Jia Xu didn't urge Liu Xie to pour himself a glass of water. While drinking, he picked up a pen and wrote on a wooden slip. He was not anxious or meticulous. When Liu Xie came to his senses, he had already written a piece of slip, about a dozen words.

He picked up the wooden slip, blew dry the ink marks on it, and handed it over with both hands. "Your Majesty, my guess is for your reference."

Liu Xie took it in his hand, but didn't look at it.

His eyes fell on Jia Xu's face, and he stroked the wooden slips with his fingers, feeling the remaining warmth left by Jia Xu.

"Guo Si wants to live, but does sir think he can live?"

Jia Xu shook his head. "Your Majesty, the army is like water, and it is unchanged. You can only plan for a moment, not for a lifetime."

He picked up the bamboo slips on the table. "This is where my efforts are focused on the long term."

A smile spread from the corner of Liu Xie's eyes.

He bowed slightly and bowed to Jia Xu. "Mr. Xie's advice." Then he put down the wooden slip in his hand, picked up the wooden slip on the table and took a look. "Have you read the "Qianfu Lun"?"

Jia Xu shook his head. "I have heard of it, but I have never read it."

"I have only heard of it, but I haven't read it. If you have any intention, you might as well find it to read it." Liu Xie thought for a while and said, "There is also "Lunheng" by Wang Chong, a native of Kuaiji. Unfortunately, this book was not found in the classics collected by the imperial court, and I don't know if it is lost."

Jia Xu thought for a while. "I have heard that Cai Boyi once had this book, perhaps with his disciple Wang Can."

Speaking of Cai Yong, Liu Xie suddenly remembered someone. "Do you know that Cai Boyi's daughter Cai Yan was lost in the Xiliang army?"

Jia Xu was shocked. "What happened?" Then his face darkened. "It's been so long, I'm afraid there will be a lot of danger."

Liu Xie stood up and sighed. "People are not as good as dogs in troubled times. Even if they are full of poetry and books, if they cannot be self-reliant and can be slaughtered, what's the use of poetry and books?"

Jia Xu looked up in surprise and looked at Liu Xie.

Liu Xie didn't say anything and walked out.

Jia Xu got up and saw him see him off, watched Liu Xie leave the tent, and went down the plateau again.

After a long time, he sat back in front of the desk, turned on the light, and picked up the pen again.

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Liu Xie came to Shi Sun Rui's tent.

Shi Sun Rui leaned against the desk without wearing a crown, his gray hair was as messy as a chicken coop, and his face was haggard and dark.

"Your Majesty..." Seeing Liu Xie enter the tent, Shi Sun Rui quickly came up, not caring about salute, and asked anxiously: "Has Guo Si attacked?"

"Wei Wei, do you think that even if Guo Si can now rob me of returning to Chang'an, can he compete with Li Jue and his son?"

Shi Sun Rui thought about something and his waist slowly straightened up.

"Your Majesty said that Guo Si knew he was defeated, so he would not take the risk of fighting, and he would watch it on the wall and wait for the opportunity?"

"Do Weiwei agree?"

Shi Sun Rui smiled. "Ran." He turned around and patted his forehead with some slightest conscience. "If it weren't for your Majesty's reminder, I would have been confined to the judgment of others by myself and forgot about Guo Si's situation. In this way, it would be understandable that he would retreat back to the camp if he couldn't win."

"Will the Guards go to fight tomorrow?"

"Of course we have to go to fight." Shi Sun Rui stopped, clenched his fists hard, and shook them gently. "Even if it is adventure, it's worth it."

He turned to look at Liu Xie, and then realized that he was a little lost. He quickly tidied up his clothes and bowed to salute, but forgot that he had not worn a crown and had messy hair, with the smell of being washed for several days, he came to Liu Xie.

"I will ask Your Majesty to move the camp early tomorrow morning."

"I won't leave, so I'll stay here today." Liu Xie walked to the case and looked down at the map on the case. The terracotta warriors. "If the Wei Wei is sleepy, you can go to bed. If you are not sleepy, let's talk and see how to fight tomorrow."

Shi Sun Rui was overjoyed. "I cannot ask for it. Your Majesty waited and ordered people to prepare some food. Your Majesty has good fortune. Today, I have some wine and meat left for the soldiers. I can use it if it is heated on the fire." As he said, he shouted to the guards to prepare.

Seeing Shi Sun Rui's appearance, Liu Xie couldn't help but laugh.

I didn't expect that this old minister who was holding courtesy would be so unrestrained.

"I just came Jia Wenhe, and he is drafting a strategy to stabilize Liangzhou." Liu Xie said: "Wu Wei has any thoughts on this?"

"Hehe, I'll guess it boldly. The strategy he thinks must include trade, and it will be included in the first three strategies."

Liu Xie raised his head, as if he had seen a ghost.

There is indeed business in Jia Xu's strategy, and it is the first strategy.

Is this the hero's opinion similar?

"Your Majesty find it strange?"

Liu Xie nodded. "Trade business is Jia Wenhe's first strategy."

Shi Sunrui smiled even more proudly, and the wrinkles on his forehead became much flattered.

"Your Majesty, although Liangzhou is vast, the four counties in Hexi connect to Guanzhong can be roughly divided into three areas. The four counties have pastures, cultivated land, and taxes paid by merchants and travelers along the way, and the benefits are the most abundant. Liangzhou is in chaos and merchants and travelers are cut off, so the four counties suffer the greatest losses. Therefore, the scholars and commoners in the four counties want to be quiet and fall in love with the court. There is Duan Jiming in the front and the Yuanshu in the back, which is all because of this."

Shi Sunrui poured two glasses of water and signaled for a moment. Before Liu Xie could pick up the cup, he took a big sip.

"There are many treasures in the Western Regions, beautiful jade, good horses, wine, night pearls, and all the powerful and powerful people flocked to Luoyang. The business travelers made great profits, and the counties along the way also benefited greatly. Dong Zhuo burned Luoyang and robbed the people. The powerful and powerful families even robbed them all, in order to kill the hen and take their eggs, they were quicker than they did. Guo Si and Zhang Ji were all married, but they didn't understand the truth. How could Jia Xu not know?"

Liu Xie suddenly realized.

Last time, I heard Shi Sun Rui mention the reasons for the internal discord in Liangzhou, but I didn’t ask in detail. Today, I realized that the fundamental reason was still the benefit. Liangzhou was pacified, and the four counties in Hexi benefited the most, so they most longed for peace, oppose chaos, and even more opposed the imperial court abandonment of Liang.

"Wei Wei, I would like to hear the details."

Shi Sun Rui was right in his mind. "Your Majesty is willing to listen, so I will speak well for Your Majesty."

The guards received the wine and meat. Shi Sun Rui was polite, picked up a piece of meat, stuffed it into his mouth, and picked up a pen while chewing it. He wrote several orders on the prepared wooden slips, asking the guards to send them to the battalions.

"Tomorrow morning, enter the battle one after another, and those who violate the order will be killed!"

The personal guards took the order and left.

Shi Sun Rui took another prepared bamboo slip and handed it to another personal guard. "I ordered the cavalry to shoot into Li Shi camp. From now on, he will not want to sleep peacefully. If His Majesty doesn't sleep, will he dare to sleep?"

Seeing Shi Sun Rui's orderly arrangements, Liu Xie was inexplicably calmed down much.

Jia Xu taught him to design according to the other person, consider the problem from the other party's standpoint, think about what he thinks, and thinks what he thinks, and can achieve everything.

What was Shi Sun Rui thinking?

As a wise man from Guanzhong who has both literary and military skills, he waited for most of his life before he could stand alone and turn the tide and support the building to collapse. Can he not do his best?

If such an old minister deploys specific matters, what else should I worry about?
Chapter completed!