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Chapter 137: It has nothing to do with loyalty or not, just because he has the ability to rebel
Half an hour later, the two starving people finally had their hot meals.
After serving the meal to Li Yuening, she ate happily, taking a sip of fish soup and a mouthful of python meat. Xie Shi also changed his usual gentle image and hurriedly stuffed the food into his mouth. For a while, neither of them spoke. The only sound was the sound of slurping the soup and the sound of chopsticks hitting the bowl and plate.
Half a minute later, Li Yuening put down the bowl and touched her stomach.
Looking at the pile of fish bones in front of him, he heaved a long sigh, "Sure enough, I've lived too comfortably. Now I can't even stand this little bit of hunger. I've become weak."
Xie Shi chuckled, "It's not like your time now. There's no need to endure it. Why do you have to suffer for yourself?"
Li Yuening said seriously: "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, be prepared for danger in times of peace, understand?
I thought I had a secret treasure in my hand and could catch him off guard, but I didn't expect that I almost lost Jingzhou due to my carelessness.
It also puts us in danger at any time.
It seems that the iron must be strong itself, and we can't always rely on space for everything."
Sometimes it is these insignificant little things that are often the key to success or failure.
If she hadn't focused on King Han this time, when she knew that the fake Zisha had absorbed other people's skills,
If we had a few more concerns, the situation might have been different.
Thinking of this, Li Yuening blamed herself and said, "Xie Shi, I'm the one who caused you trouble this time.
I shouldn’t have disobeyed you.”
Xie Shi put away the dishes without saying a word, then took the chessboard beside him. This was the utensil that Li Yuening had persuaded him to use that night, a set of chess, one of the six games along with Go.
Xie Shi placed the red and black chess pieces on both sides of the Chu River and Han River in order, including general, scholar, minister, chariot, horse, cannon, and soldier (pawn). The seven kinds of chess pieces were combined into 7 pieces, for a total of 16 pieces for both sides.
After setting up the weapons, Xie Shi pointed at his soldiers and said to Li Yuening, "Let's play a game?"
Li Yuening raised her eyebrows, "Aren't you tired?"
"I'm tired, but I don't want you to blame yourself. This time, I'll convince you." Xie Shi's eyes were full of eagerness to try.
Li Yuening turned the chessboard around, holding the red pieces while Xie Shi held the black pieces. "I like to take the initiative. Let's fight, Xie Shi."
"it is good."
During the Chu-Han contention, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu fought for four years for the control of Xingyang, but the outcome was still unclear.
Later, Xiang Yu was in urgent need of food and grass, so he agreed with Liu Bang to divide the world in half with the Honggou as the boundary, and the area west of the Honggou belonged to the Han Dynasty.
The east of the Honggou is Chu, and this side is the Honggou Agreement.
Later, Han Xin was in the army to kill time for his soldiers.
Chess was invented based on Liubo, and the "Honggou" is the origin of the boundary between Chu and Han on the chessboard.
Li Yuening took a step forward on the red soldier and said, "Look, does this look like us?"
Xie Shi also pushed the black pawn forward one step at the other end, and only a river separated it from the red pawn. If Li Yuening moved one more step forward, Xie Shi's pawn would die, but she did not move.
Xie Shi said: "In Dajin, except for a few people, we are all soldiers."
"As a soldier, even if you have some value, your status determines that
You don't even have the qualifications to look back and see who you are protecting.
Most of the time, soldiers were treated as abandoned pieces.
They died early, and no one will remember the soldiers in the torrent of history. "Li Yuening finished speaking.
Resolutely eating Xie Shi's red soldier, "But, the soldiers who have crossed the river can only walk sideways step by step. As a general in the field, I am not subject to military orders. I have the right to move forward, left or right."
In chess, black represents Xiang Yu's army of Xiang clan members, and red represents Liu Bang's Han army. There is a rule that red plays first and black plays second, representing the fact that during the Chu-Han contention, Liu Bang attacked Chu first.
Xie Shi's chariot ate up Li Yuening's pawn. "He led the troops and should be credited with a merit."
"Only the chariots, horses and cannons who personally carried out the work can temporarily remember his sacrifice." Li Yuening asked:
"You said that compared to soldiers and generals, chariots, horses and cannons are more useful.
It can strike the enemy camp, so why is it the farthest from the general on the chessboard? "
Xie Shi paused as he took the chancellor's hand and looked at the soldiers and carriages lined up.
The chariot is at the edge, and the cannon is further away.
After thinking for a moment, Xie Shi said uncertainly: "To prevent the enemy from invading?
Can you dispatch troops to meet the enemy at any time, just like General Si who guards the border?"
Li Yuening did not answer, but said: "Look, if you leave the center of power for too long, your chariots, horses and cannons will not be able to return.
Even if he looked back occasionally, he was still wandering between the enemy and us. "
Xie Shi observed carefully. Ma Tafeiri was dealing with Li Yuening's horse. Even when he was driven back by her horse, he still took the opportunity to sneak back again. "What does this mean?"
"General Si proposed that the families of soldiers go to the northwest for stability, but his proposal was rejected by the court, is that right?" Li Yuening asked.
Xie Shi nodded.
Li Yuening tapped the chessboard, "You are the commander, but they are not under your control. The emperor once valued General Si very much, but he has been away from Yecheng for many years.
Will it expand in the northwest?
The greater the ability, the more of a threat it poses to the imperial power.
Regardless of loyalty or not, just because he has the ability to rebel,
The more the emperor relied on General Si in the past, the more he is wary of him now."
Xie Shi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but there was nothing he could refute, "General Kesi has just recovered the northwest.
With him around, the grasslands fear him more than...”
Before he finished speaking, Xie Shi came to his senses. Even an ordinary person like him could understand this truth.
The emperor and the officials of Yecheng were thinking too much. No wonder General Si was impeached for treason not long after returning to the court. "Do you think General Si will be...?"
Xie Shi put his hand horizontally under his neck, asking if he would die.
There is a saying that goes, "If the king orders his subject to die, the subject has to die."
Li Yuening, "Fortunately, that General Si is very smart."
Xie Shi's eyes turned, "Are you talking about King Han?"
"I just thought of it today while on the road." Li Yuening moved a pawn diagonally on the chessboard to block Xie Shi's rook.
"I think General Si has already handed over his military power to show His Majesty that he has no intention of treason as the court officials said.
The purpose of relocating refugees is to ensure long-term stability in the Jin Dynasty.
And letting the fourth prince Xiao Chuhan go to the fiefdom is a brilliant move."
"What do you mean?" Xie Shi put down the chess piece and looked at Li Yuening with sharp eyes.
"Before this, the competition for the crown prince had already intensified among the adult princes.
The time came when His Majesty had no choice but to appoint a crown prince to reassure the people.
With the migration to the northwest, the issue of the crown prince can be delayed for at least another year or so.
Since His Majesty has conferred the title of King Han, he can also take this opportunity to confer the title of a few more princes.
All the adult princes were made kings, and their fiefs were
Just point to a few places, leave them empty, and then give them a few empty positions to get rid of them.
After all, these people’s purpose is not to get a piece of land.”
Xie Shi, "So you think that the most preferred crown prince by His Majesty is still Prince Han?
This trip to the northwest was to test him.
Is this also a test for the ministers?"
Li Yuening nodded, "If Prince Han makes achievements in the northwest, he will be in power when he returns to Yecheng.
Xie Shi, this is a good opportunity, not only to serve the king, but also to save the emperor."
Xie Shi clenched his fists, unclenched them, and clenched them again several times, feeling very conflicted.
Li Yuening said: "Don't be afraid, I have thought about it. I will lead him to a remote place where no one is around.
Just put him into the space, trap him here, and then slowly consume him."