Chapter 301: Chrysostom Yuyan

Ye Tao nodded and said, "Your Majesty, but, isn't this cheaper Chunnan?" I don't think my country has much to gain from this. Although Jiang Yan is a good strategist, he should also understand this, how did he convince you? ”

"It wasn't Jiang Yan who persuaded me," Tan Xiaopei smiled faintly, "but Huang Xuping." Although our Lord Situ has almost become an ordinary civil official in the past few years, instead of the strategist back then, Huang Xuping is old and strong after all. He said a few things, and the more I felt that it seemed like a good idea. Although Chunnan senses the threat of our country and tries to protect itself, we also need time. Chunnan likes to waste time and energy in intrigues, and we also need time to conquer the Zhenbei Military Division, take the Northern Liao, and bring the people of the Northern Liao to their hearts. The time for these rigid army mobilizations, the time for accumulating food and ordnance, and the training of generations of sergeants are there. I wish I could fight all the battles in a few years, but is that possible? Northern Liao is still bloody, as long as our measures are appropriate, it will not be worse than the current Yunzhou in less than ten years, and Northern Liao does not border other countries, and the only thing to worry about in the future is the remnants of the Northern Liao royal family and the small country on Yingzhou Island in the northern sea. When the time comes, it should be easy to requisition 100,000 troops from Northern Liao. But now, we need that time. In addition, what Huang Situ said was that Jiang Yan didn't necessarily know about Feng Jiang, and their prince didn't have the courage to let them know. Now it seems that it is the entanglement of the Chunnan royal family to seize the throne, which is more intense and difficult than we expected, and the prince of Chunnan is now the most powerful, but it is not impossible to be robbed of the throne. The second prince has come up with tricks and has also put a lot of effort into cultivating party henchmen, and the two parties are now having a lot of disputes inside and outside the court. even almost jeopardized Chunnan's counterattack on Xiling this time. In addition, although it seems a little suspicious, Chunnan actually inherited the position of the head of the country from the stepchildren of a blood family, and it is not from now on, and there is a precedent for a long time. Presumably, Jiang Yan also took this into account and planned such a thing. ”

After Tan Xiaopei explained the situation, he said: "The situation I hope most is that Chunnan has no heart to deal with Dongping, and Dongping can maneuver among all parties and deal with Yuru. But Chunnan will not be out of control because of civil strife. When it comes to the critical moment, I will throw out the matter of the prince's arrangement to assassinate Weiya. That guy acted in the past, and now it may only be said that he has difficult intentions, but in a few years, what about when the power of Chang Ling and Wei Ya expands to a certain extent? When the time comes, coupled with the instigation of the second prince and the suspicion of the old man, the storage position will really change hands. But no matter who the storage position falls into, I will abdicate the position at that time and let Wei Ming take over Dongping in advance......"

Tan Xiaopei said hesitantly: "Huang Situ really dared to say it at that time, he said that instead of waiting to get old and doing stupid things, it is better to assist Wei Ming for a while when he starts to get old." The unification of the world has been a matter of the past few decades, and at the latest, it will be solved in Weiming's generation, that is, your generation. We may not be able to see that day, but we must not let it come later because of the greed for power. ”

Tan Xiaopei said categorically: "He is right. …… Dongping now is full of talents, which is much better than when we racked our brains to maintain a good situation. And if I can abdicate early, I can even lead the army as the commander of one side. I've been waiting for this day for too long, I want to avenge my brothers, and I want to lead my troops straight to the capital of Xiling...... I don't know, I'll be able to make it to this day. ”

"As you wish." Ye Tao said lightly: "Your Majesty, if this is your wish, then can you also fulfill one of my wishes at that time?" ”

"Oh? What the? Ye Tao said with a smile: "The day of Xiling's death is the time when I step down from all my positions in the imperial court. How is it? ”

"You promise I'll see that day?" Tan Xiaopei asked with interest.

"Your Majesty, I will do what shakes Xiling to the point where you can lead your troops to conquer it; Lead the troops to the battle, you come; Then, deal with the aftermath, clean up the land of Xilingnuo, let the subjects return to their hearts, and let the prince come. It is true that we need time, we need troops, but if the conquest of Northern Liao can really go smoothly, these problems are not problems, we only need to consider the order, whether it is Xiling or Chunnan first. Your Majesty, you fight wits with Wei Ming and Chunnan, and I will go to pry the corner of Xiling. Luckily. Ye Tao said.

"Sounds reasonable, tell me, how long will it take?" Tan Xiaopei asked.

"Fifteen years, no more than twenty years at most." Ye Tao shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Do you really dare to say ......" The corners of Tan Xiaopei's lips rose slightly, "Fifteen years have successively destroyed Northern Liao, governed Northern Liao, and destroyed Xiling?" Do you want to include Chunnan in the calculation? Are you crazy or am I crazy? ”

Ye Tao smiled. If other feudal officials dared to say such things to Tan Xiaopei, I am afraid that Tan Xiaopei's ears would be fanned. Saying this, it is tantamount to asking Tan Xiaopei to promise him that he can work in his current position for another fifteen years...... But Tan Xiaopei is only afraid that Ye Tao will not be an official, you must know that even fifteen years later, no matter whether Ye Tao does what he said today, he is only forty years old, it is the age of being in the prime of life, the most capable and energetic, and it is also the age that everyone thinks is the most suitable for making contributions. Ye Tao and Tan Weixin's minds have all kinds of methods of governing the country, some of them are all kinds of strange ideas, and some of them are ingenious plans that people can't guard against. Of course, Ye Tao's current status is no longer upliftable, but in the past, Tan Xiaopei had considered very seriously making Ye Tao the first prime minister of the future empire. Without such a capable and not greedy prime minister, let alone the necessary and easy-to-use prime minister who is corrupt and cheating, will Tan Weiming have a headache?

However, fifteen years...... If Ye Tao really worked hard for fifteen years because of this promise and really achieved this, this would be a great temptation for Tan Xiaopei. He was only in his sixties when the day came when the world would be unified. Although the average life expectancy of the Tan family has always been not high, it was because of the death of the war, and the average life expectancy of those who were able to live for the last days was 70 years old, and there was an ancestor of the Tan family who lived an extremely unhealthy life until he was 89 years old...... The temptation to see the unification of the world and the end of the war in Middle-earth in your own hands is too great.

"Okay, that's a deal." Tan Xiaopei gritted his teeth and agreed. What came to Tan Xiaopei's mind was a line in the repertoire of "Midnight": After I die, who cares if it floods......

"Then it's settled. Your Majesty. Ye Tao smiled. Although fifteen years is not a short time, it is a time limit. As with any job, as long as there is a time limit, it can give people some motivation. To say that conquering Xiling, for Ye Tao, it may not be as difficult as others think. Tan Xiaopei noticed the possibility of Chunnan's change of seizure of the throne, and realized that Chunnan might leave him the opportunity when he was struggling, but all along, although Tan Xiaopei paid attention to Xiling, he had always been quite wary and distant from this country that he had placed in the order of final conquest, and had not really seriously considered whether it was possible for Xiling to conquer in the short term. Xiling is too big and too strong. Just thinking about Xiling's unique balanced strategy of privatization and nationalization of the army, and relying on state finances and family finances to maintain nearly one million professional soldiers, makes people shudder. And the fifteen-year plan that Ye Tao set for himself means that he will lose an average of 60,000 combat power to Xiling every year, is it possible for him to launch a campaign against Xiling once a year? Or will it be able to catch up with Chunnan's counteroffensive every year?

Thinking of this, Tan Xiaopei smiled again and said, "But since you want to gamble, you have to make it clear, what if you can't do it?" ”

"Then how about I play for Dongping until I am forty-five years old?" Ye Tao said with a smile.

"More than ten years? It's good. Tan Xiaopei nodded. He doesn't really think that even if Ye Tao can really do it, he will ignore Dongping's affairs after he leaves office, but it is always good to be able to let Ye Tao continue to serve.

Li Sishu held two cups of Bailing Tan in a timely manner. Ye Tao and Tan Xiaopei drank it all, even if it was a testimony to what the two said tonight. The words spoken by these two people will not be recorded, and no one else will be needed to testify, let alone someone else to supervise the execution. Tan Xiaopei is certainly the lord of a country, and Ye Tao has always said the same.

"In four days, you can bring Xin'er and Ying'er to the palace. After this family banquet, you will have to go back to Yunzhou in a short time, right? I've heard that you've prepared a lot of tricks to confuse Xi Ling and make this battle a success. Do you need any more help? Tan Xiaopei asked.

"It's really nothing...... Ye Tao said with a smile: "Or, Your Majesty, you can write an inscription for Yunzhou Bank, this is also a small request." ”

"Okay." Tan Xiaopei agreed very simply. The plan to transform the Yunzhou Development Fund into the Bank of Yunzhou had been submitted to him a few months ago. This is Tan Weixin's repetition of this matter after the excerpt of the currency reform system at that time was rejected by the imperial court. But this time, Tan Weixin's plan is bigger and more perfect. Moreover, only in Yunzhou, there are a series of strategies to control the influence of Yunzhou Bank on the rest of Dongping. It can be said that death is very well considered, and the idea of using finance as a national strategic tool in the whole plan has made Tan Xiaopei, who has now gradually realized the power of economy and finance in the pre-sale of Gondor and the large-scale micro-loan of the Yunzhou Development Fund, be very excited.

However, Tan Weixin and Ye Tao also listed the hidden influence on the national system behind this power, and it would take a long time for Dongping to prepare for this incomparably innovative power in this time and space, but Yunzhou could be used as a pilot. Tan Xiaopei has decided that Yunzhou will be allowed to do everything, even to formulate a charter-type "Yunzhou Basic Law...... This is the first time in history that the state has conceded power. Tan Xiaopei passed all the recitals about Yunzhou at the court meeting a few days ago. He also began to quietly prepare for the entire territory of Dongping to be able to keep up with the footsteps of Yunzhou in the future......