When Cui Qian heard what Li Tai said, he knew that he also had thoughts about himself, so he smiled and said: "Although I can't be idle in Beijing today, it doesn't mean that things are complicated. Ah Pan, if you have any plans, you might as well
Speak bluntly.”
Cui Qian is now serving as the official minister of the capital. This position is certainly not a sinecure, but now the entire Chang'an court has been severely neglected. His little authority is better than nothing. If there is a better choice, of course he will be happy to change it.
Move your seat.
"I still don't have a firm plan, I just have some ideas."
Li Tai continued: "I met with the prince and envoy of Taiyuan in Henan Province before and briefly discussed the current affairs. They both felt that the death of the Gao family and Hou Jing's rebellion were an opportunity for the general trend of the world to change. If this opportunity can be used well,
, even if the separation of the three kingdoms cannot be ended, the strength and weakness of each country will inevitably change. Anyone who is determined to make meritorious deeds should not sit idle."
"Although this is the truth, today Heluo is defeated, and Apan is the only one who has gained the credit. Recent commentators in the country dare not seek credit for Heluo again! Although Taiyuan Gong's army is in Henan, he has no hope of help.
Yes, once the bandit army invades in large scale, the situation will be critical."
Brother Cui Qian used to come from Heba Sheng to control Jingzhou. They were both civil and military leaders. They were quite ambitious and thought a lot about the current situation. After hearing what Li Tai said, they sighed again.
"Indeed, although the authority of the Gao family is not as powerful as that of He Liuhun, it is still stronger than that of Kansai. If you rashly compete with it, the outcome is still unpredictable. But today's competition for power is not just a struggle between east and west, but also between north and south.
Each has its own picture."
During this period, Li Tai also made a mockery of the situation between the north and the south in recent years, and even said: "Since the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the national destiny has not been prosperous, and the war has been chaotic for several years, and the situation has been divided between the east and the west. On the other hand, the military in the south has not been diligent and the people have to recuperate.
We always need to act in a big way without daring to be disrespectful. But now we have rashly get involved in chaos. This will be a disaster for a country that is dishonest!"
"You want to conquer the Southern Kingdom? Isn't this idea a bit... Ah Pan, you don't enter his country, or you don't know the situation in Jiangxi Province. The Liang Dynasty enjoyed the country at that time. Zhongli decided the fate of his country in one battle, and he went straight to Luoyang with one brigade. Even if there are
The military performance should not be underestimated! The Liang Lord has enjoyed a long history in the country, has shrewd governance, and is convinced by everyone, no one dares to rebel..."
Hearing that Li Tai had actually set his sights on Nanliang, Cui Qian and other people who had lived in the south of the Yangtze River changed their expressions. Even if they tried to persuade Li Tai not to be too frivolous, the old man of the Xiao family would only be the emperor at the age of one.
He is older than us, not to mention cunning and cunning, but at least he is shrewd and skillful, so how can we take this lightly?
Li Tai couldn't help but feel happy after hearing this. Indeed, authority is often built up through time.
The Battle of Zhongli not long after the founding of the Nanliang Kingdom was a great victory for the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Central and South Korea. Although decades have passed, many people are still deeply impressed by it.
Even in history, Hou Jing used this incident as an example when he advised Xiao Yan not to negotiate peace with the Eastern Wei Dynasty. The so-called Battle of Zhongli, the horse did not return, and when the Northern Wei Dynasty was the most powerful, you made us cry for father and mother. Now we are facing
How can you talk to Gao Cheng, the kid from the Eastern Wei Dynasty who borrowed corpses to bring back souls?
In the eyes of later generations who knew about Hou Jing's Rebellion, Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan was naturally a big joke, but at the moment, Bodhisattva Xiao was indeed a remarkable figure, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was profound and unpredictable.
After all, during the entire Northern Wei Dynasty, these northern people did not know that the emperor could actually live to be over eighty years old! The old emperor Xiao Bodhisattva, who was over eighty years old, was an extremely wise existence.
He is a living legend in the world!
Li Tai was not surprised that his cousins held this view. With so much information developed in later generations, there was no shortage of paw troopers to wave flags and summon souls for imperialism. Now at least Nanliang has not shown its timidity. Who can guess what Xiao Bodhisattva has in his crotch?
There were a few bubbles.
Regarding the acute class contradictions in Nanliang Kingdom, although Li Tai knew the concept, he did not know the specific details. However, the huge crisis can be seen from the current political structure.
"The Southern Dynasty seems to be still strong, but in fact it has serious internal deficiencies and many shortcomings. I would like to ask my cousins, who is the enemy that can be defeated in a battle between the Kansai and the East bandits?"
Hearing Li Tai's question, Cui Qian and others all shook their heads. Although they admitted that the Southern Dynasty was powerful, they did not belittle themselves. It was impossible to destroy the Kansai regime with just one war. As for the national power being greater than that of Kansai
A strong Eastern Dynasty would be even more of a dream.
Li Tai then said with a smile: "Old people have lost their virtues and are especially poisonous! Although the Liang Lord has enjoyed the country for a long time, his descendants are all strong, and each of them is fighting wars and vassals outside. Even if his power is inherited, it is inevitable to fight inside the house.
.Now, at an old age, I am easily deceived by Hou Jing and make a grudge against the north for my country. Is it a good plan?"
When Cui Qian and others heard this, they couldn't help but look thoughtful, obviously their thoughts were stimulated by the situation described by Li Tai.
Yes, Xiao Yan, Lord of Liang, is now an octogenarian. Such an old age is very rare in this troubled world. Even if he is an emperor and enjoys all the worship in the world, it is not easy to say when he will die.
The change of throne power in the Southern Dynasties was often accompanied by various coups and turbulences, even more so than in the Northern Dynasties. The rise and fall of political power was also more frequent than in the Northern Dynasties. Now Xiao Yan has single-handedly prevented such troubles in the Southern Dynasties for decades, but
But it does not mean that this phenomenon has been completely eliminated. On the contrary, it has nourished and strengthened a batch of poisons, which may become more violent when they erupt again.
If Xiao Yan is a responsible emperor, then the most important thing for him now is to seize the time to solve some internal hidden dangers and ensure the stability of the throne transfer process, instead of being tempted by Hou Jing and rashly establishing external power because of his greed.
of enemies.
Although Li Tai has the ability to predict the unknown, it is absolutely difficult to convince people at the moment based on things that have not happened yet. However, he can point out a basic context of the matter. Regardless of whether Hou Jing is present or not, today's Nan
The situation in Liang has actually reached a very dangerous moment.
Therefore, history sometimes seems confusing, with countless clues, but in specific situations, what matters is actually luck and destiny.
Among the latter three kingdoms, why were the Western Wei and Northern Zhou Dynasties, which had the worst innate foundation and the weakest power, able to complete the final counterattack?
No matter what angle you explain this problem from, one point cannot be ignored, that is, Yu Wentai died later than his opponents, his own political power was more stable, and he suffered the dividends of several waves of opponents' deaths and civil strife.
Even if Hou Jing can't resist Jiang Tossing, the possibility of Xiao Yan and his sons not having a fight with each other is very slim. A group of poisonous poisonous insects happened to meet an old and kind father who took great care of them and indulged them in every possible way. The result was Jiangnan
The people suffered.
"So, Apan, your next plan is to go south to Jingzhou?"
Although Li Tai has not said it clearly, since the next step is to take Nanliang as a strategic target, then Jingzhou, which borders Nanliang and has the closest exchanges in the Western Dynasties, is naturally a choice. Therefore, Cui Qian asked again, with a face on his face.
There was also an excited smile on his face.
After hearing this, Li Tai nodded: "I do intend to leave Jingzhou, but I am afraid that my prestige and talent are not enough to calm down the popular forces in that town, so I want to ask my cousin to go with me and conspire to conquer this town. I don't know what my cousin wants.
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"Yes, of course I do! Ah Pan, have you asked Daxingtai?"
After Cui Qian heard this, he nodded repeatedly. He used to go out to control Jingzhou from He Basheng, and he served as He Basheng's left prime minister. He was responsible for the government management of Jingzhou and the contacts and exchanges with powerful Fang chiefs and other local forces.
, so many achievements have been pinned on Jingzhou.
It's a pity that He Basheng was defeated and defected to Nanliang, and they also followed him, and they have never had a chance with Jingzhou since then. It would be a great comfort to him if he could return to Jingzhou this time because of Li Tai and realize the ambitions of his youth.
, as to whether it was because of his reputation that he was inferior to his cousin, he didn't care at all.
"Although I am interested in Jingzhou, I still don't know much about the situation there. If I want to ask Daxingtai to control that place, I naturally need to have a deep understanding of people and things, so I have to ask my cousins for their advice."
Li Tai said with a smile that his knowledge of Jingzhou today is all on paper. When it comes to details, he will inevitably make many mistakes and omissions. Of course, he has to ask Cui Qian and other people who have actually been there before he can have a firm understanding. Except for a few cousins.
, he also wrote to his father-in-law, Dugu Xin, expressing his desire to go to Jingzhou, hoping that Dugu Xin could help him.
After hearing Li Tai's request, Cui Qian pondered and sorted it out and said: "The situation in all parties has changed a lot in recent years. It is useless to think about the situation that is too long ago. I will tell you from the time when the old grand master left Jingzhou...
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Today, Jingzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty is located on the west side of the Nanyang Basin, south of Funiu Mountain, and the prefectural government Rangcheng is later known as Dengzhou in Henan Province. Compared with Jingzhou in the usual sense, it is located to the north, and it is more than 200 miles south of Xiangyang.
Today's Xiangyang is still under the rule of Nanliang, and because it was the place where Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan once lived in Longxing, it is also a large town in Nanliang today east of the Han River, and is governed by Yongzhou Prefecture.
Although Jingzhou's strategic position is important, it was not an important military town in the late Northern Wei Dynasty and the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties. Although the two sides fought fiercely for this place, in most cases they used it as a barrier to the core area of their rule, rather than as a barrier to the core area of their rule.
Deploy heavy troops and operate the business diligently.
The fiercest competition between the two sides around this place was in the early years of Datong. He Basheng was first driven to Nanliang, and Duguxin regained Jingzhou. Then he was also driven to Nanliang, Shayuan, Heqiao and other battles. Jingzhou was all used as a
The loot from the periphery was transferred between the two Wei Dynasties.
It was not until the fifth year of Datong that Hou Jing tried to regain Jingzhou but failed, and then he gave up the fight for this place. From then on, Jingzhou belonged to the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Western Wei Dynasty appointed Changsun Jian as the governor of Jingzhou, which lasted from the sixth year of Datong to last year.
In the twelfth year of the reign of Emperor Datong, Changsun Jian was recalled and Wang Sizheng was sent out of town.
After that, Wang Sizheng abandoned the town and left, and the Bafu sent Quan Zhongzun, a local tycoon from Luozhou, to take charge. Unfortunately, Jingzhou in the Western Wei Dynasty and Jingzhou in the Southern Liang Dynasty did not border each other. Otherwise, it can be suspected that this appointment was a mockery of Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong in the Southern Liang Dynasty.