I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 740 What is Perfect in Everything

Officials have never done anything purely.

When Zhao Xi once again convened the cabinet ministers to discuss Zheng Xia's title, he expressed his general thoughts...

"It's not that the officials and veterans don't support the use of troops against Dali. In fact, since the Dali Gao family rebelled, Dali's civil servants and generals have been dispatched by the court. In a sense, Dali is already the state capital of the dynasty."

Zhang Fangping's words, although first of all expressed support for the plot against Dali, but the meaning inside and outside the words is unnecessary.

"Officials, I think that the battle of the Western Xia Dynasty has already stretched the entire court's expenses. Besides, the soldiers will fight one after another, and the army will be exhausted. Although the rewards are in place, the old minister thinks that we should be cautious in making decisions, so as to avoid the mistakes made by the Gaoliang River!"

During the Taizong Dynasty, the great army of the imperial court crushed the Northern Han Dynasty. Regardless of the taboo that the soldiers were exhausted and would decline, Taizong acted arbitrarily and sent troops to the Northern Liao Dynasty, intending to recover the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun.

As a result, it was defeated by the Liao army at the Gaoliang River.Although there were generals who made mistakes in using troops, the reason for this is that the failure of the soldiers' front was definitely the reason for the defeat of Gaolianghe.

It was also because of this campaign that the country's military strength has never recovered.

How long has it been getting better?Before the battle of Xixia is over, the officials will prepare to use troops against Dali!

Han Qi was afraid, afraid that because of such a decision by the officials, the country would be dragged into another cycle of military decline.Therefore, they all forgot to be taboo for the Venerable, and gave outspoken advice.

"Zigui, be careful!"

Wen Yanbo dragged Han Qi a bit.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has made a false statement, please be punished by the officials!"

Han Qi also knew that he was a little overdue, and Wen Yanbo's tugging woke him up a little.

This was not the time of the first emperor, but when he encountered something, he still spoke without hesitation like the first emperor did.

This is an official family, whose prestige is comparable to that of Taizu's current emperor.

This old Han...whatever the reason for the collapse of the Gaoliang River, even if he knew that it was caused by Taizong's eagerness for success and arbitrariness, he had never been mentioned on the stage like this.

To say that Zhao Xi really cared about Han Qi criticizing Emperor Taizong would not be enough.But to say that Zhao Xi didn't care at all, it couldn't be justified in terms of etiquette.

"Hmph! Guochao has never been convicted of a crime because of his words. I don't care if you worry about Guochao's worries. You can be fined for half a year..."

Whether he cares or not, Zhao Xi has to have an attitude.If it really doesn't matter, it's not just Han Qi who doesn't respect his elders, even Zhao Xi will be criticized.

Although Han Qi's words were not explicit, everyone could hear that he was blaming Taizong, and he used the defeat of Gaoliang River as a comparison to persuade the officials.

In fact, no matter how much the ministers persuaded the emperor, the king should not blame him.But if it involves the ancestors of the late emperor and the Zhao family, it would be a taboo.

This episode of Han Qi made the Hall of Qinzheng clean, and made the cabinet ministers calm down and think.

"You still haven't listened carefully to what the officials said. Sending Zheng Xia to the mining city is not to use troops in Dali, or even if you use troops in Dali, it will be a few years later."

"From what Dali's rotating ministers said, the Dali royal family's will is basically not carried out by many tribes outside the palace. Even the ministers sent by the state are to help manage the Duan family's territory and train Duan's close ministers."

"To put it bluntly, Dali is like Xixia, and it is the political situation of the co-lords."

"The function of the government to Zheng Jiefu is to sort out the entanglements among the tribes in Dali. As Zhang Gelao said, Dali is basically the state capital of the state. How can the court let the state capital of the state be in the Chaotic governance?"

"In the past few years, because the imperial court used troops against Xixia, it no longer sent military generals to assist the Dali royal family, which also led to another chaos in Dali's internal affairs, and there were signs of civil strife again. This is not a good phenomenon. For the sake of the country's minting coins, the court should also Keep an eye on Dali!"

"That's why, the veteran thinks that the official's move is a long-term strategy."

To be honest, Fu Bi might have understood Zhao Xi's intentions, but these few words were clearly trying to clear up Zhang Fangping and Han Qi's doubts.

It means: the officials have no intention of using troops, but everyone is overwhelmed.

From the original intention, Fu Bi seems to disagree with rushing to use troops against Dali.

For Da Song, Yan Yun is the most important thing.Dali is submissive, and since Gao's rebellion, the entire Dali royal family has become more respectful under the influence of the state.

Moreover, with the current model, all the benefits that the mining city deserves have been obtained, so there is no need to waste time in Dali.

Therefore, he cleverly replaced Zhao Xi's intentions, and seemed to ease the possible conflicts between cabinet ministers and officials.

Fu Bi's remarks did not block the topic of using troops against Dali, nor did he say that Zhang Fangping and Han Qi's suggestions were inappropriate, but simply put the topic on Zheng Xia's title.

Ugh……

This is the concept of the ministers and workers of the Song Dynasty.Although Zhao Xi has been guiding for many years, he still hasn't been able to completely change the brand of a small fortune in his bone marrow.

Are you in a hurry?Zhao Xi didn't think so.As far as Dali's combat power is concerned, not to mention Guochao's current standing army of 70, even in the early years, a new army of 10,000+ could easily take Dali down.

The reason why he didn't do this was not because of the problem of combat power, but because Zhao Xi was not familiar with the various forces in Dali.

Zhao Xi knew that even if a hundred years passed, Dali would still be a separatist regime under the chieftain's autonomy in the Ming Dynasty, even until a long time later.

"Whether to use troops against Dali depends on the situation. Zheng Jiefu's title will be determined first..."

"As for Zheng Jiefu's constitution after taking office, let the cabinet discuss it! However, I have a request, regarding Zheng Jiefu's functions, the ultimate goal must be to bring Dali into the territory of the country."

"Kyushu is unified, and the world is perfect! This is not just talk! I hope that you will not use the interests of a mining city to disregard the century-old foundation of the country! Step back!"

It was the first time that Zhao Xi expelled the cabinet ministers from the Hall of Qinzheng before the affairs were agreed upon.

Zhao Xi was not too angry.Zhao Xi was prepared for the reaction of the cabinet ministers.

At the very least, it is no longer timid to fight, but also sincerely thinking about the court.

Of course, Zhao Xi felt that the interests of the mining city should be the main reason.After all, once Dali goes to war, it means that the mining city will be affected and even stop production.

As far as the current profits of the mining city are concerned, even if there are not many people in the mining city, it is a difficult interest for any participant.

In fact, they still don't know the combat power of the current Guochao army, or they overestimated the strength of those tribes in Dali.

Whether it is Zhang Fangping, Han Qi, or even the entire cabinet ministers, the assessment of combat power is still in the era when they dominated the war. Even if they occasionally saw the power of firearms, they could not imagine how powerful firearms are in large-scale battles. Lethality, and how far ahead of neighboring countries.

The only ones who really have the most experience of the lethality of firearms in large-scale combat are the party members who are currently in Xingqing and Yinxia.

(End of this chapter)