Suzaku laughed: "This trick is very good. There is no one who is not greedy. What our noble families covet is power, land, and wealth and slaves. As military leaders, the last thing they want to lose is what they have in their hands."
In the army, in these troubled times, the soldiers are the grass-headed kings. The superiors can send troops to Beijing to seize power, and the subordinates can segregate one area and stand on their own. Only Liu Jingxuan, a die-hard brother of Liu Yu, is willing to give up military power."
"Although those young marshals and generals are subordinates who have been promoted by Liu Yu for many years, no matter how great the kindness is, they can't compete with the real interests at hand. We really want them to give up their troops and go home to become rich men, or
How could they be willing to join the court as officials and do things they are not good at? When Tan Pingzhi died in Luoluo Bridge, Liu Yu could not directly annex his soldiers and horses for his own use, but wanted to
He left it to the brothers Tan Shao, Tan Zhi, and Tan Daoji to divide the control. He was afraid that he would take the opportunity to annex the brothers' troops and cause an internal split in Beifu. This time, he could only let Liu Jingxuan take the lead in abandoning the army. However,
I’m afraid others may not follow suit so willingly.”
Bai Hu nodded: "However, from the overall situation, this is inevitable. After the demon thieves are eliminated, the world has no reason and no conditions to support the three to four hundred thousand troops. More than half must be abolished, and the remaining
The standing army will be divided into various battle groups, or battle armies, and assigned to each person with the title of general. Moreover, with the changes in the local official positions held by these young marshals and generals after the war, the original
The garrison will probably be moved to other places. This is Liu Yu's approach to prevent these people from garrisoning in a certain place for too long, forming a separatist force, controlling the local administration, and eventually becoming a separatist vassal town like Huan Wen."
Qinglong sneered and said: "Then Liu Yu should also move to another place, instead of staying in Jiankang, go to Yongzhou, go to Qingzhou, go on an expedition to Bashu, and change places to make contributions to the country."
Bai Hu laughed: "Master Qinglong, do you want Liu Yu to leave Jiankang and go somewhere else like this?"
Qinglong sighed softly: "It's my own business whether I don't want to, but as our Black Hand Qiankun, he must leave. Maybe, this is good for everyone. He goes to fight in other places and build his unparalleled achievements.
To expel the Huru, recover the two capitals, and restore the Han people's empire, while we are here to provide him with troops, food, and good logistics, but we will not let him change the world or us based on his naive and absurd ideas.
The order we live on has changed our family world. Perhaps this is the best way for us to get along with Liu Yu. We can live in peace and do what we must do, so as not to turn against each other."
Xuanwu looked at Qinglong, whose eyes became a little sad, and smiled slightly: "Master Qinglong, there is no need to be sad. After all, Liu Yu was supported by us. Cooperation is better than confrontation now. He has his own ideas, and they are not necessarily against us.
In any case, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the recapture of the two capitals, and the acquisition of large tracts of land can also absorb and support more of our nephews."
Qinglong sighed softly: "Then, after conquering these places, after Liu Yuzhen drives out the Hulu, his cooperation with us will probably come to an end. He will fully implement his unrealistic dreams.
Promote the meritorious officers and soldiers in the Northern Expedition on a large scale, and even before that, use the gentry from Lan Xiang's official school to form a new gentry class together with other soldiers. No matter what will happen to these people in the future, at least for now,
They will work hard to carry out Liu Yu's orders and replace high-ranking nobles like us. If they become the climate in these newly conquered areas, become officials, and occupy land, then they will be hostile to us in Wu and Yangzhou in the future.
The aristocratic family has formed a huge advantage. After all, the southeastern corner has never been enough to dominate the world."
Bai Hu smiled slightly: "I think Lord Qinglong is a little too worried. Things are not that bad. In Liu Yu's lifetime, whether he can succeed in the Northern Expedition and completely pacify the Great Wall is a big question mark. He is not just starting out now.
He was a twenty-year-old boy at that time, but a middle-aged and elderly man in his forties, close to his fifties. Under normal circumstances, he is not suitable for going to the battlefield anymore. Many of them are at the age when they have to entertain their grandchildren at home.
Whether I can live another ten years is a big question mark."
At this point, Bai Hu's eyes suddenly dimmed, and he sighed: "Unknowingly, we are all getting old. Maybe, accompanying him through this final journey may not be a bad thing. It is easy to conquer the world, but it is easy to sit in the world."
Difficult, Liu Yu has been building Yi for more than ten years, but the world has not run as he imagined. Those former brothers and comrades have now become his biggest resistance. Do you think that even if he regained the Central Plains and Guanzhong,
Can his tactics be quickly implemented in these areas?"
Qinglong curled up his lips and said: "I don't know, but what I know is that after the demon thieves are eliminated immediately and the Tianshi Dao rebellion is quelled, he will first start these reforms within the Jin Dynasty. If Liu Yi
If we obey and voluntarily hand over military power, then he can first merge the Jingba Party and the Mafia Qiankun, then set up the political hall, then teach the soldiers in the army how to read and write, and finally recruit a bunch of Qiu Ba and lower-class nobles to rob us
Even if we don't fight for power in Jiankang and Wu for the time being, we will fight for it in other states."
Bai Hu sighed and said: "These are not so easy to achieve. Even his Lan Xiang official school was not implemented according to his ideas in Qingzhou. In the end, it became the local powerful children or the village bosses who sneaked in.
After joining this official school, a large number of officials were qualified. When Liu Muzhi and Liu Jingxuan were in Qingzhou, they could only compromise. This was true for the newly conquered areas, and it was even more the same for the areas recovered after the Tianshi Dao Rebellion was quelled.
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"Liu Yu's grand ideals are ultimately no match for human nature. In the end, he will have to make a choice between compromising for the Northern Expedition or spending the rest of his life on internal fighting. Now Liu Yu should have already made a choice for
He can implement his will more effectively and prepare to take the road of emperor. This means that the equality he really wants for everyone can only remain in words, because becoming the emperor himself means overriding
Above all others, this is the greatest inequality. If a person who has become an emperor says that everyone is equal and the world is fair, others will only think it is hypocritical." ()
