Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 378
The temple plan was established, and Wang Zheng immediately issued an order to order the Bafu to immediately start drawing up the battle plan. At the same time, he and the Simafu began to select and mobilize the troops for the expedition, as well as raise and prepare food, grass, ordnance and other materials.

This was the first time since the establishment of the Bafu that it played its true role. Wang Zheng gave them a half-month deadline, and Geng Geng specifically ordered Zhang Zhao and Yu Jin not to participate. This was partly due to the exercise of Wu Sheng's overall planning ability.

At that time, Xu Fang had already gone to Pengcheng Town to guard the west wing of the army. Now Wu Sheng had no one to help him, and for the first time he was going to take charge of the literary affairs alone.

At the same time, Wang Zheng ordered Gu Jian to contact Guan Cheng. In the afternoon of that day, Gu Jian took a few soldiers out of the city in disguise. One night after ten months, a white sail surged from the entrance of the Pi River.

Among the group of people that Gu Jian brought back this time, apart from Guan Cheng, there was also a group of unfamiliar faces, all dressed as warriors, and the most noticeable thing was their aggressiveness.

Among them was a burly man with thick hands and feet, long hair draped over his shoulders, wearing a silver forehead band, thick face, broad shoulders, eyes like copper bells, and a sinister and cunning look on his face.

Under the leadership of Gu Jian, the group of people left in no hurry.

This is due to Guo Jia's prior explanation.

After the discussion was over, Gu Jian discussed with Wang Zheng and Guo Jia that although there were many Yellow Turbans entrenched in the North Sea, only Guan Cheng was a water thief. If he wanted to completely control the Bohai Sea area, he might be powerless.

After hearing this, Wang Zheng looked at Guo Jia subconsciously, and seeing that the young man had already made up his mind, he smiled and said to contact Guan Cheng first, and explain to his face that this matter is important, if he can guarantee that nothing will go wrong, that would be the best.

Otherwise, Gu Jian can propose Guan Cheng to contact other pirates to accomplish this together, Wang Zheng will reward him generously.

Guo Jia's next eloquent talk was a science popularization for Wang Zheng.

Different from the later dynasties, since the Warring States period, the maritime traffic of the Celestial Dynasty has basically been concentrated in the lands of Yan and Qi. The ports in the Bohai Rim region, represented by Xuxiang, Zhifu (fu), Miaojin Islands, and Tajin, may be improving day by day. , or the first clues, by the time of the Han Dynasty, the development of the Bohai Sea route had gradually matured, and the earliest pirates of the Chinese Dynasty also came into being.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, there was a sea uprising led by Lu Mu, who gathered tens of thousands of people to attack the county seat. If there were a large number of officers and soldiers, they would retreat to the island and defend it. The land was so vivid that the Xinmang regime at that time was unbearable, and several encirclement and suppression efforts were unsuccessful.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although these pirates were not too noisy in the Central Plains, the small country next door, North Korea, suffered a lot.

They crossed the Bohai Strait from the Shandong Peninsula, passed through the Liaodong Peninsula, and went to the Korean Peninsula and the Dongying Islands. They either burned and killed, or occupied land as kings. For example, in the 13th year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, Weiman of the Yan people led a thousand people into North Korea. The king of Han, the capital of Wangxian (near Pyongyang today), was known as Wei's Korea in history.

At this time, New Year's Day has just passed, and a large number of pirates must still be huddled on the Bohai Islands. As long as they are rewarded generously, they are not afraid that there will be no brave men.

In Guo Jia's view, compared with bandits and thieves, pirates are more cunning, cruel and tolerant, and difficult to tame. When attracting such people with huge profits, they have to When you meet, show your prestige first, and then show your kindness.

Why prestige?

However, the military strength is strong and the power is prosperous.

When he was at the port just now, Wang Zheng, who had already received the report from the ancient sword, arranged for some elites from the Tianzhu Camp to greet him. Even though the group of pirates were shocked, Guan Cheng even praised the big man who took the lead. Lean and capable, it is not comparable to ordinary yellow scarves.

After demonstrating the strength of the army, the next step is to list the prosperity of the power. Xiapi, as the newly established capital of Xuzhou, has always been the top priority of governance. I just took this opportunity to show them the wealth of the royal government. big.

Looking far and near, there are many villages.

In the neatly divided farmland, many of the cultivated crops poked out their heads and grew quite high, filled with a fresh smell. In the twilight, they became more and more green.The smoke was everywhere, and the late-returning farmers were leaving together. Seeing this scene, the burly man couldn't help but nodded secretly, and turned to Guan Cheng to speak, but he heard a melodious bell, blowing in the evening wind.

The man looked up, and saw not far ahead, a tall house stood beside the road.The bell came from there.The door of the room opened, and ten or twenty young children came out in a swarm.

Afterwards, a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian scholar chased after him, shouting incessantly, "Go slowly, go slowly. Be careful not to fall!"

The children stood upright, turned around, lined up, bowed respectfully to the middle-aged man, and said in unison: "Sir, please come back, see you tomorrow."

In the clear and clear voice of the child, the middle-aged man straightened his clothes and bowed in return: "See you tomorrow."

The disheveled and childish man, who stood upright, answered with restraint and acted politely, which made everyone look sideways.

The burly man looked up and saw a horizontal plaque hanging on the house. He recognized the two words immediately: "So this is a village school."

Not ten miles away, I saw a similar house on the side of the road. They probably passed by late, and the house was empty. Looking through the window, there were complete tables and chairs. It was obviously another village school.

This time the burly man was finally moved, he looked at Gu Jian sideways in surprise, and couldn't help but said: "Brother Gu, Xiapi is actually a ten-mile school?"

Seeing that Gu Jian was smiling and silent, the burly man frowned slightly and thought to himself.

It is normal for culture and education to prosper in the state capital, but that was also a matter of peace, but in today's chaotic world, it is not easy for officials and people to survive, so who can worry about it?
He had heard of Wang Zheng's name, and he knew that this young man had indeed become the number one figure in the Shandong Peninsula in the past two years, but he never thought that the other party would be so majestic in martial arts, but still have such an emphasis on writing?
Seeing the burly man groaning silently, Gu Jian also cried out in his heart that it's a pity, it's not that he doesn't want to show off, it's just that he really doesn't understand.

Most of these village schools were built recently. On the one hand, Gu Jian paid more attention to military affairs when he collapsed. On the other hand, he often traveled back and forth between Xuzhou and Qingzhou during this period, so naturally he didn't know much about it.

On New Year's Day, Wang Zheng tortured Yan Yan by dismembering his body by five horses. Immediately after wielding a butcher knife, he even ransacked the family of the Yan family in Pengcheng and wiped out the barbarians. But it has received the effect.

Among the few people who refused to cooperate, most of them were afraid and persuaded by the clansmen, so they surrendered helplessly.

Among them, some talented and famous people, such as Bu Zhi and his like, were arranged by Wang Zheng in the Boju Hall, where they were given clear and important positions, watched their actions, heard their words, and reserved them for later use.

As for those who lack talent and reputation, they will be assigned to the court school, and then the official school will be established. Every time a school is built, one person will be selected to teach.

It's not a school every ten miles. Naturally, there are more government schools in densely populated places, and naturally fewer in sparsely populated places.

For every ten government schools, there must be a school principal, who is a literate person from the Tianfu Army and Tianji Camp. There is no need for lectures, and the daily duties are patrolling, supervising, coordinating, and uploading.

As for the teaching materials of these official schools, they are all compiled by the Department of Official Studies of Sima Mansion.

In fact, there are 102 chapters of the ready-made textbook "Xun Zhuan Pian" in the Han Dynasty.

"Xun Zhuan Pian" was adapted from "Cangjie Pian". This book was compiled by the teacher in the village in the early Han Dynasty from "Cangjie" written by Li Si in the Qin Dynasty, "Yan Li" written by Zhao Gao, and "Bo Xue" written by Hu Wujing. Together, the book has basically included the words that appeared in the "Six Classics" and various classics at that time.

Because there were many repeated words in the book, Li Shang took the orthographic characters in it as "Yuan Shang Pian" during Emperor Cheng's reign, and Yang Xiong deleted the repeated words in "Cang Jie Pian" during Emperor Ping's reign, and added a batch of useful characters to continue into "Yuan Shang Pian". Xunzuipian" has 89 chapters, and Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty continued with 13 chapters, a total of 102 chapters, so that there are no repeated words.

In these textbooks, according to Wang Zheng's instructions, some vague words were subtracted, and some basic knowledge of planning and farming were added.

An ordinary peasant family is well off if they can afford food and clothing, and they have no spare money for their children to study.

Therefore, Wang Zheng exempted all tuition fees, and the husband's salary was paid by the Department of Justice.

At the same time, it is also taken into account that it is not easy for grasshoppers to survive. Classes are only held during slack farming seasons, and they are not forced during busy farming seasons.

The only point is that all children over the age of six must go to class during the slack season, which is absolutely beyond dispute.

Wang Zheng also had no choice. In fact, in the feudal era of the Celestial Dynasty, no matter whether it was the royal family or the aristocratic family, they were not closed to basic knowledge.

It's just that most ordinary people don't have time to think about their children's education because of their hard life, which is even more so in today's troubled times.

This kind of concept is difficult to change for a while, so we have to resort to coercive means.

The port is still tens of miles away from Xiapi. Gu Jian looked at the sky, the twilight had gradually turned into night, but the city wall was still faintly visible, and said: "Brothers, let's go faster."

"You must enter the city before nightfall, and you will be troubled if you close the city gate."

Everyone responded one after another, riding their horses one after another to urge them, and within three or two miles, a group of people ran towards them on the avenue.

There are a lot of people. At a rough glance, there are about three or four hundred. The leader shouted slogans, and the others lined up neatly, shouting loudly while running.

So many people shouted together, the voice was very loud, and the alarmed old birds flew around.Everyone was shocked.

The burly man calmed down his mount and asked, "What are they shouting? They seem to be singing."

While directing the crowd to make way, Gu Jian replied: "It was originally a song, and it was about one, two, three, four. One, two, three, four"

In the billowing smoke and dust, none of the group of people turned their heads to look when they passed by the group of pirates. They all kept their eyes on each other, full of energy, kept the order of the ranks, and ran quickly.

Seeing this, the burly man asked, "Is this the garrison of Xiapi?"

"The drill is correct, but it's not the garrison in Xiapi. They don't have weapons."

Gu Jian pointed to the flag at the head of the team and said, "The pattern on this flag represents the military camp. They are people from the nearby military camp. If the garrison drills, they will not be unarmed, and they will train with heavy weights in the morning and evening, at least thirty miles each. Training The intensity is far inferior to that of the military camp."

After listening to Gu Jian's statement, the pirates couldn't stop talking.

According to what he said, isn't this military village just a group of auxiliary soldiers?
Even these auxiliary soldiers can maintain such discipline and have such a style. It is really impossible to imagine how strong and rigorous Wang Zheng's regular army is?

The burly man exchanged glances with his subordinates, and praised again and again: "You can know the autumn by seeing a leaf. Wang Zhoumu has such a strong army under his command. No wonder he created such a foundation in a short period of time!"

Before nightfall, everyone finally arrived at Xiapi City.

The moat outside the city has only recently been expanded, and it is ten feet wide, and the water depth does not bottom out.There is a wide bridge outside the city gate for passage, and the city is high and thick.

At the crenel, soldiers with strong bows, crossbows, and bright armor can be seen faintly patrolling among the lights.

Although it was late, the city gate was bustling with people coming and going.

When the burly man observed carefully, Guan Cheng, who had been silent all this time, asked, "Lieutenant Gu, you just said that the city gate will be closed, why are there so many people leaving the city?"

"In recent years, there have been frequent wars, and many people have been displaced and have no food to eat. My state pastor uses work as relief, organizes manpower, or digs canals in the countryside, or repairs arterial roads, and strengthens the city. The people who leave the city just finish their work. Farmers who have just received their food and returned home."

When everyone saw it, it was really good.Those who went out of the city, some carried baskets, and some carried small basins, which were full of food.

But today the world is in chaos, some of these pirates are ancestral crafts, and some are newcomers who have lost their way of life, such as refugees, and they have seen a lot of burly men, but it is not surprising at all.

However, there are also many wars in this area of ​​Xuzhou, so where did Wang Zheng get such sufficient food?

Not to mention supporting their own army, but also providing relief to these refugees with work?

This is somewhat unexpected.

"The last time I came here, the state herdsman was still Tao Qian. Except for Langya, the people's livelihood in the territory was poor, and food was in short supply." The burly man glanced at Gu Jian and said with a smile: "However, in just a few years, how can we get here? When Wang Zhou was a herdsman, was Xuzhou so rich?"

"Could it be that General Tiangong really has immortal skills?"

Hearing this, Gu Jian laughed dumbly, pointed at the gate of the city and said, "Boss Zhang, have you seen these people entering the city?"

That burly man followed the fingertips of the ancient sword, his vision of robbing houses was naturally sharp, and he could see it immediately.

"The people on the side are all ordinary people, but these few are businessmen?"

"That's right, more than half of these merchants are grain merchants. After my Master Zhou pacified Xuzhou in one fell swoop, the chaotic situation was changed, and the country was peaceful. In addition, Xuzhou now has a policy of emphasizing business. Go to taxation. If the quantity is large, we will even give some encouragement, regardless of Jiangdong and Northeast, there are merchants who come here enthusiastically. To tell you the truth, our heavenly army lacks everything, except food!"

Gu Jian boasted so much that the pirates were taken aback for a while.

Why is the heavenly army not short of food?It is true that some of the food used by Wang Zheng to help the people came from several big families who went to other states to buy it, but the other part was snatched from the Beihai Kingdom because of the sheep's wool.

Not long ago, a new army of 2 people was built. After simple training, nearly a thousand veterans were mixed into it as the backbone. 8000 people have already entered the battlefield in advance. Led by Huang Zhong, they started from Dongwu County in Langya to Beihai The south of the country is constantly harassed.

Since he was involved in a feint attack, under Wang Zheng's order, Huang Zhong did not launch a formal attack on Pingchang, Gaomi and other counties, but only wreaked havoc on the countless villages between those cities.

Kong Rong is not good at rogue bandits, but there are a few problems in internal affairs, and Beihai is extremely rich due to the development of commerce and trade, and the common people have always had the habit of storing food, so every three days a dozen, five days a looting, the food they get is still Quite a lot.

It not only plays the role of military training, but also confuses the sight of the North Sea country for the upcoming offensive, and at the same time suspends the urgent situation. It can be described as the best of three worlds.

After entering the city, Gu Jian led a group of people into the post house to rest.

The next day, someone sent an order, and Wang Zheng, the state shepherd, summoned him.

(End of this chapter)