A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 458: Families fighting for household registration are hostile, Yinan turns into a southern barbarian and returns home

Combining Zhuge Liang's statistics and the estimated population of Sun and Wu, the total number of households in the world should be more than 3.3 million, which is more than 20 million people.

Nowadays, the troubled times have basically stopped. Compared with the troubled times of the late Qin and the early Han Dynasty, the population counted was nearly 10 million. Therefore, in the late Han Dynasty and the Guangwu period, the population counted was more than 12 million. During this troubled times, the number of people who survived in Zhuxia was much higher. few.

However, it was also because of counting the population and measuring the land that Zhuge Liang offended a large number of powerful and aristocratic families.

As a result, Chen Qun and Bai Yi, representatives of the aristocratic family, constantly heard people saying bad things about Zhuge Liang. Bai Yi comforted him and explained the pros and cons, and all the noble families under him stopped.

But Chen Qun was different. As the actual representative of the family's interests, he publicly criticized Zhuge Liang's political methods at Zhongshu meetings many times for being too intense and harsh, causing the people to suffer unspeakably. He asked Liu Chan to punish him and even exempt him from the crime. His position as prime minister.

At first glance, Zhuge Liang seemed to be a cruel official, and Liu Chan almost believed Chen Qun.

Fortunately, Liu Chan followed the advice of Queen Mother Bai Yue and was careful. He did not listen to Chen Qun immediately. Instead, he went to court and sent people to investigate openly and secretly. He found that many people praised Zhuge Liang, while those who insulted Zhuge Liang were all children of wealthy families.

After learning the true situation, Liu Chan continued to support Zhuge Liang as always, which made Chen Qun very angry and depressed.

In order to maximize his own interests, Chen Qun decided to support Sima Yi and wanted to use Sima Yi to fight Zhuge Liang.

After the construction of Luoyang was successful, Sima Yi was commended for his contribution and his great contribution to persuading Cao Rui to defect to the Han Dynasty, and he was recommended to serve as Situ.

After careful consideration, Liu Chan agreed with Chen Qun's opinion, appointed Sima Yi as Situ, and recorded the affairs of the minister.

With Sima Yi assisting and giving advice, Chen Qun dealt with Zhuge Liang much more easily and was no longer losing ground.

And Zhuge Liang gradually felt that it was becoming more and more difficult to do things. Every time he implemented something, he had to spend double the energy and resources before.

With Zhuge Liang's wisdom, he naturally knew what was going on, but court disputes were inevitable, so he had to spend more time in the court.

The policy that had always been implemented quickly and violently began to slow down, and it was no longer as it was before. It often backfired and was ignored or simply deceived by the officials below.

July
Yang Hu, the governor of Yizhou, reported to the imperial court. Yizhou's surnamed Yongkai, Yuexi Yi commander Gao Dingyuan, and Zhu Bao, the prefect of Zangda, raised troops, causing several counties in Yinan to fall into rebellion.

There are also bandits with tens of thousands of troops. The army is so powerful that Yizhou's troops cannot control it. They request the imperial court to send elite troops to destroy them.

Zhuge Liang did not stop for a moment after receiving the battle report. He immediately went to the palace to report to Liu Chan and said:

"Now Jiangzhou is working hard to build warships to defeat Wu, and it is about to succeed. However, it does not want to suddenly break out a rebellion, and it has connected counties across the state. The military force is so large that the state army cannot control it.

There are many barbarians in Yinan and there are very few Han people. The Kuang court is far away from Yinan. If it is not completely resolved, there may be rebellions every year, which may lead to the Liangzhou incident in Huan Ling's time, slowing down or even bringing down the Han Dynasty.

In addition, Bajun is only a hundred miles away from Yinan. If the bandit army attacks Bajun, burns warships, and plunders supplies, it will be impossible to defeat Sun Wu.

Therefore, I asked for orders to personally lead the troops to quell the southern barbarians to ensure that there would be no more rebellions in Yinan. "

Liu Chan hesitated and said: "It's just an alien rebellion on the border. Why should the Prime Minister personally go out and send a general to lead the troops to put it down? Isn't it good?"

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said: "Your Majesty is unaware of something. This rebellion is an unusual one. One is the alliance between foreign races and powerful Han people. If it is not put down quickly, it may spread to the entire Yizhou and even lose Yizhou.

Both of them are remote and mostly barren lands. The first expedition is the best time to completely solve the problem of the Southern Barbarians. Sending a general at will will only cause killing, but will make the problem of the Southern Barbarians worse day by day. erosion.

The three ministers have been in charge of Yizhou for many years. They know a lot about Yizhou's personnel, terrain, and weather. They can gather the greatest strength in the shortest time to solve the problem. If it were anyone else, I am afraid that the big families in Yizhou would not cooperate smoothly. . "

Liu Chan thought about it carefully and agreed to Zhuge Liang's request. Then he asked Zhuge Liang who should handle important matters in the south during the southern expedition.

Zhuge Liang said: "The ministers Fei Yi and Dong Yun can be relied on. Shi Fazheng, the Prime Minister's director, can also handle some political affairs on my behalf. Shangshu Ling Bai Jun has a public spirit and can assist His Majesty in handling state affairs.

There are also some veterans left over from the late emperor's time, and your Majesty can also temporarily reuse them. Besides, I will definitely leave and return soon from this expedition, so please rest assured, Your Majesty. "

"In this case, I agree to the Prime Minister's request."

July th
Liu Chan and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, the governor of Yizhou, led 50,000 troops to put down the Yinan rebellion.

He also ordered the prime minister to be given the chancellor to record the affairs of the minister. The minister ordered Bai Jun to be added to the matter and temporarily perform the duties of the prime minister during Zhuge Liang's southern expedition.

September

Zhuge Liang arrived in Chengdu with 50,000 Han troops and joined 30,000 Yizhou soldiers led by Yizhou Governor Yang Hu.

After the two sides met for a while, Zhuge Liang raised the tent to discuss matters.

Ma Su, who joined the army, said: "I believe that in this southern expedition, the focus is on attacking the heart first and attacking the city second. If the southern barbarians surrender, Yinan will not need to worry about barbaric chaos for decades."

Zhuge Liang valued Ma Su's suggestion very much and conveyed it to the generals.

Originally, when Yong Kai united with Yi commander Gao Dingyuan and Zhu Bao, the governor of Xianggang, to raise an army, the Yizhou Yi people did not want to rebel with them. Wouldn't it be nice to live a quiet life? Yong Kai said to Meng Huo, the leader of the barbarians:
"The imperial court wants to confiscate three hundred black dogs, all of which must have black breasts. They also need three buckets of mite brains and three thousand three-foot-long sticks. Can you get them?"

Meng Huo was simple-minded and believed it to be true, and said angrily:

"We Yi people have been friendly with the Han people for generations, and we do our best to pay tribute every year. Why are we so embarrassed? Is it because we Yi people are more obedient than the Banchen barbarians? It's really too much of a lie."

Then other Yi leaders were immediately summoned, and finally everyone unanimously elected Meng Huo, who was of mixed Han and Yi descent, as the representative of the Yi people, who led the Yi soldiers to cause rebellion with Yong Kai and others.

October
Zhuge Liang swore an oath in Chengdu to send troops to defeat the bandit general Ma Zhong and attack Zangqi County, Yizhou Governor Yang Hu attacked Yizhou County, and he personally commanded the army to attack Yuexi County.

Just when the three armies were attacking the city and were invincible, the Yi commander Gao Dingyuan saw the fierceness of the Han army and was so frightened that he actually repented and did not want to rebel. He led his troops to kill Yong Kai and surrendered to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang forgave Gao Dingyuan's crimes, released his tribe's people, appointed him as the governor of Yuexun, used barbarians to control barbarians, and swore to him that his tribe would never listen to rumors and never cause chaos in the future.

Gao Dingyuan burst into tears with gratitude, and swore an oath to him, saying that as long as Zhuge Liang was in Han, he and his people would never rebel without reason again.

After Gao Dingyuan surrendered, the rest of the rebels also continued to surrender. Just when Zhuge Liang thought that the battle was over, he was preparing to retreat.

But they were suddenly attacked by an enemy force. Fortunately, the Han army was on high alert and discovered it in time, preventing it from succeeding.

After investigation, it was discovered that they were barbarian soldiers led by another barbarian commander, Meng Huo.

Later, I learned from Gao Dingyuan that Meng Huo had always been respected by the local Yi and Han people because of his bravery in battle, strong will, and loyalty to others.

So in order to completely solve the problem of Yinan rebellion, they continued to send troops to attack Jianning County.

November 5th

Since Meng Huo really had no strategy for fighting, he broke into an ambush during a battle and was captured by the Han army. Zhuge Liang asked him if he was willing to surrender.

Meng Huo bowed his head and said unconvinced: "The barbarians have not surrendered. If you want to kill them, kill them. I must die like a good man and cannot disgrace the barbarians."

So Zhuge Liang personally untied him and took him to the camp, deliberately showing off the old, weak and disabled soldiers among them, and asked:

"What do you think of the strength of our Han army?"

After seeing this, Meng Huo said with confidence: "I didn't know the strength of your army before, so I failed. Now, thanks to your gift, I can watch the camp. If this is all you have, then it will be easy for me to win."

Zhuge Liang laughed loudly, released him, and asked him to go back and reorganize his army to fight again. Meng Huo couldn't believe it. After finally getting Zhuge Liang's affirmation, he left unconvinced.

The generals didn’t understand why they put the enemy general back after they had spent so much effort to capture it. Zhuge Liang said:
"The Nanzhong area has always been fond of rebellion. If he was captured so easily, he would definitely have no fear. If our army returns to the DPRK, he will definitely rebel again in the future.

As Ma Su said, in this battle, the most important thing is to attack the heart. "

Later, many times, Meng Huo was defeated and captured. Zhuge Liang didn't say much, just let him go and let him go back to reorganize his army and fight again.

As the number of times continued to increase, even the last time, in order not to die in the battle, Meng Huo was personally captured by his tribe and taken to Zhuge Liang's military camp.

Meng Huo's tribe believed that every time they fought hard, they were defeated, and Meng Huo was released and allowed to fight again. It was better to give him to the Han general directly, and Meng Huo would not die anyway.

This time, Meng Huo really didn’t have the face to go back. When Zhuge Liang untied him again and asked him to go back, he fell to his knees with a plop:
"The two armies are hostile, and they have been captured and released to fight many times. This has never been heard of since ancient times. The Prime Minister has shown no mercy to us. I really have no face to go back. Meng Huo is willing to surrender."

Then he fell to his knees.

Zhuge Liang was very happy and helped him up and said: "I am really happy that you are willing to surrender. Now I make you the governor of Nanzhong. You will control Nanzhong forever and lead your own tribe and people."

After hearing this, Meng Huo knelt down again and said, "The Prime Minister is so kind to me. Meng Huo hereby swears to the Prime Minister on behalf of all the tribes in Nanzhong that as long as the Prime Minister is here, the tribes in Nanzhong will never rebel."

Zhuge Liang was so happy that he said yes again and again.

Later, Meng Huo proposed to return to the court with Zhuge Liang, and in order to repay his great kindness, he was willing to protect him as a warrior.

Zhuge Liang knew what he was thinking, so he agreed with a smile, and re-appointed his wife Zhu Rong, whose battle and prestige was not inferior to Meng Huo's in this battle, as the prefect of Nanzhong to guard Nanzhong instead of Meng Huo.

November 29

Zhuge Liang's army began to return to the court. This Pingman campaign took less than half a year and completely solved Yinan's serious problems for many years.

Zhuge Liang used barbarians to control barbarians. In places where there were many Yi people, he appointed pro-Han Yi people as prefects and county magistrates. In places where there were many Han people, he appointed Han people who had prestige on both Han and barbarian sides as prefects and county magistrates.

This completely solved the problem of distrust and mutual hostility between the Han and barbarians for many years.

(End of this chapter)