"Well, the Prime Minister is right, I'm also worried that the lion didn't sleep to death." Liu Yong said, then looked at the officials of the Shenji Department and said, "Guan Chao, what information have you gotten from the Shenji Gate recently?" ”

Guan Chao was a man in his early thirties who did intelligence work in the Dahua Dynasty. He is extremely sophisticated. Liu Yong heard that the work of Shenjimen was very good under his leadership.

Guan Chao arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister's agency has indeed mastered a lot of information about the Tatar slaves these days. All of them. ”

Liu Yong's eyes lit up as soon as he heard this. Hurry up and let Guan Chao report it.

Guan Chao said: "Your Majesty, what Lord Liu said just now about the Tatar economy, he is right, the current Tatar economy is almost on the verge of collapse. Not to mention that the lives of the people are miserable, even some yamen officials are the same. Because they haven't been able to get their money for a few months, many families can't open the pot. If the little officials are like this, the people don't need to talk about it.

The court also reduced the officials' salaries by 30%, and the Tatar Emperor only said that he would wait until the treasury was full to pay them back. That's just as Master Lee said. But what Lord Li's cousin didn't know was that Dayang's imperial court was really in deficit like this?

In fact, no, the Dayang Imperial Court spent money on the construction of the army. The general outline of the Dayang Imperial Court is still to recapture this land south of the Yangtze River. This point, the Tatar nobles of Dayang are unanimous. As Master Li said, the Tatars are a warlike people, and they will not swallow their anger, so let us give up this half of the country.

Therefore, the minister thought that the Tartar slave covered the lion and could not help but fall asleep, and he was still very energetic, but he could not eat, and he was hungry and thinner, but it was still very dangerous. Now, there are not many Han people in the entire court of Dayang, and the Han people are all inconspicuous officials. These little officials can't shake the direction of the Dayang Imperial Court at all.

Moreover, the nobles of the Tatar slaves all had territories in Mobei, and the cattle and sheep produced by these territories every year could feed them. Coupled with the looting of our Han wealth, I am afraid that we will not be able to lose money for decades.

However, although the Tatars share the same hatred for us Han Chinese, the Han people do the opposite of them. For example, if you grow grain, doesn't your court let you hand over a lot of grain, then I'll just abandon it for you, and I'll see where you go to collect grain. At this point, the court of Dayang was also helpless.

As I said, the Tarnu lion is not asleep, but it has no food. Your Majesty, my courtiers, what will a goose-spoiled lion do if it cannot find food in its own territory? He would go to other lands in search of food. It's forced. In other words, if the Tarnu lion continues to fail to make the entire ruling area work effectively and benignly, then he will take a risk. ”

After listening to Guan Chao's words, Liu Yong nodded, he felt that the sentence of knowing oneself and knowing that the other side could not be defeated in a hundred battles was very reasonable. In this entire court, Guan Chao knows the situation of the Tartar slaves best. His judgment should also be the most accurate. But he still can't make up his mind. Although there was already a tendency in his heart. However, the stakes are too high for a hasty decision to be made.

Think about it back then, if Emperor Dahua hadn't rashly sent troops to occupy the land of Tokyo, he would not have been seized by the Tatars, and the other two sides turned from allies to enemies. Even if you don't, the Tarnus will turn against you and attack you. Just doing so, you put yourself at a disadvantage.

For this proposition, Liu Yong must be cautious and cautious. Give me the fate of the dynasty.

Liu Yong said: "Guan Chao is on the front line of intelligence and has the most comprehensive understanding of Tatar slaves. Guan Chao, tell me about other aspects of the Tatar slave side. ”

Guan Chao said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister's main investigation now is the military deployment of the Tartar slaves. It can be summed up in one sentence, which is called the south and the north. In other words, they hoarded a large number of troops in the important towns of Jiangbei, and according to the information learned by the subordinates of the ministers, along the coast of Jiangbei, the Tatars deployed at least more than half a million troops. It is to prevent us from attacking. This is what the minister called Nanzhong.

In the north, the Tatar slaves and more than 500,000 troops are training hard in Mobei, just to prepare for attacking us. Moreover, the minister also learned that the Tatars were developing muskets and artillery. It's just that they lack technicians, and progress is extremely slow. However, a batch has also been produced, but there is still a certain distance to the army. And our artillery and muskets are already of the second generation. This is something they can't compare to the Tatars.

It's just that the bows and arrows of their cavalry are also very powerful, and it is said that in order to break our musket army, the Tarnus are practicing their bows and arrows in Mobei. And they've also improved their bows and arrows, making them have a longer range and more powerful attacks. According to the information obtained by the minister, such an arrow can shoot through a few millimeters of iron plate. The attack power is no worse than that of a firearm! This is the information that the minister has gathered in this day. ”

Hearing this, Liu Yong frowned. He thought to himself: "If your firearms can't play a one-sided advantage, it will not be easy." The further north it went, the more suitable it was for cavalry combat. Isn't there no advantage in your own army? It's a lot of work to fight like this. ”

"Guan Chao, when are the Tartars going to recover their so-called lost territory?" Liu Yong asked.

Guan Chao said: "Back to Your Majesty, this minister has been sending people to investigate, but this is a secret of the high-level of Dayang, and it is really difficult to find out." However, based on the experience of the ministers, the Tarslavs would not wait long. They don't have that much patience. And they don't want us to just grow like that. They also want to take advantage of our unstable foothold to drive us back to the sea and have another naval battle of Yashan. ”

Liu Yong smiled after hearing this, and said lightly: "What the Tatar slave thinks is very beautiful." Another Battle of Yashan? Hehe. Now I really want to fight them at sea. My navy is not a vegetarian. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Guan Chao arched his hand and said.

Liu Yong nodded and said, "Okay, you can step aside!" ”

"Your Majesty." Guan Chao lowered his head and retreated into the group.

Liu Yong also wanted to hear the opinions of others. He said, "Who else do you have anything to say?" ”

There was a whisper, followed by silence. After a few moments, a young minister stepped forward. He walked steadily to the center of the hall, arched his hand at Liu Yonggong and said, "Weichen has something to say." ”

Liu Yong nodded and said, "Okay, Zhao Liang." Tell me about it. ”