Liang Xiao turned over and dismounted in front of the palace, threw the reins to Pang Shuo, and quickly walked into the palace with Tu Niuer. The guard at the gate of the palace was about to go forward to check Liang Xiao's escort. Li Guang rushed out of the inside, and waved from a distance, saying, "Bo Ming, Bo Ming."

When Liang Xiao saw it, he quickly bowed and greeted it with a smile. When the guards saw it, they quickly smiled and retreated.

Li Guang rushed to the front, slapped Liang Xiao and slapped Liang Xiao on the shoulder. Liang Xiao grinned, but did not let him. Li Guang looked up and down at him and nodded with satisfaction. "Well, I'm not going to be slaughtered, but I'm more energetic."

"I don't have enough energy and energy, and I can't stop the general's palm." Liang Xiao squeezed his eyes. "I'm so dull in the palace that I want to go out and run?"

"Yes." Li Guang was not polite either. "How about it, please give me a few good words in front of the emperor?"

"I will do my best." Liang Xiao paused and said, "If you can go to war, please put it aside. The general's art of shooting has improved recently. Why don't we go out to compete when I have seen Your Majesty?"

Li Guang glared at his eyes and then laughed. He rubbed his hands and agreed repeatedly. "Okay, since you left, I have no match for you. I haven't hunted for a long time, so I'll go hunting this time. Good boy, you know what I think."

Liang Xiao laughed and walked side by side with Li Guang. Along the way, the Lang Guan, who was on duty with a halberd, nodded in greeting him regardless of whether he knew him or not. When he arrived at the gate of the hall, Qin Ge came out from inside and walked down the steps quickly. "General Li, please stay, I will accompany Bo Ming in."

Li Guang nodded and agreed, clenched his fists at Liang Xiao again. "I'll wait for you."

"No problem." Liang Xiao waved his hand and followed Qin Ge to the hall. Qin Ge smiled and said, "Why, you have to compete with General Li as soon as you come back?"

"Even if I don't look for him, he will look for me. Instead of being passive, it's better to take the initiative to challenge."

"That's right, General Li has been very idle recently and can't find his opponent's loneliness."

"No, no opponent is lonely. Fighting with the sky is endless fun; fighting with the earth is endless fun; fighting with people is even more endless fun."

The emperor's laughter came from the hall: "Is Lushan too angry and so aggressive?" In his voice, the emperor greeted him, stood in the threshold, and looked at Liang Xiao with a smile. When Qin Ge saw him, he secretly turned a wink from Liang Xiao. After taking power, the emperor never took the initiative to greet anyone, and respected any minister, at most he just watched him enter the hall and leave the hall.

Liang Xiao rushed two steps and rushed to the emperor. Without saluting, he stared at the emperor and looked at him twice, then let out a long sigh and bowed.

The emperor was confused by his almost rude behavior. He tilted his mouth. "Why, are you afraid of doing the wrong manner?"

"Your Majesty forgive me. I heard that Your Majesty is busy with national affairs and is busy with all kinds of things every day, and I am worried that Your Majesty will be haggard. Now seeing Your Majesty's spirit is strong, I finally let go of my heart. I am anxious and rude, so I would like to forgive you."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then laughed. "Are you worried about me? Could it be that you lied to me to be happy?"

"How dare you?"

"Okay, I'll just think you are real." The emperor stretched out his hand, took Liang Xiao's arm, pulled Liang Xiao into the hall, and came to the imperial case. There were a lot of Jian Ce piled up on the imperial case, and there were a few tables beside him. Xu Le and others were all there, looking at Liang Xiao with a smile. Liang Xiao bowed his hand one by one, and said a few words, then sat opposite the emperor's right hand. The person sitting opposite him was Cao Shi, the Marquis of Pingyang.

"When you see these people, guess what we just discussed."

"Now!" Liang Xiao bowed to take the order, looked at Cao Shi opposite him and Wei Qing on his left hand, and said, "With these two lords and marquises, I'm afraid there is only the Western Expedition."

The emperor drooped his eyelids and his eyes flashed. "Have you heard that the big river in Shandong broke again, and the Dingtao Kingdom was vast. In this case, do you think you can still send troops?"

Cao Shi and others subconsciously held their breath and turned their eyes to Liang Xiao. The army of the western counties had gathered and stood on standby. According to the original plan, they should be on the way to the expedition at this moment. Because of the flood in Shandong, the emperor was afraid of causing criticism and was hesitant. Whether to fight or not, the positive and negative opinions could not be argued, and their hearts had been hanging in the air for a long time.

"I think it's not a problem whether I can send troops or not. What I need to consider is how to win."

The emperor was excited and raised his eyelids again. "Can't you not send troops?"

Liang Xiao talked happily. "Your Majesty, not only will it not be possible to send troops, but it will not be possible to defeat the war. Will the Huns stop after getting Hexi? It is definitely not. With the wealth of the trade route and the help of the Qiang people, they will gain a foothold, further plan for the power of the Wuwei, and then force Longxi and instead attack Shuofang. At that time, the northwest will inevitably be full of wars and a mess. Therefore..."

Liang Xiao said this, paused for a moment, looked around, and then made a summary loudly. "Stop fighting with war, it is okay to fight."

The emperor blinked his eyes and said nothing, and a big stone in his heart fell to the ground. After so long discussion, he had thought of such a prospect. However, he was still much more at ease when he heard this from Liang Xiao's mouth. At least on this matter, Liang Xiao's opinion was consistent with him.

"Sending troops to fight is nothing more than seeking profit and avoiding harm. When going to Hexi, there is no profit to seek and harm to avoid. Therefore, it is inevitable to send troops and should not be discussed at all. There is only one thing to discuss, how to win..."

Xu Le interrupted Liang Xiao. "But Shandong is flooded with refugees, how can we send troops to fight? With the current financial resources of the court, disaster relief and conquest, we cannot have both. Can we say that we should sit idly by and watch the people wander around the mud, but fight for the wild land outside the frontier?"

"Otherwise." Although Liang Xiao and Xu Le got along happily, they were arguing in front of the imperial court at this moment and could not tolerate affection. He asked back: "The people in Shandong are the people, but the people in the northwest are not the people?"

Xu Le did not retreat at all. "As Junhou said, the people in the northwest are the people, and the people in Shandong are not the people?"

"No." Liang Xiao said: "Whether it is Shandong or the northwest, they are all the people of the Han Dynasty and cannot be abandoned. The people in Shandong can escape to the surrounding counties and counties, but when the Huns attack, where will the people in the northwest escape? In the past few decades, are there few people who have been kidnapped by the Huns? They are not more miserable by the Huns as slaves and buried in a foreign land by the Huns?"

Xu Le's speech is insane.

"Besides, going to fight Hexi does not mean abandoning the people of Shandong. Your Majesty, I think that the breaking of the river is not a day, and if it cannot be cured, it may be a waste of people and money. If the river wants to cure it, it cannot be in a hurry and needs to make long-term plans."

"Mr. Liang, you are not a person who believes in God's will." Yan An joked to ease the atmosphere. "But what you said today seems familiar? Could it be that you are also more open and believe in the saying of Honour?"

"I don't believe in the will of God, I believe in the way of heaven." Liang Xiao also laughed. "Jun Yan, Lord, you are all from Shandong, but you may not know that the river often breaks, but it is not as good as this time. In previous years, the breaks were handled by the counties themselves, and the court was not alarmed."

"Is this happening?" Xu Le was shocked.

The emperor was also stunned for a moment, pondering for a moment, as if he had thought of something. "It seems that there are some things that have been done in the past few years, and the county has been doing things that have been governed by rivers. But I am used to it, and I didn't think deeply about it. I just thought it was a small decision and a small defeat, and the county magistrates took credit."

"It is not a day when the ice is frozen. The broken river is not formed in a year or two. If you want to control the river, you must know why the river is like this. Your Majesty, I have a lot of feelings when I look at Master Dong's articles. I dare to ask Your Majesty to ask Master Dong to write another article to study the changes of the river over the past few hundred years, and then recruit people who are brave and willing to go to danger to investigate the geography of the river and prepare for the radical cure of the river."

"Remedy the river disaster?" Not only Xu Le found it ridiculous, but even the emperor found it incredible. He looked around and wanted to speak but stopped.

Liang Xiao said slowly, "When Yao was in the world, there were floods in the world, and Gun and Yu and his son succeeded one after another, and they had achieved their full achievements in just over twenty years. Now there is only a small-scale flood in Shandong. Why do you think it is incurable?"

Everyone was stunned and speechless for a moment. Yes, this flood was much smaller than the big flood that spread all over the world during the Yao period. Why can't it be cured?

The emperor was overjoyed and almost laughed out loud. Liang Xiao's words unraveled his two knots in his heart. One was the real problem in front of him: the problem of the Yellow River has been in a long time and cannot be solved in a short while. The other was political and public opinion. Since the ancient saint Yao could have floods when he was in power, why couldn't there be floods when I was in power? If disasters and chaos occur, it means that the incumbent king loses virtue, then wouldn't Yao lose his virtue even more?

The people in front of them are all taboos for the venerables and dare not say it. It is not that they do not know the flood of Yao, but that they dare not compare it with the matter due to Yao's name. Only those who do not care about the sacred people will dare to take the blame for the world and expose this sentence that everyone knows, but no one is willing to say to everyone.

Sometimes, a fearless warrior like Liang Xiao can do things. It is precisely because of this that although Dong Zhongshu is knowledgeable, he is vulnerable in front of Liang Xiao.

The emperor forced himself to hold back his laughter and waved his hand. "Then you can't sit and watch the river flow and the people of Shandong are displaced, right?"

"Your Majesty, you can arrange immigration and move the people in the affected areas to the surrounding counties in batches to eat, and provide assistance from the counties along the way to ensure their basic living. Especially in Jiangnan, as far as I know, there are many lands available for reclaiming in Kuaiji, Yuzhang, or Jiangxia and Changsha, even if there are Shanglinyuan near Chang'an. There have been precedents of opening Shanglinyuan for farming without thalassinism. Why don't Your Majesty follow the example?"

Shanglinyuan is the Imperial Garden of the Emperor, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. When the Emperor expanded Shanglinyuan, it caused a lot of criticism. If it had been proposed to open Shanglinyuan for several years before, the Emperor would definitely not want to listen. But now the situation is different, and he is already in a state of great anxiety. As long as it can alleviate the public opinion caused by the flood in Shandong, let alone Shanglinyuan, he would not object even if other gardens around Chang'an were opened.

What's more, the refugees near Chang'an are limited after all, and a large number of refugees will be placed nearby. The symbolic significance of opening Shanglin Garden is greater than the actual significance, and his losses are not as great as imagined.

The emperor nodded repeatedly. Although he had not said it yet, he understood the meaning very well. He agreed with Liang Xiao's suggestion.

"In this way, the counties and counties will have to spend a lot of food and taxes, and the court may not be able to provide more money and food to support the expedition."

"Yes, so we need to ask the two lords to think of ways to support the war, and even make up for a small gap."

"How... maybe..." Cao Shi laughed silently, and after he said half of his words, he swallowed it back. Not to mention that it was impossible, the champion Hou Liangxiao in front of him was a successful case. When he was on a mission to the Western Regions, there were about ten people, which caused the vitality of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions to be severely damaged, and he also made a profit of a Dayuan princess. If he said it was impossible now, the emperor might have to replace him.

He secretly glanced at the emperor, and it happened to hit the emperor's expectant gaze. Cao Shi had no choice but to smile and said, "I would like to ask you to give me more advice, how can I support the war?"

Liang Xiao smiled. "This matter is difficult, not difficult, not difficult. Junhou, not only me, but also many people can give you advice. In addition to Changping Hou, the Censor, the Censor, General Li, General Cheng, who guards the northern border, all have similar experiences. The Huns were not that scary. With His Majesty's order and his soldiers under his command, our army could beat them all over the ground to find teeth."

The emperor's eyebrows moved, and immediately understood what Liang Xiao meant and smiled calmly. Judging from this situation, it would be impossible not to send Li Guang to the war. Only by concentrating all his strength can it be possible to achieve what Liang Xiao said about fighting to support the war, gain some benefits from the Huns, and make up for the gap brought about by the flood in Shandong. Cao Shi's ability is probably not enough to support this important war, at least he does not have enough confidence.

As soon as Liang Xiao arrived, he cut the mess with a quick knife to solve the emperor's hesitation.

In fact, before this, the two different opinions had been stalemate for a long time, and the emperor had a basic decision in his heart, but he needed someone with enough weight to express his support. Liang Xiao took on this important task very well. The same words may not be as credible as he said when he said them. For example, Cao Shi and Wei Qing did not dare to say them no matter what, and even Li Guang might not have such confidence.

After solving the problem of resettlement of refugees, the remaining problems will be easily solved. How can we use war to support the war and reduce the burden on the court as much as possible.

Liang Xiao suggested that people should be sent to the Western Qiang first, and the strategy of joining the Qiang people, and then use heavy troops to attack, annihilate the Qiang tribes that were determined to unite with the Huns in one fell swoop, and give their kindness and power to stabilize the Qiang people. At the same time, elite cavalry were sent out to Wuwei and take the initiative to attack, penetrate deep into the hinterland of the Huns, disrupting the deployment of the Huns.

After repeated discussions by several ministers, the emperor finally made a decision. Cao Shi, Wei Qing led 30,000 infantry and cavalry out of Longyou to intimidate the Qiang people, and Li Guang and Liang Xiao led 20,000 elite cavalry out of Wuwei and rushed to the Huns.

Everyone agreed, but Liang Xiao raised two objections: First, he recommended the Great Xing to order Wang Hui to attack with Li Guang instead of him; secondly, reduced the 20,000 cavalry of Li Guang's army to 10,000, one person with two horses or even three horses, and the reduced 10,000 people acted as infantrymen and transferred to the command of Cao Shi, the Marquis of Pingyang, to ensure that they had enough deterrence against the Qiang people.

The emperor was puzzled. "What about you?"

Liang Xiao bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to stay with Your Majesty with Duke Han, wait for the battle, and be ready to finish the fight at any time." As he said that, he raised his palm and made a gesture of chopping people.

The emperor couldn't help laughing and nodded in agreement. "Okay, even if there is any accident, it will be enough to deal with it." -

(To be continued.)
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