"Huh?! If it weren't for King Anping's reminder, his subordinates would have almost missed a major event! ”

The next day, in Sima Yan's study, a small-scale meeting was held again.

As soon as this secret meeting began, Sima Yan informed everyone of the reminder he received from his visit to Sima Fu. Then Du Pre and Pei Xiu slapped their heads almost at the same time, shouting luck.

"What? The two Aiqing also think that King Anping is right? ”

"Reasonable! Extremely reasonable! Your Majesty, the minister thought at first that Youzhou was far away after all, and the Shu thieves walked from the grassland from Wuyuan to supply all the way, and it would not be a good option. But King Anping reminded him that the main smuggling channel of Shu thieves in recent years was Youzhou! This route, they can't be more familiar! ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, that's not all. On this route, the relationship between the Shu thieves and Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei along the line is very good. When they march from here, the grain route will not be harassed, but on the contrary, they will be protected and helped. And over the years, the smuggling in Youzhou has been banned repeatedly, and the family in Youzhou may ......"

"Huh?!" Sima Fu's body is too poor in the end, although his brain is clear, he doesn't have the strength to explain to Sima Yan in detail. But at present, there are still a lot of elites in the Jin court, Sima Fu mentioned it, and the remaining specific details were made clear in an instant with the addition of Du Pre, Pei Xiu and others.

But the clear situation made Sima Yan startled.

"How, how is this good?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry, although the Shu thief has already arranged some things in Youzhou. But in any case, his national strength has always been like this, and if he marches in two ways, the minister is still worried that the 140,000 people in the state will not be able to stop it. However, if it is a three-way march, its forces will inevitably be divided, so the deployment of 140,000 people in the state should be enough. ”

"What about Youzhou?"

“…… Your Majesty, I can't say, 100,000 conscription is still too little. Let's get 150,000. When he gave Uncle Meng, he also replenished 50,000 troops. His task is just to delay the attack of the Shu thief Youzhou all the way. The fundamental root still depends on the battle situation on the side of the state. ”

"Well, but, as Shang Shuling said, if there is too much conscription, the people will suffer."

"Your Majesty." Pei Xiu let out a long sigh: "According to Jin Cao's report, the current strength of the Shu thieves is less than 130,000, if it is after large-scale conscription, how can it be trained for a year, and it will be possible to send troops after the autumn harvest next year." So, we still have a year to prepare. Yesterday, the minister went down to the court and carefully checked the inventory of the state treasury. At present, there are still 21 million stones of grain and 33 billion yuan of money in the major warehouses of Luoyang, Xuchang, Yecheng, Xiapi, Shouchun, Xiangyang, Wancheng, and so on. This inventory, if it can reduce some expenses, can support two years. Therefore, the minister suggested that while conscripting 150,000 soldiers, the number of acres taxed should be lowered to 20 acres. In this way, the impact on people's livelihood will be much smaller. ”

As soon as Pei Xiu's words came out, everyone present had strange faces: Don't look at the money in stock, there are 33 billion yuan, but it is all new money from Jianwu, and the copper content is obviously much less than before, and the people of Dongwu, Ji Han and even the Jin State themselves do not admit it. And this so-called reduction of spending, minus what? Isn't it just a reduction in the title? Who asked your Sima family to usurp the throne, so many princes and dukes, in addition to the county marquis, there are such freaks as the county marquis.

It can be said that the financial expenditure of the entire Jin Kingdom, the salaries of officials and soldiers, is actually not too much. It's too exaggerated to talk about the title.

After an embarrassing silence, Sima Yan set his eyes on Sima You again: Good brother, you come out again to help your brother take the blame for the villain.

Shaking his head helplessly, Sima You stood up: "Your Majesty, the output of the Qi Kingdom of the younger brother is enough to maintain the life of the younger brother, so the younger brother has never asked the country for another prince." Maybe the younger brother will make a table at the court meeting in three days. ”

"Well, it's hard to work for King Qi." Sima Yan, who was a little ashamed in his heart, turned his gaze back to Pei Xiu and Du Pre: "That's the general response, right?" Is there anything else you can add? ”

"One more, Your Majesty, Soochow!"

"Well, then please take another trip to Soochow first."

……

Ji Han issued the conscription order on the first day of October in 271 AD. The Jin Kingdom got the news on the sixth day of the first month. Although Soochow is a little far away, their work is also fruitful. Therefore, before Zhang Hua arrived in Jianye, the monarchs of Eastern Wu had already known about Ji Han's big moves.

Therefore, when Zhang Hua arrived in Jianye, the talks between the two sides quickly entered the core part.

Zhang Hua: Your Majesty, now that Ji Han has sent troops from all over the country to join the Kou, I don't have to be lucky. In order to cope with this crisis, we have arranged it in this way. In short, out of absolute trust in our allies, we have reduced the number of troops at the border between the two countries to the greatest extent. China's demands are: First, please respond to China's goodwill, and don't take advantage of this time to do things in Jingzhou and Yangzhou. Second, please start mobilization as soon as possible, and once Ji Han attacks our country on a large scale, I also ask your country to send the main force to attack Ji Han, so as to share the pressure on our country.

All in all, in short, if I don't have Dajin this time, how long can Dongwu exist?

"Zhongqing, that Zhang Maoxian is really sharp-tongued, and he talked in the court in the morning. But that's the general idea, how should I, Dawu, deal with it? Please also ask the secretaries to speak freely. ”

In Sun Hao's study, Wan Yu, Zhong Hui, Lu Kang, Tao Huang, Wang Cheng, Sun Ben and other six people gathered.

Needless to say, the prime minister. The next three were the governors of the three legions. The fifth is the head of intelligence, and the sixth is the chief of the palace guard. This is the core power circle of Soochow at present.

In last year's Three Kingdoms War, it was Soochow that suffered the most. The loss of division and land, the loss of soldiers and generals, that is really all.

After this heavy setback, Soochow is actually in a very bad situation now: politically, the Huiji family has almost torn up with Sun Hao. Sun Hao wanted to completely eliminate the Huiji family, but on the one hand, this move was naturally met with strong resistance from the Huiji people. What's more critical is that the Wu Jun family also had a different idea at this time: This emperor doesn't seem to be a good person, will he be the next one?

Therefore, Sun Hao's three steps before he ascended the throne, and now the second step has just been taken, and he is already struggling.

Economically, the whole country is a big colander, and the smuggling of smuggled salt in Jingchu is the most serious, and the salt tax has shrunk to less than 20% in its heyday. The outflow of a large amount of copper coins is just that, the key is that many yeoman farmers and barbarians in Jingchu and Jiaozhou also ran towards the land of Ji Han. Sun Hao was surprised to find that in the years since he ascended the throne, he has taken a huge risk to suppress the family and protect the yeoman farmers, but the country's taxes have not increased but decreased.

Not to mention militarily, after the wise and martial King Huan came to power, he commanded Eastern Wu to fight three major battles. Although Xiling put down the Bujia rebellion, although it was only to take over an empty city, it also repelled the reinforcements of the Jin State, and it can be boasted of victory to some extent.

But then, the main force of the Han and Jin dynasties fought a decisive battle in Guanzhong, and Dongwu had a great opportunity to steal chickens, but he was beaten by Wei Guan in Yangzhou and almost couldn't take care of himself!

Then, in the face of Ji Hanfei's main force, he was also disgraced and suffered heavy losses.

Because of the continuous military defeats, the emperor's prestige was constantly overdrawn and declining, and the family's reverence for the emperor became less and less, and the yeoman farmers who devoured the country became more unscrupulous.

All of the above has led to Soochow's current domestic and foreign difficulties, and the country has fallen into a great crisis.

But, but TM Maniac is going to do something again!

The monarchs and ministers of Eastern Wu are not stupid: if Jin dies, Wu will not survive, and everyone can see clearly. also knows that at this time, the best choice is to fight against the Han Dynasty. But...... There are only 10,000 people guarding the two places of Xiangyang and Shouchun! If you don't seize such a good opportunity, how can you live up to the chicken-stealing national style set by Emperor Sun Quan for Eastern Wu?

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that I, Dawu, should make preparations for such a situation."

"Oh? Shi Ji, please speak. ”

"First, appropriate conscription and restoration of the strength of the corps in various places. The minister's meaning is that the Jingzhou army should be restored to more than 50,000, and the garrisons of Jiaozhou and Yangzhou are also about this number. The key is to build a mobile force of about 100,000 people. ”

"What do you mean?"

"These 100,000 men should be drawn from the elite composition of our existing standing army. The place of stationing should be in Jingzhou. When the Jin-Shu war is together, our country should watch the fire from the other side. If the veterans of the Shu Thief Division are tired and have to retreat, our army will attack Yong'an and must control the entire section of the Three Gorges. If the Jin State is defeated one after another, our country does not have to save the Jin State, but takes advantage of the weakness of the Jin State to quickly send troops to take Xiangyang and Shouchun, so that it can seize strategic points in the future north-south confrontation. ”

"Good! Great goodness! Shi Ji's words are very agreeable! Then do it! ”

……

After the meeting was adjourned, not far from the palace, Lu Kang grabbed Zhong Hui: "Shi Ji, what bad idea did you give Your Majesty just now!" ”

"Hehe, you're not satisfied, why don't you refute it on the spot?"

"Your Majesty is extremely happy to agree as soon as you finish speaking, what can I do?"

"Yes, you yourself have noticed that Your Majesty is extremely satisfied with this plan. If I say other plans, such as desperately helping Jin Guo share the pressure or something, what will be the result? Although I am not a Jin minister, the foundation of my Yingchuan Zhong family is in the Jin Kingdom. How dare I say that the whole country will help the Jin Kingdom? Besides......"

"Hey...... I know what Shiji said later. Besides, in fact, His Majesty's mind has already been decided. Over the years, His Majesty has long been disappointed in the combat strength of our army, and he is also afraid of the combat effectiveness of the Shu thief army. Instinctively, I don't want to provoke the Shu thief, right? ”

"Yes, yes. Hey......" Zhong Hui couldn't help but sigh: "In my opinion, the Jin Kingdom will not be a fluke this time, and it will inevitably suffer heavy losses and collapse." We have to do the same with our allies...... That's it, as courtiers, we can only do our best to carry out Your Majesty's will. ”