Fang Zhiwen's troops slowly retreated from Yuzhou and Xuzhou to the east, boarded the ship and left the Central Plains. The war-torn Central Plains finally calmed down this early winter.

Fang Zhiwen retained Guangling City in Xuzhou. This was because of Yiren. Fang Zhiwen could not abandon the city, but he appointed He Qifang as the city lord here. Jiang Wan was transferred back to Miyun as the second deputy director of the Government Affairs Department. Pan Zhang also formed an independent army and was transferred to Langya to guard the garrison. Murong Fang was transferred back to Jizhou Xindu to take charge as the military deputy of the provincial governor.

The prefecture of Jizhou will be placed in Xindu, which is the central position of Jizhou. This is also a decision after taking into account political and military factors. The state governor Cui Lin was in office in October, and Xindu began to form the state governor's office and officially exercised the power of the second-level administrative agency.

Taking over Jizhou, including the complete Qingzhou and Jiangdong counties, Fang Zhiwen's actual control territory has occupied about one-third of the entire Han Dynasty. Excluding Yiren, the population is nearly 60 million, hundreds of cities, one million defense troops, more than 800,000 army mobile combat forces, and eight navy fleets totaling 700,000. Seriously speaking, Fang Zhiwen has indeed had the confidence to sweep the world.

However, if players are taken into account, sweeping the world is obviously not a good idea. If players stand on the opposite side, sweeping the world may be a dying act, especially the attitude of the Tiandihui. Fang Zhiwen has always been very afraid, so Fang Zhiwen is not keen on unifying the Dahan Ding and updating the reform.

However, the growing Youzhou shows stronger aggressiveness because its population development requires more space, which will undoubtedly become a haze in everyone's hearts. No one knows whether these people will unite again next time. No one is sure whether Tiandi will become enemies with Youzhou after the Battle of Yingzhou.

All of this is still unknown. In this winter, this problem may become the goal that many people think about, but it can only stay at the level of thinking. Now Youzhou's strategic situation is too good. There is the Yellow River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south. The control of the two rivers is in the hands of Fang Zhiwen. It is indeed a difficult problem to attack Fang Zhiwen.

There is also the penetration effect of economic and trade. No matter how Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others are wary of it, they dare not cut off economic and trade exchanges. However, the consequence of not being cut off is that the business system of Youzhou is very serious infiltration into their jurisdiction. Many families are families of officials and important officials, and they all have close interests with Youzhou.

Youzhou is a terrifying giant beast on the surface, but in secret it is more like a hardworking spider. It has woven a huge network of interests throughout the Han Dynasty, and has included many superiors, rich people, and even ordinary people.

Fang Zhiwen went ashore in Qingzhou Du County and met Kong Rong. The two of them were preparing to go to Jinan for investigation together.

Under the arrangement of Fang Zhiwen, Kong Rong officially served as the governor of Qingzhou, and Zhu Zhi, the governor of Yangzhou, was also promoted. This time, Wang Xiu was finally released and took on the important task of being the prime minister of Jinan.

The weather was already quite cold, and Kong Rong hid in the carriage, so Fang Zhiwen had to talk to Kong Rong in the carriage. A carbon basin was lit in the carriage. Compared with the cold wind outside, it was of course much more comfortable.

"Zhiwen, I will no longer arrange personnel in Dongguan County and Langya County, so I will ask Zang Ba and Pan Zhang."

"Well, Zang Ba is fine, but Pan Zhang's governance is not good. You have to send someone to govern him."

"Where is there anyone else in me? Why don't you send one!"

"Are you a state governor or me?"

"I am, but I, the governor of the state, listen to you!"

Fang Zhiwen smiled and shook his head and said, "Okay, I'll ask Wenruo to find one. Wenju, the focus of Qingzhou should still be east and the west is mainly military. After all, we may have a battle with Yuan Shao, but Le'an can develop it well."

"I understand. Qingzhou has a bumper harvest this year and the finances are quite abundant. I am going to take advantage of the winter to renovate the roads and water conservancy. The full-task labor system promoted by Wenruo is very useful and has a much higher efficiency. It should be able to complete the main roads this winter."

"Well, the road is the top priority. With a good road, we can defend Qingzhou with less force."

"Shou? Zhiwen, you are so humble. Although I don't know much about military strategy, I have heard from Yiren. Everyone thinks that you already have the ability to sweep the world, why are you still so humble in the Lord Guard?"

Fang Zhiwen grinned: "Wenju, to wipe out the world, Dingge and establish new things is indeed a very attractive grand achievement. However, because this is a grand achievement, its complexity and difficulty are very high. We do not want to use powerful power to reunify the Han Dynasty and be done. I hope to create a possibility, that is, to keep the people of the Central Plains away from the suffering of war cycles. If this goal cannot be achieved, then what is the significance of Dingge? Is it just for the sake of becoming famous?"

Kong Rong looked at Fang Zhiwen in surprise: "Since you can eliminate all the ambitious people, how could there be another war?"

"Who said no? When Emperor Gaozu and Guangwu were full of energy, who would have thought that there would be today's scene? When Emperor Shi Huang swept the world and thought that he would end in the second life? Since the founding of Xia Qi, the world has been in a state of separation and unity, and long-term unity will lead to separation. In these cycles, we must learn something, and we cannot always be liberated in this cycle."

"Haha, don't Zhiwen bully me to study? I have studied many academics in Xilin Academy. According to the mainstream ideas of Xilin Academy, the so-called changes in governance and chaos are just a process of reform. People should move forward, from ignorance to civilization, and always overthrow the old and replace the new. Therefore, the cycle of governance and chaos cannot be avoided."

"Is that right? Then Wenju should also see the so-called reform evolution? If we can not shed blood and less blood, why not choose this method! When power and interests are not too concentrated, and when every class can have the freedom to choose the path of development, it is not necessary to re-form the rules with killing."

Kong Rong smiled. He naturally knew this theory. He just wanted to see what Fang Zhiwen's core political thought was. Now it seems that Fang Zhiwen is obviously a reformist, and a very steady gradual reformist. In this way, Kong Rong was relieved.

"But, didn't Zhiwen kill in the Central Plains?"

"Haha, Wen Ju asked knowingly! I want to resolve the issue peacefully, but they also need their consent. Not everyone has the same mind as Wen Ju."

"Haha..., I support you and your ideal."

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After inspecting Jinan, Fang Zhiwen crossed the Hebei Shangping Plain, then went to Xindu to meet Cui Lin, then turned to Zhangwu, and then returned to Miyun. Lu Bu is now officially stationed in Zhangwu. As the general reserve team of Jizhou and also the guardian force in the southeast of Youzhou, Fang Zhiwen also took the opportunity to see Lu Bu.

Lu Bu has already brought the whole family to Zhang Wu. Of course, they just came to visit relatives, and they still have to go back. Lu Bu will not always be stationed in Zhang Wu, let alone Lu Ling has to go to school in the Military Academy.

Fang Zhiwen saw the first time that the group of concubines in Lu Bu’s house were all kinds and everything. Lu Bu really likes women! Similarly, his handsome appearance can also please women.

After dinner, the two sat in the study and chatted. Both of them were military generals. As they were talking, they talked about the war.

"Zhiwen, Yuan Shao is not worthy of support. I saw that his twilight was dark and his ambition was old. I heard his subordinates say that the struggle for their descendants was not in line. Sooner or later, the Central Plains was also Zhiwen's."

"Haha, it's ours."

"Okay, our Cao Cao is a big problem. This time, one of the lifts should be wiped out to avoid future troubles."

"Who will check and balance Liu Bei after annihilation of Cao Cao? Do we go there ourselves?"

"It's not bad! Liu Bei just has a few strong generals."

"Haha...it's not that simple. Who can be unique in this troubled world? Who is not a human elite? What's more, Liu Bei also occupies Shu. The land is advantageous and the world is dangerous, so you can't underestimate it!"

"Just block the east exit and slowly erode and eliminate it."

"Well, but you have to be on guard against Sima's defense at the same time, and the Yiren in the south. They may not necessarily want to see a unified man. Or, compared with Cao Cao, I am more afraid of Yiren, so I would rather let Cao Cao go to Jingzhou to attract and divide Yiren than to run to our opposite side."

"Yinren?! This...Yinren isn't it good for us to cooperate with us?"

"The interests lie. If they think that unity is hurting their interests, things will be different immediately. Judging from the situation where I contact them, they hope that the great man will be divided for a long time."

"Why is this?" Lu Bu asked in confusion.

"It's simple, Fengxian, do you hope the world will be peaceful, or the other way around?"

"This...everyone has its own benefits."

"From the heart!"

Lu Bu thought seriously and said, "The world is peaceful, and I will have no place to use my skills, but it is impossible to be peaceful. There are other worlds to the north and west. Didn't Zhiwen say that the world is very big!"

"I just ask if you hope the world will be peaceful or the other way around?"

"This...I don't want peace!"

"Isn't that right? Yi Ren thinks so too. If this world is a peaceful day with every day, Yi Ren must find it boring. They pursue battle, excitement, and unknown, so, they cannot be peaceful."

"But... if we continue to develop at our speed, Jizhou will soon be short of use, right?"

"No, it's enough for at least a few years, and then the development in the north is more mature, and you can turn to the north and west. To be honest, I really have no interest in Zhongyuan unless no one wants it there."

"No one wants it? Will it?"

"Why can't it be? Isn't Henan Yin just a place where three people don't care?"

Lu Bu smiled bitterly. This is the case in Henan Yin. Things in the world are so strange! The heart of the Han Dynasty in the past is now a blank space that no one wants.

Lu Bu shook his head and suddenly said with some emotion: "Didn't Zhiwen like this place?" (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!