Liu Yu's eyes narrowed slightly: "Your underground strength exceeds my imagination. I didn't expect that just in Jiankang alone, you could bring out more than 10,000 people. The entire population of Jiankang
It’s only two to three hundred thousand.”
Liu Yi smiled slightly: "That is the alliance with the major aristocratic families and the powerful. Most of the brothers have always served in their houses. This is not about my strength, but the strength of the major aristocratic families. From the Great Shanxi to the South
This was the case when Du Jianguo was established, but these brothers happened to be my subordinates. After they were discharged from the army, because of my cooperative relationship with the aristocratic families, they entered the aristocratic family's industry to work. "
Speaking of this, Liu Yi's eyes flashed coldly: "Jinnu, I am actually helping you control and incorporate the power of these noble families. For many years, they have been relying on tenant servants in rural manors.
If something happens to the two servants who live in the capital, they can mobilize the army in their hometown and control the palace in Kyoto. This is the source of power for the family in the world."
"Think about when Wang Dun, Su Jun and others rebelled, even if the reinforcements from Sanwu Land were too late to move in, they could still pull out tens of thousands of troops with just these servants in the capital, which was enough to fight.
This is the reason why high-ranking families truly control the world and control the imperial court."
"Last time when we founded Yi, although we relied on the two thousand martyrs when we raised troops to fight all the way to the outside of Jiankang City, even during the Battle of Fuzhoushan, we still only had a few thousand troops, and the Beifu Army had three
Wan, they defected before the battle, but they defected because the noble families in the city surrendered to us first and cooperated. If the noble families in the city had not controlled the families of the Beifu Army officers, they would not have been killed by Huan Xuan's men.
In the battle outside the city, it was impossible for us to get the immediate support from the soldiers of the Beifu Army."
Liu Yu nodded: "So, since then, you have been cooperating with the noble families, retiring your subordinates and arranging them to work in their industries?"
Liu Yi said calmly: "Actually, this kind of cooperation has started before, but the scale is not large. I have always controlled many underground industries in Jiankang City, but generally it does not involve conflicts with the industries of high-ranking families, because I
Those who are not stupid enough to directly seize their territory in Jiankang City are often those who do not like the trades they look down on, such as peddlers, street vendors, and farmers who come to the capital market city to sell vegetables and fish. These are the ones who
Although the business I protect is not the kind of business that makes a lot of money, it is also an indispensable supply for people in the capital. After a long time, some small and medium-sized aristocratic families began to cooperate with me and asked me to provide supplies for the wine shops and restaurants they control.
Already."
Liu Yu sighed: "You have also done some shady things, such as opening a gambling house, or even reselling people. Don't think I don't know."
Liu Yi said calmly: "These businesses make money, and there is one less thing you have mentioned, and that is brothels. When I often send troops to fight, I capture many homeless people, especially children, twelve or thirteen years old.
, without parents, lonely and helpless in this world, I took them in and trained them for a year or two. The men can go to work as waiters, and the women can enter brothels, where they can sell for a good price and earn a living at the same time.
Wouldn’t it be best of both worlds to eat?”
A trace of anger flashed in Liu Yu's eyes: "You are forcing good people to become prostitutes and good people to be slaves. When we rebelled and joined the army, didn't we just want to change this chaotic world?"
Liu Yi sneered: "The way of the world? The way of the world is not what you and I can change back then. We have been fighting in Wudi for many years, and I am just a small officer who can only lead a few thousand troops. You rely on your loyalty and fighting
There are many people who voluntarily follow their abilities, but in this world, there are always few noble people and many people who follow the crowd. Those good people and orphans you mentioned, even if I don't take them in, and then sell them as slaves and prostitutes, how can I
Won’t the rich family do these things? In my place, I can at least find them a good place to go and have food to eat. If they fall into the hands of the rich family, I’m afraid they won’t even be able to save their lives.”
Speaking of this, Liu Yi took a deep breath: "Just like those people who were sold to wealthy families by me as slaves, most of them can finally redeem themselves by their own skills. I will arrange for the girls from the brothels to be wives for the sergeants to solve them."
They can go to Jiangbei and Yuzhou, places where others don’t know them, and start a new life. Compared with your empty words, this is the real way to give people a way to live and hope. Why are there so many
People are willing to come to me, why do so many people in this city come to follow me when I give an order? This is what you need to think about."
Liu Yu was speechless for a long time, and then he said: "In the past, we were unable to overturn the rules set by the family. But now that we have been in power for many years, it is not appropriate to do so anymore. We can give the land to these war-torn people."
The poor people who have lost their family members can make a living on their own without having to become slaves of others or even fall into prostitution."
Liu Yi laughed: "You said it lightly. You also know that these are orphans and teenagers whose families have been broken up and have no one to take care of them. Who will feed them? Even if you give them land, they can do it by themselves, with men farming and women weaving.
Will you survive? Slave, don't always live in your own world. If I hadn't been here to help you clean up these messes over the years, and if Fatty Liu and I hadn't reached this tacit understanding, I would have been the one to deal with these post-war problems.
Population, can you hold your position firmly?"
Liu Yu's heart moved: "Have you ever had such an agreement with Fatty?"
Liu Yi nodded: "To be precise, it was Meng Chang who went to discuss it. He and Fatty are servants, and major national affairs are discussed between them. Fatty is much more pragmatic than you, although he has always been helping you.
But more often than not, it is to help you deal with things that are inconsistent with your ideas and have to be done.”
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "I didn't know about these things before, but I will not allow them anymore in the future. First, I will eradicate all the barbarians and rebels in the world, eliminate the barbarian countries in the north, and
Monster thieves, traitors like Qiao Shu, let there be no more wars in the world, and there will be no more orphans like these."
"Secondly, even if there are these orphans, we can still raise them in the name of the country. They have no father or mother, so we, our soldiers, can be their fathers and brothers, and let them live with our soldiers until they reach adulthood. This
With this money, the country can afford to provide food and cloth for the past few years!"
This chapter has been completed!