March of the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an (221 AD).

In fact, according to the calendar, Liu Xie, who is known as the emperor, has abdicated, regardless of whether he was killed by Cao Pi or not, the name of Jian'an is actually no longer suitable for use, but Liu Bei's ascension to the throne and the title of emperor has not yet been held, and it is obviously impossible to use the name of Cao Wei again, so in the land of Jingshu, the title of Jian'an year has been extended for the time being, and after Liu Bei ascends the throne and becomes emperor, the year name will be changed.

This year, for the whole world, is a relatively calm year, Cao Pi is actively restoring internal affairs, with Chen Qun, Sima Yi as the head of the compilation of the Nine Grades of Officials Law has begun to gradually increase the implementation of the efforts, Liu Bei is preparing for the emperor, now the governance has been moved to Hanzhong, Nanyang area after more than a year of repair, began to recover vitality, as for Eastern Wu, it is continuing to strengthen the defense line around the Jianghuai, several disciples of Liu Yi have begun to make a name for themselves in the Jingxiang area, but also for the Hanzhong New City to do design, Nanzheng as the imperial capital, Even if it is not a place to live for a long time, it is still indispensable to have the style.

At this point, Liu Bei actually hopes that Liu Yi can personally preside over the design and construction of the new capital, but Nanzhong is not peaceful, Liu Yi has been uploading good news during this time, and it is not easy to change generals, and in the planning of the entire face Liu Bei Group, Hanzhong is only a temporary capital, Han and thieves are not separated, and Wang Ye is not partial, whether Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang and others, including Liu Yi, the most ideal capital in their minds is Chang'an, Hanzhong...... After all, it is a little off, if it is not for strategic needs, Chengdu is obviously more suitable as the capital than Hanzhong.

Liu Bei obviously knew that it was difficult for him to see the day when the world would be unified, so he wanted to fight, and he had been using Zhuge Liang's strategy all these years to gradually standardize the rule of officials, but Cao Wei's introduction of the Jiupin Official Law will undoubtedly have an impact on the rule of law in Shuzhong, which was already formed, after all, the Jiupin Official Law is an extension of the Great Han Dynasty inspection system, which is more acceptable to people.

And any system, has its timeliness, in the eyes of later generations, the Jiupin Guanren Law is undoubtedly the root of cholera, but in this era, the Jiupin Guanren Law in the introduction of the time, the role is undoubtedly benign, at least for now, the introduction of the Jiupin Guanren Law, so that Cao Pi has been under the rule of the door valve full support, but also Cao Wei's comprehensive strength, in a period of time to obtain rapid growth.

This growth does not mean that the political system, but that the power that Cao Wei can control is rising rapidly, and Cao Pi has quickly consolidated his position.

In fact, in Liu Yi's view, Zhuge Liang's system is actually a kind of cross-era progress, and there are already some sprouts similar to the later imperial examination system, of course, it is only a trace, when the cultural popularity is not high and talents are concentrated in a small number of people, the Jiupin official law is actually more suitable for this era, because talents are basically from this circle, and Zhuge Liang's law pays more attention to fairness and takes care of the people at the bottom. But the potential is constantly being tapped by Liu Yi, and there are enough conditions for him to implement his system little by little and constantly improve.

Now it is a collision of the two systems, while being impacted by the Jiupin official law, it will also be affected by the impact of the new law here, Liu Yi's new colleges in various places are now fully operational, for the middle and lower class people, at the same time, there are a large number of printed paper books for learning in the library provided by the academy.

Zhuge Liang's new law lies in the advanced selection system, in which talents are selected through assessment in academies around the country, and the students in the academies are given priority to the children of the families of meritorious soldiers, which also drives the enthusiasm of the people under his rule to join the army.

As for who will win the new policy implemented by both sides, it will only have to wait for time to verify.

"What do you think?" Liu Yi put down the information sent by Shuzhong, looked at Ma Jian and asked with a smile.

"It's hard to say." Ma Jian shook his head: "Each has its own advantages, for now, Cao Wei obviously has the upper hand, but in the long run, Mr.'s method is more advantageous." ”

Even the most powerful wise man can't see the future, Zhuge Liang's new policy is indeed very thoughtful, but after all, it is a little ahead, its opponent is not only from Cao Wei's new policy, but also from internal pressure, the war between the two countries, many times is not just a military collision.

Liu Yi nodded, this momentum has been achieved, he doesn't know how much of Zhuge Liang's new law is based on his own opinions, but now is not the time to care about this, Gao Ding has not solved it, the barbarians in Nanzhong have begun to gather, he must integrate the forces of the counties before the arrival of these barbarians, and try to win over the barbarians for his own use as much as possible.

"By the way, the king has obtained a piece of rare jade according to the requirements of the Pavilion Marquis, and it should be sent by the association recently. Ma Jian smiled.

"Hmm." Liu Yi nodded, Liu Bei's date of becoming emperor was in May, and it was indeed not long, in order to make the best work to be worthy of the identity of the jade seal of the country, Liu Yi had to adjust his state.

"Then before the jade is delivered, it will be leveled and high-level!" After a moment of silence, Liu Yi said seriously.

"Good!" Ma Yan nodded in response.

"Report~" Zhang Bao walked in quickly, bowed to Liu Yi and said: "Tinghou, that Gaoding has already agreed to Tinghou's invitation to fight, and the two sides will fight outside the city tomorrow." ”

"Tomorrow?" Ma Jian groped his chin and smiled: "It seems that there is a shortage of food in the Gaoding army." ”

The lack of grain is certain, Shuzhong is not rich, coupled with the various events last year, every year the state government to Nanzhong to provide relief of the grain has been detained in Zhuti, even if Gaoding has some grain, it was burned a lot by Ma Tan before, and then mobilized from the rear, the consumption of tens of thousands of people is not a small amount.

"The envoy of Yongchang County has been dispatched, but the road is long, and it will take at least ten days to arrive." Ma Jian looked at Liu Yi and asked with a smile, "How does Tinghou intend to defeat Gaoding?" ”

"Send someone to burn the grain again tomorrow." Liu Yi said casually: "Since his weakness is in the grain and grass, then attack this grain and grass!" Holding on to the grain and grass, then Gao Ding has no way out. ”

To put it simply, I don't touch you hard, and I don't expect to be able to rob the grain successfully, but just stare at your grain and grass to fight, now Gaoding is short of food, forcing you to hold the grain and grass to defend yourself, and you can't move if you want to, this team of people will naturally be dragged, and then, the problem is much simpler, and when Yongchang starts, Gaoding will collapse without a fight.

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There was nothing to say all night, and the next morning, Liu Yi ordered his troops out of the city, the warm spring breeze blew the red tassels above his head, and the red cloak shook in the wind, forming a tumbling red angry wave, looking from a distance, it was like a sea of fire spreading out of the city.

Gaoding's soldiers and horses naturally do not have such a military appearance, in a place like Nanzhong, those who can wear armor are generals, as for the service of the soldiers is also varied, not colorful, but it is difficult to feel too much oppression from the other party, people's spiritual outlook, many times are brought by clothing, such is the case, the same is true of the army, at least from the military appearance, the Han army with bright and neat armor, it is easy to form a feeling of elite division, although they are not, but in terms of momentum, it is enough to let the other party lose a point first.

Liu Yi did not ride a horse, but sat in a spacious carriage, beside him, Ma Jian stood beside him, with a faint smile on his face, behind the carriage, Lu Lingqi, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Wei Yue, Chen Ergou lined up, and then back, the army composed of barbarian soldiers and county soldiers was split, extending to both sides with the carriage as the center, and the momentum of the 20,000 army was connected together, forming a sense of oppression like a mountain to crush each other.

That sense of oppression and suffocation like a substance, so that the Yue Wang army, which was two hundred steps away, appeared in a chaotic situation, and before the fight started, it took the lead to seize people, even if Gao Ding was a little reckless, but he also knew that the war at this time was not good for the army, and his eyes fell on E Huan.

E Huan understood, urged the war horse under his crotch, and came to the front of the two armies, he knew the power of Liu Yijun's bow and arrow, so he didn't dare to go too far, and stopped more than a dozen steps away from the place of an arrow, and shouted in his voice: "I am Admiral E Huan, who dares to come to fight!?" ”

Is Nanzhong's way of fighting so wild and primitive?

Liu Yi looked at Ma Jian with some astonishment, what age is this, who is still fighting like this?

Ma Jian naturally understood what Liu Yi meant, nodded and said with a smile: "The population of Nanzhong is not large, and it worships the strong, generally when the two armies fight, most of them will decide the outcome by fighting in the future, so as to ensure that there will not be a large number of casualties due to the war." ”

"I see." Liu Yi smiled and nodded: "It turned out to be an honest man, so I came to bully and bully him, so that he could understand what it means to be a soldier and a fierce soldier!" ”

Liu Yi likes this kind of stupid and bold enemy the most, because he doesn't have to waste too many brain cells to clean them up.

Although he didn't know what an honest person was, Ma Jian obviously understood Liu Yi's meaning, and he also smiled and nodded in agreement, this kind of vain and brave person, Ma Jian is quite despised, but he won't say, after all, there are many people under Liu Bei who have been promoted by force, and there are not many such people.

Looking at the burly figure, only in terms of size, it is a material for war, but it's a pity, he looked at Wei Yue, and was about to say something, Zhang Bao on the side saw that no one answered, afraid of weakening his morale, and immediately shouted: "Barbarians, I don't know how thick the sky is, I will fight you!" ”

After saying that, the horse raised his whip, lifted his spear upside down, and galloped away in the direction of Na Ehuan.

Liu Yi: "......"

"Madam, An Guo, you two go and plunder for him." It's come to this point, it's too late to say anything, it seems that after Zhang Bao comes back, he should re-educate him, this kind of character, if he goes to the Central Plains battlefield one day, it's not a good thing.

"Whoa!" Lu Lingqi and Guan Xing bowed, and each rode out of the battle to sweep the battle for Zhang Bao.