Chapter 55: On Meritorious Deeds
The war in Nanyang ended, and this war caused by Cao Cao's attack on Jingzhou proved that Liu Biao's approach to Zhang Xiubu Huairou was correct, and made Jingzhou Mu have a greater prestige in the prefecture and county. Zhang Xiu only relied on Nanyang County to block Cao Cao's attack, although at the beginning of the war in Luyang, Shuangxian, Ye County and other places were lost to Cao Cao's hands, but Zhang Xiu gathered soldiers and horses in Wancheng, and sent another department to Hu Che'er stationed in Dongwu Pavilion in the southwest of Hengshan, Cao's army besieged Wancheng for more than 30 days and was difficult to capture, when the war was stalemate, Hu Che'er led the troops to kill from the belly, Zhang Xiu also led the army out of the city, and won a victory under Wancheng.
Cao Jun originally wanted to defeat Hu Che'er and besiege Wancheng, but when he heard that Captain Sili was frustrated and raised troops from Guanzhong, he was worried that the back road would be cut off, so he led the army back the way he came, leaving only the general Zhao Rong to garrison Luyang.
Fu Zhu didn't really send troops to fight Yan, but just made a momentum of raising troops, and he still had something behind him. The situation in Liangzhou is not good, Zhao and Chen alone are difficult to stop Han Sui's troops, seeing that the grass is thin and the horses are fat in the autumn, many generals in Guanzhong are going west, stationed in Jingzhao Yin to guard against Han Sui, Henan Yin is not able to suppress the scene of the general, how can he attack Cao's courage.
Guo Jia returned to Yecheng from Yizhou, and he came back with the tribute utensils that Zhang Lu brought to the emperor, compared to Liu Zhang, who occupied Yizhou, Zhang Lu obviously preferred the imperial court, especially Yanbei, which had no substantive jurisdiction over him, so he took good care of Guo Jia, and even came back to gain weight. However, Tian Feng, another staff member of the Great Sima Mansion, was not so relaxed, and was almost so busy that his feet did not touch the ground.
Yanbei ordered to collect the world's agricultural tools in the national capital, and the work of measuring the quality of agricultural tools had just begun less than a season, and there was already a harvest. Emperor Xiaowu promoted the three-legged cocoon used in the world, and the sowing farm tools that were nearly lost due to several wars were brought by a family surnamed Zhuang in Yanmen County, and only one horse was used to sow more than 400 acres in one day; The big family of the Chen family in Hedong sent the overturned thirsty black to the imperial court, this thing was first made by the eunuchs of the Ling Emperor to please the emperor, splashing the waterwheel of Luoyang streets, and later the eunuchs and scholars fought when the eunuchs fled to Hedong for refuge, and made a copy to irrigate the farmland; In addition, there are also fans for removing glume husks, ash and deflated grains from grains, and so on.
For a time, Ye Du gathered the most exquisite agricultural utensils in the world, and Tian Feng was responsible for recording these agricultural tools together with Dasi Nong Kong Rong to prevent them from being lost in the future; At the same time, it is also necessary to select the most efficient agricultural tools among them, and send them to Liaodong, Yuyang, Bohai and other subway supervisors, and unify the manufacturing to be widely distributed all over the world in the future.
This is a long-term solution, not a temporary effort, some farm tools are good, but they can't be promoted to the world in a short period of time. For example, the three-legged cocoon is unheard of in sowing efficiency, but it requires a horse or a cow, and even if it is distributed to the people now, it cannot be used. After all, Kong Rong has been a chief official in Beihai for a long time in the past, and he is familiar with the affairs of agriculture and mulberry, and his idea is to distribute cattle and horses to the pavilions or townships below, and share them with a pavilion and a few miles, but this kind of thinking is not yet mature, and it still needs to be implemented in Yedu, and it will be reported to the imperial court after it is feasible.
Sometimes it is not a good thing to have an external threat, when the Xiongnu women and children stayed in the west of Yedu, the court and the central government accused Yanbei of being brutal, after all, the killing is not enough, and the scene of 100,000 people in Wuyang like driving cattle and sheep across the border is enough shock and sorrow for anyone, so that it is not difficult for the sergeants and doctors of the court to recall their fear when they were escorted by the Western Liang soldiers from the eastern capital to the western capital and then back from the western capital.
But this only lasted for a while, and it didn't take long for the Huns to leave, and Yedu also quieted down, and there was a scene of discussion about farming and the progress of craftsmen. Youzhou Mu Yandong's good news was sent to the court to win the applause of the Manchu dynasty, and then the king of Buyeo and the king of Goguryeo were escorted to Beijing, and the prince was made a county marquis, and placed under house arrest in Beijing. Then the emperor rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, and Yan Dong led Youzhou Mu with General Anton, and crowned his brother's former title of Marquis Ji; Wang Yi awarded Lizhou Mu, Wenhou, and Yangwu generals, and Zhao Weisun and Chongji were added to his subordinates as partial generals and generals; Badun, Su Fuyan, and Cheng Lugui were awarded the Pavilion Marquis in the message of Guo Jia and Yanbei of Bingzhou, which opened a precedent for foreign kings to regain the title of Marquis of Han. Zhang Liao was promoted to general of the cavalry, and Tian Yu was promoted to general of Lou Chuan, although there was only one Lou ship in Wen County, Liaodong, in the entire north.
The ship is large, but it is not stained in naval battles, because it is too high and can easily be overturned by the sea breeze. Wenxian County also found out about this matter after building a ship that can carry 3,000 people in the second year of Xingping, just in time for the emperor to move east to change the Yuan, so he named the ship 'Xingping', has been docked in Wenxian Port has not been used, some time ago Tian Yu also hoped to send this ship from the coast to Yangxin Port in the Bohai Sea, for the future southern river operations.
This is in the formal sense of Liu Xie's accession to the throne since the real territory, the court did not hesitate to reward officials, coupled with the Yan family's old generals to add fuel to the fire, it is rare for the imperial court to have such a unified opinion, it created a war I court with an extra state pastor, more than a dozen marquises, four generals.
At the end of the year, there is nothing to worry about!
This made the government and the opposition pay more attention to agricultural affairs, and even the half-moon court discussion revolved around the matter of farm tools and craftsmen outside the city, and the emperor also sent people to ask Kong Rong all day long what new farm tools he had, and he couldn't wait to build and distribute them to the people now.
Give the people farm tools, is the meaning of Yanbei, in his opinion, although the court has no surplus wealth, but the manpower is strong, the levy is as simple as drinking water, but all the problems that can be solved by manpower are not a problem, although domesticating donkeys is not a short time to achieve results, but the production of farm tools can start from the beginning of logging without having to add more expenses, it is better to be sooner rather than later.
Even if there are tens of millions of people in the country, in the end the land is vast and sparsely populated, and some are barren land, and it is impossible to increase taxes after three years of intensified cultivation.
It's just that time is running out, Cao Cao's desire to get Jingzhou is increasing day by day, and the soldiers and horses are only pulled back to Yanzhou to rest for more than a month, so they followed the second battle of Jingzhou, Yanzhou soldiers entered Yingchuan with Zhao Rong, the general of Dangkou, as the commander, and sent 20,000 troops to gather in Luyang and march to Wancheng in Nanyang; The Yuzhou soldiers gathered in Runan, forcing Jiangxia Huangzu to mobilize troops and horses to the north to be heavily guarded.
The original intention was to delay the southern soldiers and horses of Jingzhou to support Nanyang, but on the contrary, many parties participated in the war.
After the defeat of Yuan Shu, it was his general Liu Xun who ruled Lujiang, and Huang Zu confronted him for a long time. Sun Ce also fought against Lujiang County in order to recover Yangzhou. The pressure on Yuan Shao in the south plummeted, so, for the sake of shame, Yuan Shao led the army north to conquer the Bohai Sea!