Seeing that the atmosphere had mobilized himself, Qin Feng's eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Loyal heroes, I, Qin Feng, am entrusted by Your Majesty to formally invite you to return to the Central Plains Dynasty in the name of the Han people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 At the same time, I also invite you to join the Tang Dynasty army, fight for the glory of China, and fight to clear the shame of the previous dynasty. ”

"General, do you want us to join the Tang Army?" Chu Huaizhong asked in a deep voice. They are the army of the previous dynasty, and they regarded themselves as soldiers of the previous dynasty, and to a certain extent, they had a common enmity with the Tang Dynasty.

"Not to, but please! Yes, you are invited to join! Qin Feng said very sincerely: "I admire you for being able to hold on to such a difficult situation for decades. ”

Is it more touching to have your own efforts recognized by your compatriots? Chu Huaizhong had tears in his eyes: "But we are the army of the previous dynasty, and you are the Tang army." If it weren't for the fact that you are hot-blooded men, I would have let you eat crossbow arrows a long time ago. ”

"Whether it's the Sui army or the Tang army, it's all in the same vein of China! We have a common enemy, Goguryeo! ”

"This ...... I won't hide it from the general, so I'll ask, Your Majesty, can you accept us? Chu Huaizhong stared at Qin Feng, and his words were very calm, which was also something that everyone was worried about.

"The emperor is wise today, and he praises you a lot. Brother Qiu Man has been received by His Majesty, and you can ask him about this. Moreover, I have come today with His Majesty's will and sincerity. ”

Xuan Bing understood, and took out the holy decree wrapped in yellow silk from his bag, which roughly means: The heroic story of Zhongyi City is enough to move the heavens and the earth, Li Shimin welcomes them home on behalf of the Han nation, if they are willing to join the army, they can join the Tang army with an independent system, if they want to return to their hometown to live and work in peace and contentment, the Tang Dynasty is willing to set aside a piece of land for them, and they will build a village independently. At the same time, it also brought Li Shimin's canonization of Chu Huaizhong, and an official position was set up in Chu Huaizhong's name: General Huaizhong, a five-grade official position.

Under everyone's gaze, Chu Huaizhong stood up and said generously: "Minister Chu Huaizhong accepts the order, General Qin!" Chu is willing to join the army, be a pawn, open up territory for my Tang Dynasty, and make my Tang Quartet come to congratulate me, and live up to Your Majesty's mighty grace! Chu Huaizhong bent down and bowed.

"Pap, papa, papa, papa......"

"The last general will meet the general."

"The last general meets the general!"

……

This identity has changed, there is a difference in status, as the top general of the Tang Dynasty and the general manager of Youzhou, Qin Feng has made everyone take the main position, he is high, but his face is helpless. This kind of noisy feeling is actually quite uncomfortable.

"General, although the last general is in the mountains, I have also heard that the general has made immortal feats in the Turks, and the general is today's Huo Hussar, and we are convinced." His name is Hou Zhong, he was originally a marching staff officer in the Sui army, a scribe, with the idea of loyalty and patriotism, and he attached great importance to the difference between superior and inferior, he sighed: "We defected to the Goguryeo army of the Eastern Expedition in order to make meritorious contributions, but it was just ...... Alas, defeated, defeated. The million-strong army was gone, and it was unthinkable that in just a few years, the Great Sui Dynasty would die like the Great Qin State. ”

Chu Huaizhong understood what Hou Zhong meant, and he smiled bitterly: "Don't hide it from the general, we are all poor people, we don't know a few big characters, more than ten years ago, we were just ordinary soldiers. At the beginning of the defeat, there were routs all over the mountains, and there was no one in charge of it, and we were forced to come out to take charge of our livelihood in desperation. Over the years, we have been hiding in Tibet, stealing our lives, and we are still reluctant to provide for ourselves, and we really don't have the ability to take revenge. It is best for the general to use his soldiers like a god, and it is better for the general to be in charge. ”

"In that case, then I'm not welcome, and it will be hypocritical to be hypocritical." Qin Feng's eyes swept away, looking at these high-spirited and hopeful remnants of the former dynasty, it was inevitable that ambition would emerge in his chest, and he shouted: "Goguryeo, I have killed more than a million Chinese soldiers, as a member of the big Chinese family, I don't think there is any possibility of reconciliation." When the Central Plains Dynasty was strong, they begged like dogs, and when the Central Plains fell, they turned into tiger wolves one by one, eager to tear off a large piece of fat from their 'Tian Khan'. Those who are not of my race will have different hearts, and this is not true at all, so I have always had a good impression of the surrounding alien races, including Goguryeo. Emotionally, I can't wait to kill all the aliens I can see, but in the big picture, I also know that this is absolutely impossible. ”

"The general has gone to our hearts." Chu Huaizhong said with emotion: "Seeing that the former enemies are happy and happy, we can't wait to die with them. But no. If we die, what will happen to tens of thousands of old, weak, sick and disabled? Who will take care of it? ”

"I understand your struggles. It takes more courage to live than to die. Qin Feng's words made the hearts of these homeless compatriots warm.

The words "long live understanding" may be the common voice of everyone.

"There is another sentence that I think you must also feel deeply."

The crowd listened carefully and listened carefully. I only heard Qin Feng continue: "The ideal is beautiful, the reality is cruel, and when the ideal conflicts with the reality, people have to succumb to the reality and give up their ideals. ”

Everyone nodded silently, their situation was like this, just as Chu Huaizhong had just said, they had to succumb to reality and give up the ideal of revenge.

"This is true of a person, and it is the same of a country. Individuals have their own helplessness, and the country also has the country's suffering. This sentence is the key point that Qin Feng wants to explain, and everything else is just foreshadowing.

Chu Huaizhong and others did have a pimple in their hearts: Goguryeo was divided into two, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but why didn't Datang seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? They don't understand.

Therefore, Qin Feng let them understand, otherwise, they would not be able to cooperate sincerely. When the misunderstanding is solved, it no longer exists, and people and people, brothers and brothers, husbands and wives often end up getting along because of a small misunderstanding. Since Chu Huaizhong and the others have a pimple in their hearts, if they don't explain, it will be very detrimental to their future actions, so Qin Feng took precautions.

Hearing Qin Feng say this, Chu Huaizhong and the others seemed to understand what Qin Feng meant.

Qin Feng said: "Destroying Goguryeo and avenging millions of compatriots is a good opportunity for the ages, this is the consensus of the DPRK and China, and the Tang Dynasty does have the strength to destroy Goguryeo now, Your Majesty and the ministers of the DPRK also know that the cost of annihilating a unified Goguryeo in the future is countless times higher than today, but why didn't the army be raised?" Is it that the Tang Dynasty does not want to avenge the soldiers of the previous dynasty? Or was the Tang Dynasty too merciful? ”

Two questions: undoubtedly asked everyone's hearts.

Oh, yes? Why is that?

Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and the others all stared at Qin Feng in a daze, waiting for him to answer the doubts in everyone's hearts.

"Neither! But the heart is more than enough, and the strength is not enough! If I tell me a set of numbers, you will understand Your Majesty's distress. According to historical records, in the five years of the Great Cause, the number of households in the country was about 10 million, each household was five people, and the total population was about 56 million to 58 million. At the beginning of the unification of the world, according to statistics, it was found that after the huge consumption in troubled times, there were only more than 2 million households in the country, with five people per household and a total population of about 10 million. ”

"Oh my God!"

"More than 50 million people, it's not so gone."

……

After a chilly gasp, there was a commotion in the calm chamber.

Qin Feng ignored everyone and continued: "What is the war? It's the population, it's the money, it's the food. Without a population there are no soldiers, and without money and food, there is no way to feed an army. ”

Now the world is abusing Yang Guang and degrading Yang Guang as worthless. But in fact, as long as we carefully sort out each of his decrees, we can know that this Yang Guang is not useless. He is not bad, but he has not seen the essence of the world. After the great turmoil of the previous dynasty, the people were determined. Emperor Wen Yang Jian was extremely good at accumulating money, and although the treasury was abundant, it was a typical example of the country's wealth and the weakness of the people. In the face of such a situation, as the king of a country, the first thing to do is to make the people rich. But Yang Guang was too ambitious and ambitious, so he directly named his year 'Great Cause', intending to achieve a great cause. It's a pity that they are so ambitious, not only do they not govern the country well, but also make the people rich. On the contrary, it continued to squeeze the people's power and brazenly launched large-scale wars, which also directly led to the demise of the Great Sui Dynasty. ”

Everyone listened carefully, the vast majority of people in this chamber were people born in Yang Guang's era, and they knew Yang Guang's decree better than Qin Feng, so some honest people agreed with Qin Feng's words very much.

In all fairness, Yang Guang does have extraordinary intelligence and courage, and everything he does is impeccable.

After everyone calmed down, Qin Feng continued: "For thousands of years, after the chaos, it is necessary to rule the country, and only in this way can a country's national fortunes prosper. Since the dawn of time, this has been the case. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty were exempted from the flames of war, attaching importance to production, persuading agriculture and mulberry, building water conservancy, the people and customs were quiet, the family gave people enough, the cattle and horses were all over the field, and the surplus grain was commissioned to the field. The rule of this strong Wenjing created a strong Han Dynasty; Wang Mang was in chaos, the sea collapsed, and the world was in chaos. Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty implemented the national policy of 'Yanwu Xiuwen' and developed production, which laid the foundation of the Later Han Dynasty for nearly two hundred years. In the early years of the Sui Dynasty, it was no different. Treat the inside inward. Externally, with virtue, so that the state surrendered, the world ruled. Look at Yang Guang again, he has such wealth left by Emperor Wen Yang Jian, but he has achieved infamy through the ages because of his reckless military force. For example, if it is decided today, in the battle with the Eastern Turks, although it ended in a great victory for the Tang Dynasty, in fact, the Tang Dynasty also made the treasury empty. Ladies and gentlemen, if you move troops in succession, there will be forced conscription of young and strong people into the army, increased taxes, and no emphasis on production...... All kinds of signs before the troubled times. A lesson from the previous car, a teacher from the back. The reason why I am so bothered to travel between Gao Jianwu and the Yuan clan is because the world is determined that my Datang needs a period of recuperation, and a large-scale mobilization of troops will hurt the national body. With Yang Guang's experience, I Datang can't do this stupid thing if I don't do it. When my Datang is almost recuperating, what if Goguryeo becomes stronger? My Tang Dynasty can annihilate the powerful Eastern Turks when it is weak, and when it becomes stronger, what kind of thing is Goguryeo, which is full of holes? ”

"The Manchu Dynasty believed that the world had already experienced a great war, and what was needed now was governance, consolidation, not excessive ambition. His Majesty has both wisdom and courage, is thorough in everything, reasonable and well-founded, has both the Han Dynasty and the martial arts, and also has the ability to rule the world with Wenjing, so His Majesty thinks that if the war is forcibly launched, the Tang Dynasty may become the second Qin Dynasty, the second Sui Dynasty, and the second will be destroyed. That's why he avoided talking about sending troops. ”

Qin Feng's words can be described as powerful, loud and sound, word by word, and what he said is reasonable and well-founded.

only said Chu Huaizhong and the others speechless.

"Generals, because Yang Guang is not sympathetic to the people's hearts and does not follow the expectations of the people, in the end, the vitality of our Chinese nation was greatly damaged, and more than 50 million people were lost at once. Even His Majesty wouldn't dare to take this risk. ”

Everyone felt in their hearts, they couldn't imagine that this Tang Emperor would see the problem so thoroughly, Chu Huaizhong wiped a cold sweat and said, "You must not follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasty." ”

Hou Zhong also nodded and said, "Your Majesty's consideration is right, I'm ashamed, we are indeed inconsiderate." ”

"Yes, we must not follow in the footsteps of the previous dynasty."

Others have also expressed their support for Li Shimin's current choice

The biggest difference between a military general and a civilian official is that he is upright, understands things, and rarely has intrigues.

When Qin Feng explained the reality of Datang clearly, Chu Huaizhong, Hou Zhong and others were disappointed because of Datang's weakness, but they accepted this reality convincingly, and also recognized the new lord who was far away in Chang'an