I have something to say first, Liu Bei's conquest documents have also arrived, and now it is Wang Jimazhao's turn.
Wang Ji really doesn't think highly of Liu Bei, but the problem now is that if you don't accept the appointment, you will become a person who breaks your promise. This will be a very big blow to Wang Ji's reputation.
Furthermore, Wang Ji was only a county official in the past. He disliked the official position and did not like it, so he resigned.
This is not a problem. There are many excuses for not being an official in this era. Being unwilling to be an official is not a reason for people to despise you.
But now Liu Bei has hired as the second-in-command of a state a man who is less than thirty years old and was only a minor official in the county before. It can be said that Liu Bei is already a very sincere and polite corporal.
If Wang Ji refuses to serve as an official at this time, it means that he looks down on Biejia's position. So the question is, when other princes want to recruit Wang Ji in the future, can they still hold a higher position than Biejia? !
I can't just ask you to be the state shepherd right away, right? !
Therefore, Wang Ji must become an official.
But Liu Bei's power Wang Ji could not make this determination after all.
When in doubt, ask the teacher.
Wang Ji decided to go to his teacher Song Jun and ask him to advise him on whether he should take this official position.
After listening to Wang Ji's story, Song Jun asked Wang Ji three questions.
"Is Liu Shijun unkind?!"
"Isn't Mr. Liu treating you kindly?!"
"You can't let your talent go unchecked?!"
Is Liu Shijun unkind? !
Of course Liu Shijun is benevolent and righteous, which is recognized by the world. Even from Cao Wei, Cao Cao would not say that Liu Bei is hypocritical.
Liu Shijun used his position as a governor of a state to conquer the king's base, and it cannot be said that he treated the king's base unkindly.
As for Wang Ji's talents, Wang Ji doesn't think he can only be a governor in one state. He thinks he can be a state pastor in any state.
Moreover, by asking these three questions, the teacher is telling Wang Ji that others treat others with the utmost kindness, and you yourself have spoken out first and have the ability to serve as an official, so what else are you considering? !
Thinking about whether Liu Bei can achieve a career in troubled times? !
Yes, this is an important indicator, but the question is, shouldn't this be where Wang Ji realizes his value? !
The power on Cao Cao's side is great, but the power on Cao Cao's side was obtained by the hard work of the ministers before you and Cao Cao. If you go, Cao Cao will be just a few migrant workers.
But on Liu Bei's side, you can use your knowledge to maximize your self-worth. If you can assist Liu Bei in his career, you, Wang Ji, will be remembered in history.
Isn’t this what scholars these days want?
After thinking about this, Wang Ji thanked his teacher and went to Guan Yu's mansion in person the next day to officially serve as Liu Bei's official post.
After that, Wang Ji was pulled by Ma Liang to handle government affairs together.
Ma Liang is really busy. The closer to April and May, the more things he has to do.
Last year, there was a locust plague in Jingzhou. Because Zhang Xi handled the situation properly in Nanjun, the people still had some food rations left, so it was not a big problem to survive this period of drought.
But in Wuling County and Lingling County, by this time, the food reserves in the people's homes were almost exhausted.
Liu Bei's group did not engage in farming, but finally managed to get some swampland to be converted into farmland, and all of it was advantageous to Jiangdong.
The people had no choice but to flee. Fleeing to Changsha and other places to be farmed by Sun Quan or the Jiangdong family might be a way out.
But obviously, neither Guan Yu nor Ma Liang would sit back and watch the people under their rule become refugees, and even went to Jiangdong's territory to enrich Jiangdong's power.
Therefore, on the one hand, the states and counties were ordered to strictly guard the passes and not allow the refugees to move around casually. On the other hand, Ma Liang also had to make appropriate plans to appease the refugees and open warehouses for disaster relief.
Ma Liang is really too busy, or in other words, even with Wang Ji, he is too busy, but it would be great to have someone to help.
Wang Ji is indeed very capable, especially when it comes to handling government affairs. Although he was not familiar with it at first, once he got started, he could easily clarify his ideas, provide Ma Liang with reliable suggestions, and even help Ma Liang formulate policies. Part of the disaster relief program.
Of course, the Nanjun Prefect's Mansion was not idle either.
There are not many things to do in Nanjun. These things are all left to Zhang Xi alone. The Xi Zhen, Zhao Lei, Deng Ai and others Zhang Xi has on hand are all lent to Ma Liang to work on disaster relief, and then cooperate with Jingnan Xu Shu, Xi Hong, Li Qiu, Pan Jun and others from the two counties, the entire disaster relief plan was carried out smoothly.
The main purpose of the disaster relief plan is to ensure that people do not starve to death during the lean period. After all, it is very difficult for Jingzhou to bear no matter how much food is supplied.
After all, priority must be given to ensuring the army's food supply. In troubled times, the army is the real guarantee.
Therefore, the disaster relief method of "relief for work" proposed by Zhang Xi was rejected by Ma Liang after repeated hesitation.
In the prosperous times, this may be a very good method, which can not only comfort the victims, but also help the counties complete the tasks that originally required the mobilization of corvee.
But in troubled times, this method doesn't work.
The reason is simple. Without sufficient food supply, it is impossible to implement work-for-relief programs.
The county government's grain reserves in Ma Liang's hands now need to be calculated carefully to support the rations for the victims of the two counties. At most, it can only ensure that the people do not starve to death, and it cannot provide the people with work at all.
When it comes to work, whether it's building roads or city walls, it's all physical work and consumes a lot of food.
The army rations cannot be moved. If the rations are moved, the army will be dissatisfied and mutiny. There are many barbarians around Wuling County and Lingling County. They are also short of food and may go out to rob at any time, so the morale of the army must not be affected.
There was no other way. Although Ma Liang knew it was a good idea, he could only reluctantly give it up.
It is still based on opening warehouses and releasing grain to ensure that the people do not starve to death and can survive until after the autumn harvest and the new grain is harvested.
Based on this premise, Ma Liang, Wang Ji and others roughly calculated the required grain, and then coordinated the distribution of grain according to the different grain stocks in each treasury and even each county, and asked the chief officials of each county and county to come forward to appease the people and convey disaster relief to the state, animal husbandry and government. information to stabilize people's hearts.
The entire disaster relief plan was implemented smoothly in the two counties of Jingnan. Fortunately, the governors and local officials of the two counties were quite diligent and the implementation was basically in place. There was no major turmoil caused by the famine.
Although there are some refugees, the efficiency of disaster relief these days is such that it is difficult to take care of everyone. The government can only choose to take care of most people, and turn a blind eye to some people who are unable to take care of them. One eye.
Some of these refugees were absorbed by local aristocratic families and became hermits, some died on the way to escape, and some finally managed to survive relatively smoothly, arriving in a relatively stable place like Nan County and surviving with difficulty.
Generally speaking, the government's disaster relief this time was relatively timely. Although there were some individuals who corrupted the disaster relief food, the attitude towards these people, from Ma Liang to the county governor, was the same - kill them.
No matter what the background of the offender is, corruption of food at this time is unscrupulous, and it is easy to corrupt the local culture. He must be killed, and no one can plead for mercy.
While Ma Liang and other civil servants continued to arrange disaster relief, Guan Yu called Zhang Xi to his house and showed Zhang Xi the letter from Chengdu.
This was written by Liu Bei personally to Guan Yu, and it contained a very important matter.
Liu Bei plans to march into Hanzhong this winter, and hopes that Guan Yu can march into Xiangyang at the right time to share the pressure of his Hanzhong strategy.
In short, Liu Bei planned to launch the Battle of Hanzhong.
Indeed, from Liu Bei's perspective, it has been almost three years since he captured Yizhou. After three years of recuperation and internal organization, Yizhou can now basically unite as one, and it is indeed a good time to march into Hanzhong.
And now Cao Cao's focus is still in the Yecheng area. From Guanzhong to Hanzhong, there is only the Liangzhou Army led by Cao Wei's general Xia Houyuan. Moreover, Xia Houyuan has to suppress the rebellion of the Western Qiang tribes from time to time, so he cannot stay in Hanzhong all the time. , the enemy's garrison strength also relaxed after three years of no war.
Therefore, it is not incomprehensible that Liu Bei plans to launch the Battle of Hanzhong from the end of the year to the beginning of next year.
As for Xiangyang, Liu Bei asked Guan Yu to seize the opportunity to attack Xiangyang in order to contain Cao's army in the Central Plains and prevent them from quickly reinforcing Hanzhong.
In this case, by the time Cao Cao organized Cao Jun in Hebei to march to Sanfu, Liu Bei would have already defeated Cao Jun and occupied Hanzhong.
At that time, even if Cao Cao personally led an army to arrive, Liu Bei would have enough confidence to defend Hanzhong by virtue of Hanzhong's geographical advantages and the difficulty of the Qishan Mountain Road.
This is Liu Bei's overall plan.
But when they arrived at Guan Yu's side, Guan Yu asked Zhang Xi a question - does Jingzhou have enough food and grass to support a big war? !
Zhang Xi remained silent about this.
Guan Yu is in charge of all military affairs in Jingzhou. In terms of government affairs, Guan Yu may not necessarily know the details in detail, but in terms of military matters, Guan Yu is very clear.
From the 16th year of Jian'an when he took over Jingzhou to the 21st year of Jian'an, for more than five years, Guan Yu had been thinking about how to change his title of Xiangyang Governor from a remote leader to a real one. He remembered how many soldiers there were in the army. Knowing everything clearly, how could he not know how much food the army currently has in stock.
Therefore, when Guan Yu asked Zhang Xi this question, he was not asking about how much grain the army had in stock, but about Jingzhou.
Once Guan Yu launches the Battle of Xiangfan, the food and grass in Jingzhou will be mobilized. The supply of food and grass needed for the battle will definitely be different from the food and grass needed by the soldiers for training in the military camp.
Guan Yu also knew that Jingzhou had just experienced a locust plague last year and that disaster relief was needed during the lean period this year. He also knew that during the recent period, the entire Jingzhou Prefectural Mufu and the Nanjun Prefecture had been busy with this matter, so he needed Zhang Xi to give him a clear decision. reply.
Now, is it appropriate to launch a war that may take half a year or even a year?
After all, although the second master was a military commander, he was not a pure warrior who was eager to fight. He also pretended to be a common man at heart.
(End of chapter)
