All day long, everyone spent in fierce debate and discussion, Yue Fei inspected the border of the Great Wall within a few months to consider the practical problems and put forward the "real side policy" was taken out for the most formal discussion, the civil ministers and military generals expressed their opinions, Li Gang and Wu Yong for this policy to turn the world upside down, in general, Yue Fei's opinion is to gather the whole Great Song Dynasty to govern and repair the Great Wall, and even the construction of the national capital can be put aside, but to first consolidate the Great Wall, close the country, so that the border defense capacity of the Great Song Dynasty has been greatly increased.

In this way, the cavalry of the northern steppe goes south, we have the strength to fight, the Northeast Jurchen thieves are making a comeback, and we also have the power to resist, otherwise, the Great Song Dynasty relies so much on the lives of elite soldiers and horses to fill the victory, it cannot be considered at all, how difficult it is for the Great Song Dynasty to establish a capable army of about 300,000 people today, everyone sees it, and it is also a veteran who has fought with the Jin soldiers!

Wu Yong greatly praised this, believing that this is complementary to Yue Fan's policy of first Yanyun and then the Central Plains, without a stable frontier, there will be no harmonious living environment, and the survival and development of the country needs strong troops to support - "To build the development of the country, if there are no soldiers and horses to defend the border, there is no strong general to counterattack, and the thieves and soldiers regard the Central Plains as a granary treasure house, and they can come and leave if they want to, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty are unable to resist, and the people of the Great Song Dynasty are slaughtered, how unwise is it?" ”

Li Gang objected to this, believing that the national policy of first Yanyun and then the Central Plains was already a compromise in desperation, and that it was necessary to do so for the development of the Great Song Dynasty. And the policy of Yanyun first and then Yanyun is even worse, and even the development of Yanyun Land is lagging behind. In this case, the people are treated as if they were nothing. Is it the way to govern the country?

Wu Yong retorted: "At this time, the top priority is to stabilize Yan Yun, after Yan Yun is stable, we can discuss others, the way of civil and military affairs, one by one, now is the time when we need to stretch the bow and arrow to tighten the nerves, how can we develop civil affairs with peace of mind?" Lee Sang-gong. Soldiers, the way of life and death, must not be overlooked! When the country is in peril, how can we be distracted from the development of civil affairs? The top priority is military affairs! Military affairs! Stabilize the frontier and develop again! ”

Gongsun Sheng frowned and stood on Li Gang's side: "Wu Shumi, this can be said in the past, although the way of life and death of soldiers is the time of survival." You can't ignore it, but what is this war about? And not just the military. It is even as big as a trebuchet to as small as firewood, rice, oil and salt, these are all materials that I need to deploy as a household secretary. You don't develop civil administration, you don't have taxes. When the time comes, there will be no military rations when the war comes, so don't come to me! ”

Li Gang saw that there were people who supported him. The confidence is also enough: "Marching and fighting, fighting is money, food and materials, no matter how strong your army is, there is no food, and it is also a group of lambs to be slaughtered, only with food, ordnance and materials, and even firewood, rice, oil and salt, these small things are indispensable for you to march and fight!" Without these, how do you fight a war, and where do these things come from? From the people, now just after the war, when the people are tired, how can they provide you with this?

If you don't rest with the people, you don't let the people recuperate, how can the people of the Great Song Dynasty provide you with taxes? How can I support you in the war? Where did the people come from? Where do the auxiliaries come from? When you only talk about war, is it just a matter of the army? General Yue, the old man admires your unparalleled art of war and your courage in battle, but have you ever considered what you need to fight? Have you ever known what your victory is based on? ”

Yue Fei and Wu Yong, who Li Gang said, were silent, indeed, without the support of the people, the war cannot be won, and even the war cannot be sustained, so it is indeed necessary to let the people recuperate, let the people accumulate property, and even hide the wealth from the people, so that they can get the help of the people when they need it, or take a huge amount of wealth, just like this time the whole Sichuan paid taxes in advance for three years to help the Western Army fight the national war, that is, the previous Sichuan and Shu land guards were better governed, so there can be such reserves.

How is it possible to fight a war without the full support of the state?

Yue Fei is not a civilian official, and he has no experience in governing local areas, but from the perspective of the army, he has a strategy for the defense of the Great Wall, and does not take into account the foundation of the country, so this point is indeed missing.

However, Lin Chong and Luda, who were encouraged, stood up and criticized Li Gang's opinions on behalf of the generals, most of the generals in the northwest, especially the Jiangmen family, most of them concurrently held government positions in the northwest military state, such as the Yao family, although the generals of the Yao family, although they suffered heavy losses, but a group of young talents also emerged in this battle, most of them had experience in governing government affairs, gathered together and Li Gang and Gongsun Sheng debated, and Li Gang and Gongsun Sheng said, once the military generals group began to recover, there was also the emperor's silent support, Suddenly showed great strength.

Zhao Huan smiled bitterly and looked at the Wenchen generals who were arguing, and then turned his eyes to Yue Tuo who had been smiling and watching all this, he knew that Yue Tuo definitely had a way for them to coexist peacefully, but Yue Tuo seemed to want to see everyone argue for state affairs instead of for themselves, such a scene is the scene that a thriving country and government should have.

Yue Fan just stood with a smile, as if he didn't have anything to say, until the Wenchen generals couldn't convince each other anyway, Zhao Huan felt that the time was almost up, so he stood up and rounded the field: "Ministers, I know that you are all thinking about the Great Song Dynasty, but it won't work if you continue to argue like this without a result, Yue Qing, do you have any other opinions?" I thought you had a good opinion. ”

Yue Tuo almost knew that Zhao Huan was going to come out to play a round, and most of the ministers agreed with Yue Tuo's concept, thinking that Yue Tuo's personality and his merits were enough to gain enough voice in the court, so even a person as strong as Li Gang and a stubborn person like Zong Ze who did not admit defeat were unwilling to argue with Yue Tuo.

Yue Fan nodded, saluted Zhao Huan, and then spoke: "The arguments of your colleagues are all for the future of the Great Song Dynasty, but some people think that stabilizing the frontier, strengthening defense, ensuring that the Great Song Dynasty can defeat any invading enemy, and creating conditions for the reconstruction and development of Yanyun and the Central Plains, so that resting with the people will not become a disguised enemy."

Another part of the people believe that the previous war has greatly damaged the entire Great Song Dynasty, making the people displaced and miserable, and the previous savings have been paid for this victory, and there is no other thing to support the country in the war, if they continue to ask them to pay instead of resting with the people, it will break the hearts of the people, and more importantly, make the country have no money and food to support the future Northern Expedition and Eastern Crusade.

These two opinions, according to the private thoughts, are reasonable, and very reasonable, whether it is the military affairs of the West Mansion or the government affairs of the East Mansion first, I always think that these are right, war is not only a matter of the army, but also the affairs of the people of the Song Dynasty, the country needs the army to pay for the life of the enemy to fight to the death, and also needs the people to pay taxes to support the army to fight, and it is not possible to lack any link.

But everyone, have you ever considered that in a war, you don't need the people to go directly to the battlefield, it is the soldiers who pay for their lives, once the war is fought, people will inevitably die, and the soldiers are the first to bear the brunt, we will consolidate the border well, and always keep the enemy out of the country, then the people will not be ravaged by the enemy, the people will not be injured, and those who die in the war are all soldiers, and the people are safe, and they can produce with peace of mind.

Compared with the people who pay taxes, but the soldiers have to pay for their lives, they are all born and raised by their parents, and everyone is a human being, why can the soldiers pay their lives at will, while the people can give their lives with peace of mind? This is the difference in responsibility, soldiers defend the country, at any time to pay for their lives, and the people under the governance of His Majesty, naturally can live and work in peace and contentment, even so, pay some taxes in exchange for a stable and peaceful life, just a few days of suffering, and peace and prosperity will soon come, the people know this truth, they all understand.

Soldiers also come from the people, they are the same many times, there is no difference, but the soldiers are going to fight to the death, but the people will not die, everyone, who pays more, don't you know? If the frontier is consolidated and impregnable, the people will naturally not worry that their hard-earned income will be plundered by thieves and lose their lives, and the soldiers will keep all the dangers out of the border for them.

The greatness of the soldier is unimaginable, after participating in many battles to the death, I understand that the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty before, what was wrong, will usher in the disaster of Jingkang's early years, compared to Your Majesty also understands this time, your colleagues also understand this matter. Yue Fan said slowly, the courtiers all fell into silence and contemplation, Zhao Huan's face became calm, and there was a trace of sadness in his eyes.

"Therefore, the soldiers before are actually the most miserable group of people in the Great Song Dynasty, not only have no status, but when they encounter a war, the first people to die are they, they don't want to say anything more, they just want to fight for the soldiers to get what they should get but never get it, in the lower is the champion, the third yuan and the first, get a lot of honors, but I think that my contribution is not as much as the soldiers, they paid for their lives, and I am still alive, I think that those strong men who died in battle are far more noble than me, each of them died for the countryI can't think of any reason to treat them badly. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, we are still alive, and they are destined to die before us."

The last sentence made many generals who had lost their precious comrades-in-arms can't help but cry, Yue Fei and Zong Ze had red eyes, Lin Chong cried silently, Lu Da cried, the Great Song Dynasty has been more than 200 years old, and finally there is a literati who is willing to speak for the generals and the army, although this sentence is a little late.

The ministers couldn't say a word.

They are not destined to die in battle.

In the end, Zhao Huan came to a conclusion.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have decided to gather the current strength of the whole country to repair the Great Wall and border defense measures, improve the treatment of the army, I can reduce some royal expenses, and these palaces should not be repaired for the time being, just enough to live and handle government affairs, let's suffer a little, just for a while, what Yue Qing said is very reasonable, you can't suffer the soldiers! Alas...... I've made up my mind, so I don't need to say much, so be it! (To be continued.) )