Chapter 366 is fully certain

In the small conference room of Yanhe Palace, I asked Xiao Qi to make tea, and motioned for Jia Rudao and Chen Yuan to sit down, and then went straight to the point: "Chen Yuan, I came to ask you, what do you think of the current situation in Song and Mongolia, and how do you think of the future of Annan. ”

Chen Yuanbi said respectfully: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, the Song and Mongolian War is about to break out, and I, the monarch of Annan, hope that the Great Song Dynasty will win, and as for Annan, I will respect the Great Song Dynasty as the Celestial Dynasty at all times and pay tribute every year." ”

I shook my head and said lightly: "Chen Yuan, I see that you are an understanding person, so I plan to talk to you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Chen Yuan's face flushed, and then he stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Song and Mongolia are indeed as Your Majesty said, the victory and defeat are inseparable, in terms of military strength, Mongolia is slightly superior, but the Great Song Dynasty has the Yangtze River, a natural barrier, and it can also be a battle." ”

"It is precisely because the outcome is unpredictable that you Annan have adopted a strategy that neither side wants to offend."

Chen Yuan smiled: "Your Majesty, in fact, my Annan monarch still has his heart set on the Heavenly Empire. ”

I also smiled, drank a cup of tea and said: "I also understand this, but it is impossible for the Song and Mongolia to confront each other for a long time, no matter who wins, Annan's ending must be the same as Dali's." ”

When Chen Yuan heard me say this, he was suddenly shocked in his heart, and said secretly, "This is the main topic." ”

"Chen Yuan, let's not mention this for the time being, you have a lot of contact with my dynasty, what do you think our dynasty has changed in the past year or two?"

Chen Yuan said with heartfelt emotion: "Your Majesty, in the past two years, all aspects of the Great Song Dynasty have made great progress, Chen Yuan came this time, what he saw and heard along the way are many different from the last time, the most direct reaction is that the people's living standards have been greatly improved, after coming to Lin'an, I found that the city is becoming more and more prosperous, and the whole city is full of vitality, just like a vigorous young man." ”

"Chen Yuan, what about the lives of your people in Annan."

"Your Majesty, it can't be compared, my land of Annan is not less than a hundred years behind the Great Song Dynasty."

"Yes, Chen Yuan, you are also the first auxiliary minister in Annan, I heard that you are a good official who does your best, however, the way to be an official should be to seek benefits for the people and benefit the people on this side, in other words, to make the people's lives better day by day, the so-called cangli is honest and knows etiquette, do you think your people in Annan have met the basic living requirements of abundant food and clothing?"

"Well, only a few people have reached it."

"Well, Chen Yuan, I agree with what you said, in Annan, except for a few high-ranking officials and nobles, the lives of ordinary people are very difficult."

Chen Yuan said ashamedly: "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

"Chen Yuan, when the gap between the rich and the poor in a region exceeds a certain limit, what do you think will happen in that area?"

"This, this,,,,,。"

"I know that you also have the answer in your heart, when the basic life of the people is not satisfied, they will first complain, and when this complaint swells to a certain point, it will cause a turbulent situation, or even a rebellion."

Chen Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead and whispered, "Yes, yes, Your Majesty." ”

"It's not that my insight is superior, but that thousands of years of history have proved this, Chen Yuan, just imagine, even if there is no erosion by external forces, if the life of the people of Annam becomes more and more difficult, will there be a turbulent situation."

I continued: "Chen Yuan, as an important minister of Annan, you must not bear to see this situation happen, in the land of Annan today, Chen Xuan abdicated and continued to be regent, Chen Huang is of course unwilling to be controlled, one mountain accommodates two tigers, this is not right; Secondly, for the Song and Meng, Annan wavered, just want to stand in the middle, Chen Yuan, you are also an old man in the political arena, naturally you should know that in the cruel political struggle, in the early stage, the centrist is the object of competition between the two sides, but once the dust settles, what will happen to the outcome of the centrists, it must be very miserable, if you want to be left and right, you will eventually be abandoned, this is indecisive, besides, the land of Annam is poor in resources and backward in economy, what do you use to make the people have enough food and clothing. ”

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty's intention is. ”

"Chen Yuan, the Annan region speaks Chinese and writes Chinese characters, which is not much different from our dynasty, I pursue the idea of great unification, of course, it is too early to say this, you Annan, at present, adopt a neutral method, I acquiesce to it, but when I wave the Northern Expedition, eliminate Mongolia, and recover the mountains and rivers, I will definitely include Annan into the territory of my Great Song Dynasty, and I will let the people of Annan also live a life of abundant food and clothing."

As the first and auxiliary minister of the Annan Kingdom, Chen Yuan is of course aware of the situation in front of him, the Mongolian Khan Kublai Khan inherited the strength of his ancestor Genghis Khan, continued to conquer the east and west, commanded the Mongolian iron cavalry to fight everywhere, and was invincible, and the new emperor of the Song Dynasty is very different from the previous dynasties Song Yanjing, the strength of the situation is far more than the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, what is even more puzzling is that the new emperor of the Song Dynasty did not put on the "faction" of the Celestial Empire, and was content to accept the tribute of the surrounding small countries, not long ago, The Great Song Dynasty has incorporated the Ryukyu Islands into its territory and established the Ryukyu Province, which is undoubtedly a demonstration to the world, and the great unification of the Great Song Dynasty has been fully revealed.

Chen Yuan was silent for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, Chen Yuan has a question, can you ask him?" ”

"Please."

"Your Majesty thinks that in the upcoming Song-Mongolian War, the Song Dynasty has a few points."

Without hesitation, I said, "I'm absolutely sure." ”

"Exactly." Chen Yuan took a sip of hot tea violently, as if to embolden himself, before continuing: "Your Majesty, after the rise of Genghis Khan from Mongolia, he successively unified the desert, eliminated the Jin State, recovered the Western Xia and Goryeo, and annexed the Dali State ten years ago. Six years ago, Liu Cheng surrendered in Sichuan, which is undoubtedly worse, and under the advantages of the other, how can it be said that in the future Song and Mongolian battles, His Majesty has a ten percent chance of winning. ”

Chen Yuan's idea is the idea of the vast majority of people today, in everyone's opinion, even if it is five or five open, it is also a slight elevation of the Song Dynasty, the most reasonable odds of winning should be Mongolia sixty percent of the Song Dynasty forty percent, the reason for this forty percent is mainly because of the risk of the Yangtze River and the solidity of the city,

Jia Rudao on the side was holding a wine glass, as if he also wanted to know my answer.

I smiled: "Chen Yuan, there are three main reasons for deciding the victory or defeat of the war, one is financial resources, the second is material resources, and the third is manpower, do you agree with this?" ”

"Your Majesty is absolutely right."

"Okay, then I analyze the three points one by one, the first is the financial resources, I don't think I need to explain more, my dynasty's financial resources are abundant, it is better than Mongolia, especially in the past two years, with the development of the economy, the treasury of our dynasty is gradually abundant, although the Mongolian Kublai Khan also wants to develop the economy, but this great khan who grew up on horseback is far inferior to my dynasty in this regard, the second is material resources, although over the years, the territory of the Mongols has become larger and larger, but the place where they have obtained is not a rich land, I will give a simple example, The armor and weapons of my soldiers are better than the equipment of the Mongol soldiers, and if you compare the entire military supplies, except for the war horses, our court can win, and as for the third point, I think it is what you are most concerned about. ”

Chen Yuan nodded subconsciously and said, "Exactly." ”

"The direct factor that determines the outcome of the war is the military strength, what is the military strength, everyone knows, it is the combat effectiveness of the army, everyone says, our dynasty has no good generals since Meng Heng, the Mongolian iron cavalry is invincible, the army of our Great Song Dynasty will only rely on the city to fight defensive wars, if the overall military strength of the two sides is compared, the quality of the Mongols' individual soldiers is far better than that of the Song soldiers, perhaps, you also think so, I will not distinguish for the time being."

"I have just occupied the Ryukyu Islands, this is very clear to the Taishi, Chen Yuan, you must have heard about it, the cause of this incident is that my navy division in order to annihilate the pirate Zhang Xuan who has been entrenched in my waters for a long time, and the people of the Ryukyus actually sheltered Zhang Xuan, let him land on the island to hide, my dynasty had to do it, that Zhang Xuan did a lot of evil at sea, intercepted and killed ships, smuggled contraband to the north, in the law and reason, it should have been exterminated a long time ago, before, our army also fought several times, but all returned in vain, why can it succeed this time, you think, This is not because Zhang Xuan's strength is not as good as before, and my naval division is still the original man and horse, the man and horse warship has not changed, but the combat effectiveness of our army has obviously changed and become stronger, what is the reason for this, I think you all roughly understand it in your hearts. ”

I replied myself: "It is because the morale of my Great Song Sailor has changed, because my Great Song Sailor has the belief that he will win, because my Great Song Sailor has their own soul, and this soul has spread throughout all the armies of our dynasty, that is to say, our army has regained its own military soul. ”

I looked at the speechless Chen Yuan and said: "Mr. Chen Yuan, I will go back and talk about the previous questions, good generals, in fact, they exist at any time, didn't the ancients say that there are often thousands of horses, and Bole is not often there, just like my envoy Li Tingzhi of the Yangzhou Military Region, which was personally promoted by Taishi, in the years when Li Tingzhi guarded Yangzhou, the Mongols did not dare to commit any crimes, and others such as Xia Gui, Lu Wende, Gao Gao, Zhang Jue, etc., are all good generals who can conquer and fight habitually, I and Jia Taishi are rare Bole in the world, with Bole, As for the invincibility of the Mongolian iron cavalry, it is because the Mongols have grown up on horseback since childhood, and their riding and archery skills are invincible in the world, which I also admit, but this situation only exists before the appearance of the cavalry nemesis, if the power of the Mongolian iron cavalry is restricted, it is undoubtedly the tiger has been extracted, relatively speaking, it is very easy to deal with, and even the question of what to rely on the city to fight a defensive war, what individual soldier ability no longer exists. ”

"Cavalry Buster."

"Artifact."

Chen Yuan and Jia Rudao thought separately,