Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3183 There is a cold wind above like scissors

Jiang Dongjun’s cheers did not last long.

 Just like extreme joy gives rise to sorrow, disaster strikes in a blink of an eye...

 For Jiangdong, Zhu Zhi is very good in many aspects. Whether it is water warfare or land warfare, not only can he command troops in the military, but he is also good at people's livelihood and government affairs. He can be regarded as a hexagonal talent, and basically does not have any big shortcomings.

But the problem is that, as a man who was born and raised in the Han Dynasty, Zhu Zhi tried his best to learn about new weapons and the various tactics created by Fei Qian in Guanzhong, but after all, he was limited by the vision of the Han Dynasty. , habits, and long-term thinking made Zhu Zhi still use the old fighting habits of the Han Dynasty in his strategy to deal with Zhuge Liang and his decision to attack Yufu.

 Zhu Zhi had seen Gan Ning use grenades, but he did not have a strong concept of grenades. This made Zhu Zhi not focus on grenades and thermal weapons as the focus of defense when attacking Yufu.

Of course, even if it were Zhou Yu, he might not be able to understand the use of gunpowder immediately, but he might wake up faster and react faster than Zhu Zhi.

Zhu Zhi couldn't even understand how gunpowder and kerosene would evolve, and what would happen if they were mixed together.

 These things are beyond the scope of Zhu Zhi's understanding.

 Understanding and applying are actually very important.

There are some later theories saying that China’s four great inventions seem to be less important than some foreign inventions, but they actually fell into a trap that was deliberately packaged or constructed by some people.

In fact, ancient China’s achievements in agriculture, iron and copper metallurgy, coal and oil mining, as well as inventions in machinery, medicine, astronomy, mathematics, porcelain, silk, wine making, etc. far exceeded the so-called four great inventions. These countless inventions and discoveries that are not included in the "Big Four" have greatly promoted the development of productivity in ancient China and improved the living standards of Chinese society. It can be said that many of these inventions are as important as the so-called "Big Four" inventions, and some are even more important than the "Big Four".

 Why is it not the “Five Big”, or the “Six Big”, but the “Four Big”?

 This is like the "Four Ancient Civilizations"...

 In fact, it has a specific historical significance in a specific period, and is not just a ranking or a word.

 Hence, Huaxia pays more attention to "use", because "use" is used in different ways and with different choices, so it will inevitably produce different results.

 Now Jiangdong's "use" of equipment is obviously far behind.

 They can use boats and are good at bows and arrows, but what about other weapons...

After Zhu Zhi's building boat hit the pontoon, but was hooked on the iron chain and nails on the pontoon, the Sichuan-Shu Army's counterattack began.

"Prepare! shoot! 』

At both ends of the pontoon, Sichuan and Shu soldiers fired crossbow bolts connected to gunpowder grenades.

From the water village upstream, some scorpions also rushed out, carrying kerosene, like piranhas smelling the smell of blood.

On ships traveling on the water, grenades will inevitably be splashed by water, causing the phenomenon of squibs. However, on land, or at both ends of semi-land pontoons, these squib situations can basically be exempted.

The crossbow bolts roared and struck the Jiangdong ships crowded at the pontoon.

　　　Boom! 』

　　　Boom! 』

 Successive explosions were heard.

　　　『Go up and kill him! Don't let the Jiangdong thieves escape! 』

Gan Ning stood on the bow of the boat, raising his arms and shouting.

　　　Bang! 』

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…　　

The Sichuan-Shu Army's stern hit the side of the Jiangdong Army's dome armored ship.

 The hard metal collision caused a huge crack on the side of the ship.

Countless hooks were thrown onto the Jiangdong Qiongjialou ship, making these big guys like beasts trapped in a net, unable to advance or retreat.

 The killing cry sounded like rolling thunder.

The Qiongjialou boat was stuck on the pontoon chain and could not move.

The soldiers from Jiangdong were like ants on a hot pot on top of the dome-shaped ship.

The big yellow crossbow arrow with the grenade made a "whoosh" sound and slammed into the deck!

　　『Kick it down quickly! ” Some Jiangdong soldiers screamed.

 But it was too late.

There was a "boom", iron pieces flew everywhere, and there was a scream.

Then another earthen pot of kerosene splashed and exploded on the Jiangdong battleship. Only then did the Jiangdong soldiers remember that it was not that Sichuan and Shu had no kerosene, but that it had never been used!

 The rocket streaked across the sky.

 Falled down and turned into a sea of ​​fire.

The dome-armored battleship was reduced to ashes…

The flames suddenly rose up, seeming to envelop the entire area of ​​the pontoon in a sea of ​​flames.

 The screams sounded one after another, like the afterglow and echo of the previous cheers.

 There was silence on the Jiangdong Tower Boat in the rear.

 Zhu Zhi closed his eyes, and then opened them again the next moment.

 The dazzling fire light made Zhu Zhi understand that this was not a dream, but it was better than a nightmare.

 Everything in front of him made Zhu Zhi tremble in his heart, as if something was quietly changing.

 Let the flag wave.

Zhu Zhi gritted his teeth and said in great pain, "Get out!" Ming Jin retreats his troops! 』

Had he known that Sichuan and Shu would use kerosene, he would have invested only two ships, no, at most only one dome-shaped ship!

Although there were indeed many boats in Jiangdong, they lost five dome-shaped ships in one go, and most of the Jiangdong soldiers who took up the ships also almost cut off a large piece of flesh from Zhu Zhi...

Hearing that the Jiangdong Army was offering gold to retreat, it was replaced by soldiers from Sichuan and Shu who were cheering.

There were also some Sichuan and Shu soldiers shouting some immortal banban and other things at the Jiangdong soldiers who left the battlefield, but the howling wind on the river blew the roar far away, making it difficult to hear clearly.

 But the meaning is still conveyed well...

Zhuge Liang suddenly said: "Jiangdong has lost." 』

Fa Ping was stunned, this is not obvious...

Faping soon realized that Zhuge Liang might not be talking about just the war at hand.

 Why is Zhuge Liang so sure?

 …

 …

 In Chengdu, the government offices are also very busy today.

The running clerk was holding layers of writings, sweating, panting, and gritting his teeth.

The normal process is to wait for the servants to come and carry them in, but there are too many things at the moment. If you really have to wait for the process, then your own writing will definitely be pushed to the back. Therefore, the small officials in the counties around Chengdu have to personally He stared at the text in his hands, waiting for Xu Shu's processing.

 In fact, Xu Shulai may not necessarily be required to respond to matters reported by surrounding counties. However, the officials of surrounding counties feel that if they do not do so, it cannot mean that they are closely united in...ahem...

 In officialdom, taking sides is very important.

 Soliding one’s team is also an attitude.

　　　What has the person who stirred up the trouble done recently? 』

Xu Shu asked while reading the text.

Fa Zheng, who was standing aside, said in a deep voice: "If you pretend to be having fun with the wind and the moon, in fact, people will be in panic." 』

Xu Shu picked up his pen and wrote a few words at the end of the text, "Wu Zheng's injury has not healed yet?" 』

Fa Zheng smiled and said, "Not yet." 』

 Xu Shu also laughed, took a new book from the pile of essays, spread it out, and said, "This is not good...how much we are neglecting official duties...don't you see that we are writing like this now, you can't even read it?" Fazheng then said: "Let the horse follow the cao..."

 Xu Shu shook his head slightly.

Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes moved, "Then let Lieutenant Lei..."

 Xu Shu nodded.

Fa Zheng understood, stood up and walked out.

 The Han Dynasty originally had very strict control over local officials. Taking appointments in other places, wives staying in Beijing, etc. were all controls on local feudal decentralization.

 This kind of decentralization has gone in a different direction from the Western feudal system.

 Under the Western feudal system, there were still many self-governing people, but in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, and until the Eastern Han Dynasty, they moved towards stricter control. After several disputes and even rebellious confrontations, weakening the authority of local officials has become an unchangeable trend.

Whatever Xu Shu wants to do, he will subconsciously let Fa Zheng do it. This does not mean that Xu Shu himself is lazy, but it more or less reflects the separation of decision-making and execution. Of course, if Xu Shu's behavior is not properly controlled, it will also cause other problems.

 So overall, the political system of the Han Dynasty still relies more on "human" factors.

Xu Shu stopped writing and thought about the recent events again.

 He ​​did not want to eliminate all the gentry and gentry in Sichuan and Shu. This was consistent with the strategy of the Hussar General and similar to the policy of the early Han Dynasty.

 In the political situation of the early Han Dynasty, the inheritance of the Qin system was one aspect, and the assimilation policy was another equally important aspect.

One of the reasons why Liu Bang and Xiao He were able to follow in the footsteps of the Qin Dynasty and re-establish the empire while avoiding the mistakes of the Qin Dynasty was that they learned the lessons of the Qin Dynasty and were not eager to organize customs and unify the culture in a short period of time. After the military conquest and political unification, they temporarily stopped, accepted and tolerated the coexistence of different customs, implemented different policies for different regions, and set up counties and counties in Qin, Han, Wei and other western regions to "rule by Han law" , and in the eastern regions such as Zhao, Yan, Qi, and Chu, kingdoms were established, allowing princes and kings to formulate and promulgate their own policies and laws within a certain range, and relying on their own scholars to "follow the customs" to a certain extent to govern.

  It means both "obeying the king" and "obeying the common people".

This was the case when Fei Qian first entered Sichuan.

 But "obeying the king" and "obeying the secular" are themselves contradictory, and they will eventually be unified into "obeying the king".

It's just that when Fei sneaked into Sichuan and Shu, although he suppressed various counties militarily, the culture and personnel were still in chaos, especially when the traditional influence of the local gentry and gentry in Sichuan and Shu was still very strong. If If the law is enforced, there will inevitably be a risk of provoking large-scale resistance.

 Under such circumstances, Fei Qian asked Xu Shu to take things easy.

 Xu Shu did indeed achieve this.

 Now, it is basically the time to "see the end of the world".

 Xu Shu looked at the mountain of writing and suddenly shook his head and laughed, "Didn't these people think of it... No, they thought of it, but they couldn't do it..."

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 …

 Wu Yi announced that he was injured and was recuperating at home.

 The Wu family's wealth is one of the best in Sichuan and Shu.

 It is like the other courtyard where Wu Yi "recuperates" now. Not to mention others, there are three gardens alone.

In the mansion, of course, it is not possible for Wu Yi alone or a family to clean and tidy up, but there are many servants.

 In the land of Sichuan and Shu, the problem of slaves is even more serious than in Guanzhong.

Although the Han Dynasty was an agricultural society dominated by self-cultivating farmers, there were also a large number of slaves in the society. These slaves had a completely different identity from free people, and the existence of such slaves was still common until the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

 Slaves were not only slaves themselves, but also their children. The children of slaves were called "sons of slaves" in the Han Dynasty. For example, the Western Han Dynasty war general Wei Qing was a son of slaves, and his mother Wei Yu was a slave. Therefore, Wei Qing had been a slave and shepherded sheep until Wei Qing's sister was fortunate enough to be promoted to the court by Emperor Wu.

 Under slavery, there is naturally a slave-like economic system.

 Just like the Wu family, almost all the work was done by slaves.

 To a certain extent, these slaves are not considered “human beings”.

 But under the Husband’s New Deal, slaves must be counted as human beings.

This is not a simple attitude or a slogan, but actually affects many aspects. The most critical issue involves "oral calculation".

This is another new measure after the "New Land Policy" that is as if the earth is falling apart.

Many people in the Han Dynasty, regardless of their special identities such as prisoners and war criminals, just talking about ordinary peasants, during the long Han Dynasty, there were also many peasants who "voluntarily" sold themselves into slavery...

 Either selling it in this state or county, or selling it in that state or county.

Local gentry and gentry used any means, high or low prices, in order to obtain the labor value of these "slaves" and attempt to possess them for a long time.

 The rich have plenty of means to evade or shift taxes.

 The most common one is to hide one’s land and household.

According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, all farmland needs to pay taxes, and the national tax is actually very low, but the local gentry has to withhold these taxes. That is, the local gentry responsible for collecting rent, grain, and draft has collected it from the farmers, but privately By withholding it, it embezzles state tax revenue.

 This involves measures similar to the "tax farming system" in the Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, prefects were not allowed to serve locally, so they came from other places. Of course, the prefects who served at the same time were proficient in scriptures, but not everyone was good at arithmetic. In order to protect their official titles, these prefects often The authority to collect taxes was transferred to local squires. The local squire only needs to pay the full amount of taxes required by the prefect, and the rest is regarded as the local squire's remuneration, which naturally results in hidden land.

It is even easier to hide the household. After all, it is sold to the local gentry, and the household that originally belonged to ordinary people is considered to be extinct. With a tick of the red pen, the "household tax" related to this household will naturally no longer need to be paid.

In addition, there are also frauds such as defrauding the sick and disabled, false reporting of age, etc. Anyway, there is nothing that is unimaginable but impossible.

 But once these slaves also become a registered population, this means that the original "slave owners" need to pay more taxes...

 In Guanzhong, because most of the "slaves" were counted on Fei Qian's head. So at the beginning, when Fei Qian said that he wanted to pay these "slaves" so that these "slaves" could pay their own calculations, some people laughed at Fei Qian for throwing away money, and some people thought that Fei Qian was unnecessary, but after all, he was Fei Qian. Keep your own affairs private, and others can't say anything.

Of course, what Fei Qian considers is not simply "oral calculation", but Dahan's new hierarchical system to replace the original somewhat decadent and chaotic civil nobility system and accommodate more people to participate in Dahan's online experience and monster grinding. Come during the event…

In Guanzhong and Sichuan, there are some smart gentry and gentry who have realized these problems. They have worked hard to transform themselves from the traditional way of profiting from land and population occupation into a new business model along with Fei Qian. But there are still many people who have not been able to adapt to the new changes, or who do not want any new changes.

 In this process of change, or in other words, change, repetition and pain are naturally inevitable.

Wu Yi also realized that what Fei Qian needed was not the kind of local squire who was obsessed with land and population, but he obviously had no way to independently embark on the transformation from a manor owner to a mine owner like the Sima family. A push is needed. Even Wu Yi is not the kind of person who is full of super decisiveness and super high execution ability, so he was stimulated by Wu Ban's incident, and then after taking a big step forward, he began to hesitate again. , pretending to be injured and unable to move.

This kind of worry about gains and losses anytime and anywhere has been bothering Wu Yi for the past few days, until Lei Tong came to visit.

Lei Tong didn’t have any worries at all and banged on the door.

 For Lei Tong, Mu Qiang is his only standard.

 As long as the master is strong, he can kneel down and lick anywhere, but if he discovers that his master is weak...

Fei Qian is powerful enough now, and Xu Shu is also smart enough, so Lei Tong is naturally so good that his tail can wag like a helicopter.

　　　『Wu Zheng, no matter whether your injury is healed or not, you have to work now anyway. 』

Lei Tong got straight to the point and said with a half-smile.

Wu Yi was silent. He knew what he should do, but his weakness suddenly broke out again. Maybe he felt that Lei Tong's status was still a little low. Maybe it would be better if Fazheng came to ask him to take action?

Lei Tong chuckled and stared at Wu Yi's household utensils. He stroked the fox fur cover on the armrest where he was sitting, and praised it: "Wu Zhengzheng really knows how to enjoy... This pattern is really beautiful!" When the weather is cold, with such a leather case, my hands won’t tremble with cold... I can also take it off in summer, it’s really..."

“…” Wu Yi waved his hand helplessly, “Come here, prepare a set like this for Lieutenant Lei…”

　　　Yo! How embarrassing! ” Lei Tong pretended to evade for a while, and then immediately thanked him, “Then I would like to thank Wu Zheng for his kindness! Thank you, thank you very much! 』

Normally speaking, Lei Tong should get up and leave after taking something and getting a benefit, and then Wu Yi would spend money to delay it for a few days, but Lei Tong is not an ordinary person.

 Lei Tong focused on Wu Yi's copper stove for heating in the living room again.

On the surface Lei Tong seems to be stupid and stupid, but in fact Lei Tong knows in his heart that he and Wu Yi are not the same kind of people, and it is impossible for them to get together. Being able to break into the house this time does not mean that he can still come in so easily next time. So there are benefits, why should he let it go so easily?

 Besides, the copper stove in Wu Yi’s house is indeed beautiful. This kind of utensil is specially designed for wealthy people to keep warm in the cold winter season. It is indeed different from ordinary copper stoves and fire basins. Not only the pattern carvings, but also the specially designed table to put sandalwood or other spices...

 ‘Wow, this copper stove is really well designed! ” Lei Tong was startled, “There is also a tray for holding incense, you can add it at any time... Oh my, it’s really... eh? Wu Zheng, what are you doing? 』

Wu Yi had already stood up and walked to the door of the hall, "Let's go!" If I don’t leave, I’m worried that this house will be spotted by Lieutenant Lei..."

 (End of this chapter)