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"It's okay, it's easy in the army, it's the way it is. Just don't eat too fast, you won't have a good stomach."

"Sigh." Shang Shu nodded, took a sip of the soup, and said a little embarrassedly: "Today's food is delicious, and I forgot about it for a while."

"Where are you from?" Liu Xie was curious.He often eats with Empress Fushou, so he naturally knows that this Shangshu eats Langya style food.

"I'm from Pengcheng."

Liu Xie nodded.

Pengcheng is very close to Langya, so the taste is similar. "How long has it been since you had a meal like this?"

Shang Shu thought about it. "It's been seven or eight years. I haven't eaten since avoiding chaos in Jiangdong."

"What's your name?" Liu Xie became interested.

"My surname is Yan, my name is Guan, and my courtesy name is Mancai. I was a Lang three months ago. The host is Yu Zhongxiang, who sacrificed wine at the Jiangwu Hall. He took care of him when he was avoiding chaos in Jiangdong. He transferred to Lantai half a month ago, and today is the second. second duty."

Liu Xie was stunned.He heard Yu Fan mention this person, but he never thought of meeting him, never thought that he had been arranged to be a minister in Lantai.

"I heard from Yu Jijiu that when you were in Jiangdong, you were interested in the ebb and flow of the tide and wrote an article?"

"It's "On the Tide", which discusses the relationship between the ebb and flow of the tide and the phases of the moon." Yan Jian put down the bowl, took out a handkerchief from his pocket, and wiped it. "I was in Qiantang, and I heard local people talk about Qiantang tide. I got some insights and did some research. I found that there are three laws of tide fluctuation..."

"Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang walked in, and seeing Liu Xie talking to Yan Jian, he couldn't help but feel a little strange.

Lantai arranged for the Shangshu to record the daily notes, and Liu Xie generally didn't care about it. Many Shangshu worked for a period of time, but they never spoke to Liu Xie.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang was back, Liu Xie didn't bother to discuss the tide with Yan Yan anymore, and ordered Yan Jian to copy the article to him when he had time.

Yan Jian nodded in agreement, and immediately returned to the case to prepare for the record.

"What's the matter? Didn't you just go to eat, why did you come back?"

"I just saw Zhou Gongjin and Jiang Ziyi, and I was worried about something, so I rushed here first."

Liu Xie smiled and signaled Yan Tian to show Zhuge Liang the record of the conversation just now.Zhuge Liang is cautious and considerate, and he will be required to speak later in the discussion. A brief introduction is not enough, and it is most convenient for him to read the original record directly.

When Zhuge Liang was reading the records, Pang Tong and others also came and circulated them one after another.

Guessing that the time was almost up, Liu Xie asked Yan Tian to find Cai Yan and asked her to arrange a few more Shangshu records.There are so many things to discuss today, I am afraid that one person will not be able to remember them all.

Yan Yan took the order and left the tent.

Zhuge Liang went to Liu Xie's side and talked about the meal with Fazheng just now, emphasizing that Chen Deng wanted to attack Zhang Xi and avenge the annihilation of the entire army.

Liu Xie thought about it. "What's your suggestion?"

"Not to intervene, it is up to Liu Xuzhou to decide on his own."

Liu Xie nodded, without saying anything, and asked Zhuge Liang to prepare a map of the Western Regions.

After a while, Cai Yan came with two ministers, one of whom was Yuan Heng.

Yuan Heng tied his hair in a bun and wore narrow-sleeved close-fitting Shangshu clothing. He looked like a boy, holding a notebook and pen for recording in his arms.Seeing Liu Xie look over, she was a little shy, gave a salute, and hid behind Cai Yan.

Cai Yan stepped forward to salute, and explained that several ministers of Lantai were not in the camp by chance, and it was difficult to gather for a while, so Yuan Heng was asked to fill the number.If the number is not enough, transfer a few more female riders for emergency.

Liu Xie said: "It should be enough for Ling Shi to go out in person, and there is no need to make the camp full of wind and rain."

"only."

Liu Xie looked at Yuan Heng again, a little surprised.In his impression, Yuan Heng had always been a minor child, but the Yuan Heng in front of him was nearly seven feet tall, with a slender figure, already a flowery girl.Wearing men's clothes, there is an indistinguishable androgynous beauty.

"It's more convenient to wear men's clothes in the camp. I came in a hurry, so I didn't have time to change." Seeing Liu Xie's curiosity, Cai Yan explained. "She is more attentive to the human geography of the Western Regions, and she may be able to help."

Liu Xie smiled and said nothing more.

Yuan Heng has no official status, so it stands to reason that he cannot wear Shangshu clothes.But with a gentleman like Cai Yan, it is not difficult for Yuan Heng to become an official.Cai Yan brought her here, that's what he meant, and he didn't need to go online, he insisted on embarrassing Cai Yan.

After a while, Yu Fan also came. It was somewhat strange to see so many people in the tent.

There are two people behind him, one is Lu Yi and the other is Cui Yan.Lu Yi is still young and looks a little green.Cui Yan, however, was middle-aged, tall and tall, with a beautiful beard hanging down to his abdomen, he looked very mighty.

These days, beards are an important symbol of male beauty.Having a nice beard makes you feel more masculine.Guan Yu and Tai Shici were like this, but Liu Bei was a little sad, and he didn't have a hair on his chin.

Looking at the map of the Western Regions hung up by Zhuge Liang, Yu Fan smacked his lips, knowing that he had misunderstood.

He thought it was a war in Jizhou, so he brought Cui Yan here on purpose.

Cui Yan's eyes lit up, and his originally heavy heart rose instantly.He gave Yu Fan a wink, asking Yu Fan not to let him leave.

He was admitted to the lecture hall at the age of [-], just because he wanted to fight for meritorious service.Jizhou is his home state, he can't seek merit by killing people in this state, but going to the Western Regions is exactly what he wants.

Seeing Yu Fan coming in, Liu Xie asked someone to transfer the record to Yu Fan, asking him to prepare in advance.

When Yu Fan was almost finished, Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan also came back.They took a shower and changed their clothes, but their hair was still loose and casually loose. Apart from being unrestrained, they were a little more wild.

Everyone in the tent was used to it, and there was no sign of surprise, only Lu Yi smiled silently and shook his head.

Jiang Gan saw it clearly, his eyes widened. "What are you laughing at?"

Speaker Lu stood up and cupped his hands in greeting. "Without him, I just remembered Chu Kuang Jieyu sang and passed in front of the sage's car. The demeanor of the step does not let the former sages."

Jiang Gan snorted: "How dare I stand shoulder to shoulder with Jieyu. What you want to say is probably not the madness of Jieyu, but the rudeness of savages. But whether you are polite or not depends not on your obedience and hair, but on your heart. If you are polite in your heart, Even if you cover your body and live in seclusion in Jiuyi, you are still a Chinese. If you are rude in your heart, even if you are neatly dressed, you are still a savage in China."

Lu Yi blinked. "Been taught a lesson."

Chapter 864

Jiang Gan was dumbfounded, but the others laughed out loud.

Zhou Yu patted Jiang Gan on the shoulder, pulled him into a seat, and whispered in his ear, "Zi Yi, please be safe. Lu Boyan is a young man, so it's easy to deal with. It's not good to annoy Yu Jijiu."

Jiang Gan couldn't help feeling guilty when he heard this, he secretly glanced at Yu Fan, and didn't dare to speak again.

It's not that he's afraid of Yu Fan's words, but he's afraid of Yu Fan's hard fists.

Yu Fan, who can preside over a martial arts lecture and make a group of warriors obedient, is not someone who can be messed with.

Seeing that everyone was here, Liu Xie signaled to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang stood up, announced the start of the meeting, and first briefly introduced the situation.

Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan were envoys under imperial edict. They went into the desert for nearly a year and went deep into the desert for more than [-] miles. They not only saw the wild wolf tribes that harassed the frontier fortresses, but also went to the north of Beihai to visit many barbarians who had moved from the north. more severe than previously expected.

The purpose of holding this meeting is to plan ahead and make preparations in advance.

The first agenda is for Zhou Yu and Jiang Gan to introduce their specific itinerary and knowledge.

After listening to Zhuge Liang's introduction, many people were surprised.

Although they had already seen the hanging map of the Western Regions, they still did not expect that the focus of this meeting would not be Jizhou, which was right in front of them, but the Northern Xinjiang and Western Regions thousands of miles away.

Zhou Yu got up, looked around and saluted, and began to tell.

He had already told Liu Xie once before, and he knew which places needed to be described emphatically, and which places could be mentioned in one sentence.

Zhuge Liang handed him a cinnabar pen. Zhou Yu said while marking the location, the name of the tribe, the approximate number of people, and the name of the leader on the map.

Following Zhou Yu's narration, everyone's expressions gradually became dignified.

The situation in northern Xinjiang is far more serious than they thought.

After Tianzi patrolled the border and severely injured several Xianbei tribes, northern Xinjiang has been very peaceful in recent years, and there have been almost no wars that can be talked about.Some people even think that it is redundant to set up the Yanran Protectorate after the Youyan Protectorate, which is a waste of manpower and material resources. It is better to transfer the Yanran Protectorate to besiege Jizhou in order to win quickly.

It's just that this suggestion was directly rejected by Liu Xie.

Now, after listening to Zhou Yu's introduction, looking at the red circles one by one, and seeing these circles gradually connecting into a line, many people realize that the hidden danger of chaos in northern Xinjiang is far from being eradicated, and may even never be eradicated.

This will be a problem that the big man has to face all the time.

Zhou Yu talked for half an hour, and drew dozens of large and small circles on the map, and finally drew a horizontal line.

"Roughly speaking, northern Xinjiang can be divided into three areas. One is Monan, which roughly starts from Junji Mountain in the west and extends eastward to Yinshan Mountain. This borders our frontier fortress, and the cavalry will enter the fortress within three to five days. Once there is If it is lost, the people in Senai will definitely suffer.”

Then, he drew another horizontal line, starting from Yanran Mountain in the west, passing through Langjuxu Mountain, and heading east all the way.

"This is Mobei. It is a place for Hulu to recuperate on the grassland. It is about a month's journey away from the Han territory. Once they are frustrated in their southern invasion, they will retreat here to lick their wounds, recharge their batteries, and try to make a comeback. Here The water and grass are luxuriant, which can make them grow stronger, but they can't support more households. But the Hulu people are all soldiers, and they are mainly cavalry. Once they approach the border, it will be a disaster."

Finally, he drew a line across the top of the map through the North Sea.

"Beihai is a place where Suwu herds sheep. It can support some tribes, but life is hard and the population is limited. It is very far away from the frontier, about two or three months away."

Zhou Yu put down his pen and wiped his hands with a wet towel. "There was nothing to worry about here, but recently there have been a lot of barbarians from the northern forests. They keep going south and contact the Xianbei people who were defeated by our army. There are many conflicts. No matter who wins or loses, they will merge together and form a A larger tribe, and then headed south."

He raised his head and looked at the people in the big tent. "Even if it doesn't disturb the frontier, it will still threaten the trade routes leading to the Western Regions."

Everyone looked at each other and understood why the emperor called this meeting.

The barbarians harassing the frontier is secondary, with Yanran guarding the mansion, it is unlikely that these barbarians will attack the frontier on a large scale.

However, their use of rangers to harass the commercial roads will have an adverse effect on the great Han Zhongxing.

One of the cores of the New Deal is to revitalize industry and commerce.The benefits of industry and commerce are ten times that of farming, and the export of silk is the most important.If this trade route is harassed by barbarians, most of the profits will fall behind the barbarians.People in the Central Plains planted mulberry and raised silkworms, reeled silk and weaved cloth, but in the end they made it easier for the barbarians.

The barbarians have no capital and no profit, and they will come like flies upon hearing the wind, and they will not be able to drive them away.They sucked the blood of the big man and became stronger, but they would not be grateful to the big man, they would only attack the big man.

And the offensive may be more violent than the previous Huns and Xianbei.

Because of the trade route leading to the Western Regions, they got more benefits.

In other words, by failing to address this problem, the New Deal has created a stronger enemy for itself.

There was silence in the big tent.

Liu Xie coughed, telling everyone not to have any scruples and to speak enthusiastically.

Cui Yan got up first, and said: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty of thinking that the war in Jizhou should be resolved as soon as possible."

Liu Xie turned to look at Cui Yan.

Cui Yan bowed and said: "The expedition beyond the Great Wall requires a lot of money and food, and the transportation of money and food is difficult and consumes too much. Shipping from Jizhou is one of the most labor-saving methods. Only by calming down Jizhou can it be possible to expedition beyond the Great Wall and eliminate the threat of the barbarians. .”

Before Cui Yan finished speaking, Pang Tong stood up to express his objection.

"Jizhou is indeed the closest to northern Xinjiang, and has a well-to-do household registration. It is one of the best foundations for the Northern Expedition. But if Jizhou cannot carry out land saving, most of the land falls into the hands of aristocratic families, and they do not pay taxes. The material resources that the imperial court can obtain from Jizhou It is still limited and not enough to support the army's expedition to Mobei. Instead of hastily ending the war in Jizhou, it is better to completely solve the problem of land in Jizhou."

Cui Yan felt helpless. "Even if Jizhou fully implements Dutian, it will be able to conquer Mobei? Fenglang Juxu and Le Mingyan are fierce, but it is not a long-term solution. If you want to stabilize the northern border, you still need to rely on cavalry like wolf cavalry. Sweeping Mobei will not give the barbarians a chance to grow stronger. Jizhou cannot provide money and food for expeditions to Mobei, but it can support elite cavalry like wolf cavalry."

"Since it is to support wolf riders and not to fight directly, why is there a difference of one or two years? After going to the fields, Jizhou can provide more money and food..."

Liu Xie was secretly happy while listening to the debate between Cui Yan and Pang Tong.

Although Cui Yan wanted to end the war in Jizhou as soon as possible and objected to Dutian, he suggested that it is advisable to use wolves to harass Mobei and not give the barbarians a chance to grow stronger.

With the current technical conditions, even if it is cavalry, it is unrealistic to conquer Mobei on a large scale.A small-scale cavalry attack is still the cheapest way to slow down the growth of those tribes as much as possible.

However, such a method of warfare leaves only a handful of capable soldiers, and most of the gentry's children cannot endure such hardships.As a scholar, Cui Yan couldn't fail to realize this.He can accept such a point of view, which shows that his mentality has changed.

As a middle-aged person, it is gratifying to be able to make such progress after only entering the lecture hall for two or three months.

865 Mindset

The dispute between Cui Yan and Pang Tong did not last long.

The Son of Heaven has made up his mind to forcibly promote Dutian in Jizhou, and Cui Yan can't stop it.As the envoy sent by Jizhou to Chang'an, his identity is already sensitive, and no matter how well he speaks, it is not convincing.

Secondly, the scope of Jizhou's influence is limited, at most it is the Danhan Mountain area.

For the emperor to control Mobei and protect the commercial roads leading to the Western Regions, Jizhou is of little significance.

The focus of the discussion quickly shifted to Yizhou.

Compared with Jizhou, Yizhou seems to have a greater role.From Yizhou to the west, leave Liangzhou, go to the Longxi and Jincheng areas, and the road is closer.

Someone also mentioned Liangzhou.

Liangzhou is the closest to the commercial route leading to the Western Regions.If Liangzhou can be developed, the significance will not be comparable to that of Yizhou and Jizhou.

But the idea is also just an idea.

There is too little arable land in Liangzhou, which is well known to everyone.Even after Dutian, the upper limit of Liangzhou is only self-sufficient, and it cannot afford to support too many people.

Even Liu Xie himself could not solve this problem.

This is the limit of productivity.He can reduce the gap between the rich and the poor as much as possible and tap the potential of existing productivity by implementing systems such as land allocation, but he cannot step into industrialization in one step and turn an agricultural country into an industrial country.

It takes time.

But that doesn't mean his previous thinking was wrong.

Quite the contrary, these debates suggest that the existing mindset has hit its ceiling.It is impossible to achieve a real breakthrough without completely breaking the existing thinking pattern.

Every era has its limitations. Even for the young people who are deeply influenced by him, it is not easy to get rid of the existing limitations.