The rise of the prince

Chapter 670 Liu Xu's Conspiracy

Liu Xu proceeded step by step, stating his interests and interests, and the generals who were so angry and clamoring for war all calmed down.

Wanyan Wugunai also heaved a sigh of relief, and looked at Liu Xu with relief. If he was gone, the situation would not be stable. After all, when the news came, he expected that everyone would react violently, so he went to find Liu Xu. .

"Then the Tatars won't fight anymore?" Some people were still a little unwilling, "It's too cheap to let them go like this."

Everyone whispered, and Liu Xu smiled: "It's still necessary to fight, but it's not us."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at it strangely, "Didn't you say that you can't fight, because you have no money and food?"

Even Wanyan Wugunai looked at him curiously.

Liu Xu cupped his hands and said earnestly: "There is a saying in the art of war, 'Those who use soldiers well practice the Tao and protect the law, so they can win or lose the government.' War is to continue the control of the imperial power. As long as you can achieve the road, you don't have to attack by yourself."

Everyone was confused, "Lord Liu, just make it clear, we all know you are brilliant." Some people struggled for a long time but couldn't figure it out. After all, they were old men who had fought wars all year round, so they couldn't help but say.

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Liu Xu also laughed, because he knew that these generals had no malicious intentions, they were pure warriors, and their laughter meant that they had accepted him.

Liu Xudao: "In the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu took Wei Qing and Huo Qubing as commanders, attacked the Huns in the north, sealed off the wolves as their vassals, and bowed their heads to more than [-] surrounding countries. Everyone thought that the main contribution was the bravery of the two generals Wei and Huo. Naturally, but I haven't seen the movement behind him yet."

"Action behind the scenes?" Everyone was curious.

Liu Xu nodded; "The tribes of the Xiongnu are not monolithic. They have their own plans and different ideas, just like the tribes of Mongolia today. So at that time, the Western Han Dynasty was preparing to conquer, and at the same time bribed and alienated the distant tribes. kill each other.

The Western Han Dynasty continued to grow, but the Huns were bribed and killed each other under the alienation, restraining each other, one ebb and flow, and as time went on, they would no longer be rivals in the Central Plains. "

"What does Mr. mean?" Everyone's eyes widened, and they slowly smiled after thinking about it.

Wanyan Wugunai also nodded, with the corners of his mouth upturned, "Gao, Mr. Liu's move is really high!"

"But we don't have any money, so how can we bribe and alienate?" Someone asked blankly.

Liu Xu smiled, stroked his beard and said, "There's no need to divorce, the Mongolian tribes have already started fighting, and the guards need money to bribe them."

As he spoke, he stood up and walked to the center, waving his sleeves, as if the general trend of the world was in his mind, Liu Xu said loudly: "A few years ago, the ancient big clan of the Borjijin clan and the brother clan by the Onan River were reorganized. Begging Yan tribe, this tribe continued to grow, causing unrest around, and later Boer Jijin fell out with his brother tribes, and many tribes who had been afraid for a long time united and found an opportunity to attack the Qiyan tribe.

The Qiyan tribe was defeated, and the captured soldiers were boiled alive in a cauldron, and the Mongolian tribes had long been at odds.

What's more important is bribery. Please think about it, the begging Yan department at this time must be full of hatred and eager to take revenge.

At this time, what they want is definitely not gold and silver, but military support to support their revenge!And this Qiyan tribe is on the bank of the Onan River, and it is far away from our Dajin. It is safer for us, and it is better than the Tatar tribe and the Wanggu tribe.

Therefore, I thought that the emperor could send envoys to the Qiyan tribe, assuring them that if they want revenge and entangle the nearby tribes to attack Tatar and other western tribes, they will send troops from the west, and we Dajin will coordinate to send troops from the east. pincer attack.

But the condition is that the khans of all ministries must accept the canonization of Dajin, become the subordinate king of Jin Kingdom, and profess their ministers to Dajin.

As for the eastern battlefield, we can indeed send troops, but we don't necessarily have to fight, just harass some borders of various ministries.In this way, we don't need to spend money, and we don't need to damage the soldiers, so that they can become my Daikin's subordinates, and the most important thing is to fight by ourselves! "

Everyone was stunned after listening to it, and looked at Liu Xu with admiration in their eyes.

Wan Yan Wu Gu Nai laughed, "Okay! Mr. Liu is really smart, with you here, why worry about a few small tribes! As for the mission"

"Since it's the old minister's plan, of course I should do it." Liu Xu said immediately.

"No, you are too old to bear running around." Wanyan Wugu shook his head and refused.

Liu Xu smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the scholar died for his confidant, just because the old man is old, and if he doesn't do things, he will have no chance. Besides, besides me, the old man can't rest assured if he tells the truth."

Wan Yan Wu Gu Nai opened his mouth, but in the end he did not refuse.

"When the veteran is not in the court, I just hope that the emperor will remember the lessons of Han Wu. Martial arts are essential, but you can't resort to military force. You need to know how to recuperate." Liu Xu said bluntly.

Wan Yan Wu Gu Nai was not angry at all, instead he held his hands: "I will remember my teacher's teaching."

Liu Xu nodded in relief.

The monarch and ministers of the Jin Kingdom did not reject the distant Western Han Dynasty, so he took the stories of the Western Han Dynasty as an example.

First, the time is far away, and second, everyone in the world today wants to call themselves orthodox descendants of the Han Dynasty.

Only in this way, there will be a justifiable banner to rule the world.

In fact, this is also one of the main political strategies of the Kingdom of Jin. Respect Confucius and Mencius, promote Confucianism, and regard oneself as the orthodoxy of the Central Plains.

This point is not limited to the Kingdom of Jin, but many surrounding countries are surprisingly consistent.

The Liao Kingdom entered its peak period after Han Derang's reform, and the focus of the reform was to honor Confucius and Mencius, and the court bureaucracy followed the Central Plains dynasty.

And Xia Guo did the same after becoming emperor, respecting Confucius and Mencius, and imitating the system of the Central Plains dynasty.

The reason for this is largely the imprint of the Western Han Dynasty. These territories, the Jing Kingdom in the south, the southern part of the Liao Kingdom in the north, most of the Jin Kingdom, and the entire Xia Kingdom, are all Western Han territories.

The Western Han Dynasty was not just an independent kingdom that people imagined. After the Huns were expelled, more than 50 surrounding countries successively granted the Western Han Dynasty the suzerainty.

Moreover, the vassal state at that time was not as simple as paying tribute. The central dynasty rebelled, and the vassal state had to send troops. Because of these close ties, people had a sense of belonging to the Han Dynasty.

Many people may not know it, and history books will not focus on it.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes of the Central Plains fought for hegemony, and the emperor was displaced. The princes of the Han Dynasty ignored the young emperor who was displaced. , and there is no coquettish idea of ​​coercing the emperor to make the princes.

As soon as Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, the clan of the Han Dynasty, arrived in Youzhou, all countries came to express their surrender. Later, Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan (Note 1), and the tribes of surrounding countries even assembled 10,000+ troops to avenge him.

So it can be seen that the two Han dynasties left a deep imprint on people, so that later people often said that it was Liu Bang, the great ancestor, or that the country must respect Confucius and Mencius (because Confucianism began in the Western Han Dynasty), and claiming to be orthodox in the Central Plains. gain political advantage.

　Note 1: Many people's impressions of Gongsun Zan stay in romance novels. In fact, according to historical records, Gongsun Zan was a very cruel and short-sighted person, and his failure in the end was completely unpopular. If you are interested, you can read the official history records.

　　In the Romance, it is said that Gongsun Zan participated in the eighteenth princes' crusade against Dong Zhuo, which was also written for Liu Bei's drama. Gongsun Zan didn't go, and Liu Bei didn't go at all, so there was nothing to warm the wine and kill Huaxiong. The three heroes fought against Lu Bu, and Lu Bu and several Dong Zhuo's generals After World War I, he was defeated by Sun Jian, and there were only ten princes, and several of them were forcibly compiled by Yanyi. You can guess which ones for yourself.

　　
　
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