Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

The abolition reform promoted by Zhuge Qiao gradually became stable under the dual suppression of "morality" and "force".

Since ancient times, there have been policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom.

If we want to achieve complete abolition of slavery in Yongliang, Jingyi and Yang, half a year is definitely not enough.

Top-down reforms often require long-term policy support.

The ninth year of Zhangwu, spring.

Liu Chan came from Chang'an, reminisced about the past and expressed his deep feelings with Liu Bei. On the day he returned to Chang'an, he issued an edict to move the capital to Luoyang.

Although Luoyang was destroyed twice, its political and military significance far outweighs itself.

With the support of Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan moved half of the people and most of the soldiers in Chang'an to Luoyang.

The palace was destroyed?

Not enough housing?

This is not a problem!

Liu Chan and Zhuge Liang took the lead in being frugal, so which minister would still want to be extravagant?
At Zhuge Liang's suggestion, Liu Chan set an example by working with the scholars and people to reclaim wasteland, build roads and bridges.

Although it was intended to be a show, it did have a certain effect in encouraging the people.

After all, it is impossible for Liu Chan to go and reclaim wasteland and open up new territory without protection. If he encounters an assassination attempt on the way, Cao Rui will be in great trouble.

When the Han Dynasty moved its capital to Luoyang, Deng Ai in Hanoi was also greatly shocked.

Deng Ai's original intention was to establish military farms in Hanoi and train his troops so that he could lead them into battle after five or six years.

And now.

The capital of the Han Dynasty was separated from Hanoi only by the Yellow River.

Deng Ai can cross the river and launch a surprise attack on Luoyang!

same.

Liu Chan can launch a surprise attack on Hanoi by crossing the river!

This forced Deng Ai to deploy heavy troops along the Yellow River.

However, the deployment of heavy troops affected Deng Ai's original plan of cultivating land and training troops.

The soldiers deployed along the Yellow River do not engage in production and just need to eat every day.

Deng Ai had to mobilize more laborers to transport grain.

The more people are delayed, the fewer people will be able to farm!

But Deng Ai had to deploy heavy troops!
The reason is simple: Luoyang became the capital of the Han Dynasty, and how could we allow others to snore beside our bed!

Yuzhou and Xuzhou.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Qiao brought together a large number of scattered populations.

On the one hand, they built state-owned workshops, and on the other hand, they gathered people to cultivate land.

Because there are few people and much land.

Relying on more advanced productivity tools, Zhuge Qiao formulated a strategy of large-scale collectivized production, and at the same time formulated a large number of reward and punishment regulations.

By stimulating domestic demand, we can reduce reliance on excessive taxes and levies and reduce the tax burden as much as possible.

After obtaining a large amount of money and grain from the remaining forces of Sun Quan and confiscating the money and grain from the aristocratic families in Yu, Xu and Yang, Liu Bei now has a well-stocked treasury in Yu, Xu and Yang.

With more money and grain, we will naturally have the confidence to reduce the tax burden.

Ideas like "capitalists would rather throw away excess milk than give it cheaply to the poor" are not in line with the policy thinking of Liu Bei and Zhuge Qiao.

Whether it is the benevolence and righteousness that is characteristic of Liu Bei’s era, or the benevolence and righteousness that comes from later generations like Zhuge Qiao, neither allows for the existence of such extreme exploitation.

For the common people, what is the purpose of actively reclaiming wasteland and working in workshops?
The propaganda direction of Liu Bei and Zhuge Qiao is very direct: Eat well! Drink well! Wear well! Live well! Have fun!

When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace.

If the granary is not full of grain, how can we talk about etiquette?
If we cannot even satisfy our hunger and clothing, how can we talk about the honor and disgrace of the country?
As long as life in the Han Dynasty is better than in the Pseudo-Wei Dynasty, the scholars and common people will naturally support the Han Dynasty.

This is human nature!

Under Zhuge Qiao's deliberate guidance.

The idea of ​​"developing the country through industry" gradually emerged in Jingzhou and Yizhou.

The wealthy merchants and powerful families who had so much money and grain that they had no place to spend it went to Yuzhou and Xuzhou one after another.

Set up military farms.

A workshop cannot be set up casually.

In the plan formulated by Liu Bei and Zhuge Qiao, those who set up workshops must first establish agricultural land.

That is, workers cannot be pure workers, they must have land.

Workers without land are not eligible to work in workshops.

The workshop is mainly responsible for military farming!
For example, during the busy farming season, production cannot be forced, but people must be organized to farm first.

corresponding.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Qiao will provide support for productivity tools to workshop owners.

For example, new silk looms, weaving machines, sugar cane, etc.

The royal family, wealthy merchants, noble families, and common people are formed into a chain of interests and constrained by laws.

Zhuge Qiao also took the opportunity to promote "common people's writing", allowing common people to recognize simplified characters to achieve literacy, and read books printed in simplified characters to gain knowledge and reason.

Traditional Chinese characters became the language of the nobility, used to indicate different status.

to this end.

Zhuge Qiao also dispatched a large number of soldiers from the Wudang Flying Army, Cang Yi Army and Jie Fan Army who had learned simplified Chinese characters to assist in teaching literacy.

Simplified Chinese: Zhuge Qiao planned for ten years.

During the past ten years, the quick learning method has been repeatedly verified through continuous promotion in the direct legions Wudang Feijun, Cangyi Army and Jiefan Army.

The presence of these soldiers helped the promotion of "civilian writing" avoid many obstacles and troubles.

One thing after another, the initiative of public opinion is in our hands to prevent illegal businessmen and wealthy families with ulterior motives from taking the opportunity to incite the people.

Time flies.

Time passes.

During the period when the Han Dynasty was actively promoting reforms and weakening the control of aristocratic families over land and population.

Cao Rui became increasingly frustrated.

Fearing that they would follow in the footsteps of the aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty, the pseudo-Wei aristocratic families began to frantically expand their control over land and population.

The implementation of the Nine-Rank System gave Zhongzheng enormous power.

The rank of others could be decided by Zhongzheng himself, and the honor and disgrace of others were in the hands of Zhongzheng, which took away the power of the court.

Zhongzheng would not think that he owed anything to the court just because the examination results were inaccurate.

Similarly, Zhongzheng will not be shy about revealing other people's privacy.

There are more people who are scheming and fewer people who are honest.

In addition, the aristocratic families all wanted to control power, and Zhongzheng gradually became a shortcut for them to enter officialdom.

Whether in terms of economy or system, the imperial power of the Pseudo-Wei Dynasty encountered a huge crisis.

Without any choice.

Cao Rui had no choice but to adopt Sima Yi's proposal to establish the Grand Chancellor, and Cao Rui sent his trusted officials to serve as the Grand Chancellor to prevent the court from being filled with "dissenting" officials nominated by aristocratic families.

However, Da Zhongzheng only treated the symptoms and not the root cause.

In the long run, Cao Rui couldn't imagine what scale these aristocratic families would evolve into.

Just when Cao Rui was feeling upset.

Man Chong once again recommended the brothers Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong to Cao Rui.

Although Man Chong recommended Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong many times, due to the brothers' backgrounds, Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong were never reused in the Pseudo-Wei.

After weighing the pros and cons, Cao Rui summoned the two brothers Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong.

After the ceremony.

Cao Rui asked Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong for advice.

In this regard.

Brothers Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong naturally did not want to miss the opportunity.

Zhuge Rong was the first to say, "Your Majesty, since ancient times, it is better to open up than to block."

"Instead of spending a lot of energy restricting the noble families from entering the government, it is better to focus on supporting state-owned workshops." Cao Rui was surprised: "You want me to follow Liu Bei's example?"

Zhuge Rong shook his head: "The national conditions are different, and the implementation of state-owned workshops will naturally be different."

"The power of the noble families in Liu Bei's territory is weak, so Liu Bei can support them more obviously."

"There are too many people in the Wei Kingdom who are conservative. If you follow Liu Bei's example, it will only put Your Majesty in more shackles."

"Your Majesty should emulate Sun Quan, not Liu Bei."

"I will take care of the open matters. Your Majesty only needs to provide me with protection!"

"My brother Zhuge Ke will train an elite force that will only obey your Majesty's orders, and I will be responsible for the military supplies and money."

"Similarly, they are only referred to as Zhuge family's private soldiers to the outside world."

Cao Rui pondered for a moment, neither denying nor confirming, but looked directly at Zhuge Ke: "Yuanxun, what do you want to say?"

Zhuge Ke said: "Your Majesty, the Wei Dynasty has been on the defensive for the past ten years."

"However, the more Wei defended, the more cities and territories it lost."

"Therefore, I think that Your Majesty should take the initiative to advance."

Cao Rui frowned: "If we can't even defend it, how can we advance?"

Zhuge Ke's eyes were burning: "As long as we don't lose cities or land, victory or defeat is not important to Your Majesty."

"What's important is: which good general lost his troops."

Zhuge Ke was hinting at something, and Cao Rui suddenly understood.

This was to have Cao Rui lead the disobedient soldiers of the aristocratic families to the front line to die!

"Yuan Xun, if what you said today gets out, you may not be able to gain a foothold in the Wei Dynasty." Cao Rui stared at Zhuge Ke, his tone becoming a little colder.

In order to drag the troops of the aristocratic families to their deaths, the aristocratic families had to kill Zhuge Ke first.

Zhuge Ke clasped his hands and said, "I am a surrendered general. Even if I send gifts to Zhongzheng every day, he will not take me seriously."

"I am able to survive thanks to your majesty's mercy."

Zhuge Ke's statement made Cao Rui very satisfied.

For Cao Rui, his favorite type of people to use were such loyal and surrendered generals.

As long as he is used well, he may become the next Zhang Liao.

Using surrender to balance internal forces is a common tactic used by the Cao family and his sons.

For example, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Zhang He were all surrendered generals.

The same was true when Cao Pi valued Meng Da, but Cao Pi did not have Cao Cao's skills and vision, so he messed it up.

Cao Rui looked at Zhuge Ke and his brothers, constantly weighing the pros and cons in his heart.

after all.

Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong's father, Zhuge Jin, was in the Han Dynasty. Although Zhuge Qiao was adopted, he was still the biological brother of Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong.

Cao Rui was also worried that Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong were deliberately sent by Zhuge Qiao to be undercover agents in the Wei Dynasty.

If Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong take control of the Wei Dynasty in the future, won't the world be ruled by the Zhuge family?

Cao Rui did not reply to the two directly, but sent someone to deliver a message to Cao Zhen and Sima Yi.

Cao Zhen led the attack, while Sima Yi believed that a large-scale expedition would be too costly.

The anti-war voices of the court officials also overshadowed the pro-war voices.

In the past, Cao Rui would have chosen to cease fire and take care of the people.

however.

The frantic scramble for land and people by the aristocratic families within the country made Cao Rui dare not continue the truce and support the people.

With Cao Rui's intelligence, he naturally understood the benefits of a truce to support the people.

however.

From the perspective of Emperor Cao Rui, if the aristocratic families continued to grow stronger, they would undermine the imperial power.

Cao Rui didn't want to be Emperor Xian of Han!
After weighing the pros and cons, Cao Rui summoned Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong again.

This time, Cao Rui no longer hesitated. He not only agreed to Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong's plan, but also promoted Zhuge Ke and Zhuge Rong to the position of Palace Attendants, giving them the power to directly enter the palace to see Cao Rui.

The tenth year of Zhangwu, spring.

Cao Rui decided to send troops to counterattack on the grounds that "the pseudo-Han had repeatedly invaded the border", despite the opposition of court ministers such as Chen Qun.

Zhang He was the commander-in-chief and led 30,000 soldiers from Henei to attack Luoyang.

Along the way, Cao Zhang was the commander-in-chief and led 30,000 Han cavalry from Bingzhou and Xiongnu cavalry to attack Hedong.

Cao Zhen was the commander-in-chief and led 50,000 infantry and cavalry from Chenliu to attack Yingchuan.

Cao Xiu was the commander-in-chief and led 30,000 infantry and cavalry from Dingtao to attack Chen County.

Sima Yi was the commander-in-chief, leading 50,000 infantry and cavalry up the Ji River into Chenliu to support the four routes.

They claimed to have an army of 500,000 and were very powerful.

The news reached Yingchuan.

After Liu Bei questioned the spies three times, he was finally sure that Cao Rui had really taken the initiative to send troops.

"Five armies, they don't even try to hide it."

"They're afraid I don't know!"

"That little Cao Rui is quite arrogant."

Liu Bei praised it with admiration.

This time, Cao Rui sent troops in five directions. He didn't even use false intelligence and just sent troops directly.

This is like drawing a sword in front of Liu Bei, and then rushing straight towards him without even squatting in the grass.

Fa Zheng analyzed: "If something is out of the ordinary, there must be a reason."

"I heard that within the Pseudo-Wei territory, the trend of annexation by aristocratic families is getting more and more serious. This may be Cao Rui's way of diverting conflicts."

It was not difficult for Liu Bei to find out information about the aristocratic families annexing land within the territory of the Pseudo-Wei.

Liu Bei felt deeply fortunate when he thought about the uncontrolled threat posed by the aristocratic families to the imperial power.

If Zhuge Qiao had not used means to forcibly weaken the aristocratic families in the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei would have encountered the same troubles as Cao Rui.

“The rich have fields stretching across fields, while the poor have nowhere to stand.”

"Bosong is right. If I didn't whittle it then, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to whittle it again."

"Even a steady man like Cao Rui was forced to divert conflicts by launching foreign wars."

Thinking of the famous sayings in the Book of Han and associating it with the reality of the gap between the rich and the poor, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh.

Fa Zheng said again: "Cao Rui wants to fight quickly, how can we fulfill his wish?"

"It is better to order the generals to guard the pass strictly and wait until the pseudo-Wei runs out of food and then retreat naturally."

The voice just fell.

Zhang Fei objected: "Cao Rui is no longer a tortoise. This is a good opportunity for us to cut off his head and sever his limbs. How can we just stay at the pass and not come out?"

"Brother, I am willing to lead the troops to defeat Cao Zhen first and then kill Cao Xiu!"

Ma Chao also said: "Luoyang is in ruins and difficult to defend. Zhang He and Cao Zhang are brave and good at fighting. I would like to lead my troops to Luoyang to help."

Generals such as Zhao Yun, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Huang Quan, and Wei Yan also requested to fight.

For the generals, they were not afraid of Cao Rui sending troops, but they were afraid of Cao Rui playing coward.

Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu who was silent and pondering: "Yun Chang, what do you think, should we fight or defend in this battle?"

Guan Yu was deep in thought, and when he heard Liu Bei asking, he said, "Since ancient times, when an enemy comes, the general will stop him, and when water comes, the earth will cover it."

"Since Cao Rui dares to leave the city, we must lead our troops to defeat him."

"It's just that I was thinking, whether it's Zhang He, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, or Sima Yi, they are all just vicious dogs."

"Killing a few vicious dogs is not worth your brother's trouble."

"Since we are going to take action, we have to catch this little tiger Cao Rui."

"I also understood it just now. Cao Rui sent troops to divert the conflict of annexation by the pseudo-Wei aristocratic families."

"But if Cao Rui dies, who will have the courage to be the emperor of the pseudo-Wei?"

"Cao Rui's eldest son Cao Jiong died young, his second son Cao Mu also died last year, and his third son Cao Yin is still young."

"If Cao Rui dies, the pseudo-Wei will be in chaos!" (End of this chapter)