Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 392 Grenade

"Your Excellency is such a spit-talker. I remember that among the exiles there, there are not only prisoners, but also their clansmen and people who have lived there for generations. How can the lives of these people be offset by your words of sacrificing one's life for the country? We obviously have a better way to let them all survive, but you just say that their lives are not in vain. Do they deserve to die for your frivolous words?"

"I, this, I am not..."

"What are you not? Isn't this just another way of taking human life lightly?"

Faced with Song Chunlin's relentless pressure, the official finally couldn't resist and retreated repeatedly. Song Chunlin stopped when he saw that he had retreated to his original position.

At this time, he was standing in the middle of the hall. He turned around and bowed to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, the reason why you gentlemen are unwilling to accept the peace talks of those tribes is that you are afraid of being bitten back by them. So, if I say that we can subdue those tribes, will we not be afraid of them turning against us?"

Of course the emperor knew that as long as those troublemakers were subdued, they would not dare to invade Dajing again. But the problem was that the men of those grassland tribes were all brave and good at fighting. Besides, grasslands were not suitable for farming but only for grazing. What good would it be for Dajing to take them back?

Besides, there are not many generals that Dajing can use now, and Gu family is the only one. He can't always grab this one and pull it, right?

The old ministers below also began to refute Song Chunlin.

"Brother Song is too naive. You said you want to subdue those barbarians, but it's easier said than done. In terms of military strength, although Dajing's military strength is slightly better than that of the grassland, our Dajing soldiers have never been as brave as the grassland barbarians. Even if we have more people than them now, what about the future? Ten or twenty years, a peace talk can only bring a few decades of peace. If we leave it alone, the grassland tribes will be eaten away by the Jin people one by one. By then, there will be no one else to fear on the grassland."

Song Chunlin nodded, thinking that what the old minister said made sense, but the disadvantages were also extremely obvious.

Without waiting for Song Chunlin to answer, Gu Fengyue stood up first.

"Lord Luo, what you said is not without reason. It is true that a peace talk can only bring peace for thirty or forty years at most, but standing idly by can make them live in peace for a hundred years or even directly exterminate them. Doing so may solve the problem once and for all, but Lord Luo should not forget that what is more terrifying than the barbarians on the grassland is the Jin people who have been dormant for many years. These Jin people are more cunning than the Xiongnu. Giving them the opportunity to grow stronger is not a wise move."

"A mere golden man is nothing to be afraid of."

Song Chunlin was speechless. He thought to himself that he was indeed a civil official. He was good at talking about military strategy on paper, but when it came to deploying troops on the battlefield, his vision was not as sharp as that of military generals like Gu Fengyue. Gu Fengyue had just pointed out the pros and cons incisively, but this man was still short-sighted and thought that a Jin man was nothing to be afraid of?

I wonder how he would feel if he knew that in a thousand years, these Jin people would destroy the Han people's empire.

As the saying goes, danger must be nipped in the bud. At this stage, the Jin people are already trying to increase their strength by absorbing the power of the grassland. If these Jin people become powerful, Guang Dajing's troops will not be enough to deal with them.

Most of the military generals in the court followed Gu Fengyue and supported accepting the surrender of the grassland tribes, while most of the civil officials thought that the barbarians should be left to fend for themselves. Gu Fengyun, for once, did not take sides and remained silent.

Seeing that the civil and military officials had started quarreling again, the emperor very foresightedly called for a stop. They had been quarreling for two days and had not produced any good results. If they continued quarreling, he would go deaf.

"Okay, you guys have been arguing for so long, have you come up with any good ideas?"

After this question, the audience fell into complete silence, not even daring to fart.

Now Song Chunlin, who was standing in the middle, was particularly conspicuous, so the emperor called Song Chunlin again and asked him if he had any better solution.

Song Chunlin felt more and more that being the emperor was too easy. Couldn't he just use his own brain?

"Well, Your Majesty, I have set up a school before. Lord Gu also knows about this. They have recently developed a lot of good things, but this is it... The space is limited, so I am afraid I cannot demonstrate it to you."

The emperor's face was full of questions. Is this what he was asking? What was the child talking about?

Fortunately, Gu Fengyun finally stood up at this time. He took a step to the side and slowly said to the emperor:

"Your Majesty, I brought some of the things that the school has made recently. The quantity is not much. Please, Your Majesty, move outside the palace. I will let the student show it to you and you will understand."

After Gu Fengyun said this, all the officials on both the civil and military sides began to feel puzzled. Weren't they just discussing whether to accept the peace talks with the barbarians? Why did they suddenly jump to some school and students now?

Song Chunlin didn't know that Gu Fengyun had this trick up his sleeve. He widened his eyes, not daring to imagine that this marquis was actually waiting for him here. He wondered why he hadn't spoken a word. It turned out that he was waiting here, and had to wait until he brought it up first before he jumped out. Tsk tsk, Song Chunlin could only say that this man was worthy of being the emperor's favorite, and was full of schemes.

Although the answers given by Song Chunlin and Gu Fengyun were a bit irrelevant, the emperor was still very gracious and took everyone out of the hall to see what the good stuff Gu Fengyun was talking about was.

After everyone came out, Gu Fengyun walked forward a little and called the student up. The student's surname was Cai, and Song Chunlin knew him. The bombs he had taken away before were all his stocks.

It was Cai Sheng's first time entering the palace, and he was so nervous that his legs went weak. When he saw the emperor from afar, his legs became even weaker. If it weren't for the palace servants around him supporting him, he would have knelt down.

"Who's down there?"

"Your Majesty, this is Cai Sheng, a student in the academy. He has researched something very powerful. Your Majesty will know when you see it. The barbarian cavalry is nothing to be afraid of."

"Cai Sheng!"

"exist!"

"Have you got the things you were asked to bring?"

"I brought it. I brought it. The little one, the little one, will you show it now?"

Gu Fengyun nodded to him, and Song Chunlin on the side also clenched his fist to cheer him on. After seeing the familiar people, Cai Sheng was not so nervous anymore. He took a deep breath and took out the simple grenade he brought with him.