Three Kingdoms Simulator: This Ma Su is too stable

Chapter 243 Zhuge Liang: Are you teaching me how to do things?

"It's not dangerous." Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Di with a smile: "But it is also difficult for Wang Ping to gain Lu Xun's trust, it is difficult to get the Soochow's reuse, and it is impossible to be in charge of an army alone. If Xiaochang just wants him to pass on something valuable information, it is still feasible.”

"..."

The matter has come to this point, irreparable, Ma Di simply put away his worries, and said instead: "Prime Minister, the situation that Ji Han will face in the next period of time will be very serious."

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, but did not speak.

Indeed, after the Shu Han captured Wudu and Yinping counties in the southern Longnan area two and a half years ago, they recently gained five new counties in Longyou, bringing the entire seven counties of Longyou under their control.

Coupled with the four Western Qiang tribes (approximately equivalent to the territory and size of four counties) and the eight counties of Liangzhou that were captured before, all kinds of affairs suddenly doubled, and the number was terrifying.

Just re-dividing all the sites under his jurisdiction into administrative regions, arranging officials to take up posts, and straightening out the situation in various places made Zhuge Liang very busy.

Before, Zhuge Liang had divided the seven counties of Nanzhong from Yizhou and set it as Yunzhou; during this time, he merged the seven counties of Longyou and about eleven counties of the four eastern Qiang into one place and named it Qinzhou. ; The eight counties of Liangzhou remain unchanged, and they are still Liangzhou.

In this way, Ji Han's territory has evolved from a state with 223 counties in total when Zhuge Liang took over in the first year of Jianxing (42), to the current four states with a total of [-] counties, and the territory has quadrupled.

As for the current total population, it has not yet been counted, but Zhuge Liang has an approximate number in mind, and it is equivalent to the approximate number provided by Ma Di.

The population of Jihan is currently about 350 million, and there are more than 28 soldiers and horses.

Although the combined population of the four states is only about 300 million, which is far less than the 500 million population when Liu Yan and his son controlled Shu, Zhuge Liang is already very satisfied.

And the beginning of Ji Han's rapid rise all the way was because of the promotion of Ma Di in Jieting.

Compared with Ji Han, Cao Wei currently owns the eight prefectures of Bing, You, Ji, Qing, Xu, Yu, Yan, and Yong. In addition, it also occupies the northern areas of Yangzhou and Jingzhou. It has 74 counties under its jurisdiction and a population of about 600 million. Another 50 million soldiers and horses.

Sun Wu owns three states, 32 counties, a population of about 300 million, and another 20 soldiers and horses.

Of the fifteen states in the world, Wei has eight, Shu has four, and Wu has three.


In this way, the comparison of the national strength of the three countries is presented as follows: Cao Wei population 600 million > Ji Han population 350 million > Sun Wu 300 million;
Troop strength: Cao Wei 50 > Ji Han 28 > Sun Wu 20.

Among the Three Kingdoms, Wei State is still the strongest; Ji Han bucked the trend and rose from the old to the second; Sun Wu was at the bottom.

The combined overall strength of Ji Han and Sun Wu has already surpassed Cao Wei.If the alliance between Shu and Wu does not collapse, sooner or later Cao and Wei will be eaten away by the two.

In other words, Cao Wei will eventually be cannibalized by the three families and die, because there is still the desert hero Ke Bineng in the north.Kebi Neng has [-] cavalry under his command, eyeing the northern part of Wei State covetously.

Four years ago, Cao Wei was not afraid of Kirby.Because there were [-] elite cavalry standing in Wei State at that time, and another [-] cavalry reserves.As long as there is a need, Wei Guo can instantly form [-] cavalry.But now, Wei's elite cavalry has almost been lost in the battle against the Shu Han, and the newly formed cavalry is not large in number and their combat effectiveness is average.In this way, Kirbyneng's cavalry advantage was highlighted.

Judging from the current situation, as long as the Shu Han does not die and is no longer stabbed in the back by Soochow, this solid foundation is enough for Liu Chan to be the emperor stably until his death.

Therefore, although the time spent working on state affairs is getting longer and longer every day, and his health is deteriorating, Zhuge Liang's spirit is high-spirited, hearty and cheerful, and he no longer has the depression and anxiety when he took over the Shu Han nine years ago.

Recently, Zhuge Liang has also gradually realized the danger of doing everything by himself, and is trying to delegate power to his subordinates a little bit.

In terms of people's livelihood and government affairs, before, Zhuge Liang had arranged Jiang Wan as the governor of Liangzhou; Under the guidance of the prime minister's mansion, Yi supervised all affairs in Yizhou, and Dong Yun went to Yunzhou (namely the seven counties of Nanzhong).

In terms of military affairs, Zhuge Liang currently has two favorite successors, the first is Ma Di, and the second is Jiang Wei.

As for Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, Wei Yan, Deng Zhi, Xiang Chong, Zong Yu, Hu Ji, Li Hui, Zhang Yi, Ma Zhong, Ma Dai, Zhang Biao, Yan Yu, Huo Ge, Liao Hua, including Wang who is currently undercover in Soochow. Equal generals are all generals rather than handsome talents.

These generals did not even include the four major generals under Ma Di's command, as well as Fei Yao, Dai Ling, Qu Yi, Qu Bu and others who stayed in Liangzhou to surrender.

In fact, for a long time, even Zhuge Liang himself believed that the talents of the Shu Han were withered, and there were not many people worthy of great positions.However, when he was determined to release some power, he suddenly discovered that the actual situation was not the case.

There are still a lot of generals in Shu Han.

It's just that the country was too poor in the past, the people were too few, and the military strength was insufficient. In addition, he was too good at fighting, almost omnipotent, and he pushed it by himself, so he gave him the illusion that "the talents of the Shu Han can't meet his standards".

Looking back now, Zhuge Liang couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, feeling that his previous requirements were too high.

And what made his concept change quietly was Ma Di's talent for war that turned out to be displayed.

This made Zhuge Liang realize that not everyone in this world can be as omnipotent as him, who can rule the country when he is dismounted, and conquer the world when he is on horseback.

Most talents are usually very strong in a certain specialty, but short in other aspects. This is the normal state of talents in the world.

For example, Ma Di, who fights very well, can win when he gets on the horse, and is almost invincible; but when he gets off the horse... he can only get into the crowd of women.

If Ma Su were allowed to govern the country and handle government affairs, the methods would be unbelievably brutal, and the country would inevitably collapse soon.

This can be seen from the three things Ma Su advocated to increase food production, increase population and build roads.

These three things are now being sorted out by Zhuge Liang, and they are struggling to maintain them, facing the risk of losing control at any time.

In the past year, road construction projects have been intermittent, and long-term shutdowns are the norm. The [-] migrant workers have nothing to do all day long, but they get paid a lot of money and eat a lot of food. The reason for the suspension of work is that the road was repaired too quickly and there was no volcanic ash. up.

How spectacular is the scene of 2 people carrying planing shovels looking for volcanic ash everywhere like locusts?Ma Su must have never seen it.

But Zhuge Liang has seen it.

The surge in the population of the Shu Han and the influx of people from various ethnic groups also faced severe challenges to public security and people's livelihood in various places.

People, it's not enough to just give him a bite to eat.

After the problem of food is solved, the people want to wear better clothes, live in better houses, own more fields, marry more wives, receive better education, pursue a more comfortable quality of life, and yearn for a more comfortable life. high life goals...

In any era, the desires of the people are endless and need to be controlled by humans, and they cannot be allowed to grow wildly.

And these, Ma Di didn't care about all of them, leaving behind the tricks to increase grain production and ran away.

God knows, how many times this has increased Zhuge Liang's workload!

The two generals and prime ministers stood facing the wind on the top of the city of Chengdu, looking at the clouds in the sky, thinking about each other.

After a long time, Ma Di suddenly said: "Prime Minister, I think "List of Teachers" is a bit out of date, should it be changed?"

Are you teaching me to write articles? ...Zhuge Liang looked sideways, quite surprised: "Oh, how to change it? Tell me about it, Xiaochang."

Zhuge Liang thought that "Teacher's List" was written very well, but it was his proud work, handed down from generation to generation, and painstakingly written work!

I didn't expect to be picked out by Ma Su today.

Zhuge Liang looked straight at Ma Di, wanting to see if the latter could say something, and if he could really get to the point, it wouldn't be impossible to change the "Teacher's List".

In terms of making a fuss, he thinks he is still very humble.

With a straight face, Ma Su said solemnly: "In the past, the prime minister once said: the first emperor's business was not halfway, but the middle way collapsed. Today, three points have fallen, and Yizhou is exhausted. This is the autumn of life and death..."

"I think, according to the current situation, it should be changed to: the first emperor started his business and spent all his budget. Fortunately, the minister lived up to the entrustment and turned the tide. Today's three points, Yizhou is as solid as iron. At the time of Qing Liuhe..."

"..."

Zhuge Liang looked at Ma Di with a calm expression, and endured a few moments before he burst out laughing on the spot.After a pause, he spat: "Boring, extremely boring."

After all, walk away.

Coming down from the tower, at an angle that Ma Di could not see, the corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth slightly raised, and he walked briskly away.

……

Jiangling, Jingzhou, the residence of the Great General of Wu.

Lu Xun, who was working at his desk, soon saw a piece of information marked in red.

He hastily pulled out the roll of bamboo slips, spread them out on the table, and looked at them carefully.

According to the markings of Wu State's intelligence system, the blue marks on the bamboo slips are information from Wei State, and the red marks are information from Shu State.

Although Jiangling borders the Kingdom of Shu, due to the former allies, the information sent by the subordinates is usually blue, that is, the intelligence from the Kingdom of Wei, and there are very few red ones.

Only recently, after the state of Wu adjusted its external strategy, the information from the state of Shu suddenly increased, and the above content also surprised Lu Xun, marveling at the current strength of the state of Shu Han.

As the highest military officer of the Wu State, Lu Xun is the No. 1 on the front line of Shu, and recently he is particularly concerned about the intelligence of the Shu Han.

Because the Kingdom of Shu has quietly changed from an "ally" to an enemy of the Kingdom of Wu.

What will be written in this thick piece of information in front of me?

Soon, Lu Xun put down the bamboo slips, frowning and thinking.

This is the latest intelligence sent back from Shu by Wu's spies. The time was a day ago, and the content is about Wang Ping, the general of Wei and Shu.

Thirteen years after Wang Ping abandoned Wei and went to Shu, he was demoted to a commoner by Zhuge Liang for dereliction of duty. Now he has flown down the river and came to Wu.

There is nothing suspicious about what this information says.

What really made Lu Xun suspicious was that Wang Ping chose to come to Soochow.

According to the current strength and strong rising momentum of Shu Han, Wang Ping's vote for Wu is far better than staying in Shu and waiting for a comeback.

In other words, Wang Ping's purpose in coming to Soochow is not as simple as "moving people to live".

At the end of the information, it also indicated Wang Ping's residence and the industry he was engaged in when he came to Jiangling.

Jiangling fisherman.

This is not reasonable!

If Wang Ping really wanted to fish for a living, wouldn't he be able to fish in Shu?

If Wang Ping wanted to defect to Wu and Lu Xun, shouldn't he come to see him immediately? !
You, an illiterate martial artist, actually went fishing like Jiang Ziya?

Do you want me to come and invite you in person?

I will only go when I have a firm mind! ... Lu Xun sneered.

Just as he was thinking about it, the soldiers knocked on the door and entered, saying: "General, the envoy of Wei is asking to see you."

(End of this chapter)