Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 572
Liang Xiao got off his horse in front of the palace, threw the reins to Pang Shuo, and led Tu Niu'er into the palace.The guards at the gate of the palace were about to step forward to check Liang Xiao's family identity, when the doctor ordered Li Guang to drive him out, he waved his hands and shouted from afar: "Bo Ming, Bo Ming."

Seeing Liang Xiao, he hurriedly bowed to salute, and greeted him with a smile.When the guards saw this, they quickly smiled and retreated.

Li Guang rushed forward, raised his hand, and slapped Liang Xiao heavily on the shoulder.Liang Xiao grinned, but didn't give in.Li Guang looked him up and down and nodded in satisfaction. "Well, I don't have to raise any waste, and I feel more energetic."

"I don't have enough energy, and I can't stop the general's palm." Liang Xiao squeezed his eyes. "I'm bored in the palace, want to go out for a run?"

"Yes." Li Guang was not polite. "How about you, give me some good words in front of the emperor?"

"I'll do my best." Liang Xiao paused for a moment, and then said, "Let's put aside the issue of whether we can go on an expedition. The general has improved in his archery recently. Why don't we go out and compete when I meet His Majesty?"

Li Guang stared, then laughed.He rubbed his hands, repeatedly agreed. "Okay, since you left, I haven't been able to find an opponent. It's been a long time since I shot and hunted, so I'll go hunting this time. Good boy, you really know what I'm thinking."

Liang Xiao laughed and walked side by side with Li Guang.Along the way, Lang Guan who was on duty with a halberd saw him, no matter he knew him or not, he nodded his head.At the entrance of the hall, Qin Ge greeted him from inside, and walked down the steps quickly. "General Li, hold back, I'll just go in with Bo Ming."

Li Guang nodded in agreement, then shook his fist at Liang Xiao. "I'm waiting for you."

"No problem." Liang Xiao waved his hands and followed Qin Ge to the hall.Qin Ge smiled and said, "Why, you're going to compete with General Li as soon as you come back?"

"Even if I don't look for him, he will look for me. Instead of passively responding to the challenge, it is better to take the initiative to challenge."

"It's true, General Li has been very idle recently, and he can't find the loneliness of his opponent."

"Isn't it? It's lonely without an opponent. It's fun to fight against the sky; it's fun to fight with the earth; it's even more fun to fight with people."

The emperor's laughter came from the main hall: "Is it because Lushan is too angry to raise you so aggressive?" In the voice, the emperor came out to welcome him, stood in the threshold, and looked at Liang Xiao with a smile.Seeing this, Qin Ge secretly winked at Liang Xiao.After taking office, the emperor never took the initiative to greet anyone, no matter how much he respected any minister, he just watched him enter and leave the palace.

Liang Xiao hurried two steps, rushed to the emperor, did not salute, but stared at the emperor for a while, then let out a long breath, and bowed.

The emperor was confused by his almost rude behavior.He twisted his mouth. "Why, afraid of making a mistake?"

"Your Majesty forgive me. I heard that Your Majesty is busy with the affairs of state, and I am worried that Your Majesty will be haggard. Seeing that His Majesty is full of energy, I finally let go of my heart. Please forgive me for being impolite."

The emperor froze for a moment, then laughed. "Are you worried about me? You won't be lying to me, are you?"

"How dare the minister."

"Okay, I'll take you for real." The Son of Heaven stretched out his hand, took Liang Xiao's arm, and pulled Liang Xiao into the hall, before the imperial case.On the imperial case, there were a lot of simple plans, and there were a few case sheets beside it. Xu Le and others were all there, looking at Liang Xiao with a smile.Liang Xiao bowed his hands one by one to salute, exchanged some greetings, and then took a seat opposite to the desk on the right hand side of the emperor. Sitting opposite him was Pingyang Marquis Cao Shi.

"Seeing these people, first guess what we just discussed."

"Wei!" Liang Xiao bowed to accept the order, glanced at Cao Shi on the opposite side and Wei Qing on his left, and said, "With these two lords here, I'm afraid it's only about the Western Expedition."

The emperor drooped his eyelids and his eyes flickered. "Haven't you heard that the big river in Shandong has breached again, and the Dingtao country is covered with oceans. Under such circumstances, do you think it is still possible to send troops?"

Cao Shi and the others also held their breath subconsciously, and turned their gazes to Liang Xiao.The armies of the western counties have assembled and are on standby. According to the original plan, they should be on their way to the expedition at this moment.Because of the flood in Shandong, the emperor was hesitant for fear of causing criticism.Whether to fight or not to fight, the pros and cons have been arguing, and their hearts have been hanging in the air for a long time.

"The minister thought that whether he could send troops was not a problem at all, what should be considered should be how to win."

The emperor lifted his spirits and raised his eyelids again. "Can't you not send troops?"

Liang Xiao talked eloquently. "Your Majesty, not only is it impossible not to send troops, but it is also impossible to send troops and lose the battle. Will the Huns give up when they get Hexi? Of course not. With the wealth of the trade route and the help of the Qiang people, they will make progress and further plot Wuwei. Then they forced Longxi to attack Shuofang. At that time, the northwest will inevitably be full of wars and chaos. Therefore..."

When Liang Xiao said this, he paused for a moment, looked around, and then summed up loudly. "Stop war with war, war is possible."

The emperor blinked and said nothing, a big stone in his heart fell to the ground.After so long discussions, such a prospect has long been thought of.However, hearing these words from Liang Xiao's mouth, he was still quite relieved.At least on this matter, Liang Xiao agreed with him.

"Sending troops to fight is nothing but to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. To go to Hexi, there is no benefit to be pursued, and harm to be avoided. Therefore, sending troops is inevitable, and there should be no discussion at all. There is only one thing to discuss, how to win..."

Xu Le interrupted Liang Xiao. "However, there are floods in Shandong, and refugees are everywhere. How can we send troops to fight? With the current financial resources of the imperial court, disaster relief and conquest cannot be achieved at the same time. Could it be said that we want to sit back and watch the people toss and turn in the mud, but want to fight for the wild land outside the Great Wall? "

"Otherwise." Although Liang Xiao and Xu Le got along happily, but at this moment, he was arguing in front of the imperial court, and he couldn't tolerate it.He asked back: "The people in Shandong are the people, but the people in the Northwest are not the people?"

Xu Le didn't back down. "As the king said, the people in the northwest are the people, but the people in Shandong are not the people?"

"No." Liang Xiao said: "Whether it is Shandong or Northwest, they are all the people of the Han Dynasty, and they cannot be ignored. Shandong floods, and the people can go to the surrounding counties to escape. Where are you fleeing to? In the past few decades, have the people taken away by the Huns been less? They were taken as slaves by the Huns and buried in a foreign land. Aren’t they more miserable than the people in Shandong?”

Xu Le was speechless.

"Furthermore, going to Hexi does not mean abandoning the people of Shandong. Your Majesty, I believe that the breach of a great river cannot be achieved in a day. If the root cause cannot be cured, it will be a waste of money and people. If the river wants to be cured, it cannot be done in a hurry. Make long-term plans."

"Liang Junhou, you are not a person who believes in God's will." Yan An made a joke to ease the atmosphere. "But what you said today, why does it sound like deja vu? Could it be that you also changed your mind and believed in Wang Qi?"

"I don't believe in God's will, I believe in the way of heaven." Liang Xiao also laughed. "Your Majesty, Lord and Father, you are all from Shandong, but you may not know that Dahe actually bursts from time to time, but it is not as violent as this time. In previous years, the breaches were handled by the counties themselves, and the court was not disturbed."

"Is there such a thing?" Xu Le was taken aback.

The emperor was also taken aback for a moment, pondering for a moment, as if he had thought of something. "It seems to be true. Over the years, it is common for counties and counties to control rivers. But I am used to it, and I didn't think about it. It was just a small decision and a defeat, and the county guards asked for credit."

"Frozen three feet does not happen in a day. The bursting of a big river is not formed in a year or two. If you want to control the river, you must know why the river is like this. Your Majesty, I am very touched by reading Master Dong's article. I dare to ask your majesty to order it." Dong Fuzi wrote another article, studying the changes of the great river for hundreds of years, and then recruiting courageous people who are willing to go to danger, surveying the geography along the river, and preparing for the cure of the river.”

"Cure the river trouble?" Not only Xu Le found it ridiculous, but even the emperor found it inconceivable. Looking around, he hesitated to speak.

Liang Xiao was not ashamed, and said unhurriedly: "During the time of Yao, the world was full of floods, and Gun and Yu's father and son succeeded each other, but they were all successful in just over [-] years. Now it is just a small-scale flood in Shandong. Why do you think it is incurable?"

Everyone was stunned and speechless for a while.That's right, this flood is much smaller than the great flood that spread all over the world during Yao's time. Why can't it be cured?

The emperor was overjoyed and almost laughed out loud.Liang Xiao solved two knots in his heart with one sentence.One is the immediate practical problem: the problem of the Yellow River has been around for a long time, and it cannot be solved in a short while.The second is political public opinion. Since the ancient sage Yao could have floods during his reign, why can’t there be floods during my reign?If it is said that the occurrence of disasters means that the reigning monarch lost his virtue, wouldn't Yao lose his virtue even more?

These people in front of me are all taboo for the Venerable, and dare not speak.It's not that they didn't know about the flood in Yao's time, but they didn't dare to compare it because of Yao's reputation as a saint.Only a person like Liang Xiao who doesn't care about the sacred would not hesitate to risk the dissatisfaction of the world and expose this sentence in front of everyone that everyone knows but no one wants to say.

Sometimes, a fearless warrior like Liang Xiao can do things.It is also because of this that although Dong Zhongshu is well-educated, he is vulnerable in front of Liang Xiao.

The emperor suppressed a smile and waved his hand. "Then you can't just sit back and watch the river flow, and the people in Shandong will be displaced?"

"Your Majesty, you can arrange immigration. The people in the disaster-stricken area will be moved to the surrounding counties in batches for food, and the counties and counties along the way will provide assistance and guarantee their basic livelihood. Especially in the south of the Yangtze River, as far as I know, whether it is Kuaiji or Yuzhang, Or Jiangxia and Changsha have a lot of land that can be reclaimed, and there is also Shanglin Garden near Chang'an. The emperors of all dynasties have precedents of opening Shanglin Garden for farming on landless and poor land, why don't your majesty follow suit?"

Shanglin Garden is the emperor's royal garden, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter without permission.When the emperor expanded Shanglin Garden, it caused a lot of criticism.If it was proposed to open Shanglin Garden a few years before this, the emperor would definitely not want to listen.But the situation is different now, he is already battered, as long as he can alleviate the public opinion caused by the flood in Shandong, let alone Shanglin Garden, even if other gardens around Chang'an are opened, he will not object.

What's more, the number of refugees near Chang'an is limited after all, and a large number of refugees will be resettled nearby. The symbolic significance of opening Shanglinyuan is greater than the actual significance, and his loss is not as great as imagined.

The emperor nodded again and again, although he hadn't said anything yet, the meaning was already clear, and he agreed with Liang Xiao's suggestion.

"In this way, the counties and counties have to spend a lot of food and taxes, and the imperial court may not be able to provide more money and food to support the expedition."

"Yes, so I ask the two princes to think of a way, how to support war with war, and even make a fortune to make up for the gap."

"How...it's possible..." Cao Shi couldn't help laughing, and swallowed half of what he said.Not to mention impossible, the champion Hou Liangxiao in front of him is a successful case.When he was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions, there were about a dozen of them, and he dragged down the vitality of the Xiongnu in the west, and he even earned a princess of Dawan.If he said it was impossible now, the emperor might have to change someone that day.

He secretly glanced at the emperor, and sure enough, he met the emperor's expectant eyes.Cao Shi was helpless, so he forced a smile and said, "Please give me your advice, how can you support war with war?"

Liang Xiao smiled. "This matter is difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say. Junhou, not only me, there are many people who can give you advice. In addition to Changpinghou who is next to you, Yushi Dafu Han Gong, Lang Zhongling General Li and General Cheng guarding the northern border, they all have similar experiences. The Huns are not that scary. Your Majesty dispatches them, and your soldiers do their best. Our army can completely beat them to the ground."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, and immediately understood what Liang Xiao meant, and smiled calmly.Judging from the situation, it would be impossible not to send Li Guang to the expedition.Only by concentrating all the forces can it be possible to realize what Liang Xiao said is to support war with war, get some benefits from the Huns, and make up for the gap caused by the flood in Shandong.Cao Shi's ability is probably not enough to support this important battle, at least he doesn't have enough confidence.

As soon as Liang Xiao arrived, he quickly resolved the emperor's hesitation.

In fact, before this, the two different opinions had been stalemate for a long time, and the emperor had made a basic decision in his mind, but he just needed someone with enough weight to express his support.And Liang Xiao took on this important task very well.The same words may not be as credible when said by others.For example, Cao Shi and Wei Qing would not dare to say that war is used to support war, and even Li Guang may not have such confidence.

Once the refugee resettlement problem is solved, the remaining problems can be easily solved. How can we support war with war and reduce the burden on the court as much as possible.

Liang Xiao suggested that first send envoys to the Western Qiang, implement the strategy of connecting horizontally and vertically to divide the Qiang people, and then use heavy troops to attack and wipe out those Qiang tribes who are determined to unite with the Huns in one fell swoop. .At the same time, he sent elite cavalry out of Wuwei to take the initiative to attack, penetrate into the hinterland of the Huns, and disrupt the deployment of the Huns.

After repeated discussions by several ministers, the emperor finally made a decision. Cao Shi and Wei Qing rode [-] steps out of Longyou to deter the Qiang people, and Li Guang and Liang Xiao led [-] elite cavalry out of Wuwei to attack the Huns.

Everyone agreed, but Liang Xiao raised two objections: first, he recommended Da Xing to order Wang Hui to attack with Li Guang instead; , The reduced 1 people acted as infantry and transferred to Pingyang Marquis Cao Shi's command to ensure sufficient deterrence against the Qiang people.

The emperor was puzzled. "how about you?"

Liang Xiao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to stay by Your Majesty's side with Han Gong, ready to make up for the knife at any time." He raised his palm and made a slashing gesture.

The emperor couldn't help but nodded and agreed. "Alright, with you and Mr. Han staying behind, even if there is any accident, it is enough to deal with it."
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