Chapter 5: Toward Unification, Section 80 (I)

Chapter 5: Toward Unification, Section 80

As soon as this suggestion came out, it was immediately strongly opposed by those who still had a trace of calm on the side of Sun and Cao.

"Liu Qingzhou is eager to fight and decide the world, and everyone knows it. Now, Qingzhou is not well informed, and it is difficult for us to guess the situation there, if our side brazenly attacks Xuzhou, wouldn't it just give Liu Xuande an excuse to use force. In the opinion of Ming Gong, we will gather young people in the territory and go all out to fight Liu Qingzhou, can we be sure of winning the battle? ”

Sun Quan was silent.

Cao Cao did not shy away from it: "Liu Xuande has governed Qingzhou for many years, Qingzhou is rich in products, neat armor, and strong financial resources, and he has no trouble recruiting millions of soldiers." Qingzhou's mobilization mechanism is perfect, its trade routes are crisscrossed, its transportation is developed, and the mobilization of troops is extremely easy, as long as he has ten days, the deployment of a million-strong army has been completed. Qingzhou soldiers are brave and ferocious, since Liu Xuande took charge, Qingzhou soldiers went south to Yizhou, Xizhou, Qiongzhou, north to Liaodong, Sanhan, exterminated the Huns, swept Xianbei, leveled the northern alien races, invincible, conquered, each victory did not leave prisoners, the princes fought with each other, the morale of the army was not good, the city was closed and defended may be able to delay the death, and the soldiers surrendered countless people when the city was opened. Liu Xuande rewarded the people with his military exploits, and the people of Qingzhou were glorified with bloodthirstiness, and we waited for the troops to fight at this time, which was tantamount to swallowing a tiger with a sheep, and it was difficult to achieve a big thing - maybe before the soldiers were gathered, Liu Bei's army had already been killed. ”

Left and right persuaded again: "Liu Xuande taught the people with faithfulness, and he also boasted of his faithfulness, and now in the name of the great pope and the great chair, he guarantees the safety of Ming Gong and invites Ming Gong to discuss state affairs." If Ming Gong does not go, Liu Bei will publicize this matter and hit our morale. Since then, the master-slave trend has been achieved, and we have fallen behind in the battle with Qingzhou. If the Ming Gong first publicized this matter, let the people know about it, and then calmly went to the meeting, what would be the consequences? - If Liu Bei betrays the alliance, he will become an untrustworthy person who violates religious teachings and moral articles, and the foundation of Liu Bei's rule will collapse completely, and the lord will have to worry about his threat in the future; If Liu Bei keeps his promise in the meeting and does not dare to offend the lord, then the situation of the three heroes standing side by side has been achieved, and we have obtained an equal status with Liu Bei. It's a rare respite. The ten-year covenant is still there, and the ten-year development is still there, if we can't beat Liu Xuande, he will take it for him to die. ”

Sun and Cao pondered for a long time, and finally reluctantly agreed to go to the meeting - the difference in strength is too great, and it is difficult for any conspiracy to shake Liu Bei's hegemony, and Liu Bei himself is a very unreasonable person, never bound by pedantic morality, and it is his essence to fight if he disagrees. Seeing that the people in the territory were surging towards Qingzhou like a tide, the two were afraid that it would be too late to agree, but because their power was weakened too much, Liu Bei disdained to hold negotiations, so they had to accept the invitation in humiliation - on the condition that Qingzhou close the border and repatriate the people who crossed the border.

The tripartite meeting was scheduled for the end of spring, and after this incident, Sun Cao felt the weakness of his power, and in the short time before the meeting, both sides began to reform their internal affairs. Sun Quanlai's clan established the southern regime, and the clan soldiers were the basis of his rule, and his policy reform was based on Liu Bei's "Privilege Act", which established a complete set of military merit reward and punishment system, rewarded meritorious officials, recognized the property rights of the clan, and established the right of the people to participate in the government, the right to supervise, and the right to vassal (right to jury).

Cao Cao's reforms went even further, not only implementing the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, the retired soldier system, the conscription bill, and the military merit reward and punishment system in his territory, but also began to move towards the road of encouraging industry and commerce. Cao Cao has keenly felt that the strange and obscene skills are the reason for the strength of Liu Bei's army, and the high status of craftsmen has led to the abundance of products and sufficient tax sources in Liu Bei's territory, which ensures the implementation of the "no tax on agriculture" policy, and then causes the people of the world to turn their backs.

Cao Cao loved to take risks all his life, and also made many discussions on the reform of Han politics. With the help of Liu Bei's invitation to the meeting this time, considering that Liu Bei did not dare to attack brazenly at this time, Cao Cao made the biggest adventure of his life: instead of mobilizing the whole territory, he announced the reduction of the army. Only 50,000 elite soldiers were left in the territory, and all the rest were sent back to their hometowns to work as farmers. Relying on the taxes of the imperial court and the military expenses saved by the disarmament, Cao Cao further announced that there would be no taxes on the peasants in the whole territory of Yan, Henan, and Sili under his jurisdiction. In addition, the Fair Trade Law, the Contract Law, and the Property Law also have the same legal effect in Cao Cao's territory.

After doing all this, Cao Cao immediately traveled lightly and rushed to Pingyin City with the emperor. On the way to Pingyin City, Cao Cao received a letter from Guo Jia, who was still working in Xihe, pointing out that Liu Bei had mobilized the whole territory and that the army was constantly gathering on the border. Guo Jia even persuaded: "Liu Bei has a stoic personality, if he doesn't make a move, he will be thunderous." At this juncture, the only way to make a decision is to trust Liu Bei's faith wholeheartedly, rush to the meeting, and strive for the best treatment for himself in the meeting"......

The information of Sun and Cao was sent to Liu Bei like a stream, and at this time, the preparations for the meeting of the Three Heroes had been completely handed over to the children of the scholar clan such as Fu Shou and Tian Feng, and only they knew the cumbersome etiquette best. Liu Bei, who was leisurely, browsed the information of the two places and smiled slightly.

"Cao Mengde finally knew the essence of 'agriculture is the foundation of the country', that is not to say 'agriculture is the foundation of the country'. Once the harvest fails, it takes a year to remedy the grain and costs countless lives - many people will starve to death. Only when agriculture is tax-free can we truly support agriculture. Only then can the homesteaders stand up and become the most loyal soldiers to open up territory for us. However, the lack of taxes on agriculture is far from over. Since Cao Mengde has also begun to implement the agricultural no-tax policy, then, in order to be different from Cao Mengde, we in Qingzhou have implemented a subsidy policy for agricultural products. From now on, farming in Qingzhou will not only be tax-free, but also give a certain compensation for every catty of agricultural products produced, that is: the government will give you money and hire you to farm to stabilize grain prices. ”

Liu Bei said this, looked at Xun Yu who was with him, and instructed: "Wen Ruo, go and calculate, what are the necessities of our life?" For example, grain, oilseeds, vegetables, and animal husbandry should include cattle, sheep and pigs, and we should calculate the annual output of these daily necessities, and then calculate our annual financial balance, and propose a reasonable subsidy price, and we will subsidize these agricultural products from next year. Does Cao Mengde want to learn from me, I want him to follow me forever and see how much capital he has to fight with me. ”

Admired left and right, Xun Yu asked puzzledly: "Lord, our army has been fully mobilized, why don't you just go south, and dominate the world?" Why did the lord give up the easy things and invite them to join them so much? The Spring and Autumn Meeting is just a false name, and the lord will not be a woman's benevolence for this false name, right? ”

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