The privy envoy Jiang Yu said this very movingly. There is a compassionate atmosphere in the www.biquge.info of the pen, which is coming, and no matter how heartless and lungless people are, they feel ashamed when they hear it.

Indeed, the savagery of the steppe people, the officials present were much clearer than the common people. They dare not imagine the fate of being ruled by aliens. It was Jiang Yu who tried his best to ask for troops, which also made some sense.

Feng Jing, the first assistant to the cabinet, still insisted on dissenting opinions: "Although the Privy Councillor's words are reasonable, they are not a foolproof solution. Your Majesty, the minister is not talented, and he does not understand military affairs, but he also understands the time, place, people, and the most important thing to fight for the march. The so-called time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the people. Can you think about it, if you send troops at this time, can you have the right time, place, people and words? The first day is the end of autumn, and the march to the border is afraid that it is winter. Although most of our soldiers have cotton clothes to keep out the cold, the winter on the grassland is ultimately inconvenient for marching. Speaking of geographical advantages, the Khitan people are more familiar with the grassland than us, and the geographical advantage is definitely not on my side of Dashun. As for the people, although my Dashun soldiers have the determination to die in a hundred battles, the Khitans are also united, and it is difficult to conquer them in a hurry. Why not take a long-term view and think about it slowly? ”

In the end, it is a civil official, or the all-round talent Feng Jing of "Lianzhong Sanyuan", the truth that comes out of his mouth is very convincing.

But the privy envoy Jiang Yu was still disdainful: "Your Majesty, the minister has a question." If Feng Shoufu is familiar with the history of this dynasty, he must know that Gaozong's Northern Expedition is also a winter advance. Can't fight in winter? What a ridiculous statement! ”

Shoufu Feng Jing was not moved, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the privy envoy is mistaken, at that time, Gaozong had beaten the Khitans to the point that he had no power to fight back, so he dared to advance in winter and recover thousands of miles of land north of the Great Wall in one fell swoop. Today's Khitan people are strong and strong, how can they talk about it on the same day? ”

"How can I not be strong now?" Jiang Yu's confidence is a little insufficient, in fact, people with military knowledge know that fighting in winter, whether it is a man or a horse, the burden is very great. Even if it can win, it will be a pyrrhic victory.

Suddenly, Lin Zhenzhong, who had not spoken, opened his mouth: "Your Majesty, the minister has a book to play!" ”

"Quasi-play!"

Lu Chengqi's favorite thing is brainstorming, not blindly attacking, since they can speak freely, let them argue. In the final analysis, whether to send troops or not, the decision is still in his hands.

"Your Majesty, the minister, this autumn's harvest, a total of 11 million guan, has been fully charged into the treasury." Lin Zhenzhong said slowly.

Before Jiang Yu could react, Shoufu Feng Jing had already understood what Lin Zhenzhong was going to say. Don't look at 11 million yuan, the copper coins that have been piled up can be like a small mountain. But it is very fast to use, and if you calculate the number of soldiers raised by Dashun now, it has exceeded one million. This 11 million guan is just a military salary for March during the war. In addition, it is necessary to mobilize grain, baggage, cotton clothing, forage, horses, and so on, and eleven million pounds, which is simply not enough to see.

This is also because of the consequence of Lu Chengqi's low agricultural tax, a percent agricultural tax, even if it is harvested in summer and autumn, it can't come up with so much money!

Lu Chengqi nodded slowly, he had long known that fighting a war was actually fighting money, and without money, it would not be able to move the army. There is a saying in later generations, it is called when the cannon goes off, and the gold is ten thousand taels. Lu Chengqi also has a large number of artillery, and if he has no money, where can he fight?

The Khitans are different, they are "100,000 young men and 100,000 soldiers", as long as they can ride horses and draw bows, plus some Han foot soldiers, they can gather a large wave of troops in just a few days. Even the grain, grass and horses are brought by themselves. As for the booty, it was also looted on its own. Dashun is a "soldier of benevolence and righteousness", and logistics must be guaranteed by itself.

Seeing that Lu Chengqi had already understood the difficulties of the treasury, Lin Zhenzhong wisely stopped talking.

"Where is the book of the military department?" Lu Chengqi set his sights on the kind of reprimand.

"The minister is here!"

Seeing that Lu Chengqi was "named", he hurriedly took the Chao Wat out of the queue.

"Tell me what you think!" Lu Chengqi said slowly.

He held the Chao Wat, thought for a while, and said calmly: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that you have to fight!" ”

Lu Chengqi raised his eyebrows: "Oh? I want to hear what your reason is? ”

"Your Majesty, the Khitan people's heart of southern invasion is known to passers-by. If I don't dispel their thoughts as soon as possible, I am afraid that after a hundred years, the Khitan people will become my confidants. "He said a nonsense, the Khitans are now the henchmen of the Han people. But he quickly added: "We must fight, but we don't fight now, and we don't fight ......."

Lu Chengqi clapped his hands and praised: "Yes, Chongqing is right, fight, I must fight." It's not good to teach the Liao State a lesson, they don't know how many eyes Ma Wang Ye has! Dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, it is simply eating the heart of a bear and a leopard gall! Now I really can't fight, the military pay is insufficient, the food and grass are not enough, do I want to let the soldiers go to death? By the way, don't the border troops pursue? Lu Chengqi suddenly thought of this stubble, "The Khitans have plundered the population, so they must not be moving fast!" ”

Pegasus, who retreated to the side, bowed down, and said with a weak heart: "Back to Your Majesty, I have pursued and captured many people." But the border army ...... It doesn't seem to take advantage of anything......"

Lu Chengqi understood very well that if the border army wanted to pursue, it must send cavalry.

Who in the world has cavalry that can beat the steppe people? I'm afraid there are only nomads who are also steppe people.

"It's okay, you don't have to suffer a big loss. The Khitans meant to rob property, but as for the population, they didn't want it. Lu Chengqi calmly judged, he knew that the Xiaoice River period had arrived, the northern winter was bitterly cold, even the Khitans themselves did not have enough to eat, where would they increase the burden on their population? It's good to rob Han people as slaves, but in the end, it's more than enough to eat, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Your Majesty is really a god!" Pegasus said in surprise, "After the cavalry of the border army pursued, they really met the captured civilians in the middle of the road. Unexpectedly, the thieves of the Liao State set up an ambush, injured many people and horses, and killed many people. Fortunately, the firearms were sharp, and many soldiers were killed, and there was even a Lin Ya ......"

Lu Chengqi was stunned: "Isn't Lin Ya a civil official of the Liao State?" Oh yes, I can think of an ambush, this man has learned a good book of war, and he must be a character too. Yes, not a loss. As for the blood debt of the people, one day I will let the blood of the Liao State pay for it! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

There was a sycophancy in the Daqing Palace, but Lu Chengqi ignored it.

"Pangu opened the world, Nuwa mud made people, Suiren and I fired, there was a nest for my house, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, Fuxi Liyan Sheng, Yanhuang came out of the Wei River, and China became a country. You and I have the same roots, we are originally a family, the bloodline has been passed down from generation to generation, and Yanhuang has children and grandchildren. We are a race, we can become a country, this country is called Huaxia, and the hearts of the people are ......"

Lu Chengqi muttered this national anthem, more than a year has passed, this song has been spread by the Supervision Department, and it has already spread all over the country. At this moment, when the country is invaded, there is a tragic meaning in singing. The immortal envoys on both sides quickly woke up when they saw this, played music for Lu Chengqi, and gently reconciled.

At the end of a song, Lu Chengqi's face suddenly showed pride: "If you offend my Tianwei, you will be punished even if you are far away!" ”

After saying that, Lu Chengqi got up and walked away, leaving only a stunned civil and military official.

"There's going to be war again!"

This is the voice of all the courtiers, although most of the courtiers don't like it, but Lu Chengqi wants to send troops, they can only advise, and there is really nothing they can do. Unless the Privy Council and the emperor disagree, but the Privy Council envoy Jiang Yu is obviously wearing the same pants as Lu Chengqi, a big battle that will determine the fortunes of the country is probably inevitable......