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Chapter 238: Recent Situation in Jiaozhou

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    Although Jiaozhou is adjacent to Yangzhou, the distance between Jiaozhi and Dongyang is the same as the current distance from Jiangsu to Vietnam.

    If Yangzhou hadn¡¯t developed maritime transportation, Liu Ke¡¯s control over Jiaozhou would have been much weaker.

    Now, Yangzhou is constantly transporting grain to Jiaozhou and encouraging immigrants, and its rule over Jiaozhou has been very stable.

    Jia Xu¡¯s letters mainly summarize the development of Jiaozhou.

    Under the threat of Gan Ning's army, Shi Yi surrendered.  His surrender represented the demise of Jiaozhou's largest resistance force.

    Jia Xu used both coercion and inducement to stabilize many tribes in Jiaozhou.  The coercion is very simple. Those who disobey the rule will be eliminated. The inducement is to promise the tribal leader to become an official.

    " However, when new officials were selected from Jiaozhou students to help them manage their subordinates, the most important thing was the establishment of the academy.

    Let Jiaozhi learn the Central Plains culture unconditionally and promote Confucianism.

    But something that is different from Yangzhou is that Jia Xu adopts a self-reliant approach to business in Jiaozhou and restricts development.

    He even suggested that Liu Ke should "delay for three years" on Jiaozhou's business.

    Because the southern part of Jingzhou was occupied by Sun Ce, this trade route was cut off.  Jia Xu took advantage of the situation and increased the tax rate on Yizhou's trade.

    This will undoubtedly increase Jiaozhou's dependence on Yangzhou and let them better understand Yangzhou's power.

    And during Liu Ke¡¯s expedition, Jia Xu also conducted a joint operation with Lu Su, which was to send a tribal mission from Jiaozhou to Dongyang to study for half a month.

    The mission of thousands of people traveled from south to north. Along the way, they witnessed the prosperity of the Central Plains.  Especially the grandeur of Dongyang City left a deep impression on them.

    After these people returned to Jiaozhou, they became honest.  There is no longer any resistance to some of Jia Xu's policies.

    Jia Xu¡¯s consideration was very thoughtful, and it was undoubtedly the right move for Liu Ke to keep him in Jiaozhou.

    Originally, Liu Ke thought he would kill Jiaozhou to death. After the situation stabilized, Liu Ke replaced him with a relatively soft-spoken officer.

    Unexpectedly, Jia Xu even did Huairou's work for Liu Ke, and now he can't find the one who stands out.

    As for the restrictions on commercial development, Liu Ke also agreed, but official ethics still need to be repaired.

    At present, the official road in Yangzhou is basically completed, and now we are mainly repairing a road that runs through Jiaozhou.  After the repairs were completed, the prisoner's period of labor service was over.

    "But the development of agriculture in Jiaozhou cannot be left behind. Liu Ke thinks that Jia Xu has not done a good job in this regard.

    Where is Jiaozhi?  Rice can be harvested three times a year.

    How can you give up this natural advantage?

    And there¡¯s no need to mention fruits and the like, which are already abundant in the south.

    There is also sugar cane production.

    Liu Ke told his attendant Liu Xian all this, and Liu Xian recorded it one by one, and finally compiled it into a document and sent it to Jia Xu.

    This is the benefit of having a secretary.

    From then on, a development model was formed in which Jiaozhou focused on agriculture and Yangzhou focused on commerce.

    The territory of Jiaozhou is too big, and Liu Ke plans to divide it and conquer it.  From now on, Jiaozhou will refer specifically to Jiaozhi, which is the Vietnamese region; in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, Liu Ke decided to follow the example of Soochow in later generations and establish Guangzhou; Hainan Island directly established Haizhou.

    In this way, unrest can be greatly avoided.

    Liu Xian also recorded this idea and will discuss it with Lu Su, Guo Jia, Xun You and others.

    Jia Xu urged Liu Ke to improve the official selection system as soon as possible because the gap in officials was still too big.

    The imperial examination has been in preparation for several years, and Liu Ke felt that it should be implemented.

    "What do you think of the imperial examination system?" Liu Ke asked.

    Liu Xian was once a student of Taixue, and was still very unfamiliar with the imperial examination, let alone others, so he told Liu Ke his thoughts and said:

    "My lord, in fact, we should hold the imperial examination as soon as possible and fix the loopholes. If we wait any longer, the students will complain."

    Liu Ke always pays attention to perfection in his work. He is afraid that the incomplete imperial examination system will allow people to practice favoritism and malpractice.  Because he still has to go through this to defeat the noble family, he has to be cautious.

    On the contrary, it has been a year since the Taixue Scholarship Recruitment System and the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System were implemented, and they were still acceptable at first.  Some aristocratic families even came forward and asked Liu Ke to establish the ninth grade Zhongzheng as the only official selection system.

    Liu Ke sniffed at this.

    "Let each county arrange county examinations. Only those who pass the exam can participate in next year's major examination." Liu Kedao?

    Liu Xian also recorded it, these are all big things and cannot be careless.

    "Mr. Shui Jing's private school directly gives 20 examination places, Taixue 50 places, and there is no need to participate in the county examination." Liu Kedao.

    This is a back door to the prestigious academy. Cai Yong will be very happy when he finds out.

    Taixue can not only pursue the path of internship, but also participate in the imperial examination.

    "Tell the talents selected by the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System that if they can win the imperial examination, the starting point will be different. If they fail, the recommendation quota will be cancelled." Liu Ke said with a slight smile.

    Liu Xian was quite speechless. Now the Lord can decide the fate of others with just one word.  It's a pity that it's too play-heavy.

    The second half of Jia Xu¡¯s letter introduces the current situation in Jingzhou.

    After Sun Ce took control of Jingnan, he worked hard to govern and soon won the support of the local people.

    Sun Jian already had a good reputation in Changsha, but Sun Ce was more ruthless and directly attacked the powerful, and the people applauded.

    With no military expenditure, Sun Ce did not ask for the support of the aristocratic family at all, and plundering was just commonplace.  But his people's foundation was very stable, and the family's counterattack caused almost no damage.

    Now, he holds the land of four counties and has 150,000 troops, plus 50,000 local troops, a total of 200,000 troops.

    Crazy military expansion has brought about many problems, such as Liu Biao's uneasiness.

    Sun Ce has always blamed Liu Biao for his father's death.  Whether it was for revenge or justifiable expansion, he would not show mercy to Liu Biao.

    However, Liu Biao gained the support of the aristocratic family and his strength also increased greatly.  They were afraid that their fate would be disastrous after Sun Ce became the master of Jingzhou.

    Facts have proved that Sun Ce is not friendly to the aristocratic family and his methods are very rough.

    The family had to spend all their money to help Liu Biao, allowing Liu Biao's army to recover to 200,000.

    The small Jingzhou actually had an army of 400,000, and a war was imminent.

    During this period, Liu Biao also had a series of contacts with Yuan Shu.

    Yuan Shu sent an envoy to question Sun Ce, asking him to either return his 100,000 troops or cede half of Jingzhou's territory.  Otherwise, he would kill the hostage Sun Quan and join forces with Liu Biao.

    Sun Ce was frightened at first, but Zhou Yu resolved the crisis without any danger.

    First, he pretended to cater to Yuan Shu and confirmed Sun Quan's safety, and then sent dead soldiers to rescue Sun Quan.

    Yuan Shu was furious, so Zhou Yu sent people to negotiate with him, promising that as long as Yuan Shu helped defeat Liu Biao, half of Jingzhou's territory would belong to him.

    Yuan Shu is a fence-sitter, unable to make a decision at the moment. He only waits for Sun Ce and Liu Biao to fight to the death before taking action.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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