Jia Xu looked at the location roughly belonging to Peshawar and sighed, "I was thinking before about where Cao Sikong would be enfeoffed. I didn't expect it to be here. Don't worry about it. Will he counterattack this side of our direct jurisdiction?"
As he spoke, Jia Xu pointed to the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River. The Han Dynasty in this area was planning to put it under direct control. No matter what other people said, the Han Dynasty in this area did not intend to enfeoff it. They even built roads specifically to ensure that this area would be controlled by the Han Dynasty. integrated into the domestic system.
After all, a grain-producing land that can support the entire country is still very important. With such a place in hand, domestic affairs can often be handled more calmly. In feudal society, as long as the food problem can be solved, even if you don't have money, you can Keep running.
This is why Chen Xi knew that there could be no problems with the celestial phenomena in the past few years, so he was still harvesting grain. Even some of the grain had aged. Chen Xi was still harvesting. There was nothing to say. Food issues affected the country as a whole at all times. Safe operation.
This is also an important reason why after the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges were captured, the Han Dynasty was under direct jurisdiction. From the beginning, no one dared to mention enfeoffment of this place, and some positions could not be moved.
Jia Xu had previously thought about where Cao Cao would be entrusted, and the result was finally determined. There was almost no deviation from his estimate. The Indus River Basin, the Peshawar area south of Khyber, and the Imperial Cemetery above. At most, there is a part of the original Kushan essence area.
"The three families of Chen Xun and Sima will become the buffer zone by then. Rather than putting Cao Sikong in the inner circle, it is better to let these people go to the outer circle. As long as they don't turn around and take action, they can attack wherever they want." Chen Xi Looking at the map and speaking slowly, he knew that there were many miscellaneous countries on the map of this era that he was too lazy to calculate.
"Tell the other party the location of the enfeoffment in advance and let them plan it. In exchange, the relay station in Yili will be nationalized, right?" Jia Xu knocked on the table, wondering if it was worth it. If the location of the enfeoffment was known in advance, The direction of the investment of Cao Cao's power is much clearer, and he will naturally balance the overall and personal interests.
"It's not a big problem. Don't worry. Cao Mengde is not an easy place to capture, and it will be very troublesome to attack from the north. Even if we want to attack, we will need a lot of people, and we will inevitably have to borrow Sun Boxu." Chen Xi He chuckled and said, "So although the Kushan essence area will fall into Cao Sikong's hands when the time comes, it's up to them how to distribute it."
"Overall, what you did is indeed quite good. You just habitually omit some things in the details. But let's leave it at that. It's not unacceptable." After pondering for a while, Jia Xu decided to trust Chen Xi's judgment. After all, the general situation You can understand it yourself.
"I don't like details. Besides, don't we have you?" Chen Xi smiled and said, "Let's talk to Mr. Xuande. This matter must be spoken by Mr. Xuande, and the Cao family and There are also some things that need to be settled on the Yuan family's side, and Yuan Jiujiu seems to have let go of this matter. After all, he has a new heir, but it's better to make up for it."
Yuan Yao died at the hands of the Cao family. At that time, Yuan Shu wanted to kill Cao Cao to avenge him. After all, he was just such a child, but he still died. However, before Yuan Yao died, he helped Sun Ce and Zhou Yu smooth away the thorn in Yuan Shu's heart. Yuan Shu gave his inheritance directly to Sun Ce.
At that time, Sun Ce even took over Yuan Yao's matter and said that Cao Cao would be killed. However, everyone knew what happened next. The Han Dynasty was reunited and Cao Sun still needed to hug each other for warmth. This matter could only be ignored. Went down.
Although Yuan Shu also acquiesced to this fact, and his wife gave him another son, Yuan Yao took things lightly and did not mention it again.
But essentially this matter was still a thorn in the side, and although Sun Ce didn't mention it, Chen Xi could guarantee that Sun Ce would definitely remember it.
Cao Cao goes to help Yuan Tan, even if he doesn't say anything else, it is possible to solve the hidden danger. After all, things like personal hatred are still very troublesome. Although righteousness can be suppressed, the hidden danger is still a hidden danger, just like if Liu Bei is down now Now, run to Yuan Tan, Yuan Tan can kill him or not.
Similarly, when Yuan Tan returned to the Central Plains to pay homage to Gongsun Zan, the preparations Gongsun Xu made in Jicheng were not preparations for Yuan Tan to return alive at all. They were preparations to actually kill someone.
Jicheng, an important town in the north, owns one-third of an acre of Gongsun's family's land. They also dispatched private soldiers and strong crossbows. Once the clouds that have been stored for decades are opened, it is also a fortified city. Yuan Tan can enter, but he will never be able to get out. .
Private grudges are inherently things that must not be ignored. In the official history, Ling Tong ignored the revenge of his father because of Gan Ning's life-saving grace. On this point, Ling Tong's evaluation in the book dropped completely. Big cut.
According to the ancient practice, kindness is kindness and hatred is hatred. You killed my father but saved my life. Then I will kill you to avenge my father and then commit suicide to repay your life-saving grace. This kind of thing did not happen in ancient times. Pass.
Therefore, Chen Xi did not completely ask for a handshake to make peace with the personal feud. This was simply unrealistic. All he could do was to try his best to unite these people around the righteousness and not cause trouble for himself.
As for Gongsun Xu cooperating with the Yuan family in fighting, save it, Chen Xi is not a pig, why would he bring people with enemies together? Is there something wrong with his brain?
It seems that when Chen Xi dispatched the generals and colonels, he did not dispatch the generals and colonels with enemies together in order to save trouble. Although justice is very important, there is really no need to cause trouble for himself.
"My lord, let me make peace with you." Jia Xu thought for a while and said. Chen Xi felt a lot more relieved after hearing this. Although Li You was not here, Jia Xu was by his side, so he could save a lot of effort. Get these two here, otherwise they will really be annoying.
"It was my negligence this time." Chen Xi sighed and said, "I really don't understand why Rome didn't attack Congling, but instead attacked the Yuan family. Logically speaking, fighting the main body is not more effective than fighting the deputy. Is it your own strength?"
"It's just a normal mistake. Sometimes people's hearts are difficult to grasp. You have been using conspiracy, relying on the accumulated general trend, and suppressing the overall situation. This time, it is just that Rome's momentum is higher than ours. It is inevitable Just hit a wall." Jia Xu glanced at Chen Xi and said, in his opinion, this was a normal situation.
Conspiracies and conspiracies are all strategies. Conspiracies are more about taking advantage of the situation and relying on one's own resources to adjust to the maximum limit to achieve the results you want.
Chen Xi has always used conspiracy in the past, but if you really want to say it, there is a prerequisite. Chen Xi's own power must be able to suppress the opponent. Otherwise, even if Chen Xi wants to suppress the opponent, he will develop in the direction he wants. It's not that easy either.
This time he made a mistake. To be realistic, Chen Xi misjudged the power level of Rome. To some extent, the opponent was even more powerful than the current Han Dynasty. After all, even with Chen Xi, the Han Dynasty had to crawl out of the mud. Even if you have a strong foundation, it is still a recovery period after falling from the peak.
Even if it has returned to its former peak, it is still not as good as Rome, which has been moving towards its peak. In this era, the Han Dynasty is definitely stronger than Rome in terms of potential. The two are close, and Chen Ximo can wear Rome to death, but If compared to the chess pieces on the table, Rome does seem to be stronger than the Han Dynasty, there is no way around it.
"It's my mistake. I'm used to using my power to suppress others. But this time I hit the steel plate. It's also my negligence." Chen Xi sighed and said helplessly, "On Rome's side, unless we can concentrate all our strength , otherwise you can avoid provoking it, so it’s better not to provoke it now.”
"Hmph, you said you won't provoke me if you don't want to provoke me?" Jia Xu curled her lips and said, "Some things cannot be changed by the subjective will of the upper class. At least after this time, it would be strange for the Yuan family and Roma to not take action when they meet, not to mention Xian Xian The news I brought back was not very good."
"Rome." Chen Xi knocked on the table and stretched. Chen Xi still remembers some of the news Jian Yong told when he came back. For example, Rome has actually agreed to form an alliance with Kushan. Then after the fall of Anxi, , In addition to cleaning up the Yuan family, what Rome will do, the Han Dynasty also has certain speculations.
"Do you think Roma will help Guishang?" Chen Xi suddenly asked.
"After all, we humiliated Rome in Anxi, and it is not impossible for Rome to humiliate us in Guishuang." Jia Xu said calmly.
"The problem is that the Romans don't even want to occupy Anxi. What's the point of helping Kushan? It's just a joke to save the face of the Han Dynasty. Without enough benefits, the Romans will not really do such a thing." Chen Xi rolled his eyes and said.
"There are enough benefits. On the one hand, it is a loss of face, and on the other hand, can Rome really support such a military? Even if it plunders everything to rest, can Rome really support hundreds of thousands of regular soldiers? "Jia Xu looked at Chen Xi and asked.
"Reducing the burden." Chen Xi thought about the development of history. There is no doubt that Rome was indeed dragged down by such a huge military force in the official history, and Severus would definitely not take the initiative to disarm with his habit of militarization. So Pompeanu Si's roundabout way of asking for help seems very possible.
In addition, Severus is not really stupid. He also knows that with such a huge army, it will put great pressure on the national finance. If Pompianus gives it a push, Severus might really give it. The Han Dynasty came to reciprocate with courtesy.
Even thinking about the tendency of Pompianus to reduce the Din on the Parthian battlefield, maybe after Severus defeated the Parthian, he would really use the Kushan battlefield as a good place to reduce the Barbarians. After all, they There is another reason to take back Alexander's homeland, and he is an ally with Kushan...
