Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 216 The Affair of Xichuan
"What's Shiyuan's plan, come quickly!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words, and asked quickly.

"My lord, now my lord is the Duke of the state, but there are only [-] wives in the house, and one concubine is a bit small. According to Tong's intention, it is better to accept Mrs. Wu just now, but Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Mrs. Bu is the main wife, but this Mrs. Wu is the concubine, so the hearts of the people of Shu can be reassured. Moreover, the two wives are both virtuous people, and the lord just needs to state the strength of them to them." Pang Tong laughed.

The three wives of Liu Bei, Mrs. Mi, the wife of the wife, is the younger sister of Mi Zhu. When he just gained a foothold in Xuzhou, he got in touch with the gentry in Xuzhou through this kind of political marriage; As for that Mrs. Gan, it was when Liu Bei lived in Xiaopei, when Chen Qun, the magistrate of Xiaopei County, saw that he was in his 30s and had no wife, so he took his own A distant cousin introduced Liu Bei.However, Chen Qun had a humble official position at the time, but Liu Bei made it clear that he wanted to take control of Xuzhou, so this Mrs. Gan also became a concubine.

It's just that now, first of all, Mi Zhu and Chen Qun are both from the Xuzhou School, and Bu Ying was born in the Jianghuai area, and they quickly became one with everyone in the Xuzhou School.In this way, Liu Bei's three wives were all from Xuzhou background.Under such circumstances, the Xuzhou faction was able to be so favored under Liu Bei's command.

"What Shi Yuan said is not bad, but Mrs. Wu was originally Liu Mao's wife. If I accept her, I'm afraid it will be unreasonable!" Liu Bei was a little worried about the impact of his doing so.

"In terms of closeness, how is it different from Jin Wenzhi and Huaiying?" Pang Tong smiled, and then said with a serious face: "In this way, the hearts of the people of Shu can be settled, and the foundation for future advancement in Guanlong will be laid. But there is still one People are not at ease!"

"What is Shi Yuan referring to?" Liu Bei seemed to understand something, but he didn't say it.

Sure enough, Pang Tong said: "General Guan has been in charge of Jingxiang for nearly four years, but among the Jingxiang scholars, there are still some well-educated scholars who have never served for the Lord. heart!"

Pang Tong's meaning is very clear, Xuzhou people have followed you for a long time, we Jingzhou people are just late, now Yizhou people have come ahead of us, and we don't bring such latecomers.Although Liu Bei was a little displeased when he heard the words, he still said, "I don't know what the master plan is?"

Sure enough, Pang Tong said, "Kongming has an older sister, who is beautiful and virtuous. I have heard that anyone who has a good fortune will say that this daughter must be very noble. I once promised Kuai Qi, but now Kuai Qi is dead. Her daughter is still a widow. The king can accept her as her daughter." concubine."

Zhuge Liang, who was in Xichuan, never dreamed that Pang Tong would use his sister as a bargaining chip.In fact, although he knew that Pang Tong and others had been planning a political marriage in order to gain Liu Bei's further trust, he never expected to make a fuss about his widow sister.

That day the Cai family and the Kuai family rebelled, and more than [-] members of the two families were all arrested by Liu Biao.Liu Bei had just taken over Jing Xiang at that time, so it was hard to disobey Liu Biao's intentions, so he basically killed all these people.However, some of them were not killed. For example, Kuai Qi's wife was Zhuge Liang's sister, so he asked Guan Yu to take him home.Similarly, Cai Xun's wife, Ma Liang's cousin, was taken back by his plea.

When Liu Bei heard Pang Tong's words, he suddenly had another headache.Just as he was about to refute, Pang Tong had already explained the benefits of doing this on his behalf: "The lord used to kill the Cai family and the Kuai family. These two clans have deep roots in Jingxiang, and many other clans are related to them by marriage, so they wait and see. Kong Mingzhi Sister is the widow of the Kuai family, if the lord can accept her, it will be enough to make the people of Jingxiang feel at ease to serve the lord! Otherwise, it will be difficult for the hearts of the people of Jingxiang!"

I see!It was only then that Liu Bei remembered that Zhuge Liang, the elder sister, also had the identity of Kuai's daughter-in-law.It should be said that Pang Tong's words are reasonable and reasonable, and they can also persuade Liu Bei.But what Pang Tong didn't know was that he didn't fully understand what kind of person his boss was.

Liu Bei is a successful politician. He may not be scheming, but he is good at winning people's hearts.At the same time, Liu Bei is also an impulsive person, but he has strong self-control, and he often shows his emotions and anger, so he has to hold back.However, this does not mean that he is a good person who can tolerate everything, otherwise he would not have such a pleasant behavior of whipping the postmaster.Now the last few sentences of Pang Tong's words had a hint of threat, so Liu Bei was naturally very upset when he heard it.

Unhappy is not happy, but Liu Bei will definitely not attack Pang Tong.After thinking about it for a while, Liu Bei nodded and said: "What Shi Yuan said is not unreasonable, maybe it can be so, with the hearts of An Jingxiang and the Shu people. It's just that Kong Ming's sister has already married, I'm afraid I will accept it." She can only be a concubine."

"It's natural, it all depends on the lord's music!" Pang Tong also knew that with Zhuge Liang's sister's conditions, it was really unrealistic to want to be the wife of the wife, and being able to be a concubine was already a more realistic goal.The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei asked: "Shiyuan, other counties in Yizhou are fine. Only this Bajun connects Jingxiang and Yizhou, which is the most important. Both Bo Tao and Kong Ming want me to appoint Bajun County prefect, I don't know who you can choose?"

Pang Tong thought for a while and said: "General Gan Ninggan is from Berkshire. If he is appointed as the prefect of Berkshire, he will surely appease the local people." Su Fei, the prefect of Berkshire and the former deputy governor, has just passed away. Who can take charge of the navy? Only Pang Lin, who has just taken over the Yangzhou navy, can take over.Liu Bei couldn't be clear about the twists and turns. He thought for a while and said, "Xingba is in charge of the navy, and he should not leave the land of Jingyang easily. The important land of Berkshire needs to be guarded by loyal and reliable people. I see everyone, Ma Jichang was originally Bo Tao's left general's mansion chief Shi. Now that Bo Tao is going to Xichuan, he should go too, let him be the prefect of Berkshire!"

"My lord is wise!" Although he was not his younger brother, Ma Liang was also from Jingzhou. Pang Tong was quite satisfied with this appointment.The monarch and his ministers chatted about other matters, and Pang Tong left.Liu Bei watched Pang Tong disappear at the door, but frowned, and finally sighed with regret.

Naturally, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng didn't know about all this. Now they are busy in Chengdu to take care of the huge mess in Yizhou.This mess is huge and rotten, especially in Jingzhou before.Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang almost split themselves in half these days.

Yizhou is known as the Land of Abundance, but after Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang had a deep understanding of the situation, they felt that this title was a bit misleading.It used to be known as a million households, with a population of more than 700 million, but this included the Nanzhong counties.Now it is estimated that the core area of ​​Yizhou + Hanzhong will not exceed 60 households and 300 million people.Among them, Nanzhong, from the south of Lushui, is occupied by the Nanman, and almost half of the land has not been controlled by the Han people.

Furthermore, there are many families in Yizhou, and the powerful families are very powerful, but they are extremely exclusive.Even after Liu Zhang surrendered, several counties incited the masses to revolt with the slogan "Shu people govern Shu".Although the rebellion was quickly quelled, it is enough to show that it is not easy to settle down in Yizhou.The children of these powerful families are not as talented as those of Jingxiang and Jiangdong, but many of them still hold important positions.In order to win over these hearts, Zhuge Liang had no choice but to propose to Liu Bei that the leaders of the Dongzhou faction, the traitors Fazheng and Mengda, be temporarily transferred away from the cusp.Unlike in history, this time Liu Bei's influence entered Sichuan, Fazheng didn't make much contribution, and there was nothing wrong with hastily transferring him away.Of course, in order to weaken the influence of the local gentry, Liu Bei also adopted some old methods, such as setting up Deyang Academy in Deyang to train poor scholars, and adopting the method of serving as officials in other places, transferring Wang Lei and others to Jingzhou to serve.In addition, Zhuge Liang, a master at regulating relationships, is here, and all these problems have been solved one after another.

In addition, Yizhou's armaments are also quite dilapidated.Except for Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, there are almost no outstanding figures, such as Lei Tong and Yang Huai, who can only be regarded as two swords.Among the generals of the Shu Han in history, apart from Wang Ping, only Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi are the only ones who have begun to show their talents.As for the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, the Sichuan Army currently has a total of 13.Except for the more than 2 people who were drowned by Lu Xun's poisonous tricks, the Yizhou Army did not lose too much in this battle. In general, it only suffered more than 4 casualties, but it retained most of its vitality.However, the combat effectiveness of these Sichuan troops is really unflattering.

"I intend to abolish 7 weak and weak Sichuan troops. Together with the original [-] weak and weak soldiers in Hanzhong, a total of more than [-] people, led by General Wu Ban, will go to the two counties of Zangcang and Yuejia to supplement the local construction corps and carry out military operations. Tunnel to build a place." On this day, the new Yizhou Mu Zhao Feng called everyone together and announced his first big move after taking office.Discussing with him, there are Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xiu and other outsiders, as well as Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and other old people from Xichuan.After Liu Zhang himself surrendered, people like Zhang Ren stopped being stubborn and silently ignored the fact that Xichuan had become under Liu Bei's rule.

"This is a very good move. Our Sichuan army has always been lacking in rectification. If it is used in battle, it will be incapable!" Zhang Ren nodded.As the No.1 general in Chuanzhong, he also knows his own affairs.Originally, Xichuan + Hanzhong had more than 20 troops, but after Zhao Feng's disarmament, there were only 14 left.Considering that Yizhou has a population of more than 200 million, this ratio should be more appropriate. In order to reduce financial pressure, Zhao Feng does not plan to recruit any more soldiers this year.

"The army station can certainly solve the urgent need, but the most necessary thing is to restore the pavilion system that has existed in name only, and rebuild the place, so as to prevent the Nanman from invading again!" Zhuge Liang said slowly.Although the southern barbarians had retreated to the south of Lushui after being seriously injured, once these people regained their vitality, they would probably come back to make trouble again.Therefore, it is urgent to build these counties.

"My lord has promised to send more than [-] graduates from Poyang Academy this year to help us build the place. You can recommend some outstanding figures from the middle of Sichuan to help manage the Nanman." Zhao Feng consulted Huang Quan and Zhang Ren.The two recommended some candidates respectively, and Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang selected them one by one after considering their talents.As for the Nanman, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng felt that after their vitality was severely injured, they should adopt the strategy in Jingnan and Jiangdong, adopt some corresponding policies of national autonomy, and send people there to set up official schools, start a mutual market, and gradually develop Nanzhong.Of course, if you want to see too obvious results, don't even think about it in a few years.

Zhao Feng himself was directly promoted from the prefect of Hanzhong to Yizhou Mu. The appointment of Liu Bei was expected, but it also surprised him.But at least it shows that Liu Bei still trusts him now.Even apart from the prefects of Bajun and Shujun, the appointment rights of other civil and military officials were given to Zhao Feng himself.Zhao Feng appointed Yan Yan as governor of Badong, Ma Di as governor of Dangqu, Wang Lei as governor of Hanjia, Zhao Yun as governor of Hanzhong, Lu Xun as governor of Guanghan, Zhang Ren as governor of Brazil, Li Hui as governor of Yuejia, and Wang Ping as governor of Zitong. The prefect, Wang Lei was the prefect of Hanjia, and other famous Shu Han figures in history, such as Qin Mi and Yin Mo, were also entrusted with official positions by him successively.The purpose of everyone's busy work is very clear now, that is, to save enough manpower and material resources before the next Northern Expedition to march into Guanzhong.History has come full circle, and finally Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang will go out of Qishan together.

"Second Mister, Mister Xiangyang has a letter from his family here!" Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng were busy counting this year's taxes, but saw one of his family members come to report.Zhuge Liang opened the letter and looked at it, and immediately frowned.

"Kong Ming, what happened?" Seeing that Zhuge Liang was frowning, Zhao Feng asked quickly.Zhuge Liang sighed, and then said: "My lord intends to accept my sister as a concubine, and my brother specially wrote a letter to inform me."

"That's really congratulations to Kong Ming!" Zhao Feng said with a smile, while waving to the rest of the idlers to wait. "Kong Ming, this matter is probably Pang Shiyuan's idea!" After the rest of the people left, Zhao Feng stroked his beard and guessed.

"Exactly, I didn't expect my lord to agree!" Zhuge Liang said in disbelief.Although my elder sister is pretty, she is nearly [-] years old and is a widow at home. I didn't expect Liu Bei to accept her.

"My lord has always been tolerant, even if my sister is a concubine, my lord will definitely treat her kindly!" Zhao Feng said half-comfortably.Although it is a political marriage, Zhuge Liang's sister can be regarded as having a home, which is better than being a widow for a lifetime.This is in the Eastern Han Dynasty when the atmosphere was relatively open. Otherwise, Liu Bei, as the Duke of Qi, would be willing to play with the two widows openly.

Zhuge Liang smiled wryly and shook his head when he heard the words: "My lord is generous. I'm not worried about my sister being wronged, but I'm just worried that Shi Yuan will make trouble like this. Even if the lord doesn't say anything, he doesn't like it in his heart. If something happens in the future, Shi Yuan I'm afraid it's hard to get along!"

"As the saying goes, evil done by heaven can still be redeemed, and self-inflicted evil can't live on. It depends on how he acts. However, the lord is a person who cherishes talents, so he may not know how to deal with Shi Yuan." Zhao Feng thought for a while.At this moment, someone came to report that Huang Quan, don't drive in Yizhou, had something urgent to report.

"Gongheng, what's the rush?" Seeing Huang Quan trotting in, Zhao Feng also asked a little strangely, Huang Quan has always been a very steady person, why is he so excited now?

"General, Zhuge Military Adviser, the Nanzhong Barbarian Department sent an envoy to ask to see the general!" Huang Quan said with a look of disbelief.It's no wonder that Huang Quan was excited. The Nanzhong barbarians and the Han people have always been at odds, so why did they suddenly send envoys here.Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang looked at each other, and ordered to bring in people from the future first.

"Prince Chang of Han, I pay my respects to General Zhao!" Unexpectedly, the person who came was a Confucian scholar.After motioning him to be excused, Zhao Feng asked in disbelief: "You said your name is Mrs. Wang?"

(End of this chapter)