Liu Bei and the others in the army were so busy that their feet did not even touch the ground. Once Jiangling was taken, all the cities in South County would be taken over. Jiangling had been turned into an empty city, but the other cities were not empty. This was a good time to strengthen their strength. If River East smelled the fishy smell, they would definitely swarm over to snatch South County.
Liu Chan thought for a moment. If Sun Quan knew that Jiangling had been breached by Liu Bei, he would probably be depressed for a while.
It was just that he didn't know if Sun Quan would have any tricks up his sleeve.
South County was not taken by River East. Without the name of borrowing, Liu Bei's control over South County was indisputable. Although he had avoided trouble like crossing the river in white, the biggest unstable factor in River East was Sun Quan. Without crossing the river in white to stab his allies, there would definitely be other methods like crossing the river in black.
Sun Quan was not willing to see Liu Bei become too powerful.
However, Liu Chan had no way to deal with Jiang Dong now.
He could plot against Zhou Yu in South County, but he definitely didn't have the ability to plot against Sun Quan, who ruled River East.
"Oh right, I'm looking for Pang Tong and Jiang Wan. Is there any news?”Liu Chan asked Chen Dao casually.
"There's news, but Jiang Wan refused to come over because she hadn't finished her study tour. She said that after she finished her study tour, she would definitely choose to become an official.
Pang Tong sent Zhou Yu's coffin to River East.”Chen Dao said.
"What's going on?" Liu Chan asked with a f * cking expression.”
"Young lord, Pang Tong has always been in Zhou Yu's army as the Lord of Duty.
We don't know anything.
We only found out that he was in Zhou Yu's army after you gave the order to investigate.”
In Zhou Yu's army, the duty officer was a middle to high-ranking official, not a general. Liu Chan naturally could not see Pang Tong, who worked in the logistics.
"Then he should still be in River East?”Liu Chan asked.
"He didn't return to the Jing State. If he does, we will inform the young master immediately.”
"I didn't expect that Pang Tong would vote for Zhou Yu.
Then why did he return from River East to join my father?”
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In the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang was recorded as a general of the military division and was in charge of the affairs of the Left General's Mansion.
The Military Advisor was Zhuge Liang's official position, and the Left General's Mansion was Zhuge Liang's real power.
How much power did he have? Other than Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang was the most powerful.
Liu Bei had the qualifications to start a government. Now, all the officials under Liu Bei's command, including their military positions and local officials, were all hung in the Left General's Mansion. The Left General's Mansion was the place where everything in the Left General's Mansion was managed.
However, as the second-in-command of Liu Bei's group, Zhuge Liang kept a low profile.
The other feudal vassals only knew that Zhuge Liang was very powerful from the mouths of others. As for how powerful he was, no one said anything. Therefore, including Cao Cao and Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang was only a name that they had a slight impression of.
Within Liu Bei's group, Zhuge Liang was also very low-key. Only the officials of the Public Security City were familiar with Zhuge Liang.
As for the officials of the other four counties in Jingnan, they only knew that Zhuge Liang was the second-in-command. However, all the official documents they received were stamped with the seal of the Left General. Zhuge Liang did not have any sense of existence.
Moreover, the various administrative orders were passed down from the public security bureau. There was nothing inappropriate or excessive. They only needed to be carried out seriously. Everything was done in an orderly manner.
"Uncle Liang, why is it that when the same official document is issued, the content of each document is quite different?”Liu Chan stood beside Zhuge Liang and looked at the official document that Zhuge Liang had personally written to collect the autumn grain. He could not help but ask in puzzlement.
"Ah Dou, as a ruler, you must understand the population, land, and famine situation of the counties under your rule. Then, you must calculate the grain production and the surplus grain of the people to formulate the autumn grain tax rate.”Zhuge Liang explained patiently.
Liu Chan didn't understand." In times of emergency, isn't it fine to issue an order and collect as much as you want?”
"If that's the case, Jingnan will definitely be in chaos.
It had been ten years since Zhang Xian's rebellion, and Jingnan had yet to recover from this turmoil. If they continued to levy taxes, the lord's only foundation would be destroyed.
Do you understand?"
During the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao was afraid that Liu Biao would send troops north, so he sent Huan Jie to instigate Zhang Xian to rebel. Zhang Xian was a fierce man who had served as the prefect of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha. He raised his arm and shouted, and the four counties of Jingnan followed him to rebel.
Liu Biao sent an army to attack Zhang Xian, intending to recover the four counties of Jingnan, but failed for years. In the end, Zhang Xian died of illness and the war ended.
This turmoil lasted for more than a year. The already barren four counties of Jingnan suffered heavy losses in this battle. Even after ten years, they had yet to recover.
"Therefore, the situation in different places is different. The tax rate of autumn grain we collect is also different.
If they were all set to draw four out of ten, it would cause great damage to some areas with sparse populations and low production, and even cause starvation.
We must also govern according to our talents."
"Uncle Liang, is this the kindness you show to the people?" Liu Chan nodded. What about punishment? How did you do it? Is the best state of governance to be both benevolent and threatening, and to have everyone submit to it?”
"Rewards and punishments must be believed. There is no evil that is not punished, and no good that is not revealed.
However, it was very difficult to do these three things well.”Zhuge Liang said.
It was impossible to rely on the otaku soul in Liu Chan's body to govern the country.
Therefore, Liu Chan had to slowly learn these things like a three-year-old child.
Fortunately, there was a great person like Zhuge Liang, so it was easy for him to teach Liu Chan to govern the country and stabilize the people.
Zhuge Liang was also very willing to teach Liu Chan these things.
"Uncle Liang, are you a Legalist?" Liu Chan asked again.”
Zhuge Liang smiled and said,"It's considered Legalism and Taoism. However, you can't rely on the words of a single family to govern the country."
Ruling a big country was like cooking a small dish. To make this pot of soup well, he needed to add many seasonings. Oil and salt could not be missing, and ginger and onions could not be missing.
Legalism was like oil, and Taoism was like salt. If each theory was beneficial to the country, it should be adopted. If it was not beneficial to the country and the people, it should be abandoned.”
"The way of governance cannot remain unchanged. We should carry out different administrative measures according to the current situation of the people of the country. Only then can we govern the country well.”
The reason was easy to understand. Even a three-year-old child could understand it. A transmigrator like Liu Chan could naturally understand it.
"I will stop here today. You need to digest what I have told you. It will take some time for you to truly understand.
There are several books here. Take a look and you can earn quite a bit.”Zhuge Liang put down the pen in his hand, stood up, and went to the bookshelf at the back. He found five books: The Analects of Confucius, Six Tao, Han Shu, Shang Jun Shu, and Li Ji.
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