"After so many years, the great Han athletes are still as sharp as ever. The majesty of our country will not be reduced, and it will still be that invincible army!" After listening to Liu?'s report, Emperor Liu smiled again and sighed in an appreciative tone. Said: "Instruct the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to review the merits of the soldiers in this battle. Merits should be demonstrated and medals should be awarded!"
"Yes!" Liu? responded with his hands raised.
"Next step, what are Liu?'s plans? Although the battle of Yangcheng was a complete victory, it seemed a bit easy to win. With Liu?'s character, I'm afraid he won't be satisfied with the current results, so he should withdraw his troops!" Emperor Liu asked again .
After hearing the question, Liu? chuckled and said: "Your Majesty still knows the sixth brother! Before the start of this battle, the Anxi Governor's Mansion made various preparations and planned to use half a year to complete the goal and recover Yangcheng and other cities stolen by the remnants of the Black Khan. area.
However, the process was somewhat unexpected. The Battle of Yangcheng ended too quickly, and Harlan's army collapsed in less than a month.
Therefore, the Anxi Governor's Mansion decided to move its troops westward after a short rest, and together with Li Jilong's army, march towards Talas, defeat the Dashi coalition, and seize the important town of Talas. As a base, we can deal with the coalition forces. If this is the case, we can advance to the west to conquer the food, and retreat to defend the enemy from outside the country! "
After hearing Liu Dao's plan to come to the Anxi Governor's Mansion, Emperor Liu frowned subconsciously and pointed out: "Is it possible to temporarily change the combat plan and expand the combat target? If I remember correctly, Yangcheng is thousands of miles away from Talas. Haruka, even if the battle in the east goes smoothly and the losses are not big, is this kind of redeployment too tiring and can Anxi's soldiers be able to withstand it?"
Emperor Liu has always been tough and radical externally, but this opening has a conservative flavor. I couldn't help but look at Emperor Liu carefully, thinking to myself that maybe His Majesty is really old...
In fact, Liu Xi discussed the matter with his close ministers before coming to report. Many people were opposed to Anxi's plan to continue the war after Yangcheng. In their view, the current war in Anxi has no practical benefits for the Han Dynasty, and Anxi will only swallow up the money, food and troops of the Han Dynasty like a bottomless pit.
Due to the continuous wars in the west over the years, land transportation between the east and west has been paralyzed and trade routes have been cut off. This has made the golden channel of the Silk Road a lot of depression, and has even affected the economy and people's livelihood of the western states. It is really not worth the loss.
Anxi is too far away, and the court's ability to control it is really limited. The correct strategy is to stop fighting and recuperate. Instead of investing money, food and troops in the west, where there is not much benefit, it is better to invest overseas, in the vast Nanyang region, at least to see actual shiploads of goods being imported from overseas and docked...
And what is there in Anxi? In addition to the foreign powers and fanatical YSL believers, there are countless wars, bloodshed and sacrifices. Now that we have won the great victory in Yangcheng, wiped out the remnants of the Black Khan, and restored the situation to the situation before the YSL coalition's Eastern Expedition, we can stop. Why start another war? With the Han army's organizational combat model, the cost of fighting a war in Anxi was too high.
The Anxi Governor's Mansion is going to fight against Talas again. This is not a friendly place. Not to mention other unfavorable factors. Gao Xianzhi's disastrous defeat in the Battle of Talas more than two hundred years ago is enough to make people have something to say. Generally speaking, The gain outweighs the loss, so just give up when you see a good outcome...
Of course, behind these objections is not that these princeling bureaucrats are completely conservative and self-proclaimed. When making such suggestions, the influence of standpoints and concepts is always indispensable.
This was still affected by Emperor Liu's enfeoffment of Liu Shu. Originally, the princeling ministers were somewhat wary of the special military and political situation in Anton and Anxi. Especially Anton, as Emperor Liu's idea of enfeoffment was put into practical action, The vigilance is even stronger.
In the eyes of many people, since half of Annan was divided and the Linyi Kingdom was established, then the enfeoffment of Anton and Anxi would be a matter of time. Otherwise, why would Emperor Liu give such great power to the two governors? This in itself is contrary to Emperor Liu's practice It goes against decades of centralization principles.
Now all this can be explained. Emperor Liu had the idea of enfeoffment, and he had already considered Anton and Anxi within the scope of enfeoffment.
Under this premise, if the imperial court invests a large amount of money, food and troops to fight in Anxi, it will be fighting for Anxi, rather than proceeding from the interests of the Han Dynasty. Just based on rational considerations of interest relationships, it should not continue to invest too much force in Anxi.
Once Anxi is established, it will be like the newly-introduced Linyi founding regulations, which require self-reliance. The political and military scriptures can and should be closer to the imperial court, but they cannot continue to rely on the imperial court for support.
Regarding the founding of Linyi, it was not enough for Emperor Liu to issue an imperial edict. Subsequently, all aspects of the country's establishment, including territorial division, establishment of prefectures and counties, official arrangements, and military arrangements, required guidance from the imperial court.
Emperor Liu still understands this incompetent son, and if Liu Shu is responsible for everything, the Lin Yi Kingdom will probably end up laughing. Therefore, the Emperor will arrange all aspects of the founding of the country for you. What Liu Shu himself needs to be responsible for is the property disposal and personnel arrangements under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Chu.
There is a very important principle in Linyi's organizational articles, that is, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the imperial court will cancel its blood donation support. In addition to maintaining unity in politics, military and diplomacy, the rest will be left to its own initiative. It must destroy itself, but it must survive on its own. Based on this, it makes sense to enfeoff vassal states.
The same thing applies to Anxi and Anton. Some ministers even couldn't wait to hope that Emperor Liu could solve the problems of Anxi and Anton as soon as possible and give the two kings and two governors a clear answer, so as to avoid any mistakes like the current situation. The second governor's office crawled on the big man's body to suck blood.
Take a look at Anxi in the past few years. Since the Western Expedition to the Black Khan, so much money has been invested in food, soldiers and weapons, and the national power has been depleted, but what the court has gained is only half a ruins of Gaochang Road. This is what Emperor Liu saw as the Governor of Anxi. The government's jurisdiction was too large and the knife was used, otherwise even Gaochang Road might not belong to the imperial court in the end. Of course, this is obviously speculation by some people from the standpoint of personal interests.
Therefore, when Anxi announced that it would raise troops to march westward and continue fighting, those ministers were not happy in their hearts. All things considered, I disagree. Some of them have very constructive opinions, that is, wait until Emperor Liu enfeoffs Anxi before making any calculations. At that time, King Wei can fight as he wants...
Liu He was very clear about the concerns of his ministers, but he couldn't listen to them. The fundamental reason was simple. The one who was in charge now was Emperor Liu, and everything had to go according to Emperor Liu's wishes.
No matter how many thoughts you have, if you go against the holy will, you will only be asking for trouble in the end. This is the conclusion Liu Jie drew from his career as a prince that was beaten by Emperor Liu for more than thirty years.
Therefore, no matter what thoughts and opinions he had about the Anxi war, Liu Xi had no intention of speaking out and admonishing him as before. It was useless and would also make Emperor Liu unhappy, so it was unnecessary.
What's more, Liu Xiu is conservative and seeks stability on the one hand, but it does not mean that he is pedantic, and he does not have the ambition to open up new territories in his heart. It is just that the emperor has done everything and the price he paid is not small. As a prince, he All that needs to be done is to wipe Emperor Liu's butt.
What's more, Liu? is still his younger brother. With this blood relationship, Liu? must treat him differently even for Empress Fu's sake.
