Ji Han Da Sima

Chapter 376: Set up two counties and build a health center

In February, the twenty-first year of Jian'an. Wuhan, Hanchang Palace.

"Ha ha!"

Liu Bei's laughter resounded throughout the hall, attracting the attention of his attendants.

After laughing a few times, Liu Bei said: "Kong Ming led his troops into battle for the first time, but he actually forced Shamoko into such a situation. He had no choice but to kill the leader of the thieves and devour his tribesmen in order to ask Kong Ming to surrender."

Huo Jun said with a smile on his lips: "Among the mountains deep in the Wuxi Barbarians and in the upper reaches of the Yuan River, the five tribes of barbarians live scattered and separated. If you want to capture their people, you need barbarians to lead the way and raise your troops to fight. Samoko calls himself the Barbarian King. , won the hearts of Chenxi and Manxi, and favored Wuxi. Wouldn't it be a pity if this person didn't take advantage of it? "

Among the barbarians from all four directions, the barbarians in the south, the Hu in the north, the Rong in the east, and the Qiang in the west, when the Han army wanted to conquer, there were actually many difficulties. These difficulties needed to be overcome in order to succeed in the conquest.

For example, in the expedition against the Northern Hu, the Hu people lived in pursuit of water and grass, and the grasslands were vast. The Han army could only win a great victory by finding traces of the Hu people and going out to fight; or in the expedition against the Southern Barbarians, the barbarians lived in the broken river valleys and conquered each tribe one by one. To overcome troubles, it is easy to win only by gathering together and fighting head-on.

It is naturally impossible for Zhuge Liang to conquer the Wuxi barbarians one by one. It is economical to use Shamoko's prestige to gather the barbarians living in the broken river valley, fight the army head-on, defeat them in one fell swoop, and surrender tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of barbarians. A matter of time.

Liu Bei stroked his sparse beard and said: "Now the Wuxi barbarians have just conquered. Kong Ming led the soldiers to station, and kindly recruited the leaders of the barbarians. He followed the barbarian customs, taught paintings, taught farming, built rural pavilions, and restored the old city."

"It was stated in the letter that he was allowed to move thousands of households of the hostile barbarians to Wuhan and form part of the imperial army. However, Gu was worried that if the barbarians entered Wuhan, they would take the opportunity to cause chaos and corrupt the customs of Han Dynasty. What did Zhongmiao think?"

Liu Bei's worries were not unreasonable. He lived on the border of Zhuojun and saw very clearly the disadvantages caused by the Hu people moving south. Tens of thousands of Wuxi barbarians have moved into Wuhan now. If the Wuxi barbarians suddenly rebel, Wuhan will be endangered.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Since the king is worried about this, why not move ten thousand households of Wuxi barbarians to the vicinity of Zhu County in Jiangbei, which can not only increase the defense of Jiangbei, but also guard against rebellion by Wuxi barbarians."

After a pause, Huo Jun suggested: "Kongming has moved the Wuxi Barbarians to the center, and he wants to weaken their military strength. Now why not, Your Majesty, go to the Wuxi Barbarians, move thousands of households to each, and station them in the valleys suitable for living, with the title of Wei?" So, when you enter, you will farm, and when you leave, you will fight."

"Ok?"

Liu Bei looked puzzled and asked: "Now when we are gathering troops to raise children, how can we move the Han people into the Wuxi River Valley? What is the meaning of this?"

Seeing that Liu Bei couldn't understand, Huo Jun wasn't surprised either. This unique military system of setting up guard posts in barbarian lands can be traced back to the period of Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Zhu Yuanzhang unified China, he was faced with the situation that there were many Hu people in Shanxi and Shaanxi and many barbarians in the south of Yunnan and Guizhou. In order to consolidate the border, he set up garrisons in the northwest and Yunnan and Guizhou. For example, on the southwest border, the Nine Guards were established to help guard the Yunnan-Guizhou region during the Ming Dynasty.

Although the Weisuo system collapsed completely in the mid-Ming Dynasty, the Weisuo system was not useless. In that environment where there were many Han barbarians, the guard station could serve as a reclamation corps. The Han people multiplied from generation to generation and helped the Ming and Qing Dynasties complete the transformation of the country.

Today, Huo Jun asked Liu Bei to send thousands of households to farm in the vast Wuling Mountains. This would not only serve as an eye to monitor the Wuxi barbarians, but also enable in-depth management of the vast Wuling Mountains. It is expected that in a few hundred years, Wuling Mountain will become a place where Han and Yi people are mixed.

Huo Jun sorted out his thoughts and said: "Your Majesty, the Wuxi barbarians are relying on danger and are not going well. Although Kong Ming has won his people, he also cares for them. However, if the army withdraws, there is a fear that the barbarians will rebel again. This must be prepared. If you can When soldiers migrate there, they choose the danger and build strongholds."

"If there are few barbarians and they rebel, then send troops to attack them; if there are many barbarians and they rebel, then they will defend the stronghold and wait for reinforcements. If you rebel, you will fight, if you obey, you will farm. Produce your own food and do not give food to the soldiers. With this arrangement, it is difficult for the Wuxi barbarians to cause serious trouble." , for the Han people from generation to generation..."

After hearing the details, Liu Bei became interested and asked: "As Zhong Miao said, how will it be arranged?"

"Kongming wants to divide the south of Wuling and the northwest of Lingling, and establish a new Shaowu County. Now he wants to divide Shaowu County into five settlements, and settle them in the dangerous points of the river valley. With one thousand households as the residence and five thousand households as the guards, Shaowu Guards will be set up. The military affairs are divided by the Shaowu Commandery, and the civil affairs are governed by the Shaowu Prefecture."

Huo Jun explained all his ideas and said: "In a place with thousands of households, a military school captain will be set up to handle military and political affairs. The required buildings such as post stations, military strongholds, and grain depots can be compared to small counties."

This time, the Wuxi barbarians were conquered, and more than 200,000 people were gained. They established township pavilions and established new counties and counties, and gained a lot.

Jiang Wan and Zhu Huan surrendered to the Youxi and Lishui barbarians, and captured more than 40,000 barbarian people and more than 4,000 households. As the prefect of Wuling, Jiang Wan reestablished Chong and Muzhong counties in Youxi and Lishui.

Zhuge Liang led his main army deep into Wuxi and surrendered about 200,000 people from the four barbarians. Ten thousand households were moved to Wuhan, Yiling County was restored, and Xupu, Huaihua, Hanwei, Genshan and other county roads were established.

The main and partial armies conquered the Wuxi barbarians and gained a population as large as that of a county.

Zhuge Liang saw that Wuling County had too much jurisdiction and was no longer able to manage the newly conquered Wuxi barbarians, so he proposed that Xupu, Huaihua, Hanwei, Genshan, Yiling, and Chenyang counties be designated as Shaowu County. There are 140,000 people in the six counties and more than 30,000 households.

Of course, although Shaowu County has more than 30,000 households, its residents are special. As newly subordinated minority residents, they can pay half of the tax, which is only equivalent to that of a small and medium-sized county with more than 10,000 households. They also have a two-year tax holiday.

"Move 5,000 households into Shaowu?"

Liu Bei hesitated for a while, then slapped the case and said: "Although five thousand households are too many, they are beneficial to Shaowu's governance and can be moved. After the situation is stable, the guards can be converted into townships and counties, and the taxes can be paid to the central government. Feng Xizhen is Shaowu Governor, Shaowu Guards Station was arranged by Kong Ming." Liu Bei agreed with Huo Jun's suggestion, but believed that the five thousand households were too many. However, in order to control the Shaowu area and facilitate the governance of future generations, Liu Bei chose to bear the price himself.

Of course, this has something to do with the rice-wheat rotation proposed by Huo Jun. Seeing that hundreds of thousands of households planted wheat last year, and the land rent will be slightly more this year, Liu Bei also dared to be bold.

"Your Majesty is wise!" Huo Jun praised.

Liu Bei picked up the scarf written by Huang Quan and said: "Kong Ming will be able to defeat Shaowu soon. Today there is also good news coming from Gongheng. He joined forces with Kong Shan (Deng Fang) and entered the Danyang mountains. The expedition was not going well." Over the mountains, there are only thirty or forty thousand people."

"Now the document states that Danyang has a steep terrain and is adjacent to the three counties of Wu, Poyang and Kuaiji. There are thousands of miles of mountains and ten thousand valleys, and many of them are wild and deep mountains. The mountains produce copper and iron, and they forge their own armor and soldiers, practicing martial arts and fighting. . However, the army went on an expedition and crossed the mountains and ridges, hiding in caves. When fighting, swarms will arrive, and when defeated, birds will flee."

"Now Gongheng thinks that the barbarians from other counties have a smooth road, and all the barbarians have surrendered. If you want to capture the people from far away, you can't capture them with soldiers, and the time will be measured in years. The war is difficult to start, so I ask you to stop the troops. Zhongmiao can have a plan to defeat it. enemy?"

After more than ten years of attacks by Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, He Qi, Deng Fang and others, Shanyue on the outskirts of the lofty mountains has been basically captured, and more than ten counties have been established, which has greatly enriched the Population of Yangzhou area.

Huang Quan's expedition to Shanyue this time, and he cooperated with Deng Fang in fighting, captured a total of more than 30,000 Shanyue in the periphery and in the mountains, which was very reluctant.

Huang Quan believed that if he wanted to capture the barbarians, he would have to increase his troops and it would take several years before he could achieve results, so he asked Liu Bei to stop his troops.

Huo Jun thought for a while and then said: "Jun has a plan to win over the people in the mountain. However, it will take several years for this plan to be effective. I wonder if the king wants to implement it?"

"How many years will it take?" Liu Bei frowned slightly and said, "Zhong Miao will just say one thing or two, and Rong Gu will decide."

"promise!"

Huo Jun laid out the terrain of Danyang with a teacup and said: "Your Majesty, all the southern barbarians make a living by farming. If we can cut off their food, destroy their cultivated land, deploy troops outside the mountains to block the roads, and not fight with Shanyue, we will not You are allowed to trade with them.”

"During the blockade, be kind to the people who come out of the mountains, and be kind to the barbarians who cross the mountains. Send people into the mountains to persuade the people to come out of the mountains, and give them fields for farming. When the people in the mountains run out of food and have no salt to eat, they can only go out to surrender and enrich their county household registration. This is The strategy can be called a heaven and earth net. It can be as short as three years or as long as five years. It will definitely be effective."

Although Zhuge Ke has poor character, he has military ability. It took three years to capture hundreds of thousands of Shanyue people hiding in the mountains and forests, which is quite commendable.

However, Huo Jun was disgusted with Zhuge Ke's treatment of the mountain people. In order for the mountain people to come out of the mountain, Huo Jun promised to treat the mountain people well, saying that they would just come out of the mountain and there would be no punishment.

As a result, when the Shanyue people came out of the mountains, Zhuge Ke turned around and captured 40,000 men who were almost capable of fighting in the Shanyue people and used them as soldiers, regardless of the life and death of those Shanyue people after they came out of the mountains.

The rebellion in Soochow continues and the Shanyue army cannot be completely suppressed. It is not because the population of Jiangdong is really that large. In fact, because Soochow abused the people so much, the people couldn't bear it and fled into the mountains, or gathered in crowds to rebel.

After the mountains were wiped out, he went out to serve as a soldier and suffered humiliation. The mountain people had no choice but to flee back to the mountains. In order to avoid being caught again, they even ran deep into the mountains to prevent the Soochow generals from arresting them.

People often say that the people of Cao Wei are suffering, but they don't know that the taxes of Cao Wei are lower than those of Soochow, and the people of Cao Wei have at least increased.

Liu Bei relaxed his brows and said: "Depriving people of food and resources can win people, but the methods are really ruthless, so we should care more."

After a pause, Liu Bei said: "Although the dragnet strategy is feasible, it takes too long and requires a lot of men and horses. We will discuss it in the future. Now let Gongheng withdraw his troops and leave the people in Danyang. Let Kong Fang Very comforting."

"promise!"

Huo Jun pondered for a while and then suggested: "Your Majesty, Danyang County has been a large county in Jiangdong since ancient times. It has been rising since the mountains. Adding the people it has gained now, it only has 50,000 or 60,000 households. Although some people have moved to other places, there are no people who stay around. Few. Danyang County may now be dismantled and a new county established."

Except for Wu County and Danyang County, Jiangzuo has not been demolished, but Yuzhang and Kuaiji have been demolished. There are too many people in Danyang County today. Except for Nan County, Danyang County is almost the largest county in the south. When Liu Bei asked Deng Fang to serve as the governor of Danyang, there were many objections.

"good!"

Liu Bei nodded slightly and said: "What Zhong Miao said is reasonable. There are many people in Danyang County. We can analyze the governance of the new county. Let Yuan Tan and Shi Yuan discuss it, draw up detailed rules, and choose an opportunity to issue an edict."

"promise!"

ps: Happy New Year!

(End of this chapter)