In the dim light, a battle report of the Jiangdong Navy Division was placed on the table, and Sun Quan sat on the couch with a painful and sad expression.

"Gongjin, Zilie, Gongyi, Youping......"

In Sun Quan's mind, Jiang Zuo, a general who had died more than ten times in the past few years, came to mind. There are not only three generations of old ministers of the Sun family, but also Sun Quan's confidants and favorite generals.

Sun Quan remembered his brother Sun Ce's last words before his death, raising the people of Jiangdong to decide between the two formations and compete with the world, Qing is not as good as me; Be virtuous and capable, do your best, in order to protect Jiangdong, I am not as good as Qing.

"Hey!"

Sun Quan smiled bitterly and muttered: "As my brother said, I was defeated by the military strategy. ”

Then, Sun Quan sighed and said to himself: "If you give Gu a few years, accept the heart of the general, and recruit the people, Jiang Zuo can be stable and not lost, how can there be today's situation?" ”

Although Sun Quan didn't know what the general trend was, he had a vague feeling in his heart. The Battle of Xiakou more than two years ago was a turning point in his life. His cousin and father-in-law Xu Kun died, and he completely became the lord of Jiangzuo, in charge of the military power, and opened the council.

If there is no second Liu into Jiangzuo, he can straighten out the military, internal security, and external strength, and sit firmly in Jiangdong. But I never thought that I would return to Pingkou at the beginning of that year, and not long after the opening of the council, Er Liu was violent, and his fate changed again.

"Your command, everyone has arrived in the hall, and Gong Zhang invites your subordinates to attend." The squire said.

"Good!"

Sun Quan took a cold towel from the maid's hand and put it on his face, easing his emotions. Even if he is defeated and will soon be confined to the hands of others, he must maintain his demeanor.

After a while, Sun Quan was well-dressed and dignified, and sat on the couch in the hall.

Sun Shao secretly sighed and said: "Under the command of Qi Yu, in the battle of Dongshan, Zhou Gongjin, Chen Zilie, Jiang Gongyi and other generals and sergeants were killed in battle, and the naval battleship was burned. The sergeants fled for their lives, the officials abandoned their posts, and the people were terrified. The situation is critical today, and I implore your subordinates to make a decision on life and death! ”

Sun Quan squeezed out a smile and asked, "You are my Jiangzuo ministers, I don't know what you think?" ”

Zhu Zhi was silent for a long time, and said: "If your subordinates do not want to return to Jingzhou, they can go to the sea to the south and float to the sea to the Huiji Marquis (now Fuzhou)." The terrain of the Huiji Marquis is steep, the mountains are clustered, and the barbarians are gathered, and they can fight against Jingzhou. ”

Zhu Zhi's plan is not a fool's dream, when Sun Ce leveled Wang Lang, Wang Lang was unwilling to submit to Sun Ce, and led his troops to take a boat, and the marquis of the Nandu Society. Although it was still defeated, it was also a reliable plan. It is estimated that Sun Quan may be in the company of barbarians, and there are few officials who are willing to flee south with him to the Houguan.

"No!" Zhang Zhao vetoed and said: "Although Huiji is a lofty mountain and a mountain range, it is difficult for the enemy to enter, but Shanyue is a long time against the public, and my Sun family treats him unkindly." Now fleeing to the south of the marquis, for fear of a catastrophe, his subordinates must not cross the sea to throw themselves in! ”

Sun Quan opened his mouth, looked at everyone again, and said, "How about going north to serve Cao Cao today?" ”

Zhang Hong stroked his beard and said: "Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the heroes, and the Han Dynasty was orthodox in the Central Plains. If you serve the Son of Heaven with the prestige of your command, you will be able to use it again. And most of the relatives under his command are in Xuchang, and they have a relationship with their in-laws, so they can keep their wealth and wealth worry-free. ”

Zhang Zhao shook his head again and said: "What the east said is not unreasonable, but if you go north to cross the sea to serve Cao Gong, if you encounter a storm and heavy rain, the ship will be destroyed and people will die." This summer's rainy and windy summer is not to take such a risk. And the people of Jingzhou know that we are waiting for Cao Gong of Beitou, and they will send boats to chase him. In order to show it, it is better to work for Liu Biao, and you can get a generous gift. ”

"This?"

Sun Quan frowned, in his mind, he really didn't want to submit to Liu Biao. Cao Cao coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes to occupy the nominal general trend, and he himself surrendered to Cao Cao in the north, and he would be able to get his courtesy. And that Liu Biao's name is not right, there is no name to speak of, and the territory of soldiers and horses is not as good as Cao Cao, and he may be imprisoned by Liu Biao because of the lord of Jiangdong, this deal is really not cost-effective.

Zhang Zhao seemed to see Sun Quan's hesitation, and said: "Under the command of Qi Yu, although Cao Cao is now based on righteousness, there are many soldiers and horses, but there are many people who follow suit. If you vote for it, you will not think so; Although Liu Biao is weak, he has a good reputation, and when he sees the Sun family returning to the north, he is naturally unhappy in his heart. Now I am willing to do it, and I will be happy if it wins. ”

"Report!"

The attendant walked into the hall and said in fear: "Under the command of Qi Yu, Huo Jun led the Jingzhou Navy Division to attack the seawater village by our army, seize all the boats and ships, and cut off the sea lane. ”

"What!"

Everyone exclaimed, the coastal sea village was seized, and it was already difficult to escape by crossing the sea on a large scale, unless Sun Quan was willing to drift north alone. There are only two paths left, one is to resist stubbornly, and the other is to surrender with your hands raised.

Sun Quan sighed deeply and said, "In this case, there are envoys from Lao Zhanggong, Dongfang and other Venerables to discuss the surrender with Jingzhou. ”

"No!"

……

Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong, and Sun Shao presented their surrender to Liu Qi. In fact, as Zhang Zhao said, Jingzhou attached great importance to Sun Quan's surrender. Regardless of Sun Quan's current official position, Sun Quan's surrender as the lord of Jiangdong undoubtedly increased Liu Biao's face.

At Liu Bei's suggestion, Liu Qi accepted the text, comforted the three of them, and recommended Sun Quan to Liu Biao with Liu Bei as the general of Pingxi and the Marquis of Duting. He also named Sun Shao as the captain of the cavalry and the marquis of Wucheng.

Sun Quan's official position jumped up one level, from the rebel general to the general of Pingxi. Although it is a false official, it can also show the importance that Jingzhou attaches to Sun Quan. Under Sun Quan's peace of mind, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong and others went smoothly to surrender, and the Sun family officially surrendered to Liu Biao.

Holding the Yangzhou Population Case Document and carefully reading the population data of Danyang County, Liu Bei was very happy.

"Kong Ming, in the fifth year of Yonghe of the Later Han Dynasty, inspected the four old counties of Jiangzuo Wu County, Huiji, Yuzhang and Danyang, with 800,000 households and 3.5 million people. Yangzhou is so rich, it is really beyond my expectations. Liu Bei said with emotion.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly and said: "The lord must not be confused by the documents, the southern counties of the Later Han Dynasty in order to seek political achievements, in the documents to count people, often include barbarians. Therefore, the population of the southern state and county is not as large as it is stated in the paperwork. ”

"Is that so?" Liu Bei asked in surprise.

Liu Bei wandered in the northern Central Plains all the year round, and the population of the northern counties and counties was counted, and the scholars were strong and covered the population, and they often counted less. Now that he came to the south, Liu Bei never thought that the population could be falsely reported, after all, the population is linked to taxes, and if you have a larger population, the taxes will naturally be higher.

Zhuge Liang smiled: "It's normal for the lord to not be in the middle of it." Uncle Liang once served as Yuzhang Taishou, and Liang knew the depths of it. Later Han people's tax statistics, there are two points of Han Yi. Hermes-Epitek pays taxes, and the more households there are, the more taxes they pay; The people do not pay taxes, only go out of the house, such as a large mouth of cloth horse, small mouth of cloth two zhang. In order to avoid barbarian rebellions, the counties and counties often count the population, but do not collect taxes......"

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Two Han Dynasty, the land of China continued to expand outward, conquering, setting up counties, immigration, and sinicization. From the historical changes in tax collection, we can see the wisdom of deep-seated conquest and governance.

For example, in the Western Han Dynasty, most of the territory was first entered into the dynasty, and in order not to cause rebellion among the local barbarians, the rulers did not collect taxes on the local barbarians, and gave kindness to the county guards to govern the barbarian areas.

After one or two hundred years of changes, there were gradually Han people, and the city was built and there were soldiers. By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty levied a small amount of taxes on the barbarians from all directions. However, this involves the interests of the barbarians, and it is inevitable that the barbarian rebellion will be triggered.

For example, the century-long Qiang rebellion in the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually more about the Han people encroaching on the living resources of the Qiang people, and the Eastern Han Dynasty levied taxes on the Qiang people and let the Qiang people serve in the military.

In the south of the Han Dynasty, there were many rebellions against the barbarians. It is better to have less than more local county guards, and collect taxes from the barbarians who can be controlled, or add people to the barbarian households, or convert the taxes of the Han people into cloth paid by the barbarians. In this way, there is a lot of water in the population of the southern counties.

Zhuge Liang threw aside all the documents on the case and said: "My lord, Yangzhou is new, under the soldiers, the people are migrating, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be revived." Hukou documents can be used as references, but not exact numbers. Liang thought that he wanted to know the people's household registration, so he ordered the county to re-check, eliminate the Shanyue barbarians, and ordered the general to levy Shanyue and make it pay taxes, or send troops. ”

Zhuge Liang, as a famous minister, has always been decisive and ruthless. At the beginning, Liu Qi asked Zhuge Liang what should be done if Jingzhou has a large population and very few are recorded in the case? Zhuge Liang only replied about the nuclear population.

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Since Kong Ming has said this, he should listen to it." From the king to a certain account, he has repeatedly made meritorious deeds, governed the people, and offered advice to the enemy, all of which have been effective. I want to worship Jun as the general of the military division, supervise Danyang and Huinan to pay taxes, and verify the population of the case. How? ”

Zhuge Liang took the fan and said, "How dare Liang not want to, thank you for the courtesy." ”

"Jiang Zuo has made a decision, and he will rely on Kong Ming's hard work." Liu Bei helped Zhuge Liang up and said.

"Don't dare!"

Zhuge Liang returned to the bed and said: "My lord, it is a far-sighted concern to govern Jiangzuo. Now there is a great turmoil, how can the lord turn a blind eye? ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei was quite surprised and asked: "Sun Quan has been surrendered, Jiang Zuo is attached, how can there be a big chaos now?" ”

Zhuge Liang pointed out with a fan, and said in a deep voice: "Since ancient times, those who value military discipline have clear rewards and punishments, and the generals have been rewarded so far, and there are few rewards. Now that the great event has been accomplished, no money is divided, and official positions are not rewarded, how can the sergeants be convinced, and there will be chaos. ”

Hearing Zhuge Liang say this, Liu Bei woke up suddenly. His soldiers can fight, not only by money incentives, but clear rewards and punishments. Since ancient times, soldiers have slaughtered cities, largely for the purpose of plundering military funds. If you don't want the soldiers to slaughter the city, you have to spend money to feed them.

After all, in feudal society, you talk about reviving the Han Dynasty, and soldiers talk about money with you; You talk about military discipline, and soldiers still talk to you about money. How can there be a reason to let the horses run and not let the horses eat grass.

"What Kong Ming said is reasonable!"

Liu Bei pondered a little and said: "Bei will discuss with Bo Wei and give the treasury of Wuhui the treasury gold and silver and soldiers to calm the hearts of everyone." The maidservants of the left maid of the river were distributed to the generals. ”

ps； There's something going on at home, and it's even later. There is also a shift in the evening.

The two books of Zi Su Ling are on the alliance master, and the Zhou Mansion is very grateful! Something happened in the last three or four days. After I was done, I added more to the alliance leader.

(End of chapter)