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Liu Ba thought for a while, and comforted him: "Dezu and the emperor and his ministers know each other well, so there shouldn't be any quarrel over such a trivial matter."

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Yang Xiu came to Lantai.

Xun Yu was sitting in front of the window reading, and the desk was full of books, some in Chinese, some in Greek, written materials, and pictures.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Xun Yu didn't raise his head. He didn't raise his eyelids until Yang Xiu stood still in front of him, blocking the sunlight.Yang Xiu stood with the backlight, but he didn't recognize him for a while, but narrowed his eyes and gave a thumbs up.

"I didn't expect to see such a strong man in Lantai! Do you have any advice?"

Yang Xiu couldn't help laughing. "Xun Wenruo, when did you start studying learning, or the learning of the Western Regions?"

Xun Yu was taken aback for a moment, and then he recognized Yang Xiu, and couldn't help laughing. "So it's up to you. Sit down, sit down. When did you arrive? Looking at your dirtiness, you didn't arrive just now, did you?"

"You're right. I just arrived in Nanyang and said a few words in Situ's mansion. I didn't even have time to take a sip of water." Yang Xiu didn't ask Xun Yu to invite him, so he took his seat, picked up the teapot on the table, and poured himself a cup. hot tea. "You should know why I came to see you in such a hurry, right?"

Xun Yu blinked. "It must be because of the book recommendation meeting?"

"Yes." Yang Xiu poured the tea into his mouth, gulped it down, and then poured another cup. "Tell me the truth, are those words from your heart? Or..."

Xun Yu shook his hand, signaling Yang Xiu not to worry, and asked Yang Xiu to take off his coat.The room is very warm, and there is no need to wear so many clothes. Moreover, Yang Xiu has driven such a long distance, his body is covered with dirt, and he can see the dust flying around even if he moves a little.

"What you heard may not be accurate. Why don't you listen to me, the person involved, about the situation at that time." Xun Yu said while taking a few pieces of paper from the side and handing them to Yang Xiu. "This is my speech at the time, and it has been slightly polished in order to write it into an article."

Yang Xiu took it, glanced at it, and then asked again: "Are you going to publish it publicly?"

"Of course." Xun Yu smiled brighter. "Otherwise, everyone will come to ask like me, how can I handle it? Announcing the world will save trouble and earn a fortune, so why not do it?"

Yang Xiu laughed dumbfounded, but he didn't argue with Xun Yu, and quickly read the article, frowning slightly.

"Is this really what you said from the bottom of your heart?"

"What's the problem?"

"There's nothing wrong with the problem, it's just that this doesn't really look like you." Yang Xiu pondered for a moment, his eyelids twitching slightly. "Brother Wen Ruo, tell me, did the emperor threaten you?"

Chapter 1165

Am I being threatened?

It seems, and it seems not.

Xun Yu stroked his beard, thought for a while, and shook his head firmly.

"Dezu's words have underestimated me, and even the emperor. The king and his ministers know each other, and the most important thing is to share the same goals, how can they put personal safety first? If it is not good for the country, wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me. If it is good for the country, Life and death can also be ignored."

Yang Xiu was a little embarrassed, and quickly shook his hand and said: "Brother Wen Ruo, you are serious. I don't know how you are. It's just..." He rolled his eyes, and suddenly smiled: "You must have heard of the Battle of Huayin. Before, the emperor gave me an exam?"

Xun Yu smiled slightly, and immediately understood what Yang Xiu meant.

During the Battle of Huayin, the emperor asked Yang Xiu a question.Although Yang Xiu failed to give an answer, he changed his previous temperament and was no longer the eloquent Mr. Pianpian. Instead, he was brave enough to do things, cooperated with the emperor, and made great contributions to the emperor's defeat of Li Jue.

The emperor's expectations for himself are indeed somewhat similar.

"Are you the same?" Yang Xiu stared into Xun Yu's eyes and asked.

Xun Yu smiled and said calmly, "Dezu knows the Son of Heaven very well, so why should he ask about Gongxihua?"

Yang Xiu picked up the teacup on the case and gestured to Xun Yu.

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment, picked up the teacup, and greeted Yang Xiu.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and drank it all in one gulp.

Yang Xiu put down his teacup, wiped the beard around his lips, and looked at the books on the desk. "Brother Wen Ruo has studied for many days, what have you gained?"

Xun Yu lost his smile and frowned slightly. "Warning for thousands of miles, needless to say, is hard work. Before soldiers and horses are moved, food and grass must be considered first. The Western Regions are thousands of miles away, and the land is vast, but there are not many places suitable for farming. Roughly speaking, there are roughly a few places that can be used as choose……"

While talking, Xun Yu took out a few maps and explained to Yang Xiu what he had learned from studying in the past few days.

The emperor said that war should be supported by war, and he limited his troops to less than [-]. He should have reached a conclusion after having a certain understanding of the terrain of the Western Regions.But even if it is [-] paces, the food and grass consumed is not a small amount. Not only does it need a large piece of land, but it also needs a household registration that can cultivate this land.

The emperor expelled the Xianbei people westward, probably because he wanted to fight in a nomadic way, and it was also out of the same consideration to occupy the grassland on the northern shore of the Black Sea.

However, Xun Yu felt that although the nomads' combat methods had obvious advantages, they also had obvious disadvantages.

The most notable point is that it cannot be attacked.

Qingqi galloping thousands of miles, erratic like the wind, is unable to carry large offensive equipment.When you encounter a big country like Rome, even if you can harass its borders, you can only stay away when you encounter cities.

If it's just looting and harassment, what's the point?

Therefore, he wanted to find a place suitable for farming, as a camp for the emperor's westward expedition.

After looking around, I only found two places, but these two places have big countries, one is Tianzhu, and the other is Anxi.

And these two places have one thing in common: too far from Rome.Even if it is farmed locally, transporting it to the front line is a difficult and arduous task.

Xun Yu scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "I also found one person."

"Who?"

"Alexander, the king of Greece before Rome, once conquered thousands of miles east, as far as Tianzhu. Judging from his achievements, it is not difficult to conquer the countries, but the difficulty is to rule. The emperor may have taken this into consideration when he wanted to enlist Confucian scholars. Force is not enough For a long time, only enlightenment will last forever. Alexander's body is decayed, and his country is also disintegrated, but Greek characters and customs are spread in the Western Regions, which can be said to exist without surviving."

As Xun Yu said, he passed several pieces of paper to Yang Xiu, some were pictures, some were rubbings, and the common thing was that there were Greek characters on them.

Yang Xiu looked at it for a while, then took a look at the map in Xun Yu's hand, and said, "Since there are precedents to follow, there is nothing to worry about. If Alexander comes, we will go. As for those Greeks, they can only show How can the characters of the sound be compared with my Chinese characters, which emphasize both sound, form and meaning. After a hundred years, all the books in the world will have the same text, and the language will all have elegant sounds. Wouldn’t it be great.”

Xun Yu frowned slightly. "Dezu, you... want to go west with the emperor?"

The corner of Yang Xiu's mouth twitched lightly. "You don't think so?"

Xun Yu smacked his lips. "It's not impossible, it's just that Mr. Yang only has your son..."

Yang Xiu raised his hand and interrupted Xun Yu. "I have several sons who are enough to be filial. On the contrary, the emperor has no shortage of famous generals, but no virtuous ministers. Although I am not talented, I would like to recommend myself to help the emperor. I didn't mention it before because my father couldn't find a suitable one. His successor. Now that I have Brother Wen Ruo, I can travel west with peace of mind."

Xun Yu raised his head, stared at Yang Xiu again and again, and couldn't help but cursed with a smile.

"Yang Dezu, your nature is hard to change after all."

Yang Xiu laughed out loud. "Brother Wen Ruo, what I say is the truth."

-

Yang Xiu talked with Xun Yu for a long time before returning to Situ Mansion to take a bath and change clothes.

By the time he changed his clothes and dried his hair, it was already Youshi.The emperor's banquet is about to begin, and both father and son, husband and wife will be present, and Yang Biao has no time to say a few words with him before the banquet.

Yang Biao was a little annoyed, and complained that Yang Xiu was unfilial in front of Mrs. Yuan, and didn't take him seriously.

Madam Yuan was angry and funny, but in private she asked her daughter-in-law to tell Yang Xiu that his father was angry and told him to be careful.

After Yang Xiu heard about it, he didn't take it seriously. Instead, he seized this rare opportunity and spent a while with his wife tenderly.

When the time came, the family left Situ's mansion and came to the large courtyard that served as the main hall.Quite a few people had arrived, gathering and talking in the front yard and outside the door.Seeing Yang Biao, Yang Xiu and his son approaching, everyone got up to salute and say some polite words.

Yang Xiu clapped his hands back to return the gift, and said with a soft smile: "Sure enough, only with money can the country live in peace and the people live in peace. Poverty is not king, but wealth and peace are."

Yang Biao glanced at him, with a smile on his face, greeted the others, and took the time to shout: "Zhu Zi, are you dissatisfied with Nai Gong's administration?"

"How dare, how dare." Yang Xiu giggled. "The boy just lamented the injustice that Liangzhou encountered. Even Hanyang, which has the best conditions, cannot be as rich as the ordinary people in the Central Plains. It seems that the price of this horse needs to be raised, otherwise it will be too bad."

"Try it." Yang Biao said through gritted teeth.

Nowadays, government affairs are becoming more and more complicated, and horses are needed for uploading and distributing news.There are no horses in the Central Plains, and all the horses come from the three prefectures of You and Bingliang.It was precisely because the imperial court directly controlled the three states that the price of horses was reduced to an affordable level.If the three states raise the price of horses, even if only by [-]%, the imperial court will face enormous pressure.

Yang Xiu called Qu. "My lord Situ, Liangzhou is also the territory of the big man, and the people of Liangzhou are also the people of the big man. The court can't just want the benefits of Liangzhou, but not give Liangzhou the corresponding return. I don't have anything to do with it. It will be fine after a few years Transferred to another county, what will Liangzhou people do, have they been exploited by the Central Plains?"

"Exploitation?" Yang Biao was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Yang Xiu, bursting into anger. "You actually think that the imperial court is exploiting Liangzhou?"

Chapter 1166 Robbing the Poor and Giving the Rich

Yang Xiu's expression didn't change.

"Master Situ is in charge of the world's civil affairs. He should know the income and expenditure of the Liangzhou counties in the past two years. It is not an exaggeration to say that the imperial court robs the poor and helps the rich?"

Yang Biao was taken aback for a moment, and was immediately at a loss for words.

In addition to paying tribute to the imperial court every year, the counties also have transactions with each other.The Situ Mansion does not directly intervene, but the relevant data is still in hand.As a frontier state, the three prefectures of You and Liangliang have their particularity, and livestock such as horses, cattle and sheep are the bulk products they produce.

The cattle and sheep are fine. The imperial court does not directly manage them, and the people trade them on their own.

But the horses are different. Most of them are purchased directly by the imperial court, and they are the best quality and most profitable ones.

The best horses were used as war horses, while the ordinary ones were used as stage horses and government horses at all levels. These two items accounted for more than [-]% of the horse trade.Although most of the horses used by the imperial court came from pastoral gardens, the folks were also greatly affected.

One is that the best pastures are occupied by the court, and the other is that the price is controlled by the court, and the profits are very limited.

The sufficient supply of horses ensured the normal operation of the imperial court and also provided a large amount of animal power for the Central Plains, but the three prefectures of You and Bingliang failed to get the compensation they deserved from the imperial court.

There is nothing wrong with Yang Xiu saying that the imperial court robbed the poor and helped the rich.

"So, you came back this time not to attend the meeting between the two governments, but to seek justice for Hanyang?"

"Lord Situ, I can step down as the prefect of Hanyang at any time, but if this problem is not resolved, it will not disappear naturally, and it will only get worse." Yang Xiu sighed. "My lord, I am in this position, so I have to seek my own government. Please forgive me a little bit."

Yang Biao nodded slowly. "I see, you can take care of yourself."

"Here." Yang Xiu cupped his hands, quickened his pace, entered the courtyard first, and went straight to the backyard.

Looking at Yang Xiu's back, Yang Biao sighed, feeling a little complicated.

Yang Xiu came with bad intentions, and the target was none other than him and Situ Mansion.

Break into the house and fight.

But it was strange to say that although he felt a little unhappy, he was more pleased.

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Liu Xie was making final preparations before attending the dinner, and the Qiao sisters helped him groom his appearance, put on a crown, and put on new clothes.

He has always been frugal and only wants to wear convenient and comfortable clothes, no different from ordinary scholars.Things are different today, and you have to dress more formally.To be honest, he has been in the army all these years and has no chance to perform the etiquette. He has almost forgotten it, and there is no eunuch to serve him, so he can only be fiddled with by the Qiao sisters.

Fortunately, Empress Fushou was prepared and had trained the Qiao sisters before, and everything went smoothly.

Liu Xie was somewhat surprised when he heard that Yang Xiu was visiting.

The dinner party is about to begin, what is he doing at this time?To see why he didn't come earlier, he received news that Yang Xiu had arrived in Wancheng early this morning.After stopping at Situ Mansion for a while, he went to Lantai and chatted with Xun Yu for a long time.

Before, he thought that Yang Xiu would come to see him, but he didn't.Now I thought Yang Xiu would not come, but Yang Xiu did.

Lifting the string of beads dangling in front of his eyes, Liu Xie thought about it, and let someone tell Yang Xiu to see him.

Yang Xiu entered the door, clasped his hands like wings, bent his body like a chime, and paid homage.

Liu Xie sat still, looked at Yang Xiu, and secretly figured out why Yang Xiu had come.Seeing you before the banquet is so solemn, there must be something important to say.

After seeing the ceremony, Yang Xiu took out a document from his sleeve and offered it with both hands.

"Your Majesty, I have the original play."

Liu Xie took the document, glanced at it, and was stunned. "You want to impeach... Situ?"

"Yes. I want to impeach Situ for being unfair in his administration, to favor the rich counties in the Central Plains, and to suppress the border counties, so that the wealth is uneven and the people are uneasy, which is against His Majesty's kingly intention."

Liu Xie almost didn't hold back.

He didn't think that Yang Xiu would be so selfless that he wanted to be an enemy of Lao Tzu Yang Biao.But Yang Xiu obviously took a considerable risk in doing so.If it's not done well, a notoriety of unfilial piety will be accrued, and it may not be shaken off in this life.

Between loyalty and filial piety, the literati in this era are still very honest, and most people will choose filial piety.

After all, monarchs and ministers are like morning dew, but father and son are blood.A country can live without a country, but a family cannot live without a family. After all, those who are willing to give up their family for the country are a minority.

The Qiao sisters on the side were also a little confused, holding the jade belt in their hands, but forgot to tie it on Liu Xie.

Liu Xie regained his composure, threw the document aside, and kicked Yang Xiu.

"What the hell are you doing?"

"I want to impeach Situ." Yang Xiu said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty, the counties in Liangzhou have suffered from Situ's mansion for a long time, but no one dared to say it. If I don't say it, the conflict will only accumulate and deepen, and sooner or later it will corrode people's hearts. Let all your Majesty's painstaking efforts go to waste."

"Is it so serious?" Liu Xie didn't dare to be careless, and picked up Yang Xiu's impeachment memorial again.

"The document is very long. Your Majesty will read it slowly later. I will give you a brief report first."

"Alright." Liu Xie nodded, motioning for a seat and tea.

Xiaoqiao put down the things in his hand, turned around and left.

Yang Xiu then told his worries, and Liu Xie understood the logic after listening to it for a while. While feeling uneasy, he was also a little indescribably relieved.