The son of Yuan Shao who traveled through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 238

"Bring a pen and paper." Based on my memory of middle school textbooks, I made a simple summary of Mr. Wang Anshi's reform strategy.Handed it to Li Hui; "The matter of this reform was the result of a lot of hard work and more than 2000 days and nights. It can be said that it is hard work, hard work, and death for the country and the people. ——Lamp oil alone costs thousands of gold, which cannot be explained clearly in a few words, so take it and study it slowly.”

Guo Jia wondered, why didn't I know that the prime minister was so diligent, more than 2000 days and nights, can my mother, his three or four wives, bear it?
Li Hui picked up the paper and saw that it read:

The Fangtian average tax law is divided into two parts: "Fangtian" and "Equal Tax". "Fangtian" is measured by the county magistrate in September every year. According to the fertility and barrenness of the soil, it is divided into five categories: heaven, earth, man, god, and ghost. The "equal tax" is based on the results of the square field measurement. In short, Tianzixia land has the heaviest tax, and ghost-branded land has the least tax. This is more fair, and it avoids barren land, no food can be grown, and the poor cannot afford the land rent and are forced to hang themselves.This method has been used for a long time. It was tried as early as the time of Sang Hongyang in the Western Han Dynasty. Simply put, the country hoards food in the years when there is a good harvest, and waits for famine and drought. Stabilizing prices and making food affordable for the common people can effectively prevent merchants from hoarding.In Huainan, Jiangnan and other affluent places, they bought grain cheaply and put it into the treasury to prepare for war and famine.The Green Crop Law The Green Crop Law stipulates that all households in Fanzhou County can borrow cash (green crop money) or grain from the local government to subsidize farming before the two harvests in summer and autumn each year.The Farmland Water Conservancy Law stipulates that the construction of water conservancy projects in various places shall be distributed by local residents according to the level of each household.As long as it cannot be built by the people, the insufficient part can be borrowed from the government, and the interest can be charged for one cent. If one state and one county are not competent, several states and counties can be jointly responsible.In the Shiyi Law, the government funded 10 taels to set up "Shiyi Divisions" in Luoyang, Yecheng, Chang'an, Chengdu, Xiangyang, and Wujun to buy unsalable goods from vendors at fair prices and sell them when the market was out of stock.At the same time, loans are issued to traders, with property as collateral, mutual insurance for more than five people, and two cents of interest per year.It is used to achieve "communication of what is available, power is high and low, and prices are equal, so mergers are suppressed." The law of strengthening the army: the law of disarmament 50. It is stipulated that soldiers must retire after the age of [-].Not joining the army can also stimulate population growth, and let these child soldiers contribute more to the country's population cause on their kangs.With a large population, things like chaos and chaos will not happen.

The government of the Baoma Law encourages the people in the northwest frontier to raise official horses on their behalf.Anyone who is willing to keep horses will be provided by the government, or the government will pay for the people to buy them, one horse for each household, two for rich households.If the horse gets sick and dies, it has to be responsible for compensation.

Arms Supervision The French state set up an Arms Supervision, responsible for supervising the manufacture of weapons; and recruiting craftsmen to improve weapons.Wang Anshi is an old guy, and I took out less than three-tenths of his things, and I touched Li Hui, a crazy student, and kowtowed like garlic.Crying bitterly, he slapped himself with a round slap, making a loud slap.Hu Che'er, Wang Ping and Zhang Xiu were both at the side, gritted their teeth and encouraged him: "Hit harder, harder, hit harder, okay—" Finally vented his anger.

"Prime Minister—" Li Hui crawled to my feet with his face bleeding, and kowtowed, "Damn it, I didn't know that the Prime Minister is so wise and knowledgeable. The actions of the Prime Minister are simply unprecedented. , It’s even better than Qin Shihuang’s. The prime minister’s move is beneficial to the country and the people, and I have hope for the common people—”

I rolled my eyes, I suddenly moved the history forward by 800 years, of course it is unprecedented, the cultural accumulation of thousands of years has bloomed just now, can you not shock you stupid donkey?Make you crazy with me!

Guo Jia took the paper and looked at it, and was also dumbfounded.His face was full of disbelief.Was this written by Yuan Xi? Can he have a future?

I helped Mr. Li Hui, who was abusing himself, grabbed his two hands that beat me violently, and said, "Sir, sir, this is not the time to be grateful to God, the truth has not yet unified the country, and these things cannot be implemented yet. "" Soon, soon." Li Hui said: "It's easy to win Chengdu." Li Hui said with certainty while weeping.

"What's your plan sir?" I asked eagerly.

Li Hui wiped his tears with his wide sleeves, endured the swollen cheeks, and said excitedly: "Prime Minister, I don't have any clever tricks. In fact, I was sent by Liu Zhang to feign surrender. I will go back and persuade Liu Zhang to surrender to the Prime Minister." The prime minister can then send envoys into the city."

"Okay, sir, if you can make meritorious service, you will be honored above all others in the future."

Li Hui smiled wryly and said: "I don't seek wealth and honor, I just hope that the prime minister can reform the law smoothly and benefit the common people. Let Li Hui die, and I am willing." to move.In fact, if you really want to change the law, I really don't know how to do it.

Li Hui was about to leave, but I stopped him; "Mr. De'ang, is there a grand historian named Qiao Zhou in Chengdu?" Li Hui was taken aback, "How did the Prime Minister know that this person is very favored by Liu Zhang?" That's right, there is Qiao Zhou It will be easier to handle.This old boy loves to surrender, and he always speaks clearly and logically, what is the way of heaven, the spirit of the emperor, and he can make a long speech with his mouth. He is on par with Guan Ren. He is as famous in the world.Like Murong Fu and Qiao Feng, they should be called, 'Nan Qiao Zhou Bei Guan Ren'

As soon as Li Hui went out, Guo Jia said, "The prime minister can personally go to the city to persuade him to surrender, to show his sincerity."

I thought to myself that now is the time to race against time, and Liu Bei is still watching. "Alright, let's dispatch an army of [-] troops and leave for Chengdu tomorrow."

It takes two years to become a town, and three years to Chengdu.The IX Enlightened King of the Ancient Shu Kingdom moved from Piyi, also known as Dujuan City, to Dingdu, Chengdu.Chengdu is the largest plain near Yizhou. The Dujiangyan water conservancy project built by Li Bing, the prefect of Qinshu County, on the upper reaches of the Minjiang River spreads out in a fan shape on the vast plain, making Chengdu a land of abundance where people don't know about floods and droughts.Even during the famine period a few years ago, Liu Zhang lived a leisurely life without being affected in the slightest.Because Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son did not participate too much in the hegemony of the Central Plains princes in the past 30 to 40 years, but closed the country to defend themselves, Chengdu quickly developed into one of the best cities in the Han Dynasty.According to Zhang Song, there are at least [-] households in Chengdu, [-] more than Yecheng.It can be called the first city of Han Dynasty.Of course, this is after the burning of Luoyang and Chang'an.Just when the princes from all walks of life laughed at Liu Zhang's self-defense thief, who had no ambitions and was busy riding the world and chasing the Central Plains.Yizhou's economy dominates the entire Dahan.

Chengdu people invented the first pedal loom, and weaved the most exquisite silk in the Han Dynasty—Shu brocade.The civil servants under Liu Zhang are all masters at making money. They refine salt and iron on Linqiong Mountain, and sell Langzhong lacquerware and Qinling tea to the whole country.Let's put it this way, if Liu Zhang wants to compete with Cao Cao and prevent the export of tea, Cao Cao will drink plain water.

Liu Zhang is stupid enough, otherwise, just by blocking the salt and iron and not exporting it, the princes would bow their heads and ears to him and respect him.He can even impose economic sanctions on the remote Ma Teng Han Sui like the Americans, keeping the two of them in a mess.Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei's subsequent [-] large-scale Northern Expeditions relied on the strong economic strength of the Land of Abundance.

The city wall of Chengdu was built by King Kaiming IX, and was reinforced three times by Tongguo, the son of King Qin Hui.Liu Bang seized the world, and this place became even more strategic.After Guangwu, the power of the Qiang people grew stronger, and Chengdu became the Ping Fan on the outskirts of Chang'an, an important defense system.Therefore, the imperial court has repeatedly allocated funds, and the expansion, reinforcement, and elevation of the city wall have not stopped for a day.Gradually formed the appearance of an invincible strong city.

The plane of the ancient city is square, thousands of feet from north to south, and wider from east to west.The city wall is ten feet high, the tallest city wall I have ever seen in my life.The base of the city is built with eight layers of stone, with a base width of 30 meters and a top width of six feet.The wall is made of bricks on the outside and rubble on the inside, crenels on the outside, parapet walls on the inside, and rammed earth in the middle.On the top of the wall, there is a water outlet on the first floor of sea wall bricks.There are enemy towers at the four corners of the city wall.

There are 4 gates in the city.The east is called Chunhe, the west is called Yongning, the south is called Yanhui, and the north is called Weiyuan.The door seat is four feet long and two feet wide.The four gates are all built with city towers, with double eaves resting on the top of the mountain, three rooms wide and one room deep.There is a semicircular urn outside the city gate, with an outer diameter of about 50 meters.

Such a strong city is rare in the world. Not to mention anything else, it is ten times stronger than Yecheng. Even Chang'an and Luoyang are two or three times stronger.I only hope that Li Hui will bring me good news.Successfully persuaded Liu Zhang to surrender.

The army arrived early this morning. I ordered Wen Chou, Jiang Yiqu, Gao Lan, and Zhang Xiu to form a circle around them and wait for news from Liu Zhang.

The army besieged the city, and Liu Zhang was so anxious that he hurriedly summoned Xu Jing, the governor of Shu County, Xiang Chong, the general of the town army, Dong He, the general of the guard army, and Huang Xi, the general of Zhonglang, to discuss.Xiang Chong, Dong He, and Huang Xi had arrived long ago, standing in front of Liu Zhang and waiting for Xu Jing.The left and the right couldn't come, so they sent a lot of people to look for it, and after a while the guards came to report: "Your Majesty, it's not good, the prefect Xu Jing used a rope to climb out of the city wall and surrendered to Yuan Jun." "What?" Liu Zhang I was holding my head and sighing, worrying!A thunderbolt exploded on his head again, and he kicked the little one over. He said hoarsely, "Xu Jing? I have treated him well, but he has shamelessly surrendered to the enemy and even climbed over the wall—" Dong He was furious when he saw Liu Zhang He hurriedly comforted him: "Your Majesty, you said that Xu Jing is usually serious, but I really can't see that he can do this kind of thing. Besides, his thin body is not enough to climb out of the ten-foot city wall." Falling to his death, this old guy is brave enough." Xiang Chong slammed his mouth; "Isn't it? You said that this ten-foot-high city wall, how can he have such courage as an old civil servant? Don't say it I don’t dare to climb over anything else.” Xin said, if I dared to climb over the wall, I would have already run away.

Huang Xi licked his face and said: "No, he fell with a rope, what's the big deal, if I jumped, I would have convinced him." Xiang Chong said: "What's the matter, I dare to jump—— Bet ten taels of silver——" "Fart——" the king of Shu was furious; "I told you to come and fight against the enemy, you three bastards are studying jumping over the wall." He stopped calling himself a widow, and changed it to Laozi.

Dong He thought for a second, ah, this is beside the point.Quickly getting back to business: "My lord, I think the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day for surrender!" Xiang Chong waved his hand and said, "No, no, it will be better in the day after tomorrow." Huang Xi said very calmly: "That's good, find Taishi Ling Do the math, be careful—”

Liu Zhang felt that many small stars suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and a strong anger rushed to the top of his head like magma, and his hair stood on end.Grabbing Huang Xi's neck was a slap in the face: "You bastard, who said you're going to surrender?" Huang Xi was still seriously calculating the auspicious days of the zodiac, and was beaten up by accident. He was stunned and thought, that thing is still useful Said, guessed and guessed.

Both Dong He and Xiang Chong thought that Liu Zhang had come to discuss surrender with them, so they blurted it out. When they heard it now, it turned out that Liu Zhang hadn't planned to surrender yet, so they suddenly woke up. Damn, it's too early.

Liu Zhang was furious, looked at the three of them and said, "Tell me, which one of you three is going to retreat from the enemy?" Dong He said sharply, "I want to report to your majesty, this minister is the general who protects the army, and he has the heavy responsibility to protect the king. Once you leave the city, I'm afraid Someone took the opportunity to assassinate the king—"Dong He said in a low voice, "I heard that Yuan Jun trained a group of assassins to assassinate the officers and princes who defended the city." Liu Zhang was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "Okay, you are not suitable Go out of the city, or don't go." Huang Xi and Xiang Chong stared with big eyes, feeling a sense of ominous foreboding.Xiang Chong was the first to say: "Chengdu has no generals, and I must patrol the four gates, and I dare not relax for a moment. If Yuan soldiers attack the city gate while the minister is meeting the enemy, it will be a big disaster."

Liu Zhang hurriedly said: "Okay, Aiqing, don't go, the most important thing is to defend the city." Xiang Chong said loyally: "It's not that I don't want to kill enemies for the country, it's really a heavy responsibility and I can't leave."

Huang Xi saw that it was over, that the unlucky job had fallen on his head, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I recommend two people to defeat Yuan Bing." When Liu Zhang heard this, he couldn't believe it, so he recommended two people?Chengdu has so many talents?One can't do it, two more? "Tell me, who is it?"

"Zhang Liao and Huang Quan," Huang Xi said quickly enough that Liu Zhang didn't hear clearly; "Who are you talking about?"

Huang Xi said again: "Why did your lord forget that Zhang Liao, the general of the Cao army, is still in Chengdu. He is a famous general and can go to war." Liu Zhang rolled his eyes: "Forget it, Zhang Liao has a false name. He has been defeated repeatedly in Yuan Xi. In my hands, I can't win even once, so let him stay at home. It saves me from losing troops and generals. Huang Quan is even worse. He is a civil servant, and he hates talking and has no skills. Aiqing, you should run away for a while. Let's go. Xu Jing is gone, if you come back victorious, you will be the prefect of Shu County."

Huang Xixin said, forget it, it costs money to be an escort for the cat, you think I am earning money and dying.Okay, you asked me to go, if I go out, I will surrender, don't regret it.

"Your Majesty, I swear to repay Your Majesty's kindness to the death."

"Loyal minister, loyal minister, I will give you [-] soldiers and horses, and immediately leave the city to retreat from the enemy."

Huang Xixin said, you don't need 2 people, you give my wife and children, two people are enough!
Huang Xi and the others went out, just in time to meet Li Hui and Qiao Zhou.He hurriedly said hello and walked away.Li Hui and Qiao Zhou came to meet Liu Zhang directly.

Li Hui took a letter and raised it above his head: "Your Majesty, this letter is from Fei Yi." Liu Chang snatched it and said, "Fei Yi still has the face to write me a letter, do you think you are wrong? , Confess with me--" Chacha, Liu Zhang was torn into pieces after reading three lines, mother, surrender letter.

Li Hui asked nervously, "Your Majesty, what happened, Your Majesty?" Liu Zhang shouted like crazy, "Fei Yi actually persuaded me to surrender. Do you think he should die or not?"

Qiao Zhou glanced at Li Hui and thought, things are not easy.The king of Shu still can't make up his mind, and the king of Ai can't figure it out. We, as courtiers, should help him! !

Ever since Li Hui came back and talked with him, saying that Prime Minister Yuan valued him very much, he had heard of his name in Luoyang, and Qiao Zhou had a strange feeling that his nerve center was always in the same place when he was asked to be the Taishiling of the Han Dynasty. This state of excitement, the soles of the feet seem to be loaded with springs when walking, and the mind is often in a semi-drowsy state. At night, I laugh out loud three times in my sleep, and the endless energy of the whole body is like a sail full of wind in the raging waves It's about to reach the sea.Let’s see everything pleasing to the eye today, and my mood is like the surface of a lake swept by the spring breeze, with waves of ripples——

Damn, let Liu Zhang surrender no matter what you say, or my Taishi Order will be invalidated!Even if the cow doesn't drink water, I forcefully press its head.For this reason, he prepared a speech for two hours, so Li Hui and him came one step later than Dong He and others.

"Your Majesty, now that Yuan's troops are pressing down on the situation, what is your plan?" Qiao Zhou asked tentatively.

"What else can I plan? I will definitely deal with Yuan Bing to the end. The widow has already sent Huang Xi out of the city to fight Yuan Bing. There will be news of victory in the near future."

Just as Qiao Zhou was about to speak, Li Hui coughed, "In that case, don't disturb the king's rest, the two of us will leave first." Pulling Qiao Zhou, he walked out.

Qiao Zhou was furious, how could he let go of such a good opportunity, my Taishi Ling!
Walking out of the door, Li Hui said: "Don't worry, I speculate that Huang Xi will definitely be defeated tomorrow. At that time, Liu Zhang will definitely summon the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and it will not be too late to persuade him to surrender!"

Huang Xi went home to make some preparations, disguised his wife and children as ordinary soldiers, and carried gold, silver and soft goods. Except for the tables, chairs, benches, walls, houses and the big tree at the door, all the rest were rolled up.Enter the barracks and order the [-] city guards to open the north gate and come out.There are no more generals in Shu, and he doesn't even have a deputy general, only a few lieutenants under him.After walking for less than five miles, Huang Xi stopped and announced that he wanted to surrender to Yuan Bing, and those who were unwilling should leave as soon as possible.This decision was widely supported by the masses: "Listen to General Huang, listen to General Huang." Everyone unanimously pinned the blame on Huang Xi's back.

"Surrender—" Huang Xi led the army directly into Yuan Bing's barracks——

Guan Cheng was in charge of receiving the surrendered soldiers. The past two days were extremely busy, and there were too many surrenders, from all directions, from Shu County, Qianwei, Deyang, and those who climbed the wall from Chengdu.This is the first time for such a large batch of Huang Xi after the siege, Guan Cheng did not dare to neglect, and immediately reported to the prime minister——

I knew the time was ripe, and immediately sent an order to beat the drums and march into the army.The [-] army pressed down on the north gate, and I went out in person, rode my horse down the city, and shouted to the city: "Please come out and answer the king of Shu." The man in the gold armor and red robe on the tower is Xiang Chong.

Xiang Chong looked at the dark heads and radiant swords and spears under the city, and said with a playful smile: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, you old man, wait for a while, and then call him here."

The soldiers around Xiang Chong wondered why they were so polite to the enemy? !

Xiang Chong ran to Liu Zhang's mansion and called Liu Zhang: "Your Majesty, Yuan Xi's dog thief will call your name outside the city and ask you to answer."

Liu Zhang tremblingly said, "What does he want?" Xiang Chong patted his chest and said, "If there is a final general, even a thousand Yuan Xi are not afraid, so what can I do!" A little spirit, go out.Came to the city by car.Walk up to the top of the city.

(End of this chapter)