May of the fourth year of Jianxing was destined to be a restless month.
Before the troops sent by Feng Yong to Dinglu came back, he received news of a rebellion in Guanghan County.
"The limitations of the feudal landlord class..."
After reading the causes and consequences of the rebellion, Feng Yong muttered, "No matter how prosperous aristocratic families are for hundreds of years, they are still considered to be the landlord class and cannot escape its limitations..."
No one heard clearly what Feng Yong was mumbling, and even if they did, they couldn't understand what he was saying.
Population and land are the economic foundation passed down to the world by aristocratic families.
Knowledge monopoly is the basis for aristocratic families to suppress the spirit of Guizhou leaders.
By mastering these two things, they can naturally control the superstructure.
As a former successor of a high-level society, Feng Yong had long understood the urinary nature of the feudal landlord class.
Although Old Demon Zhuge is also maintaining the rule of the feudal landlord class, it is obvious that this kind of rule is not what the aristocratic families want, at least not what the aristocratic families in Shu want.
Nowadays, the two major foundations for their survival are being constantly poached by the old demon Zhuge, and during this period, some unknown bumpkin is handing him a hoe.
Unexpectedly, they had been aggrieved for so long, and their final response was just to bring out some refugees in protest?
Weak chicken!
What a weakling!
Feng Yong threw the official document on the table very boringly.
After a few days, an old friend suddenly came to visit me on a starry night.
At that time, Feng Yong was sleeping soundly and was woken up by Guan Ji: "Alang, someone wants to see you."
Feng Yong has been walking in the fields these days, exposed to the wind and sun. Although he does not have to go to the fields personally, he is still tired. Now he was woken up by Guan Ji, and he was dazed and unwilling to get up. He said angrily, "Who is it? Can't we see you tomorrow?"
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"Alang, the person here is Xu Xun. He said it is extremely urgent."
Guan Ji said softly, "I heard that he came all night, so I'd better get up and see him."
"Xu Xun?"
Feng Yong, who was still awake, refused to open his eyes. His mind was a little blurry. After thinking for a while, he finally remembered that this was the husband of Xu Ci's family. "Isn't he in Zoke County? Why are you here..."
Thinking of this, I suddenly thought, "Is there something wrong with Zoke County?"
Then he shook his head vigorously and closed his eyes again, "Impossible. There is a Ma Taishou in Zoke County, what can be the problem?"
Guan Ji helped Feng Yong up, who still had his eyes closed, and while putting on his clothes, she said, "No matter where the problem is, since it is said to be extremely urgent, it must not be a trivial matter. Alang should go out and see him quickly."
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"The great man has the Prime Minister here, what can go wrong?"
Feng Yong muttered.
"Here, stretch your arms."
Guan Ji ignored Feng Yong, who was angry at getting out of bed, and helped him straighten his sleeves, tie his belt, and finally squatted down to help him put on his shoes.
"You don't need shoes, right? Just wear clogs."
"It's very cold at night. I don't know how long Xu Xun will talk to Ah Lang. Please put on some clothes to prevent your feet from getting cold. Ah Lang needs to wash his face so that he can wake up."
Seeing Feng Yong's weak appearance, Guan Ji knew that he was tired these days, so she asked with concern.
Feng Yong then rubbed his face vigorously, trying to wake himself up, "No need. Where are the others?"
"Just in the living room."
He was woken up in the middle of his sleep and felt uncomfortable all over. Feng Yong walked to the living room and saw Xu Xun walking around there with an anxious look on his face.
As soon as he saw Feng Yong coming in, Xu Xun hurriedly greeted him, "Let's bow down."
"Sit down."
Feng Yong motioned for him to sit down, "What happened?"
Maybe it was Feng Yong's calm demeanor that infected Xu Xun. After Xu Xun sat down, he sorted out his thoughts for a while and then said, "Head of the meeting, something happened in Jiaozhou."
"Jiaozhou?"
When Feng Yong heard this, he immediately woke up. Jiaozhou was not only a supplier of coarse sugar, but also a supplier of Nanzhong sugarcane seeds this year.
If something goes wrong, it's okay to lose the source of jaggery, but if there is no source of sugarcane seeds this year, the pace of sugarcane planting in Nanzhong will be greatly delayed.
If something goes wrong with the Nanzhong sugarcane planting plan, that's all within the Xinghan Society, but what about the wealthy families in Shuzhong?
But this is the best opportunity to tie the wealthy families in central Shu to the Han chariot, because in at most a year and a half, Old Demon Zhuge will embark on the Northern Expedition.
Time is running out. If we miss this time, how can King Feng Gui have time to lock the chariot door or weld the window?
"What happened?"
Thinking of this, Feng Yong immediately asked anxiously.
"Shixie of Jiaozhou died of serious illness. His son Shihui was appointed by Sun Quan as the governor of Jiuzhen. He was dissatisfied that he could not inherit the position of governor of Jiaozhou, so he called himself the governor of Jiaozhou, rebelled against Sun Wu, and prevented the people sent to Jiaozhou from Soochow from taking office.
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When Feng Yong heard this, he frowned. Jiaozhi is the county seat of Jiaozhou, and the prefect of Jiaozhou is often also the governor of Jiaozhou. Now that Shi Hui has appointed himself the prefect of Jiaozhou, it is obvious that he wants Sun Quan to recognize his position as the governor of Jiaozhou.
"Na Shihui also secretly sent someone to deliver a letter to his younger brother, hoping to use his younger brother as a middleman to ask for the help of the big man. Oh, by the way, the Zhang family also sent a letter, saying that he wanted the younger brother to deliver it to his elder brother in person."
Xu Xun said, took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over.
Because Xu Ci had a friendship with Shi Xie and had a reputation for scholarship, after Xu Xun personally went to Nanzhong to bow his head to Feng Yong to admit his mistake, Feng Yong planned to take advantage of the Xu family's influence and let Xu Xun join the Xinghan Society.
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At the same time, he was allowed to serve as the contact person between the Xinghan Society and Jiaozhou, thus opening up the relationship between Jiaozhou and the Zhang family. Only then could the Zhang family easily enter Jiaozhou and send raw sugar to the Han Dynasty.
Feng Yong took it, opened it on the spot, and read it hastily by lighting the candle.
After a long time, he finally slapped the case and cursed angrily, "Shi Xie is a hero after all, why did he give birth to a trash!"
Shijia has governed Jiaozhou for nearly forty years. He is a veritable local emperor, and his prestige in Jiaozhou is noble and supreme.
When Shi Xie and his brothers came in and out, they rang bells and chimes, were equipped with majestic manners, played pipes and flutes, and filled the road with chariots and horses. There were often dozens of monks burning incense among the chariots and horses. Even Yue Tuo, the former king of South Vietnam, did not reach Shi Xie's reputation.
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Although Shi Xie expressed his surrender to Soochow, Jiaozhou had always been regarded as private territory by the Shi family.
As the son of Shi Xie, Shi Hui felt that it was natural for him to succeed as the governor of Jiaozhou.
In Feng Yong's opinion, even if Sun Quan wanted to take control of Jiaozhou after Shi Xie's death, he should have ostensibly appointed Shi Hui as the governor of Jiaozhou, and then sent one of his own to serve as the prefect of each county, thus taking advantage of Shi Hui.
I didn't expect that Sun Quan's move would be so big. He directly sent Shi Hui to Jiuzhen County. What is the difference between that and sending him to the frontier?
Jiuzhen County is one of the nine counties in Jiaozhou. It is located in the central part of Vietnam in later generations. It is simply more barbaric than Nanzhong!
If Shi Hui can endure a moment of humiliation, use the reputation of the Shi family to win sympathy, and at the same time make secret preparations to rebel again, then he can be regarded as a character.
It is a pity that this man had great ambitions but few talents. He rebelled against Wu in such a hurry. Huan Lin, an official in Jiaozhou, persuaded him, but Shi Hui actually tortured and killed Huan Lin.
The Huan family was also a big family in the local area. In anger, they directly raised their clan troops to attack Shi Hui, and the two sides fought evenly!
What the hell!
You can't even suppress the clan soldiers of a big clan, and you are so rebellious!
More importantly, not only were the local wealthy families dissatisfied with Shi Hui, but even some members of the Shi family did not agree with Shi Hui's actions against Wu.
Feng Yong was really annoyed. He couldn't convince the public internally and could not defend himself against the enemy externally. As long as Soochow sent a general to lead his army, this badge would be separated from the corpse!
The reason why the Shi family was able to control the situation in Jiaozhou for decades was simply because Jiaozhou was located in a remote location, had a harsh environment, and there were ongoing wars in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, so all forces had no time to conquer it.
Nowadays, the world is divided into three parts. Although it is not completely unified, it is still partially unified. Soochow has been recruiting troops from Shanyue all the year round and recruiting Shanyue barbarians to supplement the population. The environment of Jiaozhou is not enough to be an obstacle.
In addition, Soochow failed to conquer the north and its eastward advance was blocked. The only direction on land was Jiaozhou. Did Shi Hui still think that he could form his own world in Jiaozhou like his father?
"Shi Hui will definitely be defeated if he raises his troops this time!"
Feng Yong tried hard to think back and determined that Jiaozhou was indeed a place under the jurisdiction of Soochow during the Three Kingdoms period, and came to a conclusion.
"Not only can we not agree to his rescue, we can't even let Soochow misunderstand our relationship with him. If you do this, write a letter to Shi Hui, clarify the interests, and persuade him that it is best to surrender to Soochow again."
Speaking of this, Feng Yong looked at Xu Xun with burning eyes, "When there was great chaos in the Central Plains, Jiaozhou was peaceful, and soldiers and people went to Jiaozhou to avoid the chaos."
Xu Xun nodded, his lord also took refuge in Jiaozhou for a period of time, so he knew this clearly.
"Nowadays, Jiaozhou is in chaos. To the south of Jiaozhou, there is a vast ocean. There is no way out. If the people want to avoid the chaos, they can only go north. Jiaozhou is connected to Nanzhong. Although there is no main road, there are countless mountain roads. I think there must be many people going there.
Come here to escape."
"Isn't Nanzhong Manor short of manpower? The people of Jiaozhou have been in Jiaozhou for a long time and are accustomed to the soil and water of the south. It is just right for them to come to Nanzhong Manor to help."
Feng Yong's tone was gentle, as if he was talking about a very common thing.
It is not up to you to decide whether sugarcane planting will be affected, but you must at least stop the loss and make some profit.
Xu Xun took a breath of cold air. When this brother learned about Jiaozhou, the first thing that came to his mind was labor?
Why do I only worry about sugar cane but not this crop?
Xu Xun couldn't help but start to reflect, could it be because he wasn't cruel enough?
"This matter requires the intervention of the Governor of Nanzhong, and I will write a letter to Governor Li at that time. The cooperation between Dongfeng Express and the Governor's Office of Nanzhong has always been very pleasant, and there should be no major problems."
When Xu Xun heard this, he thought to himself, this is more than just a pleasure. It is simply intimate.
"But it's best for us to have someone involved."
Feng Yong said this and glanced at Xu Xun.
Xu Xun understood Feng Yong's unspoken intention, and immediately took the initiative to respond, "I have been in Nanzhong for a long time last year, and I am familiar with the affairs of Nanzhong. If my brother will not give up, I am willing to take on this matter."
The profits from brown sugar are enough to make people crazy. As the middlemen between Jiaozhou and Dahan, the Xu family has contributed a lot to the sugar cane issue in Jiaozhou, although they will definitely not be treated poorly in the future.
But who would think that a foundation is too small?
The more you work now, the more you will get in the future.
What's more important is that he only joined later, and he had problems with the leader's wife in the early days. Some things don't mean that others don't mention them, so he can just pretend that nothing happened. He always has to find a way to make up for it.
"good!"
Feng Yong gave a high-five and said, "It's been hard work for you to come all the way. Let's take a good rest tonight."
After Feng Yong finished talking to Xu Xun, he was taken down to rest, and then he yawned and returned to the inner room.
Guan Ji hadn't slept the whole time. When she saw him coming back, she came up to him and asked, "How is it? Are you done talking?"
"The talks are over, but there are still a lot of things to do in the follow-up."
Feng Yong clicked his tongue and said, "It's really not as good as God."
"Why is Alang so worried?"
Guan Ji saw Feng Yong's frown and couldn't help but asked with concern.
Feng Yong told Guan Ji what happened in Jiaozhou, and finally sighed, "If Jiaozhou is in chaos, if this aristocratic family in central Shu cannot grow sugar cane, trouble will arise again. It will be really troublesome."
"Looking at how worried you are, you are almost as good as the Prime Minister."
Guan Ji half complained and half explained, "It's not your fault that something like this happened. Even if there is trouble between the family and Nanzhong, the Prime Minister and Governor Li will still have to worry about it. What does Shi Shi have to do with you?"
Feng Yongben was still thinking about writing a letter all night, but when he heard Guan Ji say this, he had no choice but to nod, "Forget it, let's go to bed first."
At that moment, he took off his clothes indiscriminately, hugged his beloved wife and went to bed to sleep peacefully.
Just when the chaos in Jiaozhou began, in the south hall of the Chonghua Hall of the Imperial Palace of Cao Wei in the north, the forty-year-old Cao Pi's face was as yellow as wax, his sunken eyes were tightly closed, and he was lying motionless on the couch, with only slight ups and downs.
His chest showed he was still breathing.
The eunuch in the palace walked quietly to the couch and whispered in Cao Pi's ear, "Your Majesty, everyone is here."
"Hel me up."
Cao Pi did not open his eyes, but just said something as if he was dreaming.
"promise."
The eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, placed a pillow on the head of the bed, and gently stood up.
"Let them in."
Cao Pi seemed to have no strength to even sit up straight. He just sat there with his head tilted. He wanted to save every ounce of energy now.
The eunuch exited and said to the people waiting outside, "Your Majesty has ordered four generals to come to you."
Upon hearing this, Cao Zhen, the general of the Chinese army, Chen Qun, the general of the town army, Cao Xiu, the general of the Eastern expedition, and Sima Yi, the general of the Fu army, quickly arranged their clothes and filed in.
Cao Pi, who had been exhaling more and less inhaling just now, heard the footsteps, and his face actually glowed. He suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the person coming.
"I (Cao Zhen, Chen Qun, Cao Xiu, Sima Yi) have met your Majesty. May your Majesty live forever and be happy forever!"
The four of them saluted together.
When Cao Pi heard this, he smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't ask for eternal life, just ask for a long life, that's fine. Get up."
He looked at the four important ministers and said slowly, "The Han Dynasty was late. Fortunately, Emperor Taizu was heroic and re-established the order of the world. I accepted the Zen throne of the Han Emperor. I originally wanted to succeed Emperor Taizu Yu Lie and make the world return.
1. How can you be so unlucky?"
"Wen Lie (Cao Xiu) was once praised by Taizu as a thousand-mile horse, Zi Dan (Cao Zhen) is brave and resourceful, and they are all close friends of our Cao family. Chang Wen (Chen Qun) has the talent to govern the world, and Zhongda is good at planning.
And having a general strategy is the support of our great Wei."
"The prince is young and ignorant. I hereby ask all the princes to assist him..."
The four people cried bitterly and all received the order.
Cao Pi also ordered the crown prince Cao Rui to come in, and pointed at the Four Dukes and told him, "You can rely on the Four Dukes when you ascend the throne in the future, and the world will have no worries. If anyone wants to alienate the Four Dukes, be careful not to suspect him!"
Later, he ordered the crown prince Cao Rui to worship him.
In the fifth month of the fourth year of Jianxing of the Han Dynasty, Cao Pi died of illness in Jiafu Hall at the age of forty.