There was no wind in the palace, and the servants held sticky poles, carefully sticking to the noisy Cicada, so as not to disturb His Majesty, who was already in an irritable mood.
There was faint movement from the imperial study room, and the servants looked at each other with fear in their eyes.
"Bastard!" Emperor Tian Sheng threw down a memorial and slammed it viciously on one person's face, "You came up with a good idea!"
The kneeling man raised his head in panic. It was Qiu Shangqi, the commander of the Five Armies.
Because of the failure of the "horse market" strategy, Dayue seemed to see that the Tiansheng court had no time to take care of others, and it intensified. The people on the border were unbearable and fled to the inland. , Dayue gathered more soldiers and horses, and there was a tendency to invade on a large scale.
Emperor Tiansheng had nowhere to vent his anger, and it was all blamed on Qiu Shangqi who suggested the "horse market" at the beginning.
Qiu Shangqi groaned secretly, but he had nowhere to evade. He looked up at Feng Zhiwei, who was calmly writing the abbreviations for various memorials, in front of Emperor Tiansheng's book case, and sighed silently.
He really wanted to shirk responsibility, but this plan was his own. Mr. Wei came to visit the mansion that day, sat in his study for a while, and went back after reading a few books. Dacheng's strategy for dealing with the Rong people on the border came to his mind.
Now, what can be blamed for others? The weird guy flipped through his own book
"I've messed up my errand." Qiu Shangqi repeatedly kowtowed, "A mere Da Yue dares to offend Tiansheng, please Your Majesty, let me make amends and lead my Tiansheng son, so that this arrogant person will be killed immediately. Know that I am invincible!"
Tian Shengdi narrowed his eyes, he was noncommittal, and said for a while: "Retreat first."
Qiu Shangqi backed out cautiously, looked at the sky with rolling clouds, and thought that when he was old, would he still want to garrison the border far away and send troops to release horses
In the imperial study room, Emperor Tiansheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly asked: "How?"
Several elders in the study looked at each other, and then said one after another: "Your Majesty, it is not appropriate to start a war lightly..."
"For the people outside the Huaihua, Huairou Weide is the most important..."
"The ex-prince's rebellion has not yet been completed, and the resumption of the war will hurt the peace of the people..."
Emperor Tiansheng's face became more and more gloomy, everyone gradually stopped talking and looked around restlessly.
Ning Yi sat in the first seat in the imperial study room. He was originally here to report on the water conservancy affairs in Gyeonggi, but he was left to sit in on the discussion. The man with black hair and jade crown looked calm and listened with a smile.
Feng Zhiwei was helping Emperor Tiansheng polish the ink on a few cases not far from him, lowering her eyes and restraining her face, her expression was a little calmer than his.
Ever since Ning Yi stepped into the imperial study, the two of them haven't looked at each other.
At this time, Emperor Tiansheng's complexion was not good, Ning Yi suddenly smiled and said, "Father might as well listen to Mr. Guoshi's opinion."
Everyone turned their gazes to Feng Zhiwei in the corner, and some people showed mocking expressions—His Royal Highness, the word "National Scholar", sounds a bit ambiguous...
Feng Zhiwei remained calm, put down his pen and stood up, saying quietly: "Fight, and not fight."
"Why do you say that?" Emperor Tiansheng's eyes lit up.
"The people of Yue are rebellious and have always been unwilling to surrender. They have not fought against the Central Plains for many years. They have long forgotten the embarrassment of being expelled from the Central Plains by Tiansheng, but only remember that this wonderful world was taken by the Tiansheng Dynasty. , should be added with Weiwei, and the lesson must be given.”
"Well, go ahead."
"However, the Yue Kingdom was born as a nomad. The cavalry is the best in the world, and it comes and goes like the wind. It is not difficult to defeat it. It is not easy to eradicate it and hurt its vitality."
Yao Ying, chief assistant of the cabinet, frowned and said, "Wei Zhi, you go around and talk, and every sentence is empty."
Feng Zhiwei took a look at this veteran chief assistant. This veteran of the King Chu's faction originally had a feud with her because of his son. Now that he works in the same room, he always targets her everywhere. Kick it away.
"Yes, old man." She smiled softly, with a humble attitude, "Wei Zhicai has little knowledge, so he dare not show off in front of you."
"Only those who are weak in talent need experience. Continue." Emperor Tiansheng frowned, "Yao Ying, you are old in heaven, the chief minister, why don't you have any patience?"
Yao Ying got a bad nose, and stopped talking resentfully, secretly cursing this kid for walking in the way of Princess Shao Ning, coaxing His Majesty to look at him differently.
"The centipede is dead but not stiff, and the weeds are burned out and regenerated in the next spring." Feng Zhiwei said, "Soldiers and horses can be recruited again, weapons can be remade, a few battles can't make the sturdy Da Yue die, it's better... weaker People! Destroy their weapons! Control their country!"
Tian Shengdi raised his eyebrows and said quickly: "Speak!"
"It's better to open the border than to defend it." Feng Zhiwei said, "Qiu Dudu's horse market suggestion is actually in the right direction, but the timing is wrong. Da Yue has been arrogant and negligent in recent years. Opening the horse market will only make the country think that I'm showing weakness, and I'm even more arrogant, so I should fight first! Use heavy troops to overwhelm the formation, and win their ambitions in one battle, and then trade with each other."
"The more you talk, the more absurd it is!" Yao Ying was displeased, and scolded, "Since there is a war, why trade with each other! If you don't take advantage of the victory to pursue, it will not delay the great opportunity of the war."
"Old Yao, Your Majesty just said that you should open up your mind and let young people experience themselves." Hu Shengshan, the second assistant with a goatee, answered with a smile.
Feng Zhi thanked her with a smile—the old guy was Master Hu from Qingming Academy's political theory class that day. Although he was also from the King of Chu faction, he seldom made things difficult for her.
"We need to trade." She smiled and said angrily, "Once Da Yue surrenders, we will also vigorously trade, silk, porcelain, medicine, food, everything that Da Yue does not have, except weapons, we will provide them without hesitation, and at the same time Move the criminals from the mainland to the north, and allow intermarriage with Yue."
"Nonsense!" Everyone scolded this time, "My Tiansheng people have noble blood, how can they be confused with Huawai wild people!"
"Because of living in the barren land for many years, fighting against the sky, poverty, and harassing grassland tribes, Da Yue has developed a rebellious, brave and aggressive character, and these men who claim to be the descendants of the Dapeng God, Once they marry a delicate Central Plains woman, appreciate the stability and prosperity of the Han people, learn how to farm and do business, own their own property, get used to eating rich Central Plains food, and rely on various medicines... Will they still have the original blood? And stamina? Can you still do it on the battlefield, and do not hesitate to die?"