"Well, it looks like our plans had to go ahead of schedule! The Ruhu Lake we built before can alleviate the drought in Runan County, but if the area of drought is too large, Jingzhou and North Yangzhou will be affected by drought at the same time, and it will not be able to support it! And we must make up for this shortage of food within next year! So next spring, the war on both the east and the west must be intensified, and only in the war will it be possible to get what we need in a short time! Yuan Yao said. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

After Yuan Yao's words were finished, Xu Shu and Jia Xu both pondered and were silent.

Both of them are Yuan Yao's most relied on subordinates, and together with Guo Jia, they are respected as the three major think tanks.

Jia Xu is the oldest, and he is also the most stable, and it can be seen that Jia Xu does not support starting a war again soon, but it is precisely because Jia Xu is stable that Jia Xu will never take the risk of betting that there will be no disaster next year, which makes him very conflicted.

Xu Shu knows Yuan Yao's character best, as long as it is decided by Yuan Yao, unless there is enough reason, Yuan Yao will definitely implement it.

As early as last year, before he started to build the lake, Xu Shu had already heard Yuan Yao's prediction of the future drought from Yuan Yao's mouth, which was more than a year earlier than Sima Hui's prediction, at that time Xu Shu did not completely believe in the drought that Yuan Yao said, so he only supported Yuan Yao's lake-building, just because he believed that Yuan Yao was the true son of heaven, and if he followed Yuan Yao, there would never be a mistake!

Xu Shu is groaning now because he is worried that Yuan Yao is proposing war now, which means that he will personally conquer!

And the current situation is different from before, now Yuan Yao, as the prime minister, plays a crucial role in the court, if Yuan Yao leaves the capital and goes out to fight for several months, the stability of the government will completely depend on him and Jia Xu!

It is not difficult to solve this problem, and even Xu Shu has already thought of a possibility, that is, to let Yuan Yao's father Yuan Shu be the prime minister, but Xu Shu doesn't want to do this, what Xu Shu wants to see is that Yuan Yao will ascend the throne in the future, not Yuan Yao's father Yuan Shu.

Guo Jia saw Jia Xu and Xu Shu groaning, his eyes flashed, and he had a plan, so he hugged his fists and said: "Lord! ”

"What's the best way to do it?" Yuan Yao asked with a smile.

"My lord, what you are worried about is the control of the imperial court, I have a plan that will allow you to further control the power of the imperial court!" Guo Jiadao.

"Huh?" Yuan Yaoden became interested.

Jia Xu and Xu Shu also showed curious eyes and looked at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia is now a military advisor sacrificial wine, in the future Yuan Yao will go to war, Guo Jia will inevitably go to war, and before this, it is generally Xu Shu's business to go to war with the army, and the two still have a not very reassuring mentality about Guo Jia's ability, after all, Guo Jia is only twenty-five years old now, and he did not have too good a plan before.

Now when Jia Xu and Xu Shu don't have a perfect plan, Guo Jia is full of confidence and claims that he has a plan, which can't help but make the two curious and want to hear Guo Jia's plan.

"Lord!" Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "Now the government is mainly controlled by you, the prime minister, if you go on the expedition, then the power will fall into the hands of the big Sima and the third prince, the big Sima is the father of the lord, you don't have to worry, the Sikong is also held by Brother Jia, and there will be no problems, but this Taiwei and Situ are in the hands of others." ”

The current Taiwei is Yang Biao, although he is a relative of Yuan Yao, but more often, Yang Biao is standing on the position of the Han Dynasty, not on the position of Yuan Yao's Yuan family, and now he is in an important position in the court, and the Yang family represented by Yang Biao has many important positions, and the Yang family has tens of thousands of troops in their hands!

Situ Zhangxi is considered a neutral faction and does not have much influence.

"Although it is difficult for Yang Taiwei to speak alone, if the lord is not in the court, the emperor may secretly summon Liu Biao of Jingzhou and regain power! So if there is a plan to justifiably eliminate the influence of Yang Biao and Liu Biao, then the lord has nothing to worry about! Guo Jiadao.

"That's true, that's exactly what I'm worried about!! Fengxiao, tell me about your plan! Yuan Yao said eagerly.

"Lord, there are more than ten days, the Spring Festival is coming, which also means that the new year is coming, please ask the emperor to change the new era name, and at the same time issue a new decree, so that all incumbent officials shall not exceed the age of fifty-four!" Guo Jiadao.

"What? This ......"

Jia Xu and Xu Shu both looked shocked and took a big breath of cold air.

Yuan Yao also took a breath of cold air, and his brain roared.

"Retire!! Haha, the strategy Guo Jia said is retirement! If this plan succeeds, then Yang Biao and Liu Biao, who are now 53 years old, will have to face retirement next year!! This ploy is too desperate, and you can remove Yang Biao and Liu Biao from their positions quietly! Yuan Yao was overjoyed.

"Fengxiao, you have a great plan!! If the two of them don't act according to the new decree, then I have a name to levie! Yuan Yao said.

"Hehe, Guo Junshi, I didn't expect you to come up with such a strange scheme, it scared me, fortunately, I'm only in my forties now!" Jia Xu laughed.

"Guo Junshi, you make me convinced, without a single soldier, you will provoke an infighting between the princes of Jingzhou, I expect Liu Biao to be unconvinced, but after the county guards of Jingzhou have this decree, they will oppose Liu Biao, in order to compete for the next state pastor!" Xu Shu praised.

"Lord, after the implementation of this decree, the lord can only nominally ask Liu Biao to go into the wilderness, but in fact he does not act, so it does not violate the agreement with Liu Biao, however, we can secretly encourage and imply that the generals in Jingzhou will attack Liu Biao and take his place!" Xu Shu said.

"Xu Changshi, the knife you made up for is even more ruthless!" Guo Jia said with a smile.

Yuan Yao was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay! Good! With three of them to help me, it will be done! Wen He, now that you are one of the Three Princes and in the court, you know the reaction of the hundred officials best, how do you think we can make this decree go smoothly? ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "Lord, I think it is better to secretly and deliberately expose the rumors first, so that you can observe the reaction of the hundred officials in advance, and if there is any opposition, you can eradicate them one by one before the official decree is proposed!" And before that, you can first bring up the matter of changing the era name, and let the officials discuss and divert their attention first! ”

"Okay, just follow the plan of the three!" Yuan Yaodao.

"Yes, my lord!"

"Wenhe, after you go back, immediately start spreading rumors about the fifty-four-year-old Shimono!"

"Yuan Zhi, you immediately start preparing for the change of the era name, and inform the emperor that tomorrow morning, tomorrow morning, I will propose to change the era name!"

"Fengxiao, you and the strategists will further refine this plan! Also, about the Eastern Expedition and the Western Expedition to the Western Liang, you also have to analyze it specifically, I plan to choose a direction to lead the army after the New Year! ”

Yuan Yao quickly made a decision, and Jia Xu, Xu Shu, and Guo Jia each responded to their orders.

The next morning

Emperor Liu Xie, who had been on leave for half a month, was very reluctant, yawning and being helped up by the palace maid on the dragon chair, his face was a little displeased.

For Liu Xie, this early dynasty is meaningless, everything is handled by the Prime Minister's Mansion, usually all he has to do is to pick up the jade seal and stamp a few seals, which can be done at any time, but he insisted on getting up early and going to the court early, which affected his sleep, which really made Liu Xie feel very aggrieved. (To be continued.) )