People say that only a diligent emperor is qualified to say that he is tired, and Liu Hong, the emperor, cannot be regarded as diligent in any respect.

Where did he get the face to feel tired?

Could it be that she has dealt with the women of the harem too many times?

However, people are leaders, and Liu Bei can't say anything in front of his boss, so he can only echo it.

"Your Majesty's difficulties, Bei knows, but at the moment it can only be like this, Bei is not skilled, but it is against the mountain bandits in the state, or it can relieve His Majesty's troubles for a while."

When Liu Hong heard this, his eyes lit up.

"Oh? How? ”

"After the imperial court put on a defensive posture, the main force of the thieves retreated, which shows that the head of the thieves can see the situation clearly."

Liu Bei said slowly: "Since they also know that they can't really confront the imperial court and are willing to take the initiative to retreat, then maybe they can take this opportunity to give the head of the thieves an official Xu Jue and recruit them, even if it is only symbolic, it can also tie their hands and feet."

Your Majesty might as well make Zhang Yan an official and let him be responsible for managing the mountain bandits in the mountainous areas of Bingzhou, so that they can settle down, so that they may be able to get a period of peace, and the imperial court can take this opportunity to recuperate and reorganize the army. ”

"This plan, I remember your teacher mentioned it, but many courtiers thought it was ridiculous."

Liu Hong hesitated: "The imperial court can't be exterminated, so give them the title of official and Xu Jue, so that they can be stable, isn't this telling the people of the world that the imperial court is weak and powerless?" In the long run, thieves all over the world will do this, and no matter how many officials in the court are, they can't seal it. ”

"The lesser of two evils."

Liu Bei smiled bitterly: "There is no strategy for both worlds, if Your Majesty is unwilling to be crowned an official and Xu Jue, then you can only select elite soldiers to continue the crusade, the most suitable person is Captain Lu, if Your Majesty is willing to appoint Captain Lu to attack as a general, presumably Captain Lu can fight some victories for Your Majesty." ”

Liu Hong was helpless.

"It is precisely because your teacher became a lieutenant that I am reluctant to use him to send troops, he is already the top of the people, if he continues to make meritorious contributions and has a greater momentum, won't the ancient literature school completely crush the modern literature school? Now that Yang Ci is dead and Huangfu Song is imprisoned, if Lu Zhi makes another meritorious service, is there still a balance in this court? ”

Yes, Liu Hong, I actually thought of this.

Liu Bei wondered why Liu Hong didn't send Lu Zhi to the field before, and his feelings were taken into account.

Yes, yes, insightful.

But when Zhang Yan and the rebels of the Southern Xiongnu have threatened the premise of Luoyang City, in the face of such a level of national affairs, you, the emperor, should be the least necessary to consider party struggle, right?

Solving the problem is the most important thing, right?

Did you really take the script of the late Ming Dynasty?

Liu Bei thought about it and felt very ridiculous, but he didn't express any opinions.

Anyway, Liu Hong is willing to think like this, it's his business, and he doesn't need to talk too much.

"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, then, the only way is to temporarily stabilize the situation in the state."

Liu Hong hesitated for a moment and slowly spoke.

"In this matter, Lu Zhi's meaning is slightly different from yours, Lu Zhi said, the thieves are not only three people, but also their subordinates, Lu Zhi thinks that they can also give their subordinates the title of official Xu Jue, but in specific positions, there can be generals, generals, and captains, so as to provoke their internal relations, so that they can not work together.

The biggest problem of this kind of thieves is that they don't have a real leader, the mountains are everywhere, everyone has their own forces, it is said to be a whole, but in fact it is just a plate of loose sand, in this way, even if they can't see the effect for a while, in the long run, they will have internal problems, Xuande, what do you think? ”

After Liu Bei heard this, he thought about it for a while and felt that there was a problem.

"The thieves are not stupid, the court can figure out such a thing, they may not be unable to figure it out internally, since they want to be crowned an official and a knight, then it is best to solve it in one go, if you do something in it, it is easy to anger the thief chieftain, make him angry, but not beautiful."

Liu Hong was a little curious.

"You don't agree with Lu Zhi's opinion?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"I don't agree, what the court needs now is to recuperate and recuperate, to eliminate the impact of the previous defeat, instead of continuing to cause trouble, as long as you buy time, it is a matter of time before you restore your military strength, the teacher wants to pacify the mountain bandits in the state, but one or two strategies cannot pacify so many mountain bandits, and this matter needs to be discussed in the long run."

Liu Hong was silent for a while, as if he was in a dilemma.

"Annoyance is always one after another! When will the world be at peace? ”

Liu Bei lowered his head.

"The minister's incompetence has embarrassed His Majesty."

At this time, it doesn't matter if it's not, just admit your mistakes, anyway, in the face of the Son of Heaven, you won't make mistakes by admitting your mistakes.

"This has nothing to do with Xuande, Xuande is not wrong."

Liu Hong really shook his head, leaned less, and asked: "By the way, Xuande, there is something I want to ask you, Huangfu Song was defeated before, killing me 50,000 athletes, causing the court to suffer huge losses, at present, the ancient literature school requires the execution of Huang Fu Song, and the current literature school is trying to protect Huang Fu Song, you say, Huang Fu Song, kill or not?" ”

Liu Bei thought about it and did not answer Liu Hong's question directly, but brought up the matter of Liangzhou.

Speaking of Huangfu Song, Bei remembered the previous Liangzhou incident, Bei spread out fine salt sales in Liangzhou, the effect was very good, the original salt merchants could not operate, they sold the industry to the state capital, and withdrew from the salt sales business.

At present, the state government has basically controlled all the salt-producing areas and salt households in Liangzhou, and can expand production at any time to produce more salt and sell it in Sanfu and Sanhe, but the interesting thing is that only in Chaona County, Anding County, Huangfu is determined not to cooperate with the state government.

At present, no one is going to buy the bitter salt they produce, but they are clinging to the salt-producing land controlled by their families, and they have sent people to consult with them many times, and they have driven out the messengers of Bei, and they have also made a message that no one can touch them. ”

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Liu Hong's face was already dark.

The matter of selling salt has been regarded by him as a gold business for which he makes money, and such a gold business should be operated by the people he trusts the most, and no one should interfere with it.

But what does the Huangfu clan mean?

Don't want me to make a lot of money?

Want to stop me from making a lot of money?

Liu Hong was angry.

"The Huangfu clan is so bold? Don't even give you face? ”

Liu Bei nodded.

"That's it, Huangfu Song has climbed to the high branch of the modern literary school, the Huangfu family is naturally arrogant, this is originally a balanced strategy for His Majesty, but now that he is defeated, he has lost his troops, and for the modern literary school, I am afraid that he is no longer the person they are willing to support.

Although there are still people who are willing to save him, but they are mainly Yang's people, Yang doesn't want to watch what he gave go down the drain, so even if he breaks his teeth, he has to swallow it in his stomach and can't spit it out, so he runs for Huangfu Song, except for Yang, no one in the literary school cares about Huangfu Song anymore. ”

Liu Hong thought seriously for a while.

"In other words, Huangfu Song has no value?"

"As Your Majesty said, even if Huangfu Song is alive, he can't continue to play a balancing role, and his defeat has attracted a lot of resentment, for the imperial court, whether Huangfu Song is dead or alive has nothing to do with the overall situation, so everything is up to Your Majesty's judgment."

Liu Bei didn't say anything to death, he said what he had to say, and then handed over the final choice to Liu Hong, and retired by himself.

Zhang Rang looked at Liu Bei from the side, his eyes rolled, and he heard the meaning of Liu Bei's words, but he didn't say a word after all.

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PS: I ate a few steamed dumplings this morning, the vermicelli egg cabbage filling, the steaming is not bad, the taste is okay, so add a more chapter.

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