This man is called Li Han. Although he comes from a poor family in Shiping County, his cultivation is that he is already a third-grade vermilion-robed monk. Back then, he was favored by many people, including Situ Wangrong. His official career has also been smooth. When King Qin Huangfujian was in charge of Chang'an, he hired him as his right-hand man. It was only after the death of Qin King Huangfu Jian that 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.
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 at that time. Holding such a low-profile official position would ultimately bring disgrace to the court. In this way, the imperial court issued a new edict to appoint Li Han as the Shiping Order.
It was not until King Zhao Huangfulun deposed Empress Jia that Shen Xiucai promoted Li Han again. According to Shen Xiu, he felt very sorry for Li Han's experience, saying that it was the shameless suppression of Li Han, who came from a poor family, by those wealthy families. After Huangfu Yong came to Chang'an, he immediately recruited Li Han as his Sima for the Western Conquest. Not even three months later, he was promoted to be his long history and became his confidant.
"Li Changshi," seeing Li Han's arrival, Huangfu Yong seemed to have a backbone immediately. He came 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 and said confidently: "Since King Qi is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust."
"Oh, tell me quickly."
"Your Majesty, Liu Chen and Bei Zhi were both in Taibao when they appointed this person to unify the governor of Yizhou and Liangzhou to conquer the refugee affairs. They really knew the person well and appointed him well." Li Han said a few words first, and then Changing the topic, he added: "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 be free to deal with you, the king."
"But Liu Chen has been appointed by the emperor." Huangfu Yong asked puzzledly.
"What kind of appointment by the emperor? Isn't it the intention of the King of Qi?" Li Han said disdainfully: "This matter is not difficult. Tomorrow Liu Shen and Xu Xiong will pass through Chang'an, and your Majesty will host a banquet for them. Take advantage of this opportunity. While he is drunk, I will send someone to steal the Chijie that Liu Chen is carrying. Then, Your Majesty, give the Chijie to Xi Wei and ask him to rush to Liangzhou overnight."
"This. How?" 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 a serious illness , needed to stay in Chang'an for treatment. Considering the urgent affairs of the refugees on the front line, Xi Wei was asked to go to Liangzhou instead of Liu Chen. As for Xu Xiong, he was timid and fearful. As long as the king gave him some benefits, he would sign on. In this way, what can the King of Qi do if he can't make it from raw rice?"
He looked at Huangfu Yong.After pondering, he continued: "Only if the front line is replaced by our people, we can control the situation. We even need the refugees to continue to cause chaos in Liangzhou and Yizhou. In this way, King Qi will rely on us and will not deal with you, your Majesty... …"
Zhou Xing, who is far away in Yizhou, naturally has no idea what happened in Shangluo Chang'an. These days, he has encountered new problems.
There was a big battle with Huo Yan that day. Although he defeated the opponent, his own First Battalion of the Bodao People's Elite Army also suffered 67 deaths and 230 injured. Of the two, forty-five were seriously injured. Although their lives 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 allowed him to see the fierce fighting power of the refugees. In the two days just after the battle, he couldn't sleep well every night, and images of the wounded or dead kept turning over in his mind.
Not only that, after this battle, although Zhou Xing immediately expressed condolences one by one and distributed a large amount of bonuses, he heard Gongsun Shu report that some people in the first battalion had begun to complain and said no It was time to fight this battle for Guanghan County, and some people even regretted joining the army.
“Shouldn’t we fight this battle?” Zhou Xing was secretly frightened 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 the invasion of refugees.
But Zhou Xing always felt that he was considering the overall situation and occupying the moral high ground. Moreover, he had painted so many slogans, had his brain washed so many times, received a considerable monthly salary that was never available elsewhere, and customized beautiful military uniforms for the soldiers (of course, this was in his opinion. In the eyes of others, Although the clothes designed by Zhou Xing look more energetic when worn, they look really strange). For this expedition, Zhou Xing also specially added a wartime subsidy. Each soldier received ten copper bahts per month in wartime subsidy alone. He still clearly remembers when he announced this benefit
Why did this unit, which had extremely high morale before departure, have a 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, Are you going to fight or not?"
Seeing Zhou Xing ask him like this, Gongsun Shu's expression became obviously unnatural, and his eyes avoided Zhou Xing's, "Master, considering the overall situation, this A battle should definitely be fought."
Hearing Gongsun Shu's words, Zhou Xing couldn't understand what Gongsun Shu meant, and he suddenly felt sad. I fully thought that such a righteous act would be very popular, but I didn't expect to get such consequences.
"Lord, if you join the army, in addition to receiving pay, the more important thing is, well, you can win the title of marquis." Gongsun Shu's last words completely made Zhou XingSuddenly he wakes 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 state or county. Naturally, no one is willing to do something that is not beneficial. If he, an elite army of common people from Bo Dao, surrounded his hometown, there would be no problem, but once he went out to fight, the problem would immediately arise.
After thinking about this, Zhou Xing felt agitated.
What are these selfish people doing by getting on the pole to help them? They love to resist refugees and resist refugees, and they love to become refugees in other places.
Furthermore, 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.
It suddenly occurred to him 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 is not there yet, if the refugees continue to develop like this, when the army reaches 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." Zhou Xing figured this out and couldn't help but laugh at himself He smiled, but this smile was more and 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, the next day, Zhou Xing came to Du Chou and Gongsun Sheng 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 plans. 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 what it meant 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 encounters a sudden rebellion like the refugees, the state army is in ruins and is recruited by temporary conscription. No matter how large the number is, it is still a mob.
"God-given:
See words as faces.
Since I entered Shu, I have seen and experienced all kinds of things, which can be said to be 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 what you said about the shortcomings and improvements of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, and also listened to what you said about Shen Xiu. It’s unbearable, but it’s really hard to climb up at all costs.
Officials from various places have no sense of identification with the local area, and people everywhere have no recognition at all.I agree, this is what I don't understand the most. Everyone says it’s hard to leave your homeland. As far as I can see, countless people would rather stay away from their homeland than take up arms to protect their 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 as hopeful as he is now. In the letter, he described the various difficulties he encountered in detail, and also described the hierarchy of the army in detail in his own tone. Come out.
In his view, people with his status, or even Luo Shang's status, cannot reform such fundamental things. The only thing that can be reformed is from the central government. Start changing.
The recruitment system and the professional military system are inevitable.
He still has a glimmer of hope, even if it is so slim.
"My lord, it's time to go see Shangguan. "Gongsun Sheng 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, so he had to remind him.
After Zhou Xing came to his senses, Gongsun Sheng Under Sheng's guidance, he first asked Gongsun Sheng to take his name card to Jiangyang County, where the governor of Jiangyang County was located. After the two parties set a time, three days later, Zhou Xing took Gongsun Sheng and Du Chouqi. Riding the horse, they arrived at Jiangyang County.
Gongsun Sheng, who 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. The story is endless.
The name of Jiangyang County comes from the feudal state of Jiangyang. It was the fiefdom of a man named Su Jia during the period of Emperor Wu of Shang Dynasty. Although Su Jia is not famous. However, when Su Jia's younger brother Gongsun Sheng said it, 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 while, and he admired Su Wu very much, but he didn't expect that it was Li Li. Jiangyang, which is not far away from Bo Road, can actually have a relationship with Su Wu.
Although Jiangyang County is a small county, according to Gongsun Sheng, it is not as wealthy as Jiangyang County. The production of salt and iron, especially salt, accounts for more than half of the entire Yizhou. Not to mention his family, Du Chou and his family have several salt wells. This makes Zhou Xing very interested, and he even said that he would take advantage of it. From time to time, I went to their house to see what the salt wells were like.
Since the trading market in his territory was built, according to Guo Wen’s report, a total of 50,000 yuan of Shu salt alone was traded in the first month. Many kilograms. This is just the opening of the business, and it is still a publicly traded quantity. This salt and iron has always been a monopoly, and the imperial court has the Si Yanxiaowei Mansion and the Stiexiaowei Mansion in Shu. If you want to sell salt, you must obtain a salt certificate issued by Si Yan Xiaowei before you can sell salt.
According to Du Chou, the big households in Jiangyang County, especially Han'an County, are not selfish. The salt well is only one foot square. When someone comes to inspect it, just find something to cover it.The annual private sale and purchase volume of salt is much greater than the public sale 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. When he heard Gongsun Sheng talking about these things, he couldn't help but start to make plans in his heart.
No salt is produced 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 The salt brought him a profit of more than 70 gold bahts. 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 successful every day. picked up a morning glory.
Zhou Xingnai is a dignified Tinghou and the son-in-law of the Jinyang Wang family. 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 that he had sent this man to prison without mercy.
It is almost four hundred miles from Deyang to Jiangyang County. The three of them set off from Deyang early in the morning on horseback. By the time they arrived in Jiangyang County, the sky had darkened. They entered the city and came to a large courtyard. As soon as they entered the gate, the posture inside really surprised him.
"Marquis Zhou, how late are you here!" This courtyard is huge, but even so, it is full of people, tables and chairs. The leader was dressed in the eunuch's unique crimson official robe. He looked to be in his forties. He spoke in a loud voice and had a gentle smile on his face, which made people look friendly.