Fei Qian was kneeling quietly and upright at the foot of the hall, while behind the beaded curtain in the hall, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also sitting quietly, looking at him.
Originally, Fei Qian did not need to come, because although according to convention, ministers sent abroad need to come to bid farewell to the emperor, but that refers to the county guard level of more than two thousand shi, and Fei Qian's highest official position is at most more than one
Qianshi...
However, Fei Qian's official position was too special. Coupled with the memorial delivered by Cai Yong, Liu Xie had the idea of seeing Fei Qian. Therefore, after obtaining Li Ru's consent, he went to the east of Deyang Palace.
He went to the pavilion and summoned Fei Qian.
If an emperor wants to see a minister, he needs the consent of another minister. It is very incredible and ironic, but this is the current situation.
Even now, there are guards standing outside the hall. Although they don't pretend to be listening, in fact, perhaps the guards or eunuchs, there are probably people who will be responsible for sorting out the conversation between the two people and giving it to Li Ru.
look……
Liu Xie was raised by Empress Dowager Dong. Empress Dowager Dong actually did not have much literary literacy. She was not much different from the women in the countryside who were illiterate in poetry and literature. She was stingy, greedy for money, and sometimes spoke without thinking.
But she really loves Liu Xie, and whenever she wants something delicious or fun, she always thinks of Liu Xie first.
Therefore, Liu Xie also grew up in a relatively relaxed environment. He was more like a normal child. He loved to laugh, make trouble, and was relatively courageous. Of course, this was why he was able to survive under the pressure of Dong Zhuo's soldiers.
One reason to come forward.
But now Liu Xie has completely changed.
Can you imagine that a ten-year-old child has started to think and speak exactly like an adult, and even speak slowly every time he speaks?
"...Fei Zhonglang," Fei Qian's current official position is really weird, so after Liu Xie thought about it for a few seconds, he felt it was more customary to call him this name, "...how sure are you of the strategy of assimilation with the state?"
Fei Qian cupped his hands and replied: "I dare not hide anything, I am not sure."
It's not that Fei Qian is deceiving or something else, but that he really doesn't have much confidence. Although there are some examples for future generations to refer to, can they definitely be implemented in the Han Dynasty?
Fei Qian didn't want to slap his chest indiscriminately in order to gain a good impression in front of the emperor. Sometimes making easy promises, or exaggerating the good news but not the bad news was a kind of behavior that dug a hole for himself.
Liu Xie was a little surprised and asked: "...Why?"
"Without soldiers, wealth, food, and no one, there is absolutely no confidence..." Fei Qian reported back.
What Fei Qian said was very straightforward and practical. Now he can clearly count the resources he has at his disposal.
In addition to his original private soldiers, Fei Min, the head of the Fei family, supported him with thirty guards, fifteen horses, fifty ordinary soldiers, five sets of full-body armor, and some weapons and provisions.
The Fei family itself is not a very big family, and the Fei family is also facing migration and needs guards to protect everyone in the main family heading west. Therefore, if Fei Qian had not invited Bingzhou to resolve the Yuan family and
Regarding the conflicts between the Yang family and the Fei family, Fei Min really doesn't necessarily come up with these...
The imperial court had more soldiers. A total of 500 soldiers were mobilized, including 200 Bingzhou soldiers and 300 Northern soldiers. They were officially placed under Fei Qian's command and equipped with five spears.
One hundred, five hundred ring-head swords, five hundred armors, one thousand each in clothes, robes, armor, and trousers, two hundred bows, one hundred crossbows, one hundred shields, fifty horses, a few arrows, and other axes like something else.
Two carts of chains, hooks, claws, forks, horns and other miscellaneous items, two hundred stones of food and grass, and an advance payment of 500 soldiers' pay for Fei Qian for three months...
In other words, the big man organized an army of about 500 people for Fei Qian, placed it under his jurisdiction, and guaranteed a three-month maintenance period. After three months, it would no longer be within the scope of repairs, and Fei Qian needed to do it himself.
Go and solve it.
The above is all Fei Qian’s belongings.
If compared to the average person, it is quite impressive. For example, the Gucheng that Fei Qian visited before had only two to three hundred guards. Therefore, the force that Fei Qian controls now is equivalent to that of two county towns.
Total strength.
However, this is of no use.
Bingzhou is so big, with five hundred soldiers, oh, plus Fei Qian's own private soldiers, six to seven hundred people are thrown into Bingzhou, and it really can't even make a splash...
However, what Fei Qian said made Liu Xie a little confused and said, "In that case, where can we go?"
"Liang used troops to quell the rebellion of the Qiang, four out of ten, and spent 24 billion. The finances were scarce, the government funds were empty, the officials reduced their tributes, and they loaned money to the princes, but it still cannot be solved..." Fei Qian said a few figures.
, that is, the military expenditures spent by the Eastern Han Dynasty when dealing with the Xiliang Qiang and Hu rebels...
Because the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted a soldier structure that combined recruitment and recruitment, military expenditures were much higher than those of the Western Han Dynasty, and the example Fei Qian mentioned was only one of the battles against the Qiang and Hu...
It can be said that there was something wrong with the policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty towards the Qiang and Hu people in Xiliang, which led to repeated Qiang and Hu rebellions, which in turn affected the entire national finance. In order to suppress the rebellion, the Eastern Han Dynasty had to borrow money many times and increase taxes on various counties.
This further increased the level of oppression of ordinary people, and eventually the people were overwhelmed, encountered another disaster year, and could no longer survive, so the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out.
Of course, due to the troubled times, the gentry in various places also formed strongholds to protect themselves and absorbed gangsters, which led to the further reduction of taxes in the Han Dynasty and the situation worsened...
With the annexation of land, there were fewer and fewer peasants at the bottom, the strength of the gentry was further strengthened, and the power of the royal family was further weakened.
Of course, these Fei Qian would not say it out loud. He just said that if he could assimilate a Hu man, he could directly add a soldier to control the country, and he would also save the military expenditure that originally targeted these Hu people.
It can ease the entire Han Dynasty's finances...
Fei Qian finally said: "...As for things in the world, there are those who know it is easy and do it hard, and there are also those who know it is hard and do it easy. As a minister, how can you choose what is easy and abandon what is hard? Besides, everything depends on human beings, and a small minister can eat it
Han Lu, you should be loyal to the Han Dynasty, do your best, work conscientiously, defend the territory of the Han Dynasty, and live up to your majesty's kindness."
Fei Qian spoke very calmly and straightforwardly, without exaggeration or concealment, and without any cadence or impassionedness. However, it made Liu Xie feel very real and sincere, exactly like the cloudy and mist-filled speech of Grand Tutor Yuan Wei. Or maybe it's completely different with the roundabout words of the servant Wang Yun.
Behind the bead curtain, Liu Xie silently recited "Easier to know than easier to do, easier to know than easier to do" and couldn't help but nodded. The Fei Qian in front of him seemed to be as gentle and plain as he remembered...
Liu Xie suddenly thought of something, smiled slightly, and said: "I am very relieved that Mr. Fei Zhong has this ambition. I am about to leave now... Come! Bring me some cakes!"
Soon a eunuch took some cakes, put them in a food box, and brought them over. Liu Xie motioned to give these cakes to Fei Qian and said, "This cake is very beautiful. I will give it to you to eat to strengthen your conduct."
After Fei Qian kowtowed and thanked him, he took the pastry, resigned to Liu Xie, and left.
Fei Qian glanced at the food box in his hand, and a strange thought came to his mind. There must be some kind of blood edict in it...
Fei Qian was thinking as he held the food box and walked away. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned a corner, he met Dong Zhuo from Deyang Palace...
Dong Zhuo was originally extremely strong, but during this period of time he was enjoying himself in Luoyang and gained a lot of fat. When he stood forward, it felt like a wall was blocking his face.
After all, he was far away from the main hall, so he didn't feel much. Now when Dong Zhuo stood in front of him, Fei Qian really felt a strong sense of oppression, as if the sunlight and warmth were completely blocked at this moment. , leaving only darkness and coldness.
Dong Zhuo walked up to Fei Qian who was saluting him, raised his head half way, squinted his eyes, stared at the food box beside him, and said, "What is this?"
Fei Qian secretly murmured, Did Cao Cao learn his emotional skills from you, Fatty Dong?
However, Fei Qian replied respectfully: "This is a gift from Your Majesty."
"Oh? Bring it here!" Dong Zhuo, unlike Cao Cao, was not polite at all. Perhaps Fei Qian was just a minor official in Dong Zhuo's eyes and was not worth mentioning, so he directly had the food box brought to him and opened it to take a look. , there are four colors of pastry inside, a total of eight pieces of pastry, divided into two layers, two pieces of each kind, stacked together.
Dong Zhuo tapped the food box lightly with his finger, and then glanced at Fei Qian, who had his head lowered. He was obviously a little surprised as to why Liu Association gave him some cakes.
"This cake is very beautiful, how about giving it to me?" Dong Zhuo grinned and asked.
Although Fei Qian's face is calm now, in fact, he is constantly thinking about hiding some note in the pastry and steamed buns. This kind of plot is simply a creative idea. You will see it in almost every spy movie. Liu Although Xie has not seen these movies and TV shows, what if he is self-taught?
So, should we agree to Dong Zhuo, or should we not agree?
It's hot...it's hot...sprinkle some cumin powder on me and I can put it on the plate...I even wonder if my hair has been burnt...Is it the May Day holiday? Come back and work overtime!
