In the house, the ministers watched.

Zhao Tuo shook his head, which immediately attracted a surprised gaze.

The First Emperor's thick eyebrows twisted together, and displeasure rose in his heart.

Why did he name Zhao Tuo to conquer?

First, it was naturally because of the emperor's extreme hatred for the assassins.

Zhang Liang can't catch it, but North Korea and the reduction of goods in Haidong can't run away.

The First Emperor wanted to use the world's famous generals and thunderous power to exterminate all the barbarian states that dared to participate in the assassination, and only in this way could he shock the world. Therefore, this battle can only be won but not defeated, and there must be no such thing as Li Youbing's defeat of Nanxiyi, so it is necessary to let Zhao Tuo lead the troops, which is safe.

Second, the First Emperor wanted to give Zhao Tuo a chance to be a marquis, so that he could stand at the top of the Great Qin title.

But Zhao Tuo shook his head!

Isn't this kid unwilling to avenge me?

Or do you think I shouldn't start this war?

The First Emperor felt very uncomfortable, his eyes staring at Zhao Tuo tightly.

Zhao Tuo's face was calm, and he said: "Reducing the amount of money, the small state of North Korea, I don't know the power of heaven, and helping Zhang Liang and other bandits to commit rebellion is a great crime, and I, Daqin, should be punished with heavenly soldiers to deter the world."

Zhao Tuo revealed his attitude first in one sentence, so as not to misunderstand the First Emperor.

Sure enough, after seeing Zhao Tuo's statement, the First Emperor's face was slightly relieved.

Zhao Tuo continued: "In the past, Ranchen learned the art of war with the Marquis of Wucheng and the Duke of Wei, and once heard that the art of using soldiers, galloped thousands of cars, leathered thousands of cars, brought 100,000 armor, and fed food for thousands of miles. Then the internal and external expenses, the use of guests, the material of glue paint, the dedication of the car armor, the daily cost of thousands of gold, and then 100,000 teachers.

"Today, my Great Qin is fighting in all directions, with General Li attacking Hu Yi in the north, General Wang attacking the Yue clan in the west, and General Feng passing through Baiyue in the south, and General Ren conquering the southwest Yi ............

Among the ministers, when the court lieutenant Li Si heard the sentence "General Ren conquers the southwest Yi", his brows jumped, and a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes.

At this time, the First Emperor and the ministers already knew what Zhao Tuo wanted to say.

Fighting, that's money and food!

Since the unification of the Qin State, it has been fighting non-stop, fighting in the southeast, northwest, and four directions.

Except for a small defeat in the southwest, the rest of the directions were full of triumphant songs, which made the territory of Great Qin continue to expand, and even captured a large number of cattle and horses in the northwest, which looked really powerful and domineering.

However, under this continuous victory, the grain and straw accumulated in the treasury of the Qin State over the years were also constantly consumed.

Especially in the same period, there were also large-scale projects such as imperial tombs, palaces, and galloping roads, which can be said to have almost emptied the bottom of the Qin state in the past two years, and the fiscal revenue was close to the deficit.

In this case, if you want to raise a large army again and cross the sea to attack the distant barbarian state of Haidong, how can you bear it?

Zhisu Neishi Wang Wu's eyes became a little moist when he looked at Zhao Tuo.

As an important minister in charge of the country's finances, he has always been under great pressure, and even sleeps at night planning the financial revenue and expenditure in his dreams, eager to break one money into two.

Before the end of the other wars, the First Emperor wanted to conquer the Haidong barbarian Wang Wu was naturally 10,000 unwilling, but he didn't have the courage to say no to the emperor, so he could only respond against his will.

Now seeing Zhao Tuo stand up, he is really excited.

Martial arts marquis, good man!

Compared with Wang Wu's touch, the First Emperor's face was gloomy again.

"So what Wugong Hou means is to tell me that this Haidong can't be fought for the time being?"

"Fight, naturally to fight! When the minister heard that Haidong Barbarians had sent assassins to help Zhang Liang, his heart was full of anger, and he wanted to destroy him immediately!

Zhao Tuo naturally does not stand on the wrong political position, he has his own ideas: "It's just that the minister thinks that the Qiangbao and Korea are just small barbarian states, and there are few blades and armor in their country, no strong bows and crossbows, and there is no need to send a large army to conquer, just need to go all the way to the division can be easily destroyed, just as Confucius said in the past, cut chickens with a knife!"

"If the minister leads the army to go on the expedition, gather the troops and horses to move

It takes months to get grain. It will take several months to lead an army to conquer Haidong, which is a food-consuming and time-consuming affair, which is not good for the country."

"If you don't send a messenger to gallop Liaodong, you can send an edict to General Li Xin in the rest of the month, and your Majesty orders him to lead the army south from Liaodong, with General Li's ability, you can completely destroy Korea and the Devil in ten months, so that the momentum of thundering and destroying the country can show the majesty of my Great Qin!" I hope Your Majesty will see it!"

Zhao Tuo finished his thoughts in one breath.

According to his understanding during this time, the Badger and North Korea are really just the kind of rookie-level enemies.

The so-called Qiang, is the Liaodong Peninsula around the barbarian ethnic group, divided into the Qiang, the Qiang, the two ethnic groups at the same time, in ancient times also called "Beifa", belongs to the tribute of the Central Plains of the four barbarians. Its army is not strong, and it was defeated and ruled by the Yan State, so it is not a big enemy.

As for North Korea, it is an ancient country with a history of more than 800 years, and it is a descendant of Jizi, one of the three benevolences of the Yin Shang dynasty.

In the past, Zhou destroyed the Shang, and Jizi led the Yin people to flee across the sea to the south of the peninsula and establish the ancient Chen Kingdom. In the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the country of the Kei clan went north, moved to the Liangyi area, merged with the local indigenous Liangyi, and changed the name of the country to Korea, which is now the Kei Joseon.

After generations of accumulation, the national strength of the Kei Joseon became slightly stronger, and it became a great power on the peninsula. When the Zhou dynasty was declining, he saw that Yan was king, so he also proclaimed himself the king of Joseon and wanted to fight against Yan.

Later, North Korea and Yan fought together, and the Yan general Qin Kai was broken, and the land was seized for hundreds of miles, bounded by the full sweat, and it has been breathing to this day.

In Zhao Tuo's eyes, what level is Yan Guo?

Of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, Qin was the strongest, and Han and Yan were the weakest.

Even the weakest Yan State can easily defeat the Qiang and Korea, not to mention Li Xin, who is now well-armed and has just defeated Donghu.

Therefore, it is far better to let Li Xin fight from Liaodong to save time, effort and money, which is far better than him Zhao Tuo recruiting troops across the sea in the Central Plains to fight North Korea.

This idea, in fact, is not only Zhao Tuo, the two prime ministers naturally know it, but they are afraid of the emperor's anger against the assassins, and they dare not speak at will, for fear of saying the right thing, but emotionally committing the emperor's taboo. qδ.net

Now seeing that Zhao Tuo proposed that he was in front of him, the ministers hurriedly followed.

"The minister thinks that what the Marquis of Wugong said is that if General Li is ordered to attack Korea from Liaodong, he will be able to win quickly!"

"General Li has defeated the armies of the Qiangbao and Joseon in Liaodong, and he is quite familiar with the barbarians of these two states, and if he leads the army, he will be invincible!"

The two prime ministers spoke out in favor of Zhao Tuo's proposal. Wang Wu and other ministers also hurriedly chimed in. On the main seat, the First Emperor took a deep breath.

Under his anger, he naturally wanted Zhao Tuo, who he valued the most, to lead a large army to exterminate the Haidong barbarians and avenge him.

But now, he has to admit that what Zhao Tuo said makes sense.

It was much better to let Li Xin, who had experience in fighting with the Qiangqi and Koreans, to attack Haidong from the southeast of Liao, than to let Zhao Tuo send troops from the Central Plains, which was also the reason why the ministers all rushed to echo each other.

As a king of great talent, he naturally knows how to choose.

It's just clear, but Zhao Tuo's refusal of his order still makes the First Emperor feel very uncomfortable.

The First Emperor stared at Zhao Tuo and asked, "Isn't it true that the Marquis of Wugong gave up the expedition and didn't want to be promoted to a liege?"

"Naturally, I want to."

Zhao Tuo said in a deep voice: "But compared to going to Haidong, the minister wants to be by His Majesty's side more!"

He looked at the emperor's body, his eyes full of worry.

Although the First Emperor was in front of him, he tried his best to pretend that he was not injured. But Zhao Tuo and the First Emperor have known each other for eight years, and what is the state of the other party on weekdays, and what is the state now, it is naturally a feeling.

In this kind of situation where he had just been assassinated and the emperor was injured, how could Zhao Tuo lead his army to conquer Korea.

History has already changed greatly, and if something happens to the emperor, it will not be all over.

The First Emperor was stunned, and his sharp gaze softened.

He understood.

Zhao Tuo didn't want to go on the expedition and would rather give up

The title of Marquis at his fingertips, in addition to thinking about the country, Zhao Tuo wanted to stay by his side.

Because of sitting for a long time, the pain in my lower back seemed to have disappeared a lot at this moment.

The First Emperor took a deep breath.

The original dissatisfaction caused by Zhao Tuo's rejection disappeared all at once, and only emotion remained in my heart.

"Zhao Tuo loves me even more than the marquis."

The First Emperor sighed in his heart, then raised his head and announced his decision to his ministers.

"Haidong Ape and the state of Korea collude with the thief Zhang Liang and send assassins to rebel against me, which is a great rebellion."

"The edict ordered the great Shang to create Li Xin, lead the army to attack Haidong, and destroy the North Korea and the DPRK."

"Take the head of the king of the sea, the king of Joseon!"