After meeting Chen Yue, Liaodong's rebel leaders Xin Ji and Yue Zhanpeng began to attack Beijin's grain transport team.

Fight if you can, and retreat if you can't. Thousands of rebels are divided into multiple groups, appear and disappear, and succeed a lot, which makes the Jin people itchy with hatred.

Leng Guinan also mobilized his family's caravan to purchase grain throughout the Central Plains.

In order to avoid attracting people's attention, Leng Guinan specifically requested that all grain trucks be disguised and sent to Beiliang in batches without any fanfare.

Thanks to the best efforts of both parties, vehicles covered with cowhide canvas often enter the passes leading to Beiliang from the Central Plains and Liaodong at night.

All grain trucks were immediately taken over by the army after entering Beiliang and sent to Hulu City.

Chu Yucheng has already built a granary in Gourd City to prepare for future needs.

Yue Zhanpeng also sent someone to send Mo Dao's blueprints. When the blueprints came into the hands of Mo Xuzi, the great master of the Mohist family was extremely ecstatic and vowed to make Mo Dao see the light of day again.

While everything was going on in Beiliang Road in an orderly manner, a shocking incident occurred in Liaodong.

In order to raise the food and grass needed for the army to go out, the Northern Jin Dynasty also began to plunder food in Liaodong.

The Jin people were no longer satisfied with increasing taxes, but asked the people to hand over all their daily rations.

In a word, I don't care whether you live or die, I only want your food.

The people of Liaodong who had just experienced the autumn harvest stopped working. They had been cultivating the land for a year and could not even keep any food.

For a time, public dissatisfaction boiled, and many places refused to pay food.

The Jin people were not good people. Faced with the resistance of the people in Liaodong, they dispatched a large number of troops to forcibly collect grain.

Kill those who resist!

In the third year of Jingtai, during the season of autumn and winter, a total of 80,000 people were killed in Liaodong!

Known in history as the Liaodong Massacre!

The people of Beiliang Road were also excited after hearing the news.

Because from time to time, people from Liaodong fled into Beiliang through Hulu City, and their helpless and lost expressions made the people in Beiliang feel sympathy and anger from the bottom of their hearts.

We are all border people, and we all know the hardships of border crossing!

The generals in Chenyue and Beiliang gritted their teeth and prepared various matters intensively. Before Shuofeng City was built, they could not mobilize their troops under any circumstances.

Qingzhou City, Cangqing Road

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Xue Shen sat deeply on a chair, holding a letter in her hand, her old eyes constantly scanning the letter paper back and forth.

This letter was sent by Chenyue.

Xue Leihan, who had been promoted to the governor of Qingzhou, was dressed in white and sat beside him, silent.

After a long time, Xue Shenchen placed the letter on the table next to her and said softly: "Are you going to support him?"

"I will support whatever Brother Yue wants to do." Xue Leihan nodded.

Xue Shen's brows raised and she asked: "Do you know why in the past fifty years, although some people in the DPRK have occasionally proposed to recover Liaodong, they have all been rejected?"

Xue Leihan said in silence: "The major aristocratic families in high positions are busy fighting for power and profit, and have no time to care about others."

The so-called major families naturally include his Xue family and the entire Chu Party.

"Haha, you are still too young." Xue Shen shook her head.

"Grandpa?" Xue Leihan looked at his grandfather in confusion.

"It's not because I have no time to take care of Liaodong, but sending troops to regain Liaodong will bring no benefit to the major families, only harm!" Xue Shen narrowed his eyes and said softly.

Xue Leihan was stunned, not quite understanding Xue Shen's words.

"Who are Beijin? Tigers and wolves! If we want to regain Liaodong, we have to fight, and a big fight!" Xue Shen said slowly and slowly: "If we send 300,000 troops and fight for several years, how much military expenditure will it cost?

How much food and salary will be spent? Let’s not even talk about whether we can win the battle. Even if we win, I’m afraid it will be an exhaustive effort of the country.”

Xue Leihan frowned and began to think about her grandfather's words.

"Then where do these military expenses, food and wages come from? Once the money and food from the national treasury are emptied, the only way is to recruit them from the private sector, right?" Xue Shenchen guided his grandson step by step.

Xue Leihan nodded.

"Then who has the most wealth among the people?"

Xue Leihan paused for a moment and finally understood: "It's from major aristocratic families!"

"That's right!" Xue Shen's voice raised a little higher: "Just look at Qingyang and Yang, most of the wealth is in the hands of our Xue and Zhao families, as well as the various powerful families that are attached to us. If the whole country collects food and military expenditures, no matter how hard it is

It’s like touching the cakes of major aristocratic families!”

One sentence reveals the hidden secrets.

Xue Leihan was a little stunned. He knew that his grandfather was right.

The wealth of the Xue family is immeasurable, which has been accumulated by the family from generation to generation.

How much land in Qingzhou looks like people are busy in the fields, but in fact the owners behind the land are the Xue family.

Xue Chengyi, the head of the Xue family, can't change this situation despite his righteousness, let alone other aristocratic families.

"Look at the rebellion of King Daofu of Southern Xinjiang. Didn't it also cost a lot of money? Why did officials in Qingyang and Yangzhou and the capital strongly support it? The major lords even spent their own money and efforts without orders from the court?" Xue Shen asked again.

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Xue Leihan said with some bitterness: "Because if Prince Fu succeeds, these aristocratic families will be shuffled and may be banned by the families who have taken refuge in Prince Fu. In addition, the Liangzhou army's successive victories will make the major aristocratic families realize that there is military merit to be gained!"

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"Haha, not bad, I can figure it out!" Xue Shen said with a smile, stroking his beard, obviously very satisfied with Xue Leihan, whose mind was spinning very fast.

"Alas." Xue Leihan sighed and remained silent.

Xue Shen pointed to the letter on the table: "Do you still support him now?"

Xue Shenchen's meaning is self-evident. It is obvious that this matter will definitely not get the support of the imperial court, or to be precise, the support of the major families.

"Whether it works or not, I will give it a try!" Xue Leihan nodded firmly.

Xue stared at her grandson deeply, with some unexplainable meaning in her eyes.

After a long time, Xue Shenchen walked to Xue Leihan and said softly: "Han'er, tell grandpa the truth. Apart from regaining Liaodong, do Chenyue and you have something bigger to hide from grandpa? Just tell me.

Something big that will wipe out everyone?"

Xue Leihan raised her head and looked at her old grandfather, opened her mouth, but did not speak.

"Okay, stop talking, grandpa understands." The expression on Xue Shen's face was complicated, and she sat back down again.

The grandfather and grandson in the room fell into silence.

"Do you believe him so much?" Xue Shen asked calmly.

"letter!"

After hearing her grandson's affirmative answer, Xue Shen slowly closed her eyes and leaned her head on the chair motionless.

Xue Leihan's heart was churning, wondering what decision her grandfather would make.

"Send a message to your father and do as Chen Yue wants." After a long time, Xue Shen muttered softly.

The old words quickly filled Xue Leihan's face with surprise.

"Grandpa, do you need to talk to your father about me?" Xue Leihan hesitated and asked, after all, he is his biological father.

"No need." Xue Shen waved her hand: "You have your own way to go, and your father also has his own way to go. Let everything take its course."

"I understand, grandpa." Xue Leihan quietly stepped out.
Chapter completed!