Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 545 Yuan Shuyin Takes Chen Guo
It can be said that after Zhu Wei ended the large-scale wars in Jingzhou and Jiangdong, he finally entered a rest period of truce.

During this period, only Zulang's mountain-crossing camp in Jingnan was still carrying out conquests and relocations of the barbarians in the mountains, and Zulang's influence on the barbarians in the mountains gradually extended to the mountains in southern Jiaozhou and northern Yizhou.

In addition, in the south of Danyang County, Zhu Heng also started to attack the Shanyue in Yi County, She County, Jing County, etc., with the help of the two former Shanyue Marshals, Jin Qi and Mao Gan, to clear and relocate first. The mountains in the mountains come out of the mountains for the people.

However, these two battles are not actually large-scale wars. They can only be said to be a combination of political population migration and military threats. In addition, they took place in the mountains, so the outside world is not so clear.

However, both Zu Lang and Zhu Huan's actions against the barbarians and Shanyue in the mountains had obvious effects. Needless to say, Zu Lang's side has been forced to move the barbarians in the mountains for nearly a year. Batches of barbarians in the mountains migrated to settle outside the mountains, and the population of Lingling and Guiyang counties increased by at least 10.

Of course, in order to consolidate this effect, Zhu Wei also specially ordered Lingling County and Guiyang County to give a lot of preferential treatment to the barbarians who migrated and settled down, such as sending people to teach them how to farm, and even providing them with seeds and cattle. In terms of taxation, preferential policies such as three reductions and five exemptions have also been carried out.

Then, for those barbarian villages that migrated from the mountains, Zhu Wei also used a similar relatively autonomous method, appointing the original tribal elders among the barbarians as village officials, village elders, village chiefs and other rural officials, so as to reduce the number of Han people and The conflicts among the barbarians will not make the barbarians who migrated feel as if they were enslaved by the Han people.

In fact, there is another advantage to doing this, that is, as long as Zhu Wei manages the country officials who have been transformed by the tribal elders and gives them some benefits, they can control the relocated barbarians through their hands.

In addition, under Zhu Wei's strict order, Liu Du, the prefect of Lingling County, and Zhao Fan, the prefect of Guiyang County, also took the initiative to limit the coveting of the barbarian population by the gentry and powerful families in the county. It was easy in the mountains, and gradually he stabilized his mind.

This can also be regarded as a common method of sticks and sweet dates, and the good life of some of these barbarians who moved out is an example. Zu Lang and Pang Tong's expropriation of other barbarians in the mountains seems to have gone smoothly.

As for Jiangdong Zhu Huan, with Jin Qi and Mao Gan as the forerunners, the expropriation and relocation of Shan Yueqing in the southern mountains of Danyang County went very smoothly, but this is only the beginning for Zhu Huan In the future, facing the Shanyue tribe in the ancient Yue mountains in the south of Kuaiji County will be the time to really test his ability.

With the help of such means, Zhu Wei is also gradually enriching his population base in Jingnan, Yuzhang, and Jiangdong. Only when the population base increases can he bring more taxes and support him in the battle for hegemony in the Central Plains .

After all, compared to the land in the south, the Central Plains has long been covered with mature land, and there are also common people who are used to paying taxes, money and food to survive. If the Central Plains is stabilized, the background of war is definitely stronger than that of forces outside the Central Plains.

This is why the original Three Kingdoms era finally ended in the hands of the Sima Jin Dynasty who occupied the Central Plains.

No matter how hard Zhuge Liang tried, relying on the land of Xishu is really unable to compare with the background of the Central Plains. Therefore, in terms of history, the forces of Xishu and Dongwu during the Three Kingdoms period can only be regarded as developing the southern region for the overall development of China. That's all.

It's just that while Zhu Wei was quieting down and recharging his energy, the situation in the Central Plains began to move forward along the track of history.

Although Zhu Wei swallowed Jingzhou and Jiangdong in the south, the butterfly effect on the Central Plains is actually not that great, because Jingzhou and Jiangdong did not have much impact on the situation in the Central Plains in their original history.

Therefore, after the New Year passed in 198 AD, Yuan Shu began to use troops to Chen Guo, and Cao Cao had to deal with Yuan Shu's threat.

In fact, in the original history, Yuan Shu would go to Chen State to use troops in September of 197, thus posing a threat to Xudu, leading Cao Cao to lead his army to the east, and Yuan Shu could only linger in Huainan, unable to recover after a setback.

But the time when Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor is much later than the original history, and in August and September of 197, it was the time when Zhu Wei sent troops to enter Guangling County. Zhu Wei was also asked to conquer the traitor Yuan Shu, so Yuan Shu did not dare to easily send troops outside at this time, and his main energy was to guard against Zhu Wei.

It was just that Zhu Wei didn't continue to use troops afterwards, and married his wife to enjoy himself again in Xiangyang. It seemed that he didn't intend to use troops again, so Yuan Shu started to make small moves again.

In fact, at this time, because of his extravagant living needs, Yuan Shu already had some signs of depleting his foundation, so Yuan Shu also hoped to expand outward and plunder some money and food from the outside for his use.

It's just that in Xuzhou, after being defeated by Lu Bu before, Yuan Shu was a little afraid of Lu Bu, and Guangling, Jiangdong, Yuzhang, and Jiangxia were all Zhu Wei's territories. Faced with Zhu Wei's strong strength, Yuan Shu was unwilling to take the initiative. Provoked a war with Zhu Wei, so as if it were history, Yuan Shu set his sights on Chen Guo in Yuzhang.

As the name suggests, Chen Guo is a state of Chen Wang under the royal family of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The current Chen Wang is named Liu Chong, and he is also in his forties.

It is said that this Liu Chong is extremely brave, good at using bows and crossbows, and has superb arrow skills. (Pretty suitable for being a time traveler, haha!)

During the Yellow Turban Army’s uprising earlier, all the officials and soldiers in Chen’s counties abandoned the city and fled, but this Liu Chong conscripted himself to protect his kingdom’s stability. So he was afraid of him and did not dare to rebel with the Yellow Turban Army, so Liu Chong actually protected his land of Chen Guo from being invaded by the Yellow Turban Army.

Therefore, in the late Han Dynasty, despite the famine in the world, many kings and princes of the Han Dynasty no longer enjoyed the income from rent and tax, but were constantly robbed. Some Liu family princes could only live like refugees, two or three Only geniuses can eat a meal, and some people are even displaced and died in the wilderness.

However, Liu Chong, King of Chen, claimed to be the General of Fu Han, and made the Chen State he occupied into a relatively prosperous and safe place, and the people in neighboring counties also went to seek refuge one after another.

Therefore, Liu Chong's tribe in Chen State reached more than [-] people, and he could be regarded as a small local tyrant in the Central Plains in the late Han Dynasty.

In fact, Chen State is also a land of plains, the land of the Four Wars, between Chenliu, Xu, Runan, Shouchun, and Xiaopei. When Cao Cao captured Yongqiu and pacified Yanzhou, he had taken a fancy to the wealth of Chen State. , sent troops to think about Chen Guo looting money and food, but it seemed that Liu Chong beat him back and failed to get any benefits...

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