Chapter 287: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner (continued)
Liu Zhang had already planned to move to Chang'an after the year, so he took advantage of the banquet to ask everyone's opinions. Xun Yu immediately said that Yizhou is located in the west, the mountains and rivers are steep, isolated from the world, Yizhou is mountainous, but the vicinity of Chengdu is suitable for farming, not enough to compete with the heroes of the world when Chengdu is the rule, the mountains and rivers are dangerous to defend as the attack, and it is a very ideal choice to recuperate, but after the strength gradually becomes stronger, the vision should focus on the world, if you are still nostalgic for Yizhou and Chengdu at this time, it is undoubtedly a very conservative choice. At this time, Yizhou's territory spans Jing, Yi, Liang and Sanfu land, thousands of miles, is the head of the princes, as a descendant of the Han family, Liu Zhang's next step should focus on the whole world, crusade against the ministers, revitalize the Han Dynasty, in this way, continue to rule Chengdu is undoubtedly very detrimental to the next development of the Yizhou group, after all, Yizhou is too far away, information exchange is inconvenient, once the world changes, the army out of Yizhou is more time-consuming and laborious, and it is very easy to miss the fighter. The relocation of Chang'an is very necessary, and it can even be said to be a top priority. At the same time, Xun Yu also believed that it was no longer necessary to station a large army in Yizhou at this time, first, as Liu Zhang's original territory, after Liu Zhang's father and son's two generations of painstaking management, Yizhou is now rich and healthy, and even the barbarians are all attached, and only a moderate amount of garrison troops can ensure the stability of Yizhou; Second, the army was stationed in Yizhou in order to deal with the war in the southeast and north, but Jingzhou became Liu Zhang's territory as early as two years ago, and Jingzhou is gradually getting better under two years of governance, and the people are also interested in Liu Zhang, there will not be too much chaos, not to mention that there are second and third field regiments stationed, even if Jingzhou changes, there is no need to transfer troops from Yizhou, even if Yangzhou changes, whether it is Yuan Shu who occupies Huainan, or Liu Xian who retreats from Jiangnan, or Yan Baihu, Wang Lang, etc., Only the 100,000 troops of the 3rd Field Army of Yuzhang went down the river and could deal with it calmly. As for the north, Liangzhou has already started, if you want to maintain the stability of Liangzhou, wouldn't it be more convenient to station a large army directly in Liangzhou, once something happens in Liangzhou, wouldn't it be far faster than sending troops to Ziyizhou through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, and of course it will also save time and cost. What's more, Chang'an as the former capital of the Han Dynasty, with its rule can also occupy part of the name of righteousness, and Chang'an has the risk of Kuihan, the security aspect is not far behind Chengdu, the Han terrain is high in the west and low in the east, after moving to Chang'an, you can condescend to overlook the Central Plains, once the time is ripe, you can send troops to conquer the Central Plains, and restore the Han Dynasty.
Xun You, Chen Qun and others also took it for granted that they would move to Chang'an, and they all supported Liu Zhang's decision.
Liu Zhang immediately made up his mind to start preparations for relocation after the year, and began to move within three months.
Immediately afterwards, Liu Zhang asked everyone who would be the best person to be the assassin of Yizhou after the relocation. This problem, everyone can not be the master of Liu Zhang, but said that Yizhou is the foundation, there is no room for loss, the assassin candidate must first be absolutely loyal, and then there are people with strong ability, especially the ability to deal with the relationship with the barbarians, although most of the barbarians have walked out of the deep mountains and forests, and live next to the Han people, but the estrangement between the Han barbarians has not been fundamentally eliminated, only when the children born in recent years grow up, this estrangement may disappear completely, because this generation of Han people and barbarians grew up together, saying the same thing, Eat the same food, receive the same education, and even many children are still Han Barbarian "mixed race", then the boundaries between Han and Barbarian will become very blurred, and it is naturally not easy to cause major conflicts. But now, the barbarian with a fierce personality has always been a hidden danger, after all, the Han and the barbarian have been facing each other for hundreds of years, and once the barbarian affairs are mishandled, it is easy to cause the barbarian to be dissatisfied, thus affecting the situation in Yizhou Daan.
After listening to everyone's words, Liu Zhang thought it was true, and couldn't help but have a candidate in his heart.
Xun Yu also proposed that the number of cavalry of the Third Field Army was too small, and the Northern Expedition captured countless war horses, whether it should consider strengthening some cavalry units for the Third Field Army, these cavalry can be stationed in Yuzhang and Xiangyang, once there is a change in the east, you can take a boat to the east, in Huainan and Jiangdong, the cavalry is still promising.
Liu Zhang nodded in agreement, saying that after completing the training of the surrendered troops, the cavalry unit of the Third Field Army would be appropriately strengthened.
Chen Qun also suggested that the land of Xiliang and Sanfu is now thousands of miles away, and they should temporarily withdraw their troops and recuperate. Liu Zhang was as good as a stream, and gladly accepted it, and he originally did not intend to take the initiative to provoke war again in the near future, because for a long time to come, his focus would be on relocation and reform, and these two affairs were relatively easy to cause chaos, in this case, he naturally would not take the initiative to seek war.
In the end, Liu Zhang confessed one thing to the Iraqis, asking the Iraqis to count all the people over 60 years old in Chengdu on the second day of the Lunar New Year, regardless of men and women, Han barbarians, and send 30 catties of wheat and 5 catties of pork to each person according to their heads.
Yi Ji hurriedly said that after the banquet, he would go back to count and send Liu Zhang's reward to every person tomorrow.
Liu Zhang told him not to worry, and joked that he had just announced that he would have a day off tomorrow, and if Yi started working tomorrow, wouldn't it make him sit on the throne and change his past......
Dian Wei's "battle" there has gradually subsided, more than a dozen rounds of competition, Yan Yan, Xiandu, Zhou Cang and others who drank several rounds are all drunk, only Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang Fei who drank each round still maintain a trace of sobriety, in addition to Zhou Cang's luck to win a game, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Zhang Fei took turns to win the crown, more than a dozen catties of wine in the stomach, Dian Wei, who was holding the five altars of spoils at his feet, was drunk and holding Xu Chu and Zhang Fei, who were also holding the five altars of loot, ready for the final "decisive battle".
I saw Dian Wei burping with wine, and at the same time shook his head and pointed to Yan Yan, Zhou Cang and others who were lying down: "This ...... Some people...... It's useless...... It's only two jars...... They all lay down...... Haha, look at me and you again......"
This remark made the people watching the excitement next to him laugh secretly, obviously, Dian Wei was also drunk, otherwise how could he not even be able to distinguish between a dozen altars and two altars?
At this time, I saw Xu Chu shaking his head and said, "You still knocked us over...... See...... Look at you, all start talking...... It's a fool's errand, where are these two altars......"
The people who watched the excitement just had an idea in their hearts that this was an understanding person, and they heard Xu Chu continue: "Obviously, there are three jars...... and everyone was speechless.
Zhang Fei, who was bare-chested and exposed, waved his hand and said, "I'...... See you all...... All drunk and confused...... Look...... This...... How many jars are there on the ground? Only three altars? I...... I'll show you the numbers...... One...... One...... One...... Two...... Three...... Three ......"
Not to mention that there are seventy or eighty wine jars, but Zhang Fei counted them, and was stunned that there were only seven, and everyone suddenly couldn't help laughing. However, although the three of them were drunk and confused, everyone still sincerely admired their amount of alcohol, this is not the light wine on the street, but after repeated steaming, the alcohol content is extremely high Wuliangye, ordinary people are only one catty at most, but they didn't eat a mouthful of food, they were stunned and poured more than ten catties of Wuliangye.
Liu Zhang frowned and said loudly: "Come on, send these three embarrassed and conspicuous guys home......"
The three people who wanted to fight the final battle were immediately held up by their own soldiers, which naturally made them very dissatisfied, shouting and struggling, and Dian Wei still shouted "Where is my trophy?" Fast...... Let me down, you bastards...... Eggs, want to eat black and eat black? ”
Liu Zhang slapped his forehead, speechless for Dian Wei's strange wonder, so he had to say: "Bring it, bring it to them, bring it to them......"
The soldiers picked up the "trophies" of the three according to their words, and the three of them were much quieter, and when Zhang Fei was carried away, he didn't forget to turn around and shout to Liu Zhang: "Thank you...... Thank you, Lord ......"
After Dian Wei and the others were taken away, the banquet lasted for more than an hour before it ended, and when they parted, almost all of them were helped away by their own soldiers and servants.
Liu Zhang also drank a lot, although he was not good at drinking, but in this day of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and the Northern Expedition was victorious, many people came up to toast him.
On the first day of the new year, most of the civil and military forces in Chengdu, including Liu Zhang, were spent in a hangover.