Three Kingdoms in a box

Chapter 76 Build walls high, store grain widely, and slowly become king

Listening to Ma Yuanyi's words, Li Yu couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth. Why did this kid's words sound a bit like the fake pockmark in "Let the Bullets Fly"?

Zhang Liang was not in a good temper. After listening to Ma Yuanyi's words, he suddenly glared angrily and shouted: "Say it quickly, if you don't say it, I will kill you now! No, he's coming!"

Zhang Liang thought for a while and felt that his coming to kill him was not a deterrent. He immediately turned his head and pointed at the trembling cook soldier holding a knife!

When Ma Yuanyi saw this cook, his scalp went numb. This man was too cruel. Look at his trembling hands. He couldn't even imagine that he would stab him. He couldn't imagine it.

Ma Yuanyi thought about this and immediately said: "Wait a minute, I'll tell you everything!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhang Liang and said: "Actually, this attack on your Xiagouhe Village has a lot to do with the Qian family in the East Village. He gave us, the head of the family, a thousand shi of grain, and then joined forces with us to massacre you. By the way, , after we kill you, let us hand over your land deeds to him."

"In this way, our two families will be friends with each other and exchange knowledge. His Qian family has obtained good land and annexed the entire Xiagouhe village in one fell swoop. It can rank as a moderately powerful person in the county. And if we are friends with him, then if we become officers and soldiers To attack our mountain stronghold, he can bring in foreign aid and use various means to smoothen the relationship and maybe save our mountain stronghold's life."

After hearing this, Zhang Liang and Zhang Jiao looked at each other, but Zhang Jiao was waiting for Li Yu's order. Li Yu also understood after listening to Ma Yuanyi's words. It turned out that this was how these powerful people played among themselves in the late Eastern Han Dynasty!

No wonder we rarely hear of bandits robbing local wealthy families. Perhaps in addition to the local wealthy families having their own armed forces, these local wealthy families may also be colluding with these bandits. They collude with each other and are connected with each other, resulting in today's chaotic situation.

Zhang Jiao had actually heard before that some wealthy families were suspected of colluding with bandits, but he had no evidence, but today he knew for sure that there was something fishy.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiao asked Li Yu: "Immortal Lord, what should we do now?"

Li Yu thought for a while and said: "Zhang Jiao, there are two paths before you now. One is to be obedient people and preach honestly. Of course, one day when you touch the interests of local powerful or aristocratic families, you will If you are counterattacked by these powerful and aristocratic families, you will end up in a situation where everyone is shouting for beatings."

"Secondly, in the name of missionary work, separate one side and establish a new kingdom that conforms to our teachings. Of course, this road is hundreds of times more difficult than the previous one. How do you choose?"

Continuing such aimless missionary work, just like what was written in that period of history, when they expanded to a certain extent, the next step was to purge at the national level. Although the power of the Yellow Turbans spread to most of the Han Dynasty, it was Destroyed overnight.

The second one is the plan given by Li Yu. Separate one side first, then slowly make it bigger and stronger, and create greater glory!
Just like the strategy Liu Bowen gave to Zhu Yuanzhang, build walls high, store up supplies, slowly claim the throne, wait until the world changes, and join the fight as a group of princes!Seize the world!

Instead of taking over the world as a rebel.

Some people will say, this is wrong. If Zhang Jiao had not rebelled, the Yellow Turban Rebellion would have caused great changes in the world.

In fact, the Han Dynasty's shortcomings have been around for a long time. It does not mean that if Zhang Jiao does not rebel, the world will not be in chaos. Zhang Jiao's rebellion is actually a trigger.

In fact, the shortcomings of the Han Dynasty should have started with the struggle between the imperial power and the aristocratic families for power. The real chaos was not the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but the five years after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.After the death of Emperor Ling, Liu Bian or Liu Xie was appointed, which caused the Shichangshi Rebellion. Then Dong Zhuo came to Beijing and had a tough fight with the wealthy family headed by the Yuan family. Finally, Yuan Shao escaped and formed an alliance at Hulao Pass.

In fact, it can be seen that Zhang Jiao's rebellion mainly affected two important things. One is the birth of the position of Zhou Mu. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was no such position as Zhou Mu, which controlled the military and political power of a state. .

At this time, the assassin was still used, a small official with a salary of [-] dan to supervise the prefect of [-] dan.

It was the Yellow Turban Rebellion that allowed Liu Yan, a clan member of the royal family, to propose the state pastoral system and find himself a good position.

The second is to let Dong Zhuo take advantage of the Yellow Turban Rebellion to take a step up, from being the governor of Bingzhou to becoming the shepherd of Bingzhou, taking the opportunity to become bigger.

Therefore, Li Yu's basic judgment is that as long as the fight between Han Ling Emperor and the courtiers continues, and there is no agreement on the matter of opposing the Young Emperor, the world is certain to be in chaos.

It's just a matter of time. As for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, people everywhere may not be able to bear the oppression anymore. It's unknown whether there will be a Red Turban Rebellion or a White Turban Rebellion.

That's why Li Yu gave Zhang Jiao two choices. Of course, this also represents Li Yu's two ways of playing, whether to take the anti-thief route or to be loyal first and then treacherous!
Zhang Jiao thought about it for a long time, and finally said: "Immortal Lord, I think as long as you take care of us, we will definitely be able to develop, so Jiao wants to choose the second option!"

After hearing this, Li Yu smiled: "Okay, since you want to choose the second option, let me give you a development idea. The first one is to continue to expand influence in this village. However, the Qian family is too annoying, so we will get rid of the Qian family first, and then Seize the land and control the entire Xiagouhe Village first."

"Secondly, we cannot give up on Jitou Mountain. We should also find ways to develop Jitou Mountain and let some people occupy the mountain and become kings. In this way, Taiping Road in Xiagouhe Village is the bright side, while Jitou Mountain is the bandit side and is the negative side. The yin and yang are in harmony. Do you think we can become bigger and stronger?"

Li Yu asked Zhang Jiao, Zhang Jiao was obviously taken aback, then he clasped his fists and said, "What does the Immortal Lord mean by raising the bandits' self-respect?"

Li Yu smiled and said: "You can also let the bandits enrich themselves. After all, there are some things that we at Taiping Road cannot do, but the vicious bandits in Jitoushan can do it!"

Hearing this, Zhang Jiao cupped his fists and said, "The Immortal Lord is really a heavenly being. He has such foresight and sagacity, and he actually blurts it out. I admire him."

After listening to Zhang Jiao's words, Li Yu knew clearly that this guy was patting his horse, but Li Yu still felt good about it.

Zhang Jiao understood what Li Yu meant, and thought to himself that his previous plan was that if Taipingdao became bigger, he could find some trustworthy and capable people to distribute the money to 36 places in the world, and then win over the local poor people to believe in immortals together. Your Majesty, but when we meet today, we cannot do this in this matter!
Just as the Immortal Lord said, the Taiping Sect has mixed good and bad members, and problems are likely to arise. Therefore, this matter should be considered in the long run.

As the Immortal Lord said, build walls high, accumulate grain widely, and slowly become king. While developing the Taiping Road, raise bandits at the same time, and be the biggest bandit in Jizhou!

(End of this chapter)