Twenty-one years of Jian'an, February. Wuhan, Hanchang Palace.

"Haha!"

Liu Bei's laughter resounded throughout the hall, attracting the attendants' sideways.

After laughing a few times, Liu Bei said: "Kong Ming led his troops to battle for the first time, and he forced Shamoke to such a situation, and in desperation, he killed the head of the thief and swallowed his subordinates to ask Kong Ming to surrender. ”

Huo Jun smiled at the corner of his mouth and said: "Between the mountains in the depths of Wuximan, in the middle and upper reaches of the Yuanshui, the five barbarians are scattered and separated, and if you want to win its people, you need barbarians to lead the way and raise troops to fight. Shamoke calls himself the king of barbarians, and he has the hearts of the two tribes of Chenxi and Manxi, and Enwei Wuxi. Wouldn't it be a pity if this person didn't take advantage of it? ”

In the four barbarians, the Han army wanted to conquer, but in fact there were many difficulties, and those difficulties needed to be overcome in order to succeed.

For example, in the conquest of the Northern Hu, the Hu people lived in pursuit of water and grass, and the grassland was vast, and the Han army could only win a great victory by finding the traces of the Hu people and going out of the battle; Or the crusade against the southern barbarians, the barbarians live in the broken river valley area, and it is too troublesome to conquer each department one by one, and it is easy to win only by gathering together and fighting head-on.

Zhuge Liang fought the Wuxi barbarians one by one, and it was naturally impossible for Zhuge Liang to conquer them one by one, and it was only by using the prestige of Shamoke to gather those barbarians who lived in the broken river valley, and fight head-on with the army, defeat them in one fell swoop, and surrender tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of barbarians, which was the only way to save time.

Liu Bei stroked his scarce beard and said: "Today, Wuxi is the first to serve, Kong Ming led the sergeants to station, and he recruited all the Yi monarchs, according to the customs of Yi, taught paintings, taught farming, set up village pavilions, and restored the old city. ”

He said that he was allowed to move thousands of evil households to Wuhan and set up a forbidden army, but he was worried that he would take the opportunity to make trouble and corrupt the discipline of Hanchang. What does Zhong Miao think? ”

Liu Bei's worries were not unreasonable, he lived on the border of Zhuo County, and he saw very clearly the disadvantages brought about by the southward migration of the Hu people. Wuximan, who has moved tens of thousands of people today, has entered Wuhan, and if Wuxi suddenly rebels, it will endanger Wuhan.

Huo Jun pondered for a while and said: "Since the king is worried about this, why not move 10,000 households to the vicinity of Jiangxian County, Jiangbei, which can not only increase the defense of Jiangbei, but also guard against the rebellion of Wuximan." ”

After a pause, Huo Jun suggested: "Kong Ming has moved Wuxi to the center, and he has the idea of weakening his troops. Now the king might as well go to Wuxi Manzhong, move thousands of people, choose a livable river valley to station, call it a guard, enter the farming, go out to fight. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bei showed a puzzled look and asked, "Today, when the army is gathered to give birth and raise, how can the Han people be moved into the Wuxi River Valley, why does this mean?" ”

Seeing that Liu Bei couldn't understand it, Huo Jun was not surprised. Setting up a guard in a barbarian land, this unique military system can be traced back to the Zhu Yuanzhang period.

When Zhu Yuanzhang unified China, he faced the situation that there were many Hu people in Shanxi and many barbarians in the south of Yunnan and Guizhou. For example, on the southwest border, nine guards were set up to help the Ming Dynasty guard the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

Although the system of guards completely collapsed in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, it was not useless in the system of guards. In that environment where there were few Han and many people, the guard could play the role of a reclamation corps, and the Han people multiplied from generation to generation, helping the Ming and Qing dynasties to complete the land reform and return to the stream.

Today, Huo Jun and Liu Bei deliberately sent thousands of households to cultivate in the vast Wuling Mountain area, which can not only become the eyes of monitoring Wuximan, but also deeply govern the vast Wuling Mountain Area. It is expected that in a few hundred years, the Wuling Mountains will become a mixed land of Han and Yi.

Huo Jun sorted out his thoughts and said: "King, Wuxi is dangerous and unsmooth, although Kong Ming has won his people and soothed his heart, but the army has withdrawn, and he is afraid that Zhuyi will rebel, which must be prepared." If you can be among the migrants, you should build a fortress at risk. ”

"If there is little rebellion, send troops to attack it; If there are many rebels, they will guard the village and wait for help. If you rebel, you will fight, and if you are obedient, you will plow. Self-produced and self-produced, no military rations. In this way, Wuxi will be in great trouble, and it will be ...... for the Han people for generations."

Hearing the details, Liu Bei became interested and asked, "According to what Zhong Miao said, how will it be arranged?" ”

"Kong Ming wants to divide the south of Wuling and the northwest of Lingling, and newly place Shaowu County. Now you can want to divide five houses in Shaowu County, and live in the river valley. With 1,000 households as the place and 5,000 households as the guard, Shao Wuwei was set up, and the military was divided by Shao Wu Duwei, and the civil affairs were governed by Shao Wu Taishou. ”

Huo Jun gave up all his ideas and said: "The place of a thousand households is set up by a military captain to take care of military and political affairs. Buildings such as post stations, military villages, and grain depots can be used in small counties. ”

This time, more than 200,000 people were killed, and the township pavilions were set up, and the new counties were placed, and a lot of gains were gained.

Jiang Wan and Zhu Huan subdued Youxi and Lishui, and won more than 40,000 barbarians and more than 4,000 households. As the Taishou of Wuling, Jiang Wan re-established two counties in Youxi, Lishui, and Lizhong.

Zhuge Liang led the main army deep into Wuxi and subdued about 200,000 people from the four barbarians. Moved 10,000 households to Wuhan, restored Yiling County, and set up county roads such as Pupu, Huaihua, Hanwei, and Genshan.

The main side of the second army was to conquer Wuxi Man, and the population was as large as that of a county.

Zhuge Liang saw that the jurisdiction of Wuling County was too large, and it was no longer conducive to the governance of the newly descended Wuxi barbarians, so he proposed that the six counties of Pupu, Huaihua, Hanwei, Genshan, Yiling, and Chenyang be divided into Shaowu County. There are 140,000 people and more than 30,000 households on the six county roads.

Of course, although there are more than 30,000 households in Shaowu County, the county residents are more special, as a newly attached young people, half of the tax can be paid, which is only equivalent to more than 10,000 small and medium-sized counties, and there is a two-year tax holiday.

"Migrating 5,000 households into Shaowu?"

Liu Bei hesitated a few times, then patted the case and said: "Although there are more than 5,000 households, it is conducive to Shao Wu's governance and can be moved." When the situation is stabilized, the health center can be changed to a township and county, and taxes can be paid to the center. Feng Xizhen was Shao Wu Taishou, and Shao Wuwei was arranged by Kong Ming. ”

Liu Bei agreed with Huo Jun's suggestion, but thought that the 5,000 households were too many, but in order to control the Shaowu region so that future generations could govern it, Liu Bei chose to bear the price himself.

Of course, this has something to do with Huo Jun's rice and wheat rotation farming, looking at the more than 100,000 households planting wheat last year, and the field rent will be a little more this year, Liu Bei also dares to be arrogant.

"The king is wise!" Huo Jun praised.

Liu Bei picked up the towel silk written by Huang Quan and said: "Kong Ming will not be able to level Shao Wu in the future, and now Gongheng also has good news, and he joined forces with Kong Shan (Deng Fang) and entered the Danyang Mountains, and the conquest was not smooth Shanyue, and the people were only 30,000 or 40,000. ”

"Now in the document said, Danyang terrain is precipitous, and Wu County, Poyang, Huiji three counties are connected, the mountains are thousands of miles, the valleys are ten thousand, there are many mountains and barbaric secluded. The mountain produces copper and iron, self-cast armor soldiers, and is warlike in martial arts. However, the army conquered, crossed the mountains and walked away, and hid in the caves. The battle will swarm, and the defeat will be the bird. ”

"Today, Gongheng thinks that the other counties are familiar with the road, and they have all been submitted. If you want to win the far-reaching people, you can't capture them with soldiers, and the time will be counted in years. The war is difficult to develop, ask for a strike, can Zhong Miao have a plan to break the enemy? ”

After more than ten years of blows by Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, He Qi, Deng Fang and others, Shanyue, which was on the periphery of the lofty mountains, was basically caught cleanly, and more than ten counties have been organized, which has greatly enriched the population of Yangzhou.

Huang Quan conquered Shanyue this time, cooperated with Deng Fang to fight, and captured a total of more than 30,000 Shanyue in the periphery and in the mountains, which was very reluctant.

Huang Quan thought that if he still wanted to arrest the barbarians, unless he increased his troops, it might take a few years to achieve results, so he asked Liu Bei to call off the army.

Huo Jun thought for a while, and said: "Jun has a plan, which can win the people in the mountain, but if this plan is to be successful, it will take several years to be effective, I don't know if the king wants to do it?" ”

"How many years?" Liu Bei frowned slightly, and said, "Zhong Miao will say a word or two, and let Gu decide it." ”

"No!"

Huo Jun laid out the terrain of Danyang with a tea cup and said: "The king, all the southern barbarians make a living from farming. If they can cut off their food, destroy their arable land, and deploy troops outside the mountains to block the roads, they will not fight with Shanyue, and they will not be allowed to trade with them. ”

"At the time of the blockade, the people of the mountains were appeased, and the barbarians of the mountains were treated kindly. Send people into the mountains to persuade the people to go out of the mountains, and give the people fields to cultivate. When the mountain people are out of food, there is no salt to eat, so they can only go out of the mountains and surrender to enrich the household registration of the county and county. This strategy can be called the net of heaven and earth, as short as three years, as long as five years, and it will be effective. ”

Although Zhuge Ke's character is poor, he has military ability. It took three years to catch more than 100,000 Shanyue people hiding in the deep mountains and old forests, which is quite commendable.

However, Huo Jun was quite disgusted by Zhuge Ke's treatment of the Shanyue people, and promised to treat the mountain people well for the sake of the mountain people, saying that they would just go out of the mountain and there would be no punishment.

As a result, when the Shanyue people came out of the mountain, Zhuge Ke changed hands and arrested 40,000 men who were almost capable of fighting in the Shanyue people to become soldiers, regardless of the life and death of those Shanyue people after leaving the mountain.

The rebellion in Eastern Wu continued, and the mountains could not be suppressed, not that the population of Jiangdong was really so large. In fact, because the Eastern Wu abused the people too much, the people couldn't stand it and fled into the mountains, or gathered people to rebel.

After the mountains were cleared, they went out of the mountains as soldiers and suffered humiliation. The mountain people had no choice but to flee back to the mountains, and in order to avoid being caught again, they even ran deep into the mountains to prevent the generals of Eastern Wu from arresting.

Everyone often said that the people of Cao Wei were suffering, but they did not know that Cao Wei's taxes were lower than those of Eastern Wu, and the people at least increased.

Liu Bei loosened his brows and said: "Although the food and capital can win the people, the means are really ruthless, and it should be cared for." ”

After a pause, Liu Bei said: "Although the strategy of heaven and earth is feasible, it takes too long, and it requires a lot of people, and it will be discussed later." Let Gongheng withdraw his army today, leave the people in Danyang, and let Kong Fang be appeased. ”

"No!"

Huo Jun pondered a little, and suggested: "King, Danyang County has been a big county in Jiangdong since ancient times, since Xingfa Mountain has risen, plus the people today, but there are 50,000 or 60,000 households, although there are moves to other places, but there are many people who stay around. Now it may be possible to demolish Danyang County and dissolve a new county. ”

Jiangzuo has not been demolished except for Wu County and Danyang County, and Yuzhang and Huiji have been demolished. There are too many people in Danyang County today, except for Nanjun, Danyang County is almost the largest county in the south. Before Liu Bei asked Deng Fang to serve as the Taishou of Danyang, there were many objections.

"Good!"

Liu Bei bowed his head slightly, and said: "What Zhong Miao said is reasonable, there are many and wide people in Danyang County, and the new county can be analyzed. ”

"No!"

PS: Happy New Year!

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