Feng Yong pondered for a long time.
Jiang Wan waited quietly beside him.
Only the water mill made a rattling sound.
When no more flour spilled from 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."
As he spoke, 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:......
After 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 interrogate, but who to interrogate and where to interrogate, you have to think carefully about this."
"Please ask your Majesty 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 happened, I can't force myself to keep talking.
So Feng Tibi had to wring out his breasts... no, his brains, and start thinking seriously.
"The Cao family has occupied the north for twenty-six years since the Battle of Guandu. It has been in existence 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. I am afraid that the envoys may not be able to do 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, Liangzhou, can be tried. That's why I said that you should carefully consider the person you want to envoy."
"What do you mean by this?"
Jiang Wan was shocked.
However, 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 defeated and still in a war-torn place, it was not suitable to establish the capital."
"The second reason is that Emperor Guangwu was able to achieve great things because he had the support of the wealthy 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 Longyou in 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 these, coupled with the fact that the Guandong family respected classics, while the Liangzhou wealthy family built their family on martial arts, the two became increasingly incompatible."
"Now that Cao Cao has established his capital in Luoyang, he aims to win over the aristocratic families in Guandong and Hebei. He is imitating Emperor Guangwu's old wisdom. 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 outstanding. 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 Guandong and Hebei aristocratic families."
Cao Pi appointed Jia Xu as Taiwei, but Sun Quan laughed at him. The story comes from "The 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 it was Sun Quan who laughed at him, he actually expressed his own attitude: It is really ridiculous for Cao Pi to appoint Jia Xu as Taiwei.
Xun Xu 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, it can be inferred that the Guandong family does have a repulsive mentality towards 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.
"From this point of view, Cao Cao's thieves must be indifferent to the land of Longyou in Liangzhou. Moreover, Cao's thieves like to massacre cities. When they captured Liangzhou, they carried out many massacres."
"Later, people from Yinping and Wudu were relocated, causing the people to be displaced. People in Liangzhou, while superficially surrendering to Cao Cao's thieves, may not really support them in their hearts."
"Whatever the enemy complains about, I can be my friend. Cao Cao is now more and more interested in the hearts of the noble families in Guandong and Hebei. How can we easily stop him? Instead of going to Luoyang to get the hearts of Cao's thieves, it is better to go to Liangzhou to get rid of Cao, the Liangzhou family."
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?
When Jiang Wan heard this, he looked at Feng Yong in shock: Could this son be the prime minister's direct disciple? Otherwise, why would we just think the same thing as the Prime Minister and even propose the same approach?
Naturally, Feng Yong didn't know the turmoil in Jiang Wan's heart, so he just continued, "Kuang Fu, the big family in Liangzhou are now secretly liaising with the big men to gain Mao Bu's benefit. Isn't this an opportunity?"
"Only I, the big man, can have the advantage of woolen cloth, and the land of Liangzhou is also a place for shepherding. As long as he is promised a heavy profit, he will understand that cooperation with the big man will benefit both sides, and separation 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 be charged with collaborating with the enemy? Isn't that what he wants?"
"Based on this, 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 big things happening.
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 all over the world talk about wise men, 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 regarded as high praise.
When Feng Tubiao 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.
Sun Quan made fun of Cao Pi by letting unscrupulous people serve as captains.
Jiang Wan said that I am the same as Jia Xu. Doesn't he mean to 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 a friend, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious!
When Feng Yong thought of this, he immediately glared at Jiang Wan.
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."
When Jiang Wan said this, he bowed deeply and said, "It is a great blessing that the great Han Dynasty has a prince!"
When Feng Yong heard this, he couldn't help but grin, and the grin got bigger and bigger, almost reaching his ears: Oh, this Jiang Canjun is quite good at talking!
He has always been known as a ghost king who drinks human blood and eats human flesh, and he still thinks he is that kind of person.
Now that I heard this, I realized that I was still a person with both ability and political integrity?
So after receiving such a unique evaluation from Jiang Wan, how could I not feel light-headed?
So he hurried over to help Jiang Wan up and said hypocritically, "What Jiang Shenjun said is 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?
People 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?"
After Jiang Wan stood up straight, he 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 was coming from the Liang family in Liangzhou.
So at that time, he was already frightened: This Feng Mingwen was actually so far-sighted?
Now that I heard what he said about Liangzhou, it only confirmed my previous thoughts.
But this Soochow, I only heard him mention it once, that is, he suggested that the Han Dynasty and Soochow should re-alliance, but I don't know what he has to say this time?
"Soochow..."
Feng Yong naturally didn't know Jiang Wan's thoughts after turning 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.
"There are seven counties in Jingzhou. 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. Because 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 the county of Jiangxia, and then he asked the late emperor to give up the two counties. He was still not satisfied. He did not hesitate to bear the bad name of breaking the contract, and also secretly attacked Guan Laojun, and finally won the six counties of 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 Cao Cao's hands at that time.
There is no way, Nanjun is 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 really not a lie - loan sharks 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 build ships directly to 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, 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 bullet in the throat. Therefore, 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 opinion about Xiangyang?
He held Feng Yong's hand tightly and asked in a trembling voice, "In your opinion, the big man can profit from this?"
"Kill someone with a borrowed knife!"
Feng Yong blurted out.
Jiang Wan's eyes sparkled, "But the Thirty-six Strategies of War in the Master Junhou's secret art?"
In fact, I am better at the master's study "Thirty-Six Forms of Dongxuan"...
Feng Tibi coughed and said, "Exactly."
"What is this method of killing people with a borrowed knife? Can you tell Wan more about it?"
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 Yao'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 Ma Dazui 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 was finally hit by an arrow in the knee - it was really hit in the knee. The arrow then hung up.
And before the first Northern Expedition, where was Zhang He stationed?
