Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2059 Process Dafa, Xiangyang advances and retreats

The aristocratic clan system was developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty and formed in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. During this period, the situation was changing and the regime was ups and downs. However, most of the first-class clans from the Han Dynasty have always stood firm, and the family's prominent political prestige has been extended to the Tang Dynasty and even In the Northern Song Dynasty.

  Although there are some elements of luck, the helm of the family will have more thinking and long-term planning than ordinary people, which undoubtedly occupies a very important factor.

For example, the Xun family in Yingchuan, the Wang family in Langya, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Xi family in Gaoping, the Yang family in Hongnong, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Lu family in Fanyang, etc., were all aristocratic families that lasted until the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, Shi is also listed.

These aristocratic families who occupy the upper class of politics all the year round must meet three conditions: first, in terms of culture, the ancestors have been famous scholars of Confucian classics, and their children have been educated by Confucian classics for generations. Firstly, high-ranking officials of more than 2,000 shi have been produced from generation to generation, and it is best to have someone who enters the court as a minister or worships a minister; thirdly, in terms of economy, the family is prosperous, the population is large, there are many lands, the fields are criss-crossed, and they dominate one side...

In fact, speaking of it, these three items are also mutually unified, and they are the premise of each other. If you don’t know the scriptures, you won’t get the chance to be a high-ranking official; There is no guarantee that children will learn classics from generation to generation, and then become officials in successive dynasties. Then, because they basically monopolized the right to study and interpret Confucian classics, and they were rich and powerful, they were able to allow the political turmoil and dynasties to change, and always maintain the family's momentum.

But now, the "small peasant economy" reform promoted by Hussar General Fei Qian has improved the structure and set the threshold. The original recommendation system, which was like a joke, has no way to directly acquire "talents of filial piety and honesty". The high position forced these aristocratic families to start looking down and start from the grassroots.

It is precisely because Shihlin lowered his stature that these new gentry who have been influenced by Fei Qian will reduce some of the unrealistic and boastful styles that will appear in the future, and it will also make these politicians who have risen from the grassroots, in the When formulating policies in the future, we will more or less consider some practical issues.

Today's big Han, in the aristocratic family's opinion, is to be divided into things. The future big Han, yes, in these people's minds, most people have not yet had the concept of changing the dynasty. They just think that Fei Qian or Cao Cao, like Huo Guang, will lead the way. The trend of big men, as to whether it will become Wang Mang, in fact, some people have thought about it...

   As for Koto?

  Although it is true that Jiangdong is indeed a huge area, in the eyes of most Han noble families, Jiangdong is considered a hammer? The hair is exposed, the clothes are not well worn, and the face is beeping?

Under such circumstances, Fei Qian's every move attracts the attention of people all over the world. Although Sun Quan in the corner is also jumping up and down, acting abnormally, there are still many people in Xu County who don't pay much attention to it, and don't even care about it. Include Sun Quan in his own consideration of seeking the world.

  For Cao Cao, if Fei Qian is destroyed, Sun Quan can naturally go down. If Fei Qian is not destroyed, even if he wins Sun Quan at this stage, he will still have to face Fei Qian in the future?

   Therefore, the threat of Fei Qian is the first, while Sun Quan, stand aside first.

After this period of adjustment, Cao Cao's rule in Jizhou has become relatively stable. It is not that Cao Cao has mastered the hearts of the nobles in Jizhou in just half a year, but because Cao Cao slightly relaxed some taxes in Jizhou. At the cost of reducing expenses, he won the approval of the Jizhou gentry.

  Because of the Qinghe county magistrate, Cao Cao ordered the prefectures and counties to identify the households and collect rent.

   Well, that’s right, the taxation during the Han Dynasty was so extensive. Of course, this extensive feature has not changed much in the feudal dynasties of later generations. Taxes calculated on a household basis naturally allow those big households to take advantage and small households to be oppressed. It's like the VAT for posterity. Anyone with a little knowledge of taxation knows that value-added tax is the most unfair tax type, but why does the country use it?

  Easy to use, vested interests.

Many times in feudal dynasties, land and household registration were held in the hands of local aristocratic families, just like the present, although some rural tyrants were destroyed and their families were destroyed, and their fields and population were released. Since the two major political groups in the east and west have been relatively stable, many aristocratic families who fled have also returned one after another, holding a large number of land deeds in their hands, demanding the restoration of their family properties...

  The Guanzhong area is also okay. Fei Qian refuses to accept the properties of these fleeing gentry. At the same time, Fei Qian also checked the land very early, pretended to burn the stubs, and cleaned up the place where he was jumping up and down, which immediately made these gentry a lot more honest, and at the same time began to garrison the land, let the refugees fill up these fields, that is, It is equivalent to Fei Qian depriving the properties of these fleeing gentry Haoyou and making them the direct property of Shanxi political groups, and the tax revenue is naturally a lot of money.

   At the beginning, Cao Cao also wanted to win over and suppress the wealthy families in Youzhou, Jizhou, but it was obvious that the rebound of the gentry in Jizhou was beyond Cao Cao’s control, so he had to cut expenses and even take on more debts...

  The bulk of the cuts in spending are naturally the reduction in infrastructure.

   Of course, this is also in line with the habits of most feudal dynasties.

In the minds of the upper echelons of many feudal dynasties, especially the rulers, they generally have little idea of ​​the infrastructure construction of private agriculture and industry. It is light corvee and light tax, so that the people can have time, then the productive forces of the people can recover and develop.

As for farmland water conservancy projects, that is the business of local officials. Officials with spare money and conscience will do it. If they have no spare money or conscience, they will not do it. As long as the amount of taxes levied satisfies their superiors, don’t search for it. If it is too severe and causes the people to resent and rebel, then it can be regarded as a generally qualified local official.

   On the whole, although the population under the jurisdiction of Fei Qian is only about half of Cao Cao's, but in terms of expenditure, it is almost double that of Cao Cao.

One is that Feiqian invested a lot of money and property in the field of production, such as building roads, building bridges, digging canals, mining, etc., and even subsidized farmers and merchants, giving a certain amount of low-interest loans, so that productivity not only improved Restoration, and it can be improved to a certain extent, and at the same time, it can prevent the village residents from becoming farmers in the future, so that they will not be forced to lose their land and become attached to wealthy families because of the burden of taxes.

  The second aspect is the army. The three armies under the command of Hussar General, whether it is daily supplies or weapons and armors, are the best in the world. This item alone almost accounts for nearly 40% of all taxes.

   In this regard, whether it is Cao Cao or Sun Quan, only the trilogy of senior generals and a small number of elite troops can have the same daily supply as soldiers like Fei Qian.

  After all, according to the customs of the Han Dynasty for many years, it is normal for ordinary soldiers to not have enough to eat and not to wear warm clothes. It is only a normal operation to pay the full amount of military pay and food during wartime, and cut it in half during normal times. Even so, sometimes you can’t send them all during the war, for fear that the big soldiers will run away if they take them...

  So what should I do if I don’t have enough to eat?

  Juntun.

If counting the army garrison, Cao Cao can directly pull out nearly 200,000 troops, almost three times that of Fei Qian, and even with such a number of soldiers, the military expenditure is still not as good as that of Fei Qian. In fact, how is the specific treatment...

But in Cao Cao's current situation, the construction of basic agriculture and industry, the construction of water conservancy, and the supply of soldiers and soldiers are not problems. The immediate problem that needs to be solved is Tai Shici. guy!

Cao Cao's core political figures knew in their hearts that Jingzhou must be taken down, otherwise they would not be able to make up for the shortfall. Only by taking down Jingzhou can they maintain the overall operation and have a chance to enter the world. Therefore, no one has any objections to Cao Cao's entry into Jingzhou, but Now that Fei Qian sent Tai Shici to **** Liu Qi over, it really gave Cao Cao a headache.

  『This is the eldest son of Liu Jingzhou...』 Liu Ye sat calmly, and spoke first, "If you want the emperor to reject you, there may be something wrong..."

  The elders and the younger are orderly, in other words, the ruler and minister. If Cao Cao wants Liu Xie to refuse Liu Qi to inherit Liu Biao's inheritance, it is tantamount to rejecting the long-standing political foundation. Even if you can use the crime of "disloyalty and unfilial piety" to remove your heir and choose others, it will inevitably leave hidden dangers, not to mention that Liu Qi still has the scepter given by Liu Biao in his hand. If Liu Biao thinks Liu Qi is unfaithful and unjust, then How could he give Liu Qi the scepter?

  Man Chong frowned and said: "If you keep it in the court..."

  Xun Yu shook his head, "It's not right. 』

  Detaining Liu Qi in the name of the Son of Heaven, of course, on the surface means "retaining" or any other euphemism. Keeping Liu Qi in Xu County is also a solution. Admit it and give Liu Qi a name, but not let Liu Qi go to Jingzhou, and then drag it on for a few years, naturally it will be nothing.

   But the problem is that Cao Cao and Cai Hao have already negotiated before, the basis of their cooperation is to use Liu Cong as the mascot...

  The gentry are shameless, but they need whitewash on the skin.

  The fact that the Cai family rebelled against Liu Biao naturally required Liu Cong to be covered as a decoration. As long as Mrs. Cai can support Liu Cong to move on it during the handover, it is natural to say that Mrs. Cai was forced, innocent, and obeyed Liu Cong's instructions and arrangements, so Mrs. Cai is still clean, tidy, pure and lovely My little fairy, as for the black history, no, no, don't talk nonsense.

   Therefore, if Cao Cao keeps Liu Qi in the court, then it is tantamount to reneging on the terms he negotiated with Cai. After all, it doesn't matter how Liu Qi and Liu Cong make arrangements in the future. The important thing is whether the Jingzhou gentry can join as soon as possible, and the treaty that was negotiated before Cao Cao unilaterally changed it. This is the "integrity" smeared on Cao Cao's face Two words, does anyone still believe it?

It’s not impossible to break the contract, but all covenants are used to break the contract. This is also common sense, but breaking the contract before getting the benefits of Jingzhou, isn’t it the same as the suffocation operation of WeChat cheating money before clicking to receive the red envelope? what?

   Cao Cao and the Cai family competed for the control of Jingzhou. What did they rely on? Is it because of favors? Naturally, it relies on the so-called "court righteousness". Cao Cao and others are not ignorant of Cai's desire to control Jingzhou's mind. If they do this now, wouldn't it mean they are playing into Cai's arms, surrendering Jingzhou, and recreating the scene of Qinghe in Jizhou? So how to realize the significance of Cao Cao's attack on Jingzhou?

  So in the end, we can only resort to the ultimate weapon of the Huaxia Dynasty, "follow the process".

  But everyone present, including Cao Cao, knew in their hearts that the only ones that could be dealt with by "following the process" were ordinary common people, privileged people like hussars...

   "Follow the process", will it really be useful?

  …(*≧∪≦)…

  After experiencing another attack by Cao Jun, Xiangyang City regained a short period of peace.

  Because of war damage and disease, the demand for labor in Xiangyang City has further increased, and the number of refugees recruited to the south of the city has increased...

  Walk along the river a lot, and go up the mountain for a long time. If your shoes are not wet, you will also encounter snakes.

At the very beginning, the soldiers pointed at the hanging basket with knives and guns, came up and took one to the side, searched, checked, and gave confessions. After all, soldiers are bound to consume physical strength, and the newcomers who are hung up have to check a little bit, and then they can deal with the matter.

  Xiangyang City has been surrounded by Cao Jun for a long time, which made Jingzhou soldiers nervous, but the tension cannot last too long, and relaxation will inevitably occur.

While hoisting refugees for labor under the city, many Jingzhou soldiers at the south gate of Xiangyang were a little listless, only the low-level non-commissioned officers on duty were more or less vigilant. Suddenly I feel familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it...

  『The one over there! check! The officer on duty pointed and brought two soldiers forward, "Where are you from?" 』

A Jingzhou soldier was pointing at it with a spear, and another Jingzhou soldier casually touched the new refugee twice, but found no dangerous items, anyway, he was wearing a layer of ragged clothes, and he could see everything. .

  『Small...hehe, small...was in Yicheng before...」The new refugee replied with a smile.

  The officer on duty stood in front of the new refugees, frowning, "Yicheng? Why do you look familiar? 』

  The new refugee rolled his eyes twice.

  Seeing that the new refugee remained silent, the officer on duty couldn't help but take a step back, his face stiffened. Just as he was about to say something or do something, he suddenly heard someone from the other side shouting: "What are you doing! ? 』

The officer on duty felt a sudden wind blowing behind him, turned his head sharply, and saw a flash of cold light, another laborer who was helping to carry the equipment on the city, did not know when he ran behind him, and he was already holding a fistful of relief. Bone sharp knife, stab it straight!

  The officer on duty yelled, and didn't even have time to pull out his sword, so he could only block in front with the scabbard, but he was still cut, blood was dripping immediately, and he cried out in pain. One of the two soldiers beside the officer on duty turned his gun and prepared to stab it, while the other stretched out his hand and prepared to draw his knife...

But at this time, the new refugee who was still honest just now stretched out his hand and strangled the neck of the Jingzhou soldier beside him, and then drew the saber from his body. Under the flash of the saber, blood spattered immediately. At first, he cut down the officer on duty first, then cut down the soldier holding the gun with a single knife, and finally turned the blade and wiped it on the neck of the strangled Jingzhou soldier!

Beside him, the spies and laborers who had mixed into the city shouted one after another. They either took out short blades from their bodies, or snatched the blades dropped by Jingzhou soldiers, and rushed forward, killing the unsuspecting Jingzhou The soldiers fell down and chopped down, while the ordinary civilians around were at a loss and stunned, until the spies howled and hacked, and blood was everywhere, they made a cry of fear, hugged their heads to avoid fleeing!

  The refugee who cut down the officer on duty has already raised his blood-stained sword and shouted: "I am Cai Jiu!" Old dog Liu has no way to conspire against him! The army of the imperial court is approaching the city, only the chief villain will be killed, and those who sacrifice the city will not die! 』

  Behind him and beside him, dozens of spies from the Cao army and dark sons of the Cai family who sneaked in one after another shouted together, and the sound exploded in the southern city of Xiangyang: "Only kill the chief culprit, and those who sacrifice the city will not die!" 』

  In Shifang near the south gate of Xiangyang, someone also broke out at the same time. Dozens of selected experts drew their weapons and rushed straight to the city gate!

Near the city, some civilian laborers were carrying supplies, and the Jingzhou soldiers in the city, because of Cao Jun’s repeated offensives, even if they were replaced, most of them were exhausted and lay down to rest. This gave Cai and Cao Bing the best way to **** the city. door opportunity. The spies of the Cao army who had taken off their armor, and the dark son of the Cao family who had been in ambush in the city for a long time, mixed with the labor refugees, and finally waited until the Jingzhou soldiers relaxed, and then suddenly broke out, making the soldiers on duty at the south gate of Xiangyang, I couldn't react at all!

Cai Jiu's roar was like thunder, and he took the lead in slashing and killing. Under the light of the sword, he had already chopped down two Jingzhou soldiers who rushed over, but they were not equipped with armor, so they inevitably suffered some injuries in a blink of an eye, but he But his figure didn't slow down, and he still rushed forward frantically, while splashing blood all over the sky, he shouted: "Open the city gate!" Grab the winch and open the city gate! 』

  Amidst the screams and blood, the south gate of Xiangyang was gradually opened, and many people outside the city gate drew their weapons from under their bodies or from the bushes, shouting and crowding forward. And this is not a more terrifying thing. As the black smoke ignited under the city, black smoke also rose from the mountains in the south of Xiangyang City. Come on!

  (end of this chapter)