Chapter 5 Towards Reunification Section 23 Set Sail
Xun Yu asked tentatively: "My lord, our large-scale relocation of the people of Yanzhou, all ships, chariots and horses are used for transportation, and the transportation capacity is still insufficient. At this moment, the lord has mobilized all the ships of the sea to gather here, will not we let our transportation capacity be wasted? β
Liu Bei smiled and nodded, and said, "You just asked, the territory under our jurisdiction is large enough, why am I not satisfied." I'll answer you now. First of all, Qingzhou does not have the strength to develop Nanyang again, but Yangzhou has. In the winter, it is a good time to move out of the people, reduce the population density, and reduce the outbreak of the epidemic.
I have already sent a letter to Sun Ce, requesting that all the scattered people in Yangzhou who do not belong to the family be moved to Yizhou and Qiongzhou under my responsibility to escape the plague. Since the great families of the south want to control the local government, I will allow them to control it and move the people out, so that they can no longer govern the rest except themselves. In this way, the ruling foundation of the family was completely subverted.
Once the integration of Wenpin's fleet is completed, it will immediately go south to transport the people of Yangzhou across the sea. In this practice, they will test the results of fleet integration.
For Sun Ce, the people who moved out gave up land for the family so that he could reward the meritorious heroes, and for us, the people who moved out to develop and build around several ports was to maintain our supply lines to the south. This is a matter of mutual benefit, and Sun Ce is unwilling.
Secondly, we mobilize the people to go south. What are the benefits? It is to lay a more solid foundation for my Qingzhou.
The goods are sold in the country, not to mention the market. There is a day when the market is saturated, that is, there is no saturation of the market, and all that is done is to transfer money from the pockets of one countryman to another, and no matter how developed business is, the total value of wealth does not increase. Only by selling commodities to foreign countries, earning foreign money, and putting it in our pockets, will the total amount of wealth increase. The purpose of going south is to put the money of the Great Qin Empire into the pockets of my Great Han Empire.
Finally, the most important point is that the root of Qingzhou lies in . It's organized. I need to transform our national habits and let Qingzhou people spontaneously have team spirit from the bones.
Agrarian civilization cannot produce organization, because one person can . to cultivate a field. So the neighbor's land is better than his own, he can abuse, he can curse, he can frame, he can poison. This is the so-called: one person is a dragon, and three people are a worm. So, in agrarian culture, heroes are meant to be betrayed; Friends are used to be framed; The boss is used to be replaced......
In the past, Qin Shi Huang traveled. When Xiong Xiangyu saw the first emperor's chariot and horse, he didn't think of the cruelty and inhumanity of the first emperor, and he didn't think that the people were miserable, but said in an envious tone: "He can take his place" - I want to do that too.
Heroes can still be like this, then, the heroes of the past generations have changed the purpose of the dynasty. It is not for the sake of system change, not for the sake of standing up for the miserable people, but just to replace them and replace the oppressors of the people with themselves, the so-called narrowness of agricultural civilization.
Everyone wants to be an emperor, which inevitably leads to society. Generate unnecessary unrest. The minister is not at ease in the position of the minister; The son is not at ease in the position of the son; Employees are always looking for a better position and replacing their boss. No one thinks about whether the actions of the superior are right or wrong, whether their abilities are suitable for their extravagant expectations, and they only want to one day, they can do whatever they want like their bosses. Our nation has thus been squandered in the midst of infighting. Therefore, in this kind of agrarian civilization, it seems to be stable, but in fact it is full of turmoil and wasted how much national strength has been wasted.
The ready-made one is an example: how brave Lu Bu is, Dong Zhuo gets him, and the princes of the Fourteenth Route of Kanto can't help him. However, Lu Bu never considered that his ability was only enough to be an excellent assistant, and always thought about replacing him with a superior person. Therefore, he will kill his father-in-law Ding Yuan for a horse, so he will kill his father-in-law Dong Zhuo for a woman.
I think that at the beginning, if Lu Bu did not rebel against Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo would not be able to run rampant in the government and the opposition, and Lu Bu could also be Ding Yuan's right-hand man, leaving a reputation for the first loyalty through the ages, and the status he obtained would not be inferior to now. And after that, if Lu Bu does not rebel against Dong Zhuo, the prince becomes a prince and a thief, if Dong Zhuo has a stable position, will Lu Bu be a lost dog now? β
Liu Bei waved his hand out of the window, and said with a burning gaze: "However, one person can't drive a boat, in the face of the unpredictable storm on the sea, the people in the same boat must work together to resist the storm. So, in seafaring culture, heroes are meant to be worshipped; Friends are to be relied upon; A strong boss is meant to be obedient.
Now Qingzhou, the war is about the team's battle formation, the factory is about the team's cooperation, and the business is about the team's cooperation ......, if you want to let the team spirit of Qingzhou go deep into the bone marrow, you must give them huge benefits, let them know the advantages of the team. Continuous conquest and expansion of land is a display of interests, and navigation and whaling are also a display of interests.
One whale is equivalent to the meat and fur of 100 cows, and whale wax whale oil can also be used for lighting and spices. A herder's hard work in a year is not worth catching a whale. As long as the two ships cooperate, they can get the equivalent of a herdsman's harvest for a year after going to sea for more than a month. This is the display of interests.
I will turn this sea into the fields of Qingzhou, and let the people use boats as plows to cultivate the sea. Let the people develop the spirit of teamwork in this farming, so as to completely change the habits of our Qingzhou people.
The use of the plough in the horse has liberated the farmer from the field, and the same soil power and the same output no longer require the same amount of manpower, and the excess manpower will allow them to sail to the sea, to conquer, to occupy, to expand the territory of our Han to the extreme.
The overseas world is big, enough for me to gallop. Instead of fighting for a throne in the Central Plains, it is better to develop a borderless land overseas, at that time, you are the emperor, you are the prince, as long as you are the subjects of Qingzhou, as long as you are the people of my Han Dynasty, no matter who is the king overseas, I will recognize his status. β
Xun Yu was silent for a long time, and finally swallowed the rest of the question. Confucianism pays attention to the whole world, but it is not the king's land. Even if the people independently developed overseas land, the emperor said that the land was his, would the people dare to disagree? So, what's the point of the people's development?
Liu Bei always likes to kill two birds with one stone and kill three birds with one stone. In Xun Yu's view, the relocation of the people of Yanzhou was mainly to weaken the development of Cao Cao's power; The purpose of relocating the people of Yangzhou was to curb Sun Ce's development. Perhaps there is any other purpose for developing overseas territories besides Liu Bei's explanation?
Liu Bei's explanation just now was beyond Xun Yu's comprehension, making him a little unpredictable. "Is this unfathomable, or is it a trick?" , Xun Yu asked secretly in his heart. However, thinking that Liu Bei governed Qingzhou, which was ruined after the Yellow Turban War, so prosperous, he was faintly inclined to the former in his heart.
Outside the window, under the instigation of Liu Bei, the merchants of Qingzhou have taken out their own inventory of goods, organized a fleet, and followed the fleet of Wenpin. There were more and more ships in Longkou Port, and in a trance, Xun Yu saw a smug smile on Liu Bei's lips.
Xun Yu didn't understand, and neither did the Yi who followed Jian Yong to Wei County. The Yamen of the Wei County Government only had one main bookkeeper and two scribes, and Yi Ji thought that there would be a mountain of official documents waiting for him to deal with, but there was nothing major happening in the yamen. Jian Yong only met with a few big businessmen in the county when he first returned to Wei County, explained the Qingzhou fleet's desire to go to the South Seas, and explained to Zhen Cun that Liu Bei wanted to be a matchmaker for his daughter Zhen Bi, and then traveled all day, making Yi Yi panic.
Qingzhou's tight organizational structure was actually established in the midst of the local governor's idle day? Yi Yuan felt incredulous, and after talking to the two scribes in private, he learned that the local officials in Qingzhou had always been like this. Liu Bei is in power, has always asked local officials not to disturb the people, judicial trials, local security has been separated from the accusations of the government government, under the rule of the village elders, the people themselves manage themselves, the local officials' wishes are more of a symbol, symbolizing the central government to exercise supervision power over the locality, so the local governor has nothing to do.
The first snow fell, the Hiparos blew, and the county government finally had something to do, and the fleet of Wen Ping had already gone south, and the merchants of Wei County began to ask the county government for tax payment certificates for goods, so that they could follow the subsequent merchant ships south to sell goods. Two clerks of the county called in the tax officials to check the merchants' tax payment records and issue them with road slips. This work is not troublesome at all, each county has a regional number number, according to the merchant's household registration certificate, you can immediately check the tax payment record of the county where he is located, and then look up the merchant's number, his tax record is clear at a glance.
Yi was not familiar with the situation and operation here, and could not help the two scribes, and when he saw a room of merchants, he asked the two scribes to fight cleanly. Speechless, he asked Jian Yong: "Lord County Guard, I have been back to Wei County for many days, and I have only done this one job, could it be that the current County Guard Mansion is just an official document stamp, stamped for the merchants?" β
Jian Yong was squinting at the time, intoxicated holding a cup of fragrant tea to taste, and when he heard Yi's question, he replied without knowing anything: "Boji (Yi), don't underestimate this official seal, in other counties, there are many people who beg to stamp this seal but can't ask for it." This seal shows that we acknowledge that the owner of the road slip lives under our system, and that the counties along the way must provide a kind of government protection for the safety of the merchant's goods and the safety of their lives while the goods are traveling, and that there is no double taxation on these goods.
Seeing that the end of the year is approaching, the merchants must pay the tax by the end of the year if they sell the goods before the end of the year. The faster and more goods are sold, the more abundant the tax revenue of our Wei County this year. At the beginning of next spring, the government will have more spare resources to repair roads, tighten law and order, and provide more protection for businessmen.
I know that you are not comfortable coming to Weiguo County for a few days, so you can get familiar with it slowly. The existence of our county guard is to provide a system for the people, a system based on the rights and obligations under a fair contract, and the people and the government each fulfill their own obligations and enjoy their own rights. The lord said that the best government is that the people only know the existence of the law, but do not feel the existence of the officials, so that the people do not suffer from the burden of the officials, the officials do not take pleasure in disturbing the people, and the government and the people are at peace, then they are happy. β
Jian Yong took a deep sip of tea, and then added: "It is the intention of the lord to invite you to Qingzhou, and now, our army has two new counties in the north, and two new states on the southward route, and there is a lack of a large number of officials. There are no miscellaneous matters in my county government, and the lord handed you over to me, hoping that you will become familiar with the Qingzhou system as soon as possible. β
Jian Yong did not continue, Yi came to Qingzhou to make a talent reserve for the outgoing Gao Tanglong, originally, Zhang Zhao was Liu Bei's candidate who was ready to replace Gao Tanglong, but Zhang Zhao was not so resolute in implementing Liu Bei's policy. Frustrated Shou will step down at the end of this year, will return to the Xihe fiefdom to enjoy happiness, or enter the Senate to become a civil official, Tian Feng and Gao Tanglong's term of office will end next year, Tian Feng has expressed his willingness to enter the Senate as a civil official, Gao Tanglong will return to Taishan, his hometown to focus on running the family business. At this time, Liu Bei urgently needed a smart and resolute person to carry out his policies. Chen Qun is a good candidate, but he is still young, and the next candidate can be considered, but now there is only one year to go, and a more suitable candidate must be found.
The restriction on the tenure of officials went further than Cao Cao's measure of promoting meritocracy, which broke the bureaucratic system of lifelong officials, and made being an official a profession and a means of earning a living. Since it is only a profession, it must be followed by its corresponding professional ethics. The fact that officials no longer have a lifelong system will make them scruple and no longer regard the oppression and plundering of the people as their lifelong goal, which is stronger than any moral constraint.
Frustrated, Tian Feng, and Gao Tanglong are the people who followed Liu Bei to start a family, Liu Bei was a little reluctant to let these three go, but the limit on the tenure of officials is the fundamental policy to prevent officials from becoming more powerful and corruption is rampant, in order to forcefully implement this policy, Liu Bei had to start with the people closest to him first, and at the same time, give them a fiefdom to ease their emotions in advance.
For this millennium plan, Liu Bei spent three years influencing Fu Shou, Tian Feng, and Gao Tanglong, and finally let these three happily apply for resignation.
At noon on the end of the second month of the first year of the year (November 22, 194 in the Gregorian calendar, converted to October 22 in the lunar calendar), light snow, this day Hipalos arrived as scheduled, the wind gradually became stronger, the wind howled on the wharf of Longkou Port, making people unable to stand on their feet, Liu Bei opened his mouth several times, wanted to shout a few bold words, but were swallowed by the wind and snow, so he gestured with his eyes, waved his hand firmly, and ordered the fleet to set sail.
The wind and snow gradually fell, and the vast white covered the earth. In Shanyang County, Yanzhou, Lu Bu's lonely figure appeared on the ground, and although there were more than 3,000 remnants of the defeated army around him, Lu Bu still seemed so lonely.
After the defeat of Guanxian, LΓΌ Bu entered the south of Puyang, hoping to gain the support of the local clans, but the clans always obeyed only the winner, even if the victor was an alien invader. After LΓΌ Bu's defeat, the family refused to support him anymore, of course, due to Liu Bei's advance to Puyang, Zhou Yu withdrew his troops from Tongguan and entered Yanzhou, while Hanoi Taishou Zhang Yang originally planned to stop Zhou Yu's army and march east to join LΓΌ Bu to rescue this fellow villager. Unexpectedly, his subordinate Gu rebelled, killed Zhang Yang, and flattered Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu knew that Liu Bei had always advocated loyalty and righteousness, and did not dare to accept Lu Gu. Hanoi then fell apart.
In order to avoid Zhou Yu's attack, Lu Bu panicked and entered Shanyang County, fled around Dayozawa, and looked for a way out.
The cold air was in the bones, Lu Bu let out a violent cough, raised his eyes to look at the white earth, and said blankly: "It's snowing, where should the wives and children go to hide from the wind and snow?" Gongtai (Chen Palace), and then go south to enter Luguo County, Tao Qian and Liu Bei are wearing a pair of pants, will the Luguo County guard intercept our army in order to curry favor with Liu Bei? β
Chen Gong took a deep breath and replied: "The matter of Lu Guojun is still far away, in front of us is Juye County, the clan surname of Juye County is the Li family, and Li Dianzheng, the head of the Li family, is working for Cao Cao. Juye County was followed by Qian County, and the surname of the clan in Qian County was Xu, and Xu Chu, the head of the Xu family, also worked for Cao Ying. If we really want to enter Lu County, these two great clans will come to stop us to the death. Wen Hou, we can't move forward, why don't we go south and re-invest in Yuan Shu? β
Misfortune is not a one-way street, Chen Gong was worried, and without waiting for Lu Bu to answer, the cavalry in front reported: The big clan surnamed Juye Li did his best and lined up in front to block it.
Lu Bu let out a violent cough and asked, "Who is in the lead?" β
Answer: "The last branch of the Li surname Pang is a person named Li Jin. β
Lu Bu stopped coughing, and his blood gradually rose to his cheeks: "I, Lu Fengxian, hit the north and south of the country with a Fang Tian painting halberd, and now after a small defeat, does a nobody dare to challenge me?" Sons, put your ranks together and follow me to kill this enemy. β