and Chu, if our Yan State does not attack them but attacks the Qin State, the three kingdoms will definitely be happy to see it. Since the Qin State is the biggest obstacle to my Yan State to dominate the world, my Yan State and the Qin State will definitely fight to the death, why not take Qin first, and then take other countries! ”
Everyone looked at Jiangqu and couldn't believe that Jiangqu would have such a strategy.
But after thinking about it, I'm afraid this is really the best policy of Yan Guo at present.
As Jiang Qu said, it is true that all countries are afraid of the Yan State, but at the same time, they are also afraid of the Qin State!
In the past few years, the Qin State has killed the heads of these countries. The Qin State is like this, but it is much more "ruthless" than the Yan State.
Anyway, sooner or later, the Yan State will have to fight with the Qin State to the death, and it will not be carried out at this time!
The Yan State attacked other countries at this time, and there was no doubt that all countries, including the Qin State, would inevitably fight the whole country; But if Yan attacked Qin, everyone here believed that other countries would most likely not send troops to help Qin.
Yan and Qin are both great enemies of each country, and Wei, Han, and Chu will not help either country.
Isn't it better to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and be a person who "eats melons"!
The best, you Yan and Qin will both lose in the end.
And geographically speaking, after the fall of the Zhao State, the three counties of Yanmen, Yunzhong and Jinyang west of Taihang have been fully connected with the upper counties of Qin and the two counties of Hexi.
Between the two countries, although there are Luliang Mountains and big rivers across it, but don't forget, from the clouds to get the Jiuyuan area, from the north to the south, it is possible to directly attack the Qin State, although there are also mountains and rivers to block it, but this is also much more convenient than taking the Qin State from Hangu Guanxi.
This can also be seen from the past history, why Qin repeatedly used troops against Zhao, not only because of Zhao's strong army, but more importantly, because of the geography of Zhao, which is the only country that can pose a major threat to Qin.
In this case, from the perspective of the Qin State, if I don't hit you first and weaken your Zhao State, who will I fight?
As long as the timing is right, this is the best choice for Yan to attack Qin.
Ji Kang was not mistaken, Jiang Qu is really not a mediocre person. It is no wonder that in Ji Kang's previous life, Zhao defeated the 600,000 army of the Yan army, and after attacking the Yan State, he only asked to hand over the general canal before he was willing to retreat.
"Good! What the prime minister said was exactly the same as what Lu Xiang conspired for. Ji Kang stroked his hands and laughed.