Chapter 4 Section 45 Changing Hexagrams

November of the year 396 of the Great Han Calendar (the first year of the First Ping).

Onozawa side, Juno Castle.

Cao Cao frowned and looked at the sergeant who reported the news below: "Liu Bei and Xuzhou Tao Qian joined forces to abolish the five-baht coin and the new coin (Dong Zhuo's small money) - what does Liu Bei want to do?" Dong Zhuo has the righteousness of the imperial court and has the right to issue new coins. Liu Bei did not respect Dong Zhuo's new order to recognize the new money, and abolished the old five-baht money in the imperial court, did he want to do what Dong Zhuo conspired to usurp? ”

Behind him, a man with a white face looked carefully at the letter in his hand, and said: "Ming Gong doesn't need to worry, you and Liu Xuande signed a mutual market trade agreement, Liu Xuande does not accept other people's money, your money, no matter what situation is used to pay, Liu Bei will also accept it." ”

Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Brother Zhicai, you don't know yet, although Liu Bei is trustworthy, but when it comes to payment, it is Gao Tanglong, the great minister of Qingzhou, who is in charge." Gao Tanglong is a restrained person, and he is harsh on the law, even if Liu Bei comes forward in person, he dares to dismiss it. I don't think it will be good to buy a large amount of ordnance from Qingzhou this time. ”

Liu Bei's move to unify the currency invisibly set up trade barriers with the princes in various places. Whether it is five baht money or new money, it is regarded as scrap copper and rotten iron in the Qingxu territory, so that Xuzhou, a major grain-producing state, Qingzhou, a place for the supply of chariots and horses, and Izumo, a high-end luxury goods production area, are tightly tied together, so that how can the princes of various places who have delayed spring ploughing survive?

Importantly, after Cao Cao annexed the three counties, he organized and trained a new army under the auspices of Yu Ban, and the army had expanded to 100,000 people, while at this moment, Liu Bei's army was only 60,000 and Yuan Shao's army was only 120,000. Cao Cao consciously had the combat effectiveness of the army comparable to Yuan Shao, and in order to level with Liu Bei, he had to buy equipment for the Qingzhou army. After Qingxu unified the currency, Cao Cao suffered a loss no matter what kind of currency he used to buy Qingzhou ordnance and Xuzhou grain and grass.

Yu Ban kindly reminded on the side: "Lord, if you want to buy ordnance in Qingzhou, you still need to negotiate directly with Liu Bei." When Liu Bei abolished the old money, he priced the old money at 40% of the copper price on the grounds that the copper content of the old money metal was not high (the Yizhou five-baht coin with the highest copper content contained 62% of the copper). As a result, the income from the minting of private money in Qingxu and Xu is not as good as that of casting metal utensils, resulting in the proliferation of inferior copper armor, copper farm tools, and copper weapons in the two states. ”

Cheng Yu Cheng Zhongde, who had just defected to Cao Cao, hurriedly explained: "Qingzhou's copper farming tools are not inferior, it is said that this kind of copper farming tools are a new technology, belonging to forged bronze rather than cast bronze, and its toughness is much higher than in the past, and the price is low." Ming Gong, if we are in the three counties next year, it is best to take the opportunity to buy a large number of such farm tools now. ”

Cao Cao looked back at Xun You, who had been silent on the seat, and asked, "Gongda, what is your opinion?" ”

Soon after Xun You entered Shanyang County, Cao Cao occupied the whole county of Shanyang, and then led his family to defect to Cao Cao.

Xun You ignored Cao Cao's questioning and thought for a long time. There was silence in the room, waiting for Xun Yu to speak.

"I will take advantage of the situation, I am afraid that it is the greatest threat to Liu Bei, whether Liu Bei is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty or not, it depends on his performance at this time, if he does not have the idea of separation, then he will definitely abide by the agreement and sell weapons to our army, otherwise, the lord needs to be vigilant as soon as possible." Xun Yu slowly opened his mouth.

"Seeing that spring is about to begin, the matter of Tuntian mentioned by Zhongde (Cheng Yu), the lord must make plans in advance. Nowadays, there are two ways to farm: one is the Taoqian type of tuntian, in which soldiers are directly involved in farming; One is Liu Bei's style tuntian, where soldiers do not work in the field, and military fields are contracted by displaced civilians. Lord, what kind of tuntian method are you going to use? Xi Zhicai asked.

"Liu Bei's style tuntian, soldiers concentrate on training, can make the army's combat effectiveness greatly improved, however, this tuntian method requires two manpower to operate a field, such as today's chaos, the land is vast and sparsely populated, this tuntian method will inevitably lead to two results: first, the number of soldiers in the army can not be too much, otherwise it will lead to a shortage of labor. Second, although the output of military land is high, after being exploited by the contractors, it is still very small when it really reaches the hands of the army.

Yanzhou in recent years, fled into Qingzhou a lot of people, after Yuan Yi drove women and children into Mount Tai, now, to operate for five years Liu Bei than manpower, we can't compare, so, I suggest the use of Tao Qian style Tuntian. Cheng Yu explained.

Cao Cao turned his face to look at Yu Ban, who was full of disappointment, and asked, "Brother Wen Ze, does the use of Tao Qian-style tuntian have a great impact on the combat effectiveness of the soldiers?" ”

Yu Ban said with difficulty: "Liu Bei resisted the assault of the Bingzhou Iron Cavalry with a crowd of 30,000 people, and the army he used was still unwavering in formation despite the loss of nearly half of the army-these, the lord witnessed it with his own eyes.

After Liu Bei returned to Qingzhou, he killed Yuan Yi and repelled Yuan Shu with the remnants of the Battle of Hulao, which fully demonstrated the superiority of Liu Bei's military system.

The way of tuntian, the lord can choose according to the situation, however, the army's non-commissioned officers and lieutenants, I hope the lord will make up his mind as soon as possible. ”

Cao Cao took the case: "Zhugong, it's so decided, Zhongde (Cheng Yu) will start counting acres of land tomorrow and assign soldiers to tuntian." Wen Ze began to select outstanding non-commissioned officers and confer the rank of non-commissioned officer, and the reform of the military system must be completed after the spring ploughing next year. Brother Zhicai, you immediately take my letter to Lianyun to discuss the purchase of ordnance with Liu Bei. ”

Jizhou, Qinghe County.

Yuan Shao retreated to Qinghe, and after hearing that Sun Jian captured Luoyang, he wanted to move to Luoyang as the leader of the alliance. However, the army was short of food, and many soldiers and horses from all walks of life had dispersed. After a few days of delay, I heard the news that Sun Jian had withdrawn and Liu Bei's army had entered Luoyang. Yuan Shao broke out in a cold sweat and was overjoyed.

After Liu Bei repelled the two Yuan clan relatives who invaded, everyone on the earth knew that Liu Bei's next target was Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's reputation as the third duke of the fourth world made Liu Bei dare not act easily, however, he was still uneasy in his heart - if it was about the third duke of the fourth world, Yuan Shu was the son of the Yuan family who was born in the main family, but Liu Bei did not hesitate to step out of Qingzhou to meet Yuan Shu. In this way, it seems that only the name of the alliance leader makes Liu Bei have scruples. But I heard that Liu Bei was in Lianyun, preparing to support the former right Zhonglang general, Qian Tanghou Zhu Jun as the new alliance leader, and the riding general was military.

It seems that the noose has gradually tightened, and when Zhu Jun accepts the position of the new alliance leader, it is likely that it will be when Liu Bei attacks. At this moment, it is imminent to expand his power and prepare to compete with Liu Bei.

Seeing that his prestige was gradually lost, Yuan Shao wanted to promote Youzhou Mu Liu Yu as the new emperor. Liu Yu has the highest prestige among the Han clansmen, Dong Zhuo once worshipped Liu Yu as the great Sima, and entered the Taifu, only because the road was blocked, and the mission was difficult to pass, so Yu still kept the original position and settled on the side of the town. And Liu Yu once promoted Liu Bei as filial piety, and he supported Liu Yu, which can also ease the relationship with Liu Bei. Besides, with the merit of support, I am still afraid of Liu Bei, and recruit Liu Bei into the court, at that time, I can do whatever I want with Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao inquired about Cao Cao for this and proposed to Cao Cao: "Don't worry about the affairs of the west (Chang'an), let's set up another court, Liu Yu's Han clan is a ready-made candidate." ”

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