When the news of Baishan's victory was transmitted back to Jicheng, Liu He had just sent away a large group of county officials and representatives of the wealthy families who had come to visit the door, and learned that Xiahou Lan had not cut off Yan Rou's head with his own hands, Liu He stood under an old elm tree in the courtyard and pondered for a long time.

Guo Jia, who came to report the victory, saw that Liu He was not as excited and excited as he imagined, and asked with some puzzlement: "In the battle north of Baishan, the losses of the cavalry guards were less than 1,000, the enemy was killed 5,000, the enemy was wounded 4,000, and the prisoners were 6,000. ”

Liu He sighed, looked up at a bird's nest on the tree with his hands behind his back, and said slowly: "If Xiao Cavalry Guard loses this time, I will feel strange." Xia Houlan, this guy, moved half of the armaments and materials of the Captain's Mansion to the grassland, and now I feel a toothache when I think about it! ”

"Although the cavalry guards spent a lot of military resources on this expedition, the captures were also very rich, enough to offset the expenses, and there were several times the surplus, so it was not an exaggeration." Guo Jia was a little puzzled by Liu He's "little family" anger.

"The problem is, he's throwing a big problem at me! If Yan Rou dies in the battle between the two armies, or is split in half by his sword under his anger, I don't have to worry about how to deal with Yan Rou and the Guangyang Yan clan. ”

"If it was three years ago, Xia Houlan would definitely kill Yan Rou directly, but he is now the head of the Internal Affairs Department of the Command Department, and he has to consider the impact in everything he does, so he will start from the overall situation, and Gongzi should be happy."

"It's naturally good that Xia Houlan can endure the hatred in her heart and leave Yan Rou, but I really can't think of any good ideas about how to deal with Yan Rou."

Liu He recalled his grievances and grievances with Yan Rou in recent years, and his inner feelings were very complicated. If Yan Rou is a heinous person, it is obviously a bit excessive. Although Yan Rou likes to make some small calculations and always wants to set up a mountain on his own in the north of Youzhou, overall, he still rarely causes trouble in Youzhou. To the north of Baishan, a buffer zone was constructed for Youzhou. If Yan Rou is a national hero, he is somewhat exalted. Not to mention that Yan Rou once secretly colluded with Xianbei Kebineng, over the years, he was only sandwiched between Xianbei in the north and Youzhou in the south, and he did not have the consciousness to do things for the Han family as a Han person.

Liu He had many reasons to kill Yan Rou and wipe out the entire Guangyang Yan Clan, but he couldn't do it, and he didn't want to.

Why couldn't Liu He kill Yan Rou? Because it is indeed useful to keep Yan Rou. Not to mention that in the future, let Yan Rou act as a guide to go north to sweep away the grassland Hu people, just for the moment, if Liu He killed Yan Rou, it would not only make Xia Houlan feel embarrassed. It will also make the hearts of these small tribes north of Baishan, who have just been annexed, unstable.

Xia Houlan felt that keeping Yan Rou would be useful to Liu He in the future, so she put aside her personal grudge and saved Yan Rou's life, if Liu He didn't appreciate it and killed Yan Rou, wouldn't it make Xia Houlan feel that she had done something wrong with good intentions? And the small tribes that had just been attached to it were all mixed with Yan Rou at the beginning, although they had opinions about Yan Rou's use of the clansmen to fight against Youzhou, but if Liu He killed Yan Rou with a knife, Hu Ren was naturally very scared in his heart. is worried that Liu He is a person who holds grudges, and he may find an opportunity to attack them in the future.

Why didn't Liu He want to kill Yan Rou? Because of the memories of his previous life left in the depths of his mind, Yan Rou once helped Liu He in another time and space to attack Gongsun Zan after Liu Yu's death, and avenged Liu He's father's death. Although today's Liu He is no longer the unlucky one. But deep down, he still couldn't help but think of this, so his feelings about Yan Rou were a little complicated. Although Yan Rou has caused some trouble to himself in this life, in the face of his affection for being able to help another "Liu He", the current Liu He is also a little unbearable to knife Yan Rou.

But. didn't kill Yan Rou, but there was a very sensitive and acute question in front of Liu He.

The reason why Liu He sent troops to recruit Yan Rou was that the Guangyang Yan clan conspired to assassinate him, and for a person who was aspiring to win the world. It is necessary to ruthlessly suppress and ruthlessly extinguish all kinds of conspirators and assassins, otherwise some people with bad intentions will not feel afraid, and feel that even if the murder fails, they will not have to bear too serious consequences after the matter is revealed. This is also the reason why the punishment of the crime of rebellion and usurpation in the past dynasties is particularly severe and cruel, and it is the reason why the clan is exterminated or even the nine clans at every turn, because otherwise, it is not enough to form a sufficient deterrent.

Although Liu He is not the Ninth Five-Year Emperor now, his identity is also noble enough, not only the eldest son of the Imperial Prince, but also the Tiger Ben Zhonglang General appointed by the imperial court, and the embroidered imperial history, as for his identity as the Son of Heaven, no one has dared to cancel it, and there is also the identity of the Son of Heaven's envoy, which seems to be still hanging on his body.

Because Liu He did not enter Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven, it is not considered a transaction, and as long as the little emperor does not open his mouth, it is really difficult for others to interfere.

The Yan clan secretly colluded with those big families in Zhuo County to murder Liu He, which was similar to the nature of direct rebellion, if Liu He did not destroy the Yan clan and did not kill Yan Rou, it would indeed damage his prestige. Although he will have a good reputation for generosity and kindness, at the same time, people will also think that he is the same as his soft father, that is, indecisive, not decisive, and not really a person who can achieve great things.

Liu He stared at the bird's nest above his head and pondered, and Guo Jia stayed by his side without saying a word. For Liu He's entanglement, Guo Jia basically speculated seven or eight points, except for the fact that Guo Jia couldn't know that Yan Rou had helped Liu He send troops to avenge his father on another historical track, the rest of the benefits and disadvantages could be imagined.

In terms of how to deal with Yan Rou, Guo Jia is really not good at making ideas or even decisions for Liu He.

This matter is too sensitive......

"In this way, after Yan Rou is sent to Jicheng, let the Supervision Office intervene, and Li Ru will investigate whether Yan Rou is involved in the matter of the Holy Water River, and if Yan Rou really doesn't know, spare his life this time; If Yan Rou lied to Xiahou Lan, then act according to the laws of the Great Han! Liu He thought about it for a long time and finally made a difficult decision.

When Liu He made this decision, he didn't think about those things that were too long-term, he just didn't want to bother with this matter anymore, but he invisibly made a good start for future generations.

Guo Jia asked, "What should we do with those prisoners of war?" And how to settle the north side of Baishan? ”

Liu He thought for a while, and replied to Guo Jia: "Let Xu Miao take over the matter of disposing of prisoners of war, and send a batch of them that can be tamed for my use to Macheng and hand them over to Zhao Yun for training and discipline; send a batch of the stubborn and die-hard ones into the mines to work as coolies; The rest were sent to Diping to go to Tuntian. Since the large area to the north of Baishan has been occupied, there is absolutely no reason to give up the land again, so I want to build a city over there, and set up a Baishan Governor's Mansion to manage and settle these tribes who have just taken refuge. ”

Guo Jia has a different view on Liu He's idea of building a city on the grassland, he said: "Building a city north of Baishan is a very huge project, not to mention the cost of building a city for the time being, now all counties in Youzhou are engaged in construction, especially Jicheng is also facing expansion in the next step, and manpower is a big problem." Besides, these tribes have long been accustomed to living in the grass, and even if a city is built there, it may not be able to keep them. ”

Liu He nodded, admitting that Guo Jia's analysis was reasonable, and said: "Manpower is indeed a big problem, but I still insist on the idea of building a city over there. My reasons are threefold: first, with this city, when the Xianbei people in the north and the Hu people in the east of the water kill and plunder, these tribal people can hide in the city; Second, with this city, these tribes do not need to travel two or three hundred miles to Macheng, Ningcheng and other places to conduct mutual markets, but can directly buy the commercial goods they need in the city; Third, with this city, our tentacles will extend more than 300 miles to the north, and when we send troops into the desert in the future, it will be equivalent to an additional outpost and a stable supply point. ”

Guo Jia couldn't dissuade Liu He, so he followed Liu He's train of thought and thought forward, he suggested: "There are indeed many benefits of building a city outside the Saiwai, but now it is better to distinguish the priorities, it is better to send a powerful person to the north of Baishan to sit in the town, and appoint him as the governor of Baishan, and he will be fully responsible for integrating these tribes and building the city. ”

Guo Jia's meaning is that for the time being, there is only policy for the Baishan side, and there is no support in terms of human and financial resources, and they rely on their own development.

Liu He thought about it and felt that Guo Jia's compromise was feasible, so he nodded and agreed.

"Then tell me, who should I send? Yan Rou definitely can't do it, even if you don't kill him this time, you can't let him go again! Xiahou Lan held two hats, and he killed many people from these tribes, so it was not appropriate to stay there for a long time. ”

"There's a suitable candidate, I'm afraid you're reluctant to let him go."

"What am I reluctant to do! Although the governor of Baishan is not a big official, the territory under his jurisdiction is as big as two counties, and it is still the military and political government, who I send there is who I value! ”

"That's what you said, I think Du Qi is the right person."

"Isn't Du Ji exercising with my father, it's only been half a year, isn't it too fast?"

"Du Bohou (Du Ji Zi Bohou) is already thirty-two this year, and it is the prime of life. When Gongzi boldly appointed Liu Ziqi, Xu Jingshan and others in their twenties, he didn't think they were young, right? ”

"That's right, it seems that you're younger than Liu Fang and Xu Miao, right?"

"Looks like Childe is a year younger than me, right?" Guo Jia asked Liu He a little depressed.

"Hey, hey, when I didn't say it." (To be continued......)