Chapter 4: Meditation on Jingzhou (2)

At this point, Sun Quan and Cao Cao, who openly said "I would rather bear the people of the world than teach the people of the world to bear me", have the same effect, and they are all over the same. The difference between them www.biquge.info pen ~ fun ~ pavilion is that Sun Quan's city is very deep, gloomy and ruthless, hypocritical and weird, and good at hiding; Cao Cao is generous and heroic, above board, self-styled, treacherous and cunning, and is not afraid of the world's comments.

One is as fierce as a tiger, this tiger is the tiger among foxes---- treacherous male Cao Cao; A fox as cunning as a fox, this fox is the fox of the tiger----- the treacherous male Sun Quan.

Liu Bei is between the two, he is indomitable, defeated and battled, fierce and heroic, strong and strong, and is a hero who is difficult to be subdued. Both brave and strategic, can be called a hero.

Sun Quan's essential character and thinking style made Zhuge Liang's strategic idea of taking it for granted that the wings fly together had congenital defects from the beginning.

Therefore, Jingzhou is a heavy strategic burden for Liu Bei, and if he owns Jingzhou, he is naturally attacked by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, two powerful enemies.

Based on the above understanding, Liu Chan decided to adopt the most advantageous strategy in the future struggle for hegemony, use Jingzhou to make a big fuss, and design to make Wei and Wu incompatible. In the case of using Jingzhou to maximize Liu Han's interests, he took the initiative to give up Jingzhou, a place of right and wrong.

Instead, he went all out to seize the lands of the empire's frontiers such as the South and Central, the Western Regions, Yongliang, and Mobei.

The second is the demographic issue.

Soldiers and civilians are the foundation of victory. In ancient times, the victory of a war depended on the size of the population, as well as the morale, quality and number of the army. Population fundamentally determines the rise and fall of a country. The fundamental reason for the failure of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was that the Shu Han regime had few small people, empty national strength, and a weak army.

There is a huge difference in the strength of Wei Shu. In terms of population, Wei Fangjingyuan had 5.37 million in the fourth year and 13.86 million at the time of his demise (including Yizhou); Wu Fang Chiwu had 2.4 million in the fifth year and 2.3 million when he perished; There were 900,000 in the first year of Shu Fang Zhangwu, and 940,000 when they perished. The population of Wei is 6-8 times that of Shu, and Shu is pitifully small compared to Wei and Wu.

In terms of jurisdiction (a total of 14 prefectures in the Eastern Han Dynasty and a Western Regions Governorate), the Wei side owned Qingzhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Xuzhou, Sizhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou, northern Jingzhou, and the Western Regions. Wu Fang owns most of Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Jingzhou. There is only one Yizhou in Shu, and only one-third of the area of Wei, which is too different.

In terms of productivity, the Central Plains is vast and rich, and the economic scale of Xishu is too small.

In terms of grain and grass, Wei has no worries, and the transportation of grain and grass in Shu is unsustainable.

In terms of troops, the Wei generals were like clouds, with about 500,000 to 700,000 troops, and more than 250,000 troops on the Western Front. The Shu side has few soldiers, with only 150,000 troops, and Hanzhong is no more than 70,000 at most, and the strength is very weak. Wu also had 230,000 troops.

Liu Chan decided that in the future, he would regard the growth of population, the increase of land, and the enhancement of strength as the primary task, and should grasp the top priority of key work.

There is great strength in numbers, and people will win the day. Whoever has more people will have a big fist and a greater power. Cao Cao became the boss of the Eastern Han Empire because of his large number of people. Sun Quan was second in second place because of population, a hard indicator of a veto. Liu Beidi has few villains, so he has to rely on the end. It's a one-size-fits-all rule.

In a word, it is crazy to rob people everywhere, encourage childbearing, and punish those who have fewer children and reward more children.

Third, it is necessary to improve the military administration and develop the economy. Improve the bureaucratic system of employing people, meritocracy, gradually weaken the powerful landlords, realize the imperial examination, and employ a large number of poor people; Reform the land system, distribute ownerless land to displaced people or peasants free of charge, reduce rents and interest rates, lightly endow Bo Yao, and recuperate; develop salt and iron, build water conservancy, spread all over the tun fields, cultivate large fields, and accumulate grain; Develop animal husbandry, raise pigs, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and fish, advocate eating milk in large bowls and eating meat in large quantities, and comprehensively improve the physical fitness of the military and civilians; Improve the weapon production process, make great weapons and crossbows, improve the level of military equipment, invent stirrups and horseshoes, raise horses on a large scale, and establish a large Han iron cavalry that dominates the world; Unified issuance of currency, vigorously develop frontier, domestic and foreign trade, the construction of wine shops, teahouses, academies, and a large amount of war, justice, and ill-gotten wealth.

Fourth, recruit talents.

Liu Chan analyzed the direction of the flow of talents in detail and found that the dispute between the Three Kingdoms is actually a battle for talents. The most fundamental reason for the establishment of the Three Kingdoms is that the tripartite flow of talents to Cao Wei, Liu Han, and Sun Wu has formed three relatively stable political and military talent groups with mutual checks and balances. He carefully took stock of the talent situation of Cao Cao, Sun Wu, and Liu Han.

Cao Cao's strength is not only because he started early, but also because his family is powerful. More importantly, he has outstanding talent and is good at recruiting talent.

Thirsty for talents, meritocracy. In order to select more talents, breaking the standard of appointing officials according to virtue and disciples, Cao Cao put forward the policy of "meritocracy", and the "Seeking Merit Order" was widely issued all over the world. Employing people with their strengths, not seeking full blame, the surface image shows an open-minded mind and a broad mind. He employs people in an eclectic manner, very realistically, as long as there is a skill, he will be hired, and the talent will be reused, not looking at the background, not looking at the status, not looking at the merits, and even the character is not too important, just talented. As soon as the "Talent Seeking Order" came out, talents from all over the world responded, and they all gathered in Cao Cao's place, covering a large number of talents for themselves. In the turbulent era of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Cao's side was the most talented and strongest.

The sea is inclusive of all rivers, all over the world. A large proportion of Cao Cao's talents were drawn from the side of hostile forces. Cao Cao reused these "traitors" and "traitors". For example, among the five major strategists in the early stage of Cao Cao, Jia Xu is from Zhang Xiu, and Guo Jia is from Yuan Shao. Among them, Jia Xu and Zhang Xiu once designed to kill Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and general Dian Wei. Although in the end, Cao Cao instructed Cao Pi to force Zhang Xiu to death, Jia Xu pretended to be stupid and escaped.

There is also Chen Lin, a talented man who wrote "Seeking Cao Weiwen" for Yuan Shao, Chen Lin scolded Cao Cao's ancestors for three generations in the article, and the scolding can be described as a dog's blood, which is famous all over the world. But Cao Cao still didn't kill Chen Lin, who was "ready to shoot and had to be sent". Cao Cao's broad-mindedness on the surface can be said to be unprecedented in Chinese and foreign history, and there is no one before or since. Among the famous generals under him, Zhang Liao is from Lu Bu, Zhang Jaw is from Yuan Shao, Pang De is from Ma Chao, and Zhang Xiu, the enemy who killed his son, and so on. As for Cao Cao's slow manmanship later, it is another matter. Looking at Liu Bei and Sun Quan again, they also have generals under them, such as Liu Bei's Huang Mengda, Sun Quan's Gan Ning, etc., but there are not many of them, and they can't be compared with Cao Cao, and the degree of reuse is far from Cao Cao.

The merits are clear, and the rewards are rich. After losing the battle, he reviewed himself, rewarded his subordinates for winning the battle, rewarded the marquis and the generals, rewarded the BMW beauties with money, mansions and good land, everything he had, and never stingy. For example, for Guan Yu, a gold ingot on the horse, a silver ingot on the horse, a small banquet on three days, and a big banquet on the fifth day, and a beautiful woman and a red rabbit, do your best to attract temptation. So his subordinates knew everything, said everything, offered advice, competed desperately, and worked hard. The biggest contrast with him is Yuan Shao, who defeated himself and defeated the strange strategist.

In terms of military generals, there are the main generals of the clan, Xiahou Yuan, Xiahou Dan, Xiahou Shang, Cao Ren, Cao Zhang, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu; Wuziliang generals Zhang Liao, Zhang Jaw, Xu Huang, Yu Ban, and Le Jin; Other generals: Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Pang De, Li Dian, Wen Ping, Zang Ba, Zhang Xiu, Han Hao, Shi Lian, Xian Yufu, Yan Rou, Guo Huai, Chen Tai, Hao Zhao, etc. In terms of Wenchen, there are five major strategists Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu; Minor strategists and political talents Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, Liang Xi, Liu Ye, Dong Zhao, Man Chong, Mao Jue, Lu Qian, Sima Lang, Cui Yan, Tian Kai; All-round talent Sima Yi, Deng Ai, Zhong Hui.

The stars are brilliant and innumerable, forming a prosperous situation of "fierce generals like clouds, strategists like rain", and also laying a strong talent foundation for the three kingdoms to return to Jin and dominate the world.

The Eastern Wu side was slightly stronger than the Shu Han, and in the early days, it was composed of the "Huaisi generals" represented by Zhou Yu and the "exiled Beishi" represented by Zhang Zhao. Due to Sun Quan's efforts, Sun Quan inherited his father's and brother's foundation in the later period, and was very good at using people, and the source of talents was relatively rich. absorbed a part of the "Jiangdong family", and the representative figures were Yu Fu and Lu Xun. He was a corporal of courtesy, and accepted Zhou Yu's advice that "those who win people will prosper since ancient times, and those who lose people will die", and treated Zhou Yu like a brother; He recruited a wide range of talents, "Naru is strict with ordinary products, and Pulls Lumon from the march"; He is unsuspicious in employing people, and firmly believes that Zhuge Liang's brother Zhuge Jin will not betray him; Regardless of his qualifications, he entrusted Lu Xun, who was still young and not well-known, with important responsibilities. But the number of people is not as good as Cao Wei, who occupies most of the world.

On the other hand, Liu Bei employs people to seek perfection and blame, focusing on virtue, and if he has a defective character or a bad background, he will not be reused, and he will appoint people nepotism. For example, Liu Bei didn't reuse it because of Pang Tong's ugly portrait, and he didn't reuse it until he found out that the side was powerful. This is really a huge gap compared to Cao Cao. Therefore, the talents of Shu Han are the least. In the early days, it was the "Jingzhou faction", which could be of great use, Liao Liao was a few people, but Zhuge and Pang Tong were not literate, and Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Wei Yan were not allowed to be reused for a long time, so that the talents withered and the national strength was weak. In the later period, the "Jingzhou faction" was the mainstay, compatible with the "Yizhou faction" and the "Dongzhou faction", but it was located in a remote area, and there were far fewer talents than in the Central Plains, and the internal was very disunited. In the early stage, Liu, Guan, and Zhang Qinru were brothers, and Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Fa Zheng also sincerely assisted; But in the later period, "fights in the nest" occurred frequently, Li Yan was deposed, Peng Yi was killed, even his adopted son Liu Feng was given to death, and Wei Yan and Yang Yi were even beaten to death. In fact, the important reason for the death of Shu Han was internal strife and the withering of talents, and the so-called "there was no general in Shu, and Liao became a pioneer". If it weren't for Zhuge Liang's independent support, Shu Han would have been defeated long ago.

Human nature is greedy and realistic, especially in times of turmoil, food, clothing, housing, and money are the most basic needs of human beings. Not to mention the temptation of good land mansions, delicious food, fine wine, beautiful women, and high-ranking officials.

Liu Chan was determined to learn from Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and to use talents without sticking to one pattern, as long as he had a skill, he would be hired. Modeled after the Qin Dynasty, a system of awarding military merit and an incentive mechanism was established to establish a strong professional army and civilian ranks. Reward the meritorious people, or make a wish for a good mansion or a beautiful woman with money or a feudal official.

Thinking of these well-known tricks, Liu Chan couldn't help but laugh again.

Haha, you have to dig all the corners of the princes of the world, such as Zhang Liao, Yu Ban, Zhao Wei, Tian Kai, Zang Ba, Man Chong, Xu Shang, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Ren, Deng Ai, Xiahou Ba, Biqiu Jian, Wang Wei, Zhuge Dan, Wen Qin, Wen Yang, Yang Hu, Du Pre, Wang Jun, Lu Ji, Lu Kang, He Qi, Zhuge Jin, Zhuge Ke and so on.

Hehe, the traitorous Cao Cao, the Yin Absolute Sun Quan, the Absolute Sima, and the Hidden Lu Xun, you have to be careful, the king of the absolute Liu Chan is here!

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