Chapter 885 Deterrence
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In Qingcheng, Fu Minghui received Fan Zide from Anyang and Sanxian Chang Yinfeng, and also received and accepted the queen's order.
In fact, after seeing the order, Fu Minghui didn't say anything, he just told Fan Zide some important things, and left the rest in the computer. Three or five temporary assistants were left behind, and they simply boarded the plane and returned to the Shang Dynasty.
As for the soldiers around Fu Minghui, etc., they stayed in Qingcheng for the time being—these soldiers could not go back until they received a formal order.
Fan Zide has been working as an errand in the Anyang City Lord's Mansion, which is equivalent to the emperor's errand, so he is naturally a man with a bright eye. After coming here, of course, you have to walk around, familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment, etc., but he is the perfect candidate to succeed Fu Minghui.
Sitting on the plane, looking at the white clouds on both sides, looking at the Qingcheng gradually going away, Fu Minghui felt too much emotion. It took three years to come to Qingcheng in a blink of an eye. Now, he has not stayed for five years, but he is going back to Anyang City.
Li Xian was assassinated, Xia Qingqing took power, and transferred herself back to Anyang. This series of changes is dazzling.
As for Li Xian, Fu Minghui had some respect and some gratitude; when he heard that Li Xian was assassinated and fell into a coma, Fu Minghui felt indescribably angry: there was anger, but the anger didn't seem very intense.
After all, Fu Minghui was not a talent cultivated by Li Xian himself. But Fu Minghui still has some loyalty to the Shang Dynasty - at least, Li Xian did not kill the royal family of the Great Xia Kingdom, and Li Xian still has the kindness to Fu Minghui.
"It's just that I don't know what kind of political changes we will face when we go back this time?" Fu Minghui felt a little heavy in his heart. As the former commander-in-chief of the Imperial Forest Army, Fu Minghui knew very well that as long as it involved the king, there was no small matter. Maybe he didn't say a word right, and he was decapitated.
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In Bian, King Ming was looking at Ji Fangzhu. Facing such a female official, there was murderous intent in King Ming's eyes. Okay, when Li Xian was not in a coma, he didn't do anything to our Bian country; but when Li Xian was in a coma, a queen wanted to take our Bian country into surgery?
This is simply the so-called Henji Sichen, who really treats himself as an onion.
Faced with King Ming's murderous intent and direct gaze, Ji Fangzhu was not timid. Instead, he sat up straight and looked directly at King Ming: "Master Ming, it's not what we want, but as an advanced country, we have the responsibility to guide you how to develop.
It is of course best if you can improve yourself.
If you can't improve yourself, we can help.
As for the losses and impact you caused to the Xuanhuang Republic, the responsibility lies with you. Could it be that Prince Ming wants to evade responsibility? "
After hearing this, King Ming smiled: "We are developing very well now, and we don't need your country's guidance. As for the losses caused to the Xuanhuang Republic, I'm sorry, but I didn't see it. If a person didn't die, there would be losses. ?
If you make unreasonable words, our Bian country will not allow you to be bullied! "
Ji Fangzhu took a deep look at King Ming, "Since King Ming won't listen to the advice, we have no choice but to do it ourselves. Let's leave."
"Wait!" At this time, King Li next to him said, "Ji Fangzhu, we respect the Shang Dynasty and the Xuanhuang Republic. But please respect us too.
Bian Kingdom has a history of tens of thousands of years, and has never been threatened by anyone! "
Ji Fangzhu said with a slight but elegant smile: "Thank you for reminding me. Besides, I didn't come here to 'threat' today, I was just discussing the facts.
Since you cannot recognize your own mistakes, and you are unwilling to correct your attitude and look at the mistakes you have made, we can only adopt another method.
There will be a period later! "
After finishing speaking, he saluted Duke Ming slightly, turned around and left.
When Ji Fangzhu left, the faces of the kings at the scene began to look serious. Don't look at what everyone said just now is very beneficial, but that's just to support the scene. In fact, through the short confrontation just now, everyone has already understood that the Shang Dynasty is going to take the knife on itself!
The problem is not pollution, the real problem is: the Shang Dynasty wants to gain power!
So, King Ming and King Li didn't step back just now! Since you know you will be bullied even if you regress, why not be tough!
Bian Guo's "stubbornness" probably surpassed the expectations of Xia Qingqing and other people in the Shang Dynasty. They did not expect Bian Guohui to be so tough and stubborn.
After seeing Ji Fangzhu disappear, King Ming immediately said to the surroundings: "Everyone, I'm afraid I can't let it go this time. Not to mention that the Shang Dynasty needed to establish its prestige and pass on domestic crises, etc., just because of the support we provided to those families. , Shang Dynasty will not let us go!
It's just hateful, those families failed to succeed and failed, so many families rebelled, but they didn't even survive for half a day! The Shang Dynasty was able to mobilize a large number of masters, and even a large number of Sanxians, to quickly wipe out all rebels! "
At this time, King Li's expression was also very solemn, "I didn't expect that there would be such a problem in the Ascension Passage. In this way, as long as the Shang Dynasty has a good grasp of strength, it will be almost invincible.
But the question now is: to what extent is the Shang Dynasty prepared to do so? What price do we need to pay?
If we fight hard, we must not be the opponents of the Shang Dynasty. But I think that the Shang Dynasty should only divert the domestic crisis and establish a proper prestige, and was not prepared to provoke a real war.
Do we need to continue to be tyrannical? Or take it easy? "
"Why do you want to be subdued? King Li, you are going back!" Yan Wang Zhang Hongying said, "Xia Qingqing has just taken power, so she must want to pick a soft persimmon, thinking that our Bian country has just been unified and is easy to bully.
But we have to tell the Shang Dynasty with facts that we are not cowards.
Also, if the Shang Dynasty wanted to move us, it had to consider the influence of the surrounding countries and so on. Therefore, I think: This battle must be fought and persisted to the end! The surrounding countries will not want to see the Shang Dynasty continue to be strong.
As long as we can block the first attack of the Shang Dynasty and hold back the Shang Dynasty's footsteps, other countries will definitely not miss this opportunity.
What's more, the country of the Shang Dynasty must be in chaos now, and fighting for a long time is not good for the Shang Dynasty.
In my opinion, we must do a long-term and resolute resistance. The place 100 kilometers away from the sea can be given up for the time being, mainly to block the attack of the Shang Dynasty from the land. "
With King Yan taking the lead, the surrounding people were furious, and they all expressed that they could not give in, they had to fight and fight to the end! Bian Kingdom has never surrendered in its ten thousand years of history. Not in the past, not now, and in the future... let alone!
But when everyone discussed to the extreme, Yuan Lin said "cautiously", "Master Ming, I have a concern."
Everyone immediately stopped their passionate words and looked at Yuan Lin. Nowadays, no one underestimates Yuan Lin. Although he is young, at least a small part of Yuan Lin's credit is attributable to the unification of Bian.
Seeing everyone watching, Yuan Lin said slowly: "Ming Wang, we have one thing that is severely restricted by the Shang Dynasty, and that is the economy.
Although our country has not entered into a complete industrial and commercial economy like the Shang Dynasty, industry and commerce have also become part of the foundation of our country.
But now our domestic industry and commerce almost all have the shadow of the Shang Dynasty. Once the war breaks out, my country's economy will inevitably be constrained by the Shang Dynasty, which will inevitably cause many problems. Before this issue is well considered, we will inevitably fail if we rashly start a war with the Shang Dynasty.
In addition, the current ocean transportation, land transportation, etc., are almost all controlled by the Shang Dynasty. Once war breaks out, these transports will inevitably be restricted.
Once the Shang Dynasty completes its transportation and economic constraints, we will lose our industrial and commercial advantages. Even, the advantages of industry and commerce will become a tail, dragging down our military power and so on. "
Next to him, King Wu of Wudu seemed a little puzzled: "In the past, there was no industry and commerce, and we fought as usual. Now the big deal is to stop industry and commerce for the time being. How will it affect our battle?"
Yuan Lin explained: "King Wu, there was no industry and commerce in the past, not only us, but everyone.
But now, if we don't use the power of industry and commerce, we will fall behind virtually.
Moreover, everyone is already familiar with the prosperity brought about by commerce and industry, upon which large numbers of the population depend for their existence. If the industry and commerce suddenly collapsed now, how should those people who depend on industry and commerce be arranged? These people are potential threats. And if we want to fight the Shang Dynasty, this is a question that must be considered! "
After Yuan Lin finished speaking, everyone's expressions suddenly changed, and only then did they finally realize the problem.
Everyone looked at each other for a long time, and finally had to admit this 'little trouble'. But everyone is a strong man in Bian country, how could they just succumb to this! So, after a little hesitation, King Xuan of Youdu said leisurely: "Perhaps, we can turn this matter around.
What if we tell the people that the Shang Dynasty came to bully us?
According to my speculation, the Shang Dynasty will never have a full-scale war with us. The Shang Dynasty at this moment should seek stability rather than change.
Therefore, if we resist and be tough first, it is not impossible for us to be soft and admit our mistakes later. Only by being able to bend and stretch can we move towards prosperity.
But during this stretch, we just took advantage of this external pressure to promote the complete and comprehensive reunification of Bian! Use external pressure to make the people unite and promote the spiritual unity of Bian State. "
Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then all eyes lit up! Yes, that is indeed the case. We can't surrender to the Shang Dynasty, and we can't surrender if they send a woman over, that's too shameful. But if we resist firmly, we will definitely not be able to stop the attack of Shangchao.
It's a dead end. But Youdu Xuanwang was ingenious, changed this deadlock, and made such exquisite remarks!
"Okay!" King Ming yelled, "Let's prepare for war now! But we must be prepared in advance to seek peace after defeat. In addition, we must also consider how to use this war to promote the spiritual unity of the whole country."
Bian Guo took action immediately. At this time, everyone felt a little bit emotional: indeed, good and bad depend on each other, and looking at the same thing from different angles, there will be completely different results.
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Bian Guo was busy, but Ji Fangzhu had already returned to the Shang Dynasty by plane.
Early the next morning, Xia Qingqing presided over the court meeting again. Li Nuo was taken care of by a maid, sitting on a small throne, staring at the world with bright eyes, curious.
Xia Qingqing dealt with the domestic situation first. Now in China, it is mainly about dispatching and auditing of relevant officials, disaster relief such as people's livelihood and economy, production recovery, order and so on. There is no problem with these. The hearts of the people in the Shang Dynasty have been awakened by Li Xian, and everyone has spontaneously completed the reconstruction of their homes without too much government intervention.
This point made the officials of the Shang Dynasty feel a little bit emotional.
Then, Xia Qingqing asked about Xia Xu and Xia Shu's investigation.
Huang Yaju was in charge of the investigation, and Huang Yaju made a brief report: These two masters are not just stubblers. After reviewing all their property, everyone found that the current wealth they have is not enough to make up for the loss.
At this point in the investigation, Huang Yaju didn't continue the investigation, it was considered 'enough'. Anyway, what is being investigated now is enough for the two masters to 'leave the house'.
That being the case, Xia Qingqing immediately ordered: expel the two of them, and don't take any money away.
But after all, they were related by blood, so Xia Qingqing was still planning to see them off in person in the afternoon.
Then came the question of interrogation. It is the Sanxian who was arrested and assassinated Li Xian, and all the people who participated in the rebellion and were caught alive. Even not only the survivors, but also the captured Nascent Soul, Primordial Spirit, Soul, etc. are all under interrogation.
It was Wu Peng who was in charge of the interrogation. The results obtained are astonishing: "Basically all the countries in the middle of Yingzhou participated. Even the countries around us also participated more or less.
Even... There are even people who confessed to Tang Guo, but it is impossible to judge whether it is true or not! "
Immediately, Wu Peng explained the information he had received in detail. Including probing and interrogation. Of course, Wu Peng didn't tell all the information, but only the more certain ones.
Hearing a series of messages from Wu Peng, everyone's expressions turned serious. This is almost the whole of Yingzhou, and people are coming to attack the Shang Dynasty!
As the saying goes, big trees attract wind, and the think tanks and officials of the Shang Dynasty have long understood this truth. But when he was regarded as a "target to be destroyed" by others, and after suffering huge damage, everyone's expressions were still very dignified; moreover, angry!
This is not simply a matter of being big and attractive, but that even the virtuous king was almost successfully assassinated. This is a huge stain and a shame for everyone. This shame must be bloodbathed!
Xia Qingqing's face was calm, as if she was listening to someone else's story. After Wu Peng finished reporting, Xia Qingqing just nodded quietly. But immediately, Xia Qingqing looked at Yan Ze'an and Li Yuanming, "How about Chu, Wei and Zhao?"
A few days ago, Li Xian asked Yan Ze'an and Li Yuanming to "pre-sell technology" to these four countries respectively, and prepared to guide these four countries to fight. This is what Xia Qingqing wants to ask, let's see how it is going.
Li Yuanming said: "After returning to the queen, both East Chu State and Wei State were moved. I will hand over the supervision issues in the later stage to Wu Peng."
Yan Ze'an also said the same.
Everyone looked at Wu Peng again. Wu Peng dug out a document very familiarly, "Queen, according to the current investigation, the news has just been sent back to the central part of Yingzhou. It seems that the foreign military operations of Zhao, Wei, and East and West Chu have all stopped by coincidence.
It is unclear what the situation is at the moment. "
Xia Qingqing nodded, "Continue to pay attention. If you have any questions, please report at any time."
"Yes." Wu Peng responded.
Finally, Xia Qingqing looked at Ji Fangzhu who had just returned, "How is the situation in Bian?"
Ji Fangzhu was a little bit bitter, "Queen, Bian Guo has a tough attitude and made it clear that he would not hesitate to go to war. We still underestimate Bian Guo's temper. These people are all demons, and their thinking is very different from ours."
Xia Qingqing immediately frowned slightly. It was the first time she was making plans outside, did she have an accident? This made the queen very angry.
But Xia Qingqing is not a political novice, and this matter still needs to be discussed in the long term. Therefore, Xia Qingqing asked Xu Ren, Li Yuanming and others for advice.
Xu Ren looked at Ji Fangzhu and asked, "Can you tell me about the situation at that time?"
Ji Fangzhu said it seriously, and promised that it was correct.
After Xu Ren heard this, he said to Xia Qingqing: "Queen, Bian has never suffered any defeats, so it is understandable that they have such a tough attitude.
But in this matter, our Shang Dynasty has no room to retreat. If Bian Guo is tough, we can only be tough. If Bian Guo wants to persist to the end, we can only... destroy Bian Guo! "
Destroy the country of Bian?
Xia Qingqing was taken aback. The current situation of the Shang Dynasty is not particularly good. If Bian is destroyed at this time, it will not be a good match for the interests of the Shang Dynasty.
As if seeing Xia Qingqing's hesitation, Xu Ren explained again: "Queen, if Bian Guo surrenders now, everything is easy to talk about! But if Bian Guo wants to show us his fangs, he must kill chickens and terrorize monkeys!
The ascension channel has been made public, so I am afraid that he is a small and not fully unified Bian country! "