Qu Ping said again: "I don't know this!" You are also a member of the household department, and your official character is not low......"

"If you have no intention to have a heart, you will always suffer." Lu Zai said.

Qu Ping nodded: "It's good to come back." Eat and drink! The two children are going to eat, and you haven't moved the chopsticks yet, so why don't you want me to clip it for you myself? ”

"No, no, no!" Lu Zai hurriedly declined, grabbed a dish at random, and then raised his glass to toast with Qu Ping.

"You keep talking to people, how can he have time to eat!" After Zhao Ping'er finished speaking, she asked Wang Ma to move too, "Wang Ma, don't just look at it." Today's meal is mainly for you and your in-laws, so you're welcome! ”

Wang Ma and Lu Zai and his wife said yes in their mouths, but where can they put it in their hearts, you are the prince, the prince under one person, can you eat this meal deliciously? It's just trembling.

Although Wang Ma grew up in the palace, she never served at the table, so she was also very restrained.

Zhu Shuzhen and Lu You had eaten, and the sensible Zhu Shuzhen said goodbye to the adults and took Lu You to play with Brother Xiaohei.

Qu Ping and the two of them walked away, coughed lightly, and said, "Shuzhen this year...... Fourteen, right? ”

Wang Ma hurriedly replied: "Yes!" ”

"What about Lu You?" Qu Ping asked Lu Zai again.

Lu Zai was already ready, and replied, "Twelve." ”

"Oh, no wonder. This boy, if it weren't for the love saint of the genius of the sky, no sixteen, seventeen or eight years old, it would be difficult to understand the love between men and women! Qu Ping said as an expert on juvenile emotional problems.

Xiao Lu smiled: "Are you surprised? Tell me which girls you have accumulated experience with before you met me and Ping'er? ”

Qu Ping hurriedly cleared up the relationship and said: "I am quoting scriptures, the result of big data, not my experience!" ”

"What is big data?" Zhao Ping'er asked.

Qu Ping saw the two ladies making trouble, and said, "Why don't you invite the two princesses back to the house and take the little one with you!?" ”

Xiao Lu smiled: "Okay, let's not intervene, you go on, please!" ”

Han'er jumped off the stool and said, "Dad and Mom, I'm full, I'll take Dingbei to the backyard to play!" ”

The two ladies nodded, and Han'er pulled up Dingbei and went to play.

Zhao Ping'er shouted behind her: "Slow down, pay attention to safety!" ”

Don't worry, there must be little red and green to take care of it.

Lu Zai and his wife were surprised by Han'er's title of "Mom and Dad", this is the first time they have heard it! But he didn't dare to ask or say.

Now there is no one to mess with, and no extraneous idlers are present.

Qu Ping got straight to the point and said: "Shuzhen is not small, I think, you can accept relatives and talk about the matchmaker, and settle this matter as soon as possible!" ”

Lu Zai said: "The life of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." If the prince has no opinion, we can ask someone to come to the matchmaking at any time. ”

Mrs. Lu said: "Don't say that the princess and princess spoke, the two of us look at Shuzhen, and we also like it very much, and we can settle down so much as soon as possible, so that we can save a lot of dreams at night!" ”

Wang Ma thought to herself: "You say this, as if my family Shuzhen will really climb another high branch." Shuzhen has been raised by the princess since she was a child, and she is smart and clever, and now she is even more slim. ”

Wang Ma said: "Shuzhen and Lu You's childhood sweethearts are already the same pair, even if there was no prince at the beginning, they will definitely be together!" ”

"Since both families are happy, this family affair is truly settled today. Zhu Shu really went out of my Xiangwang Mansion, and Lu You can't provoke three or four outside! Qu Ping spoke directly.

Lu Zai was so frightened that he hurriedly packed a ticket for his son: "The lower official promises that Lu You will definitely do what he wants, and he will never let down the prince, let alone bully Shuzhen!" ”

"Okay, that's it. After the New Year, you can choose a good day by yourself and say that the media will be hired! Qu Ping said.

Xiao Lu was a little reluctant and said, "Did you marry Shuzhen so early?" ”

"It's just a marriage, wait for Lu You to be older, and then marry when he gets married."

Xiao Luxi said: "This is the best!" ”

Qu Ping had another thing on his mind, and said happily: "Come, drink." You two in-laws, too, toast each other, don't all respect me! ”

……

Today is Xiao Nian, and it is also the last class of the ninth year of Jianyan.

Early in the morning, the sky began to fall with a light snow, presumably by the morning, and the outside was already covered in white and white.

The classes are in place, and the king is in power. After the ministers shouted long live, the emperor asked the ministers to calm down, and the six Shangshu began to report on the achievements of each ministry in the past year, as well as the areas that need to be improved in the coming year.

"According to the available statistics, after the Great Song Dynasty included Mobei, Northeast China, Korea, Ningxia, Tubo, Yunnan, Jiaozhi, and Ryukyu, not counting the new land of the Western Regions and the queen state, a total of 3,587 households and a population of more than 17,900. ”

Although the four regions of the southeast, the northwest, and northwest are vast, the population is certainly not as prosperous as the Central Plains, and although the territory has expanded nearly four or five times, the population has only increased by less than 60 million on the original basis.

The larger the territory and the larger the population, the greater the burden on the emperor's shoulders. 56

The emperor said: "The opening of Dingnan Road, the king of Yunnan has made great contributions, and there is a heavy reward for me!" ”

Duan Zhengxing, the king of Yunnan, said modestly: "It's all Prince Xiang's foreshadowing that has done a good job, and the minister is just cleaning up the mess!" ”

Before Qu Ping could humble himself, the emperor said: "There is no need to be humble, both of you have a lot of credit, and I will not treat you badly." ”

"Emperor Xie!" Duan Zhengxing responded.

The military department Shangshu analyzed the achievements made by Yibo in foreign military this year, as well as the satisfactory results achieved by internal recruitment and training, and casually praised Qu Ping's compulsory military service system, but unfortunately, he has not received news from Wu Yu in the Western Regions for nearly a month.

The emperor said suspiciously: "According to the previous three-way battle plan, Jiang Boyan and Yue Feibu will collect the Tarim Basin in the south, and at this moment, between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, it should be all the territory of my Great Song Dynasty." The army of the southern route should be attacking the remnants of the Qarakhanid state, but I am afraid that it should pass Khotan. ”

The military department Shangshu said: "The Karakhanid State was beaten by the Western Liao Yelu Dashi and can only live under the armpits of the Western Liao and Khorezm, and it is definitely not the opponent of our army!" ”

"The north road is suddenly blocked, and the sudden part is out, and the west is out of Jinshan, and it should be to Yile, and the troops will be stationed on the coast to wait for Wu Jue, the Duke of Yiguo." Li Gang said after thinking about it.

To the west of Jinshan and the north of Tianshan, it is a long and narrow strip of land, in ancient times, there were Cheshi, Yanqi, Qiuzi, Wusun, Dawan and other countries, Zhang Qian's envoy to the Western Regions passed through this.

The army of Wu Jue and Wang Zhiquan on the middle road went west through this road, gnawing hard bones. After Wusun, there is no mountain barrier, you can ride a horse and gallop, and meet with the army of the North Road in Yibohai.

Yelu Dashi is dead, and as soon as the Great Song Heavenly Soldiers arrive, the remnants of Western Liao are not yet looking at the wind!

It's just that after cleaning up the Western Liao, it is Khorezm to the west.

Yelu Dashi killed the Qarakhanid State and retreated to the south of Khorezm. Seeing that the Western Liao was strong, Khorezm joined forces with the Qarakhanid State and fought against the Western Liao army with two to one.

Seeing that it was difficult to advance, Yelu Dashi sat down to negotiate with the three parties, and the three kingdoms were established.

After that, Yelu Dashi turned around and started the idea of Western Xia.

Yelu Dashi also fell into a thousand years of hatred because of this, and was accidentally wrapped in dumplings by the Great Song Dynasty, and his body died. Since then, the Western Liao group of dragons has no leader, and before they can relax their senses, they were attacked by the Song army in three ways, and they were caught off guard, losing ground one after another, and falling apart.

The land of China can stand in the east of Asia for thousands of years without extinction, in addition to its own culture, it also occupies a great geographical advantage. In the west, there are the Himalayas, the Kunlun Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains, and the Altai Mountains (Golden Mountains).

As strong as the Crusades, it was also discouraged, and there was no chance to collide with the Chinese Empire.

It is difficult for those on the outside to get in, but it is easy for those on the inside to get out. Genghis Khan's angry expedition to the west, all the way to Europe, is a fact.

Getting back to the point, after Li Gang analyzed the situation, the emperor said: "Yelu Dashi is dead, and Xiliao is just in vain!" As soon as my Great Song Heavenly Soldiers arrived, the remnants of Western Liao were bound to fall after hearing the wind, crisp as a chicken and a dog! Ladies and gentlemen, after our army successfully took Western Liao, will it continue to advance westward and conquer the Qarakhanid and Khorezm in one fell swoop, or will Mingjin withdraw his troops and return to the dynasty in triumph? ”

Liu Guangshi said: "If the successor is sufficient, the minister thinks that he can move forward!" ”

Lu Haowen, the secretary of the military department, thought for a while and said: "After the southern army conquers the Tarim Basin, it will be blocked by the Tianshan Mountains in front. The minister believed that Jiang Boyan could be ordered to lead his troops back. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Qu Ping said, "Manpower is sometimes exhausted, and the whip is beyond reach." Blindly conquest by force is nothing more than a waste of manpower, material and financial resources and an increase in the burden on the people. It is like a fierce fire burning a mountain, and the new tree has no time to grow, the successor is weak, the foundation collapses, and sooner or later the big tree will collapse! ”

Liu Guangshi was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Qu Ping say this, he no longer refutated. The Great Song Dynasty has today's armed forces, all thanks to your Qu Ping's great wisdom and great creation, if it weren't for the cannon grenade, how could the Great Song Dynasty be strong today! However, now that you have stopped by yourself, I really can't figure it out.

The emperor said: "Aiqing's words are reasonable, then he will pass the decree to Jiang Boyan, and it will be the opposite!" What about after cleaning up the remnants of Xiliao? ”

The emperor's words were asked by Qu Ping.

Qu Ping has long had a draft, as great as Genghis Khan, conquered Eurasia, and the world was torn apart in less than a hundred years, which is a lesson from the past!

Qu Ping said: "Force, especially brute force without wisdom, can only defeat the enemy at most, but cannot make the opponent sincerely surrender!" Force shakes the present, and civilization spreads through the ages. Just like the water of the river, it can flow inexhaustibly. The flood beast, but a hero for a while, will pass away in a moment! ”

"So, what Aiqing means is to collect troops when he arrives at the Khorezm border?" The emperor understood what Qu Ping meant and asked.

When Li Gang and the ministers heard Qu Ping's words, they were deeply moved.

In the past few years, the Great Song Dynasty has either subdued or forcibly conquered several times its own territory, and if you overeat all of a sudden, you will have indigestion!

How did Qu Ping say again: "No! ”

Li Gang asked curiously: "What?" ”

"All the way to the west, the north ends at the Khorezm Sea, the west stops at the West Sea (Caspian Sea), and the south ends at the high mountains!" Qu Ping said.

In this way, the whole territory of Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and part of Kazakhstan was included in the bag.

The western sea (Caspian Sea) and the Khorezm Sea (Aral Sea) and the Iranian-Afghan highlands to the south are the first line of protection. Further east, the south guards the pass between the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains (Kashgar region), the north guards the Silk Road between the Tianshan Mountains, and the eastward to the north, guarding the main road between the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains.

The above is the outermost defense line in the west of the guardian state.

The power of the world to break through this western defense line is not unless there is divine help, or there is the help of inner ghosts!

If you are lucky enough to cross the western defense line, don't worry, let's protect the Central Plains and the internal defense line. From the west, there are Qilian Mountain and Helan Mountain gateways; Coming to the north, there are Yin Mountain and Yanshan Mountain Ranges to block it......

This is God bless China!

The emperor was puzzled: "Why is this?" ”

"Expand your defense and dominate the terrain!" Qu Ping explained, "The West Sea and the Khorezm Sea and the Southern Highlands form the first wall, with Kunlun Mountain, Tianshan Mountain, and Jinshan Mountain as the second wall, and Qilian Mountain, Helan Mountain, and Yin Mountain as the third wall!" ”