Chapter 36: Luoyang Locust Extermination (3)
Outside Luoyang City, on the long embankment, countless farmers are digging with hoes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info The people are real, Liu Bei asked them to dig half a foot is enough, they are afraid that the locusts will hide too deeply, one by one they show their strength, and the soil turned out is more than a foot.
At the beginning, Zhou Zhong sent people to the village to publicize, and many people did not believe it, and when Liu Bei dug out many eggs and larvae from the ground with a few hoes, everyone was convinced.
So Liu Bei and the others ran from village to village, and it didn't take long for them to become dark and thin. Lu Min and Zhou Junji, as well as Huang Kui. Only Liu Ke has endless energy like a little tiger, and he has not deformed at all. Zhou Junji is the son of Zhou Zhong, and Huang Kui is the son of Huang Wan. Well, Liu Bei couldn't imagine drinking a bowl of tea to drink the sons of two high-ranking officials. Of course, Huang Wan was banned by the party and is still squatting at home.
Although they were dark and thin, several people felt that they had gained a lot. Not to mention anything else, just convincing the common people, it is a very test of their mouths, some of the common people do not believe that you dig out the locusts, but as soon as they dig it out, they immediately bow down, and then they want to kill people, saying that Liu Bei they have offended the locust god. It's really laughable. The government can't force it yet. In this era, the power of the clan is terrifyingly large, so in many places, there is no fear of hiding criminals. If the government dares to come by force, the patriarch will give an order, and countless people will immediately surround you, or it will be a civil uprising.
Village by village, first convincing, then observing the terrain, and then teaching the people how to hunt locusts in the early morning and evening, how to turn over the land and water the nest fire, how to fill the depression...
The common people finally began to organize manpower to kill locusts, and Liu Bei asked them to use the locusts to feed chickens and ducks. These people are not going to do it. Can this stuff be eaten by chickens and ducks? And the chickens and ducks in this house are what they want to eat. They all refused to die. Liu Bei's persuasion several times was fruitless, and when he was discouraged, he couldn't help but think, should he open a farm by himself? Later, I thought about it, forget it, as long as the locusts are killed, there is no need to bother so much about the disposal of the locust corpses, this thankless thing should be done less in the future.
In the past two months, the results have been brilliant. The locusts around Luoyang have decreased dramatically, and the crops in the field have basically been saved, and there will not be much loss. Just like Liu Bei reported, the locusts on the ground in Luoyang are almost dead, unless they fly from other places, it can be declared that there is no locust plague in Luoyang, and as long as the protection work is done well, there will be no locust plague in the coming year, because everyone already knows that if the eggs of locusts are eradicated.
Zhou Zhong was naturally triumphant. Of course, such a big achievement must be reported in a timely manner. The Son of Heaven and the minister were still skeptical, so Zhou Zhong patted his chest and promised: "If Your Majesty and the princes don't believe it, you can send someone to check it, and you can know that what I said is true." ā
In the end, the Son of Heaven still sent someone to check, not because he didn't believe it, but because this matter was more important, and it was better to see it as believing. The envoy of the Son of Heaven went to see the villages one by one, and after reading it, he was also very excited to report to the Son of Heaven, saying that this thing was true, and the locusts were basically invisible in the villages around Luoyang County now.
The emperor was overjoyed, let the division talk about merit, Zhou Zhong was worshiped as a master craftsman because of his merit, Zhou Hui studied in Taixue for several years, was able to learn through the scriptures, and was requisitioned as a lang, as for Huang Kui, he was too pitiful, implicated by his father, and could not go out, and gave a few words of verbal praise, and then rewarded some silk silk and it was over.
Then the emperor asked the ministers to discuss and standardize the matter of eliminating locusts and extend it to all counties in the world. As for Liu Bei, the biggest hero, the four governments originally wanted to recruit him as a peng, but he politely refused, and the time had not come. After careful consideration and discussion with the teacher, Liu Bei finally chose to enter Taixue. Of course, he also participated in the writing of detailed regulations for the elimination of locusts and the training of some officials. However, Liu Ke, this kid, because Liu Bei gave credit, and he was skilled in bowing and horses, he was elected as the left officer of the facial features, and he was also a person who ate imperial food from then on.
In autumn and July, Liu Bei had just finished his work, and he wrote a book on his experience in eliminating locusts, from the living habits of locusts to how to prevent and eliminate them. From how to start rural work to how to persuade and guide the people. It's basically all vernacular. Then it was dedicated to the four mansions, when Situ Yang saw this book, he praised: "Liu Bei's book, although there is no literary brilliance, but every word is practical." From now on, the locust plague of the national dynasty will no longer be worry-free! "I can't praise Liu Bei enough. Liu Bei was not modest this time, he really spent a lot of effort. This rural work is also the first time in his life, and he is really tired, much more tired than studying. Although Yang Ci is suspected of having a reputation, there is no doubt that the locust plague of the Han Dynasty will minimize the loss because of Liu Bei's book.
After Liu Bei completely rested, he was thinking about spending a few days as a student. As a result, there were waves in the DPRK and China again. Because Xianbei is always in the Kou this year, Xia Yu, the captain of the Wuhuan Guard, played, and said: "Xianbei Koubian, since the spring, more than 30 rounds, please recruit the soldiers of the counties of Youzhou to attack it, one winter and two springs, there will be birds destroyed." "Xia Yu was first in Duan Ying's Qiang Guarding Camp, and he started with military merits. Seeing that Xianbei was always plundering the border counties, he was already ready to move. And when he was in Xiping for three years, he fought a battle with the Xianbei people and won. So I felt that Xianbei people were nothing remarkable. This is the court that went to the court.
As a result, the imperial court did not allow it and rejected his proposal. Originally, this matter passed like this. As a result, because of Tian Yan, there were changes again. Tian Yan is Xia Yu's old colleague, who was originally a captain of the Qiang Guard, but he was recruited to Beijing by the chariot for breaking the law and being punished, and as a result, the emperor granted amnesty to the world, so he was released. He stayed in Beijing privately, and when he heard that Xia Yushang was going to go out of Xianbei, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. If this thing is going to be done, he will go to Xia Yu, and become an official and a half-poster, and as long as he has military merits, he will not be reinstated? Maybe it's even higher.
It's a pity that before the joy is over, a basin of cold water is splashed. The court ruthlessly vetoed the proposal. Tian Yan was disheartened, and after racking his brains, he actually thought of a good way to bribe the eunuchs. He searched and searched, and found Wang Fu, the servant of Zhongchang, and sent countless treasures that he had accumulated for many years, and asked Wang Fu to move the Son of Heaven and take him as a general.
The emperor believed in eunuchs so much, which is really rare in the thousands of years of Chinese history. Maybe the current emperor is really insecure and treats the eunuchs as relatives, right? As a result, Wang Fu didn't have much to say, and moved the emperor. The emperor was tempted, but the minister didn't do it, so when the hundred officials were discussing, the speaker Cai Yong went to the book, which is the famous "Difficult Xia Yu Shangyan Xianbei still commits the county council".
The text says: "...... Since the Huns fled, Xianbei and strong, according to their hometown, called 100,000 soldiers, talent and strength, wisdom and health. The customs are not strict, the forbidden network is leaky, and the fine gold and iron are all owned by thieves; The Han people fled, plotting for it, and the soldiers were more than the Huns. In the past, Duan Yingliang was a good general, and he was good at fighting, and he had something to do with Xiqiang, and he had been for more than ten years. Today's education and Yan Caice may not be too bright, and the Xianbei breed is not weaker than the time...... the trouble of the husband's side, the scratching of the hands and feet; China's predicament, chest and back scabies. The thieves in Fangjin County can't be forbidden, and this ugly can be subdued! ā¦ā¦ The art of guarding the border, Li Mu is good at his strategy, the theory of protecting the stop, Yan You Shen wants it, the legacy is still there, the article exists, follow the policy of the two sons, abide by the rules of the first emperor, and the minister can do it! ā
Huanghuang writing, reasonable and well-founded. From Emperor Wu's poor military and regret of the final economic collapse, to the reason why Xianbei is strong and strong, and then to the current environment of the dynasty is not suitable for long-term use of troops. This article fully shows that Cai Yong is a political visionary official, not an ordinary talker. It's a pity that Cai Yong's performance was not recognized by the emperor, and he offended Wang Fu and other vested interests, thus laying the fuse for his future tragedy.
As soon as the emperor was stubborn, no one could stop him, so he sent Xia Yu, the captain of Wuhuan, to Gao Liu, and worshiped Tian Yan as the general of Po Xianbei Zhonglang, so that he was out of the clouds, and the Xiongnu Zhonglang general Zang Min led the Southern Xiongnu Tu Teruo corpse to go out of Yanmen alone. The three-way army, each with 10,000 horsemen, went out of the fortress for more than 2,000 miles. The Xianbei generation of British lord Tan Shi Huai ordered the three adults to lead the crowd to meet the battle. As a result, the three armies were defeated, and the main generals of the three roads fled all the way south, and when they reached a safe place, there were only dozens of cavalry guards around them. Then the flag was erected in the border counties to gather the remnants of the army. In the end, the death toll was as high as seven or eighty percent. Those who did not come back, even if they were injured, as long as they were on the grassland, could not escape even if they wanted to, and those who were seriously injured were either eaten by wild beasts or cut down; Those who were slightly injured were taken back as prisoners.
The emperor was furious when he heard the news, and he didn't blame Wang Fu for making suggestions, but he immediately ordered the three generals to be imprisoned and died, but fortunately, the three of them still had a family background and paid for a life to come back. So the emperor took the money, and he was exempted from the death penalty and dismissed as a concubine.
This time was also the last time in history that the Han Dynasty used troops abroad. The consequence was that the three generals with rich experience in leading the troops fell from then on, and the corpses of tens of thousands of Han family sons were plugged outside, and the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yu was also seriously injured, and soon died of serious injuries. Then for the sake of Shan Yu's position, the Southern Xiongnu began to fight in the nest.
When Liu Bei got the news, he couldn't help sighing. It's a shame. Tens of thousands of border troops. They are all fighters with experience in fighting against Xianbei, and it is difficult to cultivate one. Xia Yu is also a brain twitch, you guard your own territory, and you can have credit if you repel it, why do you have to get out of the plug?
There are famous generals since the Han Dynasty, which one has not lost a few times? Do you think you are Wei Qinghuo going sick? And both of them are also because of the special case that cannot be replicated......
If you lose, what else can you do? Liu Bei did not regret the imprisonment of the three people at all, and buried tens of thousands of people, no matter what the reason, they all had to be punished. If you don't cut it, you'll be fine. This bad habit of spending money to buy lives is really unbelievable. Liu Bei frowned and thought, if I can lead the army in the future, the first thing is to abolish this bad habit of spending money to atone for sins, and Xianbei, right? I'll write down this account for the time being, and sooner or later I'll lead the big men to get it back! Certain!