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In the following days, more and more people learned that Lü Guang's army was about to return to the east, and at the same time, rumors about the battle of Yang Han and the uncertainty of Taishou also spread throughout Gaochang under the encouragement of well-intentioned people. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

This incident caused an uproar among all parties in Gaochang, it was war, peace, and all parties were in dispute!

However, most of the Gaochang people did not want to fight, and they knew that once the war began, Gaochang would bear the brunt of the war, and there was no reason to be spared. However, the main battle faction that was too defensive to meet the battle, so that the main battle faction that was obviously not dominant in power actually suppressed the main and faction in the city.

However, the pressure on Yang Han is also increasing!

It turned out that when everything was put on the table, he was stunned to find that he had unknowingly stood on the opposite side of most people.

Not only did most of the civil and military disapprove of going to war, but even his family, confidants, and young talents who were highly regarded were all persuading him to give up his plan to fight by force.

In order to convince everyone, Yang Han had to convene a joint meeting of the military and the government in the Taishou Mansion.

Wei Shuo, as the subordinate official in charge of the treasury of Gaochang Mansion, was also fortunate to participate in it, and he had already made up his mind that he had to convince Yang Han no matter what.

After entering, Wei Shuo paid attention to the expressions of the participants in the hall, and found that many people had worried looks on their faces, and they couldn't help but be sure. It's been a month since he came to this world, and if there was still a feeling of seeing each other between Wei Shuo and his colleagues in the Taishou Mansion in the previous meetings, then he already felt that he was part of this group.

Taishou Yang Han saw that everyone had arrived, so he asked Cangcao Shi Weishuo: "How much grain is still stored in Gaochang now?" ”

Wei Shuo arched his hand and said: "Back to my lord, if you save money as usual, you can only support it for three months." Adults should know that Gaochang does not have much local grain, and most of the grain needs to be purchased from Liangzhou and other countries in the Western Regions. ”

Yang Han asked again: "What if it's a war?" ”

Wei Shuo couldn't help frowning, and it took a while before he said: "If there is a war, the enemy doesn't have to fight, as long as we surround Gaochang and don't let a grain of grain enter Gaochang, we will starve to death in less than a month." ”

When everyone heard this, the worry on their faces deepened.

But Yang Han didn't care about it and said: "If there is an enemy who knows that Gao Chang is false and will definitely do this, then Gao Chang is indeed dangerous. But the enemy doesn't have to know us who we are! It may not be possible to set a strategy like Wei Cangcao. ”

Hum! Wei Shuo snorted coldly and said, "Presumably my lord forgot, Lu Guang is a famous general of the country, even people like Xia who have no experience in the army can think of it, let alone Lu Guang, Du Jin, Peng Huang and other world-famous generals. ”

Yang Han ignored Wei Shuo's cynicism, and only turned his head to Hu Cao Shi next to him and asked, "If you buy grain from the market from now on, how much can you buy in half a month?" ”

Hu Cao Shi smiled bitterly: "Lord Hui, there have been rumors in the outside world recently that Gaochang is about to go to war, and the price of grain is rising vigorously, even if all the money in the treasury is taken out to buy grain, it may not be enough for half a month's ration, not to mention that there is money now and you can't buy food." ”

"Half a month? Then, doesn't that mean that as long as someone surrounds Gaochang with superior forces, we will be dead? ”

"It's not a dead end!"

Wei Shuo muttered in his mouth, don't look at him for less than two months in charge of Cangcao, but he has figured out the reality of Gaochang, the grain produced in the local area every year is not enough to fill the stomachs of all the soldiers and civilians, and he has to rely on Liangzhou to import grain every year in order to maintain the operation of Gaochang.

"In other words, if Gaochang refuses to belong to the Grand Governor Lu Guang, even if the city is not broken, we may starve to death."

Hearing the word starvation, Wei Shuo couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, he was born in an era of great material abundance, the so-called starving people have only seen it in books, but it is really difficult to imagine what it is like to starve to death due to lack of food.

But now that he is facing such a dilemma himself, how should he face it?

More and more people in the hall lowered their heads, and many of them had experienced the unimaginable tragic situation of Wei Shuo. Over the past 100 years, famine, war, and plague have threatened the survival of the people, and people will starve to death if they are not careful.

The meeting reached such a point that even the hardliners who insisted on going to war had to choose to give in.

Yang Han was full of despair, he knew that this battle would never be fought, because he alone could not support a war.

"That's all for today's meeting, so let's go back first! Please rest assured, the old man, as a Gaochang Taishou, will definitely not make rash moves regardless of everyone's interests. In addition, Wei Cangcao and wait first, the old man has something to say to you. ”

In the strange eyes of everyone, Wei Shuo had to stay in place and wait for Yang Han's instructions. After a while, everyone disappeared without a trace, and suddenly the hall seemed empty.

Wei Shuo looked up at Yang Han, whose face was as heavy as water, and said with a wry smile: "If the adults have grievances, you might as well scold your subordinates for a few words to relieve your anger." ”

"How dare the old man?! What kind of character are you, Wei Cangcao, who has planned several times, and even the old man, the guard of a county and a county, has to be controlled by others. Wei Cangcao, you are very powerful! It's not in vain that the old man values you so much and promotes you. ”

"My lord, my subordinates have been wronged!"

"Wronged? What have you wronged? What you do, do you really not know when the old man does? Since Gu Zang returned, you first wooed the old man's only son, so that the old man had to be distracted to deal with the family; Then he spread rumors in the city, the old man was obviously the main battle, but you just told the outside world that the old man was undecided, plus you went up and down in tandem, and finally succeeded in pulling most of Gaochang's civil and military forces to your side. ”

"And today, you deliberately exaggerated the Gaochang food crisis, suppressed the few remaining main battle factions, so that the old man had to give up his original ideas, and then made the decision to stoop to the thief and tarnish the wisdom of the old man's life."

Plop! Wei Shuo knelt on the ground and said generously: "My lord, although Shuo's plan has the intention of persecuting adults, it is definitely not for his own selfishness. Gao Chang is too weak, the weak can't withstand any turmoil, if the adults insist on fighting this time, then once there is a change in the Western Regions in the future, what will Gao Chang do to quell the rebellion! ”

"What does this battle have to do with the situation in the Western Regions in the future?" Yang Han asked with a frown.

"My lord, please think about it, General Lu Guang originally conquered the Western Regions by force, once the army leaves, how can those countries in the Western Regions that were originally subjugated not raise troops to rebel again? Once the Gaochang soldiers and horses are exhausted in this battle, and in the future, Lü Guang's center of gravity is in Liangzhou, won't the Western Regions have to break away from the control of the Central Plains? ”

"If Gao Chang can avoid fighting with Lu Guang's army this time and retain his vital strength, even if there are changes in the Western Regions in the future, Liangzhou will have no time to look westward, and Gao Chang will have the spare strength to deal with it, right?"

Wei Shuo's words can be regarded as talking about Yang Han's heart, if he just uses the situation to force him to surrender to Lu Guang, although Yang Han knows that he can't do anything, he still doesn't want to bow his head easily.

But at present, Wei Shuo linked the gains and losses of this battle with the situation in the Western Regions in the future, but Yang Han had a step down, and the hurdle in his heart finally passed.

In this way, Yang Han's tone softened a lot, and he said: "Zhiyuan, I know that although you are young, you are bold and resourceful, but some things cannot be solved by compromise, and some principles still have to be adhered to." ”

"This time, the old man will not punish you for the sake of long-term consideration, but in the future, you must remember that you must not give in to the traitor."

With these words, the atmosphere in the hall no longer seemed to be as tense as just now, and the hearts of Wei Shuo and Yang Han seemed to have gradually come together, and the discussion had not yet come to an end, but the conclusion seemed to be coming soon.

Wei Shuo's plan for the future made Yang Han's heart moved.

In the end, he took Wei Shuo's hand and said earnestly: "Zhiyuan, you are a person who does great things, but please let go and do it in the future, and the old man will be your backing." In addition, the negotiation with Lu Guangbu is fully responsible for you, and I hope you will not disappoint the old man. ”

"Please rest assured, my subordinates will do this beautifully! However, before that, the adults should arrest Gaochang as soon as possible, and only if we have the strength to fight, will the enemy seriously consider peace talks. ”

At this point, Wei Shuo's heart that has been hanging has finally let go of half, and the next thing is to see if he can win better conditions for Gao Chang to surrender.