The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 122 When you hate someone, you love the lord

No matter how high your status is, whether you are a leader or not, Tian Feng can always defeat you to the point where you cannot get off the stage.

Otherwise it is dismantling.

When you stand on the stool and brag loudly, he will quietly remove the stool below...

There was no omen.

On the way back to Jizhou, I looked at Tian Feng who rode slowly with his head held high.Cheng Yuanzhi sighed secretly:

Tian Feng, oh Tian Feng, do you want to go to Beihai to herd sheep like this?
Fortunately, I am not Yuan Shao.If it were him, regardless of the good trick you offered just now, he would probably have already killed you.

If you were born in the Qing Dynasty where freedom of speech was not very free, you would have been chopped down about eight hundred times.

.........

Wei County.

There are people coming and going on the street, and the people are well-dressed and happy, looking like a prosperous age.

While riding his horse, Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the lively scene on the street and said to the prefect Dong Zhao who came to greet him:

"Wei County is so prosperous, it's even more prosperous than Hanoi and Yecheng, it's all thanks to you!"

Tian Feng, who was next to him, immediately took over: "Isn't it true? When I heard that the lord was coming, all the poor people were driven out of the city by him."

Cheng Yuanzhi: "..."

Zhong Wenwu: "..."

Dong Zhao: "..."

The place is quiet!
The embarrassment on Dong Zhao's face could hardly be concealed.

Cheng Yuanzhi knew that Tian Feng's aggressiveness had not gone down, so he laughed.

I plan to get over this.

As early as six years ago, he had known Dong Zhao. At that time, the latter was still the magistrate of Yingtao County. Cheng Yuanzhi led his troops to rob the granary of Zhen's family.

As a result, they formed a feud, trash-talking each other and glaring at each other.

But that moment, this moment.Cheng Yuanzhi did not intend to blame Dong Zhao.

It may be because of previous grievances, Dong Zhao was worried that Cheng Yuanzhi would give him small shoes, so when he heard that Cheng Yuanzhi passed by Wei County, Dong Zhao immediately drove the poor out of the city, creating a scene of peace and prosperity for the people. look.

In fact, this is an unspoken rule in the officialdom. When Liu Hong inspected Hejian Kingdom three years ago, all the prefects of the counties along the way did this.

It was an unspoken official practice, and you know it, but now it is broken by Tian Feng.

Then you have to make a statement, otherwise it will be difficult to manage other prefects' crimes of dereliction of duty in the future.

Cheng Yuanzhi was not in a hurry to settle accounts with Dong Zhao, but said to Tian Feng earnestly: "Yuan Hao, have you always spoken so straightforwardly?"

Tian Feng proudly said: "Scholars of my generation, how can we say what we mean, and refuse to act when we see evil!"

"This kind of person who deceives the superior and the subordinate, please punish Dong Zhao, my lord!"

Dong Zhao glared at Tian Feng: "Tian Yuanhao! Did I kill your father and take your wife? Why are you doing this!"

The translation of this sentence is: Hello Tian Feng!Did I kill your father?You still robbed your wife, and you actually wanted to put me to death!
Tian Feng turned his eyes to the side and did not confront Dong Zhao.

Anyway, after he complained, the consequences were not his concern.

In fact, he didn't want to complain about this, and he and Dong Zhao had no enmity.His code of conduct has always been to only hate the protagonist, not his colleagues.

But today... who told the lord to withhold his reward!

Speaking of this, it is impossible not to make a statement.

Cheng Yuanzhi had no choice but to withdraw Dong Zhao's post, and received it from the prefecture's pastoral office, and appointed Li Li as the prefect of Weijun.

The small episode on the road passed quickly, and everyone continued on their way, arriving in Yecheng within two days.

All the generals, officers and counselors went back to their homes and looked for their mothers.

Cheng Yuanzhi seldom had time to spare, so he returned to the inner courtyard, and was about to play with Cai Yan for a while, when the Chief Registrar came.

He came to report on the affairs of Jizhou, Bingzhou and Hanoi.

Before that, Cheng Yuanzhi controlled Hanoi and Shangdang, and the entire population under his command was only about [-] million. Later, after he took Jizhou, he kept fighting and didn't take stock of Jizhou's basic situation.

Now, it's time to find out the population of all the territories under your command.

Cai Yan pouted, twisted her waist, and walked away angrily.

The two came to the front hall, and the judge spread out the brocade silk and said: "There are twelve counties in Jizhou, and nine counties are under my control. There are currently 70 households and a population of 420 million."

“In addition, Hanoi has a population of 210 million, Ha Noi has a population of 32, and Taiyuan has a population of 41, for a total population of 703 million.”

Cheng Yuanzhi was very relieved that the number of people under his command had finally increased.

The judge continued: "My lord, these populations do not include those who moved from Bingzhou Sanhu to the nine counties of Jizhou, Hanoi, Shangdang, and Taiyuan—because there is no time to count them."

"After the conquest of the Sanhu, more than three-quarters of the population of the Sanhu was relocated. It is estimated that the number of inward migrants is at least 150 million, and less than a quarter of the Hu people stayed in their original residences."

"The entire counties and counties originally occupied by the Eastern Qiang Hu, Southern Xiongnu, and Wuhuan tribes are basically uninhabited for hundreds of miles, and it is rare to see cattle, horses and sheep for thousands of miles."

"Including these, the population under the Lord's command will be more than 850 million."

Cheng Yuanzhi shook his head repeatedly, if we add in the millions of people under the control of the Black Mountain Army...

That's 950 million!
What is the current total population of the entire Han Dynasty?But it’s only about 3000 million.

Population is the foundation of a power or country, and a large population naturally means an increase in war potential!
The judge paused for a while, and continued: "Today, the lord has a total of 25 soldiers and horses, of which 8 are deployed in Bingzhou and are under the command of Zhang Yang. Among the 8 soldiers, 5 are cavalry and 3 infantry."

"In addition, Hanoi deployed 3 infantry."

"The remaining 14 soldiers and horses are all deployed in the nine counties of Jizhou, and 10 troops are stationed in Yecheng. In addition, each county can range from three to five thousand to as many as seven to eight thousand."

"There are only 850 soldiers and horses for a population of 25 million. The soldier-civilian ratio of 40 soldiers per 1 is a bit too low."

"According to the news from the Spy Report, Gongsun Zan has a military-to-civilian ratio of ten to one. He only has a population of 200 million under his rule, and his troops already exceed 20."

"My lord, compared to other princes, and the huge population under our rule, our soldiers and horses are too few."

"Ok!"

When Cheng Yuanzhi heard this, he was silent.

The number of soldiers and horses is indeed a little less.

In the current era, wars between princes are still won by numbers.

Cheng Yuanzhi originally wanted to take the route of elite soldiers.

However, for this route of elite soldiers, the opponent has relatively high requirements in all aspects. The most important thing is to have a peaceful environment in order to implement the route of elite soldiers.

Therefore, under the current situation, we can only expand the army first.

"Then let's recruit another 20 troops."

The judge nodded and wrote it down, and changed the subject.


"After Zigong took office in Jizhou, he encouraged the people to open up wasteland, prohibited land trading and population annexation, and stipulated that all aristocratic families should have no more than [-] servants, no more than [-] tenants, and no more than [-] hectares of land under their jurisdiction. Complaints about it…”

Cheng Yuanzhi was stunned: "Isn't it also stipulated that the original big family is not included in the restriction!"

"Don't they know that this regulation is only for the future, no super family will appear in the future, not for the big family formed in the past."

The judge nodded: "But these aristocratic families have great fortunes, and their ancestors have lived together for generations. There are fifty or sixty aristocratic families that are already on the red line."

Fifty or sixty?

Cheng Yuanzhi frowned, "Why don't they separate?"

"When our sons grow up, we need to separate them!"

"Don't you know the truth that brothers fight each other when they are close, and love each other when they are far away?"

The examiner shook his head and smiled, "How could they not know what my lord said, but now that the world is in trouble, the aristocratic families can only survive in the world if they are united, how dare they separate their families?"

This is true.

After all, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has just passed seven years. If the various families hadn't united together at that time, they would have been flattened by the Yellow Turban Army...

Therefore, even if not dividing the families would lead to brothers fighting and causing trouble, the aristocratic families are not willing to spread their strength.

The purpose of Cheng Yuanzhi's "Aristocratic Family Tweeting Grace" is to gradually make the family big and small, and small and small.

This is a time-proven, tried-and-true conspiracy!

As long as it takes a long time, it will naturally be like the Western Han Dynasty governing the princes and kings, making the family completely unable to become a climate.

But it is impossible to completely eliminate the family.

In this era, the reason why aristocratic families are formed is because they monopolize the land. As long as they cut the land with a knife, the family will shrink immediately and will never expand again.

The reason why scholars form cliques is because of the cultural monopoly. As long as the education threshold is relaxed and the channels for civilian advancement are opened, it will be difficult for scholars to form cliques.

Because there will no longer be a grand occasion where a celebrity has thousands of disciples, nor will there be a situation where one person succeeds and drives a large group of fellow disciples to take off.

Just like after Xun Yu, a scholar from Yingchuan, was reused by Cao Cao, a large group of scholars from Yingchuan took off in an instant, and they were reused one after another, controlling most of the civil positions in Cao Cao's power.

After Cao Cao unified the north and killed Xun Yu, he had no intention of cleaning up the Yingchuan faction.

In any regime, too many officials from one place is a huge problem.

These measures to curb aristocratic families have long been implemented in Shangdang County and Hanoi County, and have not encountered any resistance at all.

There were not many aristocratic families in Shangdang County; Hanoi County was in short supply of land due to the influx of refugees. Cheng Yuanzhi asked the officials to reclaim a large amount of land from the aristocratic families and distribute it to the refugees.

Without land, it would naturally not be able to support such a large population. The big family could only reduce its size to a level that Cheng Yuanzhi could accept.

But Jizhou is different. There are very few refugees in Jizhou, and the various aristocratic families are deeply rooted.

This puzzle needs to be solved urgently!Cheng Yuanzhi knocked on the desk unconsciously with his fingers, and fell into deep thought.

a long time.

no idea!

The judge said again: "My lord, there is one more thing."

"What's the matter?" Cheng Yuanzhi looked at the judge in confusion.

"What about those aristocratic families that already exceeded their scale?"


"How many are there?"

"The Zhen family of Zhongshan, the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Sima family of Hanoi, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Lu family of Fanyang, and my Wei County examiner."

"Each household has tens of thousands of servants."

Hearing this, Cheng Yuanzhi frowned again. These families were undoubtedly the largest aristocratic families in Jizhou.

Needless to say, the size of the Zhen family... Cheng Yuanzhi has been envious for a long time!
Also planned for a long time.

Wang Yun, the representative of the Taiyuan Wang family, is currently serving as a Situ in the Chang'an court, with the title of Marquis Wen (Lv Bu was granted the title of Marquis Wen by Wang Yun after Dong Zhuo's death). He has great influence and cannot be moved for the time being.

Back then when he was in the barbarians, he had plotted against Wang Yun's elder brother Wang Ying a lot.

But at that time, there was a barbarian woman who was responsible for the blame. At this time, if she went to target the Wang family again, it would be a bit bullying.

Needless to say about the Hanoi Sima clan, the influence of the older generation of Sima is still there, and the following Sima Bada is about to come out.

The Cui family of Qinghe is represented by Cui Lie... In the second year of Zhongping (185), Cui Lie spent 500 million yuan to buy the position of Situ; in the fourth year of Zhongping, he moved to Taiwei.

In the first year of Chuping (190), Cui Lie was arrested and imprisoned because his son Cui Jun, also known as Cui Zhouping, participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

This is also a wealthy family with three sons, a family with great reputation!

Needless to say, Fan Yang's Lu family, Lu Zhi's family, and Liu Bei's Gongsun Zan's teacher.His family originally lived in Zhuojun. After Zhang Chunzhangju rebelled, the whole family temporarily moved to Jizhou.

Wei Jun's examiner...the examiner is standing here.

How to do?
Cheng Yuanzhi rubbed his head, waved his hands and said, "Maintain the original rules."

The judge was overjoyed and resigned.

"Eh!"

Cheng Yuanzhi sighed, he has been guarding against the aristocratic family, but depending on the situation, this malpractice will continue for a long, long time.

In other words, how did Wu Zetian eliminate the family?
I can't remember it...


　Thanks to: Immortal Immortal Zhang Niubi for the reward! 180-degree bow thanks!
　　
　
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