"If you want to achieve great things, you must have the help of virtuous ministers and good ministers. I, Jiangdong, need talents like you Zhongyu. Yuan Shu looked at Xun Yue with burning eyes and said sincerely.

Yuan Shu attaches great importance to Xun Yue, not only because he is the top strategist in the world, but also because he is like-minded with him. In addition to these strategists under his command who have been influenced by his own training, this person is the one whose thoughts in the world are similar to Yuan Shu, a demon who has traveled through modern times.

Whether it is Xun Yue's thoughts on law and human nature, or his opposition to the gathering of land by wealthy families, and his views on lightly dispensing with meager endowments, persuading agriculture and mulberry and state-owned land, they all coincide with Yuan Shu. For Yuan Shu, this is a real confidant.

From the beginning of the rise of the world's heroes and the beginning of the troubled times, no one looked at Yuan Shu, who occupied the south. Because compared with the strength of the Central Plains in the north, the barren and backward south is not seen at all, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou together are not comparable to a Yuzhou.

But Xun Yue keenly saw the unusualness of Jiangdong and discovered Yuan Shu's terrifying war potential and strength. At that time, Xun Yue's understanding of Yuan Shu directly surprised Yuan Shu. If it weren't for Xun Yue's secret conspiracy, how could Cao Liu compromise with each other and abandon their previous suspicions to deal with Yuan Shu in the tense Central Plains at that time? even made Yuan Shu secretly suffer a small loss.

It can be said that if it weren't for Xun Yue at that time, the development process of Yuan Shu would definitely be smoother, and there would not have been so many twists and turns in the middle. But Yuan Shu did not resent Xun Yue for this, on the contrary, the better Xun Yue was, the more happy Yuan Shu was, how difficult it was to find half of a like-minded person in this era when everyone was drunk and I was sober?

"Yuan Gong is very loving, and Yue is very grateful. But Yue also has his own perseverance, and a certain party abandoned General Liu and lived in seclusion, how could he join the general? Isn't this a shame for General Liu? Xun Yue said lightly.

"Good birds choose trees to perch, Zhongyu, you left Liu Xuande and lived in seclusion, isn't it because Liu Xuande is not the master in your heart? With what you know about me, you should understand that the overall situation in this world has been decided and cannot be changed. The position you stand on is not the position of princes like Liu Xuande, but the position of the whole world and the entire Han Dynasty, which is understandable. Yuan Shu said.

National righteousness will always be an unbreakable banner, and no one will question it. Just like Tian Yu in history, he stubbornly guarded the border of northern Xinjiang, even if he did not follow Gongsun Zan and died but defected to Cao Cao, no one can say anything. Under the general righteousness of the nation, all subsections can be ignored.

"What does Yuan Gong mean?"

"The battle to dominate the world does not require you to participate in it, and with my current strength, I can win it without you. The places I need you to go to are not Nanban and Xiqiang, but many small countries in the southwest of Yizhou. Yuan Shu's eyes flashed, and he said in a low voice.

"A small country in the southwest?" Xun Yue frowned: "They are all barren places, and there is no strong country, 20,000 troops are enough to sweep, why does Yuan Gong attach so much importance to this place?" ”

The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth twitched, and he looked at the southwest direction: "I naturally don't care much about these small southwestern countries, what I value is the Kushan Empire further west." ”

"Kushan Empire? The Kushan Empire pacified by the Marquis of Dingyuan? ”

"Yes, although the Marquis of Dingyuan was easily pacified with thousands of soldiers, this does not mean that Guishuang is really that weak. According to the information I have found out now, the Kushan Empire is a vast country, with a population of about 15 million and nearly 500,000 troops. The most important thing is that the land of the Kushan Empire is mostly fertile land, and the land of Guanzhong is far from it, and a little development is enough to feed tens of millions of people, so how can you let it go? Yuan Shu's words were full of greed.

This part of India is indeed blessed with farming, basically as long as the people are not stupid, feeding tens of millions of people here is like playing. But it's a pity that such a good place fell into the hands of the rest or Otsuki clan, which is really a waste.

Although the Han Dynasty, Rome, Kushan, and Anxi were called the four great empires, the gap between the first two and the latter two was like a chasm. Whether in terms of population, the size of the territory, and the number of soldiers, the Han Dynasty far surpassed the Kushan, and the gap between the two sides is incalculable.

Guishuang's current strength is not as good as the united northern princes in Yuan Shu's eyes, but it is not so difficult to deal with.

The border between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan, whether from the Green Mountains or from the Himalayas, was a very big problem to despair. The distance between Yuan Shu and Guishuang was too far, and Yuan Shu felt helpless.

To solve this problem, the water army is an option. However, the development of Guishan's naval army was not inferior to that of Jiangdong, and the away battle was not yet advantageous in terms of combat power, and Yuan Shu could not rely on the naval army to ensure logistics for the army. So Yuan Shu thought of those small countries in the southwest of Yizhou.

These small southwestern states were merely experiments for Yuan Shu, used to ease relations with the family and provide a model for the future expansion of the Han Dynasty. However, its special geographical location gave Yuan Shu a new possibility. If these small southwestern countries are completely controlled, Yuan Shu's army can completely send troops from this to ensure logistics.

Thinking of the trade-offs in this, Yuan Shu instantly canceled the idea of letting the families toss and slowly occupy these small southeastern countries at will, and instead changed to rapid erosion under his own control. But all this still needs a person in charge, Yuan Shu doesn't have the heart to worry about this problem, but this person in charge makes it difficult for Yuan Shu to choose.

After all, the situation in the southwestern countries is complicated, and the interests are complicated, and the interests between the country, the family, and the merchants are not something that ordinary people can control. And this place can't be completely governed by the Han method, otherwise it will take a lot of time just to sinicize and clean up these places, and the daylily will be cold by then. So there is a need for a temporary form of government, such as a federal one.

After all, this is the territory that Yuan Shu promised to the family, and Yuan Shu is not easy to go back on his word, and the local people are also a lot of wealth, cultural erosion is naturally to be done, and it is inevitable that this piece of mouth meat will be completely incorporated into the Han system in the future. However, in order to save time for the time being, it can only be done in a two-pronged manner, temporarily making it semi-independent, maintaining development and stabilizing the local situation, and avoiding adding trouble to Yuan Shu's future expedition to the west.

This semi-independent place is very different from Yuan Shu's command, not only the political structure is different, but the rules and laws that need to be formulated must be adapted to local conditions, so the person in charge not only needs to be steady, but also has excellent adaptability, has a certain study of law and human nature, and has enough understanding of Yuan Shu's ideas to not miss the overall situation.

Yuan Shu thought about it, but he couldn't find a suitable candidate under his command, and finally he could only find Xun Yue.