Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 397 South County
Bai Tu stayed in Xiangyang for nearly a month.

Not only have the steps been laid for all those who need them, but they also show more respect for Yi Ji and others who stick to their posts.

People like Yi Ji and Huo Jun historically accompanied Liu Bei when he left, and they were not of the same mind as the Nanjun nobles. After the Chu army entered the city, they naturally would not be passive and sabotage, but would do their best to show off.

Bai Tu also directly named Yi Ji as the governor of Nanjun. As for the original governor Huang Chengyan... he was originally brought in temporarily to "control the situation", but now he has joined the cabinet, and will not stay in Nanjun for a long time.

In short, if you need to save face, as long as you are not too unknown and no one mentions it to Bai Tu, Bai Tu will give it to everyone else.

Including the Kuai brothers, they did not stay in Xiangyang, but returned to their hometown in Zhonglu County. When Bai Tu passed by before, he also visited the house in person. After visiting the source of the rainbow...

Even though the Kuai brothers still had some resentment towards Bai Tu, due to their optimism about the prospects of Chu and the "beep" number of Kuai's current situation, when the King of Chu had already personally visited, Kuai Liang and Kuai finally Yue still became an official again.

After all, Zhonglu was given the title of a food fief to Mrs. Cai before, which already showed Bai Tu's dissatisfaction with them.

Although the Kuai family also sent some young people to join the Chu Kingdom to express their obedience, but... Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue originally did not want to leave the mountain again.

But now Bai Tu has come to invite him in person, and the Kuai family is somewhat different from other Nanjun nobles. They were one of the main planners who supported Liu Biao and conspired with Jingzhou, so it is naturally more difficult to "come ashore".

In the end, half-heartedly, the Kuai brothers still chose to seek Meng Guoen...

The appointment of the Kuai brothers undoubtedly made the old people in Jingzhou dissipate the clouds in their hearts, and they all accepted Bai Tu's conquest.

However, Yi Ji and others, who had not engaged in any tricks from the beginning, were undoubtedly even more favored, which made many people regret that they had saved face before.

Especially Cai...

Everyone knows that Mrs. Cai's plan was clearly planned with her brother-in-law, and the Cai family was also involved.

However, after Cai Mao entered the Chu Kingdom, he was very shy and acted like "I, the Cai family, understand the righteousness deeply". Not only did he not temporarily hide from the world and save face like most other Nanjun nobles, but he actively showed it...

Although Cai's momentum is definitely not as good as before, but in view of Mrs. Cai and Cai Mao's subsequent performance, Cai's not only went ashore earlier, but...compared with the Kuai family who is about to return to its original form, it can be said that the scenery is still the same!
Of course, Bai Tu's trip around Jingzhou was not just about "distributing welfare."

There are also some shameless or ignorant local forces that have been liquidated, and... You can mention any difficulties in Jingzhou, but the tone of the vertical management of the six ministries will not change in Jingzhou, and it is useless to say anything. .

As for whether the Jingzhou nobles will unite again, causing instability and hindering development within Chu State?
Bai Tu had to be defensive about this, but... he didn't need to be too sensitive.

After all, the so-called Jingzhou gentry were not of the same mind. They were mainly united by the Nanjun gentry. The gentry in the four counties of Jingnan and Nanyang County had long disliked these people. It was just that the Nanjun gentry had merged with Liu Biao and suppressed other gentry in various places. .

Now these other nobles who were originally suppressed by the Nanjun nobles began to compete with them on the same starting line. Even... Cai, one of the two leaders of the Nanjun nobles themselves, has already expressed the intention of fully turning to the imperial court. Can the Nanjun nobles be able to What kind of storm is it causing?
As for the Jingzhou nobles, there is no basis for unity, unless Bai Tu is really angry and regards Jingzhou as Yangzhou's spoils and consumables...

However, Bai Tu's western tour has already given Jingzhou nobles peace-of-mind pills.

At the same time, all suggestions for enjoying additional self-care rights were rejected by Bai Tu. When the Jingzhou Army was taken over and defenses were changed in an orderly manner, no one continued to be stubborn.

It is said that nowadays, it is difficult to completely annex a force. Unlike when the world was first in chaos, one can destroy a prince by destroying a few counties - Cao Cao was almost killed by Lu Bu in a wave back then!

Now the princes of all parties have basically completed the transformation of warlords. Not only do they have a large territory, but they have also completed internal exchanges of interests, making it difficult for anyone who wants to annex it to digest it.

Just like in history after Liu Bei entered Shu, even with a group of capable Shu Han people, the old tribe of Jingzhou and the natives of Xichuan have always been distinct. Either the east wind dominates the west wind, or the west wind dominates the east wind.

For Bai Tu, fortunately, the Nanjun nobles had a smaller vision before, and they had always only thought about suppressing the nobles in Nanyang and Nanjingzhou counties to support themselves. This made the exchange of interests within Jingzhou very unbalanced.

Otherwise, if the entire Jingzhou becomes a community of interests, five years... I am afraid it will only be enough to basically digest Jingzhou, and it will be difficult to do anything else.

Are you still building Han Weir?I'm afraid that if the front-end corvee gathers, someone from the back-end will climb up and call out, and all of them will be converted into military service to attack the King of Chu. It won't be enough to cause trouble...

But Bai Tu doesn’t need to worry too much about it now. Soon the gentry in Yangzhou, especially Jiangdong, will “occupy” Jingzhou on a large scale under the banner of “developing Jingzhou”, rushing to build workshops and occupy the market. By then, they won’t be able to do enough for themselves. busy.

What's more, the military exercises are about to begin. There are several training grounds that can be placed in Jingzhou...

After Bai Tu finished his trip to Xiangyang, he headed north to Nanyang. Three months had passed since his departure.

"It's a lot slower than expected. The official system in Jingzhou is a bit more shabby than expected. Why don't you delay Anguo's affairs?" Bai Tu said to Cao Ang apologetically.

We agreed to send him to Wancheng in three months, but it turned out that he just left Xiangyang after three months, and Wancheng... is still at the northernmost point of Nanyang!

"It doesn't matter, I don't have anything to do. It would be nice if I could go back this year." Cao Bang didn't care.

In fact, it's not bad to walk around with Bai Tu. After all, if she returns to the north, she may not have the opportunity to "play" everywhere. The country of Chu is not as peaceful outside - bah!Chu State is the "outside"!Xia Houjuan thought and corrected himself in his mind.

Bai Tu saw Zhang Chunhua coming, so he turned to ask: "What's the estimate given by the Ministry of Civil Affairs? This official road... it's difficult for us to even walk. How can we meet the transportation of large quantities of industrial products in the future?"

"Your Majesty, if city walls are to be renovated in various places in the future, the progress of road construction may be difficult to meet expectations." Zhang Chunhua reported to Bai Tu the estimated results of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

After all, manpower is limited.

"The city wall... don't worry, we won't repair it if it doesn't work." Bai Tu said without any embarrassment.

"Are we going to give up the city-breaking battle simulation for the subsequent exercises?" Zhang Chunhua confirmed.

Originally, Bai Tu wanted to let these old rammed earth city walls use their residual heat during the exercise, and then use cement and even steel bars to build a new, stronger city wall.

But after walking around, Bai Tu realized that road construction is more important for the circulation of industrialized products!
"No, you don't have to be polite if it needs to be demolished, but...there is no need to build any city walls in the city. The workshops outside Jinling stretch for more than ten miles, and the industrial area is more than ten times larger than the city. I don't know what else the city wall has. Use it." Bai Tu said calmly.

Zhang Chunhua:? ? ?

(End of this chapter)