At that time, Liu Xie did not need to send a large army. He only needed an imperial edict and dispatched soldiers from one county to wipe out these aristocratic families.

Later, Zhuge Liang also explained in detail how to quickly pacify the world.

First of all, the emperor now occupies Sili, Yongzhou, and Bingzhou. Although Xiliang is still under the actual control of Ma Teng and Han Sui, everyone in the world can see that these two people are planning to follow Liu Xie.

This means that Liu Xie now has almost the same territory as the Qin Dynasty in the past, or even larger.

Then, Liu Xie can definitely recreate the old path of Qin's unification of the world.

First, strengthen the defense of several important passes such as Hulao Pass, Sishui Pass, and Wuguan, and then, as the emperor, issue orders to various princes.

First, use your position as a high official to induce the princes to accept the imperial edict, but you need to do some tricks in the imperial edict.

For example, if Yuan Shao's actual territory is in Youzhou, Jizhou, then Liu Xie can directly give Yuan Shao Yanzhou Mu, Qingzhou Mu, or even Xuzhou Mu.

The main purpose is to create conflict between Yuan Shao and the surrounding princes.

To sum it up in one sentence, if there is no contradiction, creating a contradiction will add fuel to the fire.

The best thing is to let them fight with each other first, and then the court will take the opportunity to recharge its batteries and wait until the princes are tired, then directly send troops to destroy them.

What, you said that there might be a tacit understanding among the princes and they would not be easily instigated by Liu Xie?

That’s because you didn’t offer enough!

In Zhuge Liang's words, it's just a false name anyway, so why do you care?

If you give General Yuan Shao permission, will he take the initiative to send troops to help you quell the chaos?

If you take back Sun Ce's Jiangdong, will he honestly give up Jiangdong's land?

You're kidding! Anyway, Liu Xie has no way to penetrate into the areas controlled by the princes, and he won't get a penny of benefits.

That being the case, why not use these false reputations as a price to provoke a battle between the princes?

Anyway, as long as the princes are destroyed, those territories and fame will belong to the emperor.

After doing all this, Liu Xie should attack Jingzhou first, because Liu Biao, the herdsman of Jingzhou, is old and dying soon, and his two sons are also beginning to seize power.

According to Han tradition, when the father dies, the eldest son succeeds to the throne.

The current situation in Jingzhou is that Liu Qi, the eldest son, is weak and incompetent and does not receive support from the Jingzhou family.

The second son, Liu Cong, was a descendant of the Cai family, a wealthy family in Jingzhou, and his uncle was Cai Mao, the commander-in-chief of the Jingzhou Navy.

It can be said that in Jingzhou, the common people supported Liu Qi, while the aristocratic families supported Liu Cong.

In the Han Dynasty, when the country was governed by filial piety and brotherhood, abolishing the elder and establishing the younger was a recipe for disaster. Even when Emperor Ling was on the throne, if he wanted to abolish the elder and establish the younger, the whole court would be in a state of panic.

As a result, it eventually evolved into the Shi Changshi Rebellion.

And now, Liu Biao of Jingzhou wants to follow the old path of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. I have to say that this is a good opportunity given to Liu Xie by God.

Once chaos breaks out in Jingzhou, Liu Xie will have the opportunity to go south and occupy Jingzhou, thus dividing the princes of the world into two parts.

Then they can send troops from Yongzhou and Jingzhou at the same time to conquer Hanzhong, and then occupy Yizhou. In this way, the Han Dynasty can occupy the entire western region.

Use the land of Jingzhou and Yizhou to support millions of soldiers, and once the world changes, they can compete in the Central Plains.

If the Central Plains is determined, then the remaining princes in the world will be just clowns who can control the world by sending only one partial army.

In this way, whether Zhuge Liang's set is familiar or not, Liu Xie feels that it is not too familiar. This is completely another version of Long Zhong's.

Liu Xie felt that Zhuge Liang still looked very far-sighted strategically, but it still did not reach the level that Liu Xie really wanted.

Zhuge Liang was also trapped by his horizons. From the beginning, his plan also relied on aristocratic families.

But there is a saying that is good, it is easier to ask gods than to give them away. If you rely on aristocratic families to make a fortune, you should give some benefits to the aristocratic families no matter what. Otherwise, people from other aristocratic families are stubborn, but they will still treat you with love.

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Why should he support you? Wouldn't it be better for him to support those princes who are in a disadvantaged situation? In this way, they can get more benefits from the princes.

Don't say that there are people in aristocratic families who have a big heart. As I said before, it is impossible for others to use love to generate electricity. These aristocratic families have no bottom line.

The reason why they do not betray the Han Dynasty now is that the Han Dynasty has not touched the core interests of the aristocratic families, and the price offered by the princes is not high enough for the aristocratic families to refuse.

If Liu Xie now decrees that in the future, officials will not be promoted through filial piety and incorruptibility, and officials will not be selected by recommendation, but will be uniformly selected through scientific examinations, do you think these aristocratic families will directly jump up to rebel against you?

Although Liu Xie is now implementing the imperial examination system, Liu Xie still has not directly abolished the recommendation system. He is waiting for when most officials in the court are selected through the imperial examination system before he can

Completely cancel the recommendation system.

According to Zhuge Liang's proposal, Liu Xie wanted to borrow the power of the aristocratic family to attack the princes, so he would have to free up more positions for the aristocratic family. This was inconsistent with Liu Xie's original idea.

To put it bluntly, even if you borrow the power of aristocratic families and give them enough rights, after the princes are calmed down, what reason will you use to take back the rights in their hands.

Therefore, now, Liu Xie can take advantage of the unrest in the world to use a large number of scholars who came out of the imperial examination system. In this case, people from aristocratic families will have no reason to jump out and stop him.

After Liu Xie read Zhuge Liang's article, he put it aside, and then picked up Sima Yi's article again.

If Xu Shu and Zhuge Liang's articles were all about hoping that Liu Xie would borrow the power of the aristocratic family, then Sima Yi's article could be said to be at the other extreme.

First of all, Sima Yi commented on Liu Xie's hosting of this civil and military competition. In his words, he did not comment on the military competition. It can even be said that Sima Yi was more in favor of the military competition.

Because the world is in chaos now, the imperial court needs a large number of warriors who are good at conquering and fighting to relieve the imperial court from its worries.

But for Wenbi, Sima Yi disagreed. He first talked about the difference between children from aristocratic families and children from poor families. To put it simply, children from aristocratic families are smart since they were young and received good and systematic learning.

It's talent.

But poor families are different. People like them need to run around for life and cannot study without distractions.

Whether it is innate conditions or acquired conditions, people from aristocratic families are better than people from poor families. The country has been raising scholars for three hundred years, and it is the right time to uphold justice and integrity!

The Han Dynasty has supported families like them for three hundred years starting from the time of Emperor Gaozu. Now that the country is in trouble, it is time for the children of the aristocratic families to serve the Han Dynasty.

But now, Your Majesty has abandoned the aristocratic family and favored the wealthy family, which has simply broken the hearts of the aristocratic families in the world.

If His Majesty can stop holding literary competitions and give more importance to the world's aristocratic family, then the world's aristocratic family will definitely do its best to help your majesty unify the world.
Chapter completed!