Chapter 824 (1/2)
”Oh? Ha ha ha, Zhang Ren is a general. As the saying goes, a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to get. I can't use them. How could I kill him? ”
Liu Ye said with a smile: ”Yizhou has many talents since ancient times. It will naturally be appointed. This is the blessing of the country.”
Hearing Liu Ye's words, the Yizhou officials behind him suddenly moved, because Liu Ye's words seemed to have a deep meaning and seemed to have a plan to win over the Yizhou gentry.
All the thirteen states in the world are full of gentry. If you want to rule a good place, it is indispensable to use the power of these gentry. For example, in Jiangdong, there are Gu, Zhang, Zhu and Lu Si. Gu Yong was the prime minister after Sun Quan became emperor. Lu Xun and Lu Kang became the pillar of the later period of the eastern Wu Dynasty. Zhu Huan, Zhu ran and Zhu Yi of the Zhu family were generals for a time. It can be said that Dongwu was completely supported by aristocratic families.
How can it be seen? After the separation of the Three Kingdoms, both the Wei Dynasty and the eastern Wu Dynasty adopted the system of hereditary soldiers, but the meaning was different. The system of ”generation by generation of soldiers” meant ”soldiers from generation to generation”. Among the population under the rule, the household registration of a part of the people was defined as military households. The duty of these people was to serve as soldiers, and their father died and his son succeeded, providing sufficient military resources for Cao Wei.
In the system of hereditary soldiers in the eastern Wu Dynasty, the generals controlled the private soldiers and formed units. When the war was over, the generals of these clans were summoned together. Naturally, the generals of the aristocratic families had generals who were in charge of the troops for generations to control the military power.
If they want to manage the place well, the gentry must be drawn in. They master the land, conceal the population, train private soldiers, master the culture, economy and even some local military affairs. The talents of the clan must be far more than those of the poor families. However, their appointment should also be restricted, otherwise it is likely to evolve into the official system of the nine grades.
”Well, let's go and see General Zhang Ren first.”
Liu Zhang hears Liu Ye's words, so he sends a man to open the prison and release Zhang Ren.
After a while, Zhang Ren was taken out, but his appearance is not the same as before. Zhang Ren had already been stripped of his armor, dishevelled, and staggering, where there was a trace of Yizhou army governor's spirit.
”Zhang Ren, why don't you kneel down and salute when you see the general?”
Liu Xun yelled.
”Hum! If it had not been for our Yizhou army, we would not have been defeated! ”
Zhang Ren stares at Meng Da and others in Liangzhou military suit armour following Liu Ye, and says coldly.
Liu Zhang could not help frowning and yelled: ”Zhang Ren, the general is the pillar stone of the imperial court. Please worship quickly.”
Zhang Ren just snorted and did not move. When the officials of Yizhou saw Zhang Ren's appearance, their reactions were different: those who were dissatisfied with Zhang Ren in ordinary times were naturally killed and suggested Liu Ye should be executed; while Huang Quan and Pang Xi were worried about Zhang Ren and did not dare to beg for Zhang Ren's mercy.
Liu Zhang stamped his feet helplessly, but he still couldn't bear it in his heart. He turned to Liu Ye and said, ”general, Zhang Ren is really rude. Please remove him to the people, and you can't record it forever!”
In fact, the way that General Liu Zhang wanted to save Zhang's life was on the surface.
”Oh, no hurry.”
Liu Ye walks forward with a smile. Guan Hai is startled and stops Liu Ye in a hurry.
”The golden son of the general, don't sit in the hall. Be careful.”
Without saying a word, Liu Ye stares at Guan Hai, and Guan Hai has to step back. And he is a few steps forward, personally untied the rope on Zhang Ren's body.