Shuhan

Chapter 3
evening.

The scorching sun fell to the west, night fell, and the night wind in early spring was cold, making people shiver unavoidably.

In the moonless night, there are only a few lights flickering in the temporary camp on Sheshan.

In the main tent of the camp.

Zhang Bao got up and bowed to Liu Chan, and said, "Young master, I am a rough man. Although I only know how to fight the enemy, my father once told me that a gentleman does not stand behind a dangerous wall. Now people in Shu are floating. , There are countless people who talk and talk and order, and the young master has set up camp in Sheshan, isn't it a target for others to attack?"

Zhang Bao was worried about Liu Chan's safety, and he didn't care whether Liu Chan was willing to listen, but he couldn't lose his duty as a courtier.

He cupped his hands half kneeling and said:

"Last year, the powerful Ma Tai and Gao Sheng of Guanghan County rebelled and rebelled. Under the crowd, there were tens of thousands of people. The rebels were fierce, and there were many people who broke the city and took down the stronghold. They almost approached Chengdu. People acted resolutely and stopped the rebellion just in time, Guanghan County is like this, how about Chengdu?"

Liu Chan got up and helped Zhang Bao who was half kneeling on the ground. He patted Zhang Bao's shoulder and said with a smile, "Why don't I know what the general said?"

After Liu Chan helped Zhang Bao up, he said: "Father has not been in Bashu for a long time after all, and since Liu Yan, there have been turmoil and disputes in the middle of Shu, and the local tyrants and Dongzhou scholars are almost endless. This made the situation in Yizhou even more complicated, and when they occupied Chengdu, they promised to take all the treasures. ?”

"Why is that son?"

Zhang Bao was supported by Liu Chan, with a look of astonishment on his face.

"Father's conquest in Hanzhong, so Chengdu can't be chaotic, Shu County can't be chaotic, Yizhou can't be chaotic, and there must be a steady stream of supplies and supplies to Hanzhong, so as not to make the front line difficult and the generals distracted."

As far as Liu Bei is concerned, although he occupies Bashu, his ruling foundation is not very solid.

When Liu Bei launched the battle of entering Shu, "the number of soldiers was less than [-], the soldiers were not attached, the wild valleys were capital, and the army had no supplies." Therefore, after this battle, Liu Bei's subordinates suffered a lot of losses.

As a result, there were even rumors that "Liu Bei is dead" on Cao Wei's side.

In order to complete his work in one battle, Liu Bei had no choice but to adopt the method of "carrot and stick".

He first detained the family members of the soldiers under his command, and then "painted a big cake" for them and made a big promise.

"At the beginning of the attack on Liu Zhang, I prepared an agreement with the scholars: 'If the matter is settled, there will be no one to predict the treasures of the treasury.' And when the city was pulled out, the scholars all gave up fighting and went to Tibet to compete for treasures."

However, Liu Bei soon discovered that the amount of materials in the treasury in the city was not enough to reward the soldiers under his command.

In order to fill this "gap", Liu Bei had no choice but to take gold and silver from the city, which naturally touched the interests of the local people.

Even if you return the grain and silk looted by the soldiers later, will the people and powerful people in Chengdu still thank you?

Because Liu Bei didn't think carefully in advance, after the soldiers robbed the warehouse, the army's supplies were seriously insufficient, so Liu Ba made a suggestion: make straight hundred and five baht coins (one new coin is equal to one hundred old coins) to exploit them. wealth of the people.

Then he unified the price (inflation caused by straight [-] baht), and let the government manage the market.

A few months later, the treasury was full of wealth.

The straight hundred and five baht coins minted by Liu Bei weigh eight baht, but they can be used as one hundred five baht coins, and the coins have depreciated significantly.

This is essentially a plunder of people's wealth.

Moreover, in order to raise military expenses, Liu Bei also introduced a series of economic policies, set up a salt mansion, set up a salt captain, and monopolized the operation of salt and iron.

During the severe drought last year, Liu Bei implemented a total ban on alcohol. Anyone who has wine utensils at home will be punished the same as the wine maker.

Later, thanks to Jian Yong's ingenious and funny admonition, the person with wine utensils was spared punishment.

But after such a toss, Yizhou people are naturally very dissatisfied. You have lost money, you are not allowed to drink alcohol, salt and iron have been monopolized, and life is not good.

That's why after Cao Cao captured Hanzhong, Sima Yi and Liu Ye suggested that he take advantage of the situation to take the land of Shu. The reason was: "Liu Bei used deception to capture Liu Zhang, but the people of Shu did not attach him."

It can be seen that although Liu Bei won Yizhou, he has not yet won the support of the Shu people.

Because of this, one of Liu Bei's first tasks after entering Shu was to gain the support of the local people and wealthy families.

For example, Liu Ba, who was born in Jingzhou and was well-known in Yizhou, refused Liu Bei's invitation many times and even humiliated Zhang Fei. Liu Bei hated Liu Bei, but under Fazheng's suggestion, Xu Jing was still entrusted with a high-ranking official and rich salary.

Even at that time, Liu Bei married Wu Yi's younger sister.

In the beginning, Wu Yi's younger sister was the wife of Liu Mao, the third brother of Liu Zhang, but later Liu Mao died.

Liu Bei believed that he was of the same family as Liu Mao, and it was against etiquette to make his wife his own.

However, Fazheng believed that Jin Wengong also married Huai Ying, the wife of his nephew Jin Huaigong.

So Liu Bei married Mrs. Wu.

Huai Ying's marriage to Duke Wen of Jin is actually a political marriage between Qin and Jin, and Liu Bei wants to reassure Wu Yi and other Liu Zhang's former troops through marriage, which is naturally also a political marriage.

In order to win people's hearts, Liu Bei was even willing to sacrifice himself.

But even so, Yizhou's people's hearts are still not fully attached.

Like Ma Qin Gaosheng and his ilk in the middle of Shu, I don’t know how many there are. For example, those who don’t rebel, such as Zhang Yu from Shu County, protested through prophecy, made many prophecies that are not conducive to unity, and many people believe him If so, this makes people's hearts even more scattered.

People are scattered, and the team is not easy to lead!

Later, Liu Bei was able to stabilize Yizhou and give Shu Han 43 years of Guozuo. It was entirely because of the Battle of Hanzhong, Guan Yu's flooding of the Seventh Army, Megatron China, and civil servants and generals such as Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, Jiang Wei, etc. who dedicated everything to the word loyalty. .

For Liu Chan now, if there were no variables in the Battle of Hanzhong, he would definitely be able to win it.

But if it's just like in history, then wouldn't he have crossed in vain?
Liu Chan has a sense of time urgency.

After all, Liu Bei won the Battle of Hanzhong this year, and Guan Yu shocked China, but at the same time, this year is also the year when Guan Yu lost Maicheng and Jingzhou.

Liu Chan wants to use the limited time to integrate various forces in Yizhou and cultivate his own power, so as to gain the ability to change the course of history!

This year, Yan Han is unparalleled in momentum, but also dangerous.

Opportunities and crises coexist. Since he has traveled through time, he naturally wants to change this ending.

Boss Cao, go with peace of mind!

I will accept your Tongque Terrace.

Cao Pi, your wife is not bad.

I raise your wife!

As for Sun Shiwan, he naturally wants to welcome his stepmother Sun Shangxiang back. After all, the land of Jiangdong is his stepmother's dowry!

The world must be divided for a long time, and the world must be united for a long time. As for the Sima family, they must go to one side.

(End of this chapter)