Jing County, Danyang County.

As the saying goes: "The one who is on the pole is not a business", this is a truth that no matter what identity is inevitable, so every time Yuan Yao takes the initiative to recruit talents, he will face the test of the other party.

Now Jiangdong Erzhang actually took the initiative to join Yuan Yao under the recommendation of Sun Ce, although Yuan Yao felt a little confused, but at least it was finally his turn to test others......

"Now that I have just entered Jiangdong, I don't know what the two gentlemen taught me?"

After Yuan Yao, Zhang Hong, Zhang Zhao, and Sun Ce sat down in the hall, they made kind words again, wasting tea time, and in the end, Yuan Yao couldn't hold his breath and took the lead in getting to the point.

The guest seat Zhang Hong sat at the top, because he was a few years older than Zhang Zhao, so he answered first: "I don't know how much General Zhengdong knows about Jiangdong?" ”

“……”

"You kicked the ball back to me again!" Yuan Yao secretly rolled his eyes, but still replied, "It's all some one-sided data, and it's only for Danyang County, for example, Danyang has a population of 630,000; 3 million acres of arable land; The per capita cultivated land is less than five acres; Among them, the ownership of nine layers of land is still family, and the common people can only pay high land rent to become tenants of the landlord, which shows that life is not good. ”

Yuan Yao deliberately used the language habits of later generations to explain this problem, trying to artificially increase the difficulty of the other party.

"......" Zhang Hong's brows furrowed slightly.

Zhang Zhao suddenly interjected on the side: "It's so simple, if General Zhengdong wants to pacify Jiangdong, he only needs to subdue the people." ”

Yuan Yao was stunned when he heard this, turned his head and asked Zhang Zhaodao, "What does Mr. Zibu mean...... Do you want me to take back the land from the family and give it to the common people? ”

Zhang Zhao smiled noncommittally and said, "General Zhengdong thinks that where is the people's heart in the world now?" ”

"How do these two like to answer questions with rhetorical questions!"

Yuan Yao said with some unhappiness: "The world of those who win the hearts of the people." This people's heart is naturally in the belly of the people. ”

"General Zhengdong's words are wrong." This time, Zhang Zhao directly shook his head and denied.

Yuan Yao was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help laughing: "In this way, please teach me Mr. Zibu, where else can this people's heart be in the stomach of the people?" ”

Zhang Zhao replied happily: "Naturally, it is in the hands of the family. ”

“……”

Yuan Yao's eyes narrowed slightly: "Mr. Zibu's words are inevitably a little excessive, although I know that the family controls most of the resources in the world, but this people's will may not be to the family, otherwise where would the Yellow Turban Rebellion come from?" ”

Zhang Zhao said with a smile: "Since the general mentioned the Yellow Turban Rebellion, then I would like to ask the general, who lost and who won the Yellow Turban Rebellion?" ”

Yuan Yao said puzzledly: "Naturally, the imperial court won, and Zhang Jiao lost." ”

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said: "This is just the surface, in fact, the family represented by the imperial court won, and the commoners represented by Zhang Jiao lost."

Since ancient times, since the common people have been defeated, no one cares what they want, because they have lost the ability to have the 'hearts of the people'.

And since the family won, it naturally replaced the common people and took over the right to represent the 'people's heart'. Therefore, this world is now in the hands of the family, and if the general wants to pacify Jiangdong, the fastest and easiest way is to subdue the Jiangdong family.

Listening to what the general said about the situation in Danyang just now, he seemed to have the idea of wanting the people, and he had to remind the general not to go in the wrong direction. ”

“……”

Listening to what Zhang Zhao said, Yuan Yao only felt cold in his heart, and he had the heart to refute but didn't know where to speak.

He always knew that the reason for the formation of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was natural and man-made disasters.

Natural disasters do not need to be repeated, they are nothing more than drought, flood, insect plague and the like. In addition to the chaos of the dynasty, the main man-made disaster is the annexation of land.

Therefore, Yuan Yao knew that the family controlled most of the land in the world.

After coming to Jiangdong, he found that the family not only controlled the land, but also the population was mostly in his hands. Then they found that the grain was also in their hands.

In this way, coupled with the words, knowledge, thoughts, public opinion, talents, and official positions that were already monopolized by the family, it is not an exaggeration to say that the family has mastered the world.

But Yuan Yao has always been confident in managing the scourge of the family, and there is only one reason, that is, the sentence "the world of those who win the hearts of the people".

Yuan Yao believes that no matter what the family has, as long as he can have the hearts of the people, then everything is not to be feared.

But now he suddenly heard Zhang Zhao say that the people's hearts are now held in the hands of the family, and this argument made him can't help but break out in a cold sweat.

He found that history is just as Zhang Zhao said, until after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people of the Han Dynasty did lose their right to speak, so that after the unification of the Three Kingdoms, after the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, the population of the country from more than 50 million in the Eastern Han Dynasty to more than 7 million people died, and in this process, the people of the world did not express any dissatisfaction, except for the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there was no more waves.

Taking history as a mirror, any regime that harms the people like this will be overthrown, Emperor Yang of Sui dug a canal; After fighting Goryeo a few times, the bottom line was reached, but the regime of the Three Kingdoms killed more than 40 million people but did nothing, and there was still time to entertain themselves in a coup d'état, and finally it became the Sima clan usurping the throne.

All this is to show that what Zhang Zhao said is right, the current people seem to have lost the ownership of the people's hearts, no one cares what they want, and they have no ability to defend their rights.

Yuan Yao said a little unwillingly: "What does Mr. Zibu mean, I don't have to care about the life or death of the people in Jiangdong?" ”

Zhang Zhao said bluntly: "I don't understand, the general is the sister-in-law of the Yuan family, how can he only care about the interests of civilians?" ”

"This ......" Yuan Yao was choked by Zhang Zhao for a long time without speaking, and he couldn't tell him that he still had a memory of a proletarian descendant in his head.

Seeing this, Zhang Hong hurriedly interjected: "If the people are rich, the country will be strong, and General Zhengdong can care about the people, which is naturally a model of benevolence." And Zibu's words are not to let the general ignore the lives of the people, but to clarify the pros and cons for the general.

The fundamental reason for the fact that the per capita cultivated land in the four counties of Jiangdong is less than five mu is that Shanyue is unable to expand the area of cultivated land because of the injustice in the territory, and each family has to gather to defend itself and shrink the defense. The yeoman peasants were even more powerless to protect their land, and if the general gave the land to the people, it risked their lives.

Therefore, the suggestion of Xia and Zibu is to hope that the general will first obtain the support of the Jiangdong family, and then integrate resources to quell the Shanyue Rebellion, and then the Jiangdong land can be reclaimed at will, and the country will be rich and the people will be strong. ”

Yuan Yao suddenly said when he heard this: "I see, what the two gentlemen said is very true, I must take it to heart." ”

Speaking of this, Yuan Yao probably understood Erzhang's position, so he didn't need to do any more tests, and said directly: "If the two don't give up on each other, please temporarily follow the army counselor, I am applying to my father, General Zuo, for the right to govern Jiangdong, and then the internal affairs will depend on the two gentlemen." ”

Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong got up and stood up in the hall and saluted: "We are willing to serve the work of dogs and horses." ”

"Two gentlemen are exempt." Yuan Yao said politely.

Yuan Yao and Yuan Shu have long had a tacit understanding, and it can be said that obtaining the power of Jiangdong's military and political affairs is certain, and he can completely appoint two official positions in advance at this time.

However, because of Erzhang's remarks just now, Yuan Yao felt that they had the same position as the Jiangdong family, and they were introduced by Sun Ce, which made him a little hesitant to appoint the two, so he decided to drag it out for a few days before thinking about it.

After making up his mind, Yuan Yao said to Sun Ce Zhengse on the side: "Bo Fu has made meritorious contributions to the introduction of the great sage, plus the previous meritorious service, this general has officially promoted you to a partial general, and he will lead a battalion of partial divisions alone, responsible for subduing Wu County." ”

Yuan Yao decided to officially release the "Sun Monkey" in his hand.

Sun Ce's eyes lit up when he heard this, he got up a few steps and came to Erzhang's side, and bowed his hand: "Ce, take the order." Carried by General Xie Zhengdong. ”

Yuan Yao added: "The reason why I handed over the affairs of Wu County to you is because your Sun family is originally a big clan of Wu County, and they have the advantage of geography and people, whether it is persuasion or attack, it will get twice the result with half the effort, so I hope you will pacify this place as soon as possible, don't let me down." ”

"Please rest assured that the general will live up to the trust." Sun Ce hugged his fists again.

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