But Liu Xie does not think that Liu Bei should be rewarded now.
In essence, he did not believe in Liu Bei's loyalty.
Liu Bei regarded himself as a royal family, but what he did was like what the royal family should do? When Tao Qian was appointed as the governor of Xuzhou, he also sent people to pay tribute and pay tribute. Liu Bei served as the governor of Xuzhou, and even lost his last dignity.
More importantly, while Zhao Yun and Guan Yu wrote to him one after another, advising him to surrender to the court, he remained indifferent and did not even have a single letter. It is conceivable how much the court still has in his heart.
In this case, why did the court take the initiative to give him a title?
It was because he defeated Yuan Shao's general Chunyu Qiong under Yuan Shu's wise leadership?
He did not fight for the court, but for himself.
Liu Xie threw Yuan Shu's letter of victory aside. "Yuan Shao moved his troops to Xuzhou, and the outcome is still unknown. It is not too late to reward him when the dust is settled."
"Your Majesty, if Liu Bei is defeated, it will be very unfavorable to the court."
Liu Xie smiled. "When Liu Bei wins, it will be beneficial to the court? Go ahead, if Liu Bei, or Cao Cao, Sun Ce defeats Yuan Shao and takes Shandong all, will it be a blessing for the court?"
Jia Xu's eyes flashed slightly. "With that being said, it's always good that Liu Bei can hold on for a while."
"How long can Liu Bei last? It is not in the court, but in himself." Liu Xie said lightly: "Just whether the great man can revive, it is not in who can take all Shandong, but in whether the court can rebirth in the ashes."
Jia Xu blinked his eyes, as if he was a little puzzled. However, he didn't ask. Even if he didn't understand what the Phoenix Nirvana meant, he could still understand it when he was reborn from the fire.
The great man is the virtue of fire, and rebirth of fire is naturally the meaning of fire virtue of fire.
Seeing Jia Xu’s doubts, Liu Xie also reacted. The word Nirvana comes from Buddhism, and the Phoenix Nirvana is an allusion created by Guo Moruo, and Jia Xu may not know it.
But if Jia Xu didn't ask, he wouldn't explain, let Jia Xu think about it himself.
"Your Majesty has chosen a more difficult road." Jia Xu said meaningfully.
"There is no way to go." Liu Xie said. "The infinite scenery is on the dangerous peaks."
This is not his show-off, but his true experience. Whether it is governing the country or being a human being, if you want to take shortcuts, you will end up losing money. Only by laying your head, persevering in hard work, and overcoming one difficulty after another can you see the light in the end
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If we easily compromise with the princes who ruled the prefectures and counties, even the Han Dynasty would be a replica of Emperor Guangwu. It may be meaningful to others, but meaningless to him.
He made such a statement to Jia Xu, and hoped that Jia Xu would recognize this point, not be too paranormal, and put the rise of Liangzhou above the revival of the Han Dynasty, and put the cart before the horse.
The big clans in Shandong are the problem, while the big clans in Liangzhou are also the problem.
Jia Xu is a smart person. Even if he has different opinions, he will not debate with Liu Xie in person.
Such things cannot be solved by debate, and only practice can prove the authenticity.
The two tacitly changed the subject and talked about what happened recently.
As the troops from various counties gathered one after another, the Qiang tribes in the nearby river valley also came to hear the news. Some came to find out what the Han emperor wanted to do to mobilize troops and whether they would attack them. Some were purely
I am here to do business, sell the hoarded mountain goods, buy some daily necessities, and prepare for the winter.
At any time, transactions always exist.
Jia Xu felt that this was a good opportunity to understand Huangzhong Road. He suggested that Liu Xie not only contacted the leaders of various tribes, but also had the opportunity to go to the market.
This is also a good opportunity to show the new court policy to the Qiang people. Those tribal leaders are selfish and will never tell the people in the tribe that are not good for them. Merchants are different. They are natural when they travel around the world.
The messenger will spread the favorable policies of the court to every ordinary person.
Liu Xie accepted it happily and immediately invited Jia Xu to travel with him.
The king and his minister were chatting and laughing, and they went out with their tents side by side. Yuan Shu's documents on the victory were casually thrown on the table.
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The market was very lively, with all kinds of people mixed together, some bargaining, some wandering around. Some brought servants, carrying large bags and small bags, and some returned with full loads, some looked at the goods they liked and held thin purses.
Hesitated.
Liu Xie, dressed in casual clothes, squatted in front of the stall on the side of the road, picked up a comb made of exquisite horns and played with it. "How much does this cost?"
The wrinkled vendor smiled, stretched out his hand, spread his five fingers, and shook it in front of Liu Xie.
"Five cents?" Liu Xie took off the purse at his waist and poured out five Wuzhu coins from it. A small golden cake rolled out and fell to the ground, shining by the sunlight.
Liu Xie picked up the golden cake and put it back into the purse. The purse was prepared by Xun Wenqian. He only knew that it was heavy and that it should be a lot of money, but he didn't know that there was a golden cake inside.
The vendor didn't speak, just shook his hand.
"Fifty?" Liu Xie looked at the vendor in confusion. Seeing that the vendor was not talking, he asked tentatively again. "Five hundred?"
The vendor nodded, and the wrinkles on his face were almost laughing.
Liu Xie smacked his lips and thought that although the five hundred coins were a bit expensive, the comb of the horns was indeed beautiful and wanted to take them back to Xun Wenqian. He put the Wuzhu coins back and prepared to pay the bill with a small golden cake. The Wuzhu coins were only twenty or thirty.
, obviously not enough.
"You haven't bought anything, have you?" A girl next to her glanced at Liu Xie with a look of sympathy.
Liu Xie turned to look at the girl, then looked at the cow horn comb in his hand. "This?"
The girl raised two fingers, picked up a five-zhu coin from Liu Xie's purse and threw it to the vendor. "It's just that much, will it be sold?"
"Sell, sell." The vendor responded hurriedly, picked up a bone hairpin from the stall and sent it over. "This one doesn't cost money, I'll give it."
Liu Xie was stunned and glared at the vendor fiercely.
You are so cruel to kill my surrender.
The vendor smiled innocently, raised the Wuzhu coins, looked at the sunshine, and carefully put them in his arms.
"Thank you." Liu Xie handed over the bone hairpin. "If you don't dislike it, this will be regarded as a thank you."
"This is not possible." The girl glared at Liu Xie. "Who came from other places?"
“What’s the point?”
"Sending women's jewelry is a sign of proposing marriage." Jia Xu, who had been standing aside, said slowly.
Liu Xie suddenly realized and quickly took back the bone hairpin. "Sorry, sorry."
"It's nothing, no wonder those who don't know." The girl said: "I just can't stand these people bullying people from other places, making people think that we Liangzhou people are not kind. The emperor inspects Liangzhou and if the emperor knows, he will leave bad things.
Isn’t it misunderstood?”
Jia Xu's eyes flashed and he said, "Where are you from? It doesn't sound like a local one."
"I am from Hanyang." The girl smiled slightly. "The general of Zhenxi summoned the county soldiers to quell the rebellion. I came to conquer the female knight."
"Are you good at it?" Liu Xie looked up and down at the girl.
"I'm just as good as I can." The girl raised her hand and taped her plump and smooth forehead with a bright look in her eyes. "But I like reading, wanting to do my part for Liangzhou, and wanting to do my best for the great man."
Liu Xie smiled and said, "So he is from Hanyang. Is his surname Zhao or Jiang?"
"Why do you have to be the surname Zhao? Hanyang has outstanding people and great places, not only four surnames." The girl curled her lips. "My surname is Wang."