Chapter 423: Arrange everything
"How late is it for Mr. Zhongyu to come?"
Liu Feng stood on the side of the road. When Xun Yue's ox cart stopped, he bowed and shouted: "Feng De heard that Mr. Xi should be appointed. He couldn't help but be happy. He looked forward to Mr. coming day and night. Can I Thanks to Mr.’s teachings, I finally got what I wanted.”
The curtain on the bullock cart was opened, and a middle-aged scholar stepped out from inside.
This man has a calm personality, beautiful appearance, and a good appearance. In future generations, he will be regarded as a very handsome uncle.
This person is Xun Yue, the son of Xun Jian, the leader of the Eight Dragons of the Xun family.
After seeing Liu Feng, Xun Yue did not dare to show off, so he immediately returned the gift and said: "I have received the invitation from General Zuo to conquer the country. Yue dare not neglect him. He traveled day and night and worked for General Zuo for a long time. It is really a fault of pleasure."
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Liu Feng took Xun Yue's hand and helped him up, feeling secretly in his heart that the genes of the Xun family are really good. From Xun Yu to Xun Yue, everyone is a handsome guy. Xun You is a little less handsome, but he is also handsome. Better than ordinary people.
Liu Feng took Xun Yue into the city and communicated along the way. He found that although Xun Yue's thinking was not as advanced as that of later generations, it was already advanced in this world.
However, Xun Yue must also be bound by the times, and many of his theories are still limited by his vision and have major flaws.
After entering the city, Liu Feng held a banquet in honor of Xun Yue, but the latter refused.
"I am pleased to be invited by General Zuo to come to Tancheng, not for personal honor or disgrace, but actually for the common people of the world."
Xun Yue's words moved Liu Feng, so he immediately stopped the banquet and invited him into the study for a discussion.
After the two sides took their seats, Liu Feng saluted solemnly and asked for advice: "I have long heard that Mr. Zhongyu devoted himself to studying and studied the shortcomings of the world, so I would like to ask for advice."
Xun Yue was not polite, or in other words, academics were the battlefield for a great Confucian like him.
The battle for orthodoxy is no less than a battle on the battlefield.
"In today's world, the first chaos is in the fields!"
Xun Yue made it clear at the beginning: "The scholars are powerful and powerful, but the common people have no place to stand. This is the source of great chaos in the world."
Xun Yue did not take the lead in criticizing the eunuchs for their evil deeds, nor did he criticize the Ling Emperor's faults. Instead, he turned his attention to the fields. What is even more admirable is that his ideas are different from those of most great scholars such as Cui Yan and Zhong Changtong. Likewise, he does not think that the well-field system is a life-saving medicine.
On the contrary, Xun Yue believes that in today's world, the well-field system has become outdated. Not only can it not solve the problem, but the hasty implementation of the well-field system will only lead to greater disasters.
From this point of view, Xun Yue's thoughts far surpassed those of most great scholars of this era, and his vision was so broad and deep that it was rare at the time.
"Princes do not have exclusive titles. If a rich man's land exceeds the limit, and if he is richer than a prince, he is self-appointed. A great official does not have exclusive rights to the land. People can buy and sell it by themselves."
What Xun Yue means is that the disadvantages of land annexation are classified as the free sale and purchase of land.
Is this summary correct?
That is definitely wrong, and it is quite wrong. It is a typical example of only seeing the appearance of things. But Xun Yue can see this and has surpassed many people who are blind and sleepy.
Although Xun Yue's attribution was wrong, his criticism of land annexation was correct.
He clearly saw the tyrants' unauthorized annexation of land, thus forcing the people to have no place to stand. Liu Feng admired this extreme attitude that was flexible and pragmatic based on the actual world conditions, without being dogmatic and conservative. .
"Mr. Zhongyu, I have a question. Please clarify it."
Liu Feng bowed his head politely and said.
Xun Yue naturally has everything he needs.
So, Liu Feng asked: "Sir, you attribute the stubborn problem of land annexation to the fact that the imperial court allowed private sales of land, but do you think that the problem would be solved if the imperial court banned private sales of land?"
Xun Yue opened her mouth to answer, but when the words came out, she couldn't say them.
Because Xun Yue himself knew very well that the gentry's strong desire for land enabled them to commit crimes and commit crimes for the ownership of the land.
Since these people can commit crimes and commit crimes in order to obtain land, will these people be afraid of the law and not dare to commit crimes even if the imperial court bans the private land sales system?
Seeing Xun Yue's silence, Liu Feng continued: "I believe you, sir, also know that even if the imperial court prohibits private land sales, these people will do anything for the land and regard the law as nothing. In fact, what is even more terrifying is that even with Feng's stupidity, See, you can also find ways to occupy land reasonably and legally.”
Xun Yue was shocked and asked with some doubt: "What method is it?"
Liu Feng immediately described the operation techniques of Tianpi and Tiangu, which were the pinnacle works of later Ming and Qing Dynasties. Although this method was not born as a measure to prohibit private land sales, it was perfectly able to avoid the imperial ban.
Moreover, banning land sales is not a good thing for the people, and may even be a worse thing.
Human nature is greedy and complex. Never underestimate the selflessness and greatness of good, nor the ferocity and determination of evil.
If land trading is allowed, then maybe the people can still get some money.
However, if land sales are banned, not only will it not be able to prevent land annexation, but the people may even lose the money to sell the land.
After listening to Liu Feng's dismantling of field skins and bones, and his views on legislation prohibiting private land sales, Xun Yue was eye-opening and amazed.
Liu Feng finally concluded: "The evil cause of mergers is not the system, but actually the greed of the people. The system alone is just water without a source, no foundation, no successor."
Xun Yue fell silent, obviously thinking about Liu Feng's words.
Liu Feng now went a step further and said: "Mr. Zhongyu, Feng has one more question."
This time, Liu Feng continued without waiting for Xun Yue's answer: "Even if the land sale is prohibited according to the words of the gentleman, the court is loyal and loyal from top to bottom, and no one has corrupted the law. But in this way, the people will always live." It is increasing day by day, but the land is rarely increasing. Eventually, the land will no longer be able to support the people of the world. "
Xun Yue's face showed confusion for the first time, and he fell into deep thought.
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More than ten days have passed since the conversation between Liu Feng and Xun Yue. Xun Yue accepted Liu Feng's appointment as the Cao Cao of the Ministry of Rites. It's just that what Liu Feng and he talked about has been bothering him, making Xun Yue puzzled.
The reason why Liu Feng asked Xun Yue these questions was not to make things difficult for him, nor to show off his knowledge. He hopes that Xun Yue can improve his theory to better serve him.
After Xun Yue joined the company, he did not bother Liu Feng, but Liu Feng could indeed see that Xun Yue took what he said to heart and thought about it carefully.
With the arrival of Xun Yue, Wang Xiu, a famous scholar from Qingzhou, also arrived in Tancheng.
For Wang Xiu, Liu Feng positioned him as an operator.
Wang Xiu has made many achievements in Qingzhou, suppressing lawless powerful people, appeasing the people, and calming the local area. He deserves the praise of a capable official.
Liu Feng appointed Wang Xiuzuo as the postal supervisor in General Wang Xiuzuo's palace, patrolling all directions to detect fraud and suppress lawlessness. Wang Xiu was actually very happy about this position. He accepted the order immediately and expressed to Liu Feng that he would live up to General Zuo's trust.
Liu Feng strengthened his ambition and immediately wrote a handwritten letter to equip Wang Xiu with 500 elite soldiers, firstly to keep him safe, and secondly to give him wings to act.
Next, Liu Feng stayed in Tancheng and spent a good time with his grandmother, father and mother. The marriage proposals of Chen Deng and Tao Qian were also quite smooth.
Just as soon as they came to the door, the Mi family and the Cao family followed suit, not to mention that Liu Bei and Liu Feng, father and son, were so careful in selecting the most suitable candidates to come to the door. During this period, Liu Feng also made a special trip to Pengcheng to award medals, titles and rewards to a craftsman who improved the furnace.
After the craftsman improved the furnace, the temperature of the furnace increased by 10%, thereby increasing the armor production efficiency by five points. Liu Feng immediately gave him a heavy reward in order to achieve the effect of a thousand gold horse bones.
After staying in Xuzhou for a full month, Liu Feng was ready to say goodbye to his father Liu Bei, his grandmother Wu and his mother Tian, and return south to Yangzhou.
Before leaving, Liu Feng had another secret talk with Liu Bei. The core content was two points. One was to unite with Cao Cao to resist Yuan, but he should also remain vigilant and vigilant against Cao Cao.
The second is the details of swallowing up Jingzhou.
Although Liu Bei is in Yuzhou, it is also bordering Jingzhou. Especially since Liu Biao was currently stationed in Xiangyang, which was only a few hundred miles away from Runan, it was much closer than the waterway.
Once Liu Feng launches an attack in the south, Liu Bei can naturally cooperate in the north if he has spare strength.
If nothing else, if Liu Bei wants to cut down Jing from Yuzhou, he has two ready-made ways to go.
The first one goes from the southwest of Yingchuan to the Nanyang Basin through Fangcheng and goes straight to Xiangyang City.
The second method is to take the Huai River, go upstream, and go all the way to the gap between Dabie Mountain and Tongbai Mountain. Abandon the boat, get off the land, break through three passes, and go straight to Suizao Passage. If you are close, you can attack Jiangxia County and Xiling County, and if you are far, you can Threaten Jiangling, the seat of Nanjun.
This path is exactly the trajectory of Sun Wu's advice to the King of Wu during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and his victory in the Battle of Baiju.
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King Wu took exactly this route, bypassing the main force of the Chu army, waiting for work, severely defeating the Chu State and returning to the army, and then captured the capital of the Chu State, which is now Jiangling City.
With this gem in front, once Liu Feng and Liu Bei join forces like this, Jingxiang will definitely be in chaos.
"When do you plan to launch it?"
Liu Bei finally asked: "If I need my father's cooperation, I have to do it at least ten days in advance so that I can be prepared."
Today's Liu Bei will never mention that Liu Biao is also a member of the Han Dynasty. First of all, Liu Biao has no kindness to Liu Bei. The previous sale of grain was a good relationship, but then Liu Biao failed in a series of operations. dropped. Especially Liu Xun's incident, Liu Bei was very angry, but he just took the overall situation into consideration and swallowed his anger without getting angry.
Another important reason is that the relationship between Liu Bei and Cao Cao has changed.
In the original time and space, Liu Bei was firmly anti-Cao, so he was naturally on the same side as Liu Biao, and even worried that Liu Biao would surrender.
But things are different now. Now Liu Bei is a hussar general of the Han Dynasty. He is the founder of the three divisions and has thousands of households. He is the representative of the imperial court and the emperor.
Then Liu Biao, a prince who pretended to respect the emperor but was actually colluding with Yuan Shao, was not an enemy.
Upon hearing his father's question, Liu Feng immediately replied: "I'm not sure about the specific time. But no one has been sent to lobby yet. Our army has newly expanded, and each army needs to replenish ordnance and materials, adjust manpower, and run the army together." Formation. Therefore, there should be no action within a few months.”
Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction. He also needed time to replenish and recuperate his troops. Liu Feng's words happened to speak to his heart.
Afterwards, Liu Bei also took the initiative to warn: "It's better to be later than sooner at this time. If you don't have complete preparations, Liu Jingsheng has been cultivating Jingzhou for nearly ten years. You must not be careless."
"Yes, Father."
Liu Feng immediately agreed, and he actually thought so.
Zhang Xian stabbed Liu Biao in the back only once. This was the best opportunity Liu Feng could see to break the deadlock between Jing and Yang. Therefore, Liu Feng must seize the opportunity to avoid falling short.
However, this matter is still quite tricky.
First of all, Liu Feng didn't know when Zhang Xian stabbed Liu Biao in the back. In fact, no one knew, because there was no record of this incident in history, so everyone could only speculate.
Later generations recognized that the more accurate time was during the Battle of Guandu.
It was precisely because of Zhang Xian's rebellion that Liu Biao failed to cooperate with Yuan Shao in going north to encircle Cao Cao.
Secondly, he was still hesitating whether to send someone to lobby Zhang Xian and Huan Jie. It's not that he doesn't want to annex Jingzhou, nor does he want to instigate Zhang Xian to rebel against Liu Biao, but he is worried that he will be self-defeating.
In the original time and space, it was only recorded that Huan Jie persuaded Zhang Xian to rebel against Liu Biao out of the court's righteousness.
This made Liu Feng a little anxious.
He didn't know whether to wait for Huan Jie to persuade Zhang Xian to raise an army, or to send someone to lobby him.
If in history Cao Cao sent people to lobby Huan Jie in the name of the court's righteousness and gave him an edict, but Liu Feng did not send anyone, would it cause Zhang Xian to stop rebelling?
At the same time, there is another possibility, that is, because of Liu Feng's lobbying, Huan Jie and Zhang Xian became suspicious and stopped rebelling.
Liu Feng is now in a dilemma. After thinking about it carefully, he only feels that for now, he still needs to stay the same to deal with all changes.
Let's wait and see what happens for a while. If Zhang Xian rebels, everyone will be happy. If the other party doesn't rebel, let Jiang Qian go to Jingnan to contact Huan Jie with the imperial edict and Sun Ce's letter.
Now Liu Bei is telling him not to be anxious and to seek stability first, which is in line with Liu Feng's current thoughts.
Because of this, Liu Feng agreed so obediently, because he had no intention of acting immediately.
Liu Bei was also very happy that Liu Feng was so respectful. He was worried that his elder son was still angry, so he specially comforted him: "As you and I agreed before, Yuanlong's troops are currently stationed in the upper reaches of the Huai River. Once his troops rest, Once completed, it will help you achieve success.”
Liu Feng smiled in a dignified manner and immediately stood up to thank Liu Bei.
"Father, there is one more thing, I almost forgot."
Liu Feng suddenly remembered something and warned Liu Bei: "Father, Lu Bu is cunning and has no faith. Although he and Yuan Benchu have a life-and-death feud, if Yuan Benchu is willing to pay, Lu Bu still has the possibility to bribe him. ”
Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this.
In his opinion, Lu Bu and Yuan Shao were sworn enemies and could never get together again.
But Liu Feng knew very well that people like Lu Bu only had interests in their eyes. He could even sneak attack Liu Bei who took him in when he was desperate. What else couldn't be bribed?
"Father should have more contacts with Zhang Miao and Chen Gong."
Liu Fengjian said: "We should use Chen Gong as the bright side and Zhang Miao as the dark side. We don't ask Zhang Miao to calm Lu Bu for us, but we hope that he can secretly inform us so as not to be taken advantage of by Lu Bu's betrayal."
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Liu Bei felt that he had a reason, and wanted to go back and ask Xun You, Liu Ye and others about this matter.
The father and son talked until late at night and fell asleep together.
The next day, Liu Bei took Xun You and other close advisers to personally send Liu Feng out of Tancheng.
(End of chapter)