Chapter 9: Initiating the Northern Expedition (Part II)

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Kindness... Li Jing, who was complaining, originally wanted to give Zhao Pu an ugly look, he deliberately didn't shout flat, but Zhao Pu actually got up by himself, Li Jing was a little angry, but after looking at his subordinates, no one came forward to accuse. I was depressed in my heart, and suddenly I heard what Zhao Pu sent a 'anthology', and I immediately became interested, literati, I am more interested in poetry collections. He said, "Bring it up and show it to me." ”

When the great eunuch Huang Hao saw Li Jing's words, he hurriedly took the wooden box from the walkover, and gave it to Li Jing with both hands, Li Jing opened it and saw that there were two books inside, one was a Xuanqing cover, which not only wrote the five vigorous characters of Wenzhao Wang Wenxuan, but also a "breeze blowing willows, fluttering ten miles away" of the spring scenery painting. Li Jing picked it up, a strong smell of ink wafted in, heavy in hand, and quite weighty, he casually flipped twice, the text of the book is white rice paper, the upper part of each page is printed with a poem, the lower part or the illustration corresponding to the poem, or the origin of the poem, the illustration is exquisite, the handwriting is clear, it is obviously a hardcover book.

Li Jing stroked the book, a little lovely, when his eyes stayed on a page, carefully looked at the poems, he couldn't help but smile a little dumbly, it said - Yuelu mountains lock the Xiangjiang River, the Xiangjiang River water enters Dongting, Dongting Lake and Lake surround Yueyang, and Yueyang City stands Jingxiang. The title is "Jingxiang Yuelu". This... Is this called poetry? The whole thing is empty talk. In the past, I only heard that Ma Yun's poetry was unreliable, but I didn't expect this to be in his father's place? Li Jing couldn't help but turn another page, and immediately listened to his "plop" and laughed - it read: Looking at Yuelu from afar, it is quiet and quiet, the top is thin and the bottom is thick, the dragon and the tiger walk in the mountains, how can it be as thick as up and down. There are also two illustrations below, the one on the left depicts a normal mountain, and there are faint pairs of people walking in the forest, the mountain is not too steep, and these people are still talking and laughing; The right side is up and down the general thick, similar to a wooden wheel, steep and impossible to climb, a group of people under the mountain are looking up at the mountain, sighing, staring, and can't go up.

"Hahaha." Li Jing was in a depressed mood, and he asked with a smile, "How is King Wen Zhao doing lately?" ”

"Back to King Tang, everything is fine with my Taishang King." Zhao Pu said respectfully.

"Reading his poems also makes people feel good. King Wen Zhao's poems are imaginative, those who are capable cannot, and those who sing people dare not sing, hey, it's enviable. Li Jing couldn't help but tease: "By the way, what is Lord Zhao doing when he comes to my Tang Dynasty this time." ”

"Presumably the Tang King also knows that now that the Khitan is invading, the destruction of the Great Jin is imminent. The Khitan was brutal and unkind, and the people of the Central Plains were in dire straits. My lord, His Royal Highness the King of Chu, respects Confucius and Mencius, governs the people of Li, and has a heart of benevolence, which is well known to the world. Up and down the river, the Central Plains and the south of the Yangtze River are all the people of Chixian, and my lord can't bear to see them living under the iron hooves of the Khitans, so he wants to rebel against the sky and save the Li people. Originally, this matter was enough for me to do it on my own. But my Wang Nian married and reconciled in Chu and Tang, and they were in the same family. How can such a great name of benevolence be enjoyed to himself? Therefore, my Great Chu is willing to send troops to Jingnan, and please send troops to Huaixi, attack on two routes, defeat the Khitan one day earlier, and save the world one day earlier. This kind of benevolent and righteous thing, Tang Wang, who is familiar with poetry and books, must not shirk it, right? ”

Li Jing couldn't help laughing, the ministers were a little dumbfounded, Zhao Pu said righteously, in fact, it was not just a sentence, Da Jin is finished, our Da Chu is ready to take the opportunity to send troops to occupy some oil and water, do you Li Tang want to play together? This is a national event, what's so ridiculous? Li Jing was inexplicably laughing on the throne just now, why did he suddenly laugh again. Zhou Zong and Feng Yansi glanced at each other, secretly guessing Li Jing's intentions. Zhou Zong was a pacifist, and he opposed war and advocated the protection of the territory and the people. From the bottom of his heart, Feng Yansi also felt that now was a good opportunity, but he couldn't pull it out of the quagmire in Fujian, so he was inevitably a little vague and couldn't settle down. If Li Jing nodded or shook his head, they naturally knew what it meant, but Li Jing just smiled, which made them think for a while.

Zhao Pu stood calmly on the main hall. The anthology of King Zhao, which I sent just now, was looking for some poems that Ma Xifan didn't do much, and I made up a book temporarily, which is a well-deserved selection. In Zhao Pu's view, Li Jing is not like a monarch, he is more like a literati, and he is a literati who thinks very highly of himself, and he spends time telling him about the world's major events, but it is better to provoke him: You see, although the education level of the king of Chu is not high, but we still sent troops to fight the Khitan...

Li Jing finally stopped laughing, and said with disdain for a while: "Since the king of Chu is going to send troops, the widow will also... ”

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks this matter should be..." Zhou Zong heard Li Jing's tone and was about to agree, he couldn't stand still, and hurriedly came out to persuade.

Zhao Pu also heard what Li Jing meant, he was overjoyed, and when he saw that Zhou Zong was going to come out to stop him, he said unhurriedly: "There is a folk song in the south of the Yangtze River: Zhou Juntai (Zhou Zong's character) to protect the territory and protect the wealth, and Feng Zhengzhong (Feng Yansi's character) to expand the territory." That's true today. Of course, this ballad was temporarily compiled by Zhao Pu, and on the surface, it compares the two people, but in fact, it belittles Zhou Zong and praises Feng Yansi.

Li Jing is Xiaokai, his father has worked hard all his life and praised nearly 10 million taels of silver, he is almost not distressed, but he is not wronged, Ma Yun deceived him of 500,000, and now not only does not talk about installments, but just begs for a mortarian to suspend repayment, and at the same time asks to continue to borrow, and wait for the Han Kingdom to be repaid, and return it to him together. Ma Yun's reputation is so bad, Li Jing naturally didn't believe it very much, just now he was fooled by Zhao Pu, his self-esteem was strange, and he couldn't help but agree to Chu Guo, but Zhou Zong stopped him like this, and he was a little calm in his heart. He looked at Feng Yansi, wanting to hear what the opinion of this legendary "Feng Zhengzhong who opened up territory and expanded territory" was. Is it better to send troops? Or is it better not to send troops?

What does Feng Yansi rely on to get there today? The first is that his poems are well done, and he is in love, which makes Li Jing look at him with admiration, and second, he has a broad strategic vision, and when it comes to dominating the world, he is the head and the way, such as viewing the pattern in the palm of his hand, which greatly satisfies Li Jing's vanity; Third, he will observe words and looks, and watch Li Jing's mood to cook, which won Li Jing's favor.

Li Jing obviously had the intention of agreeing just now, how could Feng Yansi say no, he agreed at the moment. Immediately afterwards, Zhou Zong's gang came out to oppose it, and then Wei Cen and others came forward and shouted for Feng Yansi, not Feng Yansi, I will stand up to you; That is to say, Feng Yansi, although the bow is a page. Except for Zhao Pu, a supernumerary person, there were few people in the Manchu Dynasty who did not speak. In the end, referee Li Jing had to express his stance again, Feng Yan won! Zhou Zong's hands trembled, but he was helpless.

Next, Chu and Tang made careful consultations on the specific matters of sending troops, when to send troops together, and how to distribute the land. Regardless of whether he is real or not, Wei Cen, the privy envoy of Quan, and Zhao Pu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, have seriously discussed it. After all was finalized, Zhao Pu and Wei Cen swore a bloody alliance on behalf of their respective monarchs. After slaughtering a few chickens and ending up with blood, Zhao Pu returned to Changsha.

At the same time, Wei Cen was also happy, and when he took the agreement between Chu and Tang to send troops to Li Jing, Feng Yansi next to him couldn't help but have a bad idea: "Your Majesty, although it is said that it is agreed to send troops, but the strength of this Jin army is not weak, five years ago, we also had a big loss, so, the minister suggested that our army should not send troops first, and wait for the Chu State to send troops, to see if they are fighting smoothly or not, if it goes well, we will send troops again, if it doesn't go well, hehe, Your Majesty, he Chu State can rely on Lianzhou, we can also not send troops." ”

As soon as he spoke, Li Jing, who was afraid of being wronged again, nodded again and again.

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By the time Zhao Pu returned to Changsha, it was already early February. In January, Yelu Deguang officially made Shi Chonggui a righteous marquis, and the Great Jin Dynasty perished like this. When the news reached Changsha, Ma Yun mourned for the Great Jin Dynasty and expressed his loyalty, hoping to welcome Shi Chonggui to Changsha and continue to be the emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty.

On the one hand, he was doing articles on official examples, and on the other hand, he convened Xu Zhongya, Fan Zhen, Li Xiang, Wang Yun, Tuoba Heng and other discussions. Ma Yun took out the recital of Ding Sijin, the capital of Jingnan Province, and handed it to these henchmen. Ding Sijin only said one thing above: the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the expulsion of the Khitan.

Seeing that everyone had finished reading it, Ma Yun asked, "Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think?" ”

Li Xiang said: "Your Majesty, General Ding is right, this is a great opportunity. The minister thought that we should immediately send troops, create a banner of righteousness, take Xiangzhou first, and take Dengzhou in the north, if at this time, the Khitan fled north, the Central Plains was chaotic, and the princes were fighting, we continued to go north. If Liu Zhiyuan, Dewey, and others enter Bianjing first, spread the word to the Quartet, and the world is stable, then we will turn around and go south to take Suizhou, Fuzhou, and Anzhou, and become one with Li Tang's Huaixi to improve our northern defense line. ”

Ma Yun asked, "Then how many soldiers and horses should we dispatch?" ”

"50,000 people are enough, and it is not easy to mobilize the army in Lingnan, and we should still have a certain amount of military strength in Changsha and Yuezhou to guard against Li Tang. In this case, we can only transfer 50,000 soldiers and horses, of which 30,000 will be dispatched by the inner army, 10,000 by Langzhou Province, and 10,000 by Jingnan Province. Wang Yun said.

Ma Yun nodded and asked Fan: "Mr. Fan, the military rations are well prepared." ”

"My lord, since the king ascended the throne last year, the household department has deliberately increased the grain reserves, and the current military rations are enough to support six months of war. In the past two years, Jing Chu has reduced some taxes, plus digging to remove channels, rebuilding water conservancy, improving the city walls of prefectures and counties, plus exercising the navy in Dongting Lake, these are sandwiched together and cost a million taels of silver, in addition, Jing Chu's grain production is insufficient, in order to increase reserves, use more money to buy grain, which has cost nearly 300,000 taels of silver, the king, now is the time when the light yellow is not connected, the tax revenue cannot come up, and the treasury is basically empty. If the Northern Expedition is a victory, 50,000 people will probably have at least 30,000 taels of silver. In addition, after conquering a new city, it is necessary to settle the people, which also costs money... Fan Zhen gushed bitterly.

Ma Yun sighed and said, "Hey, in the past two years, there have been Master Lao Xu and Mr. Fan." I know that the treasury is empty, but this is a rare opportunity that we cannot easily let go. Sergeants risked their lives to fight on the front lines, and they could not let their blood go in vain. Now there are no outsiders, Mr. Fan, you can tell the truth, there is more silver in the treasury. ”

"One hundred thousand... Fan Zhen said hesitantly, in fact, he didn't want to pay a penny, now the state of Chu is transforming the land of Jingnan and building water conservancy, if these things are repaired, Jingchu will become a country of abundance like Sichuan. But...

"One hundred and fifty thousand." Seeing that Ma Yun was a little disappointed, Xu Zhongya hurriedly added: "Take the project money from the Ministry of Industry and use it first." ”

"But..." Fan Zhen wanted to object, and if the money of the Ministry of Industry was reduced, even the water conservancy construction near Changsha would not be completed.

Ma Yun sighed and said: "Forget it, the widow will take the money from the inner treasury to make up for it, and the treasury will pay 100,000 taels." He paused for a moment and joked: "The household department will make an IOU, and when you have the money, you will return it to the widow." ”

Seeing that everyone was a little stunned, Ma Yun smiled and said: "Paying off debts is not a matter of course." ”

Fan Zhen's eyes moved, and he actually knelt down and said: "King Shengming, then, since then, will the inner treasury and the treasury be completely separated, and the government will use the silver taels of the treasury, and the king will reward the ministers and so on, all with the inner treasury?" ”

Ma Yun was stunned, and before he could speak, Xu Zhongya, Tuoba Heng, Wang Yun, and Li Xiang knelt down together and said, "King Shengming." Ma Yun is a little reminiscative, this is said elegantly, but grandma's, a joke, the money in the treasury, Lao Tzu will be used as an ATM again, and he can no longer move the treasury for personal matters? He just wanted to object, looked at Tuoba Heng, this old guy was eager to try, as long as he had a mouth, he would inevitably jump out to oppose it, and then think about the historical lessons of those who used the treasury without authorization, made the critical moment, the treasury was empty, and finally lost the country, Ma Yun sighed, and once he was sage, he stopped talking. However, after all, A was a little unwilling in his heart, and after a turn of his mind, he said: "In this case, you all have money, so shouldn't the treasury show something to the widow every year?" ”

When you are a king, should you also be called a wage-begging family?

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