"The lord can't fight with Yuan Shao, but he has to fight!" Everyone was puzzled, but Tian Feng said this again.

"What do you mean by Yuan Hao?" Liu Bei said suspiciously, but Liu Feng felt very uncomfortable, and he didn't think much about this sentence. Listening to Tian Feng's meaning, this Jizhou is going to be assigned to Yuan Shao, but he is unwilling, is it possible that he has worked hard in many ways, and the father and son have to return to the old road without a foundation?

Tian Feng glanced at Liu Feng, who was gloomy in color, and said: "The wealth of the world is concentrated in the hands of the gate lord clan, and the lord can't compete with Yuan Shao in this regard. ”

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, nodded slightly, and waited for Tian Feng to continue. Zhang Fei let Tian Feng go around and around the boss impatiently, only to see that his brother seemed to hear something, but he was in a hurry on the side, and he didn't look at the map of this state, and snorted in his nostrils: "How to do it, just talk to me, don't make noise!" With that, he sat back in his place, tilting his ears sideways and pretending not to care.

Everyone knew his character, smiled secretly, and didn't care.

Tian Feng roasted his hands on the fire, and said with a slight smile: "Since the second emperor Huan Ling, the eunuchs of the imperial court have been in charge, reprimanding loyalty, and even openly buying official beards, and the court situation has become increasingly corrupt, so that it is out of control. Local wealthy clans even took advantage of the situation, annexed land, raised private slaves and private soldiers, and divided the state and county to countless people. The former Zhang Ju Zhang Chun's brother's rebellion also lies in this.

Since the collapse of Emperor Ling, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, his people are very wise, but there is no strategy, blindly tyrannical ministers and evil the heroes of the world, and the abolition of the emperor is set up to change his own unrighteous place. When the lord was weak and the minister was strong, Sun Jian killed Zhang Shi and Wang Rui, and the court did not dare to ask, Yuan Shu cousin Sun Jian was the assassin of Yuzhou, and the court only pretended to be deaf and dumb, and Kong Ling (the assassin of Yuzhou appointed by Luoyang and had arrived) dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. The authority of the world has been in the hands of local wealthy families, and these local wealthy families all have huge amounts of furniture, and everyone is proud of their family and nobles......

Speaking of this, Tian Feng was slightly stunned, raised the long case and took a sip of warm wine, watched everyone wait for the following, and said slowly: "The fourth generation and third prince of the Yuan family, Yuan Shao is seriously prestigious, and the weak crown is famous in the sea, and it has been accumulated for 20 years. With just a written order, the heroes of the world will return like flowing water. The lord has been leading Zhongshan for more than a year, and he is conscientious every day, but he is afraid that if he loses, the high-lord clan is still waiting and watching, and if he is about to leave, how can the lord compete with Yuan Shao? ”

"Since you don't fight, can you give it to Yuan Shao'er in vain?" Zhang Fei, who was sitting sullenly, couldn't help but shout. Zhang Feifei didn't understand the reason, but he thought that his brother was working so hard, and he was not a person without ability, but he couldn't resist the illustrious family background, but he was also unwilling.

Tian Feng smiled slightly, and said: "The children of the scholar clan are pampered and pampered, and there are many lawbreakers, and most of them are the scourge of one place. The reason why the Han Dynasty is declining day by day, resulting in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and Zhang Jiao responds to millions of people, is because the imperial court has a decree and does not do it, the sons and daughters of the nobles act recklessly, and the local state officials cannot ban it. The rich are thousands of miles away, still not satisfied, the poor have no place to stand, sell their wives and children and still can't live, the disparity between the rich and the poor is like yin and yang, how can it not be reversed?

Yuan Shao is a scholar in a family of gate lords today, and he is bound to rule the world with him, just like Liu Biaozhi is to the wealthy family in Jingzhou, but he inherited the government of the Han Dynasty, and it does not benefit the death and life of millions of poor people in Jizhou.

Since the lord came to Zhongshan, he has recruited and persuaded the weak to save goodness, opened up tens of thousands of hectares of wasteland, and the poor gave them farm houses, issued farm tools to plough cattle, opened up the wasteland and planted hemp, and encouraged production. At this point, Yuan Shaowan cannot compete with the lord, which is the foundation of the lord's struggle. ”

Listening to Tian Feng's words, Liu Bei's face flickered with joy and sorrow, but his brows never stretched for a minute. Jian Yong on the side was puzzled and said: "According to what Yuan Hao said, the lord and Yuan Shao are bound to have a fight in Jizhou." Yuan Shao has his own advantages, and the lord also has the strengths of the lord, but if there is no support from a wealthy family, there is no money to raise soldiers with grain and cloth, and if there is no support from the common people, no one will grow food for you as a soldier? ”

It is a cruel fact that in this era, the yield of land is low, and generally three farmers in the prime of life can support one soldier, and once the land is barren, it will take a long time to recover. If the warlords cannot get the support of the noble lords, unless they follow the example of the Yellow Turban Army and become locust-like bandits and directly scrape the ground to rob them, it is simply impossible to establish a base area to give the people under their rule a way to survive and raise troops to fight for the world. This is also the fundamental reason why there were a large number of military cantonments in various countries in the later period of the Three Kingdoms, and the combat effectiveness of these military cantonments was several grades worse than that of the professional soldiers of the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Three Kingdoms.

Zhong Xuan also said: "If there is a change in the state pastor, the whole of Jizhou will inevitably return to Yuan Shao, even if there is no Yuan Shao, I am afraid that I will not be able to think of the lord." Even though the people of the Shu nationality have their hearts towards the lord, they are speechless. ”

It has always been said that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but in fact, this sentence is only a little true, because this "people" has never been the ordinary people who are the cornerstone of the country, but those who occupy the country's wealth and have the right to speak.

Tian Feng nodded and said: "There are 100,000 elite soldiers in Zhongshan's million-dollar mouth, and what the lord lacks is nothing but grain and grass and military resources, and he can't afford to raise soldiers." Now the lord can get the help of the Zhen family, even if Yuan Shao wins the position of state pastor, and the lord is just equal to the situation, the victory or defeat is not yet known, but if the lord and Yuan Shao are in Jizhou, it is not the best policy. ”

After that, Tian Feng looked at the state map, pointed to the direction of the state, and said: "Feng thinks that the way out for the lord lies in this." ”

Everyone's eyes were attracted by Tian Feng, and they remembered that this time they were originally discussing the interception and killing of the Zhongshan envoy by the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan, so Tian Feng went around in the clouds and fog for a long time, and finally came back.

Tian Feng turned a blind eye to everyone's inquiring gaze, and said: "Since Ding Yuan went to Bingzhou, the elite of Bingzhou have been collected by Dong Zhuo in Beijing. Zhang Yang is well-known for his strength in the Bingzhou army, but he is also forced by the lonely and poor Montenegrin thieves to close his door and dare not go out, which is a good opportunity for the lord. ”

Liu Bei's eyes lit up, and he thought for a moment, but he shook his head again, and said: "The Black Mountain thieves have been in the mountains for many years, and the states and counties have repeatedly recruited laborers to no avail. It was the middle of winter, and the heavy snow every day was not conducive to marching and fighting. Besides, the wings and mountains stretch for hundreds of miles, where Zhang Yanren is, we don't know anything, if we can't get a decisive blow, the war will continue, and we can't rest for more than a month. And our army has agreed with Cao Mengde that they will send troops together to attack Dong Zhuo in the spring of next year, and at this critical juncture, if they cling to the Black Mountain thieves, they are afraid that the three armies will be so tired that they will be in the wilderness, and our army will be in danger. ”