Chapter 637: Idle words from powerful family members
Zhao Yun's words made Liu Bei deep in thought. It's not that he couldn't do this. After all, the nobles and nobles in Yizhou were not his core force. Even though most of his army in Hanzhong were locals from Hanzhong and Yizhou, among them, the nobles and nobles were from Hanzhong and Yizhou. There are very few disciples, so if he really listens to Zhao Yun and deals with the powerful nobles, it will not affect the morale of the army too much. In fact, because Shuzhong is stabilized, it will stabilize the soldiers under him!
But his only concern is that this method of dealing with the nobles is the method of the Daqian army. As a general of the Han Dynasty, doing so may affect the attitude of the nobles in Jingzhou and Yangzhou towards the court. Daqian is already powerful. If the imperial court loses the support of the noble families in the south of the Yangtze River, the Han Dynasty will really not be able to hold on.
Zhao Yun saw the hesitant Liu Bei and continued to persuade him: "General, why have we, the Han, been unable to defeat Dagan all these years? We, the Han, are clearly stronger than Dagan at the general level, and there is not much difference in the elite level of our soldiers."
"It can be said that the biggest gap between Dahan and Daqian is the financial gap. Daqian's fiscal revenue is tens of billions, while our Dahan only has a few billion. The gap between the two sides is more than 10 times, and the reason for this gap is , it is because our Han Dynasty has parasites like nobles and nobles living here. Even if the taxes reformed by the generals have greatly increased the court's income, it is still not as good as that of the great cadres. The court can collect tens of millions of dan of grain. This is something that has never happened before. If the great Han Dynasty during the late Emperor's time had such financial income, the world would not be in chaos."
"But Da Qian can collect hundreds of millions of shi or even billions of grains of food a year. This is the gap between Da Han and Da Qian. The general cannot find a way to make up for this gap. It is impossible for us to truly defeat Da Qian. The root cause of this gap is these wealthy noble families."
"They occupied the most fertile land in the world. They got the most food in the world, but they were unwilling to give anything or defend the Han. They were so parasitic on the Han's body. How could the Han defeat the Daqian? So the Great Han The general confiscated the food of these powerful nobles to cope with the war. This is originally to help them in the war, and they should also give their greatest strength. Only when the big men have money to contribute, have the strength to contribute, and exert their full strength, can we continue to fight against the great generals. Let’s fight.”
Zhao Yun's words were intended to completely separate Liu Bei from the Han gentry, and even cut off the foundation of Liu Bei's rule. For a while, Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind. It can even be said that if the situation hadn't turned into such a crisis, Shu would have Only the aristocrats in the Han Dynasty had food in their hands. Zhao Yun would not even consider it. After all, his base was the aristocrats of the Han Dynasty. Even 90% of his men were from the aristocrat side.
Just like Yuan Ji, he is the top noble in the world. If he abandons the nobles, Yuan Ji will definitely abandon him. If he kills the nobles like Dong Zhuo, will he suffer their betrayal like Dong Zhuo?
But in the current situation, if the nobles and nobles in central Shu do not provide food and grass, he will definitely lose in the Battle of Hanzhong. Dealing with the nobles in central Shu may cause turmoil among the nobles and nobles in the world. The reason why the nobles and nobles in Jiangnan support Liu Bei is that even if Liu Bei reforms and invades It was in their interests, but they did not choose Yang Biao and Wang Yun, who were members of these noble families. They chose Liu Bei because Liu Bei was able to fight and could help them keep Lei Gong out of Jiangnan. As a clan member of the Han Dynasty, they did not choose Liu Bei. Maybe he would join Da Qian, but even if it was for the Han, Liu Bei would fight to the end with Da Qian.
But Liu Bei also knew that these wealthy nobles in the south of the Yangtze River supported him in this way because he could protect their land and their power. If he also learned from Lei Gong, these noble nobles would be disappointed and even fight to the death with him. Since
Their land was all being surrendered. Why didn't the powerful nobles in the south of the Yangtze River choose Lei Gong to take refuge? Therefore, Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind to take the food from the powerful nobles in Shu.
After Liu Bei pondered for a day, he called Zhao Yun over again. Then he took out a stack of paper with the seal of the general and said to him: "Bei can only trust Zilong now. Now the army needs food, and so do the people in Shu."
They need grain and grass to survive. But now the only people who can get grain in their hands to save the Han Dynasty are the wealthy nobles in Shu. Zilong took these bonds with the seal of the general and went to the homes of those noble nobles and gave them all their grain and grass.
Collect them all, we have done this kind of thing in Jizhou, I think Zilong knows how to do it!"
Zhao Yun heard this and said excitedly: "Yun will definitely not let the general down!"
But Liu Bei was still worried and continued: "The food must be obtained, and at the same time, the powerful nobles in Shu cannot be resentful of the imperial court. Although Bei knows that this is difficult to do, he must let them know that this is not only to protect the Han Dynasty, but also to protect the Han people."
At the same time, it is also to protect their land, money and food!”
"If they are worried about this big Han general, let them take these IOUs to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to get food. Now Shuzhong is no longer safe under Dagan's attack. They went to Jingzhou and Shuzhong instead
It’s safer, so it’s a win-win situation!”
Food is what Liu Bei needs, and the people cannot force him to rebel. He can only carefully strike a balance between the two parties. He can get food from the nobles and nobles with more experience, and make them less resentful! At least he can't cause trouble in Shu!
And Liu Bei is not without food. In Jingzhou and Yangzhou, the imperial court still has tens of millions of dan of food in its treasury. It has to be said that Jingzhou and Yangzhou, after Liu Bei and the world's nobles and nobles have cultivated it for 10 years, already have three-thirds of it.
The scale of the world's granary will be greater in later generations.
It's just that it's difficult for him to transport this grain from Jingzhou to Yizhou, let alone to the front line Hanzhong. This circle is thousands of miles long, with high mountains, winds and rivers all the way. The road to transport 100 shi of grain from Jingzhou to Hanzhong
I'm afraid that Liu Bei can't bear the consumption of more than ten times without even 10 stones. This is the reason why he can only rely on Shuzhong to fight with the Daqian army. It is already Liu Bei's responsibility to let the nobles of Yizhou go to Jingzhou to get food.
The only way I can think of to reduce the resentment of the noble families in Shu!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Liu Bei finished talking about the situation of the noble families, he said: "After Zilong gets the food, he can go to Chengdu to find Yuan Ji and ask him to completely abolish the corvee in Shu. In the future, the people will have to
To help the army transport food and grass, you need to provide food, and you must find ways to strengthen safety awareness on dangerous roads. Don't let people die on the road transporting food and grass. You said to Yuan Ji, Hanzhong has also cultivated some land, and there is no need for this.
Forcing people to take risks!"
Zhao Yun solemnly said: "The last general takes orders!"
After Zhao Yun obtained Liu Bei's bond, he returned to Zitong County again
However, when they arrived in Zitong County, Zhao Yun led 1,000 troops and went straight to the manor of the Chen family, the largest family in Zitong.
The Chen family was shocked by Zhao Yun's actions. They thought it was the rebels from Guanghan who had come down the mountain. The people in Wubao were all on the city wall, preparing to fight a life-or-death defensive battle. However, they did not expect to find out after they got closer.
This is the army of the Han Dynasty, and the leader is General Zhao Yun, the general's confidant.
At other times, they may not care about Zhao Yun, but now that Zhao Yun is the highest military commander in the three counties of Guanghan, they still have to rely on Zhao Yun to fight off the rebels in Shu, so naturally they have to be more polite to Zhao Yun now!
Then the gate of Chenjiawu Fort slowly opened, and an old man with white hair and a boyish face led him out in a hurry: "Chen Yu, the Chen family of Guanghan, and more than a thousand members of my Chen family, respectfully welcome General Zhao!"
Zhao Yun dismounted and helped Chen Yu up, saying: "Master Chen, please get up. This time Yun came uninvited. Please forgive me!"
Chen Yu said respectfully: "General Zhao, you're welcome. If the general can come, the Chen family will be in full glory!"
After saying polite words, the two came into Wubao, but Zhao Yun asked his subordinates to also enter Wubao to rest, saying that they had just cleared away the rebels from the mountains and needed to rest! Under Liu Bei's governance,
The military discipline of the Han army was very good, so Chen Yu agreed without much thought!
After the two chatted in the hall for a while, Zhao Yun said: "The situation in Hanzhong is very critical now. The general has something to ask the Chen family for help!"
The Chen family learned more about the Hanzhong war in Zitong. They knew that although the Han army was repeatedly defeated by the Daqian army, it still guarded the front line of Micang Mountain and even dug trenches for two years. In order to save food and grass, the Chen family still
There are a lot of terraces built on the mountain. It is impossible for Daqian to break through them. At least the big man can't defend them now. He thought it was not a big deal and said politely: "As long as my Chen family can use it, the general can take it."
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Hearing this, Zhao Yun smiled happily and said: "As expected of the loyal queen of the Han Dynasty, now the army is short of food. How much does your Chen family have? How much does the general want? It was not in vain back then. You can pay an IOU. When the court defeats Da Gan,
When the time comes, I will return the food to you and get 30% more food. This can be regarded as a reward for your support to the big man!"
At this time, Zhao Yun's personal guards came over and whispered to him: "General, the Chen family has 23 granaries, each of which contains more than 10,000 stones of grain!"
The Chen family didn't expect that Zhao Yun was interested in their family's food. The guard pretended not to notice and came to the place where the Chen family stored food, so it was easy to know how much food the family had.
After Zhao Yun heard this, he took out the IOU that Liu Bei gave him, wrote on it that he owed 220,000 shi of grain, and handed it to Chen Yu, saying: "This is the IOU for you, and we will take the grain away!"
Chen Yu never thought that Zhao Yun would take away all the food from his family just because he was polite! He immediately said excitedly: "General Zhao wants to starve to death!"
Zhao Yun said calmly: "Didn't I leave you 10,000 shi of food? How many people are in your Chen family? 10,000 shi is not enough to eat, so I would like to ask. Now in the entire Shu, young and strong people are gone."
We have arrived at the front line, and women are helping the army transport food and grass. How many people have come out of your Chen family!"
Hearing this, Chen Yu broke into a cold sweat. How could such a thing happen to the Chen family? Their family just donated 100 shi of food in one go. It was impossible for people to do this!
But now he can see that Zhao Yun came to the Chen family just to cause trouble! But letting Zhao Yun drain his family of food is obviously not acceptable to Chen Yu. Now the whole Shuzhong is in crisis. Who knows Will the troubled times in the Central Plains appear in Shu? If there is no food, the Chen family may starve to death in Shu.
So Chen Yu stopped Zhao Yun and said: "My Chen family is loyal to the imperial court. When the general wants to fight against thunder, our family also contributes money and effort. The Chen family has been loyal for generations. The general treats me like this. The Chen family is not afraid of letting the world The heroes are heartbroken. You must know that we support the general, so the general can fight against Da Gan. General Zhao does not consider how the heroes in the world view this matter. In the midst of such a great battle, General Zhao does this, which makes his relatives happy and his enemies happy. matter!"
Zhao Yun sneered and said: "If the Chen family is loyal to the court, they will hand over these grains. Now we are not asking you to donate them, but to buy your grains. If you are really anxious to use these grains, you can take these IOUs to Jingzhou to get grains." !But no matter what you say, I will decide on this batch of grain! If you continue to obstruct it, I will take down the Chen family for Tonggan."
Chen Yu was stunned when he heard Tong Qian's words and said: "How could the Chen family possibly Tong Qian!"
Tongqian, do you want Lei Gong to raid your home?
But Zhao Yun said with a cold face: "If it weren't for you, how could there be hundreds of thousands of insurgents in Guanghan, so that the Daqian Army could send hundreds of people to cut off the army's food route? This is not Tonggan!"
After saying that, Zhao Yun ignored Chen Yu and started to carry the grain with his people. He even recruited 10,000 people from Zitong County to serve as civilian laborers to carry the grain.
He also said to these people: "From now on, all the corvees in Bashu will be exempted, and everyone will have no corvee. At the same time, I will hire everyone from the court to help the army transport grain and grass. I will give you 3 shi of grain a month. Even the elderly and women can give 1 and a half shi." Food! Anyone who is willing can be given one month’s salary first!”
The originally lifeless people suddenly cheered when they heard this! Then they helped Zhao Yun transport the grain to the government office. Although the distance was not far, Zhao Yun still gave them 10 kilograms of rice as a reward.
With this log of trust, everyone began to believe Zhao Yun's words. In less than a day, 40,000 people in Zitong joined Zhao Yun's team. It can be said that almost everyone in the county followed Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun led them to surround the forts one by one. If they were willing to obey, he would lead the people to destroy the granaries of the noble families. If they were not obedient, Zhao Yun would learn from the methods of the Daqian army and use crowbars to break through the forts. Then he led the people to rob all the food and at the same time left them a pile of IOUs.
These wealthy nobles could only watch as tens of thousands of people emptied all their family's food and grass and howled, then picked up the IOUs on the ground and put them away carefully.
The army just robbed them, what could they do? Their little arms couldn't twist their thighs, so they had to think of a way to go to Jingzhou first to see if they could exchange for grain. Anyway, it was no longer safe in Sichuan, so escaping to Jingzhou might not be a problem.