Abnormal Three Kingdoms

Chapter 253 I Have Virtue

"Encircle and suppress Liu Bei?" When seeing the messenger sent by Lu Bu, Chu Nan was no longer in Ruyin. As the conflict with the gentry became more intense these days, the gentry's counterattack became more and more violent. Wei Yan and others led Jiang Huai The army was suppressing everywhere, and after sorting out the rear, Chu Nan quickly brought Huang Zhong to the front to sit in command.

As for the rear, I'm not too worried. The areas that have been sorted out basically won't have the ability to resist.

The biggest difference between Runan and Xuzhou is that in many places the gentry and the Han are not as clear-cut as in Xuzhou. The two sides communicate with each other, and intermarriage is not uncommon.

What's more important is confidence and trust. The poor family's trust in the aristocratic family is obviously greater than that of Chu Nan. Not all the poor families are willing to accept Chu Nan's solicitation. At least in Runan, there are not many poor families who are willing to trouble Chu Nan to recruit them. .

In their view, Xuzhou must be defeated, Lu Bu must be defeated, and Chunan must be defeated, so they are unwilling to take the train of Chunan.

Even if the Xuzhou Army and the Jianghuai Army have not yet been defeated, and Cao Jun has defeated generals Xia Houdun and Cai Yang, they are extremely convinced of this.

Chu Nan used an extremely smooth strategy when he was in Xuzhou. He ran into difficulties here and became less smooth.

Even so, Chu Nan firmly believes that his direction is right. The root of the problem is not that his actions are too violent, but in everyone's confidence. The poor people here have no confidence in Xuzhou's future, and they have no confidence in Lu Bu's future. I think a warrior like Lu Bu can win the final victory.

It's like a small country in later generations, no matter how favorable the conditions you offer, you can't attract top talents, because everyone doesn't think your country has a future.

The conditions offered by Chu Nan were actually not favorable, at most they were a little better than before, but the price was that Chu Nan pinched their upper limit.

Of course, if you can beat Boss Cao and then Boss Yuan, then the problem will be another matter. Let alone the poor family, even the aristocratic family will probably have to lick their faces and come here, but the problem is that when the time comes, Why should I use you?
And Chu Nan must still recruit talents now, what he has to do is to give these poor families confidence in the future, and believe that following them will have a bright future.

"Understood, wait a moment!" Chu Nan nodded to show that he understood, and asked the messenger to wait first, and finish the matter at hand before talking.

After arranging the messenger, he turned his eyes to the dozen or so recently discovered humble talents in front of him, and said indifferently: "Everyone, I think you all know the truth. They are all well-learned people, so I won't make a fool of myself with you. In the battle between Xuzhou and Cao Jun, there are indeed still variables. If you are hesitant to move forward, Nan can understand and will not force it, but there is something I want to tell you."

Chu Nan stood up, looked at the talents he had discovered, and said calmly: "If everything is ready, what's the use of asking you? You want to gain benefits, but you don't want to take risks. There is no such good thing in this world. Think about it carefully, everyone. I still have military affairs, so I won’t leave everyone behind.”

After finishing speaking, he gestured to Huang Zhong with his eyes, Huang Zhong stretched out his hand and said to everyone: "Everyone, please."

A group of poor people selected by Chu Nan looked at Chu Nan with complicated eyes. At this moment, they were indeed moved by Chu Nan's words, but it was obviously impossible to make a decision immediately. After all, it was about their own future. How can you make a hasty decision on such a major event?

And... you won't finish talking here, and the family will be exterminated, right?Everyone didn't dare to move, they just stayed where they were and looked at Chu Nan hesitantly. Since he entered Runan, he was really murderous and unreasonable. They just rejected Chu Nan's solicitation in a silent way. Will it bring disaster to the family?

Although Chu Nan hadn't done anything to such a small and humble family like them, what if?
Chu Nan didn't use his emotions to control these people. This is not a war. It will last for a long time. Even if he can control them through emotions for a while, it is impossible to control them all the time. Once the effects of emotions fade, they will still be swayed by their own rationality. , it will be even more unpleasant at that time.

"Don't worry, Nan sincerely invites you. Even if you don't agree, Nan will never do something like using swords! I still have some morals!" My heart was moved, obviously because I was afraid that he would not be able to love him, and that love would lead to hatred.

Everyone silently despised it. During this period of time, there are not many families who have been used to take the blame for no reason because someone instigated a rebellion in the local area?

Wherever the Jianghuai Army passed by, as long as someone resisted or rebelled, the first thing the Jianghuai Army did was not to suppress the rebels, but to find out the largest family in the area...to exterminate the family.

There is no reason at all, are you trying to deter these rebels with the blood of the big clan?

This is also the reason why these poor people are unwilling to agree. How can such tyranny last for a long time?Although Chu Nan had never attacked the poor family, they were still afraid.

As a result of this, rebellions broke out everywhere, and even many local gentry united to organize troops to defend the city, which felt like a separatist regime in Runan.

However, Chu Nan didn't change his strategy. It was still like a plow court sweeping holes. The people and poor families in the occupied places did not commit any crimes.

Through the method of dividing land, the hearts of the people have been won over, but these talents from poor families cannot be won over by relying on a few places. Moreover, Xuzhou's New Deal will not bring much benefit to the poor families, so it is difficult for them to develop into real big gentry.

Of course, in terms of business, Chu Nan treats these people very preferentially, and can also create a lot of wealth, but wealth without a foundation is like a castle in the air, which may collapse at any time.

What is the foundation?Naturally, it is cultivated land.

As for this item, Xuzhou is very stuck here, and there will not be too much private arable land. When he was in Xuzhou, Chu Nan even allocated some to poor families and local wealthy families. In Guangling and Jianghuai, this share It will be less, and when it comes to Runan, the private land share given by Chu Nan will be even less.

However, there is a basic talent team. Chu Nan is very stuck in this area now. If you don’t want to, it’s fine. I won’t make things difficult for you. Nan basically won't embarrass these poor families.

Of course, the killing of several county magistrates who had just taken office, and the disappearance of more than [-] local families later made the Runan gentry dare not mess around. Now, among the thirteen counties occupied by Chunan, even There are rich families remaining, and no one dares to use this method to resist the officials sent by Xuzhou.

They found that when they obey the rules, Chu Nan is willing to tell them the rules, but if they play outside the box, Chu Nan's outside the box is more violent and unreasonable, and they don't even need evidence. Biggest kill.

Nowadays, the big families in the counties are no longer the big families they were before. At least three top families have been replaced. After the first family, the second family, and the third family, which were originally the most powerful, have been eliminated one after another, the fourth family has no sense of existence. superior.

Some are even the fifth and sixth families. Even if these families are not humble, they are almost the same, and have little influence on the county, especially under the ruthless killing of Chu Nan, let alone dare to use their influence to do something out of line He is as obedient as a sheep, so now Chu Nan's rear is quite stable.

Correspondingly, the unoccupied counties resisted Chu Nan's invasion with the most fierce attitude.

Everyone slandered Chu Nan's words in their hearts, but they also breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that as long as the rules were not broken, Chu Nan was still reasonable, so they bid farewell to Chu Nan and left.

"My lord, there are not many people going to Runan now." Huang Zhong looked at Chu Nan and asked, "Why don't you relax?"

The so-called relaxation means that more land is used to attract people. These lands are counted as private land and only need to pay taxes. According to the new tax law, they are actually similar to public land.

"We encourage private farms. We cultivate private farms ourselves. The government office can encourage us to borrow three years' worth of grain to reclaim new farms, but the existing private farms can't be relaxed. We can only keep tightening them. Otherwise, we just need to relax a little bit. These people Then I will try my best to obtain more private land." Chu Nan shook his head: "And even if your generation is fine, what about the descendants?"

"We have to build a strong city wall to prevent them from taking chances. Even if future generations will gradually tear down the wall, it will be their fault, not us!"

At the end, Chu Nan sighed: "It's very tiring to walk like this, but the general might as well take a look at our rear. As long as there is no foreign enemy attacking, there is no need to worry about the instability of the rear."

Huang Zhong nodded silently. He didn't think about these things as deeply as Chu Nan did. Now that Chu Nan had made a decision, he couldn't say more.

"General Han Sheng, you have to go with me to my father-in-law this time to help him encircle Liu Bei!" Chu Nan frowned suddenly when he said this, and his fortune began to turn fierce. This battle...is it dangerous?

Chu Nan was a little surprised, Lu Bu could fight Guan Zhang, now with Huang Zhong and himself, it would be no problem to bring down a second master, right?Why is there a bad omen?
"The last general takes orders!" Huang Zhong agreed, and immediately went to prepare troops.

Now the [-] Jianghuai army in southern Chu has less than [-] after the last fight with Xiahou Dun, and most of them are under the leadership of Wei Yan and others to suppress bandits everywhere and suppress the family. Apart from the thousand archers, there were only two thousand guards. Since Lu Bu was going to encircle and suppress Liu Bei, it was natural that the whole army should be mobilized.

The two ordered their soldiers and horses together, and followed the messenger sent by Lu Bu to find Lu Bu.

"General Huang and Liu Bei should not be underestimated. The bravery of the two generals Guan and Zhang may not be inferior to the generals. When fighting, don't be careless." Along the way, Chu Nan checked the changes in his fortune, frowned slightly, and explained to Huang Zhong The two of Guan and Zhang are terrible.

Being able to fight against Lu Bu is naturally a powerful person. Huang Zhong nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, my lord, the general will be careful in the end."

He actually doesn't understand why Chu Nan is so dignified

(End of this chapter)