Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 266 Will Be Out

Qin Zi walked in a hurry on the road. After dinner, he went to bed early before the sun set.

In the official hall, Wang Xiaolie slowly stood up, walked to the door, and watched the sunset in the sky.

Your own judgment is correct.After the battle between Jingmen and Huang Tiandang, the Jin army did not dare to cross the river on a large scale, and the Song and Jin wars entered a stage of strategic stalemate.It is not a long-term solution to establish a wide range of township envoys, which can be seen at a glance with a clear mind.

There are very few places that the imperial court can control in the roads where the towns and emissaries are set up.Those who occupy the place are either local tyrants, or rout soldiers, and some are procurators.Now the world is full of bandits and bandits, and the imperial court has insufficient military strength, so it can only set up towns and appeasement envoys to limit these local powerful factions to smaller areas.Wait for the court to catch its breath, and then slowly eliminate them one by one.

His own territory is at the forefront, so he can only be set as an envoy.In another place, perhaps the imperial court would be reluctant to part with its own troops.

The original eight state army suddenly became four states. How can the territory of the four states support an army?Thinking of this, Wang Xiaolie narrowed his eyes.

Chen Yuyi walked over and said in a low voice: "Observe, listen to what Qin Bianxiu said. It is the imperial court's intention to divide the place and prevent the township from being too large. It is really bad for us to do so!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "This is obvious. To prevent the local power from being too strong and threatening the imperial court, the township and envoys are not allowed to exceed the territory of the five states. The surrounding areas are relieved to control the five state army. Why? Because the land is barren and the people are poor, the people of the five state army Huhu is not comparable to two or three states in other places. There is no need to think too much about this matter, the intention of the court is obvious. What we have to do is to think about how to deal with it."

Chen Yuyi was silent for a while, and then said: "Even if there are negligence in the imperial edict, as ministers, we can only follow orders."

Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Yuyi and said, "What if the Jin army comes to attack Dengzhou this fall? The Jin army first attacks Henan Prefecture, shall we help? Should I send troops to attack Caizhou?" ? Councilor, think about it."

Chen Yuyi sighed, his face pale.

Of course, Chen Yuyi understood what the court's intention was.But I am a courtier, and I can't violate the court order, I can only obey it.He happened to be Wang Xiaolie's councilor, and he belonged to a suppressed force, so it was really embarrassing to be caught in the middle.

At this moment, Chen Qiudao hurried in.Seeing Wang Xiaolie and Chen Yuyi standing there, he said: "Observe, what do you think of the imperial court setting up a township envoy? In my opinion, the territory of the township envoy is too small to be a Jin army!"

Wang Xiaolie said: "The place where the township envoy is set up is beyond the power of the imperial court. The local army is stronger, and the imperial court is equally worried. If it is not the case, why bother to play the trick of the township envoy!"

Chen Qiudao bowed his head and thought for a while, then sighed: "That's true. Alas, it's like observing, making great contributions twice a year, and when you are about to serve the country with all your heart, but reduce the territory by half, how can you be willing!"

Wang Xiaolie looked at Chen Qiudao, then at Chen Yuyi.After thinking for a while, he said, "Editor Qin worked hard all the way, so he rested early. There is nothing to do in the evening, so I will prepare some food and drinks here. We will discuss this matter in detail."

After hearing the imperial decree, Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi felt in a dilemma.Hearing what Wang Xiaolie said, he naturally had no objection.

In the yard, Wang Xiaolie and the three were sitting under the ginkgo tree.While drinking, while chatting.

Chen Qiudao said: "Observant rescued Shanzhou at the beginning of the year, and saved Jingmen a few months later. How many great achievements have been made! If there are several generals like this in the world, the gold captives will not dare to go south! It is time to promote the observer. When the imperial court is working hard, what kind of appeasement envoy will be set up!"

Chen Yuyi said: "Xiangdeng and the imperial court are separated by thousands of miles from the roads in Hubei, so how can we rest assured? Which general in the world can hold [-] troops at this time? If it is near the Liangzhe Road, it will be fine. The imperial court will be divided. To control it, it happens to be in the west of Beijing—"

Chen Qiudao said: "The curved end of Shaanxi Road also holds heavy soldiers. Privy Zhang Fu ordered Shaanxi to pay respects to the general on stage, and everyone praised him!"

Wang Xiaolie drank a glass of wine and looked at the slanting moon slowly coming out of the sky.After a while, he said: "There is such a difficulty in the court without a large army. There is no large army in the local area, and it cannot stop the Jin army from committing crimes in the south. With a large army, they are afraid of threatening the court. At this time, the officials need to make a decision and unify the situation. The power of subordinates. If you can't do it, you will have internal friction."

Chen Yuyi shook his head: "How many people persuaded the officials to stay in Ezhou, inherit Sichuan and Shaanxi, and connect to Jiangnan. The officials just refused."

As the emperor, Zhao Gou's big problem is that he can't make a decision when he needs to unite the forces of his subordinates.Because Zhao Gou's own tens of thousands of soldiers went through the Mutiny of Miao and Liu, and then the Jin army crossed the river to pursue them, and they were exhausted.Zhao Gou has no trustworthy army around him, so he doesn't trust the army outside.

The three drank in silence for a while.Chen Qiudao said: "Observe, if I go to Fuzhou, what do you want?"

Wang Xiaolie said in a deep voice: "From Ruzhou to Xiangyang Mansion, it is not easy for this large army to train. Now that it has just reached a large scale, it is impossible to distribute it to any other officials. Also, the place is dilapidated, and I don't know how much effort it took to clean it up like it is now. ...how can I let go?"

Chen Qiudao sighed.Said: "I haven't been observing for a long time, but I understand the truth. There is no army around me, so I can't serve as a conciliator. But the imperial edict is aimed at this, and it is not easy to refuse it directly."

Wang Xiaolie nodded and did not speak for a while.

Most of the eunuchs appointed by the imperial court are in unstable places, and many of them are just names.The west of Beijing and Hubei are fine, but the governors in many places in Huainan are actually unable to take office.Either there are bandits in the territory, or the Jin army is not far away, so we can only guard the cottage.

After drinking a few cups of wine, Chen Qiudao said: "I have thought about it, but I can't go to Fuzhou. We don't care about the township. We should just do things as before. Wang Tixing already knew Caizhou, and he didn't. What a change."

Chen Yuyi said: "Here is the edict of the imperial court, do we resist the edict and not obey it?"

Chen Qiudao shook his head: "The purpose of setting up a town appeasement is to appease the army. Wang Tixing and I don't have any troops. What is there to appease? Now there are eight state troops under our rule. Many things have just begun, and it's time to do big things. Why? Can they be separated? Separated, how can we raise an army with only the four state capitals?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "There are only four prefectures, and they can't even support the current [-] troops. If it wasn't for the Jingmen Army robbing the Jin Army's supplies, I would still have to worry about the salaries of the officials. The eight prefectures are so difficult. , not to mention the four states."

Speaking of this, Wang Xiaolie said decisively: "We are separated from the imperial court by the Hubei Road, and the distance is far away. It is impossible for the imperial court to know everything. After a few days, wait for Wang Tixing to come, and we will discuss again. Disorderly, our army was formed to resist the Jin captives outside and save the people inside! Why should we care about our own glory and wealth! No matter what the intention of the court is, the most important thing is to keep the army and the ability to fight against the Jin army!"

Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi nodded.After a while, Chen Yuyi said: "How to tell Qin Bianxiu?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Qin Bianxiu is just passing on the decree, what's the use of telling him? The general will not accept the orders of the emperor! There is no need to talk about this matter, we can just act according to our own ideas!"

Chen Qiudao and Chen Yuyi nodded and did not speak for a long time.

Chen Qiudao knew that he didn't have any soldiers in his hands, so Sui and Yingzhou governors couldn't be regarded as real envoys.If I really went, the soldiers and officials under him were all appointed by Wang Xiaolie, so who cares about me?The relationship I had established with everyone in Xiangyang in the past few months was also completely discontinued.

The intention of the imperial court is very clear, Wang Xiaolie's territory is too large and needs to be separated.Zhenfushi is equivalent to a military town in the Tang Dynasty. A military town has the territory of eight states and tens of thousands of troops. How can it care about the court?It's just a piece of imperial order, it can't split Wang Xiaolie.

After drinking until midnight, Chen Jiudao and Chen Yuyi went back to rest.Wang Xiaolie sat in the study, lost in thought by himself.

This year, he made two meritorious service in a row, and the imperial court naturally attached great importance to it.But he was born in King Qin's army, so he had no connection with Zhao Gou.When the difficult time passed, his army would be targeted.

At this time, [-] troops are not a very large number.Not to mention the army of Qu Duan in Shaanxi, the bandits in Jinghu and Jiangxi are not uncommon with hundreds of thousands of troops.Of course, the imperial court knew the number of soldiers in the regular army and knew that these numbers were unreliable.But who knows whether Wang Xiaolie's tens of thousands of troops are reliable?It still occupies too much land, the land of eight states, and it is stable, the court will inevitably be suspicious.

Chen Qiudao and Wang Ruohai could not take up the post of governors, what would the court do?After thinking for a long time, Wang Xiaolie shook his head.In fact, the court could do nothing.It is too far away, and the strength of the imperial court is too weak, and there is actually no way to deal with local powerful factions like yourself.

(End of this chapter)