Chapter 893 Liu Bei and Others Are Like-Minded

Religion and belief are matters that must be paid attention to. Zhang Lu has done a great job of washing the people of Hanzhong. If it weren't for the good conditions promised by General Wang, the people of Hanzhong would have firmly believed in the five dou of rice. This is definitely not acceptable, and Zhang Lu must be suppressed.

In this case, Zhang Lu cannot be arranged to continue to operate in Hanzhong, so he simply gave Huashan to them and let them develop it themselves. After all, the famous mountains and rivers now are not very good and have not been developed on a large scale. If the Zhang family wants to operate Huashan, relying on their power, it will take at least a hundred or eighty years.

Now is the time when Buddhism is spreading eastward, but there are not many believers, and it has not made a big name. It will take until the Buddhists combine reality and localize before they can rise.

Wang Yan has been paying attention to this for a long time. After all, if religion develops too much, it will affect politics and shake the rule. This is of course not good, and it must be restrained and supervised accordingly.

Wang Yan has no control over what the descendants will be like, and he doesn't know whether there are descendants or not. Anyway, as long as he is there, there will be no chaos, and the system will be sound and healthy. The problems of future generations are most likely human problems. This is certain. After all, the system is implemented by people. If people are not good, no matter how good it is, it will be useless.

Seeing Zhang Lu, it was just that General Wang was idle and curious, so he asked him to come and take a look. Otherwise, Guo Jia would have solved it over there, and Zhang Lu would not have to make such a trembling trip.

The current Hanzhong area has been incorporated into the rule of General Wang. Guo Jia is in charge and is promoting policies and organizing production and construction.

It is unrealistic to say how well Zhang Lu governed Hanzhong. But Hanzhong is indeed relatively stable. At this time, it can be regarded as a place where people can live and work in peace and contentment. The original Hanzhong was the only place where the population continued to grow during the decades of war in the Han Dynasty. The population was larger than that of Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Bingzhou at that time. Of course, this number is a count of Han people, not barbarians.

As long as it is stable, the population will definitely grow, but the situation in Hanzhong is actually very complicated. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, people from Guanzhong have been fleeing to Hanzhong intermittently. Later, there was a severe drought and famine in Guanzhong, and warlords fought each other, so more people went to Hanzhong. So this aspect still accounts for part of the population growth in Hanzhong.

However, even if it grows, the small basin in Hanzhong is so small, and the current medical conditions are insufficient. Zhang Lu also asked the sick people to reflect on themselves. If the disease is not cured, it is a sin.

At present, there are 70,000 households and 300,000 people in Hanzhong. This population is not a burden for Wang Yan today. After all, a year has passed, and the newly acquired Henan has harvested a crop, which has greatly alleviated the tense food situation. Therefore, the additional 300,000 people in Hanzhong are really nothing compared to the overall base of 18 million people.

On the contrary, Liu Bei is a little more troublesome, because Liu Bei is more powerful, and he has a population of 1.7 million under his rule. These are the people of Xuzhou who were moved away by Liu Bei before, as well as the local people of Yangzhou.

On the basis of already bearing 300,000 new population, bearing the 1.7 million population, even if Wang Yan's family is rich, it is a little stretched.

The main reason is that the previous accumulation has been invested in Henan. Even if Henan has a harvest, it matches the current population. Moreover, Luoyang is building a lot, and the whole territory of Henan is carrying out the construction of public facilities. The construction of Liangzhou, grassland and Bingzhou has never stopped. Even the Liaodong region, which Wang Yan has been in charge of for the longest time and is relatively the most complete, has never stopped construction.

And all of these are massive expenditures. A population of 1.7 million is indeed a bit stressful. But the problem is not big. After all, when General Wang did not go, they were under Liu Bei's command. Although they did not live well, they survived at least. It's nothing to stay at night for one or two years.

In fact, as long as the system of General Wang is implemented, their lives will be much better than now after two years. As the central government, Wang Yan is doing regulation. A happy life, after all, must be created by oneself.

Moreover, the situation under Liu Bei's rule was actually better than that of Henan, because his population structure was not destroyed, unlike Henan, where Cao Cao robbed hundreds of thousands of young and strong people. With young and strong people, production and construction can be carried out step by step, and it is only a matter of time before things get better.

Having said so much, the central idea is actually one, Liu Bei surrendered.

As long as Wang Yan started his business, Liu Bei fought for his ideal of supporting the Han Dynasty. Seeing Wang Yan's steady progress step by step, not only did he fight to the north of the Yangtze River, but he also completely wiped out the barbarians, whether they were the Han nobles, wealthy families, or the leaders and heads of the barbarians, he killed them all.

And what about him? He made meritorious deeds in fighting the Yellow Turbans, but he was not settled for several years. He was finally arranged as a county lieutenant, and was humiliated by the Supervisor. He fled to Liaodong for a year, and then followed Gongsun Zan to the south to fight Dong, and sat like a minion. Fortunately, his three brothers had military power, and the battle to fight Dong made Liu, Guan and Zhang famous. Then he attached himself to Xuzhou, and Tao Qian gave up Xuzhou.

Then, because of Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and more importantly, because of Wang Yan's southward movement, he had to relocate the people to the south of the Yangtze River. He fought with Sun Ce in the south of the Yangtze River and captured Wu County. Later, he joined forces with Cao Cao to attack Yuan Shu. Later, he challenged Yuan Shu and defeated him.

Now, Cao Cao went south, Yuan Shu surrendered to Cao, and Sun Ce attacked Jiaozhi in the south. At the same time, Cao Cao issued an imperial edict and secretly made alliances. Liu Biao and Liu Zhang were both unable to achieve great things, and his own rule was also somewhat turbulent. At this time, Wang Yan gave him an olive branch.

Now the situation in the world is clear. It is a war between Cao Cao and Wang Yan. Whoever wins will compete for the world. His ideal is dead and he can no longer accomplish anything. He is already 46 years old and often feels that he is not energetic. The general trend is gone. It is futile to struggle for survival. Wang Yan has great ambitions and the ability to govern the world. How can he not surrender?

Although he claimed to be a relative of the Han Dynasty and had worked hard to support the Han Dynasty in the past, Cao Cao could not bind him with the righteousness of the Han Dynasty. Because although he was considered to have some light, his establishment of power was not due to the Han Dynasty. Liu Biao and Liu Zhang are different. They were all given power by the Han Dynasty before. Of course, Liu Zhang inherited Liu Yan's power.

Besides, Liu Bei had long understood that the Han Dynasty existed in name only. Moreover, he still hasn't figured out what he can do even if he is allowed to revive the Yan Han Dynasty. However, he is just following the example of the previous Han Dynasty. Whether he is as rich and powerful as the times of Emperor Wen, Emperor Jing, and Emperor Wu of Han is another matter.

After all, even now, he can recruit all the able-bodied men and send out an army of 100,000, but he doesn't have the courage to judge, slaughter, and torture the nobles, wealthy households, landlords, and knights like Wang Yan.

If we talk about cruelty, it has to be General Wang. The peace and prosperity under General Wang's rule are all killed by killing. He killed the nobles and the people.

It is precisely because he understands all these that after receiving Wang Yan's handwritten letter, he immediately summoned his civil and military subordinates. After a period of research, he successfully reached a consensus to surrender to Wang Yan.

Then came the message, and then Wang Yan sent four warships to transport a bunch of supplies. At the same time, he also mobilized troops and sent Taishi Ci, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and Zhou Cang to lead the four guards to cross the river and head south. He also sent civil officials to cross the river with a bunch of officials. With the cooperation of Liu Bei, he took over all the places ruled by Liu Bei and acted according to the rules of General Wang. For a time, there was chaos and the nobles began to run away with curses.

Now Wang Yan is not short of grassroots officials, because there are not many high-quality talents in the past 18 years, but many people who can write and calculate have been cultivated. No one is born to be an official, and they can be competent if they do more work.

The only problem is that there are more people in the Northeast, followed by Youzhou, and then Jizhou, which is proportional to the time he ruled various places. It can be imagined that in the future, the middle-level officials and officials in the Northeast will also be the most powerful force.

However, these are all small problems in development. Talents from other places will come forward later, and coupled with the officials in the Northeast seeking death themselves, they will return to the right track little by little. Wang Yan is very familiar with this set of operations.

This is also unavoidable. It is the same as the founding emperors of all dynasties who used people from their hometowns. When he started, he was the people of Youzhou who fled to Liaodong to settle down. Later, he merged with the Wuhuan people. When there was a lack of talents, he used them to fill the gap. As they grew and grew, they became more and more powerful. Then they naturally united the people in a place and became a political force.

The establishment of forces is born to seek common interests. They will expand their influence intentionally or unintentionally. This is normal. Just kill a few batches.

The nobles under Liu Bei's rule had already known the news. They didn't expect that before they kidnapped Liu Bei to surrender to Cao Cao, this damn Liu Da'er would surrender to Wang Yan and quickly send troops to hand over power to kill them all.

It was really too unrefined. It was in vain that they supported Liu Da'er so wholeheartedly before. But they had no choice. Wang Yan's methods were really cruel. They were very scared. One by one, they ran to Cao Cao with curses.

After handing over power and helping to stabilize the situation, Liu Bei took Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong and others to pack up their assets and go to Luoyang with their families.

At this time, it was already spring again.

Liu Bei and his party boarded a warship that was even larger than the warship he saw in Tuhe that year, crossed the Yangtze River, disembarked in Guangling, and then went northwest, crossed Yuzhou, and went straight to Luoyang.

Without having to work hard day and night, Liu Bei emptied his mind and felt relaxed, so he didn't rush on the road. He just strolled around, leisurely, and walked slowly and calmly. From the beginning of spring plowing to the end of spring plowing, he finally arrived in Luoyang.

When the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, he brought his two good brothers to Yuzhou and was not unfamiliar with this place. He even fought in some places that year.

But now, all the way there, things have changed, and it is no longer the battlefield in Yuzhou that he dreamed of at midnight.

The villages along the way were all bluestone bricks and transparent glass windows. The paths were winding among them, and there were large tracts of farmland around them. On the fields, people were all working with smiles. No one was naked, and everyone was dressed decently. Even if there were people without clothes, it was because they were too hot to work and had to go shirtless.

People still used the general plow that has been promoted all over the country to plow the land, and both oxen and horses pulled the plow. As expected, he saw the scene of the army helping to plow the land. The plow they used was a row of more than ten plowshares connected together. The strong soldiers were shirtless, shouting slogans, and the speed of plowing was very fast.

The soldiers were smiling, and the people were also smiling.

The path in the village is connected to the wide road. However, it may be because it was just built. It can be seen that the road is not well-built. There are many materials and gravel piled up, and there are mud pits on the road from time to time. It is easy to walk sometimes, and difficult to walk sometimes, which is very annoying.

Even so, from time to time, you can see convoys transporting materials, caravans doing business, and knights running fast on horses on this road. From this, we can see how prosperous Yuzhou is now.

With the change of things and people, and the sigh of General Wang's good governance, Liu Bei and his party came to Luoyang.

This is naturally not the first time Liu Bei has come to Luoyang. He came here when he was studying in his early years, and he also came here when he was fighting against Dong. Looking at the dilapidated city walls, he couldn't help sighing.

However, he didn't ask like Zhang Lu why the walls of the imperial capital were not repaired well. He was even very sure that the walls of the imperial city inside must be the same.

He smiled and pointed to the stone arch bridge built on the moat, explaining General Wang's meaning to the people who didn't understand.

This was a very straightforward act, after all, there were suspension bridges all over the moat. But General Wang was very straightforward. He directly dismantled the suspension bridge and built a wide stone arch bridge. The city gate was wide open, and a group of soldiers stood guard in a strict military uniform, entering and exiting at will without being blocked.

The group entered the city, and the shock they got at this time was even greater than the winter when Zhang Lu came before, because the weather was warmer, there were more construction sites here, and people were everywhere...

After settling in the inn, someone came to pick them up the next day, riding through Zhuque Street and heading towards the imperial city in the northwest corner.

The imperial city is located at the highest point in the city, and it is also the tallest and most magnificent building in the city. In the city, as long as you stand a little higher, you can see the towering imperial city in the distance. And on Zhuque Street, you can always see it.

The current imperial city cannot be said to be very majestic, because there are still construction sites everywhere.

In a hall with the words "Houde" written on it, Liu Bei saw General Wang sitting cross-legged at the head of the table. He was still the same, wearing a loose white dress and casually inserting a green jade hairpin in his hair.

Just like the days in Tuhe in his memory, more than ten years have passed, and the general has not changed.

"Xuan De, how are you?"

General Wang had a smile on his lips, and his voice was gentle and casual, with a kind of cordiality of old friends meeting again. He was not like Cao Cao...

Liu Bei looked at Wang Yan with a very complicated look, and finally turned into a sigh, kneeling down and bowing: "Liu Bei, pay homage to General Tianwu."

His voice was quite vicissitudes, "I am fine, thank you for your concern."

Behind him, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others also followed and bowed, calling General Tianwu. This was a complete respect, and they would all work for General Wang in the future.

Wang Yan patted the table in front of him with a smile: "Please stand up, gentlemen, and sit down to talk."

Liu Bei and others took the food and thanked them, walked to the side, took off their shoes and knelt at the table, one by one, all of them were very straight.

He raised his head to the people around him, and his subordinates bowed and went out to arrange the dishes. Wang Yan smiled and said: "Xuan De, Yun Chang, Yi De, you three brothers all have white hair on your temples, and you must have worked hard."

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei both bowed and smiled at Wang Yan, without talking about the sad tears of the past. They were just two generals, and they had been fighting for so many years, and there was never a peaceful time. The loss was too great.

Liu Bei sighed: "The past is gone, so let's not talk about it. If I had known this earlier, why would my three brothers have worked hard for more than ten years, resulting in the rebirth of thigh flesh, white hair on the temples, and old age, without accomplishing anything."

"A real man should do his best and obey fate, and have no regrets in life. If there had not been more than ten years of hard work in the past, how could there be Liu Xuande today?" Wang Yan said comforting words.

Liu Bei's mentality now is extremely complicated. He is filled with regret, loneliness, powerlessness, and relaxation. Old Liu feels very uncomfortable.

Since Liu Bei said that he had accomplished nothing, Wang Yan followed his words and said, "Xuan De, what do you want to do in the future?"

"Just follow the general's orders." Liu Bei said this without any hesitation.

He knew very well that Wang Yan was not testing whether he had any ambitions or not, because Wang Yan didn't care. Lu Bu killed his adoptive father and rebelled again and again, but Wang Yan could still use him. Moreover, he had been Wang Yan's secretary for half a year and had a good understanding of him.

Now asking him this is just to see what he wants to do and then arrange a corresponding position for him. He can even be sure that he must be used.

In fact, it is true. How could General Wang care so much? Seeing Liu Bei say this, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Since this is the case, you will be the court judge."

This is quite a heavy position. He is the head of the highest judicial institution in the central government, who summarizes the number of cases judged nationwide, and is in charge of matters related to imperial prisons and the revision of laws and decrees. Two thousand years later, it would be almost the combination of the Supreme Court and the Supreme Procuratorate, and one can imagine how powerful it would be.

Liu Bei was stunned for a moment. He did not expect Wang Yan to be so generous, and then he felt a heavy trust. He stepped aside and bowed: "Thank you, General. I will definitely live up to your expectations."

"No need to be so polite, sit down."

Wang Yan waved his hand and looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei: "Yun Chang, Yi De, do you have any plans?"

The two brothers looked at each other and said in unison: "Just follow the general's orders."

"You two have followed Liao Hua to the grasslands in the west, and you are familiar with the rules of our army, so you don't start as soldiers. It has been a long time since we built a new army, and there are no vacancies for the lieutenants. You two brothers will be captains first. When we go south to attack Cao, we will definitely expand the army and promote you two to lieutenants at that time."

"Thank you, General."

Guan and Zhang also avoided the table and bowed. They have been soldiers for half their lives and can't do anything else except fighting.

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction and arranged the positions of Mi Zhu and others. These people are capable, but they have never been officials under his rule, so they are all sent to be pavilion chiefs.

That's the rule. No matter how capable you are, if you don't want to abide by it, then go to farm or do business. It's impossible to be an official. Even if Zhuge Liang comes out, he must start as a pavilion chief, and no one should be treated as an exception.

With this arrangement, Wang Yan happily drank and ate with Liu Bei and others, talking about the past and telling the truth. Liu Bei's failed entrepreneurial team was drunk...

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