At this time, it was already a child, and after Ye Huan and Grandma Tong came to Sima Xiang's mansion, they groped for a while before they found that Sima Guang had not rested. There was still a light in the study, and a figure was projected on the window under the dim light, and there were bursts of coughing from time to time.

In the study, Sima Guang took out a white handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, then put it on the desk again, and continued to look at the folds on the desk. The more he looked down, the more his heart sank, and finally after reading the fold, he leaned back in his chair and said with a long sigh: "Hey--! The money shortage is getting bigger and bigger every year, and the tax revenue is getting less and less every year, how can we fight a war at such a time? ”

"You can fight." A young man's voice came from outside the door, Sima Guang was startled, and hurriedly looked in the direction where the voice came from, and asked in a calm voice, "Who is coming?" ”

The door was opened, and from the outside entered, a man and a woman, the man handsome and the woman a girl.

Sima Guang was not panicked, and said with a faint smile: "There are friends who come from afar, and they don't say that the old man has never welcomed distinguished guests from afar, and he hopes to forgive his sins." As he spoke, he lifted himself up with a little effort and bowed.

Ye Huan came to Sima Guang's side and helped him up, and said sincerely: "Why is Lord Sima like this? Under is the younger generation, and I will never deserve such a big gift from an adult. Adults, let's take a seat. As he spoke, he helped Sima Guang back into his seat.

Seeing that Ye Huan and Grandma Tong had no malicious intentions, Sima Guang put his mind at ease, and still said with a faint smile on his face: "I don't know what happened when Xiaoyou came?" ”

Ye Huan smiled and said, "My lord, I came down to give advice to the Great Song Dynasty." ”

"Advice?" The doubts in Sima Guang's eyes flashed away, and he immediately returned to his original calm appearance, only to hear him smile and stroke his beard and say, "Please speak." ”

Ye Huan knew at a glance that Sima Guang didn't believe him at all, but he didn't care much, so he found two stools and moved them to the opposite side of Sima Guang, and only after sitting down with Grandma Tong did Ye Huan speak: "Destroy the Western Xia Kingdom at the lowest cost." ”

The cold glint in Sima Guang's eyes flashed, and he said in a slightly cold voice: "Friend, didn't you come to play tricks on the old man when you came late at night?" ”

"Please listen to me." Ye Huan didn't seem to see the coldness on Sima Guang's face, and said with a faint smile: "We have a lot of resources and abundant products in the Great Song Dynasty, so what do we want." But the Western Xia was different, the things that the Western Xia could get their hands on were some cattle and sheep, and they exchanged livestock for our tea, grain, silk, salt and other items. There is no shortage of animal husbandry in our Great Song Dynasty, but the Western Xia itself cannot produce tea, silk, grain, salt and other materials. ”

Sima Guang thought for a while and agreed with Ye Huan's words very much, "Well, what you said is reasonable, it is impossible for Xixia to produce these things by itself." ”

"So before we go to war with the Western Xia, we can cut off the trade channels between our Great Song and Western Xia, so that the Western Xia will not be able to get our Great Song things, because our Great Song will not lack their Western Xia livestock. After cutting off the trade channels, their Western Xia royal family, nobles, and officials could not get our tea, salt, silk, and grain. This is something that these aristocratic lords can't bear, the so-called from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift, this is the truth. ”

"Without our food, they would not be able to feed their army, and almost all the fields in Western Xia were the stuff of officials, nobles and royalty, and only a few poor lands belonged to the common people. And the source of tax revenue in Western Xia also comes from the common people, without our food, they can only increase the plunder of the common people, so as to arouse the resentment of the people in Western Xia. ”

"Therefore, as long as the trade channels between the Great Song Dynasty and the Western Xia are cut off, our Great Song will have almost no losses, while the Western Xia will be broken."

"That's right!" Sima Guang exclaimed, "In this way, the Western Xia can be dismantled internally, the so-called soldiers who surrender without a fight are exactly like this!" Sima Guang only looked at Ye Huan at this moment, and saw that Ye Huan's age was only seventeen or eighteen years old, but he was able to say these problems to the point, talent, it is definitely a rare talent!

"But there's still a problem that needs to be addressed."

"Oh? What is it? ”

"The strength of the Great Song army, in my opinion, is simply a rabble." Ye Huan was not polite, and directly named the key points, "Even if Western Xia begins to disintegrate internally, their army is stronger than ours. Emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and it is very likely that we will injure 1,000 enemies and 800 ourselves. ”

Sima Guang's face changed when he heard this, he didn't want to admit the weakness of the Song Dynasty's army, but as a qualified prime minister, he knew the strength of the Song Dynasty very well, and he said with some hesitation: "But our army is more than them, we have a full 800,000 people, while the Western Xia has less than 100,000." ”

"Are there fewer examples in history of wars in which less wins more?" Ye Huan smiled and said, "Lord Sima, if you don't solve the problem of the quality of the army, don't go to war, and wait for the death of the country with peace of mind." ”

Sima Guang let out a long sigh, now there are more and more problems within the Great Song Dynasty, and the Great Liao is also eyeing the land of the Great Song Dynasty, if it continues like this, the Great Song Dynasty may really be destroyed in a short time.

Ye Huan dared to say this, it was because the Great Song Dynasty was the most enlightened dynasty in history, and there was nothing sinful in saying such words about the death of the country. Of course, other dynasties are different, you dare to say this sentence and try it, and punish your nine clans in minutes!

Sima Guang looked at Ye Huan, his face was very solemn, and he asked after a long time: "I don't know your Excellency's name, why did you come to look for the old man in the middle of the night?" ”

Ye Huan sighed lightly, then smiled faintly and said, "In Xia Ye Huan, he is a person in the martial arts, and he has no fame. In addition, he is concerned about the Great Song Dynasty, and he can stay in this world for little time, so he can only make this decision, and please forgive Master Sima. After Ye Huan finished speaking, Grandma Tong lowered her little head on the side, covered her eyes and cried silently.

"Ye Huan? Are you the wine sword fairy Ye Huan who has been rumored in the world for a long time and can deduce the heavenly machine? Sima Guang exclaimed, obviously having heard of Ye Huan's name, Ye Huan also shook his head, but he didn't expect his name to reach Sima Guang's ears. In that case, has his name also been heard by heaven?

Sima Guang looked at Grandma Tong beside Ye Huan again, and saw that the girl was covering her eyes with her sleeves, her small shoulders trembling slightly, obviously trying her best to restrain her sadness, and then she remembered that what Ye Huan said just now was that the time to stay in this world was short.

Ye Huan also noticed Grandma Tong's abnormality, and praised Grandma Tong's acting skills in her heart, but she pretended to be relieved on her face, raised her hand and gently stroked Tong Lao's little head, and said apologetically on her face: "Lady, I lost you...... Since ancient times, who has not died, leaving Dan to take care of the sweat and youth, the country, but it is much more important than home......"