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Chapter 111 Decision-making

After the victory in Gaoping, Guo Rong killed He Hui and Fan Aineng, who escaped from the battle, and relied on the victory to carry out a comprehensive rectification of the 90,000 Hebei Army in Jincheng. Then, he left Han Lingkun as the envoy of Hezhong Jiedu, responsible for the defense of Zezhou, Luzhou, Jinzhou and other places, and asked Zhao Kuangyin to take his men and horses to Xiangzhou and other places in Hebei to help Xiang Xun deal with Yang Gon who was wandering around, and he led the white-clothed army south to return to Bianjing.

Originally, Liu Chong in Hedong lost his troops and generals, which was a great opportunity to plot against Hedong. It's a pity that Yang Gon is making too much trouble in Hebei, if it drags on for a long time, the Khitan people will definitely be weak in the Central Plains, and when the time comes, 600,000 iron horsemen will go south, and the Great Zhou will once again face danger. Therefore, although Guo Rong was unwilling, he could only give up this excellent opportunity. Moreover, the thoughts of the Khitans, Guo Rong can roughly guess that they may not want Hedong to be strong, but they definitely do not want Hedong to be wiped out by the Great Zhou. If they surrounded Taiyuan, the Khitans would definitely come to the rescue, and at that time, their preparations were not sufficient, and in case of defeat, it would be another harm to Da Zhou.

"Ladies and gentlemen, how is the situation in Bianjing recently?" As soon as Guo Rong returned to Bianjing, he couldn't wait to find Wang Pu, Wei Renpu, Wang Pu and others to inquire about the situation. The living environment of the Great Zhou Dynasty is treacherous, and Guo Rong, as the emperor, has a heavy burden and a lot of pressure in his heart. He didn't have a moment to relax.

Wang Pu glanced at Guo Rong, who was slightly tired, and said, "Your Majesty, everything is fine in Beijing, but... The difficulty lies in the question of how to deal with the aftermath after the war is over. ”

Guo Rongjiu is in the place, and he is like a mirror to the things in the court, there is no doubt that Wang Pu is obviously crying poor when he says this, and fighting a war is destruction. For the army, the living should be rewarded, the dead should be compensated, and for the localities, a big war, displaced people, and ruined homes must be rebuilt and money. What's more, it's winter now, and there is no house, how can the people keep out the cold? There is no food, the wild is white and snowy, how can the common people survive the winter?

Guo Rong said with a smile: "The treasury is short of money." Well, a while ago, didn't Zhang Yongde send a batch of supplies, I took some out of the inner treasury, and this year there will be no food, all copper money, so that the sergeants can have a good year. Well, by the way, this year, the places around Songzhou that suffered from military disasters were exempted from their taxes. "A while ago, Zhang Yongde went to Huainan, but he didn't go shopping, he burned and looted, and he still had a lot of gains, although he didn't grab much food, but he robbed a lot of silver and copper coins. And this silver and copper coins are exactly what the pseudo-Zhou lacks. The lack of grain in Jiangnan is different, the pseudo-Zhou lacks copper coins, and there is a lack of currency.

In the Tang Dynasty, it was just Henan, which was located in the center, or Hebei, Shanxi, Guanzhong were all production areas, and Jiangnan was relatively barren, and the later generations of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hubei, all belonged to poor and remote areas in the five dynasties. Fighting, if both sides are not stupid and nervous, fundamentally speaking, is more than the number of people and the economic situation.

Therefore, Pseudo Zhou occupies the production area, even if he has more wars, once he calms down, his recovery ability should not be underestimated. Not in the South. Fertile land also depends on continuous improvement and fattening, not that it can be made by slash and ploughing. Therefore, it took Ma Yun ten years in Jingxiang to achieve initial results, so Ma Yun brazenly moved the battle of Jiaozhou. But the Central Plains is not good, there is too little copper production, which causes copper coins to be scarce and hard currency problems. In the past, the Central Plains Dynasty, as well as the tribute of the southern feudal towns, are now unified in the south under the banner of Great Chu, and they have completely turned their faces with the Great Zhou. The Great Zhou lost a major source of copper money, and later, the Great Chu controlled the coast, making it impossible for the Great Zhou to exchange copper ore from Goryeo, and another source was missing. In the case of persecution and helplessness, Da Zhou acquiesced to the private private casting of fake money (that is, a large number of impurities mixed into the copper coin), but this fake money is not used, it is easy to wear out, and it is definitely not a long-term solution.

Several ministers nodded. Guo Rong said again: "You are all my humerus ministers. Wise people don't speak secret words. Although our Great Zhou came into being, the Huanghuang Heavenly Empire. However, now that the world is uneven, the people are displaced, and I want to dominate the world, what good plan do you Aiqing have? ”

This question is very ordinary, and it is estimated that in the five dynasties, every emperor or the boss of a feudal town would ask a similar question. At present, Wang Pu and several people are just talking in generalities, and what they are talking about is nothing more than "the country of benevolence and the rule of virtue".

Only Wang Pu said: "Your Majesty, although what your lords said is reasonable, but the minister thinks it is inappropriate. Today is a troubled time, we should strive for a country of benevolence, although it is beneficial to the people, but it will also lose opportunities. Fighting hard and standing by is the way of the king. It's not that the minister is alarmist, and the minister thinks that only I am in the most dangerous situation today. There is no natural barrier of Yanshan Mountain in the north, and there is no Jianghuai moat in the south, which is the place of the four wars. The Chu State in the south is ambitious, and its selflessness never dies; The Khitan in the north was greedy and greedy from time to time when they plundered in the south. In such a dangerous place, the ministers are still boasting, and the ministers deeply regret it. ”

As soon as Wang Pu said this, Wang Pu's faces became a little uncomfortable, but this Wang Pu was an old man in the emperor's mansion, and he always spoke straightforwardly, but he didn't have any bad intentions. It's not that they don't know that the "country of benevolence" is out of place, but this set of things has been passed down from the ancestors, and people have come out from generation to generation to sing two sentences.

Guo Rong nodded again and again and said, "Wang Aiqing's words are very agreeable. Now my Great Zhou is in the center, and there are four major enemy countries on the four sides. What do you think is the country that should be the first to strike at us? ”

Wang Pu and others were a little unable to keep up with the situation, and they also felt that they should expand externally and unify the whole country, but they did not advocate rapid reunification, and wanted to develop for a few years first, and then slowly forge ahead. Listening to Guo Rong's meaning, he may have to send troops next year. If you send troops this time, the military food is sufficient, but this grain and grass did not fall from the sky, and the Great Zhou is not rich after all, it is best to settle down for a few years, accumulate strength, and then do it.

What's more, in their opinion, in their opinion, the situation is a bit bad now. Shu and Han are weak, and it must be easy to attack, but the Chu State and Khitan next to them are big countries and will definitely not sit idly by. There is a chance that the big will turn into a big war. If you go to fight the Chu State or the Khitan, the strength of the two armies is equal, and it is difficult to predict who will win and who will lose. What's even more frightening is that when Da Zhou was fighting with a strong country, another suddenly stabbed him. This... That's dangerous.

Several people's faces were a little ugly, but Wang Pu was smiling, as if nothing happened.

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