Jingchu's life has not been easy recently. The major families can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles. The army military system has gradually begun to replace it. Some generals and soldiers in the army have not been eliminated but have been converted into professional archers and directly incorporated into the rest of the Han army. Legion.
From this perspective, the current military system of the Jiangdong Army is not directly separated, but more of an exchange. At least it looks decent, and of course it looks decent. Because these Jiangdong soldiers who were switched to archers were quickly transferred to the Ganges to correct the diversity of the Han army in the Ganges area.
Of course that's what they said, but in fact, this method of disintegration, reorganization, and reorganization directly cut off the personal attachment of the Jiangdong Qu system, and once again liberated the soldiers from their original shackles, and completely became a Soldiers of the Han Dynasty, not an individual tribe.
Coupled with the replacement behavior on the table, soldiers from the north reorganized the army in Jiangdong, causing the original army of one family and one surname to lose its foundation. Coupled with Liu Bei's terrible ability to recognize people, this wave of replacements will continue , all that the Jingchu family has left is dignity.
The completion of the reorganization of the army by the northern soldiers was directly linked to the conspiracy of Liu Bei and Chen Xi in the minds of many Jingchu families. However, they could not resist Sun Ce and Zhou Yu's failure to stop this matter. The Jingchu family could only watch helplessly as Liu Bei further strengthened his control over the army. Ability to control national military power.
Of course, Chen Xi does not deny this. The restructuring of the Jiangdong Army is basically equivalent to Liu Bei seizing Jiangdong's army power, but so what, he warned it many years ago - you either don't behave so badly, or you don't Blame us for replacing them.
It would be disrespectful to say what is in your heart.
However, not speaking out does not mean that the Jingchu family is not restless. On the contrary, the Jingchu family has been unusually restless recently, and the forced reform of the army's military system has given the Jingchu family a serious sense of crisis. With something like a weapon, there is a completely different feeling between using it and not having it in your hand.
Chen Xi also knows, but this matter has reached this point, it has reached the point where it cannot be pushed forward. The Jiangdong Army itself is not rubbish, but under the constraints of the departmental system, it has to be rubbish. After all, with this salary, why are you working hard? You think it is Bar!
Originally, without Lu Su's trouble, Chen Xi's main dealings recently were the reform of the Jiangdong Army and the internal withdrawal of the Ocean Fisheries Department. However, Lu Su caused a major event, which prevented Chen Xi's energy from focusing on Jiangdong. Now the matter is barely resolved. Now, these things have reached the point where they must be dealt with.
"A formal appeasement?" Zhuge Liang complained. He knew that Chen Xi's so-called low-price acquisition was definitely a very low price, but he had to admit that it was indeed a good idea.
"At least I let them into the system, which proves that I really have no intention of killing them, I just want them to be normal." Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "Speaking of which, there hasn't been anything bad in Jiangdong recently. In addition, this year's court meeting Are there still some things to deal with?"
"The Yao Mozi over there in Jiangdong?" Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows slightly, "Someone has already contacted Sun Zhongmou, does that count as the Yao Mozi?"
"This is really amazing." Chen Xi had an expression of admiration on his face. Jiangdong's group may not be able to do anything else, but they are really good at internal fighting. They actually invested in Sun Quan at this time, which is really great. Thanks to Sun Ce's free and easy approach, he would have been wary otherwise. Once the brothers visit the wall, there will be many opportunities for other families.
"Sun Zhongmou gave the original copy directly to his brother." Guo Jia continued.
"Well, this is even better. It's quite interesting." Chen Xi couldn't help but sigh. In dealing with internal affairs, we still have to look to Sun Quan and Sun Ce. They are really not good at this.
"Do you still have any fun?" As soon as Chen Xi said this, Liu Bei glared at him. How did you say that? This is our friendly army, and you actually treat it as fun. Although it is indeed fun, you can't say it directly. , it’s too hurtful to say it.
"I have something serious to do. I really want to say it's not a lot of fun, but after comparing it with your plan, I think it's a lot of fun." Guo Jia said while flipping through his official documents, and then pulled out a piece of paper and handed it over. To Liu Bei.
Liu Bei took it, as if an old man was squinting, wondering what was going on.
"What happened?" Chen Xi took the secret report handed over by Liu Bei and looked at it with some curiosity. His face twitched a little. Okay, this is really off the mark.
The Jingchu family felt a strong sense of crisis due to the Northern Army taking over their own military system. Then the Wu family, Xu family, Gu family, Zhang family, Zhu family and other local families took the lead and called on all Jingchu families and powerful landlords. Donate money and materials to Sun Ce, speed up the recovery of the navy, etc.
In short, this time the Jingchu family has spent money one by one and contributed forcefully, which is quite a bit like destroying the family for the country. To be honest, according to this performance, the Jingchu family itself can pile up warships and manpower for Jiangdong, and it will be very difficult for Jiangdong. interesting.
It's a pity that Chen Xi and Zhou Yu have already reached an agreement, and the young men in the Ocean Fisheries Department will be replaced as supplements. The Jingchu family pays for people, but in the end it is just a waste of money for Chen Xi and Zhou Yu.
"I already don't know how to look at this kind of thing." Chen Xi wanted to laugh, but he couldn't. This group of people had already used their strength to see how such a thing could happen. Now use it, Chen Xi Inexplicably even a little sad.
"The Jingchu family somewhat deserves a beating." Zhuge Liang felt somewhat sad after reading this.
After all, Cai Mao is Huang Yueying's biological uncle. Based on the ancient nephew-uncle relationship, the kinship is very close, so Zhuge Liang knows to some extent how outrageous Cai Mao is. As a result, after seeing the content in this secret report, Zhuge Liang just wanted to sigh and wonder what he was doing. .
"I guess Sun Boxu and Zhou Gongjin are also angry and want to laugh at this time." Chen Xi shook his head, it should be said that he is indeed a Jingchu family.
"Speaking of which, Zhou Gongjin actually agreed to use the retired young men of the Ocean Fisheries Department as the main force of the navy. This way, the military strength of Jiangdong forces is almost equivalent to being relieved." Liu Bei looked at Chen Xi and asked, "He really believes that. us?"
"There is a reason for trust, and part of the reason is that he also wants to solve the problem." Chen Xi said seriously, "If he wants to delay it, he can indeed delay it, but the Kushan Navy led by Meng Kangbu is there. It has to be sorted out."
Trust in the local people is only one aspect. Although Chen Xi is very confident in his credibility, when it comes to such a major matter, it is still the same sentence. Don't talk about such hurtful things as trust in such a major matter. Trust is this Planting things is not reliable in national affairs. This kind of thing related to the fate of political power requires other more reliable guarantees.
From a certain perspective, this wave of Jiangdong forces is equivalent to the complete disarming of Liu Bei and Chen Xi. Chen Xi's internal affairs and economy have been highly infiltrated by Chen Xi. Almost all Jingchu families, regardless of whether they are enfeoffed or not, are actually giving Chen Xi's part-time job, coupled with this wave of military power transfers, the Jiangdong power actually has only a name left.
If Liu Bei and Chen Xi really have an idea, they can really nationalize the Jiangdong forces that own the entire Southeast Asia this time. Unfortunately, neither Liu Bei nor Chen Xi had this idea.
On the one hand, after nationalization, the development of Southeast Asia still requires a lot of manpower and is more troublesome to control. On the other hand, after bringing back the aristocratic family, the Central Plains is equivalent to reversing the wheel and entering a new round of reincarnation.
From the current point of view, it is better to continue to maintain the Jingchu family's state of competing for food. After all, developing Southeast Asia is not an easy task even in this era of the essence of heaven and earth. Currently, the main output of Southeast Asia is actually Are raw materials such as cereals for feed, fruits, spices, fish, minerals, etc.
These things are actually primary products that rely on the local environment. For example, rice for feed, which has an extremely high yield, is actually the main product of Java Island. Unlike the Central Plains, which requires fertilizers, the soil of Java Island has sufficient soil due to volcanic ash problems, and it is also satisfying. With rain and heat at the same time, we can easily achieve three crops a year.
In later generations, Java Island's 140,000 square kilometers of land supported a population of 150 million, which is enough to show how suitable this place is for farming.
After conquering Southeast Asia, many civil servants suggested that the capital of Wu should be located on Java Island. To put it bluntly, they valued the place's outrageous grain production capacity.
However, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu chose Sumatra after discussion, and then gradually reconstructed the water network. Java Island was used for farming. Relying on the advantage of the soil, even if it was completely rough farming, there would be good results.
The output, Cai Mao and others also get most of their food from this place.
To put it simply, under the premise that the locals are planting blindly, they can produce as much as Jizhou in a year, which is of course a great thing to sell.
But the major aristocratic families occupy the island just to sell raw materials? Although there are many such unambitious families, more aristocratic families have their own ideas, and this is exactly what Chen Xi needs. What he wants is not those who rely on him to support him. He is a scumbag who lives by the water, and what he wants is those things that can cause trouble, even if the latter is more difficult to manage.
Zhou Yu talked with Chen Xi when he was in the fifth year of Yuanfeng. At that time, Chen Xi used the excuse that the King of Chu annexed Baiyue and developed Yunmengze. In fact, he was hinting to Zhou Yu that even if I want to annex you, at least I have to wait for you to develop. , what can you get if you defeat it now?
It does seem to be quite a lot, but with Chen Xi's current appetite, it doesn't matter. Get some grain-producing land and some mines? Does it make sense? Jiangdong stays in Southeast Asia, and these things have to be sent to the Central Plains. Then exchange it for a ticket from Chen Xi's side, without Chen Xi having to worry about it.
Even if you really want to eat, you have to have a full meal at least. The current external forces and aristocratic families are not even close to the teeth of the Han Dynasty controlled by Chen Xi. The largest Yuan family, Even if the Han Dynasty annexed it, what would they get? Basically nothing.
Zhou Yu also realized this, and finally lost his scruples - if he loses, he will fight back. He agreed to hold down the Kushan Navy. If something goes wrong now, he can recover as soon as possible, so he can recover as soon as possible.
We can't just do it and let Mengkangbu really build the fulcrum of the Kushan Navy in the Indian Ocean. If there is really no way, then there is nothing to say. But now that there is a way, should we give up just because of such a little fear? Already?
So when Zhou Yu heard what Chen Xi said before, he chose to accept it. He must first solve the problem of having and not having a navy, and then talk about other things. As for the future, wait until things happen, otherwise he will not be able to pass this level now.
"Zhou Gongjin is somewhat stubborn." Chen Xi sighed and said, "He said he would suppress the Kushan Navy so that we don't have to worry about the pressure on the sea and let him do whatever he wants in the Ganges River. Of course, he will do it. Losses during this period are inevitable."
"After some time, Sun Boxu and Zhou Gongjin will also come to attend the court meeting." Liu Bei thought for a while and asked, "At that time, I will send the seal edict to Sun Boxu."
Chen Xi raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "There is something wrong with the timing of issuing the seal edict at this time. After all, the battle at Qunu City just ended."
It's not that he won't give it, but Chen Xi feels that the timing is not right.
"Just give me a sweet date with a stick." Guo Jia said from the side.
"I'm afraid that Sun Boxu won't accept the seal letter." Chen Xi sighed, "Although that guy looks stupid, he has a ruthless spirit. Once he makes up his mind, he will never give up. If the canonization edict and the He may not accept the devolution of the seal, as the navy suffered heavy losses in the previous battle at Qunu City and at the mouth of the Ganges River."
The more unrestrained and unrestrained a person is, the more they must guard against death in some aspects. The battle of Qunu City and the losses at the mouth of the Ganges River. If Sun Ce didn't fight back, Sun Ce himself might not be able to accept the official canonization. Losing is not terrible, it is terrible. If you lose, you can't come back.
Maybe the Jiangdong family doesn't think it's a problem if they lose and can't fight back, but Sun Ce doesn't. He can accept losing, but he won't accept giving up.
"Sun Bofu protected Zhou Gongjin at that time so that he could fight back. Without Zhou Gongjin, it would be impossible for him to fight back. As long as Zhou Gongjin is alive and Sun Zhongmou is around, it is more or less possible to stabilize everything and then fight back. Of course, that's It's just possible, but this possibility is much greater than the possibility of him fighting back." Chen Xi sighed and said.
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu are true sworn brothers, and they are the kind of brothers who worship their mothers. They know each other very well, and Sun Ce may even know Zhou Yu better than Zhou Yu.
"That's right." Liu Bei nodded, "But to take over Jiangdong's army and navy, we have to make some gestures, and we can't let others think that we are trying to kill the donkey, even if no one can see that Jiangdong's army and navy are still there We were all passive together, but we have to prepare for this kind of thing in advance.”
"Then the next edict will be to decentralize the entire set of ritual utensils. At most, it will be refuted. Your Highness the Princess will only
If you have enough money, I probably don’t care about this kind of thing. Chen Xi thought for a while and said.
