Zhu Nao

Two days later, the Shu army and the Yanzhou army parted ways, one went north, the other went south, and each went home.

Half a month later, Zhu Nao's chariot and horse returned to Chengdu after a long absence.

Before returning to the official residence, Zhu Nao specifically told all the officials not to form a formation to welcome them, so as not to delay the official duties of the officials.Therefore, only Xu Yu, Yu Changming and other high-ranking officials and his cronies came to greet him.

As soon as Xu Yu saw Zhu Nao, he immediately went forward to greet him and respectfully saluted: "I will see the governor."

Several officials knelt down with him.

Zhu Nao said, "Get up, don't be too polite."

Xu Yu still bowed to him and bowed again and again, she had done enough courtesy, and then slowly got up.Although Zhu Nao had no doubts about his employment, he entrusted the Shu Mansion to him with peace of mind, but he had to respect him even more, so as not to lose Zhu Nao's trust.

Junao walked towards the back hall.Xu Yu and Yu Changming followed him on the left and right sides, and the rest of the officials followed behind.

Yu Changming walked beside him, looked at him for a moment, and said in a low voice, "You seem to be tanned."

Zhu Nao said: "Liangzhou is exposed to wind and sun, so it's strange that it doesn't get tanned."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly thought that Xie Wuji walked around under the scorching sun more often than him, but his complexion was always as fair as a scholar who didn't go out all the year round, he really didn't look like a martial artist.

Thinking of Xie Wuji's fair and handsome face, the smile on the corner of Zhu Nao's mouth deepened unconsciously.

When they arrived at the hall, the officials present at the meeting quickly gathered and submitted various important official documents, reporting to Zhu Nao what happened in Shu during his absence.

Because Xu Yu is in charge of Wen and Yu Changming is in charge of Wu, the balance of Sichuan has been in the past few months, and it has caught up with the harvest year. Taxes and government revenue have increased a lot compared to the previous two years. The people can be said to be in good weather .

However, the land of Shu is peaceful, but the neighbors are in chaos.After the Changsha army invaded Jiangling, a large number of refugees from Jingzhou poured into Shu, and the Shu government had to allocate food to help the victims.

Since the grain depots are sufficient, the money and food to help the victims is not a big deal, and the government can fully handle it.But as Xu Yu and Yu Changming sent people to report to Zhu Nao, they found many secret operations of Changsha Prefecture among the refugees, which made people more troublesome.

Although they have caught a lot of secret work, there must be more that haven't been found out, and I don't know how much information those people will spy on and send to Changsha Mansion.And more importantly, the emergence of these meticulous works shows that Changsha Mansion has begun to covet the land of Shu.

Worried that Zhu Nao would blame him for accepting the victims without authorization, Xu Yu explained: "After the Jiangling chaos, a large number of victims were exiled in Shu. I thought about keeping the victims out, but if it were true, it would be against humanity; The land of Shu is bordered by Jiangling. Even if a barrier is built to block it, there is no guarantee that the victims will not sneak in. At that time, the governor was out, so I had to act in a hurry. Without the consent of the governor, I accepted the refugees in the name of the government and opened a warehouse to provide relief. Please forgive me for the crime of self-assertion."

Zhu Nao said: "You did a good job. You are not guilty and have merit."

Xu Yu is worthy of being a human being, and what he did was actually the most appropriate way.

As he said, if the Shu government refuses to accept refugees, not to mention that it will damage Zhu Nao's reputation of benevolence and righteousness, and a large number of refugees still have ways to slip in from various places, and there is no way to stop them.Those people avoided the eyes and ears of the government and were more likely to become hidden dangers.Instead, the government came forward to gather these disaster victims together to help them. Although it is inevitable to increase some expenses, at least they can manage them under their noses.It was precisely because of this that Xu Yu was able to find out so quickly that there were many spies from the Changsha Mansion among the refugees.

After understanding the situation, it is natural to think of countermeasures.

Some officials suggested: "Governor, we should conduct a careful inspection of those victims, and we must find out all those who have evil intentions."

Xu Yu shook his head and objected: "It's not right. There are so many refugees, even after rounds of inspections, it is inevitable that there will still be fish that slip through the net. Besides, the Shu people have a lot of communication with the people in Jingzhou and Changsha. If you want to close their eyes and ears, I'm afraid it won't work. .”

Zhu Nao nodded in agreement with Xu Yu.

It is impossible to prevent the Changsha government from spying on the Shu land. Even if there are no refugees, the two sides still have business contacts.Could it be that just to prevent the other party from inquiring about the news, the business was not done, and a complete retreat was blocked?

Zhu Nao asked: "How many troops are there in Changsha Prefecture now? How many generals? What is the strength of the troops? How is the people's livelihood? How much are the taxes?"

He asked a series of questions, Xu Yu had been prepared and winked, and immediately an official handed the documents to Zhu Nao.

Only the Changsha Mansion will inquire about the news of the Shu Mansion, won't the Shu Mansion inquire about the news of the Changsha Mansion?Of course not!A long time ago, Junao started to inquire about news from all over the world, especially his neighbors, whom he paid special attention to.After Xu Yu found out the spies sent by Changsha Mansion, he also stepped up his counter-investigation against Changsha Mansion.

This document records how many troops there are in Changsha Mansion, how many people are there in each army, the family background of the generals in command, and the situation of the troops recruited from Jiangling after the Changsha Army captured Jiangling.

After reading it, Zhu Nao handed the item to Yu Changming.Yu Changming had already read it, so he passed it to Wei Yue again.

After several people have finished watching, everyone present will understand the current situation.

People looked at Junau eagerly, waiting for him to come up with an idea.

However, this time Zhu Nao didn't say anything, and looked around the crowd.Currently sitting here, the civil servants include Xu Yu and several officials in charge of finance and people's livelihood, and the military officers include all officers and military advisers above the school lieutenant level.

Zhu Nao said slowly: "What do you all think, how should we deal with it now?"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment.Junao actually asked them?

But after being stunned, many people became dazed again.That's right, shouldn't Junao just ask them?As subjects, they were supposed to share the worries and problems of the chief.They can't come up with an idea, are they still waiting for the chief to do everything by himself? ——Actually, at the beginning, these officials were not without ideas, but most of the time, Junao could always come up with an idea that was unexpected but more comprehensive and suitable than them.So gradually, they all got used to only reporting the detailed situation to Zhu Nao, but they stopped making random ideas.Lest it be embarrassing to be wrong.

But think about it carefully, as full-time officials, they can't see many things as clearly as Zhu Nao, isn't it their dereliction of duty and incompetence?

There are also smart people who immediately thought of a deeper level: now that the world is in chaos, for the sake of the overall situation of the world, Zhu Nao will not stay in Shu for a long time.In the past two years, he has spent more time outside than in Chengdu.He has begun to establish a stronghold in Hanzhong and will move to Hanzhong soon.

Once Zhu Nao is gone, it is impossible to wait for his order to issue many urgent matters.So when he comes back this time, he must select some talents who can stabilize the situation in central Shu when he is not around.

In other words, right now is an excellent opportunity to show off. Once Jun Nao sees his talents, he may be promoted!

Immediately, someone said: "Fu Yin, the Changsha barbarians are ambitious, and they are eyeing us in the east of Shu. We should immediately strengthen our defenses in the east, so that the Changsha barbarians will be frightened and completely die of evil intentions!"

The crowd joined in.

The financial official hastily added: "Fu Yin, we should continue to increase our troops this year."

While talking, he reported the government's expenditure accounts for this year to estimate the number of troops that can be increased this year.

There was also the captain who took the initiative to ask Zhu Nao for orders, expressing his willingness to be transferred to the east to resist the Changsha army.

Everyone was chattering, but their opinions were relatively unanimous—strengthen defenses and be prepared to resist.

Some people even suggested that it was unjust for the Changsha army to occupy Jingzhou, and the Shu army could take the initiative to send troops to seize Jingzhou in the name of advocating justice.

After listening to everyone's suggestions, Zhu Nao occasionally nodded, but most of the time he was noncommittal, as if no one had really come up with an idea that satisfied him.

After a while, Zhu Nao's eyes fell on Jia Cong.

Since Jia Cong took refuge in Shu Mansion, Zhu Nao assigned him to Yu Changming as a military officer, and Yu Changming brought him here today.However, up to this point in the meeting, Jia Cong has not said a word.

Zhu Nao asked, "What is Staff Jia's opinion?"

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on Jia Cong.

Jia Cong was startled, and hurriedly stood up and bowed to Zhu Nao: "Return to Fu Yin..." He only said three words, and then stopped to ponder.

Everyone waited for a while, but still did not see him speak, and gradually became impatient, not understanding why Zhu Nao took the initiative to ask this person.Only Yu Changming was not in a hurry - he had been with Jia Cong for a long time, and he knew that Jia Cong was very resourceful, but he kept a low profile and came here from the enemy, so he was inevitably a little jealous.If no one asked him, he would never take the initiative to speak.But if you give him a chance to speak, he often has amazing strategies.

Sure enough, after waiting for a while, Jia Cong finally said slowly: "According to what my subordinates have seen, our army can withdraw troops from the eastern border and withdraw our defense. We only need to leave a small number of loose troops to guard and return to the second prefecture."

As soon as this statement came out, everyone was stunned and in an uproar!

The neighbors to the east have already shown covetousness towards them. Instead of sending more troops to the east, they will withdraw instead? !Is this because he is afraid that the enemy will fight too hard, and he is going to hand over the territory to the enemy? !

Immediately someone glared at Jia Cong: You must know that Jia Cong is not from Shu, he followed Liu Buxing to Shu.His ancestral home seems to be in Changsha!He shouldn't be the secret agent of Changsha Mansion, right? !

Before anyone could question Jia Cong, Zhu Nao said with great interest, "Go ahead."

So Jia Cong slowly analyzed: "Now that the Changsha army is occupying Jiangling for the first time, it will definitely take time to stabilize the situation in Jiangling, so they will not rush to use troops against us. They sent people to inquire about information, firstly to prepare for the future invasion of Shu, and secondly. We are also worried that we will prevent them from pacifying Jingzhou."

Zhu Nao nodded, more interested: "Not bad."

The Changsha army must have plans for Shu, but they may not send troops so quickly.They just took Jiangling, so there must be many forces in Jiangling that oppose them, or forces that are submissive on the surface but competing secretly.It would be impossible to completely digest the place of Jiangling within a few years.

Jia Cong said again: "In this case, if we increase our troops to the east and let the Changsha army know that our army is strong and strong, they will not dare to attack rashly, but they will definitely have worries in their hearts. They will train hard to strengthen their strength and become our army. They are powerful enemies. On the contrary, it makes them think that Shu is empty, that there is a shortage of soldiers and horses, and that the soldiers are weak, so that they can be arrogant and careless."

Speaking of this, someone finally understood what Jia Cong meant: so he was planning to use this trick to paralyze the enemy?

However, some people thought this approach was ridiculous, and questioned aloud: "Commander Jia, once we withdraw our troops, Shi and Gui will be like fish on an anvil, and the enemy can easily capture them. What should we do then? !"

Jia Cong replied calmly: "If they really dare to come, then continue to withdraw troops to reduce defense and let them go deeper."

"What?" The questioner was dumbfounded.It is not enough to send the land of the two states, but continue to send? !

Jia Cong said: "The Changsha army rapidly expanded its army and captured Jiangling suddenly. People's hearts will inevitably be scattered. It will take time to unite. If we can lure the enemy deep as soon as possible, we will definitely wipe them out."

The hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone was thinking about what Jia Cong said.

Obviously, Zhu Nao did not have the willingness to take the initiative to send troops to Jiangling or Changsha.And the two sides will become enemies sooner or later, so the best way may be to lure the enemy in, or in other words, invite the king into the urn.

The terrain of Shu is very special. There are mountains and rivers everywhere. As long as the enemy can be lured in, ambushes and interceptions are simple things for the Shu army who are familiar with the terrain. Calling my mother, I regret why I was blind and coveted the land of Shu.On the contrary, let the Shu army go to Jiangling and Changsha to fight, then the outcome is unknown.

Moreover, the sooner this battle is fought, the more unfavorable it will be to the Changsha army, and the better it will be to the Shu army.The reason is very simple. Although the number of the Shu army is not very large, it has been steadily and slowly expanding the army, and the army is very motivated.The expansion of the Changsha army was much more urgent. In order to send troops to Jiangling, they hastily expanded their recruitment by more than 1 people. After occupying Jiangling, they incorporated a large number of Jiangling's troops.

It's like building a house. The faster it is built, the higher it gets. Although it looks gorgeous on the outside, it is crumbling inside, and it will fall down when the wind blows.But if they are given a lot of time to stabilize the inner structure, it will not be so easy to fall.

Although some people disagreed with Jia Cong's proposal, Zhu Nao laughed.

He made a final decision: "This plan is very good. Xu Shaoyin, please prepare some generous gifts. I am going to give gifts to the officials of Changsha Mansion!"