Bai Tu divided Yuzhang into three, and it was indeed for the purpose of "divide and rule". Yuzhang's area was too vast, and its population and government affairs had long exceeded the situation when Yuzhang County was divided.
As Xun Yu said, in the northern part of Yuzhang, which is now "Poyang County", the county towns are denser, the living space in Shanyue is not large, and there are many fertile fields, which can be used for farming.
The situation of the Shanyue disaster in the central and southern parts is also different. In the central part, which is now Yuzhang County, the so-called "Shanyue" are mostly Han people who went up the mountains to avoid tyranny and avoid taxes.
The south, which is now Luling County, has sparse county towns, and there are almost no county towns in the southernmost part. Some of the Shanyue here are real native Guyue people, and they are also more radical. It is this part of Shanyue that often attacks and plunders county towns!
This is also one of the most stubborn Shanyue active areas. Even in the middle and late period of Soochow, Jiangdong Shanyue had been almost pacified, but the "Southern Luling Captain" was still established in the south of Luling County to suppress the final
A part of Shanyue fought stubbornly.
"Judging from the governor's arrangements, Duke Bai probably wants to prioritize the development of Poyang County, and the governor of Luling County may not even take office." Xun Yu continued to analyze.
This was indeed what he had guessed. When Bai Tu appointed Sun Ce as the governor of Poyang, he also told him to focus on farming and promised that within a year, he would move him to be the governor of Danyang - then he would be able to fight again
Jiangxia’s front line.
As for Gan Ning, the current governor of Danyang, Bai Tu left him as the governor of Kuaiji.
Kuaiji is mountainous and wooded, and is close to the coastline, making it convenient to build sea-going ships. Searching for Yizhou in the east and Liaodong in the north all rely on sea routes.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the Soochow regime had already discovered Yizhou, which would become the treasure island of later generations. Unfortunately, Sun Quan did not pay attention to it at the time, and even the discoverers Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi were executed in the name of "disobeying the edict and failing to achieve merit."
The idea of taking the sea route to Liaodong to buy war horses was also Sun Quan's idea. Yu Fan was demoted because he opposed Sun Quan's idea of going north by sea.
At that time, Soochow's navigation technology was indeed not as advanced as Sun Quan imagined. Although he successfully arrived in Liaodong, he had to stay temporarily due to the strong wind and waves when he returned. As a result, he was defeated by Tian Yu, who was guarding the northern border of Cao Wei, and his army.
By the way... Bai Tu was also a little worried when he saw Yu Fan. This guy's crow's mouth is very powerful - he said that Sun Ce would be assassinated, and Sun Ce was assassinated. He said that Sun Quan's fleet would have to experience storms and sniping from the Northern Army.
, as expected, the fleet deserves a lot of bad luck!
However, Bai Tu was confident that within three years, he would have Kuaiji build sea-going ships that surpassed the peak of Soochow and reached the technical level of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and even the early Tang Dynasty. By then, sea-route operations and transportation would become Jiangdong's huge advantage.
Navigation technology is the same as ship craftsmanship. White pictures can only provide "shortcuts". The latter requires craftsmen to follow the shortcuts and guidance to overcome technical difficulties one by one. The former requires seafarers to gradually combine with practical training.
Experience - It is impossible for an ordinary person to go to sea with just a few books of "Encyclopedia of Navigation", "Tips for Sailors", and "Three Hundred Questions of a Navigator"!
Under such circumstances, the navy needs a commander with a pioneering and enterprising spirit, and Bai Tu feels that Gan Ning is a good fit...
It's just that now we have to go all out to stock up on grain, sea ships, etc., which will have to be done at least a year later, and the transfer of various county guards cannot be too frequent, so Bai Tu first handed over Poyang County to Sun Ce.
As for Zhou Shang, it was Bai Tu who came for the interview with Sun Bi and Wu Jing. Obviously, when Sun Ce was stubborn, they were not willing to give Bai Tu an image of being in solidarity with Sun Ce, lest Bai Tu do anything to him.
, all have ideas about Sun Ce.
Although Bai Tu had never met these three people, Zhou Shang had helped Bai Tu when he first arrived in Jiangdong.
Although Zhou Shang was mainly thinking about Sun Ce at that time, he still remembered this favor, so he made Zhou Shang the prefect of Luling to make the Zhou, Sun and Wu families feel at ease.
Just as Xun Yu expected, Zhou Shang would not really take office - if he was really determined to rectify Luling Mountain, Bai Tu would definitely send a general who was good at fighting there instead of appointing Zhou Shang.
In order to prepare for the severe drought in the coming year, Bai Tu doesn't want to fight with Luling Mountain any more...
As for the central Yuzhang County and the current Kuaiji County, theoretically the governors are still Hua Xin and Wang Lang.
Although they had resigned, Bai Tu at least had to wait until they arrived in Qu'a before appeasing them in person and approving their resignation.
Both of them voluntarily resigned, which was completely different from Xu Gong. They directly masturbated Xu Gong's eunuch to express their dissatisfaction. To Hua Xin and Wang Lang, Baitu didn't have to be so impatient and look ugly.
What's more, both of these two people want to stay...
Hua Xin and Wang Lang didn't just take refuge in boats, nor did they just chat in front of the battle.
Both of these two men would later reach the position of Three Dukes in Cao Wei. Hua Xin was the minister whom Cao Pi left to Cao Rui. Wang Lang's granddaughter was also the wife of Sima Zhao, and his son was a rare talent. He pretended to be a saint.
He wrote several fake scriptures in his name, and it was only after more than a thousand years that they were found to be fake by later generations - isn't this the kind of talent Bai Tu wants?
In terms of ability, Hua Xin and Wang Lang were able to guard one side in the prosperous times. Although in troubled times, it would be difficult for local officials to achieve anything, but it is not so much that they are not adapted to the troubled times as they simply have no ability.
I want to adapt to this troubled world.
From an overall perspective, it is difficult to determine whether they realized that the Han Dynasty was on the verge of death. However, for typical "courtiers" such as Hua Xin and Wang Lang, this only affects their future choices and does not affect their current choices.
choose.
Their goal is not to help the Han Dynasty, reorganize the dynasty, or assist the new lord, to overcome the troubled times, but to become famous, to leave a name in history, to be heard by the princes, to protect the descendants...
Both of them are from poor families, but they are different from those from less famous families. They have been struggling for more than ten or twenty years. They have long passed the age of being regarded by others based on their "origins" and are now considered celebrities.
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In his early years, Hua Xin farmed with his friend Guan Ning. He was attracted by gold bars and could not help but watch the excitement when he saw dignitaries passing by. Therefore, he was despised by Guan Ning.
Not to mention Wang Lang, who was born in the Wang family in Tan County, Donghai, and later generations of the Wang family in Donghai all recognized "Wang Lang" as their ancestor. In other words... before Wang Lang, the Wang family in Tan County, Donghai had no big shot at all.
However, their teachers were both Sangong bosses from the previous dynasty, and they were both in their thirties and forties now, in their prime, so they had quite a reputation.
The talents of the two people can be put to better use in a stable political environment. Therefore, historically, after being recruited by the imperial court, both of them abandoned Jiangdong and returned directly to serve in the imperial court.
Although the two of them are not good at commanding the country and arranging troops, the fact that they can sit in the high position of the Three Dukes in Cao Wei, where there are many talents, shows their talent and learning.
In order to better understand the two people's political philosophy, Bai Tu also specially retrieved the administrative files of Kuaiji and Yuzhang in recent years from Cheng Ji...
Judging from the information Bai Tu has obtained, Hua Xin focused on "education" when he governed the local area, and he also cultivated his moral integrity.
The people under his rule had more honest folk customs, apparently aiming to "not pick up lost things on the road and never close their homes at night". He had previously served as the governor of Yuzhang, and the Han Dynasty hoped to "civilize" those mountains and rivers.
It is a pity that in troubled times, people's hearts are uncertain, and the effectiveness of Hua Xin's moral governance has been greatly reduced in troubled times!
In the local area, Wang Lang was good at managing prisons, but he hated the harsh government and torture. When he met the local people in Kuaiji, he put Qin Shihuang and Xia Yu in the same temple and resolutely banned them...
One month after Sun Ce returned, these two celebrities, whose legs and feet were really bad and who were dragging their feet on the road, finally arrived in Wu County!