Sweep the World

A country's prosperity, weakness, and decline will all have a process, which can often be reflected in the social structure, including the living conditions and quality of the people, and so on.

Li's succession was because the ruler's various brain pumps accelerated the country's weakness. If there is an external force to invade, it will collapse on its own without more than three waves of resistance. The process of disintegration can be borrowed from previous history. It is nothing more than a group of treacherous ministers making troubles, killing some real kangaroos for the country, causing a lot of smart people to find a way out. Of course, the chain effect is to make the country go to ruin. .

No one has ever said the phrase "viewing history and knowing the rise and fall", but a rough sentence is probably there. But what if you know it? Just like many people know that doing something is wrong, the problem is to do the wrong thing.

Gong Zhuang found his friend as he wished. His friend was Zhang Liang, who had the same surname as Liuhou, and was one of the prominent families in Lingling.

If the Zhang clan in Lingling belonged to a third-rate family according to the division of the Eastern Jin imperial court, and in remote places like Lingling, the aristocratic families that existed were basically inferior. They were generally those who were able to gain a foothold in the imperial capital. Will appear to have strength.

"The principals of the imperial court are now the head of the state and Governor Xie." Zhang Liang has never compared himself with Liuhou. There is such a name because the elders of the family are looking forward to something. He is a mediocre-looking person. As the head of a family, he has a good temperament. He smiled and said: "If what Ziwei said is true, it is natural to recommend him."

The real fact is that Zhang Liang can’t actually go to Chu Bao or Xie Shi himself. That’s because there is a gap between his identity and family background. He can only find some families with higher and better products and ventilate one after another. As for Chu Whether Bao and Xie Shi should see Gong Zhuang is another matter.

Gong Zhuang didn’t even say that he wanted to give Li’s Chenghan a piece of fat directly to the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. According to the agreement with Chang Zhuang and others, he first mentioned that Li’s Chenghan wanted to be a vassal state of the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s small imperial court. manner.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has no vassal state at all, and the country is facing a powerful challenge. You may not be able to finish this level if you don’t pass this level. How can Li's claim that the minister is a vassal is also a booster, allowing the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to find a trace. "I'm still very strong" feeling.

With Zhang Liang's existence, Gong Zhuang met many family heads in Changsha who also led family private soldiers. Each of these Patriarchs has a large and small official position. The reason is that the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty recently carried out the "Broadcast of Official Position" activity. However, all the families that contributed were awarded officials and made wishes.

For unknown reasons, Gong Zhuang was surprised to learn that as long as the head of the family was an official, he only regarded it as the welfare of the family under the rule of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. 】

Later, Zhang Liang personally took Gong Zhuang to Jiankang. They set off from Changsha, planning to take the Jiangzhou route into Yangzhou, and finally arrived at Jiankang.

The crowd was not in a hurry, even Zhang Liang had time to take Gong Zhuang to the Dongting Lake for a tour. The scenery was naturally good, but what he heard and saw along the way made Gong Zhuang more aware of the efforts of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to prepare for battle. .

Zhang Liang needed to ventilate to Jiankang first, so that the little court had a psychological preparation. The reason why he would take Gong Zhuang on the road slowly, naturally, he had to wait until the powerful figure on Jiankang responded.

"Presumably Ziwei has an impression of the puppet Han's strong military power?" Zhang Liang felt that he had to say something, and stood at the bow of the boat and turned back to look at Gong Zhuang, with a sea of ​​reeds in Dongting Lake in the background. He said: "The puppet Han has more than four hundred thousand soldiers, so the imperial court does not pay attention to it."

Gong Zhuang nodded. He now feels that he has found the reason why Han was only invading the Li family with 60,000 troops. It turned out that the army was Chen Bing at the border of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

However, in fact, Chen Bing's Han army at the border of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not as many as 400,000, and it was less than 300,000 after the auxiliary personnel and necessary civilians were counted. The invading troops were 200,000.

"The rise of the pseudo-Han has not been long, but the military strength is extremely powerful. In four years, the huge state of Zhao was beaten back step by step, leaving only Bingzhou and Shuozhou..." Zhang Liang explained this because it was the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The mobilization is too strong, and it seems to have done everything in mobilization. He smiled and said: "As powerful as the state of Zhao, no one can resist. The court has to be cautious to attract Zhu Yue and Zhu barbarians."

Gong Zhuang still nodded. He came from the southwest, and he was deeply impressed by Zhu Yue and Zhu Man's wanton appearing in the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"Zhu Yue and Zhu Barbarian are used, some things are not easy to restrain." Zhang Liang said that Yue people and barbarians are raging among the people. When he said that, he didn't take it seriously. On the contrary, he said more proudly: " When Zhuyue and Zhuman go to the north, the court will carry out arms."

Zhang Liang wanted to show off the national power of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Gong Zhuang believed that it was the right thing for the Li family to take refuge in the Han. He simply forgot that it was the Jin Dynasty armed Hu talent that led to the fall of the Central Plains, and he was not afraid of repeating the same mistakes again.

Gong Zhuang thought about what happened during the Yongjia Rebellion, but he didn't think about the people who were sacrificed.

Aristocratic families, in their eyes, only the existence of the same identity can regard them as human beings, and the people can only be tools in their eyes. Therefore, the people are lucky if they are not watched by the family's eyes. Once the people enter the family's field of vision, there will be absolutely no good things, either being used or sacrificed.

There are so many mosquitoes in Dongting Lake in summer that the painting boat has to be blocked with gauze nets. It drifts on the lake with bursts of vocal music, and there are female girls dancing gracefully and gracefully to the music.

Huafang is a huge ship, with at least one thousand materials in terms of material, and according to modern tonnage, it is 325 tons. It is divided into five floors, with two floors inside the cabin and three floors above the water. In the lower two floors, the bottom of the bilge is used to accumulate some materials as a ballast bilge to keep the ship in balance, and the second floor is the sailor's living area. The first floor above contains rooms such as the rest floor and kitchen for entourages and women, the second floor is the rest rooms and entertainment venues for the nobles, and the third floor is semi-outdoor.

According to the classification of the boats, the painting boat is actually just a two-story boat. Gong Zhuang can look out through the gauze tent. Of course, the number of boats is the most, and there are also a lot of boats. The boats on the second and third floors are from time to time. Being able to see one, I couldn't help but not want to think that the small shipbuilding ability of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was good.

In fact, the shipbuilding ability of the Eastern Jin Dynasty’s small imperial court is really quite good. Every year there are at least hundreds of ships that can be called ships. There are too many water systems south of the Yangtze. need more. This is because there are too many mountains and mountainous areas by land. It is not necessary to mention that it is often necessary to climb mountains. The mountainous areas are mostly deserted and uninhabited, which is not safe. On the contrary, the waterways with more people are safer.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty can now see the obvious polarization. The more south and southwest areas are due to the ravages of the Zhuyue and the barbarians, the civilians seem to suffer a lot. However, the family with most of the resources still needs to eat and eat. Drink as you drink, even with the wind, the snow and the moon, singing and dancing.

The host of Zhang Liang and Gong Zhuang was a well-known local family. Huafang was a family property belonging to the Luo clan and was specially used to take guests around Dongting Lake. The vocal team and the female girl are also raised at home. These people don't usually do much work, just practice music and dance, which is the so-called non-production. In terms of the current production level, it is difficult for an ordinary family to raise a person who is not productive. Even the powerful family members of the landlord should go to work in the field and raise a vocal team with close to 20 people and nearly 30 people. The female Ji team is not affordable for ordinary families, and it can be seen that the financial resources of the Luo clan are different.

"Not much, really not much, just to provide the imperial court with a hundred thousand stone of rice." Luo Yuan looked very rich, not only because he was too fat, but the silk clothes on his body were normal, and the beautiful jade was indispensable. , Agate, jade and gold and silver. He said that one hundred thousand shi rice is very casual, just like ten catties. That randomness is definitely not a pretense, and he easily added: "If the court needs it, you can buy it later."

One hundred thousand shi of grain can provide fifty thousand for military use for at least one year, and save some food for two years. Only the Luo clan provided 100,000 shi of food for free, and the rest of the aristocratic family would certainly give out some. This shows that the army of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty should not worry about it?

Gong Zhuang just didn't pay much attention to Luo Yuan. After a daze, even the noble literati would have to take a high look at Luo Yuan.

"The Luo family is a big family in Jingzhou. There are tens of thousands of hectares of land under the name alone. There are also fleets of ships that travel to and from Zhanghai (Nanhai) in Linyi and Funan." Zhang Liang lowered his voice and continued, "Linyi and Funan are rich in production. food."

What Gong Zhuang wanted to know was: "How many sergeants did Luo Shi have?"

"According to the family's fixed product, three thousand were issued." Zhang Liang's family also issued one thousand, not including weapons and armor. He said: "This is a nationwide battle..."

What kind of family should give out how many troops is a strong request from the governor Chu Bai, and the final decision is made by the empress dowager Chu Suanzi. This is really too much to be forced. There is no shortage of families to the south of the Yangtze River to resist the invasion of the Han, but there is no shortage of families to rely on when the Han army is killed. There are more families at both ends of the snake and rat.

The war has not yet begun. As long as it is a family that has the ability and access, one and the other have branches to the Han country. The Chu family and the Sima royal family are really scared. Whether the aristocratic family is willing to follow the routine of dispatching troops or supplying materials, or many families have a retreat, and the fresh cousins ​​of the Chu family are not without retreat, that is, the Sima royal family cannot retreat.

The land of Shu was too closed. After Gong Zhuang left the land of Shu, his time was basically spent on the road. He did not have time to truly understand the current situation of the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Only when the aristocratic family south of the Yangtze River was really united, he gave Zhang Liang a heartfelt gratitude. Said: "Why can't all the people be sorrowful with one heart? Unlike Shu, the Han army has invaded less than three months, and the soldiers who fell in the battle will not talk about the soldiers.

"..." If Zhang Liang hadn't seen Gong Zhuang's serious face, he would definitely think that Gong Zhuang was mocking. Like many people, his family also has branches to Han. Of course, the reality can't be told to Gong Zhuang. He wanted to cover up his embarrassment and say something else. He suddenly came back to his mind and asked: "The war is so corrupted?"

Gong Zhuang also missed the conversation for a while, and quickly turned off the topic.

Zhang Liang was paying attention. He felt that it was necessary to find out what the situation of Li Chenghan is now.

The small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had plans to invade Li's Chenghan two years earlier. It was not forced by the Han country, nor was it only led by Huan Wen, but there was such a force that really wanted to destroy Li's Chenghan. The situation faced by the following countries changed again and again, only thinking that they could block the Han country to the north of the Yangtze River.

After more than a month, Gong Zhuang finally arrived at Jiankang. He was not less hospitalized on the way there. He fully realized that the aristocratic family on the side of the Eastern Jin imperial court can play better than the Shu family family, and the quality of life is also close to that of the aristocratic family. It can be luxurious.

Of course, Gong Zhuang, who entered Jiankang, didn't immediately see a person with enough weight. He hadn't even heard news from the Shu area for three months.

It was Xie Shi who returned to Jiankang at the same time, and he personally came to the palace to find Chu Suanzi to urge reinforcements.

"Only in the front of Shouchun, there are tens of thousands of Han troops. They have already begun to sharpen their swords!" Xie Shi should be under too much psychological pressure and busy enough, looking very thin, he glanced at Chu Lai beside him , His gaze turned to Chu Suanzi behind the gauze tent, and said, "The Huai River is also full of navy soldiers of the Han Dynasty!"

Chu Baizheng has a sad face~www.wuxiamtl.com~ The Shouchun front under Xie Shi has not yet started fighting. Some time ago, the Han army destroyed and occupied Badong. The line from the northern part of Jingzhou to the southern county was full of war, and even the sea in the eastern part of Yangzhou. The fleets of the Han army began to appear constantly.

Chu Suanzi said in a relatively soft voice: "The troops in the south are constantly gathering, and there will soon be reinforcements entering Shouchun."

Xie Shi still urged again and again, and even talked about some requirements for ordnance. For example, the Bajun crossbow, the big killer of the Jin army, required as many as possible.

"There are other things." Chu Pai heard that Xie Shi wanted reinforcements, ordnances, and rations. He sounded a little big. He turned to the subject and said: "The Shu family has named Gong Zhuang as a representative. Knowing that the ministers called the feudal vassal false, it was the Shu family who wanted to return to the court in an all-round way."

"A few years ago... even a year earlier is a good thing." Xie Shi frowned and said: "Now the court is facing an unprecedented battle, how can I pay attention to it?"

A soft cough came from the gauze tent. Chu Suanzi was holding a piece of information that had just been sent by someone. When she read it, she was stunned. She didn't know what Xie Shi and Chu Pai were talking about just now. , He lost his voice: "Li Shi, please come down, Huan Wen has been wiped out and become a country!"