I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 491 The opponent will lose in this competition

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

Moreover, he also decided to take the Baibo army captured by him to Bingzhou, and stationed their household registration in Bingzhou Border County, allowing them to reclaim land in Bingzhou, a relatively backward area in the Han Empire.

Bingzhou is an important part of Liu Jian's great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty. He also disclosed this matter to his subordinates before, so his generals did not react too much to seeing this matter.

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

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

In other words, 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 he was appointed, so he did not rush to set up this system of official positions, but everyone under Liu Jian knew that this matter would happen sooner or later. After Liu Jian returned to Yecheng, A hundred officials will be established.

At that time, everyone will be promoted and reused according to their merits, so it is a great thing for Liu Jian's people to be able to enter Bingzhou to fight the Black Mountain Army and the Huns this time.

The more military merits you have accumulated, the higher your official position will be when everyone rewards you for your merits.

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

Maybe Liu Jian didn't want to go even if he didn't want to.

The voice of the people, as well as the voice of his subordinates, Liu Jian, who is the highest level of the empire, cannot but listen.

However, in the matter of leading troops into Bingzhou this time, only Liu Jian's behavior made Liu Bei puzzled.

As good brothers, Liu Bei and Liu Jian are not outsiders, so he came to ask Liu Jian face to face.

"Why do you want to send envoys to Chang'an? Why do you want to escort Mrs. Guo to Chang'an and hand it over to the emperor?"

"Brother Wei feels that judging from the current situation, the emperor may not think of you well."

"To be honest, your achievements are so great that all the people admire them. Although you are loyal to the Han Dynasty, you are indeed the master of your achievements."

"Even if you are loyal and loyal to the emperor, the emperor will take precautions against you."

"As soon as you became the general of Fuyuan, you made such a great achievement in destroying the Baibo army, and you have completely confirmed your position!"

"The captured leader of the Baibo Army, if you put him in front of the Son of Heaven, how can the Son of Heaven not be anxious? I fear that the Son of Heaven will not only remember your achievements, but will be even more afraid of your achievements in his heart."

Liu Jian laughed loudly: "Brother really thinks a lot, but you are right, my purpose of sending Mrs. Guo this time is not to show merit, but to make the emperor worry."

Liu Bei couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "It's so good, what are you making the emperor worry about? Are you afraid that he will hate you?"

Liu Jian shook his head and said: "From the moment His Majesty appointed me General Fuyuan, he will not hate me anymore. Not only does His Majesty not hate me now, but he will take me as an example and learn from me. I compete!"

Liu Bei's reaction was very quick: "You have great achievements now... What De Ran means is that His Majesty also intends to build achievements in order to gain a reputation that is not inferior to yours?"

"Exactly."

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

Liu Jian carefully smoothed out his wording, and explained to Liu Bei slowly: "Actually, 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 investment. .”

"In recent years, I have indeed done a lot of achievements in the military, but the basis for being able to make these achievements is that the supply of domestic demand is guaranteed and the treasury is full. Use human power for your own use.”

"These things seem simple, but they all require planning and opportunities, just like the large graphite mines and iron mines in Hebei today, which have the convenience of geographical resources, but these things are probably rare in a hundred years. "

"For His Majesty in Guanzhong, if he wants to compete with Hebei, he must dominate Liangzhou and conquer the Western Regions... Come to think of it, His Majesty thinks the same way now."

Liu Bei said: "He originally thought so, but you sent Mrs. Guo there, I am afraid that His Majesty will be impatient when he sees you making such a great contribution again, I am afraid that he is not just thinking so simple, he Immediately will use troops to Liangzhou."

Liu Jian said: "I send Mrs. Guo just to provoke your majesty... Hurry up and send troops to Liangzhou."

Liu Bei wondered: "If your Majesty uses troops to Liangzhou, once he succeeds, his achievements will go up and his prestige will catch up with you. Is this a good thing for you?"

"It's not that easy."

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

"Brother, as I said just now, if you want to establish a great achievement, you must first have a strong domestic demand as a guarantee. If your majesty really wants to achieve the same achievement as mine, then first of all, you must clean up the court and get rid of obstacles, and then Settle the fields to support the people, develop industries in Guanzhong, recruit refugees from all directions, increase the population, and then expand the industrial chain in Guanzhong..."

"Only after doing these things, will he be able to pacify Liangzhou and subdue the Western Regions."

"However, if there are no such prerequisites as a support, or if you just rush to make some face-saving economic and agricultural construction in Guanzhong, you will attack Liangzhou... Then Liangzhou and the Western Regions will become a big pit, and the big pit will Consuming the strength of the imperial court will also exhaust the vitality of the imperial court..."

"If the achievement is not completed, perhaps it will be burdened and encumbered instead."

"Running a country is like running an industry. Only when there is enough accumulation can we seek to expand. If the accumulation is not enough..."

Speaking of this, Liu Jian didn't continue, but just shook his head.

Liu Bei understood what he said.

"No wonder His Majesty has learned from the painful experience and is aiming at you to make great achievements, but you are not afraid... You already knew that His Majesty would not succeed?"

Liu Jian said slowly: "Aside from other things, 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 my Hebei, where the monarch and his ministers have the same goal, but do you think this is possible for the current court? ?"

"Although the ministers in the court are all great talents, at certain times, they all serve the interests of the family. When the national policy conflicts with the interests of the family, they are the emperor's burden."

"Even if the minister doesn't hurt His Majesty, if you want to compete with Hebei with Guanzhong, if there is no great opportunity, Your Majesty will have to work hard for 20 years at least... Do you think he can spend 20 years? Goujian can't do it... If Your Majesty can really do this, it will be considered that I have misjudged him."

"His direction is not wrong, but Your Majesty, he found the wrong person for comparison."

"If he goes to compete with Yuan Shao, maybe there are others..."

"But he insists on comparing me...that's a cocoon, and it will happen sooner or later."

"I sent Mrs. Guo today, but it was just to fuel the fire."

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

"After all, Liangzhou and the Western Regions are not a bone to gnaw. It will be easier when His Majesty and Dong Zhuo crack this bone open for us. 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 Mrs. Guo into the court has such a deep meaning. My brother really has a good plan."

"Hey, I can only tell you about some things, otherwise, maybe I will rot in my heart for the rest of my life."

After hearing Liu Jian's words, Liu Bei's expression changed.

He said seriously: "Deran, you can always tell me what you can't say to outsiders, and you can leave it to me to do anything that is inconvenient for you!"

"Thank you brother."

"Hugh, thank you! No matter how great your career is, you are also my younger brother. As an older brother, I will always protect you!"

……

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

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

Dong Zhuo said: "The old minister's intention is to save food and pay for half a year first, and then go to Liangzhou after summer and autumn when the air is clear."

Upon hearing this, Liu Bian directly denied what Dong Zhuo meant.

"Xiangguo, the speed of soldiers is very important, this delay for half a year is not good for the army, so please ask Xiangguo to use troops quickly!"

(End of this chapter)