I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Zhao Yun's words made Liu Bei fall into deep thought. It's not that he can't do this. After all, the elites in Yizhou are not his core forces. There are very few children, so if he really listens to Zhao Yun's words, dealing with the nobles will not affect the morale of the army too much, and even because of the stability of Sichuan, it will stabilize the soldiers under him!

But his only scruple is that this method of dealing with the nobles is the method of a large army. As a general of the Han Dynasty, doing so may affect the attitude of the nobles in Jingzhou and Yangzhou towards the court. Dagan is already strong. If the imperial court loses the support of the aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River, the Han Dynasty will really not be able to persist.

Seeing the hesitant Liu Bei, Zhao Yun continued to persuade him, "General, why haven't we big men been able to defeat the big cadres all these years? We are obviously stronger than the big cadres at the general level, and there is not much difference in the elite level of the soldiers between the two sides."

"It can be said that the biggest gap between Dahan and Dagan is the financial gap. Dagan's fiscal revenue is tens of billions, while our Dahan's is only a few billion. The gap between the two sides is more than 10 times, and the reason for this gap , it is because of the parasites of our powerful clans in the Han Dynasty, even if the taxation reformed by the general greatly increased the income of the imperial court, it is still not as good as that of the big cadres. The imperial court can collect tens of millions of grains, which is already It's unprecedented, if the great man in the late emperor's time had such financial income, the world would not be chaotic."

"But Dagan can expropriate hundreds of millions of grains or even more than a billion grains a year. This is the gap between big men and big money. The generals don't want to make up for this gap. We can't really defeat Dagan. And the root cause of this gap is these aristocrats."

"They occupy the most fertile land in the world. They get the most food in the world, but they are unwilling to give anything, and they are unwilling to defend the big man. They are so parasitic on the big man's body, how can the big man defeat the big man, so the big man The general confiscated the food of these noble families to deal with the war. This is the general who is helping them in the battle, and they should also exert their greatest strength. Only when the big man has money to contribute money, is capable of contributing, and exerts his full strength, can we continue to fight with the big man Do fight."

What Zhao Yun said was to completely separate Liu Bei from the powerful clan of the big Han. It could even be said to cut off the foundation of Liu Bei's ruling. For a while, Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind. In China, only the nobles and nobles have food in their hands, Zhao Yun would not even consider what he said, after all, his basic base is the nobles of the great Han.Even [-]% of his subordinates are on the side of the elite.

Just like Yuan Ji, he is the top family in the world, if he abandons the family, Yuan Ji will definitely abandon him, if he kills the family like Dong Zhuo, will he also be betrayed by them like Dong Zhuo?

But in the current situation, if the nobles in central Shu do not provide food and grass, he will undoubtedly lose in the battle of Hanzhong. Dealing with the nobles in central Shu may cause turmoil in the world. But they also did not choose Yang Biao and Wang Yun, who belonged to the powerful and noble families.And Liu Bei was chosen because Liu Bei could fight and could help them keep Lei Gong out of the south of the Yangtze River. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, it was impossible to join Dagan. Even if it was for the great Han, Liu Bei would fight Dagan to the end.

But Liu Bei also knows that these powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River support him because he can protect their land and their power. If he also learns from Lei Gong, these powerful families will be disappointed and even fight him to the death. The land will be confiscated, why didn't the powerful clan in the south of the Yangtze River choose Lei Gong, a strong man, to take refuge in.Therefore, Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind if he wanted to take the food from the powerful families in central Shu.
After Liu Bei pondered for a day, he summoned Zhao Yun again.Then he took out a stack of papers stamped with the general's seal and said to him: "Bei can only trust Zilong now. Now the army needs food, and the people in Sichuan also need food, grass and food to survive. But now they can get food in their hands. The only ones who can save the big man are the nobles in central Sichuan. Zilong took these bonds stamped with the seal of the great general to the homes of those nobles and collected all their food and grass. We did this kind of thing in Jizhou. I think Zilong knows what to do!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yun said excitedly: "Yun will definitely not disappoint the General!"

But Liu Bei was still worried and continued: "The food must be obtained, and at the same time, the nobles in central Shu must not let the court complain. Although Bei knows that this is difficult to do, he must let them know that this is not only to protect the big man. At the same time, it is to protect their land and money!"

"If they are not at ease, let them take these IOUs to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to get food. Now that the middle of Shu is not safe under the attack of Dagan, they will go to Jingzhou and the middle of Shu instead. It's safer, and it's a win-win situation!"

Food is what Liu Bei needs, and the people can't force them to rebel. He can only be careful to reach a balance between the two sides. Those who have more experience get food from the powerful and powerful, and let them have less grievances!At least don't make trouble in Sichuan!
And Liu Bei is not without food. In Jingzhou and Yangzhou, there are still tens of millions of grains in the treasury of the imperial court. It has to be said that Jingzhou and Yangzhou, after 10 years of cultivation by Liu Bei and the world's powerful gentry, have three points The size of the world's granary in later generations has increased.

It's just that it is difficult for him to transport these grains from Jingzhou to Yizhou, let alone to the front line Hanzhong. This circle is thousands of miles away. The road is full of mountains and mountains, against the wind and the current, and transports 100 shi grains from Jingzhou to Hanzhong. I'm afraid that there are not even 10 stones, and Liu Bei can't bear the consumption of more than ten times. This is the reason why he can only rely on the middle of Shu to fight the big army.And letting the elites in Yizhou go to Jingzhou to get food is the only way Liu Bei can think of to reduce the grievances of the elites in central Shu!

After Liu Bei finished talking about the situation of the nobles, he said: "After Zilong gets the food, he can go to Chengdu to find Yuan Ji and ask him to completely depose the corvees in the middle of Sichuan. In the future, the common people will give food to help the army transport food and grass. We must find a way to enhance safety awareness on dangerous roads, so as not to let the people die on the road of transporting grain and grass, you tell Yuan Ji that a little land has been reclaimed here in Hanzhong, so there is no need to force the people to take risks like this!"

Zhao Yun solemnly said: "The last general takes orders!"

After Zhao Yun got Liu Bei's bond, he returned to Zitong County again
However, when he arrived in Zitong County, Zhao Yun led 1000 troops to the manor of the Chen family, the largest family in Zitong.

The Chen family was taken aback by Zhao Yun's actions. They thought it was the rebellious people from Guanghan who had descended the mountain. The people in Wubao were all on the city wall, ready to fight a life-and-death defensive battle, but they didn't expect to find out after getting close. This is the army of the big man, and the leader is General Zhao Yun, the general's confidant.

At other times, they can ignore Zhao Yun, but now Zhao Yun is the highest military general in the three counties of Guanghan, and they still rely on Zhao Yun to beat back the rioters in Shu, so naturally they have to be more polite to Zhao Yun now!

So the gate of Chenjiawu Fort was slowly opened, and an old man with white hair and childlike face hurriedly greeted him: "Guanghan Chen Yu, Chen Yu, lead my Chen family to welcome General Zhao!"

Zhao Yun got off his horse and helped Chen Yu up, saying, "Patriarch Chen please stand up, this time Yun came uninvited, I hope you will forgive me!"

Chen Yu said respectfully: "General Zhao, you are welcome. If the general can come, the Chen family can be said to be full of splendor!"

After saying the polite words, the two came to enter the Wubao, but Zhao Yun asked his subordinates to also enter the Wubao to rest, saying that they had just cleared the rioters from the deep mountains and needed to rest!Under Liu Bei's governance, the military discipline of the Han army was very good, and Chen Yu agreed without thinking too much!
After the two exchanged pleasantries in the lobby for a while, Zhao Yun said: "The situation in Hanzhong is very critical now, the general has something to ask for help from the Chen family!"

The Chen family knew more about the war in Hanzhong in Zitong. They knew that although the Han army was repeatedly defeated by the Dagan army, they still guarded the front line of Micang Mountain, and even dug trenches for two years. There are a large number of terraced fields on the mountain, and it is impossible for the big man to break through. At least the big man can't defend it now, thinking that it is not a big deal, he said politely: "As long as my Chen family can use it, the general can take it !"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled happily and said: "As expected of the loyal empress of the great man, now the army is short of food, how much does your Chen family have, how much does the general want, it was not in vain back then, you can pay the IOU, when the court wins the battle, When the time comes, I will return your food and you can get [-]% more, this is a reward for your support to the big man!"

At this time, Zhao Yun's personal guard came over and whispered to him, "General, the Chen family has 23 granaries, and each granary has more than 1 shi of grain!"

The members of the Chen family did not expect that Zhao Yun took a fancy to their family's food, and this guard pretended not to pay attention to the place where the Chen family stockpiled food, so it was easy to know how much food the family had.

After hearing this, Zhao Yun took out the IOU that Liu Bei gave him, wrote on it that he owed 22 shi of grain, and handed it to Chen Yu, saying, "This is an IOU for you, and we will take the grain away!"

Chen Yu never expected that Zhao Yun would take away all the food from his family if he was polite!Immediately said excitedly: "General Zhao wants to starve to death!"

Zhao Yun said indifferently: "The general didn't leave you 1 shi of grain. How many people are there in your Chen family? 1 shi is not enough to eat. This general wants to ask. Now in the whole of Sichuan, young and strong people go On the front line, women are helping the army to transport food and grass, how many people have come out of your Chen family!"

Hearing this, Chen Yu was in a cold sweat. How could such a thing happen? The Chen family just donated 100 shi of food for a moment. It is impossible for someone to come out!

But now he could see that Zhao Yun came to the Chen family to find fault!But it is obviously not acceptable to Chen Yu to let Zhao Yun empty his family's food like this. Now the whole of Sichuan is in crisis. Who knows if the troubled times in the Central Plains will appear in Shuzhong? If there is no food, his Chen family said Maybe he will starve to death in this Sichuan.

So Chen Yu stopped Zhao Yun and said: "My Chen family is loyal to the court. If the general wants to fight Lei Gong, our family will also contribute money and efforts. The Chen family has been loyal and good for generations. If the general treats my Chen family like this, he will not be afraid to let the people of the world know." Heroes are heartbroken. You must know that we support the general, and the general can fight against the general. General Zhao does not consider how the heroes of the world view this matter. On the way to such a battle, General Zhao will do this. matter!"

Zhao Yun sneered and said: "If the Chen family is loyal to the court, they will hand over these grains. Now you are not asked to donate, but to buy your grains. If you are really in a hurry to use these grains, you can take these IOUs to Jingzhou to get grains." But no matter what you say, I will order this batch of food! If you continue to obstruct, the Chen family will be taken down on the charge of being a gangster."

Chen Yu was dumbfounded when he heard Tonggan's words: "How could the Chen family be Tonggan!"

Tonggan, could it be that Lei Gong came to copy his home!

But Zhao Yun said with a cold face: "If it weren't for you, how could there be more than [-] rioters in the land of Guanghan, so that the Dagan army can send hundreds of people to cut off the army's food road. This is not what Tonggan is!"

After Zhao Yun finished talking, he didn't care about Chen Yu, but led people to start carrying grain, and even recruited 1 people in Zitong County as civilian husbands to carry grain.

And said to these people: "In the future, all the corvees in Bashu will be exempted, and everyone will have no corvees. At the same time, I will hire everyone from the court to help the army transport grain and grass. I will give 3 shi of grain a month, and even the elderly and women can give 1 and a half shi. Food! Anyone who is willing can be given a month's salary first!"

The people who were originally lifeless suddenly cheered when they heard this!Then he helped Zhao Yun transport the grain to the government office. Although the distance was not far, Zhao Yun still gave them 10 catties of rice as a reward.

With this solid belief, everyone began to believe Zhao Yun's words. In less than a day, 4 people in the entire Zitong joined Zhao Yun's team. It can be said that almost everyone in the entire county followed Zhao Yun.

And Zhao Yun led them to surround the forts one by one. If he was willing to obey, he would lead the common people to light up the granaries of these elite clans. Then he led the people to grab all the food, and at the same time threw them a stack of IOUs.

These wealthy people could only watch the tens of thousands of people emptied their family's food and grass and cried loudly, then picked up the IOUs on the ground and carefully put them away.

The army directly robbed them, what can they do?Their small arms can't twist their thighs, so they can only find a way to go to Jingzhou first to see if they can exchange for food. Anyway, central Sichuan is no longer safe, and fleeing to Jingzhou may not be a way out!