Guangping is very subtle. It is Handan to the west, Yecheng to the southwest, and Qinghe to the southeast. The land is flat and vast, suitable for farming. As early as ancient times, people had settled and reclaimed land. In ancient times, Fei Yao said, "The emperor's virtue is called the people's Pingzhang", so he took the name of "Guangping" and encouraged those in power here to "enhance their benevolence and wisdom and prudent politics and punishment."
It’s just a pity that most wishes are just wishes.
Neither Han Fu in the early days, Yuan Shao in the later days, or Cao Cao in the present, could not bring anything to Guangping "broaden his kindness and wisdom, and to pacify his political punishment". On the contrary, for the Guangping gentry, a large agricultural family, they just blindly seek it without much "feedback".
Due to the influence of the drought, the owners of the manor in Guangping were very uncomfortable.
Unlike the officials who usually eat public food, these manor owners rely on these lands to make a living. In addition, Cao Cao also collected a lot of food and grass in the early stage, so the smaller landlords did not have much surplus food.
So the little landlord looked for the big landlord, the big landlord looked for the manor owner, and the manor owner gathered to discuss countermeasures.
The owner of Guangyuan's manor was named Ju, Ma, and Wang.
The one with the biggest name now is of course Jue's surname, Jue's name.
The current situation of Guangping is a microcosm of Jizhou.
Yuzhou and Jizhou are the two largest states with the largest population in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
There are many people and great power, but there are many people and many people.
Jizhou has a population of about 5.7 million, which is second only to Yuzhou's population of 6 million. Moreover, Jizhou is more suitable for agriculture than Yuzhou. Because Jizhou has vast plains, agriculture is very developed. This is obviously very important in a society dominated by agriculture like the Han Dynasty.
With a single production model and production structure, Guangping is this single large manor tenant farmers' economic system.
In a stable and no external environment, the manor economy is undoubtedly very happy.
There are tenants in the manor and slaves. The owner of the manor is the king of the land in the manor!
During the Han Dynasty, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and at most it only went to the county level. Therefore, in addition to paying certain taxes, these manors in the local area were separated from the entire society. The development of science and technology and productivity almost stagnated. Even if there were some breakthroughs, they were just to meet the personal needs of the owners. The tenants, serfs and servants in the manor lived in hopeless pain, day after day, generation after generation.
For example, if you are playing first night rights in the Western manor, you will not play it any longer in the development of China Manor.
Because the owners of China disliked those girls with thick hands and feet, rough skin, rude behavior...
Therefore, the landlords and manors in China all like to raise themselves or buy what others have raised to play. This habit has continued until the subsequent feudal dynasties. A poor family gave birth to a beautiful child may not be a blessing. Well, this beauty is not the same as men and women.
Because of the stability of agriculture, the landlords and manors have the capital to play like this.
Anyway, generations of untouchables and serfs are like farmlands in the fields, cutting one after another.
And now...
Plagues, droughts, floods and insect disasters, as well as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and later the Dong Zhuo Rebellion and other man-made disasters, which continued from the period of Emperor Huan of Han to the period of Emperor Ling of Han, plagues, droughts, floods and insect disasters, as well as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and later the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, greatly reduced the population of Guanzhong, Heluo, Yanzhou and other places in the core area.
The crisis is clearly right in front of you, but the relatively closed and closed manor system is similar to the landlord class in Guangping, Jizhou, but it has not been greatly affected.
This can be proved immediately after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and obtained the Jizhou household registration list. Old Cao, who has always been calm, cautious and silent, could not suppress his inner joy and blurted out that if he got Jizhou, he would "get 300,000 soldiers!"
So this kind of remark that obviously wanted to cut leeks was naturally taught a lesson by the Jizhou guys...
Of course, Cao Cao then admitted his mistake on the surface and reimbursed the Jizhou master with a smile, but in fact he taught him a lesson to the Jizhou master immediately.
The effects of force are mutual. Cao Cao slapped the Jizhou man hard, so don’t blame the Jizhou man for thinking about Lao Cao’s chrysanthemums.
In fact, Lao Cao's methods are still very good. The most critical threat to Jizhou masters is not to mobilize their manpower, material resources and financial resources, but to slash the lifeline of Jizhou masters with one knife.
This knife is Cao Cao's military farming system.
This was a bloody blow, and the Jizhou man immediately withered.
Cao Cao "learned" Fei Qian's military farming strategy. He established a large-scale military farming agency on the land of the gentry who were killed and driven away or actively fled, stationed soldiers and civilians, and carried out large-scale military farming. On the surface, it was indeed to solve the problem of military food supply, but it was basically digging the corner of the economy of the Han gentry manor, so that these landlords of all sizes could not continue to use food and grass to pinch Lao Cao's neck...
Cao Cao's general strategy was to first use Yuzhou to suppress Jizhou, and then wait until Jizhou was almost suppressed, then use Jizhou to restrict Yuzhou in turn. Cao Pi chose the Zhen family of Jizhou in history, which was undoubtedly more in line with Cao Cao's wishes than Cao Zhi, who had been mixed with the children of the gentry and even assimilated by the gentry in Yuzhou...
But it’s a pity that Cao Pi is just a good guy.
But no matter what, Jizhou is still a large number of people, and it even lasted until the prefectures and counties with strong population support in the middle and late stages of the Three Kingdoms.
The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.
With more people, some people want to be content with their wealth, while others will be dissatisfied with their desires.
Some people want to change the world, while others just want to fight for power.
It is impossible to say that the children of the gentry have never considered how to manage the ills caused by the Han Dynasty...
It cannot be said that the children of the gentry must be bad. On the contrary, because life is worry-free and labor-free, if these children of the gentry focus on their studies, they can become great scholars and great scholars, but these scholars and great scholars cannot represent that the ruling class of this great landlord is good.
The most important thing is to see who the ruling class serves.
Don’t listen to the slogans loudly, it depends on the actual efficacy.
The law of a country must be on the surface to be fair and just, but in fact, is it the same incident and the judgment is consistent? No matter whether the upper and lower, no matter whether the noble or low, no matter whether the male or female, the legal punishment is the same?
Just like the later generations of Midi, who started to destroy the law and justice of his country by using female fists, made the people completely disappointed with the government's trust and forced the South Base government to rely on Midi to maintain its rule and could not gain the true support of the South Base people.
What other oppositions are larger and wider than men and women's oppositions, and more conducive to provoking the masses to attack the masses?
This is obviously a great move, specializing in restraining foolish men and women.
At the gate of the Ju family’s manor in Guangping, carriages and horses are arranged.
Landlords of all sizes and big and small gathered here to find a wonderful move to break the situation.
The Ma family of Wang in Guangping is obviously not as famous as the Ju family, so it is appropriate to gather here.
These people instinctively sensed that some crises were approaching, and they naturally gathered together to keep warm.
This spontaneous change, or seeking change, actually appeared as early as the Han Fu era.
As early as when Han Fu was the governor of Jizhou, Jizhou was already trying to make certain improvements, but it also showed the inherent disadvantages of the transformation problems faced by the children of the Eastern Han gentry.
The process of love and killing of the gentry and rulers in Jizhou is actually this problem.
From Han Fu to Yuan Shao, and then to Cao Cao, there have been changes, but not completely.
Han Fu is the beginning.
Most people think that this guy is just a bag of wine, but in fact, Han Fu once served as the Chief Censor, a small official position at the beginning, had replaced the Chief Censor and was called "Santai" together with the Secretary of the State and the Envoy. It is not difficult to see that the Chief Censor position is very offensive, and Han Fu, who is considered to be showing weakness, actually had this experience, which also shows that Han Fu is definitely not an incompetent and weak person.
After Dong Zhuo came to power, in order to win over the Central Plains gentry, he selected several famous court officials and appointed them to the local government as provincial governors, hoping to expand his influence. Because of this, Han Fu was able to serve as the governor of Jizhou with his background and fame.
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Although Han Fu was a typical civil servant, he also knew how to develop with his advantage in geographical advantages. On the one hand, he recruited Qu Yi, who was known for his courage. The latter grew up in Liangzhou and not only gained the tactics of the Qiang people, but also had a group of elite soldiers. On the other hand, Han Fu chose to receive a large number of Yingchuan scholars to Jizhou and asked them to give advice for him. The ancients paid attention to regional sentiments, so Han Fu's fellow villagers Xun Zhan, Xin Ping, Guo Tu and others all walked onto the stage of Jizhou.
This also shows that Han Fu had a very clear understanding of the situation at the end of the Han Dynasty and adopted a positive approach to deal with it. On the contrary, Kong Rong, a great scholar who was famous all over the world. When he was appointed as the Prime Minister of Beihai, he did nothing and sang and drank all day long, without any plans for the future.
But it was not Yuan Shao who caused Han Fu to fall in the end, but Yuan Shu...
Because among the Yuan family, Yuan Shu was recognized by Yuan Wei and was also the orthodox heir of the Yuan family recognized in the secular world.
When Han Fu faced Yuan Shao's aggressive posture, on the one hand, he placed his hope on Yuan Shu and wrote a letter to Yuan Shu privately, asking Yuan Shu to deal with Yuan Shao. On the other hand, he tried to appease his general Qu Yi and let him feel at ease to be a dog under his own family.
But obviously, Han Fu's last legs were broken...
Yuan Shao is an excessive.
When Yuan Shao saw Han Fu's mistake, he activated the Jizhou people and wanted to find a balance between Jizhou people and Yuzhou people. Obviously, he also failed.
When it came to Cao Cao's stage, Jizhou masters discovered that Cao Cao and Han Fu were of the same virtue. On the surface, they said that they were fair, but in fact they valued the Yingchuan gentry and adopted a suppression policy against the local gentry in Jizhou. But the difference between Cao Cao and Han Fu was that Cao Cao added military farmland and broke one leg of Jizhou master, and then chose a poor family, and broke another leg of Jizhou master.
But unfortunately, Jizhou guys are not humans, but centipedes. Although it hurts to break two legs, they will not die. Even if they die, they may not be stiff immediately.
Therefore, the "rebellion" of Jizhou men is already destined. This "rebellion" is consistent with Han Fu's stage. It does not mean that it exists at the beginning, nor does it occur in an instant, but it slowly accumulates dissatisfaction in a process and eventually breaks out.
The reason why Wei Yan was able to stir up trouble in Jizhou was not that all the gentry in Jizhou were blind, deaf and stupid, but that some people were waiting to see the jokes of Lao Cao and even prepared to add fuel to the fire. However, this "rebellion" was not a complete turn against Cao Cao, but wanted to use Wei Yan to destroy Cao Cao's suppression and earn more political benefits.
Therefore, Wei Yan's success is a little similar to Taishi Ci, that is, both of them subconsciously grasped the "rebellion" of the top rulings and the middle and lower squire...
This kind of rebellion is evolving and expanding.
It was like in the Ju family hall, everyone said on the surface that they came to discuss the fight against drought, but in fact, when they were talking, they didn't say a few things about drought, but naturally moved to the current situation in the world, especially the battle between Fei Cao.
Ju Su died in Youzhou inexplicably, and Ju Su's son Ju Hu inherited the family business.
This was indeed a heavy blow to Ju, but Ju is still very large.
Different from the poor elites like Tianfeng, the Ju family is a large family in Guangping, covering a vast territory and controlling a large population.
When Yuan Shao arrived in Jizhou, Ju Su had already had a lot of private soldiers, so Ju Su was awarded the title of general among Yuan Shao's counselors, had military power and was allowed to "guard the generals" and had a transcendent status.
But good and bad luck depend on each other, Ju is obviously jealous of this...
After Ju Su's death, Ju Hu was silent for a long time.
Ju Hu is not as powerful as his father's wisdom and strategic insight. He is not very outstanding, and he is even a mediocre person. However, Guangping needs a leader at the moment, so he recommended him to the top.
"The Chen family is also a heir of poetry and books. His grandfather, father Ji, and uncle Chen are all famous. He returned to the prime minister in his early years, but the Yingchuan Xun family under the prime minister..." Under Ju Hu, the head of the head of Ju Hu, he stroked his beard and said, "Now his son is on a visit and invites the head of the family to attack the bandits together... This is not for the thief, but for the sake of alliance."
On the right hand side, a man sneered, "Hmph, Chen Changwen is easy to calculate! If we have an alliance with him, we can strengthen our momentum. The bandits are a trivial matter. At that time, we can fight with the Xun family in Yingchuan, cut the north and south, and enter the high hall!"
"This matter is not Chen Changwen, but Prime Minister Cao... What do you think is the outcome of this battle?" Ju Hu asked.
The next person said: "It's not good."
Someone next to him said: "Before sending troops, Prime Minister Cao had a huge voice... Now, haha, ahha, hehe..."
『There is news in Yingchuan,』 Someone said,『Cheng Zhongde went to Qingzhou...I guess he had to be on guard against the place...』
Everyone talked and talked very lively.
In most of the time, it was not that these people did not respond to some of Cao Cao's actions, but that they did not dare to act rashly due to Cao Cao's previous momentum. Now that Cao Cao is starting to go downhill, the feeling of dealing with Han Fu and Yuan Shao back to the Jizhou masters.
『What happened to Chen Changwen…』
After talking for a long time, I went back to the original question after going around.
Should I cooperate with Chen Qun?
Ju Hu thought deeply for a moment and whispered, "Spring and Autumn Annals said, "Ying Kaoshu is pure filial piety, loves his mother, Shi and Duke Zhuang." The three of Jiang family were disappointed, only Ying Kaoshu got his name... Therefore, Jiang family is not desirable, Zhuang Duan cannot be effective, and Gong Shu Duan cannot be done... Now Ju family has lost its pillar, and only a pure reputation can be complete...
After hearing this, some people agreed, and some people did not fully agree, but they also supported the idea of "fame" in Ju Hu, so the basic strategy was determined. That is, to provoke the three parties' struggles, and then jump out to ease the relationship when necessary, and be a gentleman who is "humble and peaceful, loyal and filial".
Ju Hu said: "Don't let this matter leak out, which will disrupt people's hearts."
Everyone answered it.
Halfway through the conversation, someone hurried outside the yard and presented a token, saying that an "old acquaintance" was visiting.
Juhu was not sure about it, but since he saw the token, he would invite him.
After a while, two monks came in, holding a man wearing a cloak and covering his head and face.
As soon as the man entered the hall, he felt a strong smell of blood and herbal medicine. He was obviously carrying a serious injury on his body. He walked into the hall and lifted the hat on his head. Ju Hu was stunned and shocked.
The visitor turned out to be Cui Hou!
『Brother Cui?!』 Juhu slowly stood up, looking nervous, 『Why...you... look like this?"
Cui Hou's face was pale and sighed dejectedly, "The cavalry is full of tricks... I, Cui, have suffered a great disaster..."
"Sit down quickly." Ju Hu greeted, "Come here, come and have some hot drinks!"
In the Han Dynasty, smugglers were not something that anyone could do if they wanted to do. If ordinary people thought they wanted to make a fortune, or wanted to fight for their lives and change their future, they would have no chance. They would be thrown into the abyss of gray and black forces in the mountain abyss and turned into bones.
Cui Hou drank a few sips of hot drinks and took a breath. There was a hint of blood on his face. Only then did he have the strength to talk about everything from Jinyang, Taiyuan to Wukouxing, Xiahou Dun to Yan Rou and Huang Cheng.
Cui Jun is the target of focus. Even if he wants to run, he can't run away. Cui Hou is relatively not so focused. So Cui Hou found an opportunity on the way, pretending to be falling off a cliff, but actually hid in the secret cave that had been smuggled before. Only then did he escape from the danger and entered Jizhou to find his old trading partner.
"This..." Ju Hu pondered.
He didn't expect Cui Hou to come, and he disrupted all his original plan in an instant.
There is indeed business exchanges and trade friendship between Ju and Cui Hou, but it does not mean that they have to sacrifice their lives and shed their blood for Cui Hou...
Seeing Ju Hu's eyes flashing, Cui Hou knew it very well, and couldn't help but sigh, shook his trump card, and said: "There is another bad news, I'm afraid you don't know yet... Xiahou Yuanrang has been captured alive..."
"What?!"
Everyone was shocked.
Some people couldn't even control themselves and knocked over the table in front of them.
The various cups, bowls and utensils placed on the table suddenly became a complete tragedy.