Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 626 Jingzhou Wendao Prosperity
"Although Chu Nan has little wisdom, he has no great talent. Although he now owns the land of Kyushu, he doesn't know how to govern it. He claims to be benevolent and righteous, but these hundred coins are nothing more than collecting people's fat and anointing. It is completely different from the original intention. I like the people of Yuanyuan. There will be chaos because of this coin." Jingzhou, Xiangyang, and celebrities gathered in the governor's office, many Jingxiang celebrities commented on the quality of the hundred coins issued by Chunan today, and they all said that Chunan's move is to search for the people's fat and anointment, rather than claiming to be benevolent and righteous, and to serve the people. Run in the opposite direction.

"This is a cruel and heartless generation. If they treat the gentry like this, how can they really treat the common people? I see, within a few years, there is no need to attack. Now the land of Kyushu will fall apart. We only need to briefly With a clever trick, that Chu Ziyan can be destroyed forever!"

Listening to the high-spirited talk of these famous scholars, Liu Bei took a sip of wine in depression, and when a scribe came to ask, he also smiled and echoed a few words.

Hundred coins have been issued for several months, and Chu Nan pointed out that all trades with the states are settled with this currency, and at the same time, there is a certain degree of promotion in the Central Plains.

Liu Bei couldn't see why Chu Nan minted these hundred coins suddenly, but Liu Bei didn't believe it if he said it was just to scrape the people's fat and people's anointing.

Naturally, he didn't like Chu Nan, but he also admired Chu Nan's methods, which was not in conflict.

Chu Nan started as a merchant, all the way to the present power over the world, sitting in the land of Kyushu, Liu Bei is almost a witness, every time Chu Nan makes a move, Liu Bei will repeatedly figure it out, whether it is the initial killing of the people, or The later ideas on promotion, from the establishment of the Hall of Odd People to the restructuring of the Hall of Odd People last year, seemed inexplicable at the beginning, but judging from the later events, he was undoubtedly right.

Chu Nan began to massacre and suppress the gentry in Xuzhou. In the eyes of the world at that time, neither Chu Nan nor Lu Bu could go far.

However, after the massacre that shocked the world, it was Xuzhou's people's support, and Lu Bu's strength became stronger and stronger.

The hearts of the people are also done.

It seems an unbelievable scene, but Liu Bei can probably understand why this is so. He has climbed all the way from the bottom, and he is very clear that the conflict between the people and the scholars has reached a very serious level.

Scholars can be regarded as a tool for the princes from all walks of life, including before the great chaos of the world, the imperial court ruled the people, but the scholars gradually expanded to the point where they could counteract the imperial power.

People can't survive, so naturally they have to work hard, but behind this, I didn't think much about it at the time, but thinking about it now, it may not be that there is no shadow of a soldier.

And all the things Chu Nan did before were actually to suppress the soldiers, destroy the power of the soldiers, and then re-establish a new system of the gentry. It is not clear whether it is still called the gentry, but the effect is the same. .

I thought that this was just a repetition of the beginning of the great Han from prosperity to decline, but judging from the restructuring of the Hall of Strange People, Chu Nan obviously knew this too. A channel was established between the people and the people.

As for the promotion of concept ideas, although it has caused many unstable factors, judging from the current results, it is not as expected. In the eyes, people have the power to face monsters. Jingzhou, Jiangdong, and Shu have The disaster of monsters and beasts, but only in the land of Kyushu, the disaster of monsters and beasts is very rare, and there are even groups of monster hunters that are inconceivable in the eyes of the princes everywhere.

Liu Bei once wanted to try to attract a group of well-known monster hunters to become generals for him. After all, these monster hunters are not bad, and after training, they might be able to become generals.

But it was rejected.

I would rather be a monster hunter under Chu Nan's rule than come here to be a general. To put it bluntly, a monster hunter is just like the hunters here, and doesn't have a high status. Although my side is small, but with In the name of his uncle, how could he not be able to invite even a few monster hunters?
Of course, it’s not that he can’t recruit at all. The ones he’s looking for are all well-known monster hunters. Ordinary monster hunters can still be recruited if they can give good conditions, but their abilities are mostly ordinary. significance.

But from this point, it can be seen that folk talents support and yearn for Chu Nan, even though they have never even met each other!

It was also at that time that Liu Bei began to study Chu Nan's strategy for governing the country.

A lot of things will become clear in hindsight. Why did Chu Nan not only not have an unstable foundation and a chaotic regime after massacring celebrities, but instead became more stable?
Why is Chu Nan able to defeat the strong with the weak every time, first defeating the coalition forces of the Chen family and Sun Ce, then defeating Cao Cao, and finally even defeating Yuan Shao.

Lu Bu's bravery alone is obviously not enough.

Now that the result and process have been established, it is much easier to reverse the reason. The Chunan butchers did not just slaughter, but came up with a decree, killing those who disobeyed and those who resisted.

Wang Mang seems to have done similar things, not as thorough as what Chu Nan did, but why did he fail?

The difference is that at the same time as the butcher in southern Chu, he has attracted another group of people, such as poor families, common people, insignificant officials in the government office, and ordinary people, but no scholar is willing to stand by him from the beginning to the end. Therefore, scholars can only fight back from the bright side, but in the process, Chu Nan has attracted a large number of poor and common people to use it.

While the previous framework was broken, a new framework and system was quickly established, so there was a scene that puzzled people all over the world. The more scholars were slaughtered, the more stable the people's hearts were, making people think that killing soldiers would stabilize the people's hearts.

In addition, Chu Nan's control over public opinion is also very strong, and he can often find very reasonable reasons for killing people, not the general indiscriminate killing as rumored in the world.

Through the study of Chu Nan, Liu Bei seems to see a framework that covers the whole world, and everything Chu Nan does is around this framework, and this framework is that Chu Nan can win the hearts of the people and have the momentum it is today The fundamental reason is that everyone lives in this framework, and can find their own foundation in this framework, and even Chu Nan has left a way for scholars.

It’s just that those roads are disdainful in the eyes of scholars who are used to their own rights and interests, but this road may be the most suitable for the development of the world, so when Chu Nan was a butcher, he could be decisive, even people like Xun Yu and the Xun family Talented people and famous people can kill them without hesitation as long as they fall outside the framework he gave.

There are gullies in the chest at a young age!
Liu Bei still hates Chu Nan, whether it is the revenge of killing his brother or the conflict with his idea of ​​helping the Han family, there is no possibility of reconciliation between him and Chu Nan, but on the other hand, after studying Chu Nan for several years, Liu Bei has a heart for Chu Nan Admired, occasionally thinking that when Chu Nan actually wanted to go to him, he would feel some regrets in his heart.

It seems to be a conflict, but in fact it is not a conflict. People can have hatred, but they cannot be controlled by hatred.

"Xuande seems to be thinking about something?" Liu Biao looked at Liu Bei, seeing that he was not thinking, he asked with a smile, "Do you have something on your mind?"

"Brother, forgive me." Liu Bei nodded, and smiled apologetically, "Bei was just thinking about the significance of Chu Nan's actions?"

"It's nothing more than plundering the people, why should Duke Xuande worry so much?" Xu Si smiled and said: "It seems that these people who come from merchants only have money and no righteousness in their eyes. What they are doing now is just showing their true colors. It’s just suffering the people of the Central Plains!”

Xu Si was originally a counselor under Cao Cao's account. Zhang Chao and Chen Gong welcomed Lu Bu to Yanzhou, and Xu Si was one of them. Later, Lu Bu reused Chu Nan to reform the system. Therefore, he abandoned Lu Bu and joined Liu Biao.

After coming to Jingzhou, he gained the reputation of a national scholar for criticizing the southern Chu system for a long time. Now he is quite famous in Jingzhou, and he is Liu Biao's guest.

"Bei also hopes so." Liu Bei nodded, not arguing with him. In Jingzhou, criticizing Chu Nan is a kind of political correctness, but speaking for Chu Nan will be regarded as a different kind. Liu Bei and Chu Nan are enemies, although they know that Chu Nan would not be so short-sighted, but he would not offend others for it, so he thought for a while and said, "But Chu Nan is as cunning as a fox, and he has inexplicably released these hundred coins. It is his conspiracy to worry about it, brother. No defense."

Liu Biao nodded and said: "Xuande's worries are not unreasonable, but Chu Nan tied this coin with Xu Jin and refined salt. If the Jingxiang gentry wanted to buy Xu Jin, they could only buy it in exchange for the money, and they could buy it. Even with a [-]% discount, I can't stop it."

Although the two sides are political enemies, it is not a complete severance of communication. All states have needs for the Central Plains, and the Central Plains also has a lot of supplies that only the South can only buy from here.

Moreover, now that Chu Nan dominates Kyushu, the exchange of trade is actually an advantage for them, so neither Liu Biao nor Sun Quan prohibits this business behavior, and chooses to acquiesce.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Perhaps Bei is too worried."

"I heard that Xu Huang was guarding Nanyang since Chu Nan. This man was once a general under Cao Cao. Does Xuande know this man?" Liu Biao didn't care much about business, but Nanyang changed hands, so Zhang Xiu went to vote for Chu Nan. Xu Huang, a general under Chu Nan's command, came to guard Nanyang, which made Liu Biao feel a sense of crisis.

"We have met on several occasions." Liu Bei nodded and said, "This man's military strategy is quite good, and he governs the army strictly. He once fought with Cao Cao in the southern and northern wars, and later attacked Jizhou with southern Chu. He has made great achievements. Don't be careless."

Liu Biao nodded silently, and said with emotion: "Since the annexation of the four northern states, the general situation in southern Chu has been established. Now that Xu Huang is the governor of Nanyang, he has a heart for Jingzhou, so we must guard against it!"

"Brother, don't worry, Bei has already set up a defensive line in Xinye. If Chu Nan comes to attack, Bei is willing to defend the Jingxiang gate for brother!" Liu Bei said solemnly.

"I know the heart of Xuande." Liu Biao laughed. This is Liu Bei's shady request for more military power. Liu Biao didn't answer, and Liu Bei didn't say anything more. The guests continued to drink, compose poems and talk loudly. Commenting on the world is quite a bit of literary prosperity...

(End of this chapter)