The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 380

[Chapter 380 Worries about the future]

for the Future It was not the first time for everyone present to see Fang Xiu like this, so they didn’t feel it was too sudden. They subconsciously looked at him a few more times and calmed down their mood.

“Ahem.”

At this time, Emperor Chu coughed twice, looked at Fang Xiu in front of him, and said, “I still remember you once said that it is impossible for the Qiyan tribe to go north to attack other tribes.”

Fang Xiu heard this After thinking about it, I seemed to have said so.

An awkward smile appeared on his face, and he said: “I just said that it is unlikely, but I underestimated the ambition of the Qiyan tribe, and I thought that the Qiyan tribe can develop and grow in a short period of time, which shows that the tribe’s The leader is by no means a short-sighted person.

It is unlikely that such a person will risk his back to attack other tribes

unless he can completely conquer other tribes in a very short period of time if they have this. With the strength, I will never delay taking action until now.

Therefore, I thought.”

He stopped here, with a hesitant expression on his face.

When the Emperor of Chu and several important ministers heard this, they also looked thoughtful.

“Keep talking, I’m listening,”

Emperor Chu said when he saw him stop.

When Fang Xiu heard this, he cupped his hands and said, “I think that the reason why the Qiyan tribe dared to do this is because they can be sure of one thing, that is, the imperial court cannot allocate troops to attack their rear!

” As soon as they came out, several ministers looked at each other in confusion.

You must know that although the Chu State today has suffered disasters in the Central Plains, compared to decades ago, the country is still considered prosperous and the people are safe.

There are even five important military towns garrisoned in the four northern states. Counting the original city defense troops, the number of troops stationed exceeds 100,000.

Just dividing half of it is enough to attack the rear of the Qiyan tribe and form a front-to-back attack with other tribes on the grassland. It is not impossible to annihilate the 200,000 cavalry of the Qiyan tribe in one fell swoop.

How can they be sure that the imperial court cannot allocate troops to attack their rear?

After a moment, the old emperor seemed to have thought of something, his expression changed, and he looked at Fang Xiu with a pair of calm eyes, something seemed to be flashing inside.

At this time, Ma Wenhua, Minister of War, also thought of something and blurted out: “If you want the imperial court to be unable to allocate troops, there must be other forces to contain it. The only forces that can restrain the imperial court are those few.”

At this point, he stopped. Come down.

Going further, it becomes a bit inappropriate.

Hearing Ma Wenhua’s words, the other elder monks also thought of something.

The reason why the Qiyan Department suddenly made an attack in a short period of time was because it had received some rumors and knew the impact of the tea-horse trading strategy on itself.

So before that, I want to take a chance to avoid the slow demise of my tribe due to the tea-horse trade strategy.

However, the place where the tea-horse trade policy was first implemented was not the grassland, but the southwest!

When Fang Xiu saw this scene, he knew that everyone here was unwilling to explain this clearly first.

So he stood up, looked at the Emperor of Chu, and said, “I believe that your Majesty should prevent another rebellion in the southwest.”

Most of the rebellions in the southwest were started by chieftains.

However, under the strategy of reforming the native land and returning tea to the horse trade, the chieftains were in name only and no longer had the strength to confront the imperial court.

In fact, the imperial court did not even have the ability to send troops to deal with it.

Therefore, the so-called prevention of revolt in the southwest is not the prevention of chieftains.

But another existence that resembles a local emperor, the Duke of Guizhou!

There is only one person in the Chu Kingdom who is both the Duke and an important general.

The southwest is too far from the imperial court, and it will take at least more than half a month for a decree to be transmitted there.

Any kind of accident may happen in half a month.

Maybe the previous decree had just been sent to the southwest, and the court here had already made completely different changes.

This also means that the imperial court’s control over the southwest cannot reach the level of control over the Gyeonggi, the Central Plains, and the four northern states.

In fact, the prestige of the imperial court will be greatly reduced in both areas south of the Yangtze River, let alone the far southwest?

Therefore, Duke Qian is the actual controller of the Southwest.

Not only because the first Duke of Guizhou made great contributions to the stability of the Southwest, but more importantly because the imperial court needed such a spokesperson to help handle various affairs in the Southwest.

Facts have also proven that this model has been running for hundreds of years and has always been effective.

A very delicate balance was maintained between the imperial court and the Duke of Guizhou. Except for the occasional rebellion of the chieftain who did not open his eyes, the two had always been in peace.

But this balance was broken after the southwestern toast, a serious problem, was solved!

As the saying goes, when the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden.

Without the threat of the powerful southwest chieftain, the existence of the military town would be meaningless.

Therefore, the Duke of Guizhou can still be the Duke of Guizhou, but there is a great possibility that he will no longer be the original important general!

For the imperial court, such a situation was certainly welcome.

After all, a tiger without teeth is a good tiger, and a brown bear without claws is a good brown bear.

However, Duke Qian obviously didn’t think so.

Indeed,

no one who has been a local emperor for such a long time will not give in easily if his teeth and claws are suddenly to be pulled out.

However, relying solely on Duke Qian’s original strength, there was no possibility of confronting the imperial court.

As long as the imperial court mobilizes troops from the other eight important towns and goes south to the territory controlled by the Duke of Guizhou.

It won’t take long for Duke Qian to become the history of Chu.

Therefore, although the Duke of Guizhou wrote frequently, he did not take any substantive action.

Whether it is the secret reports sent by the imperial court in the southwest or the reports sent from the southwest prefectures and states, they all show that so far, the Duke of Guizhou is still at peace.

However, these old foxes in the court knew very well that this kind of peace could only be temporary.

If the right time comes, Duke Qian will definitely take action, but what kind of action is unknown.

Of course, these considerations are all based on the premise that the imperial court has already thought of letting someone other than the Duke of Guizhou take charge of the important town in the southwest.

Prior to this, there had not been any major changes between the imperial court and the Duke of Guizhou. Even if they occasionally wrote letters, they were only in a relatively mild tone and did not show any impulsiveness.

But no one knows whether this is the disguise of the Duke of Guizhou, and no one can guarantee whether the Duke of Guizhou is really willing to accept the arrangement of the court!

Hearing Fang Xiu’s words, there was silence in the Nuan Pavilion. Everyone, including Emperor Chu, frowned slightly, seeming to be thinking about the possibility of what he said.

(End of chapter)