The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 210 Liu Kun’s Strategy

"You actually want to trade armor with us?" Liu Kun couldn't help but think deeply after hearing Wen Qiao's words.

"In my opinion, after defeating Wang Jun, Liu Tai lost all his ambition and let his horse go to Nanshan. He can even trade his armor. He is really short-sighted!"

Chief Shi Li Hong sighed with emotion, and then said with a serious face, "We cannot miss this opportunity!"

Obviously, in Li Hong's view, it's not a bad thing that Liu Tai has fallen. At least he and others have armor!
Liu Kun was thoughtful, but then shook his head and said, "Liu Tai is a famous soldier on the battlefield, and he dares to trade with us. He is obviously not an easy person. If he is willing to sell the armor to us this time, I won't believe him if he says he has no other intentions! "

"No matter what your intentions are, at least these armors are not fake!" Li Hong said while holding the armor samples sent by Wen Qiao.

"Although these armors have traces of combat experience, for us, the armors are really in short supply.

Whether it is given to your headquarters or to the Xianbei cavalry, it will be even more powerful!We are really short of armor! "

"How much does Liu Tai plan to trade with us?" Liu Kun asked Wen Qiao after thinking about it. Just as Wen Qiao guessed, Liu Kun really couldn't refuse these armors!
"We need to send someone to discuss it in detail, because in addition to gold, silver, and horses, he also wants population and talents!"

When Wen Qiao said this, he smiled bitterly and said, "Jun Gong Liu gave me a salary of three hundred armors for one year."

"Hahaha, it seems that Liu Tai likes you very much, Taizhen!" Liu Kun couldn't help laughing when he heard Wen Qiao's words.

However, there were bursts of laughter, and at this time Li Hong also joked, "Taizhen, you are much more valuable than Baili Xi!"

When the two of them had laughed enough, Wen Qiao looked at Liu Kun and said, "How do Mr. Liu think we should talk!?"

"Qixian delivered these letters to a wealthy family in Youji Qingzhou to confirm Liu Tai's identity to show his sincerity.

Liu Taisheng is cool and can accept any material, but we also need to make preparations. It will be convenient to exchange for armor when the time comes! "

Liu Kun nodded at this time and said to Wen Qiao, "You will need to work hard again then!"

"It's not hard for me to do this, but there is something I need to report to the Duke!" Wen Qiao looked serious.

"Please elaborate!" Liu Kun looked at Wen Qiao's serious look and couldn't help asking Wen Qiao.

But at this time, Wen Qiao didn't hide it, and immediately told him that he and others met Fan Yang Lu, and that Lu Chen was attracted by Liu Tai. In addition, Fan Yang Lu wanted to invest in Lu Chen, making him a News from their political representatives of the Fanyang Lu family.

After hearing these words, Liu Kun couldn't help but look a little serious, and finally couldn't help but sigh,

"Obviously, Fan Yanglu thinks Liu Tai has potential and wants to bet on Liu Tai."

Everyone present made such a judgment on Liu Kun, and there was no surprise.

This was originally the way for the aristocratic family to survive. They would choose to cooperate with the princes who occupied the local area.

If Wang Jun were alive, they would still cooperate with Wang Jun, but the Fanyang Lu family was one of the aristocratic families suppressed by Zaosong.

And now that Liu Tai has occupied Youzhou instead of Wang Jun, the Youzhou family will still choose to cooperate with Liu Tai.

However, this kind of thing did not cooperate with Liu Tai from the beginning. That was because Liu Tai's policies were not friendly to the family.

Those aristocratic families who followed Wang Jun should be destroyed, and those who should be copied will not say anything for now.

The remaining aristocratic families were even more suppressed by the "Qianda Tax" and "Corvee Tax". At the same time, in order to encourage the local people, Liu Tai began to propose the military system and the land equalization system.

It is somewhat different from the historical equalized land system. The historical equalized land system encouraged the people to open up wasteland. You should not even think about the mature fields in the hands of aristocratic families.

But Liu Tai does not do these things. In addition to the collective farms that occupy a considerable amount of land as a stabilizer, Liu Tai will also use the mature fields of many aristocratic families to divide the fields under the equalization system.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange for the family to have a good attitude toward Liu Tai, but now Liu Tai has drawn a bottom line.

If you can choose to accept it, then stay and join Liu Tai's economic system.

If you can't accept it, you can choose to leave. Anyway, Liu Tai is very open-minded. Although you can take away the wealth in your hands, the land and population cannot be touched.

Liu Tai's bad attitude made it difficult for many aristocratic families who were used to staying in the Western Jin Dynasty to accept it.

But it also depends on the place. Jizhou and Youzhou have been plagued by disasters and wars in recent years, and even the landlords have no food left.

Under such circumstances, having a rule-based strongman like Liu Tai in power was acceptable to all local forces at least.

And as soon as they crossed this spiritual threshold, these aristocratic families suddenly found that following Liu Tai was acceptable, except for Liu Tai's constant demands for money and paying taxes at every turn.

After all, it is much better to pay taxes than to directly use the knife to save your own life.

"Go and call Lu Chen!" Liu Kun thought for a while, finally made a decision, and then said to Wen Qiao.

Wen Qiao nodded and went to call Lu Chen. He understood the decision Liu Kun might make.

Li Hong watched Wen Qiao leave, turned to Liu Kun and said, "Are you planning to let Lu Chen go to Liu Tai's place?!"

"This may not be a good thing for us or Lu Chen!" Liu Kun looked at Li Hongdao,
"And if we can bury someone next to Liu Tai, it won't be a bad thing for us, right?!"

"Don't lie to me!" Li Hong looked at Liu Kun and said seriously, "If you have this kind of intention, I will never believe that Lu Chen can live by Liu Tai's side for a long time. Do you want to leave a legacy for yourself? Road?!"

"Do you think Liu Tai won't kill him?" Liu Kun looked at Li Hong and said calmly.

Li Hong sighed: "Since Liu Tai has made rules with the family, it shows that he sincerely accepts the family.

Fan Yang and the Lu family can serve as an example. As long as Lu Chen doesn't violate taboos, I believe nothing will happen to him."

"Have you still seen through it!?" Liu Kun said with a slight sigh,
"The next plan must use all the chips. Since Chen'er has the conditions to leave, she will take advantage of this opportunity to leave."

"You are kind-hearted, but won't your son make arrangements?!" Li Hong couldn't help but ask after hearing Liu Kun's words.

"Since he is my son, then consider him unlucky in this life!" Liu Kun shook his head and said, "Of course he can't leave!"

"Then arrange it for my son!" Li Hong looked at Liu Kun and said seriously.

"You..." Liu Kun was more or less shocked when he heard Li Hong's words.

"You want to be loyal to the Jin court, I understand, and I am willing to give you a try.

But it doesn’t matter if I don’t have a way to survive, but now that I have multiple choices, I am willing to let my child go to Liu Tai to find a way out! Li Hong said seriously, "I can fight for you, but I can't die for Jin Ting!" "

"I understand!" Liu Kun nodded, not finding anything strange about Li Hong's choice.

Everything is for the survival of the family, especially in these troubled times. Li Hong took this opportunity to let his children go to relatively safe places such as Youzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places. It is better than living in Jinyang, where he has to fight for life and death. Be good.

"It's just, do you think so highly of Liu Tai?" Liu Kun couldn't help but wonder.

Li Hong shook his head, then smiled bitterly and said: "Nowadays, among the Chinese princes north of the Yellow River, Liu Tai is the only one left.

Fortunately, Liu Tai can fight, and he can more or less preserve the Chinese reputation. Who else can I choose besides him?Jin Ting? "

Liu Kun could feel Li Hong's despair, or the despair of all Han people north of China.

For them, first the Eight Kings Rebellion, then the Xiongnu invasion, coupled with various natural and man-made disasters, even the Jin Dynasty, their only hope, was destroyed.

Under such circumstances, how can you let the people north of the Yellow River still have hope for China's future? They just want to live!

Now, with Liu Tai defeating Wang Jun and taking control of the three states of Qing, Ji, and You, although he is under the command of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, he represents the interests of the Han people.

The most important thing is that although Liu Tai has mastered physics, he is willing to reason with himself.

For the aristocratic family, even if Liu Tai's reasoning is more disadvantageous to him, it is better than making no sense at all!
A very important reason why Liu Kun chose to form an alliance with Liu Tai is that Liu Tai is really a Han.

Even after Liu Tai killed Wang Jun, it gradually became an opportunity to split the Huns and Han Kingdom.

Liu Kun understood that if the split between Liu Tai and the Huns and Han Dynasty could be promoted, then even if the Jin court did not counterattack and liquidate, at least Liu Tai would still be able to restore the Han family's honors.

After all, Liu Kun, who has been living on the border, can better handle the relationship between Han and Hu.

But at the same time, we have gradually moved away from the perspective of the country to look at things from the perspective of the nation.

Therefore, Liu Kun believes that Liu Tai can be won over and even trusted in certain circumstances.

After all, if a man who asked the entire army to study the "Book of Han" bent on being a lackey for the Huns and the Han Kingdom, even if Liu Tai had a thick face, he could endure it, but what about the soldiers under his command, could they also endure it? !

Liu Kun took a deep breath. No matter what, having Liu Tai here would be beneficial to Liu Kun's plan.

Not long after, Lu Chen came over. When he saw Liu Kun and Li Hong, Lu Chen immediately saluted.

Liu Kun nodded, and then said, "I asked you to come here this time. Did Wen Qiao tell you the whole story?"

"Brother-in-law has made it clear!" Lu Chen nodded and said, "I don't dare to express my gratitude to Ming Gong. After the chat between the head of the Fan Yang family and me, I have a lot of thoughts in my heart.

After thinking about it, Chen said frankly that Liu Yao and I had a life-or-death feud. If this hatred could be avenged, what would Lu Chen's personal reputation mean? "

When Liu Kun heard Lu Chen's words, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he said:

"Good boy, your hatred is also my hatred!

Don't have any burden in your heart. We really need an envoy to communicate with Liu Tai.

When you go to Liu Tai's place, say less and do more, just follow your heart. This may become a way out for Jinyang! "

When Lu Chen heard Liu Kun's words, he nodded to Liu Kun to show that he understood.

In fact, Liu Tai's intention of exchanging talents for armor was more focused on population.

After all, in Liu Tai's view, Liu Kun was extremely charming. The Han population under his rule was indeed small, but the foreign population was still relatively large.

But in Liu Kun's view, Liu Tai's intention of exchanging talents for armor could just leave some of his generals and civilian officials with a way out.

In this case, even if you drag them together to fight to the end, they will be more resilient.

"Ming Gong, I don't understand. These actions of yours don't look like a normal military confrontation!"

At this time, Li Hong looked at the orders made by Liu Kun. Although the cohesion of the team had been improved, Li Hong knew very well that if this was the case, he would probably be eaten by Bingzhou's army against Liu Tai's troops in the future. What a big loss!

"With the demise of Wang Jun, the hope of the Chinese empire in the north no longer lies with the Jin court!" Liu Kun lamented,
"It's about Liu Tai. You see the aristocratic families in Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Youzhou heading towards Liu Tai. Don't you understand?"

"Even so, your plan is more like destroying ourselves than destroying the Jin court!" Li Hong sighed.

"You are wrong!" Liu Kun shook his head and said, "What do you think is the biggest weakness of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty!"

"Is Liu Cong lustful and immoral? Is it because the aliens are rioting and fighting? Or is Liu Tai interested in separatism?" Li Hong asked Liu Kun.

Liu Kun heard Li Hong's words, shook his head and said: "It's all, or it's not!
Their only weakness is that there are few Huns and many Han people. This is their biggest weakness.

As long as the Huns themselves suffer heavy losses, it will be very difficult for them to control Shi Le or Liu Tai.

Therefore, when he fought with the Jin court, he always used Shi Le and Wang Mi as the vanguard!
But now, Shi Le and Liu Tai are gradually becoming independent, and the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom's control over them is getting weaker and weaker!
Therefore, in this battle, if we succeed, we can determine the country with one battle, and if we retreat, we can completely shake the foundation of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty. "

"What if we are completely defeated!" When Li Hong heard Liu Kun's words, he still felt unavoidable fear in his heart.

Liu Kun: "My body has been tempered by fierce fire, and my body has been tempered. War will inevitably involve casualties, so it starts with me."

Liu Kun knew exactly what he wanted.

Because he has seen through the biggest weakness of the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom today, which is the small population, especially the small number of powerful troops in the center.

The Xiongnu headquarters had been severely damaged at the beginning. If they were hit hard again by themselves, regardless of winning or losing, they would lose the ability to completely contain Shi Le and Liu Tai. Even if it could be maintained for a while, as time went by, the disintegration of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty would only be a matter of time. question.

Therefore, Liu Kun knew very well that regardless of geographical advantages or strategic tactics, this matter could only be executed by himself.

As long as you complete your strategy, to paraphrase Jiang Wei's words, "the country will be restored to safety from danger, and the sun and moon will be restored to brightness."

Even if it is not the Jin court who finally seizes back the world, there is a high possibility that it is the Han people. For Liu Kun, this is enough.

As for himself, Liu Kun knew that his foundation was too weak and there was no hope.

(End of this chapter)