Emperor Yin Gaoce and his courtiers had already made plans to pacify the north, but now the treasury did not have enough money to squander the country.

"Your Majesty, now that the treasury of our Chengguo is not enough for a large-scale war, I hope that our emperor will not settle this matter, and when we Dacheng is recuperating for a few years, we will go to the water country for a = war!"

"Lord Wang, this is to raise the arrogance of others and extinguish his own prestige. Now that we have set up a life-and-death battle with our country, how can we not go to the battle! ”

"Besides, now as long as we win this war, we will recover the land occupied by those barbarians who went to the water country!"

Expanding the territory is something that any emperor wants to do, and this kind of thing that is beneficial in the present and beneficial in the future is a temptation that no one can resist.

Of course, it is not the blind self-confidence of these courtiers, after all, it is now known as the most prosperous period since the founding of the Chengguo, and it is the biggest reliance for them to dare to propose the destruction of the water country.

Emperor Yin Gaoce didn't dare to make a decision, that is, he was waiting for the spies from all over the country to return, and when there was no internal problem, it was the time when Yin Gaoce began to show his skills, and when the time came, he only needed to go to the water country to recover.

Although Yin Gaoce cannot talk about surpassing Emperor Taizu of Chengguo in history, he will at least have the title of the lord of the rejuvenation of the country.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter still needs to be considered."

It was the former Suizhou Taishou who spoke, and now the Hubu Shangshu Duan Chengzhang.

"Duan Aiqing, what's your problem?"

"Your Majesty, now that I am a country, there are constant wars around my country, and all countries have been eyeing me Dacheng for a long time, not to mention, now that the prime minister of my dynasty has not been decided, it is really not suitable to work the people and waste money, and mobilize the people."

I didn't directly say that Yin Gaoce had just tripped the Zhang family, and now is not a good time to start a war.

Of course, someone guessed the emperor's thoughts, and at this time he said: "Duan Shangshu's words are wrong, it is precisely because of my current situation in Dacheng that I need a baptism of war, so that the surrounding countries understand that it is not easy for me to know Dacheng." ”

"I thought it was so good! If we don't dry our fists, how can these Gentiles put our Dacheng Kingdom on the same level as them? ”

"Iron striking still needs its own hardness, what is the current situation of our country, don't you have a little bit in your hearts?"

"What do you mean by this, I Dacheng Guoyun Changyi, now I want a victory to show my Dacheng's current strength, besides, this problem of going to the water country has puzzled me Dacheng for a hundred years, and opening up the territory at this moment is exactly what I should do as a man!"

"Yes, yes, yes, this great feat of opening up the territory, I don't believe you can resist it? In the future, we will be recorded in history with His Majesty, and we will be remembered for eternity. ”

"Your Majesty."

One of the ministers stood up and tried to refute something, but that was already the point, and he didn't know what to refute.

The phrase not seeking merit but seeking no fault has always been empty talk, but it is just empty talk that strength is not proportional to ambition.

Now the national strength of the country can make them proudly say something or do something they usually dare not do.

Emperor Yin Gaoce looked at the ministers speechless, waiting for his speech, and said with a smile: "Everyone, Aiqing, but what else do you have to say?" ”

Everyone didn't speak, and those who spoke in the middle of the court had been moved by the famous sentence just now, and the rest did not speak, partly because of this reason, and partly because they looked at His Majesty the Emperor's meaning and wanted to destroy the idea of going to the water country.

"Since I have nothing to say, I will say a few words."

"Just like what Aiqing said just now, if this is a war, it will definitely be a matter of labor and money, but now we can't help but do it, go to the water country and have stationed hundreds of thousands of troops outside the border of my country, this is to want to fight against my Dacheng."

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all from the imperial examination, naturally you know that my Dacheng is from the hands of this ancestor who went to the water country, their ancestors are insatiable, my Yin family Taizu Emperor, sympathetic to 10,000 people, after many wars, from the hands of those wicked people, established today's Dacheng."

"You have to think that if we are now cowardly and ignore the northern country that goes to the water, the people of the north should be in dire straits again."

"Now is not the time for us to solve things without fighting, if we keep compromising, the surrounding countries will think that I am a big man!"

Then Yin Gaoce said a lot of reasons why this had to go to war, anyway, Yin Gaoce was also under the fire of many officials, thinking that this was a very good time.

Although Yin Gaoce has also considered the situation of becoming a country, in his eyes, there is an urgent need for an external contradiction to divert the contradictions in the hearts of the people in China.

After the court deliberated, a decree was issued to all localities to raise taxes in order to destroy the water country.

In the eyes of those in power, this is a war to maintain dignity, in the eyes of many scholars, it is a prosperous era to open up territory, but in the eyes of ordinary people, this is a turmoil without a reason.

Even if the tax is increased a little, the people have less hope for the future, and there are already many poor and disaster-stricken places where refugees have begun to flee the famine.

Of course, all this is unknown to those in power, and the powerful pretend not to know.

Since it is necessary to use troops against the north, it is natural to directly recruit soldiers, and young laborers in many places are directly recruited.

The situation in the north is still in a strange confrontation stage, the two countries are constantly increasing troops, but there is no friction, and even the generals of the two countries are trying their best to want their soldiers not to take the initiative to cause trouble.

The villages on the border of Chengguo and the border of the water country have been evacuated to the interior by the two countries, and the only good thing to do is that the people on the border are more kind to the people in the water country, but the people on the side of the country are some fleeing.

Now that the Zhang family is no longer in power in the army, Yin Gaosui does not have many norms for military discipline in order to win over generals who are not from the Zhang family's faction, which is also the easiest way to cage these people.

Zhang Jiajun's strict military discipline has been operated by Yin Gaosui, and now the military discipline is loose, although he still dares to fight, but his attitude towards the people is that there is a 90-degree turn.

These people of Chengguo went from the north to the interior, first through the raiding of the army here, and then through several geese plucking in various places, and when these frontier people arrived at the place arranged by Chengguo.

These people are already in a similar situation to Nanming, and at this point, they have not been wiped out, and all the bad things have been done, at least they are given a place to recuperate.

However, with the arrival of these people, another problem also followed, that is, the food, clothing, shelter and transportation of these people, who had a little savings, did not have much surplus food after becoming refugees.

Now it's winter, there is no savings for the winter, in order to survive, many people have left the place arranged for them by Chengguo, and continue to move towards the south, the destination is the current capital.

Since he has been a refugee, he naturally has to flee to the capital, no matter how bad it is, it is much better than other places.

Of course, no one cares about these things, and those in power are now obsessed with the vision of going down in history, and there are not a few people who flee every year because of various things, and they don't care much.

The two countries have never fought each other in winter, and the resources in winter are scarce, and the consumption of materials in normal times is several times that of other seasons, and now both countries are pumping grain and grass from all over the country to march to the border.

Of course, the spies of the two countries are also constantly passing on the news of the two countries, and now the detailed work buried in the courts of the two countries has not moved at all, and they can only judge the news of the two countries by collecting information from the people.

The news of sending envoys to the Water Kingdom to the Yue Kingdom reached the Cheng Kingdom, which surprised Yin Gaoce and the hundred officials in the court.

It is very difficult to go from the water country to the Yue country, if you want to go close, it is to pass through the territory of Chengguo, if you go far, it is to take a long detour from some small countries on the northwest border.

"Your Majesty, friends from afar and close attack, these people who went to the Water Country want to be good with the Yue Kingdom!"

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests sending an envoy to the country of Vietnam to lobby!"

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests sending a cavalry directly to the interior of these small countries to directly intercept and kill those thieves."

Those people in the court were talking about the next thing, Yin Gaosui never believed in Yue Guo, and the little action before giving birth to Yue Guo at home made Yue Guo even worse in Yin Gaoce's impression.

"Okay, it's not a matter of worrying about just one country."

The situation in the Yue Kingdom and the Central Committee is well known, and there are many parties in the court, even if they go to the Water Country to mobilize the forces of one side, there will inevitably be other people who will oppose their proposals.

"The minister thought that he still sent an envoy to go, although the party dispute in the court of Yue is serious now, but the old emperor is still there, the last time I became an envoy to the Yue country to come back to report, the old emperor is now in a situation after the treatment of the medical saint, and now he looks very good."

"If I really intend to form an alliance with the water country, I won't be able to protect the west of the country."

"Hmph, even if they want to do it, they have to weigh the power of our country, the old emperor of the Yue country, although he looks much stronger now, but the envoy has met the medical saint."

"The old medical saint said that the king of Yue is now at the end of his power, and it is better to make a deal with those party leaders in Yue to curry favor with him."

"In the next thirty or fifty years, the Yue Kingdom will change the world and depend on my Dacheng's face, as long as the old emperor is not stupid, he will not attack the stability of my frontier at this time."

What this lord said is not wrong, although the emperor of the Yue Kingdom is much better now, he is not as strong as before, and there is no existence under his knees that can suppress the entire Yue Kingdom.

As long as he goes, the court of Yue will face the robbery of those powerful families in various places, and when the time comes, the royal family of Yue can only seek to become a country.

A minister stood up and bowed to Yin Gaoce.

said: "The minister thinks that I Dacheng must send an envoy to go, of course, the purpose is not to seek peace, but to let the Yue country send troops!" Help me Dacheng resist going to the water country! ”

The ministers recalled this Dacheng's statement, and it seemed that they wanted to make a plausible promise from Chengguo in exchange for the collusion of Yue Guo and Chengguo.

Yin Gaoce smiled with a smile in his eyes: "Aiqing is deeply satisfied! ”