Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 127 Zhu Tiyin

"Gentlemen, there is no need to argue. It can be as short as one or two days, or as long as three or four days. Whether the alienation strategy will be effective or not, and whether there will be changes in Qiongdu City, we will naturally know. There is no need to argue for a while."

Liu Zhang spoke, and under the banner of "Practice is the only criterion for testing truth", he calmed down the dispute between Zhang Yi, Li Hui, and Peng Yi.

Li Hui initiated the plan of fighting between two tigers, so Liu Zhang's army retreated ten miles to reduce the pressure on Gao Yuan and Yong Mian in Qiongdu City. Then Peng Yi used a divorce plan to bring down the already incompatible relationship between Gao Yuan and Yong Mian. The high sense of trust eventually led Gao Yuan and Yong Mian to do something stupid like fighting with a snipe and a clam.

Unlike Zhang Yi, Liu Zhang was [-]-[-]% sure whether this plan would be effective, and even had full confidence.

Without him, in history, a conflict broke out between the Yi king Gaoding and Yong Kai, the leader of the Yong clan. When Zhuge Liang's army was suppressing the situation, Gaoding unexpectedly killed Yong Kai, abruptly losing a big help.

For this reason, Liu Zhang was very unfavorable about the current alliance between the Yi King Gao Yuan and the Yong clan leader Yong Mian, believing that their alliance would break down sooner or later, not to mention that he was now adding fuel to the fire and accelerating the breakup of the alliance between the two.

"It's late at night. Please take a rest early. Let's wait and see what the situation is like in Qiongdu City tomorrow."

After sending Li Hui, Peng Yi, Zhang Yi and others back to their tents to rest, Liu Zhang did not fall asleep, but read the military information documents he had received by the light of the oil lamp.

The first letter was a document sent by Gan Ning, his lieutenant in charge of the Han Dynasty. The document stated that many powerful families in the Xangqi County worked together to rescue the imprisoned governor of Xangqi County Jing Yi, and put down the rebellion instigated by Zhu Bao, the chief minister of the Xangqi County.

Therefore, with Xianxian County stabilized, Gan Ning quickly marched to Dianchi County, defeated the remaining powerful Meng family among the bandits, and captured the leader of the Meng family, Meng Yi, as well as Meng Yi's eldest son Meng Jie and second son. Meng Huo relieved the siege of Dianchi County.

Liu Zhang couldn't help but be surprised at Gan Ning's quick movements, actually reaching Dian Lake ahead of Wu Yi.

You must know that the route Wu Yi took to Dianchi County was from Bodao to Zhuti, and then from Zhuti to Yizhou County. This route went all the way south, and there were Yangguan River and Shuishui that could be used to transport troops.

Compared with Gan Ning's entry from Bo Road and Nanyi Road to Zangqi County, there was no waterway on this road. Secondly, Gan Ning had to make a big detour from Zangqi County to Yizhou County.

Therefore, although Gan Ning set out several days earlier than Wu Yi, it was surprising that he arrived at Dianchi County faster than Wu Yi.

After being surprised by Gan Ning's quick movements for a moment, Liu Zhang focused his attention on Meng Huo, Meng Yi's second son.

This was a well-known figure. He was captured by Zhuge Liang seven times in history and let go seven times. Finally, he was convinced and bowed to Zhuge Liang: "My lord, God is so powerful that the southerners will never rebel again." '

It's just that "the southerners will no longer rebel" here in Menghuo means that the big families in Nanzhong will no longer rebel, and it does not include the southerners in Nanzhong.

This is also true. After Zhuge Liang's army returned from the southern expedition, the Soyi people immediately rebelled again. It was only with Li Hui's intervention that the rebellion was put down.

However, the Soyi rebellion is not worth taking seriously. The Soyi people in this era were basically in a slave society, and some were even matrilineal societies. Compared with the already feudal Han people, the system gap was not 01:30 points.

In terms of system, organizational strength, and military theory, the Han people have crushing advantages over the Soyi tribes. Except for a few like Gaoyuan, the Yi king of Yuexi County, in Nanzhong, the semi-civilized Soyi tribes rebelled and could cause some waves; others The Soyi tribe's rebellion, without the participation of the Nanzhong clan, can be said to be without any trouble and can be easily put down.

'Otherwise, it would be a life of seven escapes and seven attempts. Liu Zhang had the idea to imitate Zhuge Wuhou and spread a good story in Nanzhong.Liu Zhang separated his thoughts from Meng Huo and read the next document.

This is a document sent by Wu Yi, saying that he has passed through Censhui and will arrive in Dianchi County soon.

Along with this document, twenty boxes of silver were sent as tribute from the wealthy families of Zhuti County to be used as military supplies for the southern expedition.

Liu Zhang was not surprised that the rich people of Zhuti County easily came up with so much silver. "Huayang Guozhi" recorded that Zhuge Liang mentioned that Zhuti County produced silver: "Hanjia gold and Zhuti silver are not enough to feed ourselves." . '

Moreover, the purity of the silver produced in Zhuti County is very high. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang reorganized into the "New" Dynasty and carried out currency reform. Silver goods were of second grade, and Zhuti Silver was the top grade among the second grade.Because of this, Zhu Tiyin became very famous. Han Yu, one of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, said in his poem "Gift to Cui Guanli": "I have two drinking cups, and the silver comes out of Zhu Ti."

However, Zhu Tiyin was mined for hundreds of years from the middle of the Western Han Dynasty to the Shu Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms. The mineral resources have been exhausted, so Zhuge Liang said that "it is not enough to feed himself."

Of course, the silver production in Zhuti County was depleted only during the Shu Han period, and it can still be sustained for a while.

After reading the military information documents from Wu Yi and Gan Ning, Liu Zhang was in a good mood. He started to read the documents from Chengdu.

First of all, don’t drive Wang Shang’s documents. Wang Shang thought that Xiao He was left behind in Chengdu by Liu Zhang. Although he had full authority to handle all matters in Yizhou, Wang Shang knew the importance. For some important matters, Wang Shang would ask Liu Zhang for instructions before handling them. If he waited Don't worry, he will deal with it first and then send a document to inform Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang was a little emotional about Wang Shang's operation. Just like the description of Wang Shang in history, Wang Shang was indeed a great and wise minister who planned and worked for him wholeheartedly.

After reviewing the matters on Wang Shang's documents, Liu Zhang looked at the documents sent by Huang Quan.

During this expedition to Nanzhong, Liu Zhang was somewhat uneasy about Zhao Wei, the German Zhonglang general who he had left idle in Chengdu.

Liu Zhang's power was growing day by day, and he didn't believe that Zhao Wei could hold it back. He watched his family step by step become the shepherd of Yizhou and win over the people of Shu.

Therefore, Liu Zhang deliberately placed Huang Quan in Chengdu and watched Zhao Wei's every move.

However, unlike Liu Zhang's expectations, Huang Quan stated in the document that Zhao Wei would either stay at home in the Zhao Mansion in Chengdu, or go to the military camp under his command outside Chengdu to handle military affairs. There was nothing unexpected.

This surprised Liu Zhang, but the calmer the lake surface, the more undercurrents there are under the lake.

After Liu Zhang approved and asked Huang Quan to continue to keep an eye on Zhao Wei, he read the document sent by Pang Jing, the chief of the palace.

As the head of the Prefecture Mufu, Pang Jing was entrusted by Liu Zhang to keep an eye on his brother Liu Hao.

Although Liu Zhang took up the post of Yizhou Mu and after breaking up with Liu Hao over the matter of Aunt Wang, he purged the people in the Prefectural Mufu who were openly related to Liu Hao, but there was no guarantee that Liu Hao still had a few chess pieces secretly.

(End of this chapter)