Good fortune and misfortune depend on each other, so what is lost is harvested in the east.
Following the death of Cao Zhen, the great Sima of the Wei State, and the return of hundreds of thousands of troops from Longyou, which triggered the temple to abandon Liangzhou, news that gave Cao Rui some peace of mind came later.
First, the governor of Bingzhou claimed that Yunzhong, Wuyuan and Shuofang counties could be restored.
Since the execution of Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen last year, the Xianbei tribes lingering in the Hetao Plain have been fighting against each other due to lack of restraint from tribal leaders. Due to internal strife, many tribes have sent envoys to ask for submission. In addition, the Xiongnu have slaughtered various tribes for a long time. The counties in Hetao that were surrendered to Wei and therefore abandoned also had the opportunity to be included in the territory of Wei.
In this regard, all the princes in Luoyang suggested that it would be advisable to invite the provincial governor.
Although the restoration of the counties was just a policy of restraint, and only a symbolic collection of tribute items, which was not proportional to the cost of garrisoning and management, it was of great significance.
The Hetao Plain fell after the death of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. The Wei State's recovery of it was an act to establish the prestige of orthodoxy.
At least in the eyes of Li Shu, who merged the two states, Wei's move was worthy of loyalty.
And officials such as Jiang Ji and Chen Jiao who had great strategic ambitions linked the restoration of various counties with the war in the northwest.
Xianbei Suotou moved west to the Xitao Plain (Ningxia). Its leader Tuoba Liwei, with the advantage of obtaining a large number of sophisticated military weapons from the Wei State, won a series of victories against the Xianbei Tufa and Qifu tribes as well as the Xiongnu Hu Bo Juzhi's coalition forces. .It took less than a year to seize all the pastures that the three tribes relied on for survival and force them to surrender.
The ambitious Tuoba Liwei changed his tribe's name to Tuoba, and continued to pay tribute to the Wei State with war horses to seek mutual trade, in order to accumulate power and plan to annex more tribes and dominate the Hetao.
This also made Wei Guo wary.
They don't want to welcome another "Kebineng" who dominates the north.
Therefore, Jiang Ji and others proposed that since the Wei State was unable to form a strong rule over Hetao, the Xiongnu Zuoxian King Liu Bao should record the merits of his previous expedition and be appointed the Protector of Shuofang, and transfer his tribe to Shuofang County. The settlement became a barrier for the Tuoba Liwei tribe to continue to advance eastward.
It can be regarded as a common method of checks and balances: if the Xianbei is strong, it will support the Xiongnu, and vice versa.
Let the Hetao always maintain the situation of "two heroes competing".
Even if the two have been fighting with each other for a long time, they will compete to invite the Wei State to get more supplies. In a critical moment, the Wei State can use this reason to expropriate their tribesmen to conquer Longyou for free!
Don't worry, Liu Bao saw through Wei Guo's intentions and made excuses not to go to Shuofang.
After the Southern Huns were divided into five tribes by Wei Wu and Cao Cao, the person who was awarded the decision-making role in the internal affairs of the Huns was King Youxian Qubei, and each tribe was supervised by a Han Sima appointed by the Wei State. Liu Bao's father Yu Fuluo He died a long time ago, and his uncle Shanyu Huchuquan was "favored" and pampered himself in Luoyang, which made his power within the southern Xiongnu very weak.
Although his title is King Zuo Xian, the tribe he commands is only Zuo Bu (one of the five Xiongnu tribes).
Allowing him to go to Shuofang is a tacit permission for him to annex other small and scattered tribes to grow, just like a trapped dragon emerging from the abyss. With the support of the Wei State, it is only against the Xianbei Tuoba tribe, how can he be said to be unwilling!
Another thing that made Cao Rui feel relieved was the battle report in Liaodong.
Thanks to last year's Dongwu ships' surprise cross-sea raid on Liaodong, which captured countless people and their luggage and returned home, at the beginning of spring this year, Jiangdong repeated its old tricks again.
Unexpectedly, when Xia Siyue arrived at Liaohe, he found that the Wei State had fortified its walls and cleared the country, and had moved many Li people inland.
According to the common sense of military strategists, the navy of Wu State should retreat when Wei State was prepared.
However, Sun Xinnian, the deputy clan leader, was very vigorous and unwilling to return home with no gains. He led more than 2,000 people from his headquarters to search the surrounding area to see if there were any towns or horse herding lands that could be plundered.
Immediately, he was attacked by a Wei general with more than 200 cavalry, and he was killed to the death.
Quite coincidentally, the general's surname was Zhang Minghu, the son of the late Zhang Liao.
Because he came to Liaodong with Sima Yi Zheng Gongsun, and because of his excellent cavalry fighting skills, he was left to guard the border, guard against Goguryeo and protect Korea, Hao Qi, Yi Lou and Fu Yu and other Dongyi.
What made Cao Rui even more relieved was the news that Xiao Zuo had returned.
Revolts broke out among the common people in Wu Kingdom!
For example, Li Huan from Luling joined forces with Lu, Sui Chun from Dongye, Luo Li from Nanhai, etc. gathered a crowd to kill officials and rebelled against them. Each group was no less than ten thousand people.
Although, among the rebel tribes, there was Shanyue, who had never surrendered to Sun Wu, who was trying to cause trouble.
But so many people came together at once because the common people could not bear Sun Wu's excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes.
In order to stabilize Jiangdong, it chose to compromise with the wealthy families. The Wu State had a special system of raising troops in counties and counties, which caused the common people of Li to suffer multiple layers of exploitation.
I work hard all year round, but I can hardly keep food and clothing.
Life is even more difficult than in Wei.
At a time when the three kingdoms are frequently fighting each other with troops, it is reasonable for them to be unable to bear the burden of gathering the crowd and turn against them.
Wei Guo was naturally happy about this.
At least within this year, there is no need to worry that Sun Wu will invade Xu and conquer the two states.
At the same time, I also feel sad.
If the Wei State had not carried out frequent conquests in recent years, it would have taken advantage of the turmoil in Sun Wu's many counties to attack them with a large army.
Even if he did not seize the land and capture the people, Sun Wu would still be exhausted between fighting and suppressing the rebellion; the war would increase the burden on the people of Jiangdong, induce more rebellions, and then let Jiangdong enter an endless cycle of poverty and weakness.
It's easy to pacify thieves, but it's hard to restore people's hearts.
It's really a pity.
However, what Cao Rui didn't know was that Jiang Dong really got what he wanted.
Sun Quan was forced to pay too few taxes and insufficient military expenditures, so he imitated the "worth a hundred coins" of the late emperor Liu Bei and cast a large coin called "Daquan Five Hundred". It was only one inch and three kilometers in diameter and weighed twelve baht, so one coin was equivalent to five hundred. .The implementation of this money not only means that Li Shu will face a more difficult life, but even wealthy families are listed as targets for plundering wealth.
Sun Quan understood this clearly and did not hesitate much.
Almost all the fertile land in Jiangdong is in the hands of powerful families, and the government can collect very little grain.
In the past, when Zhou Yujian was still alive, he once suggested that the strategy of "casting mountains into copper and boiling seas into salt" to enrich the country became increasingly impossible to implement. With the meritorious service of Yuan Cong and the death of old officials from the Jianghuai clan, the Jiangdong family gradually took control of the counties and counties. The power and interests of salt, iron (copper) were also tainted overtly and covertly.
This is the price the Sun family paid for becoming the lord of Jiangdong.
Since Sun Ce was assassinated, the Sun family and the wealthy family have found a mutually acceptable way to get along with each other.
They support the Sun family's authority in Jiangdong, and the Sun family protects and supports their interests.
Otherwise, why don't they, who are lacking in clan heritage and talents, admire Wei's "nine-grade official system" and rush to lure the Wei army into Jiangdong?
Of course, the Han Dynasty would not worry about Sun Quan's worries about Jiangdong.
The prime minister in Longyou dispatched various troops to march to Liangzhou this year, and he had no intention of inviting Wu Guo and his party to attack Wei. He sent You Zhonglang, General Zong, to envoy Wu, but to discuss the purchase of Yue kiln celadon in order to divide the Hexi Corridor. Haoyou and the Qianghu tribe.
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