After Zhuge Xuan followed Shen Chen's instructions, he was fine.
Although Zhu Hao came with Liu Yao's army, he did not embarrass him, but had a pleasant conversation with him. It was not until the beginning of this year that he left Yuzhang and came to Jingzhou.
Because he had been a subordinate of Liu Biao before, and he had outstandingly completed the mission entrusted by Liu Biao to the imperial court and made great contributions, he was re-appointed by Liu Biao to serve as a bookkeeper. Together with Kuai Liang, Deng Yi, and Liu He, he became a regular official. The assistants accompanying Liu Biao.
Many people think that the people around Liu Biao should be Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Zhang Yun and others, but in fact their status is higher.
For example, Cai Mao is now the military advisor of General Zhennan and the governor of Nanjun. He is responsible for the military affairs and governance of the entire Nanjun.
Therefore, Cai Mao usually stayed at the governor's residence in Nanjun, Xiangyang, instead of following Liu Biao around all day.
In addition, Kuai Yue is now the prefect of Zhangling. The original Jingzhou was composed of seven counties. After Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he divided a large area southeast of Nanyang County into Zhangling County. The seat of the government was Zhangling County, which was about two kilometers south of Zaoyang City, Hubei Province in later generations. Ten kilometers.
This place is the only road from Nanyang to Jiangxia. To the southwest is Dahong Mountain, to the northeast is Tongbai Mountain, and between the two mountains is the later Suizhou City. Going south, you can go straight to the Jianghan Plain and go around to the back of Xiangyang.
Therefore, the geographical location here is very important. Liu Biao sent Kuai Yue as the prefect of Zhangling probably because he was needed to guard this place and curb the traffic arteries from north to south.
As for Zhang Yun, he is still guarding Fancheng on the other side of the river.
Therefore, under normal circumstances, Liu Biao was not accompanied by people like Cai Mao, Kuai Yue, Zhang Yun, etc. all day long, but by Zhizhong, Biejia, Bucao, Zhubu, etc. of the Prefecture Mu's Mansion.
In addition to Kuai Liang, Deng Yi, Liu He, and Zhuge Xuan, there was originally a middle doctor named Han Song.
But Han Song was originally forced by Liu Biao to become an official. In the past few years, Liu Biao secretly worshiped heaven and earth in the suburbs and had the idea of creating a new Han Dynasty. Han Song persuaded him every day and made him take the trouble. In the end, Han Song was not allowed to see him. Therefore, These are the people around me on weekdays.
A meeting happens to be held today. Recently, more and more people in Xiangyang have come from Guanzhong. These refugees have brought not only new people, but also more chaotic governance and serious public security problems.
Several people were discussing a solution, and it happened that Deng Hong came to take office. After hearing what happened to Zhuge Xuan, Liu Biao looked at Shen Chen and said, "Child, you are indeed very smart."
"Thank you very much for your compliments, sir. These are my reflections based on what I saw and heard along the way. I still need to study hard."
Shen Chen responded.
Liu Biao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhizi is quite modest. Today we were just discussing how to resettle more than 100,000 homeless households in Jingzhou. Does Zhizi have any ideas?"
Shen Chen thought for a while and said: "On the way here, my uncle and I also saw many refugees and talked with them. We knew that this was because of the chaos in Guanzhong. Now Guanzhong is in a mess. I heard from them that the emperor wants to move east to Luoyang , this shows that Guanzhong has reached a point where it is almost impossible to survive."
"So I think since Guanzhong is no longer able to survive, the people will most likely settle in Jingzhou. Jingzhou's prosperous population is a good thing. Now after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, Nanyang's population has been reduced by half, and there is a lot of wasteland, so you can Place the refugees in Nanyang."
"At this time, the state government will provide food, grass and baggage to first relieve the hungry people, and then let the local governments resettle them, let them reclaim wasteland in Nanyang, farm to feed the people, and the people will have more food and grass, and then use this to feed the army, so that your army will also
Stronger."
Farming?
When this strategy came out, officials from several state governments started to look at each other.
Why didn't they think of farming?
You must know that this method was not pioneered by Cao Cao. There was a farming system during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Until the Western Han Dynasty, this system was carried forward. Starting from Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, sinners, slaves and recruited farmers were recruited to guard the border and cultivate the land to provide food for the border army.
It’s just that the previous farming system was to grow grain on the border where it was difficult to supply grain, and the chosen place was often Bingzhou, Youzhou, and Xiliang.
The mainland has never implemented this system before, so no one thought about it at first.
But now the world has changed, and the princes in various places have formed separate regimes. Nanyang is already the border of Jingzhou, and Wancheng where Wenpin is stationed is almost the same as the border area.
So they can completely copy this system.
Although there is indeed no shortage of food in Jingzhou now, who would object to having too much food?
More than 100,000 households from Guanzhong moved to Jingzhou, which put great pressure on Jingzhou.
Farming can not only solve the problem of food shortage for hungry people, but also solve the problems of public security and personnel chaos.
What's more important is that the extra food can support more troops and strengthen the power.
What a great way to achieve multiple goals with one stone.
Thinking of this, Kuai Liang was the first to speak: "Ming Gong, this method is good. Farming can indeed solve the problem of the hungry people in Guanzhong. I think it can be implemented."
"Yes, Mr. Ming, now Nanyang is vast and sparsely populated. It is a good idea to resettle the hungry people in Guanzhong in Nanyang."
"But Henan is not at peace now. Will Nanyang become a front line?"
"After Yuan Shu was driven away, who among the princes in Henan could compete with Duke Ming for supremacy? Runan is still occupied by the Yellow Turbans."
"That's true."
Several principals discussed it and all felt that this method was good and agreed with the proposal.
Liu Biao touched his chin and beard, and looked at Shen Chen with more and more admiration. He smiled and said: "Children are really smart and have so-called magical powers. It's a pity that they are still young, otherwise they would have been given official positions."
Shen Chen's heart trembled, and he quickly said: "This is all knowledge I read in books. You and everyone in charge know it. I just saw that Chen Chen was young and gave instructions to the younger generations."
It was not a good thing to be a prodigy in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Among the most famous prodigies at that time, Sun Quan had a better end. Cao Chong died of illness, Zhou Buyi was killed by an assassin sent by Cao Cao, and Xia Hourong died in Dingjun with his father.
Mountain.
Although the fame of the child prodigy will make it known to the princes earlier, if you don't talk about the things that hurt Zhongyong, just talking about the jealousy of the world may bring disaster to yourself, so it is better to keep a low profile as much as possible.
It's just that this time I came up with an idea and was forced to do it.
Because Liu Biao must obey his will. If he disobeys him, people like Han Song and Liu Wangzhi will be outspoken and will be ignored by Liu Biao.
So when it’s time to take the limelight, you still have to take it.
But that's all.
He would definitely not tell Liu Biao about the subsequent statements such as "holding the emperor hostage to order the princes".
After telling the story, instead of becoming famous in Xiangyang, it became a floating corpse in the Han River.
After all, the previous inferences were well-founded.
For example, Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou because Shen Chen analyzed the words of passers-by and analyzed that he was afraid of Yuan Shu, so he had to massacre Xuzhou to prevent Yuan Shu from invading Huaibei.
Later, Zhuge Xuan planned to escape from Yuzhang because Shen Chen had met Yuan Shu and knew what his character was.
The reason why we bring up farming now is because there are records about farming in books. The farming system was also common in the Han Dynasty, and he was not the first to create it.
All kinds of inferences are brilliant, but they are not magical.
And if he went to tell Liu Biao that Liu Xie was moving east to Luoyang and that he could be caught holding the emperor hostage to order the princes, that would not be clever, but would be a sign of treason.
Therefore, he must keep silent, and for a period of time in the future, he will focus on growing up, reading and practicing calligraphy, and wait for the opportunity to come.
Seeing that he was quite humble, everyone couldn't help but look at the child with admiration and admire him very much.
What people fear most are those whose talents exceed them. Jealousy is one of the original sins. But if that person always maintains a humble attitude, belittles himself and elevates others, then others will naturally be embarrassed to attack him again.
On the contrary, those who are proud of their talents are the examples who will be destroyed by the wind.
Zhao Kuo may have some abilities, but because of his arrogance and the fact that he encountered the ultimate boss Bai Qi just after leaving the Novice Village, no matter how talented he is, it's all in vain.
When Liu Biao saw him pushing the merits, he nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You are a child who knows how to hide. If you want to hide it, then you should hide it. From now on, you can go to the Houshan Academy and find Song Zhongzi with my name card." That’s it, have you ever heard of the Shanyang Wang family?”
"Could it be the Prince of Shanyang who has served as the third prince twice?"
Shen Chen asked.
Liu Biao said: "Yes, Wang Can, the current legitimate son of the Wang family, is in Xiangyang and is also sorting books in the back mountains. I don't think this man is very smart, but he is very knowledgeable and writes good articles. You can ask him for advice. Also Qi Wukai, Pan Wenze, Zhao Kui, etc., there are now more than 300 people in the academy, all of whom are eager to learn. You are young, so you must be more humble."
"Respect your envoy's orders."
Shen Chen quickly responded. Although he had been studying Confucian classics for several years and had some insights, he was definitely still far behind compared with these great scholars of the time.
Although the memories of future generations and advanced consciousness in the brain are equivalent to very powerful plug-ins.
However, all he knew was the changes in the current situation, and some details and the reasons for this situation were not clear at all.
Moreover, ancient marching and fighting skills, various technologies, field conditions, and Han customs of the time are all very important knowledge.
Apart from knowing the situation in Xuzhou, he had a dark eye on the situation in other places.
Having no control over the general trend of the world but not having the understanding of the customs and habits of the people of the Han Dynasty like the natives of the Han Dynasty, this is obviously a huge hidden danger.
Therefore, reading and learning calligraphy is not only to understand things, but also to learn the culture and customs of the Han Dynasty, so that when encountering problems, you can also solve them through existing methods.
After coming out of Liu Biao's place, under the leadership of the guide sent by Liu Biao, the grandfather and grandson went out from the south of Xiangyang City, followed the lush tree-lined path with towering trees on both sides, and headed for Xian Mountain in the south of Xiangyang.
Deng Hong gave Shen Chen many instructions on the way. He and the guide were responsible for sending Shen Chen to Xianshan Academy. After Shen Chen entered the school, he would return to the Zhou Mu Mansion to officially take office.
Although the grandfather and grandson are not far apart, due to his responsibilities, he cannot come to visit and care for him often, so Shen Chen may have to take care of himself in the future.
While the sixth uncle was talking all the way, Shen Chen also sat on the donkey cart and looked at the mountains at the end of the road from a distance.
Xianshan Academy.
It will definitely allow him to learn a lot of valuable and useful knowledge!