The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition

The novel is about a small grain collector in Chengdu during the era of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition. From the perspective of Li Zhongping, he presents the confusion of the low-level people and the hardships of the people. Li Zhongping was originally from Dianchi County, Jianning County, one of the four counties in Nanzhong. In the third year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang went south to conquer Meng Huo seven times. After passing the "big surname tribe system", he obtained the status of "big surname" and had the opportunity to become a scholar. "More than 10,000 Qingqiang soldiers died" came to Chengdu to "prefecture Chinese studies". Li Zhongping entered the workplace from the beginning. He was a dedicated technocrat and a passionate young man who believed that "raising food is to save the country." In the fourth year of Jianxing's reign, the Shu Kingdom began to collect grain on a large scale for the upcoming Northern Expedition. Li Zhongping is proactive, upright and kind-hearted, diligent and conscientious. He is especially talented in identifying grains. He can identify the year, moisture and mildew conditions from a grain of grain, and is proficient in business transaction data, etc. Based on these, Li Zhongping was appreciated by Gou'an, the commander of the School of Liang. The curse of "when grain reaches Qishan, nine out of ten will be lost". Li Zhongping proposed that the grain carts improved by the prime minister himself were called "wooden cows and flowing horses". Li Zhongping became famous for his contribution. Finally, after experiencing a series of events, Li Zhongping realized the word "loss" in "Consideration of Profit and Loss" in "The Master", which hurts everyone. After Wuzhangyuan, Jiang Wan, who was well versed in Huang Lao's ways, succeeded Zhuge Liang and became the Grand Sima, taking charge of the Shu Han. Jiang Wan adhered to the governing philosophy of "pacifying the people first". For a time, "the borders were safe and the country was harmonious." Li Zhongping, who resigned and returned to Dianchi Lake, sighed: No more Northern Expedition and no more grain collection. This is how to save the country!