Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 535

In 235 A.D., Wu Emperor Sun Quan Jiahe five years, October.

Sun Quan threw the memorial in his hand onto the case, and said with a sneer, "What Liu Chan said was just prevarication. The people of Shu just occupied Guanzhong and despised our country so much. If they captured Bingzhou and Hebei, wouldn't they treat our country like nothing? My great Wu sent troops to Jingbei, how could the people of Shu attack the second county in the east?"

Xie Hong, the servant of the Huangmen, hesitated for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the words of the Han Lord should be true, otherwise why would you take the excuse of conquering the barbarians to suspend the army for two years, and then go out together with our country to fight against Wei."

Sun Quan glanced at Xie Hong, knocked on the table, and said dissatisfiedly: "What do you think? If Liu Chan wants to help our Great Wu North to attack Jingbei, it is enough to send Wang Ping to lead thousands of people out of Wuguan Road to harass Nanyang. Or what about Qing? Explain the words of Guan Xing, who was above the court, mocking our envoys in public."

Xie Hong bit the bullet and persuaded: "Your Majesty, I think that the Shu people may have other military arrangements. After all, the Shu people's army of more than [-] people has been fighting fiercely in Guanzhong for a long time. When they first entered Guanzhong, the food, grass and grains were damaged. Chang'an has newly established an accompanying capital, and the farming, political, and military affairs are complicated, so it is difficult to easily promise our country to send troops."

"Your Majesty should appease your anger and continue to send envoys next year to agree on the time for the Northern Expedition with the Han Lord. After all, the Han Lord sent [-] strong war horses to our country, which shows that his friendship does not seem to be fake."

Hearing this, Sun Quan let out a deep breath and became much more awake.Since returning to Hefei, because of Soochow's financial problems, his temper has become much more irritable.

Sun Quan rubbed his brows and said: "Xie Qing's words are reasonable. Yin Li made great contributions in his mission and was promoted to the prefect of Lingling as a reward. He sent scouts across Hebei to collect information for the Northern Expedition."

"promise!"

Seeing that Sun Quan's anger had dissipated, the waiter, Yi, took the opportunity to say: "My lord, my great Wu has been fighting for years, and the treasury has become increasingly empty, and taxes have increased, but the household registration of the people has not increased, and the people's livelihood is suffering. Therefore, our country can follow the example of the Shu people." Safeguard the common people, diligently repair the armor, hoard food and grass, and use it for the Northern Expedition."

Sun Quan showed dissatisfaction, and said cryptically: "Today, the world is in trouble. If I, the great Wu, don't raise my troops to wait for the opportunity, how can I gain a foothold in the world. Besides, since I came to the throne, there are no more than a hundred concubines and maids in the harem. The palace has not been repaired, which is very serious. Diligence and frugality. And benevolence to the country, reduced punishment, relaxed land tax. Household registration has not increased, how can it be so simple?"

Sun Quan's words are not boasting. Apart from his lack of military ability, before the mid-term, he was outstanding in both politics and love.In terms of personal life style, apart from his fondness for drinking parties and shooting tigers, he has no special hobbies and is very frugal.

Therefore, what he said today is alluding to the tyrants of the Jiangdong gentry in Soochow, saying that they hide their household registrations and annex land.

Sun Quan's Soochow and the Jiangdong gentry complemented each other. As the Soochow grew stronger, the Jiangdong gentry also grew.Therefore, Sun Quan often used some obedient "gentry" to suppress another part of the disobedient "Jiangdong gentry" to ensure the stability of the regime, and also gave a signal that whoever supported the Sun regime would get a higher political status.

Therefore, Sun Quan's rule in Soochow can be regarded as an alliance of several clans headed by the Sun family.The Sun family is Zongshuai himself. In order to win over the gentry tyrants who belonged to him, he implemented a unique system of leading troops and returning guests, and shared the benefits obtained together.

Under this unique trilogy system, the soldiers within these clans belonged to Sun Quan in name, but actually belonged to the clans of each surname.For example, Lu Xun's [-] pieces, Zhu Ran's [-] pieces, Sun Yu's [-] pieces, and Sun Jiao's [-] pieces.Behind these soldiers represent each family, that is, Lu Xun's five thousand households and Zhu Ran's ten thousand households.

With such a large number, it means that there are hundreds of thousands or even millions of people who do not pay taxes to Soochow, but pay them to their respective patriarchs.

Under this unique leadership system, these soldiers can completely serve privately.Although private service is illegal on the surface, it is difficult to distinguish between public and private in practice.For example, Zhu Ran’s ten thousand households can pay part of the farming for the tribal farming. Even if it is a private service, the generals can retort that it is for the preparation of military expenses, which is impeccable.

At the same time, under Soochow's unspoken rules, soldiers can be inherited by their heirs.Sun Quan can assign other people's parts to other generals, but it violates the rules.Leading troops in Soochow is a right, not a duty of combat.

For example, Sun Quan loved Lv Meng and wanted to transfer the trilogy of the three generals who died in battle to Lv Meng, but Lv Meng refused on the grounds that "the three died for state affairs, and although their children are young, they cannot be discarded".After the children of the three generals grew up, Lu Meng returned the trilogy to them.

More importantly, in order to motivate the gentry to fight, the "soldiers" obtained by the Sun family are divided between the monarch and the generals, regardless of internal or external wars, just like the company's profit dividends in later generations.

This is why Jiangdong is so keen on fighting Shanyue, because Shanyue is easy to fight and catch.Shanyue and other enemies who are hard-headed in everything may gain more than they gain, and it is difficult to motivate them.

In the defensive battle, the Jiangdong gentry will naturally fight desperately for the sake of the trilogy and the huge interests behind them.After all, this unique trilogy system is intolerable to centralized countries like Wei and Han, and defeat means that the family is gone.

Therefore, Sun Quan's words directly silenced Yigan. Mr. Yi can't say that our biggest internal thief is a military group headed by the clan with the surname Sun, with gentry and generals as the left and right~

Xie Hong mused for a long time, then cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, do you know that the Shu Han has a hundred coins? In the past, Liu Bei conquered Chengdu and worried about the lack of military resources. Liu Ba proposed to cast a hundred coins, and within a few months, the treasury was full. Your Majesty can follow this strategy. "

After a pause, Xie Hong continued in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the domestic Shu money is used by Wu, and the generals use Shu Zhibai money to buy Shu brocade. Now they can use the big money to exchange for military supplies for the Northern Expedition."

Sun Quan's eyes lit up, you don't pay taxes, I print money to exchange what you have in your hands, isn't this just paying taxes in reverse?
"Ha ha!"

Sun Quan smiled happily and said: "Xie Qing's words are words of loyalty. My military expenditure is increasing day by day to buy military horses, and the treasury is not enough. If I can cast a lot of money, I will be able to compensate for the Northern Expedition. Buying horses will also be able to pay for it." A little cheaper."

In order to ensure the price of military horses, the Shu Han strictly controlled the output of horses.As a result, the cost of acquiring war horses for Soochow was relatively high, and in the trading market, not only the Soochow Central Army was the sole buyer, but also gentry and generals who belonged to the military sequence.In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of their army, they are very fond of the war horses sold by the Shu Han.

For example, an excellent war horse that can wear armor can be copied for more than one million yuan, allowing the Shu Han to exchange a large amount of supplies in Soochow.

Regarding Soochow's finances, on the one hand, there are a large number of private soldiers and hidden households in the country, which makes it difficult to collect a large amount of taxes and taxes.On the other hand, it is not easy for the imperial court to support the Chinese army and a large number of officials, and provide a large amount of money to buy the war horses of the Han Dynasty.

In Sun Quan's eyes, it would be a beautiful thing if Daquan money could be used as a subsidy this time.As for how the people are, he can't control it for the time being.

Stroking his beard, Sun Quan asked, "How much money is suitable for casting today?"

Xie Hong leaned close to Sun Quan's ear and said, "Shu Qian is Zhibai, my Wu Qian is [-], which can be called Daquan [-]."

"Quan, Qian. Cai~"

Xie Hong didn't dare to show off his merits, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, if you want to mint a lot of money today, you should set up a pirate casting department to prevent others in the country from privately minting."

Although Xie Hong didn't say who would privately mint coins, Sun Quan could understand it.In Soochow, who has the ability to mint coins, except for the gentry with mines.

"That's right!" Sun Quan stood up and shouted, "Where is Lu Zhongshu?"

"Your Majesty, Lu Zhongshu is supervising the affairs of the counties." The attendant replied.

"Call him!"

Before he finished speaking, Lv Yi entered the palace panting with the official document, and reported: "Reporting to Your Honor, there is an urgent military situation. Luling thieves Li Huan and Lu He, Kuaiji Dongye thieves Kou Suichun, and South China Sea thieves Kou Luoli rebelled at the same time. , endangering counties."

The smile on Sun Quan's face disappeared in an instant, and he frowned and asked, "How's the army going?"

"However, the place is in chaos, Your Majesty, please dispatch troops as soon as possible, so as not to spread to other counties and cause more civil uprisings." Lu Yi clasped his hands in response.

"Shan, call Lu Dai who is stationed in Puqi, and lead Liu Zuan, Tang Zi and others to divide the troops to fight against the rebels." Sun Quan ordered decisively.

"promise."

After a pause, Sun Quan ordered: "Lu Qing, from now on our country will increase castings of Daquan five hundred. You need to set up a counterfeiting section to prevent unruly people from privately casting Daquan five hundred."

"No!" Lu Yi replied.

(ps: Sun’s unique system can be traced back to Sun Jian, because he relied on his tribe when he started an army)
(End of this chapter)