Volume 4 Southwest Raiders Chapter 253 Five Steps to Respond to the Enemy (Part II)
For this Dayue Tianzi who fled to Sichuan and Shu after losing the Central Plains, in fact, the officials here really don't have much respect for him.
The respect for him is more due to the status of the monarchs and ministers on both sides, and these Sichuan and Shu officials really have no ambitions, so they will recognize the lord before.
As for privately, these people are actually not very optimistic about how much improvement the emperor can bring to Sichuan and Shu, and they are even worried that with the arrival of the emperor, it will break the peace here.
The facts also proved that their worries were not wrong, and sure enough, with the arrival of Sun Ning, they gave the Sichuan and Shu barbarians an excuse, and they were really going to join forces.
So when they heard Sun Ning say this amazing news today, in addition to being confused, everyone inevitably complained.
But then, Sun Ning's series of strategies to deal with the enemy made their hearts settle down a little, it seems that His Majesty the Emperor has already made a bamboo in his chest, and he is indeed much stronger than his own family.
Feeling the change in everyone's mood, Sun Ning felt more confident in his heart, but the expression on his face was still solemn: "These practices are just to prevent problems before they happen, they can only protect us, but they can't cure the root cause."
"So I thought that I had to do the last two steps to make Yuzhou truly foolproof, and let the Sichuan and Shu barbarians dare not despise my Dayue court anymore!"
As he spoke, his gaze swept over the ministers again, and it had become quite sharp: "Fourth, in the name of the Marquis of Dingxi, go and invite all the barbarian leaders of the villages near the left of Yuzhou, and say that I want to discuss with them in detail about the attitude of the imperial court towards them, and at that time, I will come to talk to them in detail." ”
Xiao Changyong was slightly stunned: "Your Majesty, even in the past, these clan leaders may not be willing to be invited to my Yuzhou, let alone ...... now."
His face as Dingxi Hou is far from being comparable to that of his ancestors, and when he goes to the invitation, he doesn't take it seriously at all.
"This is the fifth step I want to mention, if they refuse to agree, they can be regarded as enemies of the court, and they can be exterminated nearby, leaving no trouble!"
As soon as Sun Ning's words fell, Xiao Changyong and other ministers immediately objected: "Your Majesty, don't ......."
"Your Majesty, in this way, you will really force the Sichuan and Shu barbarians to rebel."
"Your Majesty, this news has not been confirmed yet, but once we Allah to send troops, they will still hesitate, afraid that they will also take risks, which is really inappropriate......"
Sun Ning looked at these officials with some helplessness, these people were really too comfortable and had no ambition at all.
No wonder a small Tang Sect can be lawless in Sichuan and Shu, and no wonder the Sichuan and Shu barbarians, who are not many in number, can be so passive in this place.
It is said that there will be a nest of instigation, and now Yuzhou is not only cowardly, it is all cowardly.
Sun Ning only felt a wave of anger rushing straight to the heavenly spirit, and slammed the case and shouted: "When is it, you still want to calm things down?"
"It is said that those uncivilized barbarians are only afraid of power and do not have virtue, don't you even understand this truth?
"Only when we hurt them and fear them will these barbarian tribes who are ready to move be honest and pay tribute to our court. If you only blindly tolerate and retreat like you, they will become more and more unscrupulous, and finally give the entire Sichuan and Shu to others! ”
The sudden rebuke made the ministers all red-faced, especially Xiao Changyong, who was even more ashamed, and didn't even dare to raise his head.
"Destroy one of its villages, and you can send out ten villages to attack my Yuzhou. At that time, they will go out of the deep mountains that are most conducive to their battles, and they will attack me with his shortcomings, do you think my court officers and troops will be defeated?
"Moreover, instead of letting them all assemble, it is better to draw out some of them and exterminate them first!
"And when we destroy the ten villages, I think the situation will be very different.
"Barbarians are also human beings, and they will also have their own survival considerations, but they will also feel fear. When you see the fate of those exterminated tribes, do you think they will still have one heart and have to be enemies of the officials and soldiers?
"At that point, with this victory, we will be able to negotiate with them and re-subdue them!"
This calculation finally made the ministers understand, although there was still some hesitation on their faces, but in the end they still bowed down and said yes.
It can be said that today's emergency court meeting was not a collegiate discussion of monarchs and ministers at all, but a strategy set by Sun Ning, the emperor alone, and then assigned the matter to each official and let them implement it.
It was also this court meeting that really established Sun Ning's position in the hearts of these officials in Yuzhou, as long as this barbarian rebellion can be successfully resolved, then his position in Yuzhou and Sichuan and Shu will be unbreakable, and it will become logical to want to run this place.
In a sense, Sun Ning even felt that he had to thank those barbarians for raising troops this time, didn't this give him the opportunity to monopolize power and unite people's hearts?
After letting the ministers all retreat and act according to the plan, Sun Ning walked out of the hall a little tiredly, accompanied by Wei Shen.
"Master, don't be too tired...... Wei Shen kept rubbing his eyebrows after seeing Sun Ning come out, and persuaded him in distress.
"You don't understand, I can't afford to slack off in the slightest. Whether it can be successful this time is related to whether I can gain a foothold in Sichuan and Shu. Whether we can gain a foothold in Sichuan and Shu is related to whether we can accumulate strength and return to the Central Plains one day. ”
Sun Ning sighed, although the five-step strategy this time was discussed by him with Shen Zhou and Zhuge Qingyun, but it was his own effort to persuade the ministers just now, and every sentence and every emotional mobilization was very testing.
In the final analysis, he, Sun Ning, is not an excellent politician, and he still feels a little difficult to fight with others like this. He is more accustomed to solving everything directly with force!
But as he said, it's not yet time to take a break, so after only staying outside for a while, Sun Ning asked again: "How is it, have all those people been invited?" ”
"Back to the master, several family members of the Splendid Pavilion have been invited to the side hall to wait." Although Wei Shen felt sorry for his master, he didn't dare to slack off what he should do.
Sun Ning smiled with satisfaction: "Lead the way, let me meet with them, these people are also related to the success or failure of this overall situation." ”
At that moment, the two of them turned to a side hall not too big not far away, and there were four gorgeously dressed men sitting inside, looking a little restless.
Until I heard Wei Shen come to the door and say, "Your Majesty has arrived-"
The four of them got up suddenly, knelt down and saluted one after another quite in a regular manner: "Zhang Baitao (Wang Fan, Zhu Zizhen, Tan Xiu) of the Grass-Minjin Pavilion See His Majesty the Emperor......"