Chapter 52 Suppressing the Qiang
How could Zhuge Liang not know about the bad things Ma Su did in Longxi?
He knew it well and had studied Ma Su's land equalization method repeatedly for a long time.
In the end, we came to the conclusion that this law is very good, but I am afraid it will not be implemented.
As a famous politician, Zhuge Liang personally governed Shu and supported farmers and mulberry trees. He could see the power of this decree better than Ma Di. Once implemented, the government's control over local areas will be extraordinary.
Even restoring the glory of Emperor Wu's era may not be impossible.
But no matter how good the law is, it will be nothing if not implemented.
Even though Shu Han has been suppressing aristocratic families now, its base is still the gentry. Most of the grassroots officials, such as county magistrates and county magistrates, are local scholars from central Sichuan.
Their power is not small, and their influence is even more amazing. Even if the Dongzhou faction and the Jingzhou faction are in power, we still have to look at the opinions of the local faction.
Once Ma Su's land equalization method is promoted on a large scale, it will definitely dig into the foundation of the local faction. They will definitely ignore any obstruction, assassination or even rebellion is possible.
Zhuge Liang was confident that he could suppress them further, but he was not confident that he could successfully implement the Land Equalization Law under this situation. Even if it is implemented 80%, it will still take more than ten years. During this period, Shu Han will not think about the Northern Expedition.
The foundation of Shu Han was still too weak to withstand the trouble, so Zhuge Liang gave up the idea of promoting this law. Just let Ma Su work hard in Longxi County and temper himself.
At most, Longyou can be promoted, so that Longyou's potential can be explored to support the Shu army's Northern Expedition.
However, for such a big deal, some people in Yizhou were shocked and even asked Yang Yi to find out what he meant.
I'm afraid that some people are scared or dishonest...
"There is probably going to be another problem in Chengdu. I have to go back as soon as possible." Zhuge Liang shook his head helplessly. These scholars really didn't let him rest at all.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang wrote a letter, and quickly wrote a letter to Liu Chan, and called his personal guards to give instructions.
"If you send someone to Chengdu, you must hand it over to His Majesty personally. No one can know about it."
"only!"
…………
…………
…………
Ma Di didn't know about the undercurrents surging in the court in Longxi. He did not know that Zhuge Liang had already known all his movements and had already made a record.
Of course, Ma Di would be happier knowing that more people wanted to kill him.
Now Ma Di had just knocked out Li Mu who was blocking him, and took a look at the legacies of those aristocratic families who had already dealt with the aftermath.
It has to be said that these aristocratic families are really rich, even the nobles in remote border areas are very rich.
Comparing the empty treasury in Longxi County, Ma Di couldn't help but scolded these damn nobles several times.
The people don't have enough to eat, but this group of aristocratic families are still singing and dancing.
"The government is so poor that it can hardly pay out its salary. In order to raise food for the army, they will rob the people. This group of aristocratic families still have so much food on hand. They are really unworthy!"
"But this is not bad. It just so happens that Qiang's military rations are not very abundant."
In addition to food and crops, there are more hidden houses and land deeds. The family hid a lot of people and land, and Ma Di wouldn't even know about it if he hadn't found it.
There are nearly 10,000 hermit households, and their cultivated land accounts for more than 70% of the cultivated land in Longxi County.
Counting the Dong Qiang who joined, Ma Di's hard work in Longxi for a long time created a population of nearly 30,000.
This is not scary, considering that the entire population of Shuhan is only over one million.
Thinking of this, Ma Su couldn't wait to conquer the Qiang in Longxi. As long as all these Qiang people are brought under management, the increase in population will not be ordinary.
The dilapidated Longyou will soon show a state of vitality and all things competing.
"Speaking of which, what was the reaction of the Qiang people in Longyou?" Ma Di looked at Shu Ji and asked.
"Uh...no one has come to surrender yet." Shu Ji was a little embarrassed, thought about it and said carefully.
"Our Eastern Qiang tribes have decided to move to the vicinity of Didao County and accept the management of the Han. However, several other tribes rejected our invitation and wrote letters cursing us as lackeys of the Han..."
"That's just right." Ma Su was immediately very satisfied. If they were all willing to bow their heads, Ma Su would not be able to do anything.
It just so happens that the Shu army is ready to go. Just waiting for him to lead the western expedition, the Qiang people will be defeated in great numbers!
"Let Yao Hu be responsible for leading the troops to guard Didao County, and Meng Guo will lead the troops with you and me on the expedition." Ma Di nodded, pondered for a while and made his decision.
"Three thousand Wudang flying troops accompanied them, plus two thousand Eastern Qiang Xianling Qiang soldiers, and together they went to conquer the Qiang people who refused to surrender."
Naturally, no one dared to object to Ma Su's arrangement now, but Shu Ji looked at Ma Su with some embarrassment, and spoke carefully after a long time.
"Li Juncheng's side..."
"Don't worry about him, we'll have already set off before he wakes up." Ma Di waved his hand, not caring at all.
If you want to commit suicide, how can you let others stop you?
Even if God comes today, it won’t work.
"Hurry up and get ready and set off early tomorrow morning!"
Ma Su was very decisive and would never delay if he said he wanted to conquer the Qiang.
I said I would fuck you to death in the morning, and I would go to your house at night!
…………
…………
…………
The next day, Ma Di personally went into battle and officially left the city with 3,000 Wudang flying troops and 2,000 Qiang soldiers. The leading generals, including Meng Guoshuji, were well prepared and led the formal expedition westward against the Qiang under the guidance of the Xianling Qiang.
This is Ma Su's second official command of the army, but it has been three months since he last led the army.
The last time he defeated Zhang He at the street pavilion, he accomplished the feat of luring the enemy deep with ten thousand men.
This time Ma Su decided to avenge his past humiliation and change his past mistakes.
It must be that he didn't charge fast enough last time and allowed the infantry to catch up with him. With Shu soldiers taking care of him, it was obvious that it would not be so easy for him to die.
So this time Ma Di directly changed a good horse and threw Yao Hu into the city. Now no one could surpass him.
"General, according to the guide, the Xianling Qiang tribes are very scattered. The tribes are hundreds of miles apart, which is very suitable for defeating them one by one."
At this time, Meng Guo followed Ma Su on horseback, cupped his hands and said to Ma Su.
"We can make a forced march at night to attack the Qiang tribe according to the position given by the guide. After defeating one unit, we can immediately turn around and rush to continue the assault without giving the Qiang people a chance to react."
"As long as we are fast enough, we can defeat them all before the Qiang people react!"
Meng Guo's idea was to attack as quickly as possible. As long as I was fast enough, the opponent wouldn't have time to join forces.
However, this proposal was immediately rejected by Ma Su.
"To deal with these Qiang people, it's a bit invincible to defeat them one by one." Ma Su said with a serious expression, waving his hands repeatedly.
"If this is the case, even if we win, we will be ridiculed by the people of Longxi."
"We must defeat the Qiang people openly and let them know the military power of our Han army!!"
I recommend a book called "The Ming Dynasty: My Boss Zhu Yuanzhang"
A well-written novel by a big shot