The director of the Strategy Department is named Zhao Liang, and his speeches at the previous court meetings have made Liu Yong's eyes shine. Today's eloquent talk is even more reasonable, and Liu Yong, including Chen An and Wu Qing, nodded frequently. Of course, the director of the Strategy Division is not done yet.

I only heard Zhao Liang pause, and continued: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is better not to let the economy of the Dayang Dynasty collapse, so let him linger, let them always see hope, but there is hope again and again, if the economy is not good, the Dayang Imperial Court will be tricky." We will then use harassing tactics to strike a proper blow at Middle-earth, leaving the Tatars to take care of themselves, leaving them scrambling, so that we will have achieved our goal of attrition. Your Majesty, these are the things that the minister wants to say. ”

After listening to this, Liu Yong nodded sharply, pondered for a moment, and said, "Zhao Liang, you spoke very well, and everything has reached my heart." My idea is also to consume the Tatars, and then make them exhausted before delivering a full-scale blow. It seems that you, the Director of the Strategy Division, have really put a lot of effort into the strategy. ”

Zhao Liang, director of the Strategy Department, arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty Xie's praise, these are not the minister's own ideas, the minister is also discussing and debating with his colleagues, including making a high-level report with the prime minister and Minister Wu and other adults, asking for opinions, and the minister dares to set such a strategy." ”

"Well, that's good. In this way, your Strategy Division is still very useful. Liu Yong said with a smile.

In fact, Liu Yong has a little bit of a complaint about this strategy department. He didn't think it was much use. Since the establishment of the Strategy Division, the Division has not come up with a decent strategy. Many of the strategic guidelines were set by Liu Yong himself, and he also discussed them with Chen An and Wu Qing.

Therefore, Liu Yongdu wants to abolish this strategy department. Although this strategic department is under the management of the Ministry of War, it has its own yamen and its own rights.

But today, it seems that this strategy department is still useful, at least the plan that Zhao Liang came up with today is still very good, and it is very in line with Liu Yong's ideas.

That's what Liu Yong thinks. However, as for the means and methods of consuming the Tatar economy, Zhao Liang, director of the Strategy Department, has not yet said one, two, three.

So, Liu Yong asked: "Zhao Liang, you said that you want to consume the economy of the Great Yang Dynasty, but you didn't say a specific way?" ”

Zhao Liang nodded when he heard this, and then arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty, this is what the minister will say next." ”

"Okay, you say, I'll listen!" Liu Yong nodded and said.

Zhao Liang said: "Back to Your Majesty, it stands to reason that our Huahan Dynasty and the Tatar Dayang Dynasty have almost no economic contacts. Not to mention almost, there is no contact, that is, there is no economic exchange between our Huahan Dynasty and the Dayang Dynasty at all. In this way, there is a problem, that is, a high wall has been erected between our Huahan Dynasty and the Dayang Dynasty. This wall separates the two courts.

In this way, our Huahan Dynasty will not be able to control the Great Yang Dynasty on the other side of the wall, and the Great Yang Dynasty will not be able to control our Huahan Dynasty. Then our Huahan Dynasty will not be able to interfere with the economy of the Great Yang Dynasty. Because there is a high wall between the two. However, in order to control or interfere with the economy of the Great Yang Dynasty, so as to achieve the purpose of consuming its economy, it can only find another way.

This was a different way, and the minister thought that the main thing was to choke the passage of the Tatar slave trade. We have no problem in the northeast, but in the west, which is also the place with the most Tatar vassals, we can hold it. So how to choke it? It was through constant military harassment of the Great Yang Dynasty. Let their trade routes never be smooth. In this way, while consuming its military, it can be regarded as a blow to the economy of the Tatars.

As for the grain! I don't think there's a need to worry too much. The Han people are still unwilling to farm, and the Tatar slaves do not know how to farm, so the grain output cannot go up. Well, it's good to be able to maintain food and clothing. And the nomadic industry in Mobei, we can't reach it. Fortunately, those are not the main source of income for the Great Yang Dynasty. That's what it is. Your Majesty, the minister's words are finished. ”

Liu Yong nodded with satisfaction after hearing this, and said with a smile: "This is very good, it is indeed a very clever strategy to combine the two tasks of consuming its military and controlling the economic lifeline of the Great Yang Dynasty into one." I am in favor of it. Chen An, Wu Qing, the two of you also talk about it. ”

Chen An and Wu Qing glanced at each other, and Chen An said, "Back to Your Majesty, Chen has nothing to add for the time being." ”

Wu Qing also said: "The minister is too." ”

Liu Yong nodded and said, "Well, good!" Then listen to me! ”

Hearing this, Chen An, Wu Qing, and Zhao Liang arched their hands together and said, "It's Your Majesty." ”

Liu Yong said: "Zhao Liang's strategy is actually my strategy. And it almost coincides with my thoughts. Naturally, I meant a war of attrition. Because it is obvious that the Great Yang Dynasty was economically weak and financially tight, while our Huahan Dynasty was economically developed, and the silver in the treasury was enough to support a protracted war. Looking at it this way, the longer it is, the more disadvantageous it is for the Tatars.

And the Tatar slaves did not have the ability to take the initiative to attack us, and even if they did, they did not dare to rashly wage a full-scale war against our Hua Han Dynasty. The consequences of the war are beyond their reach. The Tatar slaves could only take advantage of the absence of war to work hard to develop the economy, so that the imperial court had money, and with money, they could compete with our Huahan Dynasty.

I think this is probably the main policy of the Tatars at the moment. My judgment is that the Tatars do not want to take the initiative to engage in a large-scale war with us. It's not good for them. But they have the confidence to defend. As long as their forces are there, they will not be afraid of our attack. After all, in war, the attacking side always suffers more casualties than the defending side.

This point can be known only by looking at the Tatar army's attack on Pingliangzhou. Even if our Han army did not have firearms, the casualties of the Tatar army would still be very heavy. So, they are very confident in their defenses. Moreover, I guess they can also judge that if the two dynasties start to fight a large-scale, or even all-out war, now, our Han army may not be able to win. The Tatars are good at war, and they seem to be more experienced in all-out warfare.

They can guess that our Han army probably does not want to enter a state of full-scale war at once. Indeed, I am also worried that if the Tatar army is ruined and decides to fight with us, even if we can win, it will be a miserable victory. I can't help but want to kill and wound too many soldiers on the battlefield. They are all flesh and blood, and they are all people with families and relatives. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yong paused for a moment. The return of the financial empire