Chapter 333: The Frontier of the Han Dynasty, Unstoppable
Chapter 333 The territory of Han Dynasty cannot be stopped
Author: smug eyebrows and droopy eyes
Chapter 333 The territory of Han Dynasty cannot be stopped
Liu Jian's words shocked both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.
As Liu Jian's most capable person, there are three people Liu Jian trusts the most.
There is no doubt that they are Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei.
The status of these three people in Liu Jian's heart is unparalleled, or in other words, no one will ever be able to compare with them.
Now Liu Bei has become the pastor of Western Qingzhou, leading Han Dang, Gao Shun and others to take charge of one side and take charge of one side. He and Liu Yu partnered up, completely sharing the pressure on the east side of Jizhou for Liu Jian.
Although Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were both generals in the past, they were at the stage of accumulating strength locally for Liu Jian, and their main purpose was to enhance their own abilities and reputation.
But now, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei have reached a certain height in terms of ability and reputation.
In fact, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei now desperately hope to be put into Liu Jian's favor and sent out to conquer the east and west for Liu Jian to pacify the four directions, instead of just following Liu Jian as generals.
But what I didn't expect was that this opportunity would come so quickly.
Guan Yu said: "As long as my brother believes in me, we will fight to the death for him. If we don't put down the two Zhang family thieves, we will never return to Jizhou to see my brother!"
Liu Jian reached out and patted Guan Yu on the shoulder:
"Good brother, don't put such a big burden on yourself. Since you and I have sworn to work together to help the Han Dynasty and save the common people, we should work together to overcome the difficulties. If there are difficulties, we brothers will discuss and solve them together. Don't say
What a promise that you will never return to death!"
Speaking of this, Liu Jian looked at Zhang Fei again, stretched out his hand to hold their two hands, and said: "Thirty years later, when we are all over fifty and entering the age of old men, when we recall the glorious past,
What I want to see is that all my brothers and close friends are still alive, and everyone sits together and talks about their half-life achievements! Drinking and singing, what a life!"
Even for tough guys like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, after listening to Liu Jian's words, they couldn't help but feel warmly moved in their hearts.
After being brothers for so many years, every time I listen to Liu Jian speak, I still have that burning feeling in my heart.
"Brother, two Zhangs joined forces with Qiu Liju and recruited troops and horses in Youzhou. It seems to be a powerful force, but in fact it is just a mess. If two brothers and I go, within three months, we will definitely take the heads of Two Zhangs.
Present it to your brother."
Liu Jian looked at Guan Yu with admiration and said: "Yun Chang, I believe that you do have such ability, but I don't want you to end this war so quickly. What I hope is to peel off the cocoon and gradually achieve it."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other in surprise.
"Brother, why did you say this?"
Liu Jian patiently asked the two of them: "Two worthy brothers, since we brothers entered the officialdom together, one of you has been the chief historian of Liaodong, and the other has been Sima in Bingzhou. It can be said that both of you established military exploits in border counties before leaving."
Today, the land of Youbin has been a state of the Han Dynasty in the north of the country since ancient times, with frequent wars and strong folk customs. There are also many people in the border villages who do not belong to the king. However, according to the two wise brothers, Youzhou
How does the political situation and the power of the powerful right compare with that of the Central Plains?"
In the past, Zhang Fei was in Bingzhou, where he served as Marquis of Qujun. Although there were many fights, he did not pay much attention to the people's livelihood and government affairs in the border counties.
However, Guan Yu, who served as a warrior under Liu Yu and later became the captain of the Liaodong vassal state, was different.
In addition to his military achievements, Guan Yu had a much better understanding of the officialdom, the political situation of the Northern Territory, and local forces than Zhang Fei.
At that moment, Guan Yu said slowly and authentically: "Guan was originally from Hedong. The land of Three Rivers is close to Luoyang. The power of various ethnic groups is the most entrenched in the world. However, Guan has been in Youzhou for several years, but he feels that the customs of Hedong are...
It is comparable to other counties in Youzhou, and in some places, Youzhou is even far ahead of Hedong."
According to ordinary people's assumptions, Youzhou is a border county, similar to Liangzhou in the west of the Han Dynasty. It is far away from the center. Compared with the Central Plains, the situation should be simpler and purer.
After all, the number of families in the Central Plains is far greater than that of Youzhou, and the political interests of families are the largest and most comprehensive.
In places like border counties, the water should be clearer and not so turbid. After all, the political resources here are much less than those in the Central Plains.
But in fact, this is not the case.
Hedong County, where Guan Yu is located, is close to Sili, so in Guan Yu's opinion, the interpersonal relationships between people in his hometown and the entanglements between families and family interests were the most complicated in the Han Dynasty and ranked among the best.
But after he arrived in Youzhou, Guan Yu discovered that compared with other counties in Youzhou, the political complexity of Hedong County pales in comparison.
In fact, there are many records in history about this complicated situation in Youzhou.
When the Three Mutual Laws were established, it was to prevent the states and counties from competing with each other, and to prevent marriages and persons from two states from confronting each other. However, it was difficult to select officials because the selected officials were closely related to each other.
, family relationships are really too complicated.
Among them, the governors of You and Ji have been short of positions for a long time, and the elections for the three prefectures are uncertain for more than a month.
The complexity of Youzhou is actually similar to that of Jizhou.
In fact, the reason why this situation occurs among border counties is because although Youzhou is a border county, it is too close to Jizhou.
Its geography is different from that of Liangzhou, which is also a border county.
In the land of Liangzhou, Han and Qiang people lived together and were far away from the central government. The folk customs were fierce and the degree of penetration by the central government of the Eastern Han Dynasty was relatively limited.
However, the land of Youzhou is vast and flat, and it is too close to Jizhou, so it was most deeply penetrated by the nepotistic relationship between the nobles and nobles of the Han Dynasty.
Although Border County lacks the central plains region's personnel policies and classics as an interest hub, there is something in the Youzhou region that has become a huge chain of interests locally that even the people in the central plains cannot touch.
That is foreign diplomacy and border wars.
Youzhou is a very sensitive place. Youzhou and Bingzhou bear the important task of guarding against the most powerful enemy in the north of the Han Dynasty.
The major families in the border counties gradually rose up during the foreign wars and connected with each other. The families gradually grew stronger amidst the nourishment of the war. However, because of the existence of foreign races, the central government of the Han Dynasty had some scruples about these large families in the border counties.
and dependence.
After all, the situation in the north is too complicated.
To the north of Youzhou were not only the Xianbei who had always been enemies of the Han Dynasty, but also the Southern Xiongnu Royal Court and Wuhuan, who were dependent on the Han Dynasty but always rebelled from time to time.
Of course, if you look further to the northeast, there are Goguryeo and Yilou. Although these foreign countries pose no threat to the Han Dynasty, they are very close to Youzhou. The distance between Liaodong County and Goguryeo and Yilou can be said to be only a stone's throw away.
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Because of this, most of the trade between Goguryeo and Yilou and the hinterland of the Han Dynasty passed through the local families in Youzhou. As a result, the local families in Youzhou had close contacts with the countries in the northeast, which became an important factor in safeguarding the Han Dynasty and its neighboring countries.
The middle power of communication.
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After some analysis by Liu Jian, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others, Guan and Zhang roughly understood what Liu Jian wanted to do against Youzhou.
"As a clan member and also a local in Youzhou, my current crusade against Erzhang cannot be just for the purpose of killing Erzhang and regaining Youzhou. These things are too simple!"
"My hometown is Youzhou. Since I want to regain my hometown, I must integrate the power of the township, use the township as the cornerstone, and do some real major things that are beneficial to the country!"
Guan Yu said: "For many years, the tycoons in Youzhou have relied on their military exploits and are related to each other, and their power has gradually grown. In matters related to Xianbei, Xiongnu and Wuhuan, they all have methods that are most beneficial to their own interests.
Instead of putting the interests of the court first, the governors and governors of the past dynasties, in order to accumulate achievements in the border counties, have always taken advantage of each other, making them gradually bigger and more dominant in the border areas, such as the two major ones in eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning.
The Gongsun family, as well as the Zhang family who are currently rebelling in Yuyang County, all rely on the strength accumulated over the years in the border counties to dare to do things that ordinary people dare not do..."
After a pause, Guan Yu sighed: "Even when Liu Bo'an was the governor of Youzhou, he was often constrained, and these constraints were very different from those in the Central Plains... After all, it was about a foreign race. Once
If there is a change, it will be a shocking event! No official would dare to take risks easily."
Liu Jian smiled and said: "I know what Yunchang said in my heart. Our Liu family in Zhuo County also belongs to the newly-emerged military sect in Youzhou in recent years... The Hebei Business and Trade Association has also attracted many people in these years.
The high sect of Youzhou has joined, and I didn’t know about the complicated interest relationships among local tyrants in Youzhou, but now I know it.”
"But it is precisely because of this that I am better able to reintegrate the power of Youzhou. After all, this is a strategic location for the Han Dynasty to extend its expansion to the northern frontier in the future. All disharmonious forces that affect my plan to expand the territory must disappear.
!Either Huairou incorporates them, or they sweep and eradicate them!"
When Liu Jian finished speaking, the boat the three brothers were on had arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River and was approaching the ferry.
The boatmen drove the boat to the ferry and ordered people to tie the rope.
"Lord! Captain, captain...we are here!"
The soldiers respectfully asked the three people to get off the boat, but on the boat, the three people sat still where they were.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at Liu Jian opposite them in surprise.
"Lord! The captain, the captain... are here!"
The soldier said again.
The three of them still didn't respond.
After a long time, Liu Jian smiled and said, "You two worthy brothers, let's get off the boat."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei then stood up with Liu Jian and walked towards the shore with him.
There was another pavilion on the shore, where soldiers had placed a brazier and prepared hot soup for Liu Jian.
Liu Jian walked over, picked up the hot soup and blew on it, then took a few sips. His body suddenly felt very warm, and the chill he had just returned from the boat disappeared in an instant.
"Brother!"
Zhang Fei came quickly and sat next to Liu Jian, looking at him in surprise.
"According to my brother's advice, it seems that he wants to expand the territory?"
Liu Jian drank and said: "Yes! Who stipulated that the borders of the Han Dynasty must be Youzhou and Bingzhou. The grassland barbarians have repeatedly violated me, so we can't violate them? Who made the rule?"
Guan Yu said in a deep voice: "Where do you want to expand your land, brother?"
"Sanhan, Goguryeo, Yilou, Fuyu, Xianbei Grassland, Jiankun, Dingling... If you want to expand your territory, there are so many places!"
Guan Yu said: "It's just that those lands are barbaric lands..."
Liu Jian smiled and said: "Compared to the Central Plains, those places are indeed wild, but that does not mean that the land is worthless. As long as it has a population and resources, it can be used by our Han people. It's just that our ancestors did not have control over it.
These aliens and their methods of absorbing resources have repeatedly invaded the borders and formed a stubborn attitude, which really outweighs the gains and losses!"
"Yun Chang, Yide, we are born as Han people, so we have to look far away. Don't you want to spend your whole life just being a general fighting civil wars in our own land? Don't you want to transcend Chang?
Pingliehou and Championhou, their names will go down in history and be praised by future generations from generation to generation?"