Jia Xu's "get out of the way" strategy, no matter how nice it sounds, is actually not a subtle strategy.
The land in Guanzhong is fertile. After Cao Cao's several migrations, the population is also quite dense. It has always been the location of the emperor's foundation.
And Liu Bei is not comparable to Ma Chao, Han Sui and others.
Ma Han and others only wanted to segregate a territory and claim kingship. They did not have much ambition. At the same time, there were constant internal disputes. There was a lot of hatred among the Xiliang princes. They would inevitably fight against each other and fight against each other.
Liu Bei not only has the world in his heart, but also integrates internal forces quite well. Now that he has proclaimed himself emperor and succeeded the Han Dynasty, he is even more determined to conquer the world.
Therefore, anyone who is not mentally retarded will not think that the current situation in Guanzhong is the same as when Emperor Taizu Wu conquered Jingzhou southward.
Jia Xu was not an old fool. He did not come up with such a strategy because of lack of oxygen in his brain. This strategy came about entirely because Cao Pi needed such a strategy.
In fact, Jia Xu and Liu Ye had the same idea.
At this time, we should seize the opportunity to complete the integration of internal resources as soon as possible and regain the previously lost rights. This can not only recover the rights, but also solve the current problem of insufficient troops in Nanyang and Chang'an, the best of both worlds.
Doing so will certainly cause dissatisfaction among some aristocratic families and experience some internal turmoil, but the problem is that it is impossible for these aristocratic families to completely abandon the Wei Dynasty and surrender to the Shu thieves just because of the few farmers.
By compromising with Cao Pi, the Central Plains families would only lose a few farmers, but if they chose to surrender to the Shu thieves, under the Fish Scale Atlas, these families would have no chance if they tried to embezzle the land in Dingkou.
If these aristocratic families were not forced to a dead end, or if the ship of Wei was about to capsize, they would not easily fall out with Wei.
I'm so exhausted that I can use some tricks behind my back to make things a little stumbling block.
But the problem now is that Cao Pi doesn't want to fall out with the aristocratic families at this time. He doesn't want to bear the losses caused by the turmoil. But at the same time, Cao Pi doesn't want to compromise easily with Jiangdong. After all, it was Cao Pi who issued the imperial edict to conquer Soochow. It failed, Xiapi was lost, and Pengcheng could only be trapped. Cao Pi could not afford to lose this man.
In this case, other than giving up Guanzhong to protect Nanyang and freeing up our hands to beat Soochow, is there any other choice? !
The land of Guanzhong is of course an important place in the world and the foundation of the emperor, but the situation today has changed a lot.
In such a big pass, the only area that Cao Wei can really control is the location of the third assistant, and this location of the third assistant is not completely controllable.
After the Battle of Meixian, the situation in Guanzhong must have taken a turn for the worse. Although it is still unclear which route Liu Bei will take to march into Chang'an, no matter whether he enters Fufeng on the right or moves out of Fengyi on the left, the Wei army will not be able to gather troops in a short time. Resistance, the final result is nothing more than a Chang'an defense battle.
Even if Chang'an can be defended in the end, what is the significance of an isolated city of Chang'an to the Wei Dynasty? !
What is really important in Guanzhong is population, land, and taxes. But Chang'an City alone cannot provide these things.
In terms of strategic importance, although Chang'an is also a fortified city, its importance to the Central Plains region is far less than that of Tongguan, which is three hundred miles behind it.
Although Chang'an is a fortified city, there have been many records of being conquered in the past, but Tongguan. When Emperor Taizu Wu conquered the two bandits of Ma and Han, he also crossed the Yellow River from Pujin, bypassed Tongguan, and took Chang'an directly.
Therefore, the Guanzhong area with only Chang'an left is really a dispensable existence for the Wei Dynasty.
It would be more practical to retreat to Tongguan, strengthen ties with the Hedong area, and comprehensively defend the Sili area.
This is not a very good idea, and it is even suspected of raising tigers, but it is the idea that Cao Pi needs most now.
After listening to Jia Xu's suggestion, Cao Pi immediately fell into deep thought.
Although Jia Xu's suggestion was in line with Cao Pi's ideas and appetite, the problem was that it was an important place in Guanzhong after all.
Limited by the productivity of this era, there are only a few areas with mature land development, and there are only so many places that can be cultivated by the people.
Liu Bei has already occupied the Jianghan Plain in Jingzhou and the Chengdu Plain in Shu. Now that he has taken over the Guanzhong Plain, his strength will rise all of a sudden.
Once Cao Pi gave the order to abandon Chang'an, it would be equivalent to handing over the Guanzhong Plain to others. Cao Pi was really hesitant about such a big decision.
I want to do it, but I am hesitant because I am afraid of big problems.
In this regard, Cao Pi is really not as good as Cao Cao. He is not decisive enough and lacks enough courage.
At this time, Jia Xu couldn't say much. He could only wait quietly and say more. His little reputation was completely gone.
Because of some of his suggestions in the early years, Jia Xu's reputation in the Central Plains and Guanzhong regions was extremely bad. Jia Xu did not want to cause trouble for himself anymore.
But the problem is, just because Jia Xu doesn't want to cause trouble for himself, doesn't mean that trouble won't come to him on its own.
Cao Pi did hesitate for a while, but now that the situation was urgent, Cao Pi also knew that he could not hesitate too much.
Therefore, after struggling for a day, Cao Pi issued an edict to Cao Zhen and Man Chong of Chang'an.
Let them abandon the defense of the three auxiliaries, move all the people of the three auxiliaries, and retreat into the Sili area. At the same time, Zhang He is ordered to lead the army and garrison at Tongguan, and Guo Huai is to lead the army and retreat to Wuguan to prevent Shu thieves from entering the Central Plains.
The remaining soldiers, led by Cao Zhen, entered the Central Plains from Wuguan and rushed to the aid of Wancheng.
As soon as Cao Pi issued this edict, Jia Xu knew that his reputation would be ruined again.
As a conscientious person, I just suggested that the emperor abandon Guanzhong, but I didn't say that the emperor should move the people into Guanzhong.
This is the basic craft of their old Cao family. This matter really has nothing to do with me. Jia Xu wanted to tell the world this, but unfortunately, no one listened.
Was it your idea to abandon Guanzhong? !
Now that Guanzhong has been abandoned, do we still want to leave all the population and wealth in Guanzhong to Liu Bei? Isn't it natural to move people into Guanzhong? !
Among these Guanzhong aristocratic families and common people, who would question the Emperor Wei’s decision-making? !
So, in the final analysis, it was Jia Xu who was not a good person and gave the emperor such an evil idea, which caused the Guanzhong family and the people to suffer together. They had to abandon the family property, land, gold and silver, and move into Guan alone. It was all Jia Xu. 's fault.
He is truly a poisonous person in the world and has no moral character.
Jia Xu was the one who was wronged and the one who was depressed. But after thinking about it, he felt relieved.
You have had this reputation all your life. Even if you want to change it when you get old, people will not say a good word about you.
In this case, the bad old man won't live for a few more years anyway, so why should he care about his reputation? !
Jia Xu was cruel and secretly asked Cao Pi to see him. He suggested to Cao Pi that he secretly retrieve the Chang'an household registration book from five years ago and send it to Luoyang.
When they arrive in Luoyang, the imperial court will inevitably resettle these people who have moved in. At that time, based on the Luoyang household registration book five years ago, the farmers will be included in the farming office, and the free people will distribute the land household registration books. Let these aristocratic families, even the last I can't even drink a sip of the broth! ! !
Don't even think about taking advantage of the turmoil of the current situation to hide in Dingkou and embezzle people's fields.
When Cao Pi heard this idea, his eyes lit up!
There is a gap of more than 30,000 farmers in the Luoyang area, and there must be a gap in Hedong, Hongnong and other places around Luoyang. These farmers in Chang'an, or if Cao Pi is more sinister, are free from Chang'an. After the people lost their land, they had every reason to organize themselves into farming stations to maintain the interests of the Cao Wei Group.
In this way, there is no need to take the risk of offending the aristocratic families in the Sili area to renovate the farming stations and investigate the loss of the farming people, but can once again enrich the farming people, replenish the treasury and reserve soldiers.
Cao Pi really doesn't have the courage to confront the aristocratic families in the Sili area now. After all, there are many aristocratic families in this place, and they are in-laws to each other, and a single move can affect the whole body.
This kind of thing must be dealt with slowly.
Now Jia Xu's strategy can not only enrich himself, but also not bring too many benefits to the Hedong family. At the same time, it can also avoid direct conflict with the family. One stone can achieve multiple benefits.
The only ones who work hard are the people.
Cao Pi's attitude toward the people was somewhat different from Cao Cao's.
Cao Cao is a man who has experienced troubled times, from a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty to a national thief in the world. He is really too complicated.
Cao Cao could write a famous novel like "Hao Li Xing" that worried about the people, or he could turn his back and massacre the city without hesitation. But no matter what, Cao Cao still had a sense of the people in his heart.
There are indeed, but not many.
But Cao Pi, when he was born, it was already 187 AD. When he was ten years old, Cao Cao had already threatened the emperor to order the princes, and by the way, he compensated the eldest son Cao Ang in Wancheng. Cao Pi may have people in his heart, but his growth In the environment, most of the people he came into contact with were children of aristocratic families, and the status of the common people in his heart was definitely less than that of Cao Cao.
Therefore, when Cao Pi issued this edict, he was thinking more about his own benefits.
As for the people, it was not that Cao Pi didn't know the suffering of the people, but he didn't have a farming system to cover it up, and he didn't really care about these people.
Now let's aggrieve the people. When the world is peaceful, Cao Pi thinks that he will still find a way to solve these problems.
But God knows when the people will wait until this day.
(End of chapter)
