Chapter 414 The Honest Gentleman Liu Huangshu (Three in One)
Chapter 414 Honest Gentleman Liu Huangshu (3-in-1)
"The wealthy gentry's money will be returned in full, and the common people's money will be returned thirty-seven."
Here in Wu County, Liu Cheng had a smile on his face after learning the news from Deng Zhi.
After maintaining this look for a while.
The smile on his face turned playful.
"I just don't know whether Liu Jingzhou is divided into three or seven."
He looked at Deng Zhi and asked aloud.
Deng Zhi returned to Wu County today.
Returning with him were the tied up Lou family and others.
Liu Biao was very considerate and knew that when Deng Zhi went to Jingzhou, he only brought two servants with him and could not take care of such a large number of people.
They also specially sent ships and some soldiers to help Deng Zhi do this.
In addition, Deng Zhi came with one hundred thousand shi of fine food.
This is the first batch of grain.
The remaining food will be shipped over in the coming time.
Deng Zhi shook his head: "This subordinate doesn't know.
In the past, my subordinates have heard of such things, but this is the first time they have experienced it.
Moreover, the scale is so large.
Judging from their intention, it seems that they want to extend it to the entire Jingzhou."
Deng Zhi couldn't help but look emotional as he said these words.
Who would have thought that in such a big Jingzhou, Liu Biao, a man with a good reputation, a clan member of the Han Dynasty, one of the eight chefs in the past, and now a Jingzhou shepherd, would actually do such a thing.
"Lord, I think Liu Biao and the others have a certain intention in doing this. They want to make the people of Jingzhou resent your lord..."
After Deng Zhi shook his head, he looked at Liu Cheng and expressed his guesses and worries.
Hearing this, Liu Cheng smiled and shook his head: "There is no need to worry about this matter.
They had a good idea, but they forgot that they collected the grain from the people of Jingzhou, not me, Liu Cheng.
Compared to me who is far away from Jingzhou, the people will be even more resentful of those who personally collect grain from them."
After saying this, Liu Cheng smiled and said: "Does Bo Miao think I will be the kind of person who will let Liu Biao and others discredit me and use me to plunder the money and food of the people of Jingzhou?
Let them take this opportunity to search hard.
When the time comes, I will send people to inform the people of Jingzhou that Liu Biao and the big families in Jingzhou jointly plundered the people's wealth and then divided the accounts into 30-70. This has been publicized all over Jingzhou.
When the time comes, they will know whether this is the right thing to do."
Hearing Liu Cheng's words, Deng Zhi, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but be shocked.
Uncle Huang’s move is really cruel!
In the past, when I had not seen the power of the people at the bottom, it was better to say that here in Yizhou, after following the emperor's uncle to see the power possessed by some people at the bottom, and then thinking about the scenes that might happen in Jingzhou in time, Deng Zhi suddenly thought in his heart.
The words that his mother once warned him rang out - don't mess with Uncle Liu Huang!
What my mother said is so true, she sees so clearly!
From now on, I will continue to listen to my mother...
"Bo Miao personally visited Jingzhou. What do you think of Jingzhou?"
Liu Cheng stopped thinking about this matter and began to ask Deng Zhi about other matters.
Deng Zhi heard this and said: "Jingzhou is very rich and prosperous.
Especially around Xiangyang, which is adjacent to Nanyang, and Jiangxia and other places.
After Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he eradicated some clans, but he did not eradicate them.
Now, although there are not as many clans in Jingzhou as before, their energy cannot be underestimated.
Among them, the Cai family, Kuai family and other families are more powerful than before.
Have great voice.
The relationship between them and Liu Biao is said to be monarch and minister, but in fact it is more of a cooperative relationship..."
Deng Zhi's trip to Jingzhou was not in vain. He talked eloquently here and told what he had seen and heard.
The Cai family, the Kuaizi brothers' family...this is similar to the history I know.
Liu Cheng thought so and nodded secretly.
"As for the situation of abandoned babies that my uncle asked me to pay attention to..."
When Deng Zhi said this, he couldn't help but pause for a moment before speaking again, his voice seemed somewhat unnatural.
“Although Jingzhou is prosperous, abandoned babies can still be seen everywhere.
Some of the soft-hearted ones were thrown into the wilderness and left to fend for themselves.
If you are cruel, just throw it into the drowning vessel and drown and then throw it away, or directly strangle it to death..."
What he was talking about was the most common phenomenon in this era - abandoned babies.
What should I do if I cannot afford to raise a child after giving birth, let alone pay the poll tax? I can only cruelly abandon the baby.
Liu Cheng originally thought that places in the south were more prosperous and better, but now it seems that things are completely different from what he thought.
Although it is prosperous here, this prosperity has nothing to do with the large number of poor people.
If you can't afford to raise a child after giving birth, you can only abandon it cruelly.
If there was really no other way, not many parents would be willing to do such a thing.
"There is no way around this. Abandoned babies can be found everywhere, and many people have become accustomed to it."
Deng Zhi sighed and said to Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng shook his head: "We can't take this matter for granted, and we don't dare to take it for granted!
This is not something that should happen in a normal country!"
Deng Zhi sighed after hearing this: "How difficult would it be to really have no abandoned babies?
Abandoned babies are caused by various reasons.
From ancient times to the present, it seems that there has never been any dynasty that did not abandon its babies."
Liu Cheng heard this and shook his head: "There will be dynasties that can do it.
Bo Miao, if I say that there is a country where there are no abandoned babies and the people live and work in peace and contentment, as long as they are willing and not lazy, everyone can live a life without worries about food and clothing.
People are no longer worried about being hungry, but because there are so many kinds of food, they worry about which food to eat every day, do you believe it?”
When Deng Zhi heard this, a look of great longing appeared on his face.
"That must be the country of Datong, or the country of gods!"
After saying that, he shook his head again and sighed: "The country that the emperor mentioned is really fascinating, but it is basically impossible to appear...
There has never been such a country..."
When Liu Cheng heard this, he said nothing and looked down at the surging river.
My thoughts flowed very far with the river, and my heart surged like the river.
In later generations, he did not realize how rare and precious the life he had was.
Instead, he felt that there were all kinds of pressures, constantly squeezing towards him, making him unable to breathe.
It feels very hard and difficult.
I feel life is boring.
I feel life is difficult...
But now, after living in this era for such a long time and seeing all aspects of this era, he has deeply realized how rare it is to live a life that makes him feel tired in future generations!
What people in this era dream of!
Even people like Deng Zhi, who was not from a lowly background, were fascinated by his future life, feeling that it should be a country of gods...
All the difficulties and pressures of future generations pale in comparison to the abandoned babies everywhere that have become the norm.
In front of a large number of abandoned babies, that kind of pressure is nothing like pressure at all.
This kind of pressure can only be said to be the pressure of happiness.
This is something that people of this era would never dare to think about...
One is survival pressure, the other is life pressure, there is a fundamental difference...
"Bo Miao, it's a good thing that you went there this time. If a brave person had gone there, he would probably have been frightened by the tricks Liu Biao and the others used."
After looking up at the sky for a while, Liu Cheng suppressed his emotions, looked at Deng Zhi, and said.
Deng Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not that Deng Zhi is bold, but that the emperor's uncle led his army to display here, which gave Deng Zhi courage and intimidated Liu Biao and others.
Otherwise, Deng Zhi might have entered the oil cauldron..."
Liu Cheng reached out and took Deng Zhi's hand and said: "That being said, Bo Miao has still made great contributions, and I will definitely not be indebted..."
As Liu Cheng spoke, he began to tell Deng Zhi about the reward...
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Wu County is extremely busy here.
A large amount of grain was continuously transported upstream from the downstream. After being unloaded, the ships prepared by Liu Cheng moved all the way upstream to Jiangzhou.
From Jiangzhou, turn north and take the Han River.
Of course, this Han River refers to the Western Han River, not the Han River that flows into the Yangtze River near Jiangxia.
The Western Han River is what people in this era called this waterway.
In Liu Cheng's time, this waterway was called Jialing River.
Passing through Dianjiang, Anhan, Langzhong, Hanshou, and arriving near Maming Pavilion to the north of Hanshou.
Once here, the ship can no longer move forward.
Near Maming Pavilion is the Guangyuan area in later generations.
In later generations, many hydropower stations were built on the Jialing River.
In addition to generating electricity, it also has the function of storing water and raising the water level to facilitate boating.
In this era, there is no such thing.
This has also resulted in a significant reduction in transportation capacity.
Especially in areas further upstream.
So we can only change to a small boat here, load the food and continue heading north.
Although it was replaced by a small boat, it was still much more time-consuming and labor-intensive than using a cart or horse or carrying it on one's shoulders.
After traveling hundreds of miles upward, the river became narrower and unsuitable for boating, so we chose a suitable place to stop and unload the grain.
There are soldiers and horses dispatched by Zhao Yun, who received the news in advance, and Hanzhong civilians dispatched by Gu Yong, waiting here.
Take over these grains.
These were transported to the sloping valley by land transportation by means of carriages, horses, people's hand-carrying and shoulder-carrying.
Passing through Xiegu, it is transported to Guanzhong...
"The emperor's uncle is the emperor's uncle!
It’s just unusual!
You can get so much food without using a single soldier!!"
Here in Hanzhong, Sima Yi, who had grown a little taller, looked at the endless supply of grain transport teams, his eyes were shining brightly.
For a moment, I regretted staying in Hanzhong and not going to Xichuan.
If you can go to Xichuan, you can experience the emperor's uncle's style up close!
Not only Sima Yi, a young man, but also Gu Yong, who presided over the political affairs here in Hanzhong, as well as Zhao Yun and Zhang Xiu, were also extremely fascinated.
Being able to get 800,000 shi of grain from places like Jingzhou and Nanyang without spending a single soldier is truly a miraculous feat!
…
Here in Wu County, the last batch of rice shipped from Yuan Shu has also arrived.
Just before sunset on the fifteenth day.
Yan Xiang, who had been waiting nervously, couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief when he saw this.
He had always been worried that Liu Cheng would do things according to the agreed fifteen days.
Once they fail to transport 500,000 shi of grain within the stipulated time, Liu Cheng will cheat and stop sending troops to Jingzhou.
After all, Liu Cheng had spoken out before.
Now, they have completed the task within the specified time, and there is no need to worry that Liu Cheng will cheat because of it.
He has no words left.
"Uncle Emperor, half a million shi of grain have been delivered. All of them are fine rice. I also ask Uncle Emperor to send troops to attack Jingzhou as promised."
Yan Xiang saw Liu Cheng, saluted Liu Cheng, and said this to Liu Cheng to urge him.
Hearing this, Liu Cheng smiled and said, "That's natural. Lord Yan, just rest assured. I, Liu Cheng, am not someone who doesn't keep my word."
When Yan Xiang heard this, his heart returned to his stomach...
While Yan Xiang was waiting anxiously, two days passed quickly, and Liu Cheng was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, without any movement.
"Why is the emperor still standing still?"
After Yan Xiang saw Liu Cheng, he greeted Liu Cheng and asked Liu Cheng this question.
Liu Chengdao said: "Just as I was about to send someone to tell the Master Yan about this matter, the Master Yan arrived just in time.
I've got some trouble here."
"What happened?"
Yan Xiang asked aloud.
"Every time you send out troops, you need to have great righteousness. Only with great righteousness can you be able to achieve unfavorable results.
The reason I wanted to send troops to attack Jingzhou was because Liu Biao was harboring serious criminals from the imperial court.
But who would have thought that Liu Biao would suddenly realize that he had lost his way and personally sent someone to escort Lou Zhong and others, who were wanted by the imperial court.
At the same time, he also sent 300,000 shi of grain to pay for his crime.
This caught me off guard.
For a while I couldn’t find any reason to beat him.”
Yan Xiang heard this and said: "This is a trivial matter. The emperor's uncle beat Liu Biao to give Liu Biao face. What reason is there for?"
I have to say that Yan Xiang is a good chatter and speaks very nicely.
These words made our uncle Liu Huang feel comfortable in his heart.
However, he has long passed the age where he only listens to good things.
Although nice words are good, they cannot bring practical benefits and cannot fill the stomach.
Then he shook his head and said: "No, people have to follow the rules. If everyone doesn't follow the rules, wouldn't it be chaos?
When sending troops to attack Jingzhou, they must be well-known.
Otherwise it will be a meaningless war."
When Yan Xiang heard this, he couldn't help but curl his lips secretly, saying that it was just like your previous attack on Yizhou, which was a righteous battle.
"What do you think, uncle Huang, of Jingzhou's pastor Liu Biao, who is trying to rebel and rebel?"
Liu Chengdao: "It's not impossible, it's just that Liu Biao is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. We need to ask the emperor for an edict to convict him..."
When Yan Xiang heard this, he quickly shook his head.
I dare not use this excuse again.
A trip to Chang'an to ask for the emperor's edict would take a long time, and they couldn't afford it.
Immediately he started to use his brain to think of charges for Liu Biao.
He mentioned seven or eight things in a row, but Liu Cheng shook his head and denied them all.
"Other than these, I really can't think of any other charges."
Yan Xiang sighed and said.
Liu Chengdao: "This is also a headache for me.
Otherwise I would have launched troops long ago.
I originally thought that Liu Biao would not give in and would confront me.
In this case, I can legitimately send out troops...
Never imagined..."
"Could it be that after the emperor got the food, he didn't want to send troops to attack Jingzhou?"
Yan Xiang suddenly asked Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng immediately shook his head: "Master Yan is too worried. I, Liu Cheng, am not a man who breaks his word. If I say I will attack Jingzhou, I will attack Jingzhou.
Not to mention that I accepted the 500,000 shi of rice from General Hou. Even if I did not accept it, I have already said before that if I want to attack Jingzhou, I will definitely attack Jingzhou and I will never break my promise."
Yan Xiang said: "The emperor said this, I feel relieved.
I just don’t know if the emperor will be able to send troops tomorrow?"
Liu Chengdao: "Sending troops is not a problem, the problem is that they need to be famous..."
Good guy, after talking in a circle, he brought things back again!
This is really a master of pushing circles.
Yan Xiang was speechless...
Two days later, after almost all the large amounts of grain collected here in Wu County had been transported away, Liu Cheng came to Yan Xiang and told Yan Xiang some excellent news.
He said that he had already thought of the reason for sending troops to Jingzhou.
The reason was that Liu Biao was cruel and unkind, and colluded with some families in Jingzhou to exploit the people of Jingzhou to obtain money and food.
"Uncle Huang thought well of this crime!
Once word of this crime spreads, the people of Jingzhou will definitely hate Liu Biao to death and eat pots of pulp to welcome the king!"
Yan Xiang immediately praised Liu Cheng with admiration and agreed with Liu Cheng's idea.
Even if he felt in his heart that the reason Liu Cheng said was nonsense and far inferior to the reasons he mentioned, he still praised it without hesitation.
I was afraid that if I spoke too slowly, Liu Cheng would regret it.
In the current situation, let alone the reason Liu Cheng gave, even if Liu Cheng said that it was because Liu Biao had a bad behavior and ran away with his sister-in-law that he led troops to conquer him, Yan Xiang would still do the same
Without hesitation, I raised my hands and feet in approval.
Highly praise Liu Cheng’s ideas...
"I plan to send out troops tomorrow to attack Jingzhou. What does Lord Yan think?"
Hearing this, Yan Xiang pretended to be serious and calculated for a while, then he raised his hands in admiration to Liu Cheng and said: "Uncle Huang has chosen a good day. Tomorrow is an auspicious day of the zodiac. It is a good time to kill. If we send out troops tomorrow, we will definitely be able to do it."
Return with complete success!"
"Hahaha……"
Liu Cheng laughed happily after hearing this.
"Okay, then we will send out troops tomorrow!"
He said aloud.
…
When the time came the next day, early in the morning, the Wuxian navy, which had received orders from Liu Cheng, under the command of Zhang Liao and Gan Ning, sailed down the river in a mighty manner.
On land, Yan Yan, as the vanguard, led his troops eastward.
The rest of the troops also began to prepare...
As the commander-in-chief, Liu Cheng rode on the boat and went down the river!
As soon as the army moved, the storm surged instantly!
Liu Biao, who had just paid the food supply, immediately sent his spies to rush downwards in a fast boat, rushing back to deliver this shocking news.
Yan Xiang looked at this scene and felt happy in his heart.
Before, he was always worried that he would be tricked by Uncle Liu Huang.
Especially in the past few days, when Uncle Liu refused to send troops because he had no reason to send troops, he was even more convinced that Uncle Liu would not admit it.
Now, he has no such worries at all.
It’s because I judge the heart of a gentleman with a villain’s heart!
Yan Xiang thought so in his heart...
After marching forward for half a day, Yan Xiang, completely relieved, took the initiative to say goodbye to Liu Cheng.
He wanted to quickly return to Yuan Shu and convey such good news to his lord.
Let your anxious master calm down.
Liu Cheng naturally agreed: "We will capture the thieves first. Liu Biao is in Xiangyang. This time I will lead my troops to attack Xiangyang. As long as Xiangyang is captured and Liu Biao is captured, everything else will be easy to do."
After Yan returned, he informed the general and asked him to concentrate his forces and attack Xiangyang from the north..."
Liu Cheng solemnly confessed to Yan Xiang.
Yan Xiang nodded to express his understanding.
After boarding the fast boat, Yan Xiang quickly disappeared from sight...
It's already evening.
Liu Cheng said with a smile: "After receiving the urgent order from Chang'an, we must all return!"
Immediately there was a messenger to convey Liu Cheng's order...
After probably more than half an hour, the fleet of ships sailed down the river in a mighty manner, all of them turned around and headed upstream...
"I received an urgent order from the emperor's uncle, saying that there was an urgent order from Chang'an and that we need to return immediately!"
On the shore, Yan Yan also received orders.
Upon hearing this, Yan Yan immediately stopped the team, then the team behind changed to the team in front, and returned to the original route...
One night later, the army returned to Wu County.
Liu Cheng disembarked with his soldiers.
If anything, he had already finished explaining to Gan Ning and Zhang Liao on the boat last night.
There is nothing special to explain at this time.
After marching for a whole day and night, Yan Yan's troops were repairing here in Wu County.
Li Yan, Wu Yi, Jia Long and other troops who had not moved, followed Liu Cheng and moved upriver.
In the morning of the second day, Yan Yan's tribe also began to break camp...
In Wu County, only the troops of Gan Ning and Zhang Liao, totaling 18,000 people, are left here...
As for Jingzhou, Liu Cheng had already suddenly sent his troops eastward, stirring up the situation.
"Liu Cheng is a thief! He doesn't talk about credit!
I have handed over Louzhong and the others as required and paid three hundred thousand dan of food as compensation, but they still want to send troops to attack me!!"
After receiving the news, Liu Biao was so angry that he jumped on his feet and cursed!
At that time, Mrs. Cai was giving birth, and the midwife took the baby out to show Liu Biao.
Liu Biao was furious and was so angry that he didn't even have the mood to look at his youngest son, so he threw him back into the midwife's arms.
The midwife was so frightened that she hugged her quickly...
"Hurry up and invite Zirou and Degui to come!"
Liu Biao left in a hurry and shouted.
In the room, Mrs. Cai, who had just given birth, heard about Liu Biao's act of abandoning her child. All the smiles on her face disappeared and she couldn't help crying...
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"Ha ha ha ha……"
Here in Nanyang, Yuan Shu couldn't help laughing.
"Master Yan, you did a good job!"
He patted Yan Xiang on the shoulder and said.
He turned to look at Chang Shi Yang Hong and others and said: "I said that Uncle Liu Huang is an honest gentleman and will not deceive me. What now?"
Yang Hong, Ji Ling and others all admired Yuan Shu's wisdom.
When Yuan Shu heard this, he laughed again.
One day later, Yuan Shu personally led his troops not far from Xiangyang.
Looking at Xiangyang, he said to the left and right in high spirits: "Soon, these will belong to me!!"
Praise from left and right.
Just then, someone came in a hurry and said that Uncle Liu Huang's troops had returned...
