Shu Chen

Chapter 249 Light and Shadow

The more food and clothing is unsustainable in the living environment, the more likely it is to breed those who commit suicide.

Because I have seen a lot of death and I am used to it.

People in the Hexi Corridor are like this, they should never be "feared by death".

Moreover, after Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu returned to Han Zuo, he chose "the capital Luoyang to secure the Guandong" instead of "the capital Chang'an to connect the Western Regions"; coupled with the turmoil caused by the continuous inward migration of the Qiang and Hu tribes in more than 100 years, Hexi The authority and restraint of the government gradually became a blind eye.

For example, every man in Hexi who can live to reach the crown is quite proficient in swords, spears, bows and arrows.

They know that with force at their side, they have the capital to survive.

If you can defend your family in a country where horse thieves are rampant; when you encounter injustice and have no way to redress your grievances, you can raise a knife to avenge your revenge;

In other words, in the Hexi Corridor, every household of Li Shu was a potential horse thief.

As for the Haoyou and Qianghu tribes, they are blatant horse thieves.

During his tenure as the prefect of Dunhuang, Yin Feng, a native of Jixian County, was not the one who was acclaimed for his achievements in guarding the fields and guarding the border.

Instead, he ordered the soldiers at various passes or beacons to protect the merchants along the way, and prevented those private soldiers from covering their faces with sackcloth and pretending to be horse thieves to rob the caravan.

The people are not afraid of death, they are all brave and ruthless.

This is people's impression of Li Shu in Hexi, and it is also what Zheng Pu thinks that it only takes two years for the Hexi Haoyou and Qianghu tribes to move to the land of Shu, if they are not willing to migrate , Then, the great Han issued an edict to designate them as traitors, and called on all Hexi Lishu to destroy them.

The pay is handsome.

Not only can he be recruited as a "scholar" by the government, but he can also share half of the assets and acres of the exterminated Haoyou's family.

Don't worry, such a bloody edict will arouse the same hatred in Hexi, and let Haoyou and Li Shu unite against the Han court.

On the contrary, once the edict is issued, the Li Shu in the entire Hexi will support the authority of the great Han.

You can understand it when you think about it.

People who are used to licking blood with knife edge and earning food and clothing with their lives, who will miss the opportunity to suddenly become a rich man from a scumbag?

Who is not grateful to the Han court who gave them the opportunity to change their destiny?

There is no need to worry about whether Li Shu, who only has simple swords, spears, bows and arrows, can kill those Hao You who are guarded by private soldiers and hiding in the strong fortress.

A single spark can start a prairie fire.

In the Hexi Corridor, no one can resist such a temptation!
Driven by huge interests, they, who are not afraid of death, will let the big men pull out these tyrants without bloodshed.It is more likely that these Haoyou will die in the hands of their family's private soldiers or apprentices.

Naturally, doing so would plunge the Hexi Corridor into turmoil filled with killings in a short period of time.

Some people even took advantage of the chaos, waving swords and spears not only facing Hao right.

Just like the old emperor Liu Bang bought the head of the overlord Xiang Yu with "a thousand pieces of gold and ten thousand households in the city".

Interest is what makes people ignore all legal prohibitions.

This is also the reason why Prime Minister Zhuge Liang shook his head and sighed first when he asked about Zheng Pu's thoughts.

Do extraordinary things at extraordinary times.

The prime minister knew from the time he came back from Nanzhong that Zheng Pu's thinking angle was always on how to maximize the interests of the court, and he didn't care about his own reputation or the life and death of others at all.

Therefore, when Zheng Pu elaborated on the countermeasures, the prime minister couldn't help but fell silent.

It's not that Zheng Pu is too harsh on those tyrants.

Since those tyrants are unwilling to migrate, then for the big Han, the pattern of the Hexi Corridor has reached the point where it cannot be broken or established.

With the Ni Wei on the sidelines, it is the best choice for the imperial court to choose to destroy and then establish.

Nor is it worried that inducing turmoil in Li and Shu in this way will lead to "breaking the queen and not standing up" in the future.

Those Li Shu who overthrew the old Haoyou and became the new Haoyou know that only by standing under the flag of the Han Dynasty can they be recognized by the world; Wealth is passed on to future generations.

In fact, what the prime minister was thinking in silence was not the merits of Zheng Pu's Hexi strategy.

Because of his cruelty towards Zheng Pu, the prime minister was already prepared.

So, as soon as I heard it, I recognized it in my heart.

After all, Zheng Pu's scheme to induce the great epidemic in Xiaoguan in the past was much more ruthless than Hexi's strategy now.

In a sense, the prime minister and Zheng Pu are the same kind of people.

As long as the big man can return to the old capital, the prime minister is willing to devote himself to death; when necessary, he will not hesitate to be condemned by thousands of people and written by history.

It's just that, under his own morality and integrity, the prime minister never thought about using insidious means.

This is why the prime minister fell into silence, frowning in thought.

He was thinking about the difference between him and Zheng Pu.

As the current ruler of the country, he considers the future gains and losses of the great Han if Zheng Pu is designated as the successor ruler of the country.

In fact, no one knew that since the news of Wei Jun's withdrawal from Longyou and the news of Cao Zhen's death from illness was confirmed, the Prime Minister seldom put his mind on military struggles.The planning and scheduling of many military battles, various inspections and appeasements before the battle, etc., have also begun to let go to many generals.

Recovering the Hexi Corridor is not difficult.

And connecting Longyou and Hexi into one piece, the big Han formed a condescending and sweeping trend against the Guanzhong Sanfu who rebelled against Wei.

The big man has already dived out of the abyss.

The hope of returning to the old capital is already very close.

Therefore, in the mind of the prime minister, the most urgent task is not to think about how to fight for profits.

It is to find a successor to the ruling country as soon as possible, so that the long-cherished wish of the Great Han to restore the Central Plains can still be fulfilled after the older generation of courtiers have passed away.

There was another long silence.

Although the daylight in midsummer was very long, in the hall where the discussion began in the afternoon, as the sun slanted to the west, many objects also cast a long dark shadow on the ground.

It also made the Prime Minister, who was still meditating, see him, and couldn't help but feel moved.

Light and shadow, bright and dark, always complement each other.

If there is no light, it will be an endless and cold night; on the contrary, if there is no darkness, the light is not worth looking forward to and praised.

In the Han Dynasty where the first emperor continued, there were many people with high moral character.

Even at certain times, it will make people feel that there are too many people with high moral character, which is of little benefit to the big man.

Perhaps, this is Li Si's "Book of Remonstrance and Chasing Guests", "Taishan does not let the soil, so it can be large; "The reason strikes.

The prime minister was thoughtful, and glanced at the copy on the case table.

The papers were not neatly piled up, and the top one was the recommendation form that Zheng Pu had just submitted for his duties as the Central Guard.The edge of the bamboo slips has been hanging down a bit because of its high position, and the word "Wei Rong" at the front comes into my eyes.

Therefore, suddenly, the prime minister stroked his beard and smiled.

(End of this chapter)