Chapter 1874: The cannon sounds, the gold is ten thousand taels
Ibrahim Pasha naturally understood the profound meaning of Ye Chunqiu.
Ibrahim Pasha said seriously: "I am the chief guard of the Sultan's bedroom. I have been studying with His Majesty Sultan since I was a child. I am not only a close friend of His Majesty Sultan and his most trusted minister. When I came here, I had already entrusted me with full authority. But Your Highness attacked Persia, since it was an appointment to be an alliance, then... we must formulate a coordinated military plan with each other. I am here today for this."
He seemed impatient to hope that the two countries would immediately formulate a war plan to attack Persia, and after he returned to his country, he would send troops together, which shows his urgency to destroy Persia.
Ye Chunqiu smiled and said, "This... I'm afraid I'll talk to my generals."
"I hope the sooner the better." Ibrahim Pasha said without hesitation: "The Persians have resisted the Sultan for decades. These Persian nobles have betrayed the trust of His Majesty the Sultan, and the Sultan must punish them."
After he said indignantly, Ye Chunqiu called all the civil and military ministers.
When the two sides made plans, Ibrahim Pasha said: "The main force of the Sultan will deal with the pagans in Vienna, so the army and horses that can be transferred to Persia will be only 10,000 Sultan's personal guards, as well as 100,000 cavalry and infantry. I wonder how many soldiers and horses can be dispatched in Lu?"
Wang Shouren pondered for a moment and said, "The road there is too far and the front line is too long, so there are only 15,000 Tatar cavalry who can be dispatched, heading south from the Kazakh Khanate and attacking from west to east."
After hearing this, Ibrahim Pasha shook his head and said, "The Persians are best at defense. Their fortresses are very strong. If they use cavalry to deal with them, and there are only 15,000 cavalry, I am afraid that for the Ottomans, they will not be able to cooperate with us to capture the entire Persia in one fell swoop. In the past few decades, the Sultan's attack on Persia several times. This Persia is located on the plateau and is not suitable for cavalry combat. Moreover, their king Ismail I was definitely not a fool, and there are still too few troops."
Wang Shouren seemed a little dissatisfied. He glanced at Ye Chunqiu, but Ye Chunqiu nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. It is indeed difficult for 15,000 cavalry to have any fatal blow to Persia. Since the purpose of this battle is to quickly destroy Persia, then..." Ye Chunqiu paused for a moment and said, "I personally led 10,000 guards, and together with 15,000 cavalry, to attack Persia from east to west. Then we will attack left and right, and their kings will unite, how about?"
When Wang Shouren heard this, his face changed slightly, and he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Your Highness, why should you personally fight for Persia in this mere Persia? What's more, dispatching ten thousand new troops, and the supplies needed are just afraid..."
Ye Chunqiu said, "Since you want to fight, you must win if you fight. Persia is definitely not the small fish and shrimps such as the Chahar Khanate and the Siberian Khanate. This time, I will join in the fun and call this Persian country a good deal."
Wang Shouren seemed helpless, but Ibrahim Pasha seemed very happy. Obviously, the king of Lu personally fought, which means that Lu would definitely dispatch elite forces.
Since military issues have been solved, other issues are easy to discuss.
Ibrahim Pasha stayed in the palace for two days, then immediately made a request to return to China. He hoped that within one month, he could return to Istanbul quickly and report the news to the Sultan, and then prepare for war.
Ye Chunqiu naturally ordered people to send some gifts to send Ibrahim Pasha out of the border.
There were not many oppositions in Lu's country about this personal expedition.
Even Sun Qi and others strongly agreed. Even if there were some disharmonious voices, most of them were just some concerns about Ye Chunqiu's safety.
But in fact, the major newspapers have been very supportive of this in-person campaign.
A few days later, Ye Chunqiu looked at the newspapers. He sat on the sofa and couldn't help but want to laugh.
This is the difference between inside and outside the pass.
In the pass, most of them took a disgusting attitude towards war, and there was no need to say about personal expeditions. But outside the pass, the situation was obviously completely different. Whether it was civil and military officials or ordinary people, they were all encouraged.
The economy in the pass is mostly farming, while the elite class is mostly gentry landlords. They want to guard their own acre of three-point land. Once a war starts, it means the consumption of countless money and grain. Even if it is won, it doesn’t matter to them. Even if it is taken down, it is barren land. After all, this land is not distributed to them. On the contrary, because the national treasury is empty, the court will inevitably collect more grain. Moreover, once a large army goes to war, it will inevitably recruit a large amount of corvee. This means that many tenants and small farmers have to give up their farming affairs and go to support the war. In the farming economy, war is an act of extremely hurting farmers.
But outside the gates is another extreme. Merchants need resources and a broader market. Whether it is resources or markets, there is nothing more direct than the way of war.
What's more, even if the war is about to go, a cannon will make you ten thousand taels of gold. With this demand, it will be more able to promote production and benefit countless people.
So many people were very happy, but there was one person who opposed this matter quite opposed, and this person was Tang Bohu.
Although Ye Chunqiu said he wanted to fight in person that day, Tang Bohu did not object in person, he came to the door in private.
When Ye Chunqiu heard that Tang Bohu was asking for a meeting, he was not surprised and invited him in. Tang Bohu sat down and was about to speak, but Ye Chunqiu was the first to say: "Brother Tang, what's wrong? That little cabinet is not stupid, but I ran to me?"
Ye Chunqiu's words were a bit quip-like, but Tang Bohu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, the student didn't sleep well last night."
Ye Chunqiu stared at him, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Didn't you sleep well? Who has disturbed Brother Tang?"
Looking at Ye Chunqiu's completely calm look, Tang Bohu seemed even more worried.
Chapter completed!