"It's because of the defeat of Dang Xiang Yuanhao that I am worried about the instability of the Northwest!" Xu Ping shook his head and sighed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info "Since Yuan Hao succeeded to the throne, he has gone against the grain in the party, fighting externally for many years, and tyrannical on the inside. The party members were all born and raised by their parents, how could they endure such a tyrant? After the defeat of the fight, there was no news of Yuan Hao for a while, not to mention others, his concubine Suo Shi was overjoyed, and her joy was beyond words. As a result, Yuan Hao returned, Suo committed suicide, and the family was executed. You say, can Yuan Hao, who looks like this, sit firmly in the party? ”

Yang said: "Isn't it a good thing that his country is not stable with our dynasty? Calm down the civil strife, and there will be no time for him to care! ”

"Deputy Envoy Yang, it's bad if you think like this! Yuan Hao can't sit in a stable position, so he needs to keep waging wars with the outside world, win the battle to unite the party and the people, and find an excuse to kill those who oppose him if he loses. The Suo clan is a big party family, is it just because a concubine used fun when Yuan Hao did not return, so he punished his family? It's just an excuse to eradicate dissidents! Now the party, Yuan Hao must constantly wage war with the outside world, no matter whether he wins or loses, the war cannot be stopped. As soon as the war stops, Yuan Hao's death time will come! ”

This truth Xu Ping came up with in combination with the experience of his previous life, that military is the continuation of politics, determined by politics, served by politics, and is a violent means to achieve political goals. Military operations without a political purpose are not enough to be called war. After Yuan Hao succeeded to the throne, he attacked everywhere, and almost all of the east, west, north and south were beaten, could it be that he was crazy? He is crazy alone, it is impossible for the people of the whole country to go crazy with him, these military actions are to serve Yuan Hao's internal integration of the party.

Only by understanding the political motives of military action can we grasp the essence of war and firmly grasp the initiative. The so-called "strategizing and winning a decisive victory thousands of miles away" is not a clever plan, but a firm grasp of the situation of the war from a political perspective, and political judgment is not affected by the fog on the battlefield.

At this time, Xu Ping was no longer Wuxia Ameng, and it was not the time for Yongzhou to ignorantly understand and start a war with Jiaozhi, and he had a clear understanding of the upcoming party war. When the war with Jiaozhi started, and the fight got bigger and bigger, in fact, there were many misunderstandings, whether it was Xu Ping or Li Foma, they were not prepared. Originally, they were only fighting for the swaying Turks on the border and a series of strategic points in their favor, and they did not want to fight each other. So in the end, Xu Ping entered the Thang Long Mansion and withdrew immediately after capturing Li Foma, because the initial political purpose did not include the annexation of Jiaozhi, and it could not be swallowed at that time.

At this time, the intelligence of the Song Dynasty described Zhao Yuanhao a lot, some said that some heroes were unwilling to live under others, some said that he was fierce and yin, and some said that he was greedy and easy to kill. From these descriptions, Xu Ping came to the conclusion that Yuan Hao was indeed a person with ideas. That is to condense the party into a whole, not only to be independent under his rule, but to make the party truly a political, economic and cultural entity, like the Song and Khitan, especially to become a culturally independent entity.

The reasons for a series of foreign wars are complex, but the real political purpose is to work for an independent political culture. Using the benefits of war to win over those who come to them and the wear and tear of war to wipe out those who oppose them is a path that many new political entities will take. This series of wars is the process of their internal integration.

With a clear political understanding of the party's series of actions, the imperial court can take corresponding countermeasures, and it cannot be blind in whether it is peace or war, attack or defense. If you think you can fight at the beginning, you will fight first, and then you will talk about it, and if you can't fight, you will ask for one and try, such a battle will be like a fly without a head, what good result can you have?

In Xu Ping's view, the response to the party should be when it provoked a foreign war, and the Song Dynasty took the initiative to intervene. If the party hits others, the Song Dynasty will hit the party, and the party will not be able to beat the surroundings, so the Song Dynasty will not beat him. At this time, the party item must be covered with abscesses, and it will be good to wait for it to explode on its own. But the actual situation is that the imperial court does not have clear guidelines for the frontier at all, and it is not even clear about the situation of the surrounding small countries, let alone strategy and tactics. Xu Ping only confirmed the party's external actions and the war with the Song Dynasty according to his own estimates.

What is the attitude of the court towards the party? It can be seen from Yan Shu's performance now. He was not interested at all in what Xu Ping said about the situation in the northwest, several small countries in the Tibetan State have been fighting back and forth since ancient times, just like beasts fighting endlessly, nature is like this, what is there to care about? Which of them bites whom, what is the matter with Da Song!

Yang said: "Du Cao is worried that the party is not effective in the war with Tubo, so he will go to war with our dynasty? How could it be! ”

After speaking, Yang Xuan and Yan Shu shook their heads again and again.

Xu Ping said: "Will there be a war with this dynasty?" In the past few years, has there been a shortage of cases of party soldiers entering the northwest and plundering? It's just that they plundered and found an excuse at will, and the court just let it go. Speaking of which, it is long overdue to fight! It's just that the people in the middle and the middle of the country are all lucky, pretending that nothing happened. This time, the party was humiliated in Tibet, but it was not enough to directly raise troops against our dynasty in the northwest, and nine times out of ten, it was to first go to the three prefectures of Gua, Sha, and Su that returned to the righteous army. When those three states are completely pacified, the war with our dynasty should start. ”

Yang Xue was taken aback, glanced at Yan Shu beside him, and whispered: "The newspaper does say that the party is attacking the three states of Hexi!" ”

Xu Ping waved his hand: "Since we have gone to attack those three states, there will be a year or two of peaceful days in the northwest, so we don't have to pay attention to it now." In the first two years, there was a lot of trouble in the capital, and when it came to dealing with the northwest strategy, I used to play with the saint, once Yuan Hao couldn't beat Tubo, he would have to do it with the Great Song Dynasty. At that time, he thought that he should go to the three states of melon, sand, and Su first, and then he would raise troops in a big way, but he didn't expect that before the three states were down, he would go to fight hard. Now it's okay, I can't beat it, so I have to go to fight Sanzhou, which is still similar to what I originally thought. Forget it, for now we don't need to talk about the Northwest. ”

In the war in the northwest, Xu Ping once mentioned an important node to Zhao Zhen, once the party was blocked in the direction of Tubo, the Great Song Dynasty would begin to prepare for war. Yuan Hao's war cannot be stopped, and once the pace of war is stopped, the forces within the party will kill him. If you can't beat Tubo, then you can only choose the Great Song Dynasty and the Khitan, and it is clear which one Wuhao will choose.

Now that the matter mentioned by Xu Ping has happened, Zhao Zhen will definitely write to ask Xu Ping, and Xu Ping must answer. Of course, it's one thing for Xu Ping to say it, it's one thing for Zhao Zhen to believe it or not, and it's another thing for the ministers in the court to think about it, maybe Zhao Zhen just asked Xu Ping out of politeness. Now that the party is attacking Hexi, everyone will be happy.

Finally put down the affairs in the northwest, Yan Shu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Xu Ping: "This time Fan Xiwen is on the "Hundred Official Maps", how does Long Tu think Chaoli will deal with it?" This matter is not small, and the ministers are talking about it! ”

Xu Ping sighed: "If things only come to this point, there is actually nothing. Princess Lu Xiang's political book, how officials use it is within his responsibility as prime minister, and there is no need to explain it to Fan Zhi. Having said that, Fan waits for the ministers of the imperial court, as an attendant, to discuss the division of national politics and politics, and there is nothing to question in the "Hundred Officials Map". What I'm afraid of is that Lu Xianggong refuses to say that Fan Zhizhi refuses to retreat, and the consequences will not be good for Fan Zhizhi! ”