There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5178: Counting the strengths and weaknesses of the commanders (2)
Chapter 5178: Counting the strengths and weaknesses of the commanders (2)
Wang Zhene's expression changed slightly: "Brother Jinu, aren't you going to win over the people of Guangzhou? You even want to bring along the former Guangzhou governor Wu Yinzhi. If it is what you say, the private soldiers of the Shen family under Shen Tianzi like Plundering the people and bad military discipline, doesn't that go against what you said?"
Liu Yu said coldly: "Governing a people requires both grace and power. The powerful Han people in Guangzhou and the demon thieves who have been relying on Tianshi Dao for many years sent troops to cause chaos. Almost the entire Lingnan responded, regardless of the barbarians. The tribes of Guangzhou are still a large Han people. They all made great efforts and committed many crimes during this turmoil. If our army attacks Guangzhou from the sea this time and they continue to occupy the city or retreat into the mountains and forests to cause trouble, Do you think I should continue to appease them as loyal and good people without any punishment?"
Wang Zhen'e gritted his teeth and said: "This is indeed true in theory, but if more killings are caused in Guangzhou to punish the rebels and rebels, wouldn't it violate our principle of showing benevolence and justice and winning people's hearts? , will it be difficult to rule Guangzhou in the future? When Zhuge Kongming punished Nanzhong, he captured and manipulated Meng Huo seven times, thus winning people's hearts. This should be our principle in attacking Guangzhou this time."
Liu Yu shook his head: "The state has national laws, and families have family rules. If you don't follow the laws, don't follow the orders, don't reward the loyalists who are loyal to the court, and don't punish the leaders and accomplices of the rebellion, then it means unclear rewards and punishments, and no kindness or power." , sooner or later there will be another turmoil."
"The story you mentioned about Zhuge Liang's seven captures and seven surrenders of Meng Huo sounds like a very beautiful story, but if you think about it carefully, why did Meng Huo surrender only the seventh time? Didn't he have a reformation before? Meng Huo was captured seven times He was captured, but what about the subordinates who followed him in rebellion? Were they captured and then released every time, or were most of them killed on the battlefield?"
Wang Zhene laughed: "I'm afraid most of the people died in the battle. Only when Brother Jinu said this did I understand. Meng Huo rebelled seven times. In fact, every time he rebelled, there would be disastrous consequences if suppressed. Casualties and losses, every time he defected to instigate different tribes to raise armies. In the end, almost all the big tribes in South Central suffered a heavy blow because of his rebellion, and no longer had the ability to rebel again. In the end, Meng Huo has to surrender even if he doesn't surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, I'm afraid he will be killed by other tribes and sacrifice his head to Zhuge Liang."
Liu Yu nodded and said: "That's it. Zhuge Liang indulged Meng Huo seven times. In fact, he had seven opportunities to send troops to attack the rebel tribes. He was also able to send troops to the south and central tribes, especially those who had rarely been in contact with them for hundreds of years. Go to various departments of the Central Plains army to show the capabilities of the imperial army and make them put away their rebellious intentions. This is called giving both kindness and power. The world only sees the kindness of Prime Minister Zhuge, but ignores his power. Meng Huo was captured seven times, also in Nanzhong The war that killed tens of thousands of people in the area and wiped out dozens of tribes destroyed the ambition of these barbarian tribes to rebel and establish themselves. From then on for more than a hundred years, until now, the tribes in Ningzhou no longer dare to have the intention of large-scale rebellion."
"The same is true for Guangzhou. Whether it is a barbarian tribe or a large Han tribe, because the sky was high and the emperor was far away, the court rarely used troops in Guangzhou, so it only submitted to the local tribes and tribal leaders, separatist parties at every turn, and did not obey the king's orders. In the past, when Wu Yinzhi and his son were in Guangzhou, they could only control one city of Guangzhou. It was just because he was not as greedy as other governors, asking for bribes and tributes everywhere, so everyone respected Wu Yinzhi's personal ethics and were willing to give him face. , just work for it.”
"But this kind of personal reward and obeying orders is not good for the country. The demon thieves attacked Guangzhou. The Wu family and his son fought hard in Guangzhou for nearly half a year. At first, there were some external reinforcements, but after two months no one came to help.
, all the tribes and powerful Han people just sat back and watched the demon thieves attack the city. They were not loyal to the country, and they did not even want to sacrifice their lives for Wu Yinzhi. Therefore, Guangzhou was finally attacked by the demon thieves and fell. Tens of thousands of people died. Their
The head was cut off and made into a temple to scare the tribes and powerful people from all over Guangzhou. Such inhumane atrocities caused the local powerful people in Guangzhou to resist or surrender?"
Wang Zhene replied without hesitation: "People from all over Guangzhou have all succumbed to the demon thieves. The barbarian leaders, such as Sha Qianmo and others, even took the initiative to join the demon thieves and pacified the tribes everywhere for them. The tribes that refused to obey were
Destroy them all. Now I finally understand that this is the true human heart that fears power but does not harbor morality."
Liu Yu's eyes flashed coldly: "So it's true to use kindness and power at the same time, power first and kindness later. Even against the Shen family back then, we completely defeated them on the battlefield first, and then killed the captured Shen family.
There were more than a dozen chief conspirators from the elders and uncles, but would the five tigers of the Shen family go all the way to avenge their father? In the end, they took the remaining subordinates and walked out of the village and surrendered to us. Over the years, they have also
I only dare to mention that my father and grandfather were bewitched by monsters and thieves, and I hate Sun Enlu Xun for the disaster he brought to their Shen family, but I dare not say a word of revenge to us, the real enemies who killed my father."
Wang Zhen smiled evilly and said: "I always thought that they sincerely regretted and reflected on it, but from what you said, Brother Jinu, it seems that the Shen family did not really surrender from the bottom of their hearts."
Liu Yu said coldly: "Human nature is like this. The Shen family has been a powerful family in Wu for hundreds of years. They have always put the family before the country. Their fathers took refuge in Tianshi Tao just because they felt that
Tianshi Dao can conquer the world, Sun En and the others are more reliable than Sima Daozi. Not only the Shen family, eight counties all turned against each other overnight. Almost all the powerful locals in Wu, except for the aristocratic families, stood on their side.
On the side of Tianshi Dao, isn't this a great revenge for the centuries-old oppression of these local powerful people by the aristocratic families from the north? Later, the Shen brothers always looked down upon you and blamed you in many ways, except
They were dissatisfied with the evaluation of your and Shen Tianzi's final contributions during the founding of the Yi Dynasty. To put it bluntly, isn't it because of your status as a foreign northern nobleman that made their family dissatisfied?"
Wang Zhen'e sighed: "It turns out that Brother Jinu understands all these things. I have been suffering from not being able to tell you all these years. When I was with Shen Tianzi as a general in Guangling, even though I looked like a general with him in the eyes of outsiders,
We have sympathy for each other, but he has been hinting, intentionally or unintentionally, about the foundation and history of the Shen family in Wudi for many years. He also said that our Wang family came from the north and had no roots in the south. He said that he could protect me and make me attach to the Shen family.