Chapter 35 Out of Disaster

"It's so ugly." Sun Shao fiddled with the head of the Black Bank, shaking his head and squint. Because the fox was a little nervous, he didn't know if he flattered the horse's leg. Sun Shao took a look at him and smiled, "To be a fox-headed man, the one who knows the current affairs is a handsome man."

Guan Chao immediately translated Sun Shao's words. As soon as the fox heard it, he immediately smiled and said, "I dare not." His words were in Chinese. Although it was very awkward, Sun Shao still understood it. His eyes lit up, turned to Yinhu, and said with a smile, "Can the leader speak Chinese?"

Because the fox rubbed his hands awkwardly, he glanced at Sun Shao with embarrassment and stammered a few words. The expression was like the little daughter-in-law who first met her parents-in-law. If such an expression appeared on the face of a girl like Yan Feiyan or Mu Zhiqiu, it would certainly be pleasing to the eyes, but it appeared on the face of an old man like a fox. It's disgusting. Sun Shaoqiang suppressed the desire to spit on his face and turned to look at the translator Guan Chao.

Guan Chao smiled and said, "As the fox-headed man said, he can only say a few simple words."

"Just know a few words." Sun Shao smiled and asked several leaders who followed Yinhu to ask for help, "Ask them again to see who can speak Chinese. Tell them that those who can speak Chinese will stand in front. I have a reward."

Guan Chao translated Sun Shao's words. The leaders looked at each other and immediately became excited. They squeezed forward one by one and spoke the Chinese language they thought. This time, it was as lively as if they had entered the vegetable market, but their Chinese language was really unbearable to listen to, but Sun Shao still smiled. Listening to it, I finally enjoyed a few Chinese words that seemed to be the same - although they only knew a few words.

"You leaders, I will be the people of Yue in the future, that is, the people of my Han Dynasty. Therefore, if you want to be an official and want to get rich, you must learn to say my Han's words and write my Han's words. Otherwise, you can't bargain, can you?"

"Your Majesty's wisdom, we will keep it in mind. We must seize the time to learn Chinese and give more advice to the king and the generals." Because the fox bowed humbly and smiled flatteringly.

Sun Shao waved his hand: "Of course, I won't be in a hurry to achieve it. To tell you the truth, I'm going to build a school. At that time, I will build a beautiful school in the best place at the foot of the Jingua Mountain and recruit children of the right age to go to school. I not only have to learn the words of my big man and write the words of my big man, but also learn the classics of my big man. Only in this way can you become a real big man and enjoy I have the same honor as my big man..."

Because Hu and others know that Sun Shao is taking quality, but there is nothing they can do. Now they are surrounded by Sun Shao in the middle and can't run away. What else is there to bargain? If Sun Shao wants to get the quality, he can only go. The most important thing is whether Sun Shao can keep his promise and give them land, so that they can live and work in peace and contentment like Baihu Village.

Sun Shao quickly met their wishes. He summed up the population of their respective tribes, then distributed the land according to the size of the ethnic group, and owed them cattle and agricultural tools on credit according to the way of Baihuzhai. Of course, the conditions given to them cannot be compared with those given to Baihuzhai, but it is also better than what the people hope. Much better. After satisfying the wishes of the leaders, Sun Shao selected 2,000 people from these people step by step and formed another army for training. After half a month of training, He Da took some of them out to fight against those lucky tribes. On the one hand, give them the opportunity to make contributions and give them a sense of belonging. On the other hand, they also want them to kill those unconvinced barbarians, force them on the road of no return, and break their idea of escape.

After several battles, the Yi New Army was convinced by the combat effectiveness of He Da's troops. They originally thought that they were just an army that was not as well equipped as the King of Yue. Now they found that although they were brave, they were far from the overall combat effectiveness. They were far from the army of Yue. They are given the same weapons, and they are not the opponents of the [***] team.

Two months later, more than 30 large and small tribes moved out of the mountains and settled down near Jingua Mountain. More than a dozen brick kilns were busy, and rows of houses were built. Under the guidance of the personnel sent by Sun Shao, the Yi people began to reclaim the land they had been transferred to prepare for the next season. At the same time, for To solve the problem of rations, Sun Shao sent a large number of merchant ships between Zhuya, Nanhai, Yuejun and Yizhou, and brought a ship of grain and seeds. There was food at home, and they were not panicked. Seeing the continuous delivery of grain, the fear of the Yi people slowly stabilized. They began to listen to Sun Shao's arrangement from their own heart. Some went to reclaim wasteland, and some went to Jingua Mountain to search for gold. Sun Shao offered a reasonable salary. The Yi people were very energetic and busy every day. At the same time, the market near Jingua Mountain has gradually taken shape. With the completion of the training of the first batch of 2,000 Yi troops, Sun Shao ordered He Da and Cui Qian to take a thousand Yi troops along the west coast to the south to find the land suitable for building the city and convey the will of the king of Yue to the Yi people. Under the means of suppression, more and more Yi people rushed to Jingua Mountain with the merchant ship to meet Sun Shao, the king of Yue.

... Liu Xie, the emperor, and Cao Jie, the empress, sat opposite each other. On the case were the report of the King of Yue's conquest of Yizhou and a set of brand-new "Xinshan Haijing" Volume II. Liu Xing, the prince of less than two years old, kept stretching out his hand from the arms of his wet nurse to grab the book on the case. Liu Xie smiled curiously and said, "Why, Xinger likes to read books?"

Cao Jie smiled and said, "He doesn't like reading. He likes the paintings on it." As she spoke, she pulled out a volume from the letter and turned to a page with pictures in front of Liu Xing. Liu Xing looked at it and suddenly danced happily, babblingly, pointing to the little man in the book to show the queen. Cao Jie nodded repeatedly with a gentle smile.

Liu Xie looked at this family happiness and couldn't help thinking of Fu Shou. Fu Shou accompanied him through the most difficult times and gave birth to two sons, but later they both died at the hands of Cao Yan. If it hadn't been for Sun Shao and Guan Yu's capture of Xu County and later put forward the suggestion of the military conference, the current emperor should also be the Cao family, right?

The military conference was successful. There were three more kings in the world. The king of Wei, the king of Shu and the king of Wu have been silent, but this king of Yue was very good at tossing. Last year, he cooperated with Cao Zhang to pacify Liaodong. This year, he took action alone and pacify Yizhou in a few months. I don't know what means he used. Those stubborn The Yi people were actually submissive by him. Although Sun Shao's play table said that this was the virtue of the big man, which was caused by the wisdom of the emperor, Liu Xie was in his forties this year. He did not believe these untruth words at all. He was very curious about how Sun Shao did it.

But what he is more curious about now is that even illiterate children like to read the New Mountain and Sea Classic written by Sun Shao, which is a little strange. There is the first volume of the Classic of Mountains and Seas on the market. Liu Xie has also read it, but he is just a pastime. Although he is now directly in charge of the Sanhe area, there are still a lot of chapters to read every day. Liu Xie often feels tired, and he can't understand how Sun Shao can take time to write in the busy government affairs. Although this book of The Classic of Mountains and Seas is not too thick, there are really many strange products involved. There are not only text explanations, but also pictures on it, which is not a simple thing.

In a word, Liu Xie is now full of curiosity about Sun Shao.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has arrived." Lu Yu, the regular servant of the Sanqi, whispered at the door of the hall.

Liu Xie got up and touched Liu Xing's head. Liu Xing's body was very good, and his soft and smooth hair was like silk, which made people feel comfortable. Liu Xie walked out of the hall briskly. Prime Minister Yang Biao was standing at the door of the hall with his hands arched. As soon as he saw Liu Xie, he took off his shoes. The small step rushed to Liu Xie and said respectfully, "The Prime Minister Biao met your majesty."

"The Prime Minister, didn't I give you praise?" Liu Xie gently rebuked.

"How dare I." Yang Biao saluted according to the rules, and then sat down and said seriously, "The king of Yue abolished the ceremonial system, which is not enough to take the law. Your Majesty can't be trusted, and the current edict is to blame. Although this is only a matter of Yue, isn't Yue still a vassal of my Han?

The nameless thing is that when the minister visits the emperor, he can not be called. For example, in general, Yang Biao should add the word "Chonor Biao" after applying for his official position. After the emperor rewards him, he only needs to say "chen" instead of signing up. In the Han Dynasty, the name was called cheap, so he called the other party face to face. Except for the respectable and the elders, the name of the other party is generally not allowed, even the name of the other party's elders. Of course, the emperor can be called the name of his subordinates, but if he is to show respect, he can also call his official position instead of his name, or use other honorific names. For ministers, this is a great honor. In order to commend Yang Biao's credit, the emperor gave him praise, but Yang Biao refused to accept such an honor and still signed up.

"Ha ha..." Liu Xie smiled and said that although the Yue Kingdom is a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, can I really care about him? Don't say that he is so far away from me. Which of the kings who are closer to me take my edict seriously? This is the king of Yue who doesn't know the rules. Occasionally, he can give me some tributes and a badge. Prime Minister, the king of Yue has paced Yizhou. This is the form just received.

Yang Biao took the watch, looked at it carefully, and frowned almost all white: "So fast? He has only been to Yizhou for half a year, right?

"Well, except for the time on the road, it's about five months." Liu Xie sighed, "Last year, I paced Liaodong in two months, and this year, I paced Yizhou in five months. This Yue king can always surprise people."

Yang Biao looked through the list of tributes attached to the table, curled his lips, and his tone was a little happy and envious: "He is rich again."

Liu Xie nodded with a smile: "I hope he can get rich. He has made a fortune, and I am not very ugly. The New Year is coming again. I'm worried about where the reward will come from, but he happened to send a boat of Yizhou."

Yang Biao nodded with emotion. Now there is a emperor in the eyes of the four kings in the world, that is, Sun Shao, the king of Yue. Every time he makes a fortune, he can think of sending something to the emperor. The emperor now only has the tax of Sili, but the court is full of three princes and nine ministers. Although the so-called sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Although Yang Biao asked for a salary reduction, he still can't make ends meet. Every time they talk to the king of Wei, the king of Shu and the king of Wu, they either perfunctorily give two people casually like sending out begoers, or pretend to be deaf and dumb and ignore them.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the King of Wu is rectifying the official rule." Yang Biao hesitated for a while, took over the watch in his hand, and thought thoughtfully, "Does the king of Yue offer so many things at this time? Do you hope that your majesty can say something?"

"Why, their uncles and nephews are still fighting?" Liu Xie's mouth was crooked and said with a smile. He thought it was strange. Why do people like infighting? The uncles and nephews of the Sun family fought in secret. The Cao brothers were very happy to fight for the throne. Relatively speaking, the State of Shu was better. However, I heard that Guan Yu, the general of the State of Shu, did not get along well with the prime minister Zhuge Liang. In order to compete with Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang was asking himself to march to the south.

"I heard that the last time the robber appeared in Jianye was done by Sun Shao. It was his thief who shouted to arrest the thief, cheated the hostages, and then took the South China Sea and Huiji from Sun Quan."

"Is there such a thing?" Liu Xie was very curious. After thinking about it, he couldn't help nodding and said, "In my opinion, it's probably Sun Quan's cover of shame. He is embarrassed to admit that he was robbed in his palace, so he said that he was a person from Sun Shao's faction."

"It's hard to say." Yang Biao smiled and said, "However, I tend to think that this matter is indeed done by Sun Shao. He has a lot of tricks. This kind of rudeness is more like his method."

Liu Xie tilted his head and thought for a while, and smiled: "Even so, you can't blame him. It's Sun Quan who doesn't know the fun. Two thousand war horses are not wanted. They have to detain Sun Shao's son. Why bother? In vain, Sun Shao was asked to leave two counties, which was called stealing chickens and eating rice. However, is it smooth for him to rectify the officials? When can we settle down in the country and then go to war with Sun Shao?

"War?" Yang Biao shook his head: "In my opinion, he probably doesn't have this opportunity."

"Why?" Liu Xie was very curious. He leaned over to Yang Biao. It happened that Lieutenant Jia Xu came in from the outside, so he had to sit upright again and accept Jia Xu's kneeling. Then he hurriedly asked Jia Xu to sit down, briefly told Jia Xu what he had just said to Yang Biao, and asked Jia Xu for his opinion. Jia Xu smiled and said, "The king of Yue's expedition overseas just wants to show the world that he has no intention to fight with Sun Quan, which is the same as the previous practice of exchanging 2,000 war horses for Sun Quan for hostages. If under such circumstances, Sun Quan still wants to provoke the State of Yue, then the world will think that where is Qu Zhi?

"Of course, it means that Sun Quan doesn't know the general situation." Liu Association nodded repeatedly and said curiously, "So what kind of tricks can he make to defeat Sun Quan this time? Anyway, the strength of the State of Yue is still not as good as that of the State of Wu.

"In my view, the strength of the State of Yue may not be as good as that of the State of Wu." Jia Xu raised his head and glanced at the clock in the corner of the palace: "Although the population and land of the State of Yue are not as good as that of Wu, the State of Yue is richer than that of the State of Wu. It has a vast sea, and it doesn't even need to grow land. What about the State of Wu? Besides, if the land war of the State of Vietnam is unfavorable, it can enter the sea. Does the State of Wu and the State of Yue compete for power at sea? No! The two shipyards, Houguan and Panyu, have fallen into the hands of the King of Yue. How can Sun Quan compete with Sun Shao with Yuzhang Shipyard alone? If he really wants to fight, I'm afraid he will be attacked on all sides and tired of dealing with it.

"What the lieutenant said is very true." Yang Biao nodded in agreement: "In order to be able to fight with Sun Shao, Sun Quan rectified the official rule, because he could control the situation in Jiangdong and squeeze out Gu Lu related to Sun Shao. However, Gu Lu is the four ethnic groups of Wu County, and their close relationship with Zhu Zhang is like a tree. Now it is Zhang Wen of the Zhang family who presides over the rectification of the officials. His third brother married the daughter of the Lu family. His sister married Gu Cheng, the son of Gu Shao. Gu Cheng is the nephew of the Lu family. Can he help Sun Quan exclude the Lu family and the Gu family? Yang Biao shook his head, was silent for a moment, and suddenly sighed, "I think Sun Quan is playing with fire with his salary."

Liu Xie didn't understand for a moment and was silent for a moment before he understood Yang Biao's meaning. Sun Quanming knew that the relationship between Zhang Wen and Gu Lu was very close, but he still asked Zhang Wen to preside over the rectification of the officials, probably because he wanted to take the first one. To rectify the rule of officials, you always have to offend people. If you don't offend people, you can't do anything. Zhang Wen offended people. Those whose interests have been infringed must fight back. Sun Quan can take advantage of the situation to put the blame on Zhang Wen. Once Zhang Wen is to be solved, the Gu family and the Lu family, who are closely related to the Zhang family, will not escape the disaster, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

He understood the mystery inside, but Liu Xie was not happy at all. Although he had been used to this kind of intrigues in his 40 years of life, he still felt sad. Why did he live such a deliberate life? Liu Xie has accepted his role in the past two years, and has fallen in love with this kind of life. The place is small, there are few people in charge, and there are not many interests to compete for. It's great that everyone is safe.

"So, what does he want to exchange for this tribute?" Liu Xie suddenly felt a little depressed and couldn't get excited.

Jia Xu and Yang Biao looked at each other and shook their heads coincidentally. In just two years, the mentality of the emperor has changed. In the past, when it was so difficult, he did not forget the responsibility on his shoulders, but now after only two years of Ansheng, he has begun to get used to this kind of plain life. Once upon a time, the ambition disappeared unconsciously.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Whether it's Jia Xu or Yang Biao, they can't explain it clearly, but as the three princes, they have the responsibility to remind the emperor of the potential crisis - the current stability can't last long. The stability of the emperor depends on the checks and balances of the four kings. Once this balance is broken, the stability of the emperor will come to an end. At the beginning, Yang Biao and Sun Shao lured the three families of Wei, Wu and Shu to indicate that they wanted to go abroad, and this purpose was also included. Two years have passed, and Sun Shao is the only one who is really committed to the foreign expedition. Now none of the three families who vowed to do so.

"Your Majesty, the king of Yue's conquest of Yizhou is a real frontier expansion. If such a great achievement is not appreciated, I'm afraid it will make the soldiers feel cold." Jia Xu said slowly, "Once the soldiers have no intention to attack the outside world, I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid that civil strife will happen again." Yang Biao shook his head and sighed, "Sun Shao is young. It's the time when he is full of blood. If he doesn't fight abroad, he will probably have right and wrong again. Yichen, it's good now."

Liu Xie nodded with the same feeling and thought for a moment, "Then add him to the title of General Fuyi?" However, if he makes contributions again, how can he be rewarded?

"Then remove the word Fuyi." Yang Biao stroked his beard and said with a blank face.

"General?" Liu Xie was shocked. He has some psychological pressure on the general. No matter whether most of the generals in history do not have a good end, the few generals he has seen with his own eyes, from where to Yuan Shao and then to Cao Wei, are all mountains on him. This Sun Shao is obviously not a loyal minister. Can he become a general? Liu Xie thought about it for a moment. Sun Shao's Yue was far away from overseas. Even if he was appointed as a general, he could not serve in Luoyang. After all, it was just a false name. Thinking of this, Liu Xie nodded.

"Send a communiqué and give a good commendation to His Royal Highness the King of Yue." Liu Xie suddenly remembered the new "New Mountain and Sea Classic" and smiled, "The Prime Minister, Lieutenant, have you ever seen the masterpiece of the King of Yue?"

Yang Biao curled his lips and didn't think so. In his opinion, Sun Shao's book is also a children's book. This is not the other scripture, but Jia Xu nodded with a smile: "Go back to your majesty, I have read it."

"How do you feel?" Liu Xie asked with a smile, "My child can't read yet, but he likes to see the rare birds and beasts on it."

"People are always curious." Jia Xu owed his body: "This book is full of pictures and text, which is eye-opening. It can be said that it is really strange. Originally, I thought that the Classic of Mountains and Seas was just an absurd book, but now it seems that I am ignorant. He glanced at Yang Biao and thought for a little: "I think that the King of Yue's issuance of this book is by no means as simple as writing."

"Oh?" Liu Xie's interest increased greatly, and even Yang Biao became a little curious and turned his eyes to Jia Xu. Jia Xu smiled and said, "When I was in Qian Tang, I heard the King of Yue say that he was going to verify the description in the Classic of Mountains and Seas. Now he has written the New Classic of Mountains and Seas. What is he doing? He is showing the people of the world that he has no intention to the land of the existing territory of our Han Dynasty. He does not want to compete with Sun Quan for territory. He wants to expand his territory with his own strength. He not only satisfies the desire to make contributions and achievements, but also dares to be the first in the world and tells the people of the world with his own actions that there are many places to use.

"So, when Sun Quan repeatedly pushes forward, he seems to be uninteresting." Yang Biao nodded frequently and suddenly smiled, "This boy is used to fighting for sympathy."

"It's not the same." Jia Xu smiled and added, "Even if he dug a hole, it was Sun Quan who took the initiative to jump in. No wonder others. Just like the original hostage incident, if Sun Quan accepted Sun Shao's kindness, took 2,000 horses and put them back as hostages, how could he be so embarrassed now?

"Hmm." Liu Xie also echoed, "Speaking of which, it's really no wonder Sun Shao. It's Sun Quan himself who didn't know how to advance or retreat and humiliated himself."

"Your Majesty, no matter whether Sun Shao is making momentum again or not, his conquest of foreigners is indeed worthy of a big book. Even if the king of Wei, the king of Shu and the king of Wu are indifferent, it can let the world know your majesty's appreciation of ministers like the king of Yue and know where your majesty's ambition is, it will certainly play a certain role. If all the people in the world agree with the foreign expedition rather than the internal war, then I am safe.

Liu Xie blinked his eyes and finally understood the real intention of Yang Biao and Jia Xu. Rewarding Sun Shao is just an attitude. What he can do is to show his attitude, but if he can lead the energy of Wei, Shu and Wu to external conquest and fight less civil war, then the big man can survive and he will have a chance.

(to be continued)