sweeping the world

Chapter 392 Imitate Su Qin?

From the end of the Warring States period to the unification of the world by the first emperor, to the maintenance of the integrity of the Western Han and Eastern Han for more than 400 years, it should be that the thinking of "great unification" was basically implanted in the minds of the elites of the past dynasties.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world fell apart and fell into a division that lasted for more than 100 years. I don’t know how many capable people wanted to rely on their assistance to the king to bring the world back together. In the end, it was a family that was good at intrigues and tricks.

The Sima family won the world because of the support of the family and the powerful. At the beginning, the Sima family really produced many capable people, but because there were too many capable people, it led to power struggles within the family. They kept attracting Hu people to the south. Previously, the Hu people were As a slave to supplement labor, during the Yongjia Rebellion, he began to arm the Hu people to fight for himself.

The madness of the Sima family can be seen from their family background, but it is also because of their madness that the Hu people became the lords of the Central Plains.

Since the Central Plains fell into the hands of the Hu people, Sima Rui of the Sima family moved south and re-established the imperial court with nothing but status.Because the imperial court was established only after obtaining a family and a powerful family, and because the Sima family has no capital in their hands except for their fame, it is not the Sima family who really governs the country. The Sima family is just a signboard. History has also reached a stage where state affairs have the final say.

Speaking of it, the powerful and aristocratic families govern the country, and the emperor becomes a signboard. This is very similar to a constitutional monarchy, right?However, this "advanced" system did not make the imperial court strong again. It ignored the repeated struggle for power and internal strife despite the fall of the Central Plains.

The Eastern Jin Xiao~chao~ting who moved to the south of the Yangtze River still don't know how to repent, and there is no sign of recovering the Central Plains. Some people who want to devote themselves to making Jin'ou complete again, they are constantly exploring and pursuing, if there is no Liu Yan Rising would not have been a good choice, but Liu Yan was born out of nowhere.

Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, capable people have formed a consensus that "the king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose their king."This has become a rule among the intelligent classes.

Even if capable people are not proud, they will have a kind of reserve. Of course, they are more willing to serve the wise and powerful kings. In the process, they will grow their families and leave a great mark in history.

It is precisely the thinking of "the emperor chooses the minister, and the minister also chooses the emperor". Those people in the south of the Yangtze River do not have to be loyal to the royal family, but they can be loyal to the family or the head of the family; It's a happy heart, maybe it's Qiqi Ai Ai, anyway, he also pledged his allegiance to the Hu people's monarch.

The national policy of the Han Dynasty is chaotic, and it seems that there is no clear goal, which is a situation that can be seen at a glance by those who are interested.If it is true that the national policy is chaotic and there are no clear goals, then what if the national policy is stable and there are clear goals?
The more capable people are, the more ambitious they are. They always imagine that they want to assist someone by themselves, and the person being assisted will definitely be able to soar into the sky.And that "so-and-so" must have the value of assisting, but it can't be like the mud of the Sima royal family.

Liu Yan actually recruited Xie Ai more than once. Not only Xie Ai, but anyone who seemed to be a capable person would communicate with him according to different courtesy, and even directly recruit him.

Xie Ai asked Liu Yan about his aspirations, and then expressed his willingness to work, since he had been secretly or explicitly recruited before.

After Liu Yan was taken aback, he naturally showed a look of great joy, and he had to say "Who has so-and-so, you are my so-and-so", and some physical expressions that look close, the most popular one is that even the shoes He ran over before he could put it on.

"Ai is unable to serve the King in the near future." Xie Ai must also be very moved, and then explain the reason: "Wait for Ai to finish the errands for my king, bid farewell to my king, and then come to the king's command."

"It should be, it should be..." Liu Yan was vigilant, Zhang Zuo behaved abnormally when meeting with Zhang's Liangguo envoys, and Xie Ai, who hadn't expressed anything about the solicitation before, suddenly came out like this.He asked: "Since you are about to become a monarch and minister, if there are anyone who can help, you can count them all."

Xie Ai hesitated for a while and said: "My king opened up the Western Regions, and his heart is not in the east. There is already a threat of Fu Hong entering Longxi, and the threat is even more serious when he enters the north. My king sent ministers here, one is to The affairs of Qin State, secondly, it is for Fu Hong."

Liu Yan's vigilance became even higher, and he already had hesitation in his heart. He often said, "Treat someone as a national scholar, and you will repay him with his talents." So he had to hesitate to let Xie Ai handle the errands properly. It proves that the importance mentioned earlier is not false.

"The Kingdom of Qin was established with the support of my king. The original intention was to serve as a barrier to the east when my king opened up the Western Regions. For this reason, he was not stingy with aid." Xie Ai reasoned with a face, and then said after a pause: "Now The king of Qin wants to take the title of the country and wants to merge the whole country into your side. My king clearly stated that you will not get involved in Guanzhong in the near future, which can almost be seen in Fu Hong's seizure of Guanzhong in Longxi."

Zhang's Liang Kingdom does not have many military forces in the east, and the main military center is Jincheng.

Longxi is a very broad name. The west and northwest were occupied and controlled by the Zhang clan earlier, and they also supported Zuti's Northern Expedition from here.

Fu Hong has entered Longxi, and currently he is only active in the eastern and southern parts of Longxi, but seeing how he sent troops to the north, it makes no sense to let the northern and western parts of Longxi go, especially since Zhang's Liang Kingdom doesn't have many troops stationed in those places.

"My king can't spare any troops to come to the east, not to mention the newly occupied part of the northern land, I'm afraid Longxi won't be able to keep it either." Xie Ai stopped, looked at Liu Yan whose face was full of weirdness, smiled first, and then said : "My king wants to maintain the existence of the Qin State, and will reinforce a large number of weapons and supplies. He did not hesitate to go to Guanzhong to meet with the King of Qin, which shows how determined our king is. But I don't know whether the King of Qin is determined to return to you."

There is no doubt that the Han State and Zhang's Liang State have some common interests, but the two countries are too far apart, and the Ran's Qin State was separated in the middle, and the interaction is how to help the Ran's Qin State.

How determined was Ran Min to surrender to the Han Dynasty?Seeing that he moved himself and all his civil and military family members to Han, it can be said that his determination is still very strong, especially the migration of people from Guanzhong has been done for nearly a month.

Zhang Jun wouldn't be unaware of what Ran Min was doing, or else he wouldn't be so impatient.He probably had no hope of persuading Ran Min and wanted to settle for the next best breakthrough, which was to formally establish an alliance with the Han State and cooperate with the East and the West against Fu Hong.

"You should do your best." Liu Yan, who had figured out something, looked at Xie Ai with a smile, and said, "The widow has said that I will definitely help you if you can, so stop talking about those rhetoric."

Xie Ai, who still wanted to play more, was stunned for a while, then took a deep breath and said: "Maintaining the existence of the Qin State is beneficial to the Liang State, and it is also beneficial to the Han State." He looked at Liu Yan seriously, and asked after a salute: "Your minister said that because he thinks... that you accept Qin's surrender of the whole country. I'm afraid... the harm outweighs the benefits."

Liu Yan still smiled and said, "Let's get to the point."

"King Qin is definitely not a person willing to be inferior to others, especially if he has the experience of commanding the whole country." Xie Ai seemed to be willing to go all out, and he simply understood: "Maintaining Qin's existence is more beneficial to Liang than Han. But if you accept Ran Min to bring his subordinates back, no matter how you arrange it, civil strife may be unavoidable in the future."

"Oh." Liu Yan had to ask: "Are you considering it from the standpoint of a widow?"

Xie Ai nodded heavily, and opened his mouth and said: "When Ran Min worked for Shijie, he did his best, but he didn't hesitate at all. He may have the same ideal as you to restore the Han family, but he also did not kill the Han family. He is too complicated, and he does things too casually. Does he go to you when he has no choice, or he takes his followers with him. I think you have already figured out how to arrange it. He may be tolerant at the beginning. No matter how kind you are, the authority Before the loss was lost forever, Rijiu Tianchang couldn't help feeling resentful in his heart, under the resentment..."

These things Liu Yan and a group of civil and military officials have communicated with each other for a long time. In fact, they came to the same conclusion as Xie Ai.Therefore, except for Ji Chang, who has no integrity at all, who chooses to follow and support Liu Yan no matter what he does, those who oppose him account for the majority.

Liu Yan didn't ask other questions, but only asked: "The favor you want me to help is to maintain the existence of Qin State and to do my best for King Liang?"

Xie Ai shook his head, and said: "Liangguo's contribution can be a horse from the Western Regions, or wealth. I request you to send troops to attack Fu Hong. Next, whether you agree or not, my king will swear an alliance with you. That's all." That’s all.”

"Swear an alliance?" Liu Yan knew exactly what this meant, it was an alliance of equal status.He also had to ask: "Then King Liang sent envoys to Xiao~chao~ting?"

"Yes... to confirm whether the incense of the ancestral temple (Yanhuang Temple) is as rumored... it was extinguished and lit on its own." Xie Ai looked at Liu Yan strangely, and said: "You also build a place for worship, and the incense But he lit it on his own, the same is true for Ruo Jinshi..."

Liu Yan immediately retorted: "Nonsense, the incense from the widow's side is drawn from Guanzhong all the way!"

Xie Ai hastily pleaded guilty, but his eyes were full of doubts, besides doubts, there was also caution.

Maybe in the eyes of modern people, it's just incense, and it doesn't matter whether it's real or fake. But people nowadays definitely don't think of it that way. They value it to the point where they can die for it.

Liu Yan's eyes were unblinking, and his face was full of justice, but the words that came out of his mouth were not like a king can say: "What bastards spread rumors, saying that the incense in the Yanhuang Temple on Mount Tai was lit by myself."

"It's... from the south." Xie Ai couldn't help but have a weird expression, and he said, "The south also said that the incense has not been broken, it's from your side..."

There is no doubt that this is not a fight for Zhengshuo. In a war, public opinion takes precedence. Regardless of whether it is true or false, we must first insist that it is true.That's all to win some people's heart to belong.

……Dividing line……

He was really tired and allowed Honor to take a breath.Then shamelessly ask for recommendation votes.

(End of this chapter)