Chapter 437: Everyone is Unreliable
"I suggest you prepare your supplies now. The Qiang people in Liangzhou will have a hard time in winter. If you hire them, the strength of the Western Region will be much stronger."
Li Ru said very seriously that he might not be as good as Chen Xi in other aspects, but he had worked hard for decades in the governance of Liangzhou and he knew the Qiang people in Liangzhou very well.
"Yao Chong has already started working on it. I estimate that it won't take long to complete all the storage!" Chen Xi said proudly. After the Nine Cauldrons came into the world, the climate problems in various places were directly solved.
If nothing unexpected happens, the whole country will have a bumper harvest today, and this wave will basically be enough to free the Han Empire from the most basic problem of food and clothing.
"It's good that you know what's going on!" Li Ru nodded. This was Chen Xi's strong point, and he didn't need to get involved in logistics.
"How do you plan to deal with the Jingchu family?" Xun Yu suddenly asked.
"Let them go. Zijing, you should follow Sun Jian and his men to Jianye this time, and clean up the situation in Jiangdong. Take Lu Meng and Lu Xun with you."
After much thought, Chen Xi felt that Jiangdong was a big pit. After Li Ru was transferred away, he could only let the original four governors of Dongwu settle this matter.
"Who are you going to let take over my job after I leave?"
Lu Su frowned. He didn’t quite understand what Chen Xi meant. Did the Jingchu family need a high-ranking official like him to personally come forward to suppress the rebellion?
"Kong Ming and Shi Yuan, the two of them are enough on the left and right!" Chen Xi waved his hand to signal Lu Su not to think too much.
"I'm sending you on this trip because I have a big mission. I'll tell you in detail when you leave."
"A big task?" Lu Su became even more suspicious. Chen Xi had never mentioned anything about this. Besides, why did the big plan coming out of Chen Xi's mouth sound so creepy?
In fact, the Jingchu family is just a small trouble. The weakest family in the entire Three Kingdoms is the Jingchu family. They are too weak and like to fight among themselves. They are basically just floor tiles.
Not to mention Lu Su, even Lu Meng and Lu Xun might be able to handle the situation if they went with just an honorary position. After all, Lu Xun is a member of the Lu family, and it is not a difficult task for Lu Xun and Lu Meng to break the enemy's defense by using a single point.
In the original history, during the Han Dynasty and even up to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the so-called court politics during the winter vacation was actually just the politics of the aristocratic families, and the Liu family happened to be the largest aristocratic family.
It is true that the great mage Liu Xiu is very talented, but the disadvantage of starting from scratch is that basically all his supporters are from aristocratic families. If he meets a powerful emperor, he can check and balance them, but if he meets a not-so-powerful emperor, he will be in trouble.
The network of disciples and former officials, the relationship between the aristocratic families and the hell, and the innate differences between the east, south, west and north ultimately led to the fact that the emperor could not break through a huge network called aristocratic family politics.
But what does these have to do with the southern families? This era is not the era after the later migration to the south. The core areas of the Han Dynasty are now in the north.
Jiangdong and Jingchu? A land of barbarians !
Southern Jiaozhou? A place of exile!
The so-called Jingchu families couldn’t be any worse. At best, they were all nouveau riche, and there were very few of them with real heritage.
Of course, these are all history. In this world, the power of the Jingchu family is still very good. After all, they occupy a large area. With hundreds of millions of foundations, they still have a lot of talents from humble backgrounds.
These people have all been deeply harmed by the aristocratic families and are naturally loyal to the court. In addition, the entire country is now thriving and the general trend cannot be stopped by these aristocratic families.
It would be easy to crush these Jingchu families by just sending a capable minister with great momentum. Sending Lu Su has other important tasks.
Chen Xi plans to send Lu Su to Jiangdong to develop the planting industry in the south. This thing is a cesspool. Fill it with Lu Su, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Tian Feng and Ju Shou, and it should be almost done.
"By the way, General Zhu Jun will also go to Jiangdong. He said that there are no good archers in the north, so it is more reliable to recruit archers from Jiangdong. I will send the supplies over when the time comes." Chen Xi said with a smile.
"Old General Zhu Jun? The last incident must have been a big blow to him. He still has to fight so hard at his age!"
Lu Su nodded and said nothing. It was indeed wrong for Zhu Jun to fail in his expedition against Li Zicheng. He should be punished for his mistakes. It would be a good thing for him to train archers.
They had long felt that the Han Dynasty's military structure was unreasonable. The powerful legions were all cavalry, and only the vanguard was a long-range troop. How could they play like this?
When it comes to naval battles, it would be helpful to have more archer corps. We can't really let the cavalry fight in naval battles.
"Okay, that's about it. After Kong Ming is done, just send your suggestions to Yao Chong, Chen Gong, and Jia Xu. They will take care of the aftermath!"
Chen Xi clapped his hands and happily ended the meeting. After all, there was nothing to argue about these things. Basically, everyone knew the answer. Speaking about them again in the Government Affairs Office was also to fill in the gaps.
Since everyone has spoken up, it means that no one has any objection.
"Damn Zichuan!" After struggling for a long time, Guo Jia was completely unable to break free from Cheng Yu's control until the meeting was over and Cheng Yu let go.
Guo Jia rushed towards Chen Xi with his teeth bared, I treated you as a bad friend, and you actually want me to work overtime!
How can he slack off when he is in charge of intelligence? It's not like he has no sense of responsibility at all. There is no such thing as off-duty when it comes to intelligence. Who knows when there will be new intelligence.
"Fengxiao, don't say that, I'm doing this for your own good!" Chen Xi said with a long tone and a heartbroken expression.
"Don't give me that. I will only forgive you if you pay me at least this much!" Guo Jia looked at Chen Xi with disdain and held up five fingers.
"That's all I have. Take it or leave it!" Chen Xi gritted his teeth. Guo Jia really dared to ask for such a high price.
While the two were bargaining, Pang Tong asked Sima Yi beside him with a curious look on his face.
"Zhongda, do you know what the prime minister and the others are talking about?"
"If I'm not mistaken, it should be the song and dance !" Sima Yi said expressionlessly. The more he knew, the more he felt that this court was doomed.
From top to bottom, there is basically no one who is reliable. Can you believe that the most reliable one is Zhuge Liang?
Even the usually cruel Li Ru was a lazy guy. Basically, most of the intelligence work had been thrown to him. When they first came into contact, he was almost exhausted.
Don’t be fooled by Lu Su next to him, who has thick eyebrows and big eyes and often works overtime. Isn’t he a pillar of the Han Dynasty?
Do you think he is the conscience of the court? Wrong!
Lu Su is also an unreliable person. Why does Lu Su often work overtime? Is it because he has too much work?
What a joke! If people like Lu Su were to have to work overtime every day because of too much work, the Government Affairs Office should be closed down. As the highest ruling department of the Han Dynasty, it simply doesn't have that much to do.
