Xie Ronglang smiled and acted as their wine pourer.

After three glasses of wine, the conversation between these people naturally talked about the affairs of the court.

It was rare for Xie Ronglang to listen to it more, so naturally he didn't dare to come out, for fear that he would be driven away by his father again.

"Brother Zicheng's words are not right! How can we rely on a war to establish the prestige of the country? Haven't you fought enough battles for so many years? Now that we have lived a peaceful life for a few years, we will have to fight again, and it is not the people of the world who are suffering? ”

When Xie Lin said this, he also considered the people's livelihood and there was nothing wrong with it.

Xie Xiuwen shook his head and said: "The virtuous brother is dedicated to the people, and the foolish brother understands. But if the kingdom is not established, how can it protect the people? The ferocity of the Turks is believed to be known to both of them. They invaded our border city decades ago and killed tens of thousands of my people, how can such a bloody hatred be offset by a paper covenant? ”

Xie Lin frowned: "But people can't always dwell on the pain of the past. Now that our treasury is not abundant, and the land reform has just been implemented inside, there are already some clan nobles who are not satisfied. ”

Xie Ronglang nodded on the side, and Uncle made sense.

We can't just think about the prestige of the country and the stability of the border gates, and we have to think about multiple considerations.

"When I mention the past, I don't say I'm wallowing in grief. The Turks are always the henchmen of my great ruling dynasty! Have you ever thought about it, now they dare to occasionally harass the border pass, inadvertently shoot a civilian, or accidentally shoot an arrow at our military camp, then we can endure it, is it not one day that their army can 'accidentally' break into the border pass, and then 'unintentionally' kill our people? ”

It sounds heavy.

Wang Jin also put down his wine glass at this time, and said with a solemn face: "Zicheng is reasonable, if we don't stop the small things, we are afraid that the other party will think that we are easy to bully, or rather, they are deliberately provoking, wanting to test where our bottom line is." ”

Xie Xiuwen slapped his thigh: "That's right!" Exactly. The border is unstable, and all of us have to be on guard. In that case, it is better to take the initiative. Moreover, I have been recuperating in the past few years, even if the treasury is not abundant, it can fully support a 100,000-strong side team. As for the real fight, we may still be able to fight the war. ”

Xie Ronglang's eyes lit up, it was not the first time he had heard of the word "war with war", but he had always been curious, is it really easy to do it with war?

"Hmph, that's easy to say. An army of 100,000 is silver as long as it moves. Grain needs to be prepared, right? Weapons need to be prepared, right? Horses, armor, etc., which ones don't cost money? ”

Xie Xiuwen knew that he was now a household servant, and what he was most concerned about was money and food.

"Brother Xian, don't worry, we didn't say that what you said was wrong, but we think that the household department can completely solve this problem. It is true that the army will ask for money when it moves, but it is also something that cannot be helped. Who is a normal person who wants to fight? But this time the Turks have gone too far, and if they can't fight back, it will be our border people who will suffer in the end! ”

"You're right, as long as there is a war, it is the people who suffer! If the Turks had attacked, then we should have fought back, but the problem is now just a few small frictions, why can't we sit down calmly and talk together? I have to make things bigger, how will this end up? It's okay to say that we won, but it is also our own treasury that is consumed; What if I lose? Have you ever thought about the morale of our army, have you considered it for Your Majesty? ”

Xie Xiuwen shook his head: "If you can really sit down and talk, you can solve it." We will not fight with the Turks for so many years. Not only us, but also the previous dynasty, or even the previous dynasty, which dynasty and which generation have not fought with them? Even if the peace is negotiated, how many years can it last? In the final analysis, it is the Turks who do not follow the rules, they only recognize their own interests. Once the interests can't keep up, say nothing at all. ”

Wang Jin was silent.

This is indeed a big problem.

Moreover, he agreed with Xie Xiuwen's statement that the Turks are barbarians, they don't pay attention to rules, only interests.

If they run out of food and don't care about anything, they just start robbing!

That's a bunch of robbers!

As long as there is a war, under normal circumstances, as long as there is preparation, the people at the border must be evacuated in advance.

Regardless of whether you can win or not, an empty city will be set aside in advance.

Of course, sometimes wars don't happen under people's control.

Therefore, there are often situations where the enemy has already attacked before there is time to react.

In this case, the people who suffered, except for the soldiers at the border gates, were innocent people.

Xie Xiuwen is worried that an uncontrollable situation will happen, because the Turks are barbaric and violent, they don't follow the rules at all, as long as they want to plunder your food and property, he doesn't care about any contract or not.

If that's the case, why couldn't they have responded sooner?

Do you really have to wait until the blood is flowing before you start fighting back?

Xie Xiuwen knew that one of the reasons for Xie Lin's opposition was that he felt that the reason for going on the expedition was not sufficient.

To put it more bluntly, it is a teacher who is unknown.

But to deal with foreign enemies, where can we talk about so much hypocrisy!

"Brother Xian, I know that you want to be righteous and not be criticized. But you have to understand that in this life, there are many times when you can't do both. Is there anything wrong with what we have to do is to defend our country? As for the so-called contract you mentioned, since the other party did not abide by it, then why did we have to abide by it? ”

Xie Ronglang probably understood.

Regarding war or non-war, in fact, the opinions of the three adults are essentially the same.

It's just that Xie Shilang may be more interested in pursuing a rationality, and the reason for wanting to make the army more powerful.

But how is that possible?

The current small friction at the border, as long as they are willing to amplify it, it is a big deal, why can't they send troops?

After some debate, they started drinking again.

I don't know when it started, and this topic has been brought to the current princes.

Xie Ronglang only felt that this topic was a bit dangerous, could he listen to it?

The three of them had been drinking for more than an hour, and they all lay down.

In the evening, Xie Ronglang was called to the study by Xie Xiuwen.

"You've heard the arguments during the day, but what do you think?"

Xie Ronglang arched his hand: "Father, my son thinks you are reasonable, as for Uncle Xie, he is too conservative, and his starting point is not wrong, but the mistake is that he thinks of our enemy too kindly." If we can really sit down and talk, it will inevitably require us to pay some unequal generations, which is not what our emperor wants to see, let alone what we should do. ”