Chapter 444: Thirty Miles Out
Guan Gong and Zhuge Liang took a cadre of civil and military officials from Jingzhou and went out of the city thirty miles to greet the emperor. Liu Hou got out of the car and exchanged a few words with them, said that the second uncle and the prime minister had worked hard, and invited them to board his carriage and go back to the city together.
Liu Hou's carriage was wide enough, originally only he and Guan Yinping rode it, but now that there are more Guan Gong and Zhuge Liang, they don't feel crowded at all. From here all the way to Jingzhou City, the official road has been paved with cement roads, and the carriage walks on it very smoothly.
The palace maid who was waiting for Liu Hou brought fragrant tea, and several people chatted while drinking tea. Guan Gong and Guan Yinping's father and daughter haven't seen each other for a long time, and the two sat aside and talked about family affairs. Liu Hou and Zhuge Liang talked about political affairs.
Revoke the status of the capital of Chengdu and temporarily move the administrative center to Xuchang, during which there are many things involved, and all aspects of things are complicated and tricky.
It is precisely because of Zhuge Liang who handles all aspects of things in an orderly manner that Liu Hou basically doesn't have to worry much. Of course, this is also related to Liu Hou's decentralization of Zhuge Liang. The current Liu Hou's delegation of power to Zhuge Liang is almost no less than that of Liu Chan to Zhuge Liang in history.
Zhuge Liang in history almost controlled the political affairs of Shu, and almost everything in the court was decided by him, and it was not too much to say that Liu Chan was a puppet emperor. And now, Liu Hou has entrusted almost all the political affairs of Shu to Zhuge Liang, and he is just concentrating on the war.
Unlike history, the military was also managed by Zhuge Liang in history, and he grasped both military and political affairs, and almost all the heavy affairs of the whole country and the whole army were pressed on him alone, how tired should he be? This also caused him to become ill from overwork when he was only in his early fifties, and he died of exhaustion on the way to the expedition.
Now Zhuge Liang is only in charge of political affairs and logistics, and basically does not care much about the military, the burden on his body is much lighter, and his physical condition is much better than in history. Now he is in his forties, and he is in the prime of life.
When people reach middle age, knowledge is still accumulating and growing, experience is becoming richer, psychological ability continues to grow, although physical strength and physiological functions are gradually declining, but they are not declining too much, and they can still maintain more vigorous ~ sheng energy, so many people's careers are in middle age to achieve good results.
Since Liu Hou promoted Tai Chi and Wufowl Opera, many officials in Shu have practiced these two health exercises, and Zhuge Liang is no exception, so everyone's physical fitness has been well improved.
In fact, for important court ministers like Zhuge Liang, Liu Hou paid special attention to their physical condition. He once personally organized a health maintenance exercise workshop, forced Zhuge Liang and other important ministers to gather, let Zuo Ci and Hua Tuo personally teach them to learn those two health exercises, and personally wrote a banner for them "Health is the capital of national rejuvenation" and hung it on the workshop to encourage them.
Seeing that the emperor attached so much importance to his physical health, all the ministers were very moved, and they all said that they would definitely exercise well and contribute more to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, even Zhuge Liang, who has a lot of opportunities, squeezes out a little time every day to practice these two exercises.
Now Zhuge Liang is in good health, painless and disease-free, and can eat two bowls of rice at every meal. Looking at Zhuge Liang, who was talking eloquently there, Liu Hou was very emotional, he didn't have to die after doing his best, I hope you can live a little longer in this life, and serve the Han and me for a few more years.
After Zhuge Liang talked about the completion of the migration of the capital, the thirty-mile road also arrived, and the common words of Guan Gong and his daughter were almost finished, Liu Hou called Guan Gong and Zhuge Liang, and at the same time asked people to call Sima Yi and the "three stinkers" as well, and several people found a study in Jingzhou Mansion and began to talk about business.
Liu Hou's main purpose here is to deal with Eastern Wu, so as soon as he came up, Liu Hou directly asked Yu Zhuge Liang: "At present, the fall of Wei is imminent, can the prime minister have a clever plan to deal with Eastern Wu?" ”
Although Zhuge Liang has not presided over the military for a long time, it does not mean that he is not proficient in military affairs, in fact, he is still a first-class military advisor in the world, and his attainments in tactics, strategies, and the art of war have reached the highest level in the world.
Before Liu Hou threw him in Chengdu to deal with political affairs, many people thought he was wasting talents. However, Liu Hou had no choice, because he had to personally preside over the war, and Shu lacked top internal affairs talents, and a famous big man guarded Chengdu, so he could only let Zhuge Liang take the top.
Now that Zhuge Liang is here, of course Liu Hou has to consult him first. Zhuge Liang was not ambiguous, and immediately began to talk eloquently, just like he had with Liu Bei Longzhong back then.
"The northerners are good at riding and shooting, the southerners are good at boats, Dongwu is located in the south of the Yangtze River, the river network is dense, there are many lakes, not to mention the Yunmengze across several state capitals, so if you want to break the Dongwu, you must first establish a strong naval army.
Yunmengze is vast, the area is vast and boundless, and there are countless small islands that can hide people in Ze, there are reefs, lotus, lotus, ridges and other aquatic plants, which makes the terrain in Ze extremely complex.
And because these aquatic plants are constantly changing, the terrain can change at any time. Therefore, even with locals leading the way, it is not easy to find the enemy who has infiltrated it.
Once the Dongwu people are defeated by our army, with their large number of ships, they escape into Yunmengze and become a rogue, and there will be endless troubles. Yun Mengze communicates with several states, and there are dozens of prefectures and counties involved along the coast, and bandits hiding in Yunmengze can come out at any time to harass these prefectures and counties, and when they encounter officers and soldiers who suppress bandits, they can hide back to Yunmengze at any time.
As a result, dozens of prefectures and counties along the coast of Yunmengze will be devastated. Therefore, if we want to break the state of Wu, we have to consider this issue first. And to solve this problem, it is fundamentally necessary to have a strong water army. As long as our navy is stronger than Wu, we don't have to worry about Wu's warships raging the Jiangnan water network, and we don't have to worry about them harming Yun Mengze. ”
"Well, what the prime minister said is very true." Liu Hou nodded and agreed. In fact, Liu Hou has long known this, and his powerful staff team has long analyzed it. Not only did his staff team analyze it, but the "CIA" personnel lurking in Jianye also found out the news, and some officials of the Eastern Wu Imperial Court put forward this point of view early in the morning, and the imperial court also adopted this proposal and made some preparations for it.
This is also the main reason why he had already beaten Eastern Wu to the point of being half-crippled, but he was reluctant to launch a war to destroy Wu, and instead turned north to destroy Wei. Before he was sure of solving this problem, he didn't plan to move the state of Wu. And he came to Jingzhou this time to find a way to solve this thorny problem. Moreover, compared to Zhuge Liang, who only considered the dense water network and Yunmengze in the south of the Yangtze River, Liu Hou thought more.
He also took into account the many islands in the East China Sea, including the island of Taiwan, after all, at this time, there were already people living in Yizhou (Taiwan Island), which was very close to Jianye, and after the fall of the mainland regime, it was also a good choice to flee there to survive.
Although Zhuge Liang has unparalleled wisdom, after all, his knowledge is limited to this era, and he doesn't know much about overseas affairs, so he can't think of this, Liu Hou has seen a living example in later generations, so as soon as the General Staff said that the Eastern Wu regime might hide in Yunmengze, he thought of this possibility.