Han Shizu

"After so many years, the great man is still as sharp as ever. If he doesn't fall into the majesty of China, he is still the invincible army!" After listening to Liu Yang's report, Emperor Liu smiled again, with a tone of admiration Said: "Decree to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to verify the merits of this soldier. It should be honored and honored!"

"Yes!" Liu Yang clapped his hands in reply.

"What's Liu Min's plan for the next step? Although the battle of Yangcheng was a complete victory, it seems easy to win. With Liu Min's personality, I'm afraid he won't be satisfied with the results of the current battle, so let's call it quits!" Emperor Liu asked again. .

Upon hearing this, Liu Yang chuckled and said, "Your Majesty still knows the sixth brother! Before the start of this battle, the Anxi Governor's Mansion made all kinds of preparations, and planned to spend half a year to complete the goal and recover Yangcheng, which was stolen by the remnants of the black sweat." area.

However, the process was somewhat unexpected. The Battle of Yangcheng ended too quickly, and the Harlan Army collapsed in less than a month.

Therefore, the Anxi Governor's Mansion decided to move its troops westward after a short rest. Together with Li Jilong's army, they marched towards Talas, defeated the Dashi coalition forces, and captured the important town of Talas. As a basis, to deal with the coalition forces, if this is the case, you can go west to conquer Dashi, and retreat to defend against the enemy outside the country! "

Hearing Liu Yangdao's plan to come to the Anxi Governor's Mansion, Emperor Liu frowned subconsciously, and pointed out: "Temporarily change the battle plan and expand the battle target, can this be accomplished? If I remember correctly, Yangcheng is also a thousand miles away from Talas. Yao, even if the battle in the east goes well and the losses are small, isn't this kind of mobilization too exhausting? Can Anxi's soldiers bear it?"

Emperor Liu has always been tough and radical to the outside world, but this opening revealed a conservative flavor.I couldn't help taking a careful look at Emperor Liu, thinking to myself, maybe His Majesty is really old...

In fact, Liu Yang had discussed the matter with his confidant ministers before coming to report, and many people opposed Anxi's plan to continue the war after Yangcheng.In their view, the current war in Anxi is of no practical benefit to the big man, and Anxi will only devour the money, food and troops of the big man like a bottomless pit.

Due to the continuous wars in the west in recent years, land transportation between east and west has been paralyzed, and commercial routes have been cut off, making the golden channel of the Silk Road depressed a lot, and even affecting the economy and people's livelihood of the western states, which is really not worth the candle.

Anxi is too far away, and the imperial court's ability to control it is really limited. The correct strategy is to stop fighting and recuperate.Rather than investing money and food troops in the west where there is little benefit, it is better to invest overseas, in the vast Nanyang region, at least to see the actual shipments of goods imported from overseas, docking and docking...

And what's there in Anxi, besides a group of foreign powers and fanatical YSL believers, there are countless wars, bloodshed and sacrifices.Now, with the great victory in Yangcheng, the eradication of the remnants of the Black Khan, and the return to the situation before the YSL coalition's Eastern Expedition, it is already possible to stop, so why start a big war again?With the organization and combat mode of the Han army, the cost of fighting in Anxi is too high.

The Anxi Governor's Mansion is going to fight Talas again. This is not a good place, not to mention other unfavorable factors. In the Battle of Talas more than 200 years ago, Gao Xianzhi's disastrous defeat is enough to make people have something to say. Generally speaking, the gains outweigh the losses. Accept it when you see it...

Of course, behind these objections, it is not that these princeling bureaucrats are completely conservative and self-styled. Such suggestions are always influenced by their standpoints.

This is still affected by Emperor Liu's entrustment of Liu Shu. Originally, the ministers of the princeling party were wary of the special military and political status of Anton and Anxi, especially Anton. The vigilance is even stronger.

In the eyes of many people, since Annan split half and established Linyi Kingdom, the enfeoffment of Anton and Anxi will be a matter of time. Otherwise, why did Emperor Liu give the two capitals such heavy power? Decades of centralization principles go against the grain.

Now all of this can be explained. Emperor Liu has the idea of ​​enfeoffment, and has included Anton and Anxi into the scope of enfeoffment.

Under this premise, if the court invests a large amount of money, food and troops to fight in Anxi, it is to fight for Anxi, not for the interests of the Han court. Only rationally considering the relationship of interests, it should not continue to invest too much power in Anxi.

Once Anxi is established, it will be like the newly-promulgated Linyi founding regulations, requiring self-reliance. The political and military scriptures can and should move closer to the imperial court, but they cannot continue to rely on the imperial court's support.

Regarding the founding of Linyi, it was not the end of the emperor Liu's edict. All aspects of the national system, such as the division of land, the establishment of prefectures and counties, the arrangement of officials, and the deployment of the military, needed the guidance of the imperial court for implementation.

Emperor Liu still understands this incompetent son, and if he wants Liu Shu to be responsible for everything, then Lin Yiguo will probably be able to end the joke, so the emperor Laozi will arrange all aspects of the founding of the country for you.What Liu Shu himself needs to be responsible for is the property disposal and personnel arrangement under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Chu.

In the constitutional provisions of Linyi, there is a very important principle, that is, after the founding of the country, the imperial court will cancel the support of blood supply, except for maintaining unity in politics, military and diplomacy, the rest will be left to itself. Self-destruction, but must be self-surviving, based on this, the enfeoffment of vassal states makes sense.

The same applies to Anxi and Anton, and some ministers even hope that Emperor Liu can solve the problems of Anxi and Anton as soon as possible, and give the two kings and the two governors a definition, so as not to be like the current situation. The second capital governor's mansion crawled on the body of the big man to suck blood.

Take a look at Anxi in the past few years. Since the Western Expedition to Black Khan, so much money, food, soldiers, and military equipment have been invested, and the national strength has been depleted, but what the court has gained is only half of the ruins of Gaochang Road. The government is too large to move the knife, otherwise even Gao Changdao may not belong to the court in the end.Of course, this is obviously the speculation of some people from the standpoint of personal interests.

Therefore, when Anxi revealed that he wanted to advance troops to the west and continue fighting, those ministers were really unhappy.From various considerations, there are opposing opinions.Some of them have very constructive opinions, that is, wait until Emperor Liu entrusts Anxi before making any calculations. At that time, King Wei can fight as he wants...

Liu Yang is very clear about the concerns of his officials, but he can't listen to them. The root cause is very simple. Right now, Emperor Liu is in charge, and everything has to be done according to Emperor Liu's wishes.

No matter how many thoughts you have below, if you go against the holy will, you will only ask for trouble in the end. This is the conclusion Liu Yang has drawn from his career as a prince who was beaten by Emperor Liu for more than 30 years.

Therefore, no matter what thoughts and opinions he had about the Anxi War, Liu Yang no longer had the idea of ​​bluntly admonishing him as before. It was useless and would annoy Emperor Liu, so it was unnecessary.

What's more, Liu Yang's conservativeness and stability are one aspect, but it doesn't mean that he is pedantic, and he doesn't have the ambition to expand the territory in his heart. It's just that the emperor did everything, and the price he paid was not small. What needs to be done is more to wipe Emperor Liu's ass.

What's more, Liu Min is still his younger brother, so Liu Yang has to treat him differently even for the face of Empress Fu.