Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 107 Celebrities
Bai Tu divided Yuzhang into three parts for the purpose of "divide and rule". Yuzhang was too vast, and its population and government affairs had long exceeded the situation when Yuzhang County was divided.
Just as Xun Yu said, the northern part of Yuzhang, which is now "Poyang County", has a denser county town, leaving less living space for the Shanyue people, and there are many fertile fields that can be used for military farming.
The situation of the Shanyue people in the central and southern parts was different. In the central part, which is now Yuzhang County, the so-called "Shanyue" were mostly Han people who went up the mountains to escape labor service and taxation in order to avoid tyranny.
The south is now Luling County. There are sparse county towns, and there are almost no county towns in the southernmost part. Some of the Shanyue here are the real indigenous people of ancient Yue people. They are also more radical. It is these Shanyue who often attack county towns and plunder!
This was also one of the most stubborn areas where the Shanyue were active. Even in the middle and late period of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, when the Shanyue in Jiangdong had been almost pacified, they still set up the "Luling Southern Commandery" in the southern part of Luling County to suppress the last part of the Shanyue who were resisting stubbornly.
"Judging from the arrangement of the county governor, Lord Bai should want to give priority to the development of Poyang County. It is even possible that the county governor of Luling County will not actually take office." Xun Yu continued to analyze.
This was exactly what he had guessed. When Bai Tu appointed Sun Ce as the prefect of Poyang, he also told him to focus on farming and promised that within a year, he would be transferred to be the prefect of Danyang - then he could be on the front line of the confrontation with Jiangxia again.
As for Gan Ning, the current prefect of Danyang, Bai Tu left him the position of prefect of Kuaiji.
Kuaiji is mountainous and wooded, and is close to the coastline, making it convenient for building seagoing ships. Going east to Yizhou or north to Liaodong both require sea routes.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the Eastern Wu regime had already discovered Yizhou, which was known as the Treasure Island in later generations. Unfortunately, Sun Quan did not pay much attention to it at the time. Even the discoverers Wei Wen and Zhuge Zhi were executed for "violating the imperial edict and having no merit."
The idea of going to Liaodong by sea to buy war horses was also something that Sun Quan came up with on the spur of the moment. Yu Fan was demoted because he opposed Sun Quan's idea of going north by sea.
At that time, the naval technology of the Eastern Wu was indeed not as advanced as Sun Quan had imagined. Although they successfully arrived in Liaodong, they had to stay temporarily on their way back due to strong winds and waves. As a result, they were defeated by the army led by Tian Yu, who was guarding the northern border of Cao Wei.
Speaking of which... Bai Tu was also a little worried when he saw Yu Fan. This guy's mouth was really bad - he said Sun Ce would be assassinated, and Sun Ce was assassinated. He said that Sun Quan's fleet would have to endure wind and waves and sniping by the Northern Army. Sure enough, the fleet suffered the same bad luck!
However, Bai Tu was confident that within three years, he could enable Kuaiji to build sea vessels that would surpass the peak of Eastern Wu and reach the technical level of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and even the early Tang Dynasty. By then, sea combat and transportation would become a huge advantage for Jiangdong.
Just like navigation technology and ship craftsmanship, the white map can only provide "shortcuts". The latter requires the craftsmen themselves to follow the shortcuts and guidance to overcome technical difficulties, while the former requires seafarers to gradually combine practical training experience - it is impossible for an ordinary person to go to sea with a few books such as "Encyclopedia of Navigation", "Sailor's Tips" and "Three Hundred Questions for Navigators"!
In this situation, the navy needs a commander with a pioneering and enterprising spirit, and Bai Tu thinks Gan Ning is a good fit...
However, we must now focus on storing grain, and sea vessels and the like will have to wait at least a year. The transfer of county governors should not be too frequent, so Bai Tu first handed Poyang County to Sun Ce.
As for Zhou Shang, he came to meet Bai Tu together with Sun Ben and Wu Jing. Obviously, as Sun Ce was stubborn, they were unwilling to give Bai Tu the impression that he was in solidarity with Sun Ce, for fear that Bai Tu would have ideas about both them and Sun Ce.
Although Bai Tu had never met these three people, Zhou Shang had provided some .
Although Zhou Shang was mainly thinking about Sun Ce at the time, Bai Tu still remembered the favor, so he appointed Zhou Shang as the prefect of Luling, which put the Zhou, Sun, and Wu families at ease.
Just as Xun Yu expected, Zhou Shang would not actually take office - if Bai Tu was really determined to pacify the Luling Mountain Yue, he would definitely send a good general instead of appointing Zhou Shang.
In order to prepare for the severe drought next year, Bai Tu doesn't want to fight to the death with Luling Shanyue...
As for the Yuzhang County in the central part and the current Kuaiji County, in theory the prefects are still Hua Xin and Wang Lang.
Although they have already resigned, Bai Tu must at least wait for them to arrive in Qu'a before he can appease them in person and approve their resignation.
Both of them voluntarily resigned their power, which was completely different from Xu Gong. Bai Tu directly dismissed Xu Gong's prefect to express his dissatisfaction. As for Hua Xin and Wang Lang, there was no need for Bai Tu to be so impatient, which would have made him look greedy.
Besides, both of them wanted to stay...
Hua Xin and Wang Lang are not only good at taking refuge on boats, nor are they good at talking in front of the battlefield.
Both of them were big men who later became the three highest officials in Cao Wei. Hua Xin was the minister entrusted by Cao Pi to Cao Rui. Wang Lang's granddaughter was Sima Zhao's wife, and his son was a rare talent. He wrote several fake scriptures in the name of saints, and they were exposed as fake by later generations more than a thousand years later. Aren't these the talents that Bai Tu wanted?
In terms of ability, Hua Xin and Wang Lang were both capable of governing a region in prosperous times. Although it would be difficult for them to achieve anything as local officials in troubled times, it is better to say that they simply did not want to adapt to the troubled times rather than that they were not adapted to them.
From a big picture perspective, it is difficult to determine whether they realized that the Han Dynasty was about to die. However, for typical "ministers" such as Hua Xin and Wang Lang, this only affects their future choices, not their current choices.
Their goal was not to support the Han Dynasty, restore the government, or assist the new ruler to bring order to the troubled times, but to gain fame, leave their names in history, be known to the princes, and protect their descendants...
Both of them were from poor families, but unlike those poor children who were not well-known, they had struggled for more than ten or twenty years. They were long past the age where people looked down on them based on their "background" and were now considered celebrities.
In his early years, Hua Xin farmed with his good friend Guan Ning. He was tempted by gold bars and couldn't help watching the fun when he saw dignitaries passing by, so he was despised by Guan Ning.
Not to mention Wang Lang, he was born in the Wang family of Tan County, Donghai. The later generations of the Wang family of Donghai all recognized "Wang Lang" as their ancestor, which means... before Wang Lang, there were no big figures in the Wang family of Tan County, Donghai.
However, their teachers were all high-ranking officials of the previous dynasty, and now they are in their thirties or forties, in their prime, so they are quite famous.
The talents of the two men can be better utilized in a stable political environment, so in history, after being summoned by the imperial court, both of them abandoned Jiangdong and returned directly to the court to serve.
Although neither of them was good at commanding the country or deploying troops, the fact that they were able to hold high positions as the Three Dukes in Cao Wei, which was full of talented people, was sufficient to show their talents.
In order to better understand the two people's political philosophy, Bai Tu also specially retrieved the administrative files of Kuaiji and Yuzhang in recent years from Cheng Ji...
According to the information Bai Tu has obtained, Hua Xin attached great importance to "education" when governing the local area, and he also cultivated himself and maintained an upright character.
The people under his rule had more simple customs, and their goal was obviously "no one picking up lost items on the road and no one locking the door at night." Previously, he served as the prefect of Yuzhang, and the Han Dynasty hoped to "educate" the Shanyue people.
Unfortunately, when troubled times came, people’s hearts were unstable, and the effectiveness of Hua Xin’s moral governance was greatly reduced!
Wang Lang was good at managing the prisons in the local areas, but he hated harsh policies and torture. When he saw the local people in Kuaiji, they put Qin Shihuang and Xia Yu in the same temple, and he resolutely banned it...
One month after Sun Ce returned, these two celebrities, who had very weak legs and were slow on the road, finally arrived in Wujun!
