Chapter 449: Western Regions

After listening to Yuan Shu's words, Jia Xu really wanted to slap twice on his lewd face. I thought everyone was as perverted as you!

There are some things that seem so simple to us today that they are not even worth mentioning. For example, distilled spirits, what is the technical content of this? But in ancient times, it took dozens or hundreds of years of attempts to make the technology mature. A simple technical and strategic breakthrough takes too much time and attempts, and Yuan Shu can omit the time of technical exploration and directly point out the right path by relying on transcending this era, but in terms of political strategy, some time cannot be saved.

Any policy is time-bound, there are situations that are not adaptable, and it takes a little bit of trial and running-in, and this step originally took a long time, a little bit of perfection and improvement. Under the control of Yuan Shu, a traverser who opened a cheat, time was directly compressed by a large amount, but correspondingly, the energy required was greatly increased.

It's not that Jia Xu hasn't dealt with government affairs, on the contrary, he is also very good at it. When he was eating under Dong Zhuo, he became Li Ru's knife and pen officer. How many things are under Dong Zhuo's command? It's all handled by Li Ru, that is, no matter how strong Li Ru is, he lacks skills, and Jia Xu can only work for Li Ru in order to protect himself and hide his talents. During this period, countless government affairs were handled, all of which were easily solved. But under Yuan Shu, Jia Xu found that his self-considered good internal affairs ability was completely insufficient.

It was under Yuan Shu that he realized how difficult internal affairs were to deal with. Every time I encounter a problem, I have to make a draft and report it to Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu can come up with new ideas every time, and then there are many problems, which are endless.

If it's just like this, Jia Xu won't have a headache, the key is that the new ideas proposed by Yuan Shu are too advanced, which seems to be whimsical and unrealistic, but the effect is surprisingly good. But it takes too much effort to put these advanced ideas into practice, and even with Jia Xu's ability, he can't help but feel a little difficult.

So after getting it a few times, Jia Xu directly wanted to give up meddling in government affairs and be a full-time "secretary", how easy is it? However, Yuan Shu, the "Zhou Papi", will not let go of such a talent as Jia Xu, and Yuan Shu is not too many internal affairs talents, and how many can be brought in.

"Lord, do you want to transfer Zijing over? This is no small project. Jia Xu asked.

Yuan Shu pouted lightly: "Are you trying to be lazy!" Can't you solve such a problem? ”

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth twitched: "Lord, you also think too highly of me!" Don't take such a squeezing of manpower. ”

"I'll squeeze it, what can you do? Don't think I don't know that you are lazy every day, Yuan Hao has reacted to me many times, do you want me to talk to you carefully? Yuan Shu looked at Jia Xu with a slight smile.

"Forget it then!" Jia Xu smiled bitterly, he really stayed away from Tian Feng. Tian Feng's Gangzheng is well-known in the entire Han Dynasty, and I don't know how many people have been impeached and accused, not to mention him Jia Xu, even Yuan Shu is no exception. But Yuan Shu just let it go, have a correct attitude, admit mistakes positively, and do not change his dead nature.

Yuan Shu's twelve-character policy is also the wise words of Jia Xu and Guo Jia who love to be lazy, anyway, Yuan Shu will not punish them, as long as they stay away from Tian Feng and pretend not to hear. After all, they were at the same level as Tian Feng, and without Yuan Shu's consent, Tian Feng wouldn't do anything to them. But if Yuan Shu loosens his mouth, then it will...

Thinking about the scene when Guo Jia was checked out by Zhang Zhongjing during the physical examination when he drank too much, and then was called by Tian Feng for two months under Yuan Shu's anger, and he was tired of becoming a dog, Jia Xu felt cold. Tian Feng under Yuan Shu's acquiescence is definitely a nightmare for all the strategists in Jiangdong.

Seeing Jia Xu's palpitating look, Yuan Shu smiled slightly in his heart. It's no wonder that so many ministers in history have been mixed up under the Ming Lord, and it is really good to have an extremely sharp knife in his hand, although it hurts others and hurts himself, but that unhappiness is not worth mentioning compared to the benefits.

Yuan Shu, as a benevolent lord and a heroic lord, has a lot of things that he can't do, so he needs some people to carry the black pot. For example, Jia Xu took on the burning of Chang'an. Without Yuan Shu's "knowledge", he decided to burn Chang'an privately out of loyalty, and Yuan Shu punished him "fiercely" afterwards. Although anyone with a discerning eye can see it, as long as this clumsy method can be explained, it is not a problem to hide it from the people under his command.

If Jia Xu took on the dark side of Yuan Shu, then Tian Feng took on the strong and upright side of Yuan Shu and pulled away the hatred of Jiangdong officials. Every time Tian Feng ruthlessly reported and investigated, Yuan Shu always appeased or sentenced lightly, the black pot was carried by Tian Feng, and the good people were all done by Yuan Shu.

"Wenhe, how is the situation in the Western Regions now?"

"The Western Regions are now self-contained, and the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions are all subservient to the Han Dynasty on the surface, but in fact, they have long ignored the existence of the Han Dynasty. Dong Zhuo, Han Sui and others have never dealt with the Western Regions, and there is basically no communication except for the trade between the two sides on the border of Liangzhou. Jia Xu said.

"As expected, these fools don't understand how much wealth the Western Regions have." Yuan Shu said disdainfully.

Regarding the situation that Liangzhou has been short of food for many years but is difficult to solve, Yuan Shu is really speechless. It is better to fight among themselves and reduce the need for food by killing each other to reduce the number of people than to fight out. Not to mention anything else, the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions don't know how to use it so closely, this is a complete cornucopia! If you make good use of it, you can supply both Xiliang, and how much wealth a Silk Road represents is completely unimaginable to ordinary people.

It is as rich as Yuan Shu's coveting of the Western Regions, and this place is full of gold! Trade between countries has always been violent, especially for exporters like Yuan Shu. Those small countries in the southwest are just some poor and remote areas, and there is not much oil and water that can be squeezed, how can they compare with the countries of the Western Regions, not to mention that there is a Silk Road.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Britain sold opium, and the annual profit could reach 30 million taels, which was exactly equal to the annual income of the Qing government. At that time, the Qing government's fiscal revenue was only 40 million taels of silver. Even in Britain, which was then powerful and claimed to be the empire on which the sun never set, the income from opium sales accounted for one-sixth to one-third of the total income, which is enough to show its violence.

Although Yuan Shu will not do such a lack of virtue as buying drugs, he will never lack output. Not to mention anything else, tea, silk, and ceramics are definitely the best weapons, and they are in short supply in any country. The wealth in it, Yuan Shu is still a little excited when he thinks about it!

Don't think how closed the Han Dynasty was at this time, you must know that during the period of Emperor Heng of the Han Dynasty, the ancient Roman King of Qin sent an envoy to Luoyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was only 30 years since then. As long as Yuan Shu stabilized Liangzhou and the Western Regions, it would be completely easy to establish contact with ancient Rome.

As soon as he thought of the three empires of Rome, Anxi, and Kushan, Yuan Shu felt that he was full of ambition again.

"Wenhe, don't deal with the Western Regions for the time being, don't let anyone approach, stabilize Xiliang first. Tell those families that Xiliang is not completely stable, and no one wants to take a step! Yuan Shu said in a low voice.

"No!" The reason why Yuan Shu did this, Jia Xu is also very clear. This is not the first time Yuan Shu has used this method, but the families still have no power to resist.

If the Shang Dynasty changed the law to turn the entire Qin State into a war machine, then Yuan Shu's various reforms transformed the family into a weapon for conquering the world. In the face of the huge temptation, the families were completely unable to refuse to be constantly called by Yuan Shu, just like this time.

As soon as the news of Xiliang being taken was released, the southern families who had been waiting in Hanzhong for many days immediately sent people to come, in order to seize the opportunity, take a share of the pie in Xiliang and march into the Western Regions.

As soon as Yuan Shu's order came out, Jia Xu could predict that the next thing would be a pig managing Xiliang, and Xiliang would also stabilize in the fastest time, and then be completely controlled by Yuan Shu. Because the families need to go to the Western Regions, the families are eager for profits, and under Yuan Shu's strength, they can only act according to Yuan Shu's rules, so they will inevitably do their best to assist Yuan Shu in controlling Xiliang. No matter how powerful the Xiliang snake is, it can't stand up so many crazy dragons crossing the river!

Jia Xu's heart was relieved, at least for a short time, there was no need to worry about Fa Zheng and their problems, the road had been paved, it depended on how far they could go.

"Lord, how can Xiliang be considered stable?" Jia Xu asked.

Yuan Shu smiled slightly: "What I want is a Xiliang who is completely under the control of a certain person, and there can be no uneasy factors, I think they can do it." ”

"Understood."