Overlord!

Chapter 135 Tribute harvests a big county!
Guanzhong cannot be revived?

Compared with the millions of people in Guanzhong at the peak of the Han Dynasty, it may be that Guanzhong is indeed deserted today.

But as far as the conditions for revival are concerned, they are absolutely met.

Whether it is a thousand miles of fertile fields, a watery climate, or a vast forest, Guanzhong has it all.

Even palaces, cities, and water conservancy facilities are all available.

Otherwise, Cao Wei would not be able to quickly recover a population of 200 million in Guanzhong.

As for the Tang Dynasty, a world civilization center with a population of one million was built here, and Chang'an, a glorious and prosperous age, was built here.

If you want to say that Guanzhong cannot be revived, it is just a lack of people.

What Liu Xie was talking about was also the land of Guanzhong, where the bones of the dead were exposed in the wild, and there was no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

However, the Han Dynasty has ten rooms and nine empties. From Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, to Huainan and Jiangdong, where is there not a shortage of people?

In just a few years, the country's 6000 million people have dropped rapidly to only a few million registered population that can be counted.

In terms of tragedy, Guanzhong is not necessarily the worst.Not necessarily worse than Liangzhou, Xuzhou, and Huainan.

If it is all because of complaining about the shortage of population, no one in the world will need to develop.

Liu Fu, the governor of Yangzhou, rode alone into the dead city of Hefei, and he was able to restore Huainan's vitality.

He Qi expanded the land for thousands of miles, and was able to establish four new counties in Fujian, enriching the south of the Yangtze River.

Everything is nothing more than man-made.

Inspired by Sun Ce, Jiangdong's courtiers all have this will to conquer nature.

Therefore, Gao admitted that he really said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is no one in Guanzhong. Li Jue and Guo Si occupy Chang'an, and there are tens of thousands of people. The generals occupy the prefectures and counties, each holding a tribe, and coercing thousands of people. If you can send a good minister to supervise Guanzhong, and supervise the generals to attack Li and Guo, you will surely restore Guanzhong."

Liu Xie nodded seriously.In fact, what Gao Cheng said, he had already considered it.

He even gritted his teeth countless times and vowed secretly that as long as the court is stable, the first thing to do is to gather loyal teachers and destroy the two thieves Li Jue and Guo Si.

They chased and killed the king frame, massacred hundreds of officials, and tyrannized the supreme. If they didn't kill them, it would not be enough to restore the majesty of the royal family, and it would not be enough to deter the world.

Liu Xie said: "At this time, the imperial court's all-out attack on Guanzhong is indeed in line with the imperial court's needs. No one will object, and even most of the officials will fully support and work together to kill Li and Guo and avenge the past. "

Among the public officials, there are many people who were massacred by Li Jue and Guo Si.

It can be said that almost every minister has a blood feud with these two rebellious ministers.

The so-called mourning soldiers will win, and march to Guanzhong at this time.

The degree of integrity and efficiency of the imperial court is probably the highest in the history of the Han Dynasty.At the time of the founding of the country, I am afraid that it may not be able to compare with it.

It should not be difficult to reset Guanzhong after defeating Li Jue and Guo Si.

At least it is foreseeable that the imperial court will control Henan Yin, Hongnong County, Jingzhao Yin, Zuo Fengyi, and You Fufeng.

This is eight hundred miles away from the Qinchuan and Luoyang Basins, all of which are fertile lands.With the infusion of the Zhengguo Canal, only the Guanzhong Sanfu area can provide a large amount of money and food stably.

If you add the attachment of Wang Yi, the prefect of Hedong, and Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi.

The imperial court will directly control the most affluent Sanhe and Sanfu regions in the world.

There are a total of seven counties in Guanzhong and Sanhe area, accounting for almost one-tenth of the world in terms of scale.

The land is rich, and there are mountains and rivers inside and out. If you defend against danger and occupy righteousness, who in the world would dare to attack it?

At this time, the only shortage is population and wealth.

Gao Cheng said: "The fertile land in Guanzhong has been in chaos, and more than [-] people have been exiled in Yizhou and Jingzhou. If your majesty can reset Guanzhong and accept the trilogy of the generals, you can at least get more than ten thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of people. Households. People from far away heard that Guanzhong has been settled, and they must return day and night. In the land of Guanzhong, there are more than [-] households. After that, Your Majesty will work hard to cultivate and accumulate millet to enrich Guanzhong. Tens of thousands of soldiers will be recruited. A grain of one hundred thousand stones."

"Using this as a capital, how can we not reproduce the achievements of our ancestors and regain the mountains and rivers when we go east to the pass?"

There are 10,000+ households in the seven counties, which is the number after a little recovery.

Although in the prosperous age, it is estimated that there are only seven counties in the population.

But in this troubled world, it is not easy to have 10,000+ households.

With a population of nearly one million, it is possible to form an army of [-], [-], or even [-].

After all, the emperor can still get a steady stream of tribute from Yizhou and Jingzhou.

If Emperor Han can pull out [-] troops or even [-] troops, it may really shock the world.

After all, in today's world, there are only a handful of princes who can pull out [-] troops.

At least Cao Cao is absolutely unable to pull it out at the moment.

It is impossible for him to hold the emperor hostage.

Even the battle of Guandu, whether it can still be fought, and the outcome of Yuan and Cao are greatly restricted by the attitude of Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Gao Cheng tried his best to encourage the emperor, which was the strategy formulated by Jiangdong.

Cao Cao obeyed the emperor's orders and refused to be ministers, yet he was invincible and ruled the world.

The emperor of Han personally served the country and fought against the court, so how could he not be invincible?
In Gao Cheng's generous and intense tone, Liu Xie was completely overwhelmed.

After all, he was still a young man with a spirit in his chest.

After experiencing so many difficulties, his will is also extremely tenacious.

I have been looking forward to revitalizing the Han Dynasty.

It's just that the clichés such as moralization and etiquette of the court ministers in the past made him confused and he couldn't find a way out.

All Gao Cheng said, although crude.

But it did bring a completely different perspective to Liu Xie.

This young man felt that his eyes suddenly became clear, and he was sure that he had found a seemingly feasible way to revive the country.

As a young emperor, he also thought countless times that he could, like Emperor Taizu, wield an army to wipe out the world and unify the world.

It's just that the talents of the great Han are withering now, and the imperial court that once shined with stars, the three great generals Huang Fusong, Lu Zhi, and Zhu Jun, who have lifted up the sky, have all passed away one after another.

The fierce general Dong Zhuo in the imperial army was killed, Sun Jian died in Xiangyang, and Gongsun Zan was besieged in Youzhou.

Now in the imperial court, Han Xian and Yang Fengzhi are actually the generals, and the emperor can't rely on such people to sweep Guanzhong.

So Liu Xie asked earnestly: "Then Gao Qing thinks who is a famous general in the world today, who can command Wang Shi and control Guanzhong?"

There is absolutely no shortage of famous generals in the big man.

For example, Duan Yao, who sits in Hongnong, is the younger brother of Taiwei Duan Jiong.

Taiwei Duan Jiong is crowned in the world with his incomparable bravery.He is the same famous martial arts general as the champion Hou Huo Qubing and Huaili Hou Huangfusong.

Duan Yan himself was famous for his strict military management in the Xiliang army, and he was ranked alongside Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others in terms of talent all the year round, and he was the only Zhonglang general under Dong Zhuo's tent.

The so-called famous generals Li Jue and Guo Si had long been inferior to Duan Yan, Xu Rong, Lu Bu and others before Jia Xu bewitched them to counterattack Chang'an.

Except for very few censors such as Liu Ai, almost no one in the world thought that Li Jue and Guo Si could compete with Sun Jian, Duan Yan, Xu Rong and others.

Especially at this moment, Jia Xu had just resigned from Li Jue's office and hid in Duan Yan's place to avoid being liquidated by the court.

If you take Duan Yan as the general, the generals in Guanzhong will attack Li Jue and Guo Si together.

These two people must be headed by the owls and wiped out the three clans.

But the problem is, this is not good for Jiangdong.

As Jiangdong's envoy, Gao Cheng must recommend a general who is beneficial to Jiangdong.

He immediately cheered up and said: "I have a lot of talents in the Han Dynasty, and good generals are all over the army. I think that General Zhenwu and Yangzhou Mu Liuyou are famous generals in the world, and they are also family members of Zongzheng. They will definitely be able to take on this important task."

Liu Xie was surprised, he never expected that Gao Cheng would name a defeated general.

He hesitated and asked: "General Zhenwu seems to have just suffered a defeat. Can he be a famous general in the world and take on the important task of the court? This is related to the common people in the world and the revival of the Han Dynasty. I hope Gao Qing will not waste the world's great plans for the self-interest of one person."

Gao Cheng immediately said decisively: "I think that the General Zhenwu you selected is the best choice."

Liu Xie still has a good impression of this loyal envoy.

This is the true queen of the Qing Dynasty, but there are no generals of the Qing Dynasty.

After expelling Han Xian and Yang Feng, he decisively stated that he would lead the army to leave and return the government to the emperor.A large amount of gold and silver wealth, silk, silk and grain were also presented.

In Liu Xie's life, he was used to seeing arrogant and domineering warlords who controlled the government.

After finally meeting a loyal foreign minister, he naturally has different emotions towards him.

Even Gao Cheng can be regarded as the minister who inspired his will.

So he suppressed his mood, looked at Gao Cheng, and asked: "What's the explanation?"

Gao Cheng explained: "The country has suffered from warlords and generals for a long time, causing chaos and chaos in the government. Therefore, those who appease Guanzhong, their loyalty is more important than bravery. General Zhenwu is the clan of the Han Dynasty, and he will not support troops and cause chaos anyway. affairs of state."

Liu Xie nodded slightly.Because of this, it is really not Gao Cheng's point of view, but the view of the Han emperors.

It was the emperor of the Han Dynasty who set up the three clans of Liu Yan, Liu Biao, and Liu Yao in the three southern states as the state shepherds of one state.

In times of peace, the country is of course on guard against the imperial clan becoming bigger.

But in this troubled world, any prince will trust his clan more.

The generals Cao Cao appointed were all the generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and the Sun family also used the Sun family members in various ways, and even Yuan Shao was also a father and son soldier in battle.

In this regard, the royal family is no exception.

Clan generals commanding troops are far more reliable than others.

Liu Xie asked: "But Li Jue, Guo Si and others know how to fight well, and they have to sit in Guanzhong so that Liu Zhenwu can investigate the chaos?"

Is Liu Yao's talent enough to quell the chaos?
Gao Cheng said solemnly: "Liu Zhenwu is a hero of the clan, and an outstanding talent. I believe that his talents are not weaker than Liu Yan, the Mu of Yizhou, and Liu Biao, the shepherd of Jingzhou. Both of them can control the land of a state."

"When he entered Jiangdong at a time of turmoil, he expelled Yuan Shu's generals. Before my lord entered Jiangdong, Yuan Shu had six armies and fought against them for years. Therefore, if there is an equal momentum, Yuan Shu will not be able to move forward General Wu is far away."

In the final analysis, Liu Yao entered Jiangdong alone, but expelled Yuan Shu's troops, so he may not be inferior to Liu Biao in terms of talent.

It can be said that Yuan Shu was expelled by Liu Biao in Nanyang and Liu Yao in Jiangdong.

Before Sun Ce, Liu Yao had completely defeated Yuan Shu's generals.

Just like Cao Cao's generals, no one can beat Liu Bei.

If Yuan Shu didn't send Sun Ce, even if Zhou Shang opened the defense line and Yuan Shu's troops would enter Jiangdong, they would be defeated by Liu Yao again and rushed back to Jiangbei.

Liu Yao's defeat was entirely due to being crushed head-on by Sun Ce, the world's top general.

But Lu Bu was defeated by Sun Jian, and Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao. Who can say that these two are not famous generals?

Gao Cheng said: "Liu Zhenwu's army may not be as good as our master's. But because of his talents, he is the governor of Guanzhong. With the help of Duan Yan, Jia Xu and others, he will mobilize the generals in Guanzhong to attack Li Jue. The front of the army will be like a broken bamboo, and it will be defeated when it arrives. "

Liu Xie was a little moved and asked, "Where is Liu Zhenwu now?"

"In the territory of Yuzhang." Gao Cheng immediately said: "We are attacking Zhuge Xuan, the governor of Yuzhang, who belongs to Jingzhou Mu Liuyou, together with Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yuzhang."

This is not some secret military situation.

The whole of Jiangdong is already well known about this.

Liu Yao and Zhu Hao assembled their army and prepared for war in Yuzhang. The reason why they did not counterattack Jiangdong was because they were stabilizing the rear and competing with Jingzhou Mu Liubiao for Yuzhang County.

Moreover, Liu Yao and Zhu Hao are also very good at fighting. They have already defeated Zhuge Liang's uncle Zhuge Xuan and besieged him in the west city.

Don't underestimate Liu Biao just because Jingzhou surrendered to Cao Cao in history.

Jingzhou surrendered because Liu Biao had died.It is difficult for his son to carry Cao Cao, who owns the entire Central Plains, with just one state.

Under the circumstances at that time, even if the entire Jingzhou was handed over to Liu Bei, Liu Bei couldn't bear it.

But when Liu Biao was alive, Cao Cao never took advantage of attacking Jingzhou.

On the contrary, Liu Biao repelled a famous general, expelled Yuan Shu, and killed Sun Jian and Zhang Ji.

But it was such a hero with great talent and ambition who used Zhuge Xuan, the uncle of Marquis Zhuge Liang, to attack Yuzhang, which was defeated in chaos, but was defeated by Liu Yao and Zhu Hao.

And Zhuge Xuan was later killed by the soldiers and civilians of Xicheng, and his head was beheaded and sent to Liu Yao.

You can know the military talents of Liu Yao and Zhu Hao.

After all, Zhuge Xuan, who was chosen by Liu Biao to be the prefect of one side, responsible for attacking the entire Yangzhou plan, and even the uncle of Marquis Wu, must not be underestimated.

The Son of Heaven was also very virtuous, and immediately remembered who this Zhu Hao was.

It was Taiwei of the Great Han Dynasty, one of the three pillars of the Han Dynasty, and the second son of the famous general Zhu Jun.

It is indeed inappropriate to leave such two great Han generals with great military talents in Yuzhang County to fight fiercely with Liu Biao, the same loyal tribute of the Han clan, to consume their strength.

And Liu Xie can probably guess the purpose of Gao Cheng's strong recommendation of Liu Yao.

So he smiled and said: "Yes. I will help you once. General Zhenwu was recruited into the court to serve as a chariot general. , lead the troops together, and help the imperial court to quell the rebels in Xiliang and pacify Guanzhong!"

This is tantamount to the emperor handing over Yuzhang County to Sun Ce to strengthen the strength of the feudal town.

This is by no means Liu Xie's stupidity, on the contrary, it is enough to reflect Liu Xie's bright intelligence.

He is very clear that with the current strength of the Han Dynasty, the main focus should be on stabilizing Guanzhong.Yuzhang County couldn't hold it at all.Instead of allowing it to be consumed locally, it has been unable to give the court a gift.It's better to hand it over to Sun Ce, and there will be more tribute wealth in the future.

Taking a useless county and state successfully increased the income of the court, and also commended most of Sun Ce's tributes. This is practically suitable for the emperor.

(End of this chapter)