Chapter 1022
the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero.

Right and wrong, success or failure, turn your head empty, the country is still there, and the sunset is red for several times.

The white-haired fisherman Qiao Jiangzhu used to watch autumn and spring.

A jug of muddy wine meets together.

Many things from ancient to modern times are all being discussed with laughter.

……

Above the Taotao River, desolate singing sounded on the deck.

A building boat was parked in the middle of the river, accompanied by the rumbling sound of the river colliding with the embankment, on the deck, Cao Cao was sitting opposite Sun Ce.

There was tea on the table, and behind them sat Chen Qun and Zhou Yu respectively.

"Although Wang Xuan is a treacherous and sycophantic minister, he is cruel and ruthless, but he is talented and learned. This poem Linjiang Xian is quite accomplished." After Cao Cao sang a song, he leisurely picked up the tea in front of him and drank it down.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is leisurely. In fact, no matter how urgent it was in the previous discussion, it is still the civil servants and generals below who will rely on the actual operation, especially in the case of preparing to launch a full-scale attack this time.

The reason why this is so has something to do with the system of this era, let's take Mi Zhu as an example.

The Mi family has its own independent manor.

What is a manor is a small independent kingdom that is basically self-sufficient.

Just like those pioneering territories in the West in the legend, there are blacksmiths responsible for producing agricultural tools, tools, and weapons, and farmers are responsible for planting land and cash crops, and have their own mills, tailors, carpenters, and even small schools. Has its own defense force.

Bandits are really rampant in this era. You don't need to rely on the protection of the surrounding cities at all. When you call for help, send troops, and arrive, your manor will definitely become a waste area.

As for where did the robbers come from?
It's just that the Mi family themselves have supported a few bandits in the mountainous area, and no one else has done black work.

And these families are all like this, this is the legendary farming and studying heirloom, and the emphasis is on self-sufficiency.

Since this is an all-out war, of course we can't rely entirely on Cao Cao himself. These aristocratic families also need to mobilize their strength. Even Mi Zhu was able to support Liu Bei's army composed of tens of thousands of slaves, let alone Xun, Chen, Zhong, and Xu. , Zhang, Xi and other families.

It is true that the family that has passed down poems and books for hundreds of years is a fake!

In the Han Dynasty, the official army was divided into two types: the central army and the local army. But in fact, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the centralization of power, Emperor Guangwu completely dismissed the county and state soldiers. It is temporarily recruited or enlisted from states and counties.

And how to ensure law and order without soldiers in the local area?
Only rely on the small group of people led by the thief Cao?
In fact, due to serious land annexation, there were very few self-cultivating farmers in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the common people were basically reduced to tenants.

Even the wasteland is not allowed to be reclaimed privately. It is not the law that does not allow it, but the clan. It can be reclaimed with the clan's permission, but the ownership is still the clan. You are only allowed to farm, and you have to pay rent to the clan.

The locality is completely based on the clan as the basic management unit, and the issue of security is also the responsibility of private soldiers related to the clan.

"Three Kingdoms" records: "Cao Hong, the younger brother of Taizu... Hong Jiang's family has more than a thousand soldiers, and he will meet Longkang with Taizu"

This record shows that many powerful landlords at that time had family soldiers and used them to participate in wars to achieve their political goals.

Take Huangfusong as an example. When he presided over the Xiliang War, he had three soldiers: one part was recruited, the other part was family soldiers, and the other part was the central army of the imperial court. Among them, the family soldiers were the real main force and the guarantee for generations of generals.

Therefore, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty when there was no local army and local security was maintained by private soldiers from various families, the Yellow Turban Rebellion seemed very funny.

This is also the reason why the war was quickly brought under control after the Han Lingdi ordered to allow local recruits to resist the rebels, and why it was immediately extinguished when the imperial decree was issued to lift the party.

Well, there is a certain degree of loss of control in it, but it's not a big problem.

Who should own the land, just go back and rebuild their homes. As for the labor force, refugees can be recruited for some things, and production can resume in a short time.

As for the loss, it is nothing compared to the gain. The only ones who have lost are the few remaining self-cultivating farmers.

Well, it’s far away, let’s go back to the present, Cao Cao is just waiting, waiting for the aristocratic families under his rule to coordinate and mobilize resources and organize troops. After all, it will be very troublesome when they are scattered into one family and one surname. It’s really just Cao Cao. If King Wei sent troops, it would not be so troublesome, so he had the leisure to make tea with Sun Ce on the river.

In fact, even Cao Cao and Sun Ce didn't have a serious chat...

It's not unreasonable... how to say that.

After all, the age gap is too big, Cao Cao is in his 40s, and Sun Ce is only in his twenties. They are in the same age group as his father, so what serious topics can they chat about.

Don't think wrongly, although they are both the masters of one party, the actual power is not the same, and they have nothing in common. They are talking about the glorious years of Sun Jian in the past. After all, apart from Sun Jian, the two have nothing in common.

As for scolding Wang Xuan and Liu Bei behind his back, that's not embarrassing enough.

The reason for this exchange is just to show the sincerity of the cooperation between the two parties. In the real negotiation, Chen Qun will represent him and have a good chat with the big family of Soochow.

After getting off the building boat, Cao Cao stood on the shore and watched the warship gradually go away. Cao Cao couldn't help sighing, "The only heroes in the world are Liu Bei, Wang Xuan and Cao Er."

Chen Qun was slightly taken aback, but he didn't refute anything. Needless to say, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were Wang Xuan. No matter how everyone scolded him in private, no one really admired him.

"What does my lord think of this little overlord?"

"He should have a son like Sun Bofu, and Zhou Gongjin..." Cao Cao sighed, thinking that his son would be as handsome as Sun Zhou. , after all, you are more than conservative, and you can’t be aggressive.”

Hmm... With Cao Cao's honor, this is basically impossible. If this is the case, then there may be something in it, and Cao Cao himself will blow up the temple.

After playing with a married woman all his life, he was raped by others, which is tolerable or unbearable!

……

Jizhou, Zhending new city.

"Yu Zezi Zifeng, a native of Yuyao in the Lower Kuaiji, met the national teacher."

Wang Xuan half-lyed on his grand teacher's chair, motionless, with a big sun umbrella propped on it, glanced at Gan Ning, who brought someone to see him, and casually pointed to the side for him to sit down, and then carefully looked at it A glance at the person in front of you.

He is slender but very muscular, with a dignified appearance, but his skin is a little rough and dark. He doesn't look like a simple literati. On the contrary, he feels like he has been blown by the sea wind all year round. Anyway, Wang Xuan smells the salty smell of the sea.

This is the real smell of the sea, picked up from the outside!
(End of this chapter)

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