Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 679

In the early morning, a round of orange-red sunlight rises from the horizon, casting a ray of light on the earth shrouded in mist. Although it is winter, thick hoarfrost covers the grass, field stacks, vegetables, fields, and fields.However, the strands of yellow light dispelled the foggy and frosty morning, like the blood condensed by the creatures who lived in caves for a long time became active again.

Looking at the carriage passing by in the distance, Liu Xie couldn't help feeling a little more emotional: "There are so many generous and wise righteous men in ancient times!"

The one riding in the distant carriage was naturally Du Ji who was appointed by Liu Xiexin as the prefect of Shangdang.On the occasion of the handover of the New Year, Liu Xie deliberately asked Du Ji to rush back to Jingzhao from Hedong. After this year, he called the promoted talent into Weiyang Palace, and held a match between the monarch and his ministers.

The right topic is naturally the strategy for recovering the state this year.

Du Ji is a capable minister with flexible means and comprehensive abilities in history.Moreover, he also complained that he was underappreciated under the leadership of an old friend.Liu Xie thought that such a person would not be careless like Yang Xiu, but would also have a bit of Kong Rong's resentment, but what Liu Xie didn't expect was that Du Ji was a rigorous personality who made plans before moving. people.

He hardly likes to talk, and the match between the monarch and his subjects was basically no fun.Most of the questions were raised by Liu Xie, and Du Ji thought for a while before expressing his views concisely.But after that half an hour, Liu Xie somewhat regretted the idea of ​​letting Du Ji into Bingzhou.

Because Du Ji is indeed not a talent in a county.I'm afraid it would be difficult for even a single state to display his talents.

However, in today's Han court, there are all kinds of talents everywhere, and it is no problem to deal with the general affairs of the family and the country.On the contrary, the officials sent outside, except for the generals he trained with both civil and military skills, the rest are the kind of veterans of the Han Dynasty who uphold Confucianism and Taoism and can only calm the people, but cannot calm down.

Therefore, even if he is reluctant, Liu Xie has to bear the pain to give up.Just like he threw Yang Fu and Jiang Jiong to Liangzhou, and Liang Xi to Yuzhou, because in such a sensitive and delicate position, only these eclectic talents can stand alone for Liu Xie.

Du Ji's performance in Hedong was remarkable, and Xu Rong's reply also praised Du Ji greatly.For such a person, Liu Xie will not doubt the employment of the person, and will not use the suspicious person.Therefore, before playing the right game, he told Du Ji about the plot he had made with his confidant a few years ago.

But in fact, Yuan Shao's performance there was not satisfactory.Although Liu Xie also knew that Yuan Shao was playing tricks and did not invest too much Jinyiwei in the Qingxu and Jingyang areas, after several years of development, Jinyiwei already has an intelligence network that spreads all over the world.Therefore, it will not be a problem to use it to sniff out information.

But in those two places, in the three months of last year, there was really no big move.In the Qingxu area, Yuan Tan only led troops across the border of Xuzhou in October.But then Cao Hong, who was in charge of guarding the first army on Mount Tai, retreated with elite tiger and leopard cavalry; the information on the Sanjiangkou area was even more boring. , so that Sun Ce and Zhou Yu never looked at the so-called threat.

Such a result further confirmed Xun You's conjecture: Yuan Shao probably had nowhere to go, so he wanted to gain a sense of presence in these two places, beat the side drums, and look for the flaws of the Han Dynasty.However, after all, these two places are extremely sensitive, so the execution ability has been greatly reduced. This kind of action only attracted the attention of the world at the beginning, and then it disappeared like dust and smoke.

Of course, such a result does not mean that there will be no major changes in these two places this year.After all, the locations of these two places are too sensitive, and it is worth Liu Xie's energy to observe and guard against.But at the same time, Liu Xie agreed more with Xun You's suggestion: it is better to be still than to move.

Now, the quiet three years of Chuping have finally passed.Liu Xie also needs to wake up in the silence and take the initiative to plan for the Han Dynasty.

The area in Yizhou is a long-term project.Liu Xie had already released Liu Zhang back to Yizhou. Such a decision made Liu Fan, who was farming, and Liu Dan, who was in prison, gnashing their teeth. They all thought that Liu Zhang had used extremely despicable means to confuse Liu Xie into making such a mistake. choice.

Now, the two brothers' hatred for Liu Zhang is still raging and angry, and it has not reached the point of completely cutting off the brotherhood.And letting Liu Zhang go back, it will take a while for Liu Yan to accept the idea that Liu Yan may only have such a stupid son inheriting Yizhou.After such an idea is finalized, Liu Zhang will gain a group of forces in Yizhou.

At that time, it will be the time for Liu Xie to put Liu Dan back.And when the gentry in Yizhou were devastated by their brothers, Liu Xie would send the wise and powerful Liu Fan back to Yizhou.

By that time, the upper echelons of Yizhou would probably be in chaos.Liu Yan, who is exhausted physically and mentally, may die with great resentment towards Liu Xie.At that time, no matter whether Liu Yan has appointed someone to take over as Yizhou Mu, it will be invalid from a legal point of view.Because the ultimate power to appoint Yizhou Mu was still in the Han court.

Then, the stable upper-level regime in Yizhou was divided into three parts; external ambitious people are ready to move, and the whole situation in Yizhou will completely fall into the situation of internal and external troubles.In the end, no matter the three brothers asked the Han Dynasty to reconcile, or Yizhou was on fire, the Han Dynasty army could easily deal with the scattered Yizhou.

This very despicable but effective move will take two or three years to take shape.

During this period of time, Liu Xie believed that it should be enough to recover Bingzhou.Even though, he knew that there would be a big tiger like Yuan Shao blocking the way on the way to regain Bingzhou.But even so, Liu Xie believes that the strategy and energy invested in the early stage is already much ahead of Yuan Shao, which is enough to make him better than Yuan Shao in the fight on this territory.

So, to sum up, there was a match between Liu Xie and Du Ji five days ago - Liu Xie really needed some advice from someone who was at the forefront of Bingzhou and had excellent abilities.

When Zou Dui entered the theme, Du Jina's upright face stretched a lot: "Your Majesty has already made a fortune in Bingzhou, and now the military power of the Han Dynasty is even more powerful. On this basis, I think that the recovery of Bingzhou only needs to be simmered .”

The reason why Du Ji said these words was because when the monarch and his ministers were right, they would eat hot pot.At that moment, Du Ji had already boiled a piece of mutton very calmly. After chewing and savoring it, he continued to explain with the principle of 'governing a big country is like cooking a small fish'.

"Today's Bingzhou is like this dish. Your Majesty has already put it into the pot. What is needed is no longer a quick fire, but a slow fire. It is best to stir it a few times with these bamboo chopsticks. The natural soup is fresh and delicious. I am willing to be this pair of bamboo chopsticks in the hands of Your Majesty."

After tasting the piece of mutton, Du Ji got up and came to the sand table simulation map, pointed at Shangdang with the bamboo chopsticks in his hand, and said: "Dang, Suo, is the highest on the mountain, so it is called Shangdang. The terrain is dangerous, and it has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. It is said that "the party can hope to win the Central Plains". However, since the prefect of this place was killed by the Black Mountain bandits many years ago, the court has been vacant. , I implore Your Majesty to transfer a humble official to join the Shangdang."

Because there was a conspiracy against Bingzhou in the first nine months, it is impossible for Liu Xie to be ignorant of the situation of Shangdang at this time. Hearing Du Ji's words, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock: "Shangdang is a place, and the place is in chaos. Hu Di In the world, Zhang Xiong is domineering; the Black Mountain bandits are hiding in the Taihang Mountains, and they are erratic. The officials and people here either fled or rebelled, and joined the Hu people and the Black Mountain bandits one after another. It's chaotic. I don't know why Bohou prefers this place?"

"Because the minister's departure this time represents the court of the Han Dynasty!" Du Ji suddenly raised his arms and spoke like a golden stone: "This place has been in chaos for a long time, because the forces of all parties have not been involved. Your Majesty has already embraced Bingzhou in his chest. , this time I went to stir things up, wouldn't it just change the situation?"

"At that time, no matter who in Bingzhou is loyal to the Han Dynasty or who resists the destiny, they will not escape the eyes of humble ministers. General Xu Han Dynasty and the Northern Army are on standby, and the elite troops of the Han Dynasty will arrive sooner or later. Once the fog clears away , wouldn’t His Majesty’s conquest be twice the result with half the effort?”

Hearing these words, Liu Xie nodded deeply: Du Ji's words are not wrong. The Han Dynasty has a general strategy and arrangement for Bingzhou, but the real details are as far as who can win over, who should suppress, and who should be punished. The association can only talk on paper.If Du Ji is wedged into Bingzhou, it is equivalent to the Han Dynasty injecting a live fish into the muddy water. You only need to take a swim to know the whole picture.

But at the same time, it is also possible that the live fish died in the muddy water first—generally speaking, this is a challenge that tests one's courage and ability to the extreme.

Therefore, after Liu Xie thought about it, he said lightly: "I allow you to bring three thousand elite northern troops to the post."

Du Ji smiled slightly: "I don't need three thousand northern troops, I only need the Jinyiwei in the hands of your majesty!..."

Liu Xie was taken aback for a moment, but then laughed loudly: "Bo Hou has a unique vision, yes, the three thousand northern troops in such a region are indeed no match for a dozen Jinyiwei. I agree with this proposal!"

(End of this chapter)