Shu Chen

Chapter 132 Turmoil
The blue sky is as clean as white clouds are chasing each other.

In Chengdu, the continuous rice fields outside the city are golden.

Occasionally, the cool autumn wind blows, and countless ears of rice ripple with golden ripples.

The golden autumn season is the season of joy for the people of Li Shu.

On the banks of the Zouma River in the south of the city, Emperor Liu Chan bowed in the golden rice waves with a knife and sickle in his hand, harvesting the rice he had personally cultivated.

At the beginning of this year, it was the first time since he came to the throne that he personally plowed the native land.

The land is the acres of land plowed by the princes of the emperor.

One of the etiquette and customs of "Praying for the New Year" from ancient times to the present implies the importance of farming.

Different from the expression of "three pushes and three antis", the emperor Liu Chan this year did not let Ji Tian Ling and other officials sow and manage the seeds on his behalf.It is from plowing to autumn harvest that I personally do it.

Zhao said:

"The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition against the Wei Dynasty and the eradication of treacherous villains, the officers and men faced many hardships and dangers. However, the food and fodder was obtained from the people, and the people were also suffering. I am not virtuous, and I cannot make the people happy. I can only cultivate and feed myself, so as to take less food from the people."

With this statement, both the government and the public praise benevolence.

Although the emperor Liu Chan personally plowed no more than three mu of land, the grain and fodder he produced were not enough for a season.

However, for the princes in the court, it is the son of heaven who has the benevolence of the first emperor, which is heartbreaking.

For the people of Lishu, it is the manifestation of the emperor's compassion for the people, and he is also a benevolent monarch!As long as they survive the difficult period of the Northern Expedition, the good days of light corvee and low taxes will be just around the corner.

In particular, Emperor Liu Chan issued a new edict in April of summer.

All the people who moved to the two counties of Hanzhong and Wudu were granted one hundred acres of land per household; the government built houses for them, leased cattle and grain seeds, and exempted them from counting and oral taxation.

Such an act of compassion for the people, even when Liu Zhang was in Shu, he never did it.

Not to mention, the great Confucian Qiao Zhou said that against the Wei Dynasty, recruiting people to farm and take out seven or eight out of ten of the production, there is no tyranny that there is no food for the winter.

It is a blessing to be born as a man of the people!
Countless poor tenants, apprentices, and hermits in the mountains all expressed such sentiments in their hearts.

It is also the same to help the old and the young to come to the government emigration office, register in Hanzhong or Yinping county household registration, and move north with the small officials.

After hearing the news, the Yi (Qiang) tribes in Lianwen Mountain joined the team of migrating north with the yearning to cultivate the fertile soil and live a life without worrying about food and clothing.
Their treatment is thicker.

Because many of them were recruited as soldiers, their families enjoyed three years of tax exemption.

And three years later, the tax paid by the family members is much less than that of ordinary Li Shu.

Naturally, when someone rejoices, someone will gnash their teeth.

Many Bashu wealthy families left because too many apprentices and tenants left, so that their own fields and properties did not have enough labor to work.

However, their private complaints only lasted for more than half a month.

The imperial court began to reduce the city gate tax along the ancient tea-horse road, and encouraged them to go to remote areas such as Yongchang County by themselves, and exchanged Shu brocade tea and other items for the return of slaves.

There is also no need to worry about the court going back on its word.

Many noble families in the imperial court formed caravans one after another and set off on the Nanyi Road.

Another reason is that the imperial court established the Shu Brocade Supervisor.

Supervise the sale of Shu brocade and other items in the north to Longyou to share the benefits of the Silk Road.

It's just that, the prerequisite for the wealthy clans to get their hands on the Silk Road is to first separate their households and go to Longyou to settle down.

According to the imperial court, if they were not divided into households in Longyou, but were assigned to the government to coordinate the distribution of materials and trade, some people might be tempted by Wei Wei to do things that disregarded the laws of the country.

The actual reasons are well known to all parties.

It was nothing more than that the imperial court imitated the "Yiling Law" of Emperor Wu's period and asked them to separate households and go to Longyou to take root, which was to prevent the turmoil of the Qiang and Hu tribes or the attack against the Wei Dynasty.

After all, in the land of Longyou, there are more Qianghu than Hanjiazi.

When they go to separate households, they will naturally bring many children with them, and they become "real border" households in disguise.

Another consideration is that their roots are in the land of Shu, and the small households that were separated were for the clan, so they did not dare to vote against Wei and let the clan be convicted of treason.

In this regard, many wealthy families are weighing the pros and cons.

Although the benefits of the Silk Road are considerable, they do not want to passively "spread branches and leaves" and let the momentum drop sharply.

Of course, not everyone is hesitating.

The Liu family in Chengdu, where "the three generations shared wealth and the clans lived together", split up households for an unprecedented time when the edict was first published!

It was separated from Liu Yin's branch, who had worked hard to reach Yamen Jiang, and rushed to Longyou to settle down.

It is said that the Liu family, as the first to fight for the country with family servants in the past, is now the first wealthy family to separate households, so the imperial court treats them very favorably.

Directly in Lueyang County, Hanyang County, Longyou, [-] mu of fertile land was painted at half the price.

And in the ruins of Xingguo City in Changlishui (Hulu River), a small ranch of several hundred acres will be presented as a reward for loyalty to the country!With such a large number of acres and small pastures, and the Silk Road trade, it can also be called the Chengdu Liu family, which directly separated from another "Longyou noble family".

There is also the well-known Wang family in Qi County in Shu, and Wang Li and Wang You also separated to settle in Tianshui County, Longyou.

Because the royal family is the gate of loyalty, the favor of the imperial court is even greater.

Not only did they paint the fields and pastures, but also transferred Wang Li to Hanzhong County to serve as Chengguling, and Wang You to Longxi County to serve as Shouyangling.

After hearing about it, many wealthy families stared hot and salivated.

Just at this time, the news of Shiting's defeat in the war against Wei spread to Shu.

First Prime Minister Zhuge Liang defeated the Wei army in Longyou, and now Sun Wu defeated the Wei army in Huainan. The combination of these two great victories made the wealthy people of Bashu have different ideas in their hearts.

Against Wei, there is nothing to be afraid of!

In the future, the prime minister will surely take back the land of Liangzhou!

Even, it may not be impossible to break into Guanzhong Sanfu and restore the old capital!
If they take the Dazong of Shu as the foundation, separate the Xiaozong to Longyou as the branches, and use Shu brocade, tea and other trade goods to travel the Silk Road, the future clan will surely flourish!

Furthermore, in the land of Longyou, there is a shortage of officials and assistants in all counties and counties.

All the nephews in their family can read and write, and there is no shortage of talents and learning. If you choose a few scholars to go to Longyou, they will inevitably be recruited by the county as a bureaucrat, and it will be easy to consolidate the foundation of Longyou.

So promising, why not do it! ?

For this reason, countless Bashu wealthy families responded in groups, following the Liu family in Chengdu and the Wang family in Qixian County as household migrants.

The person in charge of this policy is Li Yan.

He saw that the people of Yizhou, the common people and the nobles responded like a cloud, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Compared with the prime minister, his talent is like the difference between a firefly and a bright moon.

There is also a ray of melancholy that "talents come out from generation to generation", which plucks the heartstrings.

Ever since he returned to Chengdu from Jiangzhou, defended both inside and outside of Gyeonggi and participated in the affairs of Yizhou Prefecture, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang often sent private letters to him.

Sometimes it is an official order, but now it is a plan to move the house.

Or whispers, such as the talents and learning of the generals in Longyou, and the direction of the prime minister's training and experience.

For example, Guan Xing, who was trained as the commander-in-chief of the whole army, has always been with the prime minister.

For example, Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang followed Wei Yan, who had always served as the former governor during the expedition, and later became the vanguard generals in attacking cities and territories.And Huo Yi was transferred to serve in Hanzhong County, needless to say, the reason was that during the prime minister's period, he would practice his talents as soon as possible, so that he could become like Zhao Yun in the future, guarding the lifeblood of the entire army.

As for the newly acquired Jiang Wei, the prime minister said in a private letter that he was a sergeant in Liangzhou.

It is said that he is well versed in Qiang affairs, thinks carefully, is omnipotent, and can be called an all-rounder.The military strategy is better than that of Ma Liang in the past, and it will be one of the reliance on attacking Liangzhou in the future.

And the evaluation of Zheng Pu is even more respected.

Not only once again affirmed the military strategy and planning ability, but also praised him for his outstanding public support with the multiple strategies of this remonstrance!

The three lords and the four assistants are all assistants of the emperor.

This is also the prime minister's first conclusion that those who are backward in the Han Dynasty have the ability to help the emperor.

Li Yan had to look sideways.

After all, he himself was the minister of the late emperor Liu Bei.

He, who had always held himself in high regard, carefully read Zheng Pu's various strategies transferred by the prime minister, and couldn't help wondering whether he could make such strategies before he was thirty years old.

The answer made him a little frustrated.

In particular, after he returned to Chengdu, Emperor Liu Chan often led him into the palace and questioned him about many political affairs.

Let him discover something.

On the imperial case of the emperor, there is a piece of jade engraved with "the unity of knowledge and action".

When asked in doubt, the emperor's answer made him stunned.

This is also what the son of the Zheng family said, and he has already made the emperor know and do it!

Could it be that I've been away from Chengdu for too long, and I've been in a high position and self-confident, so that in the eyes of the emperor, I'm not as good as a young man?
Such an idea, born in Li Yan's heart, quickly filled his chest like the wanton vines, tightly strangling his pride.And it is getting tighter and tighter, and the strangulation marks are getting deeper and more painful all the time.

He can accept that the prime minister's talents far exceed his own.

But except for the prime minister, he considers himself a great man in the court and the opposition, and no one can stand shoulder to shoulder with him.

Not to mention, Zheng Pu is only in his twenties now.

Liu Biao, an official in the past, was praised as a good talent, and he was left alone by the late emperor Liu Bei. He could never tolerate his prestige being compared with a backward person.

Therefore, every time he finished his work, he would stop and look north.

There was a voice in his heart, which became louder and more passionate, constantly urging him to do it as soon as possible.

Luoyang.

Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei in plain clothes, sat in the car with drooping eyebrows and closed eyes.

On the face, a ray of sorrow can be vaguely seen.

The other party returned from Mengjin, where the great Sima Cao Xiu was buried.

Originally, after Shiting was defeated, Cao Xiu went to the court to plead guilty. He thought that Cao Xiu was the Minister of Gu Ming and the clan, so he sent Yang Ji, the captain of the Tuen Cavalry School, to comfort him, and gave Yilong a gift.

However, Cao Xiu died because of anger and embarrassment.

This made him feel a little guilty.

Shi Ting's defeat was also due to his mistakes in decision-making.

If Cao Xiu found out that he was seeking a war, he would first seek out Jiang Ji, who was very familiar with Huainan, and then he would not have such a battle.

It's just that after the defeat in the battle of Longyou, Wei Guotai needed a big victory to calm people's hearts.

Or rather, he was too eager for a victory.

After all, Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of the past, conquered Soochow three times. Although he returned without success, he never lost his territory.

He has only been on the throne for two years, and he lost the land of Longyou!
He came to the throne at a young age, and Wei Guozuo is less than ten years old, how can he not need a big victory to restore the lost hearts of Longyou?

This is the biggest reason why he allowed Cao Xiu to ask for a fight.

Also paid the price of quick success and instant benefit.

The Great Sima of the Wei State, the clan general who had always been relied on as the country's fence, and one of the ministers who were left behind by the late emperor, was defeated and died!

What is even more worrying is the turmoil in Huainan.

In the past, Xuzhou and Qingzhou were painted by Wei Wu Cao Cao to Zang Ba and Sun Guan.

Li Shu has always only known Zhou Mu and rarely heard of Cao Wei.

Until Wendi Cao Pi went to the east and transferred Zang Ba and others to Luoyang to serve, he planted the prestige of the Cao family of the Great Wei in these two prefectures.

The time is short and the foundation is weak.

In particular, in the past, Emperor Wen Cao Pi's three expeditions to Soochow were all in Huainan!
The transportation of grain, fodder and baggage was all confiscated by the local Lishu corvee along the way.

There is so much suffering.

Today, Cao Xiu rode out with 20,000 steps, and he discarded more than [-] chariots in his luggage alone, and returned in a big defeat with more than half of his soldiers lost.
Although Chen Qun, one of the Gu Ming ministers who stayed behind in Gyeonggi, strongly recommended the former general Man Chong to supervise the battle in Huainan.

It is claimed that if Man Chong stays in Huainan for a day, he will not be able to touch Yangzhou for a day if he opposes Wu.

However, the land lost in the war can be regained again in the future; the soldiers damaged in the war and the luggage lost in the war can also be replenished again, but how long will it take to heal the longing in the hearts of the people?
Furthermore, the war on Wei's northern front was also in trouble.

This year, Kou Bian of the Kebineng Tribe of Xianbei came earlier than in previous years due to the fact that the army against Shu had left Longyou and Wei's military strength was tight.When Fang entered the autumn and July, he couldn't wait to gather the small commanders of various ministries, and invaded Yanmen County in Bingzhou, and divided the soldiers and horses of each ministries into partial divisions to detour to Taiyuan County to plunder and harass.

These places are the habitat of Budugen, another central Xianbei lord who was good to Cao Wei.

Unlike Ke Bineng, who was born in a small species of branch, Budugen is the grandson of Tanshihuai, the former co-lord of Xianbei.

If Kebi can defeat Budugen and annex it, other Xianbei adults will think that the glory of Tanshihuai in the past has completely withered and passed it on to Kebineng.

Maybe, Xianbei, which has been divided, will reproduce the grand occasion of the unification of the various ministries.

Such a situation is naturally not acceptable to Wei Guo.

Therefore, Tianyu, the captain of the Huwuhuan School, led the army out of the fortress, defeated Ke Bineng's son-in-law, and Xianbei Yu built the Lian tribe.But Ke Bineng personally led the army and surrounded Tian Yu with [-] cavalry in Mayi City.

Tian Yu led the army to break through the siege for several days in a row, but they failed to make any achievements.

It was not until Yan Zhi, the prefect of Shanggu in Youzhou, who heard the news, rushed to persuade him personally, and then let Kebi Neng escape from the siege.

Yan Zhi is the younger brother of Yan Rou who was treated like a son by Wei Wu Cao Cao and Yan Rou who was treated like a younger brother by Emperor Wen Cao Pi.

However, relying on Yan Rou's deep trust of Xianbei's ministries in the past, Yan Zhi let Ke Bi Neng escape from the siege, and also paid a lot of money and food.Moreover, Tian Yu, who returned from defeat, was unable to leave the fortress again.Concession was defeated several times by Ke Bi Neng, and his prestige plummeted.

In other words, the defeat of the Wei army on the northern front made more Xianbei tribes begin to move closer to Kebi Neng.

The future northern border will be even more difficult to defend.

Even the five tribes of the Xiongnu who migrated to Bingzhou attached to the Wei Dynasty were faintly turbulent.

What's more, the Western Front, Eastern Front, and Northern Front were all defeated, so that the states and counties in Wei State began to faintly criticize Cao Wei's destitution under the clamor of Ni Shu and Ni Wu.

Although it doesn't hurt the overall situation, he doesn't want to repeat the "Wei satire case" of the late emperor Cao Pi.

Ugh.
(End of this chapter)