HCB Chapter 120 It's not easy. No matter how you choose, the country will fail.
Chapter 120 It's not easy. No matter how you choose, the country will fail.
They dared not move, for fear of offending the emperor in front of them.
The Western Factory guards in the restaurant have already delivered the information of the two to Xiao Weizi.
Little Weizi smiled and said, "Mr. Huang, these two are the sons of the Goryeo Regent Quan Minhao."
"The third son of the Igawa family, the captain of the Japanese defense department, Igawa Hiroshi."
They are actually two foreigners?
Li Tian took a look and saw that the two of them were dressed like students from Kyoto.
This assimilation is really powerful!
Li Tian looked at the two of them with interest.
At this time, an old scholar walked into the restaurant.
The boss immediately invited the old scholar to the table in the middle.
"Mr. Kang, you are finally here. Everyone is waiting for you to read the new court bulletin!"
The old scholar took the new official newspaper and said, "Here it is! Boss, please don't rush me. Let me have a cup of tea."
All eyes in the restaurant were focused on the old scholar.
The old scholar began to read the new court bulletin in his hand.
It turns out that he was reading newspapers, which is a bit like a storyteller.
Just when the old scholar was reading the section on "Nan'an Scenery".
There was a noise outside.
"Dayue has violated the border!"
Everyone in the restaurant immediately stood up and shouted, "How dare the small country of Nan'an offend our Great Zhou!"
"Destroy them!"
"Destroy them!"
Even Igawa Hirozo and Jeon Min-ho shouted angrily: "Destroy Dai Viet!"
The news that Dai Viet was harassing the border of Da Zhou and attempting to annex Cao Cambodia quickly spread in Kyoto.
In the past, when people in Kyoto heard about this kind of thing, they would always worry about whether food prices would rise due to the war.
But now, the people of Kyoto are all ready to fight, and they can't wait for the court to start the war!
Even at the gate of Ubuwei, there were many young men from good families who wanted to join the army!
Gradually, the Great Zhou was no longer afraid of war.
Today's meal was not enjoyable again.
Li Tian said to Xiao Weizi, "Let's go back to the palace."
Sure enough, as soon as Li Tianyi returned to the palace, he received a memorial from the cabinet.
Tang Xiaoren requested to hold a palace meeting to discuss the issue of the South Bank Peninsula.
If it was before, Li Tian would definitely be very excited.
But he has been backstabbed many times now.
War will not necessarily bring down a country’s fortunes!
There is also the possibility that the country’s fortune will soar!
It’s better not to have too high expectations!
So Li Tian came to the imperial study calmly.
This time it was a major national war, and in addition to Tang Xiaoren, Jia Renyi, the six ministers, Qin Tianyang, Marquis of Wu'an, and Land, there were also several other experienced nobles.
Tang Xiaoren was the first to say:
"Your Majesty, Dai Viet should not start a war easily!"
Oh?
Li Tian looked at his father-in-law in confusion.
Since Tang Xiaoren took office as the chief minister of the cabinet, he has always been tough and advocated war.
He even supported taking the initiative to send troops to Beimang.
Why are we so conservative about Dai Viet?
Tang Xiaoren said: "Your Majesty, when Emperor Taizu was in power, he once made an expedition to Dai Viet."
"Because Dai Viet was full of miasma, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties."
"After that, Emperor Taizu ordered Prince Xiao to guard Shennan, just to prevent such an expedition from happening again!"
"Although the soldiers of Dai Viet are not as brave as ours, they are good at jungle warfare!"
"He is also proficient in poisonous hidden weapons such as blow darts."
"It's really not worth it to waste military forces in such a small country!"
"Anyway, Dai Viet can't invade Da Zhou, so just let Gao Cambodia annex it!"
After Tang Xiaoren finished speaking, Marquis Wu'an glared at him.
"Your Majesty! The Xiao Palace has guarded Shennan for generations, how could they not know the situation in Da Yue!"
"The Xiao Palace sent out a call for help because they knew that if Great Yue occupied the entire Nan'an Peninsula, our Great Zhou would never have peace!"
"For the sake of the dynasty's long-term plan, we must not allow Dai Viet to annex Cao Cambodia!"
This time, the opinions of both the civil and military officials were completely different.
Rand also supported sending troops, but several experienced and capable nobles opposed sending troops to Dai Viet.
As for the civil officials, Jia Renyi did not express his opinion.
The Ministers of Revenue and War also expressed their opposition.
However, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites expressed their support.
The ministers were in a mess.
[The national affairs system is starting! 】
[Should we send troops to Dai Viet? ]
[Option 2000: Dai Viet! Dai Viet is full of miasma, and the jungle war will cause great losses. Da Zhou’s national fortune: - points! If the battle fails, it will be reduced even more! ]
[Option 2000: Do not send troops! Great Zhou's national fortune: -20 points, prestige -20, vassal state prestige -! ]
Is there such a good thing?
Li Tian was almost in tears!
Since the emergence of this unlucky system, this is the first time that Li Tian has encountered two options that both reduce the country's fortune.
Both options will reduce the national fortune by 2000 points.
The first one may even reduce more!
In other words, no matter what, fighting against the Great Zhou would be a loss!
Yes!
Southern Xinjiang is already very large.
In fact, the Great Zhou was not without intentions towards Southern Xinjiang.
But there is miasma in southern Xinjiang, so there is no value in conquering those places.
Li Tian knew that the miasma was malaria.
This plague, which is spread by mosquitoes and flies, is almost incurable in this era.
Even among the people of Dai Viet, many die from malaria every year.
In addition to malaria, fungal infections also cause great harm to soldiers.
Tang Xiaoren said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizu, more than 3,000 of the 6,000 elite troops who went on an expedition to Dai Viet fell ill before they even reached Dai Viet."
"Only 2,000 of the last 6,000 elite soldiers returned safely to Kyoto."
"This battle only took up a few small towns on the border of Dai Viet."
“Then it was slowly lost.”
"Gao Cambodia is too far away from Da Zhou, so it's hard to help even if we want to!"
After saying this, even Marquis Wu'an fell silent.
Although the generals advocated war, they did not want their soldiers to die.
Thinking this way, even if we win this battle, Dai Viet will not be destroyed.
If we lose this battle, it will be even more difficult for Shennan to have peace in the future.
This is also the reason why the King of Dai Viet is so fearless.
Li Tian coughed lightly and said:
"I think we still have to fight against Daiyue!"
"Gao-Cambodia is a vassal state of our Great Zhou. If the vassal states are invaded and Great Zhou does not respond, how will those vassal states view Great Zhou in the future?"
"And when the people of Kyoto heard that Dai Viet was invading, they were all filled with indignation!"
"The people are in favor of this, so why not take action?"
"In my opinion, not only should we beat him, we should beat him hard!"
"Wen Xin Hou Rand!"
"Chen is here!"
Rand stepped out immediately.
Li Tian said: "You lead 3,000 people from our own army, and recruit 8,000 soldiers from Shennan to attack Dai Viet!"
"The minister obeys the order!"
Rand said excitedly.
Now, all the ministers were silent.
When it comes to a national event like war, no one present has more say than Li Tian.
In addition to the emperor, Qin Tianyang, the second Marquis of Wu'an, also supported sending troops.
Just because of Tang Xiaoren's opposition, it is no longer valid.
So Tang Xiaoren simply shut up.
Li Tian was also calculating quickly in his mind.
Arrogant soldiers will be defeated!
Rand just won a victory in Mobei, and he must be the most complacent at this moment!
Let him suffer a little too!
There are many famous generals in history who have had amazing performances!
But after the defeat, he never recovered!
And Rand is better at cavalry combat.
Jungle warfare like that of Dai Viet was not the main battlefield for cavalry.
This is even better!
There is another important point!
In the jungles of hot areas, the musket barrel cannot be used!
Rand will definitely suffer this time!