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Liu Ye said: "Liu Ling, with all due respect, I'm afraid this is only an expedient measure. I came from Nanyang, and I know very well that although Hussar General Zhang Ji's soldiers have been educated, they are by no means teachers of benevolence and righteousness. In the camp It’s a good thing to say that once they go on an expedition, they can’t expect too much whether their generals can restrain their subordinates. Being able to read and write doesn’t mean they are modest gentlemen, and they can appreciate the court’s love for the people.”

"In your opinion, so what?" Liu Ba asked rhetorically.

Liu Ye turned to look at Xun Yu. "Xun Yin, I have something puzzled, can I ask Xun Yin to explain it to me?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"Although the Son of Heaven is young, he has fought many wars and is quite gifted in military affairs. The army marched eastward to pacify the world. Such a major event, why did the Son of Heaven not do it himself, but let Han Sui be the general? Is Liangzhou undecided, and the Son of Heaven needs to be in charge in person, or is it another matter?" Is there a reason?"

Liu Ba also looked at Xun Yu, who also had the same doubts.

The corner of Xun Yu's mouth twitched slightly, and then he regained his composure. "Zi Yang, Zi Chu, to tell you the truth, I also feel that this matter is incomprehensible, and there may be a deep meaning in it, but I can't think of it for a while. Since you are here, why not analyze it together."

Liu Ba smiled. "Xun Yin might as well tell you what you think first."

Xun Yu looked at Liu Ba and smiled slightly. "Don't be in a hurry, am I talking right now?" He raised his wine glass and greeted Liu Ye. "Before trying to figure out the emperor's intentions, I have one thing to ask you first."

"You said."

"Where do you come from? Why go west?"

Liu Ye sighed softly and drank the wine in his glass. "After I beheaded Zheng Bao, I attached myself to Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. I wanted to assist him to serve the court, but God's will tricked me, but I missed the most important opportunity. The last time Yuan Shao went south, I happened to return to my hometown to visit friends. Liu Xun I didn't have time to stop Jiang Yuan. When I rushed back to Shu County, Shu City had already changed hands and was taken by Yan Liang, so I had to live in seclusion for a while."

"Zhou Jiamou Mu Yuzhou, you never went to serve?"

"Although Zhou Jiamou is highly respected, he is not a man of martial arts." Liu Ye smiled wryly, "When I arrived in Nanyang, I heard that he had already withdrawn his troops."

"What about Cao Yanzhou?"

"Although Cao Yanzhou is good at fighting, his strength is too weak, and he has a bad reputation for killing Bian Rang and Tu Xuzhou, so it is difficult to become a great weapon."

"Where's Liu Xuzhou?"

"I haven't seen him before, but I heard that he came from a reckless background, behaved in a disorderly manner, and would not be able to last long in Xuzhou." Liu Ye pondered for a moment, and then said: "Although he claims to be a clan, he has been reluctant to do so for a long time." It's hard to know what I want to be a minister to the court. I don't want to go around and come directly to the court."

Xun Yu nodded slightly. "How is Sun Ce?"

"A momentary hero should compete with Cao Yanzhou, slightly better than Liu Xuzhou."

"With the three of them working together, can they be Yuan Shao?"

Liu Ye was stunned for a moment, thought carefully, and shook his head. "If there are famous ministers who will be dispatched in the middle, there may be a chance. If they do things on their own, I'm afraid that mutual suspicion will make things difficult. That's why I wonder why the emperor didn't do it himself, but let Han Sui lead the army."

Xun Yu showed a meaningful smile. "Do you think Liu Bei and Sun Ce will obey the emperor's edict?"

Liu Ye was stunned, staring at Xun Yu for a while, the corners of his eyes trembled twice. "So, the Son of Heaven is..."

"As you said, although the Son of Heaven is young, he is talented in military affairs. The time to pacify the world has not yet come, and he should understand this. Therefore, Han Sui's entry into Guanzhong should be just to prepare for war, not to go east. The real goal of going east At that time, wait for the emperor to enter the pass."

Liu Ba couldn't help but said, "Then Han Sui can wait?"

"I can't wait, I have to wait." Xun Yu pointed to the table with his fingers, and said quietly: "This is your responsibility and mine."

Liu Ba and Liu Ye met each other's eyes and smiled knowingly.

"Zi Yang, I hope you can come to Xingzai as soon as possible and speak to the emperor. If the emperor respects you and appoints you as the prefect of Jingzhao, Han Sui will have a noose on his feet, making it difficult for him to stretch his feet."

Liu Ye nodded without thinking. "Dare not to obey."

Liu Ba smiled and said, "It seems that I will have to wait for a while before I can be promoted."

"Although you can't be promoted, you have to be more serious. Not only the merchants in Hedong, but also the merchants in Guanzhong. I will speak to the emperor and transfer you to Shaofu or Shuiheng Duwei to manage money for the court. Han So although we can't go east, we can go ahead with business affairs."

Liu Ba laughed. "Okay, let me empty their wallets first, and get back the taxes they owe to the court first."

Liu Ye frowned slightly. "You...are you not afraid that others will say that you are competing with the people?"

Liu Ba and Xun Yu exchanged glances, and said in unison: "It's not about fighting for the people's interests, but for the people's interests."

Liu Ye was stunned. "Why did you two say that?"

Liu Ba said: "The master has a saying, those who have a country and a family don't worry about poverty but inequality, and don't worry about poverty but anxiety. It doesn't make sense that some people have fields and rice paddies, but others have no place to stand on. It doesn't make sense that the emperor and ministers eat If you don't wrap your stomach, you are powerful but your mouth is tired of plastering your beam."

"You guys..." Liu Ye looked at Xun Yu and then at Liu Ba, and said sincerely: "Xun Yin, Liu Ling, forgive me, even if you are a master, you can't go to Sanhuan, but you are held by Sanhuan. Go. You are enemies of the Kanto clan, so you are not afraid of being criticized by thousands of people?"

Xun Yu sighed. "Zi Yang, you know what to stop and don't disgrace, and you can't be content with anything. The emperor and his ministers are peaceful and courteous. The Kanto clan sits back and watches the emperor's embarrassment. They don't pay tribute or work hard for the king. Disrespect comes first. We are trying our best to save them. As for their acknowledgment, It’s out of my control.”

He looked at Liu Ye and said faintly: "One day, the Son of Heaven will lead a hundred thousand soldiers to ride eastward, and all jade and stone will be burned. Is it the result you expected? Those people are ignorant of the immediate interests and the future. So shortsighted?"

Liu Ye's eyes narrowed slightly. "I heard that Situ spent his fields in Guanzhong. Does this mean that after the Son of Heaven subdues the world, he will also spend his fields in Guandong?"

Xun Yu smiled wryly. "We don't want to go that far either, so we want to try other methods first." He sighed. "Zi Yang, the emperor entrusted me with the important task of promoting the kingly way. I don't want to let him down, and I can't let him down. If the kingly way is not prosperous, then I can only be domineering."

Chapter 575

Liu Ye chatted with Xun Yu and Liu Ba half the night.

Although Xun Yu met Liu Ye for the first time, they had been friends for a long time.As early as when Cao Cao was under his command, he knew about Liu Ye assisting Liu Xun in stabilizing the Lujiang River. Now that he met him, he knew that he was a fellow man after a few words, so he immediately entrusted the emperor with the important task of kingship. .

While Liu Ye was excited, he was also a little worried.

Prospering the kingly way is the common ideal of countless people with lofty ideals, but equalizing the rich and the poor is extremely difficult and even dangerous, especially when the people with lofty ideals themselves are the objects of equalizing the rich and the poor.Not only do they have to face the conflict between ideals and reality, but they also have to face persuasion, intercession or threats from countless relatives and old friends.Even if he can stop all this, he will become a lone minister who betrays all relatives.

However, the emperor took the initiative to ask for the implementation of the kingly way, and handed over the power, entrusting Xun Yu with full authority, climbing the ice, lying on the snow, and guarding the border by himself. Such an opportunity is too rare.

It was so rare that Liu Ye felt unreal.

There was a sentence that spun around his mouth several times, and finally swallowed it back.

Could this be the emperor borrowing a knife to kill someone?

Xun Yu is an outstanding talent among Ruying scholars and has great influence. It is definitely better for him to preside over the affairs of equalizing the rich and the poor than the emperor himself.When the conflict between Xun Yu and the Kanto people became so intense that it could not be reconciled, and his reputation was ruined, the emperor would probably abandon Xun Yu, just like Emperor Xiaowen abandoned Jia Yi and Emperor Xiaojing abandoned Chao Cuo, to appease the anger of the Kanto clan.

Or, like Qin Shihuang's annexation of the six countries, he would use Bingliang's elite troops to flatten the Kanto.

Suddenly, Liu Ye longed to see the emperor.He has too many doubts and wants to ask the emperor for confirmation.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. He wants to see the emperor with his own eyes and listen to the emperor's explanation with his own ears.

The next day, Liu Ye bid farewell to Xun Yu and Liu Ba.He wants to go to Xingzai to meet the emperor.

Xun Yu had already prepared a recommendation letter and handed it to Liu Ye, and prepared a road pass and a fast horse for Liu Ye.He suggested that Liu Ye take Guanzhong. Although it was a bit of a detour, seeing the scene in Guanzhong with his own eyes would be good for him when he met him.

Liu Ye immediately set off with only a few young and strong followers.

One of them is Lu Su.

Lu Su is a good friend of Liu Ye.Liu Ye missed Yuan Shao's southward battle because he went to visit Lu Su.

Lu Su presented rice to Zhou Yu, and decided to divide them into overseas Chinese. The whole family followed Zhou Yu across the river to Qu'a.Because his grandmother died and was buried in Dongcheng, he rushed back to his hometown from Qu'a.After Liu Ye heard the news, he rushed to persuade Lu Su himself, hoping that Lu Su would serve the court.

Lu Su hesitated for a long time.It wasn't until the news of the emperor Xiu Tuze's great victory that he made up his mind to follow Liu Ye to the court.

On the way, Liu Ye and Lu Su talked about Xun Yu's desire to equalize the rich and the poor, and to prosper the king's way.After thinking about it, he still felt that the difficulty was too great, or even impossible.

He asked Lu Su a question. "You once gave half of the rice in your home to Zhou Yu, a total of three thousand shi. If you were asked to donate the extra land in your home to promote the kingly way, would you be willing?"

Lu Su pondered for a while, then shook his head. "Although my family has a lot of land, there is not a single acre that is superfluous. It was all saved by my ancestors. Why should I donate it for no reason?"

Liu Ye let out a long sigh, and said with a wry smile: "If you don't agree with your boldness, how can others agree? Why do hundreds of thousands of soldiers fight bloody battles? Isn't it because you want to be promoted to rank and seal the country? So I said , it is simply not feasible to equalize the rich and the poor.”

Lu Su hesitated to speak.He couldn't find a better way, and this was an unsolvable problem.

But at the same time he was a little lucky.Fortunately, he listened to Liu Ye's persuasion and gave up his plan to follow Sun Ce, so he could stand on the winning side and not become the target of others' slaughter in the future.

Regardless of whether the kingly way can be realized or not, one thing is certain, Yuan Shao is not the match of the emperor, and neither is Sun Ce.

With the three prefectures of You and Liang in hand, the emperor sits in the northwest, holding more than [-] fine horses, and has already formed a swooping trend towards the Kanto.

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West Sea.

Liu Xie was wearing a well-fitting uniform, barefoot, standing on the sand by the sea, letting the white waves wash over his feet, with a relaxed expression, like a student who has traveled here, marveling at the beautiful scenery different from his hometown, and lingering .

He Shan, Hu Xiu and a few Qiang girls talked happily not far away, laughing like silver bells.

The one who laughed the loudest was Fu Yaxinna's concubine, Bei Gongjun.

Although she is a concubine, Bei Gongchun is the liveliest one.The first time they met, she expressed an unusual interest in Liu Xie, and publicly stated that she wanted to marry Liu Xie more than marrying Fu Ya, and said bravely that she was strong in martial arts and could act as Liu Xie's assistant. Personal guard.

Until she was thrown thirteen times by Ma Yunlu, she didn't take advantage of it.

Then she empathized with another, fell in love with Ma Yunlu, and wanted to be Ma Yunlu's sister wholeheartedly.

Both He Shan and Hu Xiu laughed at her wishful thinking, but she didn't take it seriously. Instead, they became good friends with He Shan and Hu Xiu, sticking together whenever they had the opportunity, and trying to find out about Ma Yunlu.Ma Yunlu was so annoyed that he simply assigned the on-duty tasks to other people, and he would not show up if he could.

"Your Majesty, this Qiang girl is so courageous that she even dares to stand up to the Queen's orders." Xun Wenqian covered her mouth and said with a smile: "In the entire camp, except for her father, probably only the words of Your Majesty and Ma Du are useful."

"Are you envious or jealous?" Liu Xie asked with a smile.

Xun Wenqian blinked and laughed dumbly. "Why do I envy her? She is right to envy me. After all, she wants to marry His Majesty, but I can always be by His Majesty's side."

Liu Xie turned to look at Xun Wenqian. "You don't regret it?"

"I don't regret it." Xun Wenqian shook her head firmly. "On the contrary, I'm very grateful. If... I didn't expect Chen to make such a choice, it's unbelievable."

Liu Xie smacked his lips and said nothing.

He received news not long ago that Yuan Shao went south, crossed the river again, and sent troops to Xuzhou. Chen Ji and Chen Qun's father and son persuaded Liu Bei to surrender to Yuan Shao but failed, so they parted ways with Liu Bei and committed themselves to Yuan Shao.

Liu Xie was not surprised by this result.

The focus of his concern is not Chen Ji, Chen Qun and his son, but Liu Bei's reaction to Yuan Shao's army, so as to analyze the situation in Kanto.

But Xun Wenqian was very worried about this.

She didn't expect that Chen Ji, as a Hanchen, once an official to Erqianshi, would make such a choice at this time.

"Want to take off your shoes and play in the water?" Liu Xie said.

"What?" Xun Wenqian didn't realize it all of a sudden, her eyes widened.

"I said, the weather is so hot, you don't want to take off your shoes and play in the water?" Liu Xie raised his chin and looked at He Shan, Bei Gongchun and others who were having fun playing in the water in the distance. "This is Qiang land, there is no need to observe so many red tapes, it is better to be straightforward."

"I..." Xun Wenqian hesitated, her eyes were like waves, erratic.

"Look, this is what you envy them for." Liu Xie smiled. "You think, but you dare not say it."

Xun Wenqian's eyes flickered slightly. "I can say whatever I want?"

"You can say whatever you want." Liu Xie nodded. "Agree or disagree, it's up to me."

Xun Wenqian raised her eyebrows on purpose and made her voice longer. "Forget it then."

"If you don't tell me, how do you know that I must disagree?"

Xun Wenqian laughed out loud. "Your Majesty came to circle me again. Forget it, I can't say no to you, I'd better take off my shoes and play in the water for a while."

Chapter 576 Do as the Romans do

Watching Xun Wenqian take off her shoes, lift her clothes, and walk into the water cautiously, Liu Xie smiled.

If you still can't let go in such an environment, then it is really hopeless.

Any change in thinking that cannot be translated into action, especially by those with great influence, is nothing but a dead letter.If Fu Shou and Xun Wenqian have always treated He Shan and Hu Xiu as barbarians, it will be difficult to implement national integration.

Although there were articles like "The Commandments for Women" in the Han Dynasty, not many people actually obeyed them, and the obedience to etiquette has not yet been soaked in the blood.With a little teasing, the original and natural breath will come out vigorously.

Liu Xie tucked the hem of his clothes into his belt, rolled up his trousers, walked up to Xun Wenqian, squatted down, and rolled up his trousers for Xun Wenqian.

Xun Wenqian was taken aback and backed away again and again. "Your Majesty, you can't do it, you can't do it."

"Be careful, don't fall." Liu Xie supported Xun Wenqian. "What can't you do? This is not the court. Since you are playing, play to your heart's content. Only when you have fun can they have fun. They will only be willing to say anything to you in the future. It's still here, put on court clothes , how dare to tell you the truth?"

Xun Wenqian didn't dare to move anymore, she supported Liu Xie's shoulder with one hand and covered her face with the other. "But...how embarrassing."

"You haven't done anything shameful, what's there to be ashamed of?"

"I...I'm afraid of affecting His Majesty's majesty."

"Does my majesty need to be shown by your awe?" Liu Xie rolled up Xun Wenqian's trousers above his knees, then stood up and waved his hands. "Go ahead and have fun and keep the water up to your knees."

"Wei." Xun Wenqian blushed and responded, looking around, seeing He Shan, Hu Xiu and others all looking this way, feeling even more embarrassed.

Liu Xie waved his hand and said loudly to Lu Xiaohuan who was on duty: "Take two people with you to protect the nobleman."

"Wei." Lu Xiaohuan was in the middle of her arms, quickly took off her shoes and rushed into the water.

"I'm coming, I'm coming." He Shan yelled, running over, splashing water all the way.

Seeing this, Hu Xiu, Bei Gongchun and others also rushed over, chatting and laughing around Xun Wenqian.

Liu Xie walked a little further, beckoning Fu Ya to come over.Fu Ya walked to the water's edge, with a troubled expression on her face, she didn't want to take off her shoes, but also felt that the emperor had already taken off her shoes, so it seemed inappropriate for him not to take them off.