Three Kingdoms

War makes people grow, and danger stimulates human wisdom.

Daba Mountain is actually very big. Micang Mountain to the west and Wudang Mountain to the east are actually part of the mountains of Daba Mountain.

The Ba people are scattered among them.

Due to the geographical environment, these Ba people do not actually have strong connections with each other under normal circumstances. Many of them spend their entire lives wandering around the hills of their homes. For example, the Ba people in Micang Mountain do not know anyone in Wudang Mountain at all. , or like the Ba people near Shennongjia.

After the White Tiger's Ba people invaded the Bashan area, under the pressure of the war, these Ba people who did not know the sun and the moon in the mountains were finally stimulated and began to move.

It's just that when the Ba people first started, they subconsciously still looked for "their" people...

Just like on this evening, in a village near Daliang Mountain in Bashan, Fan Zao, the king of Ba people, was worrying.

Although he is called the King of Ba people, in fact, only some nearby mountain villages will listen to him. As for the distant mountain villages, on the one hand, he has no control over them, and on the other hand, the blood relationship is further away.

Even the King of Ba Ren is not really like a prince in Han Dynasty.

Generally speaking, cottages are not very big, and most of them are actually quite narrow and cramped. Apart from a special product from the forest, there are not too many enjoyments around the cottage.

Therefore, for Fan Zao, a snake-headed man from Ba, perhaps the greatest joy is the joyful movement between the sexes. As the leader of the village, he is like the monkey king of the monkey group, with the right to choose his spouse first, so his happiness is not a problem. The problem is that he has many spouses, but heirs are scarce.

This made Fan Zao feel quite upset.

At first, Fan Zao thought it was his spouse who was failing, but after adding several more spouses, they still had no heirs, which made him vaguely begin to wonder if there was something wrong with him...

But how could he admit this?

On this day, I was thinking about whether to go to Chengdu, where the Han people were. I said there was a medical center that could prescribe some tonics and so on. Suddenly someone came to report that it was his nephew who came to see him.

Fan Zao was stunned for a long time, and then thought about it for a long time, not remembering that it was his nephew, but he was still idle, and even when he asked someone to come in, he saw the man approaching and calling himself uncle.

Fan Zao looked him up and down, his appearance was quite unfamiliar, and he asked with some hesitation: "Are you... a child of that family?" 』

The man pointed to his nose and said, "Don't you recognize me, uncle?" Also, my uncle visited my cottage a few years ago. I was still a child at that time. My appearance must have changed and my uncle cannot recognize me now...I am Ji'ada. My eldest mother's brother married my uncle and aunt... …Back then, my uncle went to my cottage to have a wedding banquet…”

What kind of bullshit relationship is this?

Fan Zao suddenly realized, "It's you!" Why did you come to my place? 』

The man fell to his knees with a look of sorrow on his face, "Uncle, save me!" 』

So he told the story of how the Baihuba people came to attack them and invited them to fight, and then their stronghold fell into the Baihuba people's tricks.

"Why do you take the initiative to fight against this kind of thing?" ” Fan Zao was immediately furious.

How can it be so unorganized and undisciplined?

Where does this put his dignified face as the King of Ba Ren? !

Uncle can bear it...

But after thinking about it, Fan Zao understood.

This guy's last name is "Ji".

The "Ji" of Ba Snake, this "Ji" itself imitates the shape of the snake.

Although Fan Zao is the king of the Ba people, the group of Ba people worship the Ba snake, claiming to be the descendant of the Ba snake with a bigger dick and a higher standard. With an "ordinary" Ba people like Fan Zao, usually It is also rare to urinate into a valley. Therefore, under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Ba Snake goes his own way, thinking that he can do it, and does not even say hello to Fan Zao, the king of Ba people.

"In that case, if you can fight, just go and fight," Fan Zao smiled indifferently, "Why come to me?" 』

The man's face turned slightly red and he shuddered, "We think it's such a trivial matter that we don't need to worry about it..."

"oh? Fan Zao smiled, "Then I really have to thank you... for caring about me so much... Okay, since you can handle it on your own, you don't have to tell me..."

After saying this, Fan Zao wanted to see the guest off, but the man was unwilling and just begged hurriedly. They took out the kinship relationship that they didn't know how to calculate and had a good deal of pulling. They also swore to the sky that they would follow the guidance of King Ba Ren, obey the instructions, and never leave the organization or act on their own initiative again.

This was enough for Fan Zao. He stopped being difficult and asked about the fight between Ba Snake and White Tiger in detail. He asked some specific questions, and the man answered them one by one.

After hearing this, Fan Zao couldn't help but change his expression, "So, you brought nearly twice as many people as the opponent, and you attacked the lower place from a high place, and you still lost in the end?" This is really..."

The man from Bashe looked at Fan Zao with expectation and some anxiety, but saw Fan Zao's face was gloomy and uncertain. After a while, he slapped his thigh and said, "This is a big deal!" I can't make it on my own! Come on, let’s go find someone! 』

"Well? ah! Who is uncle going to find? ” asked the snake man.

Fan Zao glared, "There's no need to ask, of course we should go to Captain Badong Meng!" 』

Another aspect.

When the Ba people who had learned well began to actively look for Meng Huo for help, Bai Hu's Ba Fu people were also in constant contact.

"Now I can be sure that there is no future if I follow Ba Snake!" Only by converting to White Tiger can you have a bright future! You and I have some kind of friendship, so I came here to let you know and see if you are willing to listen! Now Lord Bai Hulin controls all the ethnic groups in South Vietnam. He is divided into three groups: left, right, middle, each with more than 3,000 people, and the total is more than 10,000 people! Now we, the Ba people, are forming a battalion of Ba people, with only 2,000 people, which will serve as the battalion directly under Lin Jun! 』

"Linjun Bafu has appointed me as the commander of the Ba camp. If you are willing to surrender, you can also serve as my deputy. From now on, the Ba people will gather together to attack the rebels and conspire to get rich. Wouldn't it be great?" 』

"Linjun Bafu has lofty ambitions. He is definitely not comparable to Fan Zao who only knows how to be greedy for money. If Linjun unites Bashan, he can naturally regain the glory of the old Ba country!" At that time, the surrounding small tribes will kneel down and worship at the feet of the White Tiger God! When that time comes, those who follow will live and those who go against will perish! As the closest servants to Lord Baihu Lin, we will definitely enjoy endless glory and wealth by then! 』

"What do you think?" 』

The Ba people in these small villages, who have been in the mountains all year round and have no idea of ​​the time, can't help but feel a little hesitant and hesitant after hearing the painted pie.

"What are you still thinking about?" If you stay in the mountains, do you want your children and grandchildren to stay in the mountains forever? The White Tiger envoy tried his best to encourage us, "Think about how powerful we were when Pakistan was strong. Do those guys around us dare to fart one more time?" Do you dare to insult us easily? What good will it do if you continue to stay in the mountains? Fan Zao has no ambition at all, he just wants to lick Han people! Our Linjun is different, we have great ambitions, and we will have a bright future if we follow people like this! When the time comes when we rebuild the country of Pakistan, you will all be pioneers and you will all be rewarded for your merits! Isn't it much better than being an unknown person in the mountains right now? ! 』

"Believe me! Ba people don’t lie to Ba people! 』

These Ba people obviously have not experienced the disadvantages of "no favoritism for anyone" in later generations, so after Baihu Bafu showed some force and promised huge profits, many people were moved.

For these Ba people, it is said that the emperor is far away from the Han Dynasty. Even Xu Shu on the plains of Chengdu, Sichuan, they feel very far away. As for laws and morals, they don't care at all... …

There are also those who oppose Baff, but those people are often in the minority in the face of force and inducement.

At the same time, Jiangdong's spies in Sichuan and Sichuan were also working hard under the shadows to stand up for Jiangdong, disrupting order and spreading rumors. Naturally, they had a linkage effect with some guys in Sichuan and Shu.

The gentry group in Sichuan and Shu may not be called a group, but an aggregation. In fact, from the time of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang to the present day of Fei Qian, they can be roughly divided into two major factions, the local faction. and outsiders.

In the history of the Three Kingdoms, the Shu Kingdom was deteriorating year by year, and its internal strength was becoming increasingly empty. The most fundamental reason, in addition to the defeat of Yiling that shook its foundation, was the internal struggle between foreign nobles and local nobles. In the end, due to this kind of internal strife, the Shu Kingdom, which originally still had room to move northward, became a "tired" country.

Liu Bei in history was an outsider, and Fei Qian today is naturally an outsider.

In fact, this is not just the case in Sichuan and Sichuan. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the influence of large landowners in various places was relatively obvious, local powerful people did not welcome outsiders. For example, in Jingzhou before, after the former governor Wang Rui was killed, the court could not find a suitable candidate to take over in a short period of time. As a last resort, Liu Biao, who was famous at the time but had no backing power, was sent there. Moreover, after Liu Biao arrived in Jingzhou, he immediately contacted the local snakes, made marriage arrangements, and asked for advice, so that he could establish himself in Jingzhou...

Moreover, Liu Biao was able to take office smoothly in Jingzhou. There was an irreproducible factor, which was that Liu Biao took office "alone" at that time.

It may be just a few words in the history books, but this actually means that Liu Biao, an outsider, had relatively little power in the early stage, just like the Eastern Han Dynasty who preferred to choose the right wife when choosing the emperor. There are not many close followers, which means that if Liu Biao wants to appoint someone, it will only be someone from Jingzhou. In this way, everyone will naturally be happy.

But Feiqian is different.

When Fei Qian entered Sichuan, there were not only Fei Qian's own people, but also people from Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and even Liu Bei. These outsiders became the main leaders in establishing the political structure of Sichuan and Shu, and the native gentry in Yizhou were mostly Most of them serve as assistants to the left.

When you go to a new place and there are people you can use, you should naturally use people you can trust first, so that you can better carry out various affairs. This is true both in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad. It's just that people's emotions can never be communicated with each other, especially for the local nobles in Sichuan and Shu who are accustomed to the recommendation system. They not only "recommend talents" but also recommend relatives. As a result, official positions in various places are almost monopolized by powerful local nobles. Moreover, they are also intertwined with each other, forming a huge regional political structure, and the upper ones eat the lower ones.

When the new master comes, he directly takes away the official positions from the local nobles, which naturally greatly deprives the local nobles of their original interests. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. This is a good habit. Can those who have vested interests in life be willing to put down the fat on their lips?

Obviously, there are not many people who dare to let go of this kind of thing.

"Nowadays, although there are the Li family in Guanghan, the Qin family in Mianyang, the Ren family in Chengdu, and the Qiao family in Xichong, they are enough to serve as a warning," Xu Shu said slowly, sitting in the Chengdu lobby, "but there are also Guangzhou people. The Wang family of Han, the Gu family of Deyang, the Zhou family of Langzhong, the Du family of Zitong, the Yang family of Linjiang, etc., either do not want to serve as officials, or they only wish to hold local official positions..."

Xu Shu did not say to cut off the path of the local gentry in Sichuan and Shu, but there were two things that must be observed. One was to take the imperial examination, and the other was that the chief officials could not be local people.

Some local noble families in Sichuan and Shu, such as the Zhang family in Jianwei, the Hu family in Langzhong, the He family in Pixian County, the Wang family in Pixian County, etc., obeyed Xu Shu's two restrictions and obtained certain positions, while some other local noble families , that is, those that Xu Shu highlighted just now, were either unwilling to take part in the imperial examination and would not let go of their original reputation as celebrities, or they were only willing to hold official positions in the local area and did not want to step out.

It can also be said that these people are purely conservative, but they also show some uncooperative meaning.

Non-violence and non-cooperation are not exclusive to Asan.

"Besides..." Xu Shu faced the sand table and talked eloquently to Xu Huang. It was obvious that he had been thinking about it for a long time and had some plans in mind. "There are also foreign races around Sichuan and Sichuan... The Lei family from Yinping Di came to sit on the wall. The generation also. If we are strong, it will be easy to talk about. If others are strong, we will stab you in the back. 』

"Nanzhong's Cuan family, Meng family, and Ding family. Most of the emphasis is on Nanzhong and Jianning. If it does not harm its benefits, then it is okay and can still be used. ” Xu Shu pointed to the direction of Jianning in the south on the sand table, “In addition, Zhuge supported a clan in Jianning before he came to work. He named Changlong Youna the captain and gave him the surname Zhang. He wanted to use the southern Xiongnu as an old example. , holding various surnames in Nanzhong hostage. 』

Xu Huang nodded.

He also knew this.

When Zhuge Liang was in Nanzhong before, he beat, pulled and pressed, and killed some stubborn people to frighten the big dogs in Jianning, Nanzhong. At the same time, he also made a plan to support him. Among them, Long Youna later changed his surname. What Zhang Youna did for Zhang You was the nail planted by Zhuge Liang in Jianning.

"There are also tribes such as Pu, Bo, Liao, Sou, Kunming, Youle, etc. in Nanzhong, mixed with the big surnames, swinging left and right. ” Xu Shu said slowly, “This is the case all around Sichuan and Sichuan. To the north, in the southwest of Hanzhong, there is the Langlu clan, the Yanniu Yihao, with more than 4,000 households; there are Yinpinghei, Baishuiqiang, and Ziqiang. There are six barbarians around Wenshan, Qianghu, Qianglu, Bailandong, and nine types of Rong, including cattle and horses, Jiaxiang, Banyi, Qingdun, Bihuo, and Yangxi..."

"There is also a person named Zangke Jihuo, whose name is 48 tribes, but in fact he is a 27th village. His sons Awu and Azheqi. His relatives, Bai Mo and Ana, are quite brave and unruly. There was Mosa Yi near Dingze, and they were said to have tens of thousands of people, but the actual number was about three thousand. There is also a clan named Kanaman, and they appear in the mountains and forests, but their number is unknown. There are also a few Bailangqiang, about a thousand people, most of whom live in the mountains and have little contact with the outside world. 』

"As for the east..." Xu Shu finally set his sights on the east of Sichuan and Shu, which is the large mountainous forest area connecting Jiangdong. There are also 獽, 蜜蜿, and toad yi. Badong has tribes such as Nu, Rang, Yi, and Shu, as well as Fanzao and Bashe tribes. In addition, there are small tribes such as Chuanches, Daner, Minpu, Shupu, Jiuliao, and Qiyue, with many ethnic names. There is no one species..."

"These tribes are all living outside..." Xu Shu pointed at them one by one and said in a low voice, "There is no sun or moon in the mountains." This kind of people is the same as the previous chaos of seizing people. If the Han Dynasty is strong, they will barter and pay taxes. If the Han Dynasty is weak..."

Xu Shu didn't say any more, but his meaning was very clear.

Some of these ethnic minority tribes around Sichuan and Shu have been handed down since ancient times. For these tribes, their own history may be hundreds or thousands of years older than the Han Dynasty, so these tribes are not He will recognize the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, and naturally he will not feel the need to obey the orders of Fei Qian's cavalry.

It might make some sense to say that these tribes scattered in the mountains and forests around Sichuan and Sichuan deliberately went against the Han Dynasty, or did not deal with the Hussars, but in fact these tribes have never identified with the Central Plains Dynasty... …

Xu Huang nodded silently and looked at the almost densely packed signs on the Sichuan-Shu sand table. He didn't say anything stupid about why he didn't conquer or kill these people.

If killing could solve the problem, then the problems of these Sichuan and Shu tribes should have been solved as early as the time of Qin Shihuang, or at least during the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

But, no.

There is no GPS, well, even if there is one, won’t some travel friends disappear in the wild every year in future generations? Although Sichuan and Shu are now under control, except for the Chengdu Plain and the main important passages, the rest of the area is basically shrouded in the black mist of war, and it is the kind that can be restored at any time, and it will be destroyed at every turn when you walk in. The kind of disconnection.

Since killing cannot be used to solve the problem, other methods must be considered.

Xu Shu stroked his beard and said in a steady and powerful voice, "Gongming, now the bandits from Jiangdong are coming and causing chaos among the Ba people... Someone wants to use this as an opportunity to rectify the tribes around Sichuan and Sichuan... I don't know what Gongming wants?" 』