Fang Zhiwen's troops slowly withdrew eastward from Yuzhou and Xuzhou, boarded ships and left the Central Plains, and the war-torn land of the Central Plains finally quieted down in this early winter.

Fang Zhiwen retained Guangling City in Xuzhou, this is because of the stranger, Fang Zhiwen could not abandon the city, but he put He Qi here as the city lord, Jiang Wan was transferred back to Miyun as the second deputy director of the government secretary, Pan Zhang also became an independent army and was transferred to Langya to garrison, and Murong Fang was transferred back to Jizhou Xindu to sit in the town, as the military deputy of the state pastor.

The state of Jizhou will be placed in the center of Jizhou Xindu, which is also a decision after considering all political and military factors, the state pastor Cui Lin was in place in October, and Xindu began to form a state pastor's office, formally exercising the power of a second-level administrative body.

After taking Jizhou, counting the complete Qingzhou and Jiangdong counties, the territory actually controlled by Fang Zhiwen has occupied about one-third of the entire Han Dynasty, excluding the population of Yiren is nearly 60 million, there are hundreds of cities, the defense army is one million, the army mobile combat force is also more than 800,000, and the eight fleets of the navy have a total of 700,000 people.

But if the players are taken into account, sweeping the world is obviously not a good idea, if the players are on the opposite side, sweeping the world may be an act of looking for death, especially the attitude of the Heaven and Earth Society, Fang Zhiwen has always been very jealous, so Fang Zhiwen is not keen on the renewal of the unification of the Han Dynasty.

However, the growing Youzhou shows more aggressiveness, because its population development needs more space, which will undoubtedly become a haze in everyone's hearts, no one knows, the next time these people will attack again, no one is sure, heaven and earth will be after the end of the Battle of Yingzhou, will be against Youzhou.

All this is still unknown for the time being, in this winter, this problem may become the target of many people's thinking, but it can only stay at the level of thinking, now the strategic situation of Youzhou is too good, there is the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south, and the control of the two big rivers is in the hands of Fang Zhiwen, and it is indeed a problem to attack Fang Zhiwen.

There is also the infiltration of economy and trade, no matter how Liu Bei and Cao Cao and others are vigilant, they dare not cut off economic and trade exchanges, but the consequence of not being able to cut off is that the commercial system of Youzhou has a very serious penetration into their jurisdiction, and even many families, which are families of officials and ministers, have a close interest relationship with Youzhou.

Youzhou is a terrifying beast on the surface, but secretly it is more like a hard-working spider, weaving a huge network of interests in the entire Han Dynasty, including many superiors, rich people, and even ordinary people.

Fang Zhiwen went ashore in Qingzhou County and joined Kong Rong, and the two prepared to go to Jinan together for inspection.

Kong Rong was officially appointed as the Qingzhou pastor under Fang Zhiwen's arrangement, and at the same time, Zhu Zhi, the Yangzhou pastor, was also on the throne, and this time Wang Xiu was finally released and took on the important task of Jinan Minister.

The weather was already quite cold, Kong Rong was hiding in the carriage, and Fang Zhiwen had no choice but to talk to Kong Rong in the carriage, and there was a carbon basin lit in the carriage, which was of course much more comfortable compared to the cold wind outside.

"Zhiwen, I will no longer arrange manpower in Dongguan County and Langya County, so I will ask Zang Ba and Pan Zhang."

"Well, Zang Ba is no problem, but Pan Zhang's governance is not good, you have to send someone to govern him."

"Where do I have anybody, or you should send one1

"Are you a state pastor or am I?"

"I am, but don't I, the state minister, listen to you.1

Fang Zhiwen shook his head with a smile and said: "Okay, I'll let Wen Ruo find one, Wenju, the focus of Qingzhou should still be to the east, and the west should remain military-oriented, after all, we may have a war with Yuan Shao, but Le'an can develop it well." ”

"I know, this year's Qingzhou harvest, the financial aspect is abundant, I am ready to take advantage of the winter, the roads and water conservancy are renovated, the full-task system promoted by Wenruo is very useful, the efficiency is much higher, this winter should be able to complete the main roads."

"Well, the road is the top priority, and with a good road, we will be able to hold Qingzhou with fewer troops."

"Shou? Zhiwen, you are so modest, although I don't know much about military strategy, but I heard it from Yiren, everyone thinks that you already have the strength to sweep the world, why are you still so modest to defend it? ”

Fang Zhiwen grinned: "Wenju, sweeping the world, Ding Ge Lixin is indeed a great cause of the people, but it is precisely because this is a grand cause, so its complexity and difficulty are very high, we don't want to use strong force to reunify the Han Dynasty and finish it, I hope to create a possibility, that is, the possibility of keeping the people of the Central Plains away from the suffering of the cycle of war, if this goal cannot be achieved, then what is the point of Ding Ge?" Is it just to be famous? ”

Kong Rong glanced at Fang Zhiwen in surprise: "Since you can sweep away all the ambitious people, how can there be another war?" ”

"Who's to say it won't? When Gaozu and Guangwu were in high spirits, who would have thought that there would be today's scene? When the first emperor swept the world and thought that he would end up in the second? In these cycles, we always have to learn something, and we can't always be free from this cycle. ”

"Hehe, didn't Zhiwen deceive me into studying? According to the mainstream idea of the Xilin Academy, the so-called change of chaos is just a process of Ding Revolution, people want to move forward, from méng to civilization, and always have to overthrow the old and replace it with the new, so it is impossible to avoid the cycle of chaos. ”

"Yes, then Wenju should also see the so-called reform and evolution, right? If there is no bloodshed and less bloodshed, why not choose this method! When power and interests are not overly centralized, and when every class is free to choose its own path of development, it is not necessary to re-establish the rules by killing. ”

Kong Rong smiled, he naturally knew this theory, he just wanted to see what Fang Zhiwen's core political thought was, and now it seems that Fang Zhiwen is obviously a reformer, and he is a very steady gradual reformer, so Kong Rong is relieved.

"However, isn't Zhiwen the same as killing in the Central Plains?"

"Hehe, Wenju is knowingly asking! I would like to settle it peacefully, but I also need their consent to do so, not everyone has such a temperament. ”

"Hehe, I support you, and your ideals."

After inspecting Jinan, Fang Zhiwen crossed the river to the north to the plain, and then went to Xindu to meet Cui Lin, then turned to Zhangwu, and then returned to Miyun, Lu Bu is now officially stationed in Zhangwu, as the general reserve of Jizhou, and also the town guard force in the southeast of Youzhou, Fang Zhiwen also stopped by to see Lu Bu.

Lu Bu has already taken the family to Zhang Wu, of course, they are just here to visit relatives, they still have to go back, and Lu Bu will not always be stationed in Zhang Wu, not to mention that Lu Ling still has to study at the Military Academy.

Fang Zhiwen saw the bunch of concubines in Lu Bu's house for the first time, all kinds of concubines, everything, this Lu Bu really likes women! Similarly, his handsome appearance is also very pleasing to women.

After dinner, the two sat in the study and chatted, both of them were military generals, talking and talking about the war.

"Zhiwen, Yuan Shao is not enough to rely on, I see that his twilight is dull, his strong heart is old, and I heard the dispute between his subordinates and heirs, and his strength cannot be aligned, and this Central Plains will also be Zhiwen sooner or later."

"Hehe, it's ours."

"Okay, ours. Cao Cao is a big problem, and this time he should probably annihilate one of them to avoid future troubles. ”

"After annihilating Cao Cao, who will check and balance Liu Bei? Shall we do it ourselves? ”

"It's not a must! Liu Bei is just a few strong generals. ”

"Haha, how can it be so simple, can be unique in this troubled world, which one is not a human spirit, not to mention that Liu Bei still occupies Shuzhong, Shuzhong's geographical advantages are dangerous in the world, and it cannot be underestimated1

"Block the eastbound exit and slowly encroach on it."

"Well, but you still have to guard against Sima Fang at the same time, as well as the Inhumans in the south, they may not want to see a unified Han, or rather, compared to Cao Cao, I am more afraid of Inhumans, so I would rather let Cao Cao toss in Jingzhou to attract and divide Inhumans, rather than let Inhumans run to the opposite side of us."

"Inhuman?! Isn't this Inhuman a good partner for us? ”

"Where the interests are, if they think that reunification hurts their interests, things will be different immediately, and from what I have done with them, they prefer to split the Han for a long time."

"Why is that?" Lu Bu asked sleepily.

"Simple, Feng Xian, do you want the world to be peaceful, or is it the other way around?"

"Each has its own benefits."

"By heart1

Lu Bu thought about it seriously and said: "The world is peaceful, I have no place to use, but it can't be peaceful, to the north, to the west there is another world, didn't Zhiwen say, the world is very big1."

"I'm just asking you if you want peace in the world, or is it the other way around?"

"I don't want this to be too peaceful.1

"That's right, Inhumans think the same way, if this world is a day of peace and peace every day, Inhumans must find it boring, they pursue battles, pursue thorns, and pursue the unknown, so ah, it can't be peaceful."

"But at our rate, Jizhou will soon be insufficient, right?"

"No, at least it's enough for a few years, and then the development of the north side is more mature, and you can turn to the north and west, to be honest, I really don't have much interest in the Central Plains, unless there is no one there."

"No one wants it? Will it? ”

"Why not, isn't Henan Yin a place where you don't care about it now."

Lu Bu smiled bitterly, Henan Yin is really in this situation, the world is really weird! In the past, the heartland of the Han Dynasty is now a blank space that no one wants.

Lu Bu shook his head, and suddenly said with a feeling: "Didn't Zhiwen fall in love with this place, right?" "To be continued ...