Three Kingdoms.

Chapter 3292 Cups on the table

  Jizhou Guangping.

The location of Guangping is very delicate. It is to the west with Handan, to the southwest is Yecheng, and to the southeast is Qinghe. The land is flat and vast, suitable for farming. As early as ancient times, people have begun to settle and cultivate acres of land. In ancient times, Fei Yao said, "The emperor's virtues are greatly promoted by the common people's peace", so the two characters "Guang Ping" were chosen as the name to encourage those in power here to "extend their benevolence and wisdom, and level their political punishments."

 It’s a pity that most wishes are just wishes.

Whether it was Han Fu in the early days, Yuan Shao later, or Cao Cao today, they could not bring anything to Guangping, such as "widening their benevolence and wisdom, and leveling their political punishments." On the contrary, for the Guangping gentry, a large agricultural household, Just asking blindly without much "feedback".

 Due to the impact of the drought, the manor owners and squires in Guangping were very uncomfortable.

Different from ordinary officials who eat from the public family, these manor owners rely on the land for their livelihood. In addition, Cao Cao allocated a lot of grain and grass in the early stage, so the smaller landlords did not have much surplus grain.

 So the small landowners went to the big landowners, and the big landowners went to the manor owners. The manor owners gathered together to discuss countermeasures.

The owner of the manor in Guangyuan was named Ju, Ma and Wang.

The one with the biggest name nowadays is of course the one with the surname Ju, and the one with the most famous name is Ju.

 The current situation in Guangping is a microcosm of Jizhou.

 Yuzhou and Jizhou were the two most populous states in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

There is great power in numbers, but there are also problems with having too many people.

Jizhou has a population of about 5.7 million, which is the largest state after Yuzhou with a population of 6 million. Moreover, Jizhou is more suitable for agriculture than Yuzhou because Jizhou has vast plains, so agriculture is very developed. This is true for people like Han Dynasty who rely on agriculture. It is obviously very important in the Lord's society.

 Single production mode and production structure, Guangping is this single large estate tenant farmer economic system.

 In a stable environment where there is no need for external help, the manor economy is undoubtedly very happy.

  The manor is full of tenant farmers and slaves. When the manor owner is in the manor, he is the king of the land!

During the Han Dynasty, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, but only to the county level at most. Therefore, these local manors were almost isolated from the entire society except for paying certain taxes. The development of science and technology and productivity almost stagnated, even if It was a breakthrough, and it was just to meet the personal needs of the manor owner. The tenant farmers, slaves, and servants in the manor lived in hopeless pain, day after day, generation after generation.

For example, Western manors play with the right of first night, but with the development of Chinese manors, they have stopped playing it for a long time.

 Because the Chinese manor owners despise those girls who are untouchables because they have thick hands and feet, rough skin, and rude manners...

 Hence, the big landowners and large manor owners in China all like to raise their own animals, or purchase those raised by others for fun. This habit continued into the subsequent feudal dynasties. Giving birth to a beautiful child to a poor family may not necessarily be a blessing. Well, this beauty does not distinguish between men and women.

 Because of the stability of agriculture, large landowners and large plantation owners have the capital to do this.

 In any case, generations of untouchable serfs are like crops in a field, harvested one after another.

 And now...

The plagues, droughts, floods and insect plagues that lasted from the period of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty to the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, as well as man-made disasters such as the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the later Dong Zhuo Rebellion, caused a significant reduction in the population of Heluo, Yanzhou, Guanzhong and other areas in the original core area. .

 It is clear that a crisis is just around the corner, but the relatively closed and secluded manor system, similar to the landlord class in Guangping, Jizhou, has not been greatly affected.

 This can be proven by the fact that after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he was overjoyed immediately after getting the household registration list of Jizhou. Lao Cao, who has always been calm, cautious and discreet, couldn't hold back his inner joy and blurted out that if he won Jizhou, he would "get three hundred thousand" soldiers!

So this kind of statement that obviously meant cutting leeks was naturally taught a lesson by the Jizhou guy...

Of course, Cao Cao then admitted his mistake on the surface and apologized to the Jizhou guy with a smile. In fact, he taught the Jizhou guy a lesson immediately afterwards.

The effects of force are mutual. Cao Cao slapped the Jizhou guy's **** hard, so don't blame the Jizhou guy for thinking about Lao Cao's anus.

In fact, speaking of it, Lao Cao's methods are quite good. Among them, the most critical threat to the Jizhou people is not to divert their human, material and financial resources, but to cut the lifeblood of the Jizhou people with a knife.

This sword is Cao Cao's farming system.

This was such a sharp blow that the Jizhou guy withered immediately.

Cao Cao "learned" Fei Qian's farming strategy, and established large-scale farming organizations on the lands of the nobles who had been killed and driven away before, or who had fled on their own initiative. They stationed soldiers and civilians and carried out large-scale farming. On the surface, it was indeed to solve the problem. The problem of military food supply is basically poaching the manor economy of the Han gentry, so that these landowners can no longer continue to strangle Lao Cao with food and grass...

Cao Cao's general strategy is to use Yuzhou to suppress Jizhou first, and then wait until Jizhou is almost suppressed before using Jizhou to restrict Yuzhou. However, Cao Pi chose the Zhen family in Jizhou in history, which is undoubtedly worse than hanging around with the children of the gentry all day long or even being suppressed. Cao Zhi, who was assimilated by the Yuzhou gentry, was more in line with Cao Cao's wishes...

 It's just a pity that Cao Pi is just a guy.

But no matter what, Jizhou is still a state with a very large population, and even until the middle and late period of the Three Kingdoms, it still had a strong population support.

The forest is so big that there are all kinds of birds.

With more people, some people will want to be rich and content, while others will be dissatisfied with their desires.

 There are some people who want to change the world, and there are some who just want to fight for power.

It cannot be said that the gentry children have not considered how to deal with the ills caused by the Han Dynasty...

It cannot be said that all the children of the gentry are necessarily bad. On the contrary, because they live a carefree life and do not need to work, if these children of the gentry concentrate on learning, they can become great scholars and great Confucians. However, these scholars and great Confucians also cannot represent the rule of this big landowner. Class is good.

 The most important thing is to see who the ruling class serves.

Don’t listen to how loud the slogan is, but see the actual effect.

A country's laws must be fair and just on the surface, but in fact are the verdicts consistent for the same incident? Regardless of superiority or inferiority, no distinction between high and low, no distinction between men and women, etc., are the legal punishments the same?

Just like the rice emperors of later generations engaged in Nanbang, they started to destroy the laws and justice of their country by engaging in female boxing, which made the people completely disappointed in the government's credibility. It also forced the Nanbang government to rely on the rice emperors to maintain its rule and was unable to obtain the Nanbang government. Real support from the great people.

 What antagonism can be larger and more extensive than the antagonism between men and women, and which is more conducive to inciting the masses to fight against the masses?

This is obviously a clever move, specifically designed to restrain foolish men and women.

 At the entrance of Guangping Ju's manor, carriages and horses were lined up.

Landlords such as the Ma family and Wang family gathered here to find a clever move to break the situation.

The Ma family and the Wang family in Guangping were obviously not as famous as the Ju family, so it was appropriate to gather at the Ju family.

These people instinctively sensed that some crisis was approaching, and they naturally gathered together for warmth.

 This kind of spontaneous change, or seeking change, actually appeared as early as Han Fu's time.

As early as when Han Fu served as the shepherd of Jizhou, Jizhou lao was already trying to make certain improvements, but it also showed the inherent shortcomings in the transformation problems faced by the gentry children of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

 The process in which Jizhou’s nobles and rulers fell in love and killed each other was actually due to this problem.

 From Han Fu to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Cao, there were changes, but there were no complete changes.

 Han Fu is a beginning.

Han Fu, most people think that this guy is just a loser, but in fact Han Fu once served as the Yushi Zhongcheng. This initially small official position, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, had replaced the Yushi doctor and worked closely with the ministers and Yezhe. Also known as "Three Platforms". It is not difficult to see that the position of censor Zhongcheng is very offensive, and Han Fu, who was considered to be showing weakness to others, actually had this experience, which also shows that Han Fu is by no means an incompetent or weak person.

After Dong Zhuo came to power, in order to win over the Central Plains gentry, he selected several well-known courtiers and appointed them to local areas as state pastors, hoping to expand his influence. Because of this, Han Fu was able to take up the post of Jizhou Shepherd by virtue of his background and reputation.

Although Han Fu was a typical civil servant, he also knew how to rely on geographical advantages to develop. On the one hand, he recruited Qu Yi, who was known for his bravery and strategy. The latter grew up in Liangzhou and not only learned the Qiang people's fighting skills, but also had a group of elite soldiers. On the other hand, Han Fu chose to bring a large number of Yingchuan scholars to Jizhou and asked them to advise him. The ancients paid attention to regional feelings, so Han Fu's fellow countrymen Xun Zhan, Xin Ping, Guo Tu and others stepped onto the stage in Jizhou. This also shows that Han Fu had a very clear understanding of the situation at the end of the Han Dynasty and took a positive approach to deal with it. On the contrary, it is Kong Rong, a great Confucian who is famous all over the world. When the latter became Prime Minister of Beihai, he had nothing to do, singing and drinking all day long, without making any plans for the future.

 But it was not Yuan Shao who made Han Fu fall in the end, but Yuan Shu...

 Because among the Yuan family, Yuan Shu was recognized by Yuan Wei, and he was also the orthodox heir of the Yuan family recognized by the world.

When Han Fu faced Yuan Shao's aggressive attitude, on the one hand, he placed his hope in Yuan Shu and wrote to Yuan Shu privately, asking Yuan Shu to deal with Yuan Shao. On the other hand, he tried to appease his general Qu Yi and let him do his work under his sect with peace of mind. dog.

 But obviously, both of Han Fu's legs were broken in the end...

 Yuan Shao is an overachiever.

Yuan Shao saw Han Fu's mistake. He enlisted the people of Jizhou in an attempt to find a balance between the people of Jizhou and Yuzhou. Obviously, he also failed.

At the stage of Cao Cao, the Jizhou people discovered that Cao Cao and Han Fu were both virtuous. On the surface, they were fair, but in fact they reused the Yingchuan gentry and adopted a suppressive policy against the local gentry in Jizhou. But the difference between Cao Cao and Han Fu is that Cao Cao added farming and broke one of the Jizhou guys' legs, and then chose Hanmen and broke the other leg of the Jizhou guys.

But it is a pity that the Jizhou guy is not a human being, but a centipede. Although it hurts to have two broken legs, he will not die. Even if he dies, he may not become stiff immediately.

Hence, the "rebellion" of the Jizhou guys is already doomed. This kind of "rebellion" is consistent with Han Fu's stage. It does not mean that it is there at the beginning, nor does it happen in an instant, but that dissatisfaction slowly accumulates in the process and eventually explodes.

The reason why Wei Yan was able to stir up turmoil in Jizhou was not that all the nobles in Jizhou were blind, deaf and stupid, but that some people were waiting to see Mr. Cao's jokes, and were even ready to add fuel to the flames. But this kind of "rebellion" is not a complete fall out with Cao Cao, but an attempt to use Wei Yan to undermine Cao Cao's suppression and earn more political benefits.

Therefore, Wei Yan's success is very similar to Tai Shi Ci's, that is, both of them subconsciously grasped the "rebellion" of the top leaders and the middle and low-level local gentry...

 This rebellion is evolving and expanding.

Just like in the Ju family hall, everyone ostensibly came to discuss fighting the drought, but in fact, during the discussion, they didn't say a few words about the drought at all, but naturally shifted to the world in front of them. The situation, especially Feicao's fight.

Jushou died in Youzhou for no apparent reason, and Jushu's son Juhu inherited the family business.

 This is indeed a heavy blow to the Ju family, but the Ju family is still very large.

Different from poor elites like Tian Feng, the Ju family was a large family in Guangping, occupying a vast area and controlling a large population.

When Yuan Shao arrived in Jizhou, there were already many private soldiers under Jushu, so much so that Jushu was awarded the title of general among Yuan Shao's counselors, had military power and was ordered to "supervise the generals", and had a transcendent status.

However, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, and the Ju family is obviously jealous of it...

 After the death of Jushou, Juhu remained silent for a long time.

 Juhu does not have as strong wisdom and strategic insight as his father. He is not that outstanding and can even be regarded as a mediocre person. However, Guangping needs a leader at the moment, so he was promoted to the top.

　　　　The Chen family is also an heir to poetry and calligraphy. His grandfather Shi, father Ji, and uncle Chen are all famous. He returned to the prime minister in his early years, but under the prime minister, there was the Yingchuan Xun family..." The first person under Juhu stroked his beard and said, "Now his son is on a visit and invites the head of the family to fight against the bandits... He is not here for thieves, but for a request. Alliance is also. 』

 A person on the right sneered, "Huh, Chen Changwen is really good at calculating!" If we make an alliance with them, we can strengthen their momentum. Banditry is a trivial matter. Then we can fight against the Xun family in Yingchuan, cut off the north and south, and step into the high hall! 』

　　"This matter does not depend on Chen Changwen, but on Prime Minister Cao... How do you think this battle will be won?" Juhu asked.

 The first person said: "It's probably not good." 』

Someone next to him said: "Before sending troops, Prime Minister Cao was very powerful...now, haha, ahha, hehehehe..."

“There is news from Yingchuan,” someone said, “Cheng Zhongde went to Qingzhou...presumably to defend the place...”

Everyone was talking to each other, chattering in a lively manner.

Most of the time, it's not that these people didn't respond to some of Cao Cao's moves, but that they didn't dare to act rashly due to Cao Cao's previous momentum. Now that Cao Cao has begun to decline, the feeling of dealing with Han Fu and Yuan Shao back then is back. Arriving in front of the Jizhou guy.

　　　『Chen Changwen’s incident…』

 After talking for a long time, I went round and round and returned to the original question.

 Would you like to cooperate with Chen Qun?

Ju Hu thought deeply for a moment and whispered, "There is a saying in the Spring and Autumn Period, "Uncle Yingkao is a pure filial piety. He loves his mother and gives to Duke Zhuang." All three Jiang family members were disappointed, and only Uncle Yingkao got his name. ...Therefore, the Jiang family cannot be chosen, Zhuang Gong cannot be effective, and it is impossible to share Shu Duan, let alone do it...Now that the Ju family has lost its pillar, the only way to save it is to clear its name..."

Everyone listened, some agreed, and some did not completely agree, but they supported Ju Hu’s idea of ​​gaining “fame”, so the basic strategy was determined. That is, instigate a three-party fight, and then step out to ease the relationship when necessary, and be a gentleman who is "humble and peaceful, loyal and filial".

Juhu said: "Don't let the news of this matter leak out and disturb people's hearts." 』

 Everyone agreed.

In the middle of the conversation, someone hurried outside the hospital and presented a token, saying that an "old acquaintance" was visiting.

 Juhu didn’t know what was going on, but since he saw the token, he invited him.

After a while, two villagers came in, supporting a man wearing a cloak and covering his head and face.

As soon as the man entered the hall, there was a strong smell of blood and herbs. He was obviously seriously injured. When he walked into the hall and lifted the hat on his head, Ju Hu was stunned for a moment and then startled.

 The visitor turned out to be Cui Hou!

　　　　Brother Cui? ! ” Ju Hu stood up slowly, looking nervous, “Why...why do you look like this? 』

Cui Hou's face turned pale and he sighed dejectedly, "The hussars are full of tricks... I, Mr. Cui, have encountered a great disaster..."

　　　Hurry and take a seat. Juhu greeted, "Come here, bring some hot drinks!" 』

 In the era of the Han Dynasty, it was not just anyone who wanted to be a smuggler. If ordinary people want to make a fortune, or want to risk their lives to change their future, they will have no chance. They will be thrown into the abyss of the mountain stream by various gray and black forces and turn into bones.

Cui Hou took a few sips of the hot drink, took a breath, and gained a little more color on his face. Only then did he have the energy to talk about everything from Jinyang in Taiyuan to Fukouxing, from Xiahoudun to Yanrouhuangcheng. .

Cui Jun was the one who received the most attention. He couldn't run away even if he wanted to, but Cui Hou didn't keep a close eye on him. So Cui Hou found an opportunity halfway through and pretended to have fallen off the cliff. In fact, he didn't. He hid in the secret cave where he was smuggled before. He escaped from danger and entered Jizhou to find his old trading partner.

 ‘This…’ Juhu pondered.

 He did not expect that Cui Hou would come, which immediately disrupted all his original plans.

There are indeed business contacts and trade friendship between the Ju family and Cui Hou, but it does not mean that they will sacrifice their lives for Cui Hou...

Seeing Ju Hu's eyes flickering, Cui Hou knew it well and couldn't help sighing, shaking out his trump card and saying: "There is also bad news, I'm afraid you don't know it yet... Xiahou Yuanrang has been captured alive..."

"What? ! 』

 Everyone was shocked.

Some people even lost control and knocked over the desk in front of them.

 The various cups and bowls placed on the table suddenly became a complete tragedy.