Farmers of Shu Han

Chapter 12 The Chaos in Nanzhong
The most despairing thing in the world is not what you want but not getting, but what is gained and lost.He personally formulated the Longzhong pair, and watched it become a reality step by step, but watched it suddenly disappear. Zhuge Liang didn't feel the countless grass and mud horses galloping past in his heart. Feng Yong felt that it was probably true. some.

But what can be done then?As a minister, he could only quietly clean up the mess Liu Bei left behind.As a minister Tuogu, as Liu Shan's father, the fate of Shu Han now depends on him. He must do his best to protect the last fire of Dahan, and to repay Liu Bei's kindness, only After death.

Ma Di was silent, looking at the 42-year-old Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty with gray hair on his temples due to too heavy pressure, feeling sad for a while.Although he and the prime minister are called master and apprentice, they are actually like father and son, and the relationship between the two is not insignificant.But now, he felt ashamed that he couldn't share the pressure for the prime minister even though he felt full of knowledge.

"The chaos in Nanzhong, the clown's ears jumping on the beam, is not worth a slap." Zhuge Liang opened the bamboo slips, swept them away, and said slowly, "Dongwu, short-sighted people, nothing to worry about. The one I worry about is only Cao Wei. "

Yong Kai, a local chief in Shujianzhou County (today's Jinning East, Yunnan), had a different opinion. As early as a few years ago, he first killed the prefect Zhengang, and then captured the prefect Zhang Yi and joined the Eastern Wu.

Soochow Wu appointed Yong Kai as the prefect of Yongchang (now northeast of Baochang, Yunnan).Yongchang Chenggong Cao Lv Kai and Fu Cheng Wang led the soldiers and people to close the city gate, and at the same time set up troops to defend the dangerous places in Yongchang, making Yong Kai unable to enter Yongchang.

Yong Kai instead sent people to persuade Meng Huo and the various barbarian tribes to rebel against Shu, and joined forces with Zhu Bao, the prefect of Pengke (northwest of Kaili, Guizhou), and King Gaobao of Yuesi (southeast of Xichang, Sichuan).In June of the first year of Jianxing (223), the Nanzhong rebellion broke out.

"Lu Kai and Wang couple are both loyal and righteous people. Now Yongchang hangs alone and is in danger. Why doesn't the prime minister rush to send troops to save him?"

Zhuge Liang sighed softly, "Why don't I want to send troops to quell the chaos as soon as possible, but now, the state has a new mourning, the troops and horses are insufficient, the equipment is not prepared, and the foreign enemies are pressing the situation, what should I do?"

"What else? It's the same as usual!" Feng Yong jumped and scolded loudly, "Didn't I teach you a long time ago? Two cows are cultivated land, can't just one cow chase?"

In the middle of Shu at the end of May, it was getting hotter day by day. The housekeeper went to the city and brought back the plowshares that were made. As for the iron pot, it would take some time, because the blacksmith was still trying to figure out how to make Feng Yongkou is both smooth and as thin as possible.

In addition to expressing disappointment at the industrial level of this era, Feng Yong has no better way.As for steelmaking in small blast furnaces, let alone whether it will be done, even if it can be done, but I can't even eat well now, how can I have the mood to do it?
The final completion of the curved plough did not delay the next summer ploughing.Feng Yong, as a landlord class, naturally could not lose his dignity and go to the fields in person, and could only stand on the side of the fields to guide.

As the maker of the curved plough, Ding Er did his part and became the first person to use the curved plough.When he clumsily put the yoke on the cow, the cow beside him stared at him and shook his head, as if wondering why he was the only one this time, instead of having a partner pulling the plough together as in the past.

"Try to walk as straight as possible, first try to see how deep you can go."

As a crop veteran, Ding Er is still qualified.The curved plough is developed from the straight plough, and the two have similarities. After turning up a furrow crookedly, the second time it turned around, it was much straighter.

Yes, Feng Yong nodded. Although he is not skilled, he can already see that the curved plough is not only more flexible and easy to turn around, but also faster than the straight plough. .This is still in the case of not yet familiar with the usage method. If you are familiar with it again, the speed will definitely be faster.

Butler Zhao, who was standing behind him, widened his eyes, his body trembled slightly, and he looked extremely excited.The previous plow required at least two people and two oxen. Now, as long as one person and one oxen are used, the ploughing speed is even faster than before. This is simply a god-sent tool for ploughing!He looked ahead and frowned at the master's house in the field. He was in a trance for a while, why is this master's house more and more difficult to see through?

What does the Three Kingdoms lack the most?The answer is people, especially young men.No matter how the experts and historians of later generations boast about the generation of talented people, there is one phenomenon that cannot be concealed, and that is the sharp decline of the population.Even if you add the hidden population of powerful landlords and clans and clans, and the immigrant population that cannot be calculated, it is still impossible to cover up the fact that the population declined sharply in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

You said that there are so many talented people in the Three Kingdoms, why don't you think of ways to make people eat better and dress warmer?What does it mean to fight?
Only Feng Yong knows that this turmoil, which has lasted for 40 years, will continue for another 60 years.And he knew even more that during the time that Zhuge Old Demon is in power, he will continue to squeeze out the war potential of the Kingdom of Shu.

Among them, the most influential are not the landless tenant farmers, because they have never owned anything, nor the landed self-cultivation farmers, because they have always been burdened with heavy labor taxes, but those local powerful landlords with privileges.Their privileges will continue to be weakened, and their interests will continue to be forced to spit out, such as money, food, the population that depends on them, and so on.

Otherwise, a small state of Shu really wants those powerful landlords to lie on the country like Cao Wei in the north and Soochow in the east and continue to suck blood without producing any output. What will the old demon Zhuge use to go to the northern expedition?

As for saying that it is possible to use the elites of local powerful landlords to govern the country like the other two countries, the old demon Zhuge said with a smile, it does not exist.With the money bag in the left hand and the human resources in the right hand, do you still want to take control of the country again?What do you say you want to do?Do you want to let you directly become emperors?
The course of history shows that the political vision of Liu Bei and Zhuge Lao Yao is indeed correct. Foreign political groups control power, and local powerful landlords control the money, grain and population. This is a very dangerous situation.If you let the locals climb up and take power, you don’t need much, just a part of the Shu Kingdom, not to mention the restoration of the Han Dynasty and the old capital. .

Was Shu State weak at the end of it?So weak that a team of several thousand people stood under Jincheng and shouted twice, the imperial court could only go out and surrender?
No, it was just because at that time, the court of Shu State, after decades, was already full of local officials who climbed up from below. They could surrender to Wu or Wei, but they just didn't want to resist - to fight. What is the most annoying thing, always asking Lao Tzu to provide money and food for others, but there is no return, and even thankless, what's the use?

In Shuhan, the privileges of the aristocratic family are so few, and they have to bear as many burdens as those Qianshou, and then look at the Wei state, is it really for the sake of the aristocratic family?It's better to just surrender, the officials are still the same, the money is still being made, the fields are still there, and you can continue to oppress those Qian leaders. Isn't that more wonderful?
So the old demon Zhuge said you spicy chickens, do you think I will let you go easily?
Although Feng Yong is considered a foreigner, he is also considered to have taken root locally.The days after this are still long. If in the turmoil in the next few decades, there are really not enough men to go to the front line, and the work of cultivating the land can only be done by women, then he must plan ahead from now on, one man and one cow The curved plough, which can plough the land, can only be regarded as the first attempt.

The test of the curved plough was very successful. Unfortunately, the accumulation time of farmyard manure was too short and the amount was not enough. This year’s summer ploughing can only be done as deep as possible to see if it can increase some rice yields.

Feng Yong stood at the head of the field with a little regret in his heart.

　Thank you for the recommendation and collection of Xilihualadi, Crackling, Princess Lonely Moon, and others. The author was moved to tears and could not repay, only to wait for more chapters.

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