Shu Chen

Chapter 16 The Southerners
"In the planning and strategy, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away, I am not as good as the ovary."

This is Liu Bang's evaluation of Liuhou Zhangliang, and it is also the highest evaluation of the world's painters.

Today, in Zhang Mansion, Zheng Pu, who is not young enough to be a weak crown, dares to ask himself to draw up the theory of Nanzhong, which is indeed a heroic language!
The three of them at the table, in a trance, all suddenly felt a sense of anger!

Especially Ma Su, I feel a lot more.

When he was so young, he was so high-spirited and heroic.Later, he entered Shu with the First Sovereign Liu Bei, and he served in various counties and counties and grew older.

This son, has my old style!

He sighed inwardly, Ma Su sat in awe, and solemnly stretched out his hand and said, "Zijin, but I'm all ears!"

He made a gesture, and Zhang Biao and Liu Yin did not dare to make trouble.

Find a seat on your own, and listen with awe.

"promise!"

Zheng Pulang promised and saluted again, "Pu has never traveled to the land of Bashu, but he also knows the five counties of Nanzhong. It originated from the 22nd year of Jian'an when the first emperor sent troops to Hanzhong. At that time, Li Zhongduhu served as Qiang as the prefect and general of Xingye, and galloped his troops to defeat it. At that time, Kao was still alive, so he asserted from this incident that there would be chaos in Nanzhong in the future. He also explained the forces of Nanzhong in Pu. Now Although the times have changed, the situation has generally remained the same. To put it simply, if there are mistakes, please join the army and point them out, and don’t hesitate to correct them!"

After he finished speaking, he didn't wait for Ma Su to respond, and he continued to talk like a river.

The five counties in Nanzhong are Zhuti County, Yueqi County, Yizhou County, Keke County and Yongchang County.

Among them, the predecessor of Zhuti County, Nai Qian, is a vassal state, with a small land and few people. It is the direct subordinate area of ​​the Governor of Yujiang, and it is also one of the main roads (Wuchi Road) from Shuzhong to Nanzhong. It is very easy to appease the garrison, and it is difficult to The birth of local forces.And this rebellion has not been coerced and can be ignored.

The remaining four counties, from the background of their respective leaders, can see the shadow of the four forces in Nanzhong [Note 1].

The first is the most representative Yi Wang Gao Ding.

He is a senior commander of the barbarians, and he is also a representative of a tribe that was squeezed by successive dynasties and forced to migrate south of the Tsingyi River.After these tribes merged with the natives, they formed the elder patriarchal system, which refused to accept the kingship.It has also made Yuezhang County the most difficult and uneasy place to govern in Nanzhong.

The second is Yong Kai of Yizhou County.

From the fifth year of Yuanguang (130 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expeditioned Ba and Shu Erjun soldiers to open up the southwest and established Qianwei County, or the guard soldiers were disarmed and returned to the fields, or the prisoners were exiled to guard the border, or the emperor alternated with the old and the new. The Han people did not stop the process of migrating to the southwest due to the reasons such as the emigration of the bureaucrats who lost power in China.

For more than 300 years, these Han people who lived and multiplied in the southern and central counties (mainly in Yizhou County) also gradually formed the eight noble surnames of "Jiao, Yong, Lou, Cuan, Meng, Liang, Mao, and Li".For example, Li Hui, the governor of Tuo, his uncle Cuan Xi, and Yong Kai were all born with common surnames.

The eight aristocratic families have always been in the same spirit, and their in-law relationships are intertwined.

At that time, both the imperial court and the Li Shu called them "Southern people", which were analyzed from the southern and central barbarians and used to distinguish other Han people.

Perhaps the reason for the collapse of the First Lord Liu Bei is that the world is now divided into three parts. There are disagreements among the eight noble families, and there are differences.Li Hui served as the commander-in-chief of Qujiang, and commanded all the counties in Nanzhong; however, Yong Kai united some nobles to kill the prefect and raise troops to rebel, intending to realize the separatist rule of Nanzhong.

Once again, it was Zhu Bao from the county.

Yelang County was formerly known as Yelang Country. The mountains are continuous, the terrain is high and steep, and the cultivated land is very scarce.And Zhu Bao was the governor of the county appointed by the imperial court.In addition, the county bordered on Jingzhou and Jiaozhou. It refused to obey the Shuhan court and could retreat. Zhu Bao also raised his troops to rebel and formed a separatist regime.

Finally, it is Yongchang County.

Yongchang County was the hometown of the ancient Ailao Kingdom, and few Han people migrated or were exiled here.

The people in the county are self-contained, the climate is mild, and the production of grains, crops, melons and fruits is extremely abundant, so the population is extremely large [Note 2].

There is also the "Tea-Horse Road" trade route in the territory, so it has always worked hard to maintain the relationship with the rulers of Yizhou.

This force, as long as the Shuhan court does not levy levies on them, does not violate their interests, and maintains the smoothness of the "Tea-Horse Road" trade route and trade, they can surrender without having to garrison troops, so that the court has no worries.

A talk, dry mouth.

Zheng Pu picked up the wine cup to moisten his throat, and bowed his hand to Ma Su before continuing, "Joining the army, this is the situation in Nanzhong and the distribution of forces that the first test explained to me. I wonder if it's wrong?"

However, Ma Su didn't answer, but sat upright with his whiskers up, his eyebrows half-closed, as if he was lost in self-consideration.

Coincidentally, Zhang Biao and Liu Yin on the other side did the same.

Zheng Pu was dumbfounded. After waiting for a while, he couldn't help but ask again, "Ma joins the army?"

"Boom!"

"Excellent!"

Ma Su, who was relieved, once again worked hard to attack the case and praised it.

Zheng Pu, who was watching, felt a faint pain in his palm.

But Ma Su didn't realize it, but he still said proudly, "Father Zijin, he is truly an extraordinary talent! Living in the countryside and living in seclusion for many years, he still knows all the counties in the southern middle of the country like the palm of his hand, and stabs it into the inside! "

Immediately, he shook his head and laughed a few times, and sighed in disappointment, "Alas, I have been serving as the guard of Yueqi County for several years, and my understanding of the Nanzhong counties is not half as good as that of my late father Zijin! I am truly ashamed!"

"Pudai takes the test first, thank you for your praise for joining the army."

When his father was praised, Zheng Pu immediately left the table and bowed. After saying salutation, he said with relief, "Actually, this analysis is because my Zheng family lived in the middle of Shu. I understand! Why should you be humble when you join the army?"

However, Ma Su did not appreciate it.

Hearing this, he frowned and glanced at Zheng Pu, his eyes shy and annoyed.

Without him, Zheng Pu's relief is somewhat popular.

Zhang Biao and Liu Yin also lived in Shuzhong, so why didn't they know Nanzhong well?

Better not be relieved!

However, he naturally won't care about the worldly words with the young man.

After glancing at Zheng Pu, he pondered to himself again, and after a while, he asked again, "Zijin, since you are familiar with the situation in Nanzhong, you must have a unique understanding of how to deal with Nanzhong's rebellion, so I don't know what to do. painting?"

"Don't dare."

Zheng Pu humbly avoided remarks, "Pu used to think about leisure time, but now I'm not ashamed to say it, and I also invited Ma to join the army to participate in the details."

"Good! Say it quickly!"
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[Note 1: Yueqi County corresponds to the present-day Liangshan Mountains, Peng County is on the Guizhou Plateau, Yizhou County is on the Yunnan Plateau; Yongchang County covers western Yunnan, eastern Kachin State in Myanmar, and eastern Shan State. 】

[Note 2: Yongchang County has a near-tropical climate. When it was recorded in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty (AD 140), the county had more than 23 household registrations and a population of more than 189 million, second only to Nanyang and Runan. 】

(End of this chapter)