Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 110
"There are many tribes in the southern barbarians, greedy in nature, and unable to be educated. Barbarians can form friends or enemies because of interests. Barbarians live in caves, and tribes may disperse or gather. Living from the Kunlun Mountains to the sea, the barbarians are all greedy. They are warlike. Therefore, there are three strategies to formulate countermeasures against the barbarians." Zhuge Liang raised the teacup on the table, took a sip, looked at Li Hui and said.

"First, the Han Dynasty recruited more than [-] soldiers and moved them to the south to Shu, weakening the barbarian forces."

"Secondly, the Nanzhong surname was previously organized into five captains, which can make them pay gold and silk, hire barbarians as tribes, and recruit more soldiers, the higher the official position, and it can be hereditary. The barbarians will gradually submit to the big man if they are greedy for property. , and become a part of the surname."

"Third, support the pro-Han barbarians and teach them how to grow tea and weave brocade; counties and counties will come forward to buy from them. In the future, the barbarians will inevitably rely on the big men. If there is any disobedience to the barbarians, the governor's office can recruit local tribes to cooperate with the Han army to fight."

"Three points like this, what does De Ang think?" Zhuge Liang looked at Li Hui with a smile and asked.

Hearing this, Li Hui bowed with shame on his face, "The prime minister's three points are enough to rule the barbarians in the South, but Hui is overestimating his ability to use an ax in front of the prime minister."

Zhuge Liang quickly helped him up, with a smile on his face and a very gentle attitude, he said: "Liang can't stay in Nanzhong for a long time, what I said needs De'ang's help in Nanzhong."

Li Hui replied in a deep voice: "Huiding has lived up to the prime minister's trust, and has repaid the great man's kindness."

The conversation between Zhuge Liang and Li Hui took an entire hour longer than half a month ago.Determine the basic framework for the governance of Nanzhong in the future by the Han Dynasty: "Divide the establishment of princes and divide their forces", "Govern Nanzhong with military force", "use a large number of Nanzhong surnames and Qu Shuai", "conscript Nanzhong soldiers into Shu", "work as a Atlas, educate the barbarians", "use the barbarians to control the barbarians, divide the barbarians" and other eight governance measures.

In the meantime, Zhuge Liang and Li Hui ate and talked until dusk fell, and Li Hui left with a smile on his face.

After Zhuge Liang left, he read the official documents reported by Ma Zhong. Ma Zhong had put down Zhu Bao's rebellion and beheaded Zhu Bao in the field.The surname of the county was appointed as a subordinate official, and he stayed in the county to deal with a large number of emergency government affairs and suppress the rebel party.

Zhuge Liang is relatively satisfied with Ma Zhong's handling. After all, the counties in Nanzhong cannot be the same as Shuzhong and Hanzhong.

After Zhuge Liang checked it carefully, he immediately wrote a written reply.Then he took Ma Di's official documents from the case.

When Zhuge Liang read Ma Di's official documents, he was first happy and then frowned. What made him happy was that Wang Ping and Yu Qiongdu discovered a large number of copper mines, which were convenient for mining.In addition, in order to further control Yuexi County, Ma Di moved the county government from Mahu County to Beishui County.

The frown was because as Wang Ping tried to control Qiongdu County deeply, Cen Luo, the ruler of Su Qiyi, surrendered first and then rebelled, killing Wang Ping's subordinates and rebelling.Wang Ping personally commanded the army to kill Cen Luo and capture his wife, but his son Dongfeng fled with the remnants.

After more than a month, Dongfeng sent his subordinates to surrender to Wang Ping, but Wang Ping saw through the treacherous plot and used the plot to reward the two of them for instigating their rebellion.After the two returned, they conspired to assassinate Dongfeng and surrendered.As soon as Dongfeng died, all tribes in Suqi County surrendered to Wang Ping, and Wang Ping's prestige was greatly enhanced.

At the same time, Li Qiucheng, a Sri Lankan from southern Vietnam, took advantage of the Su Qi rebellion and led the Sri Lankan people to rebel.After quelling the Suqi Rebellion, Wang Ping, taking advantage of Li Qiucheng's unpreparedness, wearing stars and wearing moons, personally led Jufu and more than [-] Baijiawei, raided Li Qiucheng's tribe and captured him.

Wang Ping immediately invited Yu Qiongdu, the leader of the barbarian tribes in Yuexi County, to a meeting.At the meeting, Wang Ping listed the crimes of Cen Luo and Li Qiucheng in front of the leaders, and beheaded Cen Luo's wife and children, and Li Qiucheng.

After Wang Ping quickly quelled two large-scale rebellions in the county, the barbarians in Yuexi County were all subdued.Later, he helped Ma Su enforce the government-operated system of salt and iron in Dingze, Taideng, Beishui and other places.

Ma Su implemented the salt and iron government-operated system in Dingzao, compulsorily expropriating salt and iron ore.Ke Zhi, the leader of the local tribe, resented this very much, and encouraged the tribe to besiege Ma Di on the mountain near Dingze.

After Wang Ping received Ma Di's request for help, he ordered Jufu to lead dozens of people to go directly to his tribe and arrest Ke Zhi before Wang Ping.Wang Ping directly ordered his guards to whip Ke Zhi to death, and then returned the body to his tribe.At the same time, he rewarded the clansmen, cited Kezhi's crimes, ordered his son Lang Cen to be the leader, and warned: "Don't act rashly, or you will die!"

Ma Di kept praising Wang Ping in his official documents, saying that Wang Ping was a strong man, not joking, and possessed the strategy of a general.

Zhuge Liang finished browsing, his brows relaxed, he smiled, and said with emotion: "Zijun is brave and resourceful, diligent in learning, and lives up to your majesty's expectations. He will be a pillar of the great man in the future!"

Zhuge Liang is quite satisfied with Wang Ping. Among the generals of the Han Dynasty, there are more or less unsatisfactory aspects.Deng Ai is upright, and his words are compelling; Wei Yan is arrogant and disdains the contacts of scholars; Ma Zhong is generous and generous, and his anger is not visible, but his military strategy is not as good as Wang Ping; Ma Di is very talented and good at discussing soldiers. matter, but not military affairs.Fu Xun...

Only Wang Ping, with a humble personality, diligent and studious, made good friends with Dong Yun, Fei Yi and others in the court, but he was taciturn and didn't like joking.

Zhuge Liang tapped on the table case, thinking about the successors of the Han army. After a long while, he came back to his senses and chuckled, and continued to read the Wang Ping war in Ma Di's official documents.

Compared with Ma Di, Zhuge Liang read a lot of books and quickly realized that Wang Ping's disposal of Ke Zhi was an imitation of Chen Li's killing of King Yelang by the prefect Chen Li in the former Han Dynasty.

Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and nodded, then wrote a reply to Ma Di's official document.

"Prime Minister, Cuan Xi is out to see you!" Yang Yi whispered to Zhuge Liang when he entered the room and saw Zhuge Liang reviewing official documents.

"Bring him in." Zhuge Liang said calmly, bowing his head to review the official document.

Cuan (cuàn) was born after Ban Biao and Ban Gu, famous historians of the Eastern Han Dynasty.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Ban family was entrusted with food in Cuandi because of their meritorious service, so they took "Cuan" as their surname, that is, "the fief is in Cuan, because of the clan".At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cuan family moved to Nanzhong to avoid the war, and rose rapidly in a very short period of time.

Cuan Su, a member of his family, served as an official in Cao Wei, and the official came to Shang Pushe and Henan Yin.

"Xi met the prime minister." Cuan Xi said, cupping his hands inside.

Zhuge Liang looked up, and saw that Cuan Xi was tall and strong, more than seven feet long, with a handsome face, and he was over forty without concealing his heroic spirit.People can't help but sigh secretly, there are also heroic people in Nanzhong.

Zhuge Liang showed amiable face, sat down on the couch with his fingers, and said with a light smile: "No courtesy, no need to be restrained. Please sit down."

Cuan Xi knelt on the cushion very cautiously, waiting for Zhuge Liang to speak.

Seeing this, Zhuge Liang said, "I think Qing is magnificent and extraordinary. Let Qing be the order of Jianling. Doesn't it mean that you should not use your great talent?"

When Cuan Xi heard this, he was immediately impressed, and cupped his hands to complain: "The prime minister knows that, and Cuan is well versed in military affairs, but Liu Zhangshi ordered me to build an order, so I will not make mistakes."

(End of this chapter)