Is Liu Yao Shi Le's opponent? Liu Yao was Shi Le's opponent, at least on the battlefield, Liu Yao did not lose to Shi Le. Years of experience fighting side by side have made Liu Yao and Shi Le understand this truth.

The only thing that can compete between two evenly matched opponents is time, endurance, and the gradual accumulation of strength. Also, there are fewer mistakes to be made than who is going to go. The winner in the end is often the one who makes the least mistakes.

After the separation of the two Zhaos, the former Zhao monarch Liu Yao repeatedly behaved at a loss and never came up with systematic and effective measures to govern the country, and Liu Yao's successive military victories did not bring him much practical benefit. As has already been analyzed, the soldiers are tired of fighting, the people are tired of servitude, and the treasury is tired of spending all the money.

On the contrary, under the auspices and planning of the strategist Zhang Bin and others, Shi Le launched a series of measures to consolidate his political power soon after proclaiming himself the king of Zhao, which greatly strengthened the stability of the Later Zhao Empire and enhanced its comprehensive national strength.

Let's take a look at a few important measures one by one.

1. Taxes halved. This is an absolute big deal, and in ancient China, which relied on agriculture to support the whole country, there was nothing more popular with the common people than reducing taxes. Moreover, Shile also has the following, widows and lonely people are given pensions (two stones of grain per person), well, Mencius's ideal of a Datong society for the old man to "eat meat and clothes" is actually nothing more than that, and it was actually realized in Shile's hands. The people of the Central Plains are kind, and they have not eaten for many years.

2. Establish Sheji, Zongmiao, and build East and West government offices. This involves the issue of the political system, after doing all this, the world will see a legitimate, regular, sound Hou Zhao, brand means good quality, stalls are often synonymous with shoddy. Of course, if it is burned down by a fire, it means that it will disappear from now on, and there will be nothing.

3. Send envoys to tour the prefectures and counties to persuade farmers to teach mulberry. This is a measure that echoes the first one, and Shiler's meaning is obvious: I don't want much food, but you have more production. Is there only one way to collect grain: paying taxes? Definitely not, like: rob. Shile started with this business, and he didn't do it, but it doesn't mean that he has forgotten it. At critical moments and key locations, at least ensure that the GIs grab something!

Fourth, set up officials and divide their duties, and each performs its own affairs. Liu Yao is also doing this, compared to Shi Le, who is full of talents, Liu Yao, who is almost wiped out, is very bleak, and the massacre in Pingyang makes Liu Yao always overstretched.

Fifth, the big law enforcement: Zhang Bin, the head of the government, the head of the crown bureaucracy; Shan Yu Yuanfu: Shi Hu, the governor of the military guards; Si Bingxun: Former general Li Han, taught Guozi the method of stabbing and shooting.

6. Compilation: The compilation of books includes "Records of the Party and the State", "Notes on the Life of the Great General", and "Da Dan Yu Zhi". Schler did not go to school and could not read, but this did not prevent Schleer from writing books. In fact, the more he has never been to school, the more he hopes that others will think he is educated. For example, the current local tyrants often carry doctoral and master's degree certificates in their arms, but in fact, Ya dropped out of school and went to work before graduating from primary school. Another example is Chen Youliang, the person who killed the monarch and usurped the throne and killed the Duke of En, the day he became the emperor, his era name was called "Dayi".

7. Reward meritorious heroes and sons of the dead. Why did the heroic Xiang Yu perish? Without it, the rewards and punishments are unknown, and when he can't sleep with the official seal, it is when his hearts are scattered, and when he is not far from defeat.

8. Determine customs: prohibit people from reporting their sisters-in-law (that is, their sister-in-law is not allowed to be their wife when they die); It is forbidden to marry at a funeral; Its burial order is as usual. This is a measure specifically aimed at the life and customs of the Hu people, and they used to be quite chaotic. How to describe it? …… After the ban on the country's sister-in-law, it should be okay for the father to die and his stepmother, after all, Shile, the king of Great Zhao, did not ban this.

In the second year of King Zhao (320), a number of measures were continued. Mainly in the appointment of officials, the local government recommends many virtuous, upright, and brave warriors.

Determine the grade of the scholars, elect talents, and recruit elements of the Han landlord class to participate in the political power.

What can these measures do?

These measures were able to motivate the soldiers, pacify the people, recruit talents, and increase taxes, which were beneficial to the consolidation of Later Zhao's rule. As a result, the rule of the Schle's regime was gradually consolidated, and the national power increased day by day. Under the advantages of the other, the strength gap between Hou Zhao and the former Zhao gradually narrowed, and showed a trend of surpassing.

Different from Liu Yao's military conquest, Comrade Shi Le's military actions are more reasonable, combining rigidity and softness, taking the improvement of his own strength as the ultimate goal, and not judging the victory or defeat of a battle.

Let's take a look at the battle between Shi Le and the famous Eastern Jin Dynasty general Zu Ti.

In 320, Zu Ti began his Northern Expedition. To the north, the opponent is Shile, who occupies the Central Plains.

The difference between Zu Ti and Liu Kun is that Zu Ti is not only good at acceptance, but also good at caressing, and does not have the arrogance of being a high-ranking official for a long time. Liu Kun can't do it, back then, there were many people who defected to him, but there were also many people who left him because they were dissatisfied with him, all because Liu Kun was not good at comforting the people. Zu Ti was able to be a virtuous corporal, share weal and woe with the soldiers, and persuade the people to teach farming, so many people returned. The momentum of the Northern Expedition has also gone to the sea.

In the process of the Northern Expedition, Zu Ti allowed the native people in the north to "two subordinates", that is, while submitting to themselves, they could also pay taxes to Shile and be vassals. There was no way out, and at that time, the Dock Fort where most of the northern people lived had already surrendered to Shile, and had already sent protons, and it was impossible for them to completely turn against the water.

In order to gain more support, Zu Ti recognized the existence of this situation, and used this relationship to spy on Shi Le's intelligence, which can be said to be the best use. It has a fight with the proletarian regime's policy of reducing interest rates and rents during the Anti-Japanese War, and it has surpassed it.

The achievements are obvious, "south of the Yellow River, all for the Jin soil", training troops to accumulate valleys, for the sake of forging ahead in Hebei.

It's just a pity that there is no more Liu Kun behind the enemy, and Shi Le has also achieved unification in the Central Plains, and there are very few opportunities to take advantage of. The only thing that Zu Ti could rely on was the enthusiasm of the people of the north and south to "drive out the Tartars and restore China". When the sky is missed, there is no geographical advantage, Zu Ti's Jin army is very strong, but Zu Ti's march is very difficult.

Shi Le did not have a bloody battle with Zu Ti, and treated Zu Ti who was difficult to conquer and eliminate, and after several tough battles, Shi Le's way became very gentle, so gentle that he tried to avoid a head-on conflict with Zu Ti.

Zu Ti is a northerner, and the ancestral tomb is in Youzhou, so Shi Le specially sent someone to rebuild the tomb for Zu Ti's family.

Zu Li's subordinates defected to Shile, beheaded him and returned him to Zu Li, and told him: "Traitors and fugitives, you and I are evil." ”

There were few horses in Zu Ti's army, and there was little food in Shi Le's army, so Shi Le wrote a letter to Zu Ti asking for mutual markets and exchange messengers. It is not known whether it will succeed or not, but it is definitely another friendly signal from Shile.

So, does Zu Ti still fight Shile?

Naturally, it was still fought, after all, the national righteousness was the most important, but the edge of the attack was seriously sluggish. Moreover, out of the consideration of reciprocating the favor, Zu Ti did not accept the rebel generals of Later Zhao, and forbade the troops to copy the enemy's actions on the border. So, "between the borders, take a break". Except for a slight friction, the two sides were relatively peaceful.

This is the genius of Shile, avoiding a bloody battle with a fierce enemy, preserving his strength, and earning a lot of reputation for benevolence, righteousness and morality. As for the story of Shi Le, Wang Mi and Wang Jun, let's forget it! People always yearn for beauty in their hearts, and time can easily dilute the unhappiness that has nothing to do with them.

The following year, Zu Ti fell ill and died, and Shile broke the peace that had been maintained between the two sides, marched quickly, and easily recovered all the achievements of Zu Ti's Northern Expedition. And, taking the opportunity to march south, he successively conquered the lands of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou in Huaibei, and ruled the Huai River with the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In 322, Zhang Bin died!

Under the good situation, the bad news came too suddenly, and the departure of the first strategist of Later Zhao, who participated in almost all the important battles and turning points of Shile, gave Shile a great blow, making Shile feel that the court was empty. Whenever Shi Le disagreed with the advisors around him, he always thought of Zhang Bin's original benefits, and sighed: "Isn't it cruel for Youhou (Zhang Bin) to leave me and let me plan big things with these people?" ”

In the years to come, Shi Le could only carry Hou Zhao's heaven by himself.

Despite losing the most powerful assistant in his life, Shi Le still spent several years of work to eliminate Duan Piyan in Youzhou and Cao Wei in Qingzhou, and completely pacified all hostile forces except Liu Yao.

In this way, Shile finally got the opportunity to turn his head against his real opponent, Liu Yao. The decisive battle between the two Zhao is like an arrow on the string, and it is about to start.