Chapter 2075 The Cui Family’s Worries
At the same time.
Where Liu Bei is.
In his early days, he was by no means a person who was willing to study classics and history.
Never received systematic teaching.
He once served as a disciple of Lu Zhi, but only by name, and spent most of his time making friends with heroes.
However, when Wenren was promoted, he suppressed the restlessness in his heart to make great achievements.
The reason is very simple. Just like his ancestor Liu Bang, he found that this was different from Confucianism, but had real effects.
Food and grass are becoming increasingly abundant, and the number of troops is increasing.
The land is becoming more and more abundant, and the people's hearts are becoming more and more prosperous.
This shocked Liu Bei.
So he endured it and kept studying here.
And his IQ is definitely not low.
It can be said that among the generals under Cao Cao, unless Cao Cao comes out, there will be few who can defeat him.
However, he couldn't stand up to Cao Cao, and in the end he couldn't.
Later, with Fa Zheng, he successfully defeated Cao Cao in the battle of Hanzhong and achieved his first victory.
Unable to hold on, unable to follow Liu Bang's path again, the King of Hanzhong became the King of Shu.
He carefully studied Wen Rensheng’s business methods.
From food and grass to commerce, from commerce to military training.
The more I learn, the more surprised I am. The more I learn, the more I feel that Wen Rensheng is profound, profound, and unfathomable.
In short, for 10 months, when his peers began to work in the Yellow Turban, make achievements, and ask for rewards, he actually restrained his thoughts and studied a lot of knowledge seriously.
Learn to the end, the first Yellow Turban Rebellion is over.
At this time, he finally decided to seek refuge with his former friend Gongsun Zan.
At this time, Gongsun Zan was promoted to Zhonglang General and granted the title of Dutinghou due to his meritorious service in the crusade against Zhang Chun and other rebels.
Gongsun Zan sent a letter to Liu Bei, stating that he was the magistrate of Pingyuan County.
Liu Bei decided to go out.
He really couldn't bear it anymore.
It’s pretty good to be able to endure it for ten months.
Watching others making achievements outside, while I just work in the mountains, although I am not wasting my years, I still feel itchy.
So he went to see Wen Rensheng and asked to leave the mountain.
Wen Rensheng would naturally not keep him.
Even Cao Cao couldn't use Liu Bei, let alone Wen Rensheng?
To be able to make the other party stay here for ten months is because Wen Rensheng is capable enough.
Moreover, Wen Rensheng also specially gave Liu Bei a hundred jars of fine wine as military supplies, as well as thousands of stones of food and grass. There were always some people willing to follow Liu Bei.
There are about 300 people.
These 300 people are different from the soldiers Liu Bei recruited before. They are all smart and capable, with the qualifications of lower-level officers.
Wen Rensheng saw him off before leaving and told him: "No matter where you are in the world, you must treat the people well. In all things in the world, the people are the most innocent. They work hard to produce and do not deserve to suffer."< br>
Liu Bei naturally agreed.
He has never massacred a city.
This is the basis for his best reputation among the Three Kingdoms.
No matter how hypocritical they are, they have never massacred cities or destroyed other people's clans.
And Wen Rensheng let him out to disturb the situation outside and prevent the princes from staring at him early.
Although there is nothing to worry about, the difficulty must be lowered.
As for whether Liu Bei will become his opponent in the future?
Unless he is willing to betray his clan identity, he cannot be Wen Rensheng’s opponent.
The other party has only learned a little bit, and it can be used to deal with other princes.
To deal with Wen Rensheng is to use the mantis as a chariot.
Even door-to-door delivery.
After sending Liu Bei away, Wen Rensheng continued to develop in the mountains.
At this time, the Han Dynasty still had strength, the court still had its main force, and the soldiers who had just put down the rebellion still had fighting capacity.
The main reason is that Liu Hong hasn't finished causing harm yet, but he will soon.
Liu Hong was about to die in 189, and his posthumous title was "Emperor Ling". It is also a famous evil posthumous title.
Originally, "psychic", "spiritual energy", and "Zhong Ling Yu Xiu" are all good words, but as soon as this "spirit" is placed on the emperor, everyone can intuitively feel that it is not a good word.
It is probably similar to the "mourning hall", which always means "you will die early and have a good time".
Although Emperor Ling seemed absurd, he sold his official position and won titles. Although he drank poison to quench his thirst, the court still had money and food to support the main expedition.
I also know that suppressing the powerful and suppressing the aristocratic families, the disaster of imprisonment is to deal with the aristocratic families.
As soon as he was finished, Liu Bian came to power later. Liu Xie was in power because of his young age. Dong Zhuo made a lot of troubles, and the authority of the court was gone. The main force of the court had no advantage against the princes.
There was a farce of princes attacking the imperial court.
What else are you playing with?
There are still 5 years left. By then, Wen Rensheng will be able to push directly.
As long as 50,000 elite troops are trained, it will be enough to sweep the world.
With his command, there is absolutely no problem.
So Wen Rensheng first spent money to bribe Zhao Zhong, the Changshi, and purchased several county guards near the Taihang Mountains.
Mainly Changshan County, Zhongshan County, Shangd County, Qinghe County in the Jizhou area...
More than 100 million yuan was spent in total, and fine wine was provided at a 10% discount.
He placed his students there as county guards.
He also bought himself a general who was in trouble and presided over the suppression of bandits in the entire Taihang Mountains.
Liu Hong didn't care at all, as long as he didn't rebel and didn't delay his enjoyment.
At this time, he no longer had any ambitions.
Although Taihang Mountain is close to the key point of Luoyang and directly overlooks the capital, it is actually indifferent.
However, people with insight have seen the potential dangers caused by Wen Rensheng.
Lu Zhi, who was dismissed from home, wrote to his friends in Beijing: "There is a teacher in Taihang today, named Taihangshanren. His talent is a hundred times better than Zhang Jiao's, and his ability is a hundred times better than Zhang Jiao's. Although his power is If you don't show it, it's like a hidden dragon in the abyss. Once it rises, it will be unstoppable."
Lu Zhi was just dismissed at home. When he heard rumors and saw some things, he concluded that Wen Rensheng would be a big trouble in the future.
It can be seen that being versatile in both civil and military affairs is not just talk.
The problem is that Lu Zhi died within a few years and was going to die in 192.
Today, he is old, has no official position, and has offended the eunuchs. No one listens to his words.
Anyway, Wen Rensheng did not rebel and stayed in the mountains.
The court has more and more troublesome things.
For example, the struggle for the throne, such as the fight between eunuchs and relatives, and scholars, are all internal problems. Who cares about skin diseases?
In order to quell the Yellow Turbans, Liu Hong spent a lot of money, intensified his efforts to plunder, and sold his official positions more intensely.
He does understand that rich people must be from wealthy families, not poor people.
However, taxes have also been increased.
Historical records show that during the reign of Emperor Huan, the land tax was increased once, at the rate of 10 cents per mu, and during the reign of Emperor Ling, the land tax was increased once again, at the rate of 10 cents per mu.
So the burden on farmers has also increased.
This has offended everyone from top to bottom. It would be strange if they don’t finish.
Fortunately, Da Han is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and there are still many people who think Han is orthodox.
So it will not be overturned directly within a few decades.
At this time, Wen Rensheng continued to search for refugees.
At the same time, surrounding counties began to send their own students to take over local positions.
Of course many positions cost money.
Even if you become rich by being famous, you can't afford it all.
But he can rely on the name of the county governor to install cronies.
Then we will continue to operate Taihang Mountain, which can probably accommodate 1 million people.
One million people is enough. You must know that after Cao Cao destroyed Yuan Shao, he found that there were still 300,000 households in Jizhou. He was very happy, thinking that this was indeed a big state.
How many people do 300,000 households have in total? Even if there are seven people in one household, there are only two to three million people.
Of course there must be hidden populations among them.
But 300,000 households are the population that Cao Cao can directly tax and recruit troops. The strength of Taihang has been proven by history. Even Yuan Shao could not defeat it, let alone other princes.
Cao Cao was not much stronger than Yuan Shao. After Yuan Shao's death, it would take many years and he had to wait for Yuan Shao's sons to have civil strife before Hebei was pacified. He did not have the energy to conquer the dead.
It can be said to be a narrow victory.
This led to the inability to conquer Jiangnan later, and the defeat of Chibi was not accidental.
Cao Cao sent 150,000 troops, and there were 80,000 troops on the opposite side, and he had the absolute advantage of the navy.
It’s not as disparity as the 800,000 versus 50,000 in the novel.
It is impossible to defeat Jiangnan without the advantage of naval forces.
For reference, when the Yuan Dynasty destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty, it was only after the navy overwhelmed the Southern Song Dynasty that the problem was solved.
What's more, Wen Rensheng's cottage was built very solidly.
Of course, there are also disadvantages to the mountain base.
That’s because Wenrensheng’s internal scheduling is slow.
For this reason, Wen Rensheng built a wooden track in the mountain.
Plant trees and cut down trees at the same time. Cut down as many trees as you plant.
When reclaiming land in the mountains, he certainly knew to maintain water, soil and trees, otherwise he would wait for flash floods to erupt.
Transportation via wooden rails, in fact, wooden rails already existed in the Qin Dynasty.
However, after the Qin Dynasty was destroyed, people later abandoned this technology.
Because maintenance is difficult.
Replacing wood is laborious.
The construction of wooden rails is naturally slow, and it will not be possible to build all the rails in a while.
But you can build it in a nearby valley first, which can greatly increase the speed of material exchange.
Of course, this kind of construction must be slow.
Mountain development has outstanding advantages and disadvantages.
Easy to defend, but difficult to attack.
Every time they attack, it is also difficult to transport their own food and grass.
It is equivalent to the small Shu Kingdom.
Commercial transportation and commercial economic development within the valley are also very difficult.
It is difficult to trade with each other.
So there is an upper limit to potential.
Once there is peace, mountainous areas will quickly become depressions in economic competition, or areas near the sea that are easy to attack and difficult to defend, making it easier to develop the economy.
This has advantages and disadvantages, it just depends on the weather.
This is also the reason why Zhang Yan finally chose to join Cao Cao.
He has a clear understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of mountains.
You can resist for a while, but you cannot resist for a lifetime.
This understanding preceded Shu for decades.
But for Wen Rensheng, this was enough.
With his subtle operations, the resources provided by the Taihang Mountains are sufficient.
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It was just a dull development. The court had no time to take care of it and banned it, but there would still be foreign enemies.
Qinghe County in Jizhou, the county governor was bought by Wen Rensheng with money.
There is a Cui family in Qinghe.
They had been interested in Wen Rensheng’s brewing business before.
I have wanted to acquire technology several times.
The results were unsuccessful.
Wen Rensheng knew how to guard against spies.
There are all kinds of means and all kinds of internal education.
It is not easy to deal with the espionage methods of ancient people.
One is personal espionage, and the other is system defense. How can individuals fight against the system?
The preventive espionage behavior established by Wen Rensheng is basically to use modern means to adapt to local conditions.
The first is internal education, and then the establishment of Baojia, where everyone is registered.
Register strangers when they enter. If you find a stranger, report it to the local security guard.
Report at all levels.
In fact, Shang Yang did it before, and ended up in a cocoon, and in the end he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
If you take a closer look at the content of his reforms, you will know that he is a typical example of the unified dynasty's extreme suppression of the people. It is no wonder that people who know him deeply will not think that he is a good person...
But his methods did make it easy to guard against spies.
Especially now that it is a feudal small-scale peasant society, with a very small floating population.
Only specialized business sectors have mobility.
Other people are stationary all year round and can be easily discovered by strangers.
Therefore, the Cui family of Qinghe has never succeeded.
Instead, many people were lost.
This evening.
In a study room in the Cui family manor.
"This Taihang Mountain man is ambitious and plots rebellion. We are in its hinterland and will bear the brunt of it. We must make plans in advance." The head of the Cui family said worriedly.
The wine industry is just the introduction.
When they later discovered how powerful the other party was, they became worried.
"I once asked a few traveling businessmen, and they all said that the Taihang Mountain people are very powerful, with 20,000 elite soldiers. How can we provoke this? Don't bother with their winery anymore, as long as we There are more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, and the children are endless, so why worry about the family’s decline?” The old man at home shook his head.
Everyone also nodded.
After all, they are landlords, scholars, and nobles, not capitalists.
Not kidnapped by profits yet.
Just like Mi Zhu was the richest man in Xuzhou, the Chen Deng family did not bother them.
Because the two are not on the same level of competition, although the former's industrial profits are high, only middle- and lower-status merchants serve as bureaucrats and cannot get high positions.
The latter relies on fame and land, accumulating talents from generation to generation, managing reputation from generation to generation, being able to serve as high-ranking officials in the state, county and court, and preserving the family lineage from generation to generation.
Wen Rensheng did not touch their land. They could not feel the pain, so naturally they did not want to be enemies with such careerists who were separatist.
On the contrary, it is best to try to ease the relationship and wait until an emergency occurs to decide whether to surrender based on the direction of the wind.
Just like they will choose between Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in the future.
The head of the family shook his head and said: "Old lady, please go and rest first."
After seeing the old lady off, he said to everyone: "You don't understand. I have seen this in depth. He doesn't reject the methods of the Taihang Mountain people, and everyone teaches them."
Some people were surprised and said: "Isn't that similar to Confucius? There is no distinction between teachings."
"Oh, but he taught those mud-legged people how to run a business and how to work. If the people in our manor also learned what he did, they would definitely not farm on our land and would go to him one after another. This is Dig our foundation." The head of the family sighed.
"The owner is overly worried. I've heard that their rent is only 30%, and it's in a mountainous area. Our Cui family is kind-hearted, and we only need 40% of the rent, and it's all good land. We don't have to worry about no one coming to rent it." He shook his head.
“You guys are short-sighted and short-sighted.” The head of the family was angry.
Obviously, these people are frightened by the Yellow Turbans and do not want to cause further turmoil.
Since Wen Rensheng didn’t cause any trouble for them, why should they bother?
Manage your reputation well and wait until there is peace before going out to be an official?
Little did they know that according to Wen Rensheng's approach, he would be dead in office within 30 years.
Like now, it is impossible to concoct a few filial piety things and then praise them, and then promote filial piety and integrity and become a high official.
In the Han Dynasty, there was a song that satirized this matter:
“If you promote a scholar, you don’t know how to read.
If you promote filial piety and honesty, your father will live apart.
Han Su is as white and turbid as mud,
Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken. ”
(End of this chapter)