"But." Liu Zhang said again, and the eunuch's heart suddenly lifted.
"Our army will attack the Qiang intruders. All foreign enemies must be given priority. The Cao thieves must first eliminate the misunderstanding and hand over Dengcheng, Anzhong, Anle and other cities to our army for garrison. In addition, the five thousand soldiers and horses in Wancheng are
This is Cao Cao's unjust gain. None of Wancheng's soldiers and horses are willing to surrender to Cao Cao. This is clear from the surrender of the 20,000 Wancheng soldiers in Tieshan, so Cao Cao must hand over these five thousand soldiers and horses to me."
"This..." The eunuch was in a dilemma. This eunuch was carefully selected by Xun Yu. He had some knowledge. He knew the location of Dengcheng, Anzhong'anle and other cities. These cities were connected with Danshui, Qishui and the mountains south of Qingni Pass.
If it is defended, it will be another barrier. Together with the troops stationed in Fancheng, it can keep Xiangyang stable.
The most important thing is not the cities themselves. Cutting off territory is a great insult. I am afraid that this move will discredit Cao Cao, not to mention the sacrifice of five thousand soldiers. Those five thousand soldiers are not ordinary soldiers. They are Zhang Cao's.
Embroidered soldiers.
Not long after Zhang Xiugang surrendered, Cao Cao sacrificed his soldiers to others. I am afraid Liu Zhang did not want these five thousand soldiers, but wanted to make Cao Cao lose his prestige in the army. He could not even keep the soldiers who surrendered to him. Can he still be relied on?
?If you deal with the surrendered soldiers at will, who else will surrender to Cao Cao in the future?
But now the situation is stronger than before, and the eunuch has no choice. Xun Yu granted him full power to deal with the situation. The eunuch thought carefully that as long as Liu Zhang did not make an expedition to the north, five thousand soldiers and a few small cities would be harmless.
As for Cao Cao's prestige and reputation, if Liu Zhang invades the north and Cao's army is destroyed, what prestige and reputation will he have?
"Uncle Huang doesn't have any other conditions, does he?" the eunuch said cautiously.
........."Master, should you go and see Cao Xian first?"
"What to do with a woman? I want to see the strong and fast general you mentioned first."
Huang Yueying and Liu Zhang walked into the prison. Huang Yueying said as they walked: "That woman is not a simple woman. Although she has a little temperament, she is very powerful in arranging troops. Now that she is young, she is also the master."
Being able to use female generals will definitely be a great help if my lord gets married in the future."
"Oh?" Liu Zhang was startled, stopped and said to Huang Yueying: "You asked me to marry her, so this is what you meant?"
"My lord, forgive me."
"That's right." Liu Zhang said with a smile, "But don't worry, it's all mine anyway. The marriage has been announced and it's aborted. If Cao Cao still dares to regret it, let's go see the fast general first."
Liu Zhang was very interested in someone who could outrun a war horse. Dai Zong, the magical eunuch in the Water Margin, should be the reincarnation of this guy, right? But Dai Zong can travel four hundred miles in a day, and he can only travel eight hundred miles with a horse.
Here, this Hu chariot can travel seven hundred miles in a day. If it is tied to a horse... Liu Zhang shuddered, how can you let the red rabbit horse live?
........."Hu Che'er, are you willing to surrender?"
In the prison, because Hu Che'er was too strong, he was tied to the wall with iron chains. Every time he ate, a soldier came to feed him. Because the food was so large, the soldier's hands were sore that he had to be replaced to feed him.
Hu Che'er looked at Liu Zhang, suddenly tilted his head and snorted, "How can a loyal minister serve two masters?"
This sentence should have been impassioned, but Liu Zhang felt that it was awkward to hear it coming from Hu Che'er's mouth, as if he had just learned such a sentence somewhere and was showing off in front of him.
Liu Zhang waved his hand and the soldiers opened the cell door. Liu Zhang walked in and looked at Hu Che'er up and down. His figure was much taller than that of a powerful one. No wonder he ran so fast. He said to Hu Che'er: "Loyal minister, I don't care about the two masters. Why did you surrender?"
Is it Cao Caoo?"
"I... that's the general who wants to surrender, what does it have to do with me?"
"Then were you arrested following Cao Xian?"
Hu Che'er glared at Liu Zhang and said, "So what?"
Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Since you can follow General Zhang Xiu and surrender to Cao Cao, then you should also follow Cao Xian and surrender to me, right?"
"Bah." Hu Che'er said disdainfully: "Who are you? Cao Xian is Cao Cao's daughter. Will she seek refuge with you? You must have hit your head on a rock last night. Well, huh, that's ridiculous."
Hu Che'er shook his head from side to side and glanced at Liu Zhang from the corner of his big eyes, full of contempt.
"You're spitting shit out of your mouth, I..." He was about to step forward with a sledgehammer, but was stopped by Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang stretched out his hand to Huang Yueying, and Huang Yueying handed over a bamboo slip. Liu Zhang unfolded the bamboo slips and showed them in front of Hu Che'er. Hu Che'er's eyes widened.
"Have you seen this? This is the birth date of Cao Xian sent by Cao Cao to me. Now that he has passed away, Cao Xian not only served me, but his entire body belongs to me. As her subordinate, don't you also
Should you surrender to me?"
Hu Che'er stared at the bamboo slips with his eyes wide open, as if he could understand the words on it by widening his eyes, but Yao knew that he couldn't even read.
"Well... humph..." Hu Che'er hesitated, then hummed: "Well, that won't work. I, Hu Che'er, must vote for an unparalleled hero, one with extraordinary martial arts. You..." Hu Che'er
He looked Liu Zhang up and down and said, "With your body, if I push you, you'll fall into the pit. It's impossible."
"Sissy..." I was so furious that I couldn't stand this guy who spoke so freely. He just called his lord Cao Cao by his first name. Jingran dared to be rude to Liu Zhang. He was so powerful that I wanted to hammer Hu Che'er.
The pointed head was smashed into a deflated head.
Liu Zhang pressed down very hard and said to Hu Che'er with a smile: "Then are you sure Cao Cao can beat you?"
Hu Che'er rolled his eyes. Although he had not seen Cao Cao since his surrender, he had seen Cao Cao during his three expeditions to Wancheng and had close contact with him. After recalling it for a while, he said in frustration: "I'm afraid not."
"Then why did you vote for him?"
"Isn't this the general who voted for him?... Oh, by the way, Cao Cao is not good. General Zhang Xiu is a first-class hero. I will scare you to death if I tell you. General Zhang is known as the spear king of the North. He is worthy of his name. I am following him.
General Zhang is not following Cao Cao. Do you have any heroes more powerful than General Zhang Xiu?"
"It's awesome. It's awesome." Liu Zhang said with a smile: "The hero is right. General Zhang Xiu is indeed a first-rate hero. He can kill all the invincible opponents with his tiger-headed golden spear. He deserves the title of King of Spears in the North."
In the northwest and the Central Plains, it is true that only people like General Zhang are worthy of serving as heroes, but..."
Hu Che'er was just feeling proud of himself when he immediately glared and said, "Nothing more?"
"But our Sichuan Army has heroes who are more powerful than General Zhang Xiu."
"You fart, dare to insult General Zhang, I will fight with you..." Hu Che'er struggled, and the chains on his body rattled.
"Hero, don't be excited, don't be excited." Liu Zhang smiled and comforted Hu Che'er who was blushing: "Listen to me in detail, General Zhang Xiu is a hero from the Yao family, but he comes from the sect of the gun king Tong Yuan, right?
And General Zhang Xiu is only Tong Yuan's second disciple. Who is the eldest disciple? Do you know, good man? He is Zhang Ren, the first general of the Sichuan Army. So tell me, who is more powerful, the eldest disciple? Or the second disciple?"
Hu Che'er rolled his eyes several times and was speechless.
"Let's talk about martial arts." Liu Zhang glanced at the chains on Hu Che'er and said with a smile, "Can a good man break free?"
Hu Che'er looked at the fist-thick iron chains on his body, all tied to the wall behind him, and said angrily: "It's so thick, who can break free now?"
Liu Zhang signaled to Hao Ke, who threw away his sledgehammer, said "poof" twice in the palm of his hand, clapped his hands and stepped forward, grabbing the iron chain that bound Hu Che'er.
"Wow!" He roared so powerfully that his muscles all over his body tensed up, and the iron chain was pulled straight, making a "chirping" sound. Only a "boom" sound was heard, and the entire wall cracked, and dust flew everywhere.
The surrounding prison soldiers gathered around him, but Liu Zhang waved them away.
Hu Che'er was disdainful at first, and then surprised. When he saw a big hole opened in the wall, he was stunned and speechless. He was considered to be the strongest among the Liangzhou army back then, and he had never seen such magical power before.
I am so impressed that I am so awesome.
After Hu Che'er recovered, Huang Yueying took a step forward without leaving a trace, guarding Liu Zhang's side.
"Now that Cao Xian has returned to me, you don't have to worry about betraying the master. General Zhang Ren is a more powerful hero than General Zhang Xiu, and my personal guard is also more powerful than you. What else do you have to say?"
"Nothing to say, nothing to say." Hu Che'er bowed to Liu Zhang and said, "See you, little Hu Che'er... By the way, what is your name?" Hu Che'er raised his head and looked at Liu Zhang.
Hao Sheng kicked Hu Che'er who was kneeling on the ground and said, "You are an uneducated person when you call me lord." Hao Sheng no longer remembers when he first submitted his service, nor is he used to calling him lord.
"Yes, yes, little Hu Che'er is here to meet my lord."
......... Cao Xian was brought back to Xuchang by the eunuch. Only then did he learn that Xun Yu had made the decision on his own and betrothed her to Liu Zhang without even informing Cao Cao in Guandu.
Moreover, she is still a concubine.
Cao Xian immediately became angry.
"Xun Daru, how could you do this? I am the daughter of a dignified Han prime minister, how could I marry a butcher? And I am still a concubine. Oh, you Xun Daru can think of it. Aren't you afraid that your father will come back and blame you?
"Cao Xian yelled.
Xun Yu looked calm and handed a bamboo slip to Cao Xian. Cao Xian took it and looked at it, and was shocked.
Zhong Yao sent a letter at starry night to ask Xun Yu to marry Liu Zhang. Xun Yu had no time to ask Cao Cao for instructions. He immediately racked his brains to think of all the benefits he could think of, benefits he could give, and tricks he could use. Among them,
Contains a marriage policy that may or may not be effective.
In the long run, even if Cao Cao wins Guandu, it will take several years to annex the north. If Cao Cao and Liu Zhang get married, it will at least have a delaying effect. For this effect, and to promote Liu Zhang's withdrawal now, even if it is better than nothing, Xun
Yu also did not hesitate.
What's more, Cao Xian was too disobedient. She and her two sisters were supposed to be betrothed to Liu Xie as concubines. Not only did she escape, but she also lost 20,000 troops and allowed the big-eared thief Liu Bei to capture Chang'an. She should be punished.
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After Xun Yu gave the order of the marriage to the eunuch, he copied it to Cao Cao of Guandu. The bamboo slips in Cao Xian's hand were Cao Cao's reply. Cao Xian had already agreed with Xun Yu's approach, so Cao Xian was not surprised.
Cao Xian never expected that his father Jingran would be so cruel. In order to please his enemies, Jingran made himself a gift. The father who was an indomitable hero in the past became increasingly blurred in his eyes with tears.
Liu Zhang rushed in without blinking an eye. In Cao Xian's mind, he should have the same image as those fierce and strong men selling meat on the street.
Being a concubine, Cao Xian thought of the word "concubine" and the image of Liu Zhang, as if there was a ball of ice water in his chest, which chilled his heart.
"Since I'm back, why can't I regret my marriage? I'm not afraid that my reputation will be ruined, and I won't go to Xichuan until I die." Cao Xian grabbed the bamboo slips and cried to Xun Yu.
"Miss, please stop being willful."
Xun Yu said loudly, he usually has a good temper, but since the Battle of Guandu, he has been thinking too much and has not had a good night's sleep. Now Liu Zhang is pressing down with troops, threatening the core of Cao Cao.
Xun Yu also joined in. In order to persuade Liu Zhang to retreat, Xun Yu was already extremely irritable. At this time, Cao Xian was even making a fuss, and Xun Yu could no longer suppress his temper.
"Miss, aren't you afraid that your reputation will be ruined, and aren't you afraid that your father will lose his city and his land and die to get it? As a descendant of the Cao family, what does this sacrifice mean to you?
Do you know that Liu Zhang forced the Lord to cede territory and sacrifice his troops? Do you think he was not heartbroken?
General Le Jin died in battle at Tieshan, but we can't blame Liu Zhang for this, and we don't even dare to say a harsh word. Do you think our lord is not sad?
Do you know how Yao Xiaren will treat the Prime Minister from now on? He is a coward and a mediocre person who only accepts humiliation.
As the lord's daughter, don't you know what your father is like? Will he feel better if he suffers such humiliation? Can't you share a little bit of the lord's great cause? You still want to make a fool of yourself here, and the marriage has been announced.
Next, it was still a gift from Yaozi, can that be changed?"
After Xun Yu yelled loudly, he was breathing heavily from his nostrils and mouth. He looked at Cao Xian, tried to calm down, and bowed to Cao Xian: "Xun Yu is rude. I forgive you, but I have the responsibility to persuade Liu Zhang and the Central Plains."
The important task of harmony is, Miss, please understand Xun Yu’s difficulties.”
Cao Xian looked at Xun Yu who had worshiped him for ninety degrees. He had never seen Xun Yu yelling so fiercely, and he had never seen Xun Yu treat anyone except Cao Cao and the emperor with such respectful etiquette. He was full of emotions.
Feeling wronged and with tears welling up in his eyes, Cao Xian wiped his eyes and ran out of the lobby.
Xun Yu looked at Cao Xian's running back, looked up at the roof and sighed deeply: "Cang Yao, I, Xun Yu, also have today, unable to protect the territory, causing my lord to cede the territory to seek peace, which is humiliating.
I hide my hatred and force my lord’s daughter to marry far away. As a counselor, I, Xun Yu, deserve to die if I humiliate my minister and die.”
.........Cao Cao ceded Dengcheng to pacify the people and make Liu Zhang happy. Wancheng's five thousand soldiers and horses, together with armor and weapons, were all handed over to the Sichuan army. It was agreed that one month later, Cao Xian would marry Cao Xian and go to Xichuan.
The Sichuan Army announced to the outside world that the Qiang invaded the country and the situation was urgent. The victims of the two rivers bursting their embankments had not yet been fully resettled, and food and grass were running out. The common people were the people of the country, and they were worried about foreign barbarians, so they had no choice but to cancel the Northern Expedition.
Liu Zhang left Yan Yan and 30,000 soldiers and horses to garrison Fancheng, and also led the first-line defense of Dengcheng, Anzhong, and Anle. He led his own soldiers, Fan Lixiang's more than 10,000 soldiers, and 30,000 surrendered troops to return to Xiangyang.
In the afternoon, the sun was heading west, and the Sichuan army was crossing the Han River.
The rain was pouring, the air was gloomy, and thick dark clouds covered the entire sky, like a dark night. Occasionally, a rolling thunder and lightning struck the earth. The rain hit the grass, and the green grass dripped with water, forming small streams on the ground.
Liu Zhang stood at the head of the bridge on the north bank, holding up a huge umbrella, covering Liu Zhang, Huang Yueying, and Hu Che'er.
Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying were watching the soldiers crossing the river and were talking. Suddenly a soldier from the rear team came to report: "Report to my lord, we found a female beggar in the mud."
"Female beggar?" Liu Zhang was stunned, glanced at the thick dark clouds and the heavy rain, and said to the soldiers: "It's not easy to go out to beg for money in this heavy rain. Give me a hundred pence and tell the army later."
Just be an official."
"General Fan has already given it." The soldier reported, "But the female beggar refused to leave. She insisted on seeing the lord. General Fan barely breathed his last when he saw her. He did not dare to neglect and asked me to report to the lord."
"Lord, go and have a look." Huang Yueying said.
Liu Zhang nodded and walked to the rear led by the soldiers. Huang Yueying said to Hao Qiang and Wang Xu: "Two generals, protect the lord, he may be an assassin."
"yes."
Huang Yueying really couldn't imagine how a female beggar would come looking for Liu Zhang in this heavy rain. Liu Zhang had been assassinated many times. He could encounter assassins anywhere, so Huang Yueying had to worry.
"Good general, are you still studying martial arts with Xiao Fu now?"
"It's o."
"Be careful. You are born with supernatural power, but your moves are not flexible. If you encounter a master like Qu Lingchen, you will easily suffer losses. It will be a small matter if you die. My lord must not make any mistakes."
Huang Yueying and Hao Sheng said while walking, Hao Sheng thought for a while, the last time he was assassinated in the tent, although Liu Zhang's life would not have been affected even if Huang Yueying was not there, but that was under a prepared situation, and Qu Lingchen did not do it at all.
He planned to assassinate Liu Zhang.
And if it was like last time in the mountains and forests, if it hadn't been for Xiao Furong's white jade sword, Liu Zhang might have been assassinated. It was so terrible that when I thought of this, I felt scared for a while.
Huang Yueying took out a paper book, handed it to Hao Shengli and said: "Master once taught me the hammering technique. I have written it all down a few days ago. You can take it back and practice accordingly."
It's so awesome. Hu Che'er took it and said excitedly: "What about me, military advisor? What about me, I want it too."
Huang Yueying said coldly: "Those are double hammers, a single hammer and an iron whip (Hu Che'er used a thick iron chain and a single hammer), there is no writing."
Hu Che'er was extremely frustrated. He opened it and looked at the graphics on it. He glanced at Huang Yueying in surprise: "This girl has even learned to hammer?"
Finally arriving at the place where the female beggar was, Aguda was also called over by Fan Lixiang. Liu Zhang took a closer look and saw that the female beggar had a pale face, disheveled hair, and was wearing a nun's clothes, all wet and clinging to her body, showing off her arrogance.
He has a perfect figure, but his body is so weak that he seems to be about to die. His breathing is deep and slow, with more air coming out and less air coming in.
Aguda took off the beggar's shoes and was applying medicine to her. The light lotus feet were covered with broken blood blisters and were devastated. Their skin was peeled off by the rain. It was terrible. He didn't know how far the beggar had run.
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"Tell him to be sent to a nearby city to recuperate." Liu Zhang couldn't bear to say.
"No, no." When the female beggar saw Liu Zhang arriving, her eyes showed a hint of joy. When she heard that she was about to be sent away, she waved her hands quickly: "Uncle Liu Huang, I have been waiting for you. I...I am..." The woman tried to open her eyes.
He closed his eyes, spoke intermittently, and with difficulty took out a bracelet from the clothes that clung to his body.
Liu Zhang saw that the bracelet was exquisitely made and exquisitely carved, with white patterns on it. It seemed to be very expensive, but he didn't know what the woman meant. However, Huang Yueying next to him looked shocked: "Phoenix pattern bracelet? Are you..." Huang Yueying looked at it.
He glanced at Liu Zhang and gave him a look.
Liu Zhang saw Huang Yueying's serious expression and immediately shouted away everyone, leaving only Fan Lixiang.
"Are you sent by the Queen?" Huang Yueying asked, Liu Zhang and others were also surprised.
The woman shook her head: "No, I am... the queen, Fu Shou." The woman said the two words with difficulty, and Liu Zhang was even more surprised.
It turned out that Fu Shou had planned to take advantage of the poisonous monk to enter the Dharma assembly, and when Liu Xie stumbled and fell, diverting the attention of the ministers, he handed the secret edict to the nuns and took them out of the temple. However, he discovered that the temporary nuns had to order the nuns once every night.
There is no way to leave Beijing.
Fu Shou gritted his teeth for the last time. Since he was sitting in meditation in front of the Buddha anyway, he simply let the nun pretend to be himself and left the capital. The Dharma Conference would end tomorrow morning, so Fu Shou couldn't waste too much time.
"I am Liu Zhang, the shepherd of Yizhou. I wonder what the Queen's purpose is?" Liu Zhang bowed to Fu Shou. Fu Shou shook his head and took out a black imperial edict and handed it to Liu Zhang. Wang Xu took it.
Fu Shou suddenly burst into tears and struggled to kneel down in front of Liu Zhang, "Uncle Emperor, please save your nephew, save the country of the Han Dynasty, and save the Liu family's 400-year-old legacy."
"Queen, you have a noble status, get up quickly." Liu Zhang wanted to help Fu Shou, but did not move Fu Shou's shoulders. Fu Shou cried: "Uncle Liu Huang, Your Majesty, he is trapped in the palace. The thief Cao has been ordered by the emperor to put him under house arrest.
Your Majesty, you corrupted Gang Chang and your Majesty's life was worse than death. The last time you helped Dong Chengguo's brother-in-law to do justice, he was defeated and executed. Concubine Dong Guifei was also hanged to death by Cao's thieves.
The traitor Cao rebelled and usurped the Han Dynasty, but Yao was not allowed to do so. Now that the Han Dynasty has died, only the emperor's uncle is the close relative of the Liu family and holds a powerful army. His Majesty prays day and night that the emperor's uncle can put the country as the most important thing, send troops to fight against the rebellion, and save the emperor's empire from danger.
If so, Your Majesty and I would like to express our gratitude to the Emperor..."
Fu Shou said and bowed down. Liu Zhang hurriedly asked Huang Yueying to pull her up. Fu Shou's body was swaying, and his hair was stuck to his snow-white face. A bolt of lightning struck and the white light shone like a female ghost who died unjustly.
Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel sad for four hundred years. During the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu killed the snake and revolted, Wenjing ruled the country, and the Han Dynasty expanded its territory. He didn't expect that it would be like this now, with the dignified young son under house arrest and the dignified queen.
Kneel down to yourself.
Fushou didn't have time, so he declined Liu Zhang's offer to call for medical treatment. After Aguda finished applying the medicine, he staggered away and stepped into the rain, his thin figure slowly disappearing into the white mist in the rain.
Liu Zhang looked at Fu Shou's back and sighed, slowly unfolding the imperial edict in his hand, his eyes full of blood.
"I heard that in the great relationship, father and son come first; in the difference between respect and inferiority, the king and his ministers are the most important. Those who are close to the powerful ministers and thieves come from the pavilion gate and talk about the rank of assistants. They are really guilty of deceiving others. They connect the party members and corrupt the government.
The rewards and punishments issued by the imperial edict are all not my intention. I worry about it all night long, fearing that I will be in danger soon.
You are the pillar of the Han Dynasty, my royal relative, supporting the land of Jingyi, and carrying more than 300,000 soldiers. I remember the difficulties of the emperor in starting a business, and gathered loyal and righteous martyrs to wipe out the radical parties, restore peace to the country, and eradicate violence.
Yu Weimeng, my ancestors are very lucky.
When I closed the toilet in the district, I was so panic-stricken that I wrote an edict to Qing. My nephew cried and bowed to me. Don't let me be in trouble!
The edict was issued in the summer and July of the fifth year of Jian'an."
Liu Zhang slowly read the imperial edict, looked up at the dark sky, and sighed.
Huang Yueying came over: "What are you thinking, my lord? Does your lord regret changing your will for the Northern Expedition?"
Liu Zhang shook his head: "I just sympathize and sympathize with the Han Dynasty. The great Han Dynasty has fallen here. Looking at this edict, it is like seeing my nephew who was so nervous at night that his fingers were broken and the edict was bloody. Yaozi o,
A baby in the palm of your hand is as thin as dust."
Huang Yueying was silent for a while and said: "The reason why the Han Dynasty is here today is due to the accumulation of accumulated troubles and the failure of three generations of emperors. The Lord is the emperor's uncle of the Han Dynasty. He should act as Emperor Guangwu and revitalize the Han Dynasty. The shame of the Han Dynasty today will be repaid to Cao Cao's thieves ten times.
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"Today the disgrace of the Han Dynasty will be repaid to the traitor Cao ten times today." Liu Zhang read a sentence, squeezed the imperial edict tightly, and crumpled it into a ball. It was not for the emperor Liu Xie, but for the collapse of the country and the death of the people.
This further strengthened Liu Zhang's determination to re-establish the Han Dynasty.
......... It was already midnight when Liu Zhang returned to Xiangyang, and he asked Wang Xu to pass the order and take note of all the civil and military personnel of the Sichuan Army tomorrow. By then, the vassal officials would be in charge, which also indicated that the Battle of Jingzhou was completely over.
After running around all day, Liu Zhang was a little sleepy and was about to undress and fall asleep when Huang Yueying opened the door and walked in.
Liu Zhang only wore thin clothes, but it felt very natural. If Huang Yueying was a beauty, or if she was average-looking, Liu Zhang would definitely wear good clothes. However, Liu Zhang could not treat Huang Yueying as a woman.
When Huang Yueying saw Liu Zhang coming in, he had no intention of dressing up at all. She was very dissatisfied. She cursed "the guy who judges things by appearance" and sat beside Liu Zhang's bed.
"Yueying, it's so late, what's wrong?" Liu Zhang wrapped himself in a quilt, used pillows to prop up his upper body, and leaned against the wall comfortably.
Huang Yueying clapped her hands, and two sergeants came in carrying a basket and placed it in front of the couch. Inside were either bamboo slips or books.
After the two sergeants went out, Huang Yueying picked up the heavy basket and dumped all the bamboo slips and books inside on Liu Zhang's couch. Liu Zhang looked at the formation and knew that he would not be able to sleep tonight.
"Lord, here are some articles I wrote in Huangjiawan, and some were written after joining the Sichuan Army. They are mainly about internal affairs. I think I should be better at internal affairs. I am not good at military diplomacy. What my lord and the Sichuan Army lack most is internal affairs.
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Yueying has a point of view: if you make your body with iron, you will not be afraid of thousands of arrows piercing your heart. To do anything, you must strengthen yourself. If you always plot against others and want to defeat the strong with the weak, your calculations are likely to go wrong, and you will be doomed in the end. "
Liu Zhang was sweating in his heart. In two battles, he destroyed 50,000 Cao's troops and killed General Yue Jin. Huang Yueying's reputation had already faded. Jingran also said that he was not good at military affairs and easily persuaded Huang Zu to win over tens of thousands of soldiers and soldiers.
Surrender, not good at diplomacy.
How good is Huang Yueying in internal affairs?
Liu Zhang picked up a book, which was full of words written with pens. They were compact and beautiful. They were written one by one, almost in every corner. It is said that Zhuge Liang was very hands-on in everything, but Huang Yueying was meticulous.
Huang Yueying said: "My lord, now that I am dead, my lord has taken advantage of the two states of Jing and Yi. As long as our internal affairs rise rapidly, we have nothing to fear even if the north is unified."
Under the Lord's rule, the biggest problems today are none other than three aspects: people's support, recruitment of talents, and money and food.
The first is the hearts of the people. Whether it is Jingzhou or Yizhou, the hearts of the people are generally towards the lord, but the hearts of the clans are seriously deviated from it, and it is the clans that have absolute power.
If things continue like this and the family is in chaos, you don't have to expect the people to help you. They don't have the ability. To put it bluntly, they don't have the consciousness either.
The second is to recruit talents. The lord has a strong foundation in Yizhou. Even if there are incidents in Jiangzhou and Hanzhong, there is no shortage of officials. However, there is a serious shortage of officials in Jingzhou. Many officials have multiple positions at one time. In some remote places, there are no officials to send at all.
, can only be controlled by county officials, and the rule is completely abolished.
And I dare to say boldly that few local officials in Jingzhou are sincerely loyal to the lord. Most of the officials come from aristocratic families, and it is difficult for those from aristocratic families to be truly loyal and loyal to the lord. Those who do so are crooked people with poor conduct.
Duan generation.
The most critical thing is that we have no reserve force of officials.
The third is money and grain. Both Yizhou and Jingzhou are suitable for growing grain. However, Jingzhou encountered great disasters and supported our army in the east and west expeditions. The grain and grass were exhausted and the people were starved of food.
The people are the most realistic. Maybe they support the lord now, but if they continue to have enough to eat, they will definitely complain and even be incited to rebel.
Solving the problem of feeding the people is the first priority, and the second is to collect grain in preparation for our conquest of Liangzhou in the future. This requires a large amount of grain, as well as a large number of grain-producing areas and grain-growing farmers to achieve this.
In response to these three points, I suggest three strategies to the Lord.
Let’s talk about money and food first. Money and food are the basis for conquest and stable rule. To obtain money and food, we must rely on commerce and planting. When the lord develops business, there is no need to worry about money, but business itself is based on surplus items. If there is no surplus,
Goods and commerce will not thrive. Let alone if you don’t even have enough to eat, even if there are goods, who can buy them?
So the most fundamental thing is food. Food output comes from three points: farmers, acres, and the number of acres of output. The first is farmers. There was no loss at the entrance to Yizhou, but there were too many casualties in Jingzhou, and the number of farmers was seriously insufficient. My suggestion is
, attracting foreigners to farm.
It is impossible to increase the number of Han people in Jingyi and Yizhou quickly, but they can introduce foreign people into the country. The lord will grant a reward tomorrow. Please generously reward the Wuxi barbarians with farmland. Rewarding land is a great honor. The barbarians also admire Han culture, so it is inevitable.
I'm glad that if my lord gives me some support, the Wuxi barbarians will be able to move out in large numbers.
This method is also suitable for the barbarians from the south and the Qiang from the west. Those people live in poverty and have no food to eat in times of disaster, so they can only take risks and rob the Han people. If the lord is willing to accept them and provide relief, they will come.
In addition, in the Land of the Third Auxiliary, due to Liu Bei's entry, the various armies lost the cohesion of Zhong Yao and started war again. The lord should use Hanzhong and Shangyong to absorb a large number of refugees from the Third Auxiliary. All of them can be turned into farmers and soldiers.
The second is acres of land. Whether it is Jingzhou or Yizhou, there are large areas of empty land. As long as there are more farmers, both barbarians and refugees, they can burn forests and clear up wasteland. In the past, because the eastern part of Yizhou bordered Jingzhou, there were frequent frictions.
Therefore, if it is abandoned, the lord should vigorously farm in the east. If there is enough food output there, Jingzhou can be supported at any time.
The third is the amount of output per acre. I often go to the farmland and talk to many farmers. I ask farmers who have harvested their harvests about their experiences and farmers who have failed to harvest the reasons. I find that there are many disadvantages in farming now, such as intensive planting, vegetables and rice that are not harvested after harvest.
Farming, etc., all need to be supervised by the government. I have already written them in the regulations.
In addition, I also drew all the new waterwheels, water pumps, push harrows, and new plows that I invented in the booklet. I think that when these things are used, they should be helpful in opening fields, raising fields, and storing water.
In addition, Yueying also suggested that the lord set up a cattle farm in each Tingxiang.
Oxen farming has been going on for more than two hundred years, but not every household has an ox. Many places still work hard, which greatly affects efficiency. The government should try to let every farmer have an ox for plowing. This will not only increase the output, but also
It can unite people's hearts.
As long as there is enough food and the people can have enough to eat, their creativity will naturally be unleashed. With the support of the lord, business will flourish, and there is no need to worry about money."
Huang Yueying said, picked up Liu Zhang's tea on the table and took a sip. Liu Zhang looked at the woman in front of him strangely. He didn't understand why this woman could hold so many things in her head, and the things she held were the things that celebrities of this era despised.
, and when he said it, it was as if he was just talking.
Huang Yueying put down the teacup and continued: "What I mentioned above is money and food. Let's talk about talents. I told the lord that we can't count on the talents of the family. Most of the truly loyal officials of the family will not surrender to the lord. They will do so crookedly.
I can only make do with it.
However, talents are almost all concentrated in wealthy and aristocratic families. Even if there are talents from poor families and common people, they are almost inextricably related to the aristocratic families. Where can we find talents?
Talents cannot be found. What I suggest to the lord is to create talents. However, it is impossible to run a wide range of schools. We don’t have the money, food, or time.
I think we can teach those poor and common people who have some knowledge, some popularity, some wit, and some ambition, as long as they want to satisfy the same needs, teach them to read, teach them to handle official documents and government affairs, just teach them these two things, and they will be just fine.
A talented person.
In fact, the so-called management of government affairs cannot be managed by those who have read the Four Books and Five Classics. Even if a group of peasants revolt, they can still manage it if they can sit down and sit down.
In the past, the ministers of the Han Dynasty could still manage the affairs of the court in an orderly manner even if they were replaced by a group of staff from Cao Cao's house. But if they were replaced by a group of lower-level officials, I think as long as they are familiar with the rules, they can still sit in the court, even better than those who are lazy.
An arrogant minister is more efficient and incorruptible.
And the most important thing is that by doing this, we will have a group of officials of our own. This group of officials will be loyal to the lord no matter what. Why? Because the world looks down on them.
Nowadays, those who hold office are basically from wealthy families. Those from poor families and common people who serve as officials are all in favor of those from wealthy families. There are very few exceptions. Why? It’s because the noble families will not allow people from poor families and common people to serve as officials. They will
Exclude these people.
And if the lord appoints them, the temptation of power is irresistible. Poor families and common people will definitely flock to vote for him. Once the lord is defeated, it also means that they will lose their official positions. Will they be willing? Can they not protect the lord?
Although the number of Manchu officials in Jingzhou is huge, it is still affordable with bamboo slips just to teach officials, but our most important thing is to train reserve officials.
Teaching the poor and common people among the people, so that they have the ability to govern, not only can they succeed the current officials, but also ignite their desire for power. In this way, the officials in the Four Imperial Examinations will have scholars to come to their aid, and as long as the lord's regime is threatened, they will be able to
The future of the country will also be threatened, and they must be the greatest help to the people of the country.
However, to teach so many people, expensive and bulky bamboo slips are not enough. Paper must be used. Because this is related to the stability of the lord's political power, Yueying has already made different papers using various materials and methods before taking effect.
Although the current finished paper is low-cost, it is easy for ink to run off, and the thick ink will penetrate the paper. Only light ink can be used, which is a bit inconvenient, but it can be used. The Lord can ask a craftsman to come into the room to improve it.
With these low-cost papers, the lord only needs to order people to write the content to be taught on them, and then invite some ladies in the boudoir or other more idle people to copy the books and give them a salary.
Those women working for the government can also make them literate, which is also an additional function.
Then using the copied books to teach officials will solve the problem of lack of talented people.
Oh, by the way, the fountain pen invented by my lord has no steel or iron for some reason, but it can still write extremely fast. Unfortunately, the ink cannot flow. When writing some words, the ink must be shaken, which is very inconvenient.
I didn't extract ink that can flow, I only extracted ink that can last for about half an hour. The materials and methods have been written in the book. The lord can go back and ask the craftsman to come into the room and try to extract completely free flow from the dye.
of ink, I think it should be possible.”
Liu Zhang was surprised when he listened to Huang Yueying's words. Huang Yueying's method of recruiting talents can be said to have uprooted the influence on the family. Once this strategy was adopted, the family's biggest reliance would soon melt away, and what he cultivated was a
A batch of bureaucrats who are completely loyal to themselves.
Perhaps this new batch of bureaucrats are not as adept at governing, not as smooth, and may even have poor moral character as officials from the aristocratic family, but they must be the most efficient and energetic, and loyalty is the most important quality for officials.
But when Liu Zhang heard "copying books", he frowned and said to Huang Yueying: "Yueying, although copying books can be promoted, it is time-consuming and laborious, and the ladies in the boudoir are illiterate themselves. If they copy books, forget about it.
, I’m afraid there are still many errors, why don’t we just print them.”
"Printing?" Huang Yueying was puzzled.
Liu Zhang thought for a moment. What he wanted to say was engraving printing and movable type printing, but he didn't know how to say it, so he took his seal and showed Huang Yueying the red clay characters at the bottom. Huang Yueying took a look and said,
It suddenly dawned on me.
"My lord is really a genius. Let me tell you why my lord was able to invent so many weird things in Chengdu, and they are very useful. It seems that my lord also invented Yao Fu." Huang Yueying said in surprise.
Liu Zhang chuckled: "We only need to make a model of all the words, type it once every time there is an article, and then rub it with rosin, oil, etc. to make a model. Then we just need to use the model to reprint."
, it’s just that the materials and specific processes are immature…”