Han Dao world

Chapter 1172

Am I being threatened?
It seems, and it seems not.

Xun Yu stroked his beard, thought for a while, and shook his head firmly.

"Dezu's words have underestimated me, and even the emperor. The king and his ministers know each other, and the most important thing is to share the same goals, how can they put personal safety first? If it is not good for the country, wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me. If it is good for the country, Life and death can also be ignored."

Yang Xiu was a little embarrassed, and quickly shook his hand and said: "Brother Wen Ruo, you are serious. I don't know how you are. It's just..." He rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled: "You must have heard of the Battle of Huayin. Before, the emperor gave me an exam?"

Xun Yu smiled slightly, and immediately understood what Yang Xiu meant.

During the Battle of Huayin, the emperor asked Yang Xiu a question.Although Yang Xiu failed to give an answer, he changed his previous temperament and was no longer the eloquent Mr. Pianpian. Instead, he was brave enough to do things, cooperated with the emperor, and made great contributions to the emperor's defeat of Li Jue.

The emperor's expectations for himself are indeed somewhat similar.

"Are you the same?" Yang Xiu stared into Xun Yu's eyes and asked.

Xun Yu smiled and said calmly, "Dezu knows the Son of Heaven very well, so why should he ask about Gongxihua?"

Yang Xiu picked up the teacup on the case and gestured to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, picked up the teacup, and greeted Yang Xiu.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and drank it all in one gulp.

Yang Xiu put down his teacup, wiped the beard around his lips, and looked at the books on the desk. "Brother Wen Ruo has studied for many days, what have you gained?"

Xun Yu lost his smile and frowned slightly. "Warning for thousands of miles, needless to say, is hard work. Before soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass must be considered first. The Western Regions are thousands of miles away, and the land is vast, but there are not many places suitable for farming. Roughly speaking, there are roughly a few places that can be used as choose……"

While talking, Xun Yu took out a few maps and explained to Yang Xiu what he had learned from studying in the past few days.

The emperor said that war should be supported by war, and he limited his troops to less than [-]. He should have reached a conclusion after having a certain understanding of the terrain of the Western Regions.But even if it is [-] paces, the food and grass consumed is not a small amount. Not only does it need a large piece of land, but it also needs a household registration that can cultivate this land.

The emperor expelled the Xianbei people westward, probably because he wanted to fight in a nomadic way, and it was also out of the same consideration to occupy the grassland on the northern shore of the Black Sea.

However, Xun Yu felt that although the nomads' combat methods had obvious advantages, they also had obvious disadvantages.

The most notable point is that it cannot be attacked.

Qingqi galloping thousands of miles, erratic like the wind, is unable to carry large offensive equipment.When you encounter a big country like Rome, even if you can harass its borders, you can only stay away when you encounter cities.

If it's just looting and harassment, what's the point?
Therefore, he wanted to find a place suitable for farming, as a camp for the emperor's westward expedition.

After looking around, I only found two places, but these two places have big countries, one is Tianzhu, and the other is Anxi.

And these two places have one thing in common: too far from Rome.Even if it is farmed locally, transporting it to the front line is a difficult and arduous task.

Xun Yu scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "I also found one person."

"Who?"

"Alexander, the king of Greece before Rome, once conquered thousands of miles east, as far as Tianzhu. Judging from his achievements, it is not difficult to conquer the countries, but the difficulty is to rule. The emperor may have taken this into consideration when he wanted to enlist Confucian scholars. Force is not enough For a long time, only enlightenment will last forever. Alexander's body is decayed, and his country is also disintegrated, but Greek characters and customs are spread in the Western Regions, which can be said to exist without surviving."

As Xun Yu said, he passed several pieces of paper to Yang Xiu, some were pictures, some were rubbings, and the common thing was that there were Greek characters on them.

Yang Xiu looked at it for a while, then took a look at the map in Xun Yu's hand, and said, "Since there are precedents to follow, there is nothing to worry about. If Alexander comes, we will go. As for those Greeks, they can only show How can the characters of the sound be compared with my Chinese characters, which emphasize both sound, form and meaning. After a hundred years, all the books in the world will have the same text, and the language will all have elegant sounds. Wouldn’t it be great.”

Xun Yu frowned slightly. "Dezu, you... want to go west with the emperor?"

The corner of Yang Xiu's mouth twitched lightly. "You don't think so?"

Xun Yu smacked his lips. "It's not impossible, it's just that Mr. Yang only has your son..."

Yang Xiu raised his hand and interrupted Xun Yu. "I have several sons who are enough to be filial. On the contrary, the emperor has no shortage of famous generals, but no virtuous ministers. Although I am not talented, I would like to recommend myself to help the emperor. I didn't mention it before because my father couldn't find a suitable one. His successor. Now that I have Brother Wen Ruo, I can travel west with peace of mind."

Xun Yu raised his head, stared at Yang Xiu again and again, and couldn't help but cursed with a smile.

"Yang Dezu, your nature is hard to change after all."

Yang Xiu laughed out loud. "Brother Wen Ruo, what I say is the truth."

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Yang Xiu talked with Xun Yu for a long time before returning to Situ Mansion to take a bath and change clothes.

By the time he changed his clothes and dried his hair, it was already Youshi.The emperor's banquet is about to begin, and both father and son, husband and wife will be present, and Yang Biao has no time to say a few words with him before the banquet.

Yang Biao was a little annoyed, and complained that Yang Xiu was unfilial in front of Mrs. Yuan, and didn't take him seriously.

Madam Yuan was angry and funny, but in private she asked her daughter-in-law to tell Yang Xiu that his father was angry and told him to be careful.

After Yang Xiu heard about it, he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he seized this rare opportunity and spent a while with his wife tenderly.

When the time came, the family left Situ's mansion and came to the large courtyard that served as the main hall.Quite a few people had arrived, gathering and talking in the front yard and outside the door.Seeing Yang Biao, Yang Xiu and his son approaching, everyone got up to salute and say some polite words.

Yang Xiu clapped his hands back to return the gift, and said with a soft smile: "Sure enough, only with money can the country live in peace and the people live in peace. Poverty is not king, but wealth and peace are."

Yang Biao glanced at him, with a smile on his face, greeted the others, and took the time to shout: "Zhu Zi, are you dissatisfied with Nai Gong's administration?"

"How dare, how dare." Yang Xiu giggled. "The boy just lamented the injustice that Liangzhou encountered. Even Hanyang, which has the best conditions, cannot be as rich as the ordinary people in the Central Plains. It seems that the price of this horse needs to be raised, otherwise it will be too bad."

"Try it." Yang Biao said through gritted teeth.

Nowadays, government affairs are becoming more and more complicated, and horses are needed for uploading and distributing news.There are no horses in the Central Plains, and all the horses come from the three prefectures of You and Bingliang.It was precisely because the imperial court directly controlled the three states that the price of horses was reduced to an affordable level.If the three states raise the price of horses, even if only by [-]%, the imperial court will face enormous pressure.

Yang Xiu called Qu. "My lord Situ, Liangzhou is also the territory of the big man, and the people of Liangzhou are also the people of the big man. The court can't just want the benefits of Liangzhou, but not give Liangzhou the corresponding return. I don't have anything to do with it. It will be fine after a few years Transferred to another county, what will Liangzhou people do, have they been exploited by the Central Plains?"

"Exploitation?" Yang Biao was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Yang Xiu, bursting into anger. "You actually think that the imperial court is exploiting Liangzhou?"

(End of this chapter)