Sun Quan, wearing his crown, sat in the hall, listening to his subordinates report on recent actions.
Compared with when he just took over Jiangdong, Sun Quan is now much more experienced. It can even be said that he is energetic and shrewd. In his words and deeds, he also brings out some inner self-confidence. Every sentence
Although his words are not very bossy, he is very calm and does not look like a person who is dissatisfied with his ten years.
However, even though Sun Quan looks calm now, he is still feeling secretly happy. After all, he has sat on the position of a prince and enjoyed the power of an important town. Thousands of people will bow their heads when he speaks, and tens of thousands of people will bow down when he frowns.
It's scary, not to mention that Sun Quan is less than 20 now. Even if he is 60, how many people can achieve such power and status and be able to calm down and not make any waves at all?
It can be said that the current princes of the Han Dynasty, under the lack of central court management, really let themselves go completely, which is different from the feudal officials of other feudal dynasties in history. After all, if there is still supervision, the feudal officials still need to watch.
The central court did not dare to go too far because of its dignity, and now that the central court of the Han Dynasty is weak, as long as the local princes have money and people, even if the central court says something, they can listen when they want to hear it, and when they don’t want to hear it, they can
Just treat it like a fart!
If you have money, there are people!
Sun Quan deeply understood these two truths, so he held on to these two aspects tightly without relaxing at all. Although the words of the outside world were not pleasant, as long as he had money and people in his hands, he did not care what these people said.
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Young people naturally have the spirit of young people, and Sun Quan is no exception. After taking this position, he started to light three fires.
The first fire is the cocktail party.
Because Sun Ce's death may not have some connection with Sun Ce's strategy of fierce confrontation with the Jiangdong gentry. Therefore, after Sun Quan came to power, perhaps it was Sun Ce's last words, or his own insights, at least openly facing the four Jiangdong families.
He expressed kindness and intimacy, and even became brothers with these Jiangdong nobles and local powerful men to repair various relationships.
How to fix it?
Have a cocktail party.
China has always had a banquet culture. Drinking, dancing, touching little hands, etc., many of the original problems are no longer problems. Sun Quan is in good health and is a young man, so he can not only fight at the banquet, but also drink.
He can fight even under the table, so many times when Sun Quan was at a banquet, he would drink someone to death if he caught him...
drink!
Not drinking means not giving face!
After getting the other party drunk, isn't it Sun Quan who has the final say on what is said and what is not said, what counts and what does not count?
Therefore, the important minister Zhang Zhao was very dissatisfied with Sun Quan's rogue behavior, saying that this was not the behavior that a big boss should do, but more like a street gangster. Therefore, at Sun Quan's banquet, if he saw Sun Quan acting like a gangster again, he would throw down his sleeves.
Although Sun Quan was angry at losing face, Zhang Zhao was an old man after all, and he had to be respected by Mrs. Wu and a group of veteran ministers, so he just laughed about it. But other people did not have as much face as Zhang Zhao.
At the wine table, most people were drunk to death by Sun Quan, and they even had to pretend to be drunk to escape. For example, classmate Yu Fan...
But in this way, the effect is also good. At least on the surface, Sun Quan and these Jiangdong nobles laughed and chatted about romance, distributed profits in a harmonious manner, and everyone lived well together and had fun together.
The second fire is farming.
Sun Quan took charge of Jiangdong and gradually stabilized the situation with the assistance of Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu. However, Sun Quan was not satisfied with just stabilizing the situation. He wanted to absorb more surplus value, gain greater benefits from exploitation, and form an army to consolidate his rule...
…
It turned out that the brave man who was fighting against these local tyrants from the Jiangdong gentry family, faced the wall and meditated, finally enlightened, took off his armor, put down his sword and gun, became a Buddha immediately, sat down with the Jiangdong gentry family, and ate a delicious meal.
All this looks beautiful, but the privileged class is comfortable, and the common people are sad. After all, everyone has to eat, where does the flesh and blood come from?
Naturally, it comes from the grassroots level.
In this current space, the hussar general Fei Qian was the first to promote farming. Later, Cao Cao thought it was very good and used it. Then Sun Quan saw it and thought it was good too.
Fei Qian used the staged farming system. The people who farmed could obtain the ownership of the acres after a certain number of years. Then Cao Cao thought about it and felt that he couldn't take advantage of the country bumpkins, so he changed it from a civilian village to a military camp. In this way, no matter how the distribution was done, the country bumpkins would all
Don't try to take advantage.
When we arrived at Sun Quan's place, since the people's villages would hinder the interests of the nobles, large estate owners and large landowners, Sun Quan's farms were naturally on par with Cao Cao's, and they competed with each other to see who could be worse.
Sun Quan's military garrison was a step further than Cao Cao. All those assigned to the garrison were all military personnel under Sun Quan's direct jurisdiction. All the output of the garrison belonged to Sun Quan. Anyone else who wants to eat this kind of flesh and blood needs to ask Sun Quan for permission.
Only then.
As a result, all the farmers and soldiers in the farming villages naturally became the vassal population under Sun Quan. Sun Quan also turned around magnificently, transformed from a brave man into a dragon, and became the largest and most powerful landowner class in Jiangdong.
As for the ideals and wishes his brother Sun Ce made for the suffering people back then...
What is that?
Anyway, Sun Quan never said such a thing, whoever said it should be approached.
As for whether there will be a Jianzhongzhonglang general Luo Tong in the future, Shangshu said that the people of Wu were so poor that they dared not raise children after giving birth, had no enough to eat when they were alive, and had no one to bury their dead. Sun Quan said
, let’s talk about it when the time comes.
The third fire is to surpass people.
In order to increase the population, develop productivity, and protect the interests of the large landowner class from being harmed, Sun Quan dispatched a large number of soldiers and began to purge and arrest the surrounding Yue people. Are these Yue people invading the place and gathering people to cause trouble?
Rebellious!
Three people form a crowd, so if there are more people than there is a crowd?
In addition to hunting, the Yue people also imitated the Chinese people and cultivated their own mountains and fields. However, wouldn't this have ruined Sun Quan's military garrison plan? Sun Quan had no control over other places, but how could the Yue people be allowed to do so on the land of Jiangdong?
Is this kind of unorganized and undisciplined practice of opening farmland rampant?
One word, catch!
Two words, heavy punishment!
The captured Yue people were shackled and then camped under the supervision of soldiers. Although the farming of the Yue people may not be as good as that of the Han people, the free labor force is not wasted. As for the wailing of the Yue people,
Sun Quan said, I don’t even know what you are talking about...
In this way, it is simply a matter of killing several birds with one stone.
As for whether the Yue people are happy or not, who cares whether they can survive? After all, under the rule of Sun Quan and his descendants, Wu State only had more than thirty rebellions.
Sun Quan quickly used three fires to confirm his position among Jiangdong's noble families and local tycoons, and burned out a space. However, after three fires, Sun Quan felt that it was not enough.
Jiangdong is still a little small. It would be great if we could dominate the whole country...
However, sending troops to various places to arrest Yue people is always a matter of mobilizing troops and mobilizing people.
After all, the local area has to bear the temporary allocation of food and salary for the soldiers and horses. If the soldiers die in the battle, they have to be responsible for the compensation and resettlement. After the Yue people are captured, they have to be responsible for appeasing the local area. After all, no one knows whether the captured Yue people are real Yue people or fake Yue people.
People, or half truths and half lies...
Therefore, the areas on the edge of Jiangdong are naturally reluctant.
Sitting at the bottom is Lu Yi, Sun Quan's most useful staff member. He is reviewing the recent events and the latest changes one by one. Lu Yi is also a talented person and speaks in a clear and coherent manner.
, no rush, no slowness, clear and accurate.
"...Although Lian Jiang Zuojin has sent an official document, he probably won't be able to arrive yet, so it's okay to worry about it...But in the Yongning land near the sea, it is unfavorable for Yue people to capture it. It is still the same as what he said before, that there is not enough food and grass.
...In addition, there have been rumors about a certain person recently. Some people say that they worked hard and mobilized people to carry out bad governance and destroy the place. As a result, more and more people were arrested, and all of them were returned to the lord... There are also some people who are running around to contact each other, saying that they want to
If I report to the court to impeach my lord, I'm afraid there will be a scene..."
Sun Quan sneered, patted the table, and made a moderate noise, "There should be thirty thousand stones of food and grass in Linhai, how can it be insufficient? How much can they eat in a day? And hereby give the order, if they continue to fight without success, they will be dismissed.
Position, investigate the culprit! As for those rumors... Haha, let them go! As long as the four big families don't say anything, the bigger the trouble these side families make, the worse it will be! Report to the court? Haha, now that the world is in chaos, the court,
Haha, the imperial court has too much time to take care of itself, how can it care about this matter!"
"In addition, these side branches may not all be of the same mind..." Sun Quan continued, "When the time comes to differentiate a little bit, I'm afraid someone will stand up on the spot! Anyone who really wants to go all the way will be dead.
Character!"
Lu Yi bowed his head in agreement and said respectfully: "What the lord said is true. But...if the imperial court really takes care of this matter...will there be any changes?"
Sun Quan shook his head and sneered: "What other variables can there be? Your Majesty's Dan level is empty, Cao Sikong is busy conquering Northern Hebei, who else can care about such a trivial matter? It's nothing more than the bluff of these small side households, I want to see it,
How long can these small side households last? Do you really think that just a few words can change the world?"
Lu Yi is a shrewd person, so he also understands in his heart that although the small households in the side branch are making a lot of noise at the moment, it is just a matter of extra effort, and it will not be so loud that even Sun Quan can't stand it. After all,
Sun Quan ate the bulk, and then the four Jiangdong families ate the remaining half. Basically, these things were settled.
Besides, Sun Quan's seat is considered stable at this stage. While he is winning over the veterans headed by Zhou Yucheng Pu, he is also vigorously supporting the newcomers. He is also communicating with the four major Jiangdong families and sharing the interests. It is really difficult for these small and side branches to change the world.
Ascend to heaven.
Sun Quan and the four Jiangdong families occupy the most prosperous area south of the Yangtze River. Both in terms of population and wealth, they are the most densely populated areas. However, those in the marginal areas are all small surnames and even live together with Yue people. What if something really happened?
In the conflict, Sun Quan also had the upper hand.
At that moment, Lu Yi smiled and said: "My lord is wise! There should be no serious trouble for such small side branches. I am just worried that too much gossip will damage my lord's reputation... which is a bit unsightly..."
Sun Quan waved his hand, raised his head and laughed twice: "Pure reputation? Haha, the world is different now... Liu Bo'an is famous all over the world, what after all? He died under a random blade, and his body was not recovered! Everyone looked up to Lu Zigan.
, so what? There is no coffin in the thin burial in the upper valley! This is the case in the world, it is already the case! Someone... I can see it clearly, Qingyu, haha, Qingyu, Qie..." Sun Quan said with emotion, obviously deeply
I feel that, of course, saying these words in front of Lu Yi also reveals that he regards Lu Yi as half of his confidant.
"My lord, you are wise!" Lu Yi prostrated himself on the ground.
The current situation is indeed different from the past. Sun Quan believed that he was doing the right thing. As for the consequences of such behavior, Sun Quan was not a bystander to history, so it was naturally impossible for him to see clearly. Living in the midst of troubled times, he firmly believed that
You are on the right path.
The principles of loyalty and filial piety practiced by the Han Dynasty for three to four hundred years, this kind of social moral style, have undergone great changes under the impact of troubled times. As Sun Quan, who was living in it, he naturally felt the undercurrent.
The original legal restrictions of the court and the moral balance among the people have now been completely broken. Now, the entire Han Dynasty is in a stage of re-establishing rules and new influential figures competing for positions. At such times, the more courageous
The bigger, the more decisive, even some domineering, tough-minded people, the more they can get the greatest benefits from it. As for morality and reputation, they have shrunk out of the sunshine and shrunk into the shadows.
middle.
Therefore, military strength and financial resources are the two most important pillars of the current status. As long as these two factors are more important, the status will be more stable. There are naturally risks in treating the Han and Yue areas on the edge of Jiangdong in this way.
But if he hadn't used this strategy, how could he have controlled Jiangdong and been recognized by the four major families?
To obtain a large amount of money and food, we need a large amount of cheap labor. Instead of plundering the Yue people, why not follow the same path as his brother Sun Ce and the four Jiangdong families?
There are gains and losses. Being criticized in terms of reputation, and even being said to be a "purple beard and blue eyes", unlike the Han people, is the price you should pay for doing these things.
"By the way, in addition, we need to visit the countryside more..." Sun Quan said, "Nowadays, most of the officials in the surrounding counties and counties are people of the four surnames. Although it is okay to do things, if it is a long-term plan... it is best to see if there are any
If the other small households in the side branch are worthy of development, they will report to you and they will definitely be put to good use!"
Lu Yi quickly fell to the ground and kowtowed: "I will definitely live up to my master's trust!"
Just when the monarch and his ministers were getting along, suddenly the attendants outside the door rushed to the front of the hall, bowed down and reported: "Your Majesty, the Governor of Zhou has come to ask for an audience!"
"Huh?" Sun Quan was startled, "Why is he here?" He saw Lu Yi in a blink of an eye, waved his hand and said, "Just stay away for a moment..." Although Sun Quan had consciously achieved a lot at the moment.
The achievements have also been greatly improved compared to when he first took over, but perhaps it was the previous psychological suggestion, or the pressure exerted by Zhou Yu was so impressive that when Sun Quan heard the name, he was still a little confused. Knowing Zhou Yu
He didn't deal with Lu Yi much, so he arranged for Lu Yi to retreat first.
"Well..." Sun Quan took a breath and shook his sleeves after seeing Lu Yi hiding in the side room, "Please..."
