Chapter 523: Marriage
It should have been a happy thing, but Yelu Dashi's face was ugly. As for www.biquge.info reason for his ugly face, Xiao Tianyan knew it.
"Your Majesty, even if it's a little bitter, it's better than the country being destroyed." Xiao Tianyan couldn't say it explicitly, but he still chose to remind him tactfully.
Yelu Dashi nodded slightly. "Prime Minister, it's not that I don't know what you're saying. In the face of major rights and wrongs, I also know which side is heavy and which side is light. With a sigh, Yelu Dashi continued. However, you don't know the current situation in Da Liao. In the land occupied by Mongolia, everything that can be plundered has been plundered, and a large number of refugees have poured in the areas under our control, and the domestic food has long been insufficient. It is hard to feed the people, and if you raise 300,000 troops of food at once, then there will definitely be people in the country who will starve to death......"
"Your Majesty, things shouldn't be thought of like this!" Xiao Tianyan put forward different opinions on Yelu Dashi's statement. "Let's be a little tighter now, but we can quickly defeat Mongolia and restore peace to the country, which is what the people want to see. Even if there is a thing like what His Majesty said, starving to death, everything is a state, and I think the people can understand it. ”
"If people starve to death, those Gaochang descendants will have a reason to resist, even if Zhao Shuo helps us defeat the Mongols in the future, these Gaochang people will push us down. is busy coming and going, but these Gaochang people have been achieved......" Yelu Dashi shook his head, obviously, such a thing is something he absolutely cannot tolerate.
"Your Majesty!" Xiao Tianyan really didn't expect that Yelu Dashi would have such a mind at this time. "Now inform the people that the King of Song is coming to the rescue, and Western Xia has also sent reinforcements, which will calm the panicked people, and then inform them that in order for the Song King's army to reach Western Liao as soon as possible and resist the Mongols, we need to reduce the time for the Song King to raise grain and grass, that is, the Song King mobilizes a large army, and we raise grain and grass, I think, the people can understand."
After a pause, Xiao Tianyan pondered for a while, gritted his teeth, and said another situation that Yelu Dashi was most afraid of. "Your Majesty, if we don't provide grain and grass, then the arrival of the Song King's army will be delayed, and now, the Mongol army is like a bamboo, and the Western Xia army should just want to drag them down, and will not resist desperately, so the land of Da Liao will continue to fall, and the later the Song King's army comes, the more land we will lose, and the more inevitable the number will be in this regard. At that time, we were also short of food. What will these refugees do then? No one can guarantee this. They may be afraid of the cruelty of the Mongols, but it is not the same for the army that the Song King came to the rescue. When the time comes, if they rush to the army of the King of Song to ask for food, then the problem will be even more serious......"
"What, the prime minister is worried that King Song's food is not enough?" Yelu Dashi laughed. "It's not unreasonable to let the King of Song give some food, think about when he forced us to cede land to Western Xia......" snorted lightly, and Yelu Dashi did not continue. It's time for King Song to shed some blood. ”
Seeing Yelu Dashi like this, Xiao Tianyan was really anxious. "Your Majesty, this time and that time! Besides, it was also a helpless move to cut the land at the beginning...... "Thinking about the fact that the Kereh Department was already Zhao Shuo's territory, Zhao Shuo did not unite with the Western Xia to completely exterminate the Western Liao, but only asked the Western Liao to cede 200 miles of land to the Western Xia, which is already quite good."
And now, the Mongols are attacking Western Liao, which is in crisis and may be destroyed at any time. Western Xia sent troops to help, and Zhao Shuo was also ready to send troops, just by virtue of this, the matter of ceding 200 miles of land was no longer worth mentioning.
Zhao Shuo said that he would send 300,000 troops, and he did not ask Western Xia or Western Liao to provide grain and grass, and this request was put forward by Li Renxiao, the prince of Western Xia.
As for the reason why Li Renxiao proposed this, Xiao Tianyan understands. If it were him, he would have made this suggestion as well.
Western Liao is in danger, and it will take time for Zhao Shuo's land to reach Western Liao. It takes time for Zhao Shuo to assemble an army, and it takes even more time to gather grain and grass.
The earlier Zhao Shuo's army arrived in Western Liao, the safer it would be in the future. On the other hand, the same is true of Western Liao.
Western Liao is now in difficulty, but a little food can drive away the Mongol army, which is already a pie in the sky.
Because of this, Xiao Tianyan ran out of breath to inform Yelu Dashi. He was so happy.
But now, Yelu Dashi did not want to provide this batch of food because he was worried that giving the food to Zhao Shuo would cause the refugees to starve to death, and then rebel against his rule.
If Western Liao did not provide food, Western Xia would inevitably not provide it, so the arrival of Zhao Shuo's army in Western Liao would be delayed.
As a result, the land of Western Liao will continue to fall, the number of refugees will continue to increase, and what is even more terrifying is that whether it can hold out until the arrival of Zhao Shuo has become an unknown.
After all, if Zhao Shuo knew that Yelu Dashi didn't even want to give out a little food, he planned to let his army work for Western Liao. What Zhao Shuo will do, no one knows.
Another point is that Yelu Dashi is even more afraid, Zhao Shuo's army came according to Yelu Dashi's words, and also provided food to the refugees, so after repelling the Mongol army, Zhao Shuo's prestige will inevitably increase rapidly.
It was Zhao Shuo who saved Xiliao and saved a large number of refugees. Those Gaochang descendants who were already dissatisfied with Yelu Dashi took the opportunity to directly join Zhao Shuo, and all the people echoed, and when the time came, it would be completely easy for Zhao Shuo to subvert Yelu Dashi's system.
This was more terrifying than the rebellion caused by starving a few refugees to death as Yelu Dashi imagined.
"Your Majesty, if you really want Zhao Shuo to provide food for our refugees, the minister has a proposal, and I ask Your Majesty to approve it." Xiao Tianyan thought about it for a long time, and finally thought of a way.
"Tell me about it!" Yelu Stone Road.
"Marry Princess Pusuwan to Zhao Shuo and marry Zhao Shuo." Xiao Tianyan said his thoughts. Then analyzed. "Only if we marry the King of Song, it is only reasonable for the King of Song to provide food to our refugees. After the war, it was possible for Zhao Shuo to reject the refugee proposals that had been given benefits and let us go. ”
After listening to Xiao Tianyan's words, Yelu Dashi's face turned cold. "What are you talking about, marry my daughter to Zhao Shuo, no, absolutely not!"
In the face of the opposing Yelu Dashi, Xiao Tianyan was extremely calm, he had already thought of this scene. He lightly told Yelu Dashi his thoughts, and told Yelu Dashi the pros and cons of using Zhao Shuo to provide food.
After everything was said, Xiao Tianyan looked at Yelu Dashi. "These are the minister's thoughts, how to choose, please make a decision for Your Majesty."