Chapter 629 General Zhang Zhonglang is a master at pretending to be confused.
Hearing what Liu Bei said, Zhang Yan's heart sank and her head bowed even lower.
He had a premonition that Liu Bei was going to attack him on this issue, but he didn't know the specific process and results.
"I also think this is wrong, but in order to survive, there is no other way... The mountain people are originally unable to bear the harsh government and have no choice but to escape to the mountains and wilderness. In order to survive, there is no other way..."
As he spoke, he carefully looked at Liu Bei's expression.
I saw the emotion on Liu Bei's face.
"Yeah, it's not easy for anyone. Living in this world, you don't know if you'll have the next meal after you've had one meal."
Liu Bei sighed: "Don't talk about them. I was not like this more than ten years ago. But before, there was no way. In order to survive, I could only fight, but now that there is a way to solve the problem
, why do you continue to live like that, robbing families and homes?”
Zhang Yan blinked and suddenly realized that Liu Bei had something to say.
"General, what do you mean..."
"General Zhang Zhonglang, since you are already an official of the imperial court, you should serve the imperial court. Now the imperial court is restoring the state merging on a large scale. Aren't you going to do something to help the imperial court?"
"I...of course I am willing to help the court solve problems, but I don't know how to do it..."
"Hahahaha, General Zhang Zhonglang knows this clearly, but he still pretends to be confused here!"
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yan with a smile and said word by word: "Looking at it this way, General Zhang Zhonglang can be said to be a master at pretending to be confused."
"This...this...general, a humble position...a humble position does not have..."
Seeing Zhang Yan's slightly flustered expression, Liu Bei laughed loudly and patted Zhang Yan on the shoulder.
"This is a compliment to you!"
"Thank you so much, General, for your compliment."
"Hahahahahaha!"
Liu Bei then laughed, and after laughing, he looked at Zhang Yan gently: "No kidding, this time when I go back, General Zhang Zhonglang will send off all the people who should be sent away. Hundreds of thousands of people are staying in the mountains. It's not like this."
From a long-term perspective, I feel it is inappropriate.
Being in the mountains without enough food and clothing, and having to go down the mountain to plunder without food will only make the relationship between the mountain and the people more and more tense. Let them all leave and go to Bingzhou.
This time we have regained Bingzhou, and many counties and counties are short of population. I will also think of some ways so that the population in the mountains can be moved to Bingzhou and naturalized. In this way, the construction of Bingzhou should be resumed."
Zhang Yan swallowed and thought to herself that it was indeed the case.
In fact, Liu Bei's request was within the scope of his consideration and did not exceed his expectations. He guessed that Liu Bei would definitely make this request to him.
So his response was not panicked.
"The general hopes so, and his humble position will naturally not object. However, the general needs to know that these people who go up the mountain do not go up the mountain out of their own original wishes. They are not willing to go up the mountain in the first place. Instead, they are corrupted by corrupt officials and tyranny.
I went up the mountain only when I was cornered.
If corrupt officials and tyranny cannot be controlled, then even if they are forced to go down by their humble position, one day they will come back up again. Such a thing, with the wisdom of the general, will not be unexpected, I wonder if this is the case?"
Liu Bei nodded.
"Yes, they were forced to go up the mountain by corrupt officials and tyranny. The ancients said that tyranny is stronger than a tiger. I have realized this, so I have been working hard to rectify the government and governance over the years, and there have been some changes.
, for example, Liangzhou is governed well.
Liangzhou once only had a population of 500,000 in the household registration, and there were many runaways and servants of big families. After my governance, the population of Liangzhou now exceeds one million. This is a real thing. No one
You can fake it and no one can ignore it.
You can tell them that General Liu Bei promised them that if they go down the mountain and enter Bingzhou, they will not have to pay any taxes within three years, and will not be levied with corvees. After three years, they will only be levied land taxes, calculation taxes, and oral taxes.
It will be borne by the government.”
Zhang Yan was a little surprised.
"General, is this... true?"
"The promise given by Mr. Liu has never been broken. Isn't the reason why you are willing to surrender to the imperial court also because of Mr. Liu's promise? And this kind of thing has not never happened. This is the case in Liangzhou. So now,
The same will happen in Bingzhou."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "Liu really wants to govern Bingzhou well. He really hopes that Bingzhou can be restored and become an important barrier for the Three Rivers. He must not just watch Bingzhou decline. It is normal to pay something for it."
Don't worry about it."
Zhang Yan looked at Liu Bei for a while.
"General, what if someone is unwilling to come down the mountain?"
"At the beginning, there were many people in Liangzhou who didn't believe in the government's policies. It wasn't until someone actually benefited and they saw it that they regretted it and quickly returned to the government household registration. Now, it's just a matter of doing it all over again.
The earlier you go down the mountain, the sooner you can enjoy the government's generous policies. The later you go down, the more hardship you have to endure. If you don't go down the mountain, you will continue to suffer without force. Politicians must always make people convinced.
That’s fine, and how can what I do be a misrule or tyranny?”
Well, this is true. If the government can do things like pay tribute on behalf of others, then it can be regarded as charity. Where is the harsh government and tyranny?
If the original local government could do this, how could so many people follow Zhang Yan to rebel and go up the mountain?
After thinking about many things, Zhang Yan nodded slowly.
"If the general has such considerations, then I am willing to cooperate with the general and let as many people come down the mountain as possible."
"General Zhang Zhonglang, I will give you a standard later. You select 10,000 people in your army to stay according to the standards I gave, and all the others will be dismissed as civilians."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "After that, I will transform your army into a regular army of the imperial court. I will give you a military number and food and salary. You will bring the army to Luoyang for training. After the training is completed, you will be a serious imperial army."
, you and your subordinates will also become regular imperial officers, and there is no need to worry about other things."
Zhang Yan's heart trembled.
This is what Liu Bei discussed with him about his future treatment.
Zhang Yan had some understanding of Liu Bei's military strategy. He knew that Liu Bei's army was organized with ten thousand people as an army, and he paid great attention to training and education of officers. The trained soldiers were all excellent soldiers and strong generals. This was reflected in Guan Yu's military strategy.
It is fully reflected in the military.
So Zhang Yan knew that Liu Bei was not tricking him.
"Anyone else would have suspected it, but if the general said this, he would not doubt it. He is willing to obey the general's orders."
Zhang Yan said something very wise.
I agreed to you because I believed in your character and promise, Liu Bei. If it were anyone else, I would never agree, so you have to be careful and don't ruin the character you have accumulated over the years.
Liu Bei also heard the subtext of these words, so he nodded with satisfaction.
"Only by doing the right things will you have a bright future. General Zhang Zhonglang, you will have a bright future."
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yan with satisfaction.
Zhang Yan's problem has been solved, and Yu Fuluo's problem, which had been left aside before, should also be raised.
Liu Bei changed his target and began to smile at Yu Fuluo again.
"It's really rude of me to prepare to welcome you from afar when I'm here."
Yu Fuluo shivered for no reason.
"The general has said it before. He is just a small lieutenant general in his humble position. He dare not call himself Shanyu..."
"Hahahaha, the Great Chanyu is joking. The Great Chanyu is always the Great Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu. Why don't you dare to call yourself?"
Liu Bei walked to Yu Fuluo's side and held Yu Fuluo's hand: "Da Shan Yu's subordinates provided a lot of help to the court during this Northern Expedition. Bei is very grateful, so he wants to help Da Shan Yu's subordinates.
To provide some help, I happened to hear that the life of the Great Chan Yu was a bit difficult, I wonder if this is the case?"
Yu Fuluo couldn't figure out Liu Bei's meaning for a while and hesitated a little.
"this……"
"Actually, during this trip to the north, Bei's subordinates also provided him with a lot of information about the Southern Huns. After Bei learned about it, he felt very sad."
Liu Bei didn't wait for Fu Luo to finish speaking, and then sighed with emotion: "The Southern Xiongnu people are displaced and live in poverty. They never have a safe place to live. The houses they have lived in for a long time have to be abandoned, and the land they have cultivated for a long time has to be abandoned. It is so painful.
It's not that Bei can't understand things.
So this time the Southern Xiongnu made a great contribution and wanted to reward the Southern Xiongnu for their contribution, so they specially wanted to solve the problem for the Great Chanyu and thought of a very interesting way. I don’t know if the Great Chanyu can agree with this approach."