"Wen He, are you...something wrong?" Wang Yu was surprised.
It was very rare for Jia Xu to show up on his own initiative. Usually this would happen only when something big happened. But Wang Yu couldn't think of anything big happening recently.
At present, only Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo's movements can have a significant impact on Qingzhou, but the timing does not match up. Sun Ce launched a rapid attack and advanced troops quickly. This was because he had few soldiers and Zhou Yu helped him defraud people of money and food.
Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo are much more powerful. It is not easy to mobilize troops and change the previous deployment.
"Well," Jia Xu nodded in acquiescence and suddenly asked: "My lord, we have discussed politics today, and troop deployment and personnel issues will also be put on the agenda, right?"
"Oh." Wang Yu responded subconsciously, then felt a little strange and asked: "Why are you suddenly interested in this matter? Could it be that your Jia family has another talent that you want to recommend to me?"
"How can this happen?" Jia Xu shook his head as if he was playing a drum, "Those younger generations in the family are either stuck in the old ways and completely ignorant; they are also the kind who are lazy and wait to die. My lord, you must be watching.
It’s not eye-catching.”
As he spoke, a trace of enthusiasm suddenly flashed in his eyes. He looked at Wang Yu and said eagerly: "The niece in the eldest brother's family is not bad, she is round and pretty, and she is quite beautiful. If the master does not give up, we might as well get married.
.”
"...Let's forget it." Wang Yu sweated profusely.
"My lord doesn't like fat people? Tsk, this is really..." Jia Xu sighed regretfully, and then said reluctantly: "Actually, Xu also has a niece, although she is far away from the Pianpian who danced on Zhao Feiyan's palm back then.
The state of things is still a little bad. But..."
Either they are extremely fat, or they are extremely thin. Why are these women in the Jia family so weird?
Wang Yu didn't dare to let him continue selling, so why did he interrupt: "Okay. Okay, let me tell you, Wen He, why are you here? Isn't it just for matchmaking?"
"That's not true, but this matter is actually... well, let's not talk about it, in fact, Xu has something very important to remind the lord." Jia Xu's mood changed very quickly, from joking to being serious in an instant.
Done.
"Tell me." Wang Yu was a little unsure about what Jia Xu was going to do.
Based on his understanding of Jia Xu, this old fox rarely deliberately makes jokes. When he does, it usually means that the next topic will be serious, so serious that he must liven up the atmosphere before talking.
"It's about hidden dangers in the army. There are some things that my lord must not ignore." Wang Yu guessed right, and Jia Xu's first words after he looked serious shocked him.
"What's so serious?" Wang Yu was surprised. The old fox would make fun of himself. But he would never make fun of military affairs. He said there were hidden dangers, so he shouldn't lie.
"Hey," Jia Xu hesitated for a moment, then frowned and said, "With your shrewdness, my lord, you should have discovered something when discussing politics."
"During the discussion? What's the problem?" Wang Yu looked confused. During the discussion, he was busy thinking about the Department of Commerce and the Eastern Expedition, and didn't think there was anything unusual.
"Alas!" Jia Xu sighed deeply. Looking at his posture, he seemed to have made a very difficult decision.
I just heard him say in a deep tone: "My lord now controls the two states of Qing and Ji. He has famous generals like clouds, advisers like rain, and his power is the highest among all heroes. There is no threat from the outside for now. Isn't it time to clean things up internally?"
"Purge the interior?" Wang Yu became more and more surprised as he listened. When he heard the last sentence, his eyes widened and he stumbled a little: "Where did you start talking about this?"
Jia Xu's face was so painful that he almost cried out of water.
Internal purges are usually something that the monarch takes action on his own initiative and his ministers take the initiative to make suggestions. No matter how things turn out in the end, the bad reputation is considered settled.
If it were in the past, Jia Xu would never remind Wang Yu of such a thing, but now he has a vague intention of competing with Guo Jia, so he has no choice but to do things reluctantly.
The fat man grimaced and said earnestly: "It cannot be said to be a purge. It is to balance the power of various factions. We cannot allow one family to dominate, nor allow some vicious competition to exist. This is the so-called balance of power, Yuan Shao
This is a lesson learned from the past. If we don’t do this well, there will be big problems in the future.”
"Wait..." Wang Yu was confused and had to stop first: "Wen He, you said factions, are there factions within our army?"
Jia Xu looked at Wang Yu with a very strange expression. After a long while, he was sure that the latter was not pretending to be stupid, but really didn't understand. He shook his head and said: "My lord, you see other people are very smart, why are you so smart about your own affairs?"
Are you confused? Isn’t it just to balance the power that you established the separation of military and political affairs?”
"But, you said faction..."
"You really didn't notice? It doesn't matter, if the evildoer will go to the end, just name a few names..." Before talking about the topic, Jia Xu still did not forget to solemnly warn: "Lord, we have agreed, in private,
I will tell you everything I know, but I am not Guo Fengxiao, and I don’t want to be a lonely minister. You can’t sell me out afterwards.”
Wang Yu nodded, feeling quite dumbfounded. The old fox was very good, but the only drawback was that he cared too much about himself and had no sense of responsibility at all.
Jia Xu said in a hoarse voice: "Have you noticed that there is some problem between Guo Zini and Wang Shuzhi?"
Guoyuan and Wang Xiu? Wang Yu was slightly startled, but when he thought about it carefully, he really found that these two people were somewhat in the same spirit. Wang Yu originally left the previous currency issue to Wang Xiu.
In the end, it was Guoyuan who proposed it. Obviously, the two people had communicated in advance.
"Isn't this nothing?" Wang Yu thought for a while and felt that Jia Xu was making a fuss. These two people are both good at learning and both are practical people. Not to mention just getting closer, even if something really happened, it wouldn't be surprising.
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"Of course it's no problem just for the two of them." Jia Xu stamped his feet, as if he hated iron for not being able to make steel: "In fact, the two of them are already the leaders of the Qingzhou faction, and many staff look up to them as leaders.
, If it weren’t for the fact that several generals in our army are not from Qingzhou, they would have become the largest faction in the army by taking advantage of the convenient location."
"Ha..." Wang Yu looked at Jia Xu blankly, as if listening to fantasy: "There is nothing wrong in the army. Is there no problem?"
"How can there be no problem? My lord, there is something wrong with your previous arrangements."
Seeing that he still didn't understand, Jia Xu became a little anxious: "You asked Gongming and Xu He to go to Yanzhou together. This matter itself is worthy of discussion. Yes, you plan to let Xu He recruit the old Yellow Turban troops and let Gongming expand his military strength on the spot.
.But you have ignored that Gongming himself is already the leader of the Yellow Turban faction. By asking him to partner with Xu He, isn't this a deliberate attempt to expand his power?"
Jia Xu said sadly: "Although the two of them are separate in culture and martial arts, they belong to the same faction. In the process of conquering Yanzhou, their strength will be further expanded, which is very dangerous."
Wang Yu was dumbfounded: "It's not that serious, right? Gong Ming is a man of justice, and Xu He is not an ungrateful person. How could he betray me for no reason?"
"My lord, why haven't you understood yet? The danger of a faction expanding in strength does not lie in whether they will betray, the key is whether they can maintain a balance. Why did Yuan Shao fail? It was simply that he suppressed the Jizhou faction too much and was too laissez-faire towards the direct lineage.
, causing constant internal strife, and the strength was seriously lost in the internal friction."
Jia Xu first gave a negative example, and then a positive one: "Look at Cao Cao, he controls it very well. Within Cao's army, there are several factions such as Yingchuan faction, Yanzhou faction, relatives faction, and foreign military generals. They all interact with each other.
The checks and balances and the clear distinction between them ensured that Cao Cao's authority was unshakable and that he could command the army and the shogunate with ease."
"You openly wooed Cheng Yu a few days ago and secretly asked him to deliver information to Guo Jia, but he politely refused. In Cao Cao's army, Guo Jia came from behind and seriously threatened Cheng Yu's status. Why didn't this person do anything?
Moved? You must know that even if Yuan Hao is upright and has abandoned Yuan Lai, Cheng Zhongde is not a noble person and is very passionate about fame and wealth, so how can he be so loyal? "
Wang Yu thought about it carefully and guessed what Jia Xu meant: "You mean, because he has the support of the faction behind him, he will not be dissatisfied or shaken by Guo Jia who came from behind?"
Wang Yu understood what Jia Xu meant. Cao Jun's factions have always maintained a balance. Although Guo Jia came from behind, he acted as a solitary minister and did not pose a fatal threat to the Yanzhou faction behind Cheng Yu. On the contrary, it was divided.
The strength of the Yingchuan faction. Therefore, although Cheng Yu was unhappy, his small mood was not to the extent that it would affect his loyalty or cause trouble for Guo Jia behind his back.
On the other hand, Yuan Shao's side, the two major factions are fighting each other. You slapped me on the back and sent me to be cannon fodder, but I was passive and sabotaged, and even sold myself to the enemy. If it hadn't been like this, no matter how brave Wang Yu was, he wouldn't have been able to lift the rebellion in one go.
Turned over Yuan Shao.
"Now among our army, the Qingzhou faction only has civil servants, but it has very little influence on the army. Although Wen Ze is half Qingzhou, he is an upright man and wants to be a lonely minister. Ziyi's young faction has great potential.
But they only have influence in the army, which is exactly the opposite of the Qingzhou faction. In Jizhou, although there are people like Shen Gongnan in the civil service and Zhang Junyi and other surrendered ministers in the military, these people are very sensible and stick to their duties without going beyond.
It can’t be said to have much influence. As for the Nanyang Jingxiang faction that has not yet taken shape, we can’t even expect it.”
After a long discussion, Jia Xu concluded in a sincere tone: "In other words, among our army, the Yellow Turban faction has the greatest advantage. With the current situation, its advantage will not be shaken much in the foreseeable time.
If we don’t respond as soon as possible now, sooner or later we will be in trouble.”
Wang Yu really had never thought about the issues Jia Xu mentioned, but he knew that what the other party said was very reasonable.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Maybe even the people involved did not notice this kind of clique-making behavior. The origin of Xu Huang and the Yellow Turban undoubtedly originated from Wang Yu's appointment; the sworn sworn relationship of Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci, and Xu Shu,
It started with a misunderstanding.
The parties involved were unintentional, and Wang Yu didn't care about these details. The seeds of the faction were sown, and after the first expansion, it aroused Jia Xu's concern.
Wang Yu thought for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and asked: "At least in three to five years, there won't be any problems, right?"
"If you are a fair person, there shouldn't be any problems. In fact, this means to prepare for a rainy day. It is better to take balanced measures at the beginning than to lose too much in the future."
Wang Yu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Then there is nothing to worry about."
"But……"
Wang Yu answered Jia Xu's doubts with a relaxed smile: "Wen He, you and I may not be able to imagine the era that is about to come. Just let him do whatever he wants with power tactics, factions, etc., and wait until conflicts arise.
, I have my own way to deal with it, don’t worry.” (To be continued…)