One thing to say, although Chen Zhi's idea is a bit simple, if it is done well, it will indeed be quite damaging.
The aristocratic families are not that easy to deal with. If you try to sow discord with them, they will be fools.
These people are thieves, and their vision and experience in life are no worse than ordinary local officials.
But when Zuo Fengyi's family and people moved to Youfufeng, those Zuo Fengyi families really didn't have the confidence to rebel.
In today's Guanzhong, most of the remaining aristocratic families are crooked melons and jujubes that cannot be put on the table. They are no longer as powerful as in the Pre-Han Dynasty, and they even dared to confront Emperor Xiaowu head-on.
In other words, migration is feasible, but we can talk about provocation later.
But if you migrate like this, there will be some problems.
It is already August, and it will soon be September. It has been about half a year since the war was settled and the people returned home. If you suddenly ask the people of Zuo Fengyi to move to You Fufeng, it will be a waste of people and money.
Winter is about to come, and Liu Bei's group cannot follow Man Chong's example and force the people to set off with a ring-shou knife. A certain degree of mobilization is bound to be carried out. This is not something that can be done in two or three months. If it continues Including winter, this migration may take up to half a year.
In total, Zuo Fengyi now has more than 10,000 households and more than 70,000 people. From this perspective, it seems that it is not difficult.
There are really too few people and aristocratic families in Zuo Fengyi.
The size of Zuo Fengyi is about the same as that of You Fufeng. It is as big as Anding County and Beidi County combined. Today, there are only 18,000 naturalized Dingkou households and more than 70,000 people. That is thirteen The total population of the county.
Although there are inevitably some people hiding in the mountains and forests, as well as Dingkou who have been hidden by aristocratic families, but even so, the population is indeed pitifully small.
Even if there is not "no cockcrow for a thousand miles", on average there will be no more than twenty people in a village.
Next door, You Fufeng, after Man Chong's migration, still has 50,000 households and 220,000 households left. Comparing this, Zuo Fengyi indeed has too few households. Moving to You Fufeng will enrich the population of You Fufeng. is the right choice.
Another thing is that the geographical location of Zuo Fengyi is somewhat different from that of Right Fufeng.
Youfufeng is located on the south side of Chang'an. It can be directly connected to the three counties of Shangyong. It is also supported by the Weishui River. It is a full 500 miles away from Wuguan occupied by Cao Wei, so it is convenient to defend.
Although Zuo Fengyi is also backed by Beidi County and Anding County, and also has Jinghe River as a support, it is only three hundred miles away from Tongguan.
Moreover, the geographical location of Tongguan is different from that of Wuguan. The key to the dangerous terrain of Wuguan lies in the mountains and forests. To enter Wuguan or send troops from Wuguan, you must first pass through a long Wuguan Road, and Wuguan Road is completely It's easy to defend and difficult to attack in the mountains and forests, but it's also inconvenient to get in and out.
Therefore, even if Cao Wei wants to send troops from Wuguan to attack Guanzhong, Liu Beifang only needs to watch Wuguan Road and carry out key defense.
But Tongguan is right on the edge of the Yellow River. Although the terrain is also very dangerous, the advantage of this dangerous terrain has always been for the hinterland of the Central Plains within the pass.
To attack Tongguan from Guanzhong, we must first overcome the harsh terrain environment, and then consider how to conquer Tongguan. However, if we send troops from Tongguan to attack Chang'an, they will just give up the dangerous defense. If we want to send troops, we can send them out at any time.
Otherwise, why did so many stupid emperors come from nowhere in history, and the generals had to abandon Tongguan and take the initiative to fight? Why don't you feel that the advantage lies with me? If we can't defeat us, we can still come back and continue to hold on.
Although the brain circuit is somewhat clearer, on paper, it seems that there is no room for such operation.
In addition, to attack Guanzhong from within the pass, in addition to sending troops from Tongguan, there is actually another way, which is to imitate Cao Cao's method of pacifying Guanzhong, cross the Yellow River Pubanjin into Guanzhong, and directly capture Zuo Fengyi.
Therefore, for Zuo Fengyi, in order to defend the Wei army in the pass, he must not only defend the direction of Tongguan, but also must defend along the Yellow River. With Zuo Fengyi's current 70,000 Dingkou, he can't defend it.
There are not enough people and no one to cultivate the land, so it is impossible to support the local supply of grain and grass needed by the garrison. All grain and grass supplies must be allocated from Chang'an. This is equivalent to artificially lengthening the logistics supply line. Once Cao Jun really comes from the Yellow River, Or if Tongguan sends troops, it doesn't need to send too many soldiers and horses. It only needs to send about three thousand rangers, specifically responsible for harassing the grain and grass supply lines of Zuo Fengyi's garrison. Zuo Fengyi can't even defend it.
No matter how you look at it, Zuo Fengyi's defense method cannot copy You Fufeng's key defense method, and the defense method must be reconsidered.
Another purpose of Chen Zhi's suggestion to relocate Zuo Fengyi's people and aristocratic families was also this - Chen Zhi proposed to implement a military garrison in Zuo Fengyi.
The advantages of the military garrison are that on the one hand, it can meet the needs of Zuo Fengyi's defense, and on the other hand, it can also allow the soldiers to be self-sufficient, farm on the spot, and hoard the military rations needed for garrisoning.
And according to Chen Zhi's estimation, both the Han and Cao Wei were in urgent need of recuperation and recuperation during the two major wars in the past five years. Even with Cao Wei's size, it was not that easy to face two or even three fronts in a row. Yes, in the short term, it is unlikely to take the initiative to launch a strategy against Guanzhong from the direction of Tongguan or Pubanjin.
At this time, it was the most appropriate time to relocate the people and arrange military camps.
By the time Cao Wei calmed down and wanted to attack Guanzhong, Zuo Fengyi's people should have completed their migration long ago, and even the military settlement should have formed a certain scale. By that time, there would be no need to worry about food supplies for the time being. Problem.
You have to say that Chen Zhi's suggestion is really a good suggestion that kills two birds with one stone.
But, after all, it’s just a suggestion.
Chen Zhi's talents are indeed outstanding, but after all, his time in politics is too short, and he is a little lacking in consideration of many things. The idea is a good idea, but it is actually a lot of trouble to implement it.
Not to mention anything else, Zuo Fengyi's territory is really too big, and it is a world-famous mature farming area. Where did so many soldiers come from to build military camps?
Taking Youfufeng as an example, the 220,000 Dingkou plus the 70,000 Dingkou who migrated from Zuofengyi amount to a total of nearly 300,000 people, which can probably ensure the effective use of cultivated land.
And if Zuo Fengyi, which is about the same size, is used to build a military garrison, how many soldiers must be arranged to work here to prevent all of Zuo Fengyi's cultivated land from going to waste? !
How many soldiers did the Han Dynasty have in total? Do they have to leave it to Zuo Fengyi to establish military camps? !
Even in Cao Wei, the scale of the military garrison was never too large, and if there were no civilian garrison as a supplement, the actual efficiency of the garrison was not too high. If Feng Yi set up garrison garrison in the entire Zuo, then if Cao Pi in Luoyang could If he sleeps soundly, he will have the same virtue as Sima Zhong.
Another thing is that Ji Han did not engage in any form of farming in the past.
Liu Bei knew what the people wanted.
In this era, no matter the common people or the aristocratic families, they have the deepest obsession with land.
There is no way, who can let the productivity in these years be like this, and encounter troubled times, the food grown in the land is the most valuable hard currency in these years.
Therefore, the Liu Bei Group's strategy has always been to satisfy the people's demand for land as much as possible, so that more people can become free people instead of semi-serfs who are bound by farming.
This is not only responsible for the people, but also responsible for the country's tax, corvee and other financial revenues.
Similarly, this is also the reason why the Liu Bei Group has never had a close relationship with the Aristocratic Family and has always suppressed the Aristocratic Family. It is really not for the little land in the Aristocratic Family's hands. The key is the large number of hidden Dingkou in the Aristocratic Family's hands. This is Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and even Chen Zhi later could not tolerate this.
Now, Chen Zhi suggested setting up farming in Zuo Fengyi. It is really hard to figure out Liu Bei's attitude towards this strategy.
Although it is said that the initiative of military settlements is controlled by the state, and military settlements are mainly carried out by the army, if Liu Bei really does not want to start any military settlements and does not want to start this, then even Zhuge Liang may not be able to convince Liu Bei.
In addition, once Zuo Fengyi needs to relocate the people, divide the military areas, and arrange for soldiers to be transferred to guard the fields, it will also be a lot of government and military affairs adjustments, which cannot be solved easily and simply with a single order.
After all, Chen Zhi is younger and less experienced, so he thinks about things a little simpler.
But this cannot be blamed on him. His duty is to assist Zhang Xi in handling government affairs. Since he has an idea, he cannot not put it forward. As for how to implement it and how to improve it after putting it forward, this is a problem that needs to be discussed and solved by everyone.
Therefore, after carefully considering Chen Zhi's suggestion, Zhang Xi felt that it seemed to be a bit of a head start, and immediately sent people to find Jiang Wan and Wei Yan to discuss the possibility of this military camp from both military and political aspects.
After discussing with these two people and coming up with an idea, Zhang Xi sent another letter to Zuo Fengyi and You Fufeng, recruiting Hu Fen, the prefect of Fengyi on the left, Zhao Lei, the prefect of the county, Liu Yin, the prefect of Fufeng on the right, and Zhang Yilai, the prefect of the county. Chang'an, to discuss the practical possibilities of relocating civilians and military settlements.
After these people discussed a report that was probably feasible, Zhang Xi took the report, together with his own memorial, to meet with Liu Bei and elaborate on the plan proposed by Chen Zhi for Zuo Fengyi to move to civilian military camps.
These matters must be decided by Liu Bei himself, not by Zhang Xi alone.
(End of chapter)
