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Chapter 377
The plan is a good plan, but the Hexi Corridor has just been dredged, and I don't have much savings on hand.

"If the prices of Shu brocade, tea, and lacquerware are raised, I'm afraid that other forces will come to pretend to be fakes. Liangzhou can't bear it. We can appropriately reduce the taxes of the Yizhou gentry and make friends with them in secret." Yang Zheng still tends to be more conservative. Nothing can be taken for granted, it must be done step by step.

Wei Guan's eyes flickered, "This subordinate didn't think carefully, and the general forgives me. You might as well leave this matter to your subordinates."

It doesn't matter if someone is in charge, this aspect is also Wei Guan's strength.

"Then there is Luo Boyu."

"Dare you not serve with all your heart?" Wei Guan retreated.

Yang Zheng was left alone to think.

If you are not in charge of your family, you don't know how much firewood, rice, oil and salt are, and Liangzhou is under great pressure right now.

There is a lot of waste everywhere, and money is needed everywhere.

Can't afford a trade war.

However, it is right to bind the interests of the Yizhou gentry.

As Wei Guan said, Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, used the Northern Expedition to temporarily integrate Jing and Yishi, but he was actually playing with fire. Once Jiang Wei was defeated, the contradictions in Shu would become more prominent.

With the continuous growth of Wei State and the continuous decline of Wu and Shu, the unification of the Three Kingdoms is the general trend.

During the Second Huainan Rebellion, Sima Division mobilized more than 20 troops.

In the past two years, Sima Zhao has produced another 20 Chinese troops in Luoyang.

The strength of the national power of the Central Plains can be seen.

Cao Wei won Hanzhong and moved the Hanzhong people to Guanzhong.

After winning Huainan, the people in Huainan were moved to Huaibei, resulting in the emergence of a large area of ​​no-man's land in Huainan.

Sima Yi destroyed Liaodong and moved [-] households to Hebei. Although Liaodong was empty, the population of Hebei was prosperous.

Although the court of Wei State had been in turmoil in recent years, Sima Yi cut through the mess quickly, annihilating Cao Shuang's party within five days, and completed the Gaoping Mausoleum Change.

Afterwards, there was no confrontation between Wang Ling and Guanqiu Jian, and they were quickly pacified, and Sima's prestige was pushed to the peak.

If this trend continues, the unification of the Three Kingdoms is inevitable.

According to this trend, the Kingdom of Shu is in jeopardy.

Bundled with the interests of the Yizhou gentry, there may be some unexpected gains in the future.

In the third year of Zhengyuan, Wei Emperor Cao Mao changed Yuan Ganlu to pray for good weather in the world.

However, there is no good weather in the world, only wind and grass.

After Zhuge Dan captured Shouchun, he bought people's hearts, raised dead soldiers on a large scale, continued to expand his army, and built more defenses for Shouchun city.

Sima Zhao didn't trouble Zhuge Dan, but Zhuge Dan kept testing Sima Zhao.

In March, on the grounds that Eastern Wu intended to attack Huainan, he asked the imperial court to increase the deployment of [-] troops from Qingxu, Yanyu, and build city defenses along the Huaihe River.

When Wu attacked Huainan, he first had to break through Hefei New City, and then Shouchun.

Zhuge Dan did not build the city defense along the Feishui River, but built the city along the Huaihe River. Naturally, his intention was to guard against Wei's conquest.

Sima Zhao refused.

But Sima Zhao was not a fuel-efficient lamp. He couldn't wait when he just took office. Chief Shi Jiachong suggested to send envoys to comfort the four towns, so as to test his mind and observe his ambition.

Jia Chong personally went to Shouchun to meet Zhuge Dan. He talked about current affairs and straight to the point.

Zhuge Dan's expression changed on the spot, "Isn't you the son of Jia Yuzhou? The world has received Wei En, how can you want to lose the country to others! If there is trouble in Luozhong, I will die."

Jia Kui, the father of Jia Chong, was a veteran of the three dynasties. He was loyal to Cao Wei. When he was dying, he said to the people around him: "I have received great kindness from the country, and I wish I could see the late emperor after beheading Sun Quan. Nothing can be done in funerals."

Faced with Zhuge Dan's reprimand, Jia Chong retreated in shame and returned to Luoyang.

In the other three towns, Wang Chang, the great general who conquered the south, had inextricably linked with the Sima family. The new general who conquered the north, He Zeng, was born in the He family of Chen County. When the Gaoping Mausoleum changed, he went to the Sima family. , He Zeng also participated in it.

Chen Tai, the general of Zhengxi, did not agree, but he did not explicitly object.

"Zhuge was born in Yangzhou, and he has a long-standing reputation. The hearts of the people are all back, and he can win the power of death. If he is recruited to enter the court, he will definitely not come, and the disaster will be trivial; if he is not recruited, the delay will cause great disaster." Jia Chongjin said.

A new rebellion in Huainan is imminent.

If Sima Zhao was only a powerful minister, then Zhuge Dan would not necessarily rebel, and would most likely maintain the status quo.

But Sima's painstaking efforts for three generations, how could he not stop?
If this is the case, I am afraid that the Sima family will be abandoned by the gentry in a blink of an eye.

The world of Wei State belongs not only to the Sima family, but also to the gentry.

The Cao family is dying.

There is no foundation in the local area, in the army, or in the court.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty still had a group of courtiers who were loyal to the Han Dynasty. There were princes surnamed Liu in the local area, but Cao Wei had nothing. The situation was worse than that of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty...

"However, if Huainan is conquered, the bandits will invade Chang'an, and Chang'an will lose, and the world will be shaken!" Sima Zhao did not forget the threat from the west.

Over the past few years, Yang Zheng's yelling has become louder, calling him a loyal minister of the Cao family, pointing at Sima Yi and Sima Shi's face and cursing at every turn.

Of course Sima Zhao couldn't swallow this tone.

"Yang'er must be severely defeated before he can go east!" Sima Zhao couldn't help being furious when he thought of Yang Zheng's repeated abuse.

And it is.

Sima Zhao's army is heading east, how could Yang Zheng let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
However, Sima Zhao said that it was a serious setback, not annihilation, which shows that he also knows the difficulty of conquering Liangzhou.

Everyone frowned and thought hard, but Zhong Hui laughed softly, "This matter is not difficult, if it is arranged properly, maybe we can kill two birds with one stone, but first we should transfer Chen Xuanbo back."

All the governors of the four towns expressed their opinions, but Chen Tai did not express his intention.

How can Sima Zhao feel at ease?

And Chen Tai has a criminal record.

"Yes!" Sima Zhao nodded slowly in agreement.

Changan.

Zhenxi General Chen Taizheng had a headache.

His headache was not Yang Zheng in the west, but Sima Zhao in Luoyang City in the east.

Wei Guo has come to this point today, and the situation has become clear.

Regardless of whether Chen Tai accepts it or not, it is the general trend for the Sima family to replace Wei, and it is also the aspiration of the gentry.

"Liangzhou's rebels are raging, the general summoned me to lead the army back to the court at this time, wouldn't it be an opportunity for Yang Zheng and the Shu people?" Chen Tai was puzzled.

Thanks to him, he actively organized the defense line in Yongzhou and stabilized the most critical period in Guanzhong.

With the move in of Bingzhou and Hebei Zhuyi Congjun, Chang'an's strength has recovered.

A mysterious smile curled up on Sima Fu's old face, and the wrinkles stretched out, "The general has his own plans for this matter. If Uncle Xuan returns to Luoyang, isn't there still an old man in Chang'an? There is no need to worry."

Chen Tai's chessboard is in Yongliang, while Sima Zhao's chessboard is in the whole world.

"Uncle Xuan, you grew up under the watchful eye of this old man. You are of the same spirit as the Sima family. You have known the general since childhood. The general will never let you down." Seeing Chen Tai's gloomy face, Sima Fu said earnestly. .

Speaking of this step, Chen Tai could only accept his fate, cupped his hands and said: "Nephew knows."

In April of the first year of Ganlu, Chen Tai was transferred back to Luoyang with great fanfare.

(End of this chapter)