The atmosphere in the humble main hall was a little depressing, Prime Minister Yu Turn, Imperial Historian Lu Ji and others were sitting together, discussing national policies, and Sun Shao, the king of Yue, was sitting on the throne in the middle, looking at the ministers who had just quarreled with interest. Just now, they had an incentive debate, Prime Minister Yu was in favor of the expedition, while Imperial Historian Lu Ji was against the expedition. Lu Ji's reason is that Yue Guo is now vast and sparsely populated, so what's the use of asking for more land? It is still deserted and no one cultivates, rather than this, it is better to grasp production and make good use of those lands. And Yu Fu believes that it is precisely because of the lack of population, so it is necessary to conquer, conquest is not the goal, just a means, to rely on conquest to ensure trade, the benefits of trade have been seen by everyone, the first war in Liaodong, harvested countless cattle and sheep, only seven or eight thousand war horses, this does not include the free gift, a war horse is even 10,000 yuan, this is 70 or 80 million, how much grain did the entire Huiji County receive in a year? Coupled with a large number of cattle, sheep, and special products, and all kinds of consumption are removed, the income from the battle of Liaodong is equivalent to three years of rent income for the entire Yue County.

Two of the three princes have different opinions, and the other ministers are even more disunified, they have their own opinions, some support Yu Zhuan, some support Lu Ji, and some put forward other views, Yu Lu and Lu are both donkey tempers, and when they quarreled, they forgot that the king was on the side, and when they came back to their senses, Yu Tuan had already broken Lu Ji's sleeve, and Lu Ji also stepped on Yu Chuan's silk shoes, which hurt Yu Chuan and grinned.

"Let the king decide." Yu Lu and the others pushed Sun Shao out in unison, saying that they asked him to decide, but in fact, they all hoped that Sun Shao would support their opinions.

Sun Shao just laughed and didn't say anything, he had been watching coldly, and he could roughly see that something was wrong. Yu Tuo represents the natives of Yue County, they have received great benefits in Yue County, opened many workshops, the output has increased significantly, and more markets are needed, such as the Zhou family and the Sheng family, they are both shipbuilders, so they hope to expand the size of the sailors and caravans, so that they can get more orders. Lu Ji represents the outsiders of Wu County, they have no foundation here, on the one hand, they also hope to conquer, so that they can be rewarded for meritorious service, but they moved their families here, they want money and no money, they want no people, and they can only follow the play when they go out to conquer, and they can't get the benefits of the real surname, so they are most eager to get the land, there are many places in the original Huiji County where there are no people, they want to divide the land, so it is strongly recommended that heavy agriculture, heavy agriculture is not the goal, it is the means.

Of course, this is only an approximate situation, and the division of parties is definitely not so clear, for example, there are also those who support Lu Ji among the natives, and there are also those who support conquest among foreign households such as Wu County, such as those military generals, how can they make meritorious contributions without conscription?

A great man said it well: There are no factions in the party, there are all kinds of strange things, and the officials of the Vietnamese country have not yet been allocated, and the partisan struggle has begun.

"The prime minister and the imperial historian do not agree on their opinions, and the princes have different opinions, how can they decide?" Sun Shao smiled gently, ignoring the Quan Wuxing just now: "In this way, you go back and think about it carefully, write your respective opinions into a concerto, and we will discuss it later." ”

"Is the whole army still in order?" Cui Qian was anxious first.

"The whole army is as usual." Sun Shao signaled him not to be in a hurry: "The army is the army, ready to fight at any time, and you can't relax at any time." I need you to be able to set sail within a day of receiving an order, no matter what the season is, can you do it? ”

Cui Qian was overjoyed and stroked his chest and saluted: "I can!" ”

Suddenly, Sun Shao was stunned, why is this sentence so familiar? He thought for a long time before he remembered another sentence that he was once very familiar with: "If you want to vote, you will vote for Chinese life." He couldn't help but smile at the thought of the world that had been unconsciously lost in his memory. Cui Qian first saw him in a blank daze, thinking that what he said was not in line with the king's wishes, and was thinking about how to turn around, and then saw Sun Shao smiling, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Prime Minister, you have to learn from the generals." Sun Shao stood up, sorted out his clothes, and prepared to return to the apse, while saying: "The generals must adjust our army to the best state, ready to go out at any time, come to fight, and win the battle, and you are going to do everything possible to make my country strong as soon as possible, and let the people of my country become rich as soon as possible." ”

"King, the minister has something to say......" Lu Ji interrupted Sun Shao's words.

Sun Shao smiled, raised his hand, and signaled Lu Ji to be calm: "I know what Doctor Yushi means, to put it mildly, it is still a dispute between righteousness and benefit." I have said many times that the interests of the world are not about the selfish interests of one or two people, nor just the interests of all of you here, but about the interests of the people of the entire country. Guan Zi said, Cang is honest and knows the etiquette. Confucius said, "It is holy to give generously to all people, and my request to you is to become such a saint." ”

"But ......"

"Everyone," Sun Shao said loudly: "I want to survive, you can't stick to the old ways, stick to the rules, you are all knowledgeable people, for your knowledge, Lone is very appreciative, but Lone wants to remind you, you can't only have a sage left a few words in your eyes, but also have a sage to tolerate the world's mind, Yue County and the South China Sea combined, the land is not more than 4,000 miles, the household is not more than 200,000, with your talents, if they can't let them live and work in peace and contentment, food and clothing are more than enough, then what do you talk about and help the world? ”

Lu Ji was stunned, this sentence made him very depressed.

"This year is the second year of my Yue country, last year, I was alone in the battle, and I came back to see the concert presented on the Prime Minister's Mansion, all the data are gratifying, the Prime Minister and Zhu Qing have meritorious, and the lonely heart is very relieved. But what I hope is that you can have a long-term plan. Prime Minister, can you tell me how much I can earn in five years? Five years later, how many of the people of my country can work hard for a year, and there is a slight surplus in addition to food and clothing, and there is no need to wait until the social sacrifice to fight the tooth sacrifice? ”

Yu was speechless.

"Zhuqing, there is a long way to go, you and I encourage it." Sun Shao waved his hand: "You guys discuss it again, if there is any dissatisfaction, the door of my palace is open at any time, and you are welcome to come and give advice." After saying that, he flicked his sleeves and left.

Yu Fu and Lu Ji glanced at each other, and both shook their heads helplessly. Last year, Yue Guo's income increased a lot, as the prime minister of the first hundred officials, Yu Fu felt very proud, and sometimes he couldn't help but feel a little complacent in front of Sun Shao, but now he knew that Sun Shao was not satisfied with their work, not that the growth was not fast, but that they did not have a long-term plan.

Do you have a five-year development plan now? No! You are just doing things with your head down, although things are not bad, but they are far from enough, and there is still a distance from a qualified prime minister. What does this mean? This shows that they did not understand Sun Shao's train of thought well, did not understand Sun Shao's hard work, and were still complacent and complacent.

Yu Pan was ashamed and sighed: "Don't stand stupidly, let's discuss it and draw up a practical long-term plan." ”

Everyone is silent, they all understand that it seems easy to draw up a plan, but it is also likely to tie your hands and feet, if your plan is too conservative, then the king will say that you are not enterprising, the plan is too ideal, what if you can't complete it then? It's hard to predict what will happen in a year, let alone five years, five years may not seem like a long time, but there are so many variables that it can be frightening.

Then, Sun Shao's words are good, governing the country is the same as governing the family, you can't always take one step at a time, the king of a country is the same as the head of the family, you must see farther than others, have a long-term plan, and see the prospects in three or five years. The three princes and nine secretaries are all the right-hand men of the monarch, and you are not only helping the monarch to plan, but also helping you to complete this plan, especially the prime minister.

The head of a hundred officials is not so easy to be, and the greater the power, the greater the responsibility.

Yu Fu suddenly felt that Sun Shao was a little sinister, maybe he had this idea when he was asked to be the prime minister. Sun Shao has always advocated that the three princes sit and talk about the Tao, advocate the way of Huang Lao, and claim to rule the world by hanging his clothes, but now Yu understands that he is hanging his clothes, but he is not letting it go, his purpose of putting himself out of the matter is to better supervise.

Yu glanced at Lu Ji, and suddenly laughed secretly, Lu Ji, a nerd, had not yet understood the original meaning of the position of Imperial Doctor. Imperial Doctor is equivalent to the deputy prime minister, and can share part of the prime minister's powers, but the more important duty of Imperial Doctor is to supervise hundreds of officials, he only cares about arguing with himself about whether it is a conquest or a heavy peasant, but he puts aside the task of supervision, there are more and more wealthy families in the Yue country, and their greed is endless, Sun Shao wants to establish a firm foothold now, and he will not attack them for the time being, but when he establishes the country, he must catch a few typical knives to deter Xiaoxiao, can Lu Ji provide a suitable object for Sun Shao at that time?

Cui Qian, who had been not daring to speak loudly in front of Yu Fu and Lu Ji and others, showed his face today, and was in a very happy mood, seeing Yu Fu and Lu Ji thinking about their own thoughts, he turned his head at Chen Hai and Yue Hai and motioned for them to slip away. These things have nothing to do with them, and the generals are present at the court meeting, but they usually listen to them with their ears, and they can't intervene in these government affairs.

"Let's go to the king and ask about the expedition." Cui Qian said as he walked.

"On the march?" Chen Hai was a little worried, "It's not decided yet, what kind of expedition will it take." ”

"Call you stupid, you still don't believe it." Cui Qian glanced at him: "The king has said that he may go on an expedition at any time, why haven't you understood yet?" ”

"You're smart." Chen Hai said angrily: "Aren't you just red-eyed and thick-legged as the governor of the East China Sea, and you also want to be the governor of the South China Sea?" ”

"Hey, Zhuzi, you're really wrong, my old Cui Zhen didn't fancy any Nanhai Governor, I want to follow the king to Xiyi and be the best pirate in the world." Cui Qian patted his chest, extremely generous.

Chen Hai rolled his eyes and glanced at Cui Qian, which means that the ghost believes you.

Yue Hai interjected unhurriedly: "Lao Chen, don't listen to his nonsense, he said this when he knew that the governor of the South China Sea could not fall on his head." ”

Cui Qian shook his head and sighed: "Alas, the king is right, the little house sparrow can't understand the ambition of the big eagle. Being around you guys who only have chest hair and no ambition is degrading. ”

"And—" Yue Hai and Chen Hai stretched out the time at the same time, expressing disdain.

Turning around a narrow corridor, Cui Qian and the others stood at the door of Sun Shao's study, invariably put away their smiles, stood in a row solemnly, and were just about to report in, Sun Tai greeted him: "Three generals, please come in, the king is waiting for you." ”

Sun Shao stood in front of the map, listening to what a black and thin young man said, nodding from time to time, hearing the footsteps of Cui Qian and the others, he glanced back at them, and didn't speak, just waved his hand and motioned for them to take their seats.

"A gold mine was discovered in Yizhou, and when those barbarians got the news, they all rushed over and fought for the monopoly of the gold mine, and many people have died." The young man licked his lips and continued, "The minister thinks that now is the best time to enter Yizhou. ”

As soon as they heard this, Cui Qian and the others immediately pricked up their ears, and they noticed that on the map of Yue in front of Sun Shao, there was an island like a jujube core in the upper left, which looked somewhat similar to Zhuya Island.

"This is the person I sent to Yizhou a few years ago, called Guan Chao, who turned out to be a Guan family knife player." Sun Shao introduced.

Although Cui Qian and the others had a much higher status than Guan Chao, seeing Sun Shao's grand introduction, they knew that this Guan Chao must be one of his henchmen, so they didn't dare to slack off, so they nodded hurriedly. Guan Chao returned the salute, and then sat quietly aside.

Sun Shao pointed to the newly added island: "The original plan was to go to Liaodong again, take down Sanhan, and then continue to advance eastward, but there are fighters in Yizhou, and I am ready to adjust it, and prepare to set off before the arrival of the south wind, target: Yizhou." ”

Cui Qian and the others glanced at each other in surprise and agreed.

"Compared to the other three countries, we are most proud of the sailor." Sun Shao said eloquently: "Immodestly, the Aurora Sailor of my Yue Kingdom is not only the most powerful sailor in the Han Dynasty, but also the most powerful sailor in the world, whether it is the East China Sea, the South China Sea, including this Yizhou, they are all just whetstones." When will this knife be sharpened, and when will we set sail and conquer the world. ”

Cui Qian's blood was boiling, he loved to hear this, just now he told Chen Hai and them that he didn't look down on the governor of the South China Sea, of course, he knew that with Shen Xuan in Zhuya, the South China Sea could no longer become his jurisdiction, but the most important thing was that he wanted to follow Sun Shao to conquer the world and be the biggest pirate in the world. This time he and Sun Shao went to Liaodong, he really opened his eyes, just one East China Sea, the area is about the same as the area of the Han Dynasty, and there are countless treasures in the sea, as long as you are brave enough and have the ability, you can get more lucrative returns than on the land, his mind is big all of a sudden, what is the governor of the South China Sea, why can't you be the governor of the West Sea, the governor of the North Sea? He disdained Lu Ji's proposal, what is Yuejun, what is the South China Sea, after a year of plowing, he is tired and sweaty, it is better to go out and fight a battle.

What's more, he is so obsessed with this kind of knife licking blood.

"This time you go to sea, you don't need to bring so many people, cross the sea, you stay to guard Qian Tangkou." Sun Shao pointed to Yue Hai and said, "The four thousand sailors under your command, plus the defenders in the city, have a total of six thousand people, and they should be able to keep safe." ”

Yue Hai was stunned for a moment, a little disappointed, but he didn't say anything, just nodded. Sun Shao can hand over his home to him, that is a great trust in him, he can't be ignorant of good or bad because he wants to make meritorious contributions.

"King, so we only have more than 10,000 people, is the number of people in such a big Yizhou a little less?" Chen Hai said worriedly: "In Liaodong, there is still Cao Zhangke to borrow strength, but when he arrives in Yizhou, he is all barbarians." ”

"There are not many soldiers, but they are fine." Sun Shao smiled: "You have asked for more troops many times, why don't I agree?" It's not that I don't know the benefits of having more soldiers, of course it's cool to be outnumbered, if I have an army of millions, I will go and destroy Cao Ying and Liu Bei now, where do I have to talk to them. But the truth is, can I afford to raise an army of millions? At sea and different from land, everyone must be able to be used as a person, which is also the reason why elite soldiers are needed. Although there are a lot of barbarians in Yizhou, they are fighting each other and killing each other, and more than 10,000 of us in the past are enough, and there is no point in more. ”

"Whoa." Chen Hai saw that Sun Shao had already made up his mind, and he didn't say anything more.

"That'...... What if Dr. Goshi doesn't agree? Yue Hai said worriedly: "The court has not yet reached a conclusion." ”

"Leave these things to them." Sun Shao said calmly: "I only need to evaluate the good and bad, and I am not responsible for giving them advice." Whether or not the sailors go to sea to conquer is not for them to decide, this is the authority of the Tai Lieutenant, not the authority of the Imperial Doctor. ”

Yue Hai hesitated for a moment, but didn't say anything, he felt that things were not so simple, Lu Ji, the imperial historian, was a bit of a flesh, not such a good talker.

However, to Yuehai's surprise, Lu Ji did not come to Sun Shao to entangle, he was busy with Yu Pan on the five-year plan, and everyone was arguing. At first, the five-year plan was expected to be complicated, but the reality was even more complicated than they expected. Everyone has this account in their hearts, but no one will say it, discrepancies are inevitable, and now it is necessary to make a five-year plan, and naturally plan in accordance with their own benefits, so that there are many contradictions, and no one plan can meet everyone's **, which is indispensable for bargaining and negotiation. It is impossible to satisfy everyone, but at least the majority of people are satisfied before this plan can be released. And this also takes into account Sun Shao's opinion, if they do it too obviously, Sun Shao does not agree, and they end up busy in vain.

This is very important, this is to test the political wisdom of Yu Fu and Lu Ji, although they are all easy to learn, known as able to penetrate the heavenly machine, but at this time they found that the heavenly machine may be able to master, but the surname is many times more complicated than the heavenly machine. In the face of the struggle for power and profit among the major families, unconsciously, Yu Fu and Lu Ji, who originally had great differences of opinion, stood together.

They are Sun Shao's right-hand man, and they must look at this issue from Sun Shao's standpoint, not just family interests.

Without waiting for the five-year plan to be released, Sun Shao went to sea with more than 13,000 sailors. Later General Yue Hai was responsible for the security of Gyeonggi, Guan Feng was responsible for the security of Qian Tang City, and the government affairs were headed by the prime minister and the imperial historian, each performing their duties. Before Sun Shao set off, he gave the new Changle guard Zhou Yin a task, I want to go to sea to fight, I can't congratulate you on the two family affairs, let you be the representative, you and Zongzheng Sun Song will go to Jianye together.

In this way, Zhou Yin, who had just arrived in Qiantang, took two generous gifts and embarked on the road back to Jianye.

Jianye is very lively, the prince and the princess are married at the same time, and the objects of the wedding are the sons and daughters of Zhou Yu, the governor of the capital, who once occupied an important position in the hearts of Jiangdong people, and this family affair is particularly eye-catching. Both the Wu palace and the Zhou family were decorated with lights and beams of joy – at least on the surface.

As soon as Zhou Yin entered the door, he saw the small bridge that was directing the servants to prepare. As soon as Xiaoqiao saw Zhou Yin, who was wearing a hat and crown, wearing a Xuansu robe, and a green ribbon around his waist, he thought it was a minister of Wu who came to the door, and he was a little strange why the subordinate did not report, and greeted him with a polite smile, and said with a warm smile: "Dare to ask what is the ...... of the foot" Halfway through the words, but seeing Zhou Yin's somewhat embarrassed smile, he was stunned for a moment, and stretched out his slender jade finger: "Ah...... Ah Yin? ”

Zhou Yin hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: "Mother, it's me." ”

"Yo...... Little shaft, the official has done a lot of work. Xiaoqiao was surprised and delighted, the respectful smile on her face suddenly turned into joy, and then her face sank again, she took Zhou Yin's ears and walked in, gritting her teeth and scolding as she walked: "Little Shaft, I really ran when I said I ran, and I didn't know how to send a message when I arrived in Qiantang, but I came back with a show of strength at this time." What are you going to do when you come back, just die outside. ”

"Mother-" Zhou Yinyang begged: "I still have subordinates behind me, can you save me some face?" ”

Xiaoqiao glanced at the Yue officials who were holding the gifts and followed Zhou Yin step by step, and quickly let go of Zhou Yin's ears and looked at Zhou Yin: "What are you doing?" So majestic? ”

"Me?" Zhou Yin straightened his chest: "Captain Changle, who is specifically responsible for protecting his aunt." ”

Xiaoqiao was stunned: "Your aunt and she...... Are you okay? ”

"Okay." Zhou Yin didn't want his mother to worry, he also knew that his mother was ashamed of Daqiao, so he only picked out the good ones and said: "Ah Yu is fine, the eldest brother is too good to say anything to his aunt, and now I am by her side again, she can sleep and eat well, which is three points better than when she was in Jianye before." She asked me to say hello to you. Oh, this is the gift she picked for her brother and sister, this is the eldest brother's, this is the Guan family's sister-in-law, this is the Xiahou family's sister-in-law's ......"

Xiaoqiao looked at the dazzling array of gifts and breathed a sigh of relief, Ohashi could give so many gifts, which showed that she didn't hold a grudge against him.

"How did Ah Yu come back?" Xiaoqiao asked curiously: "Many people in Jianye are saying that this child is auspicious, and he will be blessed in the future." ”

Zhou Yin laughed secretly, and said in his heart that this was Sun Shao's plan at all, and he had a fart relationship with God. However, he can't say this kind of confidential thing casually, he clearly knows that although his surname is Zhou, he is now a person from Yueguo, and his brother Zhou Xun and sister Zhou Yu are from Wu Guo, so he can't do this thing.

"God forbid, the robber originally planned to go to his master's sacrifice to kill Ah Yu again, but I didn't expect that people are not as good as heaven, and the Guan family's sister-in-law took the water master to find them and saved Ah Yu."

"Really?" Xiaoqiao was skeptical, but seeing that Zhou Yin was serious, he didn't see any flaws, so he had to say perfunctorily: "This is good, this is good." ”

(To be continued)