Chapter 5 Towards Unification Section 53
Liu Bei split his head and covered his face, and the Jiangdong ministers opened their mouths, and many people still said: "Tongquan has changed ......."
Liu Bei cut off their words, and shouted angrily: "Tongquan has become an animal, faithful, filial piety, courtesy, righteousness and shame, it is for the eight virtues of a gentleman, and the letter is ranked second. It's in vain that you can read and hyphenation. ”
The power of the Sun ministers was to completely deny Liu Bei's statement that "people have no credit and are like beasts" to justify themselves, while Liu Bei insisted on his own ideas, accusing Sun Chen of saying one thing and doing another with the teachings of the saints, and even turned his back on the ideas of the saints, but kept saying that he followed the teachings of the saints.
Without waiting for Sun Chen to come up with words to continue arguing, Liu Bei patted the saber on his waist and said resolutely: "I'm too lazy to entangle with you frogs in the well, to tell you the truth, the truth is always within the range of bows and arrows, and today Wuchang City is all covered by my crossbow arrows, and I have the final say." I have already taken Moling, I have occupied Ma'anshan, I will not let what I should get, I will never occupy more than I should have. There's no need to discuss it, that's all. ”
Sun Quan trembled, his lips trembled, he couldn't speak, looked at the ministers, all of them were weak and cold, and couldn't help but secretly regret in his heart: there were many lower-level lieutenants and non-commissioned officers in Qingzhou in the Sun Army, in order to prevent the leakage of secrets, Sun Quan gathered his subordinates to discuss, and did not dare to call a general, under Liu Bei's aggressive momentum, Wenchen would only choose to avoid the limelight, without the fierceness of a general, no wonder Liu Bei often said: widows keep festivals without hesitation, Confucian traitors rush to be the first, Confucian love for the country and the nation is not as good as a spoonful of widow's love for her ex-husband.
Under coercion, it is rare for that group of Wenchen to still stand behind Sun Quan. Historically, when Cao Cao went down to Jiangdong, all the ministers surrendered, but the four heroes of Eastern Wu advocated Zhou Yu and Lu Su to resist, and later, the history written by the literati in order to reduce the proportion of the surrender faction, the pen turned, and Zhou Yu and Lu Su became the Wenchen of the lupine scarf. As a result, the proportion of the civil servants who surrendered was reduced from 100 percent to 99 percent.
As soon as Liu Bei showed his fierce face, Sun Quan stood with his hands down, not daring to anger Liu Bei anymore, Sun Quan gasped for a while, and softened: "Uncle Xuande, since you have taken Moling and Ma'anshan, the little nephew will be left to the uncle, I don't know how long the uncle plans to stay in Wuchang City?" According to the covenant, if Cao Mengde goes south, is his uncle willing to block it for his little nephew? ”
Liu Bei smiled proudly, and then said his intention: "Yuan Highway (Yuan Shu) is the fourth and third dukes, deeply favored by the country, and at this time of turmoil, he dares to call himself the emperor without authorization, and there is an edict to order me to beg for thieves, I plan to enter the Yangquan area of Lujiang County, not only to block the Cao army for the virtuous nephew, but also to cut off the northward escape route of Yuan Highway." I also have a request, since our army is blocking Cao Cao for the virtuous nephew, please cut Yangquan, Tate, Anfeng County and other places as a place for our army to raise troops, in addition, please appoint Sun Sangongzi as the Taishou of Jiujiang County, and after our army conquers Jiujiang County, it will be handed over to Sun Sangongzi to govern, and Yangquan, Tate, Anfeng County and other places will also be incorporated into Jiujiang County. ”
Liu Bei took Sun Yi's hand and asked Sun Quan with burning eyes: "I heard that you are not satisfied with the people of Qingzhou not kneeling to you, and want to drive away the soldiers of Qingzhou, you don't want these people, but they can all be handed over to Gongzi Yi, I will issue an urgent conscription order tomorrow, asking the people of Qingzhou to report to Gongzi Yi, and we will take them all to Jiujiang County to govern the place." ”
Liu Bei let go of Sun Yi's hand, patted Sun Yi's shoulder, stopped what he was about to say, turned his head and said to Sun Quan sternly: "This is not a discussion, this is an order, as your biggest creditor, as the current ruler of Wuchang City, I have the right to do this, go back and write a letter of appointment." ”
Liu Bei said that the boundaries of Yangquan, Tate, and Anfeng counties, there is Shou Mountain in the west, and there is a Bi River in the east that flows into the Yangtze River, the terrain is dangerous, and the mountains are hideous or graceful. However, a small basin in the middle of the mountains and rivers is all flat land within a radius of more than ten miles, and the land is extremely fertile. In the second year of the Han Yuan Dynasty, it took the meaning of "peace in the six places" and placed the country of Liu'an in this place.
The current Lu'an Kingdom is surrounded by enemies on all sides, Liu Biao in the southwest, Cao Cao in the north, remnants of the Yellow Turban in the northeast, the brutal Yuan Shu in the east, Taoqian in Xuzhou in the southeast, and Sun Quan in the south. Soldiers and disasters come and go, this fertile land is sparsely populated, full of artemisia grass, Liu Bei took this land, and Yan Ming handed over to Sun Yi, the third prince of Sun in the future, although Sun Quan was dissatisfied, the ministers rarely resisted.
"It was originally an abandoned land, but it eventually fell into the hands of the descendants of the Sun family, what is there to fight for", Zhuge Jin thought to himself, shook his head and stopped the words of several good colleagues.
Gu Yong's mouth was bitter: "It's nothing to abandon the land in Lu'an, but as soon as Liu Bei issued an emergency conscription order, all the Qingzhou people in the army and local officials rushed to Lu'an, which is worse than fighting with Liu Bei, the structure of our army was all disrupted by him, and the local administration tends to be paralyzed, and now it is the spring ploughing season...... "Gu Yong complained psychologically.
Liu Bei slowly walked to Sun Quan's side, looking at the famous "overlord" of the Three Kingdoms era who was brave and brave, talented and unwise, and had great achievements, inheriting the foundation of his father and brother, the biggest highlight of his life was that the general Zhou Yu fought a battle of winning more with less. After studying water warfare in Qingzhou, Jiangnan was like an undefended city in Liu Bei's eyes, and Sun Quan was still intoxicated with the illusion of the small court, so it was time to give him a strong stimulus and make him wake up suddenly.
"Bo Fu is unfortunate, I am still fighting overseas, I don't have time to pay tribute, originally the Sun family set up who is the queen, family affairs, I don't want to interfere, but the Sun Liu Covenant, state affairs, no matter who succeeds Bo Fu as the master, if the two covenants are abandoned, I will be ruthless!" After Liu Bei finished speaking, he glanced at Sun Yi meaningfully.
At this moment, Liu Bei's momentum completely overwhelmed Sun Quan, and although Sun Quan struggled hard in his heart, he didn't dare to make a statement to anger Liu Bei.
Liu Bei is a madman, provoked him, even the emperor's Imperial Forest Army soldiers dared to fight, for more than ten years without promotion, do not care, and Liu Bei's force is said to have fought with the world's first general Lu Bu, not a defeat, now he is close at hand, in case he is on fire for a while, move the knife and move the gun, how can a group of civil servants resist?
Liu Bei dropped Sun Quan, bypassed his chair, faced the ministers of the Sun family, and admonished calmly: "Everyone, don't believe in the so-called Tongquan Dachang, in this world, only paranoia can succeed." Only by insisting on one's own ideas, firming one's beliefs, sticking to one's own principles, and persevering towards one's own goals can we achieve excellence. In the end, he will either become a mediocre layman or a perfidious animal. You are all leaders in Jiangdong, don't take the idea of animal husbandry as a principle of life. ”
After speaking, Liu Bei beckoned to Sun Yi, took his hand and walked away.
Three days later, Liu Bei reorganized his team, landed on the north bank of the Yangtze River across the river, and went straight to Lu'anguo. At this time, Sun Jun's spies who came from Qingzhou to summon the news just arrived. After Liu Bei left, Sun Quan for his own safety, regardless of the persuasion of some ministers, resolutely relieved Qingzhou of his vassals, and then, although Sun Jun intended to cheer up, in order to prevent Liu Bei, but Sun Jun's military system was all airborne, and the lower-level officers were empty, and the army was paralyzed, so don't think about doing anything before the end of the year.
As for the civil officials in Qingzhou, most of them have a family and a business in Qingzhou, in addition to the official supervision system, they still have a layer of religious moral constraints, compared with local officials, they have less corrupt habits, under the guidance of the spirit of contract, they have a strong sense of obligation to their own work, originally, it is also to go to Yangzhou to earn some credit, so that they can return to Qingzhou to enter the knighthood and enjoy their old age, therefore, most of these Qingzhou civil officials love the people and cherish the people. When they heard that their lord was ready to gain a foothold in the wilderness, they intentionally or unintentionally instigated their subjects to follow them to Lu'an Kingdom, and in just half a month, Lu'an Kingdom changed from a wilderness land infested with less than 100 households and city foxes and rats to a medium-sized county town with 5,000 households.
After the camp was set up, Liu Beijun's soldiers immediately poured the barracks with concrete, all the doors of the barracks in the camp area faced the center, the outer barracks were arc-shaped, the eight roads were in the shape of gossip, layer by layer, row by row of houses were arranged into concentric circles, and the center of the circle was Liu Bei's military hall and Sun Ling's mansion.
After the barracks were built, Liu Bei erected his own bear flag, led the guards to go around into the countryside, checked the household registration status of the residents, and waited until the Qingzhou subordinate officials of Wu Land arrived, and everything went to normal. In the civil service examination, there were originally examination questions of the tuntian system, and officials at all levels quickly returned to their positions according to the size of their official positions and class differences, and the entire government became functional.
"The seedlings on the seedbed grow to an inch and then start to thin the seedlings and transplant the seedlings, the ridges should be in rows, the seedlings should be breathable and permeable, and the drainage ditch must be dug straight and not ambiguous. These rice seeds are precious, I only robbed a total of five boats of rice seeds in the war, and there are two boats in this place, and each grain of rice seeds contains the blood of the soldiers, and must not be wasted. Liu Bei squatted in the field, teaching a few old farmers step by step, and Sun Yi squatted beside him, looking at Liu Bei impatiently.
As soon as they arrived in Lu'an, they were appointed by Liu Bei as the history of agriculture, responsible for teaching farmers in various townships and counties, using the new method to grow grain, Liu Bei personally went to the field to teach the old farmers the new method of rice planting technology, in the muddy water of the rice field. If it weren't for the Qingzhou officials who explained in advance that Qingzhou did not kneel, the old farmers would have knelt down in the muddy water and kowtowed.
"Remember, what you learn today must pass on your skills to the villagers. You want to be an official of the imperial court, take the imperial court, and do not rely on growing grain for a living in the future, so don't hide your skills, carefully teach the villagers, I will inspect at the end of autumn, and if anyone does not work hard, I will remove him from his post and let him go home to grow grain. Liu Bei's tone gradually became stern when he said this, and a few old farmers knelt down in the muddy water and kowtowed repeatedly, Liu Bei jumped up, turned sideways, and avoided the old farmer's salute: "Qingzhou practice mortals only kowtow to gods and martyrs, I am not a god, do you kowtow to me and curse me to death?" ”
This is the first time that Liu Bei removed the position of the Son of Heaven in the rules of the salute, and then, Liu Bei did not personally enter the court to pay tribute for several years, and then, "do not kneel in front of the Son of Heaven" has become a practice in Qingzhou.
Liu Bei comforted several old farmers softly, took Sun Yi's hand, and continued to move forward. After Liu Bei's nagging, Sun Yi finally got the gap and took the opportunity to express his doubts: "Uncle, Lu'an is full of enemies, why don't you level the four realms first, and then settle down and farm." Also, my uncle came to crusade against Yuan Shu, why did he stay in Lu'an, the army only dug canals and repaired roads every day, and did not enter before. ”
Liu Bei sighed, after all, Sun Yi was born in a big family, and he didn't know that farming was difficult, and when he missed the spring ploughing, the farmers' harvest in a year would be ruined, and the government had to think of feeding the farmers for a whole year in order to tide over the difficulties.
"What I just handed over to you is the art of statecraft. You have to remember it clearly", Liu Bei admonished: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country, agricultural security is abundant grain, and abundant grain is sufficient soldiers." With enough soldiers and enough food, the country should not be taken lightly. In the land of Lu'an and four wars, the land is fertile, and to defend it is to defend a big granary. If you want to gain a foothold in the land of these four wars, you must have enough soldiers and enough food, so that the people know that it is not easy to live happily, and so that the warriors have the heart to fight. Politically, this is the reason why our army must slow down the offensive.
For military reasons, our army is alone, and without a solid logistics base, it cannot last, so I must wait for the people here to stabilize. to be able to attack.
Another reason is that I have to build a foothold for you in order for you to really gain a foothold in Jiujiang County. This is the granary I built for you, and when I plan it, it will become your arsenal. If you want to be ambitious, this is the capital to dominate the world, and if you just want to spend the rest of your life in peace, this is the last refuge. The country, the family, let every family feel rich and happy, the people will work hard for you, will shed blood for you. ”
Liu Bei took Sun Yi's hand, pointed to the flickering and busy farmer, and instructed: "The common people of our Han Dynasty are not very demanding, as long as life is still bearable, they always choose to continue to endure, if they can't even do this, then it is a misery, that is the world is turned upside down, that is the continuous war, that is the change of dynasty."
People often say that Qingzhou is a big arsenal, without him, the people are happy to die for me. Religious teachings: The officials are upright and clear, light and thin, and the people die for me, happy and willing. ”
Sun Yi followed Liu Bei silently on the ridge, chewing Liu Bei's words in his mouth, and asked cautiously for a while: "Uncle, with the force of Qingzhou, it is okay to sweep the world, why is my uncle willing to keep it and unwilling to forge ahead?" ”
Liu Bei looked up to the sky and sighed: "Liu Bei, Han people, I would rather become the sword of the Han Dynasty, to punish the alien races who insult my Han people, and to expand the territory of my Han Dynasty." As a last resort, Liu Bei's sword will never cut at my parents and compatriots, my ancestors. ”
Liu Bei's words were quite strange, how could he call the people of the Han Dynasty their ancestors? Sun Yi didn't understand, and continued to ask: "Uncle, in my opinion, my uncle's means of governing the country are no worse than those of the princes in the court. Uncle, wouldn't it be nice to sweep the world with Qingzhou soldiers, or to stand on their own, or to support new lands, and then implement a new policy? ”
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