Regarding Huang Wan's baseless speculation, Lu Zhi was furious and pointed at Huang Wan and shouted angrily.
"The mountains to the north of Hedong are continuous and the roads are rugged and broken, which is conducive to bandits hiding and not conducive to the army's attack. What's more, bandits have become a climate at this time. The army's advance will only make the bandits fight with all their strength, and the court will spend a lot of money. Money and materials are used to suppress bandits, but the results may not be great.
At that time, the imperial court will have no money and will have to allocate taxes to the private sector to suppress bandits. Private taxes are already very heavy. If we continue to increase taxes, more people will lose their livelihoods and be forced to flee. Then they will become bandits and continue to become a thorn in the side of the imperial court. !
In this way, while suppressing bandits, the number of bandits is constantly increasing. I am afraid that the more the suppression, the more bandits there will be, the more the suppression will be, the poorer the court will be, and the more the suppression will be, the less peace there will be! Could it be that Guang Luxun's words were the words of an old man who wanted to seek the country? "
Huang Wan really felt that what Lu Zhi said was right. He really felt that what Lu Zhi said was reasonable. If it were him who made the suggestion, he would make the same suggestion.
Assign official positions of varying sizes to those gangsters, give Zhang Yan the lowest position, and give others high positions, so that their identities become unequal to each other, so as to provoke internal strife among them and achieve the goal of breaking up. its effect.
That is undoubtedly the most beneficial to the Luoyang court.
But it's a pity.
This was said by Lu Zhi, who was a representative of the ancient literature school. He, Huang Wan, was a representative of the modern literature school, so he could not agree with him because his status did not allow him to do so.
So Huang Wan could only hold back the subtle emotions in his heart and debate with Lu Zhi.
The two went back and forth, refusing to give in to each other. In the end, Liu Hong suppressed the matter on the grounds that the war was ongoing and he could not change the conquest resolution before the battle, and waited to see Huangfu Song's results before discussing.
Later, when Huang Wan and Yang Biao met secretly, they expressed their helplessness about this matter.
"Once upon a time, I thought that I was an upright person because I didn't bend the knee or obey the eunuchs. But now I realize, how can I be considered an upright person? I know what is right, but I can't support it because of party disputes. Not only that, but you also have to confuse right and wrong and say what is right is wrong. Mr. Wen, tell me, is what I am doing right or wrong?
Faced with Huang Wan's doubts, how could Yang Biao not have similar doubts?
But the current situation is such that no one can tell. They have reached this point and there is no turning back.
The only thing to blame is the inexplicable start of the debate between ancient and modern literature.
"Doing things that are beneficial to the school is right for us!"
Yang Biao killed himself, who was once a little wavering, and strengthened his belief.
And in any case, Huangfu Song won a great victory, and the voice of the Modern Literature School became louder in the court, overshadowing the shining light of the stars of the Ancient Literature School before. Yang Biao believed that this was his own merit.
The modernist school is finally proud.
But he didn't expect that before he was proud, a piece of news that surprised and resented him came.
Liu Bei, the rising star of the ancient literature school and a famous troublemaker, also made military exploits.
It is still a glorious military achievement.
He severely punished the Xianbei people who had been harassing the borders of the Han Empire for a long time and left the Han Empire helpless after suffering a rare defeat.
After the death of Tan Shihuai, the two large tribes in the Western Xianbei who rebelled against the royal court of Danhanshan were wiped out by Liu Bei. The two famous adults in the Western Xianbei, Zhijianluoluo and Yanliyou, were killed by Liu Bei and chopped down. After losing their heads, their tribe was wiped off the face of the earth by Liu Bei.
During Liu Bei's two battles, he killed nearly 20,000 Xianbei soldiers and horses, captured more than 260,000 Xianbei tribesmen, and seized more than 1.7 million cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. The rest of the various seizures were piled up in countless ways.
The major border troubles in the northern border of Liangzhou were determined by Liu Bei's battle. From then on, whether it was the Xianbei people, the Huns or the Qiang people, they had to think twice before doing anything to Liangzhou.
They must consider the consequences of being brutally retaliated by Liu Bei.
After the war, Liu Bei sent people from Liangzhou to Luoyang to announce the good news.
He loaded the heads of the two Xianbei adults and their living family members, as well as the upper-class people of their tribe and their families, as well as the symbols of tribal power and some precious gold, silver, jade, etc., into cars and transported them to Luoyang.
It was like a roar of gongs and drums, firecrackers blasting, red flags waving, and huge crowds of people.
On that day, the entire Luoyang City was rejoicing for this long-lost great victory on the border, and many people spontaneously sang and danced.
During this period, the Xianbei people were indeed hated.
Liu Hong was immediately ecstatic.
He ordered that these prisoners should be dealt with severely. All the men would be beheaded, and all the women would be taken into the palace to serve as rough servants, specializing in dirty work. They would be made to do the dirtiest things in order to vent their anger. The anger in his heart.
Back then, the three-pronged Northern Expedition was defeated, and the troops and generals were lost. All the elite cavalry in the Bingzhou area of Youzhou of the Han Empire were lost, which made him lose face, but also left him helpless.
Later, he had no choice but to make Tan Shihuai king, and also used the clan women to marry him, which was almost like asking for peace with Tan Shihuai.
But Tan Shihuai refused to accept it and slapped him in the face. Then the Xianbei people intensified their invasion of the Han border, ruining Youzhou and Bingzhou, and stripping the Han empire down to its underwear.
Therefore, Liu Hong had lost face and made a fuss about the Xianbei people, and he still feels grudges about it to this day. Even after Tan Shihuai died, he has not forgotten the grudge he had at that time.
Therefore, these related people sent by Liu Bei were regarded by Liu Hong as Tan Shihuai's replacements, and they all had to accept his most severe whipping.
He took out the highest-ranking prisoners and whipped them with a whip himself. Listening to their screams, he felt that the suppressed emotions deep in his heart were released.
So he swung the whip more fiercely and beat the prisoners hard, feeling the intense pleasure.
He even personally watched the prisoners beheaded.
What follows closely is the reward for Liu Bei.
Liu Bei's Northern Expedition wiped out the two large Xianbei tribes, captured 260,000 tribesmen, and directly physically exterminated the tribe. The northern border of Liangzhou took on a completely new look, which gave Liu Hong a bad breath, and also greatly reduced the pressure on the northern border. pressure.
Liu Hong was so happy that he danced and smiled with a smile on his face.
It has to be Liu Bei!
Help me stabilize Liangzhou, help me make money, help me clean up the Xianbei people, find my place, and help me alleviate my worries. That is truly sharing your worries!
Seeing Liu Bei being so loyal and brave, and seeing the other cats and dogs fighting for power and arguing, constantly asking for money from him, he became even more unhappy with those guys.
They have to be from the Han clan!
Come on, Liu Hong didn't say anything anymore when things got to this point.
Our Han clan clan members are so handsome and capable, so I, the head of the Liu clan, can't make them look bad, right?
reward!
(End of chapter)
