It is obviously impossible for the Wang family in Shu to move north to Yongzhou with their entire family. Anyone with a little bit of brains will understand this.
The foundation of the Wang family is in Shu. They put aside the foundation accumulated over hundreds of years and went to Yongzhou to restart the business. What is the purpose? !
The Wang family has no control in Zhuge Liang's hands, and has not done anything that the aristocratic families in Shu can tolerate, so why go all the way north to reopen.
Therefore, the rumor in the market is actually just a rumor, and no one with any brain will believe it.
But the problem is that this rumor can be spread so widely that almost all small and medium-sized aristocratic families in Shu know it, and the Wang family in Shu has no intention of defending it. Anyone with any brains can see it. There must be something wrong.
After Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu last time, Wang chose to become an official. If you want to say that there is nothing fishy between the two, who will believe it? !
Li Yu thought like a dog kept in his concierge and knew that the rumors must have been spread by Wang in cooperation with Zhuge Liang.
It is indeed impossible for the Wang family to abandon their foundation in Shuzhong and go northward, but with the size of the Wang family, they will have no problem at all under Zhuge Liang's instructions to release another 10,000 Dingkou and purchase 1,000 hectares of land in Yongzhou.
But if the Wang family purchases another thousand hectares of land in Yongzhou, the small and medium-sized aristocratic families in Sichuan will really be worried.
The Zhang family took away 4,000 hectares, the Wang family took away 2,000 hectares, the Li family, the Yang family, and the Liu family took away 2,300 hectares and ten thousand hectares were almost finished.
Not to mention, there are Jingzhou aristocratic families who are watching eagerly. If we don't take action, there will really be nothing to do with these small and medium-sized aristocratic families.
This group of small and medium-sized aristocratic families couldn't stand it any longer, so they united one after another. While sending people north to contact Huang Quan to discuss land purchases, they also found connections to contact important officials in the court, asking them to come forward on their behalf and request for more permission to purchase land in Yongzhou. , the issue of Dingkou is easy to discuss.
Regardless of whether they are Yizhou sect or Dongzhou sect, as long as they can talk to people, these small and medium-sized aristocratic families can take care of them, as long as they have the qualifications to buy land.
After doing this, Li Yu's plan of contacting aristocratic families in both places and waiting for changes was completely bankrupt.
Even if Li Yu can rely on his own prestige to make the small and medium-sized aristocratic families in Yizhou calm down, the Jingzhou aristocratic family will no longer believe in your words, Li Yu.
Under this situation, Li Yu had no intention of continuing to persuade the Yizhou family. He also knew that once people got agitated at this point, he could not convince them with just a few words.
What's more, it's impossible for the Jingzhou guys to listen to you.
Instead of doing this, it is better to calculate how much land one's own family can buy in Yongzhou and give it to others to eat. It is better to keep it for oneself.
As for the Wang family, the Wang family really had no intention of continuing to go north to purchase land in Yongzhou. Instead, they reached an agreement with Zhuge Liang to use part of the family to hide Dingkou in exchange for the four thousand hectares of land left by the Zhang family in Zhuge Liang's hands.
And this is also the biggest purpose of this cooperation between Wang and Zhuge Liang.
The Wang family needs to expand their family's influence and voice in Shu, at least not to continue to be suppressed by the Li family, and Zhuge Liang also needs a family in Shu that can stand on his side to check and balance the Li family. As for the Wang family, Obviously a good partner.
After this operation, the Wang family and the Han court achieved a win-win situation. It not only made up for the shortage of Dingkou in Yongzhou to a certain extent, but also balanced the power of the aristocratic families in central Sichuan, so that the Li family would not be the dominant one.
There is a saying that with Zhuge Liang's ability, there is really no need to go to great lengths to deal with these wealthy families, he just needs to make the best of the situation.
The only trouble is Zhang Xi's side.
Zhang Xi's Zuo Fengyi military garrison plan was completely disrupted.
At the beginning, he had agreed with Zhuge Liang that the share of land left for foreign families to purchase in Yongzhou was only 10,000 hectares, but now Guang Huang Quan has transferred more than 11,000 hectares of land.
The extra thousand hectares of cultivated land were all taken from the military settlements led by Zhang Xi.
Moreover, according to the description in the letter Zhuge Liang sent to Zhang Xi, Zhuge Liang hoped that Zhang Xi would allocate another 5,000 hectares of land from the Tuntian District and leave it to the wealthy families to purchase, so as to facilitate the balance of power in Shu. If he really wants to do this, plan Without the military merit fields, Zhang Xi would only have 10,000 hectares of land left in his hands, which could be used to distribute military and civilian villages.
Zhang Xi's farming plan was completely disrupted, and everything had to be adjusted accordingly.
What makes Zhang Xi most dissatisfied with Zhuge Liang's behavior is that because of this, Zhang Xi has been sleeping in the study every day recently, facing Jiang Wan and Chen Zhi when he has nothing to do. He has not had time to accompany him for almost a month. Wife and kid.
There is no way, the stakes are high, Zhang Xi must be aware of these adjustments, and must see that all plans are adjusted in place, otherwise it will easily affect the progress of the military camp that is already halfway underway.
In the past month, I have slept in the study room, and I can see my wife occasionally. Sun Shangxiang will often bring tea, snacks, and snacks over, sometimes by herself, and sometimes by Xiaoba.
But in front of Jiang Wan and Chen Zhi, Zhang Xi couldn't say anything to his wife and concubine in private. He could only talk for a few words and then separate. He had to pay attention to the impact in public.
As for the child, Zhang Xi really hasn't seen him for a whole month.
There was no way, Sun Shangxiang wouldn't let Xiao Zheng'er and Xiao Xuan'er disturb his father's work, so Zhang Xi naturally couldn't see his son and daughter.
For this reason, Zhang Xi often cursed Zhuge Liang for finding something to do, and he did so in front of Jiang Wan and Chen Zhi.
Chen Zhi was a little at a loss at first. After all, both of them are now independent and important ministers, and their words and deeds can easily be magnified by others. Zhang Xi ignored his face and cursed Zhuge Liang in public for being ignorant and looking for trouble. Could it be that the two of them really don't get along? ? !
To be honest, with Chen Zhi's character, he was already thinking about how he should stand in the future.
One is the prime minister who controls the government, and the other is the powerful local governor. Both of them seem a bit untouchable.
In the end, Jiang Wan had seen a lot and knew what the private relationship between the two was like, so he gave Chen Zhi a few words to dispel Chen Zhi's suspicions.
Later, Chen Zhi also became numb.
Because, Chen Zhi discovered that Zhang Xi always scolded Zhuge Liang. Every time Zhuge Liang received a letter, Zhang Xi scolded him the most. But afterwards, Zhang Xi did not fail to cooperate with Zhuge Liang.
Chen Zhi has also discovered that this is probably how the two big guys get along.
They are all big bosses anyway, and Chen Zhi cannot offend them now. It is better to do your own thing well, show your abilities as much as possible, and gain a better future for yourself.
There are still many things to do.
Chen Zhi and Jiang Wan, under Zhang Xi's arrangement, divided the labor in Yongzhou's government affairs. Chen Zhi was in charge of administration and information, while Jiang Wan was in charge of people's livelihood.
A large-scale land transaction suddenly occurred in Yongzhou, and the archived documents sent by county magistrates from various places to the Yongzhou Governor's Office were all under the responsibility of Chen Zhi. Chen Zhi had to personally review and review them. At the same time, he had to carefully calculate the financial revenue, and then total it with Jiang Wan. , where should this money be spent, where should allocations be made first, and where should be allocated later.
It was not easy for Jiang Wan. One hundred thousand people entered Yongzhou from Yizhou one after another. These Dingkou were here to carry out settlements. Resettling these settlements was a cumbersome matter. If Jiang Wan did not have enough With experience in local governance, I was really busy for a while.
Jiang Wan is not only responsible for these, but also conducts an inventory of water conservancy facilities throughout Yongzhou.
During the war at the end of the Han Dynasty, the entire Guanzhong had been abandoned for a long time, and many water conservancy facilities had no time to repair. Even when Zhong Yao and Zhang Ji were in charge of Guanzhong, Cao Wei once maintained and repaired the Zhengguo Canal for a period of time, but in the end, because the control time was too short, it could no longer be restored. Coupled with Liu Bei's two Northern Expeditions, people's livelihood projects gave way to the military, and eventually came to nothing.
Now that the Han Dynasty has occupied Guanzhong and the war has temporarily subsided, the water conservancy facilities such as Zhengguo Canal, Bai Canal, and Longshou Canal still need to be repaired and restored. After all, these water conservancy facilities are the guarantee of the people's livelihood in Guanzhong.
Jiang Wan is the governor of Yongzhou who is responsible for people's livelihood, and these matters are under his control.
As for Zhang Xi, he is in charge. If there are matters that Jiang Wan and Chen Zhi cannot decide, or the final results of some practical matters, they need to be reviewed by Zhang Xi personally before they can be finally implemented.
The three of them were already busy enough. It was no wonder that after Zhuge Liang easily changed the Yongzhou farming plan, Zhang Xi would be so anxious that he would curse him in person.
At the end of the day, even Chen Zhi was somewhat complaining. He just had nothing to do.
These three people were busy until October of the first year of Jianxing.
I originally thought that after the autumn harvest, all kinds of affairs have come to an end for the time being, and winter is about to begin, so I should be able to take a little rest.
Unexpectedly, it had just entered the beginning of October. Wu Yi, the Central Guard Army, suddenly visited the governor's office in Yongzhou. He said that he had received an urgent report from the Northern Army that there was a sudden movement of the Wei army in the direction of Tongguan.
Zhang Xi was pondering the strategic intention of the Wei army's sudden change. Within two days, Liu Yin from Fufeng on the right and Hu Zun from Fengyi on the left also received documents. At the same time, they reported that the Wei army in Tongguan and Wuguan seemed to be ready for war. intention.
Especially regarding Wuguan, the Wei army made four tentative westward departures from Wuguan Road within a month to test the defensive capabilities of the Han army's Wubao.
Obviously, this is a sign that Wei Jun will make a big move.
Zhang Xi immediately wrote a letter and reported it to Zhuge Liang in Chengdu. At the same time, he summoned Wu Yi, Wei Yan, Huang Quan, Jiang Wan, and Chen Zhi to discuss the military situation.
(End of chapter)
