In Yang Wu's view, whether it is the use of force or the sending of people to persuade surrender, as long as Fujian can be completely brought under the governance of Wu, there is no need to investigate the specific means. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Therefore, for the envoy sent by Wang Shenzhi, Yang Wu wanted to ask about the crime of killing the Huainan envoy at the beginning, and on the other hand, he drew a clear line to Wang Shenzhi, and clearly told him that Wu must completely occupy Fujian, which is nothing to discuss.

However, if Wang Shenzhi can surrender his land, Yang Wu can canonize Wang Shenzhi as the Duke of Min regardless of his previous suspicions, and grant his descendants the hereditary title of Marquis of Min.

As for Wang Yanjun, who directly killed Zhang Zhiyuan, Yang Wu said that he could be treated lightly for the sake of Wang Zhenzhi's merits; However, it is not clear how to deal with it.

Generally speaking, these conditions put forward by Yang Wu are still relatively favorable, and if Fujian can be brought into the hands of the hands by bloodless means, then it will also be beneficial to solve the Lingnan and other problems in the future.

Yang Wu briefly explained his attitude towards the two envoys to Li Shenfu, and Li Shenfu listened to it and said, "If you can fight less, this is also good." The ultimate goal of the king is to unify the world and solve the problems of the south as soon as possible, which will also be of great benefit to the Northern Expedition in the future. ”

Yang Wu nodded, his thoughts were similar, but in this way, those generals who were eager to make meritorious contributions were a little unhappy.

Of course, even if they were dissatisfied, they didn't dare to say it, let alone be dissatisfied with Yang Wu, at most they came to those civil officials who disturbed their meritorious service.

After Yang Wu and Li Shenfu talked for a while, seeing that his expression was a little tired, he immediately said: "Wei Guogong has a good rest, and Gu won't disturb you to rest!" ”

He motioned to Gao Mian and the others behind him, and was about to get up and say goodbye and leave.

At this moment, Li Shenfu suddenly stretched out his hand to grab Yang Wu and said, "King! ”

Yang Wu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Li Shenfu and said, "Wei Guogong has something to say to Gu?" ”

Li Shenfu hesitated for a moment, as if he was considering whether to say it.

Yang Wu said: "Wei Guogong has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Lone is here to listen, if there is any request, Lone will definitely do it." ”

He thought that Li Shenfu had some request, so he sat down again and looked at Li Shenfu calmly.

Li Shenfu said in a deep voice: "The king is gracious, the old minister is grateful, where do you dare to ask for anything?" It's just that the old minister has a little doubt and wants to ask the king for advice! ”

"Confused?" Yang Wu became even more interested, and he said with a smile: "What even Wei Guogong doesn't know, I'm afraid I may not know!" ”

Seeing Li Shenfu's serious expression, he immediately said solemnly: "Wei Guogong has any doubts, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" As long as Lone knows, he must know everything, and he will say everything! ”

"The king is serious!" Li Shenfu said slowly: "The old minister's doubts are, can my Wu Kingdom really be the same in the future?" Since ancient times, no dynasty has been unified from the south to the north. What's more, in the Central Plains, only those who occupy the Central Plains can hope to become an orthodox dynasty, so can my Wu State do it? ”

Yang Wu didn't think much about it and blurted out: "Why can't you?" ”

But after he finished speaking, he noticed that not only Li Shenfu's expression lit up because of his words, but also Gao Miao and the others next to him.

Yang Wu came to his senses at this time, and it seemed that the question of whether Wu Guo could unify the world in the future was not only Li Shenfu's doubts, but also Gao Miao and the others were afraid that there were also many doubts in their hearts.

Don't look at everyone's usual talk about the Northern Expedition to unify the Central Plains, but Yang Wu also said that he wanted to revive the Tang Dynasty, but I didn't see a few people believe it.

Unifying the world is not a simple sentence.

Since the Tang Dynasty, various feudal towns have been dominant, each dividing one side and disobeying the dispatch of the imperial court, and this situation has been more than 150 years.

In such a long period of time, there have been many outstanding figures, and there are even monarchs like Tang Xianzong who worked hard to eliminate the scourge of the feudal towns, but in the end they all ended in failure.

Wu looks strong now, but so far it has only been able to dominate in the south, and in the confrontation with the Liang army, except for some victories in the first Northern Expedition for various reasons, and then in the head-to-head battle, the Wu army did not have an advantage.

Coupled with the Northern Expedition in history, except for Liu Yu, who was close to success for a time, the other Northern Expeditions all ended in failure.

In this case, who can guarantee that the Wu army will be able to successfully go on the Northern Expedition in the future?

Seeing that the king was so confident, the old minister felt a lot more relieved! But is there any reason for the king? Li Shenfu showed a little smile on his face, but he looked at Yang Wudao seriously.

Although the rest of the people did not speak, they also looked at Yang Wu with burning eyes.

Yang Wu thought about it and felt that it was necessary to talk about his thoughts, cheer everyone up, and let them understand that it was not impossible to unify the world.

So he also said seriously: "What do you think is the fundamental reason why only the northern forces have unified the world over the past dynasties, and there are no southern forces?" ”

Yang Wu's question is a bit big, and different people may have different answers, for example, at this time, including Li Chengding and others, they gave a variety of views.

"The minister thinks that this is because there are far more talents in the north than in the south, such as the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, in the later period, Shu and Wu basically did not have any talents, but the Wei State in the north still has many talents, so it is not surprising that the north can unify the south." Gao Miao said after thinking about it.

"The Central Plains was developed early, so the Central Plains region can provide more soldiers and taxes than the south!" This is Luo Zhixiang's view.

"The atmosphere in the south is not good, and extravagance is often prevalent here, which makes people have no enterprising intentions, and it is naturally difficult to unify the world!" Zhou Yin said.

Obviously, civil servants look at problems more from the aspects of living habits, economic taxation, and talent training; However, the generals' views are more from a military point of view.

"I think that the northern forces can often unify the south, this is because there are more cavalry in the north, and the lack of cavalry in the south makes them often fall into passivity on the battlefield, even if they can win battles occasionally, but in general, they can't beat the north!" This is Lee's view.

And Zhu Siqing believes that northerners are tall and full of physical strength, so they are more suitable for being soldiers, and the character of northerners is also bold, which cannot be compared with southerners.

……

After listening to everyone's various opinions, Yang Wu smiled and said nothing.

In his opinion, these people's views have some reasons, but they still fail to grasp the root of the problem.

Li Shenfu didn't say his opinion, he asked Yang Wu directly: "Then why does the king think that the north can often unify the south, but the south cannot?" ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly ended the conversation and looked at Yang Wu.

Yang Wu said with a smile: "Fundamentally speaking, the most important reason why the north can unify the south is that the population of the north is far more than that of the south!" ”

"More people not only mean more taxes, more soldiers, but also more talent!"

"At the time of the Three Kingdoms, Shu had the smallest population, Wei had the most, and Wu was in the middle, so whether it was the number of troops or the number of talents, Wei was the most, Wu was second, and Shu was the weakest!"

"It can be said that the size of the population directly determines the strength of the three countries!"

"The other generations are also the same, the population of the north is larger, so the north has enough strength to unify the south, and there is also a better chance of producing heroes who can unify the world!"

"Of course, the other reasons you mentioned are naturally extremely important reasons, but those reasons are auxiliary on the basis of a larger population, not the most fundamental reasons."

"The king has a point, but what does this have to do with the current situation?" Li Chengding was a little puzzled.

"It matters! Of course it does! And it's a big deal! Yang Wu said loudly: "This relationship is that now after thousands of years of development in the south, the current population has completely caught up with the north!" This means that we in the south also have the qualifications to unify the world! ”

Yes, in Yang Wu's view, it was not until this era that the south had a little qualification to unify the world.

Like the Three Kingdoms period, because of the huge gap in the number of people, not only in terms of the number of talents in the north than in the south, but also in terms of troops, the strength of the entire Wu State and the strength of the Shu State together, it is barely comparable to the strength of the Wei State.

Coupled with the advantages in other aspects, this is the reason why Wei and later Jin were able to eliminate Shu and Wu one after another.

And why was Zhu Yuanzhang able to unify the world in later generations? The most important thing is that by the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the economic base and population of the south had far exceeded that of the north, so Zhu Yuanzhang was able to rely on the land of Jianghuai to build a million Ming army and sweep the world with absolute military superiority.

Today's Jianghuai, the population is naturally not as much as in the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, but after hundreds of years of development in the Tang Dynasty, the population of Wu at this time is about 7 million, if it can further annex Fujian, Hunan, Lingnan and Jingxiang and other places, the population of Wu will definitely exceed 10 million, but above the population of the north.

With such a large population as the foundation, coupled with the fact that Jeju Island raises horses to supplement the shortcomings of the cavalry, and uses military schools to cultivate more military talents, coupled with the hard work of Yang Wu and others, it is really not a big deal to want to unify the world!

After listening to Yang Wu's generous words, everyone's confidence in their hearts increased a lot, and Li Shenfu even said: "With the king's words today, the old minister will be much more relieved!" ”

He gradually closed his eyes and stopped speaking, apparently really tired this time.

Yang Wu didn't bother anymore, and left with the ministers.

A few days later, Wu Wei Guogong, privy envoy, hussar general Li Shenfu died of illness in Jinling Mansion at the age of fifty-four.