Seeing that Liu Chan was a little thoughtful, Kong Ming did not call him, but drank tea and waited for him.

After a while, when Liu Chan came back to his senses, Kong Ming smiled and said: "In the past, I heard that Your Majesty had the idea of the Northern Expedition, but I don't know what to think, but now let's listen to it." ”

Liu Chan sat up straight and said solemnly: "I have heard that when the first emperor was there, Jingzhou was lost, and the fashion book made the Lord say that Jingzhou can no longer be planned, so the only way to give up the East Gu, form an alliance with Sun Quan, and concentrate on the Northern Expedition in order to achieve after-effects." ”

Hearing this, Kong Ming said: "The first emperor Gu Chen was in the grassland, and the minister had proposed a strategy of dividing the world into three parts, but Jingzhou Yu Liang's strategy at that time was very important, although the first emperor did not get the whole territory of Jingzhou, there were also a part of Nanjun, Lingling, Changsha, Guiyang, Wuling and other counties, and there were both land and water armies. And ......"

At this point, Kong Ming had to sigh to himself, and then said: "The matter has come to this, how Liang doesn't know that the ownership of Jingzhou is a foregone conclusion, at this time, Liang should do his best, stabilize his colleagues, support the great cause, and fight with Eastern Wu, it is the way to destroy it, and only by fighting Cao Wei together can the Han Dynasty be revived." ”

"In this way, Cheng should have the next step of deployment, I don't know how to implement it?"

After Kong Ming smiled, Fang spoke: "Your Majesty also has the idea of the Northern Expedition, presumably he also has an idea in his heart, and the minister also listens!" ”

After rolling his eyes and thinking about it, after dipping his fingers in the tea, Liu Chan wrote it down on the table.

After Liu Chan finished writing, Kong Ming looked at it, only to see that it was the words "people", "grain" and "time", and after pondering, his expression became serious, and he asked: "Then how does Your Majesty plan to implement it in detail?" ”

Compared with others, this is Liu Chan's previous life as a lover of the Three Kingdoms, for the Northern Expedition summed up the important three points, for the Northern Expedition, everyone has different opinions, but Liu Chan thinks that these three points are the most important, but after all, it is what he thinks, and now he is also a little nervous, afraid that it will not be good.

"People, refers to itself, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it has been half a year today, the people of the Central Plains have suffered from the war, and now there are only more than a million people, how desolate, compared to the territory, the value of the people themselves is constantly improving, Shuzhong is known as the country of abundance, the climate is pleasant, the products are abundant, and far away from the Central Plains, so it has not been affected by the war, and the personnel are sufficient."

"And Liu Zhang, Zhang Lu although there is no great talent, but can also benefit the people, so that the people of Shu can live and work in peace and contentment, but in order to prosper the great cause of the Han Dynasty, our army entered Shuzhong, has experienced several large and small battles, among which the battle of Hanzhong, the battle of Yiling is the most prominent, the consumption is quite large, the most important thing is that the population of the former Hanzhong is enough to hundreds of thousands, but has been moved away by Cao Cao, although our army has Hanzhong, but only its land, not its people."

"Now there are few people in Shuzhong, CD is so, not to mention Hanzhong, when I returned, I inspected and looked, the people on the road were sparse, and there was also a sense of desolation, Hanzhong is a big county, so it's a pity, I intend to change this!"

Liu Chan was talking, Kong Ming also listened carefully, and then spoke: "Then how does Your Majesty plan to change?" ”

"Relocation!"

"Relocation ......"

"That's right! Hanzhong governs seven counties of Nanzheng, Baozhong, Chuyang, Chenggu, Puchi, Nanxiang and Xixiang, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the climate is warm and moist, the land is fertile, and its land is mostly used for agricultural reclamation, if it is developed properly, it is enough to raise 100,000 soldiers. ”

"Now that the army has just repelled Cao Zhen's army, Cao Wei is not united internally, and the new policy has made people's hearts deviate, and they can take care of us flawlessly; And the cost of sending troops once is not low, for today's Cao Wei, there will be no trip to the south in the short term, if the policy of moving the people is set, its preparations will not be overnight, there are still many preparations, and to be fully prepared, I am afraid that it will be the end of the year. ”

"Therefore, the relocation of the people should be until the beginning of spring next year, when the people go to Hanzhong, and the spring grain for next year is particularly appropriate, and we only need to spend one season to settle the relocated people."

Speaking of this, Liu Chan looked up at Kong Ming, and saw that he was deep in thought, and it seemed that his thoughts were somewhat meritorious.

In exchange for a cup, Liu Chan put on his own tea and waited for Kong Ming to decide. After a long time, Kong Ming looked at Liu Chan and immediately spoke: "This matter still needs to be discussed, Your Majesty can first talk about the difference between "grain" and "time"? ”

"Grain is naturally grain, the army is conquering, grain is very important, Shuzhong is rich, is a natural granary, but the road to transport grain is also a natural obstacle, a large number of military grain transport takes 20 days to transport to Hanzhong. It will be transported to the front line through Hanzhong, and I am afraid that it will take time, so that the military rations alone will take several months, which is time-consuming and labor-intensive. ”

"Imagine the battle of Hanzhong, the first emperor implemented the men to fight, women to transport, but also the side shows the root of the grain and grass, if the Hanzhong is properly managed, make it the granary of our army's Northern Expedition front, so that you can save a large section of grain time, if the grain and grass are insufficient, you can also use the Hanzhong grain and grass to offset first, and then transport grain in Shu, to avoid delaying the march due to the lack of grain and grass."

"And at that time, training soldiers in Hanzhong for several years can also reduce the huge operating funds of the imperial court and save a lot of manpower and material resources, isn't it a good thing? As for the matter of grain and grass, I only think about the transfer of grain routes, and as for a series of complicated things such as grain and grass reserves, people's sowing, and output, they still need to be determined. ”

After saying this time, Liu Chan found that Kong Ming did not fall into deep thought, but looked at him with a smile on his face, and after he finished speaking, he also nodded, and then said: "What about "time"? ”

"Our army has been in charge of Shuzhong since it entered the main Shu, several battles in succession, although there have been victories and defeats, but it has been injured fundamentally, and it is still necessary to suspend the army and raise the people in order to restore the national strength. Although Wei is stronger than Shu Wu, there are still many matters to deal with in the country, and it is also busy for a while. ”

"And we also need time to rectify the South Central, if the South Central is pacified, the South Central is liberated, and the supplies are transported north one after another, we can also help the Northern Expedition; After the pacification of Nanzhong, we still need to wait for the right time, waiting for an excellent opportunity for us to send troops, and this opportunity will not appear in five years at the earliest! ”

Of course, for this timing, Liu Chan is more inclined to Jianxing for six years, and the butterfly effect caused by his own crossing has not affected Cao Wei, and the time of the first Northern Expedition can remain the same, but Liu Chan can't say it now, after all, who believes that it can be calculated so accurately? Especially Kong Ming, the most difficult to fool, if you ask the original, how should Liu Chan answer?

According to the situation, in the sixth year of Jianxing, Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming succeeded to the throne not long after, the Wei dynasty was turbulent, and the internal dispute was fierce, in contrast, the dispute between Zhuge Liang and Li Yan was nothing more than a lot of pediatrics.