Because Shi Hu, the king of Da Zhao, is lazy, addicted to wine, and does not like to deal with government affairs, he became a hands-off shopkeeper, and everything was handed over to the prince Shi Xuan and Qin Gong Shi Tao to take care of, while he frolicked in the harem, and enjoyed the joy of fish and water every day.

Of course, if Shi Hu really became a big shopkeeper and didn't care about anything, he would be a faint king, not a tyrant, and he might have died a long time ago.

In some things, Shi Hu still prioritizes.

For example, the Great Dynasty Meeting, Shihu's Great Dynasty Meeting is relatively rare, and it is held almost every other month. This made Zhu Yuanzhang and Yongzheng, who held a court meeting almost every three days, embarrassed?

"Something's coming! Nothing to retreat from! Shi Hu's inner servant, the CRRC Mansion ordered Liu Ba to stand on the majestic platform, shouting there with the throat of the male duck.

Yiyang Gong Shi Jian remembered Shi Min's advice that night, so at the first time, he stood up and said: "Father, the son has something to do!" ”

"Say." Shi Hu was still sleepy-eyed, it seemed that he had just gotten up, and the whole person looked lazy and lackluster.

"Tuoba Xianbei is unruly, and has repeatedly invaded Yanmen, Dingxiang, Daijun and other places in my Zhao Kingdom! Erchen heard that since Tuoba Shi Yiqian succeeded to the throne, he changed the Yuan to build the country, since last year, Tuoba Shi Yiqian set up a hundred officials, divided the public positions. With Yanfeng as the long history and Xu Qian as the commander of Langzhong, establish a legal system and make the people live and work in peace and contentment! ”

Shi Jian raised his head and said: "In the spring of this year (340), Tuoba Shiyi Qian moved his capital to Shengle Palace in Yunzhong County (now southwest of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia). Today's Daiguo, from the east to the west, to the west, from the Yin Mountain, to the north to the desert, all subdued, with a population of hundreds of thousands! Erchen is deeply worried! Therefore, I want to ask my father to send a large army to conquer the country! ”

Shi Hu was stunned and did not speak.

At this time, Kui An, who was renamed Situ, stood up and said: "King, the minister thinks that Yiyang Gong's words are wrong. Tuoba Xianbei has just been founded, and it is located in a barren land, the Mobei area is grassland and desert, which can only make it half farming and semi-nomadic, and the Mobei area is vast and sparsely populated! The Xianbei people are Hulu, and it is understandable to plunder the Daijun, Dingxiang and Yanmen counties of our Zhao State. ”

Hearing this, Shi Jian sneered and said, "Why, is it true that even Lord Situ are in favor of the Xianbei people plundering the city and land of my Zhao Kingdom?" Tuoba Xianbei every time he goes south to herd horses and invades my Zhao country, I don't know how much population, money and food to plunder, these are the foundation of the country, one eliminates the other! If even if the Xianbei people act so recklessly and encroach on my Zhao country, I don't know if they will destroy my Zhao country like the Xiongnu invaded south and destroyed the Jin Dynasty? ”

"Yiyang Gong, what you say is a bit alarmist!"

Kui An said lightly: "I admit that we should not sit idly by and watch the rise of the country. But what kind of climate can a small generation country, with a population of only hundreds of thousands, and a country with no more than 100,000 soldiers and horses? Moreover, the conquest of the country is too much labor and money, and the gains outweigh the losses! ”

"Yiyang Gong, you must know that every war requires a great price! Daiguo is located in the north of the desert, thousands of miles of wilderness, vast land, sparsely populated, even if the Daiguo is defeated, what can it do? If you want to govern the land, our Zhao country will have to spend a lot of price, not to mention that the Xianbei people are good at cavalry, the cavalry is fierce, galloping, very flexible, far from being comparable to the infantry and cavalry of my Central Plains! Tuoba Xianbei lives in water and grass, coming and going without a trace, and even their main army can't be found, how can they fight down? ”

“……”

Shi Jian was dumbfounded and speechless.

Kui An said again: "Moreover, my Zhao State just ended the battle of the Southern Expedition last year. The soldiers and horses still need to rest and recuperate, and it is really not a good time to attack Daiguo at this time! ”

At this time, Shi Hu, who was sitting on the dragon chair, heard this, and couldn't help but bow his head slightly: "What Kui An said makes sense. Tuoba Shiyigan once entered the Zhao Kingdom, and has lived in my Zhao Kingdom for ten years, so I still know him very well. This person does have a heart of disobedience, but the Central Plains is not chaotic, and it is always difficult to make a difference on behalf of the country! ”

"And I need Daiguo to contain Duan Liao and Yan Guo in the north, so let's wait and see what happens!"

When Shi Jian heard this, he was a little stunned and at a loss.

Immediately, Shi Jian drifted his gaze to Shi Min on the opposite side, and his meaning was self-evident, that is, he couldn't handle it, so let Shi Min go out by himself.

Mediocre person!

Seeing that Shi Jian was overwhelmed by Kui'an's words like this, Shi Min was a little speechless, but for the sake of his own usurpation of Zhao's great cause, he had to stand up hard, and lowered his hand to Shi Hu on the throne and said: "King, the minister does not dare to agree with Lord Kui'an's statement!" ”

Seeing that he was all final, he said that the matter had been shelved for the time being, but he didn't think that Shi Min would stand up and refute it?

Shi Hu was slightly unhappy in his heart, but the other party was Wu'an Hou Shi Min, one of the pillars of their Zhao Kingdom, so Shi Hu had no choice but to squint his eyes and say, "Tell me your opinion." ”

Shi Min stepped forward at this time, and completely attracted the attention of the civil and military officials in the court.

Shi Min said: "King, in fact, what Lord Kui'an said is not unreasonable. A small generation of the country, it is indeed not a cause for concern! But the ambition of our Great Zhao Kingdom, the ambition is so ambitious, does it not care about a generation of countries? Does the king remember the water and soil that his ministers offered to you the year before? That's right, under the whole world, it is not the king's land! On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister! ”

"Now my Great Zhao Kingdom, since the destruction of Western Zhao, I have a large area of Chinese homeland north of the Yellow River! It can be said that half of the country is already in your hands! But this is only half of the wall, and it is not complete. ”

Shi Min said eloquently: "Since Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms and established the first unified dynasty, it has been more than 500 years since Han Cheng Qin, Wei Cheng Han, and Jin Cheng Wei!" Those who are in the general trend of the world will be united for a long time, and they will be divided for a long time. Jin loses its deer, and the world chases it! ”

"Now my Zhao State has occupied the Central Plains, has a large and rich territory, with a population of more than 18 million, and there are as many as 1 million people with armor. With the wisdom of the king, the political clarity of the country, and the fierceness of the soldiers who are not afraid of death, why can't they drive the world into the country and unite the countries to dominate the world? ! ”

Shi Min's words were full of joy, which could be said to have touched Shi Hu's heart and made him feel excited.

To rule the world, there is no monarch in the world who does not want to be like this. It's like a soldier who doesn't want to be a general, not a good soldier.

The emperor of the troubled times who does not want to achieve the great achievements of great unification is not a good emperor, at least not a heroic lord!

And Shi Hu is the kind of self-proclaimed hero.

Shi Min said again: "King, now the kingdom of heaven and earth, only I, Zhao country, is the strongest country!" Just like the Qin State at the end of the Warring States Period, like the Wei State in the Three Kingdoms Era, how similar is the current situation to the two strong Qin and Zhao at the end of the Warring States Period? Now Zhao is Qin, Jin is Zhao, one south and one north are deadlocked. ”

"There was a Northern Expedition in the Jin Kingdom, and my Zhao Kingdom also had a Southern Expedition from time to time! However, they can't destroy their country, don't you want to annihilate the nations in your lifetime, dominate the world, like Qin Shi Huang and Han Gaozu, and achieve the reputation of an emperor through the ages? ”

Shi Min's words were said by the ministers present who could not refute them.

Shi Hu bowed his head slightly and said, "Thorn slave, you go on." ”

"Great King, in fact, with the current national strength of my Great Zhao Kingdom, it is not difficult to destroy the Jin Kingdom, annihilate the countries and dominate the world! What is there to fear from the Jin Kingdom? It's just that there is a natural danger of the Yangtze River, and there are indestructible cities such as Xiangyang, Hefei, and Wancheng on the Jianghuai line, so they live in a corner and survive in the south! Now my Great Zhao State is already a powerful country, but because I don't have the certainty of destroying its country in a war, I can't launch a war to destroy Jin! ”

"But how can my Great Zhao Kingdom be sure enough to destroy Jin? Without him, it is only necessary to annihilate the northern countries, and then take advantage of the momentum of great victory to destroy Jin in one fell swoop! ”

Shi Xuan, the crown prince next to His Majesty's platform, heard that he was a little unhappy, he had always looked at Shi Min, the adopted grandson of Shi Hu from Han people, and it was very unpleasant, so he saw Shi Min making such a big statement in the court, and the boss was suddenly unhappy.

Shi Xuan immediately said in a deep voice: "Shi Min, you said it lightly! Is it not just between your words that the war and the destruction of the country lie in your words? If we could annihilate the nations so easily, my Great Zhao Kingdom would already dominate the world! Not to mention anything else, just the battle the year before last, the battle of Changli, my Zhao army attacked Yan with more than 100,000 troops, and in the end, didn't it return in vain? ”

Hearing this, Shi Hu couldn't help frowning.

The battle of Changli was not very glorious for him, after all, the Great Zhao State mobilized the army, raised more than 100,000 troops, advanced by land and water, and conquered Murong Xianbei (Yan State), and finally was forced to retreat because he could not attack for a long time.

When retreating, the Zhao army was pursued by the two thousand elite cavalry commanded by Murong Ke, and almost collapsed on the whole line!

In the end, if it weren't for Shi Min and his troops and horses to turn the tide, I am afraid that the Zhao army of Fa Yan would have been wiped out.

When Shi Min heard this, he said loudly: "There is always a first to come, first to come, first easy and then difficult!" Now our Great Zhao State is located in the Central Plains, just like the Han Dynasty and the Wei State in the past, surrounded by enemy countries. How can this achieve an imperial cause? Now the victims are for the Southern Jin Dynasty, which lives in a remote corner, and the changes are for the northern countries! Among the northern nations, the first to bear the brunt are the Liang Kingdom, the Dai Kingdom, and the Yan Kingdom! The rest are all Hulu! ”

"With the strength of our Zhao country, naturally we can't destroy the northern countries at once, but can't we destroy a single generation country, or a Liang country? It's impossible! I think that back then, when the first emperor was in power, my Zhao State and Western Zhao were evenly matched, but the first emperor had great courage, and he went down to his country in a battle, plundered his land, and finally achieved the vast territory of my Great Zhao State today! ”

"And the greatest merit of the world, there is no greater merit than the merit of destroying the country! As long as the king wants to fight, he will definitely win! It will surely destroy its country! ”

Hearing Shi Min's generous statement here, Shi Hu bowed slightly, and said: "The words of the thorn slave are very satisfying. ”

Shi Min said again: "And the war of annihilation has a great impact!" Now the domestic forces of my Zhao State are complicated, and if the king wants to become an emperor and dominate the world, he has to start by destroying the country and making contributions. Don't you want to be the emperor, my lord? ”