Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 705 Raising tigers is a problem?

"send troops!"

"The so-called emperor humiliates his ministers to death!"

"How can you allow King Hu to be presumptuous here?!"

"First kill the envoy to sacrifice the flag, and then send troops to rest in peace."

Han Xin frowned and said seriously.

Both Zhang Cang and Liu Heng fell silent. Could this be deliberately arranged by His Majesty the Emperor in order to find a reason to send troops?There is no problem with Han Xin's remarks. Since he has been humiliated, he must send troops to crusade. To attack the enemy across the body poison, the consumption of this national power is probably not enough for the tribute of the body poison.

In fact, Liu Heng already had some plans in mind. The first step is to stabilize the temple, so that all the officials will be of one mind, then the agricultural tax is exempted, and the people are given a time to cultivate, and the last is to reform the policy of the temple. Because the first step is to relax, The resistance to restructuring will be greatly reduced, and because the tax exemption will not be implemented, the system of temples will not affect local government affairs. plan.

Zhang Cang probably knows this. Fighting a war is basically of no benefit to today's big man, especially fighting in peace. The big man can't manage that side, even if he wins, the supplies he gains may not be as good as the supplies he wasted. [-]%. Zhang Cang didn't object to beating body poison, because it was profitable, but beating rest, besides helping the emperor vent his anger, what else would it do? ?And according to Zhang Cang's understanding of the Anxi people, these people are similar to the Xiongnu, they are nomadic, and they can run if they can't beat them, so will they chase them all the way?
"Your Majesty, the treasury has no money, so we can't go out."

Zhang Cang spoke persuasively.

Liu Chang didn't take it seriously, "Isn't there a body poison? Wouldn't it be good to let the body poison bear our military expenses?"

"That's not enough. The poison has just come back. If we do this, wouldn't it be messed up again? Then what's the point of the previous expedition? Without money, we are destined to be unable to go on the expedition."

Liu Chang is full of confidence, "I have a good minister, and I am not afraid of foreign enemies!"

"There are virtuous ministers such as the Taiwei who command the army for me, and there are virtuous ministers such as Lu Lu who give me money for the crusade!"

Han Xin raised his head proudly, while Lu Lu bared his teeth "happy".

Liu Heng cleared his throat. He didn't hide his thoughts anymore. He said truthfully: "Your Majesty, the minister came to the temple for the sake of the temple. We are all preparing for the restructuring. We have discussed many official systems before, and now is the best time. I heard that a general should not mobilize troops because of anger, and a king must first attach importance to the country interests, and then think about your own honor and disgrace.”

"Now is the most critical time for the temple. If His Majesty can temporarily put aside his honor and disgrace, and first govern the country well, and when everything goes well, I am willing to personally attack this rude King of Rest for you!"

Liu Heng's voice was very sincere, and he bowed to Liu Chang and Han Xin respectively.

Han Xin said coldly: "In this way, I'm afraid it will hurt His Majesty's reputation."

"No, there are only a few of us who know about it, as long as we can block the news and keep others from knowing."

Liu Heng said: "Besides, even if we want to crusade against Anxi, we must have some understanding of the country of Anxi so that we can detain those envoys and use various methods to inquire about Anxi's situation. I personally think that the best way is to first contact Parthians make connections"

Liu Chang didn't say anything more, but nodded his head, agreeing to him.

"Forget it, let's do this first, and you all go back first, I still have very important things."

Liu Chang glanced at the Taiwei again, Han Xin knew what he meant, so he didn't get up, the other two stood up, looked at them with complicated emotions, and bowed to leave.

As soon as they left, Liu Chang grabbed Han Xin's hand, "Master! How can you be bullied like this?!"

Han Xin smiled, "I knew it. What do you think?"

"The national power of the Han Dynasty is weak, and it is impossible to attack Anxi, but the poisonous body can go."

"If the poisoned army encounters the Anxi people, they will only die."

"Then what if Ariel leads troops? Let Ariel gather elite cavalry, drill these troops, and then set off from Pakistan to launch an attack on the Parthians. The terrain of Pakistan is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack. Unless the Parthians mobilize hundreds of thousands Dajun, otherwise he would not be able to pass those checkpoints at all, he was attacked, and he could only jump in anger, hahaha, there is no countermeasure!"

"As for the poisonous soldiers, as far as the troops I have seen, soldiers from any county in the big man can easily annihilate them."

"Yes, yes, I know that this man is terrible at using troops, even worse than Zhou Yafu. Their army is even worse than the county soldiers of Dahan County. But, isn't there still you, Master?"

Liu Chang was quite proud, "Allie is very talented, strong and smart, the main reason is that he has never learned the art of war, a person who is poisonous may not be born cowardly, if he has the right training methods, he will definitely become a strong man." The weapons used by soldiers and poisonous men are all different from those of big men. The battle formations and tactics of big men may not be suitable for them. Why don't Master write him a military technique for training poisonous cavalry, and casually write about leading cavalry to engage in sneak attacks thing."

"Casual??"

Han Xin said with a straight face, "Do you think writing the art of war is the same as writing a letter to curse people? Can you write it easily??"

"For other mortals, it must be difficult to reach the sky, but for the master, what is it? While cursing, the more you scold, the more excited you become, and you almost rolled up your sleeves and started a fight with Sun Wu and the others. How confident you are."

Most of the generals around Liu Chang have to study the art of war.

Among them, Liu Chang has seen many different styles of reading Art of War. Some people like to memorize while reading Art of War, some people like to simulate while reading, and some people like to eat while reading. I just never saw Han Xin scolding the author while reading like this.

Han Xin didn't take it seriously, "If I practiced it myself, I might be able to compete with the Anxi people, but if it's the poisonous person, it's hard to say, but anyway, there is no need for a big man to pay any money, so let him organize it." Well, if it works well, it might cause some troubles for Anxi. I think this King Anxi is different from all the poisonous kings. He is a capable and ambitious person, and sooner or later he will fight against the big man."

Liu Chang stroked his chin, "That is to say, Busu is not here. If Busu is here, I'm afraid I'm going to fight the Anxi people desperately."

"Huh~~~"

With the fierce attack of the peasants, the stones shattered, someone pushed the cart, hit the stones, and left in a hurry. Not far away, the outline of the city wall of a large city was vaguely formed, and the foundation was still being laid In this state, the rope has been pulled up, and tens of thousands of civilians are working in this spacious land. Zhang Buji stands on the car, looking into the distance, with an arrogant and cold expression, and the surrounding officials dare not look directly at him. He carefully reported the recent situation.

Zhang Buyi was ordered to come to Xia to build a city and fulfill Emperor Xiaoren's last wish.

And this brand new city is probably to take the name of Xiangling Town, called Xinxiang Town.

Just when Zhang Buyi was about to go to the next place to inquire about the situation, a group of knights rushed towards him from a distance. Those people were all riding fine horses. Among the knights were Han people and Hu people, about ten or so People, quickly rushed to Zhang Buyi's side, and the soldiers not far away were not on guard, because they all knew the leader, Prime Minister Xia Fu Qing.

Fu Qing got off the horse in a hurry, walked up to Zhang Buyi in a few steps, and greeted him.

An official from Dai State glared at him politely, "Your clothes are becoming more and more nondescript, and you are beginning to imitate the barbarian's attire. I heard that His Majesty asked you to govern the barbarians. Unexpectedly, you are about to become a barbarian." Barbarian, don't you just wear such clothes to visit Sangong?!"

Zhang Buyi squinted his eyes, stared at Fu Qing, and didn't speak.

Fu Qing smiled wryly and said: "Mr. Zhang, I'm not being rude to you. It's just that I often travel on horseback, and it's difficult to dress well. The Hu people's clothes are convenient for me to travel. Besides, the grasslands today are all my summer. In the land of the country, these clothes are not the clothes of a barbarian, but they are the clothes of my great summer, and the clothes of my great man. I think there is nothing wrong with it."

The minister in charge of transporting materials in the country was still a little dissatisfied.

According to the order of the Sangong, the three kingdoms will send supplies to build the city for the Xia Kingdom. He took this hard work and was busy in this grassland where birds don’t shit. He couldn’t return home for several months. He dared not blame Zhang Bu. Suspicious, but hated Fu Qing half to death.

"Yes, according to this statement, your clothes are the clothes of a big man, but mine are the clothes of a barbarian?"

Fu Qing didn't explain anymore, but Zhang Buyi sneered.

"It makes sense. Come here, put this guy in a prison van and send him back to Daiguo! Let them replace him with someone with a brain!"

When Zhang Buyi gave the order, the official was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses and hurriedly begged for mercy, but the soldier didn't care about him and dragged him down. Zhang Buyi said angrily: "This guy complains a lot on weekdays, which affects morale. I didn't pay attention to it, and today I am deliberately looking for trouble, and recovering the grassland is a hundred-year strategy of your majesty, how can it be ruined by such a small hand?"

Fu Qing paid homage in a hurry, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."

"I'm not standing up for you, so don't beg me!"

Zhang Buyi asked, "How many people did you bring?"

"A total of 2 people can be busy for three months and then replaced."

"Well, this city must be taller and stronger than your previous cities, and its location is very important. It just sits on the edge of the Tang Dynasty. Don't underestimate it!"

"The minister takes orders!"

Zhang Buyi then strode towards the west, where a bridge was still being built, Fu Qing hurriedly followed behind him, Zhang Buyi wondered about the situation of Xia Guo.

"Many tribes have surrendered one after another. Xia Guo has already obtained sixty-seven of the grassland. I have ordered that I lead the army to attack those tribes who do not want to submit. At the latest, within three years, all the tribes around the Han Dynasty will be able to submit to my Great Xia. Now we There are more than 28 herdsmen in Daxia, and there are 28 tribes. The officials have arranged suitable pastoral areas for each tribe. There are countless livestock in Xia. Among the 10 people, [-] are warriors who can ride horses and shoot arrows.”

Zhang Buyi was startled for a moment, and then said with emotion: "This is the most dreadful point."

The nomads on the prairie usually form their families as soldiers. They grew up on horseback since they were young. When they grow up a bit, they are suitable cavalrymen. A tribe with tens of thousands of people can actually gather nearly 1 people The cavalry, but the equipment is backward, which limits their combat effectiveness. Once this nomadic tribe gets stable logistics, including smelting technology, craftsmen, and a large amount of hoarding food, they will be out of control. Of course, the corruption will be quite large. The peak period is usually only about 30 years.

Now that the Kingdom of Xia has just been established, relying on the surrendered tribes, it can draw about 10 cavalry. This is terrible. Coupled with the logistical assistance from the Central Plains, it has a mature light industry system that can manufacture a large number of armor, arrows, stirrups and horseshoes. A few barbarian knights behind him suddenly said in Chu language: "You have three cities now, right?"

"good."

"Your Majesty has sent many people from the Central Plains to these three cities, and they are still promoting farming, smelting and other technologies. There are also many craftsmen?"

"Correct."

Fu Qing also replied in standard Chu dialect.

Zhang Buyi sneered, "You should be a little more careful, don't raise tigers as trouble, His Majesty spent so much energy, and finally defeated the Xiongnu, don't make another enemy more terrifying than the Xiongnu."

Fu Qing seriously replied: "Don't worry, I have been thinking of ways to restrict, including wooing the upper class, intermarrying, sending officials to the tribe, enlightening them, improving education, letting them live together with the people of the Central Plains, and strengthening exchanges with the officials." We must do our best to recover these tribes and make them His Majesty's most loyal subjects."

"Farting, you're simply feeding tigers!"

Suddenly someone took offense.

Zhang Buyi turned his head to look, but saw that the person who spoke was an old man. Zhang Buyi felt that he looked familiar, and suddenly remembered who he was, "Gongyangshou? Oh, yes, you were demoted here."

"What do you think?"

"This place is different from the Tang Dynasty. The barbarians occupy the majority here. Using the technology of the big man to develop them is simply breeding tigers. Think about the hundreds of thousands of cavalry who have complete smelting technology, agricultural technology, and even know the art of war strategy. Who can guarantee that there will be no problems in the future?"

Gong Yangshou spoke Chu dialect, "We must not hurry to let them master these things, we cannot promote them!"

"What do you know, huh, you are not even as good as your disciple, can't you see what Fu Xiang is thinking? Fu Xiang wants to control the upper class and turn the upper class into a complete Han people.. Let the Han people command these Huqi, think Thinking, if a warrior like His Majesty were to command hundreds of thousands of armored nomadic cavalry, would the poisonous people dare to talk too much? They would be able to rush to the poison in a few months, killing them and destroying the city. They could even support wars all the way. , Fight to rest! This is the reason why His Majesty wants to recover the nomadic tribes on the grassland."

Someone opened his mouth again, Zhang Buyi looked again, and this person was Wang Gao of the Huang-Lao School.

Oh yes, you were relegated here too.

This country of Xia is full of talents.

Fu Qing didn't participate in the debate between the two people behind him, but said calmly: "Master Zhang. Back then, Maodun was able to forcefully recover these tribes and form them into one body. There is no reason why we can't do it. Our strength It is stronger than Modu, whether it is military, cultural, or economic, we want to integrate the tribe, it is faster than Modu, I believe that it only takes 50 years to make these people Complete surrender, and now many tribal leaders have begun to adopt the surname of the Han, wear the clothes of the Han, and adopt the customs of the Han, they are different from the Huns, and they don’t even have their own language, so don’t worry too much if they use the Huns’ language.”

"Besides, you have also seen the potential of these tribes. If the grasslands can be completely integrated, then Xia Kingdom will have at least 70 million people, of which 30 people can mount horses to fight. It is very convenient to fight against poison, or to attack Anxi, they can nomad all the way and fight all the way, unlike the big man's army, which has a huge logistical demand, maybe it will be able to in the future."

Fu Qing didn't say it clearly, but Zhang Buyi understood what he meant.

"Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Since His Majesty allows you to do this, then the advantages of this matter must outweigh the disadvantages!"

"Your Majesty is in Chang'an, and he often talks about King Anxi, and there is a man called Mule Ma. I heard that the place is very far away. Maybe you, Xia Guoqi, can realize your majesty's great ambition in the future."

Fu Qing hurriedly bowed again, and immediately, Fu Qing said hesitantly: "Mr. Zhang, I heard that your majesty regards King Wu as the imperial censor."

"Your Majesty, of course, has his own reasons for doing this. You and I are both stupid people and cannot understand His Majesty's thoughts. Your Majesty is a heavenly man. First use Chao Cuo to rule the princes, and now it is probably the outer king who governs the ministers. Since ancient times, as There has never been such a wise king as His Majesty. I have many articles about Your Majesty. Don’t you want to educate those barbarians? Use my articles to educate them!"

Wang Gao couldn't help but said: "Mr. Zhang's article, I'm afraid it's not good to educate, it's too much, I'm afraid it will backfire."

"I have read more than ten articles written by Mr. Zhang, all of which are in the same style, praising the merits of His Majesty. Such articles are very suitable for educating the servants in the palace."

"Oh, what do you know, old dog? It is to let the barbarians know His Majesty's majesty. This is the best enlightenment article. Those bullshit articles like yours are most suitable for enlightenment. people"

"You dare to insult me?!"

"I still dare to enter you!!"

The two of you were about to choke each other, but Fu Qing sighed, "Your Majesty loves Xia Guo so much, and sent all kinds of talents to help. I am very moved, but there are too many talents. If Prime Minister Zhang returns to Chang'an , please tell Your Majesty that there will be such talents in the future, please consider Xiting Kingdom first, I heard that there are also very poor people there."

ps: From time to time, there are great Confucian scholars who feel the benevolence of the emperor, and invite Xia to be an official to repay the king's kindness;

————— "Sacred Strategy"

(End of this chapter)