"That Youzhou Thorn Shi has really been very peaceful in recent years, except for sending a little money and food every year, I almost hear about him."

"Yes, when he just got the throne, he was just a county guard, so he made a big battle, and overturned Wang Jun with the power of a county, and now Wang Jun's people are still locked up, and there is gossip that he has been secretly killed, and the land of Youzhou is like the Chen family's Yiyantang."

"Strictly speaking, Youzhou is not a good place, but it is always a piece of land in the imperial court, and it is not a matter if it is controlled by the Chen family like this, if you can take the opportunity to take Youzhou back, the strength of the imperial court can also be greatly improved."

"Isn't it! I estimate that over the years, the Youzhou Army has not moved its swords, and its combat power has deteriorated greatly, and it is no longer as brave as it was back then, after all, he is a general who governs a county and governs a large state, which is completely different, after Chen Zhengbei took over Youzhou, in the end, it was involved in the energy, and the Youzhou Army did not move for a few years, and this combat power may not be comparable to that of officers and soldiers. ”

"Yes, officers and soldiers have been fighting every year these years, not only officers and soldiers, but where are they not fighting everywhere in the world? are all working hard, actual combat experience is very important, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court are fighting with people every day, and the soldiers and horses of his Youzhou have not moved for a few years, and how much combat power do they have? Let them go on the expedition, don't be humiliated by Goguryeo again......"

The discussion of the ministers gradually changed to the meaning of uncertainty about Youzhou's combat power.

But there is a faint meaning -

It was all of a sudden that they seemed to have their eyes on the land of Youzhou.

"The sharp decline in the income of the imperial court is the decay of the land under its jurisdiction, and the taxes in many places cannot be paid, or it is difficult to transport them.

King Yingchuan's words made everyone think about it.

The situation of the imperial court is a bit miserable, but the previous few clans, or many ministers, are fighting for power and profit, the original court was controlled by the king of the East China Sea, the king of Guanghan, the king of Jin, and the king of Changsha.

But when they sat in the village and sang on stage, their mentality immediately changed, and they began to feel that the court was difficult, and the actual scope of control was too small, and they wanted to change.

It is no wonder that the territory that the imperial court can control at the moment is really not large, otherwise it would not have allowed the situation in various places to evolve into the current situation, and a large army would have risen long ago to sweep away the surroundings.

In fact, the place where the New Han Dynasty could nominally convey orders was really limited, that is, the line from Guanzhong to the left of the Qingxu River.

Even so, Qingzhou was just as difficult to pass on the decree because of Cao Wei's troubles and Banzhou's erosion, and Xuzhou was also obedient to propaganda because of the relationship between the king of Jiangdu, which also hindered Jiangzuo's Yangzhou's taxation and transportation of money and grain, so that the central strength of the imperial court was greatly reduced, and the number of soldiers and horses that could be raised was reduced a lot.

Strictly speaking, the land really controlled by the imperial court was Sizhou, Yanzhou, Yongzhou and a small part of Qinzhou.

Among them, the two corners of the north of Sizhou are also occupied by Shile and the Xiongnu Han State respectively, and Shile is now calling himself the Dongshuai of the Xiongnu State, so the vast land in the north can actually be assigned to the territory of the Xiongnu Han State, and the area is really not small, compared to Yuan Zhao Bu 40 years ago, but it is less Youzhou.

In this situation, the rights of the ministers of the court and the central government will naturally shrink, and they want to seek more territorial power, but there are bandits everywhere in the world, and if they want to get it, they have to rely on military strength, suppress them one by one, and level the Quartet, if they can do it, the world will be peaceful long ago, where is the need to worry here?

In contrast, the states that now nominally belong to the imperial court sequence seem to be better planned.

In the hearts of many people, they have always looked down on the bitter cold land of Youzhou, and there is still a stone between the imperial court and Youzhou, so they haven't thought much about it, but since someone mentioned it, naturally some people echoed it.

King Huainan said: "There is also a problem in Youzhou, Shi Le has sent troops several times, if Youzhou is willing to cooperate with Zu Ti and Gou Xi to attack, there will be no such situation at all, or the Chen family is not loyal enough, now the stone thieves and the Huns are infighting, there is no time to take care of him, it is a good time to remove the history of Youzhou Thorn!" ”

As soon as he said that, when he mentioned Shile, the entire court was suddenly silent, and no one dared to speak rashly, and even Yu Liang, who came forward to cause the topic, secretly took a step back, not daring to really preach the slogan here, leaving the truth of the troubles.

Shi Le has not been at ease at all in recent years, and has defeated the army of the imperial court one after another, and has made the entire Jizhou chicken and dog restless, and now it is threatening Sizhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou, as if the imperial court is in great trouble, and it is still more than the Xiongnu State.

But on the other hand, the contradictions between Shile and the Xiongnu also grew year by year.

Shi Le was able to rise in Jizhou under the banner of the Xiongnu, and now he is also known as a member of the Xiongnu State, but compared with the Xiongnu Han State that occupies the state, Shile, which occupies most of Jizhou and a small Jiao Sizhou, does not have much comprehensive strength, one country and two hearts, each has its own strength, and of course contradictions will breed.

On the one hand, Liu Cong, the lord of the Xiongnu state, exterminated Liu Yi, held the power alone, and had the intention to integrate the country, and fell in love with the nominal Han land under Shi Le's rule.

As a result, the contradiction between the two families broke out, and in the intense stage, Shile slowed down the pace of external expeditions and concentrated on the interior.

This gave the imperial court a respite, otherwise how could they have the leisure to pay attention to the Goguryeo invasion in the far northeast?

"No!"

Just when a few of the political clans were in full swing of discussion, suddenly a person stood up and sang a contradiction, and everyone followed the sound and saw that it was Tingwei Zhang Ruo, and they all secretly said that it was this person.

A few years ago, Zhang Ruo was still Tingweizheng, and now he is on the throne, famous for his uprightness, and he is not welcomed, which is quite appreciated by the King of Chu.

He stood up at this time, and no matter how powerful the two clan county kings were, he said bluntly: "The Youzhou army dominates the northern land, and with Shi Le's arrogance, he still doesn't dare to go north, and I can't deal with Shi Le, and then go to provoke the Northern General's Mansion, which is unwise!" What's more, this Youzhou was originally under the rule of the imperial court, and the general of Zhengbei was canonized by the imperial court, so why provoke his own people? Isn't that ridiculous? ”

"I think you're ridiculous!" Before several county kings could answer, Yu Liang didn't speak, and one of them jumped out from the group of ministers and scolded sharply, "It turns out that you, Zhang Tingwei, are also a bully and afraid of the hard, you have said that the expedition to the north is set up by the imperial court, and the imperial court wants to take back Youzhou, how can it provoke him to assassinate Youzhou?" Could it be that Youzhou is his private property of Chen Zhengbei? ”