After Zhao Wuxian announced that he would conquer North Korea next year or the year after next and capture Chen Heng, there was an uproar in the court, and the important ministers came out to try to dissuade him, but Zhao Wuxian had made up his mind and announced that the matter was decided, and let everyone disperse to discuss the specific situation tomorrow.

However, in the afternoon, Zhao Wuxian learned that some ministers were still waiting outside the main hall without eating or drinking, hoping that he would summon them. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"What a pile of boulders."

Out of helplessness, Zhao Wuxian asked people to give food, and at the same time, after they finished eating, they went in to meet them one by one.

The first to come in was Xiangbang Zhang Mengtan, although he entered alone, but when he came in, he took out a note from his sleeve like a trick, which was written by Dong Anyu, who was at home. Ask him to bring him into the palace.

Zhao Wuxian frowned and opened the song, but saw that Dong Anyu wrote inside:

"The old minister heard that the king wanted to cross the sea and attack North Korea, such as five thunderbolts, people said, eat the king's luck, loyal to the king. Now that the old minister has eaten the third generation of the Zhao family, although he has long since retired, how dare he cherish himself and not admonish? "Sima Law" has a saying: Although the country is big, the warlike will perish. The soldiers are also murderous weapons, and the fighters are also in danger, so the holy lord does not dare to use the army in vain, worrying about the exhaustion of manpower, fearing that the treasury will be exhausted, and afraid that the society will die. ”

"In the past, Emperor Xin of Yin Shang was so warlike that he lost his country by cutting down Dongyi, because he blindly attacked and fought without repairing internal affairs. King Mu of Zhou fought against Xirong from afar, opened thousands of miles, and returned with four white deer and four white wolves, but after King Mu, the national strength of the Zhou family was exhausted, and Wang Ji was exhausted, so that the six divisions were exhausted, the country was empty, and the princes rebelled......"

"Chen Heng, rats are just thieves, North Korea, just a small state in the wilderness, it is not enough to show the virtue of the king, and abandoning its land is not enough to damage the prestige of the Central Plains. Why should the Chinese people be tired, so that men cannot cultivate the fields, and women cannot weave silkworms and mulberry hemp, but should help the old and the young to transport grain and straw for the king? Why spend the wealth of the treasury and the power of the country to build a sea ship for the king? It was the ministers who thought that it was better for North Korea to levy it than not to levy it, so that Chen Heng could fend for himself......"

After reading it, Zhao Wuxian closed the music and remained silent, while Zhang Mengtan silently waited for his response.

After half a sound, Zhao Wuxian sneered: "The old Xiangbang is really old, and the music is full of dull words. New Xiangbang, what do you think? Do you also think that the widows should not conquer Korea? ”

Although Zhang Mengtan is a newly appointed Xiangbang, he is also in his forties, with a beautiful beard and chest, and at this moment, in the face of Zhao Wuxian's words, he still said unhurriedly:

"The minister's thoughts, like the old Xiangbang, are now Zhao Guoshi's innocence, but the king wants to drive them to the cold land in the north, cross the Yan State and Liaodong to crusade against Korea, so that hundreds of thousands of people transfer baggage, grain, liver and brain, the old father and orphan son, widow and mother farewell and weep, this move may be enough to change the yin and yang, there is harm and harmony, it is good to win, if they return without results, or even return with a big defeat, it will definitely make unnecessary turmoil in the country, and the princes will also take this opportunity to get rid of Zhao. For the sake of Chen Heng and the small state of North Korea, it is really not worth it to make such a big move and take huge risks! ”

"Ha, the old and the new are in the same vein." Zhao Wuxian was angry, he walked up to Zhang Mengtan, looked at him with his eyes and said: "It's okay if others don't understand, Meng Tan You have been with the widow for more than 20 years, don't you understand what the widow is planning in his heart?" Is it really a widow who is a fool? ”

Zhang Mengtan was stunned for a moment, he was a smart man, recalling all the things in the palace today, especially Sun Wu's sudden appearance and not saying a word about the conquest of Korea, he suddenly had an epiphany, and after a long time, he didn't say anything more, and said goodbye.

However, Zhang Mengtan left on the front foot, and the person who Zhao Wuxian was more afraid of came in on the back foot, but when he saw Ji Ran, who was already gray, he held back his anger and walked inside, he bowed to Zhao Wuxian and blurted out: "Your Majesty, the conquest of North Korea is a move to destroy the country and the family!" ”

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"Taifu Ling, what do you mean by this?"

Seeing that it was Ji Ran, Zhao Wuxian's head hurt a little, but he still had to deal with it head-on.

Ji Ran held up a book of several years of the plan and said:

"Although after the meeting of Huangchi, Zhao did not fight for four years, but the battle of Zhongshan the year before last used more than 200,000 Ding Zhuang and 50,000 soldiers, and it took three months to destroy Zhongshan. In last year's battle in northern Xinjiang, Ding Zhuang was mobilized to transport 200,000 grains, and 50,000 or 60,000 car, foot, and horsemen, and it took more than half a year before and after completely ploughing the court and sweeping the caves and eliminating Donghu. ”

"Although these two battles were captured after the war, they cost more, especially the battle to destroy Donghu, which almost made the northern Xinjiang empty of savings. However, the king still did not stop this year, sending 30,000 soldiers to Henan, and dividing Cheng into two on Monday, although the cost of using troops is not much, but the cost of food stationed is not small. As a result, four years of peacetime savings were almost spent. Jun Shang should have recuperated, but now for the sake of Chen Heng and North Korea, he will fight again! ”

He angrily tapped the documents of the plan with his hand, and every sum of money and grain in it was handled by Ji Ran, and no one knew better than him what the upper limit of the Zhao State was.

"North Korea and the Central Plains are separated by the sea, if the naval army attacks, it is necessary to build countless large ships, the sea is slim, the wind and waves are indefinite, and the victory or defeat is unknown. The lesson of Langya's defeat, has the king forgotten? Promised the minister not to build a navy within 20 years, did the king forget it? And if you take the land route, it is even more thousands of miles, and the barren land along the way, there is no place for supplies at all, and the 50,000 troops have passed, and only 10,000 can go to the place. ”

"Even if you destroy North Korea by luck, will you continue to let the Kei clan be the monarch? Or will it become a county?"

"If it is the former, since they are not related to the Central Plains, what is the difference between Chen's North Korea and Jizi North Korea? If it is the latter, Zhao will have to send troops to defend it, and if there are fewer troops, the city will be trapped, and if there are more troops, the soldiers will complain and the people will be uneasy. ”

Ji Ran finally said: "The monarch claims to be the parents of the people of Zhao State, but he does not have compassion, dumps the limited wealth and money of the treasury, and is greedy for useless land in Haibei, and the people in the country are tired of the suffering, and they will definitely be disappointed in the Zhao family. Vain Jun has been smart for decades, why is he confused today? ”

These words not only questioned the problem with his order, but also pointed out that he himself was confused. Ji Ran could already be called a strong admonition, but Zhao Wuxian said with a stubborn attitude: "Didn't Taifu Ling Mo think that without your consent, the widow would not be able to promote this expedition?" ”

Under the-for-tat, Zhao Wuxian didn't want to give in, Ji Ran simply took off the crown on his head, tore off the seal ribbon around his waist, raised his neck and said: "If the king wants to conquer North Korea, he must make a budget for military spending in Taifu, and the ministers are incompetent, I really can't do it if I live within my means!" Anyway, the old minister is already old and useless, if the king is another master, please let the minister step down and retire! ”

"Good!"

Zhao Wuxian patted the case: "The seal ribbon is left, people can go, from now on, go to the post of Xin Wenzi's Taifu Order, this position of the prime minister, let Taoqiu's Duanmu Ci do it!" Lonely country! The will of the lonely is the will of the Zhao State, the will of millions of subjects! There will be no objections to the proposal to destroy North Korea! ”

The voice was so loud that Zhang Mengtan and other ministers who were waiting outside the door could hear it clearly.

Inside the house, Ji Ran was stunned for a moment, a little incredulous, but after laughing miserably, he put down the seal ribbon in his hand, and then bowed heavily to Zhao Wuxian and turned to leave!

During the whole process, the attendants in the palace looked at their noses and noses, but their legs and stomachs were trembling, and they had never seen the prince so annoyed and angry.

Immediately, another order from Zhao Hou came down: "Those who dare to admonish the widow to attack North Korea again, go to their positions!" ”

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There is no impermeable wall in the world, and under the spread of well-intentioned people, the news that Zhao Hou intends to conquer Chen Heng and cross the sea to attack Korea spreads far and wide.

It is rumored that Dong Anyu, Zhang Mengtan, You Wuzheng, and Ji Ran, the four important ministers, all opposed this disorderly life, but they were all reprimanded by Zhao Hou, and Ji Ran even quarreled with Zhao Wuxian on the spot, and resigned from the Taifu Order in a fit of anger......

This incident caused an uproar in Yecheng, and while they didn't understand why Zhao Wuxian was so stubborn, everyone also began to realize that Zhao Hou's cross-sea expedition was so resolute, and it was definitely not just talk, and anyone who stood in the way could be burned clean by the majesty of the king.

"Maybe it's because Chen Heng is too resentful?" There has been speculation that anger can make people lose their minds, and the prince is no exception.

In Changle Palace, the crown prince Zhao Heng was also anxious about this matter, he originally planned to risk his life to admonish, but after learning that Ji Ran was also removed from his post, he hesitated. At this time, the wife of the prince, Le Shi, also sent someone to dissuade him, so that at this sensitive moment, he should not anger the prince, he has been a husband and wife for twenty years, and Le Lingzi has never seen such an abnormal Zhao Wuxian......

And no one dared to say that this decision was not made by the prince with foresight, after all, after so many years, Zhao Wuxian's decision was rarely wrong.

For a while, the government and the opposition were silent on this matter, and even Dong Anyu and Zhang Mengtan, who had previously held an opposing attitude, were silent about the old and new ministers, and in the past ten years, Zhao Wuxian has never done anything wrong, the prestige of the monarch, as long as the matter is decided, no one dares to touch its edge, and the prime minister is like a weak child in the face of a powerful monarchy.

Only Ji Ran returned home and sulked alone.

However, no one knew that the reason why the three important ministers of Dong, Zhang, and Post no longer gave advice was because Zhao Hou each wrote a handwritten letter explaining cause and effect and sent it to them. And the night after the incident, a carriage also quietly drove into Ji Ran's home during the curfew.

"How dare you let your grandson come to the door in person?" Ji Ran and Sun Wu are of the same age, although the two do not have too deep friendship, he does not dare to be rude, and hurriedly goes to the vestibule to greet them.

"Old decay doesn't come alone." After Sun Wu got out of the car, he gave up his position, and the entourage lifted the curtain, and it was Zhao Wuxian, who was dressed in civilian clothes, and walked down.

Zhao Wuxian looked ashamed and saluted Ji Ran.

"It's really aggrieved to let Mr. let him accompany the widow to play this play today, but I don't know if the widow plays the faint gentleman and the only husband, does it look like?"