Zhu Nao

The words are divided into two parts.

Jiangning House.

After the morning court, Han Rushan was still a little sleepy, so he went back to the palace to rest for a while.However, as soon as he lay down, someone from the palace came to report: "Your Majesty, General Jianwu is asking to see you."

Han Rushan not only frowned.Horse harness again?

He has just come down to the court, Ma Shu should know that the children of those aristocratic families have all gone back, what's the matter with him, he doesn't tell the court, but he wants to come back after the court?Did he avoid others looking for him on purpose?

Han Rushan wanted to refuse directly, but after hesitating for a moment, he said, "General Ma, please come in."

Not long after, Ma Shu was brought to the palace by the palace servants.

Han Rushan asked nonchalantly: "I don't know why Aiqing is looking for me?"

Ma Shu knelt down to salute, and said, "Your Majesty, I still want to increase our troops on the border of Xuzhou."

Han Rushan had expected that he would not give up so easily, so he couldn't help shaking his head.

Ma Shu said: "Your Majesty, now that Shu and Liang are fighting, Tao Bei has ordered Tian Chou, the general stationed in Xuzhou, to be transferred away. Xuzhou will soon have no leader. This is a golden opportunity for us! Liang Guo is focusing on Henan. In the future, our actions will not be discovered! We can use the opportunity of Liang Guo to fund the military rations to secretly gather troops in the name of road construction, increase our troops on the border of Xuzhou, and buy Xuzhou's forces at the same time, so that we can capture Xuzhou at any time in the future! "

Han Rushan said unhurriedly: "Ma Aiqing..."

Before Han Rushan could speak, Ma Shu took another two steps forward.The soldiers around Han Rushan immediately stepped forward nervously, fearing that he would harm Han Rushan.

However, Ma Shu just said eagerly: "Your Majesty, have you ever thought that even though Liang Guo claimed that they would take back Henan, would they really be able to do it? Tao Bei is now at the end of their battles. I am afraid that the Shu army will lose more than win this battle. What's more, if this battle is protracted and the outcome is hard to decide, and the consumption of both sides is huge, should we do nothing to save Liang Guo, or continue to rush to help? If we can do nothing to save Liang, what will we do today Why do we need to rescue? If we continue to rush to help, wouldn’t it be a waste of money? Why not use the money and food to strengthen the garrison?”

Han Rushan was speechless after what Ma Shu said.

In fact, how did Han Rushan not know that they were acting passively?It's just that not only the officialdom of Chen Guo has long been occupied by the aristocratic families, but even the army has almost become the private property of the major aristocratic families.Since it is private property, who is willing to use his private property to serve the public?Han Rushan was not a person who cared about state affairs, so he found it troublesome to deal with such an entangled situation, so he simply left it alone.

Ma Shu lowered his voice again, and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I'm alarmist. However, if there is no skin left, how can the general be attached? Has Your Majesty ever thought about how many people in our Dachen Kingdom will still be able to live in peace if one day the enemy troops attack?" Prosperity and wealth? And how should you deal with yourself, Your Majesty?"

Han Rushan was startled.

If the enemy army attacked, who else in Chen could think of prosperity and wealth? ——Those aristocratic families can.They have developed in the south of the Yangtze River for a hundred years, with deep roots and deep influence among the people.Regardless of whether the people who came came from Shu or Liang, if they wanted to govern Jiangnan well, they would not be able to wipe out all these big families, but instead they had to rely on their strength.At most, when returning to the previous dynasty, these aristocratic powers were squeezed out of the officialdom, lest they cede the land for themselves.But to govern the people, these people are still indispensable.

What about himself?Can I die well myself? ——I'm afraid, it's extremely difficult.Neither Tao Bei nor Zhu Nao would recognize the legitimacy of Chen Guo, so he, the emperor, would naturally be a traitor.Once he falls into the hands of the enemy, I am afraid there will be no way out...

Those aristocratic families would never say these words to Han Rushan.Han Rushan has no big ambitions, a calm temperament, and loves elegance. He only loves piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and poetry, and is not very interested in power.That's why the aristocratic family recommended him to sit on the dragon chair.When he was chosen as the puppet emperor, why didn't he consider that he would be an excellent scapegoat in the future?

Ma Shu's analysis awakened Han Rushan, and Han Rushan suddenly realized.However, he only frowned more and more tightly, and he was not anxious or impatient.He thought for a moment, then shook his head and sighed: "If it really comes to the time when the country of Chen is about to perish, and I don't want to fall into the hands of the enemy and be humiliated by the enemy, then I can only end myself earlier."

Ma Shu: "..."

He almost vomited blood.

He had known that Han Rushan was a cowardly person, and he was pushed to the throne when he was unable to argue with others after resigning several times when he was emperor.But he didn't expect Han Rushan to be so cowardly!

He came here today obviously to wake up Han Rushan, so that Han Rushan began to rely on him in anxiety, but Han Rushan would have said something to kill himself earlier... Then it would be better for him to draw a knife and kill Han Rushan now!

He forcefully swallowed the old blood rushing to his throat, and said: "Why should Your Majesty sit and wait for death? The situation in the world is not clear now, as long as Your Majesty employs people properly and does not seek to dominate the world, you can enjoy this life in peace."

Han Rushan looked at Ma Shu suspiciously.These words speak to his heart, he is not interested in winning the Central Plains and unifying the country, but he also has no desire to die, what he wants is to live his life in peace and joy.It would be great if Chen Guo could settle down until the day he died of old age. As for the future situation of the world, what does it matter to him?

Seeing that Han Rushan was finally moved, Ma Shu gritted his teeth and said, "If Your Majesty sends ministers to Huainan and gives them power, I don't need the imperial court to build an army locally to plot against Xuzhou!"

Han Rushan was surprised again.Build your own army?Ma Shu really worked hard!

It should be known that although Ma Shu is a Jianwu general, he is only a polished general, with no official position but no military power.He gradually showed his sharpness, and the aristocratic families were very wary of him, and they didn't want to see his power expand further.Even his original backer, the Shanliu family, had become quite rigid in their relationship with him because he gradually became disobedient.

So Ma Shu was desperate, and would rather leave the court and go to Huainan to start a family with bare hands.At this time, he was put to death and reborn...

Huainan is close to the border, and the several powerful families of Chen State have no influence there.If the power is delegated to Ma Shu, they should and will not object.

Han Rushan doubtfully said, "Are you really sure that Jiangnan will be safe?"

The horse bundle threw the ground and said loudly: "I must do my best!"

Han Rushan thought for a while, then said, "Okay, I will think about it."

After all, this is not a trivial matter, and it is impossible for Han Rushan to agree immediately.But he lets go, and that's half the story.Ma Shu was overjoyed, kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En!"

Han Rushan waved his hand.

Seeing Han Rushan's tired face, Ma Shu didn't dare to disturb him any more, so he bowed and left.However, as soon as he reached the gate of the hall, Han Rushan stopped him.

"General Jianwu."

Ma Shu hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty still has orders?"

Han Rushan said in a flat tone: "If one day, the enemy troops attack, can General Ma still enjoy his glory?"

Ma Shu was startled, his eyes flickered, and he hurriedly said: "I would like to do my best for His Majesty!"

Han Rushan smiled, didn't know whether to believe his words, and said calmly: "I'm going to rest. Aiqing, please step down."

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A month later, Ma Shu left Jiangning for Huainan.

At almost the same time, Tian Chou also gathered thousands of elite soldiers, left Xuzhou, and rushed to Henan.

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One month later, Songzhou.

Tian Chou sat in the barracks, with a pile of official documents on several tables.He had just finished reading a few copies when an official came in with another stack of official documents and put them on the case.

Tian Chou frowned, put down the official document, and held his forehead.

These official documents are the crap of those miscellaneous soldiers, who quarreled with whom about something, who fought with whom, who lost his temper and wanted to go home... Such crap happened endlessly every day.

For Tian Chou, the most difficult thing for Tian Chou is not how to attack Henan, but how to manage 12 soldiers.

A bunch of bad things bothered him to the point of breaking down, but they had been expected before he came.He heard that the Shu army had retreated to Hulao Pass, but instead of gathering troops in Kaifeng, which is closer to Hulao Pass, he chose to gather troops in Songzhou, which is farther away. Road, spend a little more energy, just to take care of these mobs at least a bit like an army before sending out troops.

Tian Chou knew very well what a terrifying opponent he was facing this time.

Xie Wuji, that is the famous God of Killing, has led troops to sweep across the north for many years, almost invincible; Zhu Nao, is more terrifying than Xie Wuji, very good at defeating others without fighting!

Even if Tao Bei's purpose of launching this war is not to win, but to consume the enemy and dissidents, Tian Chou must at least let the enemy consume, right?The biggest problem with the 12 people under his command is not the lack of training, but the discord.Now that the army has just assembled, there are a lot of conflicts. How about waiting for the battlefield?

Tian Chou can imagine that the Shu people will definitely work hard outside the battlefield.They will buy off these miscellaneous troops, instigate them to turn against them, and instigate them to kill each other.Before the expedition, Tian Chou must take precautions to prevent these things from happening.

After a while, Tian Chou's anger subsided a little, and he summoned his own soldiers and asked, "I proposed to place supervisors in various armies, did they reply?"

These miscellaneous armies were unwilling to be reorganized and insisted on working independently, but Tian Chou forced them not to.To control them, the only way is to arrange enough manpower to monitor them.

The soldier said: "Mr. Tian, ​​they all refused..."

The officers of the miscellaneous army were also reluctant to have Tian Chou put his hand into their army, which Tian Chou had expected.

"It doesn't matter," he said calmly, "Let our soldiers kill chickens and cattle every day, drink and eat meat, and let those miscellaneous soldiers watch."

The soldiers were taken aback, and said: "General, this..." Those miscellaneous troops already had objections to the lineage troops, and now Tian Chou let the lineage troops drink and eat meat, only for the miscellaneous troops to watch, isn't this even more detrimental to the unity of the people ?

But Tian Chou said, "Go and arrange it first."

Hearing what he said, the soldiers had no choice but to go.

Tian Chou sighed, rubbed his swollen head, and continued to read those endless official documents filled with trivial matters...