After Zhang Lu surrendered to Wei Wu and Cao Cao, his family was moved to Yecheng to settle.
At that time, many believers also followed him northward.
And because Zhang Lu was treated well, the Five Pecks of Rice religion also began to spread and become popular in the north of the river...
What Li Jian said was that he wanted to use the Five Pecks of Rice religion to get close to Cao Yu, King of Yan, because Cao Yu's wife was the daughter of Zhang Lu.
A suspected vassal king wants to get close to a vassal king who has no relationship and is close to the emperor. If he directly submits a letter to request, if nothing happens, he will be regarded as having ulterior motives and be rejected. But if he asks for directions by throwing stones, through other methods, he will be rejected.
The servants of the family may try it out in secret, maybe there will be a chance of success.
This is the reason why Cao Zhi praised him.
But what he didn't know was that the reason why Li Jian wanted to get close to the Five Dou Rice Sect was because Zhang Lu's ancestors were the first to give alms to "ghost ways".
The Five Pecks of Rice Sect was founded by Zhang Xiu!
Zhang Luneng became the master of the Five Dou Rice Sect, which was the result of fusing the Ghost Way with the Five Dou Rice Sect after killing Zhang Xiu.
And Li Jian's real intention is to get involved with the ghost.
Being tired of winning is essentially the magic of ghosts and gods.
Without the curse of the ghost, how could it create huge waves?
Li Jian, who had never accepted gifts, when he rushed to Yecheng, not only accepted a large amount of money from Cao Zhi, but also obtained the status of a "guest of the Prince of Jibei Palace".
The reason is that he admired Wei Wu Cao Cao very much, so he wanted to visit Gaoling after arriving in Yecheng.
Without doubting his presence, Cao Zhi waved his hand and gave...
Naturally, Li Jian also continued to write letters with Sima Zhao, who was serving in Luoyang, talking about his daily life and Confucian classics, and informing him in detail about his itinerary.
It can be said that after entering the Wei Kingdom for several years, what he planned has almost taken shape.
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Midsummer at the end of June.
Jiangxia County, Jingzhou, Wuchang.
On top of the majestic ship, Sun Quan leaned on the railing and watched the boats passing by, his eyes full of despair.
The expectations in his heart were shattered.
In recent months, he followed Lu Xun's advice and continued to send envoys to send letters of credence to Bashu, hoping to reduce the chance of the Han army raising troops to invade through profitable trade.
But it has almost no effect.
The governor of Yong'an, Chen Dao, has already given an order to his soldiers. Regardless of whether they are envoys, caravans, or ships traveling between wealthy and powerful people, anyone who dares to approach Kuimen will be sunk!
This made him know that the war between Han and Wu was inevitable.
Although this was an expected event and both parties were mentally prepared, the people of Wu State were greeted with bad news before the war started.
Wei State no longer purchases salt, raw silk and other items from Wu State.
It’s right to think about it.
The Wei State, which has a vast territory and abundant resources, can be self-sufficient and has successfully won over the Wu State to resist the Han army. Why should it waste resources to purchase items from the Wu State?
But Wu State could not bear such a result.
Just like the "Qi Wan Lu Can" in the Spring and Autumn Period, in the past, thanks to the Han Silk Road trade and the purchase of large quantities of raw silk from the State of Wu, many aristocratic families and Haoyou estates in Jingnan and Jiangdong planted large quantities of mulberry and hemp. Today, the two
The trade between the two countries ceased, which resulted in a large backlog of raw silk in the Wu Kingdom with nowhere to sell it. This also made the powerful families in Jiangdong complain fiercely.
If the war was imminent and there was internal discord, Sun Quan could still divide the counties in northern Jing to suppress the situation, but the food and financial crisis left him helpless.
If more mulberry and hemp are planted, there will naturally be less grain; and if trade ceases, taxes will also decrease.
The combination of the two means the decline of national power!
It’s hard to fight a protracted battle!
Regarding this, he wrote to Lu Xun and the officials in Jiangdong, asking how to prepare food for the war and raise funds to motivate the soldiers to work hard, but no one had a good plan to alleviate the difficulties.
There are only some helpless suggestions such as "increase taxes" and "eat as much food as possible" to quench thirst.
But he knew that Jiangdong didn't even have the chance to drink poison to quench his thirst.
Before the capture of Hefei New City, Jiangdong had gone through countless battles; and later there was the disastrous defeat at Shouchun City, Wu Sui's vicious rebellion in Yangzhou and Liao Shi's rebellion in Jingnan, how could he still drink poison to quench his thirst?
Let the wealthy families who have lost countless lives to the private army have to eat their food, or increase taxes on the common people who have experienced rebellions, poisons, and constant corvee?
Unless he wants to completely alienate the common people and trigger a larger-scale rebellion!
In other words, this mentality is a bit too pessimistic.
It is already the end of summer and June, and this year's autumn harvest is about to begin. With the scale of the people from Jiangdong who conquered Shanyue for farming in recent years, the production of grain and fodder should be able to continue until the end of the year.
Moreover, Bashu, which attacked more frequently, was also short of food and could not fight for a long time.
As long as Jiangdong defends the city, he can overcome the difficulties.
Don't be too anxious.
But both Sun Quan and Lu Xun were worried that the situation in Jiaozhou would become corrupt.
Without him, the two defensive areas of Dongsan County and Zigui-Xiling Gorge can be defended by relying on fortified cities and dangerous points.
But this is not the case in Jiaozhou where barbarians are everywhere.
On the other side where Wang Hua was not the same, there were no tall cities, and there were few passes along the dangerous passages; many of the defensive facilities were restored on the basis of the old days when Zhao Tuo separatized Lingnan.
Furthermore, Jiangdong's rule over Jiaozhou was not very strong.
The taxes that can be collected are also very small, as are the grain and fodder, which cannot support the consumption of a large army for a long-term battle.
Once the war lasts for a long time and a large amount of grain and baggage needs to be transferred from the rear, Wu will be unable to bear it.
Due to the rugged mountain roads from Jingnan, the loss of manpower and material resources is too shocking! However, the sea transportation from Jiangdong is smooth, but how much materials can be mobilized in Wudi?
It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice, and the state of Wu, whose treasury is already empty, can bear it?
well........
Sun Quan looked at the boats going by and sighed in his heart.
These boats all came from the Wudi, transporting grain and baggage for the three eastern counties and the Zigui-Xiling Gorge garrison. They were also the last stocks of the Wudi.
The only thing he could do for Jiaozhou was to give Lu Dai arbitrary power over the holidays, allowing Lu Dai to procure grain and fodder supplies from Jingnan Hengyang, Lingling, Guiyang and Linhe counties as well as the entire Jiaozhou.
I hope Lu Dai, who has been in Jiaozhou for a long time and is famous in Jiaozhou, can ensure peace for everyone.
After the deployment was completed, Sun Quan was looking forward to it in his heart.
He also wrote a letter of credence to the State of Wei, reaffirming that the state of Wu was in short supply of food and finance and could not resist the invasion of Bashu, and asked Cao Rui of the state of Wei to resume trade and deploy as soon as possible, and to mobilize troops in Guanzhong to respond to the war of Wu.
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There is even a hint of threat.
If it is claimed that the Wei State will no longer have trade, then the Wu State will abandon the three eastern counties and transfer troops and horses to Xiangyang and Fancheng to guard it, so that Bashu can march along Wudang North Road via Xixian to Wancheng and attack Wuguan!
In response, Wei State resumed some trade.
However, they sent troops from Guanzhong to harass the Han army, but they refused on the grounds that the army had just returned.
In other words, Cao Rui, who abandoned the land of Jingxiang and wanted to wait for the fishermen's profit, also wished that the war between Han and Wu was in full swing!_&
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