Molested Zulong at the beginning

Second, tell the people all over the world, as well as historians.

After all, Great Xia has been a country of tigers and wolves for many years. In the eyes of the people of the six countries, they only know how to farm and fight, and have a bad reputation for not caring about the life and death of the people. They have been suffering and gaining popularity.

An excuse of a well-known teacher can work together to alleviate the resistance of the people of the six countries to Daxia.

At the same time, leave a good reputation for Zheng Jie herself in the history books, so why not do it.

After realizing that today's court meeting was just a double play, Bai Su lost all interest and went directly to an inconspicuous corner of the main hall.

Leaning against the palace door, he gave a sleepy hache, closed his eyes and narrowed his eyes.

Because his official position is too low, he stays at the end of the crowd, but no one pays attention to him.

And the pilgrimage has already begun.

"My minister has something important to announce." Meng Yi came out and cupped his hands.

Through the bead curtain, Sister Zheng pretended not to know anything, and asked in surprise, "I don't know if Aiqing has anything to say?"

Meng Yi cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the Xiongnu's power is gradually growing, and they have begun to infiltrate towards the south, raiding our borders, plundering my food, and killing my people. Please also send troops to attack the Xiongnu and punish these barbarians."

Sister Zheng raised her slender eyebrows, as if she had just heard the news, and said coldly: "There is such a thing, what a Hun, it is really deceiving."

General Neishi Teng stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to lead the army to conquer the Huns in the north."

Some dovish officials in the DPRK who value recuperation and are opposed to the war look at this posture and feel something is wrong.

Feng Jie hurriedly stood up, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty calm down, I feel that this matter is a bit unreasonable, I hope Your Majesty will not be impulsive."

Meng Yi raised his eyebrows and reprimanded: "What impulsiveness, the Huns have come to the house, can we sit idly by and give up the land to the Huns?"

A layer of cold sweat broke out on Feng Jie's forehead, and he said angrily, "Meng Yi, don't spit blood, I just think this is unreasonable, the Huns were expelled from Hetao by General Meng Tian with 30 cavalry a few years ago. "

"Now there is nothing to be afraid of. What is the ability to threaten the Central Plains? What's more... hundreds of thousands of troops are out of the fortress, and the daily consumption of logistics, food, grass and supplies is an astronomical figure."

"My Great Xia has just unified the world, the people's livelihood is dying, and the treasury is empty. It is time to recuperate. At this time, we should focus on the affairs of the Central Plains and stop arbitrarily launching wars abroad."

Then, another civil servant stood up.

She cupped her hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, the Xiongnu cavalry come and go like the wind. It is simply impossible to put down the troubles in the north and achieve 30 years of peace. Instead of wasting money, it is better to govern the 36 counties in the world." Heavy."

At this time, Li Si suddenly stood up.

She smiled and looked at the crowd: "Everyone is wrong. The Xiongnu were defeated a few years ago, but they never declined. Instead, under the leadership of a Shanyu named Maodun, they gradually annexed Donghu and Linhu. They have been unified. The tribes of the grassland."

"Modun now has 30 soldiers and horses under his command. If he sits idly by, it will definitely become a serious problem for my Central Plains confidant in the future."

"As for the logistics, you don't need to worry about it. We had a solution many days ago, allowing each soldier to carry a month's rations with him. In this way, the logistical pressure has been greatly reduced."

"My Daxia soldiers and horses can also be like the Xiongnu, without any logistical worries, and rushing back and forth like the wind for thousands of miles."

"As the saying goes, in the past, I can also go. We have been harassed by the Huns for so long, and now it is time to attack and defend Yixing."

Following her words, the entire hall fell into silence.

Feng Jie and the others opened their mouths wide open, unable to speak for a long time. This is a problem that has plagued the Central Plains for thousands of years. Is this how to solve it?

Although they don't know who is offering advice to His Majesty, there is one thing they want to understand.

This is because His Majesty has already set up a trap to let them jump in.

Sister Zheng looked at the expressions of the people below through the hanging bead curtain, and her vermilion lips curled up slightly: "Aiqing, what do you want to say?"

Feng Jie and the others looked at each other and laughed wryly, what else can they say now.

They all cupped their hands and said, "I have nothing to say."

When Sister Zheng heard what they said, the smile on her face became even brighter, and her eyes swept over the civil and military officials below: "My loves, who has any objections?"

The officials in the main hall are all old foxes. It can't be seen that this is a play performed by His Majesty with Prime Minister Li Si and others. Since it is all a play, how can they have any objections.

Just when everyone was about to bow their hands together, a voice suddenly came from the back of the hall.

Everyone looked back and saw a strange young man in a white robe staggering out of the crowd.

Sister Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and a hint of surprise flashed in her phoenix eyes.

Just because the person who stood up was none other than Bai Su.

Chapter 69 Bai Su's Conspiracy

Sister Zheng looked at Bai Su who suddenly stood up, with a hint of surprise in her phoenix eyes.

Li Si turned his head and looked at Bai Su with a strange expression. It was obvious that the Northern Expedition against the Huns was his plan for His Majesty, so why did he stand up against His Majesty today?

Even Wang Jian had a hint of doubt on his face. According to her understanding of Bai Su's character, Bai Su was not the kind of person who would take the initiative to get involved in major political affairs.

When Bai Su saw that everyone was looking at him, his eyelids couldn't help twitching wildly, and he couldn't help cursing inwardly: "Which dog tripped me just now."

He just dozed off at the back and didn't listen to what was being said in front of him.

Seeing many ministers in front of them, they all stood up and bowed their hands, thinking that they were going to clock out of get off work, and wanted to peek out to see if the political sister had left.

As a result, he didn't pay attention to the people next to him, accidentally tripped over his foot, and jumped out staggeringly.

After pondering for a while, Sister Zheng asked, "Bai Su... You suddenly stood up, but do you have any objections?"

"If I say that I'm just simple and want to see if I'm off work, will you believe me?" Bai Su saw that all the civil and military officials in the court looked at him, and a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his forehead .

Sister Zheng: "..."

The ministers: "..."

The corner of Wang Jian's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help covering his face. She knew that this kid couldn't be so diligent.

Just when Bai Su was about to say hello and retreat, the censor doctor named Feng Jie stood up.

She frowned, and looked straight at Bai Su: "What an arrogant person, how dare the court be so presumptuous and despise the government, your majesty... I request that this son be forked out and punished with temple punishment." punishment."

As her voice fell, the hall fell into silence.

Seeing that something was wrong with the atmosphere, Bai Su couldn't help asking, "Um... is this temple punishment very serious?"

Wang Jian kindly reminded him in a low voice: "Shaving all the hair off the body is a very humiliating punishment, comparable to the death penalty."

Bai Su's eyelids couldn't help twitching, good guy, this is the rhythm of wanting to kill himself socially.

Although, as a person of later generations, he does not have the values ​​of the ancients who have parents who are physically and skin-affected, and shaving his hair is equivalent to beheading, but he is not willing to be shaved for no reason.

Thinking of this, Bai Su hastily coughed lightly: "Who said I despised the government?"

Feng Jie frowned: "But you didn't offer advice just now, but you suddenly stood up. Don't you despise the government?"

Bai Su smiled lightly: "Who said I won't offer advice anymore, I just asked casually just now."

When Sister Zheng heard what Bai Su said, there was a hint of curiosity in her phoenix eyes, and she asked with great interest: "Then do you have any objections to the imperial court's policies?"

Bai Su coughed twice, and couldn't help asking: "Ahem, where did you discuss that just now?"

Wang Jian's head was full of black lines, and he hurriedly whispered what he had just discussed.

Feng Jie and other dovish officials who opposed the Northern Expedition to the Huns looked at Bai Su with displeasure.

After Bai Su understood Sister Zheng's plan to unite with the Yue Clan and join the Northern Expedition to the Xiongnu, his brain was running fast, and he faintly had an idea.

After pondering for a while, he said: "Your Majesty, the reason why I oppose the direct northern expedition to the Huns is very simple, because the biggest beneficiaries of this war are not us."

A trace of doubt flashed in Zheng Jie's phoenix eyes: "Who is that, the Huns?"

Bai Su shook his head: "No, the biggest winner is not the Central Plains, nor the Xiongnu, but the Yuezhi."

Sister Zheng was taken aback for a moment: "Yueshi? What do you mean by that?"

Bai Su smiled slightly, and said, "Your Majesty, think about it, even if we win the fight with the Huns, what we will get is no strong enemy in the future and peace on the border for decades, but there is no economic benefit at all."

"But the Yue clan is different. They are originally located in the Hexi Corridor, but they have been suppressed by the Huns, and they have been struggling to grow."

"Once we defeat the Xiongnu, the mountain that weighs on them will be removed. They will rise rapidly and gradually annex the remnants of the Huns, so that one day they will grow into the second Huns in the future."

"Are we spending so much manpower and material resources just to change the name of the enemy in the north?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell into silence.

All the ministers thought about what Bai Su said, and they had to say that there was some truth in it, if it was just a simple war, it would never be able to quell the hidden dangers in the north.

After all, Gui Fang was defeated, Quan Rong came, Quan Rong was defeated, and the Huns came again, and it went on and on.

After pondering for a while, Sister Zheng asked, "In your opinion, shouldn't this battle be fought?"

Bai Su shook his head: "We must fight the Xiongnu. Otherwise, letting them grow slowly will never benefit me in the future of the Central Plains. But...before we fight, we need to ask the Yue clan for enough benefits."

Sister Zheng seemed to understand what Bai Su meant: "Are you asking for a large amount of food and horses from them?"

Bai Su nodded, and said: "That's right, since they asked me for help from the Central Plains, they must provide the food, supplies, horses and supplies, otherwise why should we save them?"

Sister Zheng raised her slender eyebrows and said: "We have a close relationship with the Yue clan. If we ask them for too much food, grass and supplies, and force them to defect to the Huns, what should we do if we become enemies of the Central Plains?"

Sister Zheng's words made many ministers of the DPRK and China nod their heads. After all, they are now allied with the Yueshi, and they blackmailed the allies too much, forcing them to jump back to the enemy's camp, that would be bad.

However, Bai Su smiled confidently: "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. It is impossible for the Yue clan to join the Huns anyway."

Sister Zheng was a little puzzled and said, "Why are you so sure?"

Bai Su said with a smile: "Because there is a blood feud between the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu, if they defect to the Xiongnu, their nobles of the Yuezhi will be in danger of extinction."

After all, there is too much hatred between the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu in history, and they once suppressed the Xiongnu when they were weak.

After the rise of the Xiongnu, they also launched brutal revenge on the Yuezhi.

Not only the head of the Yuezhi king was cut off, but made into drinking utensils and stored in the tent of the Huns, the entire Yuezhi nobles were slaughtered.

Not only that, the Xiongnu continued to send soldiers and horses to chase and kill the remnants of the Yue clan along the Western Regions. The Yue clan fled from the gate of the Hexi Corridor all the way to Central Asia and the Ganges River in India before they really settled down.

It can be seen how deep the blood feud between the two countries is.

The nobles of the Yuezhi, as long as they have a choice, would never choose to defect to the Xiongnu.

After all, going to the Central Plains will only lose some food, grass and horses at most, but if they go to the Huns, they will lose even their people and horses.

Sister Zheng looked at Bai Su with her phoenix eyes, and asked, "How sure are you?"

Bai Su thought for a while, in order to prevent any accidents.

He said a conservative number: "Probably [-]% sure."

But even so, Sister Zheng was still stunned for a moment. What's the difference between rounding up the [-]% certainty and being sure of it.

Sister Zheng smiled brightly: "If you can negotiate the terms, I will take credit for you."

"If you ask for credit, don't worry, Your Majesty, I haven't finished my words yet..."

Bai Su took a deep breath and said, "In order to prevent the Yueshi from becoming the second Huns in the future, we must make preparations in advance to control the Yueshi in our palms."

Chapter 70 Extraordinary Thoughts

Sister Zheng's slender willow eyebrows frowned, and through the hanging bead curtain, her phoenix eyes looked straight at Bai Su in the distance: "How to control it?"

She has known Bai Su for a long time, although she has known for a long time that Bai Su never speaks indiscriminately, and usually as long as he opens his mouth, he must have a countermeasure in his mind, but she was a little surprised that this utterance was so earth-shattering.

It is normal to want to control Yueshi and annex them.

After seeing the hard-earned horses from the Western Regions presented by the Yueshi Mission, Sister Zheng also began to think about Yueshi.

But having an idea in your heart and whether you can actually do it are two completely different things.

After all, Yueshi is far away from the Central Plains, and it is not an easy task to go out to conquer a country that is not weak.

Even if it is defeated, the court will not be able to control it for a long time.

Once the soldiers and horses are withdrawn to the Central Plains, the Yue clan will return to occupying one side before. It is really too difficult to have long-term control over a foreign country outside the Great Wall.

Bai Su chuckled, and said: "It is indeed difficult to achieve the goal purely relying on force, but if we use literature as our strategy, it might be possible to bring Yuezhi under his command."

"As the saying goes, the pen is the sword, the ink is the edge, and the word is the blade. Sometimes it is better than thousands of troops."

When everyone heard Bai Su's words, they all showed surprise on their faces.

Even Sister Zheng's phoenix eyes flashed a trace of curiosity, and she couldn't help but ask, "Then what's your plan?"

After pondering for a while, Bai Su said, "The Yue family is facing the danger of subjugation, and they came to the Central Plains to seek reinforcements. We can use this as a bargaining chip to get them to agree to our three conditions."

"First, the Yue clan will provide food, supplies, and logistical support to reduce the pressure on our army to go north."

"Secondly, ask the Yuezhi to open free trade with our Central Plains, let the Yuezhi nobles wear silk and silk clothes like my Central Plains, and my Central Plains buy melons, fruits, and wine from the Western Regions, and do business with each other. Increase economic ties."