Chapter 71 Pei Xingjian's ambition
Any war of aggression other than a war against a foreign enemy is a war for the purpose of plundering wealth.
However, when it comes to the justice of the war, Yun Chu disagrees, since he is a Datang person, the war of aggression launched by the Tang Dynasty is just for him, and as for the excuse of justice, he can find it.
For example, if my pig runs away from your house, you won't compensate if you don't give it.
If you still don't understand, then narrow it down, if my wife wants to start a war against her neighbors for the power to build a backyard wall, I will definitely help my wife and spare no effort.
Great people will stand above the clouds and look at the true face of human war with a compassionate eye, peel off the boring feelings of human beings, and then point directly at the war itself with a rational and straightforward gaze.
In Yunchu's philosophy, the importance of one's own wealth is greater than that of one's neighbors, which is greater than that of one's hometown, county and province, and that the wealth of one's own country is greater than the prosperity of all people.
This is Yunchu's human nature.
The story of the old man Wang in the cross talk story who can't see the poor and wants to send them forty miles away is not a joke at all, but human nature.
Li Ji, Su Dingfang, Gao Kan Qimi, He Li, these people just showed this human nature nakedly.
Yun Chu is gentle, these people just put a fig leaf on this fucking humanity.
So, as long as I don't let others see my evil deeds, it means that I don't have any evil deeds.
Feel free to join this group, everyone does this, and this is the real universal value.
After following Yun Chu and gently and carefully visiting, and measuring this huge warehouse, Zhang Donghai realized how much evil he had done in Goguryeo with these two.
He was keenly aware that a lot of gold and silver jewelry was still stained with blood.
"There are almost 700,000 guan here, and when you arrive in Chang'an, it is estimated that the money here will exceed 800,000 guan."
Gentle estimates that when the spring of Liaodong arrives and everything recovers, there should be more money here, and you can explain this to Your Majesty.
In this Eastern Crusade, the treasury and treasury, and even His Majesty's private treasury are probably empty.
However, the imperial court has consumed so much money and food, and it seems to me that it is a good thing, and money will not die, but will only be spent from one place and replenished from another.
Therefore, I have made it very clear in the recital, please don't worry about the protracted Eastern Crusade, and don't worry that the Eastern Crusade will cause the Tang Dynasty to become poor.
The money spent by His Majesty was actually deposited in the hands of the people, and the consumption generated by this Eastern Crusade would be paid for by the accumulation of Goguryeo's 700 years.
If Your Majesty calculates the gains and losses in money before starting a war in the future, then the poor army may become a new way for the Tang Dynasty to open up financial resources.
The ancients said that they would not fight unrighteous wars, and Yun Chu thought that the Tang Dynasty should avoid fighting some wars that had no gains.
Yun Chu took advantage of the fact that he had money and the emperor was short of money, so he wanted to instill into the emperor's heart the idea that he was unreasonable and human.
Zhang Donghai was appointed as a special envoy by Yun Chu this time, and returned to Chang'an with Yun Chu's secret music, telling the emperor that he still had a lot of money and was sleeping in the warehouse of Daxing City.
Zhang Donghai suspected that Yun Chu already knew that he was a secret spy, but Yun Chu didn't say it clearly, and he couldn't blow up his identity.
However, he knew very well the significance of Yun Chu sending him back to Chang'an as a special envoy this time, so he agreed to this matter without thinking.
It was only at this moment that Zhang Donghai understood why Yun Chu had to work hard to classify himself into the civil official system.
Because, this money cannot fall into Li Ji's hands.
Money is actually a fertilizer that can make all crops grow taller and grower, and if the military generals get this money, the military generals' forests will surely grow into a hidden existence.
Yun Chu's education taught him that military generals are just swords with handles, and only people can master weapons, not people who should master weapons.
Yun Chu didn't want to see Datang being divided by the Jiedu envoys, so he had to prepare for the Jiedu envoys before they began to appear.
Zhang Donghai took twenty of his subordinates and left by boat, and as he left, he saw that there were more ships waiting to enter Daxing City on the open sea.
These people were not necessarily Goguryeo, but also Silla and Baekje.
Therefore, Zhang Donghai tends to believe that Changshi's gentle words will definitely be able to get one million in Daxingcheng at the beginning of spring.
He decided to just tell the emperor.
"What is Yun Chu doing?" Pei Xingjian took off his battle armor and sat on the ground covered with a thick woolen blanket and asked his lieutenant Wang Fangyi.
From the beginning of the conquest of Baekje, Pei Xingjian felt as if he was fighting every day against the Baekje army, fighting against the people who rebelled against Baekje, and then against the organized rebels, and now, he has begun to fight against the Goguryeo people.
He's very tired right now. ~~
Wang Fangyi poured a cup of freshly brewed tea for Pei Xingjian and said, "I heard that he was appointed by the Ying Gong as the chief of the Wuhang Road March, and he has never had Yalu water in Liaodong, so it seems that he is in charge of the Ying Gong's grain route." ”
Pei Xingjian took a sip of hot sweet tea and said with a smile: "If I were Yinggong, I would also put this person in the back." ”
Wang Fangyi said puzzledly: "I heard that Yunchu has the ability to bravely crown the three armies, and when he was in Liaodong, he was famous in the city, under the dangerous pass, and was invincible in the battle of crossing the river. ”
Pei Xingjian shook his head and said: "You don't know Yun Chu, although this guy is brave and champions of the three armies, but he is not the same as us."
I don't know why, this guy has a deep prejudice against us martial artists, especially this time when we did something in Baekje, I heard that he and Gentle also impeached us. ”
Wang Fangyi asked cautiously: "After the army destroyed Baekje and allowed his troops and horses to plunder, I have always done this in the Tang Dynasty." If the government soldiers are not allowed to loot, the morale of the army will be chaotic, and everyone will work hard to kill Baekje, isn't it just to make a fortune? ”
Pei Xingjian laughed and said: "It's not that we are being impeached for arson and plunder, but because they dislike us for doing the work that is too rough to offset the cost of our expedition across the sea." This guy didn't dare to name Su Gong and put all the faults on my head, saying that I was just a young man who lacked wisdom. ”
Wang Fangyi said angrily: "If you have the ability, he will do it!" ”
Pei Xingjian looked at Wang Fangyi and sighed: "In the future, you can say such things to anyone, but don't say it to Yun Chu."
After so many years, I have learned that this guy can do better than us, then he can really do better than us.
I don't really admire his military strategy, but this guy's ability to govern the place can't be compared to ten Pei Xingjian.
With him guarding the back road, we don't have to worry about the back road, and we can continue to move forward without distractions.
I'm sure Ying Gong thinks so too. ”
Wang Fangyi shook his head and said, "The last general still doesn't believe it.
Pei Xingjian sneered and said, "When the class master returns to the dynasty to discuss meritorious deeds, you will find that Yun Chu's ranking in this battle will be higher than ours." ”
Wang Fangyi said angrily: "It's really better to be able to do things if you really have made war achievements." ”
Pei Xingjian laughed and said, "I used to think the same way, it doesn't matter, after you are ravaged by Yun Chu a few times, you will be calm."
Don't talk about Yun Chu, this bastard, let me ask you, the black tooth Changzhi is similar to Sha Zha, are you willing to surrender?
Wang Fangyi frowned and said, "This kind of person should be killed." ”
Pei Xingjian said with a smile: "Ghost Room Fuxin, a person who is easy to abandon even his companions, should be killed, black teeth are often the same, Sha Zha is like this kind of person is actually very useful, we have to persuade him to be used by me." ”
Wang Fangyi knew that this was Pei Xingjian's love for talent, but even Wang Fangyi admired the person of Hei Tooth Changzhi.
It's just that when Heiya Changzhi and Sha Zha were like each other in Huangshan and struggled to resist Pei Xingjian's onslaught to cover the ghost room Fuxin's army, the ghost room Fuxin ran away with the men and horses, giving up the duty of covering the backs of the two people, resulting in the two people being captured alive by Pei Xingjian after the battle.
Now, he is in Pei Xingjian's army.
Pei Xingjian took cans of tea and some cakes to the tent where the black tooth Changzhi was similar to Sha Zha was placed.
Facing the two big men lying on the bed of the military tent, he said: "Come and try this new thing, it was made by a very interesting person in our Datang, and now it is popular in Chang'an, presumably in the near future, it will definitely become an indispensable part of the life of the Datang people." ”
Hei Tooth Chang Zhi and Sha Zha turned over and sat up, looking at Pei Xingjian coldly and silently.
Pei Xingjian divided the teacup, poured the tea, and said to the two of them: "I am a rough person, I will not talk and do things in a roundabout way, as long as you become our own people, a good life is still ahead." ”
Hei Tooth Changzhi said angrily: "We have already descended to the Tang Dynasty, can you give the people of Baekje a good life?" At the beginning, if you could treat the people of Baekje a little kindly, our brothers would not complain even if they died in the battle for the Tang Dynasty. Look at what you have done in Baekje, more brutal than the Silla people who have a deep hatred for us, and more greedy than the Goguryeo people who have always oppressed us, in this case, why should we surrender to your Tang Kingdom? ”
Pei Xingjian smiled and handed the burnt naan cake baked in his hand to the two of them and said: "It is the tradition of my Tang people to overthrow the country and kill the generals, since Emperor Gaozu began to establish the country, when facing those different forces to be destroyed, we also did the same, how can you Baekje be an exception?" I don't hide it, the reason why the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty went all the way to conquer Baekje is to be able to burn, kill and loot, if there is no such benefit, who wants to fight with us? ”
Hei Tooth Changzhi said bitterly: "Tiger and wolf's soldiers and beasts, is this your Datang practice?" ”
Pei Xingjian took a bite of the cake and said: "You think we have gone too far, do you know, just like that, some people impeached me, saying that I was a useless martial artist who was too merciful to the people of Baekje, and I didn't know how to knock out the bones and marrow from the people of Baekje to win more benefits for the Tang Dynasty." The black tooth often said: "How can you go too far by slaughtering the city and burning the city and killing you?" ”
Pei Xingjian sighed and said, "Have you heard the legend of Daxing City?" ”
"As far as I know, the same Tang general, Daxing City is also a city broken by the Tang army, why can the people there live and work in peace and contentment?" ”
Pei Xingjian looked at the black-toothed Chang Zhi and Sha Zha in front of him with two resolute and sad faces, took a sip of sweet tea and said lightly: "I am a stupid Tang Dynasty official, that is, you think the benevolent Daxing City guard, Yun Chu, the head of the Wuhang Road march!" ”