readx;?gentlemen can be bullied. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Liu Xiu sighed and gave Guo Jia the secret note he had just received. This is an urgent message sent by Xi Zhicai through a secret channel. Although it was urgent, it was not as fast as the telegram after all, and it took ten days to get it from Yecheng here.

Xi Zhicai said two things, one is that Yuan Kui and Yuan Shao have been in contact, as if they are preparing to attack Cao Cao together. The other is that Yuan Shao sent people to Luoyang to find the eunuchs in the palace, and asked them to say in front of the Empress Dowager Dong that Lu Zhi was in power and had a disobedient heart. What the result would be, it is not known now, but Liu Xiu can basically estimate Lu Zhi's reaction.

Empress Dowager Dong is a greedy and short-sighted woman, she can't recognize the situation in front of her at all, and thinks that now is the time when Emperor Ling is alive, and she wants to monopolize power. There is no benefit in keeping her in the court, it's time to get her out.

As for Lu Zhi, Liu Xiu's mood is more complicated. Lu Zhi is undoubtedly a gentleman, but his personality is too upright, in the current situation is unclear, Lu Zhi will actually focus on him, it can't be said that his worries are unreasonable, but there must be a priority, right? If Xiao Tianzi must not be able to keep the country, is it better for me, a descendant of King Chu Yuan, to inherit the world, or Yuan Shao to inherit the world?

Judging from Lu Zhi's actions, all he could do was to guard against him Liu Xiu, not Yuan Shao, because he couldn't prevent Yuan Shao at all. In order to contain him Liu Xiu, Lu Zhi would rather weaken his strength and destroy the advantages that the imperial court had easily accumulated.

To put it mildly, this is the old lady of the Nala clan, "Rather with friends." Not with the source of the house slave", Confucian culture has always had the tradition of preventing the inside more than the outside, and the outside must first be settled inside, and it has been written in the classics since the Spring and Autumn Period, so the readers think that this is normal, because in their hearts, this world is the family of the Son of Heaven. Regardless of other subjects, the Son of Heaven lost his position and was taken by his courtiers. It is just as unacceptable as being taken by a foreign enemy, and even more unacceptable. Even if you are beaten on the head outside and come home. Close the door, Lao Tzu has to be self-respecting, say one thing, who wants to share power with Lao Tzu, that is unacceptable in any way.

This is also the psychological origin of Chairman Chiang's preference to let go of the claims against Japan rather than accept the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, because in China's ruling ideology, the concept of co-rule between monarchs and ministers has been indifferent since the Warring States period, and by the time Qin Shi Huang ruled the world, the centralization of power embarked on a road of no return. Dong Zhongshu uses the theory of heaven and man induction. has already put the power of balancing the emperor from the hands of man to the hands of heaven, and the sky is often unreliable, since the emperor is the son of heaven, won't he help his son but help you that day?

Now that Lu Zhi has become a powerful minister, there are two paths in front of him. One is that he retired by himself, so that he failed the entrustment of the first emperor, and no one will be able to restrict Liu Xiu from now on. Why did the first emperor summon Lu Zhi from Zhuo County to Luoyang before his death, and entrusted him with an important task? It is because only Lu Zhi can balance Liu Xiu, whether it is morally or in terms of strength, only Lu Zhi can compete with Liu Xiu. Lu Zhi retired. Although Liu Xiu can't say that he will do whatever he wants from now on, a person who can stand in front of him like Lu Zhi will never appear again.

The other way is that Lu Zhi insists on not retreating and beats the Empress Dowager Dong. This result is also what Liu Xiu is willing to see, although for him personally, this is far less convenient than Lu Zhi's retirement, but he knows that with Lu Zhi sitting in Luoyang, he can rest assured that he can operate in Yizhou and fight with peace of mind, and Luoyang will not have a big mess.

He didn't know what Lu Zhi would do, he could only wait. Besides, he doesn't have time to care about Luoyang's affairs now, he wants to go to Liangzhou to preside over the war against the Great and Small Elm Valleys.

Liu Xiu originally planned to hand over this matter to Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui to deal with, but Yan Zhong objected. First, Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui are both very old generals, and it is difficult for any one person to be the main one and the other person as the deputy, so it is difficult for the two of them to bow down to their orders, and only Liu Xiu will go out in person. Another reason is very sad, Yan Zhong said that the army used in this war will be more than 30,000, almost all the troops in Liangzhou, and it is not suitable to be handed over to any one person. If you win, you will have merit, and if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and whoever presides over this war, the soldiers will remember their kindness on whose head. Grace is from above, and this right cannot be granted.

Liu Xiu was very helpless, he finally understood, why Cao Cao had to go east and west after becoming prime minister, conquer Guanzhong, conquer Hanzhong, and send troops to Jianghuai many times, almost all of them were personally experienced, the so-called five good generals, except for Yu Ban led the Seventh Army to save Fancheng and achieved Guan Yu's prestige, others rarely have the opportunity to lead the army alone. Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian were three generals to defend Hefei, with a total strength of only 7,000 people.

He had just finished sighing about Lu Zhi, and now it was his turn.

"Let Xi Zhicai get out of Yecheng." Liu Xiu said to Guo Jia: "Although he can get first-hand information by doing this, it is too dangerous. Once Yuan Shao sensed something, he would probably not be able to escape. Just arrange for one person to watch Yuan Shao, just one Jizhou, he can't turn the sky. The situation in Luoyang is complicated, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou must arrange someone to be responsible for letting him return to Luoyang to preside over the overall affairs. ”

Liu Xiu paused, and then said, "I don't have more than one opponent for Yuan Shao. ”

Guo Jia understood, turned around and went to write Miza. The secret code has its own set of writing techniques, and those who are not knowledgeable can not understand it even if they get it. The person in charge of these things around Liu Xiu is Guo Jia, and the others can't participate if Meng Da and Yan Xing can't participate.

"By the way, summon Meng Da to Ji County together, so that his father and son can reunite."

"Whoa."

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In late October, Liu Xiu arrived in Ji County. Liangzhou Assassin Shi Meng Tuo led people to greet him, and Xiahou Yuan, the captain of Huqiang, and Han Sui, the Taishou of Longxi, also rushed over. After everyone met, there was a burst of enthusiastic cold noise, Meng Tuo needless to say, he was very happy to see his son who had not seen him for more than a year grow tall and strong, heroic. When those officials saw that this was the beloved son of Lord Assassin Shi, and he was working beside the general of the chariot cavalry, they naturally stepped forward to flatter him one by one. Meng Tuo's heart is beautiful, but he is serious and modest, he is taught well by generals, and now there are famous generals like generals in Guan Middle School, and there are Confucians like Xun Yue, what kind of people can't be taught? You have to think of your children to be successful. Let's send them all to Guanzhong.

Those Liangzhou Haoqiang scolded Meng Tuo in their hearts, and sent them to Guan Middle School to be hostages, you are too damaged. But he had to agree with it repeatedly, but he said that he persuaded others to send his children away, and he never mentioned his own.

Liu Xiu looked in his eyes and did not speak, although Liangzhou could not be compared to Guan Chinese. However, most of these large families will ask someone to educate their children, so they will not take the initiative to send their children to Guanzhong, and those ordinary children who want to study in Guanzhong. Without this capital, although the tuition fee of Guan Middle School is not high, the living expenses are also a large expense.

It seems that it is necessary to set up some smaller schools in Liangzhou as well. It is conducive to cultivating talents and winning people's hearts.

Liu Xiu brought up this issue by the way after Meng Tuo reported on the preparation of grain and grass. Meng Tuo was a little embarrassed. He said that Liangzhou has developed in the past two years, but the foundation is still thin, the area is large, the officials cannot be too few, too few to manage, the population is small, and the taxes will be less. It is difficult to maintain the current operation of the officials. Although the cost of running a school is not very large, it is also an expense after all, and it is easy to open, which is a political achievement. But if you can't sustain it, you will have to close your doors in a few years, or you won't be able to recruit students, then it won't look good.

When Liu Xiu heard this, he was impressed by Meng Tuo. As Meng Tuo, opening a school is a political achievement. As for what will happen a few years later, who knows if he is still the assassin of Liangzhou, even if it is, it was vigorous when it opened, and it was silent when it closed, didn't the officials of the Celestial Empire do this? It is not easy for a decadent feudal social bureaucrat to refuse such a temptation.

In other words, Meng Tuo is thinking about problems from his side, rather than focusing on his own political achievements.

"You have a point, this matter has to be considered in the long run." Liu Xiu was very satisfied, he praised Meng Tuo twice, and then mentioned the Shandong silk and Shu brocade that were about to arrive, this is the first large-scale reopening of the Silk Road in so many years, Liangzhou is the first area after the caravan left the customs, whether it can be supplied in time is a problem that tests the ability of local officials, especially Meng Tuo, the assassin of Liangzhou.

"General, the water problem can still be solved, but the food problem is difficult for Liangzhou to solve by itself." Meng Tuo hesitated for a while, but still said to Liu Xiu realistically: "There is very little arable land in Liangzhou, and most of the people still live by grazing. They are not good at farming, and Liangzhou does not have so much land for them to cultivate. At present, it is not a big problem to supply those merchants, and if you squeeze it, you can still squeeze it out, but in the future, there will be more and more merchants, and there will inevitably be a shortage of food. ”

Liu Xiu was also very embarrassed. The situation in Liangzhou is just as Meng Tuo said, both farming and animal husbandry, arable land is limited, grain output has not been high, the grain industry in Guanzhong has grown rapidly in the past two years, and it can support Liangzhou some, but that is mainly for the army's military rations, and then for the merchants' rations, that Guanzhong can not afford it. Yizhou has grain, but the cost of transporting Yizhou's grain out is too high, through the plank road shoulder car, the efficiency is too low, through the waterway, from Liangzhou to Yizhou is easy, but from Yizhou out of Liangzhou, it is difficult.

It is still necessary to pacify Kanto as soon as possible, without the food of Kanto, the big man is like a weaned child, it is difficult to grow strong.

"You prepare first, and I'm also thinking of a way." Liu Xiu could only comfort Meng Tuo, "I will ask the technicians of Chengdu School and Guan Middle School to inspect and see how to improve the road between Yizhou and Liangzhou. ”

As soon as he said this, Liu Xiu's heart suddenly moved. He used to think about how to produce goods that could make money, but now he found that commodities alone are not enough, and it is not possible to ship them, and commodities must be circulated to make sense and make a fortune. In the past, he often saw big slogans on the wall, such as "If you want to get rich, build roads first", or "If you want to be rich, have fewer children and grow more trees", which was just a propaganda phrase for the government, but now that I think about it, there is still some truth in this. At present, there are only 60 million people in the Han Dynasty, which is far from the 1.6 billion in later generations, but at the current level of productivity, 60 million has actually reached the limit of what the land can support. These two slogans seem to be very applicable to reality.

There is nothing he can do to control the population, and it seems that it is not feasible to implement family planning, but it is imperative to build roads. Yizhou to Liangzhou to build a road, Yizhou to Tianzhu to build a road. The south is not like the grasslands in the north, you can find roads anywhere, in the mountains, without the unified planning of the government, scientific exploration, it is not easy to build a road out. In spite of this, it will also cause a social crisis if it is done in a hurry, before Qin Shi Huang repaired the straight road, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the Yelang Road, and then Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened the Grand Canal, all of which are meritorious in the future, and the affairs of the world, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty buried the country and the great head for this.

It's not easy to do something, and it's not enough to be bookish.