If it were before, he would never listen to what people like Mr. Wen said, let alone specially invite him to ask for advice in person.
Just like some literati among the Han Dynasty looked down on martial artists, Wei Xu also looked down on any literati before.
The chain of mutual contempt has always existed.
But now, Wei Xu can listen, he can listen, and he can even think about it after listening. Isn't this a growth and a progress?
Wei Xu thought this was a good thing, and Wei Xu felt that he had done some good things, so he had to let Lu Bu know, otherwise how could Lu Bu understand his hard work? So Wei Xu listened to Mr. Wen's account of the history of Longxi
After that, he went to Lu Bu to speculate and sell.
"The Longyou of the Han Dynasty in the past is like the Western Region now." Wei Xu's voice was low, full of confident power, "I have been studying the story of Longxi a few days ago, and I came across some insights. Please give me your lord's advice."
Lu Bu was also somewhat interested, nodded and said, "Well, you tell me."
Wei Xu gave an overview of what happened in Longxi, and then said, "The lessons learned from Longxi are things we need to pay careful attention to. What do you think? There are three questions..."
"First, you must have money." Wei Xu stretched out his first finger.
Lu Bu touched the short beard on his chin, frowned and said, "Money?"
Wei Xu nodded, "Yes, money. My lord, please don't think this is vulgar, but it was the most important point in the changes in Longxi in the past... In the past, Longxi had no special products, and it did not have the power to grow crops, so the soldiers were only paid and armored.
Weapons have to be transported thousands of miles by big men... My lord, if you are poor, you will want to change! If the soldiers can't get the money, how can they have the intention to garrison the border? If the officials can't get the money, how can they do their jobs with all their heart? The soldiers and the
The officials have no intention of staying at the border for a long time, so how can there be no chaos?"
"Hmm..." Lu Bu muttered, "That makes sense..."
Wei Xu controlled his expression and still said seriously, "Increasing revenue is more important than reducing expenditure. We have to pay these officials and soldiers. The soldiers' salaries, the soldiers' armor and equipment, all kinds of things, which ones don't cost money? What if...
…Lord, I’m just making an analogy. For example, if this thing was transferred from Chang’an and encountered some problems on the way..."
"After all, no one can guarantee the wind, frost, rain and snow, right? And here, soldiers' pay and other things are paid regularly. If there is a delay or something, the soldiers and officials will go to the hussar to ask for the soldiers' pay.
Salary, or are you asking us for money? So, we must have money! At least if a situation like Longxi occurs, we will not panic because of this! 』
Lu Bu thought about it and felt that there seemed to be nothing wrong with what Wei Xu said.
If you are not a master, you will never know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, let alone how much money you will spend just eating and drinking like this every day, so Wei Xu said that you should have some preparations just in case, Lu Bu really felt that
What Wei Xu said makes sense.
"Yes, yes, it is true," Lu Bu nodded and said, "Being shy about talking about money is the problem of those slanderous scholars. We are going to do practical things. How can we let soldiers have no food because they are taboo about talking about money?
But how are you going to get this money? You can’t do it through any crooked ways."
Who doesn't like money?
Wei Xu twitched his lips, "How is this possible?! My lord, you underestimate me! We can learn from Hussar! How did Hussar make money? Do business! Make money by doing business! Let's do it ourselves.
Shops, doing business, we happen to have what others need, and the price is profitable, isn’t it just business? Isn’t the money fair and square?”
Lu Bu smiled happily and nodded, "Yes, yes, that's what it is. If you have any other ideas, please continue to talk..."
Wei Xu said: "The second point is to have the support of the people. The reason why Longxi failed in those years was that it did not have the support of the people. The Han people and the Qiang people are both human beings with different customs, so they must not only gain the support of the Han people, but also pay attention to it."
The problem of these barbarians. In fact, many ordinary barbarians are very simple people, not so cruel. As long as they think that we can help them solve their problems, they will save a lot of trouble..."
"Yes! This is really..." Lu Bu clapped his hands, "Back then... uh, forget it, continue, this is true, but how should we do it specifically?"
Lu Bu originally wanted to say that when he was traveling alone in Jiuyuan, the barbarians he met in the desert were also very enthusiastic. He never said that Lu Bu was a Han and treated him indifferently. But once the barbarians gathered together
Going south, these hospitable barbarians will turn into a group of ferocious evil spirits.
This used to be something that Lu Bu couldn't understand. He even simply thought that as long as he killed all the invading and bad barbarians, wouldn't it mean that only the better barbarians would be left?
But in fact, the world is never that simple.
"My lord, I have a way to get these barbarians," Wei Xu glanced at Lu Bu, and then said, "Just give them some false titles..."
"What do you mean?" Lu Bu frowned as expected.
"That's it." Lu Bu's prestige was still there. Wei Xu couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, "The false title probably means "civilian nobility", which was the one created by Emperor Xiaowu back then. Also, the current Hussar cannot
Is that what you are doing? I heard that some barbarians went to Chang'an and took the title of the most friendly merchant of the Han Dynasty... That's pretty much what I meant. Anyway, it doesn't have any actual authority, it's just a title..."
It's just a false title anyway.
Of course, it was like this in the beginning...
"Oh, that's it..." Lu Bu's brows softened a little. It was just a name and no real power, so the problem was not too big. However, Lu Bu thought of another question, "I say, tell the truth, these things
Who taught you this? That Mr. Wen? Why did he tell you these things, and what was his intention?"
Wei Xu waved his hands repeatedly and said: "My lord, these are not what Mr. Wen said, I came up with them myself... If you don't believe me, you can ask someone. I just asked Mr. Wen to tell me about Longyou and Longxi."
It’s just a matter of mine. I only talked about it once or twice at most, and I definitely didn’t ask Mr. Wen to come up with any strategies. These methods are really what I thought of myself, so I only dare to tell the lord..."
Lu Bu stared at Wei Xu, his eyelids standing up, with only a few black eyes left.
When Lu Bu frowned and stared at someone or something, an invisible aura emitted from his body. This was the state of a hunter staring at his prey, or like a butcher staring at the livestock about to be slaughtered.
.
Wei Xu's forehead was sweating a little.
"I will ask," Lu Bu nodded, his brows relaxed a little, "You have been following me for the longest time, so you should know my habits..."
Wei Xu nodded repeatedly, "I know, lord, I understand that only you are the most reliable, and those literati who are talking nonsense are all bastards and cannot be trusted!"
"It's good that you know." Lu Bu touched his beard, his expression softened a little, "Continue talking..."
"Actually, this is related to the first point..." Wei Xu secretly wiped his sweat, "We need to have money and have our own business, but how can we make the barbarians trust us more and follow us more?"
What about doing business? Of course, we have to learn from the Husband. Didn’t the Husband give those Hu merchants the title of goodwill ambassador? We can also give it, and we can also treat some of our peripheral areas that were originally the territory of the Hu people.
Give us a false name and let the barbarians fight, rob, and fight with the barbarians themselves. In this way, we can get money and save trouble at the same time..."
"Well, it's interesting, hahahaha..." Lu Bu laughed and raised his brows, "It's interesting! If it's all your own idea, then you really have to put some effort into it!"
Lu Bu stood up, clasping his hands behind his back, walking in circles in the hall, thinking.
This method was actually used in the Han Dynasty very early, and it has been used one after another, so it cannot be said to be Wei Xu's original creation, but Wei Xu was able to connect these things together, which indeed made him
Lu Bu was a little surprised.
If Lu Bu could be ten years younger, no, maybe only five years younger, then Lu Bu would sneer at Wei Xu's suggestion. The young Lu Bu would feel that the strategy is always to stay in the gutter, and the real strength is still on the battlefield.
We'll see what happens. If you don't accept it, you'll beat it until you accept it!
But now...
Lu Bu also began to consider using a less laborious method.
"You can give it a try," Lu Bu nodded, "Try it first and see."
Give it a try.
Wei Xu secretly let out a sigh of relief. If Lu Bu could let go, it meant that Wei Xu could make money from this. This is a fat guy, a super fat one!
When Wei Xu thought of this, he couldn't help but feel happy, "My lord, what about the third point? I haven't said it yet, but my lord has already done it! My lord is indeed extremely wise!"
"Oh, haha," Lu Bu smiled and sat down again, "What have I done?"
"Try it, don't be impatient, don't rush for success!" Wei Xu said, "This is the third point of the Longxi story I summarized! Didn't the lord do it all? The lord is wise!"
"Ah ha ha ha..." Lu Bu waved his hand, "You have made some progress over the years, shouldn't I also make some progress, ha ha ha..."
"How can my progress be compared with that of my lord?" Wei Xu gave a two thumbs up, "I still have to learn more from my lord!"
Lu Bu smiled again, and then asked Wei Xu to elaborate.
"The cause of the great chaos in Longxi was actually a trivial matter. As a result, the governor of Longxi sent a letter to the court saying that the Qiang people had rebelled and were about to go to war," Wei Xu said. "In a blink of an eye, the Qiang people themselves could not make up their minds.
Then we had to talk to the Governor of Longxi to negotiate peace, but the Governor of Longxi reported that the Qiang rebellion signs had been sent away..."
Lu Bu sighed, "Yes, we really got into a fight."
The Xiqiang rebellion dealt a heavy blow to the Han Dynasty.
To later generations, it may be just a few words in a book, but to Lu Bu, it was a disaster for the Bingzhou military group, Jiuyuan and other places.
Because they wanted to pacify the Xiqiang, they mobilized Bingzhou's border defense. As a result, the Xiqiang failed to pacify, and Bingzhou's defense system collapsed.
"I listened to Mr. Wen's story about Longxi and thought about it for a long time. I feel that this chapter is actually a very serious problem, maybe even the biggest problem!" Wei Xu said in a deep voice, "As a
The Governor of Longxi easily listed the matter before it was completely finalized. As a result, the flexibility that could have been changed was lost..."
"I'm thinking, if the governor of Longxi at that time had slowed down, tried, and not been so anxious to confirm the Qiang rebellion, wouldn't it be possible that the Qiang people wouldn't be able to rebel at all?" Wei Xu thought while thinking.
Said, "As soon as the results are published, everything is a foregone conclusion. If the Qiang people want to negotiate for peace, they will not be able to negotiate... Otherwise, if the court sends reinforcements to see, even if it is not a false report of military information, it will be a fuss."
It’s your fault! So we have to fight, even if we negotiate for peace, we still have to fight!』
Wei Xu sighed, "So I think the governor of Longxi at that time may not have known that he was wrong to kill those Qiang leaders, but he had to kill them because only by killing could a fight start, and only by fighting could he be brought to justice."
That’s right…』
"In the final analysis, all this is just too impatient," Wei Xu said, "Longxi is thousands of miles away from Luoyang, and everything may change at any time, so if the report is not in line with the actual changes, who will be responsible at that time?"
Fault? If there is a problem, take it slow, take your time, give it a try, and then report it when it is confirmed. Otherwise, you will be like the Longxi prefect of the past..."
"What do you mean..." Lu Bu touched the beard on his chin, "Undecided matters cannot be reported? But the Zhiyin Prison does not care whether we report it or not..."
Wei Xu chuckled and said, "Let me make it clear, we have to give it a try. These are not certain things, so we cannot report them with definite words... Anyway, what we have to do is not for the stability of the Western Region, not for the great Han Dynasty."
Border? We think of ways to make money on our own and pay subsidies to soldiers and officials. Is it possible that we are doing something wrong? If the superiors prohibit it, just speak up with the soldiers and officials! Can’t Supervisor Zhiyin confuse right and wrong?! 』
"We need subsidies and money. How do we get the money? Of course we have to do business and get a virtual title. Since Hussar can do it, we can do it here too," Wei Xu continued, "We have encountered a problem, let's try to solve it.
Question, should you give it a try? Is it possible that you are not allowed even if you try it? I believe that these things can be understood clearly by the soldiers and officials of the Western Regions and the people in Chang'an..."
A trial run? A trial run for a day, a month, or a year is called a trial run.
Even ten or twenty years later, can’t we continue to try?
What Wei Xu is most worried about is that if his methods of making money have been reported, then if someone comes to investigate, wouldn't it be over? Now if it is just a trial, then even if someone comes to investigate, what will happen? Anyway, it is just a try.
, are you trying hard to solve the problem? If someone says it can't work, then give a feasible method, otherwise just keep trying.
"So..." Lu Bu tugged at his fingers, "What you concluded from the old events in Longxi is that you need to make money, have a false title, and delay reporting?"
Wei Xu nodded repeatedly, "My lord is wise! This is what we can learn from the mistakes of Longxi! I don't know what my lord thinks, is it okay..."
Lu Bu thought for a moment, and originally wanted to nod, but he thought of what Wei Xucai had said, "Try it slowly, give it a try." He stopped, thought about it again, and then said, "Go back first, I'll think about it."
Say it again.』
"Uh..." Wei Xu was slightly startled, but quickly nodded in agreement and then left.
Since Wei Xu followed Lu Bu, he didn't think much about other things, but he thought a lot about Lu Bu. So based on Wei Xu's understanding of Lu Bu, Lu Bu would most likely agree to this, so Wei Xu didn't ask Lu Bu on the spot.
It means making a decision.
After Wei Xu left, Lu Bu thought about it for a while, and then suddenly shouted: "Come here, go find that Zuo Zhuan that Hussar gave me!"
Wei Xu could listen to Mr. Wen's story and understand some truths, but he, the dignified Marquis Wen and the great Han Lu Bu, clearly had the Zuo Zhuan personally given to him by Xiu Qi, so why couldn't he read more truths?
Coming?
After a while, the guard who took the order to find Zuo Chuan didn't come back. After a while, he still didn't come back. Just when Lu Bu was about to get angry, the guard came back sweating profusely and with a dusty face. Then he worked hard while
Patting the dust on Zuo Zhuan's books, he apologized to Lu Bu.
"Why so slow? Okay, okay, let's go down." Lu Bu took the book and felt that the book was too dusty, so he patted it aside a few times, which immediately stirred up a large cloud of dust.
The guard lowered his head and did not dare to say anything, but he was whispering in his heart. If you want to read this book, can you not throw it away next time, Marquis Wen? He almost turned the house upside down!
Lu Bu waved his sleeves and dispersed some dust. Fortunately, the Western Region was relatively dry, so the books only had a little more dust. Others were fine, and there were nothing like those in Jiangdong, where they would get moldy at every turn.
But before Lu Bu finished reading the first page, he felt that his eyelids were heavy and he couldn't help but close them. He shook his head and persisted in turning to the second page. As a result, his body tilted to the side...
"Something's wrong..." Lu Bu shook his head and took Zuo Zhuan farther away, "Why can I read other books, such as those about young miracle doctors, but why am I reading this Zuo Zhuan... Hmm...
Could it be that this Uncle Duan, oh, no, it's Uncle Zheng, who has a grudge against me?"
He could read it somewhat before, but now, for some reason, he suddenly couldn't stand it anymore. It's like the English dictionary has a grudge against every child who wants to recite it, and the first word in it is abandon.
This is definitely the kind of hatred and sworn hatred.
"Come here!" Lu Bu waved, "Do you know how to read? Very good, come on, read it!"
Lu Bu felt that since Wei Xu could understand the truth from Longxi's story by listening to Mr. Wen, then he couldn't understand it and could just listen to it, right?
The guard cleared his throat and started to read, "In the spring of the first year of the lunar calendar, in the first month of the first month of the dynasty, in the third month of the lunar month, Gong and Zhu Yi's father made an alliance with Yu Mie. In the fifth month of the summer, Zheng Beke came to Yan..."
Lu Bu listened, and then he felt that the sky was dark and the earth was dark again, and he almost fell to the floor.
"Bastard!" Lu Bu was furious, "How come it's "Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan" every day? It's Uncle Zheng again, it's Uncle Zheng again! It's Uncle Zheng every day! I read this last time and this time again! I heard this Zheng
I just want to sleep!』
The guard defended, "Last time? Lord, it wasn't me who studied last time!"
Lu Bu stared, "But Uncle Zheng is the same!"
Guard: "..."
"Forget it..." Lu Bu waved his hand, "Change a section, change a section!"
"As ordered," the guard turned over a few pages and then read, "In the spring of the first year, in the first month of the first month of the year, the Duke ascended the throne. In the third month, Guild Master Zheng Yu Chui, Uncle Zheng...ah, let me change it again..."
The guard hurriedly turned back the page again, and then looked to see if there was "Uncle Zheng" there, and then started to read it when there was none.
