Chapter 1408: Stabilize Chengdu
Liu Yu has changed his strategy of killing people with a knife and used interception to kill Liu Bei first.
For Liu Yu, it was a different method. In fact, he really wanted to kill Liu Bei openly.
Speaking of which, Liu Yu is shameless. Since the beginning, he survived in troubled times, Liu Yu has been insidious and cunning most of the time, especially when Liu Yu wanted to use Liu Bei's son to threaten Liu Bei? He has used other people's children as a threat. Is Liu Yu a gentleman?
People always say that Cao Cao is treacherous, and the treacherous hero Cao Cao is considered a gentleman compared to Liu Yu.
All the spies from the "Ancient Tribe" were dispatched to kill Liu Bei and fulfill Liu Bei's order. It depends on whether Liu Bei's luck is so unstoppable that he can escape the pursuit of the world's No. 1 assassination organization.
Let’s talk about Chengdu. After Zhuge Liang took over Chengdu, he began to stabilize the people’s hearts, expand his influence, and reap the confidence of the Chengdu people in the court.
Chengdu City is the largest city in Yizhou, with a large population and a large family. Because the attack was too smooth, except for Zhuge Liang, the rest of the people felt that Chengdu was no big deal. Only after the war was cleared and people's livelihood was restored, did they realize how huge and solid Chengdu was.
Zhuge Liang believed that if he gave himself 30,000 troops and sufficient food and grass, no one in the world could defeat Chengdu.
Chengdu is the most populous city in Yizhou, and it has huge potential here.
However, due to Liu Bei's previous tricks, the people in Chengdu were a little out of their lives. There was no surplus food at the people's houses. If the war continued and Liu Bei exploited them again, the people in Chengdu would probably not be able to eat.
With a large population, even if you save money every day, it will be extremely costly.
Fortunately, the food that Fa Zheng and Zhang Song hid before gave Zhuge Liang enough space to operate.
Zhuge Liang had opened a warehouse and released grain, and the people in the city could go to the government to collect their own living expenses. The people were very hesitant at first because they had known that Chengdu was short of food and the government had no food. The imperial army had just arrived, and the food and grass were definitely insufficient. How could they open the warehouse and release grain?
Not only the people, but also the great families with high-informed knowledge, think so.
Compared with the people who do not have much surplus grain at home, the aristocratic families are much better. Although they have been plundered by Liu Bei, the lean camels are bigger than horses, and the aristocratic families still have some food and grass at home.
Some aristocratic families are thinking about taking out some money and food to help the court and expressing their filial piety. They not only think in their hearts, but also do practical actions. These are definitely smart people, Zhuge Liang admires them very much, and writes down their filial piety one by one, and report them to Liu Yu in the future.
There are also some aristocratic families who think this is an opportunity for them to gain benefits. The court probably has no food and grass, so they will come to discuss the donation with them. During the war, food is more expensive than gold. It is no problem to ask them to donate food, but there must be equal returns. It is not their ambition, but their money and food are not blown by the strong wind, but they are left after years of accumulation and avoiding Liu Bei's exploitation. It is not that much effort has been spent here. It is not okay to not give some rewards. For example, wouldn't it be enough to get an official position or a title?
If they want to make money from nothing, then these aristocratic families will be embarrassed. Their family has a great career and so many people have to eat and drink every day, so they can't let their families starve to death, right? They also believe that the court probably has prepared corresponding official positions and titles to appease them and stabilize Yizhou. The court will never ignore the stability of Yizhou, right?
These bastards are too well-thought-out.
But they were completely wrong. Liu Yu was not Liu Bei, and his methods were even more ruthless than Liu Bei. Liu Yu had disliked the aristocratic family from the beginning. Zhuge Liang was not Xu Shu either. Xu Shu's army was good, but his internal political management was far inferior to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang did not take the initiative to contact the aristocratic families in Chengdu, including those who led the party to show their loyalty when attacking Chengdu. He ordered the opening of warehouses and grain, but the Chengdu city did not implement curfews, singing and dancing.
The response operation made the whole Chengdu unable to understand.
Chengdu has just won it, shouldn't it be strictly forbidden to do it? This kind of opening doors is not a rule that has always been.
Zhuge Liang's actions are of course of his profound meaning.
If there are so many people in Chengdu, if they really need martial law, how many people will need and how much material resources will be consumed? If you are not careful, it will become a mess. Since there are such hidden dangers, Zhuge Liang would simply restore Chengdu to its previous operation immediately and restore people's livelihood in all walks of life.
Since the confrontation between Liu Bei and Liu Yu at Jiange Pass, Chengdu City has been under martial law and the lives of the people have been affected. Zhuge Liang quickly restored people's livelihood and immediately received support from the people.
Due to concerns about war and martial law in the government, the people spent most of their time at home. After a long time, they almost became sick. Zhuge Liang ordered everything to return to normal, and the people were very happy and came out of their homes. People with some spare money came out to buy daily necessities.
All the shops in Chengdu City were opened. Cao Bi's industry was very large and had already stocked up a large amount of goods. This time, all of them were open for supply, and the price was not very high. Cao Bi made a huge sum of money.
The people at home who couldn't make a fuss are tentatively collecting food from the government.
Sure enough, I finally received enough food from the government. It was just that the government needed to record the information of the people who received the food.
This spread to ten, ten spread to hundreds, and soon a lot of people came to collect food.
The food hidden by Fa Zheng is very large, enough for these people to collect. The people found that the food in the Chengdu Treasury seemed to be endless.
When the government distributes food, some unethical things will happen. Such things do happen. Some people have already collected it, but they will come to collect it again soon, and then they will secretly hide it or take it to the grain shop to exchange for money.
The officials responsible for distributing food quickly saw through this routine. However, these people had a lucky mentality, and they had all kinds of reasons to be seen through. Some of the elderly parents at home were seriously ill, the children were still young, and their wives were pregnant, etc. If the government was tough, they would stick to the ground and keep whispering to the government's intentions and disrupt the order of the scene. After they made such a fuss, people would soon become anxious.
Officials are helpless about such a rogue.
Fortunately, Cao Ang took his troops to patrol the Chengdu city and discovered this scene.
Cao Ang brought his troops to arrest the people who were making trouble, and then asked the people to tell them why they had to receive urgent food many times.
You can't let a piece of rat shit destroy a pot of porridge.
Some timid people who made trouble when they saw Cao Ang coming with their troops, ran away in an instant. Some people who were brave and thought that the court did not dare to treat them were directly given many reasons. The people who lined up to receive food were in a row to watch the fun, and they were not afraid of harming the fish in the pond.
Cao Ang smiled coldly and said, "Since that's the case, the government is responsible to the people. If you have difficulties at home, please take me over and take a look. After I confirm that this will be correct, let the government take care of you, and you don't have to come out at all times and take good care of your family."
A simple sentence instantly made these troublemakers coward. What they said was fake. If they were really taken to their homes to confirm, the lies would be revealed instantly.
These people who make trouble are all powerful, so they just ignore them and see how the government can do them.
After a long time, no one spoke, and the people around who were watching the fun did not dare to speak out.
Cao Ang has seen many scenes, and he is naturally clear about the little thoughts of these people.
"You don't say it because you told lies and are afraid of being exposed, right?" Cao Ang said coldly.
The people who caused trouble still didn't say anything.
Cao Ang ordered: "Come, beat these people up to twenty military sticks!"
In an instant, a bunch of soldiers rushed out, pressing all the troubled people to the ground, and greeted the military stick without saying a word.
"What are you doing?"
"Ouch! Stop hitting!"
The people who were causing trouble were beaten to cry and call their parents before they even had time to react.
No matter how they wail, twenty military sticks are twenty military sticks.
After the military sticks were beaten, the people who were causing trouble were already covered in blood. After a few more times, they died. The people who watched the fun were so scared that their faces were pale.
"Now you can take the general to take a look." Cao Ang pretended to be innocent and said, "I want to talk to you very much and think about you wholeheartedly. Why can't you let me do my best to do my best?"
"Sir, what the young man said just now is fake, and the family is not that difficult."
"I don't have family, so I want to exchange some food for wine."
The people who were beaten to make trouble admitted their mistakes, and they were really worried that they would continue to be beaten.
Cao Ang stared at them coldly and said, "Do you know that these foods are for the military rations of the court and are taken out for the people in need. You are like beasts like this! Everyone has cut them down!"
"Ah?" All the people were stunned and they had to be beheaded.
"No! Don't kill me!"
"Give me your life! Sir!"
"I don't dare to do it anymore!"
The soldiers took all the troubled people to the streets, with their hands on their hands falling, their heads falling to the ground, and blood splattered.
Cao Ang did not have much psychological changes in this regard. He should use heavy sanctions in troubled times. Keeping such people is also a disaster. Killing can also serve as a warning to the monkey.
The bloody heads rolled on the ground, and the people around them who were watching the fun were placed and dared not move.
Cao Ang stood in front of the people and said loudly: "Everyone has a share in the government's food distribution. If there is selfishness and malice, the national law is ruthless and the heads will fall! In the future, the government will continue to send grain. If you want to fish in troubled waters, just look at the heads on the street!"
The people were so scared that they were timid, and Cao Ang's iron-blooded methods made them remember them.
Some timid people dared not stay here, and they were all frightened.
People who are in trouble at home have to bite the bullet and this is here. Compared with the bloody scenes, the food and drinking problems at home are still the top priority.
Since this time, no people will do anything randomly. They will do things according to the rules. Except for what they can afford, they will never take care of them.
The news came back to Zhuge Liang's side. Zhuge Liang did not punish Cao Ang at all, but instead awarded the merits to Cao Ang.
Cao Ang's reputation suddenly spread throughout Chengdu City.
The news of killing the people also reached the ears of the aristocratic families.
The aristocratic families were stunned. This was completely different from what they imagined.
If the imperial court had sufficient food, then there would be nothing they could do. On the contrary, they had to think about how to express their loyalty to the imperial court.
In the next moment, all the aristocratic families obediently contributed money and food to Zhuge Liang to express their filial piety and did not need any reward.
Zhuge Liang dared to attack some people who made trouble in the street, which was a signal that if these aristocratic families were ignorant, don’t blame Zhuge Liang for being ruthless.
Among the Liu army, there is not only an existence like Cao Ang who dares to kill people, but also a person who will make the aristocratic families wake up from their dreams. Fa Zheng and Fa Xiaozhi.
Fazheng's notoriety has long been spreading in Yizhou. Many people in the aristocratic families have offended him. If they do not show filial piety as soon as possible this time, God knows whether Fazheng will find any reason to retaliate against them.
You should know that Fa Zheng was killed by a noble family. This kind of ruthless person is better be careful in the court.
The rapid obedience of the aristocratic family was beyond Zhuge Liang's expectations.
Cao Ang, who had returned to the provincial governor's mansion for a week during the inspection, was shocked when he looked at the aristocratic family who had sent money and food.
From Zhuge Liang's initial actions to the current results, Cao Ang felt that compared to Zhuge Liang, he was really from heaven and underground.
With admiration, Cao Ang slowly walked into the provincial governor's office to report to Zhuge Liang because he received a very important news.
At this time, Zhuge Liang was chatting and laughing with Fa Zheng, with a calm expression on his face.
"Zhuge Kongming is worthy of his talent. He has stabilized Chengdu so quickly. It's really high." Cao Ang looked at Zhuge Liang, who exuded a wise temperament, and admired him very much.
"The last general will meet the military advisor, marquis!" Cao Ang saluted Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng.
"You don't need to be too polite to practice." Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng admired Cao Ang very much when they saw that they were so polite.
Fa Zheng was very satisfied with Cao Ang killing the people who made trouble not long ago. He was so cruel to those who made trouble. Obviously, Cao Ang had a very legal and righteous appetite.
"I've been back from the inspection for a week, can I report it?" Zhuge Liang asked.
"Everything in Chengdu is the same. When the general inspected the city gate just now, General Zilong's personal soldiers were just coming to Chengdu, Lord Sima and his troops were just coming to Chengdu!" This was the news that Cao Ang wanted to repay.
Chapter completed!