Pu Mao asked, "What is the solution?" ”

Meng Lang said: "Our army can pretend to attack Luyang in the south, and the middle road is still closed. ”

"Feint to attack Luyang?"

"Not bad."

Pu Mao pondered for a moment and said, "Can this fool Xin Youzhu and Tang Qianli?" ”

Meng Lang shook his fan and said: "King, Luyang is only two hundred miles away from Luoyang, and the light cavalry can be reached in less than two days.

"Now that Ye County has been conquered, our army has freed up its hands, it is reasonable to reinforce the other parts of our army in Luyang and repel Huanmeng, so as to ensure the stability of Luoyang and the rear of our army.

"The minister thinks that after Xin Youzhu and Tang Qianli heard the news that our army was going south to Luyang, they would believe that our army was really going to attack the Huanmeng Department."

Pu Mao thought for a while, agreed with Meng Lang's judgment, and said, "Master Meng is reasonable. "So, Master Meng thinks that our army is heading south to Luyang,...... No, how many troops should be sent by our army to sneak back to Guanzhong and capture Nan'an and other counties? ”

"20,000 is enough!"

"Who's the general?"

"Yan Gong has been in Tianshui for a long time, and has fought with Long Bing many times, so he is familiar with the situation of Long Bing, and it is most suitable to take Yan Gong as the general."

Yan Gong is Pu Mao's cousin, Pu Qin's predecessor's grandson of Pu Qin's Qinzhou Thorn Shi Pu Badger.

"Jiuzhen Tianshui" and "familiar with the situation of Longbing" Yunyun, this is actually only a superficial reason, the reason why Meng Lang recommended Pu Badger Sun as the chief general of this counterattack on Nan'an and other counties is because Pu Badger Sun is Pu Mao's cousin, his status is noble, and his prestige is enough, so he can serve as a general. - Otherwise, if the prestige of the main general is not enough to suppress the generals below, then the main general can fight well, and when the two armies face each other, the order cannot be carried out, and there is a high probability that he will not be able to win the battle.

It is also for this reason that Dingxi, although Xin Er loves Tang Ai's talent and knows that he has the ability to lead troops, he has not been released to serve as a soldier earlier, several times with troops, although Tang Ai participated in the war, but they are all strategic, but now, by assisting Lu Shuang to destroy Ran Xing, Sasuke Cao Fei and Tian Ju and other battles to aid Longxi and other battles, Tang Ai in the Dingxi army resourceful and good fighting reputation has risen, so Xin Er dared to accept Yang Chao's suggestion, appointed him to supervise the military of Qinzhou and other places, Qinzhou Assassin History, and Dingxi Frontier.

Pu Mao nodded and said: "It is appropriate to entrust this to the orphan brother, who should be the favorite?" ”

"Jianwei, whose ancestral home is Nan'an, is old with Nan'an Qianghao; Riding, now quite able to get Wudu, Yinping Qiang chieftain for its use; Guangwu, also a number of confrontations with the Longbing soldiers, both wise and brave, the former ministers attacked Longxi County, the military merits are very good, these three people, can be favored by Yan Gong. ”

Jianwei is talking about Yao Tao, the general of Jianwei in Pu Qin,—— Yao Tao's general number in Puqin is exactly the same as Tang Ai's current general; Ranger is talking about the ranger general Ran Seng Nu; Guangwu is talking about Guangwu General Lu Ming.

Yao Tao was born in Nan'an County, his family was a big man among the Qiang people in Nan'an, and many of his soldiers were also from Nan'an County, after he surrendered to Pu Qin, he had returned to Nan'an once, and re-connected with the Qiang Department in his hometown, and he was now very familiar with the land and people in Nan'an County. Needless to say, Ran Xing's clan, although Ran Xing has died in the country, after all, his clan has been in power in Wudu and Yinping for decades, and there are still some remnants of the party and diehards. Lu Ming, among the three, is a member of Meng Lang's party, he has won Meng Lang's appreciation with his personal wisdom and bravery, and Meng Lang is his only and biggest backer in the Puqin Dynasty.

These three biased candidates are impeccable.

Pu Mao only thought about it for a while, then recognized Meng Lang's recommendation and said, "These three people are very good. The number of soldiers and horses, the main general, and the candidates for favoritism have been decided, and the next time is the time to send troops, so he asked, "Master Meng thinks that when is it good to send troops?" ”

"The soldiers are very fast, if the king has no objection to this, the minister thinks that he can be mobilized and deployed now, and he can send troops when the deployment is completed!"

"The heavy snow has just stopped, and the weather is still cold, so it seems that it is not the time to use troops on a large scale, Master Meng."

"King, it is precisely because the weather is still cold, 'it seems that it is not the time to use troops', and our army can use troops at this time, so that it can be more unprepared!"

What Master Meng said is very reasonable. Okay, just according to Master Meng's proposal! Gu today summoned Brother Gu, Yao Jianwei, Ran Youqi, and Lu Guangwu to meet and discuss with Meng Shi the specific strategy of 'feint to attack Huanmeng, return Guanzhong to Jiandao, and conquer Nan'an and other counties'! ”

At this point, the matter of suspending the offensive in the direction of Changle and taking back Nan'an and other counties first, even if it was decided, but Meng Lang had no intention of bowing, he raised his eyes and looked at Pu Mao's face, as if he still had something to say.

Pu Mao smiled: "Master Meng, in front of Lone, is there anything else you can't say?" Meng Shi wanted to say something, although he said it bluntly. ”

"King, a few days ago, Situ Qiugong and others wrote a letter to discuss the matter of the migrants, and the ministers are foolish, and this matter must be thought twice."

"Is Master Meng worried?"

Meng Lang said: "The migration of people in Guanzhong, in order to confirm the population of Guanzhong, this is of course appropriate, but there are more than 100,000 households in the migration at once, and nearly half of them have migrated to Xianyang, and the ministers think that it seems inappropriate." ”

"Oh? What's wrong? ”

Meng Lang was full of worry and said: "The king, more than 100,000 households, the number of mouths has accounted for one-tenth of the original people in my Guanzhong, and if the placement is slightly improper, I am afraid that it will cause turmoil in my Guanzhong; Xianyang, the capital of my Great Qin, Xianbei is not from our country, more than 40,000 Xianbei Hu migrated to Xianyang, and Murong Zhan is very popular with Xianbei, if the ministers are worried, they will become a problem for their henchmen! ”

However, Pu Qin's Situ Qiuwei and other important ministers wrote to Pu Mao a few days ago, suggesting that some Tang Hu people in Yuzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou should be relocated to Guanzhong.

Among them, the people of the Xianbei tribes involved mainly lived in Ye County and Luoyang, with a total of more than 40,000 households, and Qiu Wei and others suggested that they should migrate to Xianyang; A total of 780,000 households were involved in the Tang people of Henan, Hebei, and other prefectures, and Qiu Wei suggested that they be relocated to the counties of Guanzhong; In addition, there are so-called "miscellaneous" Hu Bu who migrated to Bing, Hebei and other prefectures before Wu Huan, and Qiu Wei and others suggested that they should migrate to Feng Yi and other places; There are also some Ding Ling people who live in Hebei, Hebei and other places, and Qiu Wei and others suggested that they migrate to the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

It is recommended to migrate to the Ding Ling people around Luoyang, not to mention, Luoyang is not in Guanzhong, and the number of Ding Ling people is not very large.

It is only said that Qiu Wei and others suggested that the more than 40,000 Xianbei households, 780,000 Tang people Haoqiang and various miscellaneous tribes who migrated to Guanzhong, and the two parts of the population together, as Meng Lang said, the number is huge, reaching more than 100,000 households, which is equivalent to nearly one-fifth of the existing population of Guanzhong, and as Meng Lang worried, once the resettlement is not appropriate, there will be contradictions and struggles between the migrants and the natives, and especially the more than 40,000 households that migrated to Xianyang, that is, the more than 200,000 Xianbei people, once there is a rebellion, then at that time, What the situation in Guanzhong will look like, you can imagine, it must be smoke everywhere, and the flames of war will burn the plains.

Pu Mao smiled: "Master Meng was originally worried about this. ”

"Your Majesty, I beg your lord, think twice."

"Meng Shi, Fang Jinbei is fighting chaotically, ten rooms and nine emptiness, plundering the people of other countries, filling the people of their own country, and the passage of this country, besides, the Wei land has been for me for most of it, so it is not even more natural to move some people from Henan, Hebei, and other states into the customs to consolidate the foundation of my Great Qin? While consolidating the foundation of my Great Qin, it is not the best of both worlds to migrate the people below the prince of Murong Xianbei into Xianyang and put them under the nose of Gu, which can also make Ye County and Luoyang easier to govern? ”

"My lord, that's what I said, but there are more than 100,000 households moving at once, which is too much, and the minister can't help but worry about it."

"Master Meng, don't worry! What happened to Xianbei? Today, Wei will have everything for my Great Qin, Xianbei Tribes, and the people of Loneliness! The Kanto region is strong and the tribes are also lonely people! Lonely to one of the equal, with benevolence and caressing, people are ruthless, and everyone is safe, lonely does not believe, they are difficult to let go of the lonely to give them a peaceful good life However, do not feel the grace of loneliness, will they have to create loneliness? ”

Pu Mao's words with a smile were full of confidence.

It is no wonder that he is full of confidence, he is full of confidence, he has been practicing benevolent government since he ascended the throne in accordance with Meng Lang's education, regardless of whether he is a friend or foe, he has taken benevolence and righteousness first, and now, his actions have not only been rewarded, but also the return is very generous, such as the courtiers in the Pu Qin Dynasty, the Tang people in Guanzhong and the Tang Hu people, there is no shortage of praise for him, such as Yao Tao and other generals, all loyal to him, such as Li Ji and other states begging, take the initiative to vote, and then such as He Hun evil, the above table please attach the text, but also praise his benevolence.

Meng Lang knew that he couldn't persuade Pu Mao, so he sighed secretly, and said in his mouth: "Under the rule of benevolence, the ancient sages are not as good as the ancient sages. ”

Pu Mao laughed and said, "Master Meng praised it! How dare you call yourself a sage of Chaomaigu, you can compare with it, and you are already satisfied! ”

Seeing that Meng Lang was probably a little depressed because he refused to listen to his advice, he respected and loved Meng Lang, and did not want Meng Lang to be unhappy about this, so he said, "Master Meng, you wrote a letter the day before yesterday, suggesting that the people of Xuyu, Ji, and other prefectures 'move due to turbulence, avoid revenge and migrate far away, and want to return to the old business, listen to it'; He also suggested that the old policy of Murong Tuntian, the light taxation, and so on, all the petitions had already been allowed, and they would be promulgated everywhere when the decree was drafted! ”

Murong Wei's population and national strength are far stronger than Pu Qin's, only talking about the households under his rule, there are more than 2.45 million households, more than 9.98 million mouths, and the population is almost the sum of Qin and Tang,—— this is not counting the hidden households, but why is the Qin army invincible as soon as it comes out? It is precisely because of the decay and degradation of the Murong clan that they have long lost the enterprising spirit when they went south to the Central Plains, and the royal family is indulged in pleasure, and the various political evils implemented are numerous, and there is no way to compare with Pu Qin's hard work and vitality under Pu Mao's rule.

The few articles that Pu Mao said, except for the amnesty of the world, etc., are all the long-standing malpractices of Murong Wei.

For example, "checking the shade households", as mentioned above, the shade households are licensed by the state, and the labor force of the officials is not subject to taxes, this is the Tang system, which is attached to the Nine Grades of Officials Law, and the Wei State uses it, but according to the Tang system, according to the different levels of official products, the number of shade households that officials are allowed to have is fixed, but after the Murong Wei State, the quota of the shade households is virtually nonexistent, and the nobles all have a large number of shade households, plus the people who are hidden by them and the local tyrants, and even to the point that "the household registration of the country is less than that of the private family". After Murong Wei succeeded to the throne, a minister of the Wei court suggested that the household registration should be checked and all the shade households should be dismissed, and Murong Hui agreed to his request and asked him to host the matter, but after a little inspection, more than 200,000 households were searched, and then, this minister aroused the anger of the Wei officials and nobles, and was finally assassinated and killed, and this policy of clearing the shade households was gone.

For example, "three points of coherence", this is talking about the camp households, the Tang system has a system of giving soldiers, and some camp households are rewarded with generals and ministers who have made military merits, and give them land and grazing, but the dispatch power is still vested in the central court, as a reward for meritorious work, and the Wei State also inherited this system, and the magnates of the Wei State took the opportunity to wantonly embezzle the camp households, "three points of coherence", which means that one-third of the Wei State households were occupied by them.

And "Tuntian old policy", when Murong Wei was founded at the beginning of the country, he attached great importance to agriculture, learned to use the Tuntian system of the previous generation of Qin, Cheng and Tang ,——, compiled the Tang people, and engaged in a large number of tuntian, and the tax collection of the tuntian people was still within the scope of being able to make them make a living, but in recent years, the collection of taxes has reached the point where it can no longer be increased. Emperor Chengwu, who was the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty at the time, implemented the Tuntian tax system, which was already quite a heavy tax, but it was only "those who hold official cattle will get six points; Those who own their own private cattle will be separated from the officials."

The people's power is encroached upon by the powerful, the military resources are occupied by the powerful, and the taxes are harsh on the tiger, how can such a regime not be destroyed?

When Meng Lang wrote to Pu Mao and proposed to abolish these malpractices of the Wei State, he sighed and made a comment, he said: "It's ridiculous that Murong Weimeng Xijiao is the three chicks, and he thinks that the destiny of heaven is there, the tyranny is like this, and the people are not able to make a living, how can he dare to speak of the destiny of heaven?" ”

Pu Mao thought so deeply at that time, and asked Meng Lang reservedly, saying: "Lonely and benevolent government, and the name is in the order of Wuhu, can the destiny be lonely?" ”

Meng Lang, perhaps in order to avoid Pu Mao's pride because of his conquest of Yecheng, did not answer positively at that time, but said: "May the king be consistent, and the sea will eventually be unified." ”

is not yet thirty years old, and he is about to destroy Qiang Wei, and as soon as the Wei State is destroyed, looking at the north, who can still be the opponent of Great Qin? The day of unifying the north is not far away, and when the north is unified, with millions of soldiers, crossing the river to destroy the Tang Dynasty, it will also be easy to use a snap of a finger! Pu Mao was full of ambition and said: "Grandfather Yao Tao said: Since ancient times, there have been no Hu people who are the sons of heaven in China. Master Meng, lonely and talented, dare to be the first person! ”

But when Pu Mao comforted Meng Lang, he unconsciously remembered the conversation between Meng Lang and himself that day, and remembered the words of his ambition, he spread over his shoulders, knelt on the couch, his eyes were bright and shining, and he said to Meng Lang sincerely: "Master Meng, remember when he was a lonely boy, Master Meng once said to Lone, the heart of a king, should tolerate the world!" Lonely, now the king! In the world, loneliness can be tolerated, let alone a Murong Zhan? What's more, there are more than 100,000 households in Kanto Qianshou? Meng Shi's worries are only known; The heart of the lonely king, I hope that Master Meng can also know it! ”

"The king is majestic and heroic, and the ministers are doing their best, may King Zuo become the king of the world!"

"Master Meng is both civil and military, and he is also a man of management and music, and there is only Master Meng, so why worry about it in the sea?"

The tent is like spring, the former teachers and students, and the current monarchs and ministers, the two of them look at each other and smile.

Seeing that the students he taught had gradually grown from a teenager to a decent king of China, Meng Lang was relieved that the little depression of Pu Mao's stubbornness seemed to be not worth mentioning at this moment.

A few days later, Pu Badger Sun and others were summoned and rushed to the military camp outside Ye County.