For his righteousness of coming thousands of miles to surrender, he recorded his merits in presenting maps and recruiting troops, and awarded Shen You Zhaoyi the title of Zhonglang General, and also gave him a mansion in Chengdu to show his kindness. Ma Zhong, the governor of Nijiang, was ordered to urge the prefect of Xinggu County to transfer those righteous men to the state. The families were gradually brought into Shu. After the soldiers and their families had settled down, General Shen You led his army to the north to station in Hanzhong County and returned to Guan to promote control.
This is the approval document transferred by the Prime Minister to Chengdu.
When Zheng Pu was called back to Hebei County for discussion, the prime minister felt that since the righteous men from Jiaozhou could be recruited so easily, he might be able to return in exchange for more labor.
Yes, it's a change.
It's not like Yin sent Shen You to recruit soldiers who couldn't get on the stage.
At a time when it was necessary for Sun Wu to conquer Wei to share the pressure of the Han Dynasty, there was no need to resort to such underhanded tactics to hurt the harmony between the Han and Wu families.
As for the materials in exchange, the only war horses of the Han Dynasty today can make Jiangdong flock to them.
When Zhuge Ke came to envoy to purchase war horses, he saw that there were many barbarians from Yongchang County as slaves in Longyou, so he proposed to exchange the barbarians from Jiaozhou for war horses. But at that time, Zheng Pu refused sternly and insisted on exchanging Shanyue captives. Give up.
Now if the Han Dynasty sends an envoy to Jiangdong to review the matter, it may not be impossible.
Anyway, as far as Sun Wu was concerned, if there were hundreds of barbarians in the seven counties of Jiaozhou, and there were many who refused to obey the king, attacking, plundering, and taking prisoners would also bring stability to Jingnan, and in exchange for war horses in short supply, why not do it?
"Zijin, I would like to use you as my envoy again to go to Jiangdong to negotiate with Lord Wu."
The Prime Minister briefly described what he was thinking, and nodded at Zheng Pu, "Although it is such a trivial matter, others can do it. However, if Zijin hadn't come in person, I'm afraid Jiangdong would have used it as an excuse to cheapen the price of the war horses, and the prisoners in exchange would all be old. Weak responsibility."
This is true.
Not to mention Jiangdong's usual style, even merchants would raise prices and pass off inferior goods as good ones.
What's more, population is related to national strength. Jiangdong, which is vast and sparsely populated, also requires a lot of labor to cultivate acres of land for national use. Even if a deal with the Han Dynasty is agreed, it is understandable to give priority to the able-bodied captives for their own use.
But Zheng Pu's mind was not on his mission at the moment.
Because he knew that the Han Dynasty did not have many war horses nowadays.
The war horses sold to Sun Quan and the Jiangdong wealthy family in the previous series were obtained by the Prime Minister in exchange for Shu brocade, tea and other materials from the Qianghu tribe in Liangzhou. Now if the trade is discussed again, the only option is to combine Lintao Ranch in Longxi with Xiaolongshan (Guanshan) Meadow pasture steeds for sale.
Those war horses were kept by the imperial court for their own use!
Before Zhangye Shandan Ranch could not provide war horses, the horses of the Ma Dai tribe, Zhao Guang tribe and the Hu Qiang Camp cavalry were all supplied from these two ranches. If this happened, it would be equivalent to selling all the spare war horses of the cavalry. Got it
"The prime minister has his destiny, and Pu is willing to go."
After hesitating for a moment, Zheng Pu answered the question, "It's just that the exchange of horses, does the Prime Minister intend to use the horses from Lintao and Xiaolongshan?"
The Prime Minister said nothing.
After nodding silently, he turned his head and looked out the window, filled with helplessness.
Seeing this, Zheng Pu, who wanted to remonstrate, fell into silence.
After thinking about it roughly, you will know why the prime minister wanted to use a backup war horse for selling cavalry - it was simply that the Wei Dynasty suddenly invaded this year, leaving a small country with few people and a weak and exhausted man who "revealed his true colors" in an instant.
No matter whether we recapture the victory place of Longyou in the first battle or regain Liangzhou, Yizhou's exhausted situation will not be improved in a short period of time.
For example, when the enemy invades today, the soldiers of the Han Dynasty must first plow the fields and then fight. This is the best evidence: even the common people who work in farming and farming are scarce, how can we talk about reviving the Han Dynasty!
Furthermore, the Prime Minister did this to be prepared for any trouble.
The news that Sima Yi, the governor of Yongliang in the counter-Wei Dynasty, opened ditches in Guanzhong and cultivated fields in Guanzhong, and sent nearly 10,000 soldiers to cultivate fields south of Helan Mountain, had already been discovered by Han army scouts.
In other words, Ni Wei has sufficient food and fodder, so he will not easily give up and go back if he invades in large numbers this year.
No one in the Han Dynasty dared to say how long this war would last.
Maybe it won’t last until next year!
Don't look at it. With the advantage of not having to use 500 war horses in exchange for fodder, Sun Wu has already written a letter of credence stating that he will definitely send troops to attack Wei in April of Xia, but the prime minister will not pin his hopes on Sun Quan to rebel against Wei.
Whether it is due to caution or past facts make people dare not hope.
Spring plowing, summer plowing and autumn harvest all require a lot of labor.
If the Han Dynasty does not alleviate the problem of insufficient labor, future wars will fall into a passive situation, which will happen repeatedly.
Therefore, even though the Prime Minister knew clearly that using the spare war horse for selling cavalry was to drink poison to quench his thirst, he could only bear the pain and carry it out.
There was silence for a while.
"Heh~~"
The prime minister, who was extremely determined and determined, soon concealed his worries and chuckled, "Zijin, don't worry. Given the current situation of the imperial court, it will take several years to gather strength before the troops leave the pass, recruit cavalry and expand the cavalry."
Don't rush for a while. If the war horses are sold, there will be enough time to breed again. If we can get enough labor in exchange for the six livestocks in Hexi, there is no need to worry about our army not having war horses!"
Alas, a clever woman cannot make a living without rice, so she can only comfort herself in this way.
"What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true."
Zheng Pu also smiled and agreed, but what he said next was contradictory, "However, Pu secretly believes that exchanging war horses for state labor is not appropriate for state affairs, but it can make private merchants implement it or better. And this time it is a sale.
The number of war horses should be four to five hundred, otherwise it will be worse than the number."
Only four to five hundred horses~~~
His eyebrows furrowed slightly, the Prime Minister stroked his beard for a moment, and then urged, "Zijin, please elaborate."
"promise."
Zheng Pu responded according to the etiquette and said loudly, "Prime Minister, Pu has two thoughts."
"First, since ancient times, rare things have become more valuable. Last year, our country already sold thousands of war horses and Jiangdong. If we continue to sell them aggressively now, it will inevitably lead to cheap prices. Selling more will result in small profits, while selling few will result in large profits.
, is almost the same as ours, so there is no need to damage our Han’s war horse reserve.”
"The other is that it is not conducive to our country's conquest of Jigu. There are many mountains and swamps in the east of the Yangtze River, and there is abundant rain, making it difficult to herd horses. If Sun Zhongmou, the leader of Wu, has the ambition to open up new territories, he can only buy war horses from our Han Dynasty one after another. Therefore.
Our country must not keep enough war horses in Jiangdong, lest they will no longer be able to exchange for grain and fodder."
"The Prime Minister must also know that in the next few years, our army will still be stretched thin when competing for food and fodder. It is still imperative to encourage private merchants to exchange war horses for food and fodder for Jiangdong's wealthy families, so we cannot sell more. Furthermore, even if we get what we want,
Jiangdong transferred labor from Jiaozhou to Longyou, and still had to move thousands of miles, build a house, settle down, persuade his heart, paint fields and teach farming, etc. It took a long time, and it took several years to see no results."
Having said this, Zheng Pu bowed his head apologetically and said, "Therefore, Pu weighed the pros and cons and thought that this matter should not be rushed, but it would be better to instruct the people to implement it slowly."
The prime minister listened and was silent for a while.
Because of the pros and cons that Zheng Pu said, he had already weighed them repeatedly in his mind.
