"Han Ji Zhaowu Emperor Ji": In the autumn of the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Zhongzu supplemented the edict: "Eight liters of land rent per mu can be used to offset with wheat." Five litres of wheat are worth four litres of rice, and ten litres of wheat are worth eight litres of rice. ”

Sumai wants to promote it in the south, in addition to the guidance of policies, it is also necessary to emancipate the people ideologically.

For example, regarding the theory that wheat is poisonous, Liu Bei also deliberately asked Wang Cang to hold a pen to explain that wheat is not toxic. It means that the toxicity of wheat is mostly caused by poor storage, rather than by wheat itself.

"On Wheat Poison" dew the prefectures and counties, and try to let the grassroots people in the south have a clear understanding of wheat, rather than demonizing wheat.

Let's say that the theory of Sumai toxicity is so widespread and the timeline is so long, how outrageous can it be?

Sun Simiao, a famous doctor in the Tang Dynasty, said that eating a lot of noodles and cakes is easy to cause external evil to enter the body, which will lead to hair loss and distension in the lower abdomen, and it is necessary to take peppercorns and radishes to detoxify. (Note (1))

Jia Ming, a famous doctor in the Yuan Dynasty, even exaggerated that after eating noodles and being poisoned, not only did he lose his hair, but even his eyebrows fell out with him.

In addition to the above people, there are also Northern Song Dynasty physician Dong Ji, Northern Song Dynasty scientist Shen Kuo, and Ming Dynasty scholar Gao Lian also believe that wheat is slightly toxic.

Li Shizhen, a medical master in the Ming Dynasty, also thought that wheat was poisonous, but Li Shizhen was better than Sun Simiao, thinking that the northern wheat was non-toxic and the southern wheat was toxic.

How to detoxify?

Or say that eating noodle soup, or eating pepper, or eating wheat bran, can detoxify malt.

In Huo Jun's eyes, the prevalence of wheat poison is due to factors such as humidity in the south, inconvenient storage, and easy breeding of bacteria. It is better to say that the Chinese civilization, which is dominated by grain food, is not accustomed to flour food, and the self-superiority of civilization.

Grain food, northerners eat millet, southerners eat rice. This is an indelible mark since the birth of Chinese civilization. The heretical diet of powder food makes it difficult for Han people who are accustomed to eating grains to adapt.

In later generations, people in the world could eat snow-white rice, but the ancients, who lacked advanced technology, mostly steamed and cooked rice with their shells. If wheat is steamed, the taste is extremely poor, so it is naturally not valued by the ancestors.

So much so that Huang Zhen once said in the last years of the Southern Song Dynasty, 'I hate cheap wheat rice and think it is coarse...... I smell broken rice and pay pigs and dogs, but what about wheat rice? ’

How so?

The people of the south can eat rice, and their yield is higher than that of millet, and even if they can't eat rice, they can also eat fish, shrimp, and wild vegetables.

Why don't the northerners dislike it?

Due to the fall of successive dynasties, there are many disasters in the north and few disasters in the south. For example, during the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a large famine in the north and peasant uprisings continued; Although there are famines in the south, most of them are small.

Under the natural disaster, the emergence of stone mills, the northerners had to start eating wheat and innovate the staple food. From the dietary pattern of northern millet and southern rice, it gradually evolved into the familiar dietary pattern of northern wheat and southern rice in later generations.

Of course, as for whether the wheat is toxic or not, it is no longer in the consideration of the people of the south. It is profitable to grow wheat, which can be used to cover the rent of rice fields, and it is enough to save enough rice rations for the coming year. Anyway, there is nothing to do in autumn and winter, so it would be nice to plant some wheat with more effort.

The grassroots people received the information late, and the middle and lower corporals who had their own information channels tried to grow wheat at this age for the purpose of paying taxes in the coming year. Even if the middle and upper sergeants do not look down on small profits, they will also grow wheat in order to save rice.

Wuling County, Lingyang.

In the official residence, the pavilion chief Ran Xing sat on the seat and announced to the seven or eight Li Zheng under the pavilion, saying: "The king's edict is that from this year onwards, Mai Ke will pay the field rent on behalf of rice. Five liters of wheat can be paid for four liters of rice. This king's gift, the elders should go back to the countryside to inform the people, boldly plant wheat! ”

"Growing wheat?"

The Li Zheng people exchanged heads and discussed this policy.

"What a good thing!"

Li Zhengranxing, who had a half-white beard, said with a smile: "The county official took office and ordered to stay in the wheat, and the old man persuaded the people, and the people coped with more things." Or they don't know the wheat, or they say that the wheat is poisonous, or they don't know the wheat seeds. Now the king issued this edict, not to discourage the old man's advice, I am afraid that these people are thinking of planting wheat. ”

"Pavilion chief, the king collects wheat for field rent, I don't know how long it will last, I'm afraid that this year will be planted, and this order will be revoked tomorrow?" Jiang Qi said worriedly: "If it is repeated, I am afraid that if I plant wheat, no one will want to harvest it." ”

Ran stroked his beard and said, "The county official said that the county has been building a warehouse for storing wheat. And the central center ordered that each county should build a stone mill in the place where the water is turbulent, so as to be used for grinding the wheat. It is expected that this action will make the king have the idea of harvesting wheat for a long time. ”

The construction of storage warehouses and water mills should not have been known to ordinary pavilion chiefs, but in order to enhance the confidence of grassroots officials and the people, Jiang Wan, the Taishou, told the county magistrate about the system project, and let them convey it to increase the credibility of the government.

"What is a stone mill?" Jiang Qi asked curiously, "Why does Sumai need stone grinding and grinding?" And what can use water as a force to drive the grinding of wheat? ”

Ran Xing shook his head and said, "The stone grinding thing, a certain person has heard of it, but he has never seen the real thing. According to the county officials, Sumai has a stone mill that can be made into flour, and the northerners often use it for food. ”

Clapping his hands, Ran Xing said, "No matter what the stone mill is?" The elders went back and told the villagers that they could use the wheat to pay the rent in the fields. As for how to cultivate the wheat, the county magistrate will send someone to teach it. ”

"No!"

The Li Zheng people got up one after another, and on the way out of the official residence, everyone talked privately.

"Old man Xing, are you going to plant wheat?" Jiang Qi pressed his throat and asked.

Ran Xing grabbed his beard and said: "Sumai can be planted now, but I don't have wheat seeds, so I can only wait for a year to plant, and next year I will plant Sumai in the whole field, and I will use it to pay the rent the year after tomorrow." ”

As he spoke, Ran Xing looked at Jiang Qi, saw his expression of joy, and asked, "Do you have wheat seeds?" ”

Jiang Qi smiled and said: "When the county official Ma was there, he advised to cultivate the wheat, and he was afraid that the county official would check it, so he planted an acre in Botian, and although he rarely took care of it, he also produced some wheat. I am afraid that it is not enough to pay taxes today, but it should be enough to keep it for wheat planting and farming! ”

Ran Xing smiled and said, "Thanks to your cleverness, it's no wonder that you asked about the stone mill." How much wheat seed will you keep for me today? ”

Squeezing his eyebrows at the official house, Jiang Qi smiled and said, "Yesterday, Pavilion Chief Ran asked me to get some wheat seeds, and I am afraid that there are not enough wheat seeds in my hand." If you want to homogenize your wheat seeds, you can even one liter of three. That's at least enough to plant two or three acres of land. ”

The spread of policies is always from top to bottom, and most of the first people to enjoy the benefits of the policy are not ordinary people, but officials under Liu Bei's account. When they learned of the decree, they informed their families to prepare wheat seeds in advance for cultivation this year, and hand them over to the government after the harvest next year.

When people want to get wheat seeds, most of them will have to wait until next autumn and winter to plant wheat in the fields.

Of course, this is also a phenomenon that Zhuge Liang, Huo Jun and other high-level officials of the Southern Han Dynasty are happy to see, and most of these officials who serve in the local area are people with local prestige and power.

They took the lead in planting wheat, and after a while, the local people would follow the trend of planting wheat, and it was also conducive to spreading the planting technology.

Ran Xing groaned a little and said: "It's still early today, there is a small jar of rice wine hidden in a certain house, and let the child beat a few catties of dog meat, you and I will drink it." ”

In an agricultural society where the variety of meat is not well developed, dogs have become an indispensable source of meat for agricultural societies because they are easy to raise, produce many children, and have a delicious taste. Therefore, dog meat is eaten up to the Son of Heaven and down to the common people.

Smelling the drinking water and eating dog meat, Jiang Qi couldn't help but sigh and said with a smile: "Since the king banned alcohol, I haven't drunk water for half a year. Now there is wine and dog meat, how can I not care! ”

"Let's go!"

Not to mention how grassroots officials can take advantage of the prophet to plant wheat in advance. But for the high-level leaders of the Southern Han Dynasty, it was always promoted, and over time, the habit of planting Sumai should spread all over the south.

In the palace, Liu Bei chatted with Huo Jun, Mi Zhu, Zhao Yun, and Huang Quan about military and political affairs, with a smile on his face, which showed that he was in a good mood.

Liu Bei flipped through the documents of the forbidden army and said: "The forbidden army in the north and south, 40,000 sergeants, three prisons and three Cao, all have been built, and it should be Lao Zhuqing." ”

As he spoke, Liu Bei looked at Huo Jun and said, "Smoothly transfer the elite of local generals to form the Southern Army, Zhong Miao has a lot of merit!" ”

In the reconstruction of the forbidden army, the northern army was not troublesome, based on the previous Chinese army, Zhao Yun and Chen Zhi's second generals selected the elite, and selected 20,000 people to be incorporated into the northern army.

Only the southern army was more troublesome, and its troops had to be drawn from the generals of various states and counties. Because Liu Bei's succession process was relatively peaceful, the southern generals were more independent.

In the face of Liu Bei's order to transfer elite soldiers, most of them did not want to obey. In order to take the lead, Huo Jun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Gan Ning and other senior generals took the lead in sending elite sergeants to the center, or hundreds or more than a thousand people, to show their attitude.

Huo Jun drew 500 people from the Yu army, plus Lu Su, Gao Xiang, Xu Sheng, Huo Du and other generals to gather troops, and there were about 2,000 elites.

The Jiangdong local armed forces also gave Liu Bei 3,000 elites. Among the generals of Bashu, Liu Bei also took away 3,000 elites. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each sent more than 1,000 people, and made up 3,000 people. Shixie was also very knowledgeable, and without Liu Bei saying more, he took the initiative to send 2,000 righteous men from Jiaozhou to Wuhan.

Not to mention Lu Xun, the Shen brothers, Wen Ping, He Qi and other generals with private soldiers, more or less transferred troops to Wuhan.

With the senior generals taking the lead, everyone saw that Liu Bei had a firm idea, and it was difficult for the middle and low-level generals to refuse. After two or three months, the generals of various states scraped together and filled the southern army with 20,000 elites.

Liu Bei was also not polite, and ordered Huang Zhong to select soldiers and horses, and if there were weak ones, return to the headquarters and let the generals re-select.

Huo Jun bowed his hand and said, "Serve the country!" ”

Liu Bei put down the paperwork and said: "Widely plant and stay in the wheat, implement the four policies, and benefit the people, and the great policy of this country; The formation of a forbidden army, the strong and weak branches, and the deterrence of the Quartet, are also the cornerstone of this country. So far this year, the military and political affairs have been slightly successful. ”

"The six southern states seem to be peaceful, but there are people who are not in order. Jingchu Wuxi Man, Wu Yue Mountain and Barbarian, or hundreds of thousands, or more than 100,000, entrenched between the mountains and forests, do not obey the king, do not pay taxes. Greedy for money, or going down the mountain to plunder, now he is alone and worried. ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Liu Bei said: "Recently, Gu has discussed with Zhuqing, or some people have advised Gu to send troops to clear Wuxi and Shanyue at the right time, thinking that it is for the purpose of enriching the population. I don't know what you think? ”

Huo Jun pondered a little and said, "It is not impossible to conquer the barbarians and enrich the population. Since the king took charge of the south, he has practiced gentle methods to pacify Wuxi and Shanyue Erman. Now the foundation has been formed, in order to enrich the local household registration, or to take the elite into the army. When the next year is good, you can choose a good time, and conquer Wuxi and Shanyue Erman. ”

Since Liu Bei took charge of Wu Chu, in order to maintain the stability of the regime, he has adopted a soft policy to appease the barbarians and the powerful. Now Liu Bei is called the king of the founding of the country, the soldiers are under the chin Shu, and the prestige is soaring, how can he follow the old policy?

Sending troops to conquer Wuxi and Shanyue can not only show their muscles, but also subdue the barbarians. If the conquest of the barbarians goes smoothly, there will be no problem in subduing hundreds of thousands of men and women, and by the way, they can also take the opportunity to adjust the administrative organs and deepen the governance of Jing and Yang.

"Zilong, Gongheng?" Liu Bei asked.

"No objection!" Zhao Yun said.

Huang Quan stroked his beard and said: "Your Highness, it is not appropriate to conquer the barbarians, it is not appropriate to take it by force, it is advisable to choose a person who is both civil and military, and be the commander." Practice the method of combining rigidity and softness, and levy and caressing, so that all Yi return to their hearts. ”

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly, and said: "What Gong Heng said is reasonable, if the conquest is too strong, it will hurt the people, and it is not conducive to the people's recuperation. ”

After a pause, Liu Bei asked, "Who do you think you can be the commander of Zhengyi?" ”

Huo Jun thought for a while, and arched his hand and said, "Your Royal Highness, Jun thinks that the military general Zhuge Kongming can take on this important task?" ”

"Kong Ming leads the army?" Liu Bei said hesitantly.

"Exactly!"

Huo Jun looked around at the generals present and said: "The barbarians are weak, raise troops to fight, they can easily win, and if they win, they plunder the people, and the people need to be safe." Therefore, the conquest of the barbarians in the two states is called the use of soldiers, but in fact it is peaceful. Moreover, the barbarians are widely spread and far away, the levy is improper, and the refuge into the mountains will cause many household registrations. ”

"Kong Ming, who is also in charge of the two states, knows the changes in Dazhi, and is just and strategic. Conquer the barbarians, make up the people together, and this Kong Ming's director is also! ”

Huo Jun bowed his hand to Liu Bei and said: "Just and strategic, coordinate the military and government, and be diligent and peaceful, this Jun is not as good as Kong Ming!" ”

It's really not difficult to fight the barbarians, for Huo Jun, as long as he has a hand. The real difficulty lies in how to appease the hearts of the barbarians and turn the barbarians into the common people on the household register. However, in terms of appeasing the barbarians, compiling households and gathering the people, and in terms of civil and political affairs, Huo Jun is not as good as Zhuge Liang.

In history, Zhuge Liang Ping Nanzhong, you think it was a big and small vicious battle, seven captures of Meng Shu, and surrendered to Zhuyi. In fact, Zhuge Liang sent troops in the spring and returned to the army in the autumn, marching + conquest + governance, and it only took half a year to solve the rebellion in Nanzhong.

According to the marching route and the time of the campaign, Zhuge Liang defeated the barbarians and led the army to Dianchi Lake while governing Nanzhong.

Of course, this is only for Zhuge Liang's military ability, and it is not so simple for any general, which is one of the reasons why Huo Jun recommended Zhuge Liang to take command.

Liu Bei got up and smiled, and said, "Gu originally intended to let Zhong Miao sit in the army and command all the armies to conquer Wuxi and Shanyue Eryi. Today, Zhong Miao recommends Kong Ming's words, and he thinks it is true! Kong Ming's talent, not Xiao He can be compared, and he can also lead the army! ”

Saying that, Liu Bei looked at Huang Quan and said, "Conquer Eryi, if Kong Ming is willing to be the coach." Lonely wants to let Gongheng be the deputy, protect the army, and conquer Jiangzuo Shanyue, what is it? ”

"The minister will not live up to His Highness's orders!" Huang Quan said excitedly.

"Good!"

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(1): "Eat more, stay long, and be polite." Pepper, radish"

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