The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 248 Zu Ti’s Difficulties
"Zu Xingshi, I came here under your Majesty's order. Now the Han bandits and the Zhao bandits are fighting fiercely. It is the blessing of our Jin court. Don't let them stop fighting and rest because of your intervention!" Dai Yuan couldn't help but say to Zu Ti at this moment. advised.

To be honest, Zu Ti had just wanted to take action against Liu Tai, so Dai Yuan immediately contacted Director Wang and Sima Rui.

Director Wang is now dealing with the increasingly arrogant Wang Dun. He really has no time to pay attention to Zu Ti, let alone any intention of the Northern Expedition, so he asks Dai Yuan to come over and cause trouble for Zu Ti. If you want to do the Northern Expedition, don't even think about it. .

"President Dai, have you ever considered the possibility that Liu Tai has already taken care of Liu Yao?"

Zu Ti couldn't help but feel a headache when he looked at Dai Yuan. He usually wasn't so active when asking the men to work.

As a result, he took the time to send a memorial to Yecheng this time. He originally wanted to kill it first and then report it, but Dai Yuan decisively killed two horses and rushed over as fast as he could. Shi Le was traveling across the Central Plains, why didn't he see it? You are so positive!
"Liu Yao, Shi Le, and Liu Tai are the three generals of the Puppet Han Dynasty. Their levels should be comparable. How could Liu Tai defeat Shi Le first and then Liu Yao so quickly? Do you think he is the world's best soldier?" Dai Yuan said to him Zu Ti refused to give in.

"It would be great if he was the current warrior immortal!" Zu Ti couldn't help but feel a little sad when he heard Dai Yuan's words.

He has been following Shi Le on the front line and fighting against Yu Yao in Taishan County. If he says he has not studied Liu Tai, no one will believe him.

It was after studying Liu Tai that Zu Ti felt that this guy was troublesome.

Because Zu Ti felt that Liu Tai was a Bai Qi-type commander. It was not like Bai Qi who slaughtered half of the population of the Warring States Period, but unless you took the initiative to attack Liu Tai, there would be no sure war. Liu Tai would not fight a single battle.

It seems that many of the operations were risky. Analyzing the situation with the benefit of hindsight, it can be seen how accurate Liu Tai was in making decisions at the time.

The most important thing is that Liu Tai not only fights, but also has corresponding political orders and systems to cooperate.

Taishan County is the first place to implement the military system. As long as you serve as a soldier in Taishan County, you can enjoy the benefits of being a soldier.

To be honest, only Liu Tai can carry out this kind of thing, because that guy neither pays attention to his immediate boss Liu Cong nor cares about the interests of the wealthy families under his command.

But Liu Tai had an effective policy that allowed the people under his command to support him for the land he acquired. At the same time, the soldiers under his command could support the management policy during wartime. Yes, as long as it was managed during wartime, enough.

Military control is a very efficient management model, but it will greatly suppress the autonomy of the people.

However, military control is often the most effective management method during wartime. Many basic military officials, such as village commanders, who are detached to local areas, can also be qualified to work as pavilion commanders, or at least they can carry out the orders passed down from above.

Therefore, this allowed Liu Tai to implement any laws smoothly when he wanted to enforce them. If the lower class resisted, they would of course try to persuade him with good words at the beginning, but in the end they would definitely call the army to come over and put down the rebellion.

After all, in this era, if you don't listen to the orders from above, you are naturally a rebel. To deal with rebels, you only need coordinates to quell the rebellion!

Because they were in troubled times, Liu Cong's orders could not be conveyed to the area under Liu Tai's jurisdiction, and the aristocratic families in Liu Tai's area did not form a joint resistance. Even if there were a few hard-core people among them, they were directly crushed by the army to scare the monkeys.

The next step is to treat guests, behead him, and accept him as a dog. After a set of procedures, no northern family would dare to confront Liu Tai.

But he is completely different. He has the will of His Majesty above him, and he has the support of the aristocratic families south of the Yellow River below. And he has worked hard, at least when Liu Kun fought Liu Cong, he achieved the achievement of reviving Luoyang.

This allows him to now firmly control Yuzhou and Yanzhou. He can only organize the Beifu Army on a small scale, but if he implements the Beifu Army system on a large scale, it will inevitably lead to large-scale internal conflicts.

China is very aware of the fact of reform. No one knows whether this kind of thing can be good for the future, but as long as it is a reform, it must pay a blood price, and it must pay the blood price of the contemporary vested interests.

Therefore, Zu Ti could see that if a wealthy family like Liu Tai was forced to pay the "Thousand Fields Tax" and "Corvee Tax" on a large scale, the land of the family was confiscated and distributed to the common people, and the government military system, a system of war for oneself, could be implemented, Let the people clearly know that the war is for themselves, not for anyone else, and they will definitely have more fighting will than the soldiers under their own command.

But Zu Ti knew that he could not carry out the plan because he was from a noble family and could not be as careless as Liu Tai.

To be honest, Zu Ti couldn't figure out how there could be someone like Liu Tai. Although he was not from a noble family, he had enjoyed the family's resources to some extent and was able to grow smoothly because he followed Wang Mi, and he was invincible in the battlefield. There is simply no way for the generals in the world to survive.

Even if it were him, Zu Ti felt that he didn't know how long his body could sustain it!

Zu Ti thought of this, but said to Dai Yuan: "The flag of Jijun has been replaced by a big Han flag, and there is also a handsome flag with the word Wang.

A few days ago, I saw the Tianhui navy coming to directly transport food. The people stationed there were definitely not the Xiongnu Zhao army, but Wang Sang, who had become Liu Tai's command, and the city defender who had resisted Wang Jun's attack. ! "

"This is impossible!" Dai Yuan said in disbelief after hearing Zu Ti's words.

"Liu Taoshile's men are all battle-hardened warriors and brave generals. Even if Liu Tai can defeat them, he can't win so quickly!"

"I also hope that as you said, it wasn't Liu Tai who won this war in the end." Zu Ti couldn't help but sigh.

To be honest, Zu Ti really didn't want to face Liu Tai. After all, Liu Tai's record was too terrifying.

From Liu Yao's restructuring in June to almost October now, in just four months, Liu Tai defeated Liu Yao and Shi Le successively, and became the successor of the Huns and Han Kingdom with absolute hard power, even giving him the undefeated gold The body becomes brighter.

Facing such an opponent, if we really fight against them, it goes without saying that our own morale will be lower than the opponent's.

At this time, Zu Yue came in and said to Zu Ti, "Brother, Liu Tai is here to envoy from the other side."

"Oh?!" Zu Ti and Dai Yuan looked at each other, Zu Ti saluted Dai Yuan and said:
"You and I should meet Liu Tai's envoy together!"

"Good!" Dai Yuan's face immediately became humble, as if you are good to me, good to everyone.

Even if Zu Ti and Dai Yuan did not deal with each other in private, facing the common enemy Liu Tai followed, the two of them would at least not let Liu Tai's envoy see anything.

Soon, Wang Ming successfully met Zu Ti and Dai Yuan, who was sitting slightly beside Zu Ti.

After Wang Ming saluted Zu Ti, he took out the letter and said, "General Zu Ti, our King of Qi has captured Liu Yao and destroyed Shi Le. Hearing that the general was waiting on the bank of the Yellow River, he asked the young general to come with a letter to deliver the king's personal letter. "

Zu Ti's soldiers took the letter and checked it carefully before handing it to Zu Ti's hands.

The superiors did not do anything to persuade Zu Ti to surrender. They only hoped that the two sides could temporarily stop fighting and select a location for mutual trade.

Whether it's Ji Jun or Rongyang, since I made this suggestion, the choice can be left to you, Zu Ti.All in all, Liu Tai did not need to write any threatening words. He calmed down Liu Yao and Shi Le in four months, which in itself had considerable deterrence.

The most fearful thing for a general is to fight an enemy he does not want to face at a time and place not decided by him. Liu Tai believed in Zu Ti's military IQ and knew that he would be difficult to deal with at this time!

It's not that I can't fight Zu Ti, but if I fight Zu Ti at this time, then I have to compromise with the aristocratic families behind me, and I need to rely on the aristocratic families to stabilize my rear. After all, it's winter, and my roots are in Qingzhou and You. Prefecture, not Jizhou, has been severely consumed when transporting grain.

And if these aristocratic families changed from Shi Le's ministers to heroes in the crusade against Zu Ti, it would become troublesome for him to deal with these aristocratic families.

After all, they followed Shi Le, and it was reasonable for him to deal with them no matter how he dealt with them. At most, he just held a grudge. For the boss, holding a grudge was not a big shortcoming, and it might make the following families surrender earlier.

But the problem is that it would be a bit mean and ungrateful to deal with them after they have made great achievements.

Guys one after another shouted: "I have done great service for the Han Dynasty, and I have shed blood for the King of Qi..." Then it is not easy for me to deal with it!

Liu Tai has no doubt about the bottom line of the family, because as long as you don't involve their whole family, you will find that the bottom line of the family is that there is no bottom line at all.

Because in these troubled times, aristocratic families with a bottom line are often the first to die, and if they fail to resist the coming of troubled times.

There is no doubt that the people who will support the lintel of the aristocratic family basically have flexible bottom lines and changeable moral integrity.

As long as they are given a little chance, Liu Tai believes that these guys can professionally wash themselves into white. Even if they cannot wash themselves into white, they will wash themselves into gray, and then introduce a black person to kill specifically for him, thus Li Daitao is stiff.

Therefore, Liu Tai needs to make peace with Zu Ti. For Liu Tai, it would be easy to win all the way regardless of the attack, but as long as he loses once, these aristocratic families will definitely be ready to steal his fruits.

Therefore, although Liu Tai may make some moves in military operations that may look risky to others, he is very calm in actual strategic execution.

Because Liu Tai knows very well that he only has the military to support him now, so he cannot be defeated.

Victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists, and everyone can accept it, but it is absolutely unacceptable for me who is only prepared to suppress the family.

Because as long as he leads his troops and loses once, the family will definitely find a way to counterattack!

Therefore, at this moment, Liu Tai chose to make peace with Zu Ti, because it made no sense to him to continue fighting.

I dare not say that I will definitely be able to capture the Central Plains, which has been managed by Zu Ti for several years, and Zu Ti is probably very afraid of me.

Therefore, the two sides are now in a state of panic. My letter of peace talks will definitely be acceptable under normal circumstances!
Zu Ti handed the letter in his hand to Dai Yuan and asked Dai Yuan to read it.

However, Zu Ti looked at Wang Ming and couldn't help but said: "This envoy looks majestic, I don't know how to call him?"

"Wang Ming of Donglai, son of Youzhou Protector Wang Sang!" Wang Ming heard Zu Ti's words and decisively announced his father's name!
This is what Wang Sang asked Wang Ming to tell others about his identity. Although Wang Sang's son might be detained, he would not be hacked to death under normal circumstances.

If it were so easy to achieve the exchange between the two armies and not to send envoys, then everyone who successfully went on an envoy would not be able to steadily advance to a higher level when they came back.

Because as long as you are responsible for the mission, your fate is not decided by you.

Of course, when two Han regimes were in contact, they would generally not kill the envoy directly, let alone an envoy with the status of Wang Sang's son.

Under normal circumstances, unless he desperately fell out with Liu Tai, he would not kill anyone.

Even if they were defeated, they might be able to save their lives by relying on the Donglai Wang family's name.

After all, it is very rare for Sun Quan to kill Guan Yu. In fact, in history, he returned Guan Yu to Liu Bei. Maybe Jingzhou can be safely taken over. After all, a backstab is a backstab. He has high skills. What happened to Yichou?

But he killed Guan Yu, and couldn't defeat Hefei. It's nothing to say that this kind of people are scolded in history. They are really the rats of Jiangdong.

When Zu Ti and Dai Yuan heard Wang Ming's identity, their faces straightened slightly.

They didn't expect that the person who came to deliver the letter was actually Wang Ming, who to a certain extent could be regarded as the next generation of Liu Tai's relatives.

"It turns out it's General Wang Ming. Come and give me a seat!" Zu Ti also immediately raised Wang Ming's salary.

No matter how you say it, as a relative, you still come to visit me. It doesn’t matter what your ability is. At least your courage is commendable.

"Thank you, General, for the gift. I accept it with all my heart. I wonder if the General can give me an answer so that I can return to camp and reply to my king tomorrow?" Wang Ming said to Zu Ti, neither humble nor arrogant.

After hearing Wang Ming's words, Zu Ti thought for a while and said, "This matter is of great importance, so naturally we must discuss it carefully and carefully.

Your envoy, please stay in our military camp first, and then we will give you a reply after we have discussed and made a decision! "

"It will be fine if I continue to wait!" At this time, Wang Ming couldn't help but smile, and then said,
"But I would like to remind the general that if I were a general, I would quickly mobilize my men to attack Luoyang instead of continuing the confrontation and only increasing the consumption of food.

After all, even if it snows, the Yellow River will not allow the army to pass easily on it in a short time! "

"Of course I understand what your envoy means. Please go down and rest first. He will be restored within five days at the latest. If the envoy is worried, we can also prepare a pen and ink for you to send someone back to report a message!" Zu Ti collapsed. He said to Wang Ming quite calmly.

After Wang Ming saluted, he listened to Zu Ti's words and obeyed Zu Ti's arrangements.

After Zu Ti watched Wang Ming leave, he said to Dai Yuan: "This little guy has made the matter clear. Do you want to reply to His Majesty's letter and ask His Majesty to end the confrontation with Liu Tai as soon as possible and target Luoyang!"

"I will report to Your Majesty!" Dai Yuan couldn't help but reply.

　I have a cold, I don’t know if it’s the recent flu, my nose keeps running, and my head feels dizzy, so today and tomorrow will be the first update, and I will start paying off my debt on February [-]rd.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)