Chapter 3094 Three Mountain Kings
Zhang Fen is not a big shot, and neither is Zhang Bai. Compared with their father and brother, they are almost transparent. There are only a few strokes in Jiangdong''s records, or even just one or two names.
No one likes to be a nobody. Everyone thinks that he will become a big shot one day.
?This day may never come.
But it is these little people, and the people who are even smaller than the small people, who can’t even be counted as people, that built the entire Three Kingdoms...
The four thieves mentioned by Zhang Fen are Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Chen Pu and Zu Shan.
That is, little people.
When Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, the external publicity was that he was going to Xiangyang single-handedly, and he was powerful and brave, and he was both wise and brave. However, in fact, Liu Biao only licked two families, the Cai family and the Kuai family. Liu Biao first hooked up with the younger Kuai family, and then used Kuai''s name to marry the Cai family. He squeezed into the circle of Jingzhou gentry as quickly as possible and gained the support of the Jiangling Kuai family and Xiangyang Cai family. It is almost invincible.
?Zong thief is almost like a big fish eating the shrimp among the small fish.
?Shrimp is not the bottom layer, because further down, there are lower-level aquatic plants and insects.
There is a question that many people may have been attracted by Liu Biao''s propaganda and have forgotten or ignored the fact. Why is it that Kuai is able to summon the clan traitors and leave them as soon as he calls them? Can it come by word of mouth? Then he set up an ambush and killed a bunch of sect leaders, and gave the sect''s subordinates to Liu Biao as a meeting gift. Why were the sect''s subordinates so happy and not at all sad that their boss was killed, or seeking revenge?
Hence, a conclusion emerges.
?Zong thief was originally the dark side of a wealthy family in Jingzhou, the dog he raised!
??Just like the Green Mao Sect is shouting and engaging in a drama of chasing an eagle and a dog from a thousand miles away, the big family that provides money and goods is shouting for the dog to run away. How can the dog refuse? If something goes wrong and the dog is asked to take the blame and offer his fur and flesh, how can the dog refuse?
??The dark side of Xiliang''s wealthy households is horse thieves.
??The dark side of the big surnames in Sichuan and Shu is rice thieves.
The people in Jingzhou are clan traitors.
Here in Jiangdong, they are naturally bandits.
?Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Chen Pu, and Zu Shan are the four major bandit leaders in Jiangdong.
Have a name, a surname, and a decent appearance.
??Of course there are some scattered bandit leaders, who don’t even have their full names and surnames. Anyway, at this point in time, Jiangdong''s economy may not be developing very much, but the bandits have developed a lot. To the people at the bottom, these bandit leaders were giants with sharp claws and teeth, but in the eyes of the upper-class nobles, they were nothing more than domesticated hawks and dogs.
In the General Zhou''s Mansion, there are courtyard pavilions, flowers and plants standing tall, and the moonlight is like water.
??Occasionally, the sound of patrolling footsteps of soldiers and the gentle collision of armor leaves can be heard, adding a bit of chill to this peaceful scene.
In the flower hall, Zhou Yu and Lu Su sat opposite each other.
?The crane copper stove in the corner has green smoke curling up.
??There seemed to be some faint sound of a piano coming from the backyard.
Zhou Yu closed his eyes and listened quietly.
I don’t know how long it took. After the music fell and disappeared, Lu Su gently asked: "Now there are rumors about the four thieves. How should we deal with it?" 』
Zhou Yu said: "Don''t pay attention." These are mostly sideline complaints, and each family is left to deal with them on their own. If the handling is ineffective...don''t blame it on the ruthlessness of national law..."
?In Jiangdong, the power of the clan is still very strong. If you want someone to shut up, you don''t need to send out official officials to arrest him.
Zhou Yu''s judgment was correct. The noises coming out of Wu County were just caused by the uneven division of internal organs within the clan. As long as they were dealt with at home, these noises would disappear quickly.
As for the four thieves, Zhou Yu didn''t take it to heart at all. This is not that Zhou Yu underestimated the enemy, but that these thieves were simply incompetent. Although they boasted that they had thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, in fact, they could only fight in the hundreds, not more than two or three at most. thousand.
??Moreover, after the people complain about the people''s suffering, there will inevitably be people''s anger that needs to be vented. At that time, these bandits are the best targets for venting. Now that they have been dealt with early, wouldn''t it be bad if there is no place to vent when the people are really angry?
Lu Su nodded and said, "Commander, are you still holding back at Wuling?" 』
?Zhou Yu hummed, "Don''t move." 』
??Wuling was in ruins, and local county officials sent out many requests for help, reporting several times a day, like pigs about to be put on the slaughterhouse, howling incomparably shrilly.
?Zhou Yu didn''t want to pay attention to it at all.
??Wulingshan barbarians are indeed a stubborn disease in Jiangdong. It is not difficult to defeat them, but it is really difficult to eradicate them.
?At this time, Jiangdong needs to concentrate its main forces and march into Sichuan and Shu. As for the Wuling area, it can only leave it alone...
And judging from the usual experience of the Wuling riot and rebellion, despite the rapid momentum of the initial riot, it will soon become difficult to express opinions among the various tribes and strongholds of the Wuling Mountain barbarians due to internal division of stolen goods or lack of unity of opinions. In agreement, some people want to give up, some want to make another fortune, some claim to be invincible in martial arts, and some are worried about being retaliated by Jiangdong, so they argue noisily with each other, and then like a sand tower, the water rushes away , then collapsed with a crash.
??The more he forces Wu Ling, it’s hard to say that it makes these fools, well, the sand gather more tightly...
What''s more, most of the officials in the Wuling area are descendants of the Jiangdong gentry, and they are also the channels through which these big surnames **** the blood and fat of the people. Now that they have been cut off, it is only the Jiangdong surnames that are suffering the greater damage, so why worry about these guys?
??If you only care about making money and eating empty wages on weekdays, leaving your county without soldiers, then if you can''t stop the Wulingshan barbarian rebellion now, you should die!
It’s just…
??There seems to be something wrong with the Wulingshan barbarian rebellion this time.
Shamoko.
??This name has frequently appeared in emergency reports for help in the Wuling area recently, which made Zhou Yu feel a little uneasy, but he couldn''t figure out why...
?His health has been getting worse recently. The disease will not kill him immediately, but the pain is tormenting him every second of every day.
He doesn’t want to die.
?His body also doesn’t want to die.
So both his will and his body are struggling to fight against the virus, but to no avail. This disorder of the immune system in the body, as well as symptoms such as cough, runny nose, headache, sore limbs, fatigue, etc., are all eroding Zhou Yu''s vitality and knocking Zhou Yu''s spirit, making Zhou Yu more and more inclined to be more... For simple, direct, even some crude means.
Because he really doesn''t have enough energy to think too much, he can only focus on the things in front of him, all this, as for the future...
A few years ago, Zhou Yu was still saying that Sun Quan was too anxious and asked Sun Quan to prepare for ten years or twenty years to build the Sun family''s foundation, because at that time Zhou Yu also thought that he could live for twenty years, or at least ten years, but now He no longer has the confidence. He didn''t even know if he would survive next year.
The more you think, the more you worry, the more uneasy you are, the harder it is to get rest and the weaker your body becomes.
This is a vicious cycle, like a bottomless abyss, gradually sliding down faster and faster.
Like a big man.
Just like Jiangdong.
"Zhuo Haotian, I would rather be humble than myself...cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..." Zhou Yu chanted with some emotion, but he didn''t know whether it was because the voice was too loud and fast, or the airflow affected the trachea, causing him to cough again. Get up, and then become more and more out of control.
Commander! Lu Su hurriedly stepped forward, stroking Zhou Yu''s back and calling the doctor.
?The doctor who was on call hurriedly rushed in, and a group of servants and maids gathered around him.
Upon seeing this, Lu Su was about to leave, but Zhou Yu held his hand.
ifier/ ifies in your mind and immediately knew that Zhou Yu probably still had something to talk about, so he nodded and said, ""I''ll go to the side hall to wait..."
Zhou Yu then let go of his hand.
Lu Su temporarily left the flower hall, his heart full of worries.
Zhou Yu was seriously ill, and the same was true for Jiangdong.
For Jiangdong, the large gentry family in Jiangdong was a disease, and the Vietnamese barbarians in Shanxi were also a disease, while the Sun regime was a body born with underdevelopment, struggling hard to find a way to survive.
"Mr. Lang..." Xiao Qiao''s cry could be heard in the flower hall.
?Lu Su sighed slightly.? ? ? 『…The four horses are fair and graceful. When chaos arises, there will be no chaos, and when the country is in ruins, it will not be lost. When the people are exhausted, everything will be destroyed. There is always sorrow, and the country is constantly moving. The country''s pace is contemptuous of its capital, God will not support my general... Heaven will not support my general..." Lu Su suddenly remembered the poem "Sang Rou" that Zhou Yu had recited before, and started to chant it in a low voice, his heart filled with complex emotions and congestion. It covered his entire chest, making him very uncomfortable.
I don’t know how long it took, but the coughing gradually subsided, and then the doctor and the servants gradually withdrew.
An attendant found Lu Su and bowed to greet him.
?Lu Su sighed slightly and returned to the flower hall.
Everything seems to be the same as before.
Just the faint smell of medicine in the air...
“The Governor still needs more rest...” Lu Su said in a low voice, “How about keeping the story as short as possible? 』
Zhou Yu nodded.
Lu Su didn’t talk nonsense and asked directly: "So the second general of Zigui, Huang and Zhu..."
Zhou Yu pondered for a moment, and then said, "The land of Sichuan and Shu is not the place for the main battle... Jiangdong still needs to leave some troops and horses in case of emergencies... Send the new soldiers to Huang Zhu''s place in Zigui, and the rest of the troops remain still." …』
This is Jiangdong''s helplessness.
If Sichuan and Shu can be opened up, it will undoubtedly be a great boost to Jiangdong, both in terms of strategic depth and economic development. However, Jiangdong cannot attack Sichuan and Shu with all its strength. It must keep at least Half of the troops are used to deal with various problems in their own base.
Lu Su responded, paused for a while, and then asked: "If this is the case... why is the Lord''s place immovable?" 』
?This sentence is a bit vague, but the meaning is very clear.
?In this period of time, Jiangdong''s front line has suffered setbacks and tension, while Jiangdong''s rear has been struggling in a tacit understanding. Blood is flowing between the teeth, and countless innocent souls are swallowed.
The battle report of the attack on Huang Gai has been reported to Zhou Yu, and the words and deeds of Zhu Huan, Zhu Zhi and others have been described in detail. Jiangdong''s frontline military arrangements have also been prepared. It can be said that Jiangdong''s offensive momentum has temporarily stalled, and Although the entire strategy of attacking Sichuan and Shu was not clearly stated, it can be seen that Huang Gai''s confidence has declined slightly, and he is not as sure as when he first set out.
?Zhou Yu felt that the Zhuge Liang issue mentioned by Huang Gai seemed to be a bit exaggerated.
Because concealment and lying are basic behaviors of generals, more or less.
No matter how honest Huang Gai is, he cannot say that he was careless or that there was a flaw in his strategy. He can only say that the little thief Zhuge is too cunning and the enemy is too cunning...
For Zhou Yu, who could only understand the situation on the front line through letters and battle reports, he could not take matters on the front line lightly, nor could he completely believe them. If it really supports the front line regardless of the situation, if there is any flaw in Jiangdong''s fundamentals and the front line cannot be defeated, will it mean that the Sun regime will directly go out of power?
So Zhou Yu could only free up some materials and manpower as much as possible in this extremely complicated and difficult situation...
Under the weak economic foundation of Jiangdong, we must not only worry about the front line, but also take care of the rear. We must ensure that the soldiers have money and food, but they must not force the big households too much. They must ensure that the core of Sun Quan''s central government remains unshakable, and they must also take care of the interests of the local gentry. Damaged, then...
?Money cannot be created out of thin air, nor can it be said that you go from your left pocket to your right pocket, and then step on your left foot and right foot to directly create money and items, and then suddenly soar high...
As for the work-for-relief program, it is even more bloody. Those who died on the construction site were directly buried in the ground. Even so, the food and drinks we eat and drink every day still cannot be said to be extra for nothing, and they still have to be consumed...
?No one in the upper structure is willing to give up their interests, and the upper structure is the one who makes the rules and controls violence, so who will be allowed to give up their interests? Under such various conditions, who can be the one who suffers, endures, and persists in the end?
It is understandable that large-scale refugees appear inexplicably in Jiangdong.
Refugees are prisoners of crime.
The household registration is the fence where cattle and sheep are kept. Any cow or sheep that escapes from the fence is an unforgivable sin for the feudal dynasty. So isn''t it natural for these sinners to use their labor, sweat, and flesh to atone for their sins?
This wave of refugees has reduced the total population of Jiangdong, especially the total number of refugees fleeing from the north, which means that local management will be simpler. Refugees are equal to trouble. This must be the common sentiment of many Jiangdong local officials. Now that we are arresting criminals openly and sending them to the battlefield, doesn''t it mean that we have eliminated local hidden dangers?
It reduces the number of mouths that originally consume food, which means saving money.
As for open source...how to open source in winter? Right?
?At the same time, perhaps the Jiangdong lords and the core of the Sun family can also cultivate the feelings of some comrades in the process of joining forces to eat and drink flesh and blood...
If people want to gain something, they must lose something.
With so many advantages, of course there are also disadvantages.
That is, the victim…
For big things, some sacrifices are inevitable.
Is there a word for sacrifice? Since ancient times, the three animals have mainly been pigs, cattle and sheep. Who would use tigers, leopards and dogs as the three animals?
Although this is the case, Zhou Yu also knows in his heart that doing so is actually drinking poison, and the consequences will be great.
??This refugee wave resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, and the biggest sinner was only himself. If Zhou Yu hadn''t nodded in agreement and coordinated in the middle, this storm would never have been so violent, and the flesh and blood would have been cut so quickly.
?Just because of himself, he had to let Jiangdong embark on this most difficult road.
Stop, why don’t you walk?
no.
?Having come to this point and having invested so much in sunk costs, Zhou Yu couldn’t help but not go on.
In the process of going forward, in addition to Zhou Yu as the leader, there is also a very important core element, which is Sun Quan.
?Sun Quan must be able to endure it and persevere. If he wavers a little, all his previous efforts may be wasted.
??Although Lu Su''s question is brief, it actually represents concerns about Zhou Yu and Sun Quan. Now the front line is just a small defeat. There are problems, but they are not serious. However, if the stalemate continues, money and food continue to be consumed, or if it suffers certain setbacks and the defeat spreads to Jiangdong, how will Sun Quan respond?
??If Sun Quan suddenly makes some inappropriate moves at that time, the overall strategy that Zhou Yu has worked so hard to lay out will be immediately wasted.
"Lord''s place..." Zhou Yu''s voice was very low, "Someone will go and persuade..."
Lu Su was silent.
The children are getting older and the more rebellious they become. I’m not sure whether it will have any effect.
?Perhaps Sun Quan feels that this is the right time to promote public anger and resentment and deal with the Jiangdong gentry? At that time, there is no result on the front line, but there is chaos in the rear, then it will really be...
?The cold wind is blowing, the shadows of the trees are dancing, and the moonlight is clear.
?Zhou Yu waited for a long time before he said softly: "Zijing... I have something to ask of you. I hope that Zijing will not refuse..."
Lu Su responded calmly: "Captain, please speak." 』
Lu Su did not beat his chest or stamp his feet. He gritted his teeth and vowed that he would do it. If he couldn''t do it, he would be struck by thunder and lightning. But no one doubted the determination represented by such a few simple words.
‘Zijing…’ Zhou Yu raised his head with a faint look in his eyes, ‘If…something unexpected happens…’
Commander! Lu Su straightened up and leaned forward slightly, "How could the Governor..."
"I can''t die now..." Zhou Yu interrupted Lu Su, "But... this man is destined to die... Then I''ll have to worry about Zijing... I heard that there are three mountains out of the sea in the east, named Nanshan, Zhongshan and North Mountain. Each has its own people, with women. For the sake of respect... if it is someone..."
Zhou Yu turned his head slightly and looked in the direction of the backyard, "If my life is not with me... I would also like to ask Zijing to take my wife out to sea and find a mountain to help me become the queen... I have said something in advance, allowing her to have peace in the world." , I will go boating on the sea... Now, haha, that''s all I can do..."
Zhou Yu had a wife, and Xiao Qiao Mo was just a concubine, or Mrs. Ru.
Zhou Yu''s relationship with his wife is obviously not as deep as his relationship with Xiao Qiao. This is also a normal phenomenon for the current gentry. Most of the marriages of gentry children are related to politics or interests, and have nothing to do with personal emotions.
In addition to Xiao Qiao, Zhou Yu also has a considerable number of generals and private soldiers. After Zhou Yu''s death, most of these private soldiers would follow the royal wife and accompany and protect Zhou Yu''s children.
??However, there are also some people who are completely loyal to Zhou Yu and will kill themselves and be buried with them according to ancient rituals.
If these people are not allowed to kill themselves, it is an insult to their beliefs to a certain extent, so Zhou Yu entrusts them to Lu Su so that these people can continue to live with other tasks, such as helping Xiao Qiao become the queen of Sanshan. …