The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 268 Chapter 267 Economic Sanctions
Zhang Zhao received Zhang Yan's order and left Pengcheng with a letter of agreement.

After a long journey, Zhang Zhao finally arrived at Jinling County, and under Chen Deng's arrangement, he first lived in Jinling City.

When Chen Deng learned of Zhang Zhao's intention to come, he was a little dissatisfied at first, thinking that there was no need to trade with Sun Ce, and according to the latest information, the battle between Sun Ce and Shanyue had entered a confrontation stage. Based on his understanding of the situation in Jiangdong, Opening up the mutual market is superfluous.

Therefore, Chen Deng asked Zhang Zhaoxian to stay in Jinling City. He wrote a letter himself and sent someone to Pengcheng to state the situation in Jiangdong.

Chen Deng believes that opening up the mutual market will not benefit him at all.The war between Sun Ce and Shanyue lasted for a long time. The number of 10 people in Shanyue was not something that Sun Ce could pacify overnight. Moreover, the war between the two sides directly led to a decrease in the population of Jiangdong and barren fields. Many Jiangdong people, most of them migrated to Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, and Jinling County. relatively stable area.Moreover, the most lacking thing in Jiangdong is food. Once the mutual market is opened, Sun Ce will benefit.

In addition, Chen Deng also wrote in the letter that the economy of the sphere of influence ruled by Sun Ce should be strictly sealed, and all merchant ships and caravans should be prohibited from entering Jiangdong. Economically, Sun Ce should be sanctioned and Sun Ce's development should be restricted.

Chen Deng said that Sun Ce is a fierce tiger in Jiangdong, and opening up the mutual market with Sun Ce is tantamount to raising a tiger. Once Sun Ce's wings are full and he gets a chance to breathe, he will turn his back and bite his own.

In short, Chen Deng resolutely opposes trading with Sun Ce, and solemnly demands that economic sanctions be imposed on Sun Ce's sphere of influence, and Chen Deng assured Zhang Yan that once Zhang Yan and Yuan Shao go to war, as long as he is in Jinling County and the southeast area , so Zhang Yan no longer has to worry about the future.

After Zhang Yan received Chen Deng's letter, he suddenly felt that Chen Deng's opinion was beyond his imagination. As long as he thought about it carefully, it seemed to be very reasonable.

However, Zhang Yan couldn't make up his mind for a while, because this matter involved his future survival.If Chen Deng made a wrong judgment and led the army to fight Yuan Shao, and Sun Ce made trouble behind his back, then he would really suffer from the enemy.

After much deliberation, Zhang Yan finally called Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Gu Yong and others to his side and had a secret discussion.

After some discussion, everyone felt that what Chen Deng said was reasonable, and advised Zhang Yan not to raise tigers as trouble.

Therefore, Zhang Yan made a decision, followed Chen Deng's opinion, and ordered Chen Deng to be a general of hussars, bestowed a Yue, and assigned all the three counties of Jinling, Huainan, and Lujiang to Chen Deng's management. The military and political power in the three counties , all dispatched by Chen Deng alone, which is equivalent to entrusting the entire southeast border affairs to Chen Deng to manage on his behalf.

The edict was delivered to Jinling City by Jin Yiwei. When Chen Deng received the edict, he was moved to tears and declared that he would definitely live up to Zhang Yan's high expectations.

In this way, Zhang Zhao would no longer have the role of staying in Jinling, and the agreement in his hand would also be invalidated, and Zhang Zhao set it on fire.

The next day, Zhang Zhao and Jin Yiwei returned to Pengcheng together. Since then, Chen Deng has become the most powerful official under Zhang Yan, and has since become the one who makes Sun Ce grit his teeth with hatred.

A few days later, Chen Deng officially began to impose economic sanctions on Sun Ce, blocking all roads and ports leading to Jiangdong, and not allowing any traders to enter Jiangdong from the north.

In addition, Zhou Tai was specially asked to use the existing warships to form a patrol team to patrol and cruise the sea. Once any ships heading to Jiangdong were found, all of them would be detained, the goods confiscated, and the personnel were also fined. Heavy punishment.However, after the ships sailing from the south entered the sea area, they no longer let them go back, but kept them within the jurisdiction. Those who were willing to serve the people served the people on the spot, and rewarded them with land and houses, and those who did not want to serve the people seized the ship and released it.

For a while, people in the four counties of Wu, Yuzhang, Kuaiji, and Danyang under Sun Ce's jurisdiction were panicked. Sun Ce's army was fighting a bloody battle with Shanyue, but Chen Deng caught up with him and imposed economic sanctions. Misfortunes never come singly.

Shanyue mobs often attacked the residences of Han people, plundered food, and destroyed crops and houses, so that a large number of people in the four counties in the east of Jing lost a large number of people, and they migrated to Jingzhou, Jiaozhou, or to Jinling County and Lujiang County within Zhang Yan's sphere of influence. , living in Huainan County.

It just so happened that Chen Deng proposed an attractive immigration policy. As long as the people voted, they would not only have a house to live in, but also good land to cultivate. The government would also provide them with free rations to guarantee the lives of the people.

In just one month, there were more than 5000 households and almost 2 people who immigrated from the four counties of Jiangdong to Jinling County, Lujiang County, and Huainan County. They were all properly arranged by Chen Deng.

Sun Ce's internal chaos caused by Shanyue, external economic sanctions, and the loss of a large number of people, all of which made Sun Ce physically and mentally exhausted.

For this reason, Sun Ce had to listen to Zhou Yu's opinion, entered into a truce with Shanyue, and changed the original ruling policy, acknowledging the real existence of Shanyue, and set aside a special area for the people of Shanyue to manage themselves, and the two sides would not invade each other. .

Although Shanyue has a large number of people, he lacks effective command and a unified organization, so that when fighting with Sun Ce's army, he is often defeated one by one by Sun Ce's concentrated superior forces, basically at a disadvantage.However, the Shanyue people can rely on the mountains and forests to fight. In the mountains and forests, Sun Ce's army is not as good as them. On the contrary, they win more and lose less.

In this way, Sun Ce occupied the town, and the people of Shanyue occupied the forest, gradually forming a confrontation.

But even so, Shanyue still suffered serious damage. Due to the brave and ruthless nature of the people of Shanyue, all tribes and clans are independent and do not belong to each other. Even in wars, they do not help. He fought against Sun Ce's army alone, without the spirit of solidarity to help each other, so that some Shanyue clans were completely wiped out by Sun Ce in the war.

Therefore, when the envoys sent by Sun Ce said that they wanted a truce, all the tribes and clans in Shanyue agreed to the truce to recuperate and recuperate. For the proposal of moving together, Shanyue still could not accept leaving his hometown, and Ningyuan died of old age on his own land, and would never leave the mountain.

In the end, Sun Ce still agreed to Shanyue's conditions and made a truce with Shanyue. He occupied the towns, and the people of Shanyue occupied the forests. market place.

Since then, the Shanyue Rebellion in Jiangdong has lasted for a year and a half, and finally came to an end. Sun Ce also began to devote himself to the development of agriculture, but at this time the people in the territory were not as good as before. There are about 50 people, and the security is unstable, there are many thieves, and a large number of people are still wandering.

Therefore, Sun Ce appointed Zhou Yu as the prefect of Yuzhang, Cheng Pu as the prefect of Danyang, Sun Jing as the prefect of Kuaiji, and Lu Fan as the prefect of Wujun.

In addition, Sun Ce also listened to Zhou Yu's opinion and sent envoys to pay tribute to the court.

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Xuzhou, Pengcheng.

The weather in July is very hot, the sky is bright and the sun is shining brightly, and the ground is steaming hot. Zhang Han, who is already three and a half years old, is playing in the General's Mansion, and beside Zhang Han, his father Zhang Yanhe is sitting. Mother Mi Zhen.

Zhang Yan and Mi Zhen were sitting in the gazebo, watching Zhang Han playing with the maids, Mi Zhen asked: "Husband, you said a few days ago that there will be a gentleman who will teach Han'er, and now almost all of them are gone." It's been two months, why hasn't a husband come? Han'er is growing up day by day, if she keeps playing like this, what will happen in the future?"

"Hehe, ma'am, you don't have to worry. I said that I will definitely find a good husband for Han'er, and I will definitely not break my promise. I came here today to tell you that the husband I found for Han'er has arrived in Pengcheng , I am currently resting at the station, and I will come to the mansion to meet Han'er tomorrow." Zhang Yan said very calmly.

Mi Zhen was surprised and said: "Oh? It turns out that the husband has been thinking about Han'er all the time. If that's the case, the concubine can rest assured."

Zhang Yan hugged Mi Zhen, and said with a smile: "Han'er not only wants to learn literature, but also martial arts. Both civil and martial arts is the result I want."

Mi Zhen asked: "Husband, have you already found a martial artist to teach Han'er?"

"Well, I found it."

"Can you tell me who is the martial artist who teaches Han'er?"

Zhang Yandao: "Who else is there, General Huwei Zhao Yun Zhao Zilong!"

The next day, the sky had just dawned and the sun had just risen, and the weather was not too hot. A Jin Yiwei brought a young talent in a long robe into the General's Mansion.

This young talent is eighteen years old, more than eight feet long, fair complexion, face like a crown jade, sword eyebrows and star eyes, eyes like shooting stars, red lips and white teeth, just like a handsome guy.

This person followed Jin Yiwei to the hall of the General's Mansion, and saw that there was already a person sitting at the top of the hall, and it was Zhang Yan, the current Great General.

As soon as Jin Yiwei entered the hall, he immediately bowed: "See my lord, I have already brought you here!"

"Grassman Zhuge Liang, I greet the general!" The young talented man who came in with Jin Yiwei immediately knelt on the ground after hearing Jin Yiwei's words, lowered his head very low, and quietly waited for Zhang Yan's words.

As soon as Zhang Yan entered the hall from Jinyiwei, he began to look at Zhuge Liang, but when he saw Zhuge Liang's imposing manner and handsome face, he was really a rare and handsome young man, and he felt fond of him in his heart.

"Zhuge Liang, get up and talk." Zhang Yan was not pretentious. Now that he is in a high position, he has been in this era for many years. Even if he meets any celebrities from the Three Kingdoms, he will be as usual, and there will be no surprises. mood.

"Thank you, General!" Zhuge Liang stood up slowly from the ground, still standing in the hall, quietly waiting for Zhang Yan's question.

"Zhuge Liang, I believe your elder brother has told you the reason why the government called you here?" Zhang Yan said straight to the point.

(End of this chapter)