Chapter 109 Cao Shuang, who has all the strategies, the strength of Shu Han
Just arrange some servants to take care of them, prevent them from wandering around the house, and rest peacefully in the house until dawn the next day.
If everyone is allowed to go back to their homes late at night, those officials who live in remote areas of Luoyang City may encounter unexpected events and be plotted against.
Whether it was someone from Shu Han or Sun Wu, Cao Zhaobo himself, as the organizer of the dinner, had an unshirkable responsibility, even if he really didn't do it.
It would also make the ministers think that he was suspected of eradicating dissidents among the courtiers. If Sun and Liu Fang had some ulterior motives and specially selected a few courtiers who had a rift with them,
That would further strengthen the conclusion that he was the one who did it. If he spreads some more rumors in Luoyang City, it will be even harder for him to clear himself of this crime. Only by letting everyone stay in the mansion for one night can he ensure that everyone is safe.
After all, the intelligence agencies of Sun and Liu still have the strength to have a certain chance to do these things well in Luoyang City.
Just like Cao Wei's school affairs office also has the ability to do some things in Jianye and Chengdu, such as spreading rumors, assassinating individuals, etc.
Now that Cao Wei has the advantage, there is no need to do this, lest the Sun and Liu families jump over the wall in a hurry.
But it does not mean that the Sun and Liu families will not do this. After all, the Sun and Liu families currently do not have much advantage in terms of military strength and other aspects, such as farming to accumulate grain and grass, and in terms of population.
Especially Biyan'er, who had just experienced a huge defeat on the front line of Jiangbei and completely lost the territory of Jiangbei. His strength was greatly damaged. It was inevitable that he would use some underhanded tricks to contain Cao Wei and consume Cao Wei's strength.
Just like when Lu Meng crossed the river in white clothes to capture Jingzhou, he didn't win the victory openly, but he still won, and he also cut off an arm of his brother-in-law Liu Bei, his right-hand man, and it was not intentional.
But what was done was done, and brother-in-law Liu Bei also blamed Biyan'er for killing his sworn brother. After all, he was the leader and the one in power in Soochow, and Jingzhou was also the one he ordered to take.
Without his order, no one in Soochow would dare to mobilize troops to capture Jingzhou without authorization. With Bi Yaner's suspicious character, the most fearful thing is that his generals will not listen to orders and mobilize troops without authorization.
And tonight, as the night gets darker, the moon's light also gradually changes from bright to dark. It is a good time to kill people when the night is dark and windy.
Soochow's Jiefan camp had already found out the news about Cao Shuang's grand banquet and invited all the ministers, and the aristocratic family, and had already made arrangements to know that the masters in Fan camp were lying in wait for everyone on the way back home.
Even if they don't all succeed, they still have to eliminate a few people who have rifts with Cao Shuang in a targeted manner, put the blame on Cao Shuang, and shift his focus from external attacks to resolving domestic conflicts with the emperor and courtiers.
There is currently no time to continue the attack on the Sun and Liu families. Of course, it is mainly for Sun Wu. If they can take care of Shu Han, it will be considered their luck. They will give their allies a little sweetness.
It can also let the allies see that they are sincere in forming an alliance again. It is not that they only work but do not contribute. In this field, even the Sun and Liu families combined may not be able to catch up with Cao Wei, the madman of the field.
After all, Cao Wei's farming has a tradition. It started with Cao Cao and has been going on for decades now. However, the farming of the Sun and Liu families took three days to fish and two days to dry nets. It was not as effective as Cao Wei's farming.
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The Shu Han is recognized as the weakest among the Three Kingdoms. This has a lot to do with the fact that the Shu Han's foundation is too shallow.
In an era when food and population determine national strength, what the Shu Han regime lacked most was people and food.
As early as the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao adopted Han Hao's suggestion and established farming in Xuchang (soldiers reclaimed wasteland and integrated farming and fighting), which laid the agricultural foundation for Cao Cao's subsequent series of campaigns. This was also the reason why Cao Wei was able to become powerful later.
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After Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong in the fifth year of Jian'an (200), he also devoted himself to developing production. By the fifth year of Huangwu (226), Soochow had established military commanders throughout the territory to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the Wu army.
In terms of population, it is still not as good as Cao Wei.
After all, at this time, the north controlled by Cao Wei was the center of gravity of the world, while at this time, Yangzhou and other places controlled by Sun Wu had not yet been greatly developed, and their potential had not been realized.
Compared with Wei and Wu, Liu Bei started his career the latest. He established his own base after occupying the five counties of Jingzhou in the 13th year of Jian'an (208), but he did not implement farming.
This is because Jingzhou is located in a place where there are four wars. The chaotic environment and the continuous use of foreign troops make Liu Bei have no time to allocate troops to cultivate and open up wasteland.
In subsequent battles to seize Yizhou, the Battle of Hanzhong, and even the Battle of Yiling in Wu and Shu, Liu Bei adopted the tactics of "men should fight and women should be lucky". Although they created the foundation of the Shu Han Dynasty, they also paid a heavy price.
In the Battle of Hanzhong, Liu Bei, as the victor, got only an empty city. Cao Cao had moved the entire population of Hanzhong when he retreated; in the Battle of Yiling, the Shu Han Dynasty lost tens of thousands of men.
As far as the Shu Han regime is concerned, it can be said to be even worse.
Therefore, when Zhuge Liang came to power, what he inherited was actually a devastated mess. As he described in "Chu Shi Biao": "Today, Yizhou is exhausted, and the survival of this city is in danger."
According to common sense, after experiencing several serious military losses in succession, Shu Han should make full use of the geographical conditions in Shu that are easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Develop production and lay a solid foundation, especially the fertile plains of Chengdu, which are thousands of miles away and are most suitable for the development of farming. This is also the only way for past dynasties to focus on agriculture and suppress commerce and then become strong.
However, the Shu Han's farming began very late. It was not until the spring of the twelfth year of Jianxing (234) that Zhuge Liang started farming in Wuzhangyuan, which was the end of his Northern Expedition.
Obviously, this farming operation was only a temporary measure taken to prepare for the long-term confrontation with Sima Yi.
The next time farming would be in the fifth year of Jingyao (262), but this time it was also a temporary move taken by Jiang Wei to avoid Huang Hao's trouble.
Among the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, Shuhan had the smallest population.
Taking the population data on the eve of the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty as an example, the registered population was 940,000, but the number of armored soldiers and officials was as many as 140,000.
Although there are hidden populations that are not included in the registers, the registered population is the basis for Shu Han to collect taxes. Excluding the old and the weak, the agricultural support ratio of Shu Han is close to 5:1.
In the fourteenth year of Jianxing (236), the tenth year of Yanxi (247), and five years later in the seventeenth year of Yanxi (254), the Shu Han settled the people captured from Wei several times in Guangdu, Xinfan,
Mianzhu also proves that the Chengdu Plain has insufficient people and a large amount of wasteland.
In addition, whether Zhuge Liang sent troops to Qishan or Jiang Wei sent troops to Longxi, they both suffered from insufficient food and grass.
Wu and Shu formed an alliance, and it was normal for the two countries to carry out trade exchanges.
Historical records: Soochow purchased large quantities of Shu brocade and horses from Shu Han.
In this regard, Prime Minister Zhuge once said: "Today, the people are poor and the country is weak. The only resource to defeat the enemy is Jin Er." According to "Ode to the Capital of Shu", Chengdu alone in the Shu Han Dynasty had 76,000 weavers.