Overlord!

Chapter 117 Changing the Jiangnan Calendar

The Shanyin Xie family is a big family in Jiangdong, although it is not as good as the Chen County Xie family that "in the old days, Wang Xietang's former swallows flew into the homes of ordinary people".But it is also located in the lower Kuaiji County of Dongshan.

Especially in the Dongshan area where their family lives, it is located between Shanyin and Shangyu, and there is a huge Jingruo Lake in the south. The place where their family lives together is located in the south of the mountain and the north of the river.

The famous idiom made a comeback because Xie An lived in seclusion here for a period of time.

After Sun Cen took Xie Lingyu as his concubine for a few days, he took her to the foot of Dongshan Mountain to visit the Xie clan.

Xie Lingyu is relatively young, only 16 years old, just a year old, and still has the youthful vigor of a girl.

She was wearing a turquoise gauze with a straight train, walking among the green water and green mountains, making her look even more youthful and beautiful.

Kuaiji is no longer a problem south of the Yangtze River, but hundreds of miles south of Zhejiang.

Therefore, although the calendar is now implemented by the Han Dynasty, the four-point calendar is now winter, and it is freezing in the north.

But in the land of San'in, the temperature is still in the tens of degrees.

This makes the north and the south very divided in their perception of climate.

During the Little Ice Age at the end of the Han Dynasty, the temperature generally dropped, and the north was severely cold and snowy, but the climate in the south of the Yangtze River was more suitable for survival and development.

Xie Lingyu took Sun Ce to visit the scenery of Dongshan Mountain and watch the sunrise here.

When Chen Yue said that Xie Lingyu's beauty was peerless, she was really not lying.

Standing on Guanri Peak, facing the golden morning light, her snow-white skin seemed to be shining brightly, and her beautiful face seemed to be left behind and independent.

The whole temperament is dusty, as if it is about to become a fairy at any time.

Looking at her beautiful side face, Sun Ce's heart beat faster, feeling that this is a fairy coming to the world, so beautiful that it is not like anything in the world.

But as she turned her head and smiled brightly, the image immediately became real. She said with a smile: "Sun Lang, the east mountain looks far away, and the sun rises at the east peak. The mountains and rivers near and far are clean, and the winding city is heavy. The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the city The palace is magnificent, and this is the first time I have seen it."

Obviously, she will be Ling Jueding and climb the peak to watch the sunrise. This is the first time for her to do such a thing, so she is in a good mood.

Sun Ce took her by the hand, helped her down from the stone platform where he watched the sun, and asked curiously, "Lingyu, you were born here since you were young, and you haven't been to Dongshan for more than ten years?"

Xie Lingyu shook his head lightly, and said: "In the area around Dongshan, there have always been people roaming around the mountains, some desperately hiding, and going down the mountain to plunder from time to time. The clan elders have never allowed me to wait for the younger generation to enter the mountain. There are still twenty slaps on the palms."

"Hahaha." Sun Ce laughed loudly, she was indeed a girl, and the thing she was most afraid of was hitting her palms.

Seeing Sun Ce laughing at her, Xie Lingyu blushed shyly, and argued: "The children of our clan have all been beaten. Sun Lang, you have never been taught by the elders of the clan when you were young?"

In this era, the children of a family will be taken care of by someone in the family.For example, when Xie Lingyu's father, Xie Yu, went to Luoyang to serve as Shang Shulang and Xu County as county magistrate, his children stayed in the Shanyin clan and were cared for and educated by the clan.

Sun Ce was actually the same when he was young, but he said with a smile: "I started recruiting scholars and bureaucrats when I was 14 years old, and Jianghuai celebrities and heroes have all joined me, so I have never been beaten by the elders of the clan."

Xie Lingyu's father, Xie Yi, is still in the prime of life, so she is still a young and beautiful girl with a mentality. Now she is newly married, and her mentality is even a bit like the newly married Li Qingzhao. Until death.

Hearing this, she said with great admiration: "Sun Lang is already so young and heroic at the age of 14, and he has won the support of a hero. Now that he occupies Kuaiji, he is a county Mingfu, and he will definitely win the hearts of scholars."

"Oh? You still have this confidence?"

Xie Lingyu's beautiful eyes shone brightly, and she said: "Of course. Sun Lang is the Ming government of Kuaiji. If the scholars of Kuaiji don't vote for Sun Lang, who else can they vote for?"

Sun Ce smiled, she was indeed an innocent girl.

But Sun Ce did not refute her naive words at all.

Because the simpler the truth, the closer to the essence of the matter!
At the end of the Han Dynasty, these talents generally served the princes who ruled their hometowns.Rarely does it travel across continents to serve others.

Taking Yangzhou as an example, there are 173 people listed in "Three Kingdoms Shu Shu".How many talents are there in Yangzhou?

The answer is zero.

Almost all the talents in Yangzhou chose to play for Soochow.Even if some talents flowed out, they all fled to the northern Wei State.

But Xie Lingyu continued: "Now that Sun Lang occupies Jiangdong, why don't you recruit handsome men and hire celebrities? As far as I know, before I married Sun Lang, many children in the family were discussing to become an official under Sun Lang's command. "

Recruit handsome men, hire celebrities.

Sun Ce thought about it for a while, and he finally stood firm in Jiangdong. Perhaps it is indeed time to issue an order to seek talents in Jiangdong.

The order of seeking talents may not be like Cao Cao's, but only talents.

Any successful vassal issued an order for seeking talents, and issuing an order for seeking talents would attract a large number of heroes and handsome men to join and try.

For example, when Sun Quan succeeded to the throne, he began to recruit handsome men and celebrities from all over the world, so Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and others began to be guests.

Even Gan Ning heard from Liu Biao that Sun Quan was famous for recruiting talents, and wanted to lead his troops to seek refuge, but when passing through Xiakou, because Huang Zu guarded the area, Gan Ning's army was not allowed to pass, so he was forced to stay and temporarily attached Huang Zu.

And if Sun Ce implements this recruitment order, don't look at him as Yuan Shu's general, but he is powerful and domineering, and it is even very likely to attract Yuan Shu's subordinates to abandon their official positions and switch to serve in the feudal town.Just like Gan Ning and Mi Heng transferred from Liu Biao to Huang Zu's command.

People in later generations will change jobs, and the heroes of today are actually the same.They have no plan to be loyal to a prince to the death.Many people will also abandon their official positions and go to other princes.After all, after all, the big man is not dead yet.Which prince to work for is just the difference of who is the government official.There are not many flaws in loyalty.

Sun Ce thought carefully for a while, and said, "If a large number of wise men are recruited, my first task is to change Jiangdong's calendar."

While speaking, the two had already walked down Dongshan Mountain.

In this beautiful mountain-shaded land, a large amount of wasteland is left vacant. Due to the possibility of being killed on the east mountain and looted by the mountains at any time, this area is green with weeds, and a large amount of fertile land has not been cultivated at all.

It wasn't until we walked for several miles that we saw a member of the Xie clan plowing late rice in the paddy field.

Sun Ce deliberately stayed on his horse and looked at the rice paddies for a while, and found that there were rice fields and wheat fields mixed here, so he asked Xie Lingyu: "The cultivated fields here are all owned by your Xie family?"

Xie Lingyu looked carefully at the farmers in the field. They were also looking at this place curiously, and some of them greeted her warmly.

Then Xie Lingyu shook his head and said, "It seems not all of them. But the people who cultivate the paddy fields are basically members of our Xie clan."

Sun Ce looked at it for a while, and he was indeed worthy of the Shanyin clan. He had led his clansmen to build paddy fields, and even had simple irrigation facilities to divert the water from Jingruo Lake into ditches to irrigate the paddy fields.

To say that agriculture in the south of the Yangtze River is underdeveloped definitely does not include these aristocratic families. There are officials in their clan who are well-informed and well-informed.There are also polymaths who specialize in farming and will guide the tribe and guests in production.

It's just that on this piece of land, the scale of paddy fields is still very limited, and most of them are still cultivating wheat fields and millet fields.

But planting wheat and planting late rice are actually interlaced.

Apparently there was a great conflict between agricultural production guided by the calendar and southern practices.

Today's quartering method guides farming, which is suitable for the north, but not suitable for the south at all.

If the south wants to change this backward agricultural situation, it must establish its own calendar system.

While the two were talking, a group of people from afar came quickly.

There is a shortage of horses in Jiangdong, especially in Kuaiji. A horse is worth [-] Tongbao. Even if a powerful family forges [-] Tongbao privately, it can barely buy three horses.

Even for a big clan like the Shanyin Xie clan, the patriarch and clan members had to travel all the way, dusty and dusty, for more than ten miles.

When the pedestrians arrived, Sun Ce saw clearly that the person who came was the elder of the Xie clan, Xie Zhen.

He is said to be an elder, but in fact he is not very old, mainly because of his seniority. He and Xie Yi are brothers, just like Mi Zhu and Mi Fang.

And he was also the second Xiaolian recommended by Sun Ce.

As the prefect of Kuaiji County, Sun Ce was barely able to recommend two Xiaolians. No. 1 Xiaolian was given to the chief official He Qi, and No. 2 was naturally given to the nobles or celebrities in the county.

And Xie Zhen perfectly met Sun Ce's request.He was not only born in the rich Xie family, but also studious and tireless, obeyed the law, devoted himself to learning and upholding righteousness.

It can be said that talent, knowledge, and reputation all meet the conditions for being filial and honest.

Therefore, in order to completely win over the entire Xie family, after accepting Xie Lingyu, Sun Ce promoted Xie Zhen as Xiaolian, who was in charge of Kuaiji Tiancao, and counted the farmland matters that Sun Ce valued most.

As a son of a prefect, he is in charge of Tiancao, and he is best able to grasp the methods of hiding the fields of powerful and powerful families. Therefore, it only took a short time for him to make statistics while the northern counties were fighting in the dark. A large number of field records came out.

The official land obtained after the rebellion was the key to granting landless people.

Xie Zhen did not put on airs of elders just because a woman in the clan married Sun Ce.Not to mention that the married niece was just a concubine, even if he married a regular wife, he clearly knew the distinction between a monarch and a minister.

After seeing Sun Ce, he immediately cupped his hands and said, "The Ming government forgives the crime. It is indeed urgent government affairs, so I have no choice but to come and disturb the Ming government's elegance."

Sun Ce waved his hand indifferently: "I was about to return to the Xie clan, so I didn't bother you. What happened?"

Xie Zhen immediately explained straight to the point: "There is another rebellion in the southern part of the county. The Southern Captain He Qi has arrived at the county mansion in person. Please discuss with the Ming government about countering the rebellion."

"Another rebellion?" Xie Lingyu's delicate eyebrows were tightly locked, and she said incomprehensibly: "Why can't these people enjoy peace and live a peaceful life where men farm and women weave? Sun Langzhi County is so benevolent. Why?"

Sun Ce looked at her youthful and beautiful face, and said with a smile, "Your question is very good. What I hope is that the children of Jiangnan, everyone can enjoy peace like you. If so, even if heroes rise up, they cannot force Rebel soldiers."

Hearing Sun Ce's generous words, even a girl like Xie Lingyu was shocked.Even she knows that she is a woman from a wealthy family, so she can still live in peace and beauty in this troubled world.

And Sun Lang's ambition is to let every woman in the south of the Yangtze River enjoy peace and security like himself, with no worries about food and clothing?

If it can be realized, what kind of prosperity will this be?

Although it is not clear whether Sun Lang's words can be realized, Xie Lingyu can confirm that because of Sun Lang, his destiny is completely different from that of northern women.

This is definitely not the wild imagination of a young girl.

In the north, Cai Yan, the daughter of General Zhonglang, who is also a talented woman in the world, was captured by the Huns and brought back to the grassland to give birth to two children for the Huns.

And even the family members of the princes also suffered from hunger and suffering.Xia Houyuan, the most trusted general of Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, had to abandon his own son in order to support his niece during the famine.But the niece who paid such a tragic price to support was just in her prime and had not had time to bloom in the future. When she was collecting firewood in the wild, she was abducted by Zhang Fei and brought back to give birth to a child.

Under the rule of the northern princes, the lives of the common people's children became more and more miserable day by day.

However, under Sun Ce's rule, the life of Jiangdong's children is bound to become more peaceful and prosperous.

The fate of the two who are completely different is bound to grow wider and wider.

After hearing Sun Ce's high-spirited words, Xie Zhen also said decisively: "The Ming government is fighting for justice, and any rebellion is doomed to be wiped out. If we work together, we will surely make the Kuaiji River clean, the government smooth and the people harmonious."

Sun Ce nodded, and then turned his attention to the rebellion itself.

In recent months, rebellions have become commonplace, and dozens of strong clans have been wiped out.

This kind of heroic rebellion is no longer enough to report to Sun Ce.The generals, captains and county magistrates stationed in various places were directly pacified.

So Sun Ce asked with concern: "What's the matter with this rebellion? The southern captain actually came here to report in person?"

He Qi is stationed in Taimo County, which is not considered the southernmost tip of Kuaiji County, but it is not considered peaceful either. He has been recruiting new troops for the past few months, accumulating grain for training, and deterring rebellion. How could he come to the county in person?
Xie Zhen explained: "It was Dongye Changshang who was promoted to Wang Lang to raise troops and collude with the powerful to launch a rebellion. Since Wang Lang was defeated in refusing the war and fled to Fuhai, he has been floating all the way to Dongye County. To Dongye City, Dongye Changshang The promotion and closure of the city was not accepted, and Cao Yufan, the previous meritorious service, said that it was Wang Lang who entered the city."

"In addition, Shang Sheng heard that General Shang wanted to transfer him to Wu County, so he led troops to help Wang Lang and launched a rebellion."

Sun Ce frowned: "Transferred to Wuxi, this is an absolute promotion. He didn't want to?"

Xie Zhen nodded and said: "Shang Sheng is very famous in Dongye, and his roots are intertwined. His son-in-law He Xiong is even more powerful in Dongye, and he gathered thousands of people. Handsome, there are more than ten thousand rebels. With this scale, he is unwilling to leave Dongye."

This is simply a prince entrenched in the place!
Sun Ce immediately strengthened his belief, separated the area, and the tycoons who ruled the county must be eliminated, otherwise they may cause trouble again at any time in the future.

(End of this chapter)