More than half a year has passed since Li Laiheng captured Suizhou. This half-year period may not be long or short, but the management of the Shuai Mansion has already brought about a completely new change in Suizhou.
Just as it is said on the road, today's Suizhou is more like a peaceful and peaceful time than a troubled time.
Except for a small number of gentry who abandoned their property and homes and fled to other places to escape the legendary vicious and cannibalistic Chuang Army, most of the local people benefited a lot from the governance of the Chuang Army.
It turns out that the tenant farmers and slaves who were at the bottom of life in Suizhou benefited the most. Through the reform of the farm system, they obtained the farming rights and partial harvest rights of many fields. Although the land reform of the Chuang Army was not particularly thorough, it was
For the slaves who have been living in a rat-like and ant-like living situation for a long time, it is like the rain comes after a long drought, allowing them to see a glimmer of hope slowly rising on the horizon.
This hope injected strong life energy and production passion into the tenants and slaves, and they were willing to devote their own efforts to defend the invaders and the camp system.
Therefore, when the news came that Zuozhen was about to plunder Suizhou, the tenant farmers and slaves who had been liberated from the camp system were the most touched. They were the first to feel a fierce and bone-deep fear, which was formed over many years by the people at the bottom.
awe of the authority of the imperial court.
But after this sense of awe, there is a strong sense of indignation. The people of Huguang are very familiar with the style of Zuo Liangyu and Zuo Jun. They all know what kind of disaster the local area will face when Zuo Zhen attacks Suizhou.
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The tenant farmers and slaves finally saw the hope of changing their lives. They had already paid enough for their lives, so what they had to pay to break the shackles and ensure the right to survive was actually trivial to them.
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The support of the grassroots people in Suizhou was the main source of Li Laiheng's huge material and financial resources.
However, the various social reforms and land reforms implemented by the Chuang Army did not only affect the tenants and slaves. For example, most of the peasants benefited from the "three years of tax exemption", and the Chuang Army protected the normal production order in Suizhou.
, which is equivalent to protecting the most important vital interests of the farmers.
The status of other social groups, even businessmen with middle-class wealth and above, is not low in the new system built by Li Laiheng. After all, at the current stage of the invasion, the army relies on confiscating the property of the fleeing gentry, plundering and paying, public trials, and a series of
The leader of Xiang Dynasty confiscated the palace, and he had more cash, silver, rare treasures, and more than food and supplies.
Therefore, Li Laiheng had to rely on a group of merchants to help him turn all these gold and silver treasures into materials of practical value.
In addition to Kendeji, which was established by recruiting businessmen, there are also a large number of other independent businessmen who cooperate with Chuangjun.
They were not die-hard supporters of the Chuang Army, but among the frantic and cruel Zuo Zhen and the Chuang Army, it was obvious that they were more supportive of the Chuang Army.
Those who had the strongest resistance to the invading army were mainly the owners of large land, the large landowners headed by the gentry.
But the gentry class has to wait for a while. After all, the land reform system is not a land reform that completely eliminates the gentry class, but retains the rentier way out for the gentry.
What's more, Li Laiheng also tied the interests of some gentry to the new system of the army through Tianxi's shareholding and public-private partnership.
The gentry, it should be said, are deeply dissatisfied, but there are also active collaborators in the new system. Of course, there are also many people who harbor resentment and are waiting to be unleashed.
Under this circumstance, it can truly be said that except for a "small group" of die-hard anti-intruders, most social classes and groups support Li Laiheng and oppose Zuo Liangyu.
Li Laiheng's confidence in planning a strategic decisive battle with Zuozhen in the Jingxiang area was not only due to the Zuo army's "fear of invasion" after the Battle of Zhuxian Town, but also based on a solid material foundation.
But his initial plan was to copy the battle of Xiangcheng where Li Zicheng killed Fu Zonglong. He planned to use Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen to attack Chengtian Mansion and lure Zuo Liangyu to rescue him. Then Li Laiheng himself would personally fight with the generals.
The main force of the governor will fight a big battle with Zuozhen between Jingmen and Zhongxiang.
The initial preparations for the invasion of the army were all based on this arrangement. However, Gu Junen, who was determined to use "suppressing the left" to enhance his official position and status, soon discovered a key point from the left army's operations of collecting food everywhere.
The problem.
That means Zuo Liangyu is out of food.
The shortage of food in Zuozhen should be good news for the Chuang army. However, the shortage of food in Zuojun greatly conflicts with Li Laiheng's idea of a decisive battle in Chengtian.
The most obvious point is that under the pressure of food, Zuo Liangyu may not bother to rescue Chengtian Mansion. Instead, he may take advantage of the opportunity of the intruders leaving the Suizhou base to go to Suizhou to plunder Li Laiheng's millet.
This is quite a fatal problem.
However, Gu Junen was not the only one who noticed this. People like Fang Yiren and Guo Junzhen, and even Bai Wang, who was thoughtful and responsible for the farm work, also noticed it. However, their movements were not as fast as Gu Junen's.
Whenever he had a chance to meet Li Laiheng, he would directly bring in his personal information and submit his strategy regardless of the time or occasion.
Gu Junen is also taking risks. He is just an academic advisor, so how can he have the authority to participate so deeply in the core decision-making of the army? What's more, Gu Junen himself knows that all the intelligence information he has is obtained through daily observation and investigation.
But will Li Laiheng believe this kind of rhetoric?
If he is suspected of spying on the secrets of breaking into military aircraft, he will be ruining himself.
Fortunately, Li Laiheng was not a stickler for rules. After reading the submissions submitted by Gu Junen, he immediately came to his senses and asked Zhang Pili to call Gu Junen over to revise the Chuang army's military strategy.
It's just that Gu Junen's arrogant and conceited character will naturally make Fang Yiren, who masters the secrets of military aircraft, and Guo Junzhen, the only military expert designated by Li Laiheng, deeply dissatisfied.
But for Li Laiheng, these are just trivial matters. Contradictions and conflicts among officials and generals, as long as they don't affect the overall situation, he is actually happy to see them.
Gu Junen's opinion not only pointed out that Zuo Liangyu was very likely to take risks when he was short of food, and went directly to Suizhou to grab food with large troops regardless of the crisis in Chengtian Mansion, but also emphasized how to adjust the military strength and look for opportunities in this situation.
He inflicted heavy damage on Zuozhen.
The plan he proposed was to, on the surface, still use the main force to attack Chengtian Mansion, leave Suizhou open, and attract Zuo Liangyu to lead the main force of the left army to fight near Suizhou. Li Laiheng could then give full play to the advantage of fighting at home and assemble the main force to fortify in Suizhou.
Block the left army and wait for the partial divisions of Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen to move northward from Dahongshan to cut off the left army's retreat.
The key point of this plan is that Li Laiheng successfully appeased Zhang Xianzhong and coordinated the information of Ge Zuo's fifth battalion, which is not known to Zuo Liangyu. Zuo Liangyu still thinks that Li Laiheng only has about 20,000 troops, but in fact Li Laiheng and Ge Zuo
The five battalions fought together, and their strength had swelled to nearly 40,000. Compared with Zuozhen, they already had a strength advantage that could carry out annihilation.
But this information will definitely be known to Zuo Liangyu after a while. Therefore, Li Laiheng must take advantage of the information gap as soon as possible in the short term to start a decisive battle with Zuo Liangyu.
In this case, Gao Yigong and Guo Junzhen must take the initiative to lead the army to attack Chengtian Mansion, and the Chuang army themselves must take the initiative in the development of the campaign, making the planning of the entire campaign a closed loop.
Gu Junen's plan was quite complete, but there were two key points in this strategy of "suppressing the left": first, Li Laiheng must be able to smoothly coordinate the fifth battalion of Gezuo to assist in the war, and second, the war must start before Zuo Liangyu obtains more information.
If there are any mistakes in this process, it may cause Suizhou, Li Laiheng's most successful business base with the most solid foundation, to suffer significant damage and losses.
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"The Biography of Gu Junen, Supplement to the Historical Draft"
... First, Shizu was the envoy to Huguang in De'an. Six people including Jun En and Zheng submitted the imperial examination documents. They were all concerned about the country, but did not examine the power of the affairs. Shizu got the letter, threw it to the ground, and said: This is your son.
Do you want to trap me in injustice? You accuse the emperor of being kind and rebellious. However, the ancestors felt pity for his talent and his heart, so he used the emperor's kindness to provide some education and politics. It was quite effective, and the ancestors were pleased with it...
"Da Shun Royal Foundation Publishing House Edition History Textbook: In the Supplement to the Biography of Gu Jun'en in the Supplement to Shun History, it is mentioned that the emperor Shizu responded to Gu Junen's arrogant suggestions with the famous saying "Are you trying to trap me into injustice?", please.
Based on this material, answer the following questions.》
(1) In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "After Cao Cao watched, he laughed, showed the ministers and said: 'You want to put me on the fire!'", what is the essential difference from Shun Shizu's famous saying in the material? (3 points)
(2) What kind of spirit does Shun Shizu’s famous saying imply? (3 points)
(3) In order to carry forward this spirit, what do you think should be done? (4 points)