But what can Lei Yuan say?

He fell into a long silence for about half an hour, or maybe an hour. The sky was already dark, and the breeze roared in the courtyard. Ma Yu's steps were lingering at the door for a while before leaving.

In the end, Guan Yu's decision was too sensational. The more the reason Guan Yu said, the more uncontrollable Lei Yuan's emotions were, and he became a little angry.

Guan Yu and Guan Yu's persistence. Perhaps he hated the dirty world and was willing to wash away the filth and rebuild a clear world at all costs; or perhaps he saw through those noble families and would never tolerate those who stood together with themselves in the new dynasty.

Lei Yuan could fully understand these.

But Guan Yu's decision can never be explained to others.

Tens of thousands of soldiers fought and fought bloody for three months. Countless soldiers died in a desperate situation and died heroically on the battlefield. Countless military families in Jiaozhou lost their fathers, sons or brothers... What are they doing for?

It is to repay the kindness of King Hanzhong and to win a brilliant victory that will not humiliate King Hanzhong!

People in troubled times have low lives, and killing people is like grass. The lives of one, ten, or even a hundred, and thousands of soldiers disappear on the battlefield in just a blink of an eye. Lei Yuan remembers their names for many soldiers who died bravely today, but perhaps in a year or two, Lei Yuan will forget them.

But victory was finally created by so many soldiers!

The greatest result was already within reach. The soldiers could have captured and killed Cao Cao in this battle, thus taking the most powerful step towards the goal of ending this troubled times. But Guan Yu slapped his head and let it go?

How contempt is this for those who died on the battlefield?

What's more, Cao Cao returned north safely and would definitely accumulate energy and start again. Even though the strength of the two families changed, they would inevitably continue to cause trouble. I don't know how many soldiers were going to die on the battlefield, but in the process, I don't know how many rugged and twists and turns, how many blood flowing and corpses were everywhere...

Is it cost-effective to pay a lot of money to get the excuse of clearing the tyrants? Is it cost-effective to cause military disasters to be sustained for the sake of one's own and forever? Is this consistent with the benevolence and righteousness of the King of Hanzhong?

Lei Yuan sighed deeply. At this moment, he suddenly understood.

Any decision must come from a certain position and someone will benefit.

After all, Guan Yu was the chief of the military man in the Hanzhong King's regime, and his decisions always stood from the perspective of the military man. The military man in Jingzhou has now become a group that has both economic and political power.

Over the years, Jingzhou and Jiaozhou have been fully supporting the strength of the military personnel to ensure the basic foundation of the Hanzhong King's regime and maintain the strong control of the military government over the local area.

Economically, the two states granted more manors, slaves or licenses to trade merchants, so that a large number of military men gained the status of the manor owner by relying on military merits, and at least became relatively large-scale self-cultivated farmers; while in politics, a large number of retired military officers and soldiers obtained titles and salaries for their military merits, and then became officials and officials.

According to the figures mastered by Lei Yuan, the military personnel who embarked on the career and became a powerful official are currently at least 900 in Jiaozhou, and more in Jingzhou. As for the military personnel who enjoyed farmland and fiefs, the total number of Jingjiao and the total number of military personnel in Jingjiao is nearly 10,000, and the number is still growing.

These warriors weave a huge network through the close friendship between their comrades and comrades, and with family marriages between them, this network is like a living creature, eager to expand through war and naturally conflict with the scholars who master local forces, culture and upward channels.

From Lei Yuan's perspective, they are like the military aristocrats in the early Han Dynasty and the Guanlong nobles in the early Tang Dynasty. Once such a group is formed, they will develop their own interests and will not be used as unconscious tools for a long time.

For these warriors, it is best not to have too many battles that are too tragic, but dying enemies and continuous wars are actually good things. Through such wars, the strength of the warriors will become more and more abundant and their influence will become greater and greater.

At the same time, the fewer people try to seize the results of the war with them, the better. It would be even better if a group could be removed justifiably in the war.

Lei Yuan was in Jiaozhou and had long felt the activity of the warriors. But he knew better that the power of powerful aristocratic clans was due to their huge economic foundation. For hundreds of years, powerful aristocratic clans had become accustomed to monopolizing the economy, culture, politics, and military, and they would never tolerate the betrayal of a regime.

If we do this seriously, the Hanzhong King's regime will lose the basis on which the regime depends for its existence. It will become Chen She, Wu Guang, Wang Kuang, Wang Feng, or Zhang Jiao. This is not transferred by human will, and is determined by the limitations of the times and the limitations of the development of productivity.

Fortunately, Lei Yuan has enough prestige and is also enough to control the warriors under his command, and control their strength to a certain extent, at least, maintain a balance with the original ruling class, and at most, within the scope of his ability, he slightly reflects his bias in some areas of governance.

Even so, this still depends on the fact that there are no powerful Han scholars in the area outside of Jiaozhou.

The problem is that Guan Yu did not think so deeply.

Perhaps in Guan Yu's consciousness, his decision was due to his hatred of the powerful and the country's worms, and his unwavering righteousness for decades.

But there is a saying in another life that Lei Yuan is familiar with, called: "The butt determines the head."

As the chief of the military generals under the command of King Hanzhong, Guan Yu was naturally promoted and influenced to serve as the spokesperson for the interests of the warriors. Tian Yu, an old fox who had been transformed from Gongsun, Cao and Liu, happened to find this key point.

This time, Guan Yu made a dangerous decision.

After all, he was a straightforward warrior. After making the decision, he felt that his family could not bear the heavy responsibility, but he did not understand where the decision came from and what consequences it represented.

Lei Yuanzhe returned and sat in front of Guan Yu: "June still remembers that when the King of Hanzhong entered Shu, I was the first general to send troops to attack and also participated in many plans before and after our army entered Shu."

Guan Yu squinted his eyes, his chest slowly undulating, as if he was asleep.

But Lei Yuan knew that Guan Yu must be very awake. He paused and continued: "At that time, Pang Shiyuan was in charge of military aircraft, and twice, trying to create opportunities to clean up the scholars in Shu. The first time was Zhang Song who entered Chengdu to persuade the surrender, and he tried to use Zhang Song's death as an excuse; the second time was Liu Jiyu entering Chengdu, and Pang Shiyuan tried to take advantage of the commotion of the old ministers in Yizhou. But those two times were not realized because the King of Hanzhong refused."

Guan Yu's eyes flashed.

Lei Yuan continued: "And now it seems that what's wrong with the scholars of Jingyi and the two states joining hands? Now the people in Lianglong are like water returning to the sea. Can the king still keep them away? Cao Cao still wrote a song saying, "Duke Zhou spits out the chest, and the world returns to his heart... Is the king's mind and demeanor not as good as that "Duke Zhou"?"

Guan Yu said "hey".

"In the final analysis, the world is so big that it can accommodate everyone, including scholars, warriors and even all the people in the world. With Duke Xuande's clear decision, Mr. Kong Ming's great governance and change are enough to treat everyone fairly and will never indulge them. Don't forget that the shaken scholars who were in the Qing Dynasty when Kong Ming was beheading hundreds of people overnight, so how could they hesitate? As long as the handle of the knife is in the hands of the center, many things can be done slowly. Isn't it better to release the thief chief and raise the tiger?"

Lei Yuan straightened his body and said solemnly: "So, I have one thousand or ten thousand understandings of Junhou's ideas; but I think Junhou's actions are quite debatable and I dare not agree with them."

"Xuzhi, do you actually question me?" Guan Yu opened his eyes and glared.

Lei Yuan said in a deep voice: "June, I don't believe that there are good things in this world that are once and for all."

Not to mention Liu Bei, Guan Yu, not to mention these emperors, generals and ministers who lived in the old era, were the great man who claimed to "get rid of all harming people and insects, and be invincible" thousands of years later. Was he successful?

I'm afraid no one can make it clear.

What's more, after removing the old worms, new worms will always be born. How can we know that today's meritorious ministers will not be tomorrow's worms?

The bigger the goal, the more difficult the road ahead is. And no matter how grand the goal is, you can only take it step by step. Sometimes you even have to take a step forward and take two steps back, without any shortcuts.

Lei Yuan smiled bitterly and leaned back: "June, let's talk about this matter slowly. You should rest well..."

Guan Yu snorted heavily. At his age, he was as strong as when he was young, but he was inevitably a little more stubborn as an old man. He waved his arms and slapped Lei Yuan's arms hard: "Xuzhi, continue talking! Why can't you go there once and for all? Make it clear!"

Lei Yuan hesitated for a moment, and when he was about to explain in detail, the main entrance of the hall was pushed open.

"Who!" Guan Yu was furious.

Zhou Cang was sweating profusely, rolled and crawled to the ground, holding several military newspapers in his hand: "June, General Lei, we are eager to report from Xinye!"

"What military report? Cao's army has been defeated, what other tricks can it be?"

Zhou Cang said in a trembling voice: "Cabine General Cao Zhang informed the Cao army's troops that Cao Cao... Cao Cao died of illness! It's certain! "

After a while, Lei Yuan took a few steps forward, took the military newspaper and read it, and then nodded to Guan Yu.
Chapter completed!