Huangfu Li coughed lightly, and continued after a long time: "Originally, the general wanted to recruit more cavalry, but the eldest princess and the imperial court considered that the Central Plains War had just ended, Hebei's financial resources were tight, and the frequent recruitment of Hu cavalry was also easy to arouse the disgust of the Hu tribes, so the scale of the army to conquer the west was controlled at 36,000 cavalry in two legions, and the general Gao Changgong was the commander of the army. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 I believe that with the courage of General Gao Changgong, it will not be a problem to defeat Xiqiang and recapture the five counties of Hexi and stabilize the western border. ”

Han Sui only felt a cold murderous aura rushing straight to his head, and his thin body shivered a few times involuntarily.

The Jicheng Imperial Court suddenly decided to go west, which caught him off guard, and he was confused and at a loss for a while.

"Wenyue, it's getting late, I'm leaving." Seeing Han Sui's frightened expression, Huangfu Li couldn't help but show a little smugness in his eyes, he stood up, bowed down and said, "Wenyue, can I get your reply tomorrow morning?" ”

Han Sui hesitated for a moment, then stood up and asked in a low voice, "Can you tell me the real reason why the general didn't return to Jicheng?" ”

Huangfu Li shook his head and said with a slight smile: "Wen Yue, why didn't the general return to Jicheng, I don't know, but Hebei is now ruled by the Son of Heaven and the eldest princess, there is no doubt about it." Wenyue should have seen that since the great general King Qinwang successfully rebuilt the imperial court, Hebei has undergone earth-shaking changes. If Hebei is still the Hebei of the past, does Wen Yue think that today's imperial court can win the Central Plains War? Looking back at Dong Zhuo's defeat, and then looking at the rise of Hebei, doesn't Wen Yue still understand the reason? ”

"In the Central Plains War, the reason why Hebei was able to win was entirely due to the strength of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court."

"Wen Yue may not know much about the specific situation of the Central Plains War. In this Central Plains War, the imperial court continuously requisitioned 1.8 million people in seven months, raised and transported 24,000 wagons and 3,500 ships of grain, grass and baggage. At the time of the decisive battle, the eldest princess also personally went north to the desert and requisitioned 70,000 Hu horsemen to the south. Wen Yue can think about it, in a war of this scale, if there was no strong imperial court to command the overall situation, if there were no county officials who were absolutely loyal to the imperial court, if there were no people and soldiers who trusted the Son of Heaven and the imperial court very much, and if there were no Saiwaihu people who were afraid of the power of the Han and bowed down to orders, would we have been able to achieve such an unprecedented victory? Can we thus lay the edge of peace in the world? ”

"Although the general is famous and famous, with his personal prestige and power, and with his own strength, can he make all the county officials in the three prefectures of Hebei obey him? Can we guarantee that Hebei will continue to recruit and mobilize people and raise grain and grass within seven months without the slightest mistake? ”

"There is a more important place, does the general dare to risk becoming a rebellious remnant of the Han Dynasty for 10,000 years, and at the risk of destroying the Central Plains to destroy Sheji, and requisition more than 100,000 Hu cavalry from outside the Saiwai to go south?"

"Wenyue, the general is the general of the Han Dynasty, and he is the Zhongxing minister of the Han Dynasty, and it is precisely because of the loyalty and bravery of the general that the prestige of the Han Emperor and the imperial court has been rebuilt. And it is precisely because the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the imperial court have rebuilt their prestige that the general can command the army to dominate the world and build a great cause. ”

"In the Central Plains War, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and other rebels gathered more than 600,000 troops to fight a decisive battle in Hebei, but why did they lose? Could it be because the eldest princess requisitioned 70,000 iron horsemen from outside the Saiwai and sent 70,000 iron horsemen south to give the rebels a fatal blow? No, not for this reason, but because Yuan Shao and Liu Biao rebelled and wantonly trampled on the prestige of the Han Emperor and the imperial court, they betrayed the Han Dynasty and betrayed the Celestial Empire, they lost the most powerful force that could conquer the world, and what awaited them was complete defeat. ”

"If you are the enemy of the Han Dynasty, you are bound to be wiped out."

Huangfu Li's waving hands were like flying battle flags, and his impassioned voice seemed to turn into the earth-shattering roar of the Northern Xinjiang cavalry.

Han Sui was dumbfounded, his heart shocked.

………………

Ma Chao received Han Sui's letter and rushed back to Chang'an day and night.

"Did Yuki agree to our terms?" Han Sui asked eagerly.

"No, none of the key conditions have been agreed." Ma Chao said hatefully, "Probably because I saw that the Northeast Frontier Army of Hebei had no signs of crossing the river to attack, and the Central Plains battlefield was all suspended, so Feng Ji's tone became harder and harder." He refused to give up Tongguan and Wuguan, and refused to give us money and food when the heavy snow came. The relief that had been promised to Si Liang was postponed until next spring on the pretext that Hanoi had fallen and that more troops needed to be recruited to launch a counteroffensive. ”

"Next spring?" Han Sui smiled angrily, "In the spring of next year, the Northern Xinjiang Army will cross the river to attack, and the money and food he gave me will be used to fight the war. Yuan Shao's account is very fine. ”

"Is it to let the Qiang people return to Xiliang temporarily?" Ma Chao asked, "It's going to snow soon, and if you delay it for a while, Qiang Qi won't be able to go back." ”

"Let them go back immediately." Han Sui nodded and said, "We have limited food and grass. If everyone stays in Guanzhong, we will have to kill horses at the beginning of the year. You also go back with the army. ”

"Me?" Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, "I'll also go back to Xiliang?" ”

"Yes, Hebei has formed two legions of the Western Expeditionary Army, which is heading to Hexi." Han Sui smiled bitterly, "Huangfu Li said that the Northern Frontier Warriors Gao Changgong and Zhang Liao will rush to Wuwei County with the cavalry of the two legions before it snows. ”

"The Western Expedition?" Ma Chao's eyes widened in surprise and asked, "Uncle, are they going to fight Xiliang?" ”

"Knock ......" Han Sui smashed his fist on the desk, gritted his teeth and said, "We made a mistake." In the Central Plains War, the reason why Hebei won the final victory was because 140,000 Hu cavalry were requisitioned and transferred south from outside the Saiwai, which far exceeded our expectations. Who would have thought that Hebei would firmly control the Huhu outside the Saiwai, it is unbelievable. ”

"How is this possible?" Ma Chao didn't believe it at all, he said, "Huangfu Li must be talking nonsense." In order to defend the desert, Hebei stationed tens of thousands of cavalry outside the Saiwai, and once these people went south, the Hus outside the Saiwai lost their deterrence and could rebel at any time. Therefore, the Hu cavalry who went south to fight in the Central Plains this time was at most Li Yi's henchmen of the Yuwen tribe and the Xiao tribe. As for the cavalry guarding the outside and other Hu tribes, Li Yi definitely did not dare to recruit them at will. ”

"It's true." Han Sui took out Li Yi's letter and said to Ma Chao, "After the end of the Jizhou War, Li Yi went north to inspect the desert, and changed the status of the Xiongnu Shan Yuting and Xianbei tribes to a subordinate state, and all the Hu tribes became Han people, and all Hu people enjoyed the treatment of Han people, and while moving south to the Hu tribe, he vigorously promoted and implemented a series of new policies that were conducive to the stability and development of the Hu tribe in Biansai County. ”

"The leaders of the Hu tribes were given more wealth, and their people were now able to enjoy not only the relief of the imperial court to ensure their survival, but also their own livestock and pastures as a result of joining the Han military households. The Hu people have no worries about survival, the life of the family has been guaranteed, the status and treatment of Guishun have been guaranteed, and everyone is grateful to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and the imperial court, how many people are willing to betray the Han in this situation? Therefore, it is not difficult to understand that the Hu tribes are controlled by Hebei. ”

"According to Hebei's recruit system, the more merit a soldier has, the more land he will receive. For the Hu people, the more cattle and sheep they have, the bigger their pasture. Han Sui shook his head again and again and sighed, "This new military system in Hebei has a great stimulus to the soldiers, everyone is willing to fight, and everyone is willing to fight to the death." If my estimate is correct, by next spring, more and more Hu cavalry will join the army of the Western Expedition. ”

Ma Chao thought for a moment and asked suspiciously: "Uncle, Hebei has been constantly conquering, laying down a large area of land and grassland, and then rewarding these lands and grasslands to meritorious soldiers, so how can Hebei's wealth grow?" If Hebei's wealth cannot grow, then what will it do to fight? ”

"That's a good question." Han Sui looked at Han Yi, Yan Xing, Yang Fu, Yang Qiu and other Xiliang generals sitting beside him, and made no secret of his appreciation for Ma Chao, "Among all of you here, only Meng Qi sees the key point in this. ”

"There are two key points of Hebei's Xintian system and the new tax system." Han Sui said, "One is that most of the land in the world belongs to the imperial court. ”

"For more than ten years, the Han Dynasty has been plagued by wars and disasters, the population has plummeted, and there is a lot of unowned land. Except for the private land of some surviving wealthy men and the land newly awarded by the imperial court to meritorious soldiers, the rest of the land is owned by the imperial court. It's the same with pastures. In these years, Li Yi has pacified the Hu, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and Xianbei in Liaodong, dominating the desert and occupying a vast territory, and Hebei has countless grasslands. Hebei distributed these lands and pastures belonging to the imperial court to the common people and the Hu people, allowing them to cultivate and graze, and the proceeds were shared between the two parties as agreed. The land belonged to the imperial court, which was the fundamental reason for the continuous growth of Hebei's wealth. ”

"The second is to levy and pay taxes according to Ding. For 400 years, the land rent and oral tax have been levied according to the amount of land and the number of people. However, because Hebei implemented the Xintian system, everyone was allocated the same amount of land, so the tax was levied according to the ding, and the same amount of tax was levied for each ding. In this way, the people could not deceive the government into paying less or not paying taxes. The taxation of taxes according to Ding led to a sudden increase in Hebei's wealth, and the time for it to recover after the Central Plains War was greatly shortened. ”

Han Sui said very generally, while Ma Chao, Yang Qiu and others did not understand, as if they understood or not, and they roughly knew that the new policy implemented in Hebei was very clever. The soldiers of Hebei and the Hu people of Northern Xinjiang can get land and pasture as long as they make meritorious contributions in battle, so the Northern Xinjiang army will become more and more powerful.

After Han Sui said a few words briefly, he didn't know what he thought of, and fell into deep thought.

The lobby was very quiet for a while. (To be continued.) )