Chapter 4 Section 24 Newcomers

The blockade line in Qingzhou was originally arranged according to the border line, and it was difficult for outsiders to enter Qingzhou. After Yuan Tan entered the plain, he broke the blockade line. And now it is late March, the autumn grain has not been harvested, the winter grain has been eaten, the front line is fighting again, the fields in Jizhou are barren, and the people have no food. In order to lighten the burden, Yuan Tan drove more than 200,000 women, children, old and weak into Qingzhou. As soon as this wind opens, it is estimated that some people in the coalition will follow suit.

"No, we must retake the plain and reset the blockade line" Liu Bei secretly measured in his heart: "Of course, the reconstruction project is more than these, Qingzhou has been ruled for five years, but within the scope of the imperial court, it has been slightly adjusted, and the most important thing is to exempt the farmers from taxes." Now, it is time to take advantage of the fact that the imperial court is no longer authoritative, and establish a complete set of mercantile systems as soon as possible. ”

Only by emphasizing commerce can we guarantee a complete reduction or exemption of agricultural taxes. According to statistics, in 1999 the country's agricultural tax accounted for only 3 percent of the total tax revenue, but when local officials collected taxes, they tied countless exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous fees to the 3 percent tax rate, making the vast majority of the population miserable and hopeless.

Only a society that values commerce and develops under the commercial economic system can pay attention to fairness, credit, moral law, order, and foreign conquest.

Kong Rong saw Liu Bei's distraction, stepped forward, and gently pulled Liu Bei's sleeve: "Xuande Gong, Zhang Gong, can we go into the house to talk?" ”

Zhang Zhao also immediately noticed his faux pas, and hurriedly let Liu Bei into the hall.

After the guest and host sat down, Liu Bei first expressed his concern: "I see that Mr. Zibu is packing up, what do you want to do?" ”

Zhang Zhao sighed and explained the reason to Liu Bei - Zhang Zhao has a rare reputation, and when he was 20 years old, he was promoted to filial piety and honesty, and he couldn't resign. Tao Qian was appointed as the pastor of Xuzhou and recruited him as Mao (Xiu) Cai, but Zhang Zhao still said that he would not accept the recruitment. Tao Qian thought he despised him and arrested him.

When Zhang Zhao was young, he had a close relationship with Lang Xie Zhao Yu and Wang Lang of the East China Sea, and after he was detained, Lang Xie Zhao Yu rushed to Pengcheng to rescue him. It happened that Liu Bei was stationed in Pengcheng, and Zhao Yu was in the north under the rule of Chen Qun, so he scared the Pengcheng jailer as a Qingzhou scholar, saying: "I am a Qingzhou scholar, and now my lord is stationed in Pengcheng, if you don't release my friend quickly, I will go and tell my lord that you have insulted the friend of the Qingzhou scholar, that is, you have insulted the Qingzhou people, you wait for the sword and axe."

Liu Bei is famous in the world for protecting his shortcomings, and at the same time famous for his madness, once a Qingzhou caravan was robbed outside, Liu Bei immediately sent troops to chase and kill. Subsequently, in the name of protecting trade routes, troops were sent to occupy Pingyin City in Taishan County. The jailer heard a little but did not know the details, because he was afraid that Zhao Yu would go to Liu Bei to make trouble, so he ignored the thirty-seven twenty-one and released Zhang Zhao. Zhang Zhao, who was released, heard that Tao Qian was coming to Pengcheng, but he didn't dare to stay, so he decided to move his family and go to Huainan to avoid trouble.

Liu Bei made a little calculation and made up his mind to pay attention: since he has decided to reform in an all-round way, there is a large shortage of talents, Zhang Zhao, instead of cheap Sun Quan, it is better to cheap himself, if even Zhang Zhao can't change, how can we talk about transforming our nation?

"Instead of moving south, Brother Zibu should move north, how about going to Qingzhou?"

Zhang Zhao sighed: "Runping (Zhao Yu, in history, he was engaged in Tao Qian's other driving, and the history contains" Zhao Yu, a well-known scholar, and with loyalty and straightforwardness, he was too shou of Guangling. My brother also persuaded me to go to Qingzhou, however, I heard that Qingzhou Tian Bo is strict, divided into Gong Tian, Jun Tian, Ping (Min) Tian, Xun Tian, Shitian, in the next family has a big business, if you go to Qingzhou, I am afraid there will not be too many fields to support the family.

Besides, I heard that the people of Qingzhou are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, and each level must be assessed, and there must be a certain amount of meritorious service. ”

Liu Bei pouted secretly: "The fields are not enough, don't you know how to do business, if you have money, you are afraid that you will not be able to support yourself, but unfortunately, this person has strong old habits, and he also strictly abides by the habit of Confucian cultivation and reading heirlooms, and in just a few words, there is a hidden dissatisfaction with Qingzhou's policy and contempt for businessmen." ”

Liu Bei mustered up enough courage and tried hard again and said: "Brother Zibu's family has a big business, can't half of Langxi County be settled?" If you are willing to come to Qingzhou, I think Tao Gongzu (Tao Qian) will go down to Nanlangye County and settle your family, how about it? ”

Zhang Zhao was overjoyed, and then hesitated: "I rejected Tao Gongzu's expedition, but in front of Lord Xuande and Tao Zhoumu, isn't it ugly?" Besides, I have already moved to Jiangdong with someone, so I have lived up to the kindness of my friend. ”

"Tao Gongzu is there, I will deal with it. Brother Zibu is a friend, by the way, what's your name as a friend? ”

"Linhuai Lu Su Lu Zijing?"

"Okay, it turned out to be Lu Su Lu Zijing, I've heard of the name for a long time." Liu Bei nodded happily and muttered to himself: "I said, there are not many wealthy people in Jiangdong who have the ability to accommodate Zhang Zhao, that is, him." ”

Lu Su was born in 172 and is now only 18 years old, unlike in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su was a military general rather than a civilian official, and he ranked second among the four British generals of Eastern Wu, the first being Zhou Yu.

When Lu Su was a teenager, he saw that the world was about to be chaotic, so he practiced archery hard. Later, Zhou Yu led hundreds of people to pass in front of Lusu and borrowed grain from Lusu. Lu Su had two hoards of rice at home at that time, so he borrowed a hoard of rice to Zhou Yu at that time. Zhou Yu was very grateful to Lu Su and later recommended Lu Su to Sun Quan. Lu Su met with Sun Quan and clearly put forward the idea of sharing the world with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, which is the famous "Collapse Policy". This "Collapse Strategy" is more than ten years earlier than "Longzhong Pair", and some people in later generations believe that "Longzhong Pair" is a plagiarized work, and the object of his plagiarism is "Collapse Strategy".

"Lu Zijing, can Zibu invite me to talk about it?" Liu Bei asked eagerly.

Zhang Zhao replied: "Lu Zijing is in the back hall."

That's right, Zhang Zhao's relocation, Yilusu's impatience and justice, can you not come to greet him?

"Hurry up, please come, I just want to talk to him" Liu Bei said eagerly, thought for a while, and then said: "Runping (Zhao Yu) is also here, hmph, in my name, I want to blackmail the jailer and call him out, I will scold a few words." ”

After a while, Lu Su and Zhao Yu came out of the back hall, Zhao Yu took the first step, waved his hands, and said: "Lord! Qingzhou scholar, Zhao Yu, the patriarch of the Senate of Dongwu County, Langxi County, visited the lord. ”

Zhao Yu took the lead in bowing, so that Liu Bei was not good at scolding. Instead, Kong Rong stepped forward and made a round: "Xuande Gong, what Runping did (privately threatening the jailer) is not in the territory of Qingzhou, and it seems that the laws of Qingzhou cannot be applied. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, did he still know that he was not in Qingzhou? to make trouble in someone else's territory...... It's okay, it's not good to scold in front of outsiders. Liu Bei immediately changed his tone: "Hmph, let me tell you, I want to scold you, not because you are making trouble in Xuzhou, because this is a good thing to promote the prestige of my Qingzhou scholars."

What I want to scold you is that you are too timid to make trouble at a high level. You threaten the jailers, and if they don't listen to you, or even detain you, what will you do? Do you want me to ask Tao Gongzu for this little thing? If you want to make trouble, you have to make a big deal, so even if I ask Tao Gongzu for someone, it will be very face-saving.

For example: you set fire to the prison; For example, you beat the jailer and even stabbed him. When I come forward to ask for someone, I can also say: Look at my subordinates, how bloody they are. And you just scared him a little bit, and quarreled with him for a few words - I was so weak that I was so embarrassed.

Okay, none of your friends are from Qingzhou, I will save some face for you in front of outsiders and in front of your friends. At present, there is a shortage of a person in charge of logistics in the army, so you go and work in Yuanzhi. ”

Zhao Yu Yixi - where is this punishment, is it clearly a reward? Qingzhou military merit reward is the most abundant, it is rare to have this opportunity to mix into the army, and when the lord goes back, this is a great achievement in danger, lucky, lucky.

Zhao Yu immediately stopped his friend's plea and bowed deeply to Liu Bei happily. Immediately, his right hand clenched his fist and struck his chest and gave a military salute: "Thank you for your generous gift, Yu dare not serve his life." ”

Seeing Zhao Yu's expression and thinking of the rumors in Qingzhou, Lu and Zhang more or less understood Zhao Yu, so they no longer interceded for him.

After the guest and host sat down, Liu Bei split his head and asked: "I often hear that the two great sages are also, I have a problem today, I hope the two of you will solve my doubts, Qingzhou is in such a situation, what should I do?" ”

Zhang Zhao replied preemptively without humility: "In my opinion, the general should return to Qingzhou as soon as possible to preside over the overall situation, there is a general, Qingzhou has a backbone, the general is not there, and the officials in Qingzhou dare not resist the order." ”

"I know that the people, if they can survive, they always choose to endure it, and they will never rebel against the government above unless they are forced to do so. I'm not here, and Qingzhou's resistance to the upper order will not be strong. However, it is not enough to realize this, if I can get back in time, do I need to ask you for advice? Liu Bei was displeased.

Lu Su smiled and said in shock: "I think that Xuande Gong should give up the plain. ”

Liu Bei was shocked and moved to listen: "Zijing, you try to say it for me." ”

Lu Su raised his fingers, scratched the terrain in the air, and said: "Qingzhou, the land of the four wars, on the Great Plains, the rapid movement of the army, is also conducive to the formation of the large corps. Although Xuande Gong planted trees densely and built roads and castles, it was conducive to holding on. However, in the north of Qingzhou, Gongsun Du peeped out; In the northwest, Yuan Cheqi (Yuan Shao) rose in Jizhou; Yanzhou, the Yellow Turban Rebellion is still alive and can threaten Qingzhou at any time; Along the Yellow River, all parts of Qingzhou are under the threat of Luoyang, Puyang and other towns in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. South, alas, not for now......

At this time, the plain is lonely in the north of Jishui, the place where Luoshui is vertical and horizontal, not far from the Nanpicheng of Bohai Zhizhi, and the entire county is surrounded by Jizhou. Moreover, in case the enemy army faked an attack on the plain, after the Qingzhou reinforcements crossed the river, the troops attacked Mount Tai and broke into Jinan, Beihai, and Qi, would Xuande Gong have time to cross the river again and return to the army to rescue? ”

Liu Bei stood up suddenly, in a cold sweat, and replied: "I am fortunate to meet Zijing today, otherwise, Qingzhou will be in danger." ”

Lu Su was still unsatisfied, and continued: "In my opinion, if the general gives up the plain, a game of chess will live. After abandoning the plains, the general could draw out his forces and go all out to plot against Liaodong. Liaodong is pacified, and the general's rear will have no worries. At the same time, after the destruction of Liaodong, the general could be transferred to Donglai to take care of the army of 200,000 prisoners from Liaodong. In addition, the 200,000 prisoners were completely attributed to the general.

On land, the shogun can rely on the stone to open up the land passage from Qingzhou to Izumo. By sea, Qingzhou is backed by the sea, and the Qingzhou Navy dominates the world. It takes 20 days to travel from Liaodong by land, and it only takes two days to go ashore from Longkou to Liaodong by sea and from Longkou to Lishi Port (Dalian). If you use the grain of Izumo Sanhan Lelang Liaodong to help Qingzhou, you will compete for the world with the soldiers of these four places. Why don't you achieve hegemony? ”

Liu Bei's heart blossomed, with the talents of Frustration and Tian Feng, he could also understand the situation so clearly, and analyze one, two, three, or four for himself, however, these two people have been following him for a long time, and they have begun to blindly trust themselves, and they have less time to make suggestions and more time to do things according to their own ideas. Now, it is time to bring in new people, and ideas collide with each other in order to send out a spark of wisdom.

Lu Su is exactly the person he wants.

Liu Bei stood up and said angrily: "Everyone says that the country is a countryman, I will treat you as a countryman today, I will pacify the East China Sea, capture and capture not a penny, and even wave the army to the east to pacify (capture?) Take? Yuzhou Lu rebellion, one county and one country to Tao Gongzu in exchange for the two of you? You two deserve this honor. ”

Zhang Zhaolusu's eyes lit up - exchanging one county and one country for the two of them to serve was an unprecedented feat in ancient and modern times. With this feat, he will definitely leave a name in history, how can he not want to?

Come to think of it, Liu Bei is generous to others, Lu State belongs to Yuzhou, what does Liu Bei have to do? Even if there is a war in the state of Lu that needs to be pacified by Liu Bei, then after the incident, Liu Bei should return this state of Lu to Yuzhou - the imperial court is still there, why does Liu Bei decide the ownership of the land in private?

As for "returning" Donghai County, it is even more outrageous, Donghai County was originally Tao Qian's, but Zang Ba didn't obey the command very much, Liu Bei took Tao Qian's things and returned them to Tao Qian, how can there be such a reason in the world?

However, at this moment, how could the two of them who were so forgetful have the heart to study carefully, and they knelt on the ground together, calling them "lords".

Since then, Lu and Zhang have often called themselves "national soldiers", because they were exchanged for the land of one county and one country by Liu Bei. There are also good deeds who sarcastically call them "cheap countrymen", because Liu Bei actually didn't spend a penny of his own money. However, people only dare to say these words in private - after all, this involves Liu Bei, the lord of Qingzhou.

After the two of them saw each other, they sat down again, and Liu Bei asked: "I don't know what the two of you think of the politics of Qingzhou?" ”

Zhang Zhao was short of his beard and replied: "After the lord captured Mount Tai, he immediately built a large number of buildings and built cities, roads and rivers, which I thought was inappropriate. Mount Tai wars are frequent, the lord has Mount Tai, people are determined, they should rest and recuperate, so that the people's strength can be rebounded, and they should not be so large-scale construction.

In the past, Qin Shi Huang pacified the Six Kingdoms, sent 100,000 farmers to build the Great Wall, and built the Afang Palace, the people were miserable, and the second died. Gaozu got Hanzhong, three chapters of the law, leniency and tax reduction, and the people were happy, and they were 400 years old. Therefore, the way of prosperity in ancient and modern times, the lord cannot ignore it. ”

"What a Zhang Zibu, a direct minister", Liu Bei exclaimed loudly, Shi Zai, Zhang Zhao advised Sun Quan, Sun Quan was not very troublesome, let people take bricks and stones to kill his mansion door, Zhang Zhao opened the mansion door, went to the court to continue to advise, Sun Quan was helpless.

However, although Zibu made sense, he did not carefully examine the difference. As soon as I captured Mount Tai, I immediately built a large number of buildings, precisely to recuperate. Liu Bei explained.

Zhang Zhao stubbornly asked, "How do you say this?" ”