Hefei, Jiangbei, Cao Cao's Chinese army camp. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Some time ago, at the wharf of Wujun, Sun Quan's ceremony of sending Sun Shangxiang to Yi was quite enthusiastic, so Cao Cao had already heard the news at this time; A few days late, that is, when Sun Shangxiang arrived in Yizhou, Sima Yi, who had been playing here in Yizhou, knew that the time had come, so he immediately said goodbye to Lu Ren and boarded the clipper boat that turned to Cao Ying; A few days later, Sima Yi returned to Cao Cao and reported to Cao Cao that Sun Shangxiang had arrived in Yizhou.

Cao Cao was angry, and there was no reason why he should not be angry. As a generation of heroes, he already understood when he heard the news that he was being used by Lu Ren. Now tens of thousands of troops have been dispatched, countless money and food have been spent, and in the end, no battle has been fought and nothing has been gained, and anyone is equally annoyed. And this anger has nowhere to vent, and now it is naturally pouring out on Sima Yi's head:

"Zhongda! Lone has ordered you to be the envoy, why don't you say that Lu Ren will send troops to attack Sun Quan as soon as possible? Now Sun Quan sent his sister Sun Shangxiang to move to Yi as a hostage, and Yi Wu rested the sword soldiers, although the lonely soldiers in Hefei are really difficult to make contributions! Now, what face do you have to come back to see Lonely? ”

Will Sima Yi be frightened by Cao Cao's reprimand? Of course not. In fact, Sima Yi has been playing in Yizhou for so long, is he really just playing? Of course, it is to learn as much as possible about the situation in Yizhou, so that when he comes back, he can find the right words to explain to Cao Cao. At this moment, in the face of Cao Cao's angry rebuke, Sima Yi responded unhurriedly: "The prime minister is angry, and Yi can't help it. ”

Cao Cao said again: "Why can't you help yourself?" ”

Sima Yi said: "Maybe the prime minister only knows that the war between Yi and Wu is imminent, but he doesn't know that Lu Ren himself has no intention of fighting. Thinking that Yi rushed to Yizhou with the will of the prime minister, if he really had the intention of attacking Sun Wu together, he should talk to Yi as soon as possible. But since Yi arrived in Yizhou, Lu Ren has been using excuses to shirk and avoid Yi. ”

Lao Cao was furious: "Lu Renxiao'er, how dare you do this? ”

"Please calm your anger. In Yi's opinion, Lu Ren's battle is indeed unbeatable. ”

Sima Yi was going to say a few words for Lu Ren, because if Lao Cao was angry with Lu Ren, it would undoubtedly inspire a new round of war between Sun Quan and Lu Ren. And if Sun Quan and Lu Ren really fought, wouldn't that give Lao Cao a chance to destroy Sun Wu?

Sima Yi has ambitions, but he knows that his ambitions cannot be realized here with Cao Cao, so he must endure until Cao Cao returns to heaven before there is hope. After all, Cao Cao was fifty-six years old at this time, and Sima Yi was only in his early thirties, so Sima Yi had time.

Moreover, Sima Yi is now just a small Xuzhou assassin history, and it will take a long time to take charge of the army and take power. When he finds a chance to fight back for military power, it will be almost the same to scheming Lao Cao. And this opportunity has to be found in the constant war between Cao Cao and Liu Bei and Sun Quan. If Lao Cao gets the opportunity to destroy Sun Quan, it will not be beneficial to Sima Yi, so Sima Yi wants to dissuade Lao Cao's idea of being angry with Lu Ren, so that the current situation of the confrontation between Cao, Liu and Sun will continue:

"Prime Minister, although Yi has been asked to see Yizhou several times, he also has time to compare the truth of Yiquan in detail. And after careful comparison, Yi Cai found that Lu Ren did not have the strength to fight this battle at all. ”

Cao Cao frowned: "What does Zhongda mean by this? ”

Sima Yi also took a big advantage here, that is, no one on Cao Cao's side had ever been to Yizhou, so no one in Cao Ying's camp knew the details of Yizhou. It's not that they didn't send a small party to the past, but where can those guys see anything? Therefore, Sima Yi can say whatever he wants about the situation in Yizhou: "The prime minister may not have imagined that Lu Ren is in Yizhou, and the tax he sets is only 20%, or even lower. ”

"Twenty percent!?"

As soon as Cao Cao heard this, his brows almost wrinkled to the sky. You must know that Lao Cao started as a grassroots official, so he is very aware of the importance of the tax ratio, which is directly related to the revenue of the state treasury.

Cao Cao himself has been implementing the tuntian system all his life, in which the official tun refers to the cultivation by the sergeants, generally the government collects four to five percent, and the remaining five to four percent is reserved for the personnel of the military tun for their own use; Mintun is cultivated by the people who are collected, and the government gives farming tools, cattle and so on, which is generally divided into 55 points.

And then there are the general homesteaders...... In fact, due to the serious land annexation at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were no yeoman farmers to speak of. Later, it was Lao Cao's severe suppression of the land annexation of the Hao family, and the real self-cultivation was restored. However, in that era of huge clan power, Lao Cao couldn't suppress it too much. It's a bit of a stretch, anyway, the yeoman farmers here include a lot of big families who own a lot of land, and the taxes to be paid in this category are generally about 30%. That is to say, the agricultural tax set by Yizhou is really low, and according to Lao Cao's ideology, Yizhou only collects two percent of the tax, and there will not be much grain in its warehouse.

"Yizhou only collects 20% of the agricultural tax? The wealth of Nayiju ......"

Sima Yi picked up Cao Cao's words and said: "The wealth of Yizhou is rich in the people and not in the officials. Most of the money of the officials in Yizhou came from commerce and trade with Qingxu, Jingchu, and Wuyue. As for Lu Ren himself, he may be called cunning, but he is faithful to the people in his realm. He once said that unless it was a great calamity, he would never levy a single cent more tax on the people. Although Yi Wu had fought before, it was not a big disaster, so Lu Ren did not levy money, food, and conscription from the people. What's even more ridiculous is that the Ganning sailors under his command have been guerrilla operations between the Yiwu Strait for a long time, and sometimes return to Yiyi to replenish grain, but it was Lu Ren who paid to buy grain from the people. ”

“……”

Cao Cao shook his head when he heard this, and only after a while did he say: "Lu Ren has never known about military affairs, and he is barely able to govern the people. Governing like him is certainly a matter of abundance and worry-free for the people, but the matter of armament is far from good. It's no wonder he doesn't want to fight. ”

Sima Yi said: "That's right. In fact, some time ago, Lu Ren led the Yizhou Navy Division to Wu County and forced Sun Quan to send a pledge to Yi, which was simply bluffing. If that battle is really fought, even if Yizhou wins, its national use will be empty, and it will be difficult to have a successor. If Sun Quan stabilized his position and sent another division to attack Quanzhou, Lu Ren would be powerless to resist. Although Lu Ren is cunning and deceitful, he is calm in dealing with people. Fighting for no profit, and even self-defeating, he will definitely not do it. ”

After Cao Cao heard this, he let out a long sigh: "Alas, it seems that Lone still belittles him." He was unable to enter the army to attack, and forced Sun Quan to send him into the country with a false momentum, so he naturally would not help Gu to attack Sun Wu, and Sun Wu would be able to gather the troops of the country to confront Gu across the river. Losing this help is really too much of a loss...... It's just that Chen has tens of thousands of soldiers here, and he hasn't fired an arrow or built an inch, so if he returns it, wouldn't it make people laugh? ”

Sima Yi handed over a letter in a timely manner. This letter was dictated by Lu Ren, and then written by Cai Yan, as for the content of the letter, Sima Yi did not dare to open it and peek. However, Sima Yi knew that this letter should be a letter from Lu Ren to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw from the army, and Sima Yi did not know whether it was useful or not. In other words, Sima Yi still looked down on Lu Ren very little. But at this time, Sima Yi also needs this old Cao to read this letter to take a good breath, and think about how to persuade Cao Cao to withdraw from the army.

So what's in the letter? First of all, of course, Lu Ren was apologizing to Cao Cao, and stated to Cao Cao that Cao Cao's loss of money and food this time would be compensated to Cao Cao in the future. To be honest, Lu Ren can take out 500,000 or 600,000 stone of grain and rice at any time, but now he has to cry and cry for Lao Cao first, and then say that he will pay Lao Cao in installments...... If it is "installment payment", Lu Ren will be more relaxed. In addition, this has another meaning, that is, Lao Cao, you must not cut off Yixu Business because of this fruitless return.

Lao Cao has money and food here, and if you calculate the money and food consumption so far, you can actually earn some back, so it can be regarded as a step down, which makes Lao Cao feel better. And then, Lu Ren began to ring the alarm bell for Lao Cao.

There are two alarm bells, the first one is to remind Lao Cao that Zhou Yu is still there in Jiangdong, and the elite sailors are still there, and now that it is summer, there are mostly southeast winds on the river, which is not good for Lao Cao in terms of tactical significance. In addition, the heavy rain after the summer is coming, and the water level of the Yangtze River will rise fiercely, which is also not conducive to Lao Cao's use of troops. Of course, if Lu Ren's Yizhou army attacked Sun Quan's rear and contained Sun Quan's forces, the battle of Lao Cao Yuejiang would be much easier, but isn't Lu Ren "unable to send troops" now? All in all, if Lao Cao doesn't withdraw in time, he will have to do it again.

The second sound, Lu Ren was a little ridiculous, and directly told Lao Cao to be careful of Xiliang's sneak attack. In fact, this question is a bit excessive, Lu Ren mainly reminded Lao Cao that Ma Teng would be a little restless based on the original historical materials. But to get back to it, as far as the general trend is concerned, Xiliang has always been a big trouble for Lao Cao, and Lu Ren's attack really happened to stab Lao Cao's weakness.

If Lao Cao is persuaded to withdraw from the army, in Lu Ren's opinion, these are enough, but it will be next......

"What!? Zihuan actually molested Lu Ren's concubine Zhen!? Chungda, what's going on!? The second sound, Lu Ren was a little ridiculous, and directly told Lao Cao to be careful of Xiliang's sneak attack. In fact, this question is a bit excessive, Lu Ren mainly reminded Lao Cao that Ma Teng would be a little restless based on the original historical materials. But to get back to it, as far as the general trend is concerned, Xiliang has always been a big trouble for Lao Cao, and Lu Ren's attack really happened to stab Lao Cao's weakness.

If Lao Cao is persuaded to withdraw from the army, in Lu Ren's opinion, these are enough, but it will be next......

"What!? Zihuan actually molested Lu Ren's concubine Zhen!? Chungda, what's going on!? (To be continued.) )