Chapter 1574 Tangdi


    After Liu Bei and General Fei Qian of Zhengxi separated, he did not immediately go to his temporary residence. Instead, he wandered on the street for a while, looking at the shops and pedestrians on both sides of the street, and then bought something in a wine shop. After some cooked food, they slowly moved into their residence.


    Of course, Liu Bei doesn''t have many servants to protect him now. Except for the few who are close to him, he has taken them all back. However, Liu Bei is also a person who has been through hardships, so he doesn''t feel any discomfort, let alone compared to servants and so on. What Liu Bei valued more than the things outside his body was what he had learned from Zheng Xi during these days.


    ? General Fei Qian of Zhengxi had many things that Liu Bei had never seen before, but after seeing them, he felt that they must be like this, which made Liu Bei a little confused...


    Speaking of which, Liu Bei has been to many places. Of course, this cannot be blamed on Liu Bei, but in the Han Dynasty, those who could travel thousands of miles at every turn were very rare. Naturally, he gained a lot of knowledge, but Liu Bei still felt that this knowledge was not enough, because he had Among the princes, no one has ever seen a governance style like Fei Qian''s.


    Let’s not talk about Gongsun Zan. That guy can’t even manage his own army, let alone manage the people’s livelihood. If we talk about it, based on Gongsun Zan’s personal ability, serving as a captain of a place should be almost the highest level. no.


    Even though Liu Bei didn''t see Yuan Shao with his own eyes, he generally knew something about it. Liu Bei can''t use this guy''s methods. There are many people under Yuan Shao''s tent, so if there is something to be done separately, there will be no problem. However, the strife among all aspects under Yuan Shao is very fierce. It seems that Yuan Shao does not take it seriously, or maybe he does it intentionally...


    As for Cao Cao, it may be because of Cao Cao''s origin, so many court ministers are not very cooperative with Cao Cao, and Han Emperor Liu Xie does not seem to be very satisfied with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao''s calculations also make Liu Bei not very comfortable. And Liu Biao, haha, not to mention...


    Now, Liu Bei had a very strange feeling in General Fei Qian''s place. Everything seemed to be on the surface, but if he looked carefully, he could taste some strategies. But is this strategy...


    “Brother!!”


    A scream, so frightened. The crickets that were lying in the crevices of the rocks and making noisy noises immediately stopped, and then desperately pressed into the crevices of the rocks, trying to avoid the sudden sonic damage.


    "Ah!" Liu Bei was just about to dismount, and almost sprained his foot. He stumbled and regained his balance, "Third brother! Why are you here... This... Can you wait until I get off the horse next time to say hello..."


    ?Zhang Fei was so happy to see Liu Bei that he walked around Liu Bei and looked up and down, "Brother, you have lost weight! Huh?! Brother, what did you just say?"


    “…” Liu Bei smiled, “Why are you here? How is your second brother’s injury now? There must be someone around to take care of you…”


    "Much better! Most of the wounds are healed now! The second brother was worried about the eldest brother, so he asked me to come over first, saying that it would be fine if Ping''er was with him, and he also said that he would come over after the injury healed..." Zhang Fei laughed, and then turned to He muttered, "This little thief from Zhengxi''s golden sore medicine is quite effective...I don''t know how he got it..."


    For Zhang Fei, who often fights on the battlefield, the speed of treatment and healing like Zheng Xi''s has made Zhang Fei very surprised and admired. However, Zhang Fei''s temperament has always been that even if he is convinced in his heart, he still refuses to accept it. So being able to say something good is already very impressive.


    Liu Bei also nodded and said as he walked in: "I have also heard that, it is said that in Zhengxi, if the wounded soldiers are not fatally injured, generally many of them will survive... Have you seen the patrols in the city? ? I heard that in Guanzhong, some of the wounded soldiers retreated, and there were also many who had broken limbs and were still alive..."


    “Brother, what do you mean, you can survive even if your limbs are broken? No, I mean, there are many like this?” Zhang Fei’s eyes widened. Because few people like Zhengxi pay attention to disinfection and first aid, and the wounds of amputated hands and feet are large, many people have complications of one kind or another during the healing process. Therefore, under the treatment of ordinary princes, Due to rudimentary medical conditions, most of these soldiers would not survive more than a few months after leaving the battlefield.


    Liu Bei nodded, entered the hall, sat down, and was silent for a moment, as if his thoughts drifted to the past years...


    Zhang Fei was also a little sad.


    Although it is said that one must have a heart of stone on the battlefield, people are not grass and trees, especially some guards who have been around for a long time, and then are injured and broken, they will leave some marks in the heart. Over time, these marks will There are more and more. If you think about it carefully, it is simply too horrible to look at.


    "But, having said that, this Zhengxi is indeed well-deserved... I have learned a lot these days..." Liu Bei quickly calmed down and said to Zhang Fei, "Let''s not talk about military affairs, just civil affairs. , it’s so interconnected, it’s quite remarkable... Third brother, when you entered the city, did you find anything different from before? "


    "Oh! Of course!" Zhang Fei curled his lips and said, "Everyone is in great spirits, putting up lanterns and colorful decorations to celebrate the New Year..." How could I, Lao Zhang, not see such an obvious flattery?


    Liu Bei was not in a hurry and guided him: "What else?"


    "And..." Zhang Fei wondered, "There are more people than before..."


    “Then what?” Liu Bei continued to ask.


    ?Zhang Fei thought for a while and said uncertainly: "Are all the big families in Sichuan coming?"


    Liu Bei nodded and said: "Most of them are here, which is what it should be... But, third brother, have you noticed that the streets in this city are much cleaner? The smell..."


    "This...brother said it, it seems true..." Zhang Fei rubbed the beard on his chin as if rubbing it with a brush, "No wonder he looks a little uncomfortable..."


    In ancient times, well, until the Republic of China, there were still no public toilets in many places, even indoor ones. Every morning, people would drag big wooden barrel carts out to collect night incense. Needless to say, the Han Dynasty had not yet formed any system. , human and horse excrement everywhere is simply an inevitable incident of a city...


    “Aha, I didn’t expect that General Zhengxi would still care about this?” Zhang Fei said with raised eyebrows, as if he was preparing to give General Zhengxi a title about the Three Corpses of Shit and Pee.


    Liu Bei, however, said seriously: "What is small makes a big difference... If this matter were to be handled by you, third brother, what should we do?"


    ?Zhang Fei rolled his eyes and said: "Isn''t it like Zhengxi, where we sent some soldiers to patrol the streets and punished each one we caught?"


    Liu Bei smiled, shook his head and said: "Inspection on the main street, um, that''s right, but what about the ones in the shop? Also, you can''t just hold this matter back when you go into the city, right? There must be a source at least, How to arrange it? If you are the third brother to handle it, how will it be arranged and how long will it take? "


    “This…” Zhang Fei really didn’t think about such detailed things. Liu Bei raised a finger and said: "Zhengxi just summoned the big families in the city and said one thing. Fighting belongs to metal, and plague belongs to water. Therefore, there are more fighting in autumn and winter, and more plagues in spring and summer. After the war, gold will If water grows, it is easy to cause serious epidemics, but water also grows trees, so these dirty things are of great benefit to Zhuanghe..."


    Zhang Fei''s eyes widened: "Is this...really?"


    Liu Bei let out a laugh and said: "The key is that when conquering the west, he also said that using the method of fertile land in Guanzhong and north can increase production by 20%...and whoever collects these filthy things will belong to whom, and can be used to accumulate fertility." Tian, ??the expedition to the west also sent agricultural bachelors to provide guidance... As a result, up and down the city, not a single soldier was moved in the expedition to the west, and it did not cost a penny. They only sent some patrols, and with the help of big households, Within three days, everything was cleaned..."


    Liu Bei sighed quietly and said: "Third brother, do you still remember when we were here before, we asked these big families to do something. It was difficult to say this, and it was not easy to say that. It took many times to collect taxes...and This expedition to the west is just a sentence... This is the beauty of it... The method of Shiwu was also used in the pre-Qin Dynasty, but later due to the concealment of large households, it was so exhausted... By the way, the expedition to the west must implement the Shiwu Lianzuo method. The method is to order a certain principal... If it is usual, big households will often hide and not report... However, if they want to open new fields in the Western Expedition, they will use the method of mountain plowing and waterwheels, and then these farmed fields will be granted to landless households. In this way, the big surnames in various places How dare the big family refuse to repay? After all, it would be fine if these hidden households under the big family don’t know. If they know that these big families have cut off the benefits of land granting, haha..."


    Liu Bei looked out of the hall and said, "...In this way, the number of people in Sichuan will increase, and the number of taxes will increase... This levy to the west, alas..."


    Hiding the population has always been a Chinese tradition. Even in later generations, there are still many illegal households. These people have become the best targets for exploitation, but if these people heard that they had the opportunity to divide their fields and houses, would they still be willing to hide under the big families? Coupled with the law of consecutive sittings, rewards for reporting, and covering up for the same crime, the original balance of interests was immediately broken...


    ?Zhang Fei frowned and said, "How can these big households agree to this?"


    Liu Bei nodded and said: "This is exactly what I am worried about... However, Zheng Xi will not announce his appointment until tomorrow... And according to Zheng Xi''s temperament, I am afraid there will be follow-up methods... Zheng Xi is a person who always loves to use conspiracy. This Under the conspiracy, alas..."


    Liu Bei felt that these days, he sighed more than the most difficult time before: "In Qingyangsi, Zhengxi asked me what my ambition was? Do I want to be a local official, or be a third official, or be I want to be the king...Third brother, tell me, how can I choose? If I choose to be the king, Zhengxi will probably immediately designate a vassal country, such as a run-down place like Mianzhu, and then arrange a state minister..."


    "Choose the Three Lords? If I want the position of the Three Lords, why should I leave Xu County?" Liu Bei shook his head and smiled bitterly, "On the surface, there seem to be three ways, but in fact there is only one... However, after choosing the position of a herdsman, I followed With this extraordinary method, I didn’t know that it would harm the big families in Sichuan and Sichuan..."


    "Ouch!" Zhang Fei screamed when he was about to stand up, but when Liu Bei glared at him, he shrank back and lowered his voice, "The little thief from Zhengxi... is really... treacherous and cunning..."


    Liu Bei said: "But these are all on the surface...General Zhengxi even said that this matter is not easy. If you do it well, you will naturally know how to herd..."


    "Zheng Xi also said the same?" Zhang Fei was a little confused, "You just told your elder brother like this? What did he mean?"


    Liu Bei was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled a little self-deprecatingly and said: "Mostly because I feel that I can''t do this well, and I don''t even have the qualifications to be a herdsman..."


    “You bastard!” Zhang Fei said angrily, “How dare you underestimate my elder brother!”


    "But I think what Zheng Xi said is reasonable..." Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Zheng Xi asked me what I did in Xinye for such a long time? Did I build water conservancy roads and bridges, did I clean up the surrounding bandits, and did I rectify the situation? To expand trade in the market, have you guided farmers and mulberry trees to recruit refugees..."


    "Ah... this..." Zhang Fei was also a little confused, and then he said sternly, "Xinye is a small place. If you need money but no people, how can you do something? With so many people, who can do it?"


    "But it is possible to conquer the west!" Liu Bei exclaimed, "When the expedition to the west reaches Bingbei, the land of Shangjun at that time was either Bai Bo or Hu people. There were no more than a thousand soldiers and only three generals... But they started doing this. …”


    "Uh..." Zhang Fei was speechless. He wanted to open his mouth several times to say something, but found that he couldn''t seem to say anything. In the end, he could only hold his mouth and his beard trembled, like a shrinking thorn. hedgehog.


    Liu Bei smiled and said softly, his voice still full of the power of hope, "Looking back now, it''s not that we didn''t have the chance, but we did not do well... It''s not too late to learn now, it''s better than waiting until you can''t learn anymore. , are you going to discover these problems again? Third brother, since you are here, you have to learn..."


    "Huh? Me?" Zhang Fei pointed at his nose, "I want to learn too?"


    Liu Bei nodded and suddenly said: "By the way, how are our soldiers now?" No matter what, as the Danyang soldiers who settled down and settled down, they were still the most important piece of Liu Bei''s heart.


    "Opening fields..." Zhang Fei curled his lips, "That Xu Yuanzhi over there said that soldiers can''t be idle, otherwise they will be troubled, so they were sent to open up new fields, so that they can be rationed to the landless people in the next spring... "


    “We are the only ones going to Danyang?” Liu Bei frowned.


    "No, they all go, they all come in turn..." Zhang Fei said, "This is fair, the ones from Sichuan and Shu, the ones from Dongzhou, the ones from Jingxiang, and even those from Zhengxi themselves also went, so..." Because of this, Zhang Fei couldn''t say anything. Everyone went, so everyone had nothing to complain about.


    “Well…it’s not about scarcity but about inequality…” Liu Bei muttered and nodded. Soldiers can also be used to farm fields. Well, this method is also good.


    "By the way, does Zhengxi have any arrangements for you to do?" Liu Bei asked again.


    ?Zhang Fei shook his head and said: "We don''t have this for the time being, but we will gather for discussion tomorrow. If anything comes up, we will probably talk about it... Brother, if Zhengxi really arranges something, will this... be done or not?"


    Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said: "If it doesn''t harm you, just do it... There are too many things in Zhengxi that we can''t see clearly. If you do more, you may be able to understand more..."


    Liu Bei''s eyes turned to the hall. A Tangdi tree stood slanting in a corner of the courtyard. Because it was still the twelfth lunar month, the upward branches stretched out alone. He didn''t know when it would sprout again and bloom with bright flowers...


    (End of this chapter)