In Chang'an, in the General's Mansion, Li Jue and Guo Si sat across from each other. The atmosphere was dull and relatively speechless.
The two of them had already fought twice with Ma Teng and Han Sui over the food and grass issue, and they solved the food and grass crisis with the help of Zhang Ji. In fact, the two of them had already known that Zhang Ji and Liu Bei were not clear about something.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Ji surrendered to Liu Bei early.
This time, Liu Bei's reputation was greatly improved after he destroyed Yuan Shao in one fell swoop, but the two of them felt a bit uneasy.
In the original history, Li Jue and Guo Si turned against each other because of the food and grass problem, and sent troops to plunder the people in the Sanfu area, which made the people miserable, the people fled and died in large numbers.
There is a saying that rabbits eat grass next to their nests. Bandits and bandits all know how to maintain the stability of nearby villages. However, all their power comes from the soldiers and horses in their hands. When there is insufficient food and grass, they have no choice but to resort to this strategy.
Fortunately, with Liu Bei's help this time, that didn't happen. Of course, the reason why Wang Xuan initially agreed to support grain and grass was more because he was afraid that the two of them would really give up the people. Population is what Wang Xuan values most.
,Although this thing can be bred slowly over time, it takes too long.
It may be that it was precisely because Liu Bei held the lifeline of food that Li Jue and Guo Si had a big headache when Liu Bei destroyed Yuan Shao this time.
Before Liu Bei was still weak, Li Jue and Guo Si could trade horses, cattle and sheep with Liu Bei in exchange for food and grass. But now, Liu Bei has two states of Youbin, and he holds the horse-producing land. The two of them are afraid that Liu Bei will cut off their trade supplies.
causing them to fall into crisis again.
In addition, they are now bordering Liu Bei's territory to a certain extent, and the two of them are also afraid of Liu Bei's attack. Although they still have hundreds of thousands of troops, they are really unsure when facing Liu Bei who can defeat Yuan Shao in seconds.
"Don't think about it!" Li Jue slammed the table. The two of them were really not good at this kind of brainstorming. "It's useless to think about it so much. It's better to just send someone to ask Zhang.
Ji is our old brother, and Hua Xiong also holds an important position under Liu Bei. If you ask, everything will be clear!"
Guo Bang looked at Li Jue. He didn't agree with this somewhat crude idea, but he couldn't think of any good solution, so he nodded slightly, let's do this for now.
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Because of Yuan Shao's fall, the entire world's attention was focused on Liu Bei.
After Yuan Shao's death, Yecheng was left without a leader, and it didn't take long for the whole city to surrender. After all, Liu Bei had no intention of killing everyone, and the aristocratic families entrenched in Yecheng had no intention of continuing to resist.
At this moment, in Yuan Shao's original residence in Yecheng, Liu Bei was sitting in the main seat, and Wang Xuan and others were sitting on the left and right, discussing matters.
"The shortage of officials is too big. Now every town is waiting and watching. Until we have a clear attitude, it is impossible to expect those people from aristocratic families to continue to contribute." Tian Feng rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
"How big is the specific gap?" Wang Xuan asked with a frown.
"Excluding civil servants, there is a gap of more than 30,000 yuan." Pei Qian looked at the documents in his hand and said.
"hiss!"
There was a gasping sound in the hall. Although I knew the gap must be huge, I never thought it would be so big. This was without counting the civil servants.
Officials, no matter how incompetent or corrupt the people may criticize them, are absolutely indispensable in real life, otherwise there will be chaos.
"Zai Zhi, what should we do?" Liu Bei turned to look at Wang Xuan. Conquering the Three States was just the beginning. The really difficult things had just begun. Moreover, in this regard, in addition to maintaining the bottom line, the army also
It really doesn't work, so no wonder everyone is in trouble.
"It is impossible to compromise with the local aristocratic families!" Wang Xuan flicked the table with his fingers a few times, looked at everyone present, and said in a low voice: "This is a matter of principle, one step back, one step back, at this point
We can't have any possibility of retreating, even if it causes complete chaos in the local area!"
"This..." Lu Su looked bitter and looked at Wang Xuan and asked: "The influence of those local aristocratic families on the local area is in all aspects and penetrates into every detail of life. If this is really the case, these three states will
The land will inevitably fall into chaos, and when the time comes, there will be no shortage of casualties."
"Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. Don't be afraid of chaos, as long as the army is still in our hands." Wang Xuan showed a cruel smile on his face. At this moment, a vicious aura escaped from him, making the entire conference hall warm.
Suddenly dropped a few degrees: "I once said, don't be afraid if you can't solve the problem, just solve the people who created the problem!"
"Let us clearly lay out our bottom line to them. They can do anything non-violent and forbidden for me, but once the bottom line is exceeded, I don't mind letting their whole family die!"
"What use is fame to me?"
Following Wang Xuan's words, everyone seemed to smell a smell of blood coming towards their faces.
"Isn't this a little too much?" Pei Qian was from the Pei family in Hedong after all, so he couldn't just watch at this time.
"Wen Xing, tell me, if I kill all the big families in these three states, how many people will I need to kill? If I kill all the big families in the world, how many people will I need to kill? Will these families be convinced and admired?
." Wang Xuan raised the corner of his mouth and glanced across the audience. A look that made everyone feel cold in their hearts.
"Okay, Zai Zhi, don't scare people here." Liu Bei said with a bit of laughter.
"Hahaha, just kidding, I'm not a murderous person."
If you could restrain your murderous aura when you speak, I would really believe you.
"Do you know why Qingzhou has developed into what it is now?" Wang Xuan said to himself without waiting for anyone else to answer: "This is because the decline of Qingzhou's aristocratic families has made Qingzhou like a blank piece of paper, free to paint.
, in this way we can build Qingzhou far beyond the prosperity of other areas of the Han Dynasty on the basis of Qingzhou having nothing."
"It only takes four years for Qingzhou to exist from scratch. Even if the newly acquired three states are completely destroyed, with Qingzhou as the foundation, in six or seven years, the three states can be completely destroyed."
The land has developed to the same level as Qingzhou, so what do you have to fear?"
"Just go ahead and do it, I'll give you the details!"
Wang Xuan stretched out his hand and gestured and continued: "Don't worry about anything that stands in front of us, crush them!"
At this moment, the aura displayed by Wang Xuan was so overwhelming that everyone could not lift their heads.
Pei Qian and others looked at each other and silently nodded in agreement.
The thing is, when you find that life is always full of ups and downs, you will no longer be dissatisfied with your current situation.