Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 315 Farewell

   Feiqian quietly knelt down in the hall, and behind the bead curtain on the hall, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was also sitting quietly, looking at him.

Originally, Fei Qian could not be used, because although according to the usual practice, ministers dispatched abroad need to come to say goodbye to the emperor, but that refers to the county guard level above two thousand stones, and Fei Qian's highest official position is at most one than one. Qianshi...

However, Feiqian's official position is really special, coupled with the memorial sent by Cai Yong, Liu Xie had the idea of ​​meeting Feiqian, so after obtaining Li Ru's consent, he went to the east of the Deyang Hall. Pavilion, summoned Fei Qian.

  An emperor who wants to see a courtier needs the consent of another courtier. It is unbelievable and ironic, but this is the current situation.

Even now, there are guards standing outside the hall. Although they don’t pretend to be listening, in fact, maybe the guards, or the eunuchs, most of them will be responsible for sorting out the conversation between the two and handing it over to Li Ru. Look…

Liu Xie was brought up by Empress Dowager Dong. In fact, Empress Dowager Dong did not have much literary accomplishment. She was not much different from those women in the countryside who did not know poetry. She was stingy and greedy for money. But she really loves Liu Xie. If there is something delicious and fun, she always thinks about Liu Xie first.

Therefore, Liu Xie also grew up in a relatively relaxed environment, more like a normal child, loves to laugh, loves to make trouble, and is relatively courageous. One reason for coming forward.

  But now Liu Xie has completely changed.

   Can you imagine that a ten-year-old child has started to think and speak like an adult, and even speak slowly every word?

  "...Fei Zhonglang," Fei Qian's current official position is really weird, so after Liu Xie thought about it for a few seconds, he felt that it is more customary to call him this name, "... How sure are you of the strategy of assimilation of Bingzhou?"

  Fei Qian cupped his hands and replied: "Don't dare to hide anything, I'm not sure."

   It’s not that Fei Qian is fooling around or something else, but that I’m really not sure. Although there are some examples for future generations to refer to, will it be possible to implement it in the Han Dynasty?

  Fei Qian also didn’t want to pat his chest indiscriminately in order to gain a good impression in front of the emperor, sometimes making easy promises, or exaggerating whether to report good news or not bad news is an act of digging a hole for himself.

  Liu Xie was a little strange and asked, "...Why?"

   "No soldiers, no wealth, no food, no one, no confidence..." Fei Qian replied.

   What Fei Qian said is very straightforward and practical, and the resources he has now can be counted clearly.

  In addition to his original private soldiers, Fei Min, Patriarch of the Fei family, supported him with 30 guards, 15 horses, 50 ordinary armors, 5 sets of full body armor, and some weapons and provisions.

The Fei family itself is not a very big family, and the Fei family is also facing migration, and they also need guards to protect the main family, big and small, all the way to the west, so if Fei Qian hadn't asked Bingzhou to dissolve the Yuan family and Contradictions between the Yang family and the Fei family, Fei Min really doesn't necessarily have to bring these out...

On the court side, there are quite a few more soldiers. A total of 500 soldiers were dispatched, including 200 soldiers from Bingzhou and 300 soldiers from the Northern Army. One hundred, five hundred knives around the head, five hundred armor, one thousand each of clothes, robes, swords, and braids, two hundred bows, one hundred crossbows, one hundred shields, fifty horses, a few arrows, and others like axes, Two carts of sundries such as chains, hooks, claws, forks, horns, etc., 200 shi of food and grass, and advances to Feiqian for 500 soldiers for three months...

In other words, the big man formed an army of about 500 people for Feiqian, which was under its jurisdiction, and included a three-month maintenance period. After three months, it was no longer within the scope of repairs, and Feiqian needed to to solve.

   The above is all of Feiqian's possessions.

Compared with ordinary people, it is quite impressive. Like Gucheng, which Feiqian visited before, there were two or three hundred guards. Therefore, the force controlled by Feiqian alone is equivalent to that of two counties. total force.

  However, this is useless.

  Bingzhou is so big, five hundred soldiers, oh, plus Feiqian’s own private soldiers, six or seven hundred people are thrown into Bingzhou, it’s really not even a single wave can splash...

  However, when Fei Qian said this, Liu Xie was a little puzzled, and said, "Since this is the case, where should we go?"

"Liang used troops to suppress the Qiang rebellion, four out of ten, spent 24 billion. Finances are scarce, government funds are empty, hundreds of officials are reduced, and loans are made to princes, it is still incomprehensible..." Fei Qian said a few figures, That is, the military expenditure spent by the Eastern Han Dynasty when dealing with the Qianghu rebels in Xiliang...

  Because the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted a soldier structure that combined recruitment and enlistment, military expenditures were much higher than those of the Western Han Dynasty, and the example Fei Qian mentioned was just one of the battles against the Qianghu...

It can be said that there was a problem with the policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty on the Qianghu in Xiliang, which led to repeated rebellions by the Qianghu, which in turn affected the entire national finance. As a result, in order to suppress the rebellion, the Eastern Han Dynasty had to borrow money many times and increase taxes to various counties. The degree of oppression of ordinary people was further increased. In the end, the people were overwhelmed and encountered a disaster year. They could not survive, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion occurred.

   Of course, among them, due to the troubled times, the gentry from all over the world also formed docks to protect themselves and absorbed black households, which led to a further reduction in the taxation of the Han Dynasty and the situation worsened...

  The land was merged, and there were fewer and fewer self-cultivating farmers at the bottom, the strength of the gentry was further strengthened, and the power of the royal family was further weakened.

Of course, Fei Qian would not say these things. He just said that if he could assimilate a barbarian, he would be able to directly add a soldier to control the country, and save the military expenditure that would have been aimed at these barbarians. Can ease the entire Dahan finances...

Fei Qian finally said: "...In the affairs of the world, there are those who know what is easy and how to do it, and there are those who know what is difficult and how to do what is easy. As a subject, how can you choose what is easy and discard what is difficult? What's more, it's all about human effort. Lu, I should be loyal to the Han, do my best, work hard, guard the borders and protect the land for the great Han, and live up to your majesty's kindness."

Fei Qian spoke very calmly, very straightforwardly, without exaggeration, without concealment, without any cadence, impassioned, but it made Liu Xie feel very real, very sincere, completely like the cloud mountains and mists of Tai Fu Yuan Kui, Or the oblique words of the **** Wang Yun are completely different.

  Behind the bead curtain, Liu Xie silently said "Easy to know but easy to do, hard to know and easy to do" on both sides, and nodded involuntarily. The Fei Qian in front of him seemed to be as gentle and plain as he remembered...

  Liu Xie suddenly thought of something, smiled slightly, and said, "I am so relieved that Fei Zhonglang has this ambition. I am about to leave now...Come here! Bring some pastries!"

   Soon some eunuchs took some pastries, put them in a food box, and brought them over. Liu Xie motioned to give these cakes to Fei Qian, saying: "This cake is still beautiful, I give it to you to eat, so as to strengthen you."

   After Feiqian kowtowed to thank him, he took the cake, bid farewell to Liu Xie, and withdrew.

  Fei sneaked a glance at the food box in his hand, and couldn't help but have a strange thought in his heart, there shouldn't be any note of blood in it...

  Fei Qian was thinking, holding the food box and walking again. Unexpectedly, just after turning a corner, he met Dong Zhuo from Deyang Palace...

  Dong Zhuo was originally extremely strong, and during this period of time he was pampered in Luoyang, and gained a lot of fat. Standing forward at this time, it really feels like a wall is blocking the front.

It used to be far away in the main hall, so I didn't feel much. Now when Dong Zhuo stood in front of him, Fei Qian really felt a strong sense of oppression, as if the sun and warmth were completely blocked at this moment. All that was left was darkness and chill.

  Dong Zhuo walked up to Fei Qian who was saluting, raised his head halfway, squinted his eyes, stared at the food box beside him, and said, "What is this?"

  Fei slandered inwardly, Cao Cao learned his feelings from you, Fatty Dong?

   But the slander belongs to the slander, Fei Qian still respectfully replied: "This is a gift from Your Majesty."

"Oh? Come here!" Dong Zhuo is different from Cao Cao, he is not polite at all, maybe Fei Qian is just a petty official in Dong Zhuo's eyes, not worth mentioning, so he directly asked someone to take the food box in front of him, and opened it for a look , filled with four-color pastries, a total of eight pastries, divided into two layers, each with two pieces, stacked together.

  Dong Zhuo tapped the food box lightly with his finger, then glanced at Fei Qian, who was bowing his head, apparently wondering why Liu Guihui gave him some cakes.

   "This cake is very beautiful, how about giving it to me?" Dong Zhuo grinned and asked.

Don't look at Fei Qian's calm face now, in fact, he is constantly circling in his heart, hiding some note in the pastry and steamed buns, this kind of plot is simply a creative idea, it will be seen in almost every spy movie, Liu Although Xie didn't see these movies and TV shows, what if he learned it without a teacher?

   Then, should I agree to Dong Zhuo, or should I not agree?

   It's hot... It's hot... Sprinkle some cumin powder on me, and I can serve it on a plate... I wonder if my hair is burnt... What about the May Day holiday? Come back to work overtime!

  (end of this chapter)