Regarding Dong Zhuo's matter, in fact, Liu Jian has always remembered it in his heart!

After all, that is more than 100,000 Xiliang soldiers, although there are countless elite soldiers under his command, but now he has just pacified Chang'an, although the morale is unprecedented, but after a series of reforms, internal instability, once Dong Zhuo's army suddenly goes east, it is very likely that there will be problems within the imperial court that has just experienced a big war, even if there is no problem, but it is inevitable that the economy and people's livelihood in Guanzhong will further decline because of the war, which is not what Liu Jian hopes to see.

So in this matter, Liu Jian was somewhat hesitant.

It's not that he doesn't think he can't win against Dong Zhuo, but even if he wins, the court will break his muscles and bones again, which is not what Liu Jian wants to see.

But what can be done now?

The Xiliang Legion led by Dong Zhuo really exists there, and these Xiliang soldiers are originally an unstable factor in this world and will never disappear.

After drinking with the princes and kings, Liu Jian also began to seriously consider this matter.

Xiliangjun, Dong Zhuo, what should be done?

In the evening, Liu Jian found several of his most trusted ministers to discuss the matter together.

These ministers include Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Dong Zhao, Liu Biao, Zhang Ji and others.

These people are all top resourceful people, and they naturally think very clearly about what Liu Jian wants to do.

After talking about Dong Zhuo's question, everyone was silent all of a sudden.

Everyone was seriously thinking about how to deal with this matter, after all, more than 100,000 Xiliang soldiers were not a joke.

Suddenly, I saw Xun Yu looking at Jia Xu on the side, and said: "Wen He is the prime minister's son, and he has repeatedly offered advice over the years, and everything he said is true, besides, Wen He is from Liangzhou, he is more familiar with Dong Zhuo, and he is familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the Liangzhou army, so it is better for Wen He to say it first." ”

As soon as Jia Xu heard Xun Yu, he directly called his name, and felt helpless in his heart, and at the same time felt a little blame for Xun Yu.

The old man doesn't seem to have offended you, right? Why did you let me come out first?

But the problem is that Jia Xu really misunderstood Xun Yu, Xun Yu didn't have so many ideas under Liu Jian, and he wasn't as good at self-protection as Jia Xu.

He just thought about Liu Jian's career wholeheartedly.

In fact, Jia Xu also understood in his heart, so he was also very helpless about Xun Yu's selflessness.

But now Jia Xu is different from the original, Liu Jian's status is rising, no matter how low-key he is, it is impossible for him to hide his identity.

As a person in charge of the school under Liu Jian, even if Jia Xu wants to keep a low profile, it is impossible.

Liu Jian, who has reached the top position in the world, once something goes wrong, he Jia Xu can't run away.

Jia Xu understands the truth, but his habits are difficult to change after all.

So, I saw that Jia Xu let go of the distractions in his heart and began to seriously consider this matter for Liu Jian.

After a while, Fang listened to Jia Xu slowly speak:

"Actually, it is not very difficult to defeat Dong Xiangguo quickly, there are more than 100,000 troops in Liangzhou, and they are currently in Xiliang, which seems to have a large number of soldiers, but in fact, it is ...... The other army also has a huge weakness,"

Dong Zhao said abruptly on the side: "Isn't it reserve food?" ”

Jia Xu said: "Exactly, more than 100,000 troops on the Xiliang front, relying on the grain supplied by the imperial court to Liangzhou, before the king of Hongnong minted a small amount of money and implemented bad governance, what is it for?" ”

"Isn't it just to support the Liangzhou army? Is it for the sake of meritorious deeds? ”

"No matter how many soldiers and horses there are in Liangzhou, without the supply of grain and grass from the imperial court, they will inevitably be scattered in the end."

These words can be regarded as a complete awakening of everyone present.

"It is indeed a good way to pinch the grain route that supplies Dong Zhuo, so that more than 100,000 Xiliang troops will be wiped out and become a rout."

At this time, I saw Xun You standing up,

He said to Liu Jian very solemnly: "Prime Minister, the law of Wenhe can indeed hit with one blow and make the Xiliang army defeated overnight, but this approach is not beneficial to the imperial court, Liangzhou, and the entire Guanzhong." ”

"On the surface, it seems to solve the crisis of the imperial court, but in fact, it is to transfer this crisis to the future."

"Gongda can be more careful."

Xun You said: "The last official has been in the court for several years, and he also has some intersections with these Xiliang generals, although there are not many, but some things are more or less clear. ”

"These Xiliang soldiers are different from ordinary soldiers, and they are also different from the army of the Han Dynasty,"

"The Western Liang Army is more wild, and it is also more survivable, when they fought against the Qiang people on the battlefield on the border of Liangzhou, running out of food was just a common thing for them, and running out of food was generally not a difficult thing for those generals of the Western Liang Army."

"Once the Xiliang soldiers have no food, although they do not have the ability to fight back against Chang'an, it does not mean that they cannot protect themselves, they will definitely loot everywhere in Guanzhong, rob ordinary Li Shu, take the people's grain, and loot wealth on a large scale."

"And these Xiliang soldiers from now on, they will also change from the army of the imperial court to the rebels who swept Kansai, they will become hungry wolves, plundering the entire people, and the result is that Kansai will not be in a stable state, and the ambition of the prime minister, I also know a little.

"The prime minister is far-sighted, not only to end the war in the Han Dynasty, but also to pacify the foreign tribes."

"The countries of the Western Regions to the west of Liangzhou, or the foreign races of the countries further west of the Western Regions, have always been the target of the prime minister."

"However, if our Kansai territory is unstable, what strength do we have to use troops abroad, carry out economic and trade abroad, and make the Han Dynasty rich and powerful?"

"Once these Xiliang soldiers are not handled well, they will become a stumbling block to the development of our national strength in the local area, and to exterminate them, we will have to be poor for several years, which is definitely not a good thing for the Han Dynasty."

"If the prime minister is planning for the long term, he can't arbitrarily exercise the policy of cutting off food, at least not all the food of the Xiliang soldiers, but a small amount of supply, so that they can't eat, but there is still something to eat, so that they can't get out of the control of the court for the time being, and there is no way to completely tear the skin with the court."

Xun You's words can be said to be old-fashioned, very strategic and far-sighted, and Jia Xu couldn't help but be convinced.

"Prime Minister, Gongda's words, it is really a great benefit to the country! Jia Moushi only thought about how to remove the threat of Chang'an, but he didn't think about it so long-term, and asked the prime minister to adopt a public policy. ”

Liu Jian was also very satisfied with Xun You's suggestions.

He said: "Gongda has been in the court for so long, and his vision is really long-term, so according to Gongda's policy, let's first supply a small amount of food to the Xiliang soldiers, but we don't let them eat enough." ”

"Advance can not advance, retreat can not retreat, stabilize its momentum."

"However, this method is only a temporary problem, and how to completely solve the matter of the Xiliang Army still needs to be carefully planned."

"I don't think the affairs of the Xiliang Army can be a problem that can be quickly solved in a short period of time, but we need a general direction to operate the system, which direction do you think we should go in the future?" ”

Xun Yu said: "If the prime minister wants to take the public view and provide a small amount of food to the Xiliang army to appease them, then the Xiliang army will inevitably be divided into several factions in the future, some of them will be eager to return to the imperial court, and some will want to occupy land in Guanxi as king." ”

"So stabilize them first, and then use different methods according to their different situations, let's find a way to subdue those who can be subdued, and slowly try to subdue those who can't, so that the losses caused by the Kansai War can be minimized."

Liu Jian said: "Then according to you, which generals in the Xiliang army will be willing to submit to the imperial court?" ”

When Xun Yu heard this, he couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"Prime Minister, I'm afraid that I can't help this matter, I haven't seen any of the generals of the Xiliang Army, and everything is hearsay, and I'm afraid that I won't be able to come up with any good ideas."

Liu Jian looked at Xun You, Zhang Ji, and Liu Biao again.

"All the princes are officials in Chang'an City, and they are also acquainted with the generals of the Xiliang Army, right? Do you know anything about their personalities? ”

Dong Zhao smiled helplessly: "We also want to be able to help the prime minister, but I wait for Qingliu to be an official, and in order to avoid suspicion on weekdays, I have little contact with the generals of the Xiliang Army, although everyone can sometimes take a look at each other, but they can't even say a few words, as for their character, in fact, according to my opinion, none of the generals of the Xiliang Army are of good character, as for who really has the heart to serve the court, this is really uncertain......"

There is a lot of truth in that.

The generals of the Xiliang Army can only be understood by Xiliang insiders, and it is not possible to ask these Qingliu people at all.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and pondered on the side.

Liu Jian turned his head to look at Jia Xu: "Wen Heling used to be a member of the Xiliang Army, and he wants to know a lot about the generals of various departments, what do you think of their character and personality?" Who can be appeased and subdued? ”

Jia Xu smiled lightly and said, "Prime Minister, among these Xiliang generals, how can there be a person with good conduct?" These people all grew up in the border county, they are good at conquest, they are very tyrannical, and the environment in which they have lived since they were children is to pay attention to a strong bully the weak, and it is too difficult to find a few of them who are loyal to the country and reasonable, but there is no guarantee that these people are willing to surrender to the court and are willing to serve the prime minister because of their interests. ”

To put this bluntly, it means that he didn't say it, but it's not that Jia Xu didn't want to say it, but it was really that none of the lieutenant generals of the Xiliang Army were reliable, and they were all not very good people.

You asked Jia Xu to say which of them was sincerely surrendering, Jia Xu really couldn't say.

Moreover, the generals of the Xiliang Army seem to be relatively simple, but their respective interests are more complicated, they are all people who are good at conquest, and they are very bloodthirsty, and they regard interests as their lives, and they are still very different from the Central Plains people in terms of interest division and righteousness.

Therefore, even if some people surrender, they have some sincerity, and how much attitude and interests the court has to show to be able to win them over, Jia Xu can't say clearly.

Without figuring out these prerequisites, Jia Xu felt that it was useless for him to say too much.

Liu Jian didn't blame these people under his command, after all, suddenly let them convert their strategy into an analysis of human nature, which is indeed a bit big.

And human nature is a very complex thing, to analyze the character of a person who is familiar with each other, it may be fine, you let these people now analyze the character of some people who are thousands of miles away, it is not so easy.

Even if they are all top intellectuals, they may not be able to do this well.

saw Liu Jian gently patting the table in front of him and looking into the distance.

"Actually, I have an idea about this."

"But I need someone who has the courage to do it for me! I will send someone as an envoy to Ji County...... I went to see Dong Zhuo and conveyed to him my current situation in the imperial court, as well as some of my heartfelt words. ”

"However, this envoy must be a wise and brave person, do you have any excellent candidates to recommend to me?"

When everyone heard that Liu Jian was going to send someone to see Dong Zhuo, they couldn't help but be surprised.

What are you sending someone to see Dong Zhuo at this time?

Isn't this fanning the flames for Dong Zhuo?

Thinking about it, although Dong Zhuo is far away in Xiliang now, if he knows what happened in Chang'an City, he will definitely hate Liu Jian to death.

After all, the person who was in control of the situation in Chang'an City was Dong Zhuo, and now everything he has has been taken away by Liu Jian, doesn't Dong Zhuo have to regard Liu Jian as an enemy?

The key now is to disintegrate the generals of the Xiliang Army under Dong Zhuo, and suddenly send someone to see Dong Zhuo, what does the prime minister want?

Seeing the incomprehension in everyone's eyes, Liu Jian said: "Actually, you don't know Dong Zhuo well, and I have been friends with Dong Zhuo for a long time, and we are friends with each other. ”

"I probably know a little more about him than you do."

"Although he has a murderous personality and does things unreasonably, he is really a generation of heroes, and he also has ambitions in his heart, but as he gets older, this ambition has gradually smoothed out."

"He has also gone through a lot of detours in his life, has been used by others, and has been hit by setbacks, but it is indeed very difficult to finally be able to come to such a level in his old age."

"In fact, in the court, he has always had two choices, either to be a powerful minister and a tyrannical minister, or to be a minister of an auxiliary monarch who can be famous in history."

"I was the one who planned these two paths for him in the first place, and I am very glad that Dong Zhuo finally chose the right path."

"Over the years, the Xiliang soldiers have not caused too much chaos in Guanzhong and Sizhou, in fact, it is all because he deliberately suppresses them."

"If Dong Zhuo lets go of his control over the Xiliang Army, no one knows what the land of Xizhou will be ruined by the Xiliang Army now."

"Just rush this, I bet he doesn't want to make a name for himself until the last minute."

"He has worked hard for so many years, if it is only because I am stationed in the court now, but because of the merits and reputation he has accumulated over the years, I think he is unwilling to die."

"And his younger brothers, nephews, and the Dong family are still there, as long as he is a normal person, it is impossible not to make a plan for his family."

"So I want to send an envoy to negotiate with Dong Zhuo."

When everyone heard this, they were amazed.

"The prime minister wants to recruit Dong Zhuo?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "He is this age, and his life span is short, he will not be willing to succumb to me." ”

"However, his Dong family still needs a way back, and he himself will not surrender to me, but if we manage to convince properly, his Dong family, his younger brother and nephew will come to my command on his behalf."

"And if the Dong family is willing to join, it means that more than half of the Xiliang Army can be controlled by me, and then slowly absorb and digest."

"It's better than turning these people into rebels on one side, right?"

"So, I'm going to demote Dong!"

(End of chapter)