In his early days, he was by no means a person who was willing to study classics and history.
I never received any systematic instruction.
He once served as a disciple of Lu Zhi, but he only registered his name and spent most of his time making friends with heroes.
However, when he was promoted to Wenren, he suppressed the restlessness in his heart to make great achievements.
The reason is simple. Just like his ancestor Liu Bang, he found that this was different from Confucianism, but had real effects.
Food and grass are plentiful day by day, and the number of troops is increasing day by day.
As the land becomes more abundant, the people's hearts become more prosperous.
This shocked Liu Bei.
So he actually endured it and kept studying here.
And his IQ is definitely not low.
It can be said that among the generals under Cao Cao, without Cao Cao, there would be few who could defeat him.
However, he couldn't stand up to Cao Cao, and finally failed.
Later, with Fa Zheng, he successfully defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Hanzhong and achieved his first victory.
Unable to hold on and follow Liu Bang's path, the King of Hanzhong became the King of Shu.
He carefully studied Wen Rensheng's business methods.
From food and grass to commerce, from commerce to military training.
The more I learn, the more surprised I am. The more I learn, the more I feel that Wen Rensheng is profound, profound, and unfathomable.
In short, for 10 months, when his peers began to work in the Yellow Turban, make great achievements, and ask for rewards, he actually restrained his thoughts and studied a lot of knowledge seriously.
At the end of the day, the first Yellow Turban Rebellion ended.
At this time, he finally decided to seek refuge with his former friend Gongsun Zan.
At this time, Gongsun Zan was promoted to Zhonglang General and named Dutinghou because of his meritorious service in defeating Zhang Chun and other rebels.
Gongsun Zan sent a letter to Liu Bei, stating that he was the magistrate of Pingyuan County.
Liu Bei decided to go out.
He really couldn't bear it anymore.
It's pretty good to be able to endure it for ten months.
Seeing others making great achievements outside, while I just work in the mountains, although I am not wasting my years, I still feel itchy.
So he went to see Wen Rensheng and asked to leave the mountain.
Wen Rensheng would naturally not keep him.
Even Cao Cao couldn't use Liu Bei, let alone Wen Rensheng?
To be able to make the other party stay here for ten months is because Wen Rensheng is capable enough.
Moreover, Wen Rensheng specially gave Liu Bei hundreds of bottles of fine wine as military supplies, as well as thousands of stones of food and grass. There were always some people willing to follow Liu Bei.
There were about 300 people.
These 300 people are different from the soldiers Liu Bei recruited before. They are all smart and capable, and have the qualifications of lower-level officers.
Wen Rensheng saw him off before leaving and told him: "No matter where you are in the world, you must treat the people well. In the affairs of the world, the people are the most innocent. They work hard to produce and should not suffer."
Liu Bei naturally agreed.
He has never massacred a city in the first place.
This is the basis for his best reputation among the Three Kingdoms.
No matter how hypocritical they are, they have never massacred cities or destroyed other people's clans.
And Wen Rensheng let him out to disturb the situation outside and prevent the princes from staring at him early.
Although there is nothing to worry about, the difficulty still has to be lowered.
As for whether Liu Bei will become his opponent in the future?
Unless he is willing to betray his clan identity, he cannot be Wen Rensheng's opponent.
The other party has only learned a little bit, and it can be used to deal with other princes.
To deal with Wen Rensheng is to use the mantis as a chariot.
Even door-to-door delivery.
After sending Liu Bei away, Wen Rensheng continued to develop in the mountains.
At this time, the Han Dynasty still had strength, the court still had its main force, and the soldiers who had just put down the rebellion still had fighting capacity.
The main reason is that Liu Hong hasn't finished causing harm yet, but he will soon.
Liu Hong was about to die in 189, and his posthumous title was "Emperor Ling". It was also a famously evil posthumous title.
Originally, "psychic", "spiritual energy", and "Zhong Ling Yu Xiu" are all good words, but as soon as "spirit" is applied to the emperor, everyone can intuitively feel that it is not a good word.
It is probably similar to the "mourning hall", which always means "you will die early and have a good time".
Although Emperor Ling seemed absurd, he sold his official position and won titles. Although he drank poison to quench his thirst, the court still had money and food to support the main expedition.
We also know that suppressing the powerful and suppressing the aristocratic families, the disaster of imprisonment is to deal with the aristocratic families.
As soon as he was finished, Liu Bian came to power. Because Liu Xie was young and powerful ministers were in power, Dong Zhuo made a lot of troubles, and the authority of the court was gone. The main force of the court had no advantage against the princes.
There was a farce of princes attacking the imperial court.
What else is there to do?
There are still 5 years left, and by then, Wen Rensheng will be able to push directly.
As long as 50,000 elite troops are trained, it will be enough to sweep the world.
With his command, there is absolutely no problem.
So Wen Rensheng first spent money to bribe Zhao Zhong, the regular minister, and purchased several county guards near the Taihang Mountains.
Mainly Changshan County, Zhongshan County, Shangd County, Qinghe County in Jizhou area...
A total of more than 100 million was spent, and fine wine was provided with a 10% discount.
He arranged for his students to serve as county guards there.
He also bought himself a general who was in trouble and took charge of the suppression of bandits in the entire Taihang Mountains.
Liu Hong didn't care at all, as long as he didn't rebel and didn't delay his enjoyment.
At this time, he had long since lost his ambition.
Although Taihang Mountain is close to the key point of Luoyang and directly overlooks the capital, it is still indifferent.
However, people with insight have seen the potential dangers caused by Wen Rensheng.
Among them, Lu Zhi, who was dismissed from home, wrote to his friends in Beijing: "There is a teacher in Taihang today, named Taihangshanren. His talent is a hundred times better than Zhang Jiao's, and his ability is a hundred times better than Zhang Jiao's. Although his power is not obvious, he is like a hidden dragon."
In the abyss, once lifted up, it is unstoppable."
Lu Zhi just stayed at home, heard rumors and saw some things, and concluded that Wen Rensheng would be a big trouble in the future.
It can be seen that being a versatile person in civil and military matters is not just talk.
The problem is that Lu Zhi died within a few years and was going to die in 192.
Today, he is old, has no official position, and has offended the eunuchs. No one listens to his words.
Anyway, Wen Rensheng didn't rebel, he just stayed in the mountains.
There are more and more troublesome things in the court.
For example, the struggle for the throne, the struggle between eunuchs and relatives, and scholars are all internal problems. Who cares about skin diseases?
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content below! In order to quell the Yellow Turbans, Liu Hong spent a lot of money, increased his efforts in plundering, and sold his official positions more intensely.
He does understand that rich people must be from wealthy families, not poor people.
However, taxes were also increased.
Historical records indicate that during the reign of Emperor Huan, the land tax was increased once, at the rate of 10 cents per mu, and during the reign of Emperor Ling, the land tax was increased once again, at the rate of 10 cents per mu.
Therefore, the burden on farmers has also increased.
This has offended everyone from top to bottom, and it would be strange if they don't end up dead.
Fortunately, Han is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are still many people who think Han is orthodox.
Therefore, it will not be directly overturned within a few decades.
At this time, Wen Rensheng continued to search for refugees.
At the same time, surrounding counties began to send their own students to take over local positions.
Of course, many positions cost money.
Even if you become rich by being famous, you can't afford everything.
But he can rely on the name of the county governor to install cronies.
Then we will continue to operate Taihang Mountain, which can probably accommodate another 1 million people.
One million people was enough. You must know that after Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, he found that there were still 300,000 households in Jizhou, and he was very happy, thinking that this was indeed a big state.
How many people are there in 300,000 households? Even if there are seven people in one household, there are only two to three million people.
Of course there must be hidden populations among them.
But 300,000 households are the population that Cao Cao can directly tax and conscript.
The strength of Taihang has been proven by history. Even Yuan Shao could not defeat it, let alone other princes.
Cao Cao was not much better than Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao's death, it would take many years and Yuan Shao's sons had to wait for civil strife before Hebei could be pacified.
It can be said that it was a narrow victory.
This resulted in the subsequent inability to conquer Jiangnan, and the defeat of Chibi was not accidental.
Cao Cao sent 150,000 troops, and he also had 80,000 troops on the opposite side, and he had an absolute advantage in naval forces.
It’s not as disparity as the 800,000 versus 50,000 in the novel.
It is impossible to defeat Jiangnan without the advantage of naval forces.
For reference, when the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, it was only after the navy overran the Southern Song Dynasty that it was resolved.
What's more, Wen Rensheng's cottage was built very solidly.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to base areas in the mountains.
That's because Wenrensheng's internal scheduling is slow.
To this end, Wen Rensheng built a wooden track in the mountain.
Plant trees at the same time and cut them down at the same time. Cut down as many trees as you plant.
When reclaiming land in the mountains, he certainly knew to maintain water, soil and trees, otherwise he would wait for flash floods to erupt.
Transportation is carried out by wooden rails. In fact, wooden rails already existed in the Qin Dynasty.
However, after the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, people later abandoned this technology.
Because maintenance is difficult.
Replacing wood is laborious.
The construction of wooden rails is naturally slow, and it will not be possible to build all the rails in a while.
However, you can build it in a nearby valley first, which can greatly increase the speed of material exchange.
Of course, this kind of construction will definitely be slow.
Mountain development has outstanding advantages and disadvantages.
Easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Every time we attack, it is also difficult to transport our own food and grass.
It's like a small version of Shu.
Commercial transportation and commercial economic development within the valley are also very difficult.
Difficult to trade with each other.
So there is an upper limit to the potential.
Once there is peace, mountainous areas will quickly become depressions in economic competition, or areas near the sea that are easy to attack and difficult to defend, making it easier to develop the economy.
This has advantages and disadvantages, it just depends on the weather.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yan finally chose to join Cao Cao.
He has a clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of mountains.
You can resist for a while, but you cannot resist for a lifetime.
This understanding preceded the Shu Kingdom for decades.
But for Wen Rensheng, this was enough.
With his meticulous operations, the resources provided by the Taihang Mountains are sufficient.
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It just kept developing and the court had no time to take care of it and banned it, but there will still be foreign enemies.
Qinghe County in Jizhou, the county governor was bought by Wen Rensheng with money.
There was a Cui family in Qinghe.
They had been interested in Wen Rensheng's brewing business before.
I have wanted to acquire technology several times.
None of them succeeded.
Wen Rensheng knew how to guard against spies.
There are all kinds of means and all kinds of internal education.
It is not easy to deal with the espionage methods of ancient people.
One is personal espionage, and the other is system defense. How can individuals fight against the system?
The preventive espionage behavior established by Wen Rensheng basically uses modern means to adapt to local conditions.
The first is internal education, and then the establishment of Baojia, where everyone is registered.
If a stranger enters, you must register, and if you find a stranger, report it to the local security guard.
Report at all levels.
In fact, Shang Yang did this, and ended up trapping himself in a cocoon, and in the end he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
If you take a closer look at the content of his reforms, you will see that it is a typical example of the unified dynasty's extreme suppression of the people. It is no wonder that people who know him deeply do not think he is a good person...
But his method is indeed very easy to guard against spies.
Especially now that we are a feudal small-peasant society with a very small floating population.
Only specialized business sectors have mobility.
Others remain stationary all year round and can be easily discovered by strangers.
Therefore, the Cui family of Qinghe never succeeded.
Instead, many people were lost.
This night.
In a study room in the Cui family manor.
"This Taihang Mountain man is ambitious and plotting to rebel. We are in its hinterland and will bear the brunt of it. We must make plans in advance." The head of the Cui family said worriedly.
Coveting the wine industry is just the introduction.
When they later discovered how powerful the other party was, they became worried.
"I once asked several traveling businessmen, and they all said that the Taihang Mountain people are very powerful, with 20,000 elite soldiers. How can we provoke them? Don't bother with their winery anymore, as long as we still have more than 100,000 soldiers.
With acres of fertile land and endless children, why worry about the family’s decline?” The old man at home shook his head.
Everyone also nodded.
After all, they are landlords, scholars, and nobles, but not capitalists.
Not kidnapped by profits yet.
Just like Mi Zhu was the richest man in Xuzhou, the Chen Deng family did not bother them.
Because the two are not on the same level of competition, although the former's industrial profits are high, only middle- and lower-status merchants serve as bureaucrats and cannot get high positions.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The latter relies on fame and land, accumulating talents from generation to generation, managing reputation from generation to generation, being able to serve as a high-ranking official in the state, county and court, and preserving the family lineage from generation to generation.
Wen Rensheng didn't touch their land, so they couldn't feel the pain, so naturally they didn't want to be enemies with such ambitious people who wanted to separate one side from another.
On the contrary, the best policy is to try to ease the relationship as much as possible and wait until an emergency occurs to decide whether to surrender based on the direction of the wind.
Just like they will choose between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the future.
The head of the family shook his head and said: "Old lady, you should go and rest first."
After seeing the old man off, he said to everyone: "You don't understand. I have seen the methods of this Taihang Mountain man in depth. He doesn't reject anyone who comes, and everyone teaches him."
Some people were surprised and said: "Isn't that similar to Confucius? There is no distinction between teaching."
"Oh, but he taught those mud-legged people how to run a business and how to work. If the people in our manor also learned what he did, they would definitely not farm on our land and would go to him one after another. This is
Dig our foundation." The head of the family sighed.
"The owner of the house is overly worried. I have heard that their rent is only 30%, and it is in a mountainous area. Our Cui family is kind and kind. We only need 40% of the rent, and it is good land. We don't worry about no one renting it at all." Someone said.
He shook his head.
"You guys are short-sighted and short-sighted." The head of the family became angry.
Obviously, these people were frightened by the Yellow Turbans and did not want to cause further turmoil.
Since Wen Rensheng didn't cause any trouble for them, why should they bother?
Isn't it better to manage your reputation well and wait until the peace comes before you go out to become an official?
But they didn't know that according to Wen Rensheng's method, he would be in trouble as an official within 30 years.
As it is now, it is simply impossible to concoct a few filial piety things and then praise them, then promote filial piety and integrity and become a high-ranking official.
There were songs in the Han Dynasty that satirized this matter:
"Executive talents do not know how to read.
If you are filial and honest, your father will leave.
