"Lin Jue, according to your thoughts, wouldn't it take a long time to complete the change. It will take at least three or five years to achieve something. However, how can you judge that the Liao people will give us such a long time? The wolf ambition of the Liao people was exposed this time, and the envoy sent to hold them accountable came back and said that the Liao people denied it, indicating that they had no remorse. If the rebellion in the Liao State is quelled, how can you give me enough time for Da Zhou? Is Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru's worries unreasonable? Guo Chong asked in a deep voice.

Lin Jue arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the heart of the Liao people is not false, and the Liao people do not need to have any doubts about the heart of my Great Zhou." But at any chance, they'll do something to me. There will be a war between my Great Zhou and the Liao people, that's for sure. But this does not conflict with my Da Zhou's method of changing. Changing the law is something I have to do in the Great Zhou, could it be that it is the persecution of the Liao people that must change the law? That's a wrong idea. Even if you are still friendly with the Liao people, you still have to change the law, because this is the demand of the common people who want to live a good life, and it is also the demand of my Great Zhou Guozuo. The absence of external troubles does not mean that there are no internal worries. How many dynasties have been destroyed by foreign enemies? Qin was destroyed by the people, and Chu and Han rose together. The Han Dynasty was destroyed by the princes. The Tang Dynasty was extinguished by the weight of local festivals. External and internal troubles are all terrible. It is a fallacy to simply link the need for law change with foreign enemies. It doesn't matter when the Liao people come to attack, what does it have to do with my Great Zhou Change? My Great Zhou wants the country to be strong and the people to be rich, and to extend the foundation for thousands of generations, and whether he Liao people come to attack or not, when will they come to attack is inevitable? The change of law is done step by step in accordance with the national conditions of the Great Zhou, and it should be slow, and it should be urgent, how can it be blindly taken because of external persecution, regardless of the actual situation? This is what the minister thinks. ”

Guo Chong nodded slowly, thinking about Lin Jue's words. I have to admit that what Lin Jue said makes sense. The change of the Great Zhou should be a kind of reform according to the national conditions, and at present, it is indeed the threat of the Liao people as the driving force for the change, which actually seems to have embarked on a misunderstanding. Even if there is no threat from foreign enemies, doesn't Da Zhou have the need to change the law? From this point of view, perhaps Yan Zhengsu and Fang Dunru deliberately used the threat of foreign enemies as a means to promote the change of the law, and they were somewhat suspected of misleading themselves and the people of the world.

"Lin Jue, if you follow your thoughts, slow down and work hard for a long time. It is impossible for me to have a new weather situation in a short period of time. If the Liao people attack, can my Great Zhou resist it? If you can't resist a foreign enemy, what else do you say? Guo Chong groaned.

Lin Jue looked at Guo Chong in surprise, Guo Chong was able to say such a thing, which showed how worried and worried he was in his heart. As the emperor of the Great Zhou, he did not seem to have the slightest confidence in fighting the Liao. This is highly undesirable. This also shows from the side that the Liao people have always had huge psychological pressure on the Central Plains Great Zhou. I'm afraid it's not just Guo

Chong, the vast majority of people in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty have a kind of fear for the Liao people. This is probably one of the reasons why the Great Zhou Dynasty signed the Yanyun Alliance with the Liao people when it was in the situation of being a victor, and paid tribute to the Liao people to buy peace.

The Yanyun Alliance of that year was regarded as a good alliance between the two countries and was regarded as a great thing. But in fact, in the eyes of many people, it is a humiliating compromise. This was actually understood by the emperor and ministers at that time. But they still did this, I am afraid that it was also because of the fear of the Liao people, and they did not want to push the Liao people into a desperate situation, so they signed it without hesitation if they could have a good alliance with each other. This kind of xenophobia should be a common phenomenon.

Of course, this is related to the fiasco of several major wars with the Liao people at the beginning of the founding of the country. The Liao people rode with strong bows and galloped fiercely, leaving a deep psychological shadow on the people of the Great Zhou. Even if the combat power of the soldiers and horses of the Great Zhou has long been not inferior to the other party, it still lingers.

Facing Guo Chong's questioning, Lin Jue replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the minister has seen a wolf fighting with an elephant. Although the wolf is fierce and the elephant has a tame temperament, the two are not of the same rank. The wolf may be able to bite the elephant and bleed and wound it, but it can't defeat the elephant, let alone eat it. As long as the elephant does not fall to the ground on its own and send its throat to the mouth of the wolf, the wolf will never be able to kill the elephant. On the contrary, if the elephant stepped on it, the wolf would break its tendons and die. My Da Zhou is the elephant, respectful of Confucianism, humble and gentle etiquette, easy not to compete with others, let alone to oppress and invade others. The Liao people are just the evil wolf at best, and if they want to swallow my Great Zhou, it is just a fool's dream. ”

"That's what I said. But...... Once the fight really starts......" Guo Chong hesitated in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty, I have a vast area and hundreds of millions of people. Whether in terms of resources or population, I don't know how much it is better than the Liao people. If the Liao people only invaded a few cities and a few pools, they might be able to do it. But if you want to occupy the entire Great Zhou, it is absolutely wishful thinking. I know what the emperor is worried about, my Great Zhou is indeed weak now, and the treasury is empty, but the minister reads "The History of the National Dynasty", at the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou, the strength was far from what it is now. At that time, there were no more than 300,000 soldiers, no more than 10 million people, and no more than three or four roads. There are Liao in the north, Tubo in the west, Western Xia in the northwest, Annan, Wuyue, Dali and other countries in the south. But how? It's not the surrender of the surrender, the defeat of the defeat, and the domination of the Great Zhou world. Nowadays, my Great Zhou has millions of soldiers and horses, a vast territory of fifteen roads, and hundreds of millions of people of the Great Zhou, how does it compare with that time? Will you still be afraid of a mere Liao country? Don't forget, the Liao people are now in civil strife themselves, and the rebellion of the Jurchens has not taken Yelu Zongyuan for more than a year

Pacified, hundreds of thousands of troops are trapped in the north to quell the rebellion, and now it is not that we are afraid of them, but that they are afraid of us. We are here to worry that the Liao people will come back to attack our Great Zhou, but do you know that Yelu Zongyuan is not worried that my Great Zhou will attack the Liao State and let its belly and back suffer the enemy? Therefore, please don't worry about the emperor, maybe the prosperity and decline of the country is inevitable, but my Great Zhou will never be destroyed by the Liao, they don't have that ability, and we are not bad enough to be like that. Of course, the premise is that we can't make stupid moves ourselves, and we can't send our throats into the mouth of the wolf. ”

Guo Chong looked excited, patted his thigh, looked at Lin Jue and nodded, "Well said, well said." It's been a long time since I've heard such words of encouragement as you've spoken. Lin Jue, you woke me up, it's not that we should be afraid of them, but that they should be afraid of us. Everyone spoke out their worries and worries in front of me, and no one told me that my Great Zhou was not a paper country, I had hundreds of millions of people and millions of soldiers, who would I be afraid of? ”

After a pause, Guo Chong looked at Lin Jue and said, "Lin Jue, just because you can think so much about the affairs of Da Zhou and think so deeply, I am very pleased." Nowadays, there are very few people in the court who think about state affairs like you. I'm glad you think so much. More courtiers like you is my luck in Da Zhou, and it is also what I want. I tried my best to think about Da Zhou, and I had to take care of all things, I was really tired. There are too few people who can share my worries. ”

Lin Jue hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, don't overwork, take care of the dragon body." The emperor is the backbone of all the subjects in the world, and for the sake of the people of the country, the emperor must also take care. ”

Guo Chong nodded slightly, and sighed softly: "I don't know that the responsibility is great, but I can't do it." My body...... Day by day is not as good as day by day. Therefore, I issued a proposal to establish a prince, Guo Mian and Guo Xu are not small, and it seems that I should hand over the burden to them. I want to rest, too. ”

Lin Jue didn't dare to say more, it was better not to pick up this kind of topic. When I entered the palace today, the biggest gain was that I found that Guo Chong seemed to be very ill, so he issued the prince's proposal. This fact almost overturned Lin Jue's previous speculations about Guo Chongli's actions. At first, Lin Jue thought that it was just an order given by Guo Chong in order to cooperate with the edict of the guilty himself, and the purpose was naturally to test the reaction of the ministers, win greater sympathy from the people, and show a sincere and responsible posture. But in retrospect, it doesn't seem entirely so. With Guo Chong's physical condition today, it seems that something is very bad, so he is forced to do this.

Guo Chong didn't intend to let Lin Jue go, and still asked that sentence.

"Lin Jue, do you think the two of them can take the big responsibility?"

。 Nine Heavenly God Emperors