In the newly completed greenhouse hall, the Son of Heaven clasped his hands, tilted his head, and looked at the newly painted roof, his eyebrows raised lightly, as if he was happy.Dou Ying, who came in a hurry, held the military newspaper and read it again and again, and wanted to speak several times, but he never spoke.The military report was very simple, only a few sentences: Liang Xiao conquered the Bingling Fortress, King Youxian withdrew from the Ili River Valley, hunted arrogant and surrendered, and after the beginning of spring, he set off to Chang'an Miansheng.This military newspaper is very hasty, like a battlefield rush, whether it is the writing format or the materials used, it does not conform to the rules, just like Liang Xiao was excited after winning the battle, he pulled a piece of silk casually, wrote a few sentences, and let people send it from thousands of miles away.There are many important things that are not mentioned, such as casualties on both sides, how the spoils of war are distributed, and especially who controls the river valley.Is it because he was in a hurry, or because of negligence, or because Liang Xiao deliberately did not mention that Liang Xiao was not a rude person, the two places were thousands of miles apart, and he would not rush this moment, so there was only one possibility, which he did on purpose.So why did he do this, what he wanted Dou Ying couldn't guess, so he couldn't explain it to the Son of Heaven.The Son of Heaven retracted his gaze and glanced at Dou Ying."
Wei Qihou understands" Dou Ying blinked, put down the military report unhurriedly, stroked his beard, and laughed silently."
The minister is stupid, he only understands one thing, the most unruly hunting arrogance bows down to the minister, Liang Xiao conquered the Western Regions, and the thirty-six countries in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are my Han vassal countries from now on.""
Is it true?"
and "True or not, you can know in a year at most."
If the hunt is arrogant and arrogant arrives in Chang'an, what is there to doubt" The Son of Heaven trembled slightly, crooked his mouth, wanted to say something, and gave up again.Dou Ying obviously stood on Liang Xiao's side and spoke, there could be no tacit understanding between them.At this time, footsteps sounded outside the hall, Cao Shi walked in, and Wei Qing followed closely behind, looking respectful, like a servant.When the Son of Heaven saw this, his brows frowned slightly, and a touch of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and then he regained his composure and stretched out his hand to signal them to take their seats.Just when Cao Shi was reading the military newspaper, Prime Minister Han Anguo, Imperial Historian Li Guang, Daxing Ling Wang Hui and others arrived one after another, and they were very happy to learn that Liang Xiao defeated Hunt Arrogance and pacified the Western Regions, but when they saw the face of the Son of Heaven, they couldn't help but feel dark in their hearts, and they closed their mouths in understanding.Master Father Yan, Yan An and others also arrived one after another and took their seats one by one.After a while, Tian Wei also arrived.Seeing Tian Wei, Han Anguo and Li Guang were a little surprised.Tian Wei resigned as prime minister due to illness, and has been idle at home for more than half a year.The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became a little strange, and the people who originally wanted to congratulate also closed their mouths, for fear that they would cause unnecessary trouble if they were careless in their words.Dou Ying saw it in his eyes, and suddenly felt an indescribable depression.Most of these people here are younger than him, but looking at their appearance, they all seem to be older than him, and they are not energetic at all."
The victory in the Western Regions, Wusun bowed his head, and Khotanese Meiyu was guaranteed, and the trade route was unimpeded from now on, which is a big deal."
The Son of Heaven was sitting in danger and talking."
The soldiers of the Western Expedition have made outstanding achievements and must not be unrewarded.How to reward, but you have to get a charter.The Western Regions are far away, and it will take months to come and go, and the delay is too far, which will inevitably hurt morale. ”The Son of Heaven chuckled: "Pingyang Hou, Changping Hou, Champion Hou has pacified the Western Regions, this Xiongnu matter has to be handed over to you, have you ever prepared" Cao Shi hurriedly bowed."
Your Majesty, the preparations are progressing smoothly, and the relevant maps have been drawn and the mountains, rivers, water and soil have been mastered.It's just that "it's just something" "It's just that the contact with North Korea is not going well.Originally, I got the news that the king of Joseon was a descendant of the Shang relict minister Jizi, but according to the news we get now, at least fifty years ago, Korea had been conquered by the Yan people Wei Man, and the current king of Joseon is surnamed Wei. ”"Yanren Weiman" Tianzi snorted and shook his head."
Originally, there was a change of dynasty fifty years ago, but we only know it now, it seems that we really closed our eyes and listened."
He turned to Dou Ying."
Wei Qihou, it seems that you are right, we should indeed encourage young people to go out for a walk and read thousands of books, it is better to travel thousands of miles, no matter how good the sage's articles are, without these customs and customs, it is inevitable to lose nothing."
Dou Ying nodded."
Your Majesty is very true."
Tian Wei coughed and interrupted Dou Ying."
Although traveling helps to increase knowledge, it should not be too much, otherwise people's minds will be tempted, and it will not be a blessing for the country.Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty founded the country on agriculture, one man ploughed and seven people had food, and there were too many people who fed on the float, and it was not a good strategy to sacrifice the original and seek the end. ”Dou Ying sneered: "What Wu Anhou said is specious, and the minister does not dare to agree. ”Tian Wei was angry and sneered."
Please also ask Wei Qihou for advice.""
The students who travel are not farmers, and they are all floating food people in Chang'an, the difference is only that they go out to travel, eat wherever they go, stay in Chang'an, but eat rice transported from Shandong, and not everyone has 10,000 acres of fertile land and taxes to eat."
Dou Ying glanced at Tian Wei disdainfully and turned to the Son of Heaven."
Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there are not too many people traveling out now, but too few.There are millions of people around Chang'an, far more than Guanzhong can supply, and 3 million stones need to be transported from Shandong Cao every year to make up for the shortage of Taicang, and if you add merchant trafficking, the number is even more amazing.With one scholar and one attendant, and eating forty stones a year, ten thousand scholars traveled abroad, not to mention how much they could broaden their knowledge, and the food saved alone was 400,000 stones. ”The Son of Heaven frowned slightly."
Let's talk about these small things later.""
Your Majesty, this is not a trivial matter, but a fundamental matter.""
Fundamental" The Son of Heaven looked at the others, and then turned his gaze back to Dou Ying's face."
Then tell me how the number of traveling scholars has become a fundamental matter.As you said just now, the amount of food that can be saved by 10,000 scholars is only about 400,000 stones. ”"Your Majesty, 10,000 scholars and attendants can save 400,000 stone of grain just by eating, if you add drinking, eating meat, dressing and riding horses So far, most of the people who know that they go out to travel are rich and noble families, and they usually mix in Chang'an, and the entourage is not only one person, and the cost is not only forty stones a year, but the minister estimates, such a person lives in Chang'an for a year, and the consumption is no less than 500 stones.Your Majesty may wish to ask Dasi Nong how much the population of Chang'an changed last year, and how much the grain consumed changed. ”The Son of Heaven did not ask Prime Minister Han Anguo, nor did he ask Dasi Nong Zheng at that time.As soon as Dou Ying said it, he understood.Now the scholars who go out to travel are mainly young people from the Chen Dou family, these people are in Chang'an, they are clothed and fed, fat horses and light fur, a person consumes 500 stone of grain a year, and their horses eat more than these in a year.The imperial court transported 3 million stone a year, but that was only for the imperial court and various government offices, and if you add the grain transferred by private individuals, this figure will at least triple the amount.The manpower and material resources consumed on this must be a large amount.But the Son of Heaven does not want to talk about these issues at the moment.He was about to send Cao Shi and Wei Qing to the grassland to completely solve the threat of the Huns."
However, what does this have to do with what we are going to discuss, the army can go out to the grassland, and you can eat in Hebei without being transferred to Chang'an.""
Your Majesty doesn't want to govern the river" The Son of Heaven was stunned for a moment, and his face was a little unsightly.The question of how to deal with the river control cannot be answered, the flood in Shandong has not been completely solved, and the matter of river control is a major matter related to millions of people in Shandong, even if he does not care in his heart, he cannot but express his concern."
Your Majesty, after digging through the classics, understanding the situation of the flooding of the river, and then comparing it with the hydrology of recent years, although there is no definite evidence at present, the minister believes that the flooding of the river has a lot to do with the population of Guanzhong.The larger the population in Guanzhong, the more frequent floods in Shandong. ”As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other, and no matter how they heard it, they felt that something was wrong with it.According to Dou Ying's statement, Chang'an, the capital of the city, is the fundamental reason for the flooding of the river, if it is not that the capital is in Chang'an, why should people from all over the world rush to Guanzhong.Countless pairs of eyes looked at Dou Ying, including Tian Wei.Tian Wei looked at Dou Ying and was secretly happy in his heart.Dou Ying, an old ranger, is unscrupulous, and he is going to make trouble for himself again.The Son of Heaven had a calm face."
Does Wei Qihou mean that the capital should be moved" Dou Ying smiled slightly, confident.He has had such an idea for a long time, and the reason why it has not been announced is because this matter is thorny and involves too many issues.But now he can't help but say that the flood has not been resolved, and the Son of Heaven wants to send troops to the grassland, which is simply nonsense.Liang Xiao's conquest of the Western Regions is true, but Liang Xiao only brought four hundred people.Cao Shi and Wei Qing conquered the grassland, but there were fewer soldiers, not less, 100,000.Is this the same thing Dou Ying stood up and bowed slightly."
Your Majesty, the minister is brave, if it is said that Chang'an will settle the capital for one day, and the flood will be difficult to cure for one day, Your Majesty will move the capital or not" The Son of Heaven was stunned, and his face was red and white for a while.He didn't expect Dou Ying to be so stalked, and he didn't avoid it, and blocked him in the corner all of a sudden.If the capital of Chang'an is the root cause of the floods in Shandong, even if you don't want to move the capital or not, even if you don't want to move, the Son of Heaven can't say it.There are things that can be done and cannot be said, and this thing is one of them.Dou Ying looked at the Son of Heaven with blazing eyes, not allowing the Son of Heaven to have any chance to dodge.The Son of Heaven wanted to speak several times and stopped, but Tian Wei saw it and immediately got up to relieve the siege for the Son of Heaven."
This is simply a lie, do you have evidence" Dou Ying glanced at Tian Wei and snorted lightly: "Wu Anhou wants to hear the evidence, it's good, later, I will send someone to copy a manuscript and send it to Wu Anhou's mansion, and ask Wu Anhou to correct it."
However, here, I can say a little bit about it and see if I'm talking about it. ”Dou Ying talked eloquently and briefly talked about the history of the changes of the river.Dayu's control of the water is too far away, can only be a legend, and there is no solid historical evidence to support it, but the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period can be roughly explained, such a major event as the river, no matter which country will not fail to record.The palace has a rich collection of books, not only in the history of the Qin Dynasty that ordinary readers can see, but also in the history of other countries, Dong Zhongshu spent several months digging through all the historical materials, extracting these records one by one, and arranging them by year.Although some details may be up for debate, there is no doubt that since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, the diversion of large rivers has become more and more frequent.And this point, the most obvious connection is Qin's development of Guanzhong and Zhao Wei Qin's development of Hexi, with a large number of people moving into Shangdang and Hexi, the time interval between the diversion of Shandong's great rivers was significantly shortened.The increase in the population of Guanzhong and Hexi is obviously related to the rupture of the Great River.After listening to Dou Ying's argument, everyone closed their mouths.Governing the river is a major event related to the reputation of the Son of Heaven, and the capital is also the foundation of a country.After a long time, he forced a smile and said: "In this way, sending more scholars to travel can indeed not only broaden the knowledge and knowledge, but also alleviate the river troubles" "What Your Majesty said is very true, strong cadres and weak branches, and the gathering of talents from all over the world in Chang'an, although it is beneficial for Your Majesty to choose the best and the best, but everything is too much, if everyone is concentrated in Chang'an, I am afraid it is not a good thing."
Chang'an has gathered a large number of talents, if it is just chatting and fighting cocks, it is better to let them travel the world and be the eyes and ears of the imperial court.Your Majesty, if the policy of governing the river can have today's results, isn't it just that Liang Xiao has the insight that he has traveled in all directions" The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows and smiled secretly in his heart.After going around for a long time, Dou Ying finally came back to talking.He didn't say anything, though.When the river broke, the world was turbulent, and it was Liang Xiao who sent an envoy to South Vietnam, pacified Minyue in one fell swoop, and forced South Vietnam to surrender, which blocked the mouth of Youyou.It was he who proposed that the Great River Break had nothing to do with who the Son of Heaven was, and helped him block the clan's attack on him.Now Liang Xiao has gone out of the Western Regions with 400 people, pacified the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and stabilized the source of jade.In the face of such great achievements, if he said that Liang Xiao was not, he would inevitably hurt the hearts of the soldiers.If the soldiers are tired of war, even if Cao Shi and Wei Qing are loyal to him, this battle will not be fought.What's more, if he wants to completely pacify the Western Regions, he also needs Liang Xiao to choke the way for the Huns to flee west, unless he sends someone to replace Liang Xiao.Judging from the current situation, not to mention that he can't find a suitable candidate, even if there is, he can't give such an order.Liang Xiao had just made a meritorious service, and he was deprived of his military power, what a stupid decision it would take for such a stupid person to make.The Son of Heaven is a smart man, he can deliberately ignore Liang Xiao's merits and snub him, but he will not personally say that he will suppress him and give people a handle."
In that case, you might as well send some people to the Western Regions.If the Western Regions have been pacified, the road will be safe and secure.Let these soldiers take this road, and experience first-hand the difficulty of the soldiers of the Western Expedition.Wei Qihou, what do you think" Dou Ying was slightly stunned, and then said angrily: "Although the minister is old and weak, he has always wanted to see the new extension of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains: