It has to be said that Liu Bei was well prepared. With several people in charge and a lot of information about the aristocratic families, Liu Bei's immediate attack on the aristocratic families was extremely smooth. With the assistance of Yang Chen and others, just one

During the day, it inflicted heavy losses on aristocratic families, and many aristocratic families were even directly wiped out.

However, aristocratic families are aristocratic families after all. Especially Yanzhou, a place that has experienced wars and changed hands several times, Liu Bei was unable to control when he first arrived. The new Yanzhou aristocratic family group composed of the local leader Yanzhou aristocratic family and some aristocratic families from Yuzhou are mostly

Some greedy speculators. Their development in Yanzhou is really unscrupulous, and they don't take Liu Bei seriously at all.

Because in their view, Liu Bei, a prince who is weak and incompetent, has no ability to fight for hegemony. It won't be long before Yanzhou changes hands again. In this case, they are frantically grabbing the territory and population in order to occupy it in the future under Yuan Shao or Yuan Shu.

They can gain greater benefits later, and Liu Bei's attitude is not at all a consideration for them.

These people had beautiful ideas, but they misjudged Liu Bei. Honest people can also get angry, and if they don't get angry easily, they will be really out of control when they get angry. Liu Bei's monstrous anger finally hit him hard

on their heads.

But also thanks to their unscrupulous development, the strength of these aristocratic families is terrifying. If they are really twisted together, it is hard to say whether Liu Bei can defeat them. Just look at Bingzhou and it will be clear. It will be difficult for Yuan Shao to win and control.

Bingzhou, after giving a promise, was all taken over by the aristocratic families within a few months, and was managed in an orderly manner. The power of the aristocratic families is so terrifying, but it is just difficult to guide it.

Even now that Liu Bei wants to wipe out all the aristocratic families, these aristocratic families have not been able to unite sincerely, and most of them are fighting independently. Even so, the terrifying strength of the aristocratic families also surprised Liu Bei, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he realized it later.

Covered in cold sweat.

The richness of the family's tactics is really staggering. There are countless secret passages in the mansion, and dozens of elite guards guarding them. These methods made Liu Bei's dream of destroying the family come to nothing with the force of thunder. Except for a few unlucky ones.

Dan, other aristocratic families have more or less direct descendants who have fled.

With no way out, they were naturally unwilling and did not dare to remain anonymous. They all used their own methods to contact all the forces they could control. Almost overnight, the peaceful Yanzhou suddenly went into riot.

Why are the aristocratic families in the late Han Dynasty called the controllers of the world? Why can a large aristocratic family like the Yuan family be able to rebuke Fang Qiu and easily cultivate the two largest princes? In this riot, the power of the aristocratic families was completely revealed

In the eyes of the world.

More than 70% of the businessmen directly rioted, and countless shops immediately declared closure, and all employees were fired. Countless stores such as grain shops, butcher shops, hotels, cloth shops, etc. all disappeared, and people's daily purchases of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea became a problem.

Everything is in short supply, and the markets and streets in Yanzhou's prefectures and counties are extremely desolate. What's even more terrifying is that more than 60% of Yanzhou's farmland tenants have been laid off, nearly half of the population has lost their livelihood, and more than 80% of officials and petty officials have been laid off.

Or there was a rebellion, half of the soldiers plotted rebellion, and at the same time countless thieves appeared in the territory.

The aristocratic family that was forced to a dead end burst out with astonishing energy. The entire Yanzhou changed overnight. Although it was not prosperous, it was still peaceful. Yanzhou became lifeless.

Even Liu Bei, who had been mentally prepared for this for a long time, was immediately confused when he actually encountered this situation.

"Xianhe, is this true?" Liu Bei asked in disbelief as he looked at the preliminary statistics in his hand.

Jian Yong showed a bitter look on his face and sighed slightly: "My lord, although I don't want to admit it, I have to say that it is indeed the case!"

"The aristocratic families really have such terrifying energy! How can this make us princes feel embarrassed?" Liu Bei took a breath and said. You know, there are still five families who rebelled, and several families were exterminated immediately.

, if these aristocratic families are allowed to attack with all their strength, I am afraid that Yanzhou's strength will be reduced to seven or eight in an instant, and these strengths will be turned against itself.

"Lord, there is no need to panic. Although the power of the aristocratic families is terrifying, under normal circumstances they are just a ball of loose sand with many internal contradictions. Although they are powerful, they are not so terrifying. The reason why they are here now

This situation is entirely because, my lord, you pressed too hard without leaving any room, so they all stubbornly resisted, resulting in today's situation." Jian Yong comforted softly.

"Having said that, the situation now is really shocking! Fortunately, when I first entered Yuzhou, I didn't overestimate my capabilities and become hostile to the family, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable!" Liu Bei said with some fear.

"My lord, you might as well think about it, considering how powerful the aristocratic family is, how terrifying it is for Yuan Shu to be able to manipulate the family and have almost complete control," Jian Yong said.

"Yes! Now I finally understand why Yuan Gongzhu abandoned the rich Yuzhou and chose the backward Yangzhou. If he made his fortune in Yuzhou where aristocratic families gather, I am afraid that even if he gave Yuan Shu ten years, there would be nothing he could do! Although Yangzhou is backward, it is backward.

There are also benefits of being behind. The gap between the Yangzhou family and the Yuzhou family is simply incalculable. But even so, Yuan Gongli went through a lot of hardships to completely control Yangzhou!" Liu Bei sighed.

How difficult it is to control a noble family. After experiencing this, Liu Bei gained a deeper understanding. At the same time, he couldn't help but admire Yuan Shu for having accomplished such a thing. If it were him, even with such means, I'm afraid

I don't dare to do it like Yuan Shu, the dangers and disadvantages involved are simply unimaginable.

Not to mention the internal turmoil, Yuan Shu, who only occupied Yangzhou at that time, was besieged several times by several surrounding states. Fortunately, Yuan Shu himself had a deep foundation and strong strength to survive. In other words, he would have been annihilated long ago.

"But fortunately, my lord doesn't need to worry about the mess in Yanzhou now. All he needs to do is send troops to suppress it forcefully. Let Yuan Gongli handle the rest of the problem!" Jian Yong said with a slight smile.

"Haha, it's not easy to take advantage of Bei. Yuan Gongli wants to take Yanzhou without any blood, so don't blame me for leaving a mess for him." Liu Bei also had a smirk on his lips.

What he is doing now is almost the same as what Cao Cao did back then. Cao Cao almost emptied Xuzhou and exhausted almost all the young people in Qingzhou. And Liu Bei's approach is not much different. It is not difficult to send troops to suppress the rebellion.

The difficult thing is to restore the development of Yanzhou. After experiencing a turmoil, Yanzhou's economy will drop by at least three levels. If it develops step by step, it will not be able to recover in ten or twenty years.

Now he is comfortable being hit with iron rods, and he is not responsible for the mess left behind. Naturally, Yuan Shu will take over, and he has to be willing to do so. Think about how uncomfortable it will be when he meets Yuan Shu in the future, as if he had eaten fly shit.
Chapter completed!