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"This...isn't this the military meritorious title?" Liu He was dumbfounded. "Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible. If you want to distribute military merit titles to soldiers and farms, isn't it an enemy of the big clan in the East China Sea?"

Liu Xie didn't speak, just looked at Jia Xu.

"This is just an express reward, not a military honor." Jia Xu said: "Just now Gongheng also said that the Xuzhou clan is more willing to support Yuan Shao than the court. Even so, it is not the court that is against the Xuzhou clan, but the Xuzhou clan. The great clan betrayed the imperial court and became an enemy of the imperial court."

Jia Xu took a sip of water and said again: "Your Majesty, I remember that since the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping, there have been constant wars in Xuzhou. In the second year of Xingping, Cao Cao conquered Tao Qian and even massacred the city. Today's Xuzhou The household registration is limited, and there are more arable land abandoned. In the future, when the world is pacified, it is necessary for the people to have famous farms. Why not take this opportunity to inspire the people to fight bravely?"

He paused, and then said: "I think that what happened in Hedong cannot be reproduced in Xuzhou."

Liu Xie was slightly startled, and then understood what Jia Xu meant.

Jia Xu does have selfish intentions, but his suggestion has sufficient reasons.Seizing the land of the big clans and distributing them to ordinary people is a must.Just how to do it, there is no clear plan yet.It is a beneficial attempt to try out the New Deal in order to protect Xuzhou and restore military merit.

Liu Xie is not sure whether Wang Lang will agree with this approach, but there is a high probability that Liu Bei will agree, and the people of Xuzhou will agree.

After getting the approval of the Xuzhou people, Wang Langzan's disapproval became less important.

"Jingheng, what do you think?"

"I think it's inappropriate." Liu He expressed his objection without hesitation. "Although the big clans in Xuzhou may support Yuan Shao, it doesn't mean that all the big clans will support Yuan Shao and betray the imperial court. If they are meritorious in the march, they will be pushed to Yuan Shao instead."

Liu Xie said half-jokingly: "How much land does your family occupy?"

"I dare not lie to your majesty. The minister's family does have some land, but it is not against the court's actions because of this. It is just that the military meritorious title was originally made by the Qin Dynasty. The rise of the great man is precisely because of the lack of justice of the Qin Dynasty. Now, in order to rejuvenate the great man, your majesty follows the Qin regime. In the old government, the ministers worried that the people in Shandong would be feared, which backfired, and instead helped Yuan Shao."

Liu He left the table and bowed solemnly to the ground. "The minister is dead, dare to ask your majesty to think twice."

Chapter 581 Indisputable Argument

When Liu He mentioned Qin Zhi, Jia Xu closed his mouth, lowered his eyelids, and stopped talking.

This is a very sensitive topic, and it is not convenient to argue in front of the imperial court.

In order to save the nation, in order to solve the stubborn illness of the great man, the emperor made Liangzhou the focus of appeasement, which already made people suspect of following the story of the Qin Dynasty.Restoring the rank of military merit is undoubtedly a real suspicion, which will make the court face even greater criticism.

So he never mentioned the word military merit.

Liu He believes that this is a military merit, that is Liu He's business, and has nothing to do with him.

This method will help Liu Bei gather people's strength, solve the problem of insufficient troops, and confront Yuan Shao, which is enough.

Dealing with the local aristocratic families has long been a tacit understanding between him and Liu Xie, but it is not so clear.

Liu Xie didn't even have to make a choice, he just made a suggestion.In the face of life and death, Liu Beicai does not care about the Qin system or the Han system. With the acquiescence of the court, he will most likely restore his military merit.

Once the military meritorious service is implemented in Xuzhou and has obvious effects, it will be easy for the imperial court to announce the implementation.

Seeing that Jia Xu didn't speak, Liu Xie felt like a mirror in his heart, and couldn't help but want to curse.

This old fox is too bad, he provoked a topic and aroused an argument, and he himself shrank back, looking like he was indifferent to the world.

"Please, Gongheng. This is a big matter, let me think about it again." Liu Xie also played Tai Chi, and said to Zhao Yun and Tian Chou: "You may as well speak bluntly, the speaker is not guilty."

Zhao Yun and Tian Chou looked at each other in blank dismay, not daring to express their views easily.

Liu Xie then changed the subject and talked about Cao Cao and Sun Ce.

Zhou Zhong resigned from Yuzhou Mu, Yuan Shu was like mud that couldn't support the wall, and the dragons in the Kanto had no leader.Yuan Shao was very cautious in sending troops this time, and directly aimed at Liu Bei, who was the weakest. If Cao Cao and Sun Ce were satisfied with self-protection and refused to send troops for reinforcements, Liu Bei would undoubtedly be defeated.

Liu Xie actually didn't care whether Liu Bei would be defeated, otherwise he wouldn't be talking five thousand miles away, and would have rushed to the front line long ago.

With powerful force in hand, even if Sun Cao Liu surrendered to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shao unified the Kanto, he would not be nervous.On the contrary, he just wanted to see how many people would support Yuan Shao's proclaiming himself emperor, and then justifiably wiped them all out.

At that point, what bargain is there?Those who are rebellious deserve to die.

But he can't make such a statement, there must be some performances.

Cao Cao's attitude is relatively easy to guess.Cao Ang was an servant in front of the imperial court, and behind Cao Cao was Henan.Once the situation is not right, Cao Cao can abandon Yanzhou, retreat to Luoyang, and join forces with Zhang Ji and Dong Zhao, which is enough to make Yuan Shao unwilling to act rashly.

Sun Ce's attitude is not easy to guess.After Zhou Zhong's resignation, it is hard to say whether Sun Ce will support Yuan Shu and fight against Yuan Shao, or surrender to Yuan Shao and kill Yuan Shu.According to Sun Ce's family background and inherent relationship with Yuan Shu, it seems that he is more likely to support Yuan Shu.

No matter how bad it is, he can still retreat to Jiangdong, relying on the advantage of the navy to prevent Yuan Shao from crossing the river, and just sit back and watch the changes in the world.

The most difficult thing is Liu Bei.

So in the end, the topic still comes back to how Liu Bei can persevere.

Liu He strongly opposed the military meritorious deeds, but he couldn't find a better way.

The discussion did not yield any satisfactory results, so Liu Xie decided to adjourn the meeting temporarily and discuss it another day.

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After leaving the account, Liu He and Tian Chou walked side by side, sighing.

Tian Chou's heart is also a little heavy, but unlike Liu He, he is quite peaceful.

"Want to hear my opinion?"

"What do you want to say?" Liu He said with a wry smile, "I may be a fan of the authorities, but as an authority, I know how much the people in the Guandong hate the Tyrant Qin. You may not know that starting from Xianyang, there is a road leading to the Qu County by the East Sea. On the Qu Mountain there, Qin Shihuang erected a gate, which is called Qin Dongmen."

"Really?" Tian Chou was surprised.

"It's true, but you can't see Qin Dongmen now."

Tian Chou was slightly startled, and then suddenly realized. "Destroyed?"

"Yes, not long after Chen She and Wu Guang started the incident, Qin Dongmen was destroyed." Liu He looked around and lowered his voice. "The Qin army is based on the Guanzhong people, and it is so hated by the people in the Guandong. The emperor uses the Xiliang soldiers as the main force. What do the people in the Guandong think?"

Tian Chou laughed suddenly. "Fair and balanced, I have a question, it may be presumptuous."

"But it doesn't matter."

"How many big families in Kanto today are descendants of the Six Kingdoms? In other words, how many nobles who were wealthy and well-fed in the Six Kingdoms back then are still descendants of well-dressed families?"

Liu He was taken aback, stopped, turned to look at Tian Chou, his scalp was numb.

He realized a problem, if Liu Bei could not keep Xuzhou, or if the big clans in Xuzhou chose to support Yuan Shao, in the future the emperor would lead his troops to the east, those big clans who supported Yuan Shao would not only be deprived of their land, but also might be deprived of their land because of their rebellion. Clan punishment, the consequences are more serious.

Just like when Baotai was destroyed back then, the children of the six countries failed to restore the glory of their ancestors and disappeared for everyone.

The Xuzhou clan actually had no choice.

Liu He was even more anxious.

"After all, the Son of Heaven is not Qin Shihuang, and he doesn't want Bingliang's elite soldiers to become tiger and wolf masters like the Qin army, so he has been promoting enlightenment to transform the tiger and wolf masters into king masters. Otherwise, when Yuan Shao went south, he would How could you stay here?"

Liu He let out a breath slowly, and his tense mood finally relaxed a little.

"The Yang family of Hongnong is also a big family, but the emperor can still appoint Yang Biao and Yang Xiu and his son. The Huang family of Jiangxia is also a big family, and the emperor still gives Huang Yi a heavy responsibility. The Xun family of Yingchuan is a new star, and the emperor does not exclude them. Instead, let Xun Yu take the importance of the king's way, and pay Xun You the soldiers of Youyan..."

Tian Chou cited several examples in one breath, and finally said: "The emperor has tried his best, shouldn't the Kanto clans make efforts to build peace together? Both of them belong to the inner county, so wouldn't they get more than the hundreds of hectares of land?"

Liu He let out a long sigh, but stopped talking.

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It was discussed again the next day, but Liu He did not raise any objections, and focused on how to deal with Yuan Shao's attack.

He has worked with Yuan Shao for a long time, and he is aware of the factional struggles and civil and military contradictions under Yuan Shao's command.

After the meeting, Liu Xie ordered someone to draft an imperial edict, promising Liu Bei to restore his clan status and encourage Liu Bei to make contributions.Regarding how to assemble troops, apart from the old saying that he suggested that he join forces with Zang Ba and others, Liu Xie did not mention Jia Xu's suggestion, let alone the word "Military Merit".

These were provided by Zhao Yun to Liu Bei for reference in a private letter.

At the same time as the imperial edict, apart from Zhao Yun's personal letter, there was also a letter from Liu He to Wang Lang.

This letter is very long, more than 3000 words.Liu He not only explained in detail his original intention of abandoning Yuan Shao and returning to the imperial court, but also mentioned the significance of the emperor's new policy, hoping that Wang Lang could play an active role as a celebrity, and persuaded the Donghai clan to recognize the situation and not be a praying mantis blocking the car.

The great changes of the past 500 years also, Liu He said at the end of the letter, with a heavy tone.

Chapter 582 bluff

On the west bank of Yishui River, Zongshan Mountain.

Liu Bei was wearing regular clothes, standing with his hands behind his back, looking to the north.

As the weather was getting hotter, he didn't wear much, his clothes were thin, and he didn't wear boots on his feet, just a pair of straw sandals woven by himself.With trousers rolled up, he looks like a farmer who just came from the field.

The difference from the farmer is that he has a long sword stuck in his waist.

Jian Yong stood aside and reminded. "My lord, Zang Ba is here."

Liu Bei hummed, looked away, and looked at Yishui in the distance.There were several boats going down the river, and a group of people stood at the bow, also looking in this direction, and one of them was Sun Qian who was going to discuss with Zang Ba.

"Xianhe, will Zang Ba form an alliance with me?"

"Yes, Yuan Jun from Qingzhou went south, he was the first to bear the brunt, and it was time for me to ask."

"He won't surrender to Yuan Shao?"

"It's not that he refused, but that Yuan Shao refused to accept his surrender." Jian Yong chuckled twice. "The prefect who wanted to kill his father, Zang Jie, was an old official of the Yuan family. Maybe there was a shadow of the Yuan family behind that incident. Besides, which of the generals under Yuan Shao's command was not a big family in Jizhou, and how could he be a Taishan thief? Even if he is willing to surrender, he will not get the official title he wants, so he can only work for others."

Liu Bei smacked his lips, hesitated to speak, and finally just sighed.

Zang Ba is like this, so why not him.

"My lord, don't hesitate. Although Yuan Shao's military strength was at its peak, it was just the afterglow of the setting sun. As long as the lord can use the plan of the clouds and unite as one, block Yuan Shao's desperate efforts, and defend Xuzhou for the court, the future is limitless."

Liu Bei looked back at Jian Yong and couldn't help laughing. "Xianhe, you have always been at odds with Yun Chang, why do you admire Yun Chang's plan so much?"

"Because that's the only way for the lord to win." Jian Yong tugged at his messy beard and raised his eyebrows lightly. "Besides, this is not his strategy, but the court's strategy and the emperor's strategy. If he can learn it, I can't learn it?"

Liu Bei laughed out loud.After a while, he said quietly again: "It turns out that what Xianhe admires is not Yun Chang, but the Son of Heaven."

Jian Yong said: "Who wouldn't respect such an enlightened ruler as a young man who can take the post of Zhongxing, first destroy Li Jue, and then Xianbei? Don't you respect my lord?"

"Of course I also admire it." Liu Bei sighed, "It's a pity that he may not like me."

Jian Yong curled his lips, but stopped talking.

Liu Bei submitted the victory report, but the court did not respond, which disappointed Liu Bei.But in his opinion, the court cannot be blamed for this matter. It is Liu Bei who has been unwilling to express his attitude, and only wants to get more appointments and rewards from the court.Now that Yuan Shao's soldiers are pressing the border, he is even more unwilling to break with Yuan Shao, how can he satisfy the court?

Zang Ba and others arrived at the ferry, got off the boat, and walked up the mountain.

Liu Bei caught up a few steps and met Zang Ba.

Zang Ba is as tall as Liu Bei, about seven feet five or six inches.He has a rough appearance, but he has a pair of slender eyes, which makes people feel uneasy.

"Your Majesty, I have admired you for a long time." Zang Ba took the first step, saluted Liu Bei, looked Liu Bei seriously, and showed a meaningful smile. "Everyone is Dao, so you have a different appearance, and it is really different."

Liu Bei laughed. "Xuan Gao, don't listen to the rumors of those village men and women. I'm not confused in my age, and I can't accomplish anything. There is no difference, but it's just a premature decline. Now that Yuan Shao's troops are suppressing the situation, I want to serve the court, but I can't get it." , I have no choice but to ask Xuan Gao to help me, and please Xuan Gao not to abandon me."

Zang Ba laughed. "Your envoy is called, how dare I not come. It's just that our troops are limited, and we don't have enough money and food. I'm afraid I won't be able to help much, and I will disappoint you."

"Soldiers are good, not many. Taishan soldiers are well-known elites. With Xuan Gao's help, they will surely succeed." Liu Bei warmly invited Zang Ba to the table while talking.

"How many troops does the envoy have?" Zang Ba cut to the chase.

"There are [-] elite soldiers here, and another [-] are led by Chen Deng in Longkang."

Zang Ba looked at Liu Bei in surprise, and couldn't help laughing out loud. "What kind of fortune did Shijun make recently to gather [-] elite soldiers?"

Liu Bei remained calm. "Serving the court is where righteousness lies. Why use money? Or are you still worried that the court will disappoint the soldiers who have made meritorious service? Didn't you hear that Zhang Yang, Huang Yi and others became marquises in the first battle, and even Ma Teng's daughter was beheaded because of it?" Marshal Xianbei, he is enfeoffed as a Marquis with a woman."

"Is there such a thing?" Zang Ba was stunned for a moment, and there was a little more suspicion in his eyes.

"It's absolutely true." Liu Bei followed suit and told the story he knew.

Although he did not declare himself a vassal, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun passed the news and understood the court's movements.

Zang Ba and others were in Xuzhou and had nothing to do with the imperial court. They only knew that the emperor was making meritorious deeds in Bingliang, but they didn't know the specific news.Hearing what Liu Bei said, I was surprised and delighted.The surprise is that the emperor's actions are deviant and unthinkable, and the joy is that the emperor is invincible, the great Han is expected to rejuvenate, and it is more attractive to serve the court with Liu Bei.

Scholars and women can be named Marquis with military merits, I am a good man, wouldn't it be a matter of course to be named Marquis with military merits?

After listening to Liu Bei finish telling the story, Zang Ba laughed out loud. "Your Majesty is well aware of the affairs of the court, so how do you know when the court will send troops to attack Yuan Shao?"

"Soon, Han Sui, the Great General of Zhenxi, has already entered the Guanzhong, and he can go east at any time. The governor of Youyan protects Xun You and prepares his troops and horses. When the autumn wind blows, he will drive his horses to beat the pass until you reach Youji."

Zang Ba pinched his fingers and calculated. "So, Yuan Shao only has two or three months."

"Exactly, as long as we can stick to it for two or three months, Yuan Shao's death will come as soon as the imperial army comes out. Xuan Gao, you and I will divide our troops to defend, you guard Langya, and I guard Pengcheng, how about it?"

"Okay." Zang Ba clapped his hands and agreed. "I dare not say too much, but I am sure in two or three months."

"Happy." Liu Bei raised his glass and drank it down with Zang Ba.

After the two drank a few glasses of wine, Liu Bei ordered people to sing and dance, and the atmosphere immediately became lively.

Although Zang Ba and others dominate one side, they are only bandits in the mountains after all, how can they often enjoy singing and dancing, and drink wine to their heart's content.Today I was invited by Liu Bei to form an alliance. I was worried that Yuan Shao would be too powerful and Liu Bei would not be able to support him.Now knowing that Yuan Shao was just a passing moment, and that Liu Bei had 3 troops, enough to defend Pengcheng, he immediately felt relieved, opened his belly to drink, and looked around uncontrollably.

Liu Bei, Zang Ba and others exchanged cups, talked and laughed happily, calmly with a winning ticket in hand.

Sun Qian accompanied him, feeling uneasy.