Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 160: Moving the capital to Jiangling, Liu Bei's strategic adjustment (5K)

Fangling.

Prince Yan's Mansion.

The summer sun shines on the courtyard, and the willow trees in front of the yard are swaying like smoke.

Four young men, shirtless and in short coats, stood in a row.

Make fists with both hands, stand with your feet apart, and squat with your knees bent.

Even though they were sweating profusely and their legs were shaking, they gritted their teeth and persevered.

And on the side.

Liu Feng was lying on his back on a deck chair, with Shen Shu and Bai Su standing on his left and right. One of them was fanning him to dispel the summer heat, while the other was feeding chilled fruit slices to Liu Feng's mouth with a bamboo stick.

How uncomfortable!

The shade of the eaves.

Sun Yan stood side by side with sisters Liu Xiuyu and Liu Liangyu.

Sisters Liu Xiu Yu and Liu Liang Yu looked at the young men working hard in the yard with heartache, because two of them were Liu Shuang and Liu Zan.

Although Liu Shuang and Liu Zan no longer had to worry about food after returning to Han, long-term malnutrition made Liu Shuang and Liu Zan very thin. Squatting in the yard under the scorching sun was a great test for the two brothers, and Liu Xiu Yu and Liu Liang Yu felt very distressed when seeing it.

"Princess, don't worry. His Highness knows what to do."

Sun Yan's gentle voice rang in the ears of Liu Xiuyu and Liu Liangyu.

Among the four teenagers, in addition to Liu Shuang and Liu Zan, there are also Liu Lin, the eldest son born to Liu Feng by Sun Yan, and Sun Cheng, Sun Yan's younger brother.

Since Sun Qian died and Liu Bei married Sun Yan to Liu Feng, Sun Cheng had been living in Liu Feng's mansion, studying literature and martial arts with Liu Feng's eldest son Liu Lin.

Although Sun Cheng is his younger brother, Sun Yan is also his sister and mother.

After hearing Sun Yan's words of comfort, Liu Liangyu was still worried and whispered, "Isn't the emperor too harsh? They are still young."

Although Liu Xiu Yu didn't say anything, her expression showed that she agreed.

Sun Yan looked in the direction of Liu Feng, his eyes full of admiration: "Your Highness often says: As long as there are people, there will be competition. Whether you are a king, a general, or a commoner, if you want to be a leader, you must not slack off. Train hard in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer, and work hard for a long time before you can become a great man."

in the courtyard.

Shin Suk leaned in and whispered, "Your Highness, the lady and the two princesses are here."

Liu Feng slowly opened his eyes: "How long will it take?"

Shin Suk looked at the military clepsydra beside her and said, "About a quarter of an hour."

A clepsydra pot is an all-weather timer with water level marks engraved on its body. Because it uses the water flow timing principle, it is also called a "water clock". There is also a sundial commonly used on sunny days that can use the position of the sun's projection to judge the time. It can accurately divide day and night, and is also called a "day clock."

When telling time, a complementary system of "day clock + water clock" is usually used. The sundial is used to calibrate the clepsydra during the day, and the clepsydra is used to continue telling time at night.

In Liu Feng's palace as Prince of Yan, he specially hired skilled craftsmen to make a sundial and a clepsydra.

The military clepsydra next to Shin Sook is a portable "clock-like" clepsydra that is difficult to make.

Liu Feng has also recently been trying to streamline the manufacturing process of the military clepsydra, improve the error in the clepsydra timing during bumpy marches, etc., in order to popularize it among military officers and strive to ensure that every military officer at the rank of marquis and above can have one.

In Liu Feng's understanding, soldiers' equipment is not limited to weapons and armor. Any equipment that can improve the efficiency of troop deployment can be selectively equipped.

Liu Feng did not reduce the training time for Liu Lin and his three companions because of the arrival of Sun Shu and his three companions. He still waited until the time was up before allowing Liu Lin and his three companions to rest.

After wiping the sweat from Liu Lin and Sun Cheng's foreheads, Sun Yan moved to Liu Feng's side, took the bamboo stick from Bai Su's hand, and fed the fruit slices to Liu Feng's mouth.

As the legal wife of Liu Feng and the legitimate daughter of the famous official Sun Qian, Sun Yan was gentle and generous, and her words and actions showed the demeanor of a noble person.

Even though there were two new beauties with powerful families in the mansion, Shen Shu and Bai Su, Sun Yan did not feel jealous and remained calm and elegant as usual.

It was common for a man of Liu Feng's status to take a concubine in order to win over a certain force.

Since ancient times.

In the backyards of royal and noble families, most of the things that happen are quite magical.

Even Cao Cao, who mocked the sons of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao as pigs and dogs, could not avoid the competition for favor among his concubines and the competition for succession among his sons.

Therefore, the virtue and ability of the wife in the family will also affect whether the concubines and sons can abide by their duties and be friendly and respectful to their brothers.

If the wife lacks virtue, prestige, and ability, there will be cases like Yuan Shao's Madam Liu who killed all the concubines after Yuan Shao's death, Yuan Shu's Madam Feng who was strangled to death by other women when Yuan Shu was alive, Cao Pi who was bewitched by Guo Zhao and sentenced Zhen Mi to death, which led to resentment between Cao Pi and his son Cao Rui, etc.

Learn from others to understand your gains and losses.

Liu Feng naturally did not want to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors.

With Sun Qian's good family tradition and family knowledge inheritance, Sun Yan's virtue and ability were sufficient, but what he lacked was prestige.

After all, after Sun Qian's death, Sun Yan only had a younger brother, Sun Cheng, who is only ten years old now, and it can be said that he has almost no family influence.

Without family power, one's prestige will inherently be lower than that of those with family power.

Even though she was the legal wife, Sun Yan would still feel uneasy, fearing that improper handling would affect Liu Feng's major events.

In order to establish Sun Yan's prestige as the master of the backyard, Liu Feng asked his brother-in-law Sun Cheng to study and learn martial arts with his eldest son Liu Lin, and at the same time asked Shen Shu and Bai Su to become sworn brothers with Sun Yan in order to win him over with affection.

After Liu Shuang and Liu Zan arrived, they asked the two brothers to study and practice martial arts with Sun Cheng and Liu Lin, and left all the care of the two brothers' lives to Sun Yan.

For example: After each martial arts practice, Sun Yan would personally give them the prepared herbs for medicinal baths, ask about their well-being, and find out the brothers' true thoughts.

He and Liu Feng formed the pairing of "strict father and kind mother".

In daily life, Sun Yan's prestige is gradually enhanced.

In other words.

Liu Feng compared Sun Yan to Empress Ma to guide and support him, in order to consolidate Sun Yan's unique status and authority in the Prince of Yan's Mansion.

in this way.

Even if more noble ladies from powerful families come in the future, they will not dare to be disrespectful to Princess Sun Yan, let alone compete with Sun Yan for favor!

With this arrangement, Liu Feng was also restraining himself.

Liu Feng did not consider himself a saint.

When we act recklessly, we may become animals that think with our lower body, and then make irrational decisions. Only rational systems can restrain emotional irrationality.

After feeding Bai Su a few pieces of fruit, Sun Yan returned the bamboo stick to Bai Su and handed the bamboo tube to Liu Feng: "Your Highness, Mr. Ma has a letter to send back."

The Mr. Ma mentioned by Sun Yan is Ma Yu who was transferred to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The gist of the letter is Zhuge Liang and the civil and military officials of Chengdu's attitude towards moving the capital to Jiangling.

Zhuge Liang agreed to move the capital.

From the very beginning, Chengdu was not Zhuge Liang's preferred location for the capital.

Zhuge Liang's favorite capital was Nanzheng in Hanzhong County!
Taking Nanzheng as his base, he went out of Qinchuan to take Chang'an, returned to the old capital, and then commanded the whole world.

In Zhuge Liang's view, Bashu is a place where dragons are imprisoned.

To put it in a metaphysical way: Mountains are called "dragon veins". Bashu is surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the terrain is closed, which is called "trapped dragon". Such terrain will restrict the flow of "dragon energy", causing the regime or people to be trapped in it and difficult to prosper for a long time.

To be more materialistic: The road to Shu is difficult and surrounded by mountains. In the late Han Dynasty when transportation was underdeveloped, such terrain was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it also limited the ability to expand outward; coupled with the beautiful Shu brocade and the pleasant climate in Chengdu, it was easy to breed arrogance and forget the ambition to rule the world.

Even Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, chose to seize Guanzhong based on Hanzhong and then wiped out all the heroes; Liu Bei also proclaimed himself king in Hanzhong at the beginning and wanted to take Guanzhong to the north to repeat the deeds of Emperor Gaozu of Han.

However, in the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Cao played a trick of "saving people and losing land" and relocated most of the people of Hanzhong, abruptly cutting off Liu Bei's foundation for entering Guanzhong through Hanzhong.

It also made Zhuge Liang's plan to leave Qinchuan difficult to implement.

now.

All the land south of the Han River is Han territory.

Almost all the military cities, ferry ports, mountains and rivers in the upper reaches of the Han River and its tributaries such as Junshui, Danshui, Dushui and Zhushui, Xiangyang, Fancheng and other places in the middle reaches of the Han River, and Fankou, Echeng and other places in the lower reaches of the Han River were controlled by Liu Bei.

After the formation of a triangle defense system with Jiangling, Echeng and Xiangyang as the core, Jingzhou showed more "dragon spirit" than Bashu, the dragon-imprisoning place. Only by moving the capital to Jiangling can the momentum of "trapped dragon flying into the sky" be truly realized.

Having said that, there are still many people who oppose moving the capital.

For example, Fa Zheng and others believed that although the Northern Expedition through Jingzhou was convenient for both land and water transport, it did not have an advantage against the northern cavalry. Cao Pi could also easily mobilize armies from various states to move south to resist, making it difficult to launch a surprise attack in the Northern Expedition.

If they marched north from Hanzhong, they could go deep into Longyou, and with the help of the reputation of General Ma Chao among the Qiang people, they could take Longyou in one fell swoop. After a few years of governance, they could obtain enough war horses to form cavalry. Then they could march to Guanzhong and fulfill Emperor Gaozu's hegemony.

Yang Hong and other people from Yizhou believed that moving the capital to Jiangling would not only tire the people, but would also weaken the control over Bashu and Nanzhong, affecting the stability of Bashu and Nanzhong. The more than 30,000 households of elite soldiers and Qing Qiang from Nanzhong who moved to Shu County would also be prone to chaos. In addition, Liu Bei was old and should stay in Chengdu to recuperate.

and many more.

Neither those who support nor those who oppose can convince the other side.

Liu Feng had already guessed this result.

It seems that all parties are right, but the essence is the struggle for interests, and everyone wants to gain more say in the court.

[These noble families in Shu County seem to be dissatisfied with the families in Nanzhong that I have migrated to.

It just so happened that Xincheng County was short of people, and Fei Shi and Fei Jun's families could not stay in Shu County forever. So they took this opportunity to move the more than 30,000 households of Nanzhong elite soldiers and Qing Qiang to Xincheng County.

Liu Feng thought silently.

Today, the Five Flying Armies have become Liu Feng's core military force in Xincheng County. Naturally, he also has to consider the resettlement of the families of the Five Flying Armies and the replenishment of troops after the loss of troops.

Liu Feng was worried about leaving the families of the five flying armies in Shu County for too long.

If something unexpected happened, Liu Feng would be in a dilemma of not being able to deal with it or not.

Think of this.

Liu Feng summoned Tian Qi and asked him to arrange people to go to Shu County to find Fei Shi, and asked Fei Shi to migrate Shu County's Nanzhong elite soldiers and Qing Qiang to Xincheng County in batches.

Today, Xincheng County has expanded from the original nine counties to sixteen counties.

The number of households actually controlled by Liu Feng also increased from nearly 40,000 at the beginning to nearly 70,000. If more than 30,000 households of Nanzhong elite soldiers and Qing Qiang in Shu County were moved to Xincheng County, Liu Feng would be able to actually control 100,000 households!
You know, when Liu Chan surrendered, the actual number of households under his control was only 280,000!

When Sun Quan seized Jingzhou and proclaimed himself King of Wu, the actual number of households under his control was only 300,000. Until the demise of Sun Quan, the actual number of households under his control was only 520,000!

(Note: The actual controlled population only includes registered residents, and does not include the population concealed by local nobles, mountain dwellers, barbarians, refugees, and vagrants who have not been registered.)
Wartime.

Population is the primary productive force.

In the days when people depended on the heavens and the earth for food, food could only be obtained from the land through diligent farming.

It's September.

The debate over moving the capital to Jiangling has finally been decided.

Perhaps it was Liu Feng's relocation of more than 30,000 households of Nanzhong soldiers and Qing Qiang from Shu County to the new city that gave Yang Hong and other Yizhou people extra ideas. Or perhaps it was Liu Bei's capture of Fankou, Echeng and other places without bloodshed that increased Liu Bei's prestige, and the opposition of Yang Hong and other Yizhou people to moving the capital to Jiangling gradually subsided.

Fa Zheng, who originally held opposing views, no longer opposed the relocation of the capital after visiting Jiangling.

October.

Liu Chan and all the officials entered Jiangling first, and then the officials' families also moved into Jiangling one after another.

November.

Liu Bei made strategic adjustments to the court officials, local governors, administrative regions, and garrisons.

Yizhou:

Chen Zhen was appointed as the governor of Beijiang, holding the power to supervise the seven counties in Nanzhong. He also brought in Jiao Huang, the prefect of Yuexi County, Lü Kai, the prefect of Zhuti County, Xiang Lang, the prefect of Zangke County, Zheng Ang, the prefect of Jianning County, Wang Kang, the prefect of Yongchang County, Deng Zhi, the prefect of Yunnan County, and Ma Zhong, the prefect of Xinggu County, to jointly garrison the seven counties in Nanzhong.

Yang Hong was appointed as the governor of Xichuan, holding the imperial power to supervise the six counties of Xichuan. He also invited Wang Lian, the prefect of Shu County, Xiahou Zuan, the prefect of Guanghan County, Wang Shi, the prefect of Jianwei County, Jiang Wan, the prefect of Jiangyang County, Fei Guan, the prefect of Ba County, and Wen Gong, the prefect of Badong County, to jointly govern the six counties of Xichuan.

Li Yan was appointed as the governor of Dongchuan, holding the imperial power to supervise the four counties of Dongchuan. He also invited Meng Da, the prefect of Wenshan County, Zhang Yi, the prefect of Zitong County, Wei Yan, the prefect of Hanzhong County, and Yan Zhi, the prefect of Baxi County, to jointly govern the four counties of Dongchuan.

He took back the power of Crown Prince Liu Chan as regent and appointed him as Governor of Yizhou and General of the Western Expedition, in charge of the seventeen counties of Yizhou. He promoted the crown prince's servants Fei Yi and Dong Yun to be Yizhou officials, to accompany Liu Chan.

Jingzhou:

Zhao Yun was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the central army, the General of the Southern Expedition, and the Governor-General of Jingnan, and was in charge of the four counties of Jingnan. He also brought in Fan Jun, the prefect of Wuling, Xi Zhen, the prefect of Lingling, Chen Shi, the prefect of Guiyang, and Ma Liang, the prefect of Changsha, to jointly govern the four counties of Jingnan.

Huang Quan was appointed General Zhengdong and Governor of Jingdong, and was given the authority to supervise Jiangxia County. He also invited General Quelling Bandits Guan Ping and Governor of Jiangxia Guan Xing to jointly garrison Jiangxia County.

Liu Feng was appointed General Zheng Bei, Acting General Chariot and Cavalry, and Governor of Jingbei, and was given the authority to supervise the three counties of Jingbei. He also brought in Deng Fan, the prefect of Xincheng, Shen Dan, the prefect of Xiangyang, and Deng Fu, the prefect of Yidu, to jointly govern the three counties of Jingbei.

In the court:

Guan Yu was appointed as the general, commander-in-chief of all military forces at home and abroad, and was granted the power of the imperial seal and the supreme military commander of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Fei was appointed as the Inspector of the Imperial Capital, in charge of correcting corrupt officials and punishing corrupt officials severely. He also made Zhang Fei's eldest daughter the Crown Princess.

Huang Zhong was appointed General Wei, commanding the northern and southern armies of the Jiangling Imperial City.

Yang Yi was appointed as the governor of Nanjun and was in charge of the counties of Nanjun.

For example, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, Shangshu Ling Fa Zheng, and General of the Cavalry Ma Chao remained in their original positions, and the rest of the meritorious civil and military officials were all rewarded.

Originally, Liu Bei wanted to give Hanzhong to Liu Feng as his governor. However, considering the need to balance the interests of various factions, he finally decided to give Hanzhong to Li Yan, the governor of Dongchuan.

This is the end.

The situation in the court is basically clear.

Liu Bei was stationed in the imperial city of Jiangling, Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng were in charge of civil affairs, Guan Yu was in charge of military affairs, Liu Chan was in charge of Yizhou, and Liu Feng was in charge of Jingbei.

The arrangements for Liu Chan were also paving the way for Liu Chan.

Li Yan, the governor of Dongchuan, has been infiltrating Wudu County and Yinping County of Cao Wei. If Wudu and Yinping are captured, the credit will also be attributed to Liu Chan.

The 17 counties of Nanzhong, Dongchuan and Xichuan, with a total of more than 200,000 households, were also divided by Liu Bei to Liu Chan, who needed Liu Chan to show kindness and govern them.

Deng Fan, the prefect of Xincheng, Shen Dan, the prefect of Xiangyang, and Deng Fu, the prefect of Yidu, were all Liu Feng's confidants.

Promoting these three people to be governors of the three counties was equivalent to handing over the military and political power of the three counties to Liu Feng.

After Liu Feng moved more than 30,000 households of elite soldiers and Qing Qiang from Nanzhong to Xincheng County, plus the registered households from Yidu County and Xiangyang County, there were about 130,000 households!

Such a balance.

It is not only enhancing Liu Chan's qualifications and prestige, but also enhancing Liu Feng's qualifications and prestige. Even if extreme conflicts really arise in the future, Liu Feng and Liu Chan will be able to protect themselves.

Although this arrangement still involves many risks, Liu Bei has no other choice given the current situation.

For Liu Bei, both the palm and the back of his hand are his flesh and blood, and he cannot give up either one!

The fake General of Chariots and Cavalry was responsible for garrisoning the four barbarians, guarding the capital, suppressing rebellion, sending envoys to announce imperial decrees, recommending officials, important ceremonial activities such as welcoming and seeing off guests, etc. When there was no war, Liu Feng also needed to stay in Jiangling for a long time to participate in state affairs.

Therefore.

Under Liu Bei's order, Liu Feng moved his wife and children to Jiangling City.

Liu Bei also adopted Liu Feng's proposal and let Sun Quan's hostage Sun Lu study and practice martial arts with Liu Lin, Sun Cheng, Liu Shuang and Liu Zan.

December.

Jiangxia Governor Guan Xing sent a message:

Sun Quan took advantage of Zhang Liao's illness to launch a surprise attack on Hefei; Pan Zhang in Hefei rebelled again, captured Zhu Ling alive, and offered Hefei as a gift.

Cao Pi was furious and sent Zhang Liao, Cao Xiu and Zang Ba to lead more than 20 troops south.

When Sun Quan saw Zhang Liao coming, he was quite afraid and ordered his generals to fight the enemy with caution. General Lu Fan underestimated the enemy and was defeated by Zhang Liao and Wang Ling. Sun Quan was frightened and retreated, and Zhang Liao retook Hefei.

The first month of the third year of Zhangwu.

Crown Prince Liu Chan presented a curved plow, shocking all the officials in the court.

After seeing the curved plow, King Liu Feng of Yan said that the curved plow was suitable for deep plowing of paddy fields and hoped that Liu Chan could teach him the technology of making the curved plow. Liu Chan agreed in the palace.

Afterwards, the court and the public all said, "The Prince of Yan and the Crown Prince are brothers in a friendly and respectful manner, and should be a role model for the world."

Prince Yan's Mansion.

Zhuge Liang came at the invitation.

Seeing the curved plow model in Liu Feng's hand, Zhuge Liang's mind was as clear as a mirror, and he said frankly: "As I guessed, Your Highness the Crown Prince has never studied the art of craftsmanship, and there is no one skilled in craftsmanship under his command, so the curved plow must not be obtained by Your Highness the Crown Prince.

Since His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan has obtained this wonderful item, why did he give the credit for presenting it to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? Is it just because of the popular saying that 'The Prince of Yan and the Crown Prince are brothers and should be a role model for the world'?"

Liu Feng put down the curved plow model and took out a crossbow model, saying with a smile: "Prime Minister has a keen eye, and I don't want to deceive you. The crown prince is the heir to the throne, and the crown prince should focus on farming, so the curved plow can only be presented by the crown prince.

I have heard that the Prime Minister is also skilled in craftsmanship. Can you help me improve this crossbow? I am not greedy for the Prime Minister's advantage. If this crossbow is completed, it can be named "Zhuge Crossbow".

(End of this chapter)