Three days later, at the court meeting, as soon as the court was held, the ministers began to have a fierce debate about the annexation of Warat.

Li Guangtai, the imperial history of the left capital: "Weichen thinks that Wara's request may be out of sincerity, but he has to guard against it, and His Majesty must prevent the disaster of Wuhu from happening again." ”

Chen Yiming, the secretary of the ministry: "Li Yushi's words are wrong! Warat is a small country, it has been more than 200 years since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and Warat has been defeated by the hands of my Great Zhou dozens of times, and there is no power to return to heaven at all.

What's more, as soon as His Majesty ascended the throne, he was wise and martial, and Long Wei added it to the world, sending people to teach the children of the nobles of Warat, and help them retreat from the Rus Peak.

Warat is therefore grateful to Dade and asks for it to be attached, it is normal for people to think about it, why is Li Yushi opposed? ”

Cao Rui, the secretary of the Criminal Department: "Chen Shangshu does not dare to agree with this statement. In the past, when Wuhu was attached to the Wei State, didn't he also bow down to his subordinates, obey Emperor Wei's words, and dare not be a little disobedient?

But what about later? A hundred years later, the kings seized the throne, causing chaos in the world, but Wuhu took advantage of the situation to rise up and rule the river with Wei Ting?

It can be seen that even if you agree to the things attached to the Warat, you can't help but be wary of it. ”

Zhu Kaishan, the head of the household, said with a smile: "Cao Shangshu also said that he can agree to the things attached to Wara, but just take a little precautions when the time comes!" ”

"Zhu Shangshu is only afraid of misinterpreting the old man's meaning!" Cao Rui glared at Zhu Kaishan, who was caught by his speech disease, and said: "If Wara is obedient and obedient after it is attached, the old man expects that my Da Zhou will definitely relax his guard against it, so that after decades, my Da Zhou will even obey the words of the Wara tribes."

But imagine what if there is a civil strife in my Great Zhou at that time, and Warat has wolf ambitions? Is it possible that I also want to study Wei Ting in Da Zhou and retreat to a corner of the south of the Yangtze River? ”

Zhu Kaishan said disappreciably: "Cao Shangshu also said, that's just in case." How can there be so many coincidences in this world, and it's not all your Cao Shangshu's own speculation? ”

"Even if it's the old man's speculation, but this situation can't be unguarded!" Cao Rui looked at Zhang Lingyang on the dragon chair and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that it is better to refuse Wara's enclosed request just in case!" ”

Li Guangtai: "Wechen supports Cao Shangshu's opinion!" ”

Chen Yiming: "Wechen objected, Wechen thought that the annexation of Warat would benefit my Great Zhou Baili and do no harm, as long as the Warat was attached, there would never be a war in the north of my Great Zhou in the future, and Wechen agreed to the annexation of Wara." ”

Zhu Kaishan: "Weichen also supports the attachment of Warat, once Warat is attached, the people of the north no longer have to be afraid every day, and the Great Wall defense line can no longer use so many troops."

Your Majesty also knows that there are hundreds of thousands of troops stationed on the defense line of the Great Wall, and the annual consumption of grain and grass alone is an astronomical amount. And His Majesty wants to move the capital to Luoyang, once the capital is moved, the strength of the Great Wall defense line will be empty.

At this time, it was agreed that the Great Wall would be attached, even if the Great Wall defense line was empty, the imperial court would not have to worry about the sudden invasion of the Warat, and asked His Majesty to know it. ”

……

The six departments and Jiuqing of the hall quarreled about the matter attached to Wara, and the public said that the public was reasonable, and the mother said that the mother was reasonable, and Zhang Lingyang was also annoyed to listen to it, and finally shouted loudly: "Okay, shut up for me!" ”

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Lingyang suppressed the anger in his heart: "You are all pillars of the imperial court, why are you all like shrews on the street?" ”

Seeing that everyone in the hall was silent, Zhang Lingyang said again: "I understand what you Aiqing means, and with what I mean, it's better to agree to the things attached to Wara!" ”

Seeing that Li Guangtai wanted to speak, Zhang Lingyang waved his hand to signal Li Guangtai to shut up, and continued: "I don't understand the worries of some of you, so I will also tell you my opinion!" ”

Pursing his lips, Zhang Lingyang said: "I ask you Aiqing a few questions, I don't know if you Aiqing can answer them?" ”

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"I ask you, three years ago, I began to order the scholars of the Hanlin Academy to take people to Warat to teach the Four Books and Five Classics to the children of Warat, how are these people learning now, do you know about it?"

"I don't know!"

"Warat was good at horse archery, but he was defeated by the army of 1,000 people of the Rus' country, which shows the power of firearms. Now my Da Zhou also has mastered the manufacturing method of firearms, and stuck with the source of Wara firearms, even if Wara really wants to do wrong, you Aiqing think that once Wara has no firearms, but my Da Zhou's opponent? ”

"But Your Majesty, Warat can also buy firearms from other countries!" Li Guangtai said.

"From which country?" Zhang Lingyang sneered: "West Siberia to the west, Liaodong to the east, and a cold and snowy land to the north that is completely uninhabited, Li Aiqing, you tell me that now that Warat has been surrounded by Great Thursday, which country did he buy firearms from?" ”

"This ......" Li Guangtai was speechless.

Cao Rui said: "What Your Majesty said is not unreasonable, but Weichen has a different opinion. ”

"Tell me about it!"

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thinks that once he agrees to the annexation of Warat, the Warat people can enter the south of the Great Wall and settle down. When the time comes, if Warat finds out how to make firearms and starts an army, I wonder how Your Majesty will respond? ”

"What Cao Aiqing said is not unreasonable, Lovely Qing thinks that after the Warat people enter the Great Wall, what means should they use to make a living? Farming? Zhang Lingyang said with a smile, "The Warat people are indeed good at grazing, but they don't know anything before farming. Besides, decades later, even if the Warat people learn to farm and settle south of the Great Wall, Aiqing, do you think such Warat will still be a threat to the Great Zhou? ”

"No!" Cao Rui shook his head and said.

The reason why the nomadic people are more aggressive than the farming people is that they have no fixed place and are good at riding and shooting. But once they have a place to settle and a stable source of food, I am afraid that their habits are no different from those of the people of the Great Zhou.

That's why Zhang Lingyang is so confident and determined.

What's more, once the Warat is attached, Zhang Lingyang will step up the cultural invasion of Warat.

The Warat people themselves do not have any cultural heritage. This is not the case with the Great Zhou, whose culture is extremely strong in the surrounding area. Goryeo and Fusang, which have their own civilizations, are still defeated by the strength of the Great Zhou culture, not to mention Warat, which has no background in itself?

Once the younger generation of Warat has been influenced by Confucian culture, in order to move towards civilization and no longer be called barbarians, they will automatically put down their bows and arrows and take the initiative to promote Confucian culture in Warat.

In this way, without using a single soldier, Warat can be completely integrated into the Great Zhou and completely assimilated by the Great Zhou, so why wouldn't Zhang Lingyang do it?