Cao Cao advised Yuan Shao's proposal on the grounds that "if the assassin Shi Taoqian and his descendants are transferred, it will inevitably lead to a vacuum in Youzhou's military strength during the handover period, and give Zhang Chun and Yuyang Wuhuan a flaw to expand their territory by taking advantage of the situation".

Yuan Shao insisted on his opinion, and of course he had to refute this point.

He paced back and forth in front of He Jin as if no one was around, and after a while, he finally squeezed a plan out of his mind: "Tao Qian must be transferred, and the newly recruited Wuhuan Raider under Gongsun Zhan should not stay in Youzhou." If you are worried about the emptiness of the handover, it is better to send Hu soldiers from other states to Youzhou to replenish and deter Wuhuan - this plan of 'driving the tiger and devouring the wolf' is also! ”

When Yuan Shao said this, no one in the audience questioned it, and they were all listening attentively to what his specific opinions were.

But Li Su muttered "suddenly" in his heart, and an ominous premonition flashed.

The four words "drive the tiger and devour the wolf", out of Yuan Shao's mouth and into the ears of He Jin, it seems that nothing good will ever happen, right? This Flegg also stood too big.

You are obviously the kind of guy who even Dong Zhuo wants to borrow to "drive the tiger and devour the wolf", and every time you drive it, it will cause even greater disaster!

Just when Li Su was worried, Yuan Shao uncovered the mystery: "I think it is better to ask Your Majesty to send the Southern Xiongnu Qiangqu Shan Yu and order the Qiangqu Shan Yu to send the Xiongnu generals to lead the cavalry in Yunzhong, Dingxiang, Xihe and other places to Youzhou to quell the rebellion."

In this way, it is certainly possible to use Hu to control Hu -- the key to controlling the Hu people is not to use local Hu people to suppress local disorder, but to adjust the defense in different places so that they cannot collude with each other. Is there any discord to attack the Qiang people in Liangzhou with Youzhou Wuhuan and then attack Youzhou Wuhuan with the Xiongnu in Youzhou? ”

"Oh, that's a great plan! Why didn't I expect that there was still a Qiangqu single in the cloud! This person has always been loyal to the imperial court and is definitely willing to send troops. He Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, and he simply patted his thigh while admiring Yuan Shao's plan.

Li Su was in the hall, but he chuckled in his heart.

He finally knew what Yuan Shao's problem was!

I also know why the grand strategic direction set by Yuan Shaoding in history was obviously right, but in the end, after it was implemented, the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun lasted for two years before it was settled.

Because, in the original history, Qiangqu Shan Yu was indeed loyal enough to the Han Dynasty. After Yuan Shao asked Emperor Ling to issue an edict, Qiangqu Shan Yu also immediately sent his eldest son, Yu Fuluo, the king of Zuoxian, to personally lead the Xiongnu cavalry to Youzhou to help quell the rebellion.

However, when the imperial court levied the Hun cavalry this time, it made the same mistake as when it requisitioned the Wuhuan cavalry two years ago, that is, it did not pay the military at all! It was only a symbolic reward.

Then, a chain reaction was triggered - there were already some opposition forces within the Southern Xiongnu who were not satisfied with Qiangqu Shan Yu, and immediately began to spread after seeing this, "The imperial court used to levy Wuhuan people to work for the imperial court every year, but because no money was given in the past two years, Wuhuan was forced to rebel, so the imperial court remembered to levy us." If we don't oppose it, we will replace the role of Wuhuan and help Wuhuan people to work for the imperial court".

Then, as soon as Yu Fuluo, the king of Zuoxian, took Shan Yu's descendants to the south to bypass Taihang Mountain and walk to Hedong County, the opposition forces that remained in the clouds staged a mutiny, killed the pro-Han Qiangqu Shan Yu, and set up an anti-Han Shan Yu.

Yu Fuluo, who was originally equivalent to Shan Yu's successor, had to stay in Hedong County in a dilemma, asked Hedong to supply military supplies, and hoped that Han Ting would help him go back to Yunzhong to restore the country and restore the pro-Han Southern Xiongnu regime.

It's a pity that when Yu Fuluo encountered these things, he had already caught up with Emperor Han Ling who was terminally ill, and the Han court was very chaotic, so he had no time to deal with him, so Yu Fuluo had to stay in Hedong County all the year round.

Later, in order to supply the military supplies of this group of Southern Hun cavalry, the local finances of Hedong County deteriorated more and more, and the chain reaction rose again to the white wave thief Guo Tai.

It can only be said that a bunch of thieves in the late Han Dynasty were all demolished from the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the more they were demolished, the more chaotic they became.

In order to suppress the Black Mountain thieves, Zhang Chun was introduced; In order to suppress Zhang Chun, the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army and the Southern Xiongnu anti-Qiangqu forces were introduced; In order to raise the men and horses of Qiangqu's son Yu Fuluo, he led to the White Wave Thief......

In the final analysis, the core is one sentence: the imperial court does not pay for conscription!

This formed the concept of "whoever still listens to the words of the Han court and is willing to help the Han Dynasty quell the rebellion, who will suffer." If it is the other way around, there will be no need to bear the obligation of not taking money to help the court fight other rebels".

The reason why Li Su is so clear about the experiences of Qiangqu Shan Yu and Yu Fuluo is not because he cared about such a small role when he read history in his previous life - when he read books in his previous life, he actually cared about Cai Yong's daughter Cai Yan.

Historically, Cai Yan married Wei Zhongdao of Hedong County shortly after Cai Yong was recalled to the imperial court by Dong Zhuo. But Wei Zhongdao was a short-lived ghost who couldn't do anything, and Cai Yan died violently shortly after he got married. And Yu Fuluo, the king of Zuoxian of the Southern Xiongnu, was stranded in Hedong all the year round because of the hopelessness of recovering the country, which led to the history of Wen Ji being taken away by the Hu people later.

Li Su's understanding of the details of this period of history was entirely because of his interest in Cai Wenji, and he read it in passing.

……

At this moment, seeing that Yuan Shao finally had a bad idea at the execution level, Li Su couldn't help but think of persuasion.

It's just that the other person is soft-spoken, and it is not suitable to speak, so he has to gently poke his frustration with his elbow:

"Don't be frustrated, Yuan Gong has a far-reaching strategy and has a good eye for big things, but he comes from a humble background, doesn't know the suffering of the people, and can't settle accounts. He talked so lightly about levying the Huns, but he didn't talk about military salaries and rewards. I think he probably wanted to let the Xiongnu work for him in vain, like the Wuhuan people, and acted like this, for fear that it would cause even greater trouble.

At this moment, everyone in the hall does not know the suffering of the people, if no one speaks out, wouldn't they sit back and watch the court chaos itself? I spoke softly with the county lieutenant Liu, and what I said was in vain. Your Excellency first promoted filial piety and honesty to enter the office, and regained Li Shao's recommendation as Maocai, shouldn't you say a word to save the court? ”

(Note: Li Shao, the history of Jizhou before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the term of office was 180~183 years.) ）

When he heard this, he was slightly impressed by Li Su.

"This son is knowledgeable, but extraordinary, and he can actually look at people? Yuan Shao is very hopeful and far-sighted, but most of them do have the problems of the family, do not know the suffering of the people, and do not pay attention to the people's feelings. When the specific administration is implemented, it is indeed easy to cause chaos...... No, I have to be straightforward in this matter to be worthy of the filial piety and Maocai given to me by the imperial court! ”

Frustrated with such a calculation in his heart, a sense of justice rose, and he decided to take the risk of offending people to remind him.

So he took a deep breath and asked, "General, Yuan Gong, I have been waiting for a long time in the border area, and I know the heart of the Hu people in recent years, and I am most afraid that the imperial court will levy too much." If you want to levy and send the Southern Xiongnu to Youzhou to ask for thieves, I don't know if the imperial court salary and rewards are complete? If you are in arrears, I am afraid that not only will you not be able to use it for the imperial court, but you will suffer from it......"

Li Su was beside him, listening to Geng Zhizhi's explanation, and he also pinched his sweat slightly, lest Yuan Shao go crazy directly.

However, they waited a few seconds, but they didn't wait for Yuan Shao's anger, it seems that Yuan Shao can still listen to the reason.

I saw Yuan Shao pacing there awkwardly for two seconds, and asked patiently and kindly: "If you want a military salary reward, how much does it cost at least to make Qiang Qu Shan Yu willingly use it for the imperial court?" ”

After thinking about it, he couldn't answer.

He was in Yecheng before, and when he discussed the Wuhuan chaos with Li Su, he couldn't settle accounts with Li Su.

After all, he has a specialization in the art industry, and he has great talents in strategy and governance, but he is not good at money and food, and mathematics is even worse than Li Su.

Fu Zhu hurriedly gave Li Su a look and asked him to behave, and Li Su played the game: "During the Xiping and Guanghe periods, the imperial court used Wuhuan to ride out, and the annual military expenditure was 200 million to 270 million yuan. Now the Qiangqu Shan Yu is levied, and at least 5,000 Hun cavalry are out.

The cost of cavalry is huge, and the cumulative military reward required is probably at least 100 million dollars. This will have to be done within half a year to end the campaign, and if it is delayed for a long time, it will have to be paid every year. ”

Yuan Shao couldn't help but be stunned: "Just a Hu person, you need so much money?" How can this be given! ”

He didn't know the price of firewood and rice, which was completely revealed.

After thinking for a while, Yuan Shao also realized that there was a problem with his subconscious refusal just now, and in order to show his image of "Corporal Lixian", he patiently remedied a few more explanations:

"You have lived in the border county for a long time, and I don't know that the court is difficult! At the beginning of the year, there was a fire in the West Garden, and more than 10 buildings in Wenmingyuan were damaged. For this reason, His Majesty wants to expand the South Palace and build Bigui Garden in the south of the city.

For this reason, this year's new officials have been paid more money, called 'assistant workers', the imperial court is embarrassed to this point, where is there so much money to reward the Southern Xiongnu? In my opinion, the reward should still be rewarded, it would be good to give a little meaning, the key is to send a man of tongue to reason with Qiangqu Shan Yu, let him know the benefits of standing up now, so that the Southern Xiongnu can replace the Wuhuan people in the court from now on!

The so-called gentleman does not speak for profit, and the Hu people are already living in pursuit of water and grass, why do you want so much money? Can't we overcome the amount of money and food for a while? ”

Yuan Shao said so, and persuaded him again, but it had no effect.

is Cao Cao next to him, although he is also a son of a rich family, but after all, because he was looked down upon after being a eunuch, he had come into contact with some poor people and knew the suffering, so he also helped Fu Zhu and Li Su to persuade together:

"Originally, you couldn't help but think simply, although the Hu people don't have many places to spend money, they are vulgar and don't know etiquette, and they have to accept their hearts with wealth. Otherwise, even if Qiangqu can understand reason, will the vulgar leaders below also know reason? I think if there is not enough money and food, it is better not to move the Southern Hun cavalry, otherwise I am afraid that it will be harmful! ”

Li Su was on the side, and after listening to Cao Cao's words, he also secretly praised: Cao Cao knew what the poor and vulgar people needed, and he could guess that "even if Qiangqu Shan Yu agreed, the leaders of the following departments may also rebel because of this", this is simply a perspective to know history!

Cao Cao's IQ is really something!

It's a pity that this exhortation was finally refuted by Yuan Shao.

The key is that the general He Jin didn't think of a better solution, and he also knew that it was impossible for the emperor to come up with at least 100 million yuan a year to pay salaries to the Southern Xiongnu in such a financially stretched situation.

What he and Yuan Shao thought in their hearts was, I'm afraid: No, right? There won't really be people who are so ignorant and don't cherish the opportunity to be loyal to the imperial court, and pay enough money for meritorious service to the imperial court, right?

"This matter is not to be discussed again! According to the original plan, give a little money to the meaning, and let Qiangqu overcome other difficulties by himself! ”

"General!" Cao Cao, together with Fu Zhu, Liu Bei, and Li Su, repeatedly admonished him, but he couldn't get He Jin back.