Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both found it very interesting to listen to Wang Baozhang's "strange talk". Among them, Guan Yu was the most touched. He had the experience of killing people and running away, and he still remembered the "good deeds" and evil deeds of these powerful men.
After listening to Wang Baochang's words, I felt that I had found a true friend.
On the other hand, Zhang Fei just listened to it as a story and was unaware of the metaphor behind it.
The three of them arrived at Peach Blossom Village. The so-called Peach Blossom Village was just a few rows of peach trees at the entrance of the village. The peach blossoms were in full bloom at this time and the scenery was pleasant. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei thought of their sworn friendship in the Peach Garden. They had once wished to live and die in the same year, month and day with Liu Bei, but now
Liu Bei was already dead, but the two of them were still alive, with sobs in their throats and full of sorrow.
Wang Baozhang went to call the local chief, who said to the three of them: "Fortunately, you came in time. The porridge and rice are already prepared. I'll call a few people to help."
The Baojia system was founded by Gao Jin, who misappropriated the management methods of later generations. Its most essential feature is that the "household" is the basic unit of social organization. In the Han Dynasty, five families were called "Wu" and ten families were called "Shi"
, hundreds of families are called "li"; and Gao Jin's method is the same as that proposed by Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty when ten households were one guarantee, five guarantees were one big guarantee, and ten major guarantees were one all guarantee; the Baojia system was used for management.
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Everyone put the porridge and rice on the car together. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei saw many women leaning on the door to sew clothes, and many people used bamboo baskets to hold a lot of cloth. They asked Wang Baochang: "How do these people get the cloth? How do they make it?"
I’m afraid there are many clothes that I won’t be able to use at home.”
Wang Baochang said: "The clothes they make are not for their own use. They are all fabrics handed down by the government to make clothes and armor. Some are sent to the army to be worn by soldiers, and some are sent to garment shops in the city for distribution."
They sell it, the government provides the cloth, and they go to work. After a year, they can also earn some copper coins to support their families."
Guan Yu asked: "When the government distributes the cloth, aren't you afraid that they won't hand it over?"
Wang Baochang laughed and said to Guan Yu: "These are all registered, and the materials and ready-made clothes are clearly recorded. I am not afraid of them escaping. After all, the houses and fields are here, not to mention that many people rely on this to make a living.
Well, who would want to waste this little information?"
Guan Yu nodded: "This is good governance."
"Isn't it?" Wang Baochang said: "In addition to these, every village has an iron furnace to smelt iron, make farm tools, and weapons during leisure time. These are also collected by the government. There are two craftsmen in each village, and the rest are young and strong.
Then we will help them. Anyway, apart from clearing up wasteland, everyone can find something to do to support their families. After one year, not only will food and drink be no problem, but even if they send their children to a volunteer school to learn a few words, they will be able to cope with it."
The three of them were talking as they loaded the bags of porridge and rice into the car. After loading, Wang Baochang said goodbye to Chief Jia and led Zhang Fei and Guan Yu back the same way. This time Zhang Fei and Guan Yu could only follow on foot. Guan Yu's thoughts on Xuzhou's affairs
With a little more interest, he continued chatting with Baozhang Wang. Wang Baozhang told everything he knew and told all the changes in Xuzhou.
"Pi County is a big county now. It can accommodate at least one hundred thousand households of refugees. With each of these people, they can cultivate more than ten acres of wasteland in less than a year. By then, wait and see, this
Xuzhou is the richest state in the world. After hearing this news, many refugees are rushing here. There are more and more people. Now the government is moving people to Qingzhou. There is no way. The land is only so big, and there is only so much land.
If so, the young ones can stay. The salt pond in Donghai County requires tens of thousands of workers. No matter how many extra people there are, they can go to the new wharf on the East China Sea to build ships. No matter how many people there are, there will always be a way to accommodate them."
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After returning to the village, Wang Baochang summoned several women to make porridge. Then he set up a porridge shed and notified each household to come and receive porridge water. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei each received a large porridge spoon and were responsible for distributing it. Who would have thought that these two illustrious people would
Famous generals also have today. Zhang Fei is an impatient person. He scoops spoonfuls of porridge and water for others, and his face becomes ugly. He stares at the refugees with his eyes. The refugees are so scared that they dare not show their anger. Guan Yu is more kind-hearted.
Arrogant but not impetuous….
They had been busy until noon. The two of them each held a bowl of porridge and drank under a wall. Zhang Fei said dissatisfiedly: "The fact of being an official is unbearable. If I hadn't sworn the oath, I would really want to
Just walked away."
Guan Yu closed his eyes and said: "This Gao Jin is not just the second Lu Bu. He can implement such good governance. I am afraid he is the second eldest brother."
Zhang Fei said: "How can this thief compare to my elder brother?"
Guan Yu scolded: "Third brother, don't be rude!"
Zhang Fei immediately kept silent and lowered his head to drink porridge.
Guan Yu put down his bowl and chopsticks, closed his mouth and stroked his beard, wondering what he was thinking about.
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Inside Xuchang City.
Cao Cao was sitting in the center, surrounded by Cao's confidants on both sides. Liu Ye's secret report from Xuzhou had been sent. After reading it, Cao Cao immediately summoned everyone to discuss it.
Now Gao Jin has occupied Qingzhou and has attracted hundreds of thousands of refugees. His power is not even under Cao Cao's. If this continues, sooner or later Cao Cao will have to fight him to the death. Now that Yuan Shao has retreated, it will be impossible to go south for a while.
, Cao Cao already had a premonition that if Gao Jin was not weakened, he would be unable to lose his power in the future.
But how should we proceed? Cao Cao is a smart man. He understands that he cannot have any dispute with Gao Jin now because they still have a common enemy. Although Yuan Shao was defeated, he was too powerful and it only took half a year to defeat him.
He can regain his vitality. His true strength is even stronger than Cao Cao and Gao Jin combined. In this case, it is disadvantageous to blatantly split with Gao Jin.
Cao Cao closed his eyes and scanned everyone, hoping to get a perfect plan.
However, he was slightly disappointed, and then asked Xun Yu: "Where is the filial piety?"
At this time, Xun Yu also noticed that Guo Jia was the only one missing from the table, and he quickly said, "Why don't you send someone to invite me, Mr. Cao?"
Cao Cao immediately asked people to look for him. Without Guo Jia, Cao Cao felt unsure.
Guo Jia was born in Yingchuan, which was the largest talent pool in the late Han Dynasty. At that time, sixty-seven out of ten counselors who advised various heroes came from here. Guo Jia showed extraordinary wisdom in his youth. He liked to interact with elders.
He often had unique insights when talking with other people, which often made the elders feel ashamed. Once, a warlock from other places saw young Guo Jia and was so amazed that he called the boy the reincarnation of Grand Duke Jiang Ziya. From then on, Guo Jia had
A nickname - "Little Grandpa".
As time goes by, Guo Jia, who has read poetry and books, has grown up in an instant. He is thin and handsome, and has a pair of clear and deep eyes. This "little grandpa" is confident and aloof, likes to be unrestrained, and is very picky in making friends, only talking to his heart.
However, he was very sincere and enthusiastic towards his friends, and he liked to drink and talk all night long. When Guo Jia was 21 years old, encouraged by his friends Tian Feng and others, he defected to Yuan Shao's tent.
Yuan Shao was called the "Hero of the World" at that time. He respected Guo Jia and others very much and treated them generously. However, after dozens of days, Guo Jia realized that Yuan Shao did not know how to employ people and was not a man who could achieve great things. So,
Guo Jia resolutely left Yuan Shao. Guo Jia left Yuan Shao when he was at his most prosperous. This required not only great courage, but also extraordinary vision.
In this way, Guo Jia was idle for 6 years. Then Xi Zhicai, a counselor whom Cao Cao valued very much, passed away. Feeling sad, Cao Cao wrote to Xun Yu and asked him to recommend a counselor who could replace Xi Zhicai.
So Xun Yu recommended his good friend Guo Jia to Cao Cao. Cao Cao was overjoyed and welcomed Guo Jia into his camp to discuss world affairs together. Guo Jia was younger than Cao Cao, but he seemed to have great ambitions for the country.
He knew everything. When Cao Cao asked Guo Jia about the situation in the world, Guo Jia told the key point. He took advantage of Cao Cao's plan to take advantage of Yuan Shao's attack on Gongsun Zan to eliminate Lu Bu first. This would not only allow Cao Cao's army to expand its strength, but also prevent Lu Bu from following Cao Yuan's decisive battle in the future.
The flank threatened Cao Jun. Cao Cao asked Guo Jia again, what is the most critical quality as a counselor? Guo Jia said that war is like playing chess. No war is planned in advance. Being familiar with the art of war is just an introduction. The advantages and disadvantages of a strategist are
Responding to situations. Guo Jia's clear and thorough analysis allowed Cao Cao to see a bright future. After hearing this, Cao Cao sighed, "This is the person who can accomplish great things alone." After Guo Jia left the camp, he was overjoyed and said, "My true lord."
Ye." From then on, Guo Jia became Cao Cao's military staff officer—military sacrificial wine, providing advice and suggestions for Cao Cao's four-way campaign and serving loyally...
Among Cao Cao's many advisers, Guo Jia was the only one who knew Cao Cao best, and the two had a close relationship, like friends. According to records, the two would travel in the same car and sit at the same table, which shows their closeness.
"In Cao Cao's camp, Guo Jia had many unconventional behaviors, but in the eyes of Cao Cao, who favored him, he was an extraordinary person and should not be restrained by common sense."
Not only that, Cao Cao also secretly applauded Guo Jiayi for still maintaining his old style of life. During his long battle career, Cao Cao always brought Guo Jia with him so that he could learn from each other at any time and act according to the opportunity. Guo Jia was lucky, only
Only a man with great talent and strategy like Cao Cao dared to use someone like Guo Jia, who despised etiquette and law, and introduced him as a "confidant". Whenever there were major military and national events, Guo Jia's strategies were never miscalculated. Cao Cao even placed his best wishes on the young Guo Jia.
He had unlimited hopes and planned to entrust Guo Jia with the important affairs of governing the country after his death.
Guo Jia's important position in Cao Cao's group cannot be replaced by anyone. Therefore, without Guo Jia by his side, Cao Cao would really feel unsure.
Guo Jia can be regarded as the most bizarre strategist. Like a dazzling meteor, the dazzling light flashed across the dark red sky in the late Han Dynasty. In his weak years, Guo Jia had already developed the habit of a hermit who rolled his eyes at secular society.
. He only interacts with two or three close friends, and few people understand him except relatives, friends and wise and talented people.
It's just that the talented Guo Jia disdained to abide by etiquette and was even a little bohemian. You are right to say that he "lived indulgently and informally". But the indulgence at that time did not mean having an abnormal relationship as it does now, but not the same.
The meaning of "restriction". Looking at Guo Jia's tricks, we can see that he is not afraid of anything, dares to take risks, and is willing to take risks.
However, it is very unusual that Guo Jia is not seen alone during important events. It has never happened before. This makes everyone in the scene quite puzzled. However, Guo Jia's surly behavior is also difficult to understand.
I figured it out, so no one paid too much attention to it.
After waiting for a long time, still no one came. Cao Cao became a little uneasy and said with a deep eyebrow, "Send someone to look for him again."
Only then did everyone see Cao Cao's anxiety and began to whisper among themselves.
After another moment, Guo Jia finally came, but this time he breathed the smell of alcohol. He shook his head three times, and was drunk. Cao Cao looked a little unhappy, but it soon turned cloudy again, and he laughed.
Said: "I went to drink wine secretly because of my filial piety. If you can't come up with a plan for me today to deal with Gao Jin, I will punish you."
Guo Jia covered his head, looking full of pain, and said: "Mr. Cao, I'm not drinking for fun, but because I have something I can't figure out."
Cao Cao asked: "What do you mean?"
Guo Jiadao: "Now Yuan Shao is ruling the roost in Hebei, but he has suffered a slight setback and cannot move south for the time being. However, Gao Jin has newly occupied Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Yuan Shu is in the south and Yuan Shao is eyeing him in the north. But my lord is still sitting high in Xuchang. I don't know why?"
Cao Cao suddenly heard some kind of metaphor and knew that Guo Jia was doing this on purpose, so he hurriedly asked: "Please go on, Fengxiao."
Guo Jia suddenly lost the smell of alcohol and retreated from the people who were supporting him. He bowed respectfully to Cao Cao and said: "Mr. Cao, this opportunity is not to be missed. Gao Jin has a new victory and his energy is at its peak, but Yuan Shao has a new defeat.
If Duke Cao doesn't take advantage of the worries about going south to cut off the other princes, wouldn't he miss a good opportunity?"
Cao Cao had just woken up and suddenly felt his own limitations. He had been worried about Yuan Shao in Hebei and Gao Jin in Xuzhou. Little did he know that there were so many princes in the world, and now he was focusing on these two people with great opportunities for expansion.
He didn't expect that he was so confused. Although Gao Jin and Yuan Shao were both ambitious people, their ability to gain a foothold in the world made him fearful of Cao Cao. They both had great strength. Let's talk about Yuan Shao first.
In the three states, there were many soldiers and generals, and they dominated for a while. As for Gao Jin, now he has occupied Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and he has also obtained the salt pond of the East China Sea. In time, he will definitely become a figure that cannot be underestimated...
The reason why they were able to dominate was because they had enough strength, and Cao Cao was not strong at this time. If Yuan Shao occupied the vast land of Hebei with a population of millions of households, Gao Jin occupied Yanchi
, controlled the world's green salt, and thus had the strongest financial resources. What Cao Cao relied on was the political capital of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.
Guo Jiadao: "Why didn't Duke Cao immediately send troops to Jingzhou to defeat Liu Biao in one fell swoop?"
How could Guo Jia not understand Cao Cao's intentions? Cao Cao hoped that he would find a way to check and balance Gao Jin, but Guo Jia understood that any checks and balances were just side effects. The real way was to enhance his own strength.
Looking around, there is Yuan Shao to the north of Xuchang. The enemy is strong and we are weak, so it is naturally difficult to capture it. To the east is Gao Jin. Gao Jin's strength cannot be underestimated and it is difficult to eliminate him for a while. To the south are Yuan Shu and Liu Biao. Yuan Shu is also there.
It's not easy to take action. This person also needs to be the force to check and balance Gao Jin. Otherwise, once Yuan Shu is attacked, Gao Jin may take the opportunity to take advantage. In this case, Gao Jin is very likely to be taken advantage of.
Only Liu Biao was the most suitable candidate, and Jingzhou was also the richest state at this time. The so-called Jingzhou bordered Cao Cao's Xuchang to the north, reached today's Jiaozhi to the south, and bordered Yizhou to the east; it was the most vast.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jingzhou originally had seven counties under its jurisdiction, namely: Nanyang County, Nan County, Jiangxia County, Lingling County, Guiyang County, Wuling County and Changsha County. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang County and Nan County each separated part of their counties and established Xiangyang.
There were two counties in Zhangling, so Jingzhou administered nine counties in total. This is the origin of the "nine counties in Jingxiang" in later generations.
Now that Cao Cao has occupied part of Jingzhou, he has destroyed Zhang Xiu and captured the Wancheng area. If he can advance southward and enter the hinterland of Xiangfan, Cao Cao's strength will more than double. If he can get this land, which spans the north and south of the Yangtze River, it has a vast territory and a great economy.
The culture is relatively developed, and the strategic position is very important. It is known as the "emperor's capital" and the "country of force", and it can be in an invincible position, enough to compete with Yuan Shao and Gao Jin for supremacy.
At this time, Liu Biao occupied Jingzhou. After ten years of hard work, he occupied Jiangling in the south and Xiangyang in the north. "The area is thousands of miles away, and there are more than 100,000 armored men." There are more than a thousand large and small warships concentrated in Jiangling alone, which shows its military strength.
It was quite powerful and was a major separatist force at that time. However, Liu Biao's talents were limited and it was actually impossible to protect Jianghan. This was an opportunity he could take advantage of.
Guo Jia's intention was very clear. Taking advantage of Gao Jin and Yuan Shao's temporary weakness, he immediately went south to compete with Liu Biao for supremacy, and then used this as capital to dominate the world.
Cao Cao woke up from a dream and realized Guo Jia's brilliance. He was so entangled in Hebei and Xuzhou that he forgot about the opportunity to visit the south and asked quickly: "Liu Biao has 200,000 soldiers and warships."
There are countless of them, and it may be difficult to defeat them at once."
Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "I heard that Sun Ce and Liu Biao in Jiangdong are feuding. Why don't Cao Gong ask the emperor to issue an order to make Sun Ce the prefect of Jiangxia? In this case, Sun Ce will definitely lead his army to attack Jiangxia. Liu Biao relies on
It’s just the Xiangfan navy. If all the navy goes south to Jiangxia, the lord can immediately raid Xiangfan and decide in one fell swoop.”
Cao Cao immediately frowned. He first provoked the conflict between Sun Ce and Liu Biao, and then took the opportunity to go south. It was indeed a clever move. After all, Liu Biao's infantry was not something to be afraid of. Although they were outnumbered, in Cao Cao's view, they were just lambs waiting to be slaughtered. He was really afraid of them.
In fact, it is the Jingzhou Navy. Once the Jingzhou Navy goes to Jiangxia, Cao Cao can order a general to lead 10,000 troops and horses to quickly cross to the south bank. Then the army will swarm in and drive straight in. How can Liu Biao resist?
Cao Cao was overjoyed and said: "The words of filial piety hit my heart. I will ask the emperor to issue an order. Where is Xiahou Dun?"
Xiahou Dun avoided the banquet and went out, saluted Cao Cao and said, "Here you are."
Cao Cao said: "I will order you to mobilize 10,000 troops and horses and train day and night. When Sun Ce and Liu Biao start a war in Jiangxia, they will immediately go south."
"Here."
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History is beginning to change beyond recognition, so you must be mentally prepared.