Chapter 188: Keeping the Interior Afloat and Keeping the Interior Peaceful
"My Lord, the Tianwu barbarians will not invade again in the short term, which is good for us."
Seeing that Jiang Shang made such a judgment immediately after listening to the introduction of the situation, Lu Fan, Li Cunxiao and others immediately became interested.
"Tell me in detail!"
"My Lord, I learned some general information about the Tianwu Dynasty when I was in Hanyang City.
According to this information, I know that the Tianwu Dynasty is not a monolithic entity, but is divided into six forces."
Speaking of this, Jiang Shang paused for a moment, and then continued:
"These six forces are the Tianwu royal family, the Duanmu family guarding the eastern border, the Tuoba family guarding the southern border, the Sikong family guarding the western border, and the Situ family guarding the northern border."
"Old Jiang, aren't these the five major forces? What about another force?" Geng Yan asked curiously.
Jiang Shang smiled upon hearing this and said, "To be precise, the last one is not a certain power, but a power complex."
"This so-called complex is the top sects and families in the Tianwu Dynasty.
On the surface, they accept the jurisdiction of the Tianwu Imperial Family, but in fact, they only obey orders and do not obey announcements, which is no different from the four major families."
After listening to Jiang Shang's explanation, everyone nodded suddenly, and Lu Fan had already guessed it.
It's not just the Tianwu Dynasty that has a power complex, but also in Daqian.
The ten first-class forces and eight major families in Daqian are under the jurisdiction of the Daqian Imperial Family on the surface.
But secretly, they also obey orders and do not obey announcements, and all are trying their best to plunder the resources in Daqian.
Not only that, they also try every means to insert personnel in the court and the army, wanting to gain greater power.
For others, it has no effect.
But for the Daqian Imperial Family, this is undoubtedly a provocation and betrayal, which is absolutely intolerable.
Lu Fan doesn't know whether his cheap father knows this information, nor does he know how his cheap father handles it.
But he absolutely cannot tolerate such behavior.
He was determined to get the position of the Lord of Daqian.
So he would never allow any force to provoke him, nor would he allow any force to do such a rebellious thing.
Those who follow me will prosper, and those who go against me will perish!
These eight words are his code of conduct and his only bottom line.
They don't want what I give them.
But they must not touch what I don't give them, and they can't even have the idea.
If you reach out, you have to pay a price.
This price is not just the hand that is stretched out, but the whole body will be destroyed.
After these thoughts flashed through his mind, Lu Fan exhaled lightly, glanced at Jiang Shang, and motioned him to continue.
Jiang Shang nodded and continued: "The Tianwu Imperial Family is naturally unwilling to see this situation."
"Especially the four families that control the four borders of the Tianwu Dynasty. The Emperor Tianwu will never tolerate their existence.
Even if the Emperor Tianwu was unwilling before, he had no choice, but now the opportunity has come."
"We wiped out the 100,000 War Tiger Army and 200,000 Tianwu Four Guards who invaded, and the four elders of the Tuoba Family happened to be responsible for the invasion.
So the Tuoba Family must bear the blame for the heavy losses caused by the failed invasion."
At this point, Jiang Shang showed a confident smile on his face, paused and continued:
"This is the first point. As for the second point, that is, this time the Tuoba Family not only lost 100,000 War Tiger Army, but also the War Tiger Army and the Tuoba Family private army stationed at Tiannan Pass also suffered heavy losses.
Faced with such a great opportunity, the Emperor Tianwu will definitely not remain indifferent.
And the Tuoba Family also knows this clearly and will definitely find a way to resist the Tianwu Imperial Family."
Hearing this, everyone also knew why Jiang Shang made such a judgment.
However, no one interrupted him, but continued to listen to Jiang Shang's analysis.
"As the saying goes, to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the internal situation... Compared with invading our Daqian, solving the Tuoba family's control of the southern border is more tempting for Emperor Tianwu.
So in the short term, the Tianwu barbarians will never invade our Daqian."
Jiang Shang said the last sentence with great certainty, and everyone looked at Jiang Shang with great awe.
Jiang Shang had not experienced the recent war, nor had he gone to Tiannan Pass.
It was not easy to immediately judge this based on the situation just known.
Lu Fan was not surprised.
After all, this was Jiang Ziya, and making such a judgment was a piece of cake.
"Ziya, then what should we do next?"
If Jiang Shang was not around, he would need to think about it carefully.
But the top counselor was right beside him. If he did not use him well, wouldn't he be guarding a treasure mountain without knowing it?
Facing Lu Fan's question, Jiang Shang, who had already prepared a plan in his mind, chuckled and said:
"It's very simple, just four words: resist foreign aggression and maintain internal stability!"
"Resist foreign aggression and maintain internal stability?" Lu Fan, Li Cunxiao and others pondered the four words Jiang Shang said, secretly guessing the specific intention.
And Jiang Shang did not keep them in suspense, and directly explained the four words he said.
"The so-called resist foreign aggression is..."
As Jiang Shang explained, Lu Fan and others also understood the meaning of these four words.
The so-called resist foreign aggression refers to the Tianwu Dynasty.
This time, the complete annihilation of the invading Tianwu barbarians is like a fuse, which will completely intensify the contradiction between the Tianwu royal family and the Tuoba family.
If it is an ordinary contradiction, the Tianwu royal family and the Tuoba family may restrain and give in to each other.
But this matter involves enormous interests, even their own survival.
So no matter whether it is the Tianwu royal family or the Tuoba family, they will never give in.
And this is their opportunity.
According to Jiang Shang, they can take this opportunity to arrange spies to infiltrate Tiannan Pass and the Tianwu Dynasty.
In this way, they can not only get real-time information in the Tianwu Dynasty, but also take the opportunity to create chaos and continue to intensify the contradictions between the Tianwu royal family and the Tuoba family.
They can even find ways to get other forces in the Tianwu Dynasty involved.
In a word, they try their best to make the Tianwu Dynasty chaotic.
This is the so-called foreign aggression.
And internal peace is relatively simple. It is still as Lu Fan said before, to develop the northern border with all our strength.
The damaged Zhenbei Army will be replenished, and soldiers will be recruited as a supplement.
In addition, all the abandoned cities will be restored and used again.
After all, the northern border is too big, and it is impossible to fully control the entire northern border with only three cities including Hanyang City.
There was no extra power to plan before, and it was also necessary to prevent the invasion of the Tianwu barbarians.
But now that we have such an opportunity, we naturally cannot miss it.
In addition, there are a large number of isolated plains in the north, which can be used to open up wasteland and grow crops using the original military settlement system.
After all, most of the Zhenbei Army are ordinary soldiers, and they all need to replenish their energy by eating food.
The food and grass distributed by the court is far from enough, and it is not stable. We must be self-sufficient.
Jiang Shang said it in great detail, and what he said was very practical.
So whether it was Lu Fan, Li Cunxiao, Geng Yan and others, they all listened very seriously...