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Chapter 477 Requirements
Yuzhang County is located at the junction of Wu and Chu, and it is the gateway to the east and west of the river. Due to the numerous mountains and rivers and barbarians in the territory, the people have always been strong and strong. Gather the grain, plow and weave, support the soldiers to defend themselves, and fight against the government.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and Yuzhang also fell into turmoil. Shanyue and bandits began to come down the mountain frequently, engulfing the people and copying townships and counties.What's more, seeing Changsha people in the west have savings, they are competing to cross the prefecture and invade Changsha.

Since the time of Zhang Xian, Changsha has been plagued by the invasion of Yuzhang thieves. Liu Jing used chickens to lay eggs and pretended to be Cai Sheng to support his private army. Training an army capable of fighting became the key to Liu Jing's rise to Jingnan.

During the fierce battle between Liu Biao and Zhang Xian in Changsha, the bandits in Yuzhang became even more rampant, almost every month. It was not until Liu Jing regained Changsha and repeatedly sent troops to pursue them that the arrogance of the bandits in Yuzhang was effectively curbed.However, this year, with Liu Jing's command of the Northern Expedition to Jiang and Han, the area in southern Jing was empty, and the Yuzhang bandits once again infested.

In fact, due to the appearance of Liu Jing, the Yuzhang bandits in this time and space are much weaker than in history. In the same period in history, the Yuzhang bandits captured Liling County in one fell swoop and left.

You know, that was the heyday when Liu Biao merged with Zhang Xian, all based in Jingzhou, thousands of miles away, with more than [-] armored soldiers, but in the end there was still nothing to do with the Yuzhang bandits.

In the final analysis, the reason is not in Changsha, but in Yuzhang. Only when the situation in Yuzhang is stable and the people are not thieves is the fundamental solution, but this is easier said than done.

When Sun Ce swept Jiangdong, Yuzhang was the last place to surrender. At that time, Yuzhang was only roughly defined, and many places only surrendered in name.

For this reason, Sun Ce made his elder brother Sun Ben the prefect of Yuzhang, divided the southern part of Yuzhang into Luling County, made Sun Ben's younger brother Sun Fu the prefect of Luling, and divided it into six counties in the northern part of Yuzhang, and made Tai Shici the captain of Jianchang. Keeping it, Zhou Yu also stayed in Luling.The clan and generals under his command stayed in the two places, which shows that Sun Ce attaches great importance to Yuzhang and Luling.

However, Sun Ce was assassinated and died soon after. Zhou Yu sent his troops to the funeral, so he stayed in Wujun, while Tai Shici focused his energy on governing the next six counties.

Although Sun Ben and Sun Fu are brothers, they are brave and good at fighting, but Sun Ce died and Sun Quan was newly established. The strategy changed from offense to defense. The two lost external support. It is difficult to completely control the two counties of Yuzhang and Luling with their own strength. .

Later, Cao Cao used Changsha as a bait to lure Sun Ben to send troops to Changsha to fight against Liu Biao. Sun Ben did not send troops because of the internal turmoil in Jiangdong.But he was not idle, and used a trick to divert the water to the west. During this period, Yuzhang bandits frequently invaded Changsha, and he was behind him. Even after Liu Jing entered Changsha, Sun Ben did not restrain himself.

Liu Jing learned about this from the captured Yuzhang thief leader, but Lu Su didn't know it.

Yuzhang's bandits entered Changsha because of Yuzhang's own reasons, and Sun Ben could not escape the responsibility.

"Ah...!" After reading the letter, Lu Su couldn't help but feel a headache.When the two sides formed an alliance last year, why did they never mention the Yuzhang thieves?Wasn't it because Liu Jing needed Jiang Dong to restrain Huang Zu for him at that time, so that Jingnan's army could attack Liu Biao with all its strength. Compared with this matter, the Yuzhang bandits were nothing worth mentioning.Seeing that Jiangdong is useless now, so he started looking for something later?

"Have you finished reading Zijing?" Liu Jing handed Lu Su the confession of the leader of the Yuzhang thief, which clearly mentioned that he was bewitched by Sun Ben. Lu Su's face turned pale and his back felt cold when he saw it.

If this confession is true, Liu Jing definitely has enough excuses to attack Jiang Dong.

Liu Jingdao: "Now that Liu Zhennan is defeated, Mr. Cao is not an enemy. It seems that there is no need for an alliance between Chu and Wu. But Sun Ben connived at the thieves and bandits to harass Changsha and plot wrongdoings. His heart is to be punished! If there was no great enemy in the north before, I will lead the alliance as a harmonious alliance. When the army strikes at it, I believe that Sun Ben's head is enough to deter the Yuzhang thieves!"

"Zijing don't need to talk too much." Seeing that Lu Su opened his mouth to speak, Liu Jing raised his hand to stop it, and said, "When Zijing goes back, he can tell Sun Qiulu that if he sincerely forms an alliance with me, he must first punish Sun Ben, and then Compensation to Changsha, and then negotiable."

Liu Jing did not block the way to form an alliance, the premise was to meet his two requirements. At this time, Lu Su didn't know whether to be happy or worried, because he knew that Jiangdong would find it difficult to meet Liu Jing's request.

Let’s talk about punishing Sun Ben. He is Sun Jian’s brother and son. He used to be the governor of the county.After Sun Jian's death, he took over the rest of the people and became the commander-in-chief of the Sun family, and did not abdicate until Sun Ce grew up.

Sun Ce pacified the five counties in Jiangdong, while the brothers Sun Ben and Sun Fu occupied two counties.Not long after Sun Quan became an heir, he suffered another defeat and his prestige plummeted. At this time, he needed to win over the brothers Sun Ben and Sun Fu to stabilize Jiangdong's foundation.

As for the compensation for Changsha, Lu Su didn't know about Changsha's losses over the years, but he knew that Liu Jing would definitely take the opportunity to ask Jiang Dong for astronomical sums of money.

Knowing that there will be no good results, Lu Su still held out hope, "Dare to ask the general, how far should Sun Yuzhang be punished, and how much property should be compensated to Changsha, to satisfy the general?"

Liu Jing said generously: "Although Sun Ben has ulterior motives, he has never fought in the war, and Sun Ben is the brother of Sun Qulu. It is against human relations to force his brother to kill his brother. However, Sun Ben's death penalty is inevitable, and he must be dismissed from his official position and placed under house arrest. For the rest of my life, only in this way can the hatred in my heart be eliminated."

Liu Jing turned a blind eye to the embarrassment on Lu Su's face, and continued: "Over the years, Changsha has lost countless properties due to the robbery of Yuzhang. Sun Ben has been the prefect of Yuzhang for nearly three years, and he used the tax income of Changsha for three years Let’s make compensation. Changsha’s annual income is about 8000 million yuan, a total of 4000 million yuan in three years, plus the rewards and shirts for the soldiers’ crusade against the Yuzhang bandits, it’s 6000 million yuan, and Jiangdong’s total compensation for Changsha is [-] million yuan. Can."

Changsha annual tax can be 8000 million?Whether there is 5000 million money is a problem.Lu Su scoffed in his heart, Jiangdong was developed earlier than Jingnan, and none of the five counties in Jiangdong could achieve an annual income of 8000 million.Even in his hometown of Xuzhou Zhujun, there were not many who could reach it in the prime of life.

But the situation is stronger than others, even if Lu Su argues, it will be of no avail. He smiled wryly at Liu Jing: "The two conditions proposed by the general are too harsh, and Sun Qiulu will definitely not agree."

"Whether you agree or not, Zijing can just tell the story to Sun Quan." Liu Jing didn't expect Sun Quan to agree, so he got up and said to Lu Su: "I still have something to do. The State Central Committee will hold a winter solstice reception, and we will talk about it in detail then."

"No." Although Lu Su had thousands of words in his belly, he had no choice but to leave.

(End of this chapter)