Liu Yu shook his head and sighed: "Why, why do we bring these things besides victory and defeat to the battlefield? When there is no war, we don't think about how to defeat the enemy, but think about how to gain credit for ourselves.
, fighting for fame, how can you improve your status? Fatty, you don’t understand the heart of a warrior. On the battlefield, if you consider too many of these things and have too many selfish thoughts, you will be distracted and even lose your life.
Danger."
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Jinu, you said that most of the soldiers, even the soldiers of the Beifu Army, fought bloody battles. What is their purpose? It is true that everyone is just like you. They want to Expedition to the Central Plains, regain lost territory, and expel
Hulu’s lofty ideals?”
Liu Yu sighed: "It is not that there are such people, but they are a minority after all, a very small minority. Most people join the army just to make a living and to avoid the taxes and corvee at home in the past few years. As for the Beifu Army, it is
Because it has military pay that is three times higher than other troops, and you can get trophies at will after the war. In addition, it has more advantages than other troops in matters such as promotion and credit recording."
Liu Muzhi nodded and pointed at the heavy burdens carried by the soldiers in front: "Look, send slaves, those trophies are the motivation for the soldiers of Beifu to risk their lives. With these benefits
, after returning home, you can buy land and own your own property. You no longer have to work as cows and horses and let others bully you as before. As for you, you are even more different from these grassroots soldiers.
There is a person from a lower-class noble family who has fallen in love with the Xie family and has even become a half-son-in-law. Even if you don’t consider your own future, you still have to think about Miss Wang and the Xie family."
Liu Yu gritted his teeth, thinking of Wang Miaoyin's beautiful figure, and what Liu Jingxuan had said to him before the war. He felt a pain in his heart, and sighed: "The distance between the common people and the people in the high cold is as different as clouds and mud. I'm afraid that I
The marriage with Miaoyin may not come to fruition."
Liu Muzhi raised his eyebrows: "How did you get the news?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "Things from the upper echelons cannot be hidden, because so many aristocratic families are involved. I heard that Huanxuan is desperately trying to build relationships with the Wang family, and wants Miaoyin to marry him. Someone was hinting to me a while ago.
You can't let your fiancée be snatched away by others for your meritorious service on the battlefield. However, I feel that given the current situation, it is superfluous to think about these things. If the Huan family obviously wants to snatch it away, then even the Xie family will have a hard time keeping it. After all, Miaoyin
My surname is Wang, it’s not worth it for me to offend the powerful Huan family of Jingzhou and make enemies of all high-ranking families just for me.”
Liu Muzhi sighed: "This time the Beifu Army was established, my father-in-law also got the title of general and became a general under Xuan Shuai, and I am now under his command. This matter only happened two days ago.
I heard what he said. He admires you very much and is very close to the Xie family. He doesn’t want people like Wang Guobao to come to power in the future, and he doesn’t want the Huan family to use this marriage to collude with the upper echelons of the court.
It would be dangerous for a noble family to fully control the government."
Liu Yu thought of the conversation with Huan Xuan that day in the alley, and his heart moved. He had never communicated with Liu Muzhi about this matter, and the words Huan Xuan said, although he knew they were meant to sow discord, still felt that there was something wrong with them.
It makes sense and cannot even be directly refuted. Thinking of this, Liu Yu whispered: "Actually, Fatty, you said that the world is controlled by the Xie family or the Huan family. Is there any difference?"
Liu Muzhi was stunned for a moment, then turned and said seriously: "Jinu, how could you have such an idea?"
Liu Yu sighed: "Huan Xuan once seduced me and said a lot of truth. I am good at fighting, but I am not as knowledgeable as you on these political affairs. I always feel that although his words are rebellious, some truths cannot be refuted.
It's rare that I can meet you today and have a good chat, so I ask you to clear up my confusion."
Liu Muzhi nodded, slowed down, walked a few steps further away from the marching troops in front, and whispered: "Don't believe a word Huan Xuan said, but they, the children of aristocratic families, have read a lot.
, there are many fallacies, and sometimes they can be mistaken for truth, but in my case, they probably won’t pass the test. Tell me, what fallacies he has?”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "He said that families like the Xie family and the Wang family have no ambitions for the Northern Expedition. They just want to deprive the emperor of his real power and treat the emperor as a puppet, while he is behind the scenes. And the Huan family does have the intention to usurp the throne.
But in order to usurp the throne, one had to make great achievements in the Northern Expedition and regain the mountains and rivers. On the one hand, it would strengthen one's own power, and on the other hand, it would also make great achievements, just like what Huan Wen did. Therefore, in terms of the motivation for the Northern Expedition, the Huan family was better than the Xie family.
The Wang family is much stronger."
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Huan Xuan really knows how to talk, or in other words, he really knows how to talk to the person he talks to. This statement is obviously aimed at you, Jinu. He knows that you only want to go to the Northern Expedition. You are a pure man."
I am a soldier and a Han Chinese, so I deliberately tell you this. Indeed, as a foreign vassal and a later family, the Huan family is not qualified to commit treason. However, since ancient times, the man with strong soldiers and horses has been the emperor. If the Huan family really
If the Northern Expedition could succeed and expel the Huru, they would be able to overwhelm the noble families in the court, just as the Sima family gained military power by defeating Wu Shu and pacifying the three rebellions in Huainan, and finally took complete control in the battle of Gaopingling.
The government usurped the power of the Cao family in Wei."
Liu Yu nodded: "But even so, isn't it a good thing to be willing to go to the Northern Expedition? Doesn't the emperor in this world have to be named Sima? When I talked to Bottle and Rabbit about the hearts of the people in the north, they all said that the people in the north actually don't like it.
The Sima family all said that during the Yongjia Rebellion, the people looked to the imperial court to save them, just as they looked to the court for help after a long drought. However, the emperor and the army of the Jin State fled south and did not come to save them. They felt more that they themselves
Abandoned. No matter who it is, whether it is Zu Ti or Huan Wen, as long as they are willing to go to the north, it will be popular. If they really make achievements, what does it matter if they replace the Sima family in the world?"
Liu Muzhi smiled slightly: "Although it has always been said that the emperor is the one with strong soldiers and horses, but there is more than one family with strong soldiers and horses. If the Huan family rebels, the family members will definitely attack in groups. They have a large number of manors in the land of Sanwu, with hundreds of people.
There are tens of thousands of tenants, and there are six counties in Jiangbei, which can continuously recruit northern refugees. Look, the Beifu Army was built just as soon as it was built? Besides, places like Jiangzhou and Yuzhou each have their own number of soldiers.
With Wan Wan as the powerful governor, if anyone is willing to lure the northern barbarians to the south, the war will spread throughout the Jin Dynasty. By then, not to mention the Northern Expedition, I am afraid that even half of the Han family will not be safe."