Fantasy Three Kingdoms: Four knots in Taoyuan at the beginning

Chapter 194 191, the advantages of Jingzhou
"First of all, my strength in Jingzhou is not weaker than any powerful power in the world, and it can even be said that it is not worse than the imperial court."

"what?"

As soon as Chen Yuan said this, Liu Bei and Xi Zhicai were fine, but Man Chong was completely shocked.

dude, do you know what you're talking about?

You actually said that the strength of the Jingzhou strong is no less than that of the imperial court, do you still have some AC?
Seeing that Man Chong was shocked, Chen Yuan smiled lightly: "Why, Bo Ning doesn't believe it?"

Man Chong nodded: "What the military adviser said is really too shocking, Chong can't believe it!"

Seeing that Man Chong didn't believe it, Chen Yuan directly pointed Ming Taishi Ci.

"Ziyi, tell me how many people in our Jingzhou army are as strong as you."

Tai Shici thought for a moment and said, "Yun Chang, Yi De, Feng Xian, Zi Long, Han Sheng, Jun Yi, Zi Shou."

After finishing speaking, Tai Shici added another sentence: "Wen Yuan, Wen Chang, and You Ping are not far from the first rank, and Gong Fu, Gong Yi and others may not be able to advance to the first rank in the future."

At this time, Man Chong suddenly felt that Jingzhou was a little scary.

There are eight first-rank powerhouses, three peak second-rank powerhouses, and a dozen second-rank powerhouses.

Such strength is too powerful.

Chen Yuan seemed to feel that it wasn't shocking enough, and added: "Fengxian's teacher, Mr. Li, and Zilong's teacher, Mr. Tong, are also first-rank powerhouses."

"Bo Ning, do you think I'm not strong enough in Jingzhou now?"

Man Chong managed to regain his composure: "If what Ziyi said is true, then I, the strong in Jingzhou, are indeed not weaker than anyone else."

"However, only the strength of the strong cannot compete with the powerful in the world."

What Man Chong said was right, first-rank strongmen and second-rank strongmen can cut rivers and mountains, but the strength of scribes cannot be ignored.

Scribes can also cover the sun and the moon, and if the conditions are right, it is not impossible to call the wind and the rain.

There are also various military formations and soul treasures, etc. There are many owners of these things among the powerful.

Especially the soul treasure, which is different from the fighters of the warriors.

The older it is, the stronger it is.

For example, the soul treasure left by Kong Sheng is very powerful.

Kong Rong, a waste material, has one of the soul treasures left by Kong Sheng, and with the magic circle in the city, he can compete against second-rank powerhouses. It cannot but be said that he is really strong.

Chen Yuan nodded: "What Bo Ning said is right. The powerful have a profound background. Just having the strong cannot compete with them, but the powerful have their advantages, and I, Jingzhou, also have our advantages."

"What's the advantage?"

In Man Chong's view, there is nothing else in Jingzhou except for the strong and the powerful and wise lord.

As for the strength of the army, although it is not weak, it is also nonsense to say how strong it is.

In fact, the current Jingzhou army cannot be said to be very strong.

Excluding the five hundred volunteers led by Liu Bei, who followed Liu Bei in the South and North Wars, and killed countless people, they have long since become elite veterans.

Except for those who Liu Bei took to Nanyang to fight against the Nanyang Yellow Turban, and Guan Yu led to clear up the water bandits, they were basically recruits.

Even if the four counties in Jingnan were pacified, there were not many battles.

Most of them are strong duels.

Now there are not enough veterans, elites, or numbers in Jingzhou.

Of course, training is not lacking, what is lacking is fighting.

These soldiers still need to go through some high-intensity battles before they can become veterans and be trained by generals to become special arms, form an army formation, and rule the world.

Nowadays, these generals in Liu Bei's army basically have their own unique formations.

For example, Lu Bu can form the Bingzhou wolf cavalry, Zhao Yun can form the dragon cavalry, Guan Yu's school swordsman, Zhang Fei's Youyan Tuqi, Tai Shici's battle god formation, Huang Zhong's Houyi army formation, Dianwei's Tiger Guard battalion , Zhou Tai's Jiefanbing and so on.

However, the problem is that there are not enough elite veterans.

The formation of special arms can range from thousands to tens of thousands. Now there are only so many troops in Jingzhou.

That is about thirty thousand.

Therefore, these generals have no strength and can only wait.

However, what Chen Yuan wanted to talk about was not about the army.

In Chen Yuan's view, the affairs of the army are not difficult.

As long as the effect of farming next year comes out and the food is available, recruiting soldiers could not be easier.

There are too many refugees in this era, and these refugees are the most suitable soldiers.

Moreover, recruiting troops from among the refugees can not only prevent the limitations of too many Jingzhou people in the army, but also stabilize the hearts of the refugees and have the effect of stabilizing the hearts of the people.

It is not difficult to obtain elite soldiers. When there are enough soldiers, Chen Yuan will definitely develop Jingnan.

Just go to the south, directly through Jiaozhou, and go to Ninan.

Going south can not only train troops and increase Jingzhou's chassis, but the most critical factor is that the imperial court will not take care of it.

If you fight north, you will be taboo.

Going north is either Yuzhou's chassis or Sili's chassis. What do you want Liu Bei to do when you fight these places?
Rebellion?
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is still there, if you dare to rebel, you will be wiped out without any discussion.

But going to the south is different, let alone whether the court can receive this news, even if it receives this news, the emperor will only reward it.

It is believed that Liu Bei is diligent in the affairs of the king and is working hard to calm Jingzhou.

Because the large area to the south of Jingzhou is the base of the barbarians and Baiyue.

And to be honest, Jiaozhou is a wild place in the eyes of the imperial court. Even if Liu Bei occupies one or two counties, the imperial court will not care.

Because Jiaozhou is basically out of control now.

In many cases, taxes are not collected.

Almost nothing.

Maybe Liu Bei can collect a little more tax after he is defeated.

Dealing with the state, the political risk is very small.

Moreover, according to Chen Yuan's plan, when they reached Jiaozhou, it was basically the time when Fatty Dong entered Beijing, and the imperial court was even less interested in taking care of this matter.

Plan pass.

What is the advantage of Jingzhou that Chen Yuan wants to talk about?
People and technology.

"Bo Ning, my advantage in Jingzhou lies in people's support and technology."

Man Chong frowned when he heard this.

"People's hearts and technology?"

"Exactly!"

"I also ask Zichu to enlighten me."

Chen Yuan chuckled when he heard the words: "Bo Ning knows my three policies for governing Jingzhou."

Man Chong shook his head.

"Release domestic slaves, organize households to equalize the people, and pay taxes as a whole. This is our advantage."

"what?"

Man Chong said that he was shocked again.

Don't be shocked.

The first two of these three policies are okay, because the imperial court has always been doing this, but because of the overt and covert resistance of the powerful, the effect is not strong.

During the period of Emperor Ai, Prime Minister Kong Guang put forward a proposal to limit slaves and land, stipulating that the number of slaves and maids of princes and kings should not exceed 200; Liehou and princesses should not exceed 30; Guanneihou and officials should not exceed [-].

However, such an approach could not be supported by powerful landlords and noble bureaucrats, and could not be implemented in the end.

Up to now, these slaves have become an important source of the powerful landlord's trilogy.

Freeing slaves and maidservants is blatantly reducing the strength of powerful landlords.

Without slaves, the strength of powerful landlords will drop a lot.

Without slaves, there will be no one to work for them, and there will be no source of troops for the trilogy.

A powerful landlord would definitely not do it.

Chen Yuan had anticipated this situation a long time ago, so the policy of releasing slaves was divided into several steps.

The first step is to improve the status of slaves and prohibit killing, injuring and abusing slaves so as to protect their right to life.

Anyway, save people first.

The second step is to wait for Jingzhou to have money, to buy slaves from the powerful family, and then let them go to farm.

The third step is to completely eliminate the slavery system and change it to the employment system.

Because it is unrealistic to do it in one step. If we do that, none of the powerful landlords in Jingzhou will support it, and they will all rebel.

But boiling frogs in warm water is not unavoidable.

There is nothing to discuss about the registration of households and Qimin. The main obstacles to the implementation of this policy are the fugitives and the hidden population of the powerful.

Now that Gu Yong is doing this, let's count the ones that can be counted first.

The fugitives were recalled as much as possible to avoid their guilt, and they were given land and grain for farming.

As for the hidden population of Haoqiang, after the Cai family is settled, this problem can be solved easily.

The most critical issue is this one tax payment.

In the taxation policy of the Han Dynasty, officials were exempted from taxes, and their relatives were also exempt from taxes.

Almost all powerful landlords have officials in their families, which means that basically all powerful landlords can be exempted from taxes.

This is also one of the fundamental reasons for the development and growth of Haoqiang.

No tax.

If things go on like this, Haoqiang annexed the land, took in the population, and did not pay taxes. The court taxed the population less and less, and the strength of the Haoqiang became stronger and stronger. When it developed to the limit, it was the Jin Dynasty, and the Sima family shared the world with the aristocratic family.

Because the Sima family is the biggest power.

The so-called king and horse sharing the world is not a lie. The emperors in the Eastern Jin Dynasty had nothing to do with those aristocratic families.

Even rely on them.

Because the court's taxation and army need the support of the family.

Although this policy was proposed by Chen Yuan, under the resistance of the Jingzhou powerful alliance headed by the Cai family, the implementation effect was very poor.

Except for the Kuai family and the Ma family who took the lead in paying some, the other tyrants basically ignored this policy.

After being shocked, Man Chong said: "Zi Chu, the implementation of these three strategies is not going well."

Chen Yuan's face was as flat as a lake: "Yes, it's nice to say it's not going well, but it's actually full of difficulties!"

"Since this is the case, this can still be an advantage, but I think it is a disadvantage."

Man Chong is right, the biggest problem in Jingzhou now is the resistance of the powerful to Liu Bei.

The main reason is the implementation of these three policies.

This is digging up the roots of tyranny.

Chen Yuan waved his hand: "Wrong, Bo Ning, this is exactly our advantage."

"How?"

In fact, this question is not only Man Chong's question, everyone in the Liu Bei Group has this question.

If these three policies had not been implemented, the Liu Bei Group would have controlled Jingzhou long ago, instead of sitting on a volcano that could erupt at any time.

However, these three policies were vigorously implemented by Chen Yuan, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and even Tai Shici in the army supported them.

So it can only be enforced.

But many officials in Jingzhou still have complaints in their hearts.

I feel that Chen Yuan is messing around, and this is one of the reasons why the policy implementation is not good.

Officials do not cooperate.

Of course, Liu Bei is not included in those who don't understand.

Chen Yuan communicated with Liu Bei before implementing these three strategies.

Liu Bei also had such worries at the time, but Chen Yuan persuaded Liu Bei.

Chen Yuan said to Man Chong: "Bo Ning, Jingzhou implements these three strategies. Although Jingzhou's tyrants are dissatisfied and even have complaints, what do you think the court or the emperor thinks?"

Man Chong was taken aback.

Xi Zhicai and Tai Shici were also taken aback.

To be honest, none of them thought about this issue.

It's not their fault, who has Chen Yuan's God's perspective, who can fully understand Han Lingdi's mind.

Many people in this era think that the world is licentious and immoral, which is not a good thing.

Yes, although Emperor Han Ling was not a good thing, he still did what an emperor should do.

In other words, he tried hard to become a qualified emperor.

The most important task of a qualified emperor of the Han Dynasty is to restrain the powerful.

This has already been said before, so I won’t go into details.

Man Chong looked at Chen Yuan solemnly: "What Zichu means is that the Son of Heaven wants to see Jingzhou do this?"

Chen Yuan nodded: "Yes, the emperor is the happiest of us doing this."

Of course Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was happy, he wished that all the governors of the prefectures would do the same.

If they all do this, the Han family will be stable.

What kind of rebellion and what kind of Yellow Turban are scumbags, not worth mentioning.

The confidant's big trouble lies in the powerful family.

In this era, apart from the Son of Heaven, those who can have this understanding are Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Dong Zhuo and Li Ru in the early stage.

The history of the Eastern Han Dynasty is the history of the struggle between the emperor and the powerful, or the history of the struggle between the royal family and the powerful.

Eunuchs and relatives are just extensions of the royal power.

Because the royal family sometimes cannot directly come forward, there are foreign relatives and eunuchs as pioneers. Even if these two forces fail, there is still room for change.

This is what it means to fight without breaking.

Originally, if this situation was maintained, the Han Dynasty could still be maintained for some years.

However, the power of the powerful family became stronger and stronger, so that Emperor Han Ling had to imprison the party.

What does the party stand for?
It represents the break between the royal family headed by the emperor and the powerful.

The situation of fighting but not breaking is completely over.

Maybe it was at that time that the Yuan family gave birth to something they shouldn't have and replaced it.

Party imprisonment is just a representative thing. The growth of eunuchs' power and the power of foreign relatives are all due to the fact that the power of the powerful is getting stronger and stronger, and the royal family has to deal with it.

Why didn't this phenomenon happen when Emperor Guangwu and Emperor Ming were in power? It was because the country had just been established, and the prestige and power of the royal family were at their peak. They could completely suppress powerful forces, so there was no need to do other things.

It's just that when the third emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, was fine in the early and mid-term, but the mighty power in the later period began to show signs of being uncontrollable.

Dou Xian, a foreign relative, began to monopolize power.

Do you really think that Emperor Han Zhang can't control Dou Xian?
No, it's just that Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty wanted Dou Xian to charge forward.

The effect was good. When his son was Han Muzong Liu Zhao, several major forces in the Eastern Han Dynasty reached a balance again, and there was harmony.

At this time, the national power of the Eastern Han Dynasty reached its peak and achieved "the prosperity of Yongyuan".

However, Liu Zhao's son, that is, Emperor Shang of the Han Dynasty, the balance was broken again. The reason was that Emperor Shang succeeded to the throne at the first year of age and was completely unable to command the royal power, which weakened the royal family.

From then on, the Eastern Han Dynasty began to decline.

"We have the help of the emperor in Jingzhou, and this is also one of our advantages."

The reason why Wang Yue helped Liu Bei resist Zhang Ning at the beginning was that apart from his own mission, there was no sign from the emperor.

Otherwise, Wang Yue wouldn't invite Chixiao Sword!

(End of this chapter)