As soon as Zhang Wen's voice fell, Cui Lie immediately retorted.

"Your Majesty, Taiwei Zhang's words are very inappropriate." Cui Lie said, "In the opinion of the ministers, Xianbei's contact with the Qiang people, Wuhuan and Liaodong Zhuhu to invade our Han Xinjiang this time is all due to the ambition of Li Yi, the general of Wei. Recently, General Wei Li Yi has been reorganizing his army for battle, preparing to lead the army north to conquer Xianbei when the spring flowers are blooming. It must have been Li Yi's actions that made the Xianbei people feel threatened, so they fought back angrily, wanting to strike first to stop Li Yi's conquest of the prairie. It can be said that Xianbei people's move is purely for self-preservation, and they have no choice but to make this decision. Therefore, the measures we should take are not to fight a head-to-head war with the Xianbei people, but to negotiate peace, so that they can withdraw their troops on their own initiative. ”

"Now that the country is in the midst of an eventful season, with a long period of war, and an empty treasury, we simply do not have the financial resources to support such a protracted war. The top priority now is to pacify the rebels in Hanoi County to ensure that Gyeonggi has no worries. But the counterinsurgency in this area alone costs more than a billion dollars, which has basically emptied the national treasury. ”

"According to Taiwei Zhang's suggestion, with General Wei as the general, he will lead an army of more than 100,000 people to meet the barbarian Hu, so how much money will this cost?" Cui Lie looked around at his colleagues and said with a wry smile, "Without three or four billion dollars, can this battle be fought?" If General Wei fights for a long time without success, or loses a few more battles, where are we going to get money? ”

Cui Lie sighed: "From the minister's point of view, let's give up the border counties for the time being, and stick to the land of Sanfu and the two counties of Hedong and Hanoi." ”

"Let's look at Xiliang. The Xiliang rebellion has lasted for two years, although we have suffered heavy losses to the rebels, but so far we have not completely put down the rebellion, we have spent tens of billions of military resources in that barren place, what did we get in the end? If we had given up Xiliangbian County in the first place, we would have saved that huge amount of military money. We can reduce taxes, we can appease the displaced people scattered all over the world, and we can let the war-torn people recuperate, so that there will be no ant thief rebellion now. ”

"The more wars are fought, the poorer the country becomes. The poorer the country, the more miserable the people, the more bitter the people, the more rebellions, and so on, when will my Han Kingdom be at peace, and when will it recover? ”

"The border counties are vast and have few people, like Beidi County in Xiliang, but they have a population of more than 20,000. Shuofang County, which has a population of just over 10,000, is dozens of times higher than the taxes they pay every year. If we abandon these counties for the time being, not only will it not hurt the country's finances, but it will also allow the country to temporarily escape the scourge of war and have time to recuperate. ”

"Once our country is strong and our treasury is full, Your Majesty can order a few generals. Each led the male army to the north to attack Hu, and the other could recover the country. Second, under the surname, you can rebuild the immortal achievements of Emperor Wu back then. ”

"Your Majesty, the Xianbei people sent troops this time under the banner of avenging their former great leaders and companies. As everyone in the court knows, He Lian was killed by Li Yi last winter, and tens of thousands of Xianbei troops were killed along with him. Since the Xianbei people are in order to avenge Helian, in the opinion of the ministers. Your Majesty may wish to ****** all of Yi's official positions and hand them over to the Xianbei people to dispose of. In this way, the Xianbei people have no excuse to enter the army, and they will inevitably stop the army, and the crisis of our Han can be solved. ”

Cui Lie just finished speaking. Yang Qi immediately came out of the queue and scolded Cui Lie for his nonsense, which was the theory of the death of the country.

Yang Qi is the great-grandson of Yang Zhen, the former imperial lieutenant of the dynasty, and Yang Biao is a cousin. Yang Qi has few ambitions, does not take the name of family power, likes to be friends with talented and handsome people, and hates to associate with the rich and powerful. He was proficient in scriptures, intelligent and perceptive, and had a doctorate in Taixue and had 200 disciples. This person does not flatter and seek glory, but dares to speak out, and even the Son of Heaven resists it. The Son of Heaven likes him very much, and once said in front of the Manchu Dynasty that Wenbo's neck is stiff and straight, and he does not bow his head and bend his neck, and he is really the descendant of Yang Zhen.

When the Son of Heaven saw that it was him, he hurriedly said, "Aiqing, don't scold." Let's talk about it first, why is what Cui Situ said about the death of the country? ”

"Your Majesty, Emperor Wu ordered the two generals Wei Qing and Huo Qubing to go north to fight against the Xiongnu successively, not only recovering the northern part of the five counties of Longxi, Beidi, Shangjun, Yunzhong and Yanmen, but also recovering the land of Henan, placing Shuofang and Wuyuan two counties, and the northern border border reaches the north of Yinshan."

"In Western Xinjiang, our Great Han Kingdom continued to advance westward, expanded a large territory, and successively set up five counties in Hexi, including Jiuquan, Zhangye, Dunhuang, Wuwei, and Jincheng."

"Emperor Wu also ordered the army of our Great Han Kingdom to expedition to Dawan, a powerful country in the Western Regions, and won a complete victory. Since then, the countries of the Western Regions have been terrified, surrendered one after another, and sent tribute. Therefore, we set up the Western Regions Protectorate in Wulei City, and tuntian in Luntai, canal plough, etc., occupying the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and the territory was unprecedentedly vast. ”

"Since Emperor Wu, the state of my Great Han has gradually weakened, and the territory has gradually shrunk, and in this dynasty, the Western Regions Protectorate no longer exists, and the border counties have been encroached upon by the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Karasuma and Qiang people, and the border land has long been unrecognizable, and the Great Han State has been humiliated for a long time."

"In the first year of Zhongping, the Yellow Turban ant thieves rebelled, and the dynasty had no time to take care of the north, so the barbarian Hu had no fear, and invaded frantically, resulting in the internal relocation of six counties such as Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, Shangjun, and Beidi, and the northern territory of the six counties and the north of Hengshan Mountain in Yanmen County, Dai County, and a large area north of the Sanggan River in Shanggu were all owned by the Hu people. To the north of Chaona in Anding County and to the north of Lishi in Xihe County, they are all occupied by Xianbei and Qianghu. In the northeast, due to the growing power of Goguryi, the county of Xuanju was moved inward, and a large area of land east of Daelyeong (now the central mountain range of the Korean Peninsula) was also abandoned. ”

"We have given up so much land, but how can the Hu invasion stop? We have been recuperating for so many years, but how can we have the power to recover the lost territory in the north and retake the Western Regions? If we blindly tolerate and give up, where is the territory of my Great Han Kingdom? Where are the martyrs of my Han Kingdom? Where is the Tianwei of my Great Han Kingdom? ”

Yang Qi faced the ministers and said loudly: "The vast area of the country that our ancestors fought with blood and sweat was lost in our hands in vain, let me ask you, don't you have the slightest guilt in your hearts?" What faces do we have to meet our fathers and fathers under the Nine Springs? As subjects of the Han Dynasty, we should take it as our responsibility to protect our family and defend the country, not give up an inch of land, fight for every inch of land, and have no regrets even if we die in battle, otherwise, how can we be people, how can we be people of the Han Kingdom? ”

There was a solemnity in the court, and only Yang Qi's voice echoed in the empty hall.

Yang Qi faced the Son of Heaven again, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Cui Situ's proposal to give up the border county and exchange the land for a short period of tranquility is fundamentally the theory of the death of the country. In this way, although we could avoid the scourge of this war, we connived at the invasion of the Hu people and fueled their arrogance. We watched the Hu people occupy our cities, rob our property, kill our people, and ravage our Han country, but we were not ashamed to say that this was for the rise and fall of the Han Kingdom, what is this not the theory of the death of the country? ”

"If you give up a county today, you will give up a county tomorrow, so what about the day after tomorrow? The Hu people are leaping horses and whipping on the land of our Han country, showing off their might, wantonly killing and plundering, they see that my Han is weak and vulnerable, and they are bound to be more flying, inch by inch, step by step, do we have to give up the land of a state the day after tomorrow? ”

"If you don't kill Hu today, you will be killed by Hu tomorrow, don't Cui Situ understand such a simple truth?"

"As for the proposal to remove General Wei Li Yi and hand him over to the Xianbei people for disposal, it is a move to shake the foundation of our Han Dynasty. Everyone in the world knows that General Wei Li Yi is the pillar of my Han Dynasty, without him, my Han is probably still suffering from the Yellow Turban Rebellion at this moment; Without him, the Liaodong rebels would have reached Jizhou; Without him, the Xianbei people's large-scale southward invasion last winter would have crossed the Yellow River. It can be said that our Great Han Kingdom has been quite peaceful in the past two years, and General Wei Li Yi should be the first to take the lead. ”

"The minister has never heard of any dynasty that has done meritorious deeds but punishment instead of reward, nor has he heard of any country that has destroyed the pillar of the country without dying. I don't believe Cui Situ doesn't know this kind of truth. But Cui Situ still put forward such two strategies for the destruction of the country, either they are the spies of the Xianbei people, or they are harboring evil intentions and want to kill my big man. ”

Yang Qi glanced at Cui Lie and continued: "Your Majesty, in the past, Fu Xie, the Marquis of Zhuangjie, once said, 'If you kill Situ, the world will be safe', and today I, Yang Qi, want to say it again." ”

Yang Qi suddenly held his head high and roared loudly: "Kill Situ, then the world will be safe!" ”

The shouts shook the hall and were thrilling.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked and discolored.

Situ Cuilie was even more pale, fell to his knees with a thud, and shouted: "Your Majesty, the minister has no such intention, no such intention." The minister is loyal to the Han Dynasty, but the sky can show it. Your Majesty's loyalty to Your Majesty is also known to Your Majesty. The minister made this decision, he was too worried about the safety of the Jingshi, too worried about the safety of His Majesty, and there was no intention of harming the Han and His Majesty, and His Majesty was asked to be aware of it. ”

"Cui Situ's loyalty, I still know." The Son of Heaven nodded, and did not pursue Cui Lie's meaning, but asked Yang Qidao, "Aiqing, Cui Situ's unintentional words, you don't have to care." I don't know if Aiqing has a way to deal with the current crisis? ”

Yang Qi also knew that if he wanted to take this opportunity to kill Cui Lie, he thought about it and nodded: "Although it seems very dangerous for the Hu clan to attack our border in multiple ways now, threatening Sanfu and Gyeonggi, the minister has a strategy to break this crisis." ”

"Danhan Mountain is the ancestral land of the Xianbei people, in the hearts of the Xianbei people, it is like Luoyang to my Han, as long as General Wei leads an army to attack Danhan Mountain, the Xianbei departments will definitely return to the army to rescue, and the crisis in my border can be solved."

"The minister is willing to be the envoy, personally go to Youzhou to make an order, and urge General Wei Li Yi to immediately lead the army north, kill the barbarians, protect our country's land, and revitalize my Han Tianwei!"

The Son of Heaven was full of excitement, and for a while he was arrogant, he shot the case, and raised his arms and shouted: "Kill, kill, kill all the barbarians!" (To be continued.) )

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