Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 722 Xiangzhou
On the banks of the Yangtze River, the emperor of the Han Dynasty is sitting leisurely on the top chair, holding a fishing rod, fishing by the river.

After more than a year of fighting, Liu Chan finally had free time, so Liu Chan seized the opportunity to go to the river to catch a few tails.It's a pity that the technology is not up to standard, and the cold wind blowing for a long time was in vain.

"Report to Your Majesty." The attendant walked to Liu Chan's side and said in a low voice, "Xiangzhou Inspector Zhuge Qiao and Governor Deng Ai are begging to see you."

Liu Chan fixed the fishing rod and shouted: "Xuan!"

"promise!"

Zhuge Qiao and Deng Ai tidied their clothes, came forward, saluted the emperor respectfully, and said: "I pay homage to the country, Your Majesty, ten thousand years."

"Free gift!"

Liu Chan signaled his attendants to take their seats for the two, and said: "Eastern Wu begs to surrender to our country, and from now on I will serve as the master of the Han Dynasty. Presumably it will not be long before the war between the two countries will end, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty will return to Bashu to rest in the west. Therefore, the affairs of Xiangzhou will continue It needs to be handled by the two of you, and the responsibility is quite difficult!"

Deng Ai was the first to speak out and said: "Your Majesty, I will guard Xiangzhou so that the Wu people will not dare to spy. I will retreat to the east from the Wu people and support Jingzhou from the north."

Liu Chan shook his head, and said: "A scholar capable of both literature and military affairs, well-planned, using you only to guard Xiangzhou is really overkill. Now I entrust you as the supervisor, but I have a heavy responsibility to entrust."

Deng Ai's spirits lifted, he straightened his back, and replied: "Please show me, Your Majesty."

Liu Chan pondered for a while, and said: "Xiangzhou has millions of people, and it is a rare state and county in our Han Dynasty. Its fertile fields are thousands of miles away, and the grain and crops are abundant. It is a place for our Han Dynasty to strengthen the army. Shizai is now in charge of Xiangzhou. He should store fields and valleys. Refined soldiers and horses, and then used them in the Central Plains to restore the Han Dynasty..."

Deng Ai is a rare general in the Han Dynasty. If Liu Chan wants to keep Xiangzhou and Weijiang Zuo in the east, he can just appoint Deng Zhi, the governor of Jiangzhou, so why choose Deng Ai as the governor of Xiangzhou.

Its core meaning is to use Deng Ai's ability to mount a horse to govern the army and dismount to calm the people, so that he can refine a troop in Xiangzhou and use it to fight in the Central Plains.

The situation in the world has developed to the present, and the army of 3 to [-] people in the hands of the Dahan is no longer enough. In order to cope with the next battle with Cao Wei for the Central Plains, the Dahan must expand his army.

After discussion by Liu Chan and high-level officials, the Dahan army plans to expand to about 20 people.The soldiers and horses of each prefecture are roughly as follows: Yizhou has 5000 soldiers, Liangzhou has 5000 soldiers, Qinzhou has [-] soldiers, Jingzhou has [-] soldiers, Xiangzhou has [-] soldiers, and Northwest countries have [-] Dao soldiers.

However, the 20 troops are not the total force of the country, but the troops that can be used for fighting in the Central Plains. Among them, the [-] troops that are missing will fall on the newly recovered Xiangzhou.

Listening to Liu Chan's arrangement, Deng Ai thought about it a few times.If the soldiers defending Soochow are added, Xiangzhou must have an army of 13 to 15. According to the population ratio of Xiangzhou, it takes about 1-[-] people to support [-] soldier, which puts too much pressure on Xiangzhou.

After a pause, Liu Chan continued: "I know that Xiangzhou is in decline, and now we can transfer soldiers from Jiaozhou to go north to guard the border to solve the difficulties in Xiangzhou."

Deng Ai's frowning eased slightly. Thousands of soldiers from Jiaozhou went north to help Xiangzhou defend the border. Although it could alleviate the problem of Xiangzhou's military resources, the core food and grass problem still needed to be solved by Xiangzhou itself.

Deng Ai and Zhuge Qiao looked at each other, and both of them felt that this job was difficult.

Although the errand is not easy to accept, it does not mean that Liu Chan is trying to make things difficult for others.Although most of Xiangzhou's agriculture at this time was under the farming environment of fire and water, advanced farming methods had already appeared in some counties and counties, as long as these advanced farming methods were slowly promoted.

Dahan already has a template for this kind of promotion.When the Han Dynasty closed the country, Liu Chan concentrated on developing agriculture and improving farm tools, and promoted these advanced farming methods to the lower levels and included them in the assessment of counties and counties.

Although the natural environments of Yizhou and Xiangzhou are somewhat different, they are generally similar.For example, both of them use rice as the main crop, are located in the Yangtze River Basin, are on the same latitude, and are both red-yellow soil areas.

In other words, if you want to develop Xiangzhou's agriculture, you can transfer the advanced farming methods of Yizhou to Xiangzhou, and only slightly modify the differences.

"What?" Liu Chan stared at the fishing line on the river and asked, "Is there any difficulty?"

After thinking about it for a while, Deng Ai cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, I still need to go to the counties and counties of Xiangzhou to inspect after the military affairs are settled before I can report to Your Majesty."

After a pause, Deng Ai asked: "May I ask Your Majesty, how long is the term of office?"

Liu Chan glanced at Deng Ai, and asked: "The shortest is three years, and the longest is five years. By then, the big man will attack Wei."

"promise!"

Liu Chan saw that there were still no fish hooked, so he stopped fishing. Instead, he ordered people to put away the fishing rods, and said, "I have appointed the generals to guard Xiangzhou. Chen Dao led the Jiangxia prefect and stationed in Xiakou; Deng Zhi Lead the governor of Nanjun County, and station troops in the police. These two people assist the Qing to manage the army, and to prestige the people of Wu."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the military affairs were settled, Liu Chan looked at Zhuge Qiao and said: "Xiangzhou has been under the rule of the Eastern Wu for a long time. The people are in poverty, the taxes are heavy, and many sons are born. They can't afford to support them. Now under the rule of my great Han, we should rest and recuperate, and put the people at ease. Above all, there is a degree of political relaxation, not too strict."

Zhuge Qiao nodded, and replied earnestly: "Your Majesty's words, Qiao will take them to heart and never forget them."

"Bo Song was the governor of Xiangzhou at the beginning, so he should be encouraged. If there is any uncertainty, you can ask the political center, or you can discuss it with Shizai, and then make a decision." Liu Chan urged.

"promise!"

Zhuge Qiao, who was in his mid-thirties, was still too young to be the governor of the state with a population of one million.According to his qualifications, Lu Yi should be the governor of Xiangzhou, but his father is Zhuge Liang, all this is different.

In terms of his talent, Zhuge Qiao is still competent, and may make mistakes due to lack of experience, but it is all due to tuition fees.Of course, there is also a matching place. Zhuge Qiao has dealt with Soochow for a long time, and knows the inside story of Jingnan, so he can govern.

Um!Xiangzhou, newly occupied by the Han Dynasty, has eight counties including Wuling, Lingling, Linhe, Changsha (Hengyang County), Guiyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia, and Tianmen.Yidu County, which governed Yiling, was abolished, and the counties under its rule were divided into Badong County in Yizhou and Nan County in Jingzhou.

After the annexation of Yiling, Nanjun was too large, and Liu Chan divided the northern part of Wuling and the southeastern part of Nanjun into five counties, and established them as Tianmen County, which was governed by Lingyang County.

After the two left, Liao Li came with the letter from Zhuge Jin, and said, "Your Majesty, Zhuge Jin came to discuss again, but Sun Quan did not want to punish Lu Xun, and he said he was ill and could not drive for His Majesty. "

Zhuge Jin went back and forth between the Han and Wu camps many times, arguing about the three Han affairs.Jiangxia County agreed, and ceded Xiakou and other Jiangbei lands; Lu Xun could drown, but he didn't want to put it on the face;

Liu Chan stood up and said: "Zhuge Jin traveled to and from the two countries several times, and it took half a month, and the progress was slow. I think this is Sun Quan's strategy to slow down the army. He is probably waiting for the war between the Han and Wei in Jingbei. If the Wei people win, he will become more arrogant. ; If my Han wins, he will be respectful."

After the Great Han pacified Jingchu, fearing Man Chong's offensive, Liu Chan asked Wang Ping to lead thousands of people back to Jingbei, and ordered him to take charge of the war in Jingbei.Maybe let Sun Quan discover the situation in Jingbei, and Sun Quan delays the signing of the letter of surrender in the name of negotiating a treaty by stabilizing the morale of the army.

As he said that, Liu Chan raised his sleeves, raised his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "Order Ma Zhong, Chen Dao, and Deng Zhi to march, and let Xin Hong be the envoy. Tell Sun Quan that Lu Xun can not be punished, but I want to see it with my own eyes. He drowned. As for inspecting the two armies in Yunmengze, he must come and drive for me!"

"promise!"

Liu Chan can still see clearly Sun Quan's careful thoughts, and of course he will not get what he wants.

Why let Lu Xun die is also simple.Lu Xun is a rare master of military strategy in the Three Kingdoms. He has a bad sense of big men. If he is in charge of the military power of Soochow, who knows what he will do.

As for Sun Quan's promise that Lu Xun would be drowned, Liu Chan also had a bottom line in his heart.Once Sun Quan retreats to Jiangdong, the power of the local gentry in Jiangdong will threaten his rule, and Lu Xun, as the representative, will bear the brunt.

To know the history a few years later, it is because of Lu Xun's participation in the dispute of the Second Palace.As a result, Sun Quan sent people to scold him several times, causing Lu Xun to die of anger.If Sun Quan was reluctant to part with Lu Xun, how could he scold Lu Xun to death.

Now that the big man has changed the political situation in Soochow, and Lu Xun is defeated and returned, it is good for Sun Quan not to hold Lu Xun accountable. Now that the big man intervenes to make Lu Xun die, why would Sun Quan dare to resist.At most, the blatant punishment of Lu Xun with scruples would lead to rebellion or dissatisfaction among Soochow generals.

(End of this chapter)