When Liu Xie woke up, Jia Xu and Yang Xiu were whispering in front of the bed.
They didn't say anything important, just some gossip. Yang Xiu asked Jia Xu about the customs of Liangzhou, and Jia Xu asked Yang Xiu about Huashan anecdotes. The atmosphere was harmonious, but not nutritious.
Hearing the sound of Liu Xie turning over, they all turned their heads in unison. Seeing that Liu Xie had woken up, Yang Xiu rushed over to him.
"Your Majesty, are you awake? Do you want some water?"
Liu Xie nodded. His head didn't hurt, but his mouth was indeed a little dry.
Yang Xiu brought the water and Liu Xie took a sip. The temperature was just right, so he took a big sip and then sat up.
"Mr. Wenhe, have the entry procedures been completed?"
Jia Xu sat quietly aside and bowed slightly. "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I have been taken care of by Lieutenant Meng and Yang Shilang. It has been completed."
"Very good." Liu Xie said with a smile: "Before I came, Mrs. Hongnong Wang asked me to say hello to the husband. If it were not for the husband, she would not have been able to escape Li Jue's poisonous hands."
Jia Xu's brows moved slightly and he sighed softly. "Li Jue and Guo Si attacked Chang'an. It was originally my plan, but I didn't expect them to be so absurd and lead to a catastrophe. I could save Mrs. Hongnong, but I didn't."
We must not let those tens of thousands of people feel ashamed of the world."
Yang Xiu quietly looked at Jia Xu with complicated eyes.
Liu Xie was very calm.
Jia Xu's words are half true and half false. It can even be said that there are more false elements, so you don't need to take it too seriously.
"The world is in chaos, and how can one person bear the responsibility for it? Mr. Wen He, in governing the country, we should take the utmost care. It is inevitable to take responsibility and self-reflection, but more importantly, we should draw lessons from this human tragedy.
Never again."
"Wei." Jia Xu bowed and accepted the order.
Liu Xie looked at Yang Xiu. "Dezu, you are the same."
Yang Xiu listened with rapt attention. When the emperor mentioned him, he hurriedly bowed in greeting. "I deeply agree with what your majesty said. I have been thinking about your majesty's questions before, but I can't answer them. Now that Mr. Wenhe has entered the court, I am at the right time."
If you ask for help from time to time, you may be able to gain something."
Liu Xie sat up. "There are talented people from generation to generation. I believe that as long as you and I, the monarchs and ministers, work together, we can not only save the great Han people from danger, but also recreate Wei Huo's feat of crossing the desert."
Yang Xiu immediately said seriously: "Your Majesty, Wei Huo Hengjue across the desert is indeed mighty, but it is a waste of people and money and should not be imitated."
Liu Xie laughed and waved his hand, indicating that Yang Xiu should not be nervous. "Dezu, it is indeed very expensive to defend Huo Hengjue across the desert, but it is not a waste of people and money, but that should be discussed. If nothing else, in the past four hundred years, the road to the
Can you calculate how profitable the trade routes in the Western Regions are?"
Yang Xiu was speechless for a moment.
Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu. "Mr. Wenhe, what do you think?"
Jia Xu nodded calmly. "Your Majesty is right, and so is Minister Yang."
Yang Xiu rolled his eyes and curled his lips.
Jia Xu continued: "Your Majesty is right, he is focusing on the long term. Yang Shilang is right, he is focusing on the present. As your Majesty said, in the past few hundred years, the trade routes leading to the Western Regions have made countless profits, at least ten
Double what he paid in the past. However, Emperor Xiaowu’s campaign against the barbarians not only exhausted seventy years of accumulation, but also depleted the people’s strength and reduced their household registration by half. It is truly not something that His Majesty should follow.”
Liu Xie asked: "Mr. Wenhe, is there a way to have both?"
Jia Xu was silent for a moment and shook his head. "I'm sorry for my stupidity. It seems I can only choose one or the other."
Yang Xiu couldn't help but ask: "Then what do you want?"
Jia Xu glanced at Yang Xiu. "I seek advantages and avoid disadvantages."
Yang Xiu snorted disdainfully: "I thought that Mr. Liangzhou wise man would have high opinions, but I didn't expect it to be a hometown wish."
Jia Xu was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Liu Xie didn't say anything either. He felt that although Jia Xu had a strong desire to survive, he would not use such double-dealing rhetoric to deal with him at this time, but he was accustomed to speaking in a vague way.
From another perspective, this may not be a test, not only for him, but also for Yang Xiu.
In troubled times, not only the king chooses his ministers, but the ministers also choose their king.
After thinking for a moment, he understood Jia Xu's intention.
Jia Xu seems to have no attitude, but in fact he has made his attitude clear.
For him, a Liangzhou native, it was of course advantageous to take Liangzhou. If Huo Qubing hadn't taken the Hexi Corridor and established four counties, he would be a barbarian now.
As a minister of the emperor who has great ambitions for the country, it is still beneficial to take Liangzhou. Because it is one or two generations that will suffer, but it will be the descendants who will benefit. It is precisely because of this that he strongly opposes the policy of abandoning Liangzhou.
.
Whether it is public or private, it is not the right way to abandon Liang.
Liu Xie understood, but didn't say anything. He coughed lightly and said, "I may have a way to have both."
"Oh?" Yang Xiu looked over in surprise.
Jia Xu also raised his head and looked at Liu Xie expectantly.
"For a long-term plan, it goes without saying that Hexi should be taken, but how to take it is open to discussion. Roughly speaking, there should be two strategies: one is to appoint talents and capable people, and do not seek to be better than one at a time. If you are like Wei Huo, then believe in it.
Use them to make the best use of their talents. Those like Li Guangli should be discarded and not used to avoid innocent sacrifices. Suppose Li Guangli failed, but Li Ling saw the use, how could Yan Ran be defeated?"
Jia Xu tilted her head slightly and smiled slightly at the corners of her eyes.
After hearing this, Yang Xiu nodded in agreement and asked, "What about another strategy?"
"The country's wealth is useful. Since there is a military emergency, we should practice frugality in other aspects. Emperor Xiaowu used one-third of the world's wealth to fill the mountains and mausoleums, which is not necessary. As for seeking immortality and seeking immortality, it is even more unworthy of squandering it.
Already."
Yang Xiu opened his mouth, but said nothing. He looked at Liu Xie with a complicated and strange look.
Jia Xu was also a little surprised. He stroked his beard and pondered for a moment. "What your Majesty said is perfectly reasonable. It is just that it is inappropriate to criticize our ancestors. The great man rules the world with filial piety. This..."
Liu Xie interrupted Jia Xu unceremoniously. "Is it appropriate for Mr. Wenhe to refute me face to face?"
"Uh..." Jia Xu was also speechless and looked embarrassed.
"You see, this is a paradox." Liu Xie said with a smile: "According to the filial piety, the son cannot discuss the father. According to the ministerial principle, the minister cannot discuss the king. Back then, Xiahou Sheng criticized filial piety and martial arts, but the minister secretly agreed, but had to punish him.
, how ridiculous?”
Liu Xie glanced at Yang Xiu. "Compared with calling Yao and Shun in front of my face and Jie and Zhou behind my back, I would rather all the ministers be like the servants of the king's family and denounce the late emperor to his face instead of shaking his head and sighing behind his back. At least the late emperor still has the opportunity to face him in person."
Opportunity to scold."
Yang Xiu looked embarrassed. It was neither right nor wrong to reply.
Jia Xu couldn't help but laugh. Yang Qi rebuked Emperor Xiaoling and Emperor Xiaohuan to his face for being equal. Emperor Xiaoling replied that he had heard of the legend that a big bird would arrive when the emperor died. Now I see him
The emperor spoke so calmly and used it to reply to Yang Xiu, which made him laugh.
Although the emperor's move seemed rude, he was also endearingly straightforward. He was different from the pedantic and hypocritical Guandong people, but somewhat similar to the rough-tempered Liangzhou people.
Of course, what satisfied him even more were the two strategies proposed by the emperor. Whether it was selecting talents and talents or practicing frugality, they all showed his determination and will to revive the Han Dynasty, and they were by no means empty words or big words.
With such ambition, it’s okay not to follow the red tape.
If you want to do extraordinary things, you must treat extraordinary people. Can following the gentle Confucian etiquette restore the great Han Dynasty?