Chapter 23 The mess in Xuzhou
It seems that Liu Bei also wants to farm.
This makes sense.
Liu Bei took over Xuzhou left by Tao Qian, which was very different from the novel.
In the novel, Liu Bei accepted a Xuzhou with a warehouse full of grain and a rich treasury, but only weak soldiers, who could only farm but not fight.
But in fact, Tao Qian's Danyang soldiers were actually very powerful.
In official history, only the Danyang soldiers achieved the achievement of "Three Kingdoms Killing" and hunted down and killed all three founding monarchs of the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Cao's first crusade against Dong Zhuo was defeated by Xu Rong until the entire army was annihilated. He only managed to escape because of Cao Hong's risk of life to save him. After learning from the pain, he went to Danyang to recruit troops.
After successfully recruiting four thousand troops in Danyang, Cao Cao led this army back north. When they reached Longkang, the Danyang soldiers rebelled and almost killed Cao Cao.
It was the same when Sun Ce started his career. At that time, Sun Ce's uncle Wu Jing was appointed as the governor of Danyang by Yuan Shu, so he happily went to Danyang to recruit troops and gathered hundreds of soldiers.
As a result, Sun Ce didn't even recognize the heads of such a few people, so he was caught by Danyang's powerful ancestor and killed him, and the entire army was wiped out.
Sun Ce himself narrowly escaped death before escaping back to Yuan Shu.
The last one is Big Ear Brother. Because the Danyang soldiers lost their foundation in Xuzhou, they were trapped in Guangling at the worst time, and their subordinates cannibalized each other.
It can only be said that the Danyang soldiers lived up to their reputation as the strongest soldiers in the world and almost killed the Three Kingdoms directly.
In fact, many people were deceived by the novel and thought it was Boss Cao who took the initiative to attack Xuzhou.
But in real history, it was Tao Qian, a "good old man" with tens of thousands of Danyang elite soldiers, who took the initiative to attack Cao Cao, and even united a large group of men to attack Boss Cao.
At one point, Boss Cao was beaten to the left and right. Not only did he lose Taishan County, but he also almost failed to defend Rencheng County.
You must know that although Rencheng County is not a big place, as a county, it only has three counties.
But its geographical location is indeed very important, and it can be called a transportation hub in Yanzhou County.
Rencheng borders Langya Kingdom to the east, Jiyin County to the west, Lu and Pei to the south, and Taishan County to the north.
If this place is lost, the strategic initiative will completely fall into Tao Qian's hands, and he can easily defeat all the counties in Yanzhou.
Tao Qian's strategy was very correct, but unfortunately, the person he met was Cao Cao.
Boss Cao is indeed extremely talented, and his talent for learning military matters is so strong that he managed to turn the tables on this adversity in one fell swoop.
What made Tao Qian even worse was that a big thunder exploded on his side at this time.
Tao Qian never imagined that at this critical moment, he would be stabbed almost fatally by his confidant Zuo Rong, a giant on the same level as Cao Hong and Cao Bao in the Danyang faction.
Zuo Rong was Tao Qian's confidant, and Tao Qian was extremely fond of him. Even though Zhao Yu, Chen Deng, Mi Zhu and others repeatedly advised him, it had no effect.
The reason is that Zuo Rong is a fellow from Danyang, and he has brought hundreds of people to defect to him. In the end, this person can make money.
If a military group wants to maintain and grow, it cannot do without funds.
Among Tao Qian’s subordinates, only Zuo Rong can obtain a large amount of funds for him.
He is both the Danyang Township Party and the original major shareholder of Tao Qian in the early days of its opening.
If Tao Qian doesn't reuse this, who else can he reuse?
Even though the territory of Xuzhou was plundered by Zuo Rong, the sky was three feet high. Xuzhou’s scholars, powerful men, and the capital of Guizhou wanted to eat Zuo Rong alive, but Tao Qian resolutely protected him and gave him a promotion. official.
Zuo Rong, a powerful country man from Danyang who couldn't even get into the circle of scholars, was actually promoted by Tao Qian to become the Prime Minister of Xiapi State. This is a real high-ranking official with the rank of governor of two thousand stone. . In addition, Tao Qian also handed over all the taxation and transportation work of Xiapi, Pengcheng, and Guangling counties to Zuo Rong in one fell swoop.
Ze Rong was now like a cat entering the fish pond and a mouse entering the rice vat, completely letting himself go.
When Tao Qian was fighting with Boss Cao, he was behind to make money in various ways.
When Tao Qian gained the upper hand, he restrained himself a little.
But after Cao Cao turned against the wind and turned defeat into victory, Zuo Rong went completely crazy. He swept away all the tax revenue and treasury of the three counties in one breath, and ran south with tens of thousands of troops and more than 3,000 horses. On the way.
Subsequently he committed many cruel and evil deeds in the south until he was defeated by Sun Ce and died at the hands of the mountain people.
But such a great evil man, just because he believed in Buddhism, was exonerated by Buddhism in later generations, which shows the absurdity of history.
Zuo Rong's wave of money running away was also one of the direct reasons why Tao Qian's army collapsed and was hanged up by Cao Cao.
There are only five counties in Xuzhou, and Langya County is dominated by Zang.
Ze Rong took three-quarters of the money and food in one breath and ran away, leaving only Donghai County as a county. How could this support the frontline war?
Without supplies and no food to eat, the morale of the Danyang soldiers dropped to zero, and they were driven back to Xuzhou by Boss Cao.
It can be seen how empty Xuzhou's treasury is. Without the strong support of Chen Deng and Mi Zhu, Liu Bei would not be able to support even his own six thousand direct descendants.
Mi Zhu is a special driver, although he doesn't take care of things very much, and he feels a bit like a mascot.
But his actual power is actually quite large, and he has a very clear understanding of state affairs.
Don’t take this position, many people understand it as a senior official.
This is because when the state pastor or the state governor is away, administrative affairs are usually handled by other officials.
But in fact, this perception is wrong. Biejia is not a deputy, he is more like the first person under the state pastor.
The origin of the name Biejia illustrates the value of this position.
Biejia means that he, like Zhou Mu and Zhou Governor, has his own car, and when they go out, his car ranks second only to Zhou Mu and Zhou Governor.
Because of this, the candidates for various places are often local people who have a lot of land, money and food, and are also high-profile celebrities.
When this kind of person becomes strong, it only takes a matter of minutes to oust the governor of the state.
Logically speaking, Mi Zhu is not qualified to be a driver.
Although the Mi family is rich, the Mi family does not belong to the gentry circle. His family background is a merchant.
Even if the Mi family is generous and has a good relationship with the gentry circle, it does not mean that the gentry can tolerate Mi Zhu's appointment.
But who told Tao Qian to be an unruly person?
Compared with Tao Qian's promotion of Cao Hong to the position of long history, promotion of Cao Bao and Xu Dan to the rank of general, and promotion of Zuo Rong to the position of Prime Minister of Pi, and responsible for the transportation of taxes, money and grain to the three kingdoms of Xiapi, Guangling and Pengcheng. .
It was really not a big deal for Mi Zhu to act as a private driver. Even the local scholars in Xuzhou were too lazy to object.
After all, they were too busy complaining angrily about Cao Hong and Zuo Rong that they didn't have time, so Mi Zhu could still be considered one of their own.
(End of this chapter)