Han Sui is also a hero, from a white coat to an army of 100,000, surviving under the annexation of dozens of princes in Liangzhou, such a person would do such a stupid thing?

Liu Zhang's brows furrowed slightly, and he said loudly: "Quickly pass the order, Shangyong is too guarded by Yang Ren, and temporarily replaced Hanzhong Taishou, be sure to guard the pass, Benhou will arrive in Hanzhong in a few days, and in addition, immediately convene all civil and military affairs." ”

"Yes."

Liu Zhang arrived in the lobby with Hu Che'er, who was sweating profusely, and all the civil officials were discussing in the hall, and they were all a little uneasy when they saw that Jing Yi had not yet recovered, and he encountered a great enemy.

Wei Yan glanced left and right, waited for Liu Zhang to sit on the main seat, and bowed to Liu Zhang: "Lord, the little Xiliang thief is not enough, give me 40,000 soldiers and horses, control the Shangyong counties in Hanzhong, I will defeat Ma Chao and seize Xiliang for the lord." ”

"It's to recover Xiliang." Xu Jing corrected: "Xiliang was originally my Han land, but now it is occupied by traitors, and the lord takes it as his responsibility to help the Han family, and he should recover it, not seize it." ”

"With that skill of chewing words, it is better to draw a sword on the battlefield." Wei Yan squinted at Xu Jing and bowed to Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang smiled and said to Zhongwen Wu: "You know, what did I call you to discuss the matter?" ”

"Huh?" All the civil and military officers looked at each other, they had just heard that Wu Ban was seriously injured, and Ma Chao gathered the Qiang people and led an army of 80,000 to attack the city, isn't it obvious what they are going to do?

Fa Zheng glanced at Liu Zhang's relaxed expression, realized slightly, and bowed: "Isn't the lord going to discuss the matter of the Xiliang soldiers violating the border?" ”

"Not bad." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "Compared with the Xiliang Army, we have a major matter that needs to be discussed that is more related to my Jingyi's future and destiny, and Ben Hou has decided." Liu Zhang stood up and said, "Reopen the Southwest Silk Road." ”

In fact, this decision has been brewing for a long time, and for several months, he has been weighing the pros and cons of opening the Silk Road and examining the commercial vitality of Yizhou. and the manpower base of money and food.

The former is the premise that the Silk Road can be opened, and the latter is the guarantee for the Silk Road.

"What?" "What?"

All the ministers, including Fa Zheng, were all shocked and discussed, Wang Lei's face flashed with righteousness, and he was about to go out, but was stopped by Huang Quan: "Don't you know what the lord's temper is?" Can what he decided change with death? Calm down. Listen to the lord's reasons first, and then it's not too late to advise."

Wang Ti struggled, retracted the steps he stepped out, and to this day, he has also been imprisoned several times, although every time Liu Zhang finishes doing something, he has released himself, but from the very beginning in Jiangzhou to decide on the four imperial examinations, to the slaughter of the family several times. He has not changed any of Liu Zhang's decisions.

Fa Zheng came out and bowed calmly: "My lord, there are many inconveniences in the opening of the Southwest Silk Road, I believe that the lord has already understood, why did the lord suddenly decide to open the Silk Road?" ”

"There is no why. We have a small population, less taxes, and less talent. Without major reforms, it will never be Cao Cao's opponent in the future, and sooner or later he will die. Why not give it a go? ”

Liu Zhang said in a deep voice, looking at the civil and military officials, all the civil officials turned their heads and ears, all of them were anxious, the opening of the Southwest Silk Road, money, food, and strong men were all greatly consumed, and they were also facing the nuisance of the barbarians, everyone knew this.

Listening to the voices of the civil officials, Liu Zhang walked down the steps, and as soon as he stepped down the last step, all the civil officials immediately stopped talking.

"Everyone went on to say, I just came down to hear your opinions more clearly, not to ask you to speak."

Liu Zhang frowned, it seems that his image in the hearts of these civil officials is not very good, especially many civil officials who have been transferred from the local area, and they still can't figure out Liu Zhang's temper, and they all think that Liu Zhang is an arbitrary person who kills people at every turn.

That's not good.

Liu Zhang glanced at those civil officials, and then looked at Wang Lei, Wang Ti looked left and right, no one dared to speak, he was not afraid, the big deal was to go to prison again, he was not afraid of death, and he was still afraid of this?

Immediately came out of the ranks, and bowed loudly: "The words of the lord are inappropriate. ”

Gong Zhi, Dong He and other civil officials who were transferred from other places all looked at Wang Lei, and Liu Zhang also looked at Wang Lei coldly.

Wang Lei's face did not change, and continued: "The Lord said that our population is not as good as Cao Cao, our taxes are not as good as Cao Cao, and our talents are not as good as Cao Cao.

But there is more than Cao Cao in the world, we have formed an alliance with Sun Quan, if Cao Cao goes south, Jiangdong will also be in danger, Sun Quan will not sit idly by, if Cao Cao attacks Jingxiang, Sun Quan will go out of Hefei, if Cao Cao attacks Hefei, our army will go out of Fancheng, to the south to resist the north, even if Cao Cao is strong, we may not lose. ”

After Wang Lei finished speaking, he buried his head and waited for Liu Zhang's departure, and all the civil officials looked at Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang smiled: "Well said." Pointing at Wang Lei, he turned to the other civil officials and said, "Have you seen it?" This is what a civil official should look like, not like you, as soon as I came, all my opinions shrank into the big intestine. ”

"Hahaha." The generals laughed, Liu Zhang turned his head coldly, glanced at it, and Gao Pei and the others were immediately solemn.

Liu Zhang said loudly to the civil official: "Martial death war, civil death advice, the world is prosperous, if you really have any opinions, boldly say it, although I, Liu Zhang, may not listen, but I am not a faint king, and I will not offend you." ”

Liu Zhang paused, suddenly pulled out the sword in Zhang Ren's hand, and said to all the civil officials: "I, Liu Zhang, swear to this sword today, that in the future, all civil officials will admonish, no matter what they admonish, the admonition officials will not be guilty." ”

Liu Zhang inserted the sword on the red hall pillar, it seemed that the swordsmanship was not practiced in vain, and turned to Wang Fu and said: "Lord Wang, go back and send someone to write on this pillar the words "the official is not guilty", so that all civil officials, not only those in the hall today, but also those who are going to enter this hall in the future, dare to speak out." ”

"Lord Shengming."

"Lord Shengming." All the civil and military worshipped.

"Okay, then you can talk about it."

Liu Zhang stepped on a step and looked back, the civil officials discussed for a while, and finally let go, Gong Zhi stepped forward and said: "Lord, what Lord Wang Lei said is not unreasonable, and now it is the time when the Xiliang soldiers are pressing, even if the opening of the Silk Road is discussed, it should wait to repel the Xiliang soldiers." ”

"yes, yes."

Dong He stepped forward and said: "My lord, my subordinates believe that the top priority now is not to revitalize commerce, but to revitalize agriculture. ”

Zhong Wenwu looked at Dong He and immediately booed. Who doesn't know that Liu Zhang is now vigorously supporting business, which is a basic national policy, and he actually came out to oppose it, which is too eyeless, right?

Dong He's expression was calm, and he said in a deep voice: "According to the population of his subordinates, if Cao Cao unifies the north, he can dispatch at least 500,000 troops. They are all northern warriors, and we must fight in equal numbers, that is, we need to accumulate food and grass for 500,000 troops to fight during the period of recuperation.

Now in Jingyi Erzhou, we have just encountered a major turmoil, and the grain output is just enough, and according to our strategy, we are to recuperate for four to five years. It's been a year now.

The subordinates estimated that even if the money, food, and materials were not used for other purposes, after three or four years, they would not be able to accumulate enough supplies. What's more, we still have the Qiang people and the Xiliang army nuisance, so. His subordinates believed that even if commerce and agriculture were developed at the same time, agriculture should be emphasized, and it was absolutely not feasible to open the Silk Road. ”

The civil servants discussed for a while. One after another.

"The minister seconded the proposal."

"The minister seconded the proposal."

Liu Zhang smiled and nodded, and said loudly: "Seeing that everyone can say what is in their hearts, Ben Hou is already very happy." Well, Ben Hou will answer you one by one. ”

"Wang Lei said that we have Jiangdong as an alliance and are not afraid of Cao Cao, which is a big mistake.

Who is Jiangdong Wenwu? They are experts in playing seesaw, Cao Cao is powerful, they must ally with us to resist Cao Cao, if Cao Cao attacks Jingxiang, Sun Quan will go out of Hefei.

But are we going to be weaker than Cao Cao all the time? Are you going to be like Jiangdong in Jingyi Erzhou? I, Liu Zhang, am I going to be a happy marquis on this land, all my life? I tell you. ”

Liu Zhang looked at the civil and military forces coldly: "Today I will tell all Jingyi civil and military people a word, you must always remember that the Han and the thief are not separated, and the royal industry is not partial, even if I Liu Zhang's blood is spilled on the battlefield, the national thief Cao Cao will not die for a day, the country will not be unified for a day, and I will be a warrior of Jingyi for a day." ”

The crowd changed color awe-inspiringly.

"So." Liu Zhang said in a deep voice: "We are not waiting for Cao Cao to fight us, we want to go on a northern expedition, we want to rescue the Son of Heaven, we want to attack Yecheng, we want to kill Cao Cao, if we can achieve the goal, then it is impossible to always be Cao Cao strong, we are weak, and we must have a strong day." ”

"And on that day, will the people of Jiangdong still be allied with us? Will that paper still work? So, sooner or later, we will have to face many enemies, and in this case, we have a small population and few taxes, so we must come up with strange strategies to make up for our innate shortcomings. ”

"The subordinates are dull, and the lord wakes up like a dream." Wang Lei bowed deeply.

Liu Zhang continued: "Let's talk about Gong Zhi, Gong Zhi said, the Xiliang army is pressing, we shouldn't open the Silk Road at this time, let me tell you, the Xiliang army is violent, but it is just taking advantage of the chaos in the hearts of the people in my Hanzhong, as soon as Ben Hou arrives in Hanzhong, can the Xiliang cavalry still fly through Yangping Pass?"

The more this time, the more our internal affairs cannot be stopped, let me tell you, this time in Xiliang, first the leader of Tsing Yi Qiang was killed, and then Wu Ban was seriously injured, there must be someone instigated, it is likely to be Cao Cao.

Why did they instigate? Isn't it just that we can't be at ease in our internal affairs, so that we can wait until Cao Cao exterminates the forces of Yuan Shao in the north, and then annihilate us? Can we fall for them?

This time Xiliang invaded the realm, you don't have to worry at all, I have a natural barrier in Sichuan and Shu, Benhou doesn't want to fight, unless the soldiers and horses in the entire Guanzhong are here, otherwise, don't want to shake my Hanzhong at all, Ma Chao, jumping beam clown. ”

"The subordinates are not good at military affairs, and they speak falsely, please don't blame the lord." Gong Zhi bowed and retreated to the queue.

"The last is Dong He, this official really didn't expect that there is such a talent in the place, with Dong He's foresight, he is much better than those traitors who were beheaded, he should have entered the pastoral mansion a long time ago, and when he transferred you from Jiangyang to Jiangzhou, this official did not investigate."

The civil officials looked at Dong He enviously, and Dong He's expression was calm.

Liu Zhang said: "What Dong He said is right, our food is not enough to fight a war, what kind of business are we going to do?" Can you eat copper coins? Can you eat gold? If the people don't have enough to eat, who will buy you? If you go to other states to buy food, isn't it the lifeblood pinched by someone else? ”

"Still." Liu Zhang's words changed: "I have said before, put it to death and then live, Dong He himself also said, even if we develop for four years and accumulate a little grain and grass, how long can we fight with an army of 500,000?" If we consume it with Cao Cao, we can't consume it, so how can we talk about the Northern Expedition? ”

Dong He came out and bowed: "What does the lord mean is that instead of being consumed to death by Cao Cao in the end, it is better to gamble before the decisive battle and strive to gain the strength to compete with Cao Cao?" ”

Liu Zhang nodded.

"It's too risky."

"It's too risky." The civil servants were full of discussions.

"Wei Yan, do you feel risky?" Liu Zhang said to Wei Yan.

Wei Yan said in a hearty manner: "How much benefit is it to seek wealth and danger." If you don't dare to take risks, it's better to go home and nurse your child. ”

Liu Zhang laughed and said loudly, "Did you hear it?" Taking risks is not scary, and if you want to achieve great things, you can't sit in swaddling clothes.

I'm calling you all today. The first is to let everyone feel at ease about the Xiliang Army, and there is no need to make a big fuss, and the second is to let everyone return to their own duties, continue to recuperate, and prepare for the opening of the Silk Road, which is a major event for us in the next few years. ”

"Obey."

Fa Zheng looked at Liu Zhang, knowing that Liu Zhang had a lot to say, although Liu Zhang liked to gamble, he would do everything possible to expand the chance of winning.

Zhong Wenwu retired. Liu Zhang left a few core civil and military personnel, including Dong He, and returned to the courtyard, each finding a place to sit down, and Yahuan brought tea and pastries. Liu Zhang got straight to the point.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our Jingyi's grand strategy has never changed, that is, to recuperate, whether it is to open the Silk Road. It is still a combination of merchants and farmers, all in order to get more materials and leave you behind. Yes, there are still some details that need to be negotiated.

The first is to open the Silk Road, maybe what I just said can't convince everyone, I also thought about it for a long time and carefully weighed the pros and cons.

Let's talk about profit first, I have been investigating our business a few days ago, and I am very satisfied, business is active, business creation is also active, we have many goods that can be sold for a price, but there is a lack of enough buyers, if the Silk Road is opened, our porcelain, cloth, silk, paper, will be able to continue to export, in exchange for gold and silver, armor, weapons.

Therefore, the opening of the Silk Road is extremely beneficial to us, maybe you will not believe it, in addition to our Han Dynasty, there are several rich empires, they have a lot of things we need, in addition to gold and silver, Quxi Jin sacrificed the Great Qin armor short sword, Yin Baijin sacrificed elephants, higher yield than rice yield per mu of high-yield crops, and many more, we can use porcelain, silk and other commodities to exchange.

As for the disadvantages of opening the Silk Road, what should be said, you have all said that whether it is strong men, money, or food consumption, in the final analysis, it is a food problem. I have two solutions to solve it, you can hear it first. ”

Liu Zhang took a sip of tea: "The first plan is to exchange money for food.

I have already measured our finances, there is less food, more money, banks and official workshops and shops, all of which are places where money comes from, Sun Quan and Cao Cao cannot attach as much importance to business as we do, and the assembly line is rising, and even if it rises, the management and technology development are not as mature as us.

The price and variety of our goods have an innate advantage, and they are monopolized in many aspects, and selling to Sun Quan Cao Cao and selling to the Western Regions through Yumen Pass can bring us countless money.

Many daily and agricultural supplies, such as soaphorns, ploughs, etc., used to be made by the farmers themselves, but now they are made by workshops, and the prices are cheap, and the farmers are willing to buy them, which not only saves them time to grow more food, but also brings us money.

Huang Quan, you do two things, first, the peasants' taxes are collected according to the current collection, but if the peasants get more grain, after verifying the truth, they will be rewarded with money according to 100 catties, and the barren land opened in the slack season will also be rewarded according to the mu as long as the grain is planted in the spring of the second year.

This is the first step in exchanging money for grain, which will not only increase the peasants' enthusiasm for growing grain and produce more grain, but also allow the peasants to have a certain amount of money and promote internal business prosperity.

However, it is important to remember that there should be no deception, especially if local officials deliberately make more reports and duplicate declarations, and if they find out, they will be severely punished, and they will be dismissed from office at least and killed at worst. ”

"Yes." Huang Quan responded.

"The second step of exchanging money for grain, through various official and non-governmental channels, to buy grain from Cao Cao Sun Quan's jurisdiction, the price can be slightly higher, the more you collect, the better, these grains are only used as stored grains, not included in the grain production statistics, you can treat these grains as if they do not exist, in short, we can't reduce our agricultural population in Jingyi because of these grains."

"Yes." All the civil officials replied in unison.

"The second plan is the economy plan, we open the Silk Road, for the time being, only open the road to the body poison and the Dayue Empire (Kushan Empire), Zhang Ren, who trains soldiers and horses in the western grassland, I will order him to explore the road to Kunlun Mountain from time to time, and if he encounters Qiang's obstruction, he will just practice his hands.

In terms of manpower, we chose winter and summer as the season to open the road, and in spring and autumn, most of the strong men were taken back to continue farming, and in addition, in the future, all those who committed adultery and criminals were no longer punished in prison, and all were transferred to southern Xinjiang to open the Silk Road, which should be able to recover a certain amount of manpower losses. ”

Liu Zhang paused, and saw Zhou Budo come out of the side door, took a small bench and walked to the grape trellis, leaning against a tree to pretend to sleep, and listening to the discussion with his ears pricked up.

"Anyway." Liu Zhang said: "The opening of the Silk Road, there are pros and cons, but after ten days of thinking, I feel that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, through open source and cost reduction, the opening of the Silk Road will not let our money and food be exhausted, if the Silk Road is opened, our businessmen will be able to recover the cost."

If there is a large number of soldiers and armor imported at that time, we don't need to expand too many troops, fully equipped, 300,000 troops, may not be able to defeat Cao Cao's 500,000 army, or even more, this is the elite army policy, which can save a lot of food, of course, this is a later story, what do you think about the opening of the Silk Road? ”

Liu Zhang looked at all the civil and military officials, Liu Zhang said this, what else did the civil and military have to say, Huang Quan said: "The lord is thoughtful and comprehensive, which really makes the civil officials under his subordinates embarrassed."

After the analysis of the lord, this Silk Road is not unopenable, but what should the Xiliang soldiers do? Is it true that as soon as the lord arrives in Hanzhong, will the Xiliang soldiers retreat? (To be continued.) )

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