Listen to Chen Sheng talk about business.

Han Fei switched to the right phase mode in a second, and with a solemn expression, he clenched his palms and bowed his head: "I obey the king's order!"

Chen Sheng gently supported him and his face softened: "As for Xun Qing's two propositions of 'implementing etiquette and law together' and 'controlling the destiny of heaven and using it'..."

He paused for a moment, carefully organized his words, and said again: "I very much agree with Xun Qing's two propositions. In a sense, Xun Qing's proposition is the one that suits me the most among hundreds of schools of thought."

"but……"

"It's still the same issue we talked about before, it's not the right time!"

"Rituals and music can indeed serve as a supplement to the law, filling in some gaps where the law is inconvenient to restrict, and making the social order more perfect."

"But the premise is that etiquette and music have developed to an extremely high level, a level that is recognized by the general public, voluntarily observed, and passed down from generation to generation."

"This is difficult. It is even more difficult than pushing the laws we have established into the countryside."

"That not only requires thousands of years of perseverance in education, but also requires an abundant material foundation to support it."

"With Kyushu's current material base, it is far from being able to support rituals and music and take root among the general public. It is like a barren field that cannot grow a good harvest of food."

"Ignoring the real environment and blindly daydreaming is really harmful to others and yourself!"

Chen Sheng made it very clear.

Han Fei also understood it clearly.

Although he understood what he understood, a huge question arose in his mind: why even a scholar like Fuzi (Xunzi), who had learned a lot and was very careful in exploring the strategies of governing the world, came to Chen Sheng's mouth with the taste of being short-sighted and trivial.

Already?

Also, how did Chen Sheng manage to see through the development direction and pros and cons of these strategies for governing the world at a glance? Could it be that he had never heard of Master’s ideas before?

Han Fei couldn't understand it, but he was greatly shocked.

At the same time, he also understood that Chen Sheng might have misunderstood something after explaining so much...

"Master has not asked me to be a lobbyist, and I will not be a lobbyist."

He said seriously.

Chen Shengdan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter, I am not a mediocre person who will be manipulated by lobbyists. I am telling you these things in preparation for you to be able to convey these words to me when you sit down with Xun Qing to discuss Taoism one day in the future.

Yu Xunqing."

Han Fei was relieved and chuckled: "It turns out you want me to be your lobbyist..."

"You are my right prime minister!"

Chen Sheng laughed, and then said seriously: "I actually admire you people quite a lot. You are at the forefront of the times, working hard and diligently to seek a way to govern the world, for the sake of the nation, and for the sake of the country.

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"It is precisely because of people like you who continue to pave the way for our descendants of the Yan and Huang Dynasties that our Yan and Huang bloodline can have a long history, and our Chinese civilization can prosper..."

Han Fei was greatly moved when he heard this, and his heart surged, secretly thinking that Chen Sheng did understand them.

But he never thought that Chen Sheng changed the subject and said: "Of course, you people are accustomed to thinking that the country is for the people and seeking your own selfish interests. What you shout is all about the essence, but what you think about in your heart is yourselves, and your methods are not good.

They are despicable, shameless, and obscene, and their personnel are also bastards, beasts, beasts, and parasites...but it is not incomprehensible. After all, the bustling world is all about profit; the world is bustling, and everyone is about profit!"

“All in all, the flaws outweigh the flaws!”

Han Fei's face turned a little dark, and he asked in a sullen voice: "Do I still have to thank the king for his praise?"

Chen Sheng waved his hand grandly: "You and I, the monarch and my ministers, are of the same mind, and we are of one mind. If you love me, you don't have to be so open-minded!"

Han Fei's face suddenly turned darker, but he really couldn't find any words to refute Chen Sheng's point of view, because there are indeed many vicious villains within Baijia, and it's not just one school, but all schools...

...The Legalists like him are famous for being a den of cruel officials. Most of the famous tortures in Jiuzhou in the past two to three hundred years were done by his disciples of the Legalists.

Just when the two of them had just finished talking about their business, a royal guard suddenly appeared at the entrance of the quiet room. He clasped his fists and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Chen Feng is outside asking for an audience during the special war."

"Um?"

The two of them looked at the entrance together, feeling in their hearts: "Something happened!"

Guanlan Pavilion is a quiet place for Chen Sheng to take a break from his busy schedule. If there is no urgent business that cannot be delayed for a moment, no one would come here to look for Chen Sheng.

"Let him in!"

Chen Sheng replied without thinking.

"only!"

The royal guards saluted, turned around, pressed their swords, and left quickly.

Not long after, Chen Feng, who was dressed in a black military uniform, wrapped in a rich vapor, walked quickly in front of the quiet room one step at a time, and bowed with his palms pressed together: "General Chen Feng, please see your Majesty, my king..."

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Chen Sheng: "Get in!"

Chen Feng: "Hey!"

He quickly took off his shoes and socks and went in with his bare feet.

Chen Sheng saw that his body was covered with water stains, and knew that he had come in the rain to ride a horse. He picked up a tea cup and scooped out a cup of boiling tea soup and handed it to him. Then he ordered him to sit by the fire pond and said, "If you have something to say, tell me something."

Son, the right prime minister is the chief justice of the royal court. Except for information related to hundreds of families, there is no need to hide anything else from the right prime minister."

After hearing this, Han Fei was about to politely excuse himself, but Chen Feng had already spoken one step ahead of him: "I would like to inform your Majesty, the Xuzhou Yellow Turban bandits stationed in Shanyang County, their elite troops returned to Xuzhou Xiapi three days ago, leaving only 30,000 old and weak men.

After his death, he stayed in Changyi, and the yellow turban bandits in Xuzhou took over as the leader, but their whereabouts are unknown."

"Ren Xiao withdrew his troops?"

Chen Sheng helped him take off his dripping wet robe, frowning and thinking urgently, why Ren Xiao wanted to withdraw his troops!

Shanyang County is the heart of Yanzhou where Changyi, the original capital of Yanzhou, is located. It is not only the choke point for his Red Army to march to the northeast to regain the entire territory of Yanzhou, but also an important transportation artery connecting the north and south of Taiping Road...

It stands to reason that no matter where Ren Xiao withdraws troops, he should not withdraw troops from Shanyang County. Wouldn't that mean stripping the beauty and stuffing him into Chen Sheng's bed? Which cadre can withstand such a test?

Unless... Ren Xiaobu makes bigger moves!

Perhaps it can be said that Taipingdao has bigger moves!

"Is there any unusual movement among the soldiers and horses of the Julu Yellow Turban Headquarters?"

Chen Sheng asked thoughtfully.

Chen Feng quickly recalled the intelligence on Jizhou's defense line that he had received today, and then replied: "Your Majesty, we have not received any relevant information yet!"

It's not that there is no change.

But no relevant information was received!

Chen Sheng quickly passed through the current situation in Kyushu in his mind, and then said in a deep voice: "Ren Xiao is willing to abandon Shanyang County and mobilize troops on a large scale. He can only have three goals!"

"First, the Zhou Dynasty!"

"Second, I am Han Ting!"

"Third...Yangzhou!"

Speaking of this, he suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a hint of coldness in his eyes: "That's wrong, maybe there may be a fourth target: kill two birds with one stone, both Yangzhou and Hanting."

!”

As soon as I thought of this, it was like entering a bright hall through a dark alley, and my thoughts suddenly became active: "Boy, what is the situation in Yangzhou now?"

Chen Feng opened his mouth and answered without thinking: "Your Majesty, after the Baiyue invasion and the Bolang Army retreated to Jingzhou, Yangzhou was divided between the Zhou Dynasty and Taiping Dao soldiers along the lines of Poyang County and Linhai County."

"Sima Xian, the commander of the Yangzhou Canal on the Taiping Road, was beaten to pieces by the Bolang Army, and almost the entire army was wiped out. Before the Baiyue people invaded Jiuzhou, Sima Xian had led the remaining troops to flee back to Xuzhou. It was a battle.

After the Lang army withdrew, he entered Yangzhou again with hundreds of defeated soldiers and raised his flag to recruit troops to compete with the Zhou Dynasty troops left behind by the Bolang army. As of the last information returned from the Shouchun stronghold four days ago,

Sima Xuan's troops numbered approximately 30,000..."

Chen Sheng patiently heard this, and suddenly interrupted in confusion: "It has been more than six months since the Bolang Army withdrew last year, right? With Taiping Dao's trick of deceiving the public, how come there are only 30,000 soldiers after such a long time?

?”

Chen Feng replied: "Back to your Majesty, Yangzhou, which has been fighting for many years, is no longer as prosperous as it was in the land of plenty!"

"Back then, Tu Sui gathered 150,000 troops in Yangzhou and took away 23 out of 10 young men from Yangzhou. Later, Sima Xuan fought with the Bolang Army. A large number of young men from Yangzhou gathered on both sides, and most of the casualties were those

Yangzhou is young and strong."

"Based on some intelligence collected by our special war bureau, it can be roughly inferred that the current number of young men in Yangzhou, after another round of blood-sucking by Sima Xuan and the Zhou Dynasty, is less than 30% of what it was in its heyday. This is just a conservative inference.

The actual situation may be even less!”

"These young and strong men who had escaped being shot again and again had already changed their color after hearing the news of being shot. But when they heard that the army was coming, they immediately fled to the mountains and forests with their families. It was difficult for both the Zhou Dynasty and the Taiping Road to do it again.

Summon the young men and women of Yangzhou to join the army and fight for it!"

"In addition, Sima Yan only occupied a few counties in the northeast of Yangzhou, and its area was less than three-thirds of the entire Yangzhou. The other seven points were all in the hands of the Zhou Dynasty."

Chen Sheng relaxed his brows, nodded slightly, and signaled Chen Feng to continue, but his heart felt a little heavy.

This is why he always insists on capturing prisoners wherever he goes. Yangzhou, which has lost most of its war potential, is the most vivid example at the moment!

'It seems that Yangzhou's strategy needs to be adjusted again.'
To be continued...