No shortage of walls

Liu Guo first bowed his hands to the emperor and then bowed his hands to the ministers. He said:"The Ministry of National Security has received definite news. Southern Xia will join forces with Yan State to attack Northern Xia in an attempt to unify Xia State."

As soon as these words were said, all the ministers were shocked. Xia was divided into two, which was the most important thing for Song State. It's a good ending. If they are unified, the threat to Song Dynasty will increase. Xixia was finally divided into two because of his own affairs. If the two merged into one, it would be really bad for Song Dynasty.

Ye Zhisheng said:"Is the King of Nanxia out of his mind? Isn't this inviting a wolf into the house?"

As expected of the Minister of War, he hit the nail on the head!

Between countries, people provide money, grain, soldiers and horses to help you restore your country, and many people may die. If you say that you are just helping out without any selfish motives, no ghost will believe you.

No country is willing to go through a war without any reason. Countries try their best to avoid war in their own country. This guy has nothing to do and starts a war on his own.

No selfish motives?

Haha, it's better than this reason.

If there is no interest in ordinary people fighting, they will not bother to care about you.

What does it have to do with me if you fight?

A war between nations?

No benefit?

Who believes it?

Liu Guodao:"If the matter between Yan State and Xia is just a fight between the weak and the strong between Yan and Southern Xia, it has nothing to do with the Song State, but your Majesty believes that Yan has the intention of swallowing Xia and seeking Song Dynasty."

Everyone nodded.

Liu Guo said again:"My lords. As we all know, before Prince Jing became the Lord of the Song Dynasty, our Song Dynasty had been poor for tens of millions of years. On the day before the emperor came to the throne, the Song Dynasty did not care about the north or the south. They are all pitifully poor. There is no money or food in the national treasury, and the people can't even eat two meals a day. How many years has it been since my emperor ascended the throne? There have been changes that have not happened in thousands of years. There is a workshop managed by Cui Zheng, which produces His Majesty's magical skills. A novelty for the country and the people, five years of tax exemption and a 50% increase in salary can also support five years. Your Majesty, please God to give you food, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, wheat, and various vegetables. The Song Dynasty has already had three meals. , the Song Dynasty now only has people who are too lazy to die of hunger, and there are no people who starve to death. Mr. Jin ridiculed the commander of the imperial army, Mr. Lu Zhi, who ate lettuce like a cow for two months. My lords, before our emperor ascended the throne, even though Mr. Jin used his clever pen There is no way to ridicule someone even if you have a flower."

Everyone nodded again. In the past, he was so poor that he could only eat two full meals in a row. Who is going to say that Lu Zhi was afraid of eating lettuce? Chang Sheng never thought in his dream that he would fart all day long after eating sweet potatoes.

Liu Guo said again:"My lords, our Song Kingdom is a piece of fat. Although we still think our fat is not big enough, others already want to take a few bites."

Chang Sheng said:"The Song Kingdom is ours. In the Song Dynasty, whoever wants to bite will die."

Everyone nodded again.

The old general of the Northern Ming Dynasty said:"In the past, when we were poor, no one dared to bully the Song Dynasty. Your Majesty, please give me an order. I am willing to go to Southern Xia."

Liu Guodao:"The old general of the Northern Ming Dynasty has heard of his famous name for a long time. He is like thunder. , but there is a good thing in front of them, that is, the second prince of Qi is preparing to start an uprising in Wu and regain his throne."

Everyone was startled, and after thinking about it for a moment, it was indeed a good thing. There was civil strife in Qi. Let's do it ourselves and weaken our own strength. , the political balance was broken, and Qi's military strength became weak; for Song, this was indeed a good thing.

Yi Zhouquan said:"The last general is guarding Wuguan. Jing has not heard anything about it."

Liu Guodao:"The secret of the second prince's matter is known to the secret agents of the Ministry of National Security and is not known to outsiders. Now please give me your Majesty's instructions."

Song Xing Nod.

Liu Guo then surrendered and retreated.

Song Xingdao said:"Xi Yan helped Southern Xia to harvest Northern Xia. He gave money, food and grass for nothing. I don't know how many people will die. If he said it was to help, I don't think even ordinary people would believe it. The reason why I said Xi Yan was determined to swallow Nan Xia. The Great Song Dynasty, this is one. Secondly, Song Yu, the garrison commander in Kyoto, captured several spies from the Xiyan Kingdom. He thought that Xiyan was separated from the Song Dynasty by the Xia Kingdom. At this time, Xiyan sent spies into the Song Dynasty, and they should be able to Understand what's going on."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone became angry.

Guan Duhua cupped his hands and said:"There was no such thing as a spy from the Yan State in the previous dynasty. As your majesty said, Yan is separated from the Song Dynasty by the Xia State. The previous dynasties were just neighboring spies for hundreds of thousands of years. It is really not true that the Yan State came across the Xia State. With good intentions. Mr. Liu is right. In the past, our Song Dynasty was too poor and was bullied by others. Now that we are rich, we are also bullied. Do the neighboring countries think that the men of our Song Dynasty have no backbone? In the past, it was difficult for the capital to eat twice a day. If you are not humiliated, I, the Great Song Dynasty sergeant, will never bow your head today. May I ask whether your majesty will attack Nanxia first?"

Song Xing said:"I want to capture Yue Wu first and break Qi. To be honest, what I mean is that after the year after tomorrow, let The people have been recuperating for a few more years, and the soldiers have been better trained, but the situation in the world has changed drastically. If you wait for it to happen, it will be more troublesome in the future. It is fat anyway, so instead of sitting and waiting for others to bite it, it is better to knock out his teeth first."

The ministers nodded. They raised their hands and said in unison:"Your Majesty, your Majesty!"

Since others are interested in fighting. Take the first action yourself and take advantage of it. If the enemy is prepared, the trouble will be even greater.