"The Qin and Jin Dynasties fought in Bailuyuan and fought all the way to Tongguan. Fu Xiong and Fu Chang fought hard in front, risking arrows and stones. The morale of the Qin army was greatly boosted. They defeated the Jin army and captured and killed ten thousand people. It is said that Fu Xiong and Fu Chang both received arrows. We are wounded, and many of the Qin army's elite troops have also suffered casualties, so we dare not pursue them any further."
In Tongque Taichung, Zhang Shengye read the battle report from Guanzhong.
Huan Wen's motive for the Northern Expedition was not simple. After delaying it for so long, he missed the opportunity to fight, and defeat was inevitable.
No one in the palace was surprised.
Huan Wen's goal was not the Northern Expedition at all, and he had no interest in occupying Guanzhong.
Li Yue said: "The Fu family suffered a lot of casualties. Someone must be eager to take action."
"What your Highness said is true. Yao Xiang gathered an army of 50,000 and attacked Hedong with Zhang Ping. The king of Longyou, Zhang Liang, united with the Zhang family of Liangzhou to prepare for a counterattack in Guanzhong."
According to the current trend, even if the Fu family can eventually rise as it did in history, it will inevitably fall behind the Liang Kingdom.
The decline of Guanzhong is not inferior to that of the Central Plains.
In history, there are two reasons why they were able to rise and finally defeat the Murong clan. First, Fu Jian and Wang Meng worked hard to govern, and second, there was civil strife in the former Yan Dynasty.
With the continuous penetration of the school affairs office, Li Yue's understanding of Yan State became clearer and clearer.
In almost every generation there are conflicts between siblings.
Murong Xun forced Murong Tuyuhun away, and Murong Huang killed Murong Han, Murong Zhao, and Murong Ren. In this generation, the feud between Murong Jun and Murong Chui caused a stir in Yan State, and it was only Murong Ke who kept them in peace.
In short, Liang State has Liang State's problems, and Yan State also has Yan State's contradictions.
They are all in the stage of expansion, and the contradictions are hidden.
Entering winter, the world is much calmer, but this calmness is in preparation for next year's war.
At the end of the year, Li Yue ordered the officials and soldiers of Yecheng to take turns to take a rest, so that they could get together with their families and live a stable life for a few days, which could be considered as a contribution to the reproduction of the population.
One by one, the way of civil and military affairs is revealed.
Striving for world hegemony is a long process. If you are tense all day long and the pressure is not released, problems will occur sooner or later.
In ancient times, when marching and fighting, camp roars often occurred.
In the past few months, the new army went out hunting and harvested a lot. The meat was left undisturbed. Li Yue simply took it out and gave each soldier twenty kilograms. They went home and had a good year. If there was not enough, he slaughtered the cattle in the pasture. sheep.
If you eat and drink enough, you will have the strength to fight the enemy next year.
People are not worried about scarcity but inequality. Although there are not many things, the soldiers are very grateful and offer the wolf teeth, tiger claws, leopard tails and pheasant feathers that they hunted.
Sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away is a light gift but heavy with affection. Naturally, Li Yue would not disappoint the soldiers. He accepted all who came and filled up half of the room.
Seeing that the New Year was coming, Li Yue summoned Cui Hong for a drink.
During the Eastern Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, the music was played by the flute and the harp, the music was played by the Hu bed, the food was cooked and roasted, and the utensils were cooked.
Qiangzi is actually hot pot, while Qianzhi is barbecue on an iron plate.
General Dou Gu of the Eastern Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and then passed through the Western Regions. The Qiang and Hu people held a banquet in honor of him. The meat was not yet cooked, so everyone knelt down and cut it. The blood flowed between their fingers. They fed it to Dou Gu. Dou Gu ate it and found it delicious. , so it spread throughout China.
"Your Highness has worked hard to govern, and the Liang Kingdom is prospering. Hong thinks that now is the time to recruit talents." Cui Hong was born in a noble family, and he was tired of eating these things.
After tasting a few chopsticks, we got to the point.
Li Yue also felt that Liang State had entered a bottleneck period, and everything around it that could be annexed had been annexed, and the remaining ones were just hard-core.
Although Shangwu Hall and Jiangwu Hall are constantly cultivating talents.
However, it is difficult to cultivate truly great talents.
Cui Jin, Zhou Qian, Chang Wei, Liu Qun, Liu Qi and others each have their own strengths and weaknesses.
Looking at the surrounding forces, Yan Guowu has Murong Ke, Murong Chui, Mu Yugen, Yue Wan and others, and Wen has Feng Yi, Yang Qian, Huangfuzhen. In terms of quality and quantity of talents, they are stronger than Liang Guo.
Li Yue didn't have many handsome men who could take action. When encountering a big battle, Li Yue had to carry the knife himself.
If this situation continues to develop, it will definitely not be a long-term solution.
"What do you suggest?"
Cui Hong picked up the wine bottle and said casually: "The Cui family has many talents, capable of both literary and military skills. They are all willing to work hard for His Highness!"
Cui Hong picked up the wine bottle and said casually: "The Cui family has many talents, capable of both literary and military skills. They are all willing to work hard for His Highness!"
Li Yue's heart skipped a beat. Even though Cui Hong was only sixteen or seventeen years old, his mental capacity was directly proportional to his intelligence.
He could pretend to be calm, but Li Yue had to be vigilant.
The powerful nobles will not give their contributions in vain. They support themselves in order to get a piece of the Liang Kingdom's pie.
Cui Jin has promoted a group of Cui family members before, but he did not favor them. They all started from the bottom and were promoted based on their ability, so the progress was naturally a bit slow.
Now that Cui Hong mentioned it again, it was obviously the Cui family who was testing.
The princesses are both daughters of the Cui family, Cui Hong's future is limitless, and Cui Jin is Li Yue's sworn brother. From this look, the Cui family's power in the Liang Kingdom is a bit terrifying.
The rapid expansion of any force is extremely dangerous. Regardless of whether they are loyal or not, the current situation will push them away.
"The imperial examination will be held in the spring. We can come together to take the examination. In addition to the civil examination, I am also preparing to take the martial arts examination. Those who are talented will be put to good use." Li Yue looked at Cui Hong's expression and tapped his fingers lightly on the desk.
Cui Hong touched his nose and said, "What His Highness said is true."
The atmosphere is slightly dull.
By chance, the palace people sent word to Yue Ji to ask for an audience.
It was inconvenient for Cui Hong to meet the female family members, so he cupped his hands and said, "Hong is too drunk to drink, please leave first."
Li Yue made a big move, "Here, take Cui Lang back to his home in a car."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Cui Hong politely withdrew.
Li Yue looked at his back thoughtfully.
Cui Hong is undoubtedly talented. He is still young and has amazing potential, but he seems to be more interested in the interests of the Cui family.
Of course, this is also human nature.
The Cui family has given birth to and raised Cui Hong for more than ten years. It is impossible that they would not even recognize the coffin board of their ancestors when they see him.
He must be reused, but also slightly wary.
Just like the powerful nobles, you can borrow their power, but you can't be too indulgent or rely on them. Otherwise, Cao Wei back then and Jiangdong today will be the future of the Liang Kingdom.
The right measure is up to you to decide.
Li Yue could only hope that after the imperial examination, he would vigorously support the common people from poor families to fight against them.
However, historical experience has proven that once the common people from a humble family gain power, they will also grow into a noble family...
Cui Hong walked on the front foot, and Yue Ji walked in on the back foot. Her cheeks were red and she was covered with some snow. She saw no outsiders, so she was not so polite.
The palace attendant added a pair of dishes and chopsticks.
"You came just in time, the meat is already cooked." Li Yue laughed, "How has the doctor's office been doing in the past two months?"
"Since Wang Ling has an elder brother, no one dares to stop him, but Yue Ji has something important to report to his brother today." Yue Ji looked serious.
Li Yue joked: "What big thing can happen to you? Have you found your sweetheart? Are you ready to get married? According to the law of Daliang, if a girl is not married until she is fifteen years old, she will be fined one stone of grain and must do corvee labor for half a year."
Yue Ji's cheeks became even redder, "Oh, my brother will make fun of me. My little sister is here to recommend a great talent to my brother."
"Great talent?" Li Yue put down his bowl and chopsticks, remembering who she recommended more than a year ago, "Meng Kuang?"
Li Yue had heard a little bit about the group of people who gathered on Songgao Mountain, and the most famous one among them was Fa Rao.
Fa Rao encouraged Ran Min to attack Yue Wan, Yao Xiang, and Shi Kun, and killed a hundred thousand elites, as well as Ran Wei...
Li Yue picked up the wine bottle and brought it to his mouth.
"Yes, no..." Yue Ji nodded, then shook her head, "Meng Kuang is a pseudonym. His real name is Wang Meng, whose courtesy name is Jinglue."
Snap!
The wine bottle fell to the ground, smashing into pieces. Li Yue stood up with a loud roar and stared at Yue Ji, "Wang Meng, Wang Jinglue!"
(End of chapter)
