Fang Zhiwen grinned and exchanged a smug look with Taishi Zhaorong, who returned a smile with a little pride and joy.

"Take control of the army of the Jingxiang clan! Hehe, this is more difficult, and there is no need, so we just need to let the generals of the army have a good impression of us, and when necessary, they can lean towards our position, to be honest, we don't have any specific plans for the Jingxiang area, even if it is a commercial interest, it is also based on a win-win situation, so there is no need to imagine us as a malicious outsider. ”

Tai Shici nodded, indicating that he understood what Fang Zhiwen wanted to express, this is very important, it will be the guiding ideology of his actions in the Jingxiang area in the future, don't be mistaken.

Fang Zhiwen pointed to the map: "The Jingxiang area is located in the center of the Han Dynasty, it is the land of the four wars, but at the same time, it is also the land of the four invasions, it is not an exaggeration to say that it controls the fate of the entire Han Dynasty, so it cannot be occupied by a certain political group here, a divided and stable Jingzhou is the Jingzhou we need, otherwise the unification of Jingzhou will be difficult for the neighbors, and it will definitely lead to the Central Plains War, and even promote the unification war, which is not what we need." ”

Tai Shici glanced at Fang Zhiwen strangely: "Big brother, what's wrong with promoting the unification war?" At least it can give the world a stable hope, wouldn't it be better for the Han Dynasty to split and divide the country? ”

"Hehe, I won't answer you directly to this question, please look at it with your own eyes, but what I just said is to promote a united war. It is not said that the war of reunification can be completed, the so-called great harmony of the world. It can only appear when everyone in the world has a common desire, and now there is no basis for integration between several interest groups, ordinary people and strangers in the Han Dynasty, or it will never exist, am I right or not, Ziyi sees it with his own eyes, judges it with his own head, and then you will answer this question yourself. ”

Fang Zhiwen had a smile on his face, and seemed to be very confident in what conclusions Tai Shici could get. But Tai Shi Ci himself has no bottom at all, but even so, Tai Shi Ci will also firmly carry out the task assigned to him by Fang Zhiwen, because Fang Zhiwen and him are a family! How can you harm yourself!?

"I see. Eldest brother. So. My goal in going to Jingzhou is to protect the stability of the Jingxiang clan, balance the relationship between the various forces in Jingzhou, and keep Jingzhou in a divided but relatively stable state. ”

"Yes. That is, the state of limited war, so that they develop in competition, and not decline in competition. ”

This statement is obviously beyond Tai Shici's ability to understand, because it involves more economic factors, and in fact, the root of war is politics. What about the fundamentals of politics? In fact, it is an economic factor, and in the final analysis, it is profit and survival! Again, this is not a race-religious war. It is a big melee caused by the collision of their respective interests.

"Growing in competition?"

"I don't understand, so I specially called Zi Tailai, Zi Tai, to tell Zi Yi about the relationship between economy and politics and war."

Fang Zhiwen smiled proudly, Tai Shici looked at Tian Chou suspiciously, Tian Chou straightened his waist, looking like a teacher, looking very solemn.

"Ahem, General Taishi, you also know that our Miyun has been in almost constant war over the years, so do you think that our overall wealth, excluding population, region, etc., is purely usable wealth, has risen or fallen?"

Tai Shi Ci blinked his eyes and replied with little certainty: "Go up!" Because the fighting is basically fought outside our territory, our own economy has hardly been damaged, and our military expenditures should not be very heavy under the compensation of war dividends, so the economy should not be bad. ”

"Hehe, in fact, it's not the same thing at all, in the war, we generally choose to give up floating wealth and choose the population, therefore, the war dividend is wrong to make up for anything, on the contrary, we also need to pay a lot of money, food and materials for the resettlement of a large number of people, therefore, the war is a pure expenditure for our officials."

"Huh!?" Tai Shi Ci was stunned, so to say this, wouldn't it be a big loss, but judging from Miyun's use of money and increasing troops, it doesn't seem to be bad money!?

"However, General Taishi, you should pay attention to the fact that our expenses are paid to our people and merchants in Miyun, and this money will accelerate the construction of our territory, and a large part of it will be recovered from commercial taxes and rents, and the other part will come from the incremental economy brought about by the increase in population, so we are not losing money, on the contrary, we have also made some money, because we also provide materials for wars in other places."

"Wait, I understand, if the war is sustained by buying supplies from the outside, then it will become weaker and weaker, on the contrary, it may be regarded as a large industry, as long as the scale of the war is properly controlled, it is possible to promote economic development in turn, right?"

"Basically, but this so-called control is extremely difficult, once it gets out of control, it will slide into the abyss of war, so it is an extremely dangerous thing to use war to promote the economy, but many people will enjoy playing this game. Now that the war has happened, and it will not end with our will, then we must do everything we can to control the war and put it in a cage, which is the ultimate purpose of the lord sending you to Jingzhou. ”

Tai Shi Ci sighed, until today, he has not seen some of the true faces of this world clearly from such a height, he can't imagine that behind the wars, there are such intricate things, and this is only one aspect of the war, there may be more internal factors that promote the development of the war, and then think about what Fang Zhiwen said just now to let yourself see the truth of the world clearly, it is really a difficult task!

"Hehe, Ziyi don't worry, this is not your business alone, but the whole world's business, and most importantly, you still have our companions1

Fang Zhiwen smiled and comforted the somewhat lost Tai Shici, this general and uncle who likes to think blindly are sometimes a little emotional!

"Hehe, it's okay, but I feel a little emotional, behind many of the things I am used to, there are surprising things hidden 1

"Well, well, that's basically it, that's why Zhuangzi said: The Tao is in the dung, hehe."

"My lord, did Zhuangzi say so?"

"Definitely! I listened to what Lin Lao said, I don't believe you to ask him 1

Tai Shici glanced at the two of them who were talking nonsense, and a comfortable smile appeared on his face, he was indeed very lucky to have such a companion.

"Big brother, let's discuss this issue later, let's talk about my trip to Jingzhou."

"Well, you are going to Jingzhou on behalf of our Miyun, so your identity is very important, my eldest brother, hehe."

"Big brother, continue to talk 1

"Uh, I'm not kidding, it's because of your identity that it shows that we attach importance and intimacy to the Jingxiang clan, understand?"

"Understand, first of all, to show sincerity to the Jingxiang clan, this is the convenience that my identity brings, and then help them train the army? Strengthen the military, but not meddle in local affairs and contradictions? ”

"Well, that's right, Ziyi must now understand the role of your guard, that is, as a training regiment and also your powerful guard, in wartime, you can use this guard as a general system to control a larger army, and in peacetime as your assistant and guardian. As for local affairs, try not to worry about it, because things between the clans are also very troublesome, of course, being a peacemaker is a must, and we need the Jingxiang clan to be united, not a mess. ”

Tai Shi Ci nodded in understanding, Fang Zhiwen's eyes lit up and continued: "Of course, compared to these tasks, they have to be placed in the second place, and the first one is that you have to dig two talents for me."

"Huh? １

"Don't be so surprised, according to Xueyin's intelligence, there are several quite outstanding military talents in the Xiangyang or Jiangxia army, and they are still in a very low-level position, so you have to find a way to dig them out for me, and then envelop them in our Miyun! That's the most important part of the mission1

Tai Shi Ci was stunned for a while, and then he understood what Fang Zhiwen was going to say, after talking for a long time, it turned out that the first thing was to poach, what to help the Jingxiang clan train the army, what to help the Jingxiang clan resist strong enemies, it seemed that they were all paving the way for this, what is the core of this mission, and now even Tai Shici can't figure it out.

Fang Zhiwen and Tian Chou looked at Tai Shi Ci with a confused look with great interest, while Tai Shi Zhaorong glanced at her husband angrily and said, "Cousin, the focus is on the situation in Jingzhou, poaching is also a very important matter, and the two are not in conflict. ”

Tai Shi Ci suddenly realized that the eldest brother was deliberately using vague words to interfere with his thinking just now, this eldest brother is really bad! Playing tricks on yourself at this time! However, Tai Shici also understands that this is because the eldest brother cares about those talents very much, so he intends to deepen his impression! I'm afraid that I will ignore this matter.

"Big brother, do you know their situation? Like a name or something. ”

"I know, a man named Huang Zhong, the word Hansheng, the bow and horse are skilled and brave, it is a character who can be with Zilong and Feng Xianpo, and now he should be in the Jingxiang army, but it is not very clear where he is, he has a son Huang Xu, this son is sick and has the appearance of early death, you can send Miyun for treatment, even if it doesn't work, we still have a stand-in talisman, your task is to get this family to Miyun."

"Understood1

"There is another one, Wei Yan, who has a long character, and his kung fu is not weaker than Ziyi, he is a capable person who is in charge of himself, and this person is more utilitarian, so promotion is his weakness. At the moment, this person should also be in the army, but I don't know where for the time being, and this person is easy to get by with his kindness and official position. ”

Tai Shi Ci nodded vigorously, Fang Zhiwen was so solemn, and his evaluation of these two people was so high, it was obviously a little surprising to Tai Shi Ci, he couldn't imagine that there were such talents in Jing Xiang's army, but they couldn't be reused, otherwise why would he have to go south to help! q！ ~！