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Chapter 53 The first emperor started his business and spent his budget

Of course Chen Mu borrowing the east wind has nothing to do with ghosts and gods.

In addition to the fact that he vaguely remembered that there was a strong wind blowing in June in the history books, the most important thing was that he recalled the meteorological proverbs mentioned by his high school geography teacher, and there were several faint parallels.

However, the level of superstition in the Han Dynasty can be said to be the highest in all dynasties. It goes without saying that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was plagued by witchcraft and poison, and it goes without saying that he did not ask the common people or ghosts and gods.

Just talking about the late Han Dynasty, Zhang Jiao's ability to set off such a big wave had a lot to do with superstitious ideas.

Therefore, it is easier for Chen Mu to be convincing by using the name of God.

It is also easy to spread fame.

In the Han Dynasty, reputation was very important.

The fourth and third sons of the Yuan Shao family have accumulated many years of fame. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Yuan Shaoneng conquered Jizhou because of the Yuan family's reputation.

There are also Cao Cao and Liu Bei. If Cao Cao had no reputation, he would not have been welcomed into Yanzhou by Bao Xin.

If Liu Bei had not been famous, he would not have been invited by Kong Rong to save Beihai, nor would he have been invited by Tao Qian to be the shepherd of Xuzhou. Therefore, fame seems to be a very empty thing, but the actual benefits it brings are unimaginable.

Therefore, if Chen Mu can gain fame in this battle, coupled with the extra point option of You Qu Nihou, it will be of great help to him in the future to promote filial piety or talent and enter an official career.

Therefore, this is why he wants to use the name of God.

There is an elevated altar in Changshe City, where grains, livestock and other sacrificial objects are prepared and prayers are made to heaven.

And far away in Jizhou, Liu Bei was not having an easy time either.

It's not that the war was unfavorable, but after Zhang Jiao became seriously ill, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang tightened their troops, summoned the Yellow Turban soldiers scattered in other places in Jizhou, stationed troops in Guangzong County, and defended the city. There were no soldiers in Julu City.

After breaking through, the two places are still in a stalemate.

However, Lu Zhi's weapons were sharp, the Yellow Turbans in Jizhou were defeated one after another, and the chaos in various places had basically been calmed down, so it was time to restore people's livelihood.

People who had previously been hiding in the mountains and forests, or who had left their hometowns, began to return to their hometowns one after another.

Faced with the devastation of their hometown, with desolate farmland and dilapidated houses, countless hard-working working people, no matter how resentful they are, can only plunge into the fields again with a sad and heavy heart, trying to make the land shine again.

of vitality.

These people who have fields and enough food to survive can be considered the majority. The clan system was relatively popular during the Qin and Han Dynasties, and people with the same surname would often stick together to form a fixed village.

For example, Jize Township has three surnames: Mao, Ju, and Zhang. The same clansmen help each other, and the clan elders provide unified support and distribution, so no one will starve to death.

Those who suffer are the people without clans.

Although the fields were taken back, there was no surplus food at home, and there was no harvest this year. Coupled with countless minor disasters, natural disasters and man-made disasters, these people had no choice but to starve to death.

Liu Bei was sent north by Lu Zhi to help officials from Anping, Julu, Zhao and other places recover their lost territories, and cooperated with local powerful forces to eliminate small groups of Yellow Turban troops.

Along the way, we came to Jingxian, Renxian, Tangyang, Nangong and other places. This is the Julu County of Anping, the center of Jizhou, which was the most severely affected by the Yellow Turban Disaster. On the official road, there were old women and children, and groups of refugees returned to their hometowns. One by one, the people

The clothes are in rags, the face is yellow and the muscles are thin, and the people are withered.

Liu Bei couldn't bear to see it. He jumped off his horse, walked up to an old man and asked, "Excuse me, father-in-law, where are you from?"

The old man was surrounded by his family, supported him and said tremblingly: "Report to the general, I am from Nanhe County. There was a military disaster on Taiping Road in my hometown. I had no choice but to take my clan and flee north to Youzhou. I recently heard that the imperial court sent troops

Once the disaster is over, we will return to our hometown together with our elders."

Liu Bei asked again: "What are your plans after returning home?"

The old man sighed: "What else can I do? I hope the fields are still fertile and can be cultivated for late harvest. The little old man's clan still has some surplus grain, which can barely support them until they return to their hometown. The most miserable ones are those with foreign surnames, many of whom are on the way.

If you are so hungry that you can't stand it anymore, you'll eat tree bark, vegetation, and even dirt until you bloat to death."

"So pathetic."

Liu Bei glanced at the endless stream of refugees, gritted his teeth and said to Guan Yu: "Second brother, let's set up camp here first, set up porridge stalls on the roadside, and give alms to these people."

Guan Yu was also very distressed, but their military rations were used for marching and fighting. If they were given away, what would happen to the mission of going north to clear out the Yellow Turbans? So he hesitated and said: "But the army only brought half a month of food and grass. After using it, the soldiers

We have to fight on an empty stomach."

Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter. My fourth brother left all his belongings to me before he left. Fucheng County is ahead of us. We have run out of military rations. We will go to Fucheng to buy food from the powerful men in the city. We can help a few people along the way."

, just help a few."

If Chen Mu were here, he would be heartbroken again. The late emperor was not halfway through his business, but he spent all his budget in the process.

But what Chen Mu wanted to go to Yuzhou was to travel lightly, and it was naturally impossible to take away the property worth tens of millions. So before leaving, he could only leave it to Liu Bei, and he also asked him to keep it properly.

Money will be of great use in the future.

It's a pity that he forgot that Liu Bei said, "Don't do evil because it's small, don't do good because it's small." The person who has said this through the ages has a heart of benevolence and righteousness that can be seen.

But for Liu Bei himself, part of the money was the surplus from Zhang Fei's sale of his family property, and the other part was captured by the army during the war. During this period, Liu Bei's main force in attacking the city was the five hundred elite troops in Youzhou, while Chen Mu

Use those thousands of soldiers to search for property after the city is broken.

If the official army robs the property of local powerful people, it is of course illegal. But when the Yellow Turban soldiers kill the powerful people and rob their money, and then the official army seizes it, the nature and concept are different, and the property becomes

The spoils of victory for an army.

Therefore, all this money was obtained for nothing. Whether it was the property of the local tycoons who got rich through their hard work, or the money they plundered from the people, the final result, in Liu Bei's view, was nothing more than used for the people.

Soon, Liu Bei began to give out porridge on the official road. Not only did he give out porridge, he also gave money and some grain to those people who had fields but no surplus food and no clans.

For those people who were homeless and didn't even have land, they were recruited into the army and used as auxiliary soldiers, which provided them with a job with food.

As a result, along the way, he gave alms to tens of thousands of people and gathered thousands of homeless people in Julu and Anping counties alone.

Among them, young adults and children account for the majority, because in ancient times, during natural disasters and military disasters, the most vulnerable to death were the elderly with weak constitutions. The young and middle-aged would be fine if they starved for a few meals, but the elderly would easily die if they lacked food. Therefore, the elderly in the army

There aren't many veterans.

But even so, the combat effectiveness of such an army is very poor. A group of refugees who don't have enough to eat don't even have the time to pick up weapons and go to the battlefield, even if they practice martial arts and work hard.

Fortunately, Zhang Jiao's main forces have been concentrated in Guangzong and Julu, and there are very few soldiers and horses in other places, ranging from thousands to as many as ten or twenty thousand.

Liu Bei came out with 5,000 people this time. With the cooperation of the powerful local government and the courage of Guan Yu, he could barely cope with it.


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