Chapter 934: The monarch and the minister are bent on marching into Zhao Song
This is the importance of Han Chinese identity, and people will look up to it wherever they go. But now, they are about to enter the land of the real Han people, where everyone is Han Chinese, but now they may become their enemies, to put it more seriously, they may die under the sword of their own army, what can they bear?
It is possible to fight, but they really don't want to fight the Han people, kill the Han people, and this becomes a dilemma.
Everyone didn't speak, and that's because they didn't know what to say. Among the generals, Ji Zhu's gaze has been wandering over everyone, and after looking at it for a while, and still no one has spoken, he thought about it and stood up first, "Your Majesty, fellow comrades, this will mean that we can't stop here, although we have been fighting all the way, but we haven't really broken our bones, especially the battle to destroy Western Xia, basically using the power of foreign races, we haven't experienced any major battles ourselves, so we don't need to rest, we can continue to fight."
As the deputy chief of the military department, Ji Zhu's opening immediately attracted the support of many generals. "Yes, we can keep fighting."
"We don't need to rest."
"We now have enough money and food, and the fighters are highly motivated, so there is no problem at all in continuing to fight."
The conference room became lively, Su Shi watched all this with satisfied eyes, and when it finally fell on Ji Zhu's body, he nodded his head and signaled that he could continue.
Ji Zhu has been following Su Shi for a long time, in addition to Qianqizhuang and the Wang family, it is Ji Zhu, and he is also one of the people who can best understand Su Shi's intentions.
Since listening to Su Shi's words just now, he understood what it meant, and now he was just throwing bricks and stones.
"Yes, we don't need to rest, then the question now is one, whether to fight or not." After all the generals had expressed their positions, Ji Zhu spoke again, "My personal opinion is to fight. I'm afraid you don't know, we are also Han people, what kind of life do the Han people of our Dragon Empire live, and what kind of life do the Han people in the land of Zhao and Song live?"
"Just two days ago, I saw a piece of information that showed that most of the people in the western border of Zhao and Song could only eat one meal a day, and they might not be able to eat enough. Heartache! I won't hide it from you, I, Jizhu, used to be a member of the Western Army, and I only left there because I offended Shangguan on impulse, and I myself am still full of feelings there."
Ji Zhu was originally from the Western Army, and he didn't know much about it, mainly because this identity was exposed at the beginning, which was not a good thing for his master Su Shi.
Now, Ji Zhu took the initiative to admit it in front of everyone. First, it is because with the current strength of Su Shi, he is no longer afraid of the hostility of any force. Second, Ji Zhu also uses his own life to convince everyone with his real experience.
"The people of the western border have had a hard time, and the army has a hard time. It is necessary to face the possible incursion of the Western Xia army at all times. Over the years, I don't know how many battles have been fought and how many people have died, but in the end, the people are getting poorer and poorer. Now, if we have the ability to make the people's lives better, then why don't we go to the west to rescue and liberate the original Han people there?"
"I think we are all Han Chinese, and we don't want to have a good life, and our colleagues can't even eat. Ben will also believe that the people of the West will be grateful to us for a better life in the future, definitely."
"Okay." As soon as Ji Zhu's words fell, Zhang Ao opened his mouth and shouted, followed by a standing up, and then said: "What Chief Ji said is good, we are rich, and we have the ability, we should find a way to let more Han people live a good life, this is the truth. Instead of being afraid of this and that, I am worried that because of the appearance of our army, we will kill people by mistake, and because of this, there will be bloodshed among the Han people. I think we need to take a long-term view." literature
Although Zhang Ao is a Wenchen, he is also a little war madman in his bones, otherwise, he would not have asked when he would be able to take back the sixteen states of Yanyun when he first saw Su Shi.
Whether to fight or not has never been a problem in his eyes. In his opinion, it is certain to fight, but he also knows that if he does not make things clear, blindly
It is very likely that there will be problems, so he also agrees with this military meeting convened by Su Shi.
Don't be afraid of disagreements in things, and it's nothing to have all kinds of ideas.
After Zhang Ao finished speaking, he also set his eyes on Fu Bi, looking forward to him speaking.
Fu Bi was called over in a hurry this time, and even Su Shi specially exchanged the Dongfeng warrior with strong off-road performance for him, just to let him come to this meeting, feel everyone's thoughts, and also to do his ideological work.
Considering the distance, Su Shi had previously used the situation of the telegram to ask Fu Bi about his views on the next battle. His answer was that the army should rest and digest the fruits of the war first.
And Fu Bi also pointed out that this is the majority of the thoughts of many civil servants and local dignitaries.
In fact, in this era, many civil servants still think about the use of military force, thinking that a country should not only know how to fight, kill and kill, such a country is dangerous, and once defeated, it is likely to shake the foundation.
It's just because of Su Shi that silver grain and various materials have never been a problem that restricts development. In this way, the ministers had no way to talk about the matter of resources and money, so they changed the reason, saying that the army was advancing too fast, and many local governments had just been established, and they were not yet stable, and the local people were not yet in their minds, and at this time they were continuing to attack, and there was very likely to be an unstable situation in the rear, with the intention of convincing Su Shi and persuading their majesty to suspend the pace of war.
In the telegram replied, Fu Bi also deliberately emphasized that it was only a temporary rest, and after the rear was all stabilized, it was okay to continue to start a war.
In the final analysis, Fu Bi didn't talk about this matter to death, but still left an opening, which is enough to prove the hesitation in his heart.
Zhao Song said that it was also the place where he was born and raised, and Fu Bi would not have any psychological pressure on other alien races to send troops. But if it is said that he sent troops to Zhao Song, he is still not very easy to pass psychologically.
Su Shi read Fu Bi's telegram and guessed the other party's thoughts, so he ordered him to come to Xixia Province to participate in this high-level meeting.
Su Shi did not intend to force the order by administrative means to make Fu Bi obey the order, there were too many hidden dangers in doing so, he had to try to persuade the other party to make him willingly support this big war, only in this way, the rear would be really stable.
Of course, Su Shi had already decided to do a dozen, and this time he called Fu Bi to come, in fact, to give him a chance.
If Fu Bi still disagrees, even if he hesitates, then Su Shi will replace him unceremoniously, at least he can't be the chief of the interior, otherwise there will really be problems. As for the candidate, Su Shi took a fancy to Zhang Ao.
Zhang Ao's qualifications are shallow, but his ability is there. Since joining the Dragon Empire, the tasks assigned to him have been completed well. And the most important thing is that this person is also a Wenchen, a master of governing places, and his ideas are consistent with Su Shi in many ways.
Rather than Su Shi having to fight on the one hand, and take care of the rear at the same time, it is better to change people. In this way, Su Shi can devote his attention and spirit to the battlefield.
Fu Bi may have understood Su Shi's hard work, and he also thought a lot on the way this time, and it is gratifying that he had already figured it out on the way here.
The previous idea was not to fight the land of Zhao Song first, and then look at the situation first, and then talk about it, the best result is that Zhao Song can take the initiative to surrender and receive it peacefully.
But this is destined to be only his wishful thinking, Zhao Song has been established for so many years, and has fought a lot of battles, although there are many defeats and few victories, but they still exist, and the population is still growing, and the annual income is gradually increasing.
Although more of the income has been taken away by the elite class, it is undeniable that they do not see any danger at all.
At such a time, let them surrender on their own initiative, who will agree?
Especially Zhao Yun made it difficult for his father and son to take such a big risk and just became the ruler of Zhao Song, so it is strange that he is willing to put the power in his hands.
Peaceful reception is impossible, ie
If so, then there is only one way left.
It is true that people will die in battle, especially with Zhao Song's size being so large, there must not be too few dead people. But so what, the so-called long pain is better than short pain, if you don't fight now, after there is no threat, Zhao Song's development speed will only be faster, the population will be more and more, and if you are fighting in the future, there will be more sacrifices.
After figuring this out, Fu Bi has already made a decision, that is, to support the continuation of the fight.
But other people didn't know what he was thinking, and at the beginning of this high-level meeting, everyone basically understood what was going on, and what everyone said was also aimed at him.
First, there was Ji Zhu's throwing bricks and jade, followed by Zhang Ao's resolute statement, and now it was his turn to make a decision.
When everyone's eyes fell on Fu Bi, he knew that he had to say something, so he coughed lightly, and then stood up and said, "Even if the army does not need to rest and recuperate, and the supplies are sufficient, the official also supports the first war. It's just that if it's possible, it's best to avoid a bloody battle, after all, we are facing our comrades this time, and we may also be the people of our Dragon Empire in the future."
Fu Bi finally expressed his stance and expressed his support for the fight. As soon as he said this, the other generals couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.