I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 379, Traveling South in Clothes

If anyone in this world knows Lei Gong best, it must be Liu Bei. Back then, one of them was in Mayi and the other was farming in Daijun, and they had been neighbors for several years. He clearly knew that Lei Gong's talent was beyond his own!With the support of Liu Yu and Fu Bian, he almost couldn't maintain the 10 captives. However, Lei Gong led more than 20 refugees to develop Mayi into the south of the Yangtze River, which is even as prosperous as Luoyang City.This kind of internal affairs ability, even in Dahan, there are few county guards who can compare with Lei Gong!
In recent years, he has learned from Lei Gong's every move. Lei Gong opened up the wasteland, he cultivated land, Lei Gong established a large number of state-owned enterprises, he also established textile factories, steel factories, and implemented salt and iron government-run operations throughout Jingzhou. Although the scale is not as large as Lei Gong, but It is not small in the territory of Dahan. These state-owned factories solved the problem of funds for his campaign, and the farms solved the problem of food and grass for his army. It can be said that everything in Jingzhou is because Liu Bei stole Lei Gong's policy!

At the same time, it also made him see the potential of the big man. His policies to improve Lei Gong allowed a barren Jingzhou to have half of the financial revenue of the big man. If the whole big man had implemented these policies back then, the late emperor would not have bought and sold officials. The world is in chaos, and it is impossible for Lei Gong to make a fortune!

Therefore, Liu Bei has always been very concerned about Lei Gong's every move. He dispatched a large number of spies to investigate around Hebei every year, not to investigate Lei Gong's military operations and let them pass back Lei Gong's various policies.Liu Bei wanted to see if these policies could be implemented in Jingzhou after a facelift, so Xu Wei developed Liaodong and Hebei, and Liu Bei soon knew about the imperial examinations.

The imperial examination system surprised Liu Bei. The reason why there are so many noble families in the Han Dynasty is because of the corruption of the recommendation system. In the past, officials were allowed to recommend talents and talents from all over the country were used by the court, but now the talents recommended by officials have become disciples. Officials, they colluded with each other to form a giant clan of powerful men and women.

Let the Han Dynasty, who was originally a unified dynasty, appear my monarch's monarch, not my monarch's two-distant monarchy system. You must know that this system appeared in the enfeoffment period, and the Han enfeoffment system perished long ago.

However, it was reappeared by the powerful families of the big Han by using the method of recommending talents. The family clan has become the biggest moth of the Han Dynasty, and can even threaten the status of the royal family of the Han Dynasty. The family clan system is the main reason for the current situation of the Han Dynasty.

And if the big Han also used the imperial examination system, starting from the 400 shi small officials, they would be selected by the court, and they would not be regarded as the former officials of the aristocratic family, which would cut off the control of the aristocratic family over the court.Had such a policy been in place during the late emperor's time, the great Han would not have become as chaotic as it is now.

It's a pity that after Liu Bei thought for a while, he found that the imperial examination system was not suitable for the current big man. Liu Bei might support the officials in the two states, thanks to the help of the powerful clan headed by Yang Biao, otherwise he would be like Dong Zhuo. Although powerful in force, he was unable to control the local political power, making his power a castle on the beach and disintegrating at once.

If he comes up with the imperial examination system, the alliance between him and Yang Biao will definitely split, and it can even be said that the entire clan of the great Han family will break with him. Even if he has force, he will not be able to support the current court of the Han Dynasty.What's more, with the threat of Lei Gong, the court can't stand the turmoil like Dong Zhuo.

However, Xu Wei spent a lot of money to develop Liaodong, but Liu Bei can learn from it, because he has been developing South County, but his capital is not as rich as Xu Wei. It took him several years to emigrate hundreds of thousands of people and reclaim thousands of land. Ten thousand mu of land, but the reclamation of a land in Guangnan County has benefited him a lot.

The other princes of the Han Dynasty are short of food, but Liu Bei is not short of food here, thanks to the supply of tens of millions of shi in Jingzhou due to the reclamation of Nanjun!

But when he knew that Lei Gongguang invested 30 billion in Liaodong to develop Liaodong, Liu Bei became a little anxious.Lei Gong's annual investment is more than ten times that of his. With such a big gap, the court will not be pulled further by Lei Gong.

Liu Bei wants to increase the development of Jingzhou, not only to develop Nanjun, but also to find ways to develop Jiangxia County, Changsha County and other counties in the south of the Yangtze River. All the land in these counties and counties has been developed, and Jingzhou alone can recruit 30 people. The army, so that he and Lei Gong will have the strength to fight, but the problem of funds has become his top priority.

With the imperial court as a big money eater, let alone 30 billion, he wouldn't even be able to get 3000 million!Without money, it is naturally difficult to carry out reclamation.

This time Yang Biao and Zhang Wen talked about the issue of Hebei aristocrats, but Liu Bei opened his mind.Although the Hebei nobles and nobles who fled from the disaster lost their land, lost their disciples and old officials, and even lost most of their property.

But they are still the wealthiest group of people in the Han Dynasty. You can see that they have a lot of family property just by looking at them spending money and spending money in Xiangyang every day.

At least it can support their extravagant life!If these people use their family business for reclamation, this will not solve the problem of the court's lack of funds, and these people can continue to shine in the Han Dynasty, and they can also establish a new family business in Jingzhou. This is a good thing that benefits both sides!
The more Liu Bei thought about it, the more he felt that this method was good, so he said to Yang Biao and the others: "These noble families in Hebei have been pulled out of their roots in Hebei by Lei Gong. If their families want to continue to prosper, they must open up their own in the south. Is there a better way to build a foundation than reclaiming wasteland? Jingzhou is full of wasteland, and the imperial court happens to want to develop the Jiangnan area. It can be said that this is beneficial to the imperial court and to them. They develop Jingzhou It can strengthen the power of the court, so that the court has the strength to deal with Lei Gong, if the court has accumulated enough power to fight back to Hebei, it will help them avenge their revenge!"

Liu Bei's words made Yang Biao and Zhang Wen's eyes shine.

They didn't dare to imagine going back to Hebei, but Liu Bei's method could allow these aristocratic families to establish new family businesses without worrying about their families falling down and becoming ordinary people!

And what Liu Bei said is also reasonable. If you want to continue fighting with Lei Gong, you must improve the strength of the court.Although it seems to occupy half of the Han Dynasty now.But Yang Biao and Zhang Wen know that the comparison of strength is not based on the size of the territory, but on the population and arable land.Dahan is relatively prosperous and densely populated in a few areas north of the Yangtze River.Like Nanyang County, Runan County is not worse than Central Plains.

But once the Yangtze River is crossed, the two pieces of land are very different.The vast area of ​​Jingnan is a wild land that is even poorer than Liaodong. For example, Jingzhou has a population of more than 400 million, which seems to be a state with a relatively large population, but Nanyang County alone occupies more than 240 million, and the remaining 100 million More than [-] people are distributed throughout the vast territory of the eight counties of Jingzhou, which means that each county in Jingzhou only has a population of more than [-]!

And now Jingzhou has Liu Bei working hard to cultivate for several years, and the population may increase to more than 600 million, but the entire Jingzhou, namely Nanyang County and Nannan County, are relatively prosperous, barely reaching the level of the general states and counties in the Central Plains. Other areas except Changsha County , are areas where there are more barbarians than Han
If the nobles in Hebei go to the south of Jingzhou, they can not only bring funds, but also the advanced farming technology of the Central Plains, and they can even find a way to transform the barbarians into Han and educate the barbarians in the south. Re-establishing the foundation can also allow the imperial court to fully develop and utilize the vast area south of the Yangtze River. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is a win-win situation!
But Zhang Wen worried: "The south is a barren land with a lot of smog. They are all from Hebei. I'm afraid it will be difficult for them to adapt to the southern climate! Why don't we find a way to let them settle their family business in Nanyang County!"

Liu Bei said unhappily: "Nanyang County is the hometown of the emperor, and there are many heroes who fought against the emperor Shizu. Are you sure you want to place them in Nanyang?"

Zhang Wen immediately came to his senses, if he really wanted to do this, the powerful nobles in Hebei would be swallowed up by the nobles in Nanyang!

You must know that the noble families in Nanyang County don't even look down on top family members like the Yuan family. What they are now comparing with is not whose family's disciples and old officials, but who has more marquises and queens. The queen of the big man, More than half of the generals are from Nanyang County!In their view, except for Luoyang City and Nanyang County, all other places in this world can be rural areas!

Yang Biao hesitated and said: "Although Xuande has good intentions, I am afraid that they will not go to the south of Jingzhou!"

But Liu Bei said: "In addition to Jingnan, there are other places where the big Han can place them. There are no local aristocrats in the prosperous Central Plains, and they can't squeeze in. Only in the vast area south of the Yangtze River can they have them." Shelter!"

Then Liu Bei continued: "We are looking for ways to improve our strength, and Lei Gong is not idle, and even his speed of improving his strength is faster than ours! Lei Gong invested 30 billion in the development of a Liaodong area, and even obtained 3000 in the imperial examination. Scholars, arrange all these people to go to Liaodong."

"Lei Gong has invested so much. According to his previous experience, the development of Liaodong will be successful within five years. By then, the entire vast Liaodong region will become Lei Gong's new granary, delivering tens of millions of shi of grain for him. Lei Gong has solved the food problem, and his iron cavalry will definitely go south to the Central Plains at that time, if he does not find a way to improve his strength in the past few years, the Central Plains will definitely be captured by Lei Gong!"

Liu Bei's information surprised Yang Biao and Zhang Wen. They did not doubt Lei Gong's ability. In a large state with a population of tens of millions, it is not too surprising to have these examples of Leigong's successful development in Liaodong.

What surprised them was that Lei Gong could recruit 3000 scholars at one time!
"Lei Gong is cruel and heartless, how could so many scholars take refuge in him!" Zhang Wen couldn't believe it!

But Liu Bei said solemnly: "The actual situation is much more serious than this. Although Lei Gong is cruel, Dagan is the most powerful force in the world. The imperial court has repeatedly fought and failed against Lei Gong over the years. Many scholars They are no longer optimistic about the imperial court. Naturally, there will be no shortage of scholars who want to follow the dragon. Scholars from poor families do not have much land, and they are not unacceptable to the Lei Gong equalization system.

And these humble children did not have a bright future in our big man, but after going to Daqian for at most five years, they can become a county magistrate, or even a county guard.It has only been a few years since Xiangkai took refuge in Lei Gong, but the highest of his students has become a county magistrate, and there are as many as a dozen county magistrates!With the example of Xiangkai, children from poor families will naturally turn to Lei Gong. Although Lei Gong recruited 3000 scholars for the imperial examination this time, it is said that there are tens of thousands of people who applied for the imperial examination!There are even a lot of children of the powerful and noble families who have passed the imperial examination this time, which means that they have begun to accept Lei Gong's rule! "

Then Liu Bei solemnly saluted Zhang Wenwen and Yang Biao and said: "So the current situation is becoming more and more dangerous for the big men, and the scholars have begun to take refuge in Lei Gong. In the future, the territory laid down by Lei Gong will not lack talents for governance. The strength of Lei Gong It will become stronger and stronger! So we have to find a way to improve the strength of the court. The speed of the court's strength improvement is not as fast as that of Lei Gong. Crossing the south, going to the south of the Yangtze River, and going south to Jingnan to expand the territory and make achievements, this is not only for themselves, but also for the court, if the court does not get excited, the world will really fall into the hands of Thunder!"

The resources and talents in Liu Bei's hands are far inferior to Xu Wei's. Now he can only unite the entire Han clan and let them invest manpower and material resources to develop the entire south.

After being told by Liu Bei, Yang Biao and Zhang Wen thought about it for several days, and then they called together the entire family of powerful families in Xiangyang County to discuss the issue of developing the southern part of the Great Han!

As soon as this proposal was made, there were many powerful people who opposed it. If they were willing to develop the wasteland, it would be impossible for the Dahan to be reduced to what it is now. The Dahan seems to have a large number of people, but in fact most of the population is concentrated in the Yellow River and the In the central area of ​​the Yangtze River, more than half of the territory of the Han Dynasty has not been developed, and the vast area is occupied by Hu people and Nanman!

But at this time Cui Lie said angrily: "Now we are all rootless people, do you think you have a choice? Do you dare to stay in Sili Central Plains and fight against Lei Gong?"

Of course I dare not, otherwise they would not have come to Jingzhou. These people can be said to be timid, but they can also be said to be smart. They have long seen that it is impossible for the Central Plains to resist Lei Gong's iron cavalry, so they did it. He will follow the imperial court all the way to Jingzhou. At least the Jiangnan water town is not good for the cavalry, so the imperial court has the strength to fight!
Cui Lie continued: "You are afraid of Lei Gong, and you dare not stay in the Central Plains, so Jiangnan is our only choice! You don't want to open up wasteland, do you want to take away the land of Jiangnan's powerful, or want to take away the land of Jiangnan people? Why did the big man fall into this state? It's that we gentry are unwilling to take our own responsibilities. We only know how to dig the corner of the big man and eat the foundation of the big man. Now it's all right. The big man will be dug up by us. We are buried! We wise men are killing ourselves!"

"The big man is gone, do you think Lei Gong will let us go? It is impossible to see him killing us all in Hebei. How many good days do you think you can live? Without the big man, we will all die! Everyone If you don't want to be killed by Lei Gong, you must find a way to develop the Jiangnan area and strengthen the strength of the Han, so that the imperial court can protect us!"

"The development of Jiangnan is imperative. If you don't want to go, I will take the Cui family with me. I will take the Cui family's descendants to develop Guilin County and rebuild a new Cui family in Guilin County. I can't control your thoughts. !"

After saying that, Cui Lie left here!
The patriarchs of Hebei's clansmen all looked at each other, when will Cui Lie be so fierce that he wants to live with the barbarians in the same place, you must know that he said in the court that he would give up Xiliang!
But soon they realized that Guilin County went deep into the wilderness, but it was the farthest place from Lei Gong. Cui Lie said that he was developing Guilin County, but no matter how he looked at it, he seemed to be fleeing from Lei Gong's soldiers, and he fled to the farthest place !At this time, everyone thinks about it, it seems that it is not unacceptable to go to the south of Jingzhou, at least stay away from Lei Gong!

(End of this chapter)