Chapter 19: Moving Westward (1)

In the Chongzheng Hall of Jinling, Ma Yun, the emperor of Great Chu, was listening to Zhao Pu, the secretary of the Criminal Department, report on the news of the Zhou Dynasty, Hedong and Khitan in Jiangbei.

"Your Majesty, the news from Jiangbei has been sorted out by the minister, and there are mainly a few articles, first, Liu Chong of Hedong declared himself a minister to the Khitan Emperor Yelu Ruan (Yelu Wu desire), and also recognized the Khitan Emperor who was more than 20 years younger than himself as an uncle. And the Khitan Emperor has also recognized this relative and canonized Liu Chong as the Emperor Shenwu of the Han Dynasty. Zhao Pu said with a smile.

Ma Yun also smiled: "Back then, Shi Jingjiao worshiped Yelu Deguang, who was eleven years younger than himself, as his father-in-law, although Liu Chong only recognized an uncle, but the age gap was too big." Hehe, I don't know if Liu Zhiyuan knows underground, and I'm happy that I'm a generation shorter. ”

Seeing that Ma Yun was joking, several important ministers in the hall also laughed funny, Xu Zhongya said with a smile: "When Tang Mingzong, Shi Jingjiao and Liu Zhiyuan were brothers, but now Shi Jingjiao is the son of Yelu Deguang, and Liu Zhiyuan has become the nephew of Yelu Deguang's nephew, hehe, he has become the character of Yelu Deguang's grandchildren, so after all, Liu Zhiyuan has become Shi Jingjiao's nephew, if this Liu Zhiyuan has knowledge underground, I am afraid that he will vomit blood in anger." ”

Ma Yun smiled and glanced at the ministers again, and saw that Fan Zhen was preoccupied, and he was very reluctant, and asked, "Fan Aiqing, do you have any opinions?" ”

Fan Qian's body was stunned, and he didn't seem to expect Ma Yun to suddenly ask him: "Your Majesty, there is a pseudo-Zhou in the southeast of He, and there is a Khitan in the north, and the jurisdiction is only 12 states, the people are only 40,000 households, and the population is probably only 340,000. There was a feud between the Han and Zhou, so he had no choice but to be a vassal to the Khitan. And after the relationship between Hedong and the Khitan is stable, Liu Chong will inevitably raise troops to the south, and when the time comes, the ministers are afraid... Fan Zhen said this, suddenly paused, and his words were very hesitant.

Obedient and obedient, the ministers in the Chongzheng Hall are all human spirits, and they immediately thought of the meaning of Fan Qian's words. This old Fan is afraid that the southeast of the river will involve the Chu State.

The military power of Chu is controlled by the Privy Council, the transfer of the army, the adjustment of personnel are the final say of the Privy Council, the Ministry of War actually belongs to the logistics and equipment department, but where to put the name of the Ministry of War, it still has a certain influence on the army, Cao Yun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the Han and Zhou are fighting, it is a good time for us to go north in Great Chu, we can unite with Hedong, and even the Khitan, and deal with each other to deal with the pseudo-Zhou, as long as we exterminate the pseudo-Zhou, the Great Chu is strong, and the Hedong is weak, It will not be difficult for the world to be reunited.

"Lord Cao's words are bad. Now although our Great Chu crosses the Huainan River, but this place is new, and the people's hearts have not yet been fully attached, and the minister thinks that at present, our Great Chu should cultivate virtue and politics, rectify the army, and let the Han and Zhou fight, and we will watch from the wall, and when the Han and Zhou are exhausted, we will suddenly send troops, and it will not take much effort to sweep the north. Shi Wende, the secretary of the ministry, said.

Ma Yun was silent, in fact, Cao Yun and Shi Wende's words are very representative of "sex". Because the Great Chu Emperor Ma Yun was determined to be mixed, the high-level officials of the Chu State basically had a favorable attitude towards the northward expansion, and those who did not approve of the unification of the world and external expansion had long stood aside. However, although they all agreed with the northward advance, the timing of the northward advance was divided into two factions, especially after the fall of Wu Yue, the debate within the Chu State about the northward advance was extremely fierce.

When the puppet Zhou pacified Murong Yanchao's rebellion, there were important ministers, such as Zhu Yuan in Huainan, Ma Guangmeng in Jiangnan West Province and others all advocated sending troops to respond to Murong Yanchao, taking advantage of the situation to capture Yanzhou and Xinzhou, and laying a big nail in the hinterland of the puppet Zhou. Regarding the military adjustment of the puppet Zhou in Huaibei, in the face of the powerful military force of the puppet Zhou on the front line of Huaibei, Zhu Yuan and others thought that this was a manifestation of the hypocrisy of the puppet Zhou, not only was they not frightened by Guo Chongwei's army on the other side, but they were eager to try, but at that time, the state of Chu was busy dealing with Wu Yue, and secondly, they were not fully prepared to assist Murong Yanchao. Ma Yun hesitated, and the court was also arguing, and as a result, before the Chu State could come up with a reason, Zhou Bing had already defeated Murong Yanchao. Ma Yun had no choice but to abandon the rescue plan.

Since then, most of the generals of the Chu army believe that they should take the initiative to attack, respond to the military operations of the Khitan and Hedong, and gradually encroach on the prefectures and counties of the Central Plains, while the Wenchen side believes that Jiangnan should be consolidated first, and the Khitan and Hedong should be transferred, so that they can fight to the death with the pseudo-Zhou, and when they are exhausted, the Great Chu will send troops to the north.

Neither view is convincing the other. Seeing that the ministers were still arguing, Ma Yun waved his hand and asked Zhao Pudao: "Zhao Aiqing, is there any other news?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the second piece of news is in the area of Henan, and the people suddenly spread rumors, saying that the Khitans are going south to the Central Plains again, and the people are panicked, and there are signs that a large number of people have fled west in some places."

"Is this news from the Wind Catcher?" Jack Ma asked. In order to constantly "disturb" the puppet Zhou, the spies of the Chu State operating in the Central Plains often released some news, which made the people of the puppet Zhou panic and uneasy, and had no intention of engaging in farming. This is just like the puppet Zhou army constantly posing for invasion of Tangzhou and Dengzhou. Destroying the enemy's food production, the officials and emperors of the other party at the end of the black, this is what the wind catching house often does, so Ma Yun asked this question.

Zhao Pu shook his head hesitantly and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is also strange to the minister, originally the news was indeed spread by the wind catching room, but the speed of diffusion is so fast, and the scope of diffusion is so large, it makes the minister a little suspicious." ”

Because the pseudo-Zhou blocked the border between Zhou and Chu, the people moved, and the road to the south had been blocked, and they had to move west to avoid the Khitans. The relocation of the people to Guanzhong can be regarded as a correct choice for refuge. But why did the news spread so quickly, and the local officials of the pseudo-Zhou didn't seem to have much inhibition on this migration?

Fan Zhen frowned and said, "Your Majesty, could it be that this is a pseudo-Zhou who did this on purpose?" ”

Ma Yun was stunned, how can it be said that the migration of the people is also a waste of a year's cultivation time, what benefits can Guo Wei get from relocating the people?