Chapter 1249: Enough is enough

Zhenjin Qiang listened to the arguments of several important ministers, but his heart was gloomy, thinking about what heroes his ancestors and fathers were, and laid down a large number of rivers. But now that the countries have rebelled, they are no longer regarded as suzerains, and the kings of the steppes are also detached. Jiangnan was lost, and Lianghuai was lost, and the Central Plains, which was the foundation, was also under the enemy's front and was in danger.

"I thought that the Southern Dynasty had demarcated the boundary between the two Huai in the past, and now that they have entered Huaibei, they will never return to Huainan, and they will definitely demand that the Yellow River be used as the boundary to divide the land!" Li Qian said sadly. In the past, it was his idea to go south to defend Xuzhou, Guide Mansion and Fuli with his guards, but now the 200,000 troops have been lost, resulting in no soldiers to defend in Gyeonggi, which makes him ashamed.

"I'm afraid that the Yellow River will be demarcated, and the Southern Dynasties will not agree!" Sang Ge sighed and said, "Now that the southern army has entered the Jingxiang area, Suizhou and Fangzhou have fallen into the hands of the enemy, and Xiangzhou is only a lonely city in Xiangyang, surrounded by the enemy's 100,000 large army regiments, the transportation is cut off, and there are no reinforcements, and it is only a matter of time before it falls." ”

"Yes, once Xiangyang is lost, Henan Jiangbei Province is lost, the southern army can cross the Yellow River, and Guanzhong is also under the threat of the southern army!" Yue Chi Cha'er nodded.

"The situation in Sichuan Province is also critical, there is a war report back, the rainy season has arrived, the Jialing River is rising, and the Southern Korean naval army is ready to move, wanting to attack Chongqing. The reinforcements of Shaanxi Province are afraid that the reinforcements will not be able to reach out because of the difficult roads and the slow marching speed! An Tong said.

"Why don't we release the abolished emperor of the Southern Dynasty in exchange for the Southern Dynasty stopping its march?" Timur then interjected.

"Well, what His Highness said is a plan!" Sang Ge high-fived and praised, "The Southern Dynasty is ashamed of the abolished emperor who captured them, and the last peace meeting was also begged in every possible way, and finally returned the body of the abolished queen mother. ”

"Yes, back then, the Jurchens and the Southern Dynasties had confronted each other in the two Huai for many years, and they had raised troops to the Northern Expedition many times, and the Jurchens had no choice but to return the captured two emperors to threaten each other, forcing the Southern Dynasties to take the Huai River as the boundary." Yue Chi Cha'er nodded again and again.

"What the left minister said may be difficult to fulfill." Li Qian sneered, "The Southern Dynasty begged to abolish the emperor and the empress dowager, but it was just because of face, and as early as the time of Qiongzhou, the little emperor of the Southern Dynasty had already regarded all the abolished emperors and kings who accepted the title of our dynasty as a rebellion. As far as I know, after the body of the Empress Dowager was transported back to Jiangnan, she was only buried as a civilian, not in the imperial mausoleum. And now that he wants to use this to blackmail the thieves of the Southern Dynasty, I am afraid that he will not care at all. In addition, using the deposed emperor of the Southern Dynasty as a bargaining chip will only anger the thief, who wants us to kill him as soon as possible, and never wants him to return to the dynasty! ”

"How can Pingzhang say this, aren't they going to take back the second capital every year and welcome back the emperor?" Seeing that Li Qian was disdainful of his plan, Timur said quite unhappily.

"Your Highness may know a lot about the affairs of the Southern Dynasty!" Li Qian bowed his hand and said, "The succession of the Southern Dynasty is based on the eldest first, and the abolished emperor is the son-in-law, and he occupies the elder." And the thief's biological mother is lowly, just a palace maid, and after giving birth to a child, she was named a contour, and the elders are not touched. If the emperor is abolished and returns to the dynasty, he must give way to him, otherwise it will be a violation of the etiquette system, and there are many arguments among the old ministers of the Southern Dynasty about his improper position, how can he let him return to the dynasty and take his own position! ”

"This ......" Timur took care of himself and thought that he was bent on inheriting the throne, although he occupied the throne, but he did not occupy the long, he couldn't help but be weak-hearted, and secretly hated how he talked about this topic in this sensitive period.

"In this way, we will kill the thief for him, and in addition to the trouble, he will also sell us face!" Yue Chi Cha'er said.

"Alas, killing him will only end up the truth, but it will give him an excuse to continue marching." An Tong was also speechless about the IQ of these two people, and sighed.

"You can't kill it, you can't let it go, what's the use of keeping it!" Yue Chi Cha'er was also stunned, this waste emperor has become a hot coal at the moment, how to deal with it is not appropriate, and said with a wry smile.

"We can put it far away in a remote place, so that the thief will lose his excuse, and we can hold the handle in our hands and make him have to submit!" An Tong said.

"This ...... I'm afraid it's still difficult to force the thief to continue marching to Hebei! "Yuechi Cha'er looked at the Great Khan and was not sure about the authentic passage.

"Kaifeng can't be lost, and the abolished emperor can't be returned, otherwise where is the prestige of my dynasty, and where is my face!" After listening to it for a long time, he didn't come up with an idea, but thought about how to curry favor with the Southern Dynasty, which made Zhenjin more and more annoyed, and slapped it heavily on the case.

"......" Everyone stopped squeaking, the Great Khan's decision was a bit too harsh, and they couldn't beat it at the moment, and I was afraid that this condition would be difficult for the Southern Dynasty to accept, and they had no idea for a while.

"Great Khan, I thought that after the Southern Dynasty captured Guidefu, it should also be ready to strike and will not continue to advance north!" At this time, Boyan said.

"Why did the right minister make such a decision?" Boyan's weight in the court is undoubted, but his judgment still makes everyone, including Zhenjin, feel incredible, and can't figure out what reason will make the Southern Dynasty give up continuing the Northern Expedition under the good situation, Li Qian turned his face and asked.

"Because the Han people lack enterprising spirit by nature, the roots of Confucianism are natural, and the emperor does not want to leave an infamy!" Facing everyone's questioning eyes, Boyan stroked his beard calmly and calmly.

"Well, the right minister is really a genius, and I am ashamed of my understanding of Confucianism!" Li Qian pondered for a moment, then turned around and saluted him.

"Yes, the right minister hit the nail on the head and peeked through the mystery!" An Tong also nodded yes.

"The right minister is really the pillar of the country, the humerus of me!" Zhenjin thought for a while and praised.

The few people present, Li Qian, An Tong, Boyan, and Zhenjin can be called masters of Confucianism, and several other people have also studied, and they suddenly have a sense of empowerment after their prompting. They all know that the traditional Han civilization is mainly concentrated in the Yellow River valley and the Yangtze River basin, and the rulers all adopt Confucianism as the main way to govern the country, and adopt an inclusive attitude towards various religious schools such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Legalism, but Confucianism is the most basic root and has never been broken.

Confucianism pays attention to "one-pole sacrifice", "order" and "inclusiveness", which also makes the Central Plains civilization stop in the illusion of the Celestial Empire, believing that as long as the Central Plains is occupied, then the grand cause of the empire of "the whole world is not the king's land" will be realized. For the Han people, except for the Central Plains, the surrounding areas are bitter cold and barren lands, and the living environment is harsh, and it is easy to adapt to the water and soil, and this is the limit of expansion.

Secondly, the Central Plains is mainly based on an agrarian economy, and the Han people themselves are self-sufficient and happy, so they are naturally not interested in other economic systems, and they are even more reluctant to leave their homeland for generations and migrate to foreign lands on a large scale. However, the expansion of the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty required a lot of manpower and material resources, and the ancient Chinese population was small, the productive forces were relatively backward, and the transportation was extremely inconvenient, mainly relying on beacon fire and post stations to transmit military information, and there was no ability and need to spend too much financial resources to go on labor expeditions or operate the surrounding barren land, and it was considered that it was not a cost-effective business to expand the territory abroad.

Moreover, the emperors of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains knew very well that large-scale expansion was not conducive to centralized rule, and they had to divide into many small Han states to rule, and send large armies to defend them. This was tantamount to a feudal partition, which not only prevented effective rule, but also dispersed the armed forces and sowed the seeds of civil strife. After all, the lessons of the civil strife among the princes during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han dynasties are not far away.

In addition, in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty who were keen to expand the territory were only Qin Shihuang Yingzheng, Han Wu Emperor Liu Che, Tang Taizong Li Shimin and a few others, but they were also criticized by the world.

Qin Shi Huang annexed the Six Kingdoms and realized the unification of the Central Plains Dynasty, but he also killed countless people and was accused of cruelty and inhumanity. It was reprimanded by historians as "labor-intensive wages", "excessive expenses", "endless battles", and "miserable lives". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expanded the land, the national prestige was far away, the east and Korea, the south swallowed Baiyue, the west conquered Dawan, and the north broke the Xiongnu, laid the basic scope of the Han land, created the situation of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and opened up the Silk Road, in the Luntai, the canal ploughed the Tuntian, and placed the envoy captain. However, it was evaluated by historians as "reckless military force", "waste at home", "halving the population", and "thieves swarming".

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty opened up his territory to the outside world, conquered the Eastern Turks and Xue Yantuo, conquered Gaochang, Qiuci and Tuyuhun, severely damaged Goguryeo, and set up four towns in Anxi. It has been argued by historians as "the gains outweigh the losses", "the great joy", "the end of the Zhenguan rule of the world", and "the consumption of the people's fat and the people's ointment".

"You guys have a good reputation, I just have some superficial opinions to talk to you!" Boyan was not shocked by honor and disgrace, and bowed to everyone.

"First, the Southern Dynasty used troops this time, at first it was just to counter the provocation of Yuxi Timur, and he was ready to collect his troops after capturing Yangzhou, so the thief was supported by the ministers. And he also wanted to use military might, and wanted to get Yangzhou through peace negotiations, and stop the army. It's a pity that Yuxi Timur had too many ambitions and was eager to make contributions, and took advantage of the emptiness of Jiangdong's troops to take Jiangnan, but he was peeped on by thieves and had to counterattack, which led to a big war. Therefore, the ministers of the Southern Dynasty did not support this war, but passively accepted it. ”

"On the other hand, the Southern Dynasty has just seized Jiangnan for only two short years, and it is also in ruins, and the finances are not abundant, and it is difficult to support long-term operations. Now the war has lasted for eight months, and the Southern Dynasty has mobilized more than 500,000 troops, which is extremely costly, and these are all from Jiangdong. Due to the flooding of the Yellow River in Lianghuai and the surrounding areas of Huaibei, the population has plummeted and the land is barren, and it is not a matter of several years for them to occupy these areas and restore them, and the cost still needs the support of Jiangdong, so there is no need to increase taxes, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the people in Jiangnan. And the thief is a wise man, and he will not lose the hearts of the people by taking some useless land. ”

"Three, the thief is taught by Confucianism for his own use, and naturally cherishes his reputation, and he doesn't want to be criticized by future generations, and after seizing the Guide Mansion, he can be regarded as realizing his wish to recover the old capital of the Southern Dynasty, and he will stop in moderation for the sake of fame."

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