Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 651 Gentle Biting

Before, Li Xin asked Qian Sheng to come over and present a map of the Northern Territory to the Emperor Taikang. What he told Qian Sheng was to ask Qian Sheng to present the map in his own name as much as possible. If the emperor pursued any further questions and had no choice but to do so, he could put the motive behind Li Xin. This Shangguan was on top, but it was obvious that Fatty Qian was active in his presentations, and he was also positive when he confessed. Judging from the appearance of the Son of Heaven, that Fatty Fatty probably told the Son of Heaven everything about everything.

  Li Xin pondered for a while, finally lowered his head slightly, and said: "When the minister returned to Beijing from the southwest five years ago, he once mentioned the matter in the north to His Majesty. After that, the minister rested at home and did not ask any more about the affairs of the court."

"Since two years ago, I have often visited the Ministry of War to have a look. I have stayed in the Staff Fang Division for a period of time. Although the Staff Fang Division has a lot of information about the Northern Territory, they are all in a mess, and many of them are conflicts between two and two. Let the Staff Fang Division start to sort out the information in the northern border, and at the same time the Staff Fang Division also began to send people to the north to collect the information outside the customs, until a few days ago, Qian Sheng, who was in charge of the Staff Fang Division, came up with these things."

"These things may not necessarily be accurate, but they have been confirmed through detailed surveys. Even if they are not accurate, they will not deviate there. After Qian Sheng showed it to the minister, the minister felt that there was no problem, so he told him that it could be presented to His Majesty. ."

The emperor sat in his seat and said with a smile: "I didn't ask how these things came from, the Ministry of War is responsible for the map, so it's normal to have these things, I asked Chang'an and asked Qian Sheng to take care of the map. What do you mean by handing these things to me?"

  The emperor looked at Li Xin quietly,

   "Chang'an wants to let Zhen go north?"

  Li Xin shook his head, lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty misunderstood."

"Your Majesty also said that this is the job of the Ministry of War Staff Fang Division, and it is natural for the Staff Fang Division to do a good job. The reason why I asked Qian Sheng to hand it over was not to persuade His Majesty, but to give His Majesty one more choice. "

  The emperor motioned for Li Xin to sit down and talk, then smiled and said, "What choice?"

The Marquis of Jing'an was not polite. After sitting on the chair, he lowered his head and said: "With these things in the imperial court, the difficulty of the Northern Expedition can be reduced a lot, and His Majesty can choose to fight or not to fight at will, without worrying about being able to fight. Still no problem."

   "Your mouth..."

  The emperor smiled helplessly, and said, "I can tell you my own truth in anything. According to my opinion, there will be no more than three people in the entire court who can speak to you, Li Changan."

   Li Xin said with a smile: "Your Majesty is wrong. The reason why Your Majesty thinks that the minister's words are powerful is because what the minister said is reasonable. If there is no truth in what he said, then it is just hype, and you can't say anything about it, Your Majesty."

  The Emperor smiled, then looked at Li Xin, his face serious.

   "Chang'an, I ask you very solemnly."

   Li Xin lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty asked."

Emperor Taikang tapped the table with his hand and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I have been preparing for the Northern Expedition for more than three years. At this time, as long as I give an order, the imperial court will take at most three months. You can prepare everything properly, and then start to attack Can Zhou, now I am thinking about a problem."

   "Whether this battle should be fought or not."

Li Xin slowly stood up from his chair and smiled at the emperor: "Your Majesty, should you fight? When you started preparing three years ago, you had the answer in your heart. You shouldn't ask the minister about this matter, you should Ask yourself."

   "And this question, none of the ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty is qualified to answer your Majesty. It is about the fate of the country, and it should be decided by your Majesty alone, and no one else can say anything."

   "Stop talking such empty words to coax me."

The emperor laughed and scolded: "When did this world become the world of one person? Of the five chiefs of the three provinces, which one is not in charge of the world? Which of the officials in the capital outside the capital is not shepherding and guarding the people? Gao sits in this position and helps people in the world make up their minds."

   "Furthermore, even though I should have the final say on this matter, as a courtier, it's not a sin for you to give some advice, right?"

   I have to say that Emperor Taikang's thoughts are still very detached.

   It was clear in his heart that this world was not the world of the emperor alone, nor could it be the world of the emperor alone.

   However, his thinking still did not reach the level of "the world under the people of the world" in later generations, but only to the level of the imperial power and the scholar-officials sharing the world.

  Li Xin was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and said, "That minister said that?"

   "You say so."

  The emperor said lightly: "It's just you and me here, no third person will know about it. Even if things go wrong in the future, I will take care of it alone, and I can't blame you."

The    emperor has acquiesced in the northern expedition.

The meaning of this sentence    is that if the Northern Expedition fails, Li Xin is not to blame.

  The Marquis of Jingan lowered his head, spitting inwardly.

   This sentence is pure **** to coax children. Since ancient times, the emperor is the person who can throw the blame the most. No matter what, he can't blame it on the emperor, because "there is nothing wrong with the emperor in the world"!

   No matter what was wrong, it would not be the emperor's fault, but was bewitched by a "traitor", and this so-called traitor was often the biggest culprit.

   In other words, if Li Xin suggested the Northern Expedition, and then the Northern Expedition was defeated, there is a high chance that this matter would be detained on his head, and he would become the "traitor" who bewitched the emperor.

   That's why Li Xincai refused to take a stand and kept pushing back.

   He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, you have been preparing for three years. It's a pity to give up at this time. Besides, my country is rich and strong, and it's a good time to open up new territories."

   "Your Majesty has been looking north for more than three years."

The Marquis of Jing'an said solemnly: "According to the minister's intention, the northern expedition can be expedition to the north, but there is no need to use the power of the whole country. Jimen Pass or Yunzhou City have my troops and horses of the Great Jin Dynasty. Your Majesty can order to let The two troops were dispatched, slowly advancing north, and testing first."

   "And you don't have to hit hard."

Li Xin lowered his eyebrows and said: "Forty years have passed, what is the situation of Yuwen's ministries in the north, no one knows now, Your Majesty can first investigate what is going on in the north, and when the inquiries are clear, you can use both kindness and power. , while sending troops to advance, and sending people to persuade them to surrender, the best situation is to be able to subdue the soldiers without fighting."

   "If the Yuwen ministries of Can Zhou were cowardly, His Majesty could accomplish the great cause of pioneering territory without much effort."

  The emperor narrowed his eyes and glanced at Li Xin with admiration.

   "To tell you the truth, Chang'an, many people have come up with ideas in front of me in the past few years, and I have heard everything, but what you said, Chang'an, is the most in line with my heart."

  The emperor stood up from the seat, walked to Li Xin, smiled and said, "Changan don't have to leave today, stay in the palace to accompany me to discuss and discuss the specific regulations."

  The emperor of the three generations of the Great Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu needless to say, is a ruthless man who will blow his hair when he touches it. As long as he wants to fight, he will fight to the end in one go.

   But the emperor of Chengde, after Emperor Wu, was a lot more gentle, and he did not fight for 20 years.

   Today's Emperor Taikang is not the temperament of military force. He is even a little cowardly. In comparison, the "gentle attack" proposed by Li Xin is naturally more in line with his heart.

  The Marquis of Jing'an lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter to me, but the dog is still in the palace..."

   (end of this chapter)