Chapter 427 Sun Ce enters Changsha
One is the lord of Jiangdong and the other is a general of Yuan Shu. The status difference is obviously very huge. Therefore, the Sun family does not have much burden after surrendering at this time.
This was also part of the reason why Sun Ce dared to take the initiative to ask for help this time, and even exaggerated, saying that he wanted to surrender to Changsha.
It was an exaggeration before, but Sun Ce still knew it well. This time he came here and set two different goals. The high goal was naturally the one that Liu Feng and everyone talked about loudly in the court to persuade Changsha to surrender. The lower one is to find out the details of Changsha for Liu Feng and obtain more accurate and detailed information.
In the first half month of arriving in Changsha, Sun Ce stayed in the inn, while all the people around him were sent out to collect various intelligence.
Sun Jian worked as a governor in Changsha for several years and recommended several filial and honest officials. Judging from the relationship between Huan Jie and Sun Jian, Sun Jian got along very well with the powerful local gentry in Changsha.
When Sun Jian first arrived in Changsha, there were many Jingzhou barbarians around Changsha. These Jingman barbarians repeatedly went down to the mountains to loot villages, and even robbed and burned the fields of powerful nobles, causing great disturbances in the local area.
But who is Sun Jian?
If you ask him to study classics and write articles, it will kill him.
But if you let him go into battle, he would be really good at it.
Only half a year after Sun Jian took over Changsha, he managed to subdue the Jingman people around him and no longer dared to harass the Han people's boundaries.
Changsha's fellow citizens, nobles, and powerful people all benefited greatly from this. With benefits, they naturally became harmonious. In particular, people like Huan Jie, Liu Pan, and Pan Jun were all very smart men. They saw early on that the world was about to be in chaos. In the future, the gentry would increasingly need to rely on warriors to protect themselves and their hometown.
Therefore, the Sun family's reputation in Changsha is even better than that of their hometown. You must know that Sun Jian married the Wu family back then, but the whole Wu County despised him for robbing civilian girls.
After Sun Ce arrived in Changsha, he actually had quite a lot of connections available. Naturally, the biggest ones were Huan Jie, Pan Jun and Liu Pan. But he didn't find any of them, and even ordered his cronies who were inquiring about the information to be careful and not let the locals in Changsha discover his whereabouts.
This is not because Sun Ce doesn't want to use his connections, but because he wants to use good steel on the blade.
After collecting a certain amount of information, Sun Ce finally took action and went to Huan Jie's residence to post a message asking for an audience.
Huan Jie was shocked when he received Sun Ce's assassination.
But soon, Huan Jie calmed down and realized who Sun Ce represented now.
So Huan Jie went out of his mansion to greet him in person.
"Bo Fu, it's really you."
When Huan Jie walked out of the door, he saw Sun Ce at the door and immediately strode over.
Seeing this, Sun Ce quickly bowed and saluted: "My younger brother, Sun Ce, I have met my brother."
Huan Jie was a disciple of Sun Jian and an old official of the Sun family. Moreover, when he was recommended as Xiaolian, he was only in his twenties. Naturally, he was of the same generation as Sun Ce, so it was not surprising that he was considered a brother.
Huan Jie stepped forward and grabbed Sun Ce, helped him up, looked around, and sighed: "I think about the past, when Polu was in our county, Bo Fu was still a child, but now he has become a hero for Ang Zang. Jie was very moved. ”
Sun Ce responded with a smile: "Senior brother, I still have vivid memories of how I led Ce in the county, but time flies by, like a lifetime ago."
"Let's go, follow me into the house."
Huan Jie was really happy. He was both grateful and admiring to Sun Jian. Sun Ce now looked like Sun Jian in terms of reputation and appearance, and his appearance was even better than his predecessor. How could he not be happy?
Then Huan Jie took Sun Ce's hand and walked all the way into the backyard. He first took Sun Ce to visit his mother, wife and children, and then entered the study.
After entering the study, the two of them sat down at the table as guests of honor. After the servants served tea, they were turned away by Huan Jie.
When only Huan Jie and Sun Ce were left in the room, Huan Jie asked: "Isn't Bo Fu in Jiangdong? How come you have time to come to my county?"
Sun Ce immediately straightened up and paid homage to Huan Jie: "Brother, I don't know. Ce is now under the command of General Zuo. He came to Changsha this time to inquire about the news on General Zuo's order."
"Prying for information?"
Huan Jie pretended to be surprised and said: "I wonder what kind of big event happened in my county, causing General Zuo to send his wise brother to inquire about it?"
Sun Ce chuckled in his heart, but he said with a serious expression on his face: "Two months ago, Zhang Ming Mansion did such a great thing, how could my Lord remain unmoved."
Huan Jie's face became solemn and he explained: "The fact is that Liu Jingzhou became increasingly domineering and did not accept loyal advice. He rebelled against the emperor and the people of Jingnan. In the first year of Jian'an, the taxes in Jingnan were already higher than before Dong's rebellion. An extra 30% resulted in an additional 20% tax increase in the second year of Jian'an. The people of Jingnan were suffering from the heavy burdens of Jingbei. "
Huan Jie used to be Sun Jian's meritorious officer, and now he was Zhang Xian's chief clerk. He knew the affairs of Changsha County very well. Therefore, what he said is very credible. Otherwise, Zhang Xian and Liu Biao just had a bad relationship, and they would not have been able to set off such a big rebellion anyway.
Sun Ce nodded slightly. In fact, he knew more than Huan Jie thought he knew.
At least the most fundamental reason for the rebellion in Jingnan was not the tax issue. The economic contradiction mentioned by Huan Jie actually ranked second, and the biggest contradiction above it was actually the personnel issue.
After Liu Biao entered Jingzhou, he received full support from the Kuai family, Cai family, Pang family and Huang family. It was natural that Kuai, Cai, Huang and Pang would be rewarded.
But Liu Biao later introduced the Nanyang nobles to check and balance Kuai, Cai, Huang, and Pang. In the eyes of Liu Biao and others, there was naturally no problem.
Nanyang was originally the number one county in the world. At its peak, it was truly a county equivalent to a state. Moreover, Nanyang not only has a prosperous economy, prosperous workshops, fertile fields, but also extremely prosperous culture and education.
Nanyang Celebrities is a top celebrity circle on par with Runan and Yingchuan.
Not to mention that Nanyang is also the land of the Dragon Ancestor who founded the Eastern Han Dynasty. There are countless families of princes and princes in Nanyang. Throwing a stone in Wan County City can hit the servants of the meritorious families, which shows the prosperity of Nanyang.
However, Nanyang itself was destroyed by the warlords' melee, and the celebrities had to go south to live in Xiangyang. It was not surprising that Liu Biao invited him to check and balance Kuai, Cai, Huang, and Pang.
But Huanjie and other Jingnan nobles were not convinced.
Why do we pay grain and taxes and all the power is given to those people in Nanyang?
What contribution have the people of Nanyang made to you, Liu Biao?
You even lost your home, but you can still show off your power over us?
When Nanyang was at its peak, they rode on our heads to show off their power.
After Nanyang was ruined, they still rode on our heads to show off their power.
Didn’t Dong Zhuo enter Luoyang in vain?
The resentment among the four counties in Jingnan was not as great as usual. Liu Biao had no foundation in the first place, and he kept re-employing people from Jingbei. Not to mention the cake, he didn't even give Jingnan a straw. This made the powerful nobles in Jingnan How can this be accepted?
Especially the powerful nobles in Changsha County. There was a large group of them who had followed Sun Jian to the north to conquer Dong Zhuo. This group of people saw with their own eyes that Sun Jian killed the governor of Jingzhou and the governor of Nanyang like a chicken. Another one who followed Sun Jian in a bloody battle with real swords and real spears to regain Luoyang.
No matter how talented you are, Liu Biao, can you still be stronger than Dong Zhuo?
Liu Biao also tested Jingnan at the beginning, wanting to marry Cai Mao's sister to Huan Jie and become his brother-in-law with Huan Jie.
But Huan Jie didn't care about Liu Biao. More importantly, he knew that even if he agreed to Liu Biao's advances, he would still be a lackey in Jingbei.
How could a Changsha native like Kuai Yue, Cai Mao, Pang Degong, Liu Pan, Han Song, Liu He, and Deng Xian not be squeezed out by them?
Therefore, this wave of rebellion in Jingnan is not so much that Zhang Xian fell out with Liu Biao because of personal grudges, but that the local nobles in Jingnan jointly recommended Zhang Xian as the leader of the alliance, and took advantage of the imperial status given by Cao Cao to join forces with Jingbei. The powerful gentry group was in disarray.
To put it bluntly, Hunan tenderness is worse than Hubei tenderness.
Liu Biao and Zhang Xian are just agents.
But the most interesting thing is that Liu Biao, the agent from Jingbei, is not from Jingzhou, but Zhang Xian, the representative from Jingnan, is an authentic Nanyang person.
Huan Jie and the others are actually right. We pay so much money every year, but we can't get the political treatment we deserve. If there is no way out, then that's it. Now that the court has directly given us a chance, why should we pay any more? Are you angry with Liu Biao and Jingbei?
Using this money and food to raise soldiers will not only protect themselves, but also sell them at a good price to the court in the future.
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Yes, at this stage, the party that the powerful nobles in Jingnan care about most is the imperial court.
Except for a few shrewd and far-sighted people such as Huan Jie and Pan Jun, most people still recognize the brand of the Han Dynasty.
In response to Huan Jie's complaint, Sun Ce just nodded, and then changed the topic and said: "Brother Xiangzi has been extorting money for Liu Jingsheng. I have a good reputation, but brother, Jingbei has a strong military and cannot allow Jingnan to stand on its own. When the army moves south, I am afraid that Jingnan will be reduced to a white land.”
Huan Jie's face darkened. He could be said to be the biggest promoter of the Jingnan Incident. It was he who obtained the edict from the Luoyang court. He was also the leader of the powerful gentry in Changsha. In the end, it was he who persuaded Zhang Xian to raise an army. he.
Sun Ce's words were actually a bit offensive to Huan Jie.
Huan Jie was silent for a while, then he asked tentatively: "Does Bo Fu come here to persuade me to surrender to Liu?"
"My brother has this intention."
Sun Ce burst into laughter and continued when Huan Jie's expression changed: "It's just that brother Shi may not be able to make up his mind."
Immediately afterwards, Sun Ce said before Huan Jie: "Brother Shi, I know a little about Liu Jingsheng's troops, and I would like to analyze it briefly for brother Shi."
Huan Jie endured the words and nodded.
Sun Ce then spoke: "Liu Jingsheng occupies Jingchu, spanning eight counties, and has an army of 100,000. Now he has expanded his army again, and his army can even reach 150,000, but the surrounding area is the most stable in history. ”
Sun Jian once died outside Xiangyang City. Although he was killed by Huang Zu's generals, Sun Ce had no good impression of Liu Biao and it was normal for him to criticize his name.
If it hadn't been for their father who surrounded Liu Biao and beat him up for more than half a year, the Sun brothers might have directly blamed Liu Biao for their father's murder instead of Huang Zu.
"But this way, the pressure on Brother Shi and Prefect Zhang will be even greater."
Sun Ce carefully analyzed: "In my brother's opinion, if Liu Biao doesn't come, there will be a hundred thousand people, hoping for a thunderous blow to quickly capture Jingnan. Changsha will bear the brunt and will definitely be the primary target of the Jingbei army. By then, Changsha County will If there is a big war, Brother Shi’s hometown will suffer.”
"Impossible!"
Huan Jie's expression changed slightly, and he said decisively: "Liu Jingsheng has strong enemies on all three sides. Liu Jiyu in Xichuan hates Liu Biao deeply, and the generals in Guanzhong in the north have been raiding south for many years. As for the east, he is the master of the good brother, so there is no need for me. Are you talking too much? Unless Liu Jingsheng doesn't want Jingbei, how can he recruit a hundred thousand people? What is the purpose of my good brother's deception? "
"Hahaha."
Sun Ce laughed loudly, shook his head and said: "The feud between Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu is known to everyone. It is indeed as Brother Shi said, but Brother Shi doesn't know. Now Liu Jiyu is heading north with all his strength. He has sent heavy troops to conquer Hanzhong for three consecutive years, with the intention of regaining it. As for the east side, he is like Today, the Xiliang generals in Guanzhong in the north did go southward from Wuguan to Nanyang many times, but they only wanted food. Around the beginning of summer last year, Zhang Ji's troops also went south to Wuguan, except for Dun. With a fortified city, what achievements can be made?”
Huan Jie's expression changed, and he couldn't help but interject: "But Liu Jingsheng was extremely unwise in the east. He was originally on good terms with Xuande Gong and Zuo General, but he ruined their friendship with General Liu Xun because of his betrayal, which made him even more powerful. Can General Zuo swallow his anger?"
Sun Ce was surprised when he heard this, but his heart moved.
It can be seen from Huan Jie's words that the other party is also quite clear about the situation in Yangzhou to the east, which shows that a lot of effort has been put into it.
Sun Ce was slightly moved in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface and just explained: "Brother Shi, you don't know something. Although Liu Qiaoqi and General Zuo were angry at Liu Jingsheng's actions, they pitied the people of Jing and Yang and did not want to take it lightly. Qi Daobing, so he did not compete with Liu Biao, otherwise, with Liu Xun's remaining defeated generals and Liu Jingsheng's tens of thousands of reinforcements, General Zuo would have swept him out of the country. "
"Besides..."
Sun Ce looked at Huan Jie and showed a strange smile: "Brother Shi hopes that my lord will fight with Liu Jingsheng so much. Could it be that he is planning to use my lord as reinforcement?"
Huan Jie shook his head in a panic: "I have this intention."
"Brother, it's best to give up this idea."
Sun Ce said seriously.
Seeing Huan Jie's expression changed drastically, Sun Ce quickly added: "It's not that my lord has any objections to Brother Shi and Prefect Zhang, but that our Yangzhou Army has important responsibilities at this time and is really unable to go west."
When Huan Jie heard this, he immediately became interested and took the initiative to ask: "I wonder what the Yangzhou Army is doing? Can my dear brother tell me something? If it is a matter of confidentiality, then my dear brother doesn't need to say more."
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Sun Ce was very generous: "Actually, it's not a secret. If brother wants to hear it, I won't hide it."
Immediately, Sun Ce explained: "At this time, the Yangzhou Army, under the orders of General Zuo, has been assigned to Yuzhang, Kuaiji, and Danyang to clear out Baiyue, but it is really unable to peep eastward."
After hearing this, Huan Jie felt mixed emotions in his heart.
(End of chapter)