In the first battle of Xingyang, the Zhou army suffered heavy losses, and only 70,000 people came back from the 200,000 army, and tens of thousands of people were also captured by Zhao Ming.This caused the Zhou State to annex Heluo, and all the increased forces were lost.In addition, months of conquest also drained the treasury of the Zhou State.Wu Sangui and the ministers of the Zhou State realized that after the First World War of Xingyang, the gap between the Zhou State and the Ming Dynasty had been completely widened.Although Zhao Zamao withdrew his troops from outside the Tiger Prison Pass, Wu Sangui still felt tremendous pressure.Outside, there was strong military pressure from the Ming army, and inside, the defeat of Xingyang greatly damaged Wu Sangui's prestige, and the warlords and ministers in the Zhou State began to erode Wu Sangui's power.At this time, there was a strong enemy outside, and Wu Sangui did not dare to take any measures against Jiang Xiang and Sun Kewang.After all, Jiang Xiang occupies Hedong and holds 100,000 male soldiers, and Sun Kewang is the left minister, and he also has the support of the Western military system behind him.Therefore, Wu Sangui could not be like Zhao Ming, cut down the feudal domain at home and eradicate the hostile forces, but could only find a new balance point, so that the warlords, royal powers, and powerful ministers could reach a new balance and jointly drive the big ship of the Zhou State down.Luoyang, in the temporary palace of King Zhou, the civil and military forces of the Zhou State gathered.Wu Sangui sat on the throne, glanced at the courtiers on both sides, and said in a deep voice: "Xingyang is defeated, my Great Zhou vitality is greatly damaged, although the miscellaneous hair retreats today, but it won't be long before the miscellaneous hair will definitely do its best to invade my borders."
Today, the widow convened the secretaries to discuss this matter, and the secretaries can speak freely. ”"The soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the miscellaneous hair will attack, and the ministers will fight desperately, and they will definitely be able to repel the miscellaneous hair."
General Zhang Guozhu stood up, made a heroic statement, and bowed his fists to everyone sitting after speaking, as if he felt that what he said was very exciting."
You sit down for the widow!"
Wu Sangui snorted in a low voice, eager to go down to the palace to fill the old fist.Zhang Guozhu thought that he would get the praise of King Zhou, but when he didn't arrive, he angered King Zhou, and sat down quietly.The hall was quiet for a while, and the generals did not dare to express their opinions when they saw Zhang Guozhu being criticized.After all, their opinions are similar to Zhang Guozhu's, that is, they show loyalty and fight with Zhao Zamao.Seeing that no one spoke, Wu Sangui's cheeks fluttered, he looked at Sun Kewang and Hong Chengchou, and asked, "What do the two ministers think?"
”Hong Chengchou saw that Sun Kewang was sitting silent, so he stood up and saluted: "Your Majesty, the old minister will talk about it." ”Wu Sangui hurriedly said: "Please say the right minister." ”Hong Chengchou muttered: "Your Majesty, before the Battle of Xingyang, what I wanted in the Great Zhou was to divide the river and rule, oppose the north and the south, and even fight the Yangtze River and dominate the world.After the Battle of Xingyang, the minister thought that my goal of the Great Zhou should be adjusted. ”Wu Sangui nodded, "The right minister is reasonable.Nowadays, dominating the world has become a luxury, and it is difficult to achieve the rule of the river. ”Hong Chengchou said: "The minister thinks that what I want in the Great Zhou right now should be to divide the northwest.The general pattern of the Song and Western Xia was formed, but the Western Xia was able to fight against the Song Dynasty back then, mainly because Liao contained the Northern Song Dynasty.And now, the Manchu Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, Mongolia is scattered, and I want to divide the northwest, but I can only fight against the Ming alone.This is undoubtedly several times more difficult than the Xia Kingdom. ”Wu Sangui nodded, and also felt that it was too difficult, and the ministers exchanged heads and talked about it."
How does the prime minister think that my Da Zhou can maintain the separation."
Wu Sangui said in a deep voice."
Now that you know what you want, you can figure out how to do it."
Hong Chengchou paused, and said in a deep voice: "The minister thinks that if he wants to maintain the separation, he must let the Ming Dynasty know that they will not be able to destroy my Great Zhou, or that they will pay a price that Zhao Zamao cannot afford to destroy the Great Zhou."
In this way, the Ming Dynasty can accept the fact that our Great Zhou occupies the northwest.And to achieve this goal, the minister thought that it was nothing more than three points, soldiers, money and food.With money, you can buy grain, cattle and sheep, recruit soldiers, and build weapons, and without money, it is difficult to move an inch. ”Wu Sangui frowned, this reason is very simple, he also knows that money and grain are definitely needed to fight a war, but the problem is that the treasury of the Great Zhou Dynasty does not have much food now.Hong Chengchou said a lot, but in fact, he didn't say anything.Wu Sangui couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Then how do you get money and food?"
”Hong Cechou couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, "I haven't thought of this for the time being."
However, you and your colleagues don't have to worry too much, although the Ming Dynasty did not have a Liao State to contain it, but my Great Zhou sat on the land of Guanlong, Hetao, Hedong, and Bashu, and the population of the territory was far better than that of Western Xia. ”Everyone in the hall was a little disappointed, the Great Zhou Dynasty was indeed stronger than the Western Xia, but Zhao Zamao was also stronger than the Northern Song Dynasty!
For a while, the hall was quiet again, and the morale seemed a little low.Wu Sangui couldn't help but feel a trace of despair when he saw that his Zhuge Chengchou Prime Minister couldn't come up with a strategy.Just when everyone was feeling frustrated, Zuo Xiangsun Kewang sneered and stood up, "Maybe this prime minister has a way to get silver money for the imperial court." ”When Wu Sangui and the others heard this, they immediately turned their eyes together, making Sun Kewang feel secretly refreshed, Hong Chengchou was not enough, and at the critical moment, it was still up to me to look at Lao Sun's means."
Oh~" Wu Sangui was not very interested, and looked hopeless, "What can Zuo Xiang do?"
”Everyone glanced at Sun Kewang and turned their heads away, as if they didn't believe that Sun Kewang could do anything at all.It's no wonder that everyone knows the situation in Zhou, in order to attack Xuzhou before, everything that can be spent has been spent, where is there any money.If the tax is raised, it will cause dissatisfaction among the people, and taking the path of the Chongzhen Dynasty will only accelerate the demise of the Zhou State in the end, and even Prime Minister Hong has no way, what can Prime Minister Sun Cheng do.Seeing everyone's expressions and reactions, Sun Ke couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and said hurriedly: "There is really a way to do it!"
”Wu Sangui said: "Well, the widow is listening!"
”Sun Kewang saw that everyone still looked like they couldn't lift their spirits, so he could only say with annoyance: "There are only two ways for the imperial court to obtain silver money, one is to collect taxes normally, and the other is to war and plunder.Now that normal taxation has reached its limit, it will not work to continue to collect taxes, and it is completely possible to start a war and plunder. ”Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head again and said: "Zhao Zamao doesn't come to attack, how dare you go to the Ming Realm to loot." ”Sun Kewang said in a deep voice: "What the minister is referring to is not the Ming Realm, but the Western Regions.The state state of Nayrakand also lasted for hundreds of years, and most of the domestic nobles were wealthy.The minister was willing to lead 20,000 cavalry to destroy his country, kill all his royal families, steal his wealth to enrich the treasury, and divide his land to the local people to collect people's hearts.In this way, the treasury is full, and hundreds of thousands of people can be used. ”Over the years, the domestic politics of the Zhou State was a regime jointly established by the Han magnates and warlords, so that Sun Kewang, a displaced politician, could not fully exert his political and governing talents.Sun Kewang was politically inclined to crack down on the gentry and landlords and redistribute social wealth.This didn't work in Zhou Guo, but now Sun Kewang finally caught the opportunity, and he said proudly: "Your Majesty, is this strategy feasible?"
”As soon as Hong Chengchou heard this, he understood that Sun Kewang wanted to follow the route of the original rogue, kill the local tyrant landlord and seize his property, but did not coerce the people, but distributed the benefits obtained from the local tyrant landlord to the people, so that the people could stand on his side.Hong Chengchou immediately said to Wu Sangui: "Your Majesty, the strategy of the left minister is feasible."
The east of my Great Zhou is strong, but the west is mostly weak, and it can be conquered with only a few soldiers and horses.The minister thought that he could be like Houjin, and increase his strength through plunder. ”As he spoke, he glanced at Sun Kewang and said in a deep voice: "However, Sun Xiang is good at internal affairs, so let's hand over the troops to the minister!"
”Sun Kewang was furious when he heard this, and Hong Chengchou actually scolded him, saying that he couldn't lead the troops.
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