Great Han Empire

Chapter 242 The situation changes suddenly
Li Wei is about 20 years old, tall, well-proportioned, handsome, with a pair of lonely and aura-filled big eyes on his fair face.He is plainly dressed, with a long sword hanging from his waist.Although he seemed to be very humble when he bowed to Li Hong, his demeanor was wild and unrestrained, with a faint sneer always on the corner of his mouth.

Li Hong thought of the trial match far away in Jizhou.Although the judge is not as wild as the person in front of him, he is the same kind of conceited person as Li Wei, the kind of conceit buried in the bones of scholars.Li Hong thought of Tao Qian who was far away in Luoyang. Could this person be as arrogant and arrogant as Tao Qian?
As Li Hong continued to get promoted, his official position became bigger and bigger, and he came into contact with more and more scholars from rich and poor families, but he felt that Liu Yu was the most humble and approachable, and that kind old man was like a man in the fields. A busy farmer has no airs at all, let alone a celebrity full of knowledge.When I was in Jizhou, the scholars and bureaucrats in Yingtao City didn't have any heart and spirit, and they didn't let the Hu people who saved their lives enter the city to escape the cold. You shouldn't be so heartless and indifferent in doing things. He dislikes them very much.When we arrived in Xiliang, probably because of the relationship between the border counties, there were more Han people and Hu people living together, and the scholars in Xiliang were more tolerant towards the Hu people. Although they also hated and despised these barbarian Qiang, Li Hong believed that they had already Well done.He had a lot of contact with people like Bian Zhang, Han Sui, and Fu Xie, and he felt that the well-known celebrities were far from what those mediocre and incompetent people could compare to, no matter their knowledge or character.

Li Hong asked Li Wei to sit down, and said with a smile: "The war has just ended, and there are many things to do, please forgive me for my negligence."

Li Wei smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you are polite. Your Excellency led the army to wipe out June Jinglei and his Qiang and Hu allied forces, severely injured the rebels, and made great achievements. The next official is here to congratulate you first."

Li Hong couldn't understand what he was saying, only heard a few pleasant tones.He turned to look at Zhao Yun standing behind him.Zhao Yun knew what he wanted to ask, so he hurriedly whispered: "Master Li's accent seems to be from the area around Wujun, Yangzhou. Don't you understand, sir?"

Li Hong shook his head and asked softly, "Do you know what he is talking about?"

Zhao Yun leaned into his ear and whispered: "He congratulates you for winning the battle. He speaks the Central Plains dialect, but his hometown accent is heavy, and you are not used to it. Listen to a few more words, sir, and you will gradually understand. .”

At this moment, Li Wei could see that Li Hong didn't understand what he said, so he said slowly, word by word: "Your official is from Wu County, Yangzhou. Good Central Plains dialect." He laughed self-deprecatingly, "There is no way, it is difficult to learn how to speak, and the accent is even more difficult to change."

After he slowed down, Li Hong understood a little bit, and said with a wry smile: "We were able to win the battle of Yicheng. It was pure luck. The Qiang people and the rebel army were strong, and tens of thousands of soldiers died... He suddenly thought of the dead fist, of Fu Xie who died heroically for his country, and of the tens of thousands of soldiers who had been sleeping forever under the mud.He was so choked up that he couldn't speak, and quietly wiped away the tears that rolled down his face.

Li Wei looked at the sad Li Hong with admiring eyes.A world-renowned bloody leopard actually burst into tears in front of a stranger, who would believe it if he told it.It seems that this is also a bloody and straightforward man.

Li Hong calmed down a bit, and said, "My brothers died too many times in this battle, and it's hard for me to control my emotions. I lost my composure just now, and you made me laugh."

Li Wei arched his hands and said: "Your Excellency values ​​love and righteousness, and I admire you." Then he asked: "Your Excellency is busy with military affairs, so I don't know what to do with you?" , has nothing to do with the army, so he was very surprised, what would happen if Mr. Zhonglang asked him?

Li Hong said: "Master Fu's son is named Fu Gan, and he is currently in Yicheng. I heard that Master Fu once entrusted this child to his master Bo Yanghui. you, don't you?"

Li Wei suddenly realized that it turned out that Li Zhonglang came to him because of Fu.He hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is right. Master Yang and I both like to play chess and drink wine. We hit it off and became confidants. Before he went to war, he entrusted Master Fu's child to me and hoped that I would send the child to An Ding The Prince’s Mansion in Linjing, worships Mr. Wang Jianwang, a famous scholar. Mr. Wang and my teacher are from the same school, and are old friends for many years. After I came to Xiliang, I have visited several times, and I am quite familiar with Mr. Wang. Now Mr. Fu Both Mr. Yang and Mr. Yang sacrificed their lives for the country, and of course I will try my best to do what they entrusted during their lifetime. Please rest assured, Mr. Yang."

Li Hong waved his hand and said, "Master Li, don't misunderstand me. I'm not urging you, nor worrying that you won't be able to do this. I just want to ask if there is anything you can do to help me. Master Fu is honest, and there is nothing left after death." For a penny, you send Fu Gan to study as a famous teacher, how will you solve the academic qualifications for the past few years?"

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, and then said gratefully: "Thank you, sir. I am worrying about this matter. After all, I am Mr. Wang's younger generation. If I can ask him to accept Fu Gan, Mr. is already giving the sky a big face. If It’s really hard to ask my husband to waive his tuition. Your lord is willing to help solve it?”

Li Hong pretended to be serious and said: "Could it be that Mr. Li is rich? After a few years, plus Fu Gan's daily expenses, it will cost at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Does Mr. Li also have..."

Li Wei was taken aback, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you are joking. If I am corrupt and pervert the law, why bother to suffer in this western border? I have already gone to Luoyang." Then he stood up and bowed and said, "On behalf of the lower officials Thank you, Fu Gan."

Li Hong shook his head and smiled wryly: "Master Li, before sending Fu Gan to Anding, come to my place. You can get as much scholarship as you want. You'd better come in a few days."

Li Wei was overjoyed and thanked, and said with a smile: "Are you in a hurry to leave? Do you want to continue to attack the rebels?"

Li Hong's face darkened, and he sighed: "I will not be able to do this for a few days as a protector of Qiang."

Li Wei looked at him in bewilderment.

"Before the war, I ordered the beheading of all the corrupt officials and their families detained in the Huaili camp." Li Hong said, "This matter has probably caused a sensation in Luoyang." Li Hong looked at the startled Li Wei and said with a smile , "You should know what will happen to me, so you should take the money away while I am still the governor of the Xiliang military administration. Take a little more, anyway, it will be spent in military funds."

Li Wei arched his hands at Li Hong and sighed: "Your Excellency is really the number one cruel official in my Han Dynasty."

Li Hong said indifferently: "It's just a few thousand people, what's the big deal. Look at how many people I killed yesterday? I killed tens of thousands of people, and I still care about these few thousand people. Cruel officials are cruel officials, anyway. The Han dynasty is number one."

Li Wei was overwhelmed with admiration.

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Li Hong continued: "Master Li, is that Mr. Wang you mentioned very famous in Xijiang? I have been in Xijiang for five or six months, why haven't I heard of it?"

Li Wei's eyes widened, and he looked at him in disbelief, as if looking at an idiot.Li Hong was embarrassed by him, smiled awkwardly, and turned to look at Zhao Yun.Zhao Yun explained in a low voice: "The celebrity in Xiliang, this Mr. Wang should be ranked first."

Li Hong complained softly, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Zhao Yun was dumbfounded.He said to himself that this is not a major military matter, so why tell you?It's okay to look for trouble.

"Have you ever heard of Ma Rong?" Li Wei asked Li Hong with an unhappy look.

Li Hong nodded.Ma Rong is the grandson of Ma Yuan, a famous general in this dynasty. He is well-versed in modern and ancient Chinese classics.

"There are two people who are as famous as Ma Rong, one is Wang Fu from Anding, Xiliang, and the other is Zhang Heng from Nanyang." Li Wei said, "This Mr. Wang is Wang Fu's son."

Li Hong said in surprise: "Oh, his father is as famous as Ma Rong, so this Mr. Wang's father must be a very remarkable person."

"Yes. The old man is upright by nature, and he is wild and uninhibited. He is not used to the bad habits of the officialdom, and he has never been an official in his life. The old man is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he has a wide range of classics. He lives in seclusion in the countryside and writes books, discussing the way of governing the country and the people." Li Wei has a look on his face. He said adoringly, "The old man is a great Confucian in the northwest border. He is close friends with Ma Rong, Zhang Heng, Cui Yuan and other great Confucian scholars. He is also a close friend of General Huangfu's late uncle, General Huangfugui. In the village, the prefect didn’t even see him when he came, but when Wang Fu arrived, the general jumped up in a panic, his clothes were too thin, he stepped out to meet him, came in with his help, and sat down and chatted happily.”

"The old man is not willing to let his spirit be bound by the secular world, nor is he willing to let his pure ideals collide with the dirty reality, so he is willing to be a hermit and calls himself 'Hunter'. The old man has spent his whole life, writing He wrote a huge and systematic work called "On the Potential Fu". In the book, he criticized the politics, economy, culture, military affairs, customs and social life of the Han Dynasty and proposed ways to improve governance. Mr. Wang has his own unique views and opinions on Xiliang’s affairs.” Li Wei said, “He put forward many suggestions for stabilizing and developing Xiliang.”

Li Hong suddenly became interested, and he hurriedly asked, "Does Master Li know what old Mr. Wang has to do to manage Xiliang?"

Li Wei nodded and said: "My teacher Zhu Jun, Mr. Zhu, once traveled far to Xiliang, and learned the strategy of governing the country from Mr. Wang Fu, Mr. Wang. Speaking of which, I am still Mr. Wang's grandson, of course I know. Would you like to listen?" ?”

"I'm willing to listen, I'm willing to listen." Li Hong said with a smile, "The matter in Xiliang is very complicated, and I really want to know Mr. Wang's high opinion."

Li Wei thought for a while and said, "Xiliang is the western border of the Great Han Kingdom, and the governance of Xiliang is of course inseparable from the governance of the Great Han Kingdom, so let me first talk about the old man's strategy for governing the country. What do you think?"

"This is the best." Li Hong said with a smile, "It's just exhausting Mr. Li."

Li Wei thought for a while, and said slowly: "After the middle period of this dynasty, the relatives came into power, the eunuchs ruled over power, and the government was corrupt and dark. Especially after Emperor An, he used troops against Qiang, Xianbei and other ethnic minorities year after year, coupled with frequent floods and droughts. Happened, leading to empty treasury, poor people, and starvation everywhere. The old man believes that in this case, to revive the great power of the Han, we must respect the virtuous and capable, reform the government, pay equal attention to agriculture and industry, and oppose luxury and prostitution. The government must pay attention to immigration and border protection."

Li Hong hurriedly said: "Master Li, can you explain in detail?"

Li Wei smiled and explained, "The old man has always insisted on the theory of the creation of the universe based on qi. He believes that all natural phenomena are 'all caused by qi'. In terms of the relationship between heaven and man, the old man believes that 'good or bad for mortals is determined by behavior." Lord, decide by fate', emphasizing the importance of man-made. In terms of cognition of things, the old man opposed the sage prophet saying that even the most holy and talented people are not born with knowledge, and they are born to do everything. "

Li Hong said loudly: "Yes, yes, the old man said it well. Could it be that Confucius was born omniscient? But now many people talk about Confucius as if he was born a saint, and no one can do it." What disobedient words are you talking about. The old gentleman said it well. You go on, go on."

Li Wei seemed to be disgusted by his interrupting, so he gave him a dissatisfied look, and continued: "The old man emphasized that 'the country is based on the people', advocated morality and education, but also emphasized the need for the rule of law. He advocated that the monarch should 'obey "Tianxin" means obeying the hearts of the people. Based on this premise, the old man put forward the theory of enriching the people in the economic aspect, and regards enriching the people as the first priority."

Li Hong became more and more interested.

"Really? The old man really said that?" Li Hong clapped his case and said loudly, "Mr. Wang said it really well. Enriching the people, if the people are not rich, how can the country be rich."

Zhao Yun was also listening intently. Seeing Li Hong screaming excitedly, he quickly frowned and reminded, "Master Li seems to be upset."

"Say it, tell it." Li Hong repeatedly raised his hand to apologize, and said embarrassingly, "The old man said how can we enrich the people?"

"The old man advocates equal emphasis on agriculture, industry and commerce. Since ancient times, my great man has always emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. There has always been a theory that agriculture is the root of commerce, and the old man believes that agriculture, industry, and commerce have their own roots and roots. It is not that all agriculture is the root, and all industry and commerce Both are at the end. Agriculture, industry, and businessmen keep their roots and the people are rich, but if they leave their roots, the people are all poor. The "base" mentioned by the old man refers to the basic business and duties of agriculture, industry, and business, that is, Farming, mulberry, utility, and currency; the so-called end refers to the end of agriculture, industry, and business. The end of the industry, that is, tourism, artful decoration, and vend. The old man’s agriculture, industry, and commerce all have their own fundamentals, although It has a great effect on making people rich, but because it violates the laws of the Han Dynasty, it has been criticized by many scholars and Confucians.

Li Wei paused, sorted out his thoughts, and then said: "The old man strongly advocates the education of morality and politics, and he attaches great importance to the education of the people. He believes that the education of the people is not only the foundation of the country, but also the improvement of the moral sentiment of the Han people. , so that the social atmosphere is simple and simple, and the foundation of social order is stable. He believes that the king must observe the people and set up education, so that the customs can be changed and the world will be peaceful. Carry out honest education and induce them to be good, so that they will not break the law and discipline. On the contrary, if people are given treacherous education, "Learning adultery is deceit", it will corrupt the integrity of the society and is not conducive to the stability and stability of the Han Dynasty. rich and strong."

"Great Confucians such as Ma Rong and Zhang Heng believe that the old man's idea of ​​strengthening the education of the people is an inheritance of the predecessors' views, but the old man's education has a distinction between the root and the bottom, which is unprecedented and a great pioneering work."

There was complete silence in the military tent, and all three of them were thinking about Wang Fu's theories and propositions.

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"Master Li, can you tell me more about the old man's method of governing Xiliang?" Li Hong pondered for a long time and asked slowly.

Li Wei nodded, and said: "If your lord has been in charge of the military administration in Xiliang, with the old man's method, Xiliang will be stabilized within ten years, and the people in Xiliang can live a good life."

"Mr. Wang is a border resident of Xiliang. In his "On the Latent Fu", he specially used four chapters to discuss the border troubles of the empire. ' and 'Shi Bian'. The old man believed that it was wrong for the imperial court to adopt the policy of abandoning the frontier land and forcing the frontier residents to move inward during the war with the Qiang people and other foreign nationalities. The huge loss also created an opportunity for the enemy to take advantage of."

"The old man believes that the Qiang people outside the Great Wall have repeatedly invaded and the current great rebellion of the Qiang and Han people in Xiliang is rooted in the wrong policy of abandoning Liangzhou adopted by the Han Dynasty at the beginning. This policy of Gou'an retreat was originally in the When the Qiang people rebelled during Emperor Xiao'an's Yongchu period, it was proposed by the ministers at that time, and they even proposed a compromise method of donating Liangzhou and surrendering the three assistants for their own self-interest."

Li Hong immediately became very interested in Li Wei's words.

"Lord Li, I remember that Situ Cui Lie proposed to abandon Liangzhou when Bianzhang and Beigong Boyu just rebelled. It turns out that this retreat strategy still has a history."

"Yes." Li Wei said, "At that time Ren Yilang's Master Fu Xie Fu was furious in the court hall, shouting sharply: 'Behead Situ, the world will be safe!' Because of this, Master Fu got the nickname Fu Crazy. Xiliang People have been hurt by it, so they hate this method."

"Later, the Son of Heaven summoned Mr. Fu and asked him why he scolded Mr. Cui Lie, who was ranked third in the court. Mr. Fu said that when the emperor was filial to the emperor, Changdun Chanyu, the Hun, offended the big man, and General Fan Kuai excused him a little. General Bu still said: "Fan Kuai can be killed". Now Liangzhou is located in the center of the world and is the country's vassal guard. When Emperor Gaozu first rejuvenated, he appointed General Li Shang as the captain of Longxi, responsible for pacifying Beidi County. Xiaowu The emperor opened up the frontier and surrendered to King Hunxie of the Huns in the second year of Yuanshou. In the first year of Taichu, the two counties of Jiuquan and Zhangye were established; Dunhuang County. All these measures are aimed at cutting off the right arm of the Huns, opening up the road to the northwest of the Han Dynasty, and stabilizing the border areas in the northwest of the Han Dynasty. However, the pastoral officials in the border county are corrupt and out of harmony, causing the entire Liangzhou Governor's Department to rebel , and Cui Lie, as a prime minister, does not want to consider countermeasures for the country, but wants to cut off a territory of thousands of miles. The minister is very puzzled in private. If the Qiang people are allowed to occupy Liangzhou It is the greatest worry of the world and the deepest concern of the country! If Cui Lie does not know the strength of this, it is his stupidity; if he knows this and says such a thing Come on, it’s his infidelity! It is precisely because of Mr. Fu’s direct remonstrance that the emperor and the ministers made up their minds to put down the rebellion in Liangzhou.”

Li Hong nodded again and again, with a heavy heart, and praised: "Master Fu's loyalty is admired by generations."

The three people in the tent thought of Fu Xie and sighed.

Li Hong suddenly asked: "Master Li, do you know why my big man adopts such a compromise strategy towards Xijiang?"

Li Wei pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "My great Han adopted the strategy of giving up on Xiliang, which started after Emperor Shizu Guangwu regained his dynasty. This is very different from the style of the Great Han Empire created by Emperor Gao, especially the same as Emperor Xiaowu. The heroic spirit of attacking the Xiongnu in the north and opening up the Western Regions is very different."

"In terms of national power, this dynasty is not inferior to the former Han Dynasty. Moreover, this dynasty once used a small army and a few brave envoys to successfully force the Western Regions that had betrayed the great Han and surrendered to the Xiongnu during the time when Wang Mang usurped the Han to return to their submission. This is the great achievement created by Ban Chao, the youngest son of Mr. Ban Biao, a university scholar and historian in this dynasty. In addition, the nephew of Anfeng Hou Dou Rong, Guang Luxun, Che Duwei Dou Gu, his great-grandson, and foreign relatives General Dou Xian all defeated the Xiongnu and treason in the Western Regions in the Xiaoming and Xiaohe dynasties. , achieved a brilliant victory.”

"From a geographical point of view, these conquered areas are still in the northwest of Liangzhou, and the Han Dynasty also set up administrative agencies and garrison areas in these areas. Moreover, the Qiang people living in Liangzhou are more important than the Xiongnu and other countries in the Western Regions. Its civilization evolution, tribal population, and armed forces all lag behind by a large margin. The old man said in "Tun Fu Lun" that when the Qiang people started to rebel, "the party members were not formed, the people were not united, and the weapons were not prepared. They either held wooden branches or were empty-handed." Fighting each other, the grass and food are scattered, and there is no commander, so it is easy to break.' He also said: 'The captives either held a bronze mirror to look like a weapon, or carried a chopping board to resemble a shield. They were afraid of disturbance and could not hold each other.'"

"However, why can't my big man deal with such a weak opponent? Why are we willing to let the Qiang people disturb Liangzhou, cut off the passage to the west of the big Han again, and lose the vast territory built by Ban Chao, Dou Xian and countless soldiers with their lives and blood? ?Why do even my fellow citizens from Xiliang join the rebellion in Liangzhou?"

"Frozen three feet is not a day's cold. Inference, first of all, it can be traced back to Emperor Guangwu's attitude of establishing a country."

"Emperor Guangwu was not from Guanzhong. His hometown, Nanyang, was very close to Luoyang. After he became emperor, he entered Luoyang. He believed that a good country does not necessarily aim to expand land and open borders, but to achieve the rule of virtue. Emperor Guangwu once lamented that his country was not vast enough, but Taifu Deng Yu warned him, "Those who rejuvenate the ancient times are not judged by their size."

"At that time, a man named Du Du wrote an "Ode to the Capital" and presented it to the emperor, saying that Guanzhong is a sharp weapon for defending the country and should not be idle for a long time. Some veterans of the old country also stood looking west and proposed to move the capital to Chang'an. Emperor Guangwu was unwilling. When he moved the capital, he spread rumors that Luoyang had found auspicious signs such as the sparrow and phoenix, which dispelled the bureaucrats' idea of ​​moving the capital. Because Emperor Guangwu believed in the theory of prophecy, this theory believed that the succession of emperors in the world was based on wood, fire, earth, metal, The order of the five elements of water, the Han Dynasty inherited the virtue of fire, and fire and water are incompatible. Therefore, the imperial court ordered that all Luo characters in Luoyang should be written as "luo". Du Fu, when comparing the two capitals, deliberately raised the image of Luoyang. The capital of the Han Dynasty remained in Luoyang, but the Han Dynasty lost the benefits of Guanzhong, so that people gradually forgot about Guanzhong, and Guanzhong because of the lack of To the nourishment of Kanto's culture and economy, it gradually withered and declined."

"You can give up the old capital in Guanzhong, let alone the more distant Liangzhou?"

Li Hong and Zhao Yun were stunned.

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Li Wei said: "Mr. Wang thinks that in order to completely solve the Xiliang problem, if we want to consolidate the border defense and consolidate our internal affairs, we must first solve the population problem in Xiliang, and we should properly move a part of the inland population to the border counties."

"The old man believes that the land is the foundation of the people, and it cannot be left unused forever, otherwise it will attract the enemy's attention. Nowadays, the Han Dynasty has thousands of miles of frontiers. Take Liangzhou as an example. Each county has two counties and only a few hundred households. Thousands of miles around, no one lives, and a lot of good land is abandoned and uncultivated. On the other hand, in the states and counties of the Central Plains, the fields have set boundaries, and farming cannot cross the boundaries. Sili, Jizhou and other populous counties live in millions of households, and many people have no land. It can be planted, but there are many people but little land, and there is no place to stand on. This is the problem of the very uneven distribution of land and population. Zhou Shu said: If there is a lot of land but few people, and there is no production, it is called empty soil, and it is easy to be occupied. Land If there are few but many people, the people will not get jobs, and the country will easily collapse. Therefore, the people must be commensurate with the land."

"The old gentleman believes that the current population of Xiliang is only 60 million, which is too small. It is necessary to recruit elite soldiers, craftsmen and farmers from various states and counties, and move to Xiliang counties and counties to enrich the border. This will stabilize the border. The Great Han Kingdom reduced the war disasters in the border counties, and secondly, it was also for the stability of the Central Plains. For example, if a family encounters robbers and robbers, they must let the old, weak, women and children stay in the center, and let strong men guard outside. Those who live in the interior People cultivate and accumulate wealth, and people living in border areas defend against external threats, watch and help each other, and only in this way can we share peace."

"Now Xiliang and other border areas are full of wars and heavy labor. If the people are not careful, they will be drowned. Therefore, everyone has fled their homes, so that the population of the border counties is becoming less and less. If we do not implement proper policies and eliminate disasters, persuade the people Go back to your homeland as soon as possible. After a long time, the border counties in Liangzhou may no longer belong to the big Han. Now, there are bandits and rebellions in my big Han, and there are Qiang people in the northwest and Xianbei in the north who are always spying on the wealth and land of the big Han. , This is really the biggest worry for my man."

Li Hong was dumbfounded and was speechless for a while.

"Immigrating to the frontier is indeed a good way to eradicate the scourge of war in Xiliang once and for all, but it is a long-term strategy. Far water cannot save near fire. Now, things in Xiliang are very complicated, and I hope to find a way to temporarily stabilize Xiliang. Wang Does the old man have any suggestions in this regard?"

Li Wei thought for a while and said: "Strictly speaking, the Qiang riots are rebellions, because it is an ethnic problem within the Han Empire, not a border problem caused by foreign ethnic invasion. The Han Kingdom's approach to ethnic issues within the border is very contradictory." On the one hand, the Han Kingdom regards them as the same kind, and thinks it is their responsibility to appease them, give them various conveniences, and hope that they will submit to the Han, but on the other hand, they feel that they are a burden to the Han, and want to abandon them. The vacillating policy made the Qiang people at a loss, coupled with the hatred and contempt of the Han people for hundreds of years, and the extreme corruption of the officials, finally triggered a rebellion."

"If people have doubts, they tend to divide. Although the rebels in Xiliang have plundered countless lands, they are all newly occupied. They do not have a stable rule and are prone to turmoil. The people of Xiliang who have just left their homeland must miss them very much, and the hearts of the people are easy to win. This time the imperial court won a great victory and defeated the main force of the rebels. Taking this opportunity, if we can allow some time for the people of all ethnic groups in Xiliang to recuperate and live in peace, the long-term peace and stability of Xiliang will not be difficult to achieve. There is no opportunity for rebellion. It is well said in Zhou Shu, "every saint must follow the time", and wise people must know how to seize the opportunity. Therefore, the strategy for restoring Xiliang after the war must be determined as soon as possible, lest the rebels make a comeback. "

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "What Master Li means is that Mr. Wang didn't provide us with a ready-made solution?"

Li Wei nodded and said with a smile: "Your Excellency will always find a way. The key is to have a permanent way to stabilize Xiliang."

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The curtain was lifted suddenly, and Zheng Xin walked in hurriedly, and said loudly: "My lord, Zuo Sima sent a letter, and Lord Jingzhao Yingai led the army to surround the Huaili camp, threatening to kill the rebels."

"Treason?" Li Hong asked strangely, "Who is the traitor? Me? Zuo Sima killed all the corrupt officials in the camp?"

"Killed." Zheng Xin said, "Because I killed, so..."

"Zilong, take the Black Panther Yicong and rush to Huaili camp immediately, and escort Zuo Sima, the old man and more than 1000 brothers to Zixiu mountain camp immediately. Anyone who dares to stop will be killed."

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(End of this chapter)