Xuande

Chapter 257 Water can carry a boat, or capsize it

After Liu Bei finished speaking, Gai Xun opened his mouth to say something, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Liu Bei said seemed to make sense.

The common people and the Qiang and Hu people didn't even know the words, so it was impossible for them to know the significance of Liu Bei as the founder of the Zuo family's Spring and Autumn inheritance family. Liu Bei's identity was meaningless to them for the time being.

On the contrary, Liangzhou Mu's identity is quite meaningful.

Liangzhou Mu's identity destined Liu Bei to be their master, and they wanted something, and they came for this identity.

So Gai Xun accepted Liu Bei's statement and did not speak again.

Liu Bei nodded.

"The conquest is not only to let the Han people understand my determination to stabilize Liangzhou, but also to let the Qianghu people know my determination and force. Fame is fame after all. If you don't kill them and show your blade to them, they will I always have luck in my heart, so, the battle must be fought!"

Yan Zhong supported Liu Bei's conquest, but also put forward his own opinions.

"At the beginning, the former Taiwei Duan Gong's thinking was quite similar to yours. He believed that the Qiang Hu was not my species, and his heart must be different from mine. Therefore, he should be punished as many as possible. He is famous, and every time someone is captured, he will be killed, and the Qiang and Hu people will be frightened when they hear his name, but..."

"But the Qianghu Rebellion has not been quelled after all. Although Duan Gong has killed a lot of people and bloody corpses, he has not been able to kill all the Qianghu. It seems that he can't kill them all, right?"

Liu Bei looked at Yan Zhong.

Yan Zhong nodded.

"Your Majesty, Zhong believes that blindly conquering is not a good strategy. It will intensify the resistance of the Qiang and Hu people, and eventually drag Liangzhou into the quagmire. Combining appeasement and application is a good strategy, and there is a limit to the need for suppression.”

"Suppression and appeasement are of course a good strategy. Liangzhou can't fall into the quagmire of war again. Liangzhou is already on the verge of collapse. I came to Liangzhou not to kill people, but to rebuild Liangzhou's vitality."

Liu Bei nodded: "The Qiang and Hu people don't know the culture of the Han family. If you want them to obey orders, suppression is necessary. They won't be obedient if they can't see the heads, but if they are only allowed to see the heads, they will be resentful. Thus resisting to the death.

I decided that while exterminating the tribes that refused to obey the government's order, I should also comfort the rest of the tribes and consider their livelihoods. This is something that the Liangzhou government has never done before. Survival in this way is an important way to end the war in Liangzhou. "

The officials of the entire prefectural pastoral mansion looked at each other in blank dismay when Liu Bei said these words.

What does it mean to consider the livelihood of Qianghu people?

Gai Xun knew the Liangzhou Qianghu very well, and was quite surprised by Liu Bei's views.

"Junhou, do you mean that the government needs to set up policies specifically for the livelihood of the Qianghu tribe and give them lenient treatment?"

Liu Bei nodded.

"Not to mention how lenient, at least, in terms of treatment and tribute, we can't force them to death. In the past, I heard that some government officials beat the Qianghu tribe to their bones, and doubled their demands for daily tribute, so that some Qianghu tribes There was no way out at all and had to resist.

I think this kind of practice is no different from national thieves. Qianghu people are also human beings, and they also need to eat. Han people will break out in resistance when they are beaten by corrupt officials and cannot eat enough. Qianghu will also rebel. Such resistance, I believe Don't think it's all their fault.

If you have enough to eat and make trouble, that's called rebellion. If you don't have enough to eat and you have no way to survive, you need the government to seriously think about what's wrong with you. Those who force the Han people and Qianghu to rebel for their own selfish desires, I It cannot be tolerated. This is the first change I need to make after I took office as Liangzhou pastor. "

The state officials looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, obviously quite surprised by Liu Bei's statement.

These words sound reasonable at first glance, but when they think about it carefully, they always feel that something is wrong, and they always feel that there is something wrong with Liu Bei's thinking, but they can't explain it.

Not only the officials from Liangzhou who came to the meeting this time, but also the old subordinates brought by Liu Bei, military generals including Guan Yu, all attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates. After Liu Bei finished speaking, they each had their own ideas, I have different ideas.

Liu Bei doesn't care what they think now, but what to do is certain.

"If Zuo Chang, the former governor of Liangzhou, had not embezzled military expenses, the Liangzhou Rebellion would not have broken out so violently. If it hadn't been for the embezzlement of military expenses by Huang Zhongyi Conghu's leading officer, Huang Zhongyi Conghu would not have rebelled so quickly. Join the rebels.

The lack of Han people, recruiting Qiang and Hu people to join the army and fight, but they abused them in every possible way, they were not given food, no clothes, they were often beaten, scolded and executed. ?If changes are not made, Liangzhou will never have peace.

There are a lot of problems, if it is not our officials who have problems first, the result will definitely be different from what it is now. I am governing Liangzhou, and I need your help to achieve a good result. The state governance program is bound to fail.

If one of you here has a problem, one or two counties in Liangzhou will have a problem. If five of you present have a problem, one county in Liangzhou will have a problem. Everyone here has a problem. Liangzhou is about to be turned upside down!

At that time, including me, everyone will not be able to escape, and they will all die here!So I want to warn you, if the government is a boat, the people are the big rivers that carry the boat, and the water can carry the boat, and it can also overturn it! "

Liu Bei knocked on the table in front of him, and said the last eight words clearly, word by word, so that everyone could hear them.

And the fact is the same, everyone heard Liu Bei's words, and heard the eight words [water can carry a boat or capsize it].

Liu Bei looked around, seeing the expressions on everyone's faces.

Subsequently, formal plans began to be drawn up.

The conquest plans for Wudu, Jincheng, Longxi, Beidi, and Anding will be in charge of by Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Dong Huang, Xiahouyuan, and Xiahoudun respectively. They will each command a battalion of soldiers and launch an attack on the rebellion in the five counties , Completely wiped out the rebellion in the five counties.

The rest of the army will be led by Liu Bei himself, and he will be in Hanyang County. If something goes wrong, he will rush to help the local area and launch a final blow to the local rebel forces.

The strike in the first stage was extremely fast, precise and ruthless. At all costs, regardless of any casualties, the rebel forces that had set up banners in the five counties must be wiped out in the shortest possible time.

He, Liu Bei, wants to declare his invincible and powerful force to the Han people and Qiang Hu in Liangzhou, so as to lay the foundation of his one-sided rule of Liangzhou.

For illiterate people, a knife is the best language. Using a knife can make them feel the most "power" as quickly as possible.

After showing "power", he will promote "benevolence" to a limited extent, and at that time, the limited "benevolence" will also play an unlimited role.

(End of this chapter)