Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 725 Jiangnan Road (1)

The emperor loves it very much, what else can Zhuge Jin say, only that this is the blessing of the son.Zhou Cang didn't directly ask Sun Quan for hostages, but left Sun Shao behind, how can he not see his intentions.But then again, is Sun Quan willing to take his own son as a hostage?

He bid farewell to Zhou Cang and hurried to Jiankang. Zhou Cang sent someone to escort him. He could see that Guangling's navy had already gone south, and thousands of warships were constantly coming and going on the river.Zhuge Jin secretly sighed in his heart, the big man is too powerful now, Sun Quan's choice is right, it is difficult for the big man to compete, and he wonders if Cao Pi will be Zhou Cang's opponent.

Arriving in Jiankang, Zhuge Jin briefly informed Yu Fan of Sun Quan's appeal to Zhou Cang for peace, that is, Sun Quan ceded Yangzhou and proclaimed himself a minister to the emperor.Yu Fan was very melancholy and extremely unwilling, but he knew that this was Sun Quan's helpless move. He was attacked on three sides and surrendered undivided land. How could he suspend his troops? Kuaiji has been lost, and Wu Jun must not be able to keep it. It is better to preserve his vitality than to sit and wait for death.If you don't give up all of Yangzhou, how can you ensure the safety and property of civil, military and family members from damage?He interpreted this to mean that Sun Quan would rather lose his land than keep his subjects, and he couldn't help but be very grateful to Sun Quan.

In October 20 of the Han Dynasty, Jiangdong soldiers and horses withdrew to Jingnan counties one after another, and all [-] young and strong were moved to Jiaozhou. Zhang Zi and Zhuge Ke measured the land and opened up wasteland.Han Dangxu, who was stationed at Xiaoting, set up a big camp and withdrew to Jiangling overnight to cross the river. Quan Cong, Ling Tong, Jiang Qin, Zhu Ran and others defended along the river, and Jingbei was completely empty.When Liu Bei found out, he was too late to catch up, and he was unable to cross the south of the Yangtze River to attack, thus forming a confrontation with Cao Ren, and he had to always be vigilant against Wenpin, who was watching from the sidelines.

In November [-] of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Xie issued the first imperial edict since he succeeded to the throne, conferring Sun Quan as the king of Nanyue, and established the country in Jiaozhi, which was renamed Nanyue Kingdom.Zhou Cang has no time and energy to spend on Sun Quan, and he urgently needs Sun Quan's knife to realize the expansion of the south. The establishment of a subsidiary state by Sun Quan is undoubtedly the best choice at present.

The Executive Yuan issued a decree, dividing Yangzhou into three, of which Wujun, Danyang, and Kuaiji belonged to Yangzhou; Jian'an, Linhai, and Taizhou were called Minzhou; Lujiang, Luling, Poyang, and Yuzhang were collectively called Ganzhou.The three prefectures are collectively called Jiangnan Dao. Zhou trusted Jiangnan Dao's appeasement envoy and was temporarily in charge of government affairs.Officials selected from all over the country will serve as prefects in each county. There will be no governor in each state for the time being, and a general election will be held three years later.Su Ping took over as Governor of Bingzhou, and Chen Zhongsheng was appointed Governor of Yingzhou.

The Military and Political Department issued a military order, and Pei Yuanshao, the governor of the Central Army, was re-appointed as the governor of the Southern Army and the chief commander of the Jiangnan Road March; Zhuge Dan was the deputy governor, Liao Hua was Sima, and Huang Xu was the general.The Yangtze River Navy moved from Guangling to Xiakou, facing Jiangxia across the river.Xu Huang, the governor of the Southern Army, succeeded Pei Yuanshao as the governor of the Chinese Army; Yu Jin succeeded Xu Shu as the governor of the Eastern Army, and Xu Shu was in charge of the Military Political Academy and the General Staff Department.

The Department of Education set up Jiangnan College in Wu County. Yuan Huan served as the dean, focusing on agriculture and water conservancy. Banks, banks, and chambers of commerce set up branch offices in Jiangnan.

Zhou Chong sent the Mu Nan and Zhang brothers to the south of the Yangtze River, and there were nearly a thousand Jinyiwei behind the scenes. The order was very simple, expand the staff and eliminate all hidden dangers.

Sun Quan's withdrawal and the absence of massacres in the south of the Yangtze River prevented Zhou Xin from taking over a mess, but the burden on him was still heavy.There are three major problems before him:

One is how to appease the hearts of the people, make the people return to their hearts, and integrate into the Han system.A large number of outsiders came in and served as high-ranking officials. Jiangnan people inevitably had concerns and rejected or even resisted outsiders.You may not dare to do it clearly, but you will inevitably be hindered in the dark.

The second is how to pacify the Shanyue people.Shanyue was attacked by Sun Quan many times, some took refuge in the government, and many escaped into the mountains and forests to be like fire and water with the Han people, often harassing the prefectures and counties.

The third is that there are not enough officials.Although Zhou Cang had already made preparations, the more than a hundred officials selected by Jiang Gan were not enough at all, and they were too busy around him, so there was no surplus left to spread to the counties.

Zhou Xin is already 20 years old, and he has already reached the age of big marriage, but he has been delayed because of his busy work.Wu Gang was the first to advise him on marrying a Jiangnan native.Zhou Xin shook his head like a rattle, he would rather go through more trouble than take this shortcut.However, Qu Fengxian was fascinated by Jiangnan girls, and made two relatives one after another, including Zhugejin's daughter.

Apart from marriage, tax relief is the most effective way to achieve immediate results.Zhou Xin issued a decree to reduce the agricultural tax of Jiangnan Road from ten to one to twenty.This move aroused the support of the common people, but the big households rallied to persuade them, just because the big households were originally scholars and could enjoy tax exemption.For those who still made trouble after persuasion, Zhou Xin mercilessly arrested several leaders and sent them to prison, confiscated the land to keep the family property, and distributed the land to the tenants.

Zhou Xi selected 50 people from the Propaganda Department to go all over the states and counties to preach the law of the Han Dynasty. Three months later, a general election was organized, from the pavilion chief to the township chief to the county chief. After that, the governor of the three states was elected.

There was a big difference between Pei Yuanshao and Wu Gang in dealing with the Shanyue issue. Pei Yuanshao believed that those who disrespected education should be directly strangled like the Xiongnu, Xianbei and Japanese, and those who wanted to vote for Han should be sinicized like Dongyi.Wu Gang believed that Jiangnan was sparsely populated, and the large population of Shanyue was a good labor force. Therefore, he advocated appeasement, which was regarded as the distribution of land to the Han people. Those who did not want to leave the mountains could exchange goods through trade to make them dependent The big man gradually walked out of the mountain.

Zhou Xin still remembered that his father once told him about the trade war, and he thought Wu Gang was very reasonable.So Wu Gang was sent to have a dialogue with the leaders of the Shanyue tribes. Of course, it was inevitable that Pei Yuanshao would show off his muscles and demonstrate his military strength.There are three conditions for Shanyue:

One is to designate some counties as the settlements of the Shanyue people, and they will elect their own leaders to report to the appeasement envoys and implement self-government.Shanyue people can send their children to study in colleges, and if they succeed in their studies, they can become officials or return to their hometowns; they can also send their children to join the army and be rewarded according to merit.

The second is to send people to teach the Shanyue people to cultivate, and to give grain seeds free of charge, and the output is at their own disposal without taxation.

The third is to set up a market in the place of residence, where the Shanyue people can exchange items with the Han people, and the prices are clearly marked, and there is no deception.Zhou Xin calculated that the Shanyue people are nothing more than mountain goods: prey, fur, medicinal materials, and what they need are the necessities of life: salt, clothes, food, and wine.

Zhou Xin originally thought that the conditions he proposed were already very generous, but the result was quite unexpected, and Wu Gang's dialogue made no progress!

(End of this chapter)