Chapter 477

The strength, weakness and decline of a country will have a process, which can often be reflected in the social structure, including the living conditions and quality of the people, and so on.

Li became Han because the rulers' various brain pumping accelerated the weakness of the country. If there is an external force to invade, no more than three waves of resistance will disintegrate from the inside. The process of disintegration can be learned from previous history. It is nothing more than a group of treacherous officials who make waves and kill some dry cities that really serve the country, resulting in a lot of smart people looking for a way back. Of course, the chain effect is to make the country perish.

No one has said the sentence "look at history and know the rise and fall", but the general sentence is estimated to exist. But what if you know it? Just like many people know what is wrong, the problem is to do the wrong thing.

Gong Zhuang found his own friend. His friend's name is Zhang Liang. He has the same surname as liuhou and is one of the famous families in Lingling.

If the Zhang family in Lingling belonged to a third rate family according to the division of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and in remote places such as Lingling, the existing aristocratic families were basically not much stronger. Generally, the aristocratic families that could gain a firm foothold in the imperial capital would appear to have strength.

"The heads of the imperial court are now the abbot and governor Xie." Zhang Liang has never compared himself with liuhou. This name should be expected by the family elders. He is a mediocre looking man. As the head of a family, he has a good temperament. With a smile, he said: "if what Ziwei said is true, Liang naturally needs to be introduced."

The real fact is that Zhang Liang can't find Chu Li or Xie Shi in person. There is a gap between his identity and family background. He can only find some families with higher quality and better strength to breathe layer by layer. Whether Chu Li and Xie Shi want to see Gong Zhuang is another matter.

Gong Zhuang did not say that he would directly hand over Li Chenghan like a piece of fat to the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He first mentioned that Li Chenghan wanted to be a vassal state of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty according to the agreement with Chang Yu and others.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty now has no vassal state at all. The country is facing strong challenges. It is uncertain that this level will be finished if it can not pass. How can Li Chenghan call his minister a vassal also be a booster, which can make the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty find a trace of the feeling of "I am still very strong".

With the existence of Zhang Liang, Gong Zhuang met many family owners who also led the family private soldiers in Changsha. Each of these family owners has a large and small official position. The reason is that the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty recently carried out the activity of "releasing official positions", but all contributing families have been granted official titles and made wishes.

Gong Zhuang, who didn't know why, was surprised to learn that as long as he was an official, he just thought it was the welfare of the aristocratic family under the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He couldn't help thinking: [it's right for all families in Shu to take refuge in the Jin chamber.]

Later, Zhang Liang personally took Gong Zhuang to Jiankang. They started from Changsha and planned to take the Jiangzhou route into Yangzhou and finally arrived at Jiankang.

The party was not in a hurry. Even Zhang Liang had time to take Gong Zhuang to the Dongting Lake. The scenery was naturally good. What he heard and saw along the way made Gong Zhuang feel the preparations of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Zhang Liang needs to talk to Jiankang first so that the small imperial court can be prepared. The reason why he will take Gong Zhuang on his way slowly is to wait until the powerful figures in Jiankang respond.

"Ziwei must have an impression of the strong military power of the puppet Han Dynasty?" Zhang Liang felt it necessary to say something. He stood in the bow and looked back at Gong Zhuang. The background was a reed sea of Dongting Lake. He said, "the puppet Han Dynasty waved more than 400000 troops, and the imperial court could not ignore it."

Gong Zhuang nodded. Now he felt that he had found the reason why the state of Han was only sending 60000 troops to invade Li's Chenghan. It turned out that the army was Chen Bing at the border of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

However, in fact, Chen Bing's Han Army at the border of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not as many as 400000. Taking into account the auxiliary personnel and necessary civilian men, it was less than 300000. The invading troops were 200000.

"The rise of the puppet Han Dynasty was not long, but its military strength was extremely strong. In the past four years, the huge state of Zhao was beaten back step by step, only remaining and merging the state and Shuozhou..." Zhang Liang explained this because the mobilization of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was too strong, and seemed to have done everything in mobilization. He said with a smile, "if the state of Zhao is as strong as it can't resist, the imperial court has to be careful to attract ZhuYue and Zhuman."

Gong Zhuang nodded. He came from the southwest and was deeply impressed by Zhu Yue and Zhu man's wanton appearance in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

"If you can use ZhuYue and Zhuman, it's not easy to restrict some things." Zhang Liang said that Yue people and barbarians were rampant among the people. When he said it, he didn't take it seriously at all. Instead, he said proudly: "when Zhu Yue and Zhu barbarians arrive in the north, the imperial court will arm."

Zhang Liang wanted to show off the national strength of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and let Gong Zhuang think that it was a right thing for Li's Chenghan to take refuge. He simply forgot that it was the armed Hu talents of the Jin Dynasty who led to the fall of the Central Plains, and he was not afraid to repeat the mistakes again.

Gong Zhuang thought of what happened during the Yongjia rebellion, that is, he didn't think of the people who were sacrificed.

Aristocratic families, in their eyes, only the existence of the same identity can be regarded as people, and the people can only be tools in their eyes. Therefore, the people are lucky that they are not watched by the aristocratic family. Once the people enter the vision of the aristocratic family, there will be no good, either used or sacrificed.

There are so many mosquitoes in Dongting Lake in summer that it is hard to imagine. The boat has to be blocked by gauze nets. It floats on the lake, bursts of vocal music are ringing, and female girls dance gracefully in the music.

The painted boat is a huge ship. There are at least 1000 materials in the unit of materials. According to the modern tonnage, it is 325 tons. It is divided into five layers. There are two layers in the cabin and three layers above the horizontal plane. In the lower two layers, the bottom layer of the bilge is to accumulate some materials as ballast to keep the ship balanced, and the second layer is the sailors' living area. The first floor above is the rest floor and kitchen rooms such as entourage and nvji, the second floor is the rest room and entertainment place of noble people, and the third floor is semi open air.

According to the division of building ships, in fact, the painting boat is just a two building ship. Gong Zhuang can look out through the gauze tent. Of course, the number of boats is the largest, and there are a lot of boats. One can be seen from time to time between the second floor ship and the third floor ship. He can't help thinking that the shipbuilding ability of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is good.

In fact, the shipbuilding capacity of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty is really quite good. At least hundreds of ships can be called ships every year. There are too many water systems in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are far more people going by ship than by land. In this way, there are too many mountains and mountains by land, so we often need to climb the mountains. Most of the mountains are deserted, which is not safe. On the contrary, the waterways with more people are safer.

The small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty can now see the obvious polarization. The more southward and southwest regions, the more people suffer because of the rampant violence of ZhuYue and Zhuman. However, the aristocratic families who hold most resources still eat and drink, and even have to be accompanied by wind, flowers, snow and moon, singing and dancing.

Zhang Liang and Gong Zhuang are entertained by a famous local family. The painted boat is the property of the Luo family, which is specially used to take guests around the Dongting Lake. The vocal music team and nvji are also domesticated. These people usually don't do any work. They just practice music and dance, which is the so-called no production. In terms of today's production level, it is difficult for ordinary families to raise a person who does not work. Even the powerful family members of the landlord should work in the field. It is not affordable for ordinary families to raise a vocal music team of nearly 20 people and a female team of nearly 30 people. Therefore, it can be seen that the financial resources of the Roche family are different.

"Not much, really not much, is to provide the imperial court with 100000 stones of rice." Luo Yuan looked very rich, not only because he was too fat, but the silk clothes on his body were normal. He couldn't do without beautiful jade, agate, emerald, gold and silver as accessories. He said that 100000 stone rice was very casual, just like ten kilograms. It was definitely not a fake. He easily added: "if the imperial court needs it, it can be bought later."

One hundred thousand stone grain can provide 50000 troops for at least one year, and some can be saved for two years. The Luo family alone provided 100000 stones of grain free of charge, and the rest of the aristocratic families will certainly give some. This shows that the army of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty should not worry?

Gong zhuanggang also paid little attention to Luo Yuan. After a Leng God, even if there were more noble scholars, he had to look at Luo Yuan.

"Roche is a big family in Jingzhou. There are tens of thousands of acres of land under its name alone. There are more fleets traveling to and from the rising sea (South China Sea) in Linyi and Funan." Zhang Liang lowered his voice and continued, "Linyi and Funan are rich in food."

What Gong Zhuang wants to know is: "how many sergeants did Luo give?"

"According to the aristocratic family, three thousand yuan was offered." Zhang Liang's family produced a thousand, not including weapons and armor. He said, "this is a national war..."

What kind of family and how many troops should be sent are the strong requirements of Chu Li, the father-in-law, and are finally decided by Chu suanzi, the Empress Dowager. In this way, we are really forced to die. There is no lack of aristocratic families in the south of the Yangtze River to resist the invasion of the Han state, but there is no lack of aristocratic families that will take refuge when the Han army comes, and there are more aristocratic families at both ends of the snake and mouse.

The war has not yet started. As long as there are families with ability and means, one by one has branches to the state of Han. The Chu family and Sima royal family are really frightened. Few have come up with a set of hard line. Whether each family is willing or not, they should send troops or materials according to the set products. Otherwise, many families have a way out, and the fresh relatives Chu family have no way out, It's Sima royal family that can't retreat.

Shu was too closed. After Gong Zhuang left Shu, he spent most of his time on his way. He didn't have time to really understand the current situation of the small imperial court in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He only thought that the aristocratic family south of the Yangtze River was really United, He said to Zhang Liang with a sense of generality, "why can't you worry about being united as one? Unlike Shu, the Han army invaded less than three months, and the soldiers who defected before the battle don't talk about it, many senior officials and generals will follow the thieves, and the war erosion can't be controlled."

"..." Zhang Liang would have thought Gong Zhuang was mocking if he hadn't seen Gong Zhuang's serious face. Like many people, his family also has branches to the state of Han. Of course, the reality can't be told to Gong Zhuang. He wanted to hide his embarrassment and say something else. Suddenly he came back and asked, "the war has been rotten out of control?"

Gong Zhuang also slipped his tongue for a moment, and quickly turned off the topic.

Zhang Liang was careful. He felt it necessary to find out what the situation of Li Chenghan is now.

Two years earlier, the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had a plan to invade Li's Chenghan. It was not forced by the Han state, nor was it dominated by Huan Wen alone. It was such a force that really wanted to destroy Li's Chenghan. The situation faced by the latter countries changed again and again. They only wanted to block the Han country to the north of the Yangtze River. There was no spare power to attack Li's Chenghan.

After more than a month, Gong Zhuang finally arrived in Jiankang. On his way to Jiankang, he was not less entertained. He fully realized that the aristocratic families in the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty could play better than those in Sichuan, and the quality of life was as luxurious as possible.

Gong Zhuang, who joined Jiankang, certainly didn't see enough people immediately. He hasn't even heard from Shu for three months.

At the right time, Xie Shi returned to Jiankang. He personally came to the palace to find Chu suanzi to urge reinforcements.

"There are more than 100000 Han troops on the front of Shouchun alone. They have begun to sharpen their knives!" Xie Shi should be under too much psychological pressure and busy enough. He looked very thin. He glanced at Chu Li beside him, turned his eyes to Chu suanzi behind the gauze tent, and said, "the huaishui river is also full of Han Army sailors!"

Chu Lizheng's face was sad. The Shouchun front in charge of Xie Shi had not started for the time being. Some time ago, the Han army destroyed and occupied Badong. The front line from the north of Jingzhou to Nanjun was also full of war. Even the sea in the east of Yangzhou began to appear the Han army fleet.

Chu suanzi said softly, "the troops in the south are constantly gathering, and reinforcements will soon enter Shouchun."

Xie Shi urged again and again and talked about some requirements on ordnance. For example, the more the Jin army's big killing weapon, the eight horse crossbow, the better.

"There's something else." Chu Li listened to Xie Shi's request for reinforcements, ordnance and grain. He was a little worried. He turned the topic and said, "the Shu aristocratic family selected Gong Zhuang as the representative. He is now in Jiankang. He has learned that it is false to be a vassal. The Shu aristocratic family wants to return to the imperial court in an all-round way."

"Early years... Even a year earlier is a good thing." Xie Shi frowned and said, "now the imperial court is facing an unprecedented war. How can you pay attention to it?"

A light cough came out from the gauze tent. Chu suanzi was holding a piece of information just sent by someone. When she saw it, she was stunned. She didn't know what Xie Shi and Chu Li were talking about just now. She lost her voice and said, "please lower Li Shi, Huanwen has destroyed Cheng country!"