Yizhou family

"Bo Song, who wrote this song" Liu Bei came back to his senses and asked;

"Back to Your Majesty, this song is written by the last general who felt that the Han family was in danger and went to Eastern Wu" Zhuge Qiao hugged his fists and bowed his head;

In his mind, he was extremely helpless, he knew the origin of this song, but he couldn't tell the truth; Even if you say it, who will believe it, so I simply attribute this song to myself.

If Liu Bei was shocked by Zhuge Qiao's war song before, then he must have been impressed by Zhuge Qiao at this time; All this seemed to be beyond the scope of his acceptance, and facing the seventeen-year-old boy in front of him, Liu Bei sighed deeply.

"Bo Song is really talented," Liu Bei said with a sigh.

"This is all appreciated by Your Majesty, if it weren't for Your Majesty's trust, the last general would have had the opportunity to speak freely in front of Your Majesty," Zhuge Qiao said softly.

In any case, there must always be nothing wrong with being modest, not to mention that the person in front of him is still the lord of a country, how can he show off himself too much;

"Your Majesty, Bo Song still has a word, I don't know if to ask," Zhuge Qiao said in a deep voice.

"Bo Song, you just have to talk to each other when you think of something, you don't have to be restrained" Liu Bei said with a smile, and the temperament of the benevolent man was suddenly vividly reflected.

Zhuge Qiao took a slow breath and closed his eyes, "I don't know Your Majesty, how many soldiers and horses my Shu Han has now"

It seems that he used the strength of his whole body to say this sentence; After all, the matter of soldiers and horses is generally not suitable for generals at the most basic level. This represents a national secret, and there will not be many people who know this exact number, and Liu Bei must know.

"Since Bo Song asked, I will not hide it; Although we claim to have millions of people, our army now only has 35,000 soldiers of the Jingzhou Army, 20,000 soldiers of the Dongzhou Army, 50,000 soldiers of the Yizhou local soldiers, plus the rest of the recruited Qiang soldiers, barbarian soldiers, world soldiers, and Xiliang iron cavalry; a total of more than 120,000 soldiers and horses; Liu Bei said, but there was also an element of unwillingness in his voice.

Zhuge Qiao was greatly shocked, he knew from the romance that when Shu Han died, the whole country had 100,000 soldiers, and now Liu Bei is still alive, and has not experienced the defeat of Yiling, how can there be only 120,000 soldiers.

"Your Majesty, dare to ask me how many people are in Shu Han," Zhuge Qiao asked in a slightly hurry.

Liu Bei was stunned, but he didn't know why Zhuge Qiao asked these questions, but he still opened his mouth and said softly, "There are more than 1.2 million people in Yizhou and 200,000 people in Jingzhou."

Let's talk about it; Zhuge Qiao thought to himself, according to the current situation, there are only 1.4 million people in Shu Han, but there are 120,000 soldiers, that is, among the twelve ordinary people, including men, women, and children, there will be one soldier, which is still within the ability to bear, but it has also reached the limit.

Compared with the Central Plains of Wei, it is insignificant;

"Your Majesty, please allow the Admiral to speak out; When Emperor Huan Ling, there were more than 10 million households in the entire Han Dynasty, and the number of people reached more than 60 million. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion of Emperor Ling, all parts of the Central Plains suffered from it, but Yizhou was not affected, and due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a large number of displaced people poured into Yizhou, which was one of them; Ma Teng and Han Sui made a rebellion in Guanzhong, forcing tens of thousands of people in Guanzhong to flow into Yizhou, which is the second; It can be seen that when the Central Plains was in turmoil, nearly a million people flowed into Yizhou. Although His Majesty once had a big war with Liu Zhang for Yizhou, it was relatively short and did not cause a large loss of population to Yizhou; But His Majesty now rules over only more than 1.2 million people, which is really unreasonable," Zhuge Qiao said slowly analyzing.

Liu Bei listened quietly, but fell into deep thought; In fact, what Zhuge Qiao said, as a ruler, An Neng didn't know, but he was helpless; He knew that Zhuge Qiao was referring to the family and the wealthy family in Yizhou, who had annexed the land and population, but he couldn't move them, because in this era dominated by the family, most of the talents, money, food, and taxes had to rely on the output of the family, and if the family did not allow you, it would be difficult for you to make a difference.

sighed, "Bo Song has a plan"

Feeling Liu Bei's sharp eyes, Zhuge Qiao frowned, he also knew that although Liu Bei hated the clan, he was helpless!

"Kill" Zhuge Qiao clenched his fists and only said one word.

Liu Bei only felt his body tremble, he didn't expect Zhuge Qiao to be so decisive,

"You can't kill; The power of the clan in Yizhou is too large, and the Tu Qi clan will definitely be resisted by the rest of the clan, and we will be in a dilemma at that time. Liu Bei picked up the teacup and said slowly.

Zhuge Qiao didn't seem to have listened to Liu Bei's good words at all, and the murderous aura on his face was still there, because he had already made a plan in more than a year since he came to this era, and it was feasible.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood; Bo Song did not want to send a large army to eradicate the power of the Shi clan, but first to find the family clan who was loyal to my Shu Han, and then sent assassins to assassinate the rest of the clan clan; Then the family loyal to us came forward, annexed its land and people into its own power, and then slowly returned to the government rule; Only in this way can the people of Shu Han reach millions within two years," Zhuge Qiao said slowly with a face full of killing intent.

Liu Bei fell into contemplation again, and repeatedly scrutinized Zhuge Qiao's strategy, discerning the pros and cons.

"The clan did not treat me with an unkind heart, and I was able to be unkind to each other; This practice is against the hearts of the people, and it is also against benevolence and righteousness, and it is absolutely impossible" Liu Bei did not have any expression and said in a deep voice.

But let Zhuge Qiao be clever, if Liu Bei really wanted to refuse, then he wouldn't have thought about it for so long, since he chose to ponder; and rejected his own plan, it can only mean that he still can't pass the level of benevolence and righteousness in your own heart, after all, a person who has been pursuing benevolence and righteousness all his life, and now he is old and let him put it down, who can do it; Zhuge Qiao pondered Liu Bei's thoughts.

"Your Majesty, this is the most appropriate strategy of the day; If we don't do this, with the soldiers and horses we have in our hands now, how can we fight against the Wei State, we can only expand our armaments and obtain the source of troops by ourselves, so that we can point the spearhead at the Northern Expedition and Guanzhong," Zhuge Qiao hurriedly explained.

Liu Bei hesitated for a while, "I, I really don't want to use the blood of the world to serve us Shu Han as the first pioneer of the Northern Expedition" Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief and said softly.

"Your Majesty, it is too difficult to revive the Han dynasty again! If you don't kill me, I will hurt you; Cao Pi of Wei has implemented the nine-product Zhongzheng system founded by Chen Qun, and Wei is already the world of the family, but it is like this, the family will do its best to provide talents and money for the country, and tie themselves to the whole country; And we are still continuing the system of recommendation by the Han family, and we have not catered to the Wei State at all, so our Shu Han family will definitely be interested in the Wei State at this time, and look forward to the Wei State army coming to Yizhou as soon as possible, so that they can also serve as the family officials under the Jiupin Zhongzheng system; Zhuge Qiao continued to analyze and said.

After all, the ironclad facts are there; In the official history, Deng Ai smuggled into the Yinping Trail; After arriving in Yizhou, it was already a tired army and there was no food and grass to bear, but the generals of Shu Han who defended the city surrendered without a fight, giving Deng Ai the opportunity to march into Chengdu!