Shu Chen

Chapter 124
In Chang'an, Emperor Wei Cao Rui came to the palace.

Dozens of bronze grease lamps illuminate the rather grand hall.

Occasionally, sparks burst out from the wick, and the light and shadow swayed in the flickering, dragging the shadows of the three present on the palace wall, making the spacious hall even more gloomy at dusk.

Just like the look in the eyes of servant Liu Ye and Zhong Shuling.

They were urgently summoned by Cao Rui, and they all fell silent after watching General Cao Zhen appear on the table.

It's not that they have no decision in their hearts, but they are thinking about words, how to make the emperor and the general give up this desperate idea.

Of course also.

They disagreed, and Cao really proposed.

This radical method of breaking the boat and fighting against Shu should not appear in the thoughts of the rulers of the country.

After all, even if Ni Shu won Longyou, he still couldn't compete with Wei State in terms of national power or financial power.Why bother to gamble at the risk of the country now?
It is unwise.

However, Cao Zhen is Minister Gu Ming and Cao Wei's clan, and he is also the commander in chief who is most familiar with the situation in the Northwest.

Since he proposed a battle plan, Liu Ye and Sun Zi, who had never set foot in Xiliang in their lifetime, could not persuade the emperor without sufficient reasons.

Moreover, failure to recapture Longyou will lead to instability in Liangzhou.

In other words, Liangzhou will also be gradually eroded by Nishu, and then taken away.

From Guanzhong Sanfu to Liangzhou, if Guanlong Road and Xiaoguan Road are not feasible, and only rely on the mountain road in Anding County to go to Wuwei County, no matter whether it is rushing to help or transporting food and supplies, it will be half the effort.

Just relying on the [-] to [-] soldiers and horses currently stationed in Liangzhou, it is difficult to suppress the local Hao and Qianghu tribes, and it is impossible to expect them to be able to withstand the attack of the Shu army.

Moreover, the local area of ​​Liangzhou is barren, and the production of grain and fodder is not abundant, and the State of Wei cannot increase its troops to garrison again.

People from Xiliang are located in the west, so they are always cold!
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the Liangzhou Governor's Department, he named it accordingly.

This was the case hundreds of years ago, let alone in the past few decades, the climate in Xiliang counties is colder than that of each year, and white disasters occur frequently in spring and winter, causing countless people, cattle and sheep to freeze to death, and food and fodder are also destroyed. Gradually reduce production.

For example, Yin Feng, the prefect of Dunhuang, has been carrying out garrison defense and guarding merchants on the Silk Road since he took office for several years.

However, the income of soldiers in the county from farming is less than half of the income of merchants from customs duties.

This is evident.

The Silk Road trade that was re-opened by Emperor Wen is also one of the reasons why Liu Ye and Sun Zi can't easily argue and claim to abandon Longyou.

Those who have the financial and material resources to travel the Silk Road in pursuit of profit are all the noble relatives and aristocratic families of Wei State!
If Longyou is no longer owned by Wei State, the Silk Road will be broken.

Losing land and losing soldiers would damage the prestige of the country. If they continue to speak out and let the interests of officials and rich families be damaged, it may be difficult for them to be safe internally.

Sun Zi, who began to serve as Zhongshuling in Cao Pi's time and was often accompanied by his driver, became more active in his mind, and took the lead in saying, "Your Majesty, I have recently received a report that hundreds of households from Lishu in Jingzhaohao County traveled through Ziwu Valley. He fled to Hanzhong County."

Mingming was asked whether Cao Zhen's strategy was acceptable, but he answered the question.

However, after hearing this, Cao Rui's expression froze.

He was loved by Wei Wu Cao Cao when he was young, and he was always around, and he asserted that "I am based on you for three generations", and his intelligence is naturally beyond ordinary people.

Therefore, he didn't need to think about it, and he heard the implication of Sun Zi's words.

The time for Cao Wei to replace Han was too short!
In less than ten years, the prestige of the Mandate of Heaven has not been established, and Li Shu has not been attached to it, and it is impossible to erase the 400-year-old Han family with the surname Liu who has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Even during the period of Wei Wu and Cao Cao, many diehard loyalists of the Han Dynasty were killed; or when Emperor Wen Cao Pi was in Yecheng, thousands of people were implicated and killed by Wei satire's rebellion case, but they could not completely turn people's hearts around.

In particular, most of the Li and Shu who were resettled in Jingzhao were resettled by Wei Wu Cao Cao who migrated back from Hanzhong after Zhang Lu surrendered in the past.

Zhang Lu ruled Hanzhong for nearly [-] years, and he was known for his benevolence, righteousness and love for the people.

Let these Li Shu have long been accustomed to the lenient law and easy taxation.

After migrating to Guanzhong, the taxes and corvee set by the State of Wei were more than that of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong.

Today, the Longyou War broke out during the spring plowing season, and all the people in Guanzhong were conscripted into corvée. After working hard, they complained, and with the complex of "returning to their hometown", it is not surprising that they defected to Shu.

But now Zhongshu ordered Sun Zi to mention this matter, which is a vague remonstrance to him.

Guanzhong Sanfu is no longer able to bear the burden of fighting again!

Even Cao Rui, the emperor of the Great Wei Dynasty, who sits in Chang'an in person, can't stop Li Shu from fighting hard and laboring to death!
In other words, Cao Zhen proposed the strategy of sending troops out of Wudu County and opposing Shu to consume, which lost the basis for implementation.

Guanzhong is unstable, can An Neng drive troops to fight evil?
It's just that Cao Rui and Cao Zhen have the same mind, and they can't accept sitting and watching Nishu occupy Longyou.

After being silent for a while, he cast his questioning gaze on the waiter Liu Ye who was sitting on the other side of the row.

"Your Majesty, the minister's thoughts are no different from Zhongshu Ling."

Seeing this, Liu Ye didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly saluted and said, "However, I have a thought, maybe I can make Longyou exhausted after Ni Shu won it, and let me, Great Wei, take it back in the future."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Cao Rui was overjoyed immediately, and asked with burning eyes, "Why does Liu Qing think evil? Let's speak quickly!"

"only!"

Bowing his head to take orders, Liu Ye said in a calm voice, "Returning to Your Majesty, the minister's thought is to connive at the powerful ears of Liangzhou Haoyou and Qianghu tribe."

uh~~~
After hearing this, Cao Rui's complexion turned into an extremely complicated one.

He pinched his beard again and fell into deep thought.

Because Liu Ye's remonstrance was more daring than Cao Zhen's sending troops to Longyou: give up Xiliang!

The original intention was that since Longyou had been lost, Liangzhou would be in an embarrassing predicament.It is difficult to hold on to food, fodder, supplies and garrison troops in vain.

That being the case, it is better to take a slant and hand over the counties and counties of Liangzhou to the Haoyou and Qianghu tribes in Liangzhou, so that they can become a barrier against Nishu in order to protect their own interests.

And Wei Guo can take advantage of this opportunity to recuperate and accumulate strength, and when they and Nishu are exhausted and exhausted from each other, they can send troops to retake Longyou and Liangzhou.

Anyway, Wei Guo's control over Liangzhou is only mediocre now.

In other words, since Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty established Luoyang as his capital, Xiliang has become a disturbed place with frequent rebellions.

Gein established Chang'an as the capital, which can lead to the Western Regions; established Luoyang as the capital, can control the Guandong!
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened up Liangzhou, Chang'an has been the capital, and the permanent garrison of the three auxiliary troops in Guanzhong has never been less than [-] soldiers.

The powerful deterrent force prevented Xiliang Haoyou and the Qianghu tribe from rebelling.

And at that time, Xiliang was benefiting from the benefits of the Silk Road. There was no need to worry about food, and the people felt at ease, and there were not many people who rebelled.

But Wang Mang usurped the Han, and the world was in a turmoil.

Longyou was cut off by Kaixiao, which gave birth to countless latter who wanted to follow suit.

Since the destruction of Kaihuo, the intermittent Qiang rebellion in the northwest has lasted more than 100 years, becoming a bottomless pit that dragged down the finances of the Han Dynasty.

For example, during the period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, "Wheat Ballad" was widely praised in the Kanto area.

The song said: "The wheat is green and the barley is withered. Whoever will win it will be a wife and aunt. Where is the father-in-law to attack the Hu in the west? The official buys a horse, and the king has a cart. Please drum up the beard for all the kings."

The general meaning is that all the Qiangs in Liangzhou rebelled, entered Shu and Han in the south, copied Sha Sanfu in the east, extended to Bing and Hebei, and caused great harm to the people.

The imperial court conscripted men to suppress the rebellion, and the army was defeated due to incompetence in command, and because of the defeat, the army was recruited to defend the frontier and defend against the enemy, which made the labor force exhausted and the countryside barren.The little people are suffering, but they dare not speak out.

In the period of Emperor Ling, the Qiang chaos in the northwest reached its peak.

Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou took the lead in raising the rebel flag, and successively coerced Han Sui, Bian Zhang, Wang Guo, and Ma Teng, so that Liangzhou was no longer owned by the Han Dynasty.

After Dong Zhuo rebelled against the Han, Emperor Xian ran eastward, and even formed the land of Guanlong, which was divided up by more than ten rebels.

Later, in the Battle of Weishui, Cao Wei regained the land of Guanzhong.

However, no effective rule has been formed over Liangzhou and Longyou.

For example, after Liangzhou Mu Weiduan was conscripted into the court to serve as a servant, the Liangzhou governor appointed by Wei Wu Cao Cao was Wei Kang, the son of Wei Duan!
When Ma Chao attacked Long and besieged Wei Kang in Ji County for eight months, Xia Houyuan, who was in Guanzhong, did not move and waited until Wei Kang was killed before sending troops.

Afterwards, Xia Houyuan took the tiger's step to pass the right, and wiped out the separatist regimes of various ministries in Liangzhou, so that Wei State began to realize the rule of Liangzhou.

It's just that after Nishu captured Hanzhong County, the foundation of Wei State in Liangzhou was unstable.

Haoyou and Qianghu tribes often rebelled.

In other words, without the threat of a large army stationed in Guanzhong, the desire to separate the various ministries in Liangzhou will not disappear.

And Liu Ye's remonstrance is based on this.

After Nishu seized Longyou, in order to establish cavalry and maintain the stability of Longyou, they will inevitably covet the Hexi Corridor.

There will also be conflicts of interest with various ministries in Liangzhou.

These people are not willing to submit to Wei, and they will not condescend and rebel against Shu!
It has to be said that Liu Ye's strategy is very ruthless.

At least, it is more in line with the current situation of Wei State than Cao Zhen's plan.

However, from Cao Rui's point of view, this strategy is no less dangerous than Cao Zhen's.

Because the Battle of Longyou was already a big defeat, if Liangzhou was abandoned again, the Great Wei, which had only a short period of time in the Han Dynasty, would face an unbearable burden no matter its prestige or people's hearts.

After all, the world is not peaceful today.

There are Bashu and Qianghu in the west, Sun Wu in the south, and Xianbei in the north. They are all staring at each other, who can harm the prestige of the Great Wei!

In particular, when Cao Rui was in Luoyang earlier, he heard some unpleasant words.

There was a Confucian named Qiao Zhou who rebelled against Shu, wantonly preaching the violent and tyrannical rule of Wei, and bewitching people's hearts!

After Sun Wu heard about it, there were also great rumors about imitating others, which spread in Jingzhou and Huainan, which made Li and Shu faintly feel alienated.

Cao Rui didn't need to think about it, but he could predict that if he gave up Liangzhou according to the advice of his servant Liu Ye, Ni Shu would definitely send a spy to Sanfu in Guanzhong to confuse those Li Shu who migrated from Hanzhong County and Badi.

Let the hearts of Guanzhong Sansuke be turbulent.

Rather than this, he is more inclined to fight Cao Zhen with all his strength.

It's not that Liu Ye's plan is not good, but he dare not use his ears!
"I know what you mean."

Cao Rui, who had made up his mind, nodded lightly, and said, "I'm in a mess right now, so I don't have a decision yet. Please wait and return. After I have made a decision, I will discuss it with you."

"Wei! Ye resigns."

"Wei! Resignation."

Hearing this, Liu Ye and Sun Zi immediately got up and left.

But what they didn't expect was that after Cao Rui saw them leave, he sent someone to summon Chengmen school lieutenant Yang Fu.

Well, because Yang Fu is from Ji County in Tianshui, he is familiar with the affairs of Longyou, and is praised as "the festival of public assistance", so this time he is also among those who accompanied Chang'an.

When I was young, Yang Fuzhi arrived.

After seeing the ceremony and being seated, Cao Rui showed Cao Zhen the table and asked him impatiently, "Yang Qing has been in Longyou for a long time, do you think the general's strategy is feasible?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, I dare to say that this strategy is not feasible."

Yang Fu, who has a straight personality and often violates Yan's direct remonstrance, made a solemn face when he heard about it, and refuted aloud, "Although the general is dedicated to serving the country, if there is a slight deviation in this strategy, it will definitely bring our great Wei into ruin." The place. I secretly think that sincerity is not desirable!"

Uh.
Cao Rui was dumb again.

In his heart, he thought that Yang Fu, who was from Tianshui, would support Cao Zhen's plot out of emotion and reason, and sent troops to Wudu County to retake Longyou.

How could he have expected that he would categorically reject it?

Could it be that the general's plan is really unacceptable?
Three important ministers in a row all held a negative attitude, which made Cao Rui slightly shaken in his heart.

After pondering for a while, he asked aloud, "Yang Qing can speak carefully."

"only."

After saluting at the table, Yang Fugong said, "Your Majesty, there are three things I rely on for this decision."

"Firstly, Sun Tzu said, 'The Lord should not be angry and raise troops, and the general should not be angry and go to war'. Longyou is occupied by Nishu, and our Great Wei Guanzhong and Liangzhou are bound to be shaken. The urgent thing now is to appease Li Shu The hearts and minds of the people and the soldiers! Encore is out again, so that those with ulterior motives can take advantage of it?"

"Secondly, Ke Bineng, the bandit chieftain of the northern Xianbei, will inevitably invade our Wei border county in autumn and winter, so the soldiers of Jizhou cannot move. Moreover, Ni Shu and the bandit Sun Wu have already formed an alliance. Now Ni Shu sends troops to Longyou, Sun Wu It is also inevitable to plan to send troops to the north. If the generals want to mobilize the troops of Jingzhou and Huainan to attack against Nishu, it may be difficult to defend against the thief Sun Wu. Your Majesty, the national power of the thief Sun Wu is stronger than Nishu! "

"Again, it is to prevent problems before they happen. If we follow the general's plan and use our soldiers from the states and counties of the Great Wei to fight, the country has no soldiers to spare. If there is turmoil, who can be safe!"

"These three reasons can put our Great Wei in danger, and the old minister thinks it is not advisable! I hope your Majesty will be clear about it."

"Ah~~~"

After hearing this, Cao Rui closed his eyes and sighed in disappointment.

After a long while, Fang opened his eyes again, and said appreciatively, "Yang Qing's words are penetrating, and they are worthy of the praise of the 'Festival of Public Assistance'! I will not allow the general's plan."

Regarding this, Yang Fu quickly got up and humbled himself.

However, after Cao Rui sighed, he relayed the strategy of Liu Ye, who had just served him, and asked, "Yang Qing thinks Liu Qing's strategy is acceptable?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I secretly think that this strategy is not feasible."

After hearing this, Yang Fu replied without hesitation again, "Gain because Xiliang's nobles and Qianghu people are cunning, capricious, and untrustworthy! You must not give them all Liangzhou. And I have heard it before, and against The Prime Minister of Shu, Zhuge Liang, is known for winning the hearts of the people. I am afraid that Qiang and Hu will all surrender if they are defeated by Ni Shu, and they will turn their swords against us, Great Wei."

When the words fell, before Cao Rui asked another question, he continued, "Your Majesty, I think the current plan is the strategy of the general and Liu Shizhong, and each has its own strong ear!"

(End of this chapter)