The sky is clear and blue, with white clouds chasing each other.
In Chengdu, the continuous rice fields in the countryside outside the city are golden.
Occasionally, the cool autumn wind blows, and countless rice ears create golden ripples.
The golden autumn is a season of joy for the common people of Li.
On the banks of the Zouma River in the south of the city, Emperor Liu Chan bowed in the golden rice waves with a sword and sickle in hand, harvesting the rice he cultivated himself.
At the beginning of this year, it was the first time since he came to the throne that he personally cultivated his land.
Yi Tian means acres of land cultivated by the emperor and his princes.
One of the etiquette and customs of "praying for good harvest" from ancient times to the present embodies the emphasis on farming.
Different from the "Three Pushes and Three Countermeasures", Emperor Liu Chan did the plowing this year and did not let Ji Tian Ling and other officials do the sowing and tending for him. Instead, he personally did everything from plowing to autumn harvest.
The call said:
"The Prime Minister went to the north to fight against the Wei Dynasty and eliminate the traitors. Many of the soldiers were in danger. However, the food came from the people, and the people also had hardships. I am not moral and cannot make the people happy. I can only cultivate and feed myself, in order to take less food from the people."
After saying this, both the government and the public praised benevolence.
Although the land cultivated by Emperor Liu Chan was only three acres, the grain produced was not enough for one season.
However, to the Gong Gong princes in the court, it was the emperor who showed the benevolence and virtue of the previous emperor, which was heartbreaking.
For the common people of Li, it was a manifestation of the emperor's caring heart for the people, and he was a benevolent king! As long as he survived the difficult period of the Northern Expedition, the good days of light corvee and low taxes were just around the corner.
In particular, Emperor Liu Chan issued a new edict in the fourth month of summer.
Anyone who moved to Hanzhong or the two counties of Wudu was granted one hundred acres of land to each household; the government built a house for them, rented cattle and grain, and exempted them from tax and oral taxes.
Such an act of caring for the people had never been done before by Liu Zhang even when he visited Shu.
Not to mention, it is the harsh rule of rebelling against the Wei Dynasty that the great scholar Qiao Zhou said, recruiting people to work in the fields and harvesting the crops in eight out of ten, without enough food to survive the winter.
It is a blessing to be born as a citizen of the Han Dynasty!
Countless poor tenants, peasants, and hermits in the mountains all have this sentiment in their hearts.
They also helped the elderly and young people to come to the government immigration office, registered their household registration in Hanzhong or Yinping County, and followed the small officials to move north.
After hearing the news, the Lienwen Mountain Yi (Qiang) tribe joined the team migrating north with the desire to cultivate fertile soil and live a life without worries about food and clothing.
Their treatment is more generous.
Because many of them were recruited as soldiers, their families were able to enjoy tax-free treatment for three years.
And after three years, the taxes paid by the family members were much less than those of ordinary common people.
Naturally, when some people rejoice, others will gnash their teeth.
Many Bashu wealthy families left because too many tenants were attached to them, so they did not have enough labor to work on their own acres of property.
However, their private complaints only lasted for more than half a month.
The imperial court began to reduce the city gate taxes on the passes along the Tea Horse Road, and encouraged them to go to remote areas such as Yongchang County on their own, and exchange Shu brocade tea and other items for slaves to return.
There is no need to worry about the court going back on its promise.
Many noble families in the DPRK formed caravans one after another and headed for Nanyi Road.
Another reason is that the imperial court established the Shu Jinjian.
He supervised the sale of Shu brocade and other items north to Longyou to share the benefits of the Silk Road.
However, if the wealthy families wanted to get involved in the Silk Road, they had to first divide their households and settle in Longyou.
According to the imperial court, if they were not divided into households in Longyou and returned to the government to uniformly allocate materials and trade, some people might be tempted by Wei Wei to do things that disregard national laws.
The actual reason is well known to all parties.
It is nothing more than that the imperial court imitated the "Yi Ling Law" of Emperor Wu's period and let them divide their households to take root in Longyou, in order to prevent the Qiang and Hu tribes from unrest or from attacking against the Wei Dynasty.
After all, in the land of Longyou, there are more Qiang and Hu people than Han descendants.
When they go to separate households, they will naturally bring many children with them, thus becoming a "real border" household in disguise.
Another consideration was that they were based in Shu, and for the sake of the clan, the small families they separated did not dare to defect to the Wei Dynasty, so that the whole clan would be convicted of treason.
In this regard, many wealthy families are weighing the pros and cons.
Although the benefits of the Silk Road are objective, they do not want to passively "spread the branches" and let the momentum suddenly decrease.
However, not everyone is hesitant.
The Liu family in Chengdu, which "shares wealth for three generations and lives together among clans", actually divided their households for the first time when this edict was just issued by the court!
They separated Liu Yin's branch, which had already achieved the rank of Yamen General, and rushed to Longyou to settle down.
It is said that the Liu family was the first to use their retinues to fight for the country in the past, and was now the first wealthy family to be divided into households, so the imperial court treated them extremely favorably.
Directly in Lueyang County, Hanyang County, Longyou, 3,000 acres of fertile land were given to him at only half the price.
And in the ruins of Xingguo City in Changlishui (Hulu River), a small pasture of several hundred acres was given as a reward for loyalty to the country! With such a large-scale acres and small pasture, coupled with the Silk Road trade, it can also be called the Liu Family of Chengdu , directly separated into another "Longyou wealthy clan".
The well-known Wang family in Qi County in Shu also split off into two branches, Wang Li and Wang You, and settled in Tianshui County, Longyou.
Because the Wang family is a loyal family, the court's favor is even greater.
Not only were the acres and pastures given as gifts, but Wang Li was also transferred to Hanzhong County to serve as the Chenggu Order, and Wang You was transferred to Longxi County to serve as the Shouyang Order.
It also made many wealthy families look hot and salivate after hearing about it.
At this time, the news of Wei Shiting's defeat in the battle reached Shu.
First, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang defeated the Wei army in Longyou, and now Sun Wu defeated the Wei army in Huainan. The two major battles and defeats were superimposed together, which made the Bashu nobles have different thoughts.
It is no longer possible to rebel against the Wei Dynasty!
Prime Minister one day, he will definitely be able to take back all the land in Liangzhou!
Even, it may not be impossible to break into Guanzhong Sanfu and restore the old capital!
If they take the large sect of Shu as the foundation, branch out from the small sect to Longyou as branches, and use Shu brocade, tea and other trade items to go along the Silk Road, the clan will surely flourish in the future!
Furthermore, now in the land of Longyou, every county has a shortage of assistants.
Their sons and nephews are all literate and have a lot of talent and learning. If they choose a few scholars to go to Longyou, they will definitely be recruited as assistants by the counties and counties, and it will be easy to consolidate the foundation of Longyou.
With such a promising prospect, why not do it!?
Therefore, countless wealthy families in Bashu responded in large numbers, and following the Liu family in Chengdu and the Wang family in Li County, they became migrating households.
The person in charge of this matter is Li Yan.
When he saw that the common people and wealthy families in Yizhou responded like clouds, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Compared to the prime minister, his talents were like the difference between a firefly and a bright moon.
There is also a hint of melancholy that "a talent comes from every generation", which plucks at the heartstrings.
Since he returned to Chengdu from Jiangzhou, guarded the capital and inside and outside the capital, and participated in the Yizhou Prefecture, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang often sent him private messages.
Sometimes it was an official request, but now the move was actually a plan.
Or it may be a whisper, such as the talents and learning of the Longyou generals and their subordinates, and the direction of the prime minister's training and experience, etc.
For example, Guan Xing, who was trained as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, has always been with the prime minister.
For example, Zhang Bao and Zhao Guang followed Wei Yan, who had always served as the former governor during the expedition, and later became the vanguard generals in attacking cities and territories. Huo Yi was transferred to Hanzhong County. Needless to say, the reason was that the prime minister wanted him to hurry up as soon as possible.
Experience your talents and become like Zhao Yun in the future, guarding the lifeline of the entire army.
As for the newly acquired Jiang Wei, the Prime Minister said in his private letter that he was a sergeant in Liangzhou.
It is said that he is well versed in Qiang affairs, has precise thinking, and is good at everything. He can be called an all-rounder. His strategic planning and military strategy are even better than those of Ma Liang in the past, and he will be one of the things he relies on to attack Liangzhou in the future.
And the evaluation of Zheng Pu is even more highly praised.
Not only did he reaffirm his military strategy and planning capabilities, but he also praised his many strategies for admonishing and praising him for showing the integrity of public assistance!
The three princes and the four assistants are all the assistants of the emperor.
This is also the first time that the Prime Minister has concluded that the latecomers of the Han Dynasty have the ability to support the emperor.
Li Yan had to pay attention.
After all, he himself was the former emperor Liu Bei's entrusted minister.
He had always had a high self-esteem, and when he carefully read Zheng Pu's plans sent to him by the Prime Minister, he couldn't help but wonder whether he could have made such plans before he was thirty years old.
The answer made him a little frustrated.
In particular, after he returned to Chengdu, Emperor Liu Chan often brought him into the palace and questioned him on many political affairs.
He discovered something.
On the emperor's imperial desk, there is a jade stone with the inscription "Unity of knowledge and action".
When he asked the question, the emperor's answer shocked him.
This is also what the Zheng family said, and the emperor actually knew it and practiced it!
Could it be that I have been away from Chengdu for too long and am proud of my high status, so that in the eyes of the emperor, I am no longer as good as a latecomer?
When such a thought came to Li Yan's mind, it was like a vine that grew wantonly and quickly filled his chest, strangulating his pride. It became tighter and tighter, and the strangulation marks became deeper and more painful all the time.
He could accept that the Prime Minister was far more talented than himself.
But except for the prime minister, he considered himself a great man in both the government and the public, and no one could compare with him.
Not to mention, Zheng Pu is no more than 20 years old now.
When Liu Biao was an official in the past, he was praised as a talented person, and he was left alone by the late emperor Liu Bei. He would never allow his prestige to be compared to that of someone who came after him.
Therefore, every time he finished his work, he would stop and look north.
There was a voice in his heart that became louder and more passionate, constantly urging him to take action as soon as possible.
Luoyang.
Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei, dressed in plain clothes, sat on the carriage frame with his eyebrows bowed and his eyes closed.
On his face, there was a hint of sadness.
He just returned from Mengjin where the great Sima Cao Xiu was buried.
It turned out that after the defeat of Shiting, Cao Xiu went to the court to plead guilty. He thought that Cao Xiu was a minister of Gu Ming and a member of the clan, so he sent Yang Ji, the captain of the garrison and cavalry school, to comfort him and not blame him, but also gave him the gift of Yilong.
However, Cao Xiu died because of the shame in his heart.
This made him feel slightly guilty.
Shiting's defeat was also due to his mistakes in decision-making.
If Cao Xiu suggested that he wanted to fight, he would first consult with Jiang Ji, who was very familiar with Huainan, to find out that this battle was not going to happen.
It's just that after the defeat in the Battle of Longyou, Wei Guotai needed a big victory to calm people's hearts.
In other words, he was too eager to win.
After all, in the past, Emperor Wen Cao Pi made three expeditions to Soochow. Although they all returned without success, they did not lose any territory.
He only took the throne two years ago and already lost the land of Longyou!
He ascended the throne at a young age, and the Wei Dynasty was less than ten years old. How could he not need a great victory to restore the hearts and minds of Longyou?
This was the biggest reason why he agreed to Cao Xiu's request for war.
He also paid the price of quick success.
The Great Sima of the Wei State, a clan general who had always been relied upon as a barrier to the country, and one of the ministers left by the late emperor to take care of his life, was defeated and died!
What is even more worrying is the turmoil in Huainan.
In the past, Xuzhou was located in Qingzhou, but it was Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty who painted the place between Zang Ba and Sun Guan.
Li Shu always only knew Zhou Mu but rarely heard about Cao Wei.
It was not until Emperor Wen Cao Pi went on an eastern expedition that he transferred Zang Ba and others to Luoyang to serve, and the prestige of the Wei Cao family was sown in these two states.
Time is still short and the foundation is not strong.
In particular, in the past, Emperor Wen Cao Pi's three expeditions to Soochow were all in Huainan!
The transportation of grain, fodder and baggage required the collection of corvees from local common people along the way.
There is a lot of suffering to begin with.
Now Cao Xiu rode out with 100,000 infantry, but abandoned more than 20,000 carriages with only the baggage, and returned in a great defeat with more than half of his troops dead. How could he not cause the hearts of the people in Qingxu and Xuzhou not to be shaken!
Although Chen Qun, one of the Gu Ming ministers who stayed in the capital, strongly recommended former general Man Chong to supervise the battle in Huainan.
It is said that as soon as Manchu favored Huainan, he would invade Yangzhou against Wu.
However, the land lost in the war can be regained again in the future; the soldiers lost in the war and the baggage lost in the war can also be replenished. But how long will it take to heal the longing in people's hearts?
Furthermore, the war on Wei's northern front was also in trouble.
This year, the troops of the Kebineng tribe in Xianbei arrived earlier than usual due to the rebel army from Shu and the tight military strength of the Wei State. In the seventh month of autumn, they could not wait to gather the commanders of various tribes and invade Bingzhou.
Yanmen County, and divided the troops and horses of each unit into a partial division to detour to Taiyuan County to plunder and harass.
These places were the habitats of Budugen, another Xianbei man from central China who was friendly to Cao Wei.
Unlike Ke Bineng, who was born in a small branch of the branch, Bu Dugen was the grandson of Tan Shihuai, the former co-owner of Xianbei.
If Kebineng defeated and swallowed up Budugen, other Xianbei adults would think that the glory of Tanshihuai in the past had completely withered and passed it on to Kebineng.
Maybe Xianbei, which has been divided, will once again reunite its various tribes into a unified state.
Such a situation is naturally not acceptable to Wei State.
Therefore, Wuhuan Colonel Tian Yu led his army out of the fortress and defeated Ke Bineng's son-in-law. Xianbei Yu built his army. However, Ke Bineng personally led the army and surrounded Tian Yu in Mayi City with 30,000 cavalry.
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Tian Yu led the army to break through the encirclement for several days, but failed to achieve success.
Yan Zhi, the prefect of Shanggu in Youzhou, heard the news and rushed to persuade him in person, so that Ke Bi could relieve the siege.
Yan Zhi was the younger brother of Yan Rou, whom Cao Cao of the Wei Dynasty treated like his son, and Emperor Wen Cao Pi treated him like a younger brother.
However, relying on Yan Rou's trust from all the Xianbei tribes in the past, Yan Zhi allowed Ke Bi to rescue the siege, but also spent a lot of money and food. Moreover, Tian Yu, who had returned from defeat, could not leave the fortress again. The concession was basically denied by Ke Bi
After being defeated several times, his prestige plummeted.
In other words, the defeat of the Wei army on the northern front made more Xianbei tribes begin to move closer to Kebineng.
In the future, the northern border will be more difficult to defend.
Even the five Xiongnu tribes that were attached to the Wei Dynasty and moved into Bingzhou were in slight turmoil.
What's more, the Western Front, Eastern Front and Northern Front were all defeated, which made the various states and counties in the Wei Kingdom, under the clamor of Ni Shu and Ni Wu, faintly began to criticize Cao Wei's improper victory in the country.
Although it did not harm the overall situation, he did not want to repeat the "Wei Satire Case" of the late Emperor Cao Pi.
