The fourth update is 12,000 yuan, please give me a monthly vote... a gentleman can deceive him." Liu Xiu sighed and gave the secret letter he had just received to Guo Jia. This was an urgent document sent by Xi Zhicai through a secret passage. Although it was urgent, it was not as fast as a telegram after all. It took ten days to pass it from Yecheng here.

Xi Zhicai said two things, one was that Yuan Wei and Yuan Shao had contacted each other, as if they were preparing to attack Cao Cao. The other was that Yuan Shao sent someone to Luoyang to find the eunuchs in the palace and asked them to say in front of Empress Dowager Dong that Lu Zhi was abusing his power and had the intention of being unjust. The result is unknown now, but Liu Xiu could basically estimate Lu Zhi's reaction.

Queen Mother Dong is a greedy and short-sighted woman. She couldn't recognize the situation in front of her at all. She thought that now was the time when Emperor Ling was alive and wanted to monopolize the power. There was no benefit in keeping her in the court. It was time to drive her away.

As for Lu Zhi, Liu Xiu's mood was quite complicated. Lu Zhi was undoubtedly a gentleman, but his personality was too upright. In the current situation, Lu Zhi would actually focus on him. It is impossible to say that his worries are unreasonable, but there must be a priority? If the little emperor must not be able to defend the country, would it be better for me, the descendant of King Yuan of Chu to inherit the world, or would Yuan Shao inherit the world?

Judging from Lu Zhi's actions, what he could do was probably just to prevent him, Liu Xiu, not Yuan Shao, because Yuan Shao could not prevent him. In order to curb him, Liu Xiu, Lu Zhi would rather weaken his strength and destroy the advantages that the court had accumulated very easily.

To put it bluntly, this is the origin of the old lady of the Nara clan "will be with a friendly country than with a slave". Confucian culture has always had the tradition of preventing the inside than preventing the outside world. She must first calm the inside out and resilient it from fighting against foreign countries. Since the Spring and Autumn Period, she has been attached to classics. Therefore, scholars think this is normal. This is because in their hearts, the world is the family of the emperor. It has nothing to do with other subjects. The emperor loses his throne and is taken away by his ministers. Just like being taken away by foreign enemies, it is even more unacceptable. Even if he is beaten outside and is beaten to death, he will return home. When he closes the door, I will be the only one. It is the only one who wants to separate power from me. It is unacceptable no matter how it is.

This is also the psychological origin of Chairman Chiang's decision to let go of the claim against Japan than to accept the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Because in China's ruling thought, the concept of co-governance of the monarch and ministers has become indifferent from the Warring States Period. By the time Qin Shihuang unified the world, centralization of power began to embark on a path of no return. Dong Zhongshu used the theory of the induction of heaven and man. He had already handed over the rights of checking and balanced emperors to the hands of heaven, and heaven was often unreliable. Since the emperor was the emperor, wouldn't he help his son that day?

Now Lu Zhi has become a powerful minister, and there are two ways in front of him. One is that he retreats himself, so he will let down the instructions of the late emperor, and no one can restrict Liu Xiu from then on. Why did the late emperor summon Lu Zhi from Zhuo County to Luoyang before his death and entrusted him with important tasks? It is because only Lu Zhi can check and balance Liu Xiu. Whether morally or in terms of strength, only Lu Zhi can compete with Liu Xiu. Lu Zhi retreated. Although Liu Xiu cannot be said to do whatever he wants from now on, people who can stand in front of him like Lu Zhi will never appear again.

Another way is that Lu Zhi insists on resigning and defeating Empress Dowager Dong. This result is something Liu Xiu is willing to see. Although it is far less convenient for him personally than Lu Zhi to retreat, he knows that with Lu Zhi in Luoyang, he can operate in Yizhou with confidence and fight with confidence, and there will be no big trouble in Luoyang.

He didn't know what Lu Zhi would do, so he could only wait. Besides, he didn't have time to care about Luoyang now. He was going to Liangzhou to preside over the war against Yugu, Big and Big.

Liu Xiu originally planned to hand this matter over to Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui, but Yan Zhong expressed his objection. First, Xiahou Yuan and Han Sui are both senior generals, and they are dominated by any person and the other person is the deputy. It is difficult to cooperate. To make them both bow down and obey orders, only Liu Xiu personally took action. Another reason is very sad. Yan Zhong said that the army used in this war will be more than 30,000, and almost all the troops in Liangzhou will be handed over to the hands of any person. If you defeat it, you will have merits. If you have merits, you will have rewards. Whoever presides over this war will remember the kindness on whom. The right to give kindness cannot be given.

Liu Xiu was helpless. He finally understood why Cao Cao had to fight east and west after becoming prime minister, conquering Guanzhong and Hanzhong, and sent troops to Jianghuai many times, almost all of whom were personally witnessed. The so-called five-son generals, except for Yu Jin leading the seven armies to rescue Fancheng and achieving Guan Yu's reputation for life, few others had the opportunity to lead the army alone. Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian guarded Hefei, with a total force of only 7,000.

He had just finished sighing about Lu Zhi, and now it was his own turn.

"Let Xi Zhicai escape from Yecheng." Liu Xiu said to Guo Jia: "Although he can get first-hand information by doing this, it is too dangerous. Once Yuan Shao notices something, he may not be able to escape. Just arrange for someone to look at Yuan Shao. With just one Jizhou, he will not be able to make a fuss. The situation in Luoyang is complicated, and Jingzhou and Yangzhou must arrange people to be responsible for him and let him return to Luoyang to preside over the overall affairs."

Liu Xiu paused and said, "I have not only one opponent in Yuan Shao."

Guo Jia understood and turned around to write secret letters. The secret letters had their own set of writing skills. They were either knowledgeable or even couldn't understand them after receiving the secret letter. The person who was responsible for these things was Guo Jia, and if others were Meng Da and Yan Xing could not participate.

"By the way, I'll call Mengda to Ji County together to reunite his father and son."

"Here."

...

In the afternoon, Liu Xiu arrived in Ji County. Liangzhou Governor Meng Tuo led people out to welcome him, Xiahou Yuan, the captain of the Qiang, and Han Sui, the prefect of Longxi, also rushed over. After everyone met, there was a warm and hustle and bustle. Needless to say, Meng Tuo was very happy to see his son who had not seen for more than a year, who was tall and strong, and heroic. When the officials saw that this was the beloved son of the governor and were working with the generals, they naturally stepped forward to flatter him. Meng Tuo felt happy, but he was serious and humble, and he was well taught by the general. Now there are famous generals like the general and the scholars like Xun Yue. What kind of talents can't be taught? You have to think of your children to be successful. Let them all go to Guanzhong.

Those Liangzhou heroes cursed Meng Tuo in their hearts. Sending him to Guanzhong School is a hostage, so you are too hurt. But you have to agree with him, but they all say that they should advise others to send their children, and never mention their own.

Liu Xiu saw it and didn't say anything. Although Liangzhou cannot be as strong as Guanzhong's style, most of these wealthy families will hire people to educate their children, so that they will not take the initiative to send their children to Guanzhong. And those ordinary families who think of studying in Guanzhong do not have this capital. Although the tuition fee of Guanzhong School is not high, the living expenses are also a considerable expense.

It seems that it is necessary to also run some smaller schools in Liangzhou, which is conducive to cultivating talents and winning people's hearts.

After Meng Tuo reported on the preparations for food and grass, Liu Xiu raised this issue by the way. Meng Tuo was a little embarrassed. He said that Liangzhou has developed in the past two years, but its foundation is still weak. The local area is large, so there should be too few officials. If there are too few people, it will be less taxable. It is difficult to maintain the current operation of officials. Although the expenses of running a school are not very large, it is also an expense after all. It is easy to drive it, and it is a political achievement. However, if it cannot be maintained, it will be closed in a few years or cannot recruit students, it will be unfavorable.

After hearing this, Liu Xiu looked at Meng Tuo with admiration. As Meng Tuo, opening a school was a political achievement. As for a few years, who knew that he was still the governor of Liangzhou? Even if it was vigorous and silent when it was closed, didn’t the officials of the Celestial Empire do this? It was not easy for a corrupt feudal bureaucrat to reject such temptation.

In other words, Meng Tuo is thinking about the problem because he is standing by, rather than focusing on his own political achievements.

"You have made sense. This matter must be discussed for a long time." Liu Xiu was very satisfied. He praised Meng Tuo for two sentences, and then mentioned the Shandong silk silk and Shu brocade that were about to be transported. This was the first large-scale reopening of the Silk Road in so many years. Liangzhou was the first area after the caravan left Guanzhong. Whether it could be supplied in time is a very challenging issue for local officials, especially Meng Tuo, the governor of Liangzhou.

"General, the problem of water can be solved, but it is difficult for Liangzhou to solve the problem of food by itself." Meng Tuo hesitated for a long time and said to Liu Xiu in a realistic manner: "There is very little cultivated land in Liangzhou, and most people still make a living by grazing. The general wants to conquer the Qiang. How can the Qiang people arrange it after conquering? They are not good at farming, and Liangzhou does not have so much land for them to farm. At present, there is no big problem with supplying those merchants. If you squeeze, you can squeeze out. However, in the future, there will inevitably be food shortage. General, this must be paid attention to."

Liu Xiu was also in a very difficult situation. As Meng Tuo said, farming and pastoralism are equally important, and farmland is limited, and grain output has not been high. In the past two years, Guanzhong's grain industry has grown rapidly and can support Liangzhou. However, it is mainly for military rations for the army, and even for merchants' food, Guanzhong cannot afford it. There is grain in Yizhou, but the cost of transporting grain from Yizhou is too high. It is too low to carry a car on the shoulder of the plank road. It is easy to get from Liangzhou to Yizhou, but it is difficult to get from Yizhou to Liangzhou.

It is better to pacify Kanto as soon as possible. Without the food in Kanto, the man is like a weaned child and it is difficult for him to grow strong.

"You are preparing first, and I am also trying to find a way." Liu Xiu could only comfort Meng Tuo, "I will ask the technicians from Chengdu School and Guanzhong School to inspect and see how to improve the road between Yizhou and Liangzhou. If you want to be rich, build the road first."

After saying this, Liu Xiu suddenly felt aroused. He used to think about how to produce goods that can make money, but now he found that commodities alone were not enough, and it would not be possible to transport them. It was only meaningful to circulate the goods and make money. In the past, he often saw big slogans on the wall, such as "If you want to be rich, build roads first", or "If you want to be rich, give birth to less children and more trees", which was just a propaganda term for the government, but now he thought about it, this still makes sense. There are only 60 million people in the Han Dynasty, which is far from the 1.6 billion people in later generations, but with the current level of productivity, 60 million has actually reached the limit of land support. These two slogans seem to be very applicable to reality.

He had no choice but to control the population. It seemed that it was not feasible to promote family planning, but road construction was imperative. Yizhou had to build roads from Liangzhou, and Yizhou had to build roads from Tianzhu. The south was not like the grasslands in the north, and you could find roads anywhere. In the mountains, there was no unified government planning and scientific exploration, it was not easy to build a road. Despite this, too hasty will also cause social crisis. Before, Qin Shihuang built the straight road, Emperor Wu of Han opened the Yelang Road, and later Emperor Yang of Sui opened the Grand Canal. They were all for the sake of the times. Emperor Yang of Sui ruined the country and the great head for this.

It is really not easy to do something, and relying solely on the enthusiasm of a scholar is far from enough. (To be continued) Please search for Piaotianwen, the novel is better, updated and faster!!!
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