Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 356 Don't worry, take your time to persuade him

Even in the study, one could hear the deafening shouting coming from inside and outside the mansion, as if even the entire Luoyang city had been alarmed.

Liu Bei was slightly stunned. Xun Gongda, Guo Fengxiao, Lu Zijing and others had not consulted him, so why did they start to persuade him to come in directly?

At least give me time to react. Now the whole city is shouting, what should I do?

Liu Bei's face was solemn, but he was muttering to himself.

In fact, he didn't know that Xun You, Guo Jia, Lu Su, Man Chong, Mao Jie and others had not expected what would happen today.

Originally, they wanted to discuss the spring plowing in each state, as well as which vassal to attack, whether to recover Guanzhong, take Jingzhou, or attack Bingzhou.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong actually sent Gongcao Yan Pu to surrender, which completely aroused everyone's emotions.

It's not that they can't hold back, it's just that Hanzhong County is too important, and Nanyang borders it. Once they can lead the army into Hanzhong, Yizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, and Guanzhong can all be conquered.

Once these places are broken, Jingzhou and Jiangdong will not have the courage to resist in the city and will be destroyed in an instant.

The day of pacifying the world and restoring the glory of the Han Dynasty is just around the corner.

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't bear it any longer and of course they had to persuade him to come in directly. However, they didn't expect that the sound was so loud that it spread further and further.

Liu Bei ordered Dian Wei and Xu Chu to leave the study immediately to stop the soldiers from shouting, and to go out of the mansion to stop the officials outside from shouting.

After giving instructions, Liu Bei turned around and couldn't help laughing: "Gentlemen, Guanzhong has not been recovered yet, and the world is not at peace. How can we talk about the title? Let's put this matter aside for now."

Everyone looked at each other, but no one put down their hands first.

The same is true for Xun You, Guo Jia, and Lu Su.

You can be humble and not compete for credit on normal days, but if you really believe what the King of Han says and put your hands down, you would be a fool.

They are all talented people in the world, how could they do such a foolish thing.

Seeing that many officials remained motionless, Liu Bei could only bow and smile, saying, "We can discuss this matter later. I hope you will not say anything today."

Everyone knows the story of Emperor Guangwu. If the King of Han had easily agreed to something he was advised to do, it would have been against etiquette.

Let's get the news out now, and take things slowly from here on out. You can't rush into ascending the throne, otherwise it won't be good for the king.

Everyone looked at each other, bowed and said loudly: "How dare we disobey the king's order!"

After that, everyone stood up without Liu Bei's persuasion.

Seeing that no one continued to bow and kowtow, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought of another thing, and said, "Now that Hebei has just been settled, there are still some discontented local tyrants in Jizhou, who have repeatedly rebelled with weapons. Fortunately, Zhang Yan of Heishan has led his troops back in time, and they can defeat the local tyrants hiding in the mountains as bandits."

"But there are also millions of people in Heishan. Zhang Yan once wrote to me, saying that every early winter, mid-winter, and late winter, tens of thousands of people froze to death in the mountains and forests. I have repeatedly requested to relocate them to the plains, but how to settle more than a million people is also a difficult task. If you have any good ideas, please tell me."

This is also a headache for Liu Bei at the moment. At this time, the counties in Jizhou have delayed last year's autumn ploughing due to the rebellion, and this year's spring ploughing must not be delayed any further.

Moving a million people to Jizhou would be a huge drain on food and grass transportation. Even if the Black Mountain people could afford most of the surplus food, the remaining supplies would be enough to overwhelm the granaries of neighboring states. Moreover, they had to supply food and grass to the nearly 40,000 Han troops stationed in Jizhou.

Even though he had seized a lot of corn and wheat stored by the wealthy families, he must send troops to Guanzhong this year and lead his troops to occupy Hanzhong, so as to be in a position to command a high position against Yizhou and Guanzhong.

Although we are strong now, we need money and grain everywhere.

Liu Bei had told Xun Yu about this matter in Pingyuan before. Xun Yu could not help shaking his head, bowing and smiling bitterly at Liu Bei, saying, "Your Majesty, I have been losing my hair and beard for several years. Hua Yuanhua said that this is due to my busy work. I hope Your Majesty will not make it difficult for Xun Yu."

Not to mention Xun Wenruo, even if Xiao He and Kou Xun were resurrected, and the three of them worked together, they would not be able to feed a million people for half a year.

Because various parts of Jizhou are still suppressing rebellions, the harvests from spring and autumn plowing will definitely not be as good as before.

Even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. Now the grain and fodder from Qingzhou is supplied to Jizhou, the grain and fodder from Xuzhou is transported to Yuzhou and Huainan, and the grain and fodder from Yanzhou is transported by water to Henan and Henei in preparation for the attack on Guanzhong. There is really no extra corn to settle the people of Heishan.

Since Xun Yu was helpless, Liu Bei could only ask Xun You, Guo Jia, Lu Su and others if they had any solutions.

When Xun You, Man Chong, Mao Jie and many other officials heard the King of Han asking questions, they were at a loss for a moment.

Only Guo Jia lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and smiled, cupping his hands and saying with a smile: "Wait a minute, my king, I have a plan that can solve the problem for the time being."

"The news that we are advising the king to take the throne today will spread across the world in just two or three months. In addition, the lost imperial seal has been recovered, and the governor of Hanzhong, Zhang Lu, has led 100,000 households to surrender. This will surely make the princes of the world tremble three times a day when they hear about it."

"Why don't you use this power to send envoys to Shangdang and Taiyuan, the two counties in Bingzhou closest to Luoyang, to persuade their governors to surrender?"

"Even powerful lords like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have been wiped out, and Gongsun Zan has also surrendered to the Han Dynasty. However, how dare the two governors resist the Han army? If they don't surrender, they will be destroyed."

"When the king led his army to recover Guanzhong, he defeated Hedong, Hongnong, Jingzhaoyin, Zuofengyi and other counties along the way. Wherever the army went, Shangdang and Taiyuan would not dare to defend their cities anymore."

"We will only move some of the people of Heishan to Shangdang, Taiyuan and Hedong when the two counties surrender. In the early years, the people of these three places fled to all directions because of the Xiongnu disaster. There are many fields but few people. We can also use refined salt, sugar and tea to trade beef and mutton with Xiongnu nobles, which is enough to settle 200,000 to 300,000 people."

"Once Bingzhou is completely conquered, we can move all the millions of people to Bingzhou and set up a military office to stop the Xiongnu from wreaking havoc in Sili."

Guo Jia said seriously.

He didn't believe that the nobles in the Xiongnu tribe would not be interested in the refined salt, sugar and tea produced in Qingzhou.

These supplies can also be used to gradually win over the Xiongnu nobles and then divide them from the herdsmen. The Xiongnu are not like the Xianbei people. Most of their tribes are outside the Great Wall, so if you want to send troops to conquer them, you have to go outside the Great Wall.

To deal with the surrendered Xiongnu tribes, as long as the two sides are protected by the Wugang chariot formation, they can go all the way north and defeat the Xiongnu royal court.

How many Huns, who have stayed in Bingzhou for more than a hundred years, still want to return to the grassland to graze? Even if they go to the grassland, they have to fight with the Xianbei to compete for pasture.

If the Han army catches up with them again, they will have no choice but to migrate westward like the Northern Huns, and the Han border will no longer appear from then on.

After listening to Guo Jia's analysis, Liu Bei couldn't help but nodded.

Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling were worried about the Huns causing chaos, so they were unable to mobilize all their forces. But he was different.

If the Xiongnu tribes really dared to confront Luoyang, or came to obstruct him in response to Liu Xie's edict when he sent troops to Guanzhong, they would only bring trouble upon themselves and regret it too late.

(End of this chapter)