"What news from Bofu makes you so happy!" Zhou Yu was very puzzled. Isn't it just a letter from home? I felt comfortable, and the fundamental reason for this was because of the letter from home. .
"Gongjin, you and I are still struggling with how to deal with Liu Mang, king of Shu, but here my second brother has already prepared everything for me!" Sun Ce pointed to the letter proudly and said, Sun Quan is His second brother, the eldest brother is like a father, and Sun Jian died early, so Sun Ce has a deep affection for Sun Quan. The younger brother is promising, and he can share the troubles of being an older brother, which makes Sun Ce very happy!
"Oh!?" Zhou Yu walked over. He and Sun Ce had a very good personal relationship and often walked around the Sun's house. It can be said that Mrs. Sun almost regarded Zhou Yu as her half-son. If Sun Ce's younger sister, Sun Shangxiang, was so young, Maybe Sun Shangxiang is going to marry Zhou Yu, so I just picked up the family letter and read it without thinking about it. The more I read Zhou Yu, the more frightened I became. The whole letter completely understood Liu Mang's recruitment strategy. .
Liu Mang lacks people under his command. He has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, which is a lot of wealth. The plumpness of Shouchun is no worse than that of Xuzhou. The annual output value can supply a state. The land built a luxurious palace in Shouchun, which is no worse than Luoyang Chang'an, and it is impossible to have the money to rebuild it after Shouchun was breached. It will also become a barren field, then this land of wealth will become a barren land! So Liu Mang had to find someone to help him cultivate the land.
But now the princes of the whole world have paid more attention to the issue of population and population. Without population, there will be no taxation, and without population, there will be no soldiers. The consumption of population is huge for every year of war. Before the war at the end of Han Dynasty, the population was 6,000 Ten thousand, but now it is less than one-third. There are countless casualties in a big battle. Let's take the latest war as an example!
Cao Cao lost 60,000 horses on Guandu, and Yuan Shao even lost a total of 150,000. After half a year of fighting, 200,000 people disappeared. This does not include the destruction of the cities along the way caused by the war. Casualties, and such battles are staged every day under the land of China, the battle between Liu Biao in Jingzhou and Sun Ce on the Yangtze River, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao at Guandu, the battle between Ma Teng and Han Suiwu'an in Xiliang, and even Liu Paopao had a fight with Liu Paopao some time ago. Mang hit once.
Wars not only kill soldiers, but more people die, so now the land of the Han Dynasty is very vacant.
Even Liu Paopao knew that after being driven out of Xuzhou by Lao Cao, he would bring a large number of people with him. Although there were suspicions of some people disrupting the pursuers, Liu Paopao had even more scruples about the future.
Thirty percent of the tax seems like a fantasy, but if you think about it, it is better to get a little than to get nothing. This way, because of the advantages of the land policy, it can bring a huge population base to Liu Mang's army, so Liu Mang not only You can conscript troops, and you can also have the import of military rations, why not do it, and the most important thing is that once the people are under Liu Mang's command, they can't help the people! Thirty percent of the tax can be paid for one year, half a year, or even for some people. These fleeing people have left their original homes and fields, and it is too late to look back! He had no choice but to bite the bullet and fall for Liu Mang's tricks.
So what Sun Quan wrote in his family letter to Sun Ce is that since Liu Mang, king of Shu, wants to implement 30% of the tax, then we will fulfill him. As a sage king, he was widely publicized among the people.
It's better to lose than to block! Dayu completely controlled the floods and told us this truth. If you don’t let the people go to Shouchun, how can you do this? kill them? If they were afraid of death, they would not go there. The river bank line is so long, how many armors do you have! Moreover, the recruited soldiers are all from these common people. They will have the heart to attack their fellow countrymen! Once Liu Mang is put on the commanding heights, tell the people that Liu Mang, the King of Shu, is a great sage. He only collects 30% of the tax in Shouchun under his rule, and will never increase the tax. Help Liu Mang to publicize and let his reputation spread throughout the streets and alleys. When Liu Mang's reputation spread throughout the big man, did Liu Mang dare to quibble? How dare you adjust taxes!
If Liu Mang adjusted the tax, it would be dishonest. This is a big taboo for the superiors. Once Liu Mang adjusted the tax, he would be criticized by the world. He will still have prestige in the future! Liu Mang has already offended the nobles of the world, if he offends the common people of the world again, hehe, even if Liu Mang is the true son of heaven, it is impossible to win the world again, and Liu Mang's father-in-law, Lu Bu, will also become the laughing stock of the world with Liu Mang.
If Liu Mang does not adjust taxes, but bite the bullet and stick to it. Although Liu Mang has a lot of land in Shouchun, and the fertile land in Shouchun is also very rich, but don't forget that fertile land is limited after all, how many people can Liu Mang's ten thousand hectares of land accept? Three levels of taxation? His army wants to drink the northwest wind in the future! Moreover, the larger the population, the greater the pressure on Liu Mang, the greater the burden, and the larger the population, he will need a large amount of food supply. Liu Mang's current food and grass are all allocated to him by Lujiang Lu Bu, and a large number of people are influx Even if the food is planted immediately this year, it will take next year to have a harvest, and this year those people must eat! Where does the food come from? Then you have to supply it, Liu Mang. After all, he was recruited by you. Can Liu Mang provide food and drink for tens of thousands of people? fifty thousand? One hundred thousand? Or two hundred thousand? Even if the rations are sufficient, then there is no need for seeds for farming! Tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land are all planted with seeds, so I am afraid that Liu Mang will go to drink the northwest wind. Once there is a shortage of food, Liu Mang will die miserably. Those hungry people can do anything.
Why is there chaos? One reason is that those gentry are ambitious and want to get a better family status and more resources from the world! Another reason is that the common people cannot live without food.
If you can't survive, you will naturally rebel! What Sun Ce wants now is not to stop the people in Jiangdong from going to Yangzhou, but to let them go. Not only let them go, Sun Ce can encourage them to go, as long as the general number of people is controlled. Imagine, moving towards Liu Mang and Lu Bu's territory There are more than 100,000 or 200,000 people lost. These people cannot produce food in the first year, but they still have to eat. Where will these people's rations come from? Naturally, Lu Bu's army is needed to allocate food. How much army food does Lu Bu have enough for hundreds of thousands of people to eat and drink? You must know that Cao Cao has almost three states, but he can't afford a hundred thousand troops.
Lu Bu's army itself has an army and these people are waiting to run out of food.
Moreover, in the strategy given by Sun Quan, Sun Ce is required to send envoys to contact Liu Bei in Yuzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and even Liu Biao in Jingzhou. There is no eternal enemy among the princes, only eternal interests. Do you have any objections to Lu Bujun? Lu Bu fought against Huangzhou and killed many Jiangxia soldiers, and captured the son of Liu Biao's general Huang Zu. I believe Liu Biao would not refuse such an opportunity to weaken Lu Bu's army.
It doesn't need to be too much, you Liu Mang are short of people and need people! Jiangdong sent Liu Mang hundreds of thousands of people, Jingzhou Liu Biao sent another hundreds of thousands, and then let Liu Bei of Yuzhou and Cao Cao of Yanzhou each spend hundreds of thousands. Then Shouchun and Yangzhou will directly enrich the people, so that The consequence is that there is no food to eat. If Liu Mang and Lu Bujun distribute the food to the people, his army may starve, and the morale of the army will naturally be unstable, and there are millions of people! Is military food alone enough? Once it's not enough, just wait for the people to rebel! The hungry army faced a large group of desperately hungry people, thinking about Sun Ce is very happy! .
If Lu Bu's army is ruthless enough, and his food is withheld, so that his army is full and the people have nothing to eat, then the result will still be the same. If the people rebel, even if Lu Bu can suppress it, then Lu Bu's army will suffer heavy casualties. The important thing is to lose faith in the world. It is difficult for a person to move an inch without faith.
Would you trust a person who is not trustworthy? Will you follow him, will you work hard for him? Absolutely not. At that time, Liu Mang will really be stealing chickens and losing money.
"Haha, the second brother is the pillar of my Sun family, and Sun Ce can rest easy with my second brother!" Sun Ce was happy to a certain extent. It was originally a disadvantageous situation, but was twisted by Sun Quan abruptly, and it became a completely different situation. A dead end is the dead end of Liu Mang's army and Lu Bu's army. You must know that Sun Ce's 100,000 troops failed to take down Wancheng and wipe out Lu Bu, but now only a few hundred thousand people can wipe out Lu Bu in the Lujiang River. It's too much fun!
"Second son, Sun Quan?!" Zhou Yu thought for a moment. He was not as dizzy by the good news as Sun Ce, but his heart tightened. , from this we can see that the second son is very talented, but talented people will be inferior to others! It’s not that Zhou Yu doesn’t know Sun Quan. Cao Cao once said that life and death should be like Sun Zhongmou. At that time, Sun Quan was still very young and knew how to strategize. Sun Ce's younger brother, the two brothers can really get along in harmony! Does this second son really have no ambitions at all! Zhou Yu was silent. He didn't know how to remind Sun Ce. Although Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had a very good relationship, they were like brothers! But Sun Quan is related by blood. Compared with Sun Quan, he is still an outsider after all. (To be continued.)