Xue Yuan walked to Chu Wei and stood still.
Chu Wei noticed him, and the corner of his lips pursed, but instead he had the courage to stretch out his hand towards the emperor, but he was stopped halfway by Xue Yuankuai.
"Master Chu, you have passed."
Xue Yuan lowered his voice, he let go of his hand, took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped it. He looked smiling and had never done anything to hurt anyone, but Chu Wei looked at him as if he could see the cold warning in his expression.
Chu Wei put his hands behind his back expressionlessly, his slender fingers with sharp knuckles stiffened and cramped.
Xue Yuan looked at him like this, grinned silently, and whispered softly and kindly: "Chu Wei, you are the coward, can you stand the emperor?"
Chu Wei's expression sank. He is not as good as Long Yang, but what is even more dissatisfied than this is, "Why can't I stand it?"
He almost blurted out, but after he blurted out, he was speechless.
Xue Yuan's smile was a bit more sarcastic. He walked to Gu Yuanbai's side, bent down and gently hugged the collapsed emperor in his arms. Chu Wei couldn't help but stepped forward, trying to stop his rebellious behavior, but as soon as he walked in, he Xue Yuan held Sheng Shang's hand and tapped him on the face.
Chu Wei stopped.
The reason why the force was so light was because Xue Yuan couldn't bear Gu Yuanbai's hand. The palms are soft and the flesh is delicate, but when these pampered hands hit the face, it is even more humiliating.
Xue Yuan clasped this hand, inserted his fingers between the little emperor's fingers, and slapped the handsome face of the champion. The expression of this proud man changed and changed, but it was obvious that he couldn't stand it.
"If he treats you like this," Xue Yuan smiled, "how can you stand it?"
He seemed to be speaking secretly and whispered, "You can't, I can."
Chu Wei was extremely arrogant. He was beaten to the side of the face, and the side of his jade-like face turned red slightly because of this.
"The sage won't do this." He suppressed and refuted Xue Yuan's words.
Xue Yuan wiped Gu Yuanbai's hands, Gu Yuanbai's eyelids jumped a few times, and there was a faint sign of awakening. Chu Wei's heart jumped, as if he had seen some kind of flood and beast, he suddenly stood up straight.
Xue Yuan looked at his action, smiled contemptuously, put Gu Yuanbai's hand to his lips in front of him, and kissed him out of thin air.
Gu Yuanbai saw this scene when he opened his eyes. He was dazed, and before he regained his senses, he had already tried his best to hit Xue Yuan in the face with a "pop".
After regaining his senses, Gu Yuanbai's face condensed with frost.
Xue Yuan turned his head to the side, he smiled slightly, took Gu Yuanbai's hand, pulled it to his lips and blew it, then sighed: "I've thought about this slap for a long time."
"Look at your tenderness, your palms are red."
*
"Xue Yuan, have you started to make a fool of yourself again?" Gu Yuanbai's face was black, and a dagger was sent to him.
Xue Yuan's sudden remark made Gu Yuanbai plan to break his third leg.
Xue Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, looked at the dagger, his face was ashen. At the critical moment, there was an eunuch outside the door in a loud and hurried voice: "Report! Eight hundred miles urgent report!"
Gu Yuanbai hurriedly threw the dagger in his hand, got up and strode out.
The eunuch who came to report from the outside was busy, kneeling high on the ground and handing out the urgent report. Tian Fusheng quickly took it, and after a brief inspection, he ran and handed it to Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai unfolded the letter, and his face gradually became serious. After putting down the letter, he immediately patted the table and said, "Let the Minister of War, the Minister of Household, and the privy envoy come to Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters immediately!"
"Yes!" Tian Fusheng hurriedly sent someone to summon the two ministers. Gu Yuanbai sat behind the table, unfolded the pen and paper, and wrote down the main points smoothly.
Locust plagues have occurred in the north.
In ancient times, locust plagues, floods and droughts were the three most prone to disasters.
There was an emergency report for 800 miles in the north, with only the sentence "The locusts cover the sun, and no grass grows wherever they pass." Gu Yuanbai could imagine how serious it was.
The Minister of War, the Minister of Household, and the privy envoy hurried to the Xuanzheng Hall. Gu Yuanbai didn't have time to say more, and showed them General Xue's book directly.
General Xue led his troops to the northern Xinjiang, one was to escort the caravan, and the other was to deter the nomads in the northern Xinjiang and achieve the purpose of mutual trade at the border. The main purpose of this trip was commerce, not war. But Gu Yuanbai gave him enough soldiers and horses, enough food and grass. General Xue brought enough of these things. Originally, he wanted to show his ambition and teach a lesson to the nomadic people in northern Xinjiang who have become more arrogant in recent years. Walking to the northern region, the plague of locusts was discovered.
Wherever they passed, the locusts had already eaten up the turf and fur of the animals. General Xue promptly dispatched people to protect the food and grass day and night and manually capture these locusts. When they arrived in the northern border, the soldiers guarding the northern border were already starving to the limit, and when they saw that they came with a large amount of food and grass, they immediately collapsed to tears of joy.
Because of the sudden locust plague, the nomads attacked the frontiers in advance and launched several frequent battles.
What is more distressing than this is that the phenomenon of cannibalism has already occurred in the northern disaster area.
As soon as General Xue arrived at the border, he immediately sent people to defend against foreign enemies and burning locusts, and a large number of grains in the army were even transferred to help the people. The chaotic and cannibalizing places were rectified with tough measures, and border soldiers were resettled to resettle the people in the disaster area, and news was spread so that the affected people rushed to the border troops stationed immediately.
After several drastic policies, the border like hell finally appeared a glimmer of light. But General Xue was nervous, knowing that it was not the nomadic herdsmen who were in trouble in this battle, but food and natural disasters.
The locusts were difficult to catch, and what was even more difficult was the amount of food and grass that General Xue brought. Gu Yuanbai gave them enough food and grass for his army, but these food and grass would not last long for the disaster-stricken areas.
After reading the book, the three ministers understood why the sage's expression was so solemn, and the Minister of War said directly: "Sacred, you can't delay, you should send someone to transport food to the northern border immediately, otherwise the death and injury in the northern part will be heavy, and it may happen again. riot."
The privy envoy Shen Sheng: "In the past, the nomads entered the Central Plains in September. At that time, they were strong and strong, and the soldiers and horses were both fat and strong. But from General Xue's memorial, it can be seen that the nomads have also been deeply affected by the plague of locusts. Harm, their horses, cattle and sheep have no food to eat, which made them launch many attacks in advance. The nomads have always relied on their riding skills, but now they have lost their powerful horses. It is us who suppressed them. opportunity."
Gu Yuanbai's face was condensed, "After the locust plague, there will be a series of disasters and disease outbreaks, and the court must make all preparations to deal with it. Minister of the Household, how about the treasury grain?"
The Secretary of the Household Department looked relieved, "Go back to the Holy One, the treasury has been unable to hold the supplies of the rebels raided in Hunan and Hunan. Afterwards, there were rice, noodles and grain donated from all over the world, and only one place in Beijing hurriedly established twenty-two A granary, these granaries have been filled to the brim. The entire Daheng Dynasty, due to the previous anti-corruption, has shipped food to fill the gaps in the granaries and meat silos. No matter how much grain is transferred to the northern Xinjiang, the granary is still piled up after a month.”
As soon as he said these words, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed.
The privy envoy had confidence in his heart and said, "At this moment, it's time for my Daheng soldiers to be strong."
Gu Yuanbai's face slowed down a little. Whether it was fighting corruption or dealing with the rebel army, he always danced on landmines when he did these things. He didn't expect that now, instead, he has turned the disadvantageous situation in Northern Xinjiang into an advantage.
Yes, the locusts devoured the grasslands on which the nomads depended, and their cattle and sheep were killed and dried into dried meat, which became the rations for the soldiers, but their horses could not eat their cattle and sheep.
And without the nomads with strong horses, Daheng is really not afraid of them.
Gu Yuanbai suddenly realized that this was an excellent opportunity.
An excellent opportunity to attack the nomads in the northern Xinjiang.
This is a big temptation, Gu Yuanbai began to think seriously, should he start a war now
In Gu Yuanbai's original plan, he was going to start the border market first, and exchange good horses, cattle and sheep from nomads to train a high number of cavalry. Until a few years later, the cavalry is strong, the traffic is established, and the post station is developed, and then go to annihilate the nomads in one fell swoop.
What would be the pros and cons of starting a war now
Of course, there is no need to say more about the positive side. The granary of Daheng is overflowing, and the nomads are suffering from a plague of locusts, and their soldiers and horses are weak. If attacking now would be an excellent time, but attacking the nomads ahead of time would also be a sudden and huge pressure on Daheng's army logistics and on civilian officials.
The road construction is in progress. If you want the traffic to the northern Xinjiang to be developed, it will take two or three years. Let’s not talk about other things. If the huge grassland is really destroyed, the traffic is inconvenient and the news will be blocked. Like this locust plague It took a long time to pass on to Gu Yuanbai, so how could they not be afraid of their resurgence
It is not difficult to conquer the world, but it is difficult to defend the world.
Gu Yuanbai thought about it a lot, and his head was spinning rapidly. The nomadic peoples in the northern Xinjiang are not only the eight Khitan tribes, but also three tribes from the Uighur tribe, Gaochang, Ganzhou, and Huangtou. In addition to the three tribes of the Uighurs, there is another weak ethnic group, and that ethnic group is the Jurchen.
The total number of nomads on the grasslands is hundreds of thousands. This is a huge northern ethnic group.
However, these nomads are in constant civil strife, and each regards the other peoples as slaves. Only the eight Khitan tribes, the old leaders are about to die of sickness, and the leaders of the eight tribes have been surging.
Should you fight
Once the imperial court attacks, they will be defenseless in the early stage, but they will definitely discuss unified resistance afterwards. The entire Daheng Dynasty is not ready for a long-term battle, and there are always places on the grasslands that locusts cannot reach. Once they are unified, they will help each other. At that time, it will be the unity of a nomadic nation.
Gu Yuanbai opened his eyes, and he said loudly, "Fight."
The privy envoy and the Minister of War looked at Gu Yuanbai with bright eyes.
Gu Yuanbai looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Housing and said concisely: "You go to get the grain and grass to load the truck now, and to the greatest extent, you can get the grain and grass that can be sent to the northern Xinjiang."
The Minister of Accounts took the order and hurried away.
The Minister of War couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, are you really fighting?"
"It's a fight, it's a fight," Gu Yuanbai suddenly laughed, "but the border exchanges are also mutual exchanges."
"I don't plan to forcibly step on the nomads right now," Gu Yuanbai continued, looking at the puzzled eyes of the two courtiers, "What I want to do is to make them think that I am going to launch a massive attack on them."
First of all, fear the nomads who have gradually become arrogant and domineering in these years, and show the abundant food and soldiers and horses of Daheng. When they were so scared that they were ready to unite, it was time for Gu Yuanbai to stop the war and go to make peace with them.
Give them a title at random, push one of the tribes to the leader of all ethnic groups, and then coerce and induce them to cause civil strife. Treating them differently is the easiest to centrifuge and the easiest to separate.
It is best to let the nomads accept the court to run schools, aren't they eager to learn the civilization of Daheng? Daheng can teach their children for free, and when their children have a profound understanding of what the imperial power is above all else, what is the deep-rooted Chinese character and Chinese culture, they will be educated.
Educated children, once their parents do something bad to the Daheng Empire, they will report to the garrison minister to expose their parents' evil deeds. Everyone is jealous of each other and controlling their thoughts is the most effective way to rule.
Of course, if they are unwilling to accept the school run by the imperial court, then after a few years, when Daheng's iron cavalry stalks the grasslands, their hundreds of thousands of people will become coolies to liberate the labor force of the people at the bottom.
The privy envoy stroked his beard, looked at the Minister of War, and said, "Your Majesty, do you have a choice for those who send food and lead troops?"
Gu Yuanbai paused and said, "Xue Yuan."
*
At the same time, Mingsheng was in the station.
Li Angshun, the prince of Western Xia, asked, "Is the person on the carriage really the prince?"
His subordinate replied: "I saw the carriage parked in front of the Prince He's Mansion with my own eyes. Those guards are very imposing, and they must be the Prince He."
"I heard that Prince He has also been on the battlefield," Li Angshun thought about the man on the carriage showing his chin, "I didn't expect Prince He to look like this."
He smiled meaningfully, "Let's send one of the Xixia beauties we brought to the Prince's Mansion. Just treat it as an apology. After all, we are in the capital of Daheng, and we can't offend such a powerful person as the Prince."
"Let's stop by and see what Prince He looks like," Li Angshun couldn't hold back his interest, his slightly curly black hair fell down, and he muttered to himself, "However, it doesn't look like a battle on the battlefield."
On the contrary, he was pampered, and his flesh was delicate and fairer than that of the Daheng official named Chu Wei.
Was it wrong at the time