Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 367 Yan Hou (Fifteen)
another three years later
Spring of the third year of Marquis Yan (213)
After owning the hereditary Marquis of Yan, the Wang family took the New Year's Day of the second year when Wang Jue was enshrined as Marquis of Yan as the first year of Marquis Yan. From then on, Marquis of Yan was used as the calendar method for the royal family's ruled area, instead of the emperor's year of the Central Plains as the calendar.

Whether it is Sanhan or Wa Island, or Sugarcane Island and Fur Island, they have also begun to adopt a unified "Yan Hou Calendar", so that there is no need to change the emperor's year name every few years, which is very troublesome. A little bit affect the normal life of the people.

After another three years of rest and recuperation, the people in Yuan Shao's ruling area have all settled down. Some of them are farming, some are self-cultivating farmers, and some are tenant farmers of gentry tyrants. Anyway, there are no large-scale refugees.

The result of these years of wars is that there are fewer people than fields, so as long as there are no wars, it is difficult for refugees to appear under the background of fewer people than fields.

Today's refugees have to become refugees because the war destroyed their homes. This is completely different from the period of Emperor Huan and Lingdi decades ago.

During the period of Emperor Huandi and Lingdi, the main reason for the refugees was that they had no land, and there were many reasons for their lack of land, such as exorbitant taxes imposed by the imperial court, land mergers of the gentry, and so on.

Wang Jue set a very safe unified plan for Yuan Shao, that is, every time after conquering a large area, don't rush to continue to expand, but to recuperate for three years, and if the area is severely damaged, rest for five years, three to five years Then continue to expand, and then continue to recuperate after the expansion, such an infinite cycle, and finally be able to dominate the world.

If other people persuaded Yuan Shao in this way, Yuan Shao would have been imprisoned in death row. For example, Tian Feng advised Yuan Shao to recuperate and not rush to expand, but he was killed by Yuan Shao who was eager to unify the world.

But Wang Jue was to Yuan Shao what Huo Qubing was to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so he naturally obeyed and loved him.

The same persuasion, saying the same thing, Tian Feng was executed after saying it, and Wang Jue was adopted after saying it.

"Now that we have enough soldiers and food, it is a good time to go south to Jingyang and dominate the world!" Guo Tu advocated continuing to go south to eliminate Liu Bei, Cai Mao, and Sun Quan.

"Our army has been fighting on the plains all year round. We only know how to fight on foot, and we are not familiar with water warfare. If we rashly go south, we may suffer a disastrous defeat. It is better to go west to capture Liangzhou in Guanzhong, and completely wipe out Cao Cao and Han Sui!"

Two months ago, Ma Teng, the leader of the Xiliang Army in Guanzhong, was imprisoned by his in-law Cao Cao at the Hongmen Banquet. Cao Cao was able to annex the Xiliang Army and rule the entire Guanzhong.

Ma Chao fled Liangzhou alone, and cooperated with Han Sui to take back Guanzhong with Han Sui's power.

Cao Cao sent envoys to persuade Ma Chao to surrender, otherwise he would kill Ma Teng.

Ma Teng personally wrote a letter, asking Ma Chao to surrender to Cao Cao, so that he can enjoy his old age as a rich man.

Ma Chao said that he would rather let his father die than surrender to Cao Cao!
So... Ma Teng died!

There was a lot of discussion among the people, but they were generally divided into three factions.

The counselors headed by Guo Tu suggested going south, the counselors headed by Shenpei suggested going west, and the counselors headed by Xun Chen remained silent.

Although Yuan Shao's territory has expanded, the internal fighting is still there, and it is more intense than before. Both sides can't wait to kill the other's family.

Yuan Shao himself is more inclined to go south, because Guanzhong Xiliang has long been dilapidated, and the only two advantages are easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the people's customs are sturdy.

However, Jingzhou and Yangzhou have been developed, and more and more people from the Central Plains went south to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to open up wasteland, reclaiming a large amount of farmland and towns for these two states.

When Yuan Shao was hesitating, Yanhou Wang Jue came to the hall with a long sword, wearing walking shoes, and ignoring the officials in the hall.

This is his prerogative, and ordinary people cannot do this.

"Sir, Wang Jue, see Your Majesty!" Wang Jue saluted Zhao Wang Yuan Shao.

Seeing Wang Jue coming, the civil and military ministers in the hall did not dare to chatter any more, and looked at Wang Jue one after another.

Under the curious eyes of everyone, Wang Jue proposed his strategy:
"Now that I, Zhao Min'an Guotai, have the opportunity to go north and sweep Xianbei!"

"As for the vassals of Jingyang, Guanliang, the king only needs to make a decision. Who dares to disobey them? At that time, the king will use the emperor's order to disobey the ministers, and join other princes who have surrendered to attack the princes who have not surrendered. For those princes who have surrendered, Then slowly cut down the feudal clan, so that after more than ten years, the world can be pacified without a single soldier!"

Wang Jue believes that it is possible to follow the practice of the four generations of Liu Bang, Liu Heng, Liu Qi, and Liu Che in the former Han Dynasty, first recognize the legitimacy of those princes who ruled the separatist side, reduce their resistance psychology, and then unite the princes who are willing to submit to attack those who are not willing to surrender. The princes, weaken the overall strength of the princes, and at the same time strengthen the overall strength of Yuan and Zhao. Finally, for the remaining princes who have surrendered, boil the frogs in warm water, deprive them of their privileges step by step, reduce their independence, and dare to resist. Just wipe them out, and those who don't resist continue to boil the frogs in warm water to slowly boil them away, disintegrate the princes, and fight against each other, just like during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

"It only takes 30 years, and the world can be easily settled!" Although Wang Jue can fight, it does not mean that he must rely on fighting to solve problems. Make more choices, otherwise he would have died in the battle of Guandu, and there would be no other choices.

"For those princes outside, we only need to repeat the practice of the four monarchs of the former Han Dynasty and speed up the practice of the four emperors of the former Han Dynasty, and we can gradually eliminate them. They are now opening up wasteland, but they are helping us to open up wasteland. There is no need to rush To attack, the most urgent task now is to take advantage of Xianbei's split, go north and sweep Xianbei, so that they dare not go south and herd horses, and establish the [Mobei Protectorate] to remove the worries for my great Zhao!"

During the period of Emperor Huandi and Lingdi, Xianbei was unified by a hero named "Tanshi Huai".

This sandalwood locust tree conquered Wuhuan and Fuyu to the east, forced Wuhuan and Fuyu to pay tribute to him, conquered the Dingling people and Jiankun people to the north, took away the Western Regions Protectorate of the Han Dynasty to the west, and continuously invaded the Han Dynasty to the south. In these 17 years, Xianbei won or tied every time, while Dahan either lost miserably or drew by luck, and never won anyway.

"Guoheng will perish with the weak, and the Han will perish with the strong!" This sentence obviously did not apply during the period of Emperor Huan and Lingdi. Being invaded frequently by Xianbei, there is no way to stop them. The refugee uprisings in the hinterland of the Central Plains have continued one after another. No matter how you look at it, it does not look like "death by force", but the standard end of the world!
Emperor Huan Liu Zhi wanted to make peace with Xianbei many times, begging to stop Xianbei from going south through marriage, but Tan Shihuai ruthlessly refused.

Tan Shihuai wanted the land of the big man more than a few consort princesses.

Fortunately in misfortune, perhaps God is also nostalgic for the Central Plains. Xianbei hero Tan Shihuai died suddenly of illness. His sons fought each other for the position of the Great Chanyu, and a Xianbei version of the Eight Kings Rebellion came ahead of schedule.

When the big man was competing among the heroes, Xianbei was fighting endlessly, and neither side had time to talk to each other.

The Central Plains is busy with civil wars and has no time to deal with the grasslands, and the grasslands are also busy with civil wars and has no time to deal with the Central Plains.

Now, Wang Jue proposes to take advantage of the opportunity of Xianbei's civil strife to conquer Xianbei and establish Mobei Protectorate!

(End of this chapter)