Chapter 6764 The Instigator

Chapter 6764 The Instigator

Of course, the reason why Liu Ye chose the Three Idiots is not just this. To talk about the practical reasons, on the one hand, the Three Idiots now control the gateway to the northwest, and there is a very strong political force behind them. Even if this political force has considerable hidden dangers and cannot fight openly, it is still a powerful force that cannot be ignored. On the other hand, the Three Idiots actually have no choice in their current situation.

A force that has enough power but no choice is not the best thing to use as a chess piece. Even if the existence of this force is actually disgusting to Liu Ye, a politician who is pure enough can still seek common ground while reserving differences.

After all, at this point, getting rid of the Three Idiots and Li You would be meaningless to Liu Ye. He might as well use them. Why not do something that is beneficial to both parties? Moreover, if he and Li You join forces, they only need to put aside their past grudges, which is much easier than joining forces with the aristocratic families.

If the royal family and the aristocratic families join forces, the royal family will have to pay too much, providing resources and manpower to the aristocratic families. Liu Ye thought it was not right and thought it would be better to merge with the Xiliang faction represented by Li You. At least they would not have to pay anything. With just a nod from him, Li You would be willing to come together in this regard.

Of course, the most important point here is that Liu Ye actually didn't know how many tough guys the Wang family would have in the future. If he knew that Wang Ji, who had already entered adolescence, and Wang Rui, who had already been born, could reach the level of seventy-two generals or close to the level of seventy-two generals, and that their standby time was longer than that of Huangfu Song who had received the longevity injection, and that Achaemeni could develop to a strength close to that of Huangfu Song...

In addition, there were a bunch of outstanding commanders in the Wang family of the same period who were able to command individual legions. Later, tough guys like Wang Hun, Wang Dun, and Wang Dao would be born and develop well in the era of the above group of standby kings. A little later, Wang Meng would be able to develop during Wang Dao's life cycle. Not to mention the backbones who could be recorded in history books during this period, just looking at this group of people's names, we can remember that they were either in the Temple of Martial Arts or attacking the Temple of Martial Arts. They were the main force of the Three Kings in the next hundred years.

However, this is not the end. Later on, when all kinds of martial arts-level things were born generation after generation, why was the Wang family, who was in life and death all the time, accepted by several other super-rich families as a wealthy family of the same level? To put it bluntly, isn't it because they can fight? That's not just ordinary fighting ability, it's super fighting ability. And compared with the other four families, the Wang family can be called crazy.

The other four guys were very particular about their bloodline, and often did not have any trace of Hu blood on them, as if it was written on their faces that they were noble. The Wang family was really indifferent to everyone, and when circumstances allowed them to be more particular, they would intermarry with the other four "noble" families. The other four guys would hold their noses and marry a daughter to the Wang family, but they rarely married the Wang family's daughters.

When the situation gets bad, they will do something outrageous. For example, right after a family is wiped out, they don't care about anything and just marry whoever they have. They even do things that even the Wang family of Taiyuan themselves find outrageous, such as the Wuhuan Wang family of Qi County, Taiyuan.

Do you not understand what this thing is? In fact, you just need to understand it literally. To be honest, this thing is indeed the most direct descendant of the Taiyuan Wang family. However, they went too far. They slept with someone they shouldn't have slept with and gave birth to a top-level powerhouse. You can only accept it.

In fact, in addition to the Wuhuan Wang family, there is also the Xianbei Wang family, but it is not important. The amazing thing about the Wang family is that while they are not picky about life or death, after discovering that they have been alienated, they begin to vigorously absorb the opposite side and then alienate back.

It feels like the other four families are just watching the Wang family conducting experiments and trying new types of fusion. They think the Wang family is very powerful, but they still keep their distance, so that their reputation is extremely weird.

Putting aside these things that look weird at first glance, the Wang family is really good at actual combat. They can lose a fight, and their whole family can die, but they will definitely fight back.

The large forces among the four surnames were destroyed by the old Wang family, and several people were killed. They are real fighters. To be honest, they really rely on combat effectiveness. If their combat effectiveness is not enough, they would have been finished long ago. Liu Ye privately supported the Taiyuan Wang family and conducted research, but he really felt that the Wang family was a little crazy like other families. This madness rooted in the soul made Liu Ye worry about the failure of his investment.

There was no way. Given the Wang family's internal operational thinking, Liu Ye was somewhat worried that the family would be wiped out by a single rash move.

How should I put it? This was not just Liu Ye's feeling, this was the unanimous feeling of everyone in this era and in the next three or four hundred years. But in the end, as the Wang family grew stronger and stronger, everyone realized that this might be the only situation. It seemed that they would not die, and at most they would be miserable.

But the next three hundred years of madness have not yet passed. How dare Liu Ye place his hopes on the three kings? This is not a question of loyalty or disloyalty. This is a question of extraditing the three kings to places like Pamirs and Turan. The old Wang family has played themselves to death, so who will clean up the mess?

If this scene happened in the future, Liu Ye felt that he would have to stand up from the coffin.

So after thinking it over several times, Liu Ye and other royal members such as Liu Yu and Liu Ai discussed again and again, and finally decided to support the three idiots to stay in Congling, and then strengthen the construction of Xinzhou, and later find a way to completely control Xinzhou in the hands of the royal family.

To be honest, Liu Ye's idea was strategically correct. If Xinzhou could be controlled by the royal family, considering the dangers of mountains and rivers, Yizhou and Yongliang would definitely be in hand. With this whole set of operations, as long as the three new places of Yongliang could be stabilized, the Liu family's kingdom would actually be very stable.

It can be said that Liu Ye has really found a sustainable solution for the Liu family in the current unclear situation.

After Chen Xi's death, if there is a chaos in Guandong, just block the three passes directly. With Yongliang, Yizhou and Xinzhou in hand, we can sit back and watch the turmoil in Guandong. Moreover, with two major trade routes in hand, we can provide continuous blood transfusions to ourselves. If there is a chaos in Central Asia, we can support the Pamirs and use the dangers of mountains and rivers to hold it back. It can be said that as long as there is no internal strife, the old Liu family who controls this place can continue for a long time.

Based on this idea, Liu Ye felt that it was acceptable to combine with the Xiliang faction, a force that made the royal family feel disgusted. Besides, Li You and the three idiots would definitely die, and the ones behind them would be easy to catch!

"Wenru?" Chen Xi raised his eyebrows and looked at Li You and asked.

Li You nodded. Cao Cao's current situation had brought this matter to light. But before Cao Cao brought this matter to light, Li You and Liu Ye had actually already come together on this matter.

Chen Xi looked at the group of people around him and could understand the logic behind such operations, but these people really didn't worry about being retaliated against in the future.

"Choose the lesser of two evils." Li You said calmly, "We have to deal with it anyway, and this is the most appropriate solution."

"Is that so?" Chen Xi looked at Liu Ye, lowered his head and thought for a while, thinking that he really had no way to stop it, and there was no need to stop it. "Okay, do as you think, but I still have to say that the power of the country should not be eliminated."

There is only one reason why Chen Xi has been blocking him. For someone at Zhuge Liang's level, his fate will be no different from that of the country. As for a position, being in office and not in office are two different concepts. Even if Zhuge Liang really did not use the power of the country, as long as Zhuge Liang is still in this position, it is impossible for others to think otherwise, so Chen Xi has been persuading him.

"I won't go down. All I did was to put forward my suggestions according to the procedures, and then issue them after they were reviewed." Zhuge Liang said slowly, "Everything is in accordance with the procedures. The only thing that is not in accordance with the procedures is probably that Cao Sikong did not come to Chang'an, and this problem is not my fault."

Chen Xi looked at Zhuge Liang and nodded. Indeed, the only problem among these links was that Cao Cao did not arrive in Chang'an, but this was not Zhuge Liang's problem, but Cao Cao's problem.

"We need to draw up a plan for the reward for Cao Ang." Zhuge Liang looked as if he had let bygones be bygones.

"General Pingxi," Chen Xi thought for a moment and said, "You can use the imperial seal to control the officers under your command. We should solve the problem of Ardashir first. It will be very difficult to solve it after this point. If we can't gain a foothold in Kabul, it will be very difficult later."

"It's just the General of Pingxi?" Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and looked at Chen Xi and asked, "I thought you would be more generous and directly give him the title of Left General. Isn't it just that General Guan was promoted to the rank of Front General?"

"How is that possible?" Chen Xi curled his lips and said, "Giving him the title of General Pingxi is because the current situation requires that Cao Zixiu be given a position that can recruit and mobilize a large army. Otherwise, directly promoting so many people will cause problems for the bureaucracy no matter how you look at it."

If the father is one of the Three Dukes, the son will also be one of the Three Dukes. This is called hereditary nobility. There were very few families in the Han Dynasty that could do this. The key to the Zhen family being among the wealthy families was not only because they were rich, but also because the Zhen family had inherited the rank of two thousand stones. Even if this official position was a nominal one, the rank was there, and with enough money, it was a real killer.

Although the system of recommendation has great problems, at least it does not mean that just because you are a high-ranking official, your son will inherit your official position. Even if he really can inherit your position, it is not because you are a high-ranking official, but because your son is really capable. Otherwise, what progress will there be!

Therefore, the title of vanguard general is impossible. No matter how much Chen Xi hopes that Cao Ang's forces will move forward bravely, he can't give him a vanguard general. The rank is only half a level lower than that of the Three Dukes. That's not how things are done. Giving him the title of Pingxi General is because only a general with a heavy title can suppress that group of people in rank and will not fall into the dilemma of being unable to command.

Ranks are not given to people casually. Organizations have their own regulations. Even the lowest-ranking general is a high-ranking official who has escaped the series of miscellaneous generals.

"Inform the general and the princess accordingly. After they have reviewed it, they will send a message to Cao Zixiu. I hope nothing else goes wrong." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

"Will we handle it this way from now on?" Li You asked.

"I seldom change my rules. This is how I deal with the first one, so let's do the same for the rest." Chen Xi looked at Li You with a sigh. According to this approach, Li You would have to face this problem one day, but Li You probably wouldn't care, as he had been waiting for that day for a long time.

All I can say is that people are completely different. Guys like Li You have been mentally prepared for a long time, and even knew that this day would definitely come ten years ago.

Chen Xi couldn't persuade this kind of person, and there was no other way to persuade him. He could only wait for the final result.

"Here, this is another document sent by Cao. It's related to construction. It came to me first, but I think it still needs your review. I can understand it, but I can't be sure whether it has this effect. I need you to review it." Liu Ye handed a complete set of very detailed reports to Chen Xi. This was one of the tasks of compiling the internal history.

"Related construction reports?" Chen Xi looked at the information Liu Ye handed over with some curiosity. He took it and said casually, "This is really rare. I thought Cao's family would always take the route of plunder. Now that someone has changed, they finally understand what to do."

Chen Xi is not actually opposed to taking the route of plunder, but plunder is just like the underworld and cultivation, there is an upper limit. If you don't engage in construction and rely entirely on plunder, there will only be so much stuff and the upper limit is so high. Sooner or later you will be killed by internal circulation. If you want to break through this upper limit, you have to rely on construction.

When Cao Cao first started to build an irrigation area along the Helmand River, Chen Xi was quite satisfied because it was a long-term plan. However, Cao Cao only built the initial part and then stopped working on it. Chen Xi could do nothing about it. He did not expect that there were further plans. This needs to be seen.

While looking through the information collectively submitted by the Sang, Li, and Wang families, and dealing with his own historical impression of the Sistan region, Chen Xi quickly determined the feasibility of this report.

"These three families have completed their research, and judging from the paper version of this report, it has been several years. I didn't expect that it was only submitted now. When Cao was in power, he actually suppressed this kind of thing." Chen Xi said with a sigh, "Sure enough, after the change of people, it is really possible to change the new atmosphere. Tell Cao Ang that I can endorse this thing, but these three families need to build it according to this plan. Tell him that if this thing is messed up or deceives the people, then Cao will come back."

This plan is a water conservancy renovation plan constructed by the Sang, Li and Wang families after they conducted on-site investigations into the Sistan Desert and the Herman River Basin. According to the three families' arguments, with their technology to transform this area, the Sistan Desert should be able to become a large irrigation area of ​​more than 100,000 square kilometers.

This happened in history. The construction of the Sistan region by the Sassanid Persians made this area a large irrigation area and even an important grain producing area before the 14th century. Later, it was destroyed by war and could not be saved.

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