Zhang Fen is not a big shot, and neither is Zhang Bai. Compared with his father and brother, they are almost transparent. There are only a few strokes in Jiangdong's records, or even just one or two names.
No one likes to be a nobody. Everyone thinks that he will become a big shot one day.
This day may never come.
But it is these little people, and the people who are even smaller than the little people, who can't even be counted as people, that built the entire Three Kingdoms...
The four thieves mentioned by Zhang Fen are Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Chen Pu and Zu Shan.
That is, little people.
When Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, the external publicity was that he was going to Xiangyang single-handedly, and he was powerful and fierce, wise and brave, but in fact Liu Biao only licked two families, the Cai family and the Kuai family. He first hooked up with the younger Kuai family, and then
Liu Biao used the name of the Kuai family to marry the Cai family, squeezed into the circle of Jingzhou gentry as quickly as possible, and gained the support of the Jiangling Kuai family and the Xiangyang Cai family, and Liu Biao was almost invincible.
Zong thief is almost like a big fish eating the shrimp among the small fish.
Shrimp is not the bottom layer, because further down there are lower-level aquatic plants and insects.
There is a question that many people may have been attracted by Liu Biao's propaganda, and have forgotten or ignored the fact. Why is it that Kuai is able to summon the clan traitors and leave them as soon as he calls them?
Just a message? Then he set up an ambush and killed a bunch of sect leaders, and gave the sect's men to Liu Biao as a meeting gift. Why were the sect's men so happy and not sad at all that their boss was killed?
revenge?
Therefore, a conclusion emerges.
The clan thief was originally the dark side of a wealthy family in Jingzhou, a dog raised by a wealthy family!
It’s like the Green Mao Sect is shouting and staged a scene of hunting down an eagle and a dog from a thousand miles away. The big family who provided money and goods are shouting for the dog to run away. How can the dog refuse? If something goes wrong, the dog will be blamed.
How can a dog refuse if he is offered a body of fur and flesh?
The dark side of Xiliang's wealthy family is horse thieves.
The dark side of the great surnames in Sichuan and Sichuan is rice thieves.
Those in Jingzhou are clan traitors.
Here in Jiangdong, they are naturally bandits.
Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Chen Pu, and Zu Shan are the four bandit leaders near Jiangdong.
He has a name, a surname, and a decent appearance.
Of course, there are also some scattered bandit leaders who don’t even have their full names. Anyway, at this point in time, Jiangdong’s economy may not be developing very much, but bandits have developed a lot. Above the people at the bottom, these bandit leaders are giants.
, claws and teeth are sharp, but in the eyes of the upper-class nobles, these are just domesticated hawks and dogs.
In General Zhou's Mansion, there are courtyard pavilions, flowers and plants standing tall, and the moonlight is like water.
Occasionally, the sound of patrolling footsteps of soldiers and the gentle collision of beetle leaves could be heard, adding a bit of chilling atmosphere to this peaceful scene.
In the flower hall, Zhou Yu and Lu Su sat opposite each other.
There is a crane copper stove in the corner, with green smoke curling up.
There seemed to be some faint sound of a piano coming from the backyard.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and listened quietly.
I don't know how long it took, but after the music fell and disappeared without a trace, Lu Su gently asked: "Now there are rumors about the four thieves, how should we deal with it?"
Zhou Yu said: "Don't pay attention to it. These are mostly side complaints, let each family handle it by themselves. If the handling is not effective... don't blame it on the ruthlessness of the national law..."
In Jiangdong, the power of the clan is still very strong. If you want someone to shut up, you don't need to send out official officials to arrest him.
Zhou Yu's judgment was correct. The noises coming out of Wu County were just caused by the uneven division of internal organs within the clan. As long as they were dealt with at home, these noises would disappear quickly.
As for the four thieves, Zhou Yu didn't take it to heart at all. It's not that Zhou Yu underestimated the enemy, but that these thieves were simply incompetent. Despite the boasts that they had thousands or even tens of thousands of troops, in fact they could
The number of people fighting was only a few hundred, no more than two or three thousand at most.
Moreover, after the people complain about the suffering of the people, there will inevitably be public anger that needs to be vented. At that time, these bandits will be the best targets for venting. Now that they have been dealt with early, wouldn't it be bad to wait for the people to be angry and have nowhere to vent?
Lu Su nodded, "Captain, are you still holding the troops at Wuling?"
Zhou Yu hummed, "Don't move."
Wuling was in ruins, and the local county officials sent out many requests for help. They reported several times a day, like pigs about to be put on the slaughterhouse, howling incomparably.
Zhou Yu didn't want to pay attention to it at all.
The Wulingshan barbarians are indeed a stubborn disease in Jiangdong. It is not difficult to defeat them, but it is really difficult to eradicate them.
At this time, Jiangdong needs to concentrate its main forces and march into Sichuan and Shu. As for the Wuling area, it can only leave it alone...
And judging from the experience of the usual Wuling riots and rebellions, despite the rapid momentum in the initial stage of the riots, it will soon become difficult to express opinions among the various tribes and strongholds of the rebel Wuling Mountains due to internal division of stolen goods or lack of unity of opinions.
In agreement, some people want to just give up, some want to make another fortune, some claim to be invincible in martial arts, and some are worried about being retaliated by Jiangdong, so they argue with each other noisily, and then like a sand tower, the water rushes away
, then collapsed with a crash.
The more he forces Wu Ling, the more likely it is that these fools, well, the sand will gather closer...
What's more, most of the officials in the Wuling area are descendants of the Jiangdong gentry, and they are also the channels through which these big families suck the blood and fat of the people. Now that they have been cut off, it is only the Jiangdong people who are suffering the greater damage, so why worry about these guys?
If you only focus on making money and eating empty wages on weekdays, leaving your county without soldiers, then if you can't stop the Wulingshan barbarian rebellion now, you should die!
only……
There seems to be something wrong with the Wulingshan barbarian rebellion this time.
Samoko.
This name that frequently appeared in emergency reports for help in the Wuling area recently made Zhou Yu feel a little uneasy, but he couldn't figure out why...
His health has been getting worse recently. The disease will not kill him immediately, but the pain is tormenting him every second of every day.
He doesn't want to die.
His body also didn't want to die.
Therefore, both his will and his body are struggling to fight against the virus, but to no avail. This disorder of the immune system in the body, as well as symptoms such as cough, runny nose, headache, sore limbs, fatigue, etc.
, are all eroding Zhou Yu's vitality and beating Zhou Yu's spirit, making Zhou Yu more and more inclined to simpler, direct, and even rough methods.
Because he really doesn't have enough energy to think too much, he can only focus on the things in front of him, all this, as for the future...
A few years ago, Zhou Yu was still saying that Sun Quan was too anxious and asked Sun Quan to prepare for ten years or twenty years to build the Sun family's foundation, because at that time Zhou Yu also thought that he could live for twenty years, or at least ten years, but now
He no longer has the confidence. He doesn't even know if he can survive next year.
The more you think, the more you worry, the more uneasy you are, the harder it is to get rest and the weaker your body becomes.
This is a vicious cycle, like a bottomless abyss, gradually sliding down faster and faster.
Just like a big man.
Just like Jiangdong.
"Zhuo Haotian, I would rather be humble...cough, cough, cough, cough..." Zhou Yu chanted with some emotion, but he didn't know whether it was because the voice was too loud and fast, or the airflow affected the trachea, causing another
I started coughing, and then it became more and more uncontrollable.
"Captain!" Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward, stroking Zhou Yu's back and calling to the doctor.
The doctor who was always on call rushed in quickly, and another group of servants and maids gathered around him.
Seeing this, Lu Su was about to leave, but Zhou Yu held his hand.
"..." Lu Su was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Zhou Yu probably still had something to say, so he nodded and said, "I'll go to the side hall and wait..."
Only then did Zhou Yu let go of his hand.
Lu Su temporarily left the flower hall, his heart full of worries.
Zhou Yu was seriously ill, and the same was true for Jiangdong.
For Jiangdong, the large family of Jiangdong nobles was a disease, and the Vietnamese barbarians in Shanxi were also a disease, while the Sun regime was a congenitally underdeveloped body, struggling hard to find a way to survive.
"My husband..." Xiao Qiao's cry could be heard in the flower hall.
Lu Su sighed slightly.
"...the four horses and horses, the ruthless and the graceful. The chaos will not destroy the country, and the country will not be destroyed. The people will be poor, and the misfortunes will burn. There will be sorrow, and the country will step forward frequently. The country will despise its capital, and the sky will not stop.
I will... God won't let me general..." Lu Su suddenly remembered the poem "Sang Rou" that Zhou Yu had recited before, and he began to chant in a low voice. His heart was filled with complex emotions, congesting his entire chest.
, which made him very uncomfortable.
I don't know how long it took, but the coughing gradually subsided, and then the doctor and the servant gradually withdrew.
An attendant found Lu Su and bowed to greet him.
Lu Su sighed slightly and returned to the flower hall.
Everything seems to be no different from before.
There is just the faint smell of medicine in the air...
"The Commander-in-Chief still needs more rest..." Lu Su said in a low voice, "How about keeping your story as short as possible?"
Zhou Yu nodded.
Lu Su didn't talk nonsense and asked directly: "So the second general of Zigui, Huang and Zhu..."
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and then said, "The land of Sichuan and Shu is not the place for the main battle... Jiangdong still needs to leave some troops and horses in case of emergencies... Send the new soldiers to Huang Zhu's place in Zigui, and the rest of the troops will still be there."
Do not move……"
This is Jiangdong's helplessness.
If Sichuan and Shu can be opened up, it will undoubtedly be a great boost to Jiangdong, both in terms of strategic depth and economic development. However, Jiangdong cannot attack Sichuan and Shu with all its strength, so it must keep at least
Half of the troops are used to deal with various problems in their own base.
Lu Su responded, paused for a while, and then asked: "If so... why is it that my lord is immovable?"
This sentence is a bit vague, but the meaning is very clear.
During this period of time, Jiangdong's front line has suffered setbacks and tension, while Jiangdong's rear has been struggling in a tacit understanding, with blood flowing between its teeth and swallowing countless wronged souls.
The battle report of the attack on Huang Gai has been reported to Zhou Yu, and the words and deeds of Zhu Huan, Zhu Zhi and others have been described in detail. Jiangdong's frontline military arrangements have also been prepared. It can be said that Jiangdong's offensive momentum has temporarily stalled, and
Although the entire strategy of attacking Sichuan and Shu was not clearly stated, it can be seen that Huang Gai's confidence has declined slightly, and he is not as sure as when he first set out.
Zhou Yu felt that Huang Gai's remarks about Zhuge Liang seemed a bit exaggerated.
Because concealing and lying are basic behaviors of generals, more or less.
No matter how honest Huang Gai is, he can't say that he was careless or that there was a flaw in his strategy. He can only say that the little thief Zhuge is too cunning and the enemy is too cunning...
For Zhou Yu, who can only understand the situation on the front line through letters and battle reports, he cannot take matters on the front line lightly, nor can he completely believe it. If he really supports the front line regardless of his efforts, what if there is something wrong with Jiangdong's basic market?
If it cannot be defeated, does it mean that the Sun regime will simply go into exile?
Therefore, Zhou Yu could only free up some materials and manpower as much as possible in this extremely complicated and difficult situation...
Under the weak economic foundation of Jiangdong, we must not only worry about the front line, but also take care of the rear, not only ensure the money and food for the soldiers, but also not force the big households too much, not only ensure that the core of Sun Quan's central government does not waver, but also take care of the interests of the local gentry.
Damaged, then...
Money can't come out of thin air, nor can it be said that you go from your left pocket to your right pocket, and then step on your left foot and right foot to directly create money and property, and then suddenly soar high...
As for the work-for-relief scheme, it is even more bloody. Those who died on the construction site were directly buried in the ground. Even so, it is still impossible to say that the food and drink that are eaten every day are extra for no reason. They still have to be consumed...
No one in the upper structure is willing to give up their interests, and the upper structure is the one who makes the rules and controls violence, so who will be asked to give up their interests? Under such various conditions, in the end, you have to suffer, endure, and persist.
, who could it be?
It is understandable that large-scale refugees appear inexplicably in Jiangdong.
Refugees are prisoners of crime.
Household registration is the fence where cattle and sheep are kept. Any cow or sheep that escapes from the fence is an unforgivable sin for the feudal dynasty. So isn't it logical to let these sinners use labor, sweat, and flesh and blood to forgive their sins?
Something?
This wave of refugees has reduced the total population of Jiangdong, especially the total number of refugees fleeing from the north, which means that local management will be simpler. Refugees are equal to trouble, presumably for many Jiangdong places
The common aspiration of officials is that by arresting criminals openly and sending them to the battlefield, isn't it equivalent to eliminating local hidden dangers?
This reduces the number of mouths that originally consume food, which means saving money.
As for open source...how to open source in winter? Right?
At the same time, perhaps the Jiangdong lords and the core of the Sun family can also cultivate the feelings of some comrades in the process of joining forces to eat and drink flesh and blood...
If people want to gain something, they must lose something.
With so many advantages, of course there are also disadvantages.
That is, the victim...
For big things, some sacrifices are inevitable.
Is there a word for sacrifice? Since ancient times, the three animals have mainly been pigs, cows and sheep. Who would use tigers, leopards and dogs as the three animals?
Although this was true, Zhou Yu also knew in his heart that doing so was actually drinking poison and would cause serious consequences.
There were tens of millions of casualties in this refugee wave, and the biggest sinner was himself. If Zhou Yu hadn't nodded in agreement and coordinated in the middle, this storm would never have been so violent, and the flesh and blood were cut so quickly.
Just because of himself, he had to let Jiangdong embark on this most difficult road.
Stop and stop walking, okay?
no.
We have already come to this point and have invested so much in sunk costs that Zhou Yu can’t help but not go on.
In the process of going on, in addition to Zhou Yu as the leader, there is also a very important core element, which is Sun Quan.
As long as Sun Quan can endure it and persevere, if he wavers even slightly, all his previous efforts may be wasted.
Although Lu Su's question was brief, it actually represented concerns about Zhou Yu and Sun Quan. Now the front line is only a small defeat. There are problems, but they cannot be considered big. However, if the stalemate continues, money and food will continue to be consumed, or it will suffer.
A certain setback and defeat spread to Jiangdong. How will Sun Quan respond?
If Sun Quan suddenly makes some inappropriate moves, the overall strategy that Zhou Yu has worked so hard to lay out will be immediately wasted.
"Lord..." Zhou Yu said in a low voice, "I will persuade you..."
Lu Su was silent.
As the children get older, they become more rebellious. I'm not sure whether it will have any effect.
Maybe Sun Quan feels that now is the right time to promote public anger and grievances and deal with the Jiangdong nobles? By then, there is no result on the front line, but there is chaos in the rear, then it will really be...
The cold wind is blowing, the shadows of the trees are dancing, and the moonlight is clear.
After a long time, Zhou Yu said softly: "Zijing... I have something to ask of you. I hope that Zijing will not refuse..."
Lu Su responded with a straight face: "Captain, please speak."
Lu Su did not beat his chest or stamp his feet. He gritted his teeth and vowed that he would do it. If he couldn't do it, he would be struck by thunder and lightning. But no one doubted the determination represented by such a few simple words.
"Zijing..." Zhou Yu raised his head with a faint look in his eyes, "If...something happens..."
"Captain!" Lu Su straightened up and leaned forward slightly, "How could the Governor..."
"I can't die now..." Zhou Yu interrupted Lu Su, "But... this person is destined to die... Then I'll have to worry about Zijing... Someone heard that there are three mountains out of the sea in the east, and they are called Nanshan, Zhongshan and Northshan. Each one has its own name.
People respect women... If someone..."
Zhou Yu turned his head slightly and looked in the direction of the backyard, "If I don't live long with you... I would like to ask Zijing to take my wife out to sea and find a mountain to help me become the queen... I have said something in advance, allowing her to have peace in the world."
At that time, I will definitely go boating on the sea... Now, haha, that's all I can do..."
Zhou Yu had a wife, but Xiao Qiao was just a concubine, or Mrs. Ru.
Zhou Yu's relationship with his wife is obviously not as deep as his relationship with Xiao Qiao. This is also a normal phenomenon among the current gentry. Most of the marriages of the gentry's children are related to politics or interests, and have nothing to do with personal emotions.
In addition to Xiao Qiao, Zhou Yu also had a considerable number of private soldiers under his command. After Zhou Yu's death, most of these private soldiers would follow the royal wife and accompany and protect Zhou Yu's children.
However, there are also some people who are completely loyal to Zhou Yu and will kill themselves and be buried with them according to ancient rituals.
If these people are not allowed to kill themselves, it is an insult to their beliefs to a certain extent, so Zhou Yu entrusted it to Lu Su so that these people can continue to live with other tasks, such as helping Xiao Qiao become the queen of Sanshan.