"Mediation? Hehe, Mao Hong, do you think Your Majesty will listen to my advice? As far as the old man knew, the army deployed by the imperial court in Huainan had already begun to prepare for the battle across the river, and began to replenish various war materials, and would launch an attack once the time was ripe. Besides, Your Majesty's resolute intention to unify China is not something that anyone can change! Pei Wei raised his eyebrows, and said with a wry smile on his face.

As early as the beginning, the family headed by Wang Yan suggested that Sima Shu accept Jiangdong by peaceful means, but their suggestions were not only directly ignored by the court. The confident central government of the Great Jin Dynasty believed that the Xiang army was enough to wipe out the last separatist force of the Great Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop.

"Lord Guogong, I admit that the current strength of Jiangdong is indeed not enough to fight against the imperial court, but it is still the same sentence, the war will eventually bring destruction, and after the war, Jiangdong will definitely be in a mess, and the imperial court will have to pay a hundred times the price if it wants to restore the economy of Jiangdong. In that case, why can't we take a win-win approach? Director Wang still did not give up his efforts to mediate, and was still dutifully trying to persuade Pei Wei.

"Lord Guogong, this negotiation of my Jiangdong is very sincere, and the King of Jin has also realized his previous mistake, even if he wants to remove the title of King of Jin. Therefore, I must ask Kokuko-sama to lend a hand, and I will not forget the help of my lords! ”

"Maohong, don't you know, now that the imperial court is in full swing and morale is high, if anyone dares to speak for Jiangdong at this time, they will inevitably offend a large number of main battle factions, especially the growing military. Here, the old man will reveal a little more secret to you. In Liaodong, the Xiang army is sweeping away the remnants of the Xianbei forces, and it won't be long before the Xianbei people in Liaodong will become a historical term. Pei Wei frowned.

"Does Lord Guogong mean that the imperial court is going to use foreign troops again?" Director Wang suddenly felt a light in his eyes, and he felt that if the imperial court used troops abroad, Jiangdong's opportunity would come. In the past few years, it was the imperial court that focused its main efforts on the north and northwest, which allowed Jiangdong to be stable for a few years.

"Oh, Maohong, Maohong, you let the old man say what is good about you, don't think that the imperial court will not have the energy to clean you up if it uses troops in the north. This year is no longer than in previous years, and the development of the past ten years has made the imperial court not afraid of any challenges, not to mention fighting on two fronts. Even the third and fourth lines are not a problem. ”

"Besides. Huainan Liu Kun has been preparing for nearly ten years to fight in the south, and the war materials have long been fully prepared, as long as His Majesty orders tens of thousands of soldiers in Huainan will be able to level the entire Jiangdong in less than a month! Pei Wei introduced to Director Wang very proudly.

"Alas!" After a long silence, Director Wang sighed and said, "It seems that there is no way out for Jiangdong!" Come on. It's not a lot of effort to get under. From now on, there will be no more negotiations. As for Koto, it's up to fate! ”

After listening to Pei Wei's words, Director Wang completely lost confidence, but he felt a lot more relaxed in his heart when he let go. The bottom of my heart is relaxed. The mind is also clear, and the problems that I couldn't see through in the past can be seen more clearly at this time. He thought carefully in his mind, with the current strength of the imperial court, Jiangdong really had no second way out.

"Eh, it's good that Mao Hong can think like this, everyone has their own fate, and you don't have to be too demanding. If Jiangdong is really willing to accept the conditions of the imperial court, his majesty's mind will never embarrass the people of Jiangdong. Look at the Nanyang Deng family, who helped His Majesty for the problem of coinage, and their family controlled the Dajin Royal Money Village for nearly ten years, and it was not until last year that the people trained by His Majesty began to take over the scepter in their hands. ”

"Hehe, although the Deng family has lost the means to survive, but his family has not suffered a loss, now Deng Chong has not only won the position of a marquis, but several rising stars of the Deng family have entered the officialdom, and the Deng family will definitely change to an official family in the future. When the old man said this, he wanted to tell Maohong that the more active Jiangdong became, the better the favor you would get, otherwise, if you really have to wait until the court uses force, then it will be too late to say anything! ”

"Alas, Lord Guogong, this time I have completely figured it out. However, I'm afraid that other people in Jiangdong won't understand! Director Wang said with a worried sigh.

"That's it, Maohong, the old man will reveal some secrets to you again, and you will report to the Jiangdong people the truth after you go back, as for how Jiangdong chooses in the end, it doesn't matter to you, it can be regarded as doing your best." Pei Wei thought about it for a long time and came up with such a solution.

"What does Koko-sama mean to 'deter' the radical forces within Koto through my mouth?"

"Well, yes, that's what it means. Although there was no interruption between the two sides of the strait, to be honest, Jiangdong did not know the true details of the imperial court. Let's start with the military, since the imperial court drove Hu Lu from the north, it has not stopped military construction, and after several years of development. ”

"The total number of troops in the van army has reached 350,000, and the navy is as high as nearly 100,000. Let's not talk about the army, let's talk about the navy, after all, the navy will be inseparable from the attack on Jiangdong in the future. With the commissioning of the first-class battleships, the three major naval fleets of the imperial court have been thoroughly formed after ten years of development. The Home Fleet (First Fleet) is responsible for coastal operations and home defense, and the South and North Ocean Fleets (Second and Third Fleets) are equipped with nearly 550 sail battleships of all classes, and have the ability to fight in the ocean! ”

"If, the old man said, if a war breaks out, the navy alone can make you take care of yourself, and the long coastline of Jiangdong will become the target of the navy's wanton attack. Mao Hong can imagine that hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Xiang Army have landed in various parts of Jiangdong, what can you resist?! ”

Listening to Pei Wei's words, Director Wang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and he thought that this was the case. How powerful the naval warships of the imperial court are, they Jiangdong have a deep experience, since the first battle of Chaohu, Jiangdong has completely lost the hegemony on the water surface of the Yangtze River. After that, Jiangdong did not think about seizing control of the Yangtze River.

But neither Wang Dun nor Wen Xian, who guarded Jiangling, could not break the imperial court's blockade of the Yangtze River, and this was just to deal with the imperial court's inland river fleet.

"Maohong, don't you know, now the navy has controlled the entire South Seas in its hands, a few days ago, the old man also heard Lord Zhu say that as early as two years ago, the Great Jin Nanyang Fleet had gone west to the Indian Ocean, and established an advance base in the Lion Country of Ceylon, preparing to further explore westward, and even His Majesty said that after the unification of China, he was ready to send a huge fleet to the Western Ocean." Pei Wei is also very proud of the achievements of the Navy.

"The Indian Ocean? Lion Nation? What is that place? "To be honest, for traditional scholars like Director Wang, they don't know much about the world outside of China.

"Hehe, the Indian Ocean is His Majesty's general name for the sea areas west of the South Sea, as for why it was named, the old man doesn't know very well. And the Lion Country, in fact, is the "Book of Han? In the Geographical Chronicles, it was recorded as 'Cheng Bu Guo', and later after the navy arrived in the area, it was called the Lion Country. ”

"Alas, after listening to what Lord Guogong said today, I always feel that I used to be a bit of a well watcher! Alas, if you have the opportunity in the future, you must go out for a walk, the South Sea, the West, the East, the North Ocean, I really didn't expect this world to be so big! ”

Mao Hong is right, since the development of the navy, the court has been greatly affected ideologically. In fact, not only that, but there is also a very important reason why Your Majesty has not relaxed its armaments for so many years, that is, there is a country in the West that is stronger than my Dajin. ”

"A country that is more powerful than my Great Jin? Is this possible? Director Wang couldn't believe it, in his heart, the Great Jin Dynasty was already the most powerful country in the world after defeating the Northern Hu people, how could there be a more powerful country?

"To be honest, the old man didn't believe it before, but with the development of the navy in the past few years, I realized that there are too many secrets in this world that we didn't know before. Take the newly discovered Indian Ocean, for example, in the westernmost part of my dynasty, we always thought it was a barren land, but through ocean exploration, we learned that after crossing the grassland and snow, it was a prosperous and rich place! ”

"Therefore it is not impossible for there to be a stronger state farther to the west, and Your Majesty thinks that as long as we continue to expand westward, sooner or later we will meet with the great powers of the West. In order to resist the threat from the west, His Majesty must integrate all the forces of Huaxia together, so from this point of view, Jiangdong must also accept the transformation of the imperial court! ”

"Lord Guogong, the imperial court is going westward with all its might, what about the Xianbei people on the northern grasslands?"

"Don't worry about this, the Xianbei people in the north are finished. Since the Mobei Xianbei people were re-divided into three divisions, they have long been too busy to take care of themselves, whether it is the ambitious Tuoba Pugen or the Tuoba Liuxiu and Tuoba Biyan who are attached to the Great Jin, they are not the opponents of the Great Jin! ”

"Take Tuoba Liuxiu as an example, in addition to being nominally his territory, the land of Henan has actually become the territory of my Great Jin Dynasty for a long time. In recent years, through economic, cultural, military and other means, I have taken the entire southern part of Tuoba into my own hands, and by the end of this year, Tuoba Liuxiu will go south to Luoyang to be an idle prince, and then the entire land of Henan will be taken back without spending a soldier in the imperial court. ”

"After the imperial court solved the southern part of Tuoba and set up a defensive line in the Yinshan area, the Xianbei people in the north could no longer threaten the Guanzhong region of the Great Jin Dynasty. After Xianbei loses a large area of grassland with delicious water and grass in the south of Yinshan Mountain, its strength will inevitably decline, and it will not be long before the border trouble in the north will be completely cleared! ”

"The real prosperity of the Great Jin is coming!"

Yes, the prosperity of the Great Jin Dynasty is coming, but the doom of Jiangdong is coming! The more powerful the Great Jin is, the more obscure Jiangdong's fate becomes! (To be continued......)