Jiang Wei is not very good at this kind of politics, and plans to go back and ask Yang Yi alone, Yang Yi has been up and down several times, and he should have a lot more ways than himself.

So Jiang Wei smiled and said to Fei Yi: "This matter is easy, when the ice and snow melt next year, I will arrange it." ”

Fei Yi nodded, and said with a smile: "Boyo, Your Majesty also asked you whether the Northern Expedition will be launched next spring?" ”

Jiang Wei asked Fei Yi rhetorically: "I don't know what Your Majesty and Jiang Gongyan think of this matter?" ”

Fei Yi sighed and said, "Your Majesty and Brother Gongyan are very controversial in this matter. Brother Gongyan thinks that the national strength of my Han is still weak and needs to be accumulated; However, His Majesty believes that our Han has recovered Liangzhou, and the national strength is thriving, and the Northern Expedition should be advanced. Gongyan saw that His Majesty was determined, so he dragged it out and asked Boyo for your opinion. ”

Jiang Wei thought for a while and said: "Brother Wen Wei, as the so-called one time and another, I didn't advocate the Northern Expedition immediately, it was indeed because of the weakness of the national strength, but now, my Han Dynasty has been greatly improved in terms of land, population, wealth, and national strength, so I also think that the Northern Expedition is the right time." ”

When Fei Yi heard that Jiang Wei was so active in the Northern Expedition, he originally thought that Jiang Wei would agree with Jiang Wan and continue to reserve national strength, but Jiang Wei stood on the side of Emperor Liu Chan this time and advocated a comprehensive Northern Expedition, so he was a little disappointed.

"Boyo, the Northern Expedition is very important, do you have a perfect plan?"

Jiang Wei smiled and said, "Wen Wei, how can there be a complete strategy for this conquest?" Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Sun Quan's 100,000-strong army went north to Cao Wei, and was not killed by Zhang Liao with a weak force and lost his armor? Once a war starts, no one can control the course and outcome, and all we can do for our generals is to do our best. ”

Fei Yi's consistent advocacy is to recuperate, but now that Jiang Wei and Liu Chan have the same opinion, he can no longer expect Jiang Wei to help him persuade Liu Chan, so he had to sigh:

"Hey, okay, since Boyo and His Majesty have the same opinion, then when I return to Chengdu to resume my life, I will tell you the truth."

Jiang Wei saw Fei Yi's melancholy face, so he said to Fei Yi:

"Wen Wei doesn't have to be too worried, this Northern Expedition, my Liangzhou Thorn Mansion has made sufficient preparations, not only harvested a large amount of grain and grass in the autumn harvest, but also Changshi Yang Yi also purchased a large number of grain and grass, and now the stock of my Liangzhou Thorn Mansion has exceeded one million stones, which is enough to support my Yongliang army for a year, and there is no need to find Chengdu to ask for grain."

"What? Liangzhou has already stockpiled millions of stones? Fei Yi was shocked, he couldn't imagine that Liangzhou would have such a large scale of military rations, and the military ration problem that he was most worried about before would be solved.

Fei Yi had accompanied Zhuge Liang on the Northern Expedition several times, and every time he encountered the problem of insufficient military food, which led to the failure of the Northern Expedition. Even Li Yan, the important minister of Tuogu, was demoted to a civilian because of the poor supply of military rations, which shows how serious the constraints of the Shu Dao Difficulty are on the military rations of the Shu army.

Now that this problem has been solved by Jiang Wei, Fei Yi suddenly has a feeling of brightness in his eyes, and his thinking has suddenly opened, since the soldiers are full of food, why can't they go north to the Central Plains and prosper the Han?

Seeing Fei Yi looking at himself excitedly, Jiang Wei smiled and asked, "Wen Wei, what's wrong with you?" ”

Fei Yi held Jiang Wei's hand tightly and said: "Boyo, you really deserve to be the prime minister's descendant disciple, in a short period of time, not only did you conquer Liangzhou, but also ran Liangzhou so well, now the Liangzhou soldiers are full of food, I also support your Northern Expedition, you can rest assured, after returning to Chengdu, I will persuade Jiang Gongyan to fully support your Northern Expedition." ”

Jiang Wei also said to Fei Yi with a firm gaze: "With Wenwei's words, I am relieved, the Northern Expedition is related to the national fortune of the Han Dynasty, and it is necessary to unite at home and abroad to succeed." Now that there is the support of Brother Gongyan and Brother Wen Wei in the court, I am more confident when I am fighting outside! ”

So Jiang Wei raised his glass and invited Fei Yi to drink together, Fei Yi did not hesitate, raised his glass and drank a full cup with Jiang Wei.

After the banquet, Jiang Wei met with Yang Yi alone and asked him about how to resolve the matter that Liu Chan wanted for all nations to come to court? It can not only satisfy Liu Chan's wish to come to the court, but also not make the Han suffer, and at the same time, it must not lose the bearing of the Han.

After hearing this, Yang Yi also felt that it was not easy to get the best of both worlds, frowning and thinking for a long time, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said to Jiang Wei:

"I have an idea, I wonder if it's the right one?"

"Yang Changshi, come and listen." Jiang Wei said with some joy.

"In the past, if the Han Dynasty had a state offering, it would often reward gold and silk ten times and a hundred times, from the perspective of accounting, it was indeed a great loss, but at that time, the Han Dynasty was prosperous and rich in the world, and it was not bad for this money. Now that the great man is poor and weak, he can no longer be so extravagant, so I suggest that the reward should not be made with gold and silk. ”

"Oh? If you don't use gold satin, what is it for? ”

"When the general was in the Western Regions, he used the Qilin Army armor to reward the countries of the Western Regions, and after the countries got the armor, they were overjoyed, if they got the treasure, it can be seen that the countries of the Western Regions could not make such armor, and this Qilin Army armor could be used to reward countries."

Jiang Wei nodded, the cost of the Qilin Army armor is actually not high, but the effect of rewarding it is even more than gold satin to make the countries of the Western Regions happy.

"In addition, the two exclusive products produced by the immortal residence under the general's name, perfume and soap, are very valuable in Chengdu, and if they are rewarded to the countries of the Western Regions, they will definitely become rare things that are difficult to buy, and the effect may be no less than that of gold and silk for reward."

Jiang Wei thought about it and felt that what Yang Yi said was very reasonable.

"In addition, you can also reward some opportunities to enter the school, the countries of the Western Regions admire my Central Plains culture, and my Han can also set up a school palace to divide a few enrollment places for these small princes and nobles, so that they can send their children to Chengdu to enroll, so that these small countries can not only be grateful to the Han, but also influence these princes and grandchildren, so that they can admire the Celestial Dynasty and gradually sinicize."

After listening to Yang Yi's words, Jiang Wei couldn't help but clap his eyes.

"Wonderful! Yang Changshi is worthy of being a genius, these tricks really don't cost much, but they make the countries of the Western Regions more grateful to my Celestial Empire, it's really a wonderful idea! ”

Jiang Wei praised Yang Yi fiercely. Yang Yi modestly said:

"It is an honor for the subordinate to share the worries of the general."

Then he said to Jiang Wei with a sad face: "General, after listening to the holy decree today, the subordinate has a sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not?" ”

"Yang Changshi, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"General, in today's holy decree, it is said that His Majesty appointed Wu Yi as the assassin of Yongzhou, instead of asking for the general's opinion, and the general recommended the candidate for the assassin of Yongzhou, could it be that His Majesty saw that the strength of the general's command was getting stronger and stronger, and began to suspect the general?"

Jiang Wei shook his head and said: "Yang Changshi is too worried, now that the Han Dynasty is far from the time when the birds are exhausted and the good bow is hidden, Your Majesty will definitely not be suspicious of me at this time, and sending Wu Yi to serve as the assassin of Yongzhou is Your Majesty's power as the Son of Heaven, how can we put our beaks in our mouths?" ”

Yang Yi said again: "Then the lower official suggested that the Russian He Yao Ge Department should be withdrawn from Longxi to Lanzhou, so as not to prevent this 20,000 Qiang cavalry elite from becoming the soldiers and horses of the Yongzhou Assassin Mansion." ”

Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Yang Changshi has forgotten that I went north this time, and I was responsible for patrolling Yongliang on behalf of the Son of Heaven, not only can I control the soldiers and horses in Yongzhou, but even the soldiers and horses in Hanzhong can be mobilized." ”

Yang Yi said with a straight face: "Patrolling Yongliang on behalf of the Son of Heaven is just a false position, and the subordinate suggests that the general should go to His Majesty and ask for a governor of Yongliang to come down, so that he can be more justified." ”