Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 863 Measures
"Your Majesty, this move is inappropriate. Please also revise the imperial edict again."

Xia Houxuan, who was summoned by Liu Chan from Chang'an, knelt on the ground and begged.

Liu Chan's expression remained unchanged, but he just asked back: "Do you think that if I revise the imperial edict again, Sima Shi, Wang Ling and others will stop fighting and settle down?"

Then, Liu Chan stood up, walked up to Xia Houxuan, and said truthfully: "If you follow what you said, I would like to appease you, and tolerate Wang Ling, Guanqiu Jian and others to seize military power and let them separate one side, and the Han order cannot be issued. .Even if you don’t rebel today, you will rebel in the future!”

Xia Houxuan was slightly stunned, unable to speak for a while.

Liu Chan helped Xia Houxuan up and asked, "Did you pull out the reed (radish) by yourself?"

Xia Houxuan didn't dare to face Liu Chan directly, but bowed his head and said, "I haven't plucked the reeds, but I have eaten them."

Regardless of etiquette, Liu Chan sat on the steps and said, "I planted the field and pulled out the reeds. When I pulled out the reeds, I often brought out a lot of soil that was entangled around him. If you want to eat the reeds, you need to wash the mud. edible."

Xia Houxuan looked at Liu Chan who was sneering again and again, and asked in disbelief: "Your Majesty wants to attract people who will not obey the Han order."

Liu Chan pointed to the stairs beside him, motioned Xia Houxuan to sit with him, and said: "If we follow the strategy of appeasement, although the great Han surrendered the territory of Cao Wei, Wang Ling, Sima Shi, and Guanqiu Jian would still make trouble there. At that time, it will be difficult to make government orders, so how can the big man talk about governing the Central Plains."

"At present, Wang Ling, Sima Shi, Guanqiu Jian and others are rebelling, just like pulling out the reed. They not only pull out the reed, but also uproot their cronies around them. If we raise our troops and attack again, if we can annihilate them, the world will be defeated." There will be fewer people who oppose the Han! At that time, the New Deal will reach the common people.”

After laughing a few times, Liu Chan said: "Severely punishing the three generations of the Cao family is meant to establish the prestige of destiny, but the Lord is for this! I am not a tyrannical person, but I have to do it to speed up the world."

Liu Chan still tried his best to control the matter, and letting Cao Fang go was not to force everyone against him.Killing Cao Fang, the symbolic ruler of Cao Wei, was unbearable for most of the courtiers.Moreover, Liu Chan can rely on the banner of Cao Fang to occupy the righteousness in the Central Plains, and it is easier to put down the rebellion.

In short, Liu Chan's operation is to select and breed, to select and clean up those who will not obey the big man.Those who obey the big man, leave them to appease.

Xia Houxuan stopped admonishing Liu Chan, but said worriedly: "Master Sima supported Cao Yu, the king of Yan, to raise troops in Youping; Wang Ling and Guanqiu Jian rebelled against Cao Biao, the king of Chu. Jizhou has not been completely appeased, so I don't know how His Majesty wants to put down the rebellion?"

Sima Shi went to Youzhou to meet Cao Yu, King of Yan, and persuaded the officials of Yan State to elect Cao Yu as emperor.Cao Yu ascended the throne in Ji County, issued an edict to attack the Han, and took Sima Shi as the general to lead Youzhou Mu...  When the edict was passed to Pingzhou, officials in Pingzhou, such as Xuantu Taishou Wang Qi, Daifang Taishou Gong Zun, etc., surrendered to Cao Yu.

Wang Qi and Gong Zun are the Yu En that Sima Shi said. Sima Yi conquered Liaodong and left a group of old officials in Liaodong, who have been favored by Sima Yi.Moreover, Goguryeo and the Murong tribe of Xianbei and Liaodong also fought with Sima Yi.

However, although Sima Shi ran to Youzhou, his younger brother Sima Zhao was killed by Wei Hu.

Sima Zhao garrisoned Shangdang, under Sima Yi's military order, went northward to harass Jiang Weiliang Road, but was stopped by Wei Hu.During Sima Zhao's return, Wei Hu realized that Sima Zhao was plotting to rebel and killed him on the spot.

Liu Chan didn't answer, but asked: "Taichu, Chu'an in the Central Plains today, what can you teach me?"

Xia Houxuan pondered a little, and said: "The Central Plains is vast, but the population is not dense. Now that it is attached to the Wei, the ministers think that the officials of Wei should choose the best and use them. Secondly, if the Central Plains are at the beginning, if you want to govern the place, the first is to govern the county. If the prefectures and counties are peaceful, the people will be at ease. Now that His Majesty establishes prefectures in the counties, it will not be good for the magistrates of the prefectures and counties, and it will also cause the gentry to occupy the countryside..."

"If you follow the minister's opinion, you can send someone with a high reputation to select the old officials against the Wei Dynasty and accept the hearts of the scholars in Hebei. Set up a false prefectural official and let the Shangshutai Pavilion govern the Central Plains. The county guard goes directly to Chang'an. The court can follow It is also feasible to set up prefectural governors to govern the movements of prefectures and counties when the Central Plains are in peace."

"At the same time, the old system of garrisoning the fields was abolished, and the garrison officials were dismissed as local county magistrates; the tax was light and the tax was half, in order to please the hearts of the people. If the people feel at ease, they will not join forces with the Wei rebels, and the local peace can also be achieved. This is I hope your majesty will be kind to follow my humble opinion."

Liu Chan nodded slightly, he agreed with Xia Houxuan's thoughts very much.It seems that he didn't waste his efforts to call Xia Houxuan to Yecheng. He knew the situation in the Central Plains very well.The three points proposed by Xia Houxuan basically hit the current point.

First, send people with high prestige to select the old officials against the Wei Dynasty, and bring them into the ruling class of the Han Dynasty instead of letting them return to the people; Implement secondary governance in local counties and counties; third, appease the people so that they can live and work in peace and contentment.

Take the first point as an example, these Cao Wei officials who surrendered to the Han must be used by the Han, otherwise these people will be lost to the rebels and strengthen the power of the rebels.Moreover, it is impossible for the Han Dynasty to rule the Central Plains with only scholars from Bashu and Jingzhou.

In history, Hebei rebelled several times in the early Tang Dynasty. The key reason was that when the Tang Dynasty appointed Hebei officials, Dou Jiande's old tribe was excluded and Dou Jiande's old tribe was allowed to return to the countryside to work in agriculture.This state of exclusion will make the old department feel resentful and give Liu Heita the opportunity to raise troops.

At the same time, when the Tang Dynasty appointed Hebei officials, in addition to not appointing Dou Jiande's old department, he also appointed those who did not understand the local people's conditions in Hebei.For example, Zheng Shanguo, Shandong consolation ambassador appointed by Li Yuan, was unable to select officials fairly because he was humiliated by Dou Jiande in his early years.

Under such circumstances, coupled with the killing of Dou Jiande as the fuse, Liu Heita of Hebei directly rebelled, with countless followers.

Of course, the Han Dynasty is different from Dou Jiande's period. Dou Jiande ruled Hebei for only a few years, while the current Cao Wei ruled the Central Plains for nearly 40 years, plus Liu Chan's manipulation.Let the local officials have a serious centrifugal force on the big man. If the governor of the state is established as usual, it will be difficult for the big man to grasp the local area. Only by setting up secondary counties and counties can the big man strengthen his control over the local area.

Liu Chan applauded and applauded, and said: "Taichu's words are quite good. I want to order you to be the comfort ambassador of Hebei, to comfort the people of Hebei and You, and to select the old officials in Hebei. affairs, to assist you in dealing with Hebei affairs. How about it?"

The candidates provided by Liu Chan are also well-known. Xia Houxuan has a high prestige in the Central Plains, and he also knows the old officials of Cao and Wei. Let him serve as a comfort envoy and select the old officials in Hebei, which can play a soothing role.

Du Shu, as a supervisory official, is also the key to dealing with illegal affairs in Hebei.The order in Hebei after the war was undoubtedly chaotic. As an official of the former Wei Dynasty, Du Shu not only knew the old laws of Cao Wei, but also the laws of the Han Dynasty. He was able to properly deal with the violations of law and discipline that occurred in Hebei.

The three things of official selection, law, and thin endowment can be completed safely, and Hebei can be considered to have initially calmed down.

"Your servant should take the order!" Xia Houxuan knelt down and took the order.

After a pause, Xia Houxuan asked: "May I ask Your Majesty, what should Sima Shi and Wang Ling do?"

Liu Chan looked relaxed, and said: "I have been prepared for a long time, and I have ordered Jiang Wei to lead the army to the north to put down the rebellion of Cao Yu and Sima Shi. Huo Yi has led the army, and unified the four generals of Jufu, Liao Hua, Xiahouba, and Deng Zhi. Four routes southward, at the same time I have also summoned Wu and Yue to the north to discuss Shouchun, a total of five routes of troops, enough to put down the rebellion."

After Sima Shi fled, Jiang Wei entered Yecheng to plead guilty to Liu Chan, but Liu Chan did not blame him, but ordered him to send troops north to conquer the Youping rebels.

As for the Henan rebels, although they are mighty, they have no backbone.Cao Biao was a puppet and could not command the army of several states in Henan. Even Wang Ling, the substantive supreme commander, could not mobilize Zhuge Dan's army in Qingzhou.

In addition, Henan has a vast territory. After Cao Wei's army was wiped out by the big Han, it was difficult for Henan's army to fill such a vast front, and there were loopholes everywhere.

Under Liu Chan's instruction, Huo Yi divided his troops into four groups.Liao Hua went south from the Bohai Sea of ​​Jizhou to attack Jinan, Qingzhou; Xiahouba sent troops from Xingyang of Sizhou to attack Chenliu, Yanzhou; Jufu and Deng Zhi sent troops to Yingchuan to attack Runan and Chen Commanderies of Yuzhou; Capture Yanzhou and Jiyin.

Except for Liao Hua, these four groups of soldiers and horses will return to the army in Qiaojun, and then go south to attack Shouchun.Liao Hua will lead his army alone to wipe out the rebels on the Shandong Peninsula.

The Wu and Yue kingdoms on the fifth route will attack Hefei and return to Shouchun with Huo Yi's army.

Liu Chan and Deng Ai were stationed in Yecheng, not only to appease the non-commissioned officers in Hebei, but also to prevent rebels in Hebei, and to support the war between the north and the south.At the same time, Liu Chan also moved all the high-ranking Cao Wei officials who surrendered to Chang'an in the name of "filling the mausoleum", and placed them next to his mausoleum, so that the Han Dynasty could rule Hebei.

After the war in the Central Plains is pacified, Liu Chan will take advantage of the military power to move the high-ranking officials and nobles in Henan to the north of Chang'an and the south of Gaonu (Yan'an) to enrich the population of Shuofang.

Since you Kanto people don't like Kansai, I will turn you into Kansai people. This is Liu Chan's purpose.When these operations are completed, at least 30 to [-] people can be added to the Western Frontier of the Great Han Dynasty.

"Your Majesty is holy!" Xia Houxuan didn't say anything after hearing that Liu Chan had already made arrangements.

(End of this chapter)