This man is called Li Han. Although he comes from a poor family in Shiping County, his cultivation is that he is already a third-grade vermilion-robed monk. Back then, he was favored by many people, including Situ Wangrong. His official career has also been smooth. When King Qin Huangfujian was in charge of Chang'an, he hired him as his right-hand man. It was only after the death of Qin King Huangfu Jian that he was framed and involved in a dispute over funeral etiquette. He was ultimately judged to have been stripped of his status as a third-grade monk and demoted to a fifth-grade monk.
This was a great shame to him.
Originally, those people wanted to beat him to the bottom and let him serve as the low-ranking governor of Shoucheng Residence, but Wang Rong finally came forward and said that Li Han was also a third-grade monk after all, and he was also a minister of the imperial court at that time. He held such a low-ranking official position. In the end, it still damaged the face of the court. In this way, the imperial court issued a new edict to appoint Li Han as the Shiping Order.
It was not until King Zhao Huangfulun deposed Empress Jia that Shen Xiucai promoted Li Han again. According to Shen Xiu, he felt very sorry for Li Han's experience, saying that it was the shameless suppression of Li Han, who came from a poor family, by those wealthy families. After Huangfu Yong came to Chang'an, he immediately appointed Li Han as his Sima for the Western Conquest. Not even three months later, he was promoted to be his long history and became his confidant.
"Li Changshi," Huangfu Yong seemed to have a backbone immediately upon seeing Li Han's arrival. He got down to greet him and said, "Quickly teach me how to deal with this?"
"Your Majesty, there is no need to panic." Li Han already knew about this when he came, and said confidently: "Since he, the King of Qi, is unkind, then don't blame us for being unjust."
"Oh, tell me quickly."
"Your Majesty, Liu Chen and Bei Zhi were both servants under Taibao Wei at the beginning, and they are very familiar with each other. This man is both civil and military and has thousands of books in his chest. The King of Qi appointed this man to be the unified commander-in-chief of Yizhou and Liangzhou to conquer the refugee affairs. He is indeed a good person. Good appointment." Li Han said a few words like this first, and then changed the topic and said: "Because of this, we cannot let him go to Liangzhou as he wishes. If the rebellion of the refugees in Yizhou, Liangzhou is put down, the King of Qi will I need to free my hands to deal with you, the king."
"But Liu Chen has been appointed by the emperor." Huangfu Yong asked puzzledly.
"What kind of appointment by the emperor? Isn't it what King Qi means?" Li Han said disdainfully: "This matter is not difficult. Tomorrow Liu Chen and Xu Xiong will pass through Chang'an, and then your Majesty will host a banquet for them. While the wine is in full swing, I will send Someone stole the Chijie that Liu Chen was carrying. Then, Your Majesty, give the Chijie to Xi Wei and ask him to rush to Liangzhou overnight."
"How to do this?" Huangfu Yong couldn't help but turned pale when he heard Li Han's plan.
"How can this be impossible?" Li Han sneered: "Liu Chen has lost his integrity and it is too late to catch up, so he has to cooperate with us. We can report to the court and say that Liu Chen suddenly suffered from a serious illness and needs to stay in Chang'an for treatment. Considering that the frontline refugee affairs were urgent, Xi Wei was asked to go to Liangzhou instead of Liu Chen. As for Xu Xiong, this person is timid and afraid of trouble. As long as the king gives him some benefits, he will also sign them. In this way, raw rice will make cooked rice. , what can King Qi do?"
Seeing that Huangfu Yong was still brooding, he continued: "Only if the front line is replaced by our people, can we control the situation. We even need the refugees to continue to cause chaos in Liangzhou and Yizhou. Only in this way can he, the King of Qi, rely on us and not I will deal with you, the king..."
Zhou Xing, who was far away in Yizhou, naturally had no idea what happened in Shangluo Chang'an. These days, he encountered new problems.
There was a big battle with Huo Yan that day, and although he defeated the opponent, the first battalion of the Bodao People's Elite Army also lost 67 people on his side, and 232 people were injured, including some who were seriously injured. Although the lives of the forty-five people were saved by Ling Pu's treatment, they were all missing arms and legs and became disabled people who could no longer serve.
After the first battle, more than one-fifth of the troops were lost. This made Zhou Xing, who was watching the battle, realize the cruelty of war, and also allowed him to see the fierce fighting power of the refugees. In the two days just after the battle, he couldn't sleep well every night, and images of the wounded or dead kept turning over in his mind.
Not only that, after this battle, although Zhou Xing immediately expressed condolences to everyone and distributed a large amount of bonuses, he heard Gongsun Shu report that some people in the first battalion had begun to complain, saying that they should not fight for Guanghan County. After the war, some people even regretted joining the army.
"Shouldn't we fight this battle?" Zhou Xing was secretly frightened after hearing this. Before setting off, Gongsun Sheng was extremely opposed to his sending troops this time, and said that the reason why Du Chou did not object was because his hometown was always facing the invasion of refugees.
But Zhou Xing always felt that he was starting from the overall situation and occupying the moral high ground. Moreover, he had painted so many slogans, had his brain washed so many times, received a considerable monthly salary that was never available elsewhere, and customized beautiful military uniforms for the soldiers (of course, this was in his opinion. In the eyes of others, Although the clothes designed by Zhou Xing look more energetic when worn, they look really strange). For this expedition, Zhou Xing also specially added a wartime subsidy. Each soldier received ten copper bahts per month in wartime subsidy alone. He still clearly remembers the roar of cheers when he announced this benefit.
Why did this unit, which had extremely high morale before setting off, have a low morale after winning a battle?
"Gongsun Shu," Zhou Xing stared into Gongsun Shu's eyes and asked, "tell me what's on your mind, should I fight this battle? If it were you, would you fight or not?" "
Seeing Zhou Xing asking him like this, Gongsun Shu's face became obviously uncomfortable, and his eyes avoided Zhou Xing's, "My lord, considering the overall situation, this battle should definitely be fought."
After hearing Gongsun Shu's words, Zhou Xing couldn't understand what Gongsun Shu meant, and his heart suddenly felt sad. I fully thought that such a righteous act would be very popular, but I didn't expect to get such consequences.
"Lord, if you join the army, in addition to receiving pay, more importantly, you can win the title of marquis." Gongsun Shu's last words completely awakened Zhou Xingfan.
Without promotion, why are these people fighting?
As soon as I thought about this, all the confusions in the past suddenly became clear.
No wonder those people would rather be refugees than serve in the army in the state or county. Naturally, no one is willing to do something that is not beneficial. If he, an elite army of common people from Bo Dao, surrounded his hometown, there would be no problem, but once he went out to fight, the problem would immediately arise.
After thinking about this, Zhou Xing felt agitated.
What are these selfish people doing when they get on the pole to help them? They love to resist refugees and resist refugees, and they love to become refugees in other places.
Moreover, I am not from this world. I might travel back to my original world one day. What does this shit have to do with me?
But in a blink of an eye, he thought of the situation he was facing.
He suddenly thought that the reason why he sent troops in the first place was not because his life in Bodao might face the threat of refugees. Although it is not there yet, if the refugees continue to develop like this, when the army reaches Bodao, I am afraid that I will become a refugee.
Gu Zhi
"It turns out that I am also a selfish person. It turns out that sending troops by myself has nothing to do with nobility." After Zhou Xing figured this out, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, but this smile was much more bitter.
But no matter what, Zhou Xing knew in his heart that this battle could not continue like this.
Now, apart from giving some military pay to these people, he can't provide anything else.
Official positions, honors, and even the placement of the wounded after the war.
Without these things, Zhou Xing asked himself, if it were him, he would definitely not join the army unless he was forced to do so with a knife from behind.
With these insights in mind, Zhou Xing came to Du Chou and Gongsun Sheng the next day to discuss how to get an official position first. After Du Chou left for CD to give Luo Shang credit, Zhou Xing had already made plans. If Luo Shang did not give him an official position, he would immediately turn around and return to Bodao.
At this moment, Zhou Xing really understood deeply what it meant that pitiable people must be hateful.
At this moment, he really understood Luo Shang's difficulties.
With a system like the Jin Dynasty, if it really encountered a sudden rebellion like the refugees, the state army was in ruins and was recruited by temporary conscription. No matter how large the number was, it would still be a mob.
"God-given:
Seeing the words is like seeing the face.
What I have seen and experienced since I entered Shu has been an eye-opener. The ancients said: It is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. This is called sincerity.
When I was in Shangluo, I just listened to you talk about the shortcomings and improvements of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, and I also heard you talk about Shen Xiu's various misdeeds. But when I got down there, I realized that the shortcomings of the Great Jin were not only the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System, but also the shortcomings of the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System. It’s not just the poor people who are desperate to climb up.
Officials in various places have no sense of identity with their local areas, and people in various places have no sense of identity either. This is what I don't understand the most. Everyone says it’s hard to leave your homeland. From what I have seen, countless people would rather stay away from their homeland than take up arms to protect their land and property.
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Since Zhou Xing left Shangluo, he has often corresponded with Wang Tianci, mostly talking about the customs and customs along the way. But he has never been more eager to get the insights and opinions of this good friend who he considers to be the only one he recognizes in the world. In the letter, he described in detail the various difficulties he encountered now, and also described the hierarchy of the army in later generations in detail in his own tone.
In his opinion, people with his status, or even Luo Shang's status, cannot reform such fundamental things at all. The only way to reform is to start from the central government.
The recruitment system and the professional military system are imperative.
He still had a glimmer of hope, even if it was so slim.
"My lord, it's time to go see the superior officer." Gongsun Sheng had to remind Zhou Xing when he saw that Zhou Xing had no intention of going to see the governor of Jiangyang County after receiving the seal and ribbon from Captain Jiangyang.
After awakening, Zhou Xing, under the guidance of Gongsun Sheng, first asked Gongsun Sheng to take his famous post to Jiangyang County, where the governor of Jiangyang County was located. After the two parties set a time, three days later, Zhou Xing took his name card to Jiangyang County. Gongsun Sheng and Du Chou rode to Jiangyang County.
Gongsun Sheng, who traveled north and south, was obviously well-informed, and Du Chou was from Jiangyang County. Along the way, they introduced Jiangyang County to Zhou Xing eloquently.
The name of Jiangyang County comes from Jiangyang Hou Kingdom, which was granted during the period of Emperor Wu of Shang Dynasty. It was the fiefdom of a person named Su Jia. Although Su Jia was not well-known, Zhou Xing was shocked when Su Jia's younger brother Gongsun Sheng said it. It turns out that his younger brother is the famous Su Wu. Zhou Xing had been reading history books for a while, and he admired Su Wu to the fullest, but he didn't expect that he could have a relationship with Su Wu even in Jiangyang, which was not far from Bo Road.
Although Jiangyang County is a small county, according to Gongsun Sheng, it is not as wealthy as Shu County. Jiangyang County is rich in salt and iron, especially salt, and its output accounts for more than half of the entire Yizhou. Not to mention his family, Du Chou and his family have several salt wells. This made Zhou Xing very interested, and he even said that he would go to their house to see what the salt well was like in his spare time.
Since the trading market in his territory was built, according to Guo Wen's report, more than 50,000 kilograms of Shu salt alone was traded in the first month. This is just the opening of the business, and it is still the number of public transactions. This salt and iron has always been a monopoly, and the imperial court had Siyan Xiaowei's Mansion and Sitie Xiaowei's Mansion in Shu, which were specifically responsible for the management of salt and iron. If you want to sell salt, you must obtain a salt certificate issued by the Siyan Xiaowei Mansion before you can sell salt.
According to Du Chou, all the big households in Jiangyang County, especially Han'an County, dig salt wells privately. The salt well is only one foot square. When someone from the Salt Academy Commandant comes to inspect it, they can just find something to cover it with. The volume of private salt sales every year is far greater than the volume of public sales.
Zhou Xing remembered that Guo Gui was responsible for handling this matter in his place at the beginning. Later, he sent Guo Gui to prison, and Guo Wen took over the matter. When he heard Gongsun Sheng talking about these things, he couldn't help but start to make plans in his heart.
There is no salt production in Zhuti County of Xangzhou County or even Ningzhou. Even merchants from as far away as Jingzhou, Jiangzhou and Jiaozhou come to Shu to sell Shu salt. Guo Gui’s 50,000 kilograms of salt is enough to bring him Not only did Wang Tianyun repeatedly praise him for his great foresight in opening this large trading market, but Yan Meiting and others who settled in it from the beginning were also happy every day.
Zhou Xingnai is a dignified Tinghou and the son-in-law of the Jinyang Wang family. It is not difficult for Guo Gui to complete the procedures. At this time, Zhou Xing, who was on horseback, thought of the contributions Guo Gui had made for him, and couldn't help but regret that he had sent this man to prison without mercy.
It is almost four hundred miles from Deyang to Jiangyang County. The three of them set off from Deyang early in the morning on horseback. When they arrived in Jiangyang County, it was already dark. They entered the city and came to a large courtyard. As soon as they entered the gate, the posture inside really surprised him.
"Marquis Zhou, why are you so late!" The courtyard was huge, but it was so full of people, tables and chairs. The leader was wearing the characteristic crimson official robe of a prefect. He looked to be in his forties. He spoke in a loud voice and had a gentle smile on his face, which made people look friendly.
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