Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 466 Kuai Liang: Laughing at the lack of plans in Shu

In the middle of January in the fifth year of Jianxing (202), Liu Bei learned in Xindu, Jizhou that the Han army had conquered the Pule Kingdom and Zhang He had reopened the Yiwu Road.

It enabled the Han Dynasty to reach the countries of Cheshi, Weixu, Yanqi, Quli, Qiuci, and Gumo.

Liu Bei picked up the scroll and carefully read the memorials sent from the Western Regions by Fu Gan and Gan Ning. The Han envoys, after conquering other countries, relied on their farming and stationing in Shuyu Valley to bring intimidation and terror to other countries.

He wanted to take advantage of the situation to go to the Kingdom of Qiuci, and at the same time asked various countries to send ministers and envoys to Chang'an to pay homage.

At the same time, he was preparing to investigate the land environment of the four countries of Qiuci, Yuli, Shule and Shache to see whether they were suitable for farming and growing wheat.

Fu Gan also suggested to the emperor that he should temporarily postpone the establishment of the Protectorate or the Chief Secretary's Office in Shuyu Valley, as this place was only suitable as a strong city to defend against the Xianbei Hu people, until they returned from Shule City and found out the specific conditions of the various countries.

After gaining a clear understanding of the neighboring Wusun, the Northern Xiongnu in the north, and the Kushan in the west, and knowing the situation of the barbarians who are prone to interfere in the affairs of the Western Regions, we can formulate a good countermeasure, whether to prevent the Northern Xiongnu from moving south or to fight against the Kushan.

Due to the distance of thousands of miles, it was inconvenient to exchange memorials and documents. In addition, it would take time to subdue the countries in the Western Regions. Even if someone was sent back to deliver the message, it would take a long time.

Fu Gan deliberated for a long time and begged His Majesty to give him another year or two, by which time he would bring back a large amount of information about the countries in the Western Regions, as well as historical materials from the barbarian countries needed for compiling the Han Chronicles.

Then he carefully added an explanation that the Han Dynasty had left the Western Regions for decades, and more than 20 countries in the Western Regions either took refuge with the Xianbei or became dependent on the Kushans. It was said that the Kushans had shown signs of decline in recent years.

However, it could still influence several neighboring countries such as Dayuan, Wusun, Wu Lei, Shule, Shache and Wutuo.

Liu Bei couldn't help but smile when he saw this. He still had some understanding of the situation in the Western Regions. He was not sure about the strength of the Northern Huns, but if the Kushan King dared to extend his hand into the Western Regions and send troops over mountains and rivers, he would only have a dead end.

The towering mountains and desolate deserts surrounding the Western Regions did not protect the Han Dynasty, but instead hindered the Han army.

If they wanted to attack thousands of miles away, they could only take the grassland route and use the Hu people's method of fighting to support the war, without the need for the Han people to transport food.

Only by completely controlling the northern grasslands can we intimidate tens of thousands of miles away, whip the western countries, and promote Han culture thousands of miles away, so that the barbarians will be proud to speak a few words of Chinese.

After coming to his senses, Liu Bei happily wrote down and agreed to Fu Gan and Gan Ning's request.

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Early the next morning, several more memorials were sent in urgently, but they did not bring good news. Instead, when Man Chong and other officials carried out land measurement in various counties of Yizhou and sent county and prefectural officials to count the fields and population, they encountered strong resistance from the wealthy and powerful families of Yizhou.

In just over a month, more than seventy clans, large and small, united with their followers and servants to cause chaos everywhere. Bandits rose up everywhere, attacked county towns, killed land officials, and even worse, assassinated the county magistrate sent by the court.

One-third of the auxiliary soldiers participated in the military offices set up in various places in Yizhou, especially in the counties in the south. Even the armories were captured by local nobles who cooperated internally and externally. The barbarian leaders everywhere were also ready to make moves.

Except for Hanzhong County, powerful people in the remaining eleven counties and states all took the opportunity to cause chaos, causing post offices and relay stations in various counties to be almost cut off.

Even the prefects Man Chong, Gao Rou, Zhang Zhao, Sun Ce and others could not help but feel a little worried. They did not expect that the resistance to land surveying in Shu would be much greater than that in other states and counties. Those more than seventy clans still raised their flags, but there were even more people who did not.

However, the rebellion caused by Du Tian was so powerful that many officials felt uneasy. They felt that they had messed up and were afraid of being punished by the emperor.

"I didn't expect that the powerful people in Shu would be so arrogant and domineering. I wonder what you think about this?" When Liu Bei saw the official document, he couldn't help laughing. He planned to use this as an opportunity to investigate. He first went to Xindu to check on Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue, as well as Zhuge Liang, Cao Ang, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Sun Quan.

The rest who have not yet applied are currently dealing with important tasks and it will take some time for them to arrive.

"Your Majesty..." Kuai Liang was the first to stand up and bowed respectfully, saying, "Shu is the most fertile land in the world. It has many rivers, plains and hills suitable for farming. It is also surrounded by strong defenses. Therefore, the powerful people in Shu have thrived for hundreds of years and intermarried with each other."

"Once there is a change, it will sweep across the counties. This is also normal."

"It's a pity that they only understand the immediate benefits, but not the things that will happen after they die. The counties, cities, and even Chengdu are all without barriers. The pass leading to Yizhou is also in the hands of the Han army. The powerful are not strong enough to resist the Han family."

"If the Shu people are not to be trusted, then we can mobilize the troops of Hanzhong County and Jingzhou to arrive in Shu immediately. On the day of the advance, we can kill the generals and seize the flags, leaving tens of thousands of corpses. This will ensure victory!"

Kuai Liang had previously been one of Liu Biao's most capable advisers. When Liu Biao and Liu Yan fell out, the Jingzhou gentry not without the idea of ​​taking advantage of the opportunity to capture Yizhou. They also knew about the conflict between the Shu nobles and the Dongzhou soldiers under Liu Yan.

Those powerful families who are used to being unrestrained will immediately band together to fight back when they encounter an infringement on their interests.

When Liu Yan was the governor of Yizhou, he moved the seat of government from Luo County to Mianzhu County and executed the powerful to establish his authority, but someone immediately rebelled.

Even the emperor's carriage that was secretly built in Mianzhu was burned to ashes in the fire, forcing him to move the capital to Chengdu.

From Liu Yan to Liu Zhang, the wealthy families in Yizhou would rebel whenever their interests were harmed.

Now that the emperor wants to measure the land, it will undoubtedly be a threat to their lives, and they will surely rise up in rebellion.

Unfortunately, these people are blinded by profit and cannot see that their own death is approaching.

When Kuai Liang thought of this, he couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Even if Liu Jiyu had not surrendered in the first year of Jianxing, the Han Dynasty would have taken action against Yizhou.

At present, among all the provinces and counties in the world, except for Yanzhou, Youzhou, Jingzhou, Yongzhou, and Jiaozhou which is full of barbarians, are there any noble families and wealthy families whose land has not been measured?
There were only four counties left in Yanzhou, and Youzhou had not yet begun. However, the three counties of Nanyang, Jiangxia and Nanjun in Jingzhou had already been conquered on their own initiative, and the slaves and servants were released and the troops were dismissed.

I just don't want to wait until the emperor's sword is placed on the necks of the Jingzhou gentry before begging for mercy, because then it will be too late.

Thanks to Liu Jingsheng, Jingzhou was already far behind the gentry in Qing, Yan, Xu and Yu. If it did not work hard to catch up, it would only be left further and further behind, and would suffer greater losses.

Only the nobles in Shu do not know how to adapt. They know how they acquired their land, money and troops in the first place, and they can start all over again in the future.

As long as the books were not lost and the clan members were still alive, there would always be a chance for them to become two thousand stones again. However, they chose to associate with the barbarians. For the wealth and honor they had gained by relying on the Liu family in the past, they rebelled against the Han Dynasty. In the end, their fate was either the execution of their three clans or exile to a foreign land.

"But... suppressing the rebellion in Yizhou will also help Jingxiang gain merit, isn't that a good thing?!"

Kuai Liang exclaimed in amazement.

(End of this chapter)