Liu Yu arrived quickly and things were not complicated. He took a fancy to Chen Deng's ability to govern the local area and wanted to recruit him to govern Jizhou.
But the Langya Wang family rebelled, more than a thousand people were killed, and more than 90,000 people were demoted to low status. The Xuzhou scholars were frightened, and Chen Deng was worried.
Yuan Shao was defeated on both fronts and his troops were severely damaged. Everyone knew that he could not defend Xuzhou. It only depended on whether Liu Xiang wanted to go south. The Xuzhou scholars wanted to find a way out, and Chen Deng had no intention of being loyal to Yuan Benchu.
How to stabilize the mentality of these people is right in front of us.
Marriage is the first choice.
After searching around, Mi from Donghai, who had already committed himself, was the best candidate, but Mi Zhu had his own plans and did not want to be tied to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu is equivalent to a subordinate of Liu Xiang. He has a high status and a great reputation, but he is also prone to committing taboos.
After much discussion, we finally decided that the best matchmaker would be a veteran in the army.
With Liu Yu, a native of Xuzhou, as a guarantor of his reputation, with an important general in the army as matchmaker, and with the lord taking the daughter of Xuzhou as his concubine, Langya, the scholars of the East China Sea can feel at ease, and the scholars of Xuzhou in other counties can return home.
The first choice was of course Cui Yi. Anyone with eyes could see that his importance in Liu Xiang's heart was unparalleled, but he was devoted to the army and had no friendship or conversation with the local officials.
Zhao Yun, a general of the bodyguard and the prefect of Wei County, became the best choice. Because of his position, he had some friendship with Liu Yu.
So he became a matchmaker.
That's what happened.
You guys have a lot to do, Liu Xiang shook his head slightly, Xuzhou will eventually be conquered, relying on the army to stabilize the place, allocating land to the people at the bottom and building militia groups, and winning over the gentry is still behind.
The concept has not changed yet. Do you really think that without scholars, there will be no food?
He attaches great importance to the gentry because the gentry are now very powerful and are enemies, and wooing the gentry is also to divide them. This is different from the way Liu Yu and others value the gentry. They still believe that without the scholars, there is no way to govern the country, and the world will be in ruins.
The society is in dire straits and the people are in dire straits.
The fact is exactly the opposite. The people do not need so many scholars to oppress and exploit them.
If half of the scholars die, the world will be at peace; if 90% of the scholars die, maybe a prosperous age will come soon.
But you can't say this out loud, and you can't let people know your thoughts like this.
"Our army will not go south in the short term. The army will be mobilized to the west. It will not only pacify the three auxiliaries. Duke Bo'an should know that many goods cannot be sold. The war will continue and the business will become more and more sluggish. In the next few years, goods will
The backlog will get bigger and bigger."
"What are the general's plans?" Since he took the initiative to raise this question, based on Liu Yu's understanding of Liu Xiang, there must be a solution or a direction for his efforts.
"Although I have adjusted the structure of the workshop, I have not ordered to cut production. Hundreds of thousands of workers need to be fed, so we cannot stop. In a few years, the next generation of children will grow up, and they will not be divided into fields. The workshop still has to
Expansion must give these people a place to eat.
Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu in the south are all human beings, and I have no confidence in wiping them out in a short time. After finally building the workshops, and with so many workers and caravans, how can I bear to watch them decline? So,
We need to find a trade route before the decisive battle."
"Trade routes in the Western Regions?" Although Liu Yu sounded questioning, he had already confirmed in his heart that the purpose of the army's march westward was trade routes.
Liu Xiang nodded: "Suppress Liangzhou, open up the Hexi Corridor, reconnect with the governor of the Western Regions, and trade with the Qin Dynasty!"
Da Qin is Rome. This Qin does not refer to the Qin State. The Han Dynasty used to refer to the powerful foreign countries in the west as Da Qin.
At the time of the Western Han Dynasty, the Silk Road connected Central Asia. Merchants from Central Asia had sold Han products to Rome. There are also records of Romans coming to Chang'an. The farthest envoys of the Han Dynasty reached the Mediterranean coast, but the Han Dynasty
The caravan didn't go that far.
Of course, Liu Xiang would not be too ambitious to do it all in one step.
It's easy to pull off the eggs.
His target is the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
If you want to trade with the Western Regions, you have to take over the Western Regions Changshi Mansion.
At this time, the Western Region Changshi Mansion had not yet perished, but had lost contact with it in recent years and was blocked by the Liangzhou rebels.
It has a vast territory, starting from Dunhuang in the east and Congling in the west, including the entire territory of Xinjiang and some neighboring countries.
The government was located in the modern Lop Nur. During the Han Dynasty, it was still a lake where the Tarim River and the Cheerchen River met. The largest garrison under the rule was the Wuji Xiaowei Division, which was stationed in the modern Turpan Basin.
The Changshi Prefecture not only governs a large number of small countries such as Qiuci, Cheshi, Shule, etc. within the territory, but also controls Wusun, Dayuan, Dayuezhi and other countries outside the country.
Wusun is the area of modern Kazakhstan, Dawan is the area of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, and Da Yuezhi is the area of Pakistan.
Put down the three auxiliaries, wipe out Han Sui, Ma Teng, Guo Guo and other Liangzhou rebels, take control of the Western Region Changshi Mansion, trade with the thirty-six countries, rebuild the Silk Road step by step, revitalize Liangzhou, and provide workshops and merchants under his rule.
The team found the place where the goods were dumped.
The goal is big, the future is bright, but the road is bumpy!
Liu Yu thought it was too difficult: "The Qiang chaos in Liangzhou has lasted for more than a hundred years. How can it be so easy to pacify?"
"Bo'an Gong, actually, there was a chance to pacify Liangzhou seven years ago."
Seven years ago, in 185, Yuan Pang was in charge of Chang'an. Liu Xiang, Dong Zhuo, and Sun Jian gathered in Liangzhou. He had an army of 80,000 men who dared to fight and more than 13,000 cavalry. If he really wanted to quell the chaos, Han Sui would
How could it be blocked?
Unfortunately, the only one who really wanted to quell the rebellion at that time was Sun Jian, who was still directly under Liu Xiang. He was unable to act alone, and the court was unwilling to support military spending. In the end, he had to retreat to the third auxiliary, and half of the army was disbanded.
After two years of suppressing the rebellion, we mobilized soldiers and nearly 200,000 civilians, but failed to achieve success.
Liu Xiang couldn't help but sigh: "Liangzhou has been in turmoil for a long time. There are only two roots. There are too many Qiang people and the people of Liangzhou are too poor. Liangzhou's trade roads are filled with gold, mountains and silver seas, but it has nothing to do with the local people. Those from aristocratic families
The caravan made a lot of money, but they were not even willing to part with the soup.
Then who is willing to give them a stable place and clear out the horse thieves? It would be strange not to rob them. If this continues, it will become a vicious circle and it will be difficult to return."
"General, is there any way to solve this problem?"
"In the early days, armed merchant groups were used to open up trade routes, and settlements responsible for supply and security were set up along the roads. Later, they escorted the caravans station by station and shared the profits of the trade. Qiang people and Han people treated them equally, worked hard together, and made money together. This is only rough.
Planning and details must be based on local conditions, and adjustments must be made based on local conditions.”
These are just Liu Xiang's general ideas. There are still many details that need to be slowly added by his subordinates' resourceful people and those who are familiar with the local situation.
He shook his head: "It's still early for this matter, let's take down the third assistant first and then talk about it."
Liu Yu nodded in agreement. This time he tilted the strategic focus from east to west. He didn't know what changes would follow and whether the enemy would come over. He felt a little guilty.
"How many troops will the general bring to attack the third auxiliary?"
"Fifty-seven thousand soldiers and thirty thousand civilians, known to the outside world as an army of one hundred and fifty thousand."
Although he said this, in Liu Xiang's mind, there were more than 22,000 people in the central army, the Liao camp, the rear army, and 15,000 people in the right army. These 37,000 regular soldiers were the main force responsible for the battle.
The Bingzhou Army sent 20,000 troops and brought 30,000 civilians with them. These 50,000 people were responsible for logistics and supplies.
He had to wait for Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji, and Fan Chou, who were stationed at Zuo Fengyi, to lead a counterattack on Chang'an before sending out troops.
As for Duan Xuan stationed in Huayin and Hu Zhen's troops not far from him, these 30,000 people are actually insignificant to the overall situation.