After Mrs. Guo was escorted to Chang'an, Liu Jian began to pack up his troops and prepare to be stationed in Bingzhou.

Moreover, those Bai Bo soldiers who were previously captured by him, he also decided to take them to Bingzhou, and stationed their household registration in the border counties of Bingzhou, so that they could reclaim land in Bingzhou and reclaim this relatively backward area in the Han Empire.

The annexation of the state was an important part of Liu Jian's great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, and he had previously revealed this matter to his subordinates, so his generals did not react too much to seeing this.

Moreover, this is still an opportunity to make military merits, how can the generals not cherish it?

Liu Jian is now a general of Fuyuan, and he can handle foreign affairs on behalf of the imperial court, that is to say, Liu Jian can independently set up a rectification system outside the imperial court's system.

In other words, the people under Liu Jian's command can continue to be promoted to official positions in the future, and they can even be on par with those in the court.

General Liu put down the rebellion immediately after being appointed, so he was not in a hurry to set up this system of official positions, but the people under Liu Jian knew that this matter was a matter of time or time, and after Liu Jian returned to Yecheng, a hundred officials would be set up.

At that time, everyone will be promoted and reused according to their merits, so this time they can enter the annexed state to fight with the Black Mountain Army and the Huns, which is a great thing for the people under Liu Jian's command.

The more military merits are accumulated, the higher the official position will be when everyone looks back and rewards them for their meritorious deeds.

And as the merits of these people under Liu Jian's command rise, sooner or later, these people will persuade Liu Jian to lead troops into Chang'an to "support the government".

Maybe Liu Jian can't go if he doesn't want to.

The voice of the people, as well as the voice of his subordinates, Liu Jian, as the highest level of the empire, could not but listen.

However, in this matter of leading troops into the state, only Liu Jian's move made Liu Bei puzzled.

As a good brother, Liu Bei and Liu Jian are not outsiders, so he came over to ask Liu Jian in person.

"Why did you send an envoy to Chang'an? Why did you deliberately escort Mrs. Guo to Chang'an and hand it over to the Son of Heaven to dispose of? ”

"Brother Wei thinks that judging from the current situation, the Son of Heaven may not miss your goodness."

"To tell the truth, now that you have done such a great job, all the people admire it, although you are loyal to the Han Dynasty, but you are indeed already a master of high merit."

"No matter how loyal you are, no matter how loyal you are to the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will be wary of you."

"As soon as you became the general of Fuyuan, you made this great achievement of exterminating the Baibo Army, and you can be regarded as completely sitting on this position!"

"This captured leader of the White Wave Army, if you put him in front of the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven not be anxious? I am afraid that the Son of Heaven will not only not remember your achievements, but will be even more afraid of your achievements in my heart. ”

Liu Jian laughed: "Brother really thinks a lot, but you are right, the purpose of sending Mrs. Guo this time is not to show merit, but to make the Son of Heaven anxious." ”

Liu Bei couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this: "Good and decent, what do you make the Son of Heaven anxious?" Aren't you afraid that he will hate you? ”

Liu Jian shook his head and said, "From the moment Your Majesty crowned me as the general of Fuyuan, he will not hate me, Your Majesty will not only not hate me now, but will take me as an example, learn from me, and at the same time compete with me!" ”

Liu Bei's reaction was very fast: "You have done a lot of work now...... What does Deran mean is that His Majesty also intends to build up meritorious deeds in order to gain fame that is not inferior to yours? ”

"Exactly."

"What does this have to do with you sending Mrs. Guo over?"

Liu Jian carefully smoothed out the wording, and slowly explained to Liu Bei: "In fact, if you want to achieve great achievements, you must first have the most basic industry as the foundation to ensure that your domestic demand is sufficient, and then you can seek foreign resources." ”

"Over the years, I have indeed done a lot of meritorious deeds in the military, but the basis for these achievements is that the supply of domestic demand is guaranteed, the treasury is full, and at the same time, I have choked the throats of the alien races in northern Xinjiang and turned their manpower into my own use."

"These things seem simple, but in fact, none of them need planning and opportunities, just like these graphite mines and iron mines in Hebei today, which are convenient for geographical resources, but these things are rare in a hundred years."

"For His Majesty Guanzhong, if you want to make a feat to compete with Hebei, you have to dominate Liangzhou and conquer the Western Regions...... Come to think of it, Your Majesty thinks the same way now. ”

Liu Bei said: "He originally thought so, but you sent Mrs. Guo over, I am afraid that Your Majesty will see that you will make this great contribution again, and he must be impatient in his heart, but I am afraid that he will not just think about it, he will immediately use troops in Liangzhou." ”

Liu Jianyan said: "I sent Mrs. Guo just to provoke Your Majesty...... Hurry up and use troops to Liangzhou. ”

Liu Bei said strangely when he heard this: "If Your Majesty uses troops to Liangzhou, once you succeed, your achievements will go straight up, and your prestige will catch up with you, will this be a good thing for you?" ”

"It's not that easy."

Liu Jian took a sip of water and moistened his throat.

"Brother, I just said, if you want to establish a great cause, you must first have a strong domestic demand as a guarantee, if Your Majesty really wants to do the same work as me, then first, you must clean up the court, get rid of constraints, and then Tuntian to support the people, develop industries in Guanzhong, recruit displaced people from all directions, increase the population, and then expand the industrial chain in Guanzhong......"

"Only after these things are done, can he have enough ability to pacify Liangzhou and subdue the Western Regions."

"But if there is no such premise as an auxiliary, or if you just hastily engage in some face-saving economic and agricultural construction in Guanzhong, you will take action against Liangzhou...... Then Liangzhou and the Western Regions will become a big pit, and that big pit will consume the strength of the imperial court, and it will also exhaust the vitality of the imperial court......"

"If the work is not completed, it may be burdened and burdened."

"Running a country is like running an industry, when there is enough accumulation, you can seek expansion, if the accumulation is not enough, ......"

Speaking of this, Liu Jian didn't say anything further, just shook his head.

Liu Bei heard this.

"No wonder now that Your Majesty has learned from the pain and wants to make a strong contribution to you as a goal, you are not afraid...... You already knew that Your Majesty would not succeed? ”

Liu Jian said slowly: "Don't say anything else, if he wants to rectify domestic demand, the first thing he needs to do is to be able to make the court work together, just like me in Hebei, the monarch and the ministers have the same goal, but do you think this is possible for the current imperial court?" ”

"Although those ministers in the court are all high-ranking talents, at some times, they all serve the interests of the family, and when the national policy conflicts with the interests of the family, they are a burden to the emperor."

"Even if the minister does not affect His Majesty, if you want to compete with Hebei in Guanzhong, if there is no great opportunity, Your Majesty will have to work hard for 20 years...... Do you think he can be a brave man for twenty years? Gou Jian can't do it, right...... If Your Majesty can really do this, even if I am wrong. ”

"His direction is not wrong, but Your Majesty, he is looking for the wrong person to compare."

"If he goes to compare Yuan Shao, maybe there will be a ...... comparison"

"But he had to compare himself to me...... That's a cocoon, a matter of time. ”

"I sent Mrs. Guo today, but it's just to boost the fire."

"However, from my point of view, I hope that Your Majesty will use troops against Liangzhou as soon as possible."

"After all, Liangzhou and the Western Regions are not a bone to gnaw on, and it will be easier when His Majesty and Dong Zhuo bite open the gap between this bone for us, and we will take over in the future and continue to attack or govern Liangzhou and the Western Regions."

Liu Bei gave a thumbs up: "Just sending a mere Guo Tai into the court has such a deep meaning, and the virtuous brother is really clever." ”

"Alas, there are some things that I can only tell you, otherwise, maybe I will have to rot in my heart for the rest of my life."

Listening to Liu Jian's words, Liu Bei's face turned straight.

He said seriously: "Deran, if there is anything you can't say to outsiders, you can always tell me, and if there is anything that is inconvenient for you to come out, you can also leave it to me to do!" ”

"Thank you, brother."

"Hugh said thank you! No matter how big your career is, you are also my brother, and as a brother, I will always protect you! ”

……

After Mrs. Guo was escorted to Chang'an, Liu Wei immediately ordered her car to be torn apart, and praised Liu Jian for Guan Ning, who escorted Mrs. Guo to the capital.

However, after sending Guan Ning away, Liu Wei immediately summoned Dong Zhuo and asked him when he planned to use troops against Liangzhou.

Dong Zhuoyan said: "The old minister's meaning is to accumulate half a year's food and salary first, and then go to Liangzhou after the summer and when the autumn is crisp." ”

When Liu Wei heard this, he directly denied Dong Zhuo's meaning.

"Xiangguo, the soldiers are fast, this delay for half a year is not conducive to the army, and please ask Xiangguo to use the soldiers quickly!"

(End of chapter)