I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 357, Dilemma Yuan Shao
Then Guo Jia took out a volume of books and said: "This is what I have traveled in Hebei for several years, observing and summarizing Lei Gong's experience and policies in Hebei, and then writing down my experience. This will not only let the lord quickly understand Lei Gong's strength , and let the lord learn from Lei Gong's policy and use it in our Qingzhou!"

When Cao Cao heard about it, he immediately took the book and put it on the desk and began to read it.Xun Yu also watched from the side. In fact, he has always been very curious about Lei Gong, wondering how Lei Gong can manage the land of the three states well without the need of a big man. You must know that conquering the world and governing the world are not the same thing at all. Therefore, local officials can't even collect taxes!
Lei Gong's forces should have disintegrated long ago without the support of the nobles, but the reality is that Lei Gong's forces are getting stronger and stronger.

But Xun Yu was amazed by Lei Gong's own training of students, recruiting Li Tian, ​​and dispatching soldiers to become officials. You can be an official, and even many of Lei Gong's subordinates can become low-level officials who can't read big characters.

Cao Cao read the book written by Guo Jia in one breath, and sighed: "No wonder Feng Xiaohui said that Dagan is a brand new world. If the land of Hebei is as Feng Xiao said, it will really change the world. Unexpectedly, Lei Gonghui will be like this." Powerful, Emperor Wu couldn't occupy the desert back then, Lei Gong was able to completely annex the desert, no wonder Lei Gong can recruit hundreds of thousands of cavalry to the Central Plains these years, it turns out that the desert has been unified in their hands!"

Xun Yu frowned and said, "I see the shadow of Great Qin. Lei Gong has many policies similar to those of the Great Qin Dynasty, especially the strong mobilization ability and the ability to build infrastructure projects. Lei Gong has occupied Bingzhou for less than ten years, but he has At this time, the water conservancy facilities, roads, and cities he built in Bingzhou have far surpassed those of the current dynasty, and even the previous dynasty is not as good as Lei Gong. After all, Emperor Wu could not build thousands of forts on the grassland. Among them, the Great Qin Dynasty has such a strong construction ability!"

Guo Jia said: "There are still many differences. Great Qin restricted merchants, but Lei Gong not only did not restrict, but encouraged the development of merchants, so the merchants on Lei Gong's territory prospered. When Lei Gong attacked Youzhou, these merchants united to support Daqian 300 billion yuan, and Lei Gong doesn't pay attention to the military title system, he seems to be really influenced by Zhang Jiao, and wants to build a fair world without ranks!"

Cao Cao sneered and said, "In a fair world without hierarchy, Mr. Lei is just talking nonsense. I don't believe that his position will not be given to him!"

Guo Jiadao: "I also think that there must be problems within the Dagan. Even if Lei Gong is a saint, Lei Gong's subordinates cannot be saints. They must fight with Lei Gong because they want to be crowned kings and ministers. If Lei Gong does not give these things , Lei Gong’s subordinates will definitely have problems!!”

Xun Yu stopped them and said, "Even if there will be problems in the big business, it will be a long time later! We have to face the strongest Lei Gong!"

Then Xun Yu said strangely: "According to Feng Xiao, the corvee used by Lei Gong in the past few years has far exceeded that of the first emperor. The corvee used by Lei Gong every year is as many as several million. It is reasonable to say that Lei Gong used corvee so frequently. The people in Dagan should have been overwhelmed and fled long ago, and the hearts of the people in Dagan have been lost. Why didn’t these things appear in Dagan? Even I, the Han, lost the hearts of the people? So that Jizhou was easily captured by Lei Gong!"

Guo Jiadao: "Although the taxes of Dagan seem heavy, like land tax, [-]% must be handed over, but only this [-]% is collected. There are no other taxes, not even corvees. Dagan hires these people, and the people can leave if they don't want to do it. Even the peasants who fought in the war were hired, and those who had to pay had to be rewarded. Therefore, the burden of the common people was very light when they worked hard. The food they grew by themselves could not only feed their families, but also go to the construction site to make money. This made the common people work hard generally richer.

However, the tax of this dynasty is only [-] to [-], which seems to be far less than that of Dagan, but there are many types of taxes in this dynasty, such as oral calculation and corvee. These two items alone are enough to empty the family property of ordinary people. There are also a large number of corrupt officials who have been dispatched to make the people unable to make ends meet, so the people can only go bankrupt and become refugees! "

Cao Cao sighed: "There is a long way to go to deal with Lei Gong!"

Xun Yu said: "Duke Ming, don't worry, we still have allies. Yuan Benchu ​​and Liu Xuande are our allies, and the world's nobles are also our allies. As long as we unite, Lei Gong is not invincible!"

This is a reform. Xun Yu was worried that Cao Cao and Guo Jia would make a big fat man with one bite, and instead make Qingzhou mess up, so he simply changed the subject.

Speaking of this, Cao Cao became even more anxious: "Lei Gong has already sharpened his sword, but we are still fighting among ourselves. If Ben Chu and Liu Bei continue to fight, the world will be over!"

In Cao Cao's view, the court's crusade against Yuan Shu was just to warn Yuan Shao not to mess around, but Yuan Shao didn't think about how to deal with Lei Gong in the three states occupying the Central Plains. Instead, he wanted to go further and target the court. This made Cao Cao He had a headache, and he deeply felt the sadness of the pig teammate, who couldn't be moved!

On the contrary, Guo Jia's eyes lit up and he said: "Although Yuan Shu is a person with great ambition and incompetence, he has to say that he went south to Yangzhou with a good trick. If Yuan Shao hadn't stabbed him in the back, with Liu Yao's strength, he would definitely not be Yuan Shu's opponent. Yangzhou and Yuzhou Yuan Shu have already achieved power, if he is allowed to capture Xuzhou again, Yuan Shu's hegemony will become, even if Lei Gong wants to deal with him in the future, it will be very difficult!"

Cao Cao mocked: "Yuan Shu has always been arrogant, his eyes are high and his hands are low. Yuzhou is his hometown, and he can offend all the elders in Yuzhou. Now he is trapped in the Jianghuai area. If he was not so ambitious and tempered It's so bad, Yuzhou won't let Ben Chu take it easily!"

But Guo Jia said: "My lord, although Qingzhou is safe now, Qingzhou is dead to us. Without a stable rear, it is difficult for us to defeat Lei Gong, but Yangzhou is the chosen place for the lord. Yangzhou There is the natural danger of the Yangtze River. With the benefits of the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, the water network is densely covered, and the cavalry is naturally restrained. The only shortcoming is that the development level of the Jiangdong is low, and the population and land are far inferior to the Central Plains!"

"Yangzhou!" Guo Jia's words made Cao Cao and Xun Yu fall into deep thought, and they were also trying to find a way to solve their predicament. Just like Guo Jia said, Qingzhou is a peninsula that can easily be cut off by thunder and is part of the Central Plains. Contact, at that time they can only be trapped in Qingzhou, but Yangzhou is too far away from them, and there is Xuzhou in the middle!Moreover, Liu Bei is powerful, and Liu Yao is a clan relative, and the court is righteous. Cao Cao knew that it would be difficult for him to compete with Liu Bei.
Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "The matter of Yangzhou is still too far away, we still find ways to improve the strength of Qingzhou!"

Xun Yu also said: "At present, our alliance with Tao Qian is the best choice! Abandoning Qingzhou rashly will only benefit Lei Gong!"

Guo Jia thought for a while and realized that he had taken it for granted. Now that Liu Bei led the army to attack Yuan Shu, Yangzhou might be captured by Liu Bei. A stable rear!

After talking about Liu Bei, Cao Cao sank for a long time and asked: "This time the imperial court joined forces with all the princes to attack Yuan Shu, and the envoys of the imperial court also came to our Qingzhou. Do you think we should send troops to Qingzhou?"

Xun Yu thought for a while and said: "After all, this is an order from the imperial court. We asked Zixiao to lead 1 soldiers to join Tao Qian to send troops together. In this way, Tao Qian will accept our favor and should not stop us from going to Xuzhou to buy food!"

But Guo Jia thought for a while and smiled: "If I were the lord, I would send an army and lead an army of 5 to wait for the imperial court to dispatch and besiege Yuan Shu!"

Xun Yu was surprised and said: "This road will traverse the entire Xuzhou. With the current situation in Qingzhou, it is impossible to maintain an expedition of 5 troops!"

But Guo Jia said with a smile: "Yuan Shu has been spying on Xuzhou. We sent 5 troops to Tao Qian as a big favor! He should help us solve the food problem! Even when we went to Jiujiang County, we had to ask Liu Bei for food and grass." , Our lord is so loyal to the imperial court. The imperial court ordered 5 troops to attack disobedient ministers immediately. Shouldn't such a loyal imperial court be rewarded one or two times? It happens that the news of Qingzhou's drought can be passed on to Liu Bei. We Qingzhou can resist Shouldn't Liu Bei support Lei Gong's front line? If this army can bring back millions of grains, even if there is a drought in Qingzhou this year, we don't have to be afraid! We can even learn from Lei Gong and recruit Qingzhou people to build infrastructure Build!"

"Fengxiao's words are wonderful." Cao Cao's eyes became brighter when he heard the words of the country. This is to let other people help us feed our 5 troops, and we can also earn some food and grass back.

After Cao Cao followed Guo Jia's suggestion, he responded to the imperial court's call and appointed Cao Ren as a general, leading 5 troops to besiege Yuan Shu, who was thousands of miles away!
In secret, Cao Cao told Cao Ren that in order to preserve his strength, he should find ways to get more food from Tao Qian and Liu Bei!He was even worried that Cao Ren's stupid mouth would specifically let Xun You join the army!
It's just that this made Cao Ren very helpless. He was able to lead an army of 5 with great difficulty, but not only were these soldiers weak in fighting the fields, but they also had to figure out their own way for food and grass, and even earn food to go back.
Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian was worried that Cao Cao was as ambitious as Yuan Shu and wanted to capture Xuzhou, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao's army would not enter the city of Xuzhou, as long as Tao Qian provided a little ration.

Xun You even met Tao Qian specifically, explaining that Cao Cao's trip was only to respond to the imperial court's call to quell the rebellion, and it would not affect the stability of Xuzhou!He even told Tao Qian that the two sides could form a coalition, and Tao Qian could be the commander of the coalition!Cao Cao's only request is that there is not enough food and grass in Qingzhou, and he hopes that Xuzhou can provide food and grass for the coalition forces!
Tao Qian was overjoyed when he heard this, and agreed without even thinking about it. Yuan Shu had always been eyeing Xuzhou. When he first conquered Jiujiang County, he wanted to attack Xuzhou. Fortunately, Tao Qian reacted quickly, which prevented Yuan Shu from succeeding!Now if there is an opportunity to wipe out the scourge of Yuan Shu, Tao Qian will naturally not let go of this opportunity!

At the beginning of May in the fourth year of Chuping in the Han Dynasty (AD 193)
Cao Cao, Tao Qian, and Liu Yao responded to the imperial court's will and jointly attacked Yuan Shu's department in Jiujiang County. Yuan Shu, who was hiding in Shouchun for a while, was besieged by the imperial court's hundreds of thousands of allied forces.

This news caused a sensation all over the world, and the princes everywhere did not expect that although the Han Dynasty was in decline, they could still recruit hundreds of thousands of troops to counter the rebellion, and the military strength did not decline much!For a while, the newly born Xiangyang court regained some prestige, and the princes from all over the country immediately sent envoys to the Xiangyang court to express their sincerity to the court.

Although Yuan Shu was arrogant, but facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of allied forces, he knew that he was not the opponent of the imperial court, so he immediately sent his counselor Li Shu to Luoyang City to find Yuan Shao for help!I want Yuan Shao to give himself a hand because they are all the children of the Yuan family!
Yuan Shao immediately summoned the important subordinates in the mansion to discuss the countermeasures!

Xu You immediately said: "Although Gonglu and Benchu ​​are at odds, he is a member of the Yuan family after all, and his subordinates are also former disciples of the Yuan family. If we abandon Lulu like this, it will be a huge blow to Benchu. !"

Guo Tu also said: "If the road is defeated by Liu Bei, Yangzhou may fall into Liu Bei's hands, and then Liu Bei will become the master's confidant! We should find a way to support the road!"

Although Yangzhou is not rich these days, its territory is really big. From the map, the territory of Jingzhou and Yangzhou occupies less than half of the country of the Han Dynasty. The imperial court really has such a large territory, it is really a tiger!
Tian Feng immediately stopped him and said: "No, Yuan Shu didn't have the imperial court's will to attack the court's state shepherd. Liu Bei's extermination of Yuan Shu is justified. If we support Yuan Shu, we will definitely be condemned by the people of the world! Now Lei Gong has come to the Yellow River, we now Find a way to deal with Lei Gong, instead of spending energy on dealing with Liu Bei, because Liu Bei will be our ally, and his strength will benefit us in dealing with Lei Gong, but my subordinates dare not predict Yuan Shu's actions!"

After the fall of Jizhou, Tian Feng and Jushou returned to Yuan Shao's command, because they believed that only Yuan Shao was the most likely person in the world to defeat Lei Gong!
Tian Feng's words reminded Yuan Shao of Yuan Shu's viciousness. He dared to guarantee 100% that when Lei Gong attacked him, it was when Yuan Shu attacked Yuzhou. come out!And Liu Bei will desperately support himself even for the sake of the great Han.Thinking about it this way, Yuan Shao realized that he really shouldn't support Yuan Shu!

Feng Ji said: "But the lord just watched the road be wiped out like this, and the people in the world will think the lord is cold-blooded. Seeing his younger brother being wiped out like this, especially Yuan Shu's subordinates are all the elites of the Yuan family, and their demise is also a great deal to the lord. Loss!"

Xu You said with a smile: "We don't need to see this as a contradictory matter. We can recruit the subordinates of Gonglu, which can also strengthen our strength. At the same time, we can also contact Liu Bei at the beginning and ask Liu Bei to forgive Yuan Shu. One life, so that people in the world will no longer say that they were cold-blooded at first!"

(End of this chapter)