Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 107
Bai Tu divided Yuzhang into three, and it was indeed for the purpose of "divide and rule". Yuzhang's area was too vast, and its population and government affairs had long exceeded the situation when Yuzhang County was divided.

As Xun Yu said, in the northern part of Yuzhang, which is now "Poyang County", the county towns are denser, the living space in Shanyue is not large, and there are many fertile fields, which can be used for farming.

The situation of the Shanyue Disaster in the central and southern parts is also different. In the central part, which is now Yuzhang County, the so-called "Shanyue" are mostly Han people who went up the mountains to avoid tyranny and avoid taxes.

In the south, which is now Luling County, there are sparse county towns, and there are almost no county towns in the southernmost part. Some of the Shanyue here are real indigenous Guyue people, and they are also more radical. It is this part of Shanyue that often attacks the county town and plunders!
This is also one of the most stubborn Shanyue active areas. Even in the middle and late period of Soochow, Jiangdong Shanyue had been almost pacified, but the "Southern Luling Captain" was still established in the south of Luling County to suppress the final Some Shanyue resisted.

"Judging from the governor's arrangements, Duke Bai should give priority to the development of Poyang County. The governor of Luling County may not even take office." Xun Yu continued to analyze.

This was indeed what he had guessed. When Bai Tu appointed Sun Ce as the governor of Poyang, he also told him to focus on farming and promised that he would move him to be the governor of Danyang within a year - then he would be able to fight again. Jiangxia's front line.

As for Gan Ning, the current governor of Danyang, Bai Tu left him as the governor of Kuaiji.

Kuaiji is mountainous and wooded, and is close to the coastline, which makes it convenient to build sea ships. Searching for Yizhou in the east and Liaodong in the north all rely on sea routes.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the Soochow regime had already discovered Yizhou, which would become the treasure island of later generations. Unfortunately, Sun Quan did not pay attention to it at the time, and even the discoverers Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi were executed in the name of "disobeying the edict and failing to achieve merit."

The idea of ​​taking the sea route to Liaodong to buy war horses was also Sun Quan's idea. Yu Fan was demoted because he opposed Sun Quan's idea of ​​going north by sea.

At that time, Soochow's maritime technology was indeed not as advanced as Sun Quan imagined. Although he successfully arrived in Liaodong, he had to stay temporarily due to the strong wind and waves when he returned. As a result, he was defeated by Cao Wei's Tian Yu who was guarding the northern border.

By the way... When Bai Tu saw Yu Fan, he was also a little apprehensive. This guy's crow's mouth was very sharp - he said that Sun Ce would be assassinated, and Sun Ce would be assassinated, and that Sun Quan's fleet would go through storms and the northern army's sniping , Sure enough, the fleet deserves a lot of bad luck!

However, Bai Tu was confident that within three years, Kuaiji would build sea-going ships that surpassed the peak of Soochow and reached the technical level of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and even the early Tang Dynasty. By then, sea-line combat and transportation would become Jiangdong's huge advantage.

Navigation technology is the same as ship craftsmanship. White pictures can only provide "shortcuts". The latter requires craftsmen to follow the shortcuts and guidance to overcome technical difficulties, while the former requires seafarers to gradually integrate with practical training. Experience - It is impossible for an ordinary person to go to sea with just a few books of "Encyclopedia of Navigation", "Tips for Sailors", and "Three Hundred Questions of a Navigator"!
Under such circumstances, the navy needs a commander with a pioneering and enterprising spirit, and Bai Tu feels that Gan Ning is a good fit...

It's just that now we have to go all out to stock up on food, ships, etc., which will have to be done at least a year later. It is not suitable to mobilize the governors too frequently, so Bai Tu first handed over Poyang County to Sun Ce.

As for Zhou Shang, it was Bai Tu who came for the interview with Sun Bi and Wu Jing. Obviously, when Sun Ce was stubborn, they were not willing to give Bai Tu an image of being in solidarity with Sun Ce, lest Bai Tu do anything to him. , all have ideas about Sun Ce.

Although Bai Tu had never met these three people, Zhou Shang had helped Bai Tu when he first arrived in Jiangdong.

Although Zhou Shang was mainly thinking about Sun Ce at that time, he still remembered this favor, so he made Zhou Shang the prefect of Luling to make the Zhou, Sun and Wu families feel at ease.

Just as Xun Yu expected, Zhou Shang would not really take office—if he really made up his mind to clean up the Luling Mountains, Baitu would definitely send a skilled general there instead of appointing Zhou Shang.

In order to prepare for the severe drought in the coming year, Bai Tu doesn't want to fight with Luling Mountain anymore...

As for the central Yuzhang County and the current Kuaiji County, theoretically the prefects are still Hua Xin and Wang Lang.

Although they had resigned, Bai Tu at least had to wait until they arrived in Qu'a before appeasing and approving their resignation in person.

Both of them voluntarily resigned, which was completely different from Xu Gong. They directly masturbated Xu Gong's eunuch to express their dissatisfaction. To Hua Xin and Wang Lang, Baitu didn't have to be so impatient and look ugly.

What's more, both of these two people want to stay...

Hua Xin and Wang Lang didn't only know how to take refuge by boat, nor did they only know how to chat in front of battle.

Both of these two men would later achieve the position of Three Dukes in Cao Wei. Hua Xin was the minister whom Cao Pi left to Cao Rui. Wang Lang’s granddaughter was also the wife of Sima Zhao, and his son was a rare talent. He pretended to be a saint. He wrote several fake scriptures in his name, and it was only after more than 1000 years that they were found to be fake by later generations - isn't this the kind of talent Bai Tu wants?
In terms of ability, Hua Xin and Wang Lang were capable of guarding one side in the prosperous times. Although in troubled times, it would be difficult for them as local officials to achieve anything, but rather than saying that they are not adapted to the troubled times, it is better to say that they have no ability at all. I want to adapt to this troubled world.

From an overall perspective, it is difficult to determine whether they realized that the Han Dynasty was on the verge of death. However, for typical "courtiers" such as Hua Xin and Wang Lang, this only affects their future choices and does not affect their current choices. choose.

Their goal is not to help the Han Dynasty, reorganize the imperial court, nor to assist the new master and overcome the troubled times, but to become famous, to leave a name in history, to be heard by the princes, and to protect the descendants...

Both of them are from poor families, but they are different from those children from less well-known families. They have been struggling for more than ten or twenty years. They have long passed the age where people regard each other as "original", and are now considered celebrities.

In the early years, Hua Xin and his good friend Guan Ning were farming together, and he was tempted to see gold bars, and couldn't help watching the excitement when he saw dignitaries passing by, so he was despised by Guan Ning.

Not to mention Wang Lang, who was born in the Wang family of Tan County, Donghai, and later generations of the Wang family of Donghai all recognized "Wang Lang" as their ancestor. In other words... before Wang Lang, the Wang family of Tan County, Donghai had no big shot at all.

However, their teachers were both Sangong bosses from the previous dynasty, and now they are both in their 40s and [-]s, in their prime, so they have quite a reputation.

The talents of the two are more able to be displayed in a stable political environment, so in history, after the court conscripted, both of them abandoned Jiangdong and returned directly to the court to serve.

Although the two of them are not good at directing the country and arranging troops, the fact that they can sit in the high position of the Three Dukes in Cao Wei, where there are many talents, shows their talent and learning.

In order to better understand the two people's political philosophy, Bai Tu also specially retrieved the administrative files of Kuaiji and Yuzhang in recent years from Cheng Ji...

Judging from the information Bai Tu has obtained now, when Hua Xin governed the local area, he focused on "education" and he himself cultivated his moral integrity.

The people under his rule had more honest folk customs, and they obviously aimed to "not pick up lost items on the road and never close their homes at night". He had previously served as the prefect of Yuzhang, and the Han Dynasty hoped to "civilize" those Shanyue.

It is a pity that in troubled times, people's hearts are uncertain, and the effectiveness of Hua Xin's moral governance has been greatly reduced in troubled times!

Wang Lang is good at managing prisons in the local area, but he hates harsh government and torture. When he saw the local people in Kuaiji, he resolutely banned Qin Shihuang and Xia Yu from the same temple...

One month after Sun Ce returned, these two celebrities, whose legs and feet were really bad and who were dragging their feet on the road, finally arrived in Wu County!
(End of this chapter)