"Your Majesty, in the triennial imperial examination, how many people can be admitted to the Jinshi? But for the sake of this fame, how many scholars did not cherish their precious youth but studied silently, and even their families suffered. ”

"The nature of the two is different."

"At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was very difficult, did the Tang Dynasty tacitly ignore Liu Heimin's growth because of the Turkic threat?"

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the Turks were more powerful than the Liao State, at least the two were about the same, and Liu Heimin was not inferior to the Western Xia. If the Tang Dynasty considered this, would it be possible for a powerful Tang Dynasty to emerge in the end?

In fact, Wang Ju just didn't explain, did Zhao Ji give up on destroying Western Xia?

It's just that in history, he didn't know what to do, so he was discouraged, and in the end, he was depressed, and he was a competitive person, suffered a stroke, and died.

But now he will still be discouraged?

The reason why I said it to Zhao Ji is that someone will definitely chew his tongue in the future, and chew his tongue with some plausible truths, so Wang Ju will clarify Zhao Ji's thinking, and he will not be confused.

Wang Ju said again: "Actually, after returning from the other side, I asked Zhang Tianjue about the situation of the Song Dynasty in the past two years, and when I arrived in Mizhou, I inquired about the people again, and I had some ideas in my heart at that time. This year, I can't be ashamed, but I can see if Zhang Zhifu can come back from the south, and if he can come back, he will be transferred to Jingyuan Road. ”

Yongxingjun is Liu Zhen, Yanyan Road is Liu Changzuo, Huanqing Road is Zhao Yu, Jingyuan Road is Lu Bing, Qinfeng Road is Liu Jin, and Xihe Road is Miao Zhu. However, because the Song Dynasty obtained the Western Envoy City, Lanzhou and the Niche Valley area, and wrapped Qinfeng Road behind, the location of Qinfeng Road became slightly inferior. But now the key is the candidate for Jingyuan Road. Lu Bing doesn't seem to be bad. But militarily it is certainly worse.

"Zhang Qianfu ......"

"That's him. Transfer him to Jingyuan Road, let him spend a year to rectify military discipline and train the army, and in the year after that, Your Majesty, can you come up with a map of Shaanxi. ”

Zhao Ji asked the eunuch to bring the big map of Shaanxi Sixth Road, and Wang Ju spread it on the table and pointed to one place. He said, "Build a city here." ”

"Yongle City ......"

"It's not Yongle City, in fact, whether it's Li Xian's strategy or Chong's strategy, there's nothing wrong with it. Your Majesty, why did Vaxia fail miserably? First, there was a mistake in the appointment of the chief general, and Gao Zunyu's talent was enough to serve as a partial general of one side, but he was not qualified for the chief general of one side. The second is that it was too hasty, when the Fifth Route Army was dispatched, it was close to August, and the temperature in the northwest would drop rapidly in October, that is, the time suitable for our army to fight was less than three months. If you want to take Western Xia in three months, is it possible? It is Wang Quanbin who is known as the fastest exterminator in history. It also took sixty-six days. How much time did it take. Destroy Dali. And how much time did it take? ”

"What about Champa and the Southern Han Dynasty."

Pan Mei's destruction of the Southern Han Dynasty was overwhelming, but it also took more than five months. Although it didn't take much time for the minister to destroy the city, the minister made an investigation and understanding of how much he planned before using the army. Besides, can such a big place in Zhancheng be compared with Western Xia? Let's ask, when the summer was cut, did the imperial court have a clear plan. ”

Yes, that's weird.

So Li Xian stopped in Lanzhou because the logistics couldn't keep up. Then I crossed the Yellow River and had to stop again when I arrived at Tiandu Mountain. The three armies were also defeated because the logistics could not keep up.

"As for Yongle City, Your Majesty, or is the appointment of the main general improper, Zhao Kuo is very good at talking about troops on paper, but is it okay to go to the battlefield? Xu Xi, Zhao Kuoye! If there is no precedent to follow, it can be said to be a mistake. Your Majesty, how did Dingchuan Yan lose? ”

The defeat of Yongle City is a copy of the defeat of Dingchuan.

Ge Huaimin was also a man of rhetoric, so much so that the whole court thought that he would use soldiers.

This is an improper appointment by the Lord.

Secondly, there is a lack of water in Dingchuan, not because there is no water source, but because there are very few water sources, and once a large-scale army is stationed, there will be a serious shortage of water immediately.

How similar are the two?

How many years have passed since the First World War?

Zhao Ji thought of this, and his heart ached.

If it wasn't Xu Xi's mistake, Chong Ge repeatedly mentioned this incident in the notebook, but he listened to Xu Xi's words, resulting in the death of more than 200,000 soldiers and civilians under Yongle City.

"Therefore, there are two things that matter, the water source, and the main general. If a city is built here, Western Xia will send a large army to fight, but if you build a city here, you don't have to worry about the water source, and Zhang Zhifu doesn't have to worry about the ability to use troops, and there is still that kind of sharp weapon. Then here, it will become the meat grinder of Western Xia. A single battle could weaken Western Xia. Then the minister launched an economic war. ”

"Economic warfare?"

"The greatest flaw of the Western Xia was their poverty. So the minister has been planning for this for many years......"

"That's it?"

"Well, the success rate can reach more than eighty percent."

"That's great."

Then the next year, the minister went to Shaanxi again and transferred Zhang Zhifu to Hedong, one to defend the Liao State, and the other to cooperate with the minister's action of attacking Xia. At the same time, the minister will rectify the military discipline of the whole of Shaanxi and train the three armies within this year. In the second year, the summer will begin in the spring. ”

Even if Zhang Qi defeats Western Xia, he still has to have enough time.

"It may be as short as half a year, as long as eight months, and the Western Xia must be taken down, otherwise when the weather is cold and the ground is freezing, the ministers are also helpless."

"Summer is coming in the second year?" Zhao Ji asked in surprise.

Gao Taotao was worried that after Wang Ju took control of the three armies in Shaanxi, it would be detrimental to the Great Song Dynasty. So with only one year, how can you control it, and even if you can control it, how can you persuade all the soldiers to rebel against the Great Song Dynasty?

Therefore, Zhao Ji thought in his heart that he would tell his mother later, so that she would not have to worry.

Wang Ju didn't know about this section, and continued: "Well, destroying Western Xia is not the same as taking Western Xia, there will inevitably be many rebellious forces, maybe the Liao State will send troops to help." Therefore, the minister had to fight Xia in the second year, and in the third year, he had to suppress the rebel forces, and prevent the help of the Liao state. ”

If it were the third year of the summer season, he would not have time to do this, would he have broken his promise at that time?

Six years may be a long time for Zhao Ji, but it is actually time...... It's tight.

However, Zhao Ji was still a little excited.

In his heart, the first thing is to take down Western Xia.

If Western Xia doesn't take it, he doesn't expect to recover the Yanyun region at all.

And after taking it down. Don't worry about war horses. Not to mention that Western Xia itself had many pastoral areas. There are also many pastoral areas in the surrounding area. For example, the Liao Jiashan region, the Zhubu region, and at the same time, you can buy horses from the Uighurs.

Wang Ju got Dali, and then Zhang Qi ran Tengchong Mansion, and encouraged the people to raise horses, the price of horses over there is not expensive, a war horse is only a dozen yuan, but it can't be cheaper. Although one horse is equivalent to the price of two cows. But the horse's reproductive ability is too poor.

But step by step to the northwest or the Central Plains, a dozen yuan will become more than 30 yuan, and in the end, it will be a southern horse, and it will be somewhat unsuitable to the north, and a large number of deaths will also occur.

However, Western Xia took it, and all problems were solved.

In fact, in Wang Ju's heart, horses in the south are indeed still used for transportation and farming.

Not only was the problem of war horses solved, but the Western Xia was taken, as long as a strong defense line was organized from Fuzhou to Beihetao and Helan Mountain, there would not be so many troops left. At least more than 100,000 forbidden soldiers can be reduced. So how much do you have to save in a year?

It even poses a threat to the Yanyun region from two directions.

The Yanyun region is his biggest dream, if he can win the Yanyun region. With the financial resources of the Song Dynasty, there is no need to build the Great Wall, and at least hundreds of large and small forts can be built. Then the northern nomads will have a hard time moving south if they want to go south.

At that time, more than 100,000 forbidden soldiers or border troops can be reduced.

If the Song Dynasty kept 300,000 forbidden soldiers and 250,000 border troops, how much would it cost to save in a year?

I don't have to collect any more taxes.

Won't the world be peaceful when the time comes?

But he didn't think about it, if he lost Yan Yun, would the Liao Kingdom be able to exist for long? As long as the Song Dynasty recovers Yanyun, it will really be a dead fish.

That has nothing to do with Wang Ju.

And he didn't believe that Zhao Ji would live for ten or eight years.

And Zhao Ji also thought optimistically, that is, to destroy Western Xia, Tubo also has an Ali bone.

But Wang Ju didn't care too much, there was no Xixia as each other's appearance, and an Ali bone could jump three feet high? Then the Tengger Desert and the Dafeichuan River, where the water and soil are even worse, will become natural barriers.

As for whether he wants to turn the territory of the Song Dynasty into a fat rooster again, how can Wang Ju not want to? But to consider the reality, look at the Song Dynasty court, with this energy, it is better to find a way to move more people to the other side, encourage the people on the other side to have more children, so that there can be more population, and occupy the 40 million square kilometers on the other side before the Europeans.

That is the greatest contribution to this nation.

Wang Ju said again: "This is the minister's plan, and with a plan, we can analyze the dynamics of the Liao State." In the past three years in the capital, the Liao State will not use troops to our court. Even if Zhang Zhifu may defeat Western Xia, it will only be a battle on the border, not a battle to destroy the country. ”

Zhao Ji nodded.

"After the minister goes to Shaanxi, the Liao State may be vigilant, but as long as the minister does not use troops in Western Xia, maybe there will be some conflicts on the border, and the Liao State will not send troops to our dynasty. What Fan Gong was worried about was when the minister used troops in Western Xia in the fifth year. The emperor of Liao is relatively mediocre......"

Zhao Ji was also happy.

Yelu Hongji ruled the country, and the Liao State was governed by the miasma. Of course, the Song Dynasty wished that the Liao Kingdom would become like this.

"So it will be at least two months before the Liao State reacts, but at first, they may not send troops, but they will dispute. The Liao State has been peaceful for too long, and many people are war-weary, and our dynasty gives 500,000 years of income every year, which is not a small number for the Liao State. Especially the emperor of the Liao State, he has always liked the Han civilization. Therefore, it will be argued for a long time before a decision can be made. But just in case, if those kinds of grains can be successful, we can send these grains to the Liao Kingdom and teach them to grow. ”

"Why?"

"Your Majesty, in the long run, once these grains begin to spread in the Liao Kingdom, more people will be forced to change from a nomadic life to a settled life. If they become an agrarian civilization, Your Majesty, do you still need to worry? Or is it compared to the economy, compared to the population? ”

"That's right."

In fact, it has nothing to do with the Liao State, which prevents the rise of the Jurchens.

If a group of farming Jurchens appeared in Liao, there would be no need to worry about it anymore.

Maybe the Song Dynasty will rise again in the future, or a powerful new dynasty will appear, because the people of the Liao State will become farmers, so they will be able to take it down in one go and quickly merge.

"From the current point of view, this is also my gesture towards the Liao State...... It is best to let the Liao send people to our court to study and observe in the year when the ministers used the troops in the Western Xia, or let them send officials to come and observe, and we promise them all the expenses of these officials and the people. Then under the temptation of these high-yielding and drought-tolerant grains, they will be even more controversial. ”

"Wonderful."

"So there will be two results, one result is that the Liao State sent envoys to protest and mediate, and sent some troops to the border to threaten our dynasty, but it does not mean that they will really invade our dynasty. I'm afraid it will be six or seven months from now. ”

Six or seven months later, Wang Ju could no longer take the Western Xia, and winter was approaching......

That is, try to win the Liao Congress is this dynamic.

"The second result is that they will really send troops to help, but in that case, we must raise more troops, food and grass materials, and it will be delayed until half a year later, so as long as the soldiers at the border of our DPRK can compete for a month or two, the big thing can be decided."

"Maybe everyone is still very worried, but the Liao monarchs and ministers are mediocre, and because of the lack of major threats, there have been few large-scale battles over the years, and even the experience of large-scale wars is not as good as that of our dynasty and Western Xia. Therefore, as long as you prepare in advance, not to mention two months, it is half a year of anniversary, and with our border defense in Hedong and Hebei, we can also survive. ”

In fact, to put it bluntly, the Song and Liao were peaceful, the Song Dynasty was a little better, and the northwest often fought endlessly, and the Liao State was really raising pigs, so the Jurchens rose and quickly beat the Liao State to the ground. Of course, that's the case, if the Song Dynasty took the liberty of sending troops into the Yanyun area, there might not be good fruits to eat.

But if the Liao State wants to destroy the Song Dynasty, it is really difficult and difficult.

Don't talk about Liao, it's the Jurchen, if it weren't for Zhao Gou, he would have to obediently return to Liaodong in the end.

Or some people say that the Yuejia Army is a peasant army, yes, it is a peasant army, but the Western Army is the original main body, the core! Therefore, peace is a good thing for the people, but if you don't participate in the war for a long time, you lack the tempering of actual combat, and when the big war comes, maybe it will lead to the disaster of losing the country!

This Wang Ju didn't want to mention it anymore, and said, "Why? Because as long as the Western Xia is taken, there is no point in the Liao State and then Chen Bing Hedong and Hebei. Either the army will be transferred back, united with some rebel forces, and the north and south of the Hetao, but that can be handed over to the ministers. ”

The Liao State will not intervene, it will inevitably intervene, just like in history, Zhang Qi killed all the 300,000 soldiers and horses of the Western Xia at once, and the Western Xia was in danger, and the Liao State immediately sent an envoy to kill Xiao Xiaoliang, and adjusted from it, plus the Song Dynasty palace witch Gu case occurred, and the Song Dynasty army stopped.

But it depends on how they intervene, that is, they intervene, as long as they are ready, even if the Liao State will really send troops, it is not a big problem.

This is what Wang Ju wants to say.

But there was a primary premise that Wang Ju had to destroy Western Xia within eight months.

How to destroy it depends on this Helan stone.

As long as Helan Shi made the people miserable and economically embarrassed because of Helan Shi, Wang Ju would be able to implement his goal.

That is, Wang Ju took office as the magistrate of Hwaji and had a related idea, and the battle of Gyeongju began to be carried out five years later.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji gasped.

But before it was over, Wang Ju said again: "Your Majesty, this is just a plan, but without Your Majesty's greatest support and trust, if you are slightly restricted, you will definitely lose all your efforts!" (To be continued.) )