People have no long-term worries, and troubled times bring not only chaos, but also all kinds of benefits. The troubled times have been going on for a long time, and people have experienced a lot of suffering, and their demands will be lower. In the past, as long as you were fed by the Xiliang conscription, I was willing to give you my life, and you tried it when you were in the prime of life? But the troubled times will eventually pass, and Yuan Shu has to think more about all aspects, and the rich country must also strengthen the army, and cannot repeat the mistakes of the Song Dynasty.

In the same way, in troubled times, it is the time when interests are reshuffled, and it is also the time when it is easiest to rectify the country. In the world, the external contradictions will decrease, and the internal contradictions will naturally increase, even if the iron and blood is like Yuan Shu, it is not easy to change it for no reason.

Therefore, Yuan Shu is not in a hurry to dominate the world now, and it will take some time for Dachu's current system to be continuously improved, and there are still many internal problems to be solved. After all, fighting the world is different from ruling the world, and many of the policies implemented in order to win the world in troubled times are often to kill chickens and eggs, or just temporary strategies, and many unsolvable problems will continue to accumulate over time, and finally drag down the country. For example, the various problems that arose in the late Song and Ming dynasties, how to maintain balance, ensure the health of the circulation system within the national resources, and avoid the situation that the tail of a certain link is too big to fall, this kind of thing really makes Yuan Shu feel a headache.

With two thousand years of knowledge, Yuan Shu knows too many hidden dangers of losing the country. Looking back at the Jin Dynasty's internal friction, the Sui Dynasty's haste and impatience, the Tang Dynasty's military system, the Song Dynasty's corrupt and weak army, the Ming Dynasty's tax corruption, reform failure, Donglin Party, merchants' betrayal, etc. In addition, it seems that the inheritance of the imperial throne will never be solved, the faint of the Son of Heaven, the complexity of the royal family, the balance of civil and military, the balance of power, the balance of classes, and natural disasters.

Almost every point can be a reason for the loss of the country. Yuan Shu knew that there was no perfect thing in the world, and the country he established would inevitably perish, but he still wanted to establish the most perfect system to maintain the country's long-term peace and stability.

"It's hard to govern the country!" Zhuge Liang thought of all the things in the court, and said sincerely.

It is better for people like him to manage local problems, as long as they implement the policies of their superiors and manage some local problems, and the group of people who plan these policy adjustments at the top level of power are really tired. For example, Tian Feng and Fu Zhu, who are at the core, are even more busy every day, and they are called by Yuan Shu like donkeys, and even Jia Xu and Xun You, these salted fish, were forced out by Yuan Shu.

There is no way, the troubled times are almost over, and if you don't seize this last golden time to solve internal problems as soon as possible, it will be even more difficult in the future.

"In the past few years, my great Chu has prospered and the economic development has been rapid, but the increase in military expenses is not too fast, Your Majesty intends to reduce the proportion of the army's financial allocation, otherwise it is not difficult for the whole army to be equipped with strong crossbows." Zhou Yu said.

"The army must be strong, but people's livelihood must be more important. After all, there has been a lot of military allocation, and a lot of territory has been captured over the years, but these territories are cumbersome for now, and my Dachu is now basically relying on Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou to support other states and counties. The fiscal gap is too large, and infrastructure, health care and education are even more stretched. Although my great Chu wealth is unprecedented, it is still not enough to govern with Your Majesty. Zhuge Liang said.

"The Han land is about to be peaceful, but the world is still undecided, is it too early to focus too much on people's livelihood at this time? After all, the body poison and the noble frost have not yet been taken. Zhou Yu frowned.

"This is the result of countless calculations and trade-offs between His Majesty and the princes of the court, in order to maximize the use of finance, try their best to achieve a balance between the people's livelihood and the military, and even have a great bias towards the army. In fact, in my opinion, the proportion of the allocation of the Great Chu army is already very exceeded, and it should be reduced by a few percent. Every 10,000 troops are maintained for education and medical care, and after more than ten years, my Dachu will be able to at least have thousands of more soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people. Zhuge Liang shook his head and said.

"It is difficult to defeat the frost and the poison, but how to effectively govern and manage it is even more difficult after that. If there is not enough population and scholars to erode and manage, what if it is defeated? The current population of our Han people is far from enough to occupy such a large territory. ”

In the military and politics, the contradiction between the two people naturally appeared. Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu are both wise men, but they stand on different positions, and naturally have different ideas and opinions. Just like Zhuge Liang at the time of the Three Kingdoms, some people criticized his six out of Qishan as a reckless army, which exhausted the vitality of Shu, but if you really put yourself in your shoes, what if you don't do it in that case? And the territory of Wei, whose population is several times that of its own, is it fighting for development and internal affairs? In that case, there is no other choice, if you don't fight, you will die, and there may be a glimmer of life by relying on Zhuge Liang's amazing talent at that time.

Regarding Zhuge Liang's explanation, Zhou Yu cannot deny it, and he also understands this truth. However, from the standpoint of a general, every time there is less appropriation and less sophisticated weapons and equipment, the army will have less combat power and more deaths. The contradictions are irreconcilable, and he has to fight.

You can't say that the lives of the hundreds of soldiers who fought for the country and shrouded their bodies were cheaper than the tens of thousands of children who died of disease. It's a matter of human nature and position, and it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong. When you put yourself in the shoes of the battlefield and see your comrades who have been with you day and night fighting for the country fall heroically on the battlefield, or when you are in the village and see many simple and lovely children around you dying because of the lack of doctors and the lack of treatment for a minor illness or disaster, your choice is naturally different.

But from Yuan Shu's standpoint, it doesn't matter whose life is more precious, and only whose use value is higher and more worthy of being chosen. This is the quality that a ruler should have, and there is no conflict between treating the lives of the people as a mustard and loving the people to a certain extent, because you have to give up some, sometimes cruelty and cold-bloodedness are also a kind of benevolence, and unnecessary kindness will only make more people suffer.

It's just that between the two talking and laughing, the situation on the battlefield has turned into a one-sided slaughter. After eliminating the Guishan's cavalry, Zhou Yu's adjutant general completely pulled the Guishan army into the abyss under his step-by-step command.

Soon, the battle was over. The Kushan army was completely annihilated, and all those who were not killed surrendered and became prisoners, and no one fled. Originally, a few people did rush out of the valley, but the sentry horses placed by Zhou Yu to guard the valley mouth were slaughtered, and not a single fish slipped through the net.

Even Asafa, the commander of the Kushan army, became Zhou Yu's prisoner. This person also asked for the benefits of nobility, waiting for his family to send someone to ransom him. But after Zhou Yu got some information about Guishuang from his mouth, he killed him directly. Even the thousands of captives who were tied together were killed.

Zhou Yu then ordered the soldiers to clean up the battlefield, clear all traces of their own side, all the corpses of the Han army were cremated on the spot, put the ashes into the altar to mark, and left with their armor. The bodies of these Kushan soldiers were also burned, leaving no trace.

Later, after Zhou Yu made sure that there was no trace of the Han army on the battlefield, he led the army to leave.