Chapter 143 (2/2)

Liu Rengui also quietly watched the sand table behind Li Hong. His keen sense of being a general was incomparable to others. He took a deep breath and said, ”Your Highness, the nibra you mentioned is just a country. But now, as the object of admiration of all countries in the world, we are now well-equipped and well-known generals. I think it is not a small area like Koryo Even if Anxi is unstable now, I don't think that the situation you mentioned will appear in the Tang Dynasty for a while. ””How long is your one and a half? a year? two years? decade? Or eight years? ” Li Hong would like to be slapped!

How many people are holding this so-called shangguo mentality, in the end? Look at how many helpless and heartrending cries and cries left in the land of Japan after more than a thousand years of learning too much culture from the Tang Dynasty!

Zhongshu, Peiyan and Cen changqian, after listening to Liu Rengui's words, also can't help nodding. In their hearts, as ministers of shangguo, especially in the confident Tang Dynasty, no one would believe that there would be crisis in the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

”Your Highness, I think Liu Shangshu is right. Why don't we send less troops to reinforce Liu Renyuan and sun Ren's division, so that we can not lose the face of the Tang Dynasty, but also publicize the prestige of the Tang Dynasty. ” Zhang Wenzhen, as the right servant of Shangshu Province, said at the moment.

Li Hong just shook his head when he looked at the crowd. If Zhang Wenzhen said that, it would be no different from going back. In history, is it not that he first sent Qi Li and then he sent Li Ji?

If we really follow Zhang Wenzhen's words, will our words be in vain?

”Jinghui, tell them about the grain and forage situation in Koryo, especially the harvest of Koryo in the past two years, and the number of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.” Li Hong rubbed his temple with some headache and said to his subordinates, Minister of Hubu Jinghui.

”Yes, your highness.”

”After more than one year's investigation by the Ministry of Hubu on the soldiers of all parts of the country, as well as the investigation of grain and grass in the eastern Liaoning Province...” Jinghui, like a bamboo tube pouring beans, crackled and told all the data one by one to all the officials in the court. Moreover, a form in his hand was also sent to the courtiers.

After Jinghui sits down, Li Hong takes the data handed over by Yang Jiong again. After a look, he doesn't let Yang Jiong, who is not of enough level here, but says lightly: ”inform them.”

”Yes, your highness.” Yang Jiong was nervous and didn't know how to address Li Hong when he was nervous, so he called out his highness in embarrassment.

Li Hong waved his hand in disapproval and said, ”this is the newly introduced Academy of Chongwen Museum, which is to calculate the future. That is to say, through the paper and pen in our hands, the knowledge we have learned, and the way of calculation, we can calculate how long our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty can cope with the two wars at the same time. This includes the number of soldiers in the Tang Dynasty today, the number of soldiers of all ages, and the average number of casualties in a war. Therefore, it can be inferred that our soldiers in the Tang Dynasty can still die for several years in the resolution of your courtiers! ”

Looking at Liu Rengui in the court, Li Hong continued to say: ”benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trust, the virtue and prestige you want, if you don't have the strength of the Tang Dynasty to support you, your virtue and prestige will be nonsense in the eyes of others! Dai Zhide, I'd like to tell you one thing that the Ministry of rites should hang on the wall: weak countries have no diplomacy! If you still don't understand, you can really resign and go home. You are no longer fit to sit in the position of minister of rites

Seeing that every courtier had the data in his hand and studied them carefully, Li Hong believed that perhaps these advanced calculation methods could make the ministers lying on the shangguoguang ring sober up.

Looking at the data in his hand, Liu Rengui showed great concentration. According to the above simple figures, I'm afraid it will be less than three or five years. It will be extremely difficult for the Tang Dynasty to continue to use troops in Liaodong and Anxi at the same time.

Especially with the reduction of the number of government soldiers and the death of a large number of young soldiers, those over 40 years old gradually became the main force.

Liu Rengui can't imagine, if these figures are true No, these figures are true. He knows clearly how many people die in Liaodong every year.

In the past few years, Koryo has had a bumper harvest in remote areas. However, in the Tang Dynasty, the generals and soldiers of the Tang Dynasty used troops in Liaodong. It has always been the Tang Dynasty that provided food and grass by itself!