Looking at Liu Zhang, Qu Lingchen almost agreed, but when he thought about some things, he still couldn't calm down.
Qu Lingchen was buried in Liu Zhang's arms. After a long time, he whispered in a mosquito-like voice: "Didn't I give it to you a long time ago?" A faint red cloud appeared on his face, remembering that miserable night outside Guiyang.
, when I recalled it in the past, it was always like a nightmare, but now, Qu Lingchen feels sweet.
"I'm sorry, husband, Yan'er will be yours for the rest of her life, but I can't always stay with you."
Qu Lingchen suddenly remembered something and took out a red caltrop, which was exactly the one that Qu Tian had. It looked particularly bright under the moonlight.
Qu Lingchen wrapped Hongling around his wrist and said softly: "I will keep it tied on my hand. If one day the leader sends me to assassinate you, I will take it off. Don't show mercy to me then."
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Liu Zhang glanced at Hong Ling and gently hugged Qu Lingchen: "I can't do anything to Yan'er. When the time comes, as long as Yan'er is obedient and captured by me, I will take you back to the room and lock you up.
OK?"
Liu Zhang's breath sprayed on his body, and he felt the tightness in front of his lower abdomen. Qu Lingchen blushed for a while and couldn't help but hit Liu Zhang. He suddenly frowned and said, "By the way, husband, how is your illness?"
"Isn't this good for me? It's okay."
"That's weird."
Qu Lingchen gave Liu Zhang an angry look, "You just don't care about your body." He took out the Liangqin from the cloth bag, put it on his knees cross-legged, and gently plucked the strings. After a soft sound, Qu Lingchen slowly
Slowly enter the state and play the piano with concentration.
The sound of the piano was lingering and the dance was light. It was the same tune as the last time on Yunmeng Island. Playing the harp-shaped harp made people even more intoxicated. Liu Zhang seemed to have returned to that island again. At that time, he and Qu Lingchen had experienced nothing.
In my heart, the other person is a pure white page.
And after experiencing so many vicissitudes of life, it feels like we are back to square one.
"Report."
A fast horse galloped from a distance, breaking the quiet environment. Wang Xu and others knew that Liu Zhang never neglected political affairs. Even if they saw him drunkenly listening to the piano, all the soldiers were also fascinated by the music, but they did not dare to stop him.
Xinqi let Xinbing in.
Xinbing dismounted and half knelt down, and bowed loudly to Liu Zhang: "My lord, Mr. Fa is leading the troops back to the city. Mr. Huang Quan invites my lord to return home."
"My lord, Mr. Fa is leading the troops back to the city. Mr. Huang Quan invites the lord to return to his house." Seeing that Liu Zhang didn't hear it, Xin Bing had to repeat it again, raising his voice, and the sound spread throughout the country.
Liu Zhang was immersed in the music of the piano. He felt peaceful in his heart. He was woken up by the cavalry. He clenched his fists and really wanted to strangle the cavalry to death.
After finally holding back his anger, he looked at Qu Lingchen. Qu Lingchen did not open his eyes, but just nodded. The music of the piano continued to beat lightly and peacefully.
Liu Zhang jumped off the stone, mounted his horse, glanced at Qu Lingchen who was still playing the piano, and galloped towards Chengdu with his soldiers.
The night is silent and the moonlight is like silver.
Qu Lingchen plucked the strings, and sadness slowly appeared on his face.
"This man has great ambitions and good intentions. Unfortunately, he is jealous of talents. I hope that when we meet again in the future, I can play a piece of music for him."
Since Yunmeng Island, this sentence has come to mind countless times. Every time, I feel regretful and feel that I have misjudged the person. But at this time, listening to the sound of horse hooves in the distance, Qu Lingchen really misses it so much.
Let him continue playing the piano.
However, even though I am willing, why can't I accept all this calmly?
The sound of the horse's hooves gradually faded away, and the sound of the piano stopped leisurely. Five slender fingers covered the silky strings. Qu Lingchen buried his head on the piano, letting the moonlight shine on the back of the white man.
Fazheng returned to Chengdu, and Hao Sheng came back with him after recovering from his injuries. This coke broke Bao'er, and Bao'er handed over the army to the flower boy. He pestered Hao Sheng all day long. Liu Zhang was also happy with the beauty of the adult, but he was still injured because of his serious injuries.
, gave him a few days off.
Fa Zheng brought back 15,000 soldiers and horses, including 8,000 from Jiangdong. Yang Huai allocated 7,000 from the Fuling area of Yubelly and transferred them to Chengdu. Chengdu's defense force was strengthened.
Liu Zhang conferred the title of Zhu Rong as General Xianci, and the Nanzhong barbarian soldiers were each granted the title of Barbarian nobility, and were rewarded with brocade, gold, silver, and grain fields. Zhu Rong led the barbarian soldiers back to Nanzhong, and Shamoke led the barbarian soldiers back to Wuxi.
Bao'er stayed in Chengdu because of his powerful connections, while Huahai'er led some troops from Wuxi and Wuxi back to Wuxi to continue farming.
The remaining barbarians who were willing to submit were consolidated by Xiao Furong and Bao'er served as deputy commander. A total of 3,000 people stayed in Chengdu. They were all issued with light armored bows and arrows and white-barrel guns, forming a formal force of well-equipped barbarians.
Ten days later, the curfew was lifted, soldiers and horses were dispatched, and the people began to "turn in their spoils of war." The children of the noble families were handed over to the government. There were more than 20,000 men and women each, for a total of more than 46,000 people, including the noble families and servants who directly participated in the rebellion.
The common people, as well as the servants and common people who protect the family.
This is only the Chengdu area. The number of rebellious clans in Brazil, Bajun, Yufu, Fuling, Hanzhong, Shangyong, and others is over this number, and the total number exceeds 100,000.
The government fulfilled its promise and appointed common people as pavilion chiefs and township chiefs based on merit, and handed over the land of the family to the common people. Many tenant farmers and long-term workers obtained land, and they had crops directly on it.
The people cheered for joy and cherished the property they received. They were afraid that if the yield was not good and the government would take it back, they took care of the crops carefully.
The shops belonging to the rebellious clans were handed over to relevant workshops for direct management after checking their books and sorting out their business operations, and became government-operated stores.
The local civil servants who had not rebelled were selected to enter the Mufu. Dong He served as the chief minister, Gong Zhi served as the chief official of the third cao, and the liberal arts candidates in the spring examination enriched the local area.
The clans that have not rebelled are in the minority, and almost all of them are clans that have slowly tasted the benefits of business in the past two years. Under Liu Zhang's new policy, it is impossible for them to return to the era of traditional clans.
These aristocratic families began to transform, no longer keen on expanding land, focusing on business. The Huang family, Qu family in Brazil, Wu family, Yin family, and Jin family in Chengdu began to shift their assets to business in large quantities.
After the original big families were defeated, many market gaps were left. These big families not only built workshops and opened shops to fill the gaps, but also purchased a large number of shops left by the rebellious families from the government at low prices.
They are transitioning from a traditional family to a commercial aristocracy.
Since then, the influence of traditional families in Yizhou has basically collapsed. Except for the newly appointed officials who are not very familiar with the business, Yizhou has shown a new look, which is completely different from the monopoly of family groups in other states, showing strong vitality.
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However, this kind of vitality is still just vitality. After experiencing this large-scale rebellion that spread almost throughout Yizhou, Yizhou is already riddled with holes. The economy is stagnant and people's livelihood is in ruins.
Huang Quan collected the statistical books from various places and reported the losses to Liu Zhang one by one, which made Liu Zhang frown.
This war destroyed all the food in Yizhou and laid waste to farming and commerce, especially in Chengdu. There was great chaos and the losses were immeasurable.
"My lord, apart from these, there is some good news." Seeing Liu Zhang frowning, Huang Quan forced a smile and said: "This time we took the family into custody and confiscated immeasurable property. The food collected by the family was also immeasurable, except for reconstruction.
And to maintain order, I am afraid that within three years, as long as there is no war, we will not have to worry about food and money."
Liu Zhang smiled bitterly: "Is this good news?"
Huang Quan was silent.
Both Liu Zhang and Huang Quan knew that the government's tax revenue came from the people, and only by hiding wealth among the people could there be a steady stream of tax revenue. Now that they are all taking away the wealth from the aristocratic families, it is not ruled out that many aristocratic families are hoarding money and have huge wealth.
But in the past, the aristocratic families were also large tax payers, which played a role in coordinating agriculture. Now they are all the same. It is foreseeable that within five years, without major reforms, tax revenue will not be the same as before the rebellion.
This is called fishing in the lake.
But now that he has done it, Liu Zhang will not regret it. He is just worried that Huang Quan said that there will be no war within three years. There are still four years left in the five-year domestic affairs set by Huang Yueying. Liu Zhang really doesn't want to do it within three years.
A war breaks out.
At this moment, a soldier came in and bowed to Liu Zhang: "My Lord, urgent report from the northwest."
Liu Zhang frowned, it seemed that he got whatever he wanted, but what he thought about usually came to him, which was not a good thing.
"speak."
"A great change occurred in the northwest Qiang Rong. The leader of the Qingyi Qiang wanted to discuss the land of Tazhong with the Wu Ban prefect, but was intercepted and killed on the way. The interceptor left our Han weapons. The Xianling Qiang leader who was close to Ma Teng framed Wu Ban
The prefect killed someone, took the opportunity to instigate the rebellion of the thirteen Qiang tribes, colluded with Ma Teng and Han Sui, and threatened to retaliate against me in Shu if we don't give an explanation, and is now gathering troops."
"That's unreasonable." Liu Zhang said coldly: "Don't say that Wu Ban didn't kill the Qingyi leader. Even if he did, it wasn't Wu Ban who invited him here. What's the explanation?
The Qiang people have always been loyal to our Han people, but they have invaded our Han territory. Now they want to ask this prince for an explanation. Send an order, Wu Ban's 50,000 troops guard Hanzhong, Shangyong Yang Ren, and Basi Liu Guan are all controlled by them and will not let them go.
The Qiang people and the Xiliang army took one step forward."
"Yes." The soldier took the order and left.
Huang Quan worriedly said: "My lord, the Qiang people and Ma Teng and Han Sui have united to rebel. The number of troops will not be small, at least more than 100,000."
Liu Zhang also frowned. Such a huge number was definitely a major threat. The sudden killing of the leader of the Qingyi Qiang made Liu Zhang feel strange. Could it have been instigated by Cao Cao? Cao Cao was far away in Yecheng and could not attack directly, so he
It is very possible to incite the Qiang people.
By the way, there is also Liu Bei. I almost forgot about this big ear. His subordinates Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are not easy to get along with. How can they not take advantage of this chaos in Shu?
But no matter who instigates it, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you solve it yourself.
Huang Yueying said at the beginning that the accident would come faster than tomorrow, but this was too fast. It was raining heavily before dawn.
"Don't worry." Liu Zhang said to Huang Quan: "The terrain in Hanzhong is dangerous. Although the Xiliang and Qiang cavalry are the best in the world, can their horses fly due to the high mountains and dangerous passes?
What's more, I don't think the Qiang people will attack for the time being. The Qiang people live in pursuit of water and grass. It's summer now. They come to fight in summer and don't have grazing. If they can't win, what will they eat in winter? I don't believe they are so bold.
I predict that they will go south in late autumn. By then we will have harvested and the four civil service examinations will be completed. Then I will take care of them."
Huang Quan nodded silently, feeling very uncomfortable. When the soldiers and horses moved, countless grains, grass, gold and silver were lost.
Huang Quan is also a man who understands military affairs. The most important thing is that now the Sichuan army is unable to attack, and the initiative will always be in the hands of the Qiang and Ma Teng. In such a head-on confrontation, even if the Qiang and Xiliang army are defeated, they will continue to be harassed in the end.
When will this messy Yizhou end?
Liu Zhang also saw Huang Quan's doubts. Huang Quan's doubts were not his own doubts. It was just that he had no other choice but to use his troops to stop him.
Thinking of this, Liu Zhang also felt that his future was worrying. You must know that his ultimate opponent is not the Qiang people, not Ma Teng, but Cao Cao. If Yizhou and Jingzhou cannot recover quickly, what will he use to fight Cao Cao then?
"By the way, what's going on in Jingzhou?" After more than ten days since returning, there has been no news from Jingzhou. Just then a soldier came in.
"Report to the lord, the army in Jingzhou reports a great victory."
Liu Zhang was overjoyed and said, "Read it."
"In Jingzhou, Cai Mao and other aristocratic families in Jingbei, and Jin Xuan and other officials and people in southern Jingzhou revolted one after another. Zhou Yu and Lu Meng from Jiangdong led an army of 30,000 and tens of thousands of troops to attack Jiangling. Huang Jun's division dug out the fourteen lakes. The water flooded Jiangling, and all the enemy troops
The army was destroyed, and Zhou Yu and Lü Meng fled alone.
Huang Zu, the deputy commander of the navy, let Zhou Yu and Lü Meng sneak across the river, and then wanted to surrender to Sun Quan. He was beheaded by Su Fei, the general of the navy, and all the troops were returned to Su Fei. Su Fei, under the orders of the governor of the Wei Dynasty, pretended to surrender Huang Gai on the water.
Defeated Huang Gai, Cheng Pu and other Jiangdong naval forces. The Jiangdong navy was defeated and returned, losing more than 20,000 soldiers and fleeing into the mouth of the lake.
Cai Mao was defeated by Zhou Yu in Jiangling and continued to cause rebellion in Jingbei. News of his lord's return to Chengdu reached Xiangfan people, and the later general Fan Lixiang led 10,000 troops to defeat the rebels and captured the Xiangfan rebel clan. Now the Xiangyang rebels
Most of the comrades were captured, and Huang Military Advisor General Fan asked for disposal."
Liu Zhang's joy disappeared.
Upon hearing the news of the flood in Jiangling, Huang Quan and Liu Zhang looked at each other with shocked expressions. Everyone knows Jiangling. The second largest city in Jingzhou is about the same as Hanzhong. How many people are there?
Liu Zhang didn't know how to feel now. On the one hand, he felt that Huang Yueying was ruthless and decisive. In this way, he would not have to arrest the family. When Wei Yan sneaked into Jiangling and left a complete city, the Jiangling family was unscathed. It has always been Jingzhou
It's better now that the most unstable factor has been eliminated once and for all.
However, it was still difficult for Liu Zhang to accept that hundreds of thousands of people were drowned in one go. Such a thing only happened during the Five Dynasties period, which was the most shameless period in Chinese history. River embankments were dug up at every turn, and the entire city was flooded, causing countless deaths.
Death and displacement.
"Okay, I understand, go down."
Although Liu Zhang could not completely agree with Huang Yueying's approach, he was not qualified to blame her. In her situation, this was the only sensible thing to do.
"Commander Huang also asked me to bring a letter to my lord, saying that only after my lord reads the letter and issues an order can the little one be restored to life."
The soldier handed over a letter, and Liu Zhang took it and opened it.
"Lord.
Yueying is very happy that the lord is safe. However, the lord must be unhappy when he learns about Jiangling. Please forgive me. Yueying has some suggestions on this matter, but before that, as a military advisor, I would like to talk about the current situation in Jingyi.
Case.
Now the lord must be worried about Jing Yi's recovery. Jing Yi's rebellion has spread widely. After the lord returns to Chengdu, the situation will be stable, but it will not be completely calm in a short time. Jing Yi is devastated and the economy is stagnant. It is indeed the lord's great cause.
threats.
But Yueying asked the lord not to worry. This is an excellent opportunity. It is an opportunity for us to realize the strategy we originally formulated in Xiangyang. Please seize this opportunity to uproot the family and win over the merchants and people. In this way, although
The economic losses are not small, but Yizhou will be more stable and loyal. After many years, it will be the foundation that the Lord will never break.
Jingzhou's subordinates and Fan Lixiang will do the same thing. If we succeed in turning the main bodies of Jingzhou and Yizhou into merchants and common people, then our Jingyi will be incompatible with other states and counties. It will be difficult for us to attack, but the same, Cao Cao
It would be difficult for Sun Quan to attack.
In addition, the entire Cai family participated in the rebellion, but only one person's behavior surprised his subordinates. Cai Ming had informed his subordinates before the Cai family's rebellion. Cai Ming unintentionally did not participate in the rebellion. Yueying intended to give her
I beg your lord to forgive you for your righteous deeds of killing one's relatives.
As for where Cai Ming will go after the Cai family is exterminated, it is up to her to decide.
In the Battle of Jiangling, there are two people who need to be mentioned. The first is Zhou Tai. This person has now surrendered to the lord and asked the lord to grant him a title. The other is Zhou Yu.
His subordinates deliberately asked Zhou Tai to rescue Zhou Yu and return him to Jiangdong. When Su Fei and various naval forces besieged the Jiangdong navy, they deliberately did not kill Zhou Yu and Lu Meng because Yueying did not want her master to form a life-or-death feud with Jiangdong.
It is true that Zhou Yu is very wise. He is also the main fighting faction in Jiangdong and is a great threat to the lord. However, once we kill Zhou Yu, we will definitely arouse the hatred of all the generals in Jiangdong. As a result, the war between Jiangdong and Jingzhou will never end.
Jiangdong's navy and army lost 50,000 soldiers this time, and their vitality was severely damaged. His subordinates have ordered Wei Wen to attack Chaisang. If it were not for a deadly feud, Yueying expected that Sun Quan would send someone to ask for peace from his lord.
Because there are far more moderate factions in Jiangdong than the militant faction, and their power is much greater than that of the militant faction. If they are given a step down, they will not only be happy, but also Zhou Yu will be defeated, and they will definitely remove Zhou Yu from his official position.
Although Jiangdong had a grudge against his lord, and after Jiangdong's vitality was severely damaged, if Jingzhou troops marched eastward with all their strength, they might be able to capture Jiangdong, but this would be extremely unwise.
First, our Jing Yicai has just experienced a rebellion and needs to rest and recuperate, so it is not suitable for an expedition.
Second, the moderates in Jiangdong are all conservatives. If we let them see the hope of victory, they will definitely resist us to the death, especially the Jiangdong family. If we go, they will use all their strength to resist. What we encounter
The resistance will be great.
Third, Jiangdong is a place where aristocratic families are intertwined, and it is more difficult to rule than Jingzhou. Even if it is conquered, it will only become a burden to the lord.
This is the reason why my subordinates let Zhou Yu go, and asked my lord to agree to Sun Quan's peace proposal. Before our power is weaker than Cao Cao, Jiangdong will become our loyal ally and share the pressure from the north for us. We will continue to follow the strategy we formulated before.
Enter Liangzhou.
Finally, let's talk about the Battle of Jiangling. His subordinates asked the lord to remove Yueying from his position as military advisor, remove all official positions in Jingzhou, confiscate his family property, and ordered the Huang family to pay money to appease the Jiangling refugees. Yueying had no choice but to return to his hometown in vain to calm the people's hearts.
As for the details, Lord Fan Lixiang is the shepherd of Jingzhou. Fan Lixiang is popular among the people in Jingzhou. With her in charge, the situation will be stabilized as quickly as possible. In addition, all orders to denounce Yueying and orders to the Huang family to appease the refugees are all given by
Fan Lixiang read it in public.
Yueying's body is a sinful body. Only in this way can we give justice to the people, preserve the image of the Sichuan Army, and strengthen Fan Lixiang's prestige. Please never favor Yueying. Although Yueying is white, she is willing to follow Wei Yan's example and seek to continue serving the lord.
Opportunity.
Huang Yueying, the military advisor of the former Sichuan Army, Jingzhou Shepherd, pays homage."