Han Dao world

Chapter 165
After dinner, Liu Xie left his tent and went for a walk around the Yuan, taking only Shi A with him.

Food was in short supply, even if he was an emperor, he could only eat two meals a day, as long as possible for a period of time.

The last meal and the next meal are basically the portrayal of him now.

He won the battle and captured tens of thousands of people. The huge food shortage made him breathless.

Da Sinong Zhang Yi has been away for several days, and he hasn't heard from him yet, and he doesn't know what will happen to him.

Li Jue still has some old ministries left behind in Huangbai City, and I don't know if they will admit the reality after seeing Li Yinghe's pardon edict, put down their weapons and surrender.

After walking half a circle, two figures appeared in front of him.

One is a woman and the other is also a woman.

Liu Xie slowed down so as not to disturb them.

After a hard day, it's good to have a chance to see some scenery, although both of them are wearing winter clothes, which are a bit bloated.

But Tang Ji and Cai Yan soon found Liu Xie, and consciously stood aside with their heads down.

When passing by Cai Yan, Liu Xie saw the corner of the handkerchief she was holding and stopped.

"Have the records been sorted out?"

Cai Yan looked up at him. "It's finished. If His Majesty wants to see it, send it over later."

"I won't read it. After you sort it out, copy a few copies, and the ministers will each give a copy. They also know what they know when the court is discussing."

Cai Yan blinked. "Your Majesty, is it a record?"

"Naturally." Liu Xie paused, and then said: "It takes ten lies to make up for one lie, and the gain outweighs the loss."

Cai Yan nodded and said nothing more.

Tang Ji frowned slightly. "Your Majesty, my concubine has a question."

"Is it related to Brother Huang?" Liu Xie smiled.

Tang Ji looked at Liu Xie quietly. "How will he be written in the history books in the future?"

"How does sister-in-law want to write?"

Tang Ji hesitated to speak, remained silent for a while, then shook her head. "The concubine doesn't know."

"Then write it truthfully." Liu Xie sighed. "Right and wrong, leave it to future generations to say."

"only."

Liu Xie saluted and continued to move forward.

Tang Ji and Cai Yan looked at his back, exchanged glances, sighed in unison, and then smiled knowingly.

"Your Majesty is too tired." Cai Yan said softly.

"It's not easy being a hero." Tang Ji said flatly.After a while, she added another sentence. "Speaking of it, he is even more difficult than Emperor Guangwu. After all, Emperor Guangwu still has his elder brother standing in front of him for several years."

Cai Yan looked at Tang Ji. "Ma'am, Your Majesty is generous, and will live up to the expectations of my father and brother in the future."

Tang Ji glanced at Cai Yan and couldn't help smiling. "Zhao Ji, you are very different today."

Cai Yan stretched out his hand to cover his cheek. "Is... what's the difference?"

Tang Ji looked at Liu Xie who was walking away gradually, and took brisk steps. "The clouds bloom and the moon appears, and the sun shines after the rain."

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After the walk was over, Liu Xie returned to the camp.

Pei Qian, the servant on duty, came in and put a stack of documents on the table.

"Your Majesty, this is the document just sent by Shangshutai."

"Put it here." Liu Xie took off his coat and sat down on the desk.

Pei Qian turned to the firepit, poked the fire, and added two more pieces of firewood, with skillful techniques.

Liu Xie saw it and said with a smile, "Is this learned in Jingzhou?"

Pei Qian brushed the ashes off his hands, fetched a pot of water, put it on the fire, and then returned to the case. "Changsha is humble and humid. It's wet and cold in winter. I often sleep until midnight and wake up from the cold. Calling a servant will disturb others, so it's better to do it yourself."

"You went to Changsha?" Liu Xie was a little surprised.

He knew that Pei Qian had taken refuge in Jingzhou, but he couldn't remember that he went to Changsha.

Changsha is in the south of the Yangtze River, far away from Xiangyang, where Liu Biao ruled.It is unlikely that Pei Qian went to Changsha because of the beautiful scenery in Changsha, but because he was not optimistic about Liu Biao.

"Nanjun has a lot of people and little land, and there is no idle land. Although Changsha is humble and wet, there are fish and rice to eat."

"Did you farm and feed yourself when you were in Changsha?"

Pei Qian was a little ashamed. "I'm not very good at farming paddy fields. Fortunately, my friend Sima Zhi is good at farming and suffers from hardships. When I have shortages, I often go to other places to eat."

"Sima Zhi." Liu Xie repeated it, keeping the name in his heart.

Scholars who are willing to let go of their dignity and feed themselves, at least they can maintain their independence, such scholars are available.

"How is Liu Biao?" Liu Xie asked.

What he is most concerned about now is whether Liu Biao still has the imperial court in his heart, and whether he can send some tribute to solve his urgent needs.

It stands to reason that it is already November, and the autumn harvest is over long ago, and the grain in the states and counties should also be returned to the warehouse.If Liu Biao wants to give it away, he can definitely give it away.

"Liu Biao is not a talent for overlord, he is just good enough for success."

"What else?" Liu Xie asked with a smile.

Pei Qian's eyelids trembled, he was silent for a moment, and then said: "But he has too much ambition, and he thinks that Xibo can follow the rules, and he is not sure about his compliance."

Liu Xie didn't ask any more questions.

Pei Qian's words have reached this point, which is already the limit.

Xibo is King Wen of Zhou.

King Wen of Zhou laid the foundation for his son King Wu of Zhou to conquer King Zhou and establish the Zhou Dynasty, but he himself did not betray his status as a merchant official.

This is the behavior pattern recognized by scholars in this era.

Just like Yang Biao and Shi Sunrui can sacrifice themselves for the big man, but they don't want their descendants to be buried with the big man, taking care of public and private interests is not at all as pedantic as the later generations.

Later Cao Cao also declared to be King Wen of Zhou, which is what he meant.

When Pei Qian said that Liu Biao wanted to be King Wen of Zhou, he didn't necessarily mean that Liu Biao wanted to be King Wen of Zhou, but that Liu Ming obviously didn't have the talent to fight for hegemony, but he refused to admit it and insisted on calling himself King Wen of Zhou.

It can be seen that Pei Qian is a very pragmatic person.

What he cares about is actual success and failure, not empty talk of morality.

"Will Liu Biao make a contribution?"

"Yes." Pei Qian didn't think about it. "Liu Biao was once a Marquis of the Northern Army. He knew how the former Northern Army fought. His Majesty's defeat of Li Jue was enough for him to restrain his dissent for the time being and pay tribute to him."

"Temporary restraint?"

Pei Qian showed a slight smile. "Your Majesty, Jingzhou has a well-to-do household registration and a hundred thousand armor. Liu Zhang is weak, and the people of Yizhou have different ideas. If Liu Biao can conquer Jingzhou and benefit from Jingzhou, even if he can't fight for world hegemony, he will be enough to separate one side. With this initiative, how can Liu Biao give up? For the time being Concentrate, take advantage of the melee in the Central Plains, and attack Yizhou, that's what he's thinking about."

Liu Xie suddenly realized that Liu Biao still had this idea.

In other words, it is indeed unrealistic to ask him to give up Jingzhou and surrender to the court.

"Can he succeed?"

"No." Pei Qian said without hesitation: "He can't even attack Nanyang, which is close at hand, let alone Yizhou."

Liu Xie was very interested, and motioned for Pei Qian to continue.

Pei Qian had been on the job for a few days, and he hadn't talked much. He thought Pei Qian had this temperament.Now it seems that Pei Qian is not unwilling to speak, but chooses the person to speak, which has won the essence of the master's "unable to speak to others".

Now that Pei Qian took the initiative to make a suggestion, he naturally couldn't live up to his enthusiasm.

(End of this chapter)