Chapter 423: Disasters caused by military power, Sun He asks for advice
Zhiqian clasped his hands together and said: "My Buddha is merciful. It would be best if Your Majesty could quickly pacify the world. Unfortunately, the current three-legged alliance cannot win quickly. In this case, it is better to kill less. This must be the way of the Buddha."
I mean it!"
Sun Quan just sighed bitterly: "I only regret that I could not make a decisive decision. In May and June of the fourth year of Huangchu, I took advantage of the new king of Shu Han to support the barbarians in Nanzhong and sent a large army into Nanzhong.
Instead of letting the army stand by in Jiaozhou and waiting for the failure of Shu Han's southern expedition before sending out troops, it was my fault and I underestimated Zhuge Liang. Unfortunately, we will never have that opportunity again."
The Shu Han also moved more than ten thousand powerful soldiers and Qingqiang from the south to Shu, and divided them into five tribes, named "Flying Army", which were very brave.
They also divided the weak ones and assigned them to the powerful clans Jiao, Yong, Lou, Cuan, Meng, Liang, Mao and Li as tribes, and set up five captains named Wuzi, so the southerners have a saying of four surnames and five sons.
However, the Yi people were very resolute and fierce, and had a bad relationship with the wealthy families. The Shu Han persuaded the wealthy people to donate money and silk and hire Yi people to serve in the army. The more people were hired, the more hereditary official positions they could inherit. So the Yi people gradually surrendered and belonged to the imperial court.
, established a parallel tribe of Yi and Han.
The gold, silver, elixir, lacquer, cattle, war horses, etc. that the southerners paid as tribute helped the Shu Han's military expenditures, and the country became rich, providing materials for Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition.
Although the small-scale rebellions of the Southerners did not stop, compared with the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanzhong was relatively stable, and many rebellions were quickly put down by Ma Zhong, Li Hui, Lu Kai and others.
After quelling the rebellion, Zhuge Liang implemented the policy of "harmony with the Yi", which was a continuation of his policy of attacking the people's hearts. The first was to withdraw his troops.
As soon as the rebellion was put down, Zhuge Liang withdrew his troops from Nanzhong without leaving any troops, thereby easing and eliminating the conflicts with the local ethnic minorities and making "the rule of law rough" and "the Yi and Han people rough".
At the same time, try to appoint influential local figures as officials.
For example, Li Hui, Wang and his wife, and Lu Kai were appointed as governors of various counties in Nanzhong, and Meng Huo was appointed as Yushi Zhongcheng, etc. Through them, the rule of Shu Han in Nanzhong was strengthened.
Zhuge Liang also paid attention to the economic development of Nanzhong and introduced relatively advanced production technology from the mainland.
For example, cattle farming was introduced to change the local backward slash-and-burn method and improve the agricultural productivity in this area.
This attracted many ethnic minorities who originally relied on hunting to "gradually leave the mountains and forests, live on the plains, build cities, and engage in farming and mulberry farming", and moved towards a settled agricultural society.
The development of Nanzhong also increased a large amount of revenue for the Shu Han government. "With military resources, the country will be rich."
Zhuge Liang's success in suppressing Funanzhong relieved the Shu Han's worries and obtained material and human support. What Zhuge Liang did made Sun Quan's plot to control the Shu Han territory go bankrupt.
Zhi Qian put his hands together and advised: "As long as Your Majesty and the people rest, work hard to govern, and kill less, such an opportunity will surely appear again soon."
Sun Quan smiled and waved his hands and said: "Even if there is such an opportunity, I am afraid that I will probably not see it. I only hope that my successor can end this troubled world. By then, there will naturally be less killings."
When Prince Sun He led a group of brothers, sisters and courtiers to preside over the monastery, a captain of the imperial army in black armor came into the room and reported: "Your Majesty, the ceremony of enshrining the relics into the pagoda has been completed, and His Royal Highness the Prince is waiting outside the courtyard to see His Majesty.
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Sun Quan said: "Let the prince and others come in."
After Sun He entered the room, Sun Quan asked him to sit down and rest for a while, and then he talked about the grand ceremony of the Buddha's bone relics being put into the pagoda.
Sun Quan nodded with satisfaction and said: "The prince has done well, but I am old, so I will not join in the fun with you."
Sun Luyu said with a sad look on his face: "It's a pity that my sister can't see such a scene today. Hey, I don't know when I can see my sister."
Sun Quan spoke to comfort him: "In two years' time, I will send people to bring Dahu back and reunite our family. I still want to see Dahu before I close my eyes."
Sun Heyi clasped his fists and said: "As long as my father gives me an army to attack the land north of the Yangtze River, I will be able to reach Luoyang and save my sister!"
Hearing that Sun He wanted to ask for military power from him was a taboo for him and every emperor.
Sun Quan said with some displeasure: "I have my own opinions on the matter of Dahu. Will my father still ignore her? The prince should learn more from the courtiers how to handle the political affairs of the country. When the time is right, I will transfer the military power
For you."
Sun He knew that he had accidentally made his father angry again, so he clasped his fists uneasily and replied: "Father, I know I was wrong, but I just want to take my sister home, and there is nothing else I shouldn't do."
I have some thoughts."
Sun Ba, who was watching all this, also wanted to take the opportunity to fall into the stone. He was about to speak, but Sun Hong, the Zhongshu Ling behind him, pulled his gorgeous sleeves and shook his head to persuade him.
In Sun Hong's opinion, it would be better to just sit on the sidelines at this time. If His Majesty feels that King Lu is keen on hurting and criticizing each other among his brothers, this will leave an even worse impression and push King Lu away from the position of crown prince.
getting further and further away,
Sun Quan waved his hand and said meaningfully: "That's all, you can do it for yourself. You must understand that what I give you is yours. You can't take what I don't give you. Even if you take it, I can take it back. I'm tired today.
Then go back to the palace, and you and the others will go their separate ways."
The prince and the accompanying ministers clasped their fists and bowed, saying, "I obey the order."
On the way back to Nangong from Changqianli, Teng Yin, the prefect of Kuaiji, and Gu Tan, the Taichang, were invited to ride in a carriage or two with the prince Sun He. The carriage was driven by four strong horses of different colors.
Sun He asked worriedly: "Now that Prime Minister Zhu and General Zhuge are on an expedition, I have once again made my father displeased. How do you think we should respond?"
Teng Yin, the prefect of Kuaiji, sighed and said: "Hey, His Highness the Crown Prince should not ask for military power in front of Your Majesty today. No matter what your Highness's reasons are, Your Majesty will not believe it. After all, Your Majesty attaches great importance to military power.
No matter who has the right idea, it will be a great threat to His Majesty, not to mention that His Highness is the Crown Prince, and for His Majesty to say this from His mouth, it makes His Majesty even more suspicious of His Majesty's intention to ascend the throne in advance.
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Sun He patted his head and said: "I was negligent, but now the matter has come to this..."
Teng Yin, the prefect of Kuaiji, pondered for a moment and said: "In this case, Your Highness should be calm, abide by the way of a prince, the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and calm down. Maybe there is still some hope.
Your Highness's biggest disadvantage now is that His Majesty hates and alienates your mother-in-law, so you can only watch more and do less.
Let the people of King Yihulu find no opportunity to criticize you, and let His Majesty find no reason to depose you. After these few years, you will be able to fly as high as the sky!"