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Chapter 2748 The Three Revivals of the Han Dynasty!

In fact, besides the need to truly disperse the Xianbei, there was another troublesome issue: how to deal with the soldiers who surrendered to Cao Wei, as well as the powerful families who supported Cao Wei.

Now that we're going to wage war, it's easy to deal with the soldiers who surrendered from Cao Wei. We can have them fight a few battles together on the grasslands and build up their relationship.

Therefore, Liu Bei's choice to deal with the Xianbei was actually a win-win situation.

When it came to dealing with the powerful clans, Liu Bei actually listened to Wang Yue and directly chose the imperial examination system, while also building schools in various counties.

Although this is still only a temporary solution and it is impossible to eradicate the powerful families, it can at least select a portion of the families that are loyal to the Han Dynasty.

As long as these families loyal to the Han Dynasty remain loyal, the Han Dynasty can still show signs of revival.

The military campaign was presided over by Fa Zheng, with Liu Bei as the commander-in-chief. Many ministers and generals accompanied him, including Zhang Fei, who was in charge of the Imperial Guard, and Zhao Yun, the captain of the personal guard.

Of course, there were also Sima Yi and his sons.

Meanwhile, Zhuge Liang once again resided in Chang'an, continuously mobilizing grain and supplies to send to Bingzhou to support this major battle.

After Liu Bei arrived at Yanmen County, he was persuaded to stay by the ministers who were traveling with him. Even Zhang Fei stayed with Liu Bei in Yanmen County, and all the battles were handed over to Fa Zheng for command.

Wang Yue did not participate in this major battle. He not only had to keep an eye on the major families in Jiangdong, but also pacify the mountain tribes within his territory, which kept him very busy.

Under the intimidation of the Han army, the powerful families in Jiangdong were very obedient, while the Yue tribes were in some trouble.

These people live in the mountains year-round and rarely come down. But when famine strikes, they come down from the mountains to rob.

Wang Yue's solution was simple: to use the "boiling frog" method, gradually shrinking the living environment of the mountain tribes by building roads.

Although the Bandit Suppression Corps no longer exists, it has simply been renamed the Agricultural Settlement Corps.

The common people in the bandit-suppressing army are now used to their sons becoming soldiers and farming, because this ensures that they will receive more land.

Therefore, influenced by the punitive expeditionary force, the people of Yangzhou were no longer so resistant to joining the army.

By using the method of military farming, Wang Yue successfully lured the Yue people from the mountains to join the army and become part of the military farming troops in Yangzhou.

After three years, all the Yue people in Yangzhou became ordinary citizens of Yangzhou.

These Yue people originally lived in clans, and after they came down from the mountains, they formed new family groups.

There are many such groups in the mountains. After they came down from the mountains and became Yangzhou residents, they successfully reduced the number of large families in Yangzhou to a minority.

At this point, these families in Yangzhou were no longer a threat whatsoever.

After three years of development, the imperial examination system had been established in the Han Dynasty. The first batch of poor scholars who participated in the imperial examination had now served as county magistrates in various places for three years. Those who performed well were promoted, while those who performed poorly were transferred to other places to continue serving as county magistrates.

After three years of development, the academies in each state and county of the Han Dynasty have been guaranteed to be one in each county, and in some densely populated counties, even towns have academies.

Because these individuals are supported by the Han Dynasty, the students they cultivate have a very high level of respect for the Han Dynasty and have gradually formed a core force that opposes the powerful clans. Triangles are often the most stable shape, and the current situation in the Xin Han court resembles a triangular structure.

The poor scholars who emerged from the imperial examinations formed one force, the nobles who followed Liu Bei in conquering the world formed another, and the established aristocratic families formed a third.

These three forces checked and balanced each other, which ironically brought about a strange balance in the court and made the Han Dynasty appear prosperous.

After three years of war, the Han Dynasty suffered heavy losses and the country was exhausted. Even high-ranking generals such as Sima Yi and his sons all died on the grasslands.

But the results were also very encouraging!
The Xianbei had been completely defeated, and even the Wuhuan and Xiongnu who had taken them in were driven westward to flee.

After the war, the Han Dynasty established the Liaodong Prefecture, the Western Regions Chief Administrator's Office, and the Northern Desert Suwu Prefecture to remotely control the northeast, northwest, and north of the Han Dynasty, respectively.

In fact, the loss of the Sima family members was not limited to the generals and soldiers; many other generals and soldiers also perished.

However, the reason why Sima Yi and his sons died was because Fa Zheng deliberately used them as bait to set up an ambush, luring the elite Xianbei into the trap.

Although the Sima family suffered heavy losses, the Xianbei also lost all their elite troops in this battle, and were completely powerless to resist.

Although Fa Zheng's actions were flawless, since no one could have predicted that the Xianbei would launch a sneak attack there, Wang Yue understood that it was Fa Zheng's deliberate act.

Because later, Liu Bei, under the guise of bestowing honors upon the Sima family, actually moved them to Hongnong, making them neighbors with Sun Quan and Cao Pi, which clearly meant they were being placed under surveillance.

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Just as the north was completely pacified, the Shi family of Jiaozhou once again submitted a petition to submit to the emperor. He originally thought that such a remote place was just a change of name, and Jiaozhou would still belong to their aristocratic family.

However, upon hearing this, Wang Yue directly petitioned Liu Bei to establish the Lingnan Prefecture, which would govern affairs in the southern border regions and bring Jiaozhou and other areas under the rule of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei had also had this idea, but sending anyone there would be like being demoted or exiled. Now that Wang Yue had brought it up himself, he summoned Wang Yue to the capital.

When Wang Yue's family met Guan Yu and then went to the palace to see Liu Bei, Liu Bei inquired about...
"Changwen, but the southern border is full of poisonous insects and miasma, and in the future it will be inhabited by all kinds of barbarians. It will be very difficult to bring it under our control."

Wang Yue bowed to Liu Bei before speaking very respectfully.
"Your Majesty, in the early days of any country, the government is efficient and the people live in peace and prosperity."

Over time, as land consolidation became increasingly severe, ordinary people gradually lost their land, which not only increased the power of powerful families but also created many displaced people.

The Gold Rush of yesteryear was also caused by the people being forced into a corner, which led them to gather and rebel.

Your humble servant believes that as long as our Great Han has enough land to settle these people, we can prevent them from rebelling.

Often, when a dynasty first begins, it is very ambitious, but after a few generations, it gradually becomes more conservative.

If we don't take this opportunity to expand the territory of our Great Han as much as possible, it will be difficult to acquire more land in the future.

(End of this chapter)