The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 237

Yu Fan was really stimulated.

For Zhu Ya and his party, Yu Fan, the majestic prime minister, was the one who was most stimulated. He was actually called by the king to Zhu Ya to learn scriptures and learn from Shen Xuan's successful experience in governing Zhu Ya.When Yu Fan received Sun Shao's order, he originally planned to submit a letter directly to resign as prime minister, but was persuaded by his son Yu Ying, who told Yu Fan, if you don't come to Zhuya to take a look Resigning from the position of prime minister is too much of an emotional dispute. You should go and see first. If Shen Xuan is really doing well, if you resign, you will be a virtuous person. If Shen Xuan is not doing so well, think again. Wouldn't it be better if you could surpass him and let the king see that you are capable?
Only then did Yu Fan endure it, and went to Zhu Ya to take a look in a fit of anger. This was an eye-opener, and he couldn't accept it.Many of Zhu Ya's measures made him overwhelmed, and he had to admit that Shen Xuan was indeed superior to him in understanding Sun Shao's spirit of building a country with business.In fact, he didn't know that Sun Shao had revealed the truth to Shen Xuan in advance. Shen Xuan not only blazed a new path in practice, but also raised a level in theory.

Later, Yu Fan sincerely asked Sun Shao to resign as prime minister. He recommended Shen Xuan to take over as prime minister, but Sun Shao refused.Sun Shao said to him, Shen Xuan did a good job, but it was not good enough. Although your grades are not satisfactory to me, Yuejun has the actual situation of Yuejun. I still appreciate your efforts. You Don't rush to resign. Let's make an appointment for five years. You will work hard for five years. If you still feel incompetent after five years, I will accept your resignation.

In fact, it will take five years. Yu Fan regretted it that night. If he resigned at this time, wouldn't his fame in that life be ruined?How can the principles just realized have the opportunity to practice?You can't resign, even if you have to resign, you have to work hard before you resign.So he took advantage of the one-month journey back to Qiantang by boat to call on the accompanying subordinates to offer suggestions, study how to improve the work, let go of their minds, and don't hesitate to say what everyone has. Everything is based on the premise of accomplishing the goal.The goal is to quadruple the population and rent of Yue County within three years, and this year is the first year to achieve the goal of doubling.

As soon as Yu Fan brought up this goal, those subordinate officials were dumbfounded at that time, calling it impossible.Yu Fan became furious, he pointed at those officials, keep your eyes open, it is true that I am from the Yu family, but I am still from Yue County, and Shen Xuan is from Wu County, if I fall , Eight out of ten of you will be unlucky.Is it hard to double it?Just look at how long it took Shen Xuan to have Zhuya's population reach more than [-].

When the subordinate officials heard Yu Fan's words, they knew that there was no way out. This was not only a contest between Yu Fan and Shen Xuan, but also a contest between Yue County and Wu County. They wanted to replace Shen Xuan as prime minister. The interests of these Yuejun people must be damaged.Therefore, everyone can only rack their brains to find a way to achieve the goal.

People are forced out. After several times of tossing, all kinds of weird ideas came out, but none of them satisfied Yu Fan. In the end, a young man who was in charge of raising cats on the boat said something that made Yu Fan feel uncomfortable. Yu Fan suddenly became enlightened when his head turned gray.

The young man was Wei Zhen, and he didn't talk much at ordinary times. He devoted himself to taking care of the cats used to catch mice. Naturally, there were many people on Yu Fan's boat. He listened to Yu Fan and them trying to find a way every day. He reminded him that people and mice Similarly, wherever there is delicious food, they will go there.Why is it difficult for Yue County to develop? No one.One is because the population of Yue County is small, and the other is that most of the population is concentrated in the coastal area. Now because of the development of business and the establishment of workshops in the coastal area, many people go to do business or work in workshops, which is more profitable than farming. There is so much money that large tracts of land are abandoned, not to mention the hilly areas where there are not many people.As long as there are people, it is easy to double the grain output of Yue County.

Yu Fan suddenly realized, needless to say, he immediately thought of a way to find someone.There are people in Yue County, and there are no less than [-] households in Shanyue hidden in the mountains, which is equivalent to the current population of Yue County. As long as they can be attracted, the population of Yue County will double immediately. How to attract them?Very easy to handle.First, there is a lot of vacant land in Yue County. Second, the grain price in Yue County is high. Third, this is the most important thing. The conditions of Yue State for farmers are unmatched by Wu State.The country of Yue was established by business, and from the beginning, the source of rent and tax was not placed on the farmers, so the rent and tax collected were extremely light, which was a solid [-] one, and the surplus grain could be sold at a high price, and how much was sold.With sufficient land, coupled with the help of new farm tools and the government's credit for long-term farming cattle, farm tools and other measures, is it not a matter of attracting Shanyue to settle down in the mountains, and even attract farmers in Wu County?

Yu Fan immediately drew up a plan and reported it to Sun Shao. Sun Shao saw his plan and was very impressed. He agreed to his request on the spot and authorized him to lend all kinds of agricultural tools to various workshops on credit, and to issue orders to Su Chuleg, the governor of the East China Sea. , Let him buy a large amount of cattle and horses from Youzhou. In order to speed up, he agrees with Yu Fan's proposal to implement a one-year tax exemption for merchant ships transporting cattle and horses from Youzhou, encouraging them to transport cattle and horses to meet the needs of Yue County.

It is profitable, and the merchant’s response is always the fastest. When Yu Fan returned to Qiantang, the first batch of more than 800 cows had already been shipped to Qiantang, and the workshop that received the production order also handed over the first batch farm tools.Yu Fan was non-stop, sending people to the mountains to promote the preferential treatment of the Yue Kingdom, and at the same time, through various relationships, he asked the families of the Yue County to support his plan. Send people to the mountains to recruit people. If you don't work hard, don't blame me for turning my back on you. Next year's production quota will not be given to you.

Those aristocratic families also knew that this was not just about Yu Fan alone, so everyone acted tacitly. In the first month, more than 300 households came out of the mountains to settle down. Yu Fan immediately granted them land, farm tools, and cattle. Take the time to prepare the land for spring plowing. In the second month, the number of households soared to [-], and people from the nearby counties who got the news came in an endless stream. According to conservative estimates, the number of registered households increased in the third month should be Reached [-] households.

Seeing this situation, Yang Xiu and Xia Houshang, who were about to leave Qiantang, were startled. After Yang Xiu inquired about the preferential conditions offered by the Yue State, his first reaction was to immediately write to Cao Zhi, asking him to ask Cao Cao to block the Yangtze River. In order to prevent the people in Wei State from hearing the news, they will move to Yue State in large numbers.Although he has been in Hanzhong for a long time, he knows that the people in several prefectures and counties under the rule of Wei State have a heavy burden, and it is not bad to be able to eat half full after a year of hard work. Once they know that Yue State has such good conditions, they will definitely bring their families. mouth, and came all the way to the country of Yue.

"Is he crazy?" Xia Houshang guessed honestly, unavoidably worried about his daughter.

"The country of Yue is rich in financial resources." Yang Xiu was full of envy.Although the two were sitting in their respective cars, they looked at each other intently. They both saw worry in each other's eyes, and then they stretched out their hands at the same time, pointed to the north, and shook their heads with a smile.

Yang Xiu didn't know what Xia Houshang was referring to, but he was not referring to Yecheng, but Jianye.No matter how good the conditions of Yue State are, the possibility of spreading to Wei State is also limited. First, it is too far away and it will take time, and there is almost an open space between the Jianghuai River. It is not easy to travel thousands of miles to Yue State. It is basically impossible for the people dragging their families to cross the river without alarming the local garrison.Jiangdong under Sun Quan's rule is different. The people here are the first to get the news, and it is very convenient for them to rush to Yue. If there is no accident, if Sun Quan does not take effective measures in time, the people under him will suffer. More than [-]% will successfully escape to Yue County.

One goes up and down, and Yang Xiu can guess with his toes how much damage it has done to Wu.Yang Xiu suddenly felt that Sun Shao might have something else to say when he wanted to promote the Wei and Shu joint expedition to Xiqiang. Otherwise, why did he miss Wu?The corner of Yang Xiu's mouth twitched, revealing a disdainful smile, why didn't his own people beat his own people? Didn't he always attack Sun Quan?
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In Jianye, Sun Quan and Sun Deng were sitting opposite each other. Sun Deng showed panic, while Sun Quan was full of anger. A golden cup was thrown into the corner, and the wine in the cup was stained all over the floor.

"Whose idea?" Sun Quan asked through gritted teeth.

"I heard...it was Yu Fan's idea." Sun Deng swallowed, looking at Sun Quan with a guilty conscience.He wasn't too nervous when he first heard the news.He knew that Sun Shao and his ministers spent the new year in Zhuya, and the main reason for going to Zhuya was because Sun Shao was dissatisfied with the work of Yu Fan, the prime minister, so it was within his expectation that Yu Fan would make some moves. However, when he learned that a large number of Wu people had migrated to Yue, he sensed the crisis.

Wu Guo has been very tense in recent years.

Among the four countries, Wei State is the strongest, and Shu State has a favorable location. Although they were beaten by Cao Cao a few years ago, they quickly recovered their calm after the armistice. With Zhuge Liang's assistance, Liu Bei basically settled the domestic forces. Because of the contradiction with Sun Shao, Wu State has been surrounded on three sides. The addition of Yue State not only did not provide one more help, but also brought more help. I have lost an enemy, and it is a very difficult enemy.In order to ensure safety, the state of Wu now has 18 troops, which has exceeded the range that the current population of the state of Wu can bear. Therefore, the economic burden of the state of Wu has always been heavy, and the lives of farmers have been reduced to the lowest point. Small rebellions everywhere One after another, if the generals hadn't considered their own interests and mercilessly suppressed them, the state of Wu would have been in chaos long ago.

But now that the State of Yue launched a policy of supporting farmers for the first time, the good situation that the State of Wu had barely maintained collapsed immediately. Sun Deng didn't dare to neglect any more, and he immediately sent the news to Sun Quan.Sun Quan became angry when he saw it. He cursed and dropped his most beloved gold cup on the spot.

"This old guy is crazy, and he came up with this kind of ruinous plan?" Sun Quan was furious. He didn't believe it was Sun Shao's idea. In his opinion, doing this was a quick success. It will also cause the economy of Yue to collapse. Among other things, so many farmers need to settle down and need credit for cattle, farm tools, and seeds. How much money will they have to invest?Even if Sun Shao made a lot of money, it would not be enough to fill it in. Sun Deng also said that Yu Fan borrowed a lot of money from the rich merchant families of the Yue Kingdom, and it was not enough to make ends meet.

"Father, if we don't stop it right now, our country's population loss will increase." Seeing that Sun Quan was only angry, Sun Deng couldn't help persuading him.Sun Quan glanced at him, snorted coldly, and asked, "What can you do?"

Sun Deng's lips trembled, and it took him a long time before he said: "I thought that the border towns should be closed and the people should be strictly prohibited from leaving the country. At the same time, we should send people to Qiantang to ask the King of Yue for an explanation and let him repatriate those people."

"Well, it's a good idea." Sun Quan calmed down from his anger, stroked his beard and pondered for a moment: "Zigao, why don't you go to Qiantang."

"Me?" Sun Deng raised his head and glanced at Sun Quan in surprise. He met Sun Quan's sharp eyes and raised his heart suddenly. He was startled, and quickly lowered his head in response: "Here."

"It's not too late, let's go and come back quickly." Sun Quan relaxed his body, showing a bit of fatigue, and waved his hand: "I'm tired, so I'll let you take care of this matter. Anyway... it's good to get acquainted with it earlier."

Sun Deng didn't know what Sun Quan was trying to say. It seemed that he was asking him to help share the government affairs, and it seemed that because of his poor health, he was tired of government affairs and wanted to gradually transfer them to his hands.Isn't this a disguised transfer of power?Sun Deng suddenly became excited. Although he tried his best to look calm, the gleam in his eyes still couldn't escape Sun Quan's eyes.

Sun Deng got up and wanted to go, but remembered something, turned back and said to Sun Quan: "Father, Zhou Yin is going to get married. Send someone to invite Mrs. Qiao to Qiantang. Zhou Xun dare not be self-confident, so come to ask if it is feasible."

"Whose daughter did Zhou Yin marry?" Sun Quan asked casually.

"It's Xu Jiao's daughter."

Sun Quan frowned, and the corners of his eyes twitched inadvertently.Xu Jiao is the eldest brother of Mrs. Xu, and also the captain of the city gate of Yue State. Although his daughter's surname is not Sun, she is similar to the daughter of the clan. There is probably a shadow of Sun Shao in it. He is competing with him for the Zhou Dynasty. Home.

"Do you think they should be allowed to go?"

"I think, according to reason, Mrs. Qiao should of course go. The governor is dead, and Zhou Xun, as the elder brother, seems to be going too."

"What about Zhou Yu?" The corner of Sun Quan's mouth twitched, revealing a playful smile.Sun Deng was a little embarrassed when Sun Quan saw his intentions. For a moment, he showed his son's natural shyness when he was caught playing smart in front of his father, which made Sun Quan's heart move, and his expression relaxed a little unnaturally.Sun Deng hesitated and said: "Zhou Yu's health is not very good, it seems that it is not suitable for a long journey, it is better to recuperate in Jianye."

"Zigao, do you still want to marry her?" Sun Quan sat up straight and beckoned Sun Deng to sit closer. Although there was some reproach in his tone, it didn't make people feel uncomfortable, but he could feel his share. Love: "If she is really sick, then she is definitely not suitable to be the princess of my country of Wu. If it is a fake illness, it means that she has something to belong to, but she is definitely not you, so it is even more inappropriate. Zigao, you are a concubine." Smart child, why are you obsessed with such a woman? Although she is smart, there are women who are stronger than her. As long as you are willing, there are many people who are willing to send their daughters to the palace."

"But father, the governor has only one daughter." Sun Deng blushed and said courageously.

"Great Governor?" Sun Quan choked, looking at his son who rarely showed his stubbornness in front of him in a funny way, and suddenly smiled: "Is this okay? You marry a wife first, and the position of Crown Princess cannot be vacant. Yu, when she recovers from illness, how about I marry her into the palace to be your wife again?"

Sun Deng frowned, rolled his eyes twice, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "It's all up to the father's arrangement."

……

Zhou Xun walked into the house with heavy steps. As soon as Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu, who were playing chess, saw his expression, the smiles on their faces became a little stiff. Zhou Yu's lips trembled, and his voice trembled: "The prince will not let you go!" ?"

"Let's go." Zhou Xun murmured, "The crown prince has asked the king for instructions, and he agreed that my mother and I should go to Qiantang."

"what about me?"

"The prince said that you are not in good health and should not travel far. It is better to rest at home." Zhou Xun stammered, he did not dare to look into Zhou Yu's heartbroken eyes, and lowered his head in fear.Zhou Yu's face suddenly turned pale, and the chess piece he was holding fell on the board with a "click", like a broken heartstring.

"How could this happen?" Xiao Qiao's face darkened: "Whatever he is doing so much, Ayu, you come with me, I want to see who dares to stop you."

"Mum, Ayu is a concubine who has not been married yet, and Pingli has already given up." Zhou Xun subconsciously shouted: "The prince still said...the prince still said..."

"What did he say?" Xiaoqiao was angry and anxious, stretched out his hand and pinched Zhou Xun's ear, and shouted: "Speak if you have something to say, and fart if you have something to say, are you hesitating like a man? Do you know that? Did your aunt brazenly ask Feng Xian for this opportunity?"

Zhou Xun was reprimanded by his mother face to face, and he couldn't hold back his resentment. He pushed Xiaoqiao's hand away, stood up, and said with a pale face, "The prince said, General Hengjiang Lu Su is not in good health, and Zhang Cheng's is in poor health. Father Zhang Zhao is now the prefect of the South China Sea, he is not suitable to take over as General Hengjiang stationed in Lukou, after I came back from Jianye, he arranged for me to be the governor of Lukou.”

"Because of this, you changed your mind?" Xiaoqiao couldn't react for a while because of Zhou Xun's sudden resistance, and then he angrily reprimanded: "With your talent and your loyalty to their father and son, they will give it to you." What about you? If you hadn’t come back from Wancheng back then, you would have been more than just a governor of Lukou now? You, you, really..." Xiaoqiao was sad and disappointed, and stomped his feet: "It’s really rotten wood, how could you treat their father and son? Still lucky."

"Am I wrong?" Zhou Xun burst into anger, staring at Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu, vomiting out the anger that had been hidden in his heart. "Why did I come back from Wancheng? You think I don't know. If I don't come back, even if I can't be ranked as the fourth general, at least I can be in charge of the front camp like Ding Feng. Why did I come back? It's not for your safety. , Now it’s good, it’s mine now, isn’t it? Did I make a mistake when I came back? If it wasn’t for Ayu’s push and push, and she became the princess concubine safely, I would have to wait until today to have a chance? I will be Governor Lukou after the General Assembly .Do you think I don’t know that there is a better chance to go to Yue? Am I not as good as Zhongying?” Zhou Xun was furious, and he waved his arms vigorously as he spoke, as if he was hitting something. His voice was hoarse and his eyes were circled. He also turned red, and finally sat down on the ground, covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly: "I, like Sun Huan, was killed from the Destroying Front Camp. Sun Huan is now the prefect of Changsha. What about me? I have seen it all." Two years of palace gate."

Xiaoqiao and Zhou Yu were angry at first, then surprised, and finally saw Zhou Xun's painful appearance, and couldn't help crying again.Only now did they realize how wronged Zhou Xun was and how many responsibilities he shouldered.He is the eldest son of the Zhou family, and shoulders the glory of the Zhou family. His father Zhou Yu is a mountain in front of him that is almost impossible to climb, but he has to go all out to climb the mountain. For this goal, he can only wrong himself. With profit as the goal, he turned his back on Sun Shao and lost a great opportunity. He married Sun Luban, the savage and willful princess, forced a smile on his face, but now, the family he defended with all his strength accused him of being selfish.

Is he selfish?Maybe it's not him who is selfish, but the one who accuses him.

Xiaoqiao was devastated. She looked at Zhou Xun who was covering his face and weeping, and Zhou Yu who was crying silently. She couldn't help but hugged their brothers and sisters in her arms, and said repeatedly: "It's my fault, it's me. No, I delayed your future and delayed your happiness. I always thought that I was smart, and I always thought that my choice was for the Zhou family, but I was wrong, I was all wrong, I thought I was smart , I was self-defeating, your future was ruined by me, your happiness was also ruined by me, only Ah Yin, he didn't listen to me, but he was the most successful..."

"Mum—" Zhou Xun and Zhou Yu couldn't help crying.

"Everything is my fault. I'm going to atone, I'm going to atone, I don't want this face, I'm going to beg him, I'm going to beg him to give you a chance." Xiaoqiao murmured: "Boying, don't you Hurry, you have the ability, if you can fight out of the Fengfeng camp, you will definitely be able to fight back. Ah Yu, don't worry, I know you are the best, no matter if it is Guan Feng or Xiahou Hui, they are not as good as you half point..."

"What's the matter with you?" Sun Luban suddenly appeared at the door, looking at the three people who were weeping in each other's arms, she was very puzzled. Zhou Xun curled his lips in displeasure: "You are a big man, why do you cry like a woman? What a shame."

Zhou Xun was furious, raised his eyebrows, and was about to reprimand Zhou Yu, but Zhou Xun pulled Zhou Xun's sleeve and said first: "The princess doesn't know, the crown prince just allowed my mother and elder brother to attend the second brother's wedding, so I don't know why." joy."

"Really?" Sun Luban clapped his eyebrows lecherously, and jumped up happily: "Great, what are you waiting for, go and pack up immediately, and I will go too. Ayu, have you packed up?"

"I'm not going." Zhou Yu's face darkened, "I'm not in good health, and..."

Before Zhou Yu finished speaking, Xiaoqiao stopped him with winks. Xiaoqiao smiled and said, "The princess doesn't know. Ayu is a princess who has never been married. It's not convenient to go out."

"What's inconvenient?" Sun Luban turned his head, rolled his eyes twice, leaned close to Zhou Yu and said with a smile, "Ayu, I'll take you out, but I wronged you for two days and pretended to be my maid, how about that?" ? Let’s see who dares to stop me.”

"Can this work?" Zhou Yu muttered.

Xiaoqiao winked at Zhou Yu, and said first, "Why not, don't you always want to see your aunt? With the princess by your side, no one dares to stop you."

(End of this chapter)