Chapter 118 Things about Nishikawa

"What's the plan of Shi Yuan? Come quickly!" Liu Bei was overjoyed when he heard the words and asked quickly.

"Lord, now the Lord is the Duke of the country, but there are only 20,000 wives and one concubine in the room, but there are a little less. According to the unified meaning, if this Mrs. Wu is accepted, it is just that Mrs. Mi and Mrs. Bu are the main room, while this Mrs. Wu is a side room, so it can be the heart of Shu. In addition, both wives are virtuous people, and the lord can just state to them that they are powerful. Pang Tong said with a smile.

Liu Bei's three wives, Mrs. Mi, the wife of the main room, is Mi Zhu's sister. When he just stood firm in Xuzhou, he had a relationship with the scholars in Xuzhou through this political marriage. Later, in order to appease the subordinates in Jiangdong, he accepted Bu Yan's sister step trainer. As for Mrs. Gan, it was Liu Bei. At the time of Xiaopei, Chen Qun, the county magistrate of Xiaopei at that time, saw that he was in his thirties and had no wife, so he introduced one of his distant cousins to Liu Bei. However, Chen Qun's official position was humble at that time, but Liu Bei made it clear that he wanted to enter Xuzhou, so Mrs. Gan was also a concubine.

It's just that now, first of all, Mi Zhu and Chen Qun are both from the Xuzhou faction. They were born in the land of Jianghuai and quickly got along with the Xuzhou faction. In this way, Liu Bei's three wives are all from Xuzhou. Under such circumstances, the Xuzhou faction was so favored under Liu Bei's command.

"What Shi Yuan said was not bad, but this Mrs. Wu was originally Liu's wife. If I accept it, I'm afraid it's unreasonable!" Liu Bei was a little worried about the impact of doing so.

"In terms of his relatives, why is it different from Jin Wenzhi and Huai Yinghu?" Pang Tong smiled and then said solemnly, "In this way, the heart of the Shu people can lay the foundation for the enterprising Guanlong. It's just that there is still a place where people are not at ease!"

"What does Shi Yuan mean?" Liu Bei seemed to understand something, but he didn't say it.

Sure enough, Pang Tong said, "General Guan has been leading Jing Xiang for nearly four years, but among Jing Xiang's scholars, there are still some well-eded scholars who have been watching. They have not served as an official. The lord still needs to get the heart of Jingxiang's scholars!"

Pang Tong's meaning is very clear. Xuzhou people have been following you for a long time, and we Jingzhou people have just come later. Now Yizhou people have come in front of us without bringing such a later. Although Liu Bei was a little unhappy when he heard the words, he still said, "What's the wonderful plan of the unknown Shiyuan?"

Sure enough, Pang Tong said, "Kong Ming has a sister, beautiful and virtuous. If you taste it, it will be very expensive to meet this girl. Before, he was Xu Keqi, but now he is dead, and his daughter is still widowed. The king can accept him as a concubine.

Zhuge Liang, who is in Xichuan, never dreamed that Pang Tong would use his sister as a bargaining chip. In fact, although he knew that Pang Tong and others had been planning a political marriage in order to gain further trust from Liu Bei, he did not expect that he would make a fuss about his widow sister.

When it was said that the Cai family and the Kai family were in trouble, more than 800 members of the two ethnic groups were arrested by Liu Biao. Liu Bei had just taken over Jing Xiang at that time. It was not easy to disofut Liu Biao's meaning, so he basically clicked at these people. However, some of them were not killed. For example, Kui Qi's wife was Zhuge Liang's sister, and he pleaded with Guan Yu to take her home. Similarly, one of Cai Xun's wives, Ma Liang's cousin, was also pleaded by him.

When Liu Bei heard Pang Tong's words, he suddenly had another headache. Just as he was about to refute, Pang Tong had explained the benefits of doing so on his behalf: "The lord used to say that he would kill the Cai family and the Kuai family. These two clans have a deep foundation in Jingxiang, and many other clans were in-laws, so they watched. Kong Ming's sister is the widow of the Kuai family. If the lord can accept it, it is enough to make the people of Jingxiang feel at ease to serve the lord! Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to settle the hearts of Jingxiang!"

So that's it! Only then did Liu Bei remember that Zhuge Liang's sister also had the identity of Kuai's daughter-in-law. Generally speaking, Pang Tong's words are reasonable and can also convince Liu Bei. But what Pang Tong didn't know was that he didn't fully understand what kind of person his boss was.

Liu Bei is a successful politician. He may not be calculating, but he is good at win people's hearts. At the same time, Liu Bei is also an impulsive person, but he has strong self-control. Most of the time, he is not happy and angry, and he is forced to hold back. However, this does not mean that he is a good person who can tolerate everything, otherwise there would be no such a happy behavior as whipping the post. Now the last few words of Pang Tong's words have a hint of threat, and Liu Bei is naturally very unhappy to hear it.

I'm not happy, but Liu Bei will definitely not attack Pang Tong. After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Bei nodded and said, "What Shi Yuan said is not unreasonable, or maybe so, with the heart of An Jingxiang and the Shu people. It's just that Sister Kong Ming has already married someone. I'm afraid that I can only be a concubine.

"This is nature, it all depends on the main song!" Pang Tong also knows that with the conditions of Zhuge Liang's sister, it is really unrealistic to be the wife of the main room. It is a relatively realistic goal to be a concubine. The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei asked, "Shiyuan, other counties in Yizhou are fine. Only this Ba county connects Jingxiang and Yizhou, which is the most important. Both Bo Tao and Kong Ming asked me to appoint the governor of Ba County. I don't know what kind of candidate you have?

Pang Tong thought for a period of time and said, "General Gan Ninggan is from Ba County. If he is the governor of Ba County, he will be able to appease the place." He retreated again. Gan Ning was in charge of the sailor. If he went to serve as the governor of Ba County, the former deputy governor Su Fei had just passed away, and no one in charge of the sailor had to let Pang Lin, who had just taken over the Yangzhou sailors, take over. Liu Bei couldn't be clear about the bends. At that moment, he thought about it and said, "Xingba is in charge of the sailor, and it is not easy to leave the land of Jingyang. The important land of Ba County needs to be guarded by loyal and reliable people. I look at everyone. Ma Jichang was originally the governor of General Bo Tao Zuo. Now that Bo Tao is going to Xichuan, he should naturally go there. Let him serve as the governor of Ba County!"

"The Lord is wise!" Although he is not his younger brother, Ma Liang is also from Jingzhou. Pang Tong is quite satisfied with this appointment. The emperor and minister talked about something else, and Pang Tong said goodbye. Liu Bei watched Pang Tong's figure disappear at the door, but his eyebrows frowned, and finally sighed with regret.

Naturally, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng don't know all this. Now they are busy taking care of the huge mess of Yizhou in Chengdu. This mess is so bad, especially in Jingzhou before. These days, Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang have almost split themselves in half.

Yizhou is known as the Kingdom of Heaven, but after Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang have an in-depth understanding of the situation, they feel that this title is a little untrue. In the past, it was known as a household registration of one million, with a population of more than seven million, but this also included the southern and central counties. Now it is estimated that the core area of Yizhou + Hanzhong will not exceed 600,000 household registrations, 3 million people. Among them, the south of Zi Lushui in the south is occupied by the southern barbarians, and almost half of the land is not controlled by the Han people.

In addition, there are many sects in Yizhou, and the power of the major rich families is very large, but it is extremely exclusive. Even after Liu Zhang's surrender, several counties incited the masses to rebel with the slogan of "Shu people governing Shu". Although the rebellion was quickly put down, it is enough to show that it is not easy to sit firmly in Yizhou. The children of these rich families are not as talented as those of Jing Xiang and those scholars in Jiangdong, but many of them still hold important positions. In order to win the hearts of these people, Zhuge Liang had to propose to Liu Bei that the leader of the Dongzhou faction, the traitor Fa Zheng and Meng Da, should be temporarily transferred from the forefront. Unlike history, this time Liu Bei's force entered Sichuan, Fa Zheng did not have much credit, and there was nothing wrong with rashly transfer him. Of course, in order to weaken the influence of local scholars, Liu Bei also adopted some methods of the past, such as setting up Deyang Academy in Deyang to train poor scholars, and adopting the method of being an official in a different place to transfer Wang Lei and others to Jingzhou. In addition, Zhuge Liang, a master of conditioning relations, is here, and all these problems have been solved one after another.

In addition, Yizhou's armaments are also quite dilapidated. Except for Yan Yan and Zhang Ren, there are almost no outstanding figures, such as Lei Tong and Yang Huai, which can only be regarded as two knives. Among the generals of Shu Han in history, except for Wang Ping, there are only Ma Zhong and Zhang Yi who have begun to show their sharpness. The rest of them, such as Zhang Yi and others, are still teenagers in their teens and have not become great. As for the combat effectiveness of soldiers, the current Sichuan army has a total of 130,000. Except for more than 20,000 people drowned by Lu Xun's poison plan, the Yizhou Army did not lose too much in this battle. In general, it added up to more than 40,000 casualties, but most of the living forces were preserved. However, the combat effectiveness of these Sichuan troops is really not flattering.

"I mean to abolish the 40,000 weak Sichuan troops, together with more than 20,000 weak soldiers in the original Han Dynasty, a total of more than 70,000 people, led by General Wu Ban, to the two counties of Yuejia, to supplement the local construction corps, and carry out military camps to build places." On this day, Zhao Feng, the new Yizhou Mu, gathered everyone and announced his first big move after taking office. He also discussed with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xiu and other outsiders, as well as Huang Quan, Yan Yan, Zhang Ren and other old people in Xichuan. After Liu Zhang himself surrendered, Zhang Ren and other people were no longer stubborn and silent about the fact that Xichuan had become under Liu Bei.

"This move is very good. Our Sichuan army has always lacked rectification. If it is used for battle, it will not be caught!" Zhang Ren nodded. As the first general in Sichuan, he also knows his own business. Originally, there were more than 200,000 troops in Xichuan + Hanzhong, but after Zhao Feng's disarmament, there were only 140,000 left. Considering the population of more than 2 million in Yizhou, this proportion should be more appropriate. In order to reduce the financial pressure, Zhao Feng does not plan to recruit more troops this year.

"However, Juntun can solve the urgent needs, but what is most needed is to restore these already existing pavilion systems and rebuild the place, so as not to invade again!" Zhuge Liang said slowly. Although Nanman's vitality has been seriously damaged, they have retreated to the south of Lushui, but once these people recover their vitality, they will probably have to make trouble again. Therefore, it is urgent to build these counties.

"The master has promised to transfer more than 100 graduates of Poyang College this year to help us build a place. You can recommend some more Shunzhong Junjie to help govern the southern barbarians." Zhao Feng consulted Huang Quan and Zhang Ren. The two recommended some candidates respectively, and Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang adopted them one by one. As for Nanman, Zhuge Liang and Zhao Feng felt that after their vitality was greatly damaged, they adopted the strategy in Jingnan and Jiangdong, adopted some corresponding policies of ethnic autonomy, sent people there to set up official schools, launched mutual markets, and gradually developed Nanzhong. Of course, if you want to see too obvious results, don't think about it in a few years.

Zhao Feng himself was directly promoted from Hanzhong Taishou to Yizhou Mu. Liu Bei's appointment was expected, but he was also a little surprised. However, at least it shows that Liu Bei still trusts him now. Even except for the governors of Ba County and Shu County, the appointment power of other civil and military officials was handed over to Zhao Feng himself. Zhao Feng then appointed Yan Yan as the governor of Badong, Ma Yan as the governor of Dangqu, Wang Lei as the governor of Hanjia, Zhao Yun as the governor of Hanzhong, Lu Xun as the governor of Guanghan, Zhang Ren as the governor of Brazil, Li Hui as the governor of Yuejia, Wang Ping as the governor of Zitong, Wang Lei as the governor of Hanjia, and some of the other historical Shu Han celebrities such as Qin Mi, and Yin Mo were also the first by him. Later, he was appointed to an official position. Now everyone's busy purpose is very clear, that is, to accumulate enough manpower and material resources to enter Guanzhong before the next Northern Expedition. History has circled a lot, and finally Zhao Feng will go out of Qishan with Zhuge Liang.

"Mr. Second, Mr. Xiangyang has a letter here!" On this day, Zhuge Liang was busy with Zhao Feng to count this year's taxes, but he saw one of his family members to report it. Zhuge Liang opened the letter and immediately frowned.

"Kong Ming, what's going on?" Zhao Feng looked at Zhuge Liang's frown and asked quickly. Zhuge Liang sighed, and then said, "The master intends to take my sister as a side room, and my brother specially wrote a letter to inform me."

"Congratulations to Kong Ming!" Zhao Feng smiled and waved to the rest of the idle people and waited. Kong Ming, I'm afraid this is Pang Shiyuan's idea!" After the rest of the people left, Zhao Feng touched his beard and guessed.

"Except that's right, I didn't expect the Lord to agree!" Zhuge Liang was a little unbelievable. Although her sister is beautiful, she is nearly 30 years old and widowed at home. She didn't expect Liu Bei to take her.

"The master has always been tolerant. Even if your sister is a side room, the master will certainly treat her well!" Zhao Feng was half comforting. Although it is a political marriage, Zhuge Liang's sister also has a home, which is better than being a widow for a lifetime. This is also in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was still open. Otherwise, how could Liu Bei, as the Duke of Qi, openly deal with the two widows?

Zhuge Liang shook his head with a wry smile when he heard the words, "The lord is generous. I'm not worried that my sister will be wronged. I'm just worried that Shiyuan will make waves like this. Even if the master doesn't say anything, he is not happy in his heart. Once something happens, I'm afraid it's difficult for Shi Yuan to get along with himself!"

"It is said that the sins of heaven can be made up for, and you can't live if you do your own sins. It depends on how he acts. However, the lord is a person who cherishes his talents, and he may not know how to deal with the generals. Zhao Feng thought for a thought. At this time, someone came to report that there was an urgent report on Huang Quan in Yizhou.

"Gongheng, why are you in such a hurry?" Looking at Huang Quan, who trotted in, Zhao Feng also asked strangely, Huang Quan has always been a very steady person. Why is he so excited now?

"General, Zhuge Military Division, the Southern Central Barbarian Department sent messengers to see the general!" Huang Quan looked unbelievable. No wonder Huang Quan was excited. The barbarians in Nanzhong and the Han people have always been at a irreconcilable. Why did they suddenly send messengers now? Zhao Feng and Zhuge Liang looked at each other and ordered them to be brought in first.

"King Hanchang, meet General Zhao!" Unexpectedly, he was still a Confucian student. After signaling him to exempt him, Zhao Feng asked in disbelief, "Do you think your name is Wang Yu?"

(to be continued)