Chapter 532 The Prime Minister’s personal disciple? (I’ll post a big chapter first, I’m working on it)
Feng Yong pondered for a long time.
Jiang Wan was waiting quietly beside him.
Only the water mill is making a rattling sound.
Until there was no more flour spilling out of the millstone, Feng Yong finally patted the millstone.
Jiang Wan was overjoyed and was about to listen to his eloquent remarks when he unexpectedly said, "We have finished grinding the flour. Let's separate the millstones first."
Speaking, he used the hanger to hoist the millstone himself.
Jiang Wan:…
He looked at the hoisted millstone, and then at the spinning millstone, with thoughtful eyes in his eyes, and said, "Is it your intention to take advantage of Cao Cao's thief's heart to move to the north? Do you want to create a wedge between them and make them separate?"
Feng Yong:…
Looking at Jiang Wan and then at the separated millstone, Feng Yong twitched the corner of his mouth and thought to himself: Is this what I mean?
But when he saw Jiang Wan's attentive expression, he could only cough dryly and said, "It's not impossible to make an appointment, but who and where, you have to think carefully about this."
“Please ask the prince to clarify Wan’s doubts.”
Jiang Wan's expression became more respectful.
Feng Yong trembled in his heart. Damn it, did he become a master?
It’s just that now that things have come to a point, we can’t keep talking with dignity.
So Feng Tibi had to wring his breasts...no, his brains and think seriously.
“The Cao family has been occupying the north for twenty-six years since the Battle of Guandu, and it has been for three generations. During this period, Cao Pi also implemented the ninth-rank official method and aggressively gained the hearts of Guandong and Hebei families.”
"The fact that Cao Cao was able to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish himself on his own means that he has established a well-established camp in the north and won the support of the northern families. He cannot be easily shaken suddenly, and I am afraid that he may not be able to use it well."
Jiang Wan looked gloomy and sighed, "Is there no other way?"
"It's not that there is no way. The lands in Guandong and Hebei cannot be touched lightly for the time being, but the lands in Guanzhong in Liangzhou can be given a try. That's why I said that you should carefully consider the target of your envoy."
“What do you mean by this?”
Jiang Wan was shocked.
Feng Yong did not notice his expression. He still lowered his head and thought, and said to himself, "The former Han Dynasty established its capital in Chang'an, with Guanzhong as the foundation and Longyou as the barrier, so it carefully managed the land of Guanzhong and Longyou."
"However, after Emperor Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty, he established the capital in Luoyang. First, because Guanzhong was ruined and still in a war-torn place, it was not suitable to establish a capital."
“Secondly, Emperor Guangwu was able to accomplish great things because he had the support of the powerful families in Guandong and Hebei. By setting the capital in Luoyang, he could better rely on the strategic support of Guandong and Hebei.”
“Although this move was the right move at the time, it also resulted in the lack of attention paid to the Longyou area of Liangzhou later.”
“Even a man as talented and strategic as Emperor Guangwu once wanted to abandon the western part of Jincheng County and the Huangshui Valley, but he gave up because of the opposition of General Fubo and Ma Yuan, who was the governor of Longxi at the time.”
"Later, the generals Deng Zhi and Situ Cui Lie successively proposed to abandon the Longyou area of Liangzhou, and even passed a court decision to relocate the people of Liangzhou. Later, because the harm to the people was too great, and Liangzhou It was only after the strong opposition from the public that we gave up.”
“However, after experiencing this, coupled with the fact that the Guandong family respected Confucian classics, while the Liangzhou wealthy family established their family through martial arts, the two became increasingly incompatible.”
“Now that Cao Cao has established his capital in Luoyang, he also aims to win over the aristocratic families in Guandong and Hebei. He is imitating the old wisdom of Emperor Guangwu. Even his employees are mostly from Guandong and Hebei.”
“The only difference is that when Emperor Guangwu brought peace to the world, there were also Liangzhou heroes who were powerful. At that time, the Guandong family and the Liangzhou family were still barely compatible in the court. However, the Guandong family now looks down upon the people of Liangzhou more and more.”
"When Cao Cao was here, there was still some meritocracy, but when it came to Cao Pi, he practiced the law of nine-rank officials, and his official career was gradually controlled by the Guandong and Hebei aristocratic families. The only Jia Xu who was born in Liangzhou, because of his high position as Taiwei , was also criticized by the famous families in Guandong and Hebei."
Cao Pi appointed Jia Xu as Taiwei, but was laughed at by Sun Quan. The story comes from "Farewell Biography of Xun Xu".
At that time, there was a vacancy in the position of Situ in the Western Jin Dynasty. Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan asked Xun Xu if he had a suitable candidate. , Sun Quan laughed at it.
Although Sun Quan was laughing at it, he actually expressed his own attitude: It is really ridiculous for Cao Pi to appoint Jia Xu as Taiwei.
Xunxu was a member of the Xun family in Yingchuan, and the Xun family in Yingchuan was the representative of the Guandong family at that time.
From this, we can infer that the Guandong family did have a repulsive attitude toward Jia Xu, who was born in Liangzhou.
But because the Cao family was in power at that time, even if the family was dissatisfied, it was difficult to say anything. It was not until Sima Jin replaced Cao Wei that he was told in public and publicly expressed his dissatisfaction.
But when it comes to criticism, it doesn't matter whether others know about it at this time. Anyway, Feng Yong only needs to know that they are criticizing secretly. If he says there is, then there must be.
"From this point of view, the Cao thieves must be indifferent to the land of Longyou in Liangzhou. Moreover, the Cao thieves like to massacre cities. When they captured Liangzhou, they did many massacres."
“Later, people from Yinping and Wudu were moved in, causing the people to be displaced. People in Liangzhou, while outwardly surrendering to Cao Cao’s thieves, may not really support them in their hearts.”
"I can be a friend of the enemy. The Cao thief is getting more and more interested in the hearts of the noble families in Guandong and Hebei. How can we easily stop him? Instead of trying to get rid of Cao's thief in Luoyang, it is better to go to Liangzhou to get rid of Cao."
During the First Northern Expedition, the three counties of Longyou in Liangzhou responded to rebel against Cao Cao and return to the Han Dynasty. Is it true that Zhuge Lao Yao has never done any work in this area?
Hearing this, Jiang Wan looked at Feng Yong in shock: Could this son be the direct disciple of the prime minister? Otherwise, why would we just think the same thing as the Prime Minister and even propose the same approach?
Feng Yong naturally didn't know the turmoil in Jiang Wan's heart, so he just continued, "Now that the Liangzhou clan is secretly liaising with the Han people to gain Mao Bu's benefit, isn't this an opportunity?"
"The benefits of wool cloth can only be obtained by me, a big man, and the land of Liangzhou is also a place for shepherding sheep. As long as he is promised a heavy profit, he will understand that cooperation with the big man will benefit both sides, and division will cause two harms."
"Otherwise, Liangzhou is in the hands of Cao's thieves. It's always inappropriate for them to come and go like this secretly. What if Cao's thieves find out one day and are charged with collaborating with the enemy?"
“Calculating it this way, the Liangzhou clan already had the desire to leave Cao Cao and the traitors, and now they have the advantage of returning to the Han Dynasty. As long as they make a slight estrangement, there is no need to worry about the failure of big things.
After hearing these words, Jiang Wan took a long breath and praised sincerely, "The prince's plan is no less than that of Jia Wenhe, Wan believes in it!"
Nowadays, when people in the world talk about wise and resourceful people, they all highly respect Jia Xu and think that his wisdom is not inferior to that of Chen Ping.
Jiang Wan praised Feng Yong's strategy as no less than that of Jia Xu, which was considered a very high praise.
As soon as Feng Tubou heard Jiang Wan's words, he felt proud at first: Well, you don't even know who is called Xiao Wenhe?
Unexpectedly, when I thought about it again, I felt something was wrong: No matter Jia Xu or Chen Ping, although they were good at strategy, they were mostly fond of conspiracy and were considered to be immoral people.
Let an unscrupulous person serve as a Taiwei, so Sun Quan laughed at Cao Pi.
Jiang Wan said that I am the same as Jia Xu, doesn't he accuse me of being immoral?
Damn this old boy, you have been eating and drinking for so long in Nanxiang. I thought you were an honest person and regarded you as someone to be friends with, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious!
Unexpectedly, Jiang Wan seemed to have known that Feng Yonghui would think this way, and he said calmly, "The princes made eight-oxen plows and curved shaft plows, and taught farming techniques. The Han people can have enough to eat. Because of the merits of the king."
"In the land of Nanxiang, everyone is rich. Who doesn't care about the good of the king? Since Wan entered Yuexun County, along the way, everyone, both Han and Yi, worked hard and looked peaceful. Who would have believed it a few months ago? Is this still a war-torn place?”
"Wherever the monarch is, the people are all benefited from it. From this, we can see that the monarch has Jia Xu's good planning skills, but does not have the fault of Jia Xu's lack of virtue. If Cao Cao's thieves get Jia Xu, they can all worship him as Taiwei. If a ruler possesses both virtue and talent, his future achievements will be limitless."
Having said this, Jiang Wan bowed deeply and said, "It is a great blessing that the great Han Dynasty has a king!"
When Feng Yong heard this, he couldn't help but grin, and his grin got bigger and bigger, almost reaching his ears: Oh, this Jiang Canjun is quite good at talking!
For a long time, he has been carrying evil reputation, what kind of ingenuity, what is ruthless, what kind of ghost king who drinks people and eats human flesh, so that Feng Tuyu has thought he is such a person.
Now that I heard this, I realized that I am still a person with both ability and political integrity?
So how could I not feel light-headed after receiving such a unique evaluation from Jiang Wan?
So he quickly went over to help Jiang Wan and said hypocritically, "Jiang Canjun's words are too much, too much! How could he ever deserve such words?"
At the same time, I thought to myself, if anyone dares to say that I am talented but not virtuous in the future, I will use this statement to kill him! What kind of clever words, what cruelty, what cruelty, is this the reputation that a person who benefits the people deserves?
Those who say this are jealous, full of jealousy, jealous of my ability and political integrity!
"Junhou, Cao Pi is newly mourned. How do you think Soochow will react?"
Jiang Wan stood up straight and asked again in a low voice.
Although Feng Yong's analysis of Liangzhou's theory is to the point and refreshing, his conclusion is not beyond Jiang Wan's expectation.
Because Jiang Wan stayed with the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, he was one of the few people who knew who came from the Liang family in Liangzhou.
So he was already frightened at that time: How far-sighted was Feng Mingwen?
Now that I heard what he said about Liangzhou, it only confirmed my previous thoughts.
It’s just that Soochow was mentioned by him only once, and that was when he suggested that the Han Dynasty and Soochow should re-alliance, but I don’t know what his high opinion is this time.
“Soochow…”
Feng Yong naturally didn't know what Jiang Wan was thinking after making eighteen turns. He felt comfortable being flattered by the other party, and he was in a good mood, so he thought about it seriously.
"Jingzhou!" Feng Yong affirmed, "Soochow will definitely take the opportunity to send troops, and it must be Jingzhou."
“Why?”
Jiang Wan asked hurriedly.
"Jingzhou has seven counties in total. After the Battle of Chibi, the late emperor took over the four southern counties of Jingzhou, Sun Quan got one county in Jiangxia and most of the southern counties, and Cao Cao got one county in the north of Nanyang and the northern part of Nanjun including Xiangyang."
"Due to the important geographical location of Nanjun, the late emperor had no choice but to ask Soochow to borrow Nanjun to oversee Jingzhou. However, Soochow used the former emperor's use of Nanjun as an excuse to ask the late emperor to return the entire Jingzhou after the former emperor obtained Yizhou."
"I have never heard of such a shameless person in the world! However, Soochow Wu not only shamelessly demanded the entire Jingzhou, but after the request failed, he even sent Lu Meng to attack Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang counties."
“Later, the late Emperor led 50,000 troops from Yizhou out of Jingzhou to confront Soochow in Gong’an, and because Cao Cao’s thieves entered Hanzhong, he had no choice but to make peace with Sun Quan and cede Changsha and Guiyang counties to Sun Quan.”
"Sun Quan first asked the late emperor to give up one county in Jiangxia, and then he asked the former emperor to give up these two counties. He was still not satisfied. He did not hesitate to bear the bad reputation of breaking the contract, secretly attacked Guan Laojun, and finally won the land of six counties in Jingzhou. From this point of view, Sun Quan really misses Jingzhou deeply!"
Later generations all said that Liu Bei borrowed money from Jingzhou and never repaid it, but they did not know that out of the seven counties in Jingzhou, Liu Bei obtained four counties by his own ability, and only borrowed one county from Sun Quan. Moreover, this county was not all, and one of the most important places was missing: Xiangyang.
Because Xiangyang was in the hands of Cao Cao at that time.
There is no other way, Nan County is really too important.
But Liu Bei also gave up Jiangxia County, where he was originally stationed, to Sun Quan, because Jiangxia was also very important to Sun Quan.
However, Sun Quan later not only asked Liu Bei to give him all the land in Jingzhou, but even betrayed the alliance and attacked Guan Yu after the two sides divided Jingzhou equally.
Feng Yong’s shameless statement about Soochow is not a lie—loansharks are not like this either.
"Why is Soochow so obsessed with Jingzhou? Because Jingzhou is so important to Soochow. Jingzhou is the upper reaches of Jiangdong and has a geographical advantage. From the top to the bottom, you can directly attack Jiangdong."
“Only by occupying Jingzhou can Jiangdong be safe. And the most important place in Jingzhou is Nanjun.”
Otherwise, Liu Bei would not have doubled the compensation to Soochow after borrowing Nanjun. Who would have expected that he would have an amazing appetite?
“The most dangerous place in Nanjun is Xiangyang.”
I don’t know anything else, but who doesn’t know the story of Guo Jing and Huang Rong guarding Xiangyang written by Jin Yong? Although it is not historical fact, this story has historical prototypes.
That is to say, the Southern Song Dynasty really relied on guarding Xiangyang, which blocked the Mongolian army from going south.
“But now Xiangyang is in the hands of the Cao thieves. For Soochow, this is like a thorn in the throat, so when they take the land of Jingzhou, they must be thinking about taking the land of Xiangyang every night.”
When Jiang Wan heard this, his body was trembling. It couldn't be wrong, it couldn't be wrong. This Feng Mingwen must be the prime minister's direct disciple. Otherwise, why would even Soochow have the same idea of wanting to take Xiangyang?
He was seen holding Feng Yong's hand tightly and asked in a trembling voice, "In the opinion of the king, can the big man benefit from this?"
“Kill someone with a borrowed knife!”
Feng Yong blurted out.
Jiang Wan's eyes flashed, "But the Thirty-Six Strategies of War in Junhou's Master's Secret Art?"
Actually, I am better at the sect’s study of “Thirty-Six Forms of Dongxuanzi”…
Feng Tubie coughed and said, "Exactly."
"What is the method of killing someone with a borrowed knife? Can you tell Wan in detail?"
Jiang Wan held Feng Yong's hand harder and harder.
"Cao Wei now despises Guanzhong and emphasizes Jiangnan. The troops in Liangzhou in Guanzhong are sparse, but he has placed heavy troops in Jingzhou, Jianghuai. If Soochow really wants to take the opportunity to take Xiangyang, we might as well add fuel to the fire and let them fight more fiercely. Some."
“Let them consume each other, and also pave the way for the Prime Minister’s Northern Expedition.”
Feng Yong said, thinking about the situation during Zhuge Laoyao's first Northern Expedition.
The most regrettable thing about the first Northern Expedition was the loss of Ma Dazui’s street pavilion.
Zhang He, who caused the loss of Madazui Street Pavilion, became a thorn in Zhuge Lao Yao's side.
The person who became a thorn in the eyes of the old demon Zhuge naturally failed to get any benefits, so Zhang He encountered an ambush by the old demon Zhuge in the Mumen Valley of Longyou, and finally got an arrow in the knee - it was really an arrow in the knee. , and then hung up.
And before the first Northern Expedition, where was Zhang He stationed?
(End of this chapter)