"Therefore, the Marquis believes that the Huns will definitely knock on the border from the Mayi-Wuzhou line in the north of the Daibei after the autumn of this year."

"The number of troops is roughly between 60,000 and 100,000, and the time is after the 15th day of the autumn and the 15th month of the autumn, and before the first year of the winter and October."

"In order to resist the invasion of the Huns on the Mayi-Wuzhou line, Daibei must transfer no less than 50,000 troops before the 10th day of the eighth month of autumn."

"According to Shaofu's calculations, these 50,000 troops will be stationed in Daibei for two months, plus matters such as going and returning, levying and dispersing, a total of 400,000 stone of military food will be consumed."

"The rest of the consumption of materials and military expenses can be maintained within 30,000 yuan······

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

After professional exchanges with Zhou Yafu, after clearly knowing the comparison of military strength and strategic situation between the Han and Hungarian sides, Liu Sheng came to the Changle Palace where his mother, Empress Dowager Jia, and grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou, were located almost immediately.

It was no different from Liu Sheng's previous prediction: after hearing the data he gave, Empress Dowager Dou's indifferent face, which rarely changed, couldn't help but swell with hesitation.

So far, the war after this autumn can basically be said to be a certainty.

——The Huns will definitely come, and the Han family will never give in, and there will be a fierce 'friction' between the only two big guys in the current plane of the East Asian monster house.

In this friction, the Huns considered how much they could get and how much they could earn;

On the other hand, the Han family can only consider how much to pay, and how to lose less······

"Nearly forty years have passed since Emperor Taizong Xiaowen drove his own expedition, but was disrupted by the rebellion of Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, and then set the policy of recuperation and accumulation of strength for my Han family."

"In the past forty years, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing have been working hard and saving money, while swallowing their anger and enduring humiliation in front of the Huns."

"I've heard that recently, there seems to be a saying among Confucian scholars in Kanto."

"——It is said that Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing were in power, and they can be called together: the rule of Wenjing."

"Hey;"

"They're talking lightly."

"It is said that it is a great rule and a prosperous era, who knows how much effort Emperor Taizong and Emperor Xiaojing have spent and how much humiliation they have endured for this rule?"

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"After years of forbearance, I finally arrived at the emperor's generation, and my Han family finally cleared up the internal worries, and I can put more energy on the Huns north of the Great Wall."

"Emperor, don't you know what a heavy burden you are carrying on your shoulders, right?"

A deep voice said a word, causing Liu Sheng to nod his head slowly, and saw that the Empress Dowager Dou sighed leisurely, her hands clenched into fists, and subconsciously tapped on her thighs.

While knocking, he didn't forget to say on his lips: "400,000 stone grain, the discount is only 20 million yuan, which is really not much." ”

"The total cost of an army of 50,000 people is less than 30,000 yuan, and it really makes people have no idea of opposition."

"At least compared to the millions of dollars that exist in Shaofu today, this is only 30,000 yuan, and it is far from breaking the bones."

"But since it has been done, the emperor has to think clearly: what can these 30,000 yuan be exchanged for my Han family."

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"When Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was emperor, the court had a rough calculation: about three million yuan is enough for my Han family to defeat the Xiongnu, and I will never have to suffer from foreign invasion again."

"Then what can the 30,000 yuan that the emperor wants to smash in Mayi-Wuzhou get for my Han family?"

"Is the exchange worth the 30,000 yuan—is it worth one percent of the 'cost of exterminating the Huns'?"

"If it's not worth it, then instead of fighting, it's better to take a small part of the 30,000 yuan out, and it should be friendly and pro-friendly, and it should be bribed with money and bribes."

"If it's worth it, then the emperor might as well say: What is the value of this battle?"

Saying these words in as calm a tone as possible, Empress Dowager Dou took a deep breath and tentatively turned her face to her grandson Liu Sheng beside her.

On the side of the Empress Dowager Dou, Tianzisheng lowered his head with a smile under the implicit worried gaze of his mother, Empress Dowager Jia, and pondered.

Is this battle worth it?

Of course it is.

If it is not worth it, it is impossible for Liu Sheng to reject the Huns' proposal of peace so stubbornly at the beginning of spring, and even completely change the Han family's consistent diplomatic and strategic tactics towards the Xiongnu.

The same reason: if it is not worth it, then at the beginning of spring, it is impossible for Empress Dowager Dou to come by Liu Shenghu, but will make the decision at that time to agree to make peace with the Huns, and by the way, Liu Sheng will be scolded.

- Without that diamond, Liu Sheng wouldn't have done that porcelain job!

Empress Dowager Dou and even the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty would not allow Liu Sheng to act so willfully.

To put it another way: since Liu Sheng successfully rejected the Huns at the beginning of spring, it means that in the eyes of others, it has come to be tougher against the Huns.

At least Empress Dowager Dou definitely thinks so.

Knowing this, Liu Sheng didn't have too many complicated emotions in his heart.

Taking a deep breath to adjust his snort, and then organizing the language, Liu Sheng finally raised his head again, and looked at the side with confidence, this woman who controlled the world of the Han family and the temple society.

"Grandmother Bingzhuo."

"The 30,000 yuan was smashed in Daibei this year, and my grandson thinks that it is still very worthwhile."

"It's just that what the grandson thinks is worth it is and what the imperial grandmother thinks is worth it, I'm afraid there will be a slight discrepancy?"

Liu Sheng made a slightly playful temptation, which caused the Empress Dowager Dou to nod her head with a smile, and then bowed her head slightly, with a posture of "willing to hear it in detail".

After getting the Empress Dowager Dou's statement, Liu Sheng finally got rid of all his worries and revealed his thoughts and thoughts.

"Just now, the imperial grandmother mentioned this battle, and the 400,000 stone grain that my Han family has to invest is not much."

"This is indeed the case - 400,000 stone grain, the discount is only 20 million yuan, whether it is the prime minister's treasury or the Shaofu treasury, you can easily take out these 400,000 stone grain."

"The imperial grandmother also said that the 30,000 yuan needed for this battle is only one hundred and one hundred percent of the money saved in the Shaofu, even if it is a splash, it will not hurt at all."

"But my grandson has never forgotten these years - in the past nearly forty years, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing have endured how many unbearable humiliations ordinary people have endured in order to save these 30,000 yuan."

"So don't say it's 30,000 yuan, the hundred-and-one amount of money saved in the Shaofu - even if it's 3 million or even 300,000 yuan, as long as it's not worth it, Sun Er will never live up to the accumulation of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing over the years."

"As for the value of the 30,000 dollars spent, where is it worth······

While speaking, Liu Sheng did not forget to take out a thin book made of white paper from his arms;

The pamphlet was handed over, and at the same time, he did not forget to carefully describe the contents of the pamphlet for his grandmother, who had almost lost her sight.

"This is the prime minister and the internal history of the first Xiaojing Emperor's order, one by one calculated - from the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen to the first nine years of Emperor Xiaojing, my Han family's expenses on marriage, marriage and other things."

"When the first emperor was dying, he handed over the bamboo slips with this book to his grandson, and it was not until recently that his grandson had people copy it on paper and make it a separate book."

"Grandmother of the Emperor might as well guess: what kind of appalling figure did the Prime Minister and the internal history come up with in the end?"

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"—260,000 dollars!"

"Since the third year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and the ninth year of Emperor Xiaojing, it has only been thirty-three years, and in order to stabilize the Huns, my Han family has spent more than 260,000 yuan through harmony and marriage!"

"This is just the cost of marriage and marriage."

"While marrying and marrying, the side walls of my Han family are still being plundered by the Huns for many years."

"And this item, the military expenses for fighting against the Huns, the pensions for the dead and disabled soldiers, and the people, money, food, and materials plundered by the Huns, are not included in the 260,000 yuan at all."

"Or should I say: these costs are simply too large to calculate······"

···

"Emperor Fangcai's grandmother said that if the 30,000 yuan is smashed, you have to exchange it for something, and if it is not good, you have to make some noise, so as to live up to the ardent expectations of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xianxiaojing."

"Tiaohou also said before: just like a merchant who goes out to travel and needs to get enough returns, the Huns will always not forget to consider 'what they can get' whenever they go south to buckle the border."

"But in Sun Er's view, confrontation at the national level cannot be like the Huns, focusing on how many people, materials, money and food they grab."

"-- Foreign warfare, of course, needs to be exchanged for a return that is not much different from the investment, but this report does not necessarily lose the looted slaves and goods."

"In this kind of battle, what my grandson wants to get in exchange for 30,000 yuan is something that I can't see or touch, but it's precious to my Han family and the people of the world······"

The confident words did not cause too obvious emotional changes in the Empress Dowager Dou, only nodded slightly, and waited for Liu Sheng's next words again.

Seeing Liu Sheng groaning for a while, and then adjusting his snort, Fang continued: "Since Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and even Emperor Taizu Gao, my Han family has long been accustomed to seeing the Huns, so they hurriedly discussed peace matters. ”

"For more than 60 years, harmony has become a common thing for people all over the world."

"——During the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, he was close to the Huns, and almost all the people in the world felt humiliated;"

"——When the Empress Dowager Lu was insulting Empress Lu, it caused everyone in the world to be sad and angry!"

"——But by the time of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the people of the world heard that the court wanted to be friendly with the Huns, but most of them would only drop a sentence of 'it can only be so'."

"When Emperor Xianxiaojing arrived, as soon as the people of the world heard that the Xiongnu mission had arrived in Chang'an, they no longer paid attention to this matter."

"It's as if everyone in the world has long been accustomed to it, and is sure that the court will be like eating and sleeping, and will be close to the Huns without thinking."

"What worries my grandson the most is that it is true, and it is indeed ······"

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"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, my Han family has suffered from the internal worries of the princes and the external troubles of the barbarians."

"The emperors of the past dynasties endured the humiliation and burden, secretly accumulated strength to wait for time, and never forgot the siege of Taizu Baideng and the shame of the humiliation of Empress Lu."

"But what about the people of the world?"

"In the past so many years, the throne of my Han family has been passed to the seventh generation of the Son of Heaven, and the people of the world still remember my Han family, why do you want to be close to the Huns?"

"-I'm afraid not many people remember······"

"For example, today, I'm afraid there are not many people who remember the original intention of my Han family and relatives, which is to be false to the Huns, so as to win time and strengthen themselves."

"In a few years, I'm afraid that there will be such a situation in Kanto - my grandson asked my father: Why did the Han family endure such humiliation and make peace with the Northern Barbarian Xiongnu?"

"My father and ancestor had to shake their heads and replied: It seems that since Pangu opened the world, the Han family has been making peace with the Huns······"

Listening to Liu Sheng's low tone and powerful words, the smile on Empress Dowager Dou's face disappeared slightly;

When I heard the last sentence of 'I have been in harmony since Pangu opened the world', I didn't see the slightest mildness.

With a gloomy face, he thought for a long time, then slowly turned his head sideways and reached out to reach out to his grandson beside him.

When Liu Sheng hurriedly took his grandmother's hand and pinched it as if emphasized, Empress Dowager Dou finally took a deep breath······

"The emperor thinks, is it time?"

"It's time to tear your face with the Huns?"

"Many horse farms in the north have not yet begun to produce war horses; There are hardly many elite horsemen in the ranks······"

"-If you only look at the cavalry and war horses, it is indeed not yet time."

"-But if you consider that if it drags on any longer, the backbone of my Han family will be bent and softened by the years, and my grandson thinks that I am afraid that it can no longer be delayed."

"-Even if it is to let the world know: my Han family has never intended to bow to the Huns, and this battle, my grandson must also fight!"

"——Sun Er wants the whole world, and even the Huns, to know: The new monarch of the Han family and the emperor who has not yet been in power are still a hard nut to bite!"

"—and this bone is harder than anything in the past!"

"-It's not because of his grandson, he really dares to expect himself to be stronger than Emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and Emperor Xianxiaojing."

"—but because my grandson stood on the shoulders of the previous emperors of my Han family, he was able to look at the sky······"

For a moment, Empress Dowager Dou's brows wrinkled almost invisibly for a moment;

But a moment later, the grace that belonged to the Empress Dowager of Han alone, and the dim, godless, but dilated eyes that made Mo Min's heart palpitate appeared again in the Changxin Palace.

It was also with the body of Empress Dowager Dou that this war machine named 'Liu Han' began to emit a heavy roar.

"Jia Dalang does the affairs of Shaofu, the emperor will do it as soon as possible."

"Since it is necessary to fight, the position of the Shaofu must have someone to sit ······"

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"At the beginning of spring next year, the emperor will pay a crown salute."

"Tell me to remember too often, and prepare early······"

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"Ask Zhou Yafu to come to see me."

"I haven't seen him for so many years, but I really miss him a little······"

(End of chapter)