After talking for more than an hour, Xinghu caused Huai to gesture with his bare hands. When I was too shy to talk and tasteless, I realized that I had been talking for more than an hour.

I only heard Zhang Xiu ask Jiang Xudao: "Bo Yi is a martial artist, why not serve the court." ”

Zhang Xiu's intention to solicit Jiang Xu naturally heard it, Zhang Xiu was quite moved at the beginning when he saw the wilting Xu, and then his brows furrowed, obviously struggling in his heart, but finally he said: "The general is kind enough to understand, but this matter is very important, and Xu has to ask his cousin what he means." ”

Ma heard it and said angrily: "Jiang Xu." The lord appreciates that you have been recruited by you, so why he has spoken and excused. My father recruited you. And thou hast put thy word upon my Father. Now he is using this word to push the lord. Do you really have the courage to be a bully? Come on, come on, and fight with my horse to see who is the true hero. ”

Jiang Xu heard it and hurriedly said: "General Ma, this is not what Xu meant."

When Ma heard this, he shouted: "If you don't mean this, why do you want to push the lord?"

Zhang Xiu saw that he was about to make a move, and hurriedly shouted: "Meng Qi must not be rude!" ”

And just as Zhang Xiu said this, a young and calm voice outside the door said: "When did my cousin say that he would not serve the general?" ”

Jiang Xu heard this, turned his head in surprise and said, "Cousin? ”

Zhang Xiu looked for prestige and saw a young scribe about twenty years old walking in from outside the hall. I saw that it was dusty, and it should have returned from a long trip. Just as Zhang Xiu was about to speak, the young scribe over there had already walked in, saluted Zhang Xiu, and said, "Yang Fu, a grass man." I've seen the Fat Cavalry General. Seeing this, Zhang Xiu hurriedly said, "No need to be polite." ”

Jiang Xu walked up to Yang Fu at this time and asked, "Cousin, what you just said is true?"

Yang Zhuo nodded and said, "Since the general appreciates his cousin, why don't his cousins join the general." Build a meritorious career, and also glorify the ancestors. ”

Jiang Xu listened, nodded, and then said to Zhang Xiu: "Xu is willing to serve the general." ”

At this time, Ma pointed at Yang Zhuo and said, "Yang Zhuo." What do you mean by this, when my father recruited you, you didn't work for it, and you weren't allowed to do it, but you looked down on my Ma family? ”

Yang Fu snorted lightly and said, "Ma, if you talk like this, be careful not to die well in the future." ”

Ma heard it and scolded: "Yang Fu, I don't want you to be so vicious. ”

At this time, Zhang Xiu said meaningfully: "Meng Qi is just a quick talker, but this is too good." ”

Yang Fu looked at Zhang Xiu quite differently, and when he saw that he looked sincere, not like a fake, he praised: "The general is really as rumored, generous and magnanimous. Zhuo admired. ”

Seeing that Ma wanted to scold again, Zhang Xiu hurriedly stopped him and asked Yang Zhuo: "Ben will also want to know." Why didn't Yishan let Bo Yi serve Shoucheng in the first place. ”

Yang Fu chuckled lightly and said, "Ma Shoucheng is not the master, and my cousin can't make contributions with him." ”

Ma heard this, pointed at Yang Fu and said angrily: "Ga..."

Before he finished speaking, Yang Zhuo said: "It's useless for you to be angry, Zhuo has always been so straightforward when he speaks." Doesn't the current result speak for itself? Your horse is brave and good at fighting, and your father was born poor, and he is kind to the people, but his character and ability determine that he cannot become a master. Now he is under the command of a general, and he is an official and a general, which is the best result. ”

In the end, Yang Fu spoke sincerely, as Yang Fu said, in fact, their Ma family was defeated. Ma couldn't argue anything, but opened his mouth.

In order not to embarrass the horse, Zhang Xiu patted him on the shoulder, motioned for him to sit down, and then made a gesture of invitation to Yang Fu, after everyone sat down. Zhang Xiu asked: "Since Yishan thinks that Shoucheng is not the master, what do you think will be?" Yishan might as well say it directly.

Yang Fu smiled slightly and said: "The general is based on Guanzhong, and he is invincible first with four stuffs in his hand. Wanluo, Hedong and Hanzhong are the outposts, whether it is attacking Hebei and Bingzhou in the north, or going out of the Central Plains in the east, or taking Jingyi in the south, the generals are all taking the initiative, and the Kwantung princes are still in the melee at this time, so the generals are expected to achieve hegemony."

Jiang Xu heard it and said curiously: "How can my cousin say that it is promising?" ”

Seeing Zhang Xiu, he also looked very interested. Yang Zhuo said: "Although the general is invincible first, there are still three difficulties in achieving hegemony. ”

Zhang Xiu heard it and asked, "Three difficulties?" ”

Yang Fu nodded and smiled: "The first difficulty is the family, there are families in all states in the Kanto region, and the government of the great general." There is little need to rely on the families, the imperial examination system has been in place for several years, and these families have already seen many of them. The general wants to take the world, and the family is the biggest obstacle. Even if the world is leveled by force, the family cannot be convinced, and the world cannot last long. ”

After a pause, Yang Zhuo continued: "The second difficulty is the border trouble, there are a large number of Qiang and Di people living in the land of Liangzhou, as well as a small number of Xianbei and Xiongnu people, if you can't let these foreigners be convinced one by one. I'm afraid that whenever the general sends troops to Kanto, these foreign clans will collude in rebellion, and it will be difficult for the general to calm the world. ”

Zhang Xiu saw that Yang Zhuo said that he was in a dilemma, so he didn't say it. "What is the third difficulty?" ”

Yang Fu didn't answer and asked: "The general thinks that he should take the border trouble first or take the Kwantung first while the Kwantung princes are in the melee?" ”

Zhang Xiu replied without thinking about it: "Side trouble." ”

After Yang Zhuo heard this, the corners of his mouth curled, and he said with a smile: "The general is really wise, if he does the opposite, he will take Kanto first." No matter how peaceful the border troubles, there will only be the worries of the family inside, and the troubles of the Hu clan outside. ”

Zhang Xiu asked, "Yishan hasn't said the third difficulty yet?" ”

Yang Fu said: "Since the general is ready to calm the border trouble first, I am only afraid that the Kwantung princes have decided the winner during this time, then he is the third difficulty of the general." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu said with a smile: "Since Yishan has proposed the three difficulties, there must be a solution, right?" ”

Yang Fu laughed and said, "The general is wise. In fact, the general already has a solution to this first difficulty, but this method cannot be matched with the family for countless decades. ”

Zhang Xiu asked: "What Yishan said is the imperial examination?" ”

Yang Fu replied: "Yes, since the family is afraid of it, it naturally knows that the imperial examination is a fundamental blow to it, and there are decades of work to make the imperial examination unfold, which can compete with the family, and the general will cooperate with it to use force, and the family can be eliminated in one fell swoop, which is difficult to solve." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Xiu nodded and asked, "Yishan, what about the second difficulty?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Xiu was a little anxious, Yang Fu replied with a smile: "The general is here to find Zhuo for this question, right?" ”

Zhang Xiu smiled: "But it can't be hidden."

Yang Fu said: "The northwest disaster is the most powerful for the Qiang people, so if you want to calm the border disaster, you must first calm the Qiang people." There are contradictions between the Qiang people, and from the point of view of Fu, the Qiang should be governed by the Qiang, and the general will be supplemented by force to calm the Qiang people with the power of thunder. As long as the Qiang people are flat; The Di people were not as strong as the Qiang people, and they were shocked by the generals' soldiers, and they did not dare to disagree.

This is Wei, coupled with the general's current policy in Liangzhou, both the Han and Qiang people are convinced. That's good. Under the combination of grace and power, the Qiang people will be convinced. And the general also educated the Qiang and Di people, and it only took a few generations, and the Qiang and Di Hu people were no different from our Han people. ”

Zhang Xiu listened and couldn't help nodding. In fact, it was only when I came to this that I quietly learned that the difference between Han and Hu is not based on blood, but on education. In layman's terms, it is culture. In fact, this difference between Han and Hu was passed down from the pre-Qin period, and all the countries in the Central Plains regarded the Chu State as a barbarian during the Spring and Autumn Period, but after the Warring States Period. The state of Chu absorbed the culture of the Central Plains. It is already completely different from the Chu State in the Spring and Autumn Period in terms of culture, but it is not much different from the Central Plains States, so the princes of the Central Plains no longer regard the Chu people as barbarians and the Chu land as barbarian land during the Warring States Period.

In the same way, many Xiongnu people in the first Han and later Han periods were attached to the Han court, and many of the Xiongnu who integrated into the Central Plains no longer retained their customs after Sinicization, but were no different from the ordinary Han people, these people were Xiongnu in terms of blood, but in fact, the Han people had recognized them as their own compatriots. And why the Xianbei people, who were once powerful in history, disappeared in the records of history, in fact, it was not that they were exterminated, but after more than 100 years of sinicization of the whole clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei people have been completely integrated into the Han people, which is the assimilation of higher civilization to lower civilization.

The theory of blood between Han and Hu actually appeared after the Song Dynasty, due to the repeated invasion of the Hu people in the north, the Central Plains people hated it to the core. Therefore, it is no longer based on culture, but on blood. Especially after the Mongols destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, this Han-Hu distinction was particularly obvious, because the Yuan Dynasty was graded by blood, so that the Hanhu hierarchy by blood continued until the Qing Dynasty reached a peak again after entering the customs.

However, now Zhang Xiu's era is the end of the Han Dynasty, not the era of the Han Hu by blood, according to Yang Fu, to deal with Qiang and Di is to first deter by force, and then use the Central Plains culture to educate them, and after a few generations to achieve the purpose of assimilation. Zhang Xiu himself also agrees that it is impossible to deal with these Hu tribes by slaughter, unless they are really killed to extermination, otherwise the hatred between the two tribes will never be resolved. If they are slaughtered to the point of extinction. First of all, a lot of manpower and material resources must be wasted, and it can only be done as long as the manpower and material resources of the whole country are poured in. And after killing a clan, there will be a second Hu clan to emerge, in history the Xiongnu exterminated Xianbei, Xianbei did not have the Turks, and the Turks went and there were Khitan, Jurchen, Mongolia and other tribes, which can be said to be inexhaustible. In this case, it is better to use the method of assimilation.

Historically, the Han and Hu people also took the road of assimilation, but in history, more of the Hu people automatically chose to sinicize, and now that Zhang Xiu is here, the road of sinicization of the Hu people remains unchanged, but the initiative must be in the hands of the Han people, so that the Han people and the surrounding Hu people can move towards a higher civilization together. This is not discrimination, but rather the high level of culture of the Han people determines that the Han people will be in a leading position.

I only heard Zhang Xiu ask: "What does Yishan mean by using Qiang to govern Qiang?" And if you want to calm the Qiang, I am afraid that it will provoke the Xianbei and Xiongnu and other Hu tribes in the north, which must be guarded against. ”

Yang Fu smiled slightly, and said: "What Fu said about using Qiang to govern Qiang is an excuse not to send troops to Xianbei and the Xiongnu, of course, the Hu people have no faith, and they still need strong force to deter the Hu people." But to rule Qiang with Qiang, at least let Xianbei and the Xiongnu not get the righteousness. And the general can get the name of righteousness

Zhang Xiuqi said: "What Yishan said is how to govern Qiang with Qiang?

Yang Zhuo replied: "Twelve of the strongest thirty-six Qiang tribes have already taken refuge in the general, as long as the Qiang warriors are selected from these twelve Qiang tribes to form an army, and the conquest will be carried out in the name of unifying the Qiang tribes." This army was used against the Qiang. And the general can send troops to crusade against Han Sui, and then Liangzhou can be pacified in one fell swoop. ”

When Zhang Xiu heard this, he frowned and said: "There are only twelve of the thirty-six Qiang people who serve the generals, so will it be too difficult to combine the rest of the small departments with this twelve to conquer the rest of the departments?" Besides, who can lead this army, there are many warriors among the Qiang people, but there are not many people who know the art of war, if this army is defeated, it will be even more difficult to get rid of the border troubles. ”

Yang Fu heard this, and laughed: "Why should the general worry, among the Qiang troops who have taken refuge in the general, the two Qiang tribes of Shenwolf Qiang and Baima Qiang are the most powerful, if these two departments agree to send troops, the general can stand up to tens of thousands of Qiang soldiers." And the rest of the Qiang tribe is not united. Many Qiang tribes can be co-opted in the name of Wolf Qiang and Baima Qiang, and Lingqiang and others will start from Beigong Boyu first. After repeated expeditions from Fu Sui to no avail, the loss of the army and the general, the force is not as good as before, there are 12 Qiang troops plus the main army to provide appropriate assistance, it is not impossible to unify the Qiang department, and Fu again recommended a general, which has the courage of ten thousand people, the warriors among the Qiang people are not the enemy of their unity, there is this general to lead the troops, the unity of the Qiang Department should have ninety percent certainty

Zhang Xiu heard it and was surprised: "There is such a general?" Who is he? Among them, Zhang Xiu has guessed that Yang Fu's ninety percent certainty is no different from ten percent, but people in this era don't like to speak full. Therefore, Yang Fu only said ninety percent. And the most surprising thing for Zhang Xiu was naturally the general.

Yang Fu was surprised when he saw Zhang Xiu, and said with a slight smile: "Doesn't the general smell that the sky is far away and close in front of him." With that, he looked at the horse.

Zhang Xiu followed Yang Fu's gaze and said in slight surprise: "Meng Qi? ”

Yang Fu nodded and said: "Yes, General Ma's mother clan is Baimaqiang, and General Ma's divine power is only afraid that no one can defeat the entire Liangzhou, and it is naturally best to take General Ma in command and lead the troops to level Qiang." ”

Zhang Xiu heard this and looked at the horse with some confusion. asked, "Meng Qi, is this feasible?"

Ma nodded and said, "Yes." The people of the two tribes of Baimaqiang and Shenluoqiang are all acquainted. They are also very convinced, if they lead the army to calm down, it will be fine. After speaking, he smiled at Yang Fu and thanked him for recommending himself. The unpleasantness between the two of them before is gone. Zhang Xiu heard this, nodded heavily and said: "What Yishan said is reasonable, since this is the case, after the general has finished discussing with several leaders such as Shenluo Qiang and Baimaqiang, he will let Meng Qi take command and lead the troops to Pingqiang." ”

Yang Fu made a gesture of waiting. interjected: "Fu thought that before Pingqiang, General Ma could lead the troops under the rule of General Ping, and the people in the reign of General Ping Yi Xunshu were not the same as the body clams