The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 361 Director Wang’s decision

"Haha, interesting, really interesting!" Director Wang looked at the contents of the newspaper sent by Wang Xizhi with a somewhat sad expression.

Unexpectedly, Liu Tai, who seemed to be the most radical towards the family, turned out to be the conservative who the family wanted most to restore the feudal feudal lords. All he wanted was to suppress the family as much as possible before the feuding situation began.

Director Wang is good at regulating interpersonal relationships, just like the relationship between Jiangdong's powerful men and the soldiers of Nandu, which mainly relies on Director Wang's skill in dancing to unite them.

I didn't expect that Sima Shao would act so decisively this time. Taking advantage of the opportunity of taking power, he would decisively suppress the Langya Wang family.

However, Director Wang's determination to retreat was stronger than Sima Shao imagined. With this step, he immediately left the court.

Director Wang retreated from the court, but he was able to calm down and observe the current situation.

After reading it, Director Wang felt that he had better close the door to the current Langya Wang family and wait until the decisive war between Liu Tai and Sima Shao was over!
There was no other way. Director Wang calmed down and looked at the strength comparison between Liu Tai and Sima Shao. Liu Tai had elite soldiers who fought all the way through Shu from Qingzhou, while Sima Shao had the most elite army. Tao Kan's personal guard.

Originally, Liu Tai was not without weaknesses, or in other words, everyone in the world was waiting for Liu Tai to lose.

As long as Liu Tai is defeated, Liu Tai will be afraid of repeating the defeat of Cao Wei in Chibi. Even if Liu Tai escapes with his life, once his undefeated golden body is broken, there will be countless noble families and wealthy families who oppose him. After all, Qianda Taxes and corvee taxes, as well as imperial examinations, are not used to suppress aristocratic families.

But now that Liu Tai has expressed his intention to divide the feudal confederation, this not only shows his recognition of his soldiers with various military exploits, but also reveals that he has no intention of being a cunning rabbit and a lackey, so as to avoid Zhong Hui's situation. There is no way to seal it, and you must die.

And the most important thing is to win over the aristocratic family that was originally separated from Liu Tai.

For aristocratic families, if they can be divided into feudal lords, whoever is interested in the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System will be nothing more than Sima.

Originally, the aristocratic family thought that they were noble, honest, and noble, which was different from the common people at the bottom.

However, the Hanoi Sima clan used their performance after reaching the pinnacle of power to show that even the aristocratic family is stinky even if it goes to the extreme.

Therefore, seeing Liu Tai play the game of enfeoffment again, for a thousand-year-old family, it means that they want to be a prince instead of a family!

Don't look at it that Liu Tai only enfeoffed the island, but Liu Tai ultimately gave him military power, legislative power and governance power.

For aristocratic families, whether they have this right and how this right is now are completely different things.

It's like the so-called enfeoffed islands are all desert islands with almost no life. If they are afraid of population, their families will have to find a way to slowly migrate from the Yanhan side.

But is it important to the family? ?

They are a thousand-year-old family, and they are people who adapt to the rules, modify them, and even create them as soon as they come out!
They are not the people who work, the people who work are their descendants, domestic servants, even corvees, and the people at the bottom.

Transforming a desert island into a fiefdom suitable for life is a matter for the descendants and servants of the family. For the aristocratic family, the most important thing is to obtain the qualifications for enfeoffment. As for what to do next after the enfeoffment, that is up to the aristocratic family. thing.

The most important thing is that the family has been around for so long that their concept of time is completely different from that of a normal rising individual.

Needless to say, it's like the Tian family on behalf of Qi. Although the Tian family may not seek Qi State as soon as they come to Qi State, Tian family's plan of big fights out and small fights in was directly implemented all the way to Tianhe. The consistency of the remaining years has been implemented impartially.

Think about how terrifying such political inertia is, but it is normal for aristocratic families, because this is the lifestyle of aristocratic families, inheriting the policies of their ancestors until either they die or the policies die.

So after Director Wang calmed down and observed, he found that Liu Tailian's last weakness had been eliminated.

Even if Liu Tai is defeated now, it is not enough. Even if Director Wang does not know Liu Tai's army system, and even if all his soldiers are killed in the battle, he can quickly replenish the army, especially a large part of them are retired and experienced soldiers. old warrior!
Even if Tao Kan is Bai Qi and kills all Liu Tai's people, Liu Tai will be able to replenish the next wave immediately and fight again!
But what Director Wang knows is that if Liu Tai is defeated this time, the family is afraid that he will lose Liang Jingcong, because with the loss of the generals Liu Tai has finally trained, this is when his family's elite soldiers and generals come to power, and the family will definitely Willing to take a gamble.

As for holding Liu Tai back now, these aristocratic families will not do it.

Because the aristocratic family is the kind of family that likes to add icing on the cake and add insult to injury. At most, it will provide help when it is time for others, but the kind of family that goes against the general trend of the world will definitely not be a family.

Aristocratic families are creatures of rules. As long as these rules are not met, they will be forced to death. Aristocratic families will generally not go against the general trend.

But if it comes to individuals, there are always exceptions. But if the individual's power can directly suppress the members of the entire family, then only then can he mobilize the power of his own family for his own use. If he cannot do this, he must obey the overall situation of the family.

Just like this, when Liu Tai clearly showed that he wanted to be crowned king, these aristocratic families would only move closer to Liu Tai instead of pushing Liu Tai away.

So Director Wang didn't even think about how ferocious Liu Tai's attack would be next!

If it is the original Wang family of Langya, then he will naturally share the joys and sorrows with the Sima family. After all, the political combination of "king and horse, sharing the world" has always been passed down, and he can't break free even if he wants to!
But the problem is that this time Sima Shao is a wise king. Precisely because Sima Shao is a wise king, Sima Shao began to take back power and began to concentrate his efforts against Liu Tai.

Although the Langya Wang family escaped Sima Shao's liquidation because of themselves, they were inevitably swept out of the court by Sima Shao, waiting for new opportunities to rise!

Being kicked by Sima Shao made Director Wang, a very smart man, calm down enough to think about the current situation.

If it was the original situation of "the king and his horse share the world", then Director Wang must have tried his best to stand by Sima Shao.

Whether it was to mediate internal factional struggles or provide advice to Sima Shao, Director Wang was willing to do his best.

After all, the Langya Wang family still has a stake in this court. Even if it is not more than Sima Shao, at least it is the master of this country. With the help of the country as a tool, he can exert the full power of the Langya Wang family.

But now, the forces in the Langya Wang family's court have been driven out. Although the country's shares are still there, it has become a broken ship.

If Liu Tai still resists the family, then the Langya Wang family will at least side with Sima Shao whether they like it or not.

But now Liu Tai has thrown out the temptation of becoming a king, and Liu Tai's strength is really too strong. Liu Tai was not as powerful as Cao Wei. Not only did he have many Han loyalists inside who were wondering whether the Han Dynasty would be revived, but outside there were old enemies like Liu Bei who Cao Cao had fought for almost his entire life without completely defeating him.

As long as there are still opponents to resist, especially if Cao Cao himself has lost, there will naturally be an endless stream of people resisting Cao Cao.

But Liu Tai is different. Liu Tai now is just like Liu Xiu back then.

He raised his troops from Qingzhou and swept across China. Now only the last Jin court is left. Everyone has seen the opportunity to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty. It can be said that Liu Tai is really justified.

Even Liu Tai's background, which may be the only criticism, was smoothed over by Liu Kun.

After all, Liu Kun, the most authoritative person in the world, has admitted that Liu Tai is a descendant of Liu Zhang, so what can others say.

Therefore, Liu Tai has everything to do with the time, place, and people. As for the geographical advantage, I'm sorry to say that since Shu was occupied by Liu Tai, the geographical advantage can at best be divided evenly by the Jin court. As for the advantage, It's impossible.

After Director Wang returned to his home, he had been sorting out these things. After thinking again and again, Director Wang issued an order that from now on he would not see any visitors behind closed doors, even if Sima Shao sent an envoy over!
This order made other members of the Langya Wang family feel strange, but they followed Director Wang's words and carried them out.

After Director Wang gave the order, everyone in the Wang family kept a low profile. Those who closed their doors were closed, those who were studying were studying, and they would not go out anyway.

At this moment, Sima Shao's envoy came to the Langya Wang Family and was rejected directly. He could only go back and report to Sima Shao with more jealousy. He really didn't even have a chance to step into the Langya Wang Family's threshold.

Sima Shao was angry and anxious when he heard this. At this time, he realized why Sun Quan was so annoyed when he saw Zhang Zhao who helped him secure his position as Lord of Wu. What does it mean that you don't see your envoy at this moment?

Even if I deceived your expectations, even if I drove the Langya Wang family out of the court, you, Director Wang, were not wrong at all.

I am the king and you are the minister. I spared your life and did not pursue the other members of the Langya Wang family. Isn’t it enough?

Sima Shao knew that Director Wang's refusal to see him meant that he did not think he could beat Liu Tai.

But at the same time, he was thinking about the current Jin Dynasty that he and his father Sima Rui created together, so he couldn't see it but kept it in mind.

Sima Shao couldn't help coughing as he wanted to understand the cause and effect. It was obvious that the Wang brothers and Sima Rui had conquered this country together. Although Sima Rui only provided a name, it was Director Wang Dun and Wang who really did the work.

Under such circumstances, Sima Rui and Wang Dun died one after another, leaving only Director Wang who was kicked out of the court by himself. But even so, Director Wang still felt desolate, but he did not want to take refuge with Liu Tai.

It's probably a bit like Ye Qiu who was kicked out by Excellent Era. Although Excellent Era didn't treat him well, Ye Qiu didn't think about joining other teams. After all, he was the dynasty he built with his own hands. The only difference was that It's just that Director Wang didn't start over from scratch like Ye Qiu.

"Since you want to be Zhang Zhao, Taifu, then I will help you!" Sima Shao said, "I also have my own Zhou Yu!"

Sima Shao quickly ordered a ban on the circulation of newspapers within the Jin court. At the same time, he gave orders to the generals on the border to reorganize their troops, build defense lines, and strengthen training to prevent them from being taken advantage of by the Han army.

As for the aristocratic families, Sima Shao is not worried. The Langya Wang family is suppressed by him, so what are the other aristocratic families?
Sima Shao couldn't help but cough when he thought of this. As he coughed, a trace of blood came out on his silk handkerchief.

"I won't die. At least until the war with Yan Han is over, I must hold on no matter what!"

Sima Shao's eyes became firmer. Liu Tai had sent out this newspaper, which showed that Liu Tai was ready for war.

As a king, Sima Shao may not know that there are many Liu Taiduo in the military, but what Sima Shao knows is that Liu Tai's entire political system has been completely twisted into a rope because of Liu Tai's order. If he relaxes, then No one knows what dirty tricks the family will use.

Therefore, Liu Tai will definitely make some moves this year!

At this moment, Tao Kan and others also received Sima Shao's order and began to prepare more carefully.

As for Yanhan's reopening and enfeoffment, these are really too far away for a family like Tao Kan.

Especially the land in the south of the Yangtze River also nourishes people, which will make people's horizons smaller and smaller. Even if Hangzhou is not called Bianzhou now, the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River make it easy for people to feel satisfied, and then nourish people naturally. Abolish.

Liu Tai was also preparing to attack the Jin court just as Sima Shao said.

With the arrival of summer, the winter wheat harvest north of the Yellow River soon began. Then, with the guidance of agricultural officers and students, various crop tools were used to improve efficiency, and then turned into flour and imported to the grain storage bases everywhere on the front line.

Mainly that is Yuzhou where Wang Sang is located, and Xuzhou where Zhao An has taken over.

As for Shu, we can only count on Zhou Ping to find a way. The grain and grass in Hebei are first transported to Xingyang through the Yongji Canal, and then reach Yuzhou and Xuzhou through the road built by Cao Yi for three years in Xingyang. The food produced by the Central Plains region is definitely sufficient for the main battlefield, but the Shu region can only rely on itself.

Of course, this can be regarded as Liu Tai's implicit suppression of Zhou Ping. There is no way. He has just destroyed Cheng Han, so he needs to give others some opportunities.

However, it's not that Zhou Ping doesn't have a good thing on his hands, that is, the Flying Ball Camp is also in Shu.

Because the Flying Ball Camp flies in Shu, it really saves a lot of trouble. Even though there are strict weight restrictions on the transportation of materials every time, compared to slowly climbing the mountain, the Flying Ball Camp is really efficient!

Even because of Shu's admiration for Zhuge Liang, people even saluted every time Feiqiu camp passed by.

Liu Tai also discovered the role of hot air balloons in the special terrain of Shu, and wondered if he could try to train a civilian hot air balloon force.

The main purpose, after all, is to build the viaduct from Longyou to Chang'an in my mind, directly use hot air balloons to deliver materials to the peaks, and even find ways to research cableways and use hot air balloons to transport materials in parallel, thereby saving transportation. of strength.

At least for now, Liu Tai wants hot air balloons to take root in Shu, but this is just the beginning. To realize this plan, I am afraid it will take five to ten years of investment.

Now we still have to figure out how to unify them!
(End of this chapter)