The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 230 The Pirate Empire's Misfortune
"It's ugly." Sun Shao fiddled with Hei An's head, shaking his head and smacking his lips.Yinhu was a little nervous, wondering if he was flattering and slapped the horse's leg.Sun Shao glanced at him and smiled: "Because of the fox head, those who know the current affairs are outstanding."

Guan Chao immediately translated Sun Shao's words, and when Yinhu heard it, he immediately burst into smiles and said "dare not".He said this in Chinese, although he said it awkwardly, but Sun Shao still understood it, his eyes lit up, he turned to Yinhu, and said with a pleasant smile: "The headman can speak Chinese?"

Yinhu rubbed his hands in embarrassment, glanced at Sun Shao embarrassingly, and stammered a few words, his expression was very similar to that of a young daughter-in-law who met her parents-in-law for the first time. The girl's face is certainly pleasing to the eye, but the appearance of an old man like Yinhu makes people sick.Sun Shao resisted the desire to spit out his face, and turned to look at Guan Chao, who was translating.

Guan Chao smiled and said, "Because the fox-headed man said that he can only speak a few simple words."

"It's good to know a few words." Sun Shao chuckled, and asked the leaders who followed Yinhu to ask for merit, "Ask them again to see if anyone can speak Chinese, and tell them, the station that can speak Chinese Come to the front, the king will reward you."

As soon as Guan Chao translated Sun Shao's words, those leaders looked at each other, and suddenly became excited, pushing forward one by one, speaking Chinese in a hurry, as if entering a vegetable market It was very lively, but their Chinese was really unbearable to listen to, but Sun Shao still listened with a smile, and finally praised a few Chinese words that made sense—even though they only knew a few words.

"Headmen, from now on, you will all be the people of the Yue Kingdom, that is, the people of my big man. Therefore, if you want to become officials and get rich, you must learn to speak my big man's language and write my big man's characters. Otherwise, you wouldn't even be able to bargain, would you?"

"Your Majesty is wise, I will keep this in mind, and I will definitely hurry up to learn Chinese, and I would like to ask your Majesty and all the generals to give me some advice." Yinhu saluted humbly, with a flattering smile on his face.

Sun Shao waved his hand: "Naturally, this king will not be in a hurry. To tell you the truth, I am going to build a school. At that time, I will build a beautiful school at the place with the best scenery at the foot of Jingua Mountain, and enroll children of the right age. , you must not only learn my words and write my words, but also learn my classics, only in this way can you become a real man and enjoy the same honor as my people..."

Yinhu and the others knew that Sun Shao was taking a pledge, but there was nothing they could do. Now that they were surrounded by Sun Shao, they couldn't run away even if they wanted to, so what else could they bargain for?If Sun Shao wants to take a pledge, he can only go. The most important thing is whether Sun Shao can keep his promise and give them the land so that they can live and work in peace and contentment like Baihuzhai.

Sun Shao quickly fulfilled their wishes. He reported the headmen to the population of their respective tribes and summarized them, then distributed the land according to the size of the tribes, and lent them cattle and farm tools on credit according to the method of Baihuzhai. Of course, the conditions given to them It can't be compared with the one given to Baihuzhai, but it is much better than the leaders hoped.After satisfying the wishes of the leaders, Sun Shao selected 2000 people from these people step by step, and formed another army for training. After half a month of training, He Da took some of them to go out to conquer those people. A lucky tribe.On the one hand, give them the opportunity to make contributions and give them a sense of belonging; on the other hand, they also need to kill those barbarians who refuse to accept, drive them to the point of no return, and cut off their thoughts of fleeing.

After several battles, the new Yi people's army was completely convinced by the fighting power of He Da's troops. They originally thought that they were just an army that was not as equipped as the King of Yue's, but now they realized that although they were individually brave, their fighting power was higher than that of the whole army. The armies are too far apart, even if they are given the same weapons, they are no match for the Vietnamese army.

Two months later, more than 2000 large and small tribes moved out of the mountains and settled down near Jingua Mountain. More than a dozen brick kilns were in full swing, and rows of houses were built. At the same time, in order to solve the problem of rations, Sun Shao sent a large number of merchant ships between Zhuya, Nanhai, Yuejun and Yizhou, and brought in Shiploads of grain and seeds.There is food at home, so don’t panic. Seeing the continuous delivery of food, the Yi people’s suspicion and anxiety gradually stabilized. They began to follow Sun Shao’s arrangement from the bottom of their hearts. Some went to cultivate wasteland, and some went to pumpkins Sun Shao paid reasonable wages for panning for gold in the mountains. The Yi people were very motivated and busy every day. At the same time, the market near Jingua Mountain gradually took shape.With the completion of the training of the first batch of [-] barbarians, Sun Shao ordered He Da and Cui Qian to take a thousand barbarian troops to march south along the west bank to find land suitable for building a city and convey the will of the king of Yue to the barbarians.Under the combination of appeasement and suppression, more and more barbarians rushed to Jingua Mountain with merchant ships to meet Yue Wang Sun Shao.

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The Emperor Liu Xie and the Empress Cao Jie sat opposite each other, and on the table were the just-delivered King of Yue's Conquest of Yizhou and a brand new second volume of "New Classic of Mountains and Seas".The prince Liu Xing, who was less than two years old, kept stretching out his hands from the nurse's arms to grab the books on the case. Liu Xie smiled curiously: "Why, Xing'er likes to read?"

Cao Jie smiled: "It's not that he likes reading books, he likes the paintings on it." She said as she took out a book from the letter, turned to a page with pictures and spread it out in front of Liu Xing, Liu Xing When I saw it, I immediately danced with joy, babbled and smiled, and pointed to the little figure on the book to show to the queen.Cao Jie nodded repeatedly with a gentle smile.

Liu Xie couldn't help but think of Fushou when he saw this happy family.Fushou accompanied him through the most difficult times and gave birth to him two sons, but they both died in the hands of Cao Cao. If it weren't for Sun Shao and Guan Yu who conquered Xu County, they later proposed to eliminate soldiers According to the suggestion of the meeting, the current emperor should also belong to the Cao family, right?
The military elimination meeting was a success, and there were three more kings in the world. King Wei, King Shu, and King Wu hadn’t moved much, but this King Yue was very capable of tossing around. Last year, he cooperated with Cao Zhang to pacify Liaodong. Yizhou was pacified in a month's time, and he didn't know what tricks he used. Those stubborn Yi people were actually subdued by him.Although Sun Shao's memorandum said that this is the virtue of the great man and the wiseness of the emperor, but Liu Xie is over 40 years old this year, and he doesn't believe these superficial words at all. How did you do it.

But what he is even more curious about now is that the "New Book of Mountains and Seas" written by Sun Shao actually likes to read it even for illiterate children, which is a bit strange.There is the first volume of "New Classic of Mountains and Seas" on the market, and Liu Xie has also read it, but he only uses it for entertainment. Although the Sanhe area is only under his direct management, there are still many memorials to be read every day. Liu Xie Often feeling exhausted, he couldn't figure out how Sun Shao could find time to write this "New Book of Mountains and Seas" in the midst of busy government affairs. Although this book is not too thick, it involves all kinds of strange things There are really many products, and there are not only text explanations on them, but also pictures, which is not a simple matter.

In a word, Liu Xie is now full of curiosity about Sun Shao.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived." Lu Yu, the regular servant of Sanqi, said softly at the entrance of the hall.

Liu Xie got up and touched Liu Xing's head. Liu Xing's body was very good, and his soft and smooth hair was like silk, which made people feel at ease.Liu Xie walked briskly out of the main hall, Prime Minister Yang Biao was standing at the entrance of the hall with his hands crossed, when he saw Liu Xie, he took off his shoes, Xiaobu rushed to Liu Xie, and said respectfully: "Prime Minister, Chen Biao, I greet you His Majesty."

"Prime Minister, didn't I give you a compliment?" Liu Xie reprimanded gently.

"How dare you." Yang Biao saluted according to the rules, then sat down, and said solemnly: "The king of Yue abolished the chaotic ritual system, and it is not enough to follow the law. His majesty cannot be trusted, and the current edict is strictly responsible. Although this matter is only a matter of the state of Yue , but isn’t the country of Yue still my vassal country?”

Praise without name refers to the fact that when a courtier visits the emperor, he can not be called by name. For example, under normal circumstances, Yang Biao will add the word "Chenbiao" after reporting his official position. You just need to say "Chen" and you don't need to sign up. In the Han Dynasty, names were humble names, so calling each other's name in person, except for a venerable and elder, is generally not allowed, even if it is called the other's elder. Neither does the name.Of course, the emperor can call his subjects by their names, but if he wants to show respect, he can also call his official titles instead of his names, or use other respectful titles.For the courtiers, this is a great honor.In order to commend Yang Biao's achievements, the emperor gave him praise and no name, but Yang Biao refused to accept such an honor and still signed up.

"Hehe..." Liu Xie smiled, and thought to himself that although Yue Kingdom is a vassal state of the big man, can I really control him?Not to mention that he is so far away from me, do you think any of the kings who are closer to me take my edict seriously?It's just the King of Yue who doesn't know the rules, and occasionally he can give me some tribute and put a seal on it. "Prime Minister, the King of Yue has pacified Yizhou. This is the watch I just received."

Yang Biao took the watch, looked at it carefully, and frowned with almost white eyebrows: "So fast? He has only been in Yizhou for half a year, right?"

"Well, excluding the time spent on the road, it will take about five months." Liu Xie sighed, "Liaodong was pacified in two months last year, and Yizhou was pacified in five months this year. This king of Yue always surprises people."

Yang Biao flipped through the list of tributes attached to the watch, curled his mouth, and said with a bit of joy and envy in his tone, "He's made a fortune again."

Liu Xie nodded with a smile: "I hope he can get rich. He made a fortune, so I, the emperor, don't do too badly. The New Year is coming soon, and I'm worried about where the reward will come from. It just so happens that he gave it to me. A boatload of things from Yizhou came."

Yang Biao nodded emotionally.Nowadays, the four kings in the world, that is, the king of Yue, Sun Shao, have the emperor in their eyes. Every time they make a fortune, they can think of giving some to the emperor. Although it is small, it has all internal organs. Although Yang Biao asked himself to reduce his salary, he still cannot make ends meet.Every time they spoke to King Wei, King Shu, and King Wu, they would either be perfunctory and give them two casually like beggars, or they would pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore them.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Wu is rectifying the administration of officials." Yang Biao hesitated for a while, weighed the watch in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Will the King of Yue offer so many things at this time because he hopes that His Majesty Have something to say?"

"Why, their uncle and nephew are still fighting?" Liu Xie said with a half-smile.He finds it very strange, why do people like to fight among themselves?The uncles and nephews of the Sun family fought openly and secretly, and the Cao family brothers had a great time fighting for the position of the son. Relatively speaking, the Kingdom of Shu was better, but I heard that the general Guan Yu of the Kingdom of Shu did not get along with the prime minister Zhuge Liang. In order to be able to compete with Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang I am asking for a southern expedition.

"I heard that the robbers appeared in Jianye last time. It was Sun Shao who cheated the hostages by yelling to catch the robbers. In turn, he took Nanhai and Kuaiji from Sun Quan."

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Xie was very curious. After thinking about it, he couldn't help nodding his head and said, "In my opinion, it's probably Sun Quan's attempt to cover up his shame. He is ashamed to admit that robbers come and go freely in his palace, so Said to be a member of Sun Shao's sect."

"It's hard to say." Yang Biao said with a smile, "However, I'm inclined to believe that this matter was indeed done by Sun Shao. He is full of tricks, and this kind of tricks of courtesy first and then soldiers are more like his tactics."

Liu Xie tilted his head and thought for a while, then laughed loudly: "Even if it is, then you can't blame him, it's because Sun Quan doesn't know what to do. If you don't want two thousand war horses, you have to hold Sun Shao's son, why bother? Being forced to leave two counties by Sun Shao, this is called stealing chickens and losing money. However, has he rectified the bureaucracy smoothly? When will he be able to stabilize the country and then start a war with Sun Shao?"

"Go to war?" Yang Biao shook his head: "In my opinion, he probably won't have this chance."

"Why?" Liu Xie was very curious, and he approached Yang Biao, just as Taiwei Jia Xu came in from outside, so he had to sit upright again, accepting Jia Xu's kneeling, and then hurriedly called Jia Xu to sit down and put the I briefly told Jia Xu what I said to Yang Biao just now, and asked Jia Xu for his opinion.Jia Xu smiled: "The King of Yue conquered overseas just to show the world that he has no intention of fighting Sun Quan. This is exactly the same as the previous practice of exchanging [-] war horses for Sun Quan's hostages. If this is the case, Sun Quan will still If you provoke Yue, what will the world think is wrong?"

"Of course it means that Sun Quan doesn't know the general idea." Liu Huihui nodded repeatedly, and said curiously: "Then what kind of tricks can he use to defeat Sun Quan this time? Anyway, the strength of the Yue Kingdom is still not as good as Wu country."

"In my opinion, Yue State may not be as powerful as Wu State." Jia Xu raised his head and glanced at the clock in the corner of the temple: "Although Yue State is not as popular as Wu State in terms of population and land, Yue State is richer than Wu State. You don’t even need to plant land in the sea area, what about Wu? Besides, Yue is disadvantaged in land warfare, so you can enter the sea. Does Wu have the strength to compete with Yue at sea? No! The Houguan and Panyu shipyards have already fallen. In the hands of the king of Yue, how can Sun Quan compete with Sun Shao with only the Yuzhang shipyard? If we really want to fight, I am afraid that he will be surrounded by enemies and be exhausted."

"What the Taiwei said is true." Yang Biao nodded in agreement: "Sun Quan rectified the bureaucracy in order to fight against Sun Shao, because he could control the situation in Jiangdong and squeeze out Gu Lu who is related to Sun Shao. However, Gu Lu belongs to the four clans of Wu County, and their relationship with Zhu and Zhang is as close as a tree with intertwined roots. Now Zhang Wen is in charge of the rectification of officials, and his third brother married the daughter of the Lu family. His younger sister married Gu Cheng, the son of Gu Shao, and Gu Cheng is the nephew of the Lu family, can he help Sun Quan reject the Lu family and the Gu family?" Yang Biao shook his head, was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed: "Mr. I feel that Sun Quan is playing with fire with his salary."

Liu Xie didn't understand for a while, and after a moment of silence, he understood what Yang Biao meant.Sun Quanming knew that Zhang Wen and Gu Lu were very close, but still asked Zhang Wen to preside over the rectification of officials, probably because he wanted to get something first.Rectifying officials always offends people, and if you don't offend people, you can't do things.If Zhang Wen offended someone, those whose interests have been violated will inevitably retaliate. Sun Quan can take advantage of the situation to shift the responsibility to Zhang Wen. Once Zhang Wen is to be resolved, the Gu family and Lu family who are closely related to the Zhang family will be unable to escape. Calamity can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

After understanding the mystery inside, Liu Xie didn't feel happy at all. Although he was used to this kind of intrigue in his 40 years of life, he still felt sad. Why did he live so deliberately?Liu Xie has accepted his role in the past two years, and has fallen in love with this kind of life. The place is small, there are few people in charge, and there are not many interests to fight for. Everyone lives in peace, how wonderful.

"So, what does he want to exchange for this tribute?" Liu Xie suddenly felt a little bit depressed and couldn't cheer up.

Jia Xu and Yang Biao glanced at each other, and shook their heads in unison. In just two years, the emperor's mentality has changed. When it was so difficult before, he did not forget the responsibility on his shoulders, but now After two years of living in peace, he began to get used to this kind of ordinary life, and the ambitions he once had had disappeared unconsciously.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?Whether it is Jia Xu or Yang Biao, they can't tell clearly, but as Sangong, they have the responsibility to remind the emperor of the potential crisis-the current stable life cannot last long.The stability of the emperor depends on the mutual checks and balances of the four kings. Once this balance is broken, the stability of the emperor will come to an end.At the beginning, Yang Biao and Sun Shao lured the three families of Wei, Wu and Shu to express their intention to conquer abroad, and this purpose was also in it.Two years have passed, but Sun Shao is the only one who is really committed to the foreign conquest. The three families who swore at the beginning are now silent.

"Your Majesty, the King of Yue's conquest of Yizhou is a real expansion of the territory. If such a great achievement is not rewarded, it will make the soldiers feel cold." Jia Xu said slowly: "Once the soldiers have no intention of going abroad, I'm afraid ..."

"I'm afraid there will be civil strife again." Yang Biao shook his head and sighed: "Sun Shao is young, and he is just at the time of his youth. If he doesn't fight abroad, he will probably have troubles again. I think it's good now."

Liu Xiexin nodded in sympathy, thought for a moment and said, "Then he can be named General Fuyi? But, if he does more meritorious service, how can he be rewarded?"

"Then delete the word Fuyi." Yang Biao stroked his beard and said expressionlessly.

"General?" Liu Xie was taken aback.He has some psychological pressure on the generals, and regardless of the fact that most of the generals in history did not end well, the few generals he has seen with his own eyes, from He Jin to Yuan Shao, to Cao Cao, are all mountains on his head , this Sun Shao is obviously not a loyal gentleman, so it would be good to let him become a general?Liu Xie thought about it again, Sun Shao's country of Yue was far overseas, even if he was made a general, he would not be able to serve in Luoyang, after all, it was just a false name.Thinking of this, Liu Xie nodded.

"Let's issue a communiqué, and reward His Highness the King of Yue." Liu Xie suddenly remembered the newly arrived "New Book of Mountains and Seas", and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, Taiwei, have you ever read the masterpiece of the King of Yue?"

Yang Biao curled his lips, disapproving. In his opinion, Sun Shao's book is also a children's book. This scripture is not the other scripture, but Jia Xu smiled and nodded: "Return to Your Majesty, I have read it."

"How do you feel?" Liu Xie asked with a smile: "My kid can't read yet, but he likes to see the rare birds and animals on it."

"People are always curious." Jia Xu bowed: "This book is full of pictures and texts, which is eye-opening. It is really full of surprises. At first, I thought the Book of Mountains and Seas was just a ridiculous book, but now it seems that I am ignorant." .” He glanced at Yang Biao and thought for a while: “I think that publishing this book by the King of Yue is definitely not as simple as writing it.”

"Oh?" Liu Xie's interest increased so much that even Yang Biao became curious and turned his attention to Jia Xu.Jia Xu smiled slightly: "When I was in Qiantang, I heard King Yue said that he was going to verify the records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Now he has written a new Classic of Mountains and Seas. What is he doing? He is showing the world that He doesn't care about the land that my great man has now, and he doesn't want to compete with Sun Quan for the territory. He wants to expand the territory with his own strength, which not only satisfies the desire to make contributions, but also dares to be the first in the world, and tells the world with his own actions , there is a lot to use.”

"So, if Sun Quan pushes forward again and again, he doesn't seem to be interested." Yang Biao nodded frequently, and suddenly smiled: "This kid is used to seeking sympathy."

"Nor the same." Jia Xu added with a smile: "Even if he dug a hole, it was Sun Quan who jumped in on his own initiative. No wonder others. Just like the hostage incident back then, if Sun Quan accepted Sun Shao's kindness , took two thousand war horses and returned them to the hostages, why are they in such a mess now?"

"Well." Liu Xie also echoed: "Speaking of it, it's really not the fault of Sun Shao, it's Sun Quan who doesn't know how to advance or retreat, and brings shame on himself."

"Your Majesty, regardless of whether Sun Shao is building momentum again, his conquest of foreign barbarians is indeed worthy of a special mention. Even if King Wei, King Shu and King Wu are indifferent, it will let the world know that His Majesty treats the King of Yue like this." Appreciation from the courtiers, knowing where His Majesty’s ambition lies, will certainly play a certain role. If everyone in the world agrees with foreign conquests and disapproves of internal strife, then I will be safe.”

Liu Xie blinked and finally understood the true intentions of Yang Biao and Jia Xu.Rewarding Sun Shao is just an attitude, and all he can do is to express his attitude, but if he can direct the energy of Wei, Shu and Wu to conquer the outside world and fight less civil wars, then the big man can survive and he will have a chance.

(End of this chapter)