the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero.
Right or wrong, success or failure turns to nothing, the country is still there, and the sunset turns red several times.
The white-haired fisherman on the Nagisa River is used to watching the autumn moon and the spring breeze.
Happy reunion over a pot of wine.
Many things in ancient and modern times are all discussed in a joke.
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Above the roaring river, desolate songs sounded on the deck.
A large ship was parked in the middle of the river, accompanied by the rumble of the river water colliding with the embankment. On the deck, Cao Cao and Sun Ce were sitting across from each other.
There was tea on the table, and Chen Qun and Zhou Yu were sitting behind them.
"Although Wang Xuan is a treacherous minister and cruel, he is talented and learned. This song "Linjiang Immortal" is quite accomplished." After Cao Cao finished singing, he leisurely picked up the tea in front of him and drank it all.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is leisurely. In fact, no matter how urgent it was during the previous discussion, the actual operation still relies on the civil servants and generals below, especially when we are preparing to launch a full-scale attack this time.
The reason why this is so is related to the system of this era. Let’s take Mi Zhu as an example.
The Mi family has its own independent manor.
What is a manor? It means a small independent kingdom that is basically self-sufficient.
Just like the legendary pioneering territories in the West, there are blacksmiths responsible for producing farm implements, tools, and weapons, and farmers responsible for planting land and cash crops. They have their own mills, tailors, and carpenters, and even small schools have them. After all, manors also need
It has its own protective power.
Bandits are really rampant in this era, and you don't need to count on the protection of the surrounding cities. By the time you call for help, send troops, and arrive, your manor will definitely be a ruined area.
As for where the bandits came from?
Even the Mi family supports several gangs of bandits in the mountainous area, and no one has done some dirty work.
And all these aristocratic families are like this. This is the legendary farming and reading family, and what they pay attention to is self-sufficiency.
Since this is an all-out war, of course, Cao Cao cannot rely entirely on his own efforts. These aristocratic families also need to mobilize their forces. Even Mi Zhu could support Liu Bei's army of tens of thousands of slaves, let alone Xun, Chen, Zhong, Xu
, Zhang, Xi and other families.
A family that really thinks its poems and books have been passed down for hundreds of years is a lie!
In the Han Dynasty, the official army was divided into two types: the central army and the local army. However, in fact, during the reign of Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, he completely eliminated the county soldiers. If there was a war, the capital troops would be sent to speak out, or
They are temporarily recruited or recruited from states and counties.
How can we ensure public security when there are no local soldiers?
Only relying on the small group of people led by Thief Cao?
In fact, due to severe land annexation, there were very few homesteaders during the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the common people were basically reduced to tenant households.
Even wasteland is not allowed to be reclaimed privately. It's not that the law doesn't allow it, but that the clan doesn't allow it. You can reclaim it with the permission of the clan, but the ownership still belongs to the clan. If you are allowed to farm, you still have to pay rent to the clan.
The local area is entirely based on clans as the basic management unit, and private soldiers who are related to the clans are responsible for public security issues.
"Three Kingdoms" records: "Cao Hong, the younger brother of Taizu... More than a thousand soldiers from General Hong's family met with Taizu Longkang."
This record shows that many powerful landowners at that time had private soldiers and used them to participate in wars to achieve their own political goals.
Take Huangfu Song as an example. When he presided over the war in Xiliang, he had three types of soldiers: one part was recruited soldiers, one part was family soldiers, and the other part was the central army of the imperial court. Among them, family soldiers were the real main force and the guarantee for generations of generals.
Therefore, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when there was no local army and local security was maintained by private soldiers of various families, the Yellow Turban Rebellion seemed very funny. If it was not deliberately condoned by various places, it would be an insult to people's intelligence.
This is also the reason why the war was quickly brought under control after Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty gave the order to allow local recruitment of troops to resist the rebels. The reason why the war was immediately extinguished when the imperial edict to lift the party's imprisonment was issued.
Okay, there is a certain degree of loss of control, but it's not a big problem.
Whose land belongs to whom? Just go back and rebuild your home. As for the labor force, some refugees can be recruited, and it won't take long for production to resume.
As for the little loss, it is nothing compared with what is gained. The only ones who really lose are the remaining farmers.
Okay, let's go a step further. Back to the present, Cao Cao is just waiting for the wealthy families under his rule to coordinate and mobilize resources and organize their troops. After all, it will be very troublesome when they are scattered into one family and one family. It is really just Cao Cao.
It would be less troublesome for the King of Wei to send troops, so he had time to make tea with Sun Ce on the river.
In fact, even Cao Cao and Sun Ce did not have a serious conversation...
It's not that it's not serious...how to put it that way.
After all, the age gap is too big. Cao Cao is already in his forties and Sun Ce is only in his twenties. He is the same age group as his father. How can the two of them talk about serious topics?
Don't think wrongly, although they are both the masters of one party, their actual power is different, and they have nothing in common. They only talk about the prosperous years of Sun Jian in the past. After all, except for Sun Jian, the two of them have nothing in common.
As for scolding Wang Xuan and Liu Bei behind his back, that's not embarrassing enough.
The reason for this exchange is just to show the sincerity of the cooperation between the two parties. In the real negotiation, Chen Qun will have a good talk with the big family in Soochow on his behalf.
After getting off the boat, Cao Cao stood on the shore and looked at the warships going away. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, "The only heroes in the world are Liu Bei, Wang Xuan and Cao Er."
Chen Qun was slightly startled, but did not refute anything. Needless to say, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Wang Xuan. No matter how everyone scolded him in private, in fact no one did not admire him.
"Then what do you think of this little bully, my lord?"
"He should have a son like Sun Bofu, and he and Zhou Gongjin..." Cao Cao sighed, but what he thought in his heart was that his son could be as handsome as Sun Zhou. "Together, they are half
, after all, it is enough to maintain success, but it is impossible to make progress."
Well... with Cao Cao's honor, this is basically impossible. If this is the case, then there may be something here, and I am afraid that Cao Cao himself will blow up the temple.
After playing with wives all my life, I was actually cheated on by someone. How can I bear it?
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Jizhou, Zhending New City.
"I have met the Imperial Master, Yuze, named Zifeng, who is from Yuyao in Kuaiji."
Wang Xuan lay motionless on his Taishi chair with a big sun umbrella on it. He glanced at Gan Ning, who was bringing someone to see him, and pointed to the side to tell him to sit down. Then he looked carefully.
A glance at the person in front of you.
He has a slender but very strong figure and a dignified appearance, but his skin is a little rough and dark. He does not look like a simple scholar. Instead, he feels like he has been blown by the sea breeze all year round. Anyway, Wang Xuan smells a hint of the salty smell of the sea.
This is the real smell of the sea, contaminated from the outside!