Traveling Through the Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber: The Ming Zun Zhang Wuji

Chapter 595 Dayuan’s external strength but internal incompetence

Liu Bowen twirled his beard and said: "If your Majesty's ambition is just to imitate King Zhuang of Chu and Duke Xiang of Song, he should accept the peace terms of the Yuan Dynasty. First, he can aspire to the Central Plains, and second, he must have the benevolence and righteousness of Duke Xiang of Song. His name covers the world."

"But if what your Majesty wants is the world, then my suggestion is not to accept Yuan Ting's conditions."

Before Zhang Wuji could answer, Zhao Min asked: "Sir, what do you mean by this? Now that the Yuan Dynasty is in civil strife, we have a good opportunity to fight back. We can even annihilate all the main forces under our father's command. Let Yuan Dynasty never have another battle. However, we can also agree to the conditions first and take over the Central Plains without spending a single soldier. Then we can tear up the alliance with Dayuan and it will not be too late. At least this way our losses can be minimized. "

Facing Zhao Min's words, Lu Chang was even more shocked.He did not expect that his princess would "betray the country" to such an extent.

At this time, Liu Bowen also explained to Zhao Min with sincerity how stupid this approach was, which resulted in small profits but endless harm.

Liu Bowen explained to Zhao Min what Zhang Wuji was thinking.

If Mingzun breaks his trust, it will cause much trouble in future generations.

"Therefore, if this is really done, the countries outside the Ming Dynasty will fall apart in one or two hundred years at most. Just like the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

After hearing this, Zhao Min nodded, then looked at Zhang Wuji and said, "Brother Wuji, have you thought of this a long time ago?"

Zhang Wuji smiled and replied: "This is natural. As the king of a country, I naturally have to consider the overall situation. If I take advantage and turn my back and deny others, then such a dynasty will not last long. Back then, When Mongolia went south to destroy the Jin Dynasty, they took advantage of the Song Dynasty. The covenant that Prince Tuo Lei made with the Song Dynasty when he went south as an envoy was to carve up the Jin Kingdom with the Yellow River as the boundary. The three capitals of Chang'an, Bianliang, and Luoyang were returned to the Song Dynasty. , while Mongolia occupies the northern land."

Zhao Min was very familiar with this period of history. She took over the words and said: "But when only a few places in Caizhou were left in the Jin Kingdom to resist, the Great Khan did not abide by the covenant with the Song Dynasty. Instead, he planned to go south to invade the Song Dynasty. If Daxia Guo hadn't gone south to Xiangyang to warn the Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty would have been annexed together."

Zhang Wuji said: "Yes, in the end, although the Song Dynasty did not escape the fate of being destroyed, the Yuan Dynasty also lost credibility with the Han people. It also demoted the southerners to the fourth-class untouchables. Therefore, this red scarf's beacon of righteousness, Jiangnan, The ground is burning even more fiercely. Having learned from Dayuan’s mistakes, I naturally can’t make the same mistake again.”

Then Zhang Wuji stood up, bowed to Liu Bowen and said, "I have heard that Sir is as talented as Zhuge Wuhou. I would like to make you the mastermind, please help me."

Seeing Zhang Wuji's courtesy, he even used the modest title of "Ignorant".Liu Bowen also felt that he deserved it. He quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty is serious. Ji Nai is a common man, how can he be compared with Zhuge Wuhou. If your Majesty is willing to consider the common people of the world, Ji is willing to do your best."

When he heard Liu Bowen agreed, Zhang Wuji didn't expect it to be so easy.

At this time, Liu Bowen looked at Lu Chang and said, "What do you think, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Chang also sighed, raised his hands and said, "Lü Chang is also willing to serve Mingzun. But the condition for Lü Chang to serve is that your majesty must treat the Mongolian survivors well."

Zhang Wuji agreed: "This is natural. This is also my promise to my wife. It's a pity that my father-in-law, King Ruyang, is stubborn. Otherwise, we would join forces and force Emperor Yuan to abdicate. The Mongolian die-hards would withdraw from the Great Wall. The situation would not be what it is now.”

Zhao Min looked at Lu Chang at this time and asked: "By the way! Mr. Lu used to be a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs. I don't know how much silver is left in the Yuan Dynasty. Can you support my father in the battle?"

After Lu Chang thought about it, he sighed and said, "Well, since you, Princess, have surrendered to the enemy, it will be a joke for me, a Han, to hold on any longer."

Then Lu Chang told Zhang Wuji and his wife all about Dayuan's internal financial situation.The information provided by Lu Chang is very important.After all, a comprehensive war involves not only soldiers and horses, but also logistical supplies.

And logistical supplies are not just food and military pay.

More is the supplement of ordnance and men and horses.If there is insufficient money in the national treasury, then the imperial court will not have the money to replenish the weapons, armor and other ordnance materials needed by the frontline troops.There is no way to recruit new troops.

In this way, it can be seen at a glance how much war power the other party has.

Therefore, sometimes comprehensive economic intelligence is more valuable than military intelligence.

However, after listening to Lu Chang's words, before Zhang Wuji could get angry, Zhao Min couldn't help but protest.

Both Zhang Wuji and Liu Bowen were taken aback by Zhao Min's sudden move.

Then the table in front of everyone burst into pieces with a roar.

Zhang Wuji dusted off the sawdust on his body and said, "Minmin, don't be angry."

Zhao Min breathed heavily, and after coming back to his senses, he also noticed his gaffe.But he sat down angrily.

Zhang Wuji was also a little surprised, wondering when Zhou Zhiruo passed the Heart-Destroying Palm to Zhao Min.Zhao Min relied on his own internal strength to perform this move, which was really not much worse than the previous exterminator.

Zhao Min said angrily: "What happened to Musa made me very angry before. I didn't expect that my father and brother Wang would allow the soldiers to rob the villagers. We tried our best to protect everyone. But they are barbarians. Of course, What a disobedient barbarian!"

Lu Chang wiped the cold sweat from being frightened by Zhao Min, and then said: "Princess, please calm down. The prince and the young prince have no choice. After years of war in the Yuan Dynasty, the richest places were occupied by the rebels. The emperor still has The court was drunk today, and the imperial court had been recruiting troops and martial arts for many years, so it was natural that it could not make ends meet. However, compared to the prince, Polo Timur was much more excessive. At least the prince and the young prince were just taxed a bit too much, which made the people suffer. , and did not force people to die."

"However, Boluo Timur was looting. Regardless of Han and Mongolia, wherever their troops went, there were basically ruins and rivers of blood. The prince's heavy troops in Taihang were to defend Boluo Timur's army from going south to plunder. Looting. Provoking civil unrest in the Central Plains."

Zhao Min was even more angry when he heard that Lu Chang kept saying nice things to his father and brother.If Zhang Wuji hadn't been there to love his people like his own son, Zhao Min would have been so angry.But Master Wang, who was used to seeing Zhang Wuji, was welcomed wholeheartedly by the people wherever he went.

Even if his father and brother committed a small amount of war crimes, Zhao Min felt that they had embarrassed him.

Zhao Min glared at Lu Chang, and then said: "Then if it is your wife, children and grandchildren who are suffering, can Master Lu say such a thing?"

"This" Lu Chang was speechless for a moment.Then he lowered his head and said nothing more.

Zhang Wuji continued to comfort him: "Okay Minmin, it's not worth getting your body angry over these trivial things. Besides, if Yuan Ting is really obedient to nature and the people, why should we overthrow it? If everyone is the same as us, he can become the King of Ruyang. Son-in-law Weng, it’s Minmin that you are promoting me, Zhang Wuji.”

(End of this chapter)