What is the meaning of the word 'barbarian'?

Naturally, it's a gimmick to whet your appetite!

Sun Shaozong said that he was an upstart in the officialdom who had made great contributions repeatedly, and he could barely go up to the town in terms of official rank.

But after all, he is in his early twenties, and it is inevitable that he will give people the impression that he has no hair on his lips and cannot do things well.

However, since it is used as a gimmick, the word 'barbarian' is still somewhat related to his policy of counterinsurgency.

But I heard Sun Shaozong bow down and say: "This word can be interpreted as 'the courage of the skin', and it can also be interpreted as 'to control the raze with raze'." ”

At the beginning, it was just a matter of selling a pass, but then he didn't dare to consider the patience of Emperor Guangde, so he first started with the word 'barbarian', and then gushed endlessly: "The minister heard that the Wuxi barbarians have lived in the mountains and forests for a long time, and often are in the company of birds and beasts, and their people are afraid of power and not virtue. ”

"Now the Wuxi barbarians suddenly revolted, a drum down to the state and county, arrogant and vigorous, it is inevitable to underestimate the prestige of the imperial court, if at this time blindly soft, I am afraid that the barbarians will be exceeding, and there is a risk of rebellion."

"And the soldiers of Xingtang go to quell the rebellion, the thieves know that they are difficult to resist, and they will inevitably escape into the mountains to hide, and the imperial army will probably fall into a dilemma, not to mention the empty consumption of national money and food, and they are even more afraid of being taken advantage of by foreign thieves."

"For today's plan, if you can send a talented person who is familiar with the thief's situation to divide and rule the Wuxi barbarians, it will be the best choice."

"Kechen doesn't know the geography of thieves, and secondly, he doesn't have the mind to be vertical and horizontal, thinking about it, only this brave man can be regarded as handy."

"The minister heard that the Wuxi barbarians are scattered all over the mountains, and the roads to and from are difficult to travel, and if you send a large army into the mountains to sweep, it will inevitably be hindered everywhere; But because of this, Ruochen led a small number of elites to launch a surprise attack, and it was difficult for the thieves to rescue each other. ”

In fact, the method of launching a sneak attack into the mountains with a small group of elites is not unexpected.

It's just that according to the intelligence, the Wuxi barbarians are extremely fierce and good at fighting in the mountains, plus they have a walled fort to rely on, and they are likely to steal chickens and rice with a small group of elite sneak attacks.

Even if you can take advantage of the thief's defenselessness at the beginning and be caught off guard, after the rumors spread, I am afraid it will be difficult to succeed.

Therefore, before this method was presented to Emperor Guangde, it was rejected by the cabinet first.

But......

Looking at Sun Shaozong's majestic body, and then thinking about his fierce record of being outnumbered several times, Emperor Guangde felt that this method, if he personally led an elite army, maybe it would really work.

An immortal general like Sun Shaozong, although he may not be able to control the victory when the army is facing each other, he can be called a big murder weapon against those small tribes of hundreds of people.

Don't say anything else.

Just say that his brute strength can almost rival that of a catapult, and the gate of a barbarian cottage is not just like a piece of paper?

I only heard Sun Shaozong continue: "If the strategy of surprise attack is feasible, those small tribes that are not strong will be in danger, and in order to protect themselves, they will either be forced to join the government, or abandon their families and businesses to attach themselves to the powerful tribes. ”

"At that time, the minister will find a way to win over some barbarian spies, and then choose a large tribe that is convenient to start, and make the barbarians who serve as eagle dogs, and fight a few from the inside and outside."

"There is no need to really capture the barbarian tribe, just break in, burn and loot, and the barbarians will inevitably be suspicious of each other - those small tribes have nowhere to depend, so they can only choose to serve the court as the king."

"When the time comes, it will naturally form a trend of 'razing against razing'."

"When the Wuxi barbarians are almost killing each other, the imperial court can take the opportunity to collect the remaining old and weak women and children, either as people or scattered as slaves in the army, so as to completely eradicate the scourge."

When Emperor Guangde heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little happy on his face.

If you want to say how subtle this plan is, it may not be possible, but the good thing is that the core of the whole plan is only maintained on Sun Shaozong's bravery, and it does not need much support from the imperial court.

In particular, Sun Shaozong is not only brave, his intelligence is also recognized in the court, so the risk of the entire plan has been invisibly reduced a lot.

And even if the operation fails, it will not be much of a loss for the imperial court - although Sun Shaozong is talented, he is still several streets away from the sequence of important ministers in the court.

In short, this can be said to be the most economical choice for the Great Zhou court, which is mired in external and internal difficulties!

If the crown prince heard this, he was afraid that he would have to make a decision immediately.

However, Emperor Guangde didn't say a word, and silently pondered for a long time, and then pointed out two doubts: "This strategy is indeed sellable, but if you just break through a few small tribes, then the Wuxi barbarians will retaliate again, how are you going to resist?" And when you 'fight raze with raze', how do you make sure that you won't be attacked by thieves? ”

"Your Majesty."

Sun Shaozong replied without hesitation: "If the thieves besiege the prefecture and county in anger, and the local officials lead the people to resist, the ministers only need to besiege Wei to save Zhao and force the thieves to return to the division to save themselves." ”

After a pause, he said again: "The Wuxi barbarians came out of the mountains and forests, and they have never heard of any siege equipment - when they were attacked last time, it could be said that the incident happened suddenly, but now they have taken precautions, if any prefecture or county can still be beaten down by thieves, it must be caused by the dereliction of duty of the magistrate!" ”

These ugly words have to be said in advance, otherwise you will work hard to sneak attack the thief's lair, but when you come back, you will be planted with a crime that is unfavorable to rescue and cause the land to fall, isn't that unjustly dead?

After waiting for a long time, seeing that Emperor Guangde did not refute these statements, Sun Shaozong answered the second question: "As for the thieves fighting back, the minister often hears that the barbarians are the heaviest warriors, and the most afraid of ghosts and gods. ”

"Besides, since ancient times, the soldiers have been fierce and dangerous, how can there ever be a foolproof strategy? For the sake of the country, for the people, what is it for the ministers to take some dangers? ! ”

As he spoke, Sun Shaozong took advantage of the situation and knelt down, putting on a posture of liver and brain.

"Good!"

Seeing this, Emperor Guangde couldn't help but get up from the bed of the arhat and praised loudly: "The Sun family is really full of loyal martyrs, and it is not in vain that I personally cleared my father's grievances!" ”

In fact, according to Sun Shaozong's view, the father killed someone unjustly, and even if the son set things right, it was not a great grace.

But in front of the emperor, if you don't pretend to be grateful, wouldn't you deliberately die?

Besides, the so-called cheap old man, he has never even met him, and he doesn't have much emotion at all.

Therefore, Sun Shaozong had no room for prostration, and choked up: "If my father has a spirit in the sky, and he hears the words of Long Live Today, he will be able to smile under the Nine Springs!" ”

This performance obviously made Emperor Guangde quite satisfied, and he actually stepped forward in person, helped Sun Shaozong up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Aiqing's intentions are fully known, but this matter is very important, and it can be decided overnight. ”