Prosperous advisors

Chapter 982 Depressed Brother Shujun (3)
"Mo Yan..." Rubbing the center of his brows with some headaches, Brother Shujun said: "I know... I was wrong for the past two years. But, now is not the time to talk about this." Ning Tan once suggested to Brother Shu Jun let the officials of Huaguo govern the original Huaguo, reduce the taxes of Huaguo survivors, and so on.But neither was adopted.It's not that Ge Shujun didn't know about the reuse of Ning Tan's suggestions, but he focused all his attention on the northern battlefield.On the other hand, even though the halls of the Northern Han Dynasty were pretty much taken care of by him, there was still a big gap compared to Xiyue's Rong Jin, who never dared to say a second word.The soldiers of the Northern Han Dynasty were born and died in order to obtain the rich land of Huaguo, beautiful silk, and countless gold and jade.How could it be possible for the newly surrendered subjects and survivors to live better than them?If so, who would still fight for the Northern Han Dynasty?As for equal treatment like that of Xiyue, it is even more difficult to achieve. Should the survivors of the Hua Kingdom be allowed to graze or let the people of the Northern Han Dynasty farm the land?

If it weren't for the fertile land in the south, Ge Shuhan would rather continue to expand the territory of the Northern Han Dynasty in the north.It's a pity that further north is the real barbarian bondage, a barren land.Desert, wasteland, Gobi, ice and snow...

Ning Tan didn't take it seriously, and said lightly: "What does Your Majesty want to say?"

Ge Shujun said: "Mo Yan thinks... the soldiers sent can stop Rong Jin before the eleventh brother comes back?"

"Xuan." Ning Tan slowly uttered a word.Seeing Ge Shujun's eyes suddenly shrunk, he continued: "Your Majesty, if you think that Xiyue lacks troops, you are wrong. Xiyue has no shortage at all." Ge Shujun raised his eyebrows, obviously talking to Ning Tan Instead, I just listened to Ning Tan leisurely and said: "At the beginning... when you conquered Hua Guo, Your Majesty did not receive any soldiers from Hua Guo. That's because... all the soldiers and horses were accepted by Xiyue. It's just that Hua Guo There are only 50 million soldiers in the imperial city, has your Majesty thought about other places?" Seeing that Ge Shujun was about to speak, Ning Tan interrupted him mercilessly, "Yes, Emperor Xiyue said about disarmament. However, Your Majesty thinks how many people will be laid off by Emperor Xiyue knowing that there will be a war between Xiyue and the Northern Han Dynasty? Since the fall of the Hua Kingdom, the territory of Xiyue is equivalent to that of the Northern Han Dynasty. At that time, the population of Xiyue It is three times, and the annual tax is five times that of the Northern Han Dynasty, is your Majesty still confident that the Emperor Xiyue will not be able to fight a war of attrition with you?"

Ge Shujun was expressionless, and Ning Tan was calm and composed, "Of course, the Northern Han Dynasty also has advantages that the Western Yue does not have."

Ge Shujun raised his eyebrows, and Ning said, "The more horses the Northern Han has than Xi, the better it is. The soldiers of the Northern Han may be better at fighting than Xi."

Although you said that, I didn't feel that you were praising me at all.Ge Shujun said silently in his heart.Sure enough, Ning Tan continued: "However, the horses of the Northern Han Dynasty are useful in most places in the Northern Han Dynasty, but it does not include the borders of Xiyue and the Western Regions." Because these two borders are mountainous, the horses of the Northern Han Dynasty No matter how good you are, you can't make it work.

"In addition, if we talk about the strength of individual soldiers, Hua Guo's soldiers should not be much worse than Xiyue's soldiers." But Hua Guo was still defeated by Xiyue's army.

"Enough, Mo Yan, you go back to rest first. I have to think about it carefully." Although what you said is very reasonable, I don't want to hear it at all.

Ning Tan didn't care, nodded and got up to go out.Only brother Shujun in the study was left alone, the more he thought about it, the more ugly his face became, and in the end he could only grit his teeth and say bitterly: "Rong, Jin!"

While Ge Shujun was gnashing his teeth and hating Rong Jin, Young Master Rong Jiu was very leisurely.I don't have the slightest awareness of being at war between the two countries. Every day, I take my mother-in-law and my wife leisurely on horseback to the border, traveling in the mountains and rivers.As for the soldiers and horses of the Kingdom of Khotan, they were naturally handed over to the generals below.Judging by Rong Jin's appearance, Young Master Rong Jiu did not intend to take action himself before the arrival of the coalition forces from various countries.Although Mu Qingyi has traveled to many places in the past few years, she is also very curious about the places on the border that obviously have the style of the Western Regions, and she is very happy every day.These two people didn't come to fight at all, but they seemed to come out to relax.However, the generals in the army did not have any opinion on this. His Majesty the Emperor is too majestic, arrogant, and vicious. Staying with him too much pressure will affect their performance.Therefore, when it was not a last resort, the generals strongly felt that His Majesty should take Mu Xiang to travel around the mountains and rivers, and leave the small country of Yutian to them to deal with.

The place where Xiyue borders Yutian is called Panmenguan, and behind Panmenguan is Pancheng, the only way from the Western Regions to the Central Plains.Although Pancheng is the city of Xiyue, the people living in the city are generally foreigners, and many of them are descendants of intermarriage with foreigners. Compared with the imperial city of Xiyue and other places, this place is really not very good. Come out the distinction of country and race.At the same time, Pancheng is also the most famous commercial place in the Western Regions. Merchants from various countries in the Western Regions, Xiyue, Huaguo, and even the Northern Han Dynasty all passed through here to go to their respective destinations.Therefore, although the city is not big, it is as lively as any big city.Now that the two countries are at war, the gates are closed tightly, and naturally many businessmen who come and go are stranded in the city.But fortunately, the borderlands have constant friction all year round, so even though they are forced to stay here, most people are not very nervous.The city is still very lively, and the people of Xiyue are even more calm. No one thinks that the majestic Xiyue will not be able to defeat a small country of Yutian.

Rong Jin dragged Mu Qingyi along for a walk in Pancheng. Although both of them were wearing very ordinary common clothes, their outstanding appearance and temperament still attracted passers-by to stop one after another.However, a person like Young Master Rong Jiu, as long as anyone with good eyesight can tell at a glance that they are definitely not easy to mess with, so no one dares to come forward to seek bad luck.

"Qingqing, take a look, doesn't it look good?" Pulling Mu Qingyi past the street stall, Rong Jin curiously picked up a crystal flower hairpin and gestured on her head.In the end, he couldn't help but frowned and said: "The style is pretty good, but the quality is a bit poor. Later, I will ask someone to get some beautiful gemstones and make one for Qingqing like this."

Mu Qingyi raised her hand to take the flower hairpin in his hand and said with a smile, "It looks pretty good." Of course, the things sold by small vendors on the street can't be expected to be as rare as those in high-end jewelry stores, but the style is better. delicate.

The seller was a middle-aged couple, who knew at a glance that the two were of extraordinary wealth, and quickly smiled and said: "Madam is really beautiful, son is very lucky. Master, let's buy one for madam, it only costs one tael of silver." Although he didn't like things, Mr. Rong Jiu was happy to hear others praise him, so he squeezed a small piece of silver and threw it to the middle-aged man.The couple was dumbfounded, and hurriedly took the scale to weigh it, and it would be better if one or two cents were not more than one cent and no less.

"Thank you son, thank you madam. I wish you a happy marriage for a hundred years." In fact, the flower hairpin was only half a tael, and the young man was so easy-going that they made half a tael in no time. The couple were naturally very happy.

(End of this chapter)