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Chapter 556
In the third year of Emperor Taihe of the Ming Dynasty, Zhuge Wuhou and Sun Quan had an "Alliance on the Division of the World": Since the alliance between Han and Wu today, they have worked together to fight against the Wei thieves, save the crisis and relieve the suffering, share the disaster and celebrate together. Both likes and dislikes, nothing or both.If it harms the Han, Wu will attack it.If it harms Wu, the Han will attack it.Each guards the land and does not invade each other.

Yang Zheng and Zhong Hui confronted each other in Hanzhong, and when Du Yu sneaked into Yinping, Wu Guo actually moved.

In October, Shu reported that Wei had seen the attack, Jiashen, and Dong Wu sent General Ding Feng to supervise the troops to Wei Shouchun to contain Wei.

The general stayed in Ping Bie and made achievements in Nanjun, discussing the direction of the troops, and the generals Ding Feng and Sun Yi entered Mianzhong, all with the intention of entering Shu.

However, Shu surrendered too quickly, and the news spread too slowly.

So Soochow didn't react.

By the time he reacted, the dust had already settled.

Liu Chan surrendered, Zhong Hui withdrew from Hanzhong, and Yang Zheng took all of Shu.

According to the news obtained later, Yan Yu led [-] elite troops back to defend Chengdu, while Yong'an only had [-] old and weak, and the little-known Luo Xian was still stationed.

Of course, Wu Guojun and his ministers were very moved.

Take Yong'an, and more than half of the risks of Bashan and Yangtze River are in your hands.

There is no longer any need to worry about the army in Shuzhong going down the river, straight down to Jingzhou and Jiangdong.

In addition, you can spy on the beautiful land in central Shu again.

In this situation, how can we not make a move?
However, the strength of Yong'an City surpassed their imagination.

And Luo Xian, a little-known man, defeated the tens of thousands of generals of the Wu Fu Army and blocked Lu Kang's [-] troops.

Wu Jun tried his best, but Yong'an never fell down.

Du Yu unconditionally supported Luo Xian, and there was an endless stream of reinforcements, food, and ordnance.

The casualties of the Wu army gradually increased.

Lu Kang proposed Jianye, asked to withdraw from the army, and the two families formed a friendship, and watched the dispute between the Kanto and Kansai, recuperated, trained elite soldiers, and then sat and watched the success or failure of the two families to reap the benefits.

However, at this time, Wu Guochaotang was controlled by Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing, acting as external and internal to each other, blocking the way of speech, and crowding out talented people, so as not to threaten their status.

Puyang Xing was originally the magistrate of Shangyu County, and later promoted to the prefect of Kuaiji. Sun Xiu, who was still the king of Langya at that time, lived in Kuaiji, and the two had a good personal relationship.

After Sun Xiu succeeded to the throne, Puyang Xing had neither achievements nor political achievements, and was promoted step by step. In two or three years, he was promoted from Taishou to Taichang, General Wei, and Prime Minister...

The Lord of Wu, Sun Xiuzhi, knew that the two were friends with each other, but because Puyang was prosperous, Zhang Bu had the merit of eliminating Sun Chen, and couldn't bear to be punished, so he ignored state affairs and devoted himself to studying and hunting.

Lu Kang was well-known, and Zhuge Ke admired his character a lot back then, and he was a big family in Jiangdong, so he was naturally a major threat to Puyang Xing and Zhang Bu.

Sun Xiu also had high hopes for Lu Kang. In the second year of Yong'an (259), he moved to the general of the town army and town of Xiling.

Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing ordered him to attack Yong'an, which was a plan of consumption.

Lu Kang was defeated and his reputation suffered a setback, so he no longer had the chance to compete with the two of them.

Of course Lu Kang knew what the two of them were thinking.

After attacking several times, Yong'an City not only did not break the city, but became stronger and stronger. The Wu Kingdom suffered heavy casualties, and Lu Kang's governor could not do anything.

Yongan turned to confrontation.

When the news was sent to Guzang, Yang Zheng was greatly impressed.

Although Luo Xian's battle was not very conspicuous, it was full of gold.

Buxie and Lu Kang are both generals of Soochow.

The military systems of Wei and Shu are similar, both are Chinese and foreign military systems, that is, the army is divided into Chinese army, foreign army, and state and county soldiers.

Only the state of Wu is quite different, adopting the hereditary system of trilogy.

The army is privately owned by the gentry tyrants. When the father dies, the son inherits it.

This also led to Wu's army being an outsider in foreign wars and an expert in civil wars.

When fighting Baiyue, robbing population and territory, each one is more fierce than the other.

When they joined forces to attack Huainan, they pulled their hips one by one.

Sun Quan's [-] troops, Zhang Liao's [-] infantry marched in front of him, and the [-] troops fell apart, such outrageous things could happen.

"When Sun Ce swept Jiangdong back then, he also strongly suppressed the local tyrants, and finally died in the assassination of the powerful clan. Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and had to compromise with the tyrants in exchange for Jiangdong's support. That's why there is a hereditary system." Zhang Fu cupped his hands.

This person is from Xi'e County, Nanyang, a descendant of Zhang Heng.

The family background is down, young and energetic, unwilling to surrender to the notorious Sima family, the imperial examination will be held in Liangzhou. In the second year of Ganlu, Zhang Fu took part with the mentality of giving it a try. He did not expect that the top student in high school would be Di Daoling.

However, this person obviously does not know how to be an official. Once he takes office, he will be severely punished and punished severely, prohibiting the wealthy clan in Longxi from encroaching on land and robbing people.

Due to the intolerance of the wealthy clan in Longxi, conflicts continued.

Every now and then, strong men attack the county government...

His achievements as a county magistrate are therefore unsightly.

He was rated as inferior in Liangzhou Xingtai and was on the verge of dismissal.

It was the secret reports from the Xuanyi Division and the Zhenfu Division that were sent to Yang Zheng that saved him from being dismissed from office and became a general.

掾zuo is the official.

When the officials were in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they said that they were not big or small.

It depends on how the master uses it.

Yang Zheng was interested in him because he was very courageous. Few people dared to directly confront the nobles these days.

After being called into the general's mansion, after some conversations, I found that this man was knowledgeable, insightful, bold and careful.

"So, Sun Quan is the root cause of Wu's disease?" Not only Yang Zheng didn't know much about Wu, but the whole Liangzhou didn't know much about Wu.

Nanyang belongs to Jingzhou, so Zhang Fu can observe the state of Wu "closely".

"After Sun Ce's death, the six counties in Jiangdong rebelled against three counties. Sun Quan did not make peace with the gentry. Once the Taizu's army arrived, Jiangdong collapsed." Zhang Fu's words opened Yang Zheng's eyes.

Yang Zheng nodded in agreement, "Sun Quan had to compromise with the wealthy family back then."

The situation of the Three Kingdoms has been turbulent for decades, which is essentially a history of the upper class of the gentry.

"Those who have established a country since ancient times must restrain the powerful. The Taizu set out to farm the land, exempted miscellaneous taxes and tax changes since the Han Dynasty, and stipulated that he should collect four liters of grain per mu for land rent, and only two horses of silk and two catties of cotton from the household. He was not allowed to make money. Afterwards, the Recruitment Order was promulgated, only talents were selected, regardless of their background and character, and poor scholars were able to enter the official ranks, and they were on a par with wealthy scholars, and cruel officials such as Man Chong were used to suppress the nobles, and the Great Wei was able to suppress the heroes." road.

Yang Zheng recalled something, "Back then, the Taizu was the captain of the North, and he made more than ten five-color sticks and hung them around the yamen. He strictly enforced the law and declared the prohibition, saying: Anyone who breaks the ban will be killed with a stick. He is not afraid of the powerful, and fights in the street. Killing Jian Shuo's uncle will move the world."

The garrison system established by Wei Wu is actually a means of restraining the tyranny of the gentry.

That is to say, the country occupies a large amount of land and population, and develops production, bypassing the powerful gentry.

At that time, the tax was only five or five, and the government also provided seeds, farm tools, and cattle.

This is much better than some black factories in later generations.

However, after Wei Wu's death, everything changed.

The "serfdom" has been established in the farmland, the meritocracy has become the nine-rank official law, and there are no cruel officials above the court. The former humble scholars have become the new gentry tyrants...

On the surface, the two were talking about Wei Wu and Sun Quan, but they were actually talking about the future of Liangzhou.

Both Sun Quan and Cao Pi's paths failed.

On the contrary, the Kingdom of Shu is a model that can be used for reference. It used the foreign Jingzhou scholars to suppress the local wealthy families, and then used the Northern Expedition to unite the hearts of the people.

Of course, the Kingdom of Shu did not do well, and it also failed, which can be regarded as an attempt.

(End of this chapter)