This man is called Li Han. Although he comes from a poor family in Shiping County, his cultivation is already a third-grade Zhupao monk. At that time, he was favored by many people, including Situ Wangrong. His official career has been smooth, and King Qin Huangfujian is in charge.
When he was in Chang'an, he hired him as his right-hand man. However, after the death of Qin King Huangfu Jian, he was framed and involved in a dispute over funeral etiquette. He was eventually judged to have lost his status as a third-grade monk and was demoted to a fifth-grade monk.
monk.
This was a great shame to him.
Originally, those people wanted to beat him to the bottom and let him serve as the low-ranking governor of Shoucheng Residence, but Wang Rong finally came forward and said that after all, Li Han was also a third-grade monk and a minister of the imperial court, and he held such a low-ranking official position.
In the end, it still harmed the court's face. In this way, the court issued a new edict to let Li Han serve as the Shiping Order.
It wasn't until King Zhao Huangfulun deposed Empress Jia that Shen Xiu promoted Li Han again. According to Shen Xiu, he felt deeply for Li Han's experience, saying that it was the attitude of those from a wealthy family to a poor family.
Li Han's shameless suppression. After Huangfu Yong came to Chang'an, he immediately appointed Li Han as his Sima of the Western Conquest. Within three months, he promoted him to be his long history and made him a confidant.
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"Li Changshi," Huangfu Yong seemed to have a backbone immediately upon seeing Li Han's arrival. He got down to greet him and said, "Quickly teach me how to deal with this?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to panic." Li Han already knew about this when he came, and said confidently: "Since he, the King of Qi, is unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust."
"Oh, tell me quickly."
"Your Majesty, Liu Chen and Bei Zhi were both servants under the Taibao of Wei at the beginning, and they are very familiar with each other. This man is both civil and military and has thousands of books in his chest. The King of Qi appointed this man to be the unified commander-in-chief of Yizhou and Liangzhou to conquer the refugee affairs. He is indeed a knowledgeable person.
Shan Ren." Li Han said a few words like this first, then changed the topic and said: "Because of this, we cannot let him go to Liangzhou as he wishes. If the rebellion of the refugees in Yizhou, Liangzhou is put down, the King of Qi will
I need to free my hands to deal with you, the king."
"But Liu Chen has already been appointed by the emperor." Huangfu Yong asked puzzledly.
"What kind of appointment by the emperor? Isn't it what King Qi means?" Li Han said disdainfully: "This matter is not difficult. Tomorrow Liu Chen and Xu Xiong will pass through Chang'an, and then your Majesty will host a banquet for them. While the wine is in full swing, I will send
Someone stole the Chijie that Liu Chen was carrying. Then, Your Majesty, you gave the Chijie to Xi Wei and asked him to rush to Liangzhou overnight."
"How is this possible?" Huangfu Yong was shocked when he heard Li Han's plan.
"How can this be impossible?" Li Han sneered: "Liu Chen has lost his integrity and it is too late to catch up, so he has to cooperate with us. We can report to the court and say that Liu Chen suddenly suffered from a serious illness and needs to stay in Chang'an for treatment.
Considering that the refugee affairs on the front line were urgent, Xi Wei was asked to go to Liangzhou instead of Liu Chen. As for Xu Xiong, this person is timid and afraid of trouble. As long as the king gives him some benefits, he will probably sign it. In this way, raw rice will make cooked rice.
, What can the King of Qi do?"
Seeing that Huangfu Yong was still pondering, he continued: "Only if the front line is replaced by our people, can we control the situation. We even need the refugees to continue to cause chaos in Liangzhou and Yizhou. In this way, the King of Qi will rely on us and not
I will deal with you, the king..."
Zhou Xing, who was far away in Yizhou, naturally had no idea what happened in Shangluo Chang'an. These days, he encountered new problems.
There was a big battle with Huo Yan that day, and although he defeated the opponent, the first battalion of the Bodao People's Elite Army also lost 67 people on his side, and 232 people were injured, including some seriously injured.
Although the lives of the forty-five were saved by Ling Pu's treatment, they were all missing arms and legs and became disabled people who could no longer serve.
After the first battle, more than one-fifth of the troops were lost. This made Zhou Xing, who was watching the battle, realize the cruelty of war and also let him see the fierce fighting power of the refugees. In the two days just after the battle, he
I couldn't sleep well, and images of the wounded or dead kept turning over in my mind.
Not only that, after this battle, although Zhou Xing immediately expressed condolences to everyone and distributed a large amount of bonuses, he heard Gongsun Shu report that some people in the first battalion had begun to complain, saying that they should not fight for Guanghan County.
After the war, some people even regretted joining the army.
"Shouldn't we fight this battle?" Zhou Xing was secretly shocked after hearing this. Before setting off, Gongsun Sheng was extremely opposed to his sending troops this time, and said that the reason why Du Chou did not object was because his hometown was always facing refugees.
of invasion.
But Zhou Xing always felt that he was starting from the overall situation and occupying the moral high ground. Moreover, he had painted so many slogans, washed his mind so many times, paid a handsome monthly salary that was never available elsewhere, and made custom-made clothes for the soldiers.
Wearing beautiful military uniforms (of course, this is in his opinion. In the eyes of others, although the clothes designed by Zhou Xing look more energetic, they look really strange). It was this expedition.
Zhou Xing also specially added a wartime subsidy, with each soldier receiving ten copper baht per month. He still clearly remembers the roar of cheers when he announced this benefit.
Why did this unit, which had extremely high morale before setting off, turn out to have low morale after winning a battle?
"Gongsun Shu," Zhou Xing stared into Gongsun Shu's eyes and asked, "tell me what's on your mind, should I fight this battle? If it were you, would you fight or not?"
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Seeing Zhou Xing asking him like this, Gongsun Shu's expression became obviously unnatural, and his eyes avoided Zhou Xing's, "My lord, considering the overall situation, this battle should definitely be fought."
Hearing Gongsun Shu's words, Zhou Xing couldn't understand the implication of Gongsun Shu's words, and his heart suddenly felt desolate. He thought that his righteous deed would be very popular, but he didn't expect to get such consequences.
"Lord, when you join the army, in addition to receiving pay, the more important thing is, well, you can win the title of prince." Gongsun Shu's last words completely made Zhou Xingfan wake up.
Without promotion, why do these people want to fight?
As soon as I thought about this, all the confusions in the past suddenly became clear.
No wonder those people would rather be refugees than serve in the army in the prefectures and counties. Naturally, no one is willing to do such a useless thing. If an elite army of ordinary people like me surrounded my hometown, there would be no problem, but once I came out,
When fighting, this problem immediately arises.
After thinking about this, Zhou Xing became agitated.
Why do these selfish people put themselves on poles to help them? They love to resist the refugees, resist the refugees, and go to other places to become refugees.
Moreover, I am not from this world. I might travel back to my original world one day. What does this nonsense have to do with me?
But in a blink of an eye, he thought of the situation he was facing.
He suddenly thought that the reason why he sent troops in the first place was not because his life in Bodao might face the threat of refugees. Although it was not there yet, if the refugees continued to develop like this, then the army would attack Bodao.
I am afraid that I will become a refugee.
Gu Zhi
"It turns out that I am also a selfish person. It turns out that sending troops by myself has nothing to do with being noble." After Zhou Xing figured this out, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, but this smile was much more bitter.
But no matter what, Zhou Xing knew in his heart that this battle could not continue like this.
Now, apart from giving these people some military pay, he can't provide anything else.
Official positions, honors, and even the placement of the wounded after the war.
Without these things, Zhou Xing asked himself, if it were him, he would definitely not join the army unless he was forced to do so with a knife from behind.
With this understanding, Zhou Xing came to Du Chou and Gongsun Sheng the next day to discuss how to get an official position first. After Du Chou left for CD to give Luo Shang credit,
Zhou Xing had already made a plan. If Luo Shang did not give him an official position, he would immediately turn around and return to Bodao.
At this moment, Zhou Xing really understood deeply what it means that pitiable people must be hateful.
At this moment, he really understood Luo Shang's difficulties.
With a system like the Jin Dynasty, if it really encountered a sudden rebellion like the refugees, the state army was broken and it was recruited by temporary conscription. No matter how large the number was, it would still be a mob.
"God-given:
Seeing the words is like seeing the face.
Since I entered Shu, all I have seen and experienced has been an eye-opener. The ancients said: Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. This is what I call sincerity.
When I was in Shangluo, I just listened to you talk about the shortcomings and improvements of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, and I also heard you talk about Shen Xiu's various misdeeds. But when I got down there, I realized that the shortcomings of the Great Jin were not only the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, but also the shortcomings of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System.
It’s not just the poor people who are desperate to climb up.
Officials from various places have no sense of identification with the local area, and people everywhere have no sense of identity with them. This is what I don't understand the most. Everyone says that it is difficult to leave one's homeland. As I can see, countless people would rather stay away from their homeland than
Take up arms to protect your land and property.
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Since Zhou Xing left Shangluo, he has often corresponded with Wang Tianci, mostly talking about the customs and customs along the way. But he has never been so eager to get the insights and opinions of this good friend who he considers to be the only one he recognizes in the world.
.In the letter, he described in detail the various difficulties he encountered now, and also described in detail the hierarchy of the army in later generations in his own tone.
In his opinion, people with his status, or even Luo Shang's status, cannot reform such fundamental things at all. The only thing that can be reformed is to start from the central government.
The recruitment system and the professional military system are imperative.
He still had a glimmer of hope, even if it was so slim.
"My lord, it's time to go see the superior officer." Gongsun Sheng had to remind Zhou Xing when he saw that Zhou Xing had no intention of going to see the governor of Jiangyang County after receiving the seal and ribbon from Captain Jiangyang.
Zhou Xing, who came to his senses, under Gongsun Sheng's guidance, first asked Gongsun Sheng to take his name card to Jiangyang County, where the governor of Jiangyang County is located. After the two parties set a time, three days later, Zhou Xing took his name card to Jiangyang County.
Gongsun Sheng and Du Chou rode to Jiangyang County.
Gongsun Sheng, who had traveled all over the country, was obviously well-informed, and Du Chou was from Jiangyang County. Along the way, they introduced Jiangyang County to Zhou Xing eloquently.
The name of Jiangyang County comes from the Marquis of Jiangyang, which was granted during the period of Emperor Wu of Shang Dynasty. It was the fiefdom of a man named Su Jia. Although Su Jia is not well-known, Su Jia's younger brother Gongsun Sheng said it was
Zhou Xing was shocked. It turned out that his younger brother was the famous Su Wu. Zhou Xing had been reading history books for a period of time, and he admired Su Wu to the extreme, but he didn't expect that even in Jiangyang, not far from his Bo Road, he could be with Su Wu.
Get in touch.
Although Jiangyang County is a small county, according to Gongsun Sheng, it is not as wealthy as Shu County. Jiangyang County is rich in salt and iron, especially salt, and its output accounts for more than half of the entire Yizhou. Not to mention his family,
Du Chou and his family had several salt wells. This made Zhou Xing very interested, and he even said that he would go to their house during his free time to see what the salt wells were like.
Since the establishment of the trading market in his territory, according to Guo Wen's report, more than 50,000 kilograms of Shu salt alone were traded in the first month. This was just after it opened, and it was still a publicly traded quantity. This salt
Iron has always been a monopoly, and the imperial court had the Siyan Xiaowei Mansion and the Stiexiaowei Mansion in Shu, which were responsible for the management of salt and iron. If you want to sell salt, you must obtain a salt certificate issued by the Siyan Xiaowei Mansion.
Selling salt.
According to Du Chou, all the big households in Jiangyang County, especially Han'an County, dug salt wells privately. The salt wells were only one foot square. When someone from the Salt School Commandant came to inspect them, they found something to cover them.
However, the annual private sale and purchase volume of salt is far greater than the public sale and purchase volume.
Zhou Xing remembered that Guo Gui was responsible for handling this matter at his place at first. Later, he sent Guo Gui to prison, and Guo Wen took over the matter. At this time, when he heard Gongsun Sheng talking about this, he felt
I couldn't help but start making calculations.
There is no salt production in Zhuti County of Xianxian County or even Ningzhou. Merchants even come from as far away as Jingzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiaozhou to sell Shu salt. Guo Gui’s 50,000 kilograms of salt is enough to bring him
Not only did Wang Tianyun repeatedly praise him for his great foresight in opening this large trading market, but also Yan Meiting and others who settled in it from the beginning were also happy every day.
Zhou Xingnai is a dignified Marquis of Ting and the son-in-law of the Wang family of Jinyang. It is not difficult for Guo Gui to complete the procedures. At this time, Zhou Xing, who was on horseback, thought of the contributions Guo Gui had made for him and couldn't help but regret it.
I had sent this man to jail without mercy.
It was nearly four hundred miles from Deyang to Jiangyang County. The three of them set off from Deyang early in the morning on horseback. When they arrived in Jiangyang County, it was already dark. They entered the city and came to a compound.
As soon as he entered the gate, the scene inside really surprised him.
"Marquis Zhou, why are you so late?" This courtyard is huge, but it is so full of people, tables and chairs. The leader is wearing the eunuch's unique crimson official robe and looks to be forty years old.
He is many years old, has a loud voice when speaking, and a gentle smile on his face, which makes people look friendly.
