In the past few days, the situation in Jingzhou has changed. Liu Jingsheng was followed by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was followed by Sun Quan. Every change was accompanied by bloody storms and life was devastated. It was not until Duke Xuande established a camp in the Youkou that all regions gradually saw the dawn of stability.

Although Liu He's status is not high, his judgment is not bad with decades of accumulated knowledge; he could feel that some people were just passing visitors to Jingzhou, and a new owner had arrived.

He also understood that since Duke Xuande used Lexiang County to resettle the people of the Lei family in Lujiang, the Lei family would definitely be the one who has the final say here in the future. Once this kind of wealthy family settled down, the manor would span several towns or dozens of pavilions in the future, and the escorts would accompany countless disciples, both with powerful force, financial resources and influence; the entire Lexiang County would crawl under the wings of the Lei family in Lujiang. It would be better to be able to have a little affection with the young man of the Lei family in Lujiang in advance.

However, Liu He was an experienced official, but he was not a scholar who was good at dealing with it. He was a little restrained when talking to Lei Yuan. When Lei Yuan asked this, it seemed like he was a lower-level senior, as if he wanted him to organize a big article, which was embarrassing. He was stunned for a while, and saw a layer of sweat appearing on his forehead, and slowly flowing down with the scar.

Seeing this, Lei Yuan knew that he was asking inappropriately.

In recent days, I have talked more with Jiang Wan on the boat, and before I knew it, my words seemed formal and heavy. However, the way I get along with scholars and scholars cannot be used in the ridges of the fields, nor can I apply it to people in the grass and wilderness.

He immediately signaled Liu He to relax: "Jun Liu, since you are a local official, you must be very familiar with the situation in Lexiang; what you said to your companions just now is also from your own personal experience... So, don't be nervous, I just want to hear what you see and hear, and say whatever you can think of, okay?"

As he said that, he changed to a slightly comfortable sitting position.

This posture of holding the elbows on the table and crossing the legs may be considered an insult to the eyes of Shi Zi.

But when Liu He saw this, he felt much more relaxed. He touched the mat under him and found that the mat was made of cowhide. He quickly stretched out his legs and threw them to the ground, and then whispered: "If you want to tell what you see and hear... there is indeed a lot to say. If the little husband doesn't mind me being too long-winded, then I will say something in pieces."

Lei Yuan smiled and said, "No, no, no. I'm worried about staying here tonight, and I can't kill time. Or... can I eat in the post house? Let's talk while eating."

The post store originally had the responsibility of providing food, but Liu He forgot it. He apologized repeatedly and went out in person, calling his companions to pick up dinner for everyone to distribute. The food was simple, and each person had only one pickled vegetables, two wheat cakes, and a spoonful of bean porridge. Fan Hong felt that he couldn't swallow it, so he took some jerky meat to serve.

The bean porridge was not cooked thoroughly, and the beans were rolling around in their mouths. Lei Yuan tried hard to chew one of them and raised the original topic again: "I heard that Liu Jun talk about those 'big troubles', and his tone was quite angry... I think he had suffered a loss?"

"It's not just a loss... I've also died, but many people have died!" Liu He sighed and put down half a piece of wheat cake in his hand: "Young general, you don't know. When Cao's army went south, the troops from Xiangyang to Jiangling either surrendered or fled. Because of the name of Cao's fierceness, more of them fled, most of them robbed ships and crossed the river, and stopped in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. People like us still want to live a stable life at heart. As long as we arrive at a place where the power of the Cao army is not as strong as possible, they will slowly gather the people and open up land and farm. Some of them are fierce, gather their troops to gather in danger and collect supplies from villages and settlements every now and then... They always tell some rules so that they won't deliberately harm the people."

Lei Yuan nodded. The latter type mentioned by Liu He was clearly the same as the Huainan tyrants in the mountains. They all used defeated soldiers and defeated soldiers as the core of their troops, gradually gathering outlaws, and finally forming a military organization of a certain scale. However, the Huainan tyrants were between the Cao and Sun families, and were able to get along for a considerable period, so the scale developed to an extremely large scale. As Duke Xuande gradually rectified the governance of various parts of Jingnan, their end was almost here.

"Is what Mr. Liu said so-called thief, hero and handsome?" Lei Yuan asked.

"That's right, but there are more than these thieves and heroes in the clan, and there are other... Young man, let's talk about the defeated soldiers first." Liu He swallowed the jerky meat in a few mouthfuls.

"well."

“……但是还有些溃兵,从来就没有考虑过正常的营生,他们一味以杀戮劫掠为能事,已经习惯于肆无忌惮地为恶了.他们……他们已经不是人了,是贼,是畜生.”刘郃说到这里,嘴唇有些哆嗦:“那些人,都是疯的!”

He pushed away the messy hair, revealing the scar on his forehead, and showed Lei Yuan: "Little Langjun, this is what those people cut. When I came across the south of the Yangtze River with me and gathered in this post, there were more than a dozen old brothers from the army, but later they gathered together the surrounding people one after another. When the food was collected, the defeated soldiers came. They didn't even keep seeds and grains, and they also had to steal the female relatives! We had to join forces with several surrounding villages and communities to fight with them. Although the defeated soldiers only came in a small group, after fighting several times, only three old brothers in the army died, and many innocent people around them were also damaged. If it weren't for the chance to recruit some Jingman guards, I'm afraid everyone wouldn't be able to survive."

"That should be last year? Or this year?" Lei Yuan looked at the scar of the flesh rolling on Liu He's forehead, as if it had been a while: "It should be last year?"

“去年的事.”刘郃道:“今年以来,周边原本还有的几个聚落,或者被杀尽,或者投靠宗帅去了.那些溃兵们渐渐抢不到什么东西,很多都退入蛮部去了,但每隔些时日,还会出山劫掠粮谷,财货之类.”

"These are the dangers of defeating the troops... But has Duke Xuande ruled Jingzhou and never tried to eliminate them?"

“玄德公自然想过办法.两个月前,刘封将军曾经带领部众人巡行此地,攻破了一处溃兵们聚集的山寨,斩杀百余,又收编了余部……然而玄德公有荆州各地要管,军马也不能长驻在此,所以刘封将军一走,溃兵依然肆意妄为.”

"So that's it..." Lei Yuan smiled and said, "It's okay, I will find a way to solve it in the future."

经历了灊山中那场厮杀之后,雷远从外表看来与此前并不不同,还是一副客气有礼的姿态,可实际上,亲身参与残酷搏杀带给他带来了勇略,统领数万人丁的经历培养出了他的自信,身为曾经和张辽正面对敌过的人,怎么会把散兵游勇们看在眼里?

From Lei Yuan's understatement, Liu He felt his strong confidence, so he looked up at Lei Yuan in surprise.

"Jun Liu, let's continue to say that the gang is heroic and handsome." Lei Yuan reminded him.

"Yes, yes." Liu He said repeatedly.

For Liu He, those who were called defeated soldiers but were actually bandits, brought him traitors and were irresistible to him. But for Lei Yuan, these people rely on force in vain, but have no local foundation and are easy to deal with. Because the Lei family in Lujiang is the most lacking in force. On the contrary, other people, the thief heroes, the Wuxi barbarians and even the Eastern Wu forces in Wuling may be more difficult to deal with.

"As for those sect commanders..." Liu He thought for a while: "As mentioned earlier, some were transformed from the defeated troops in Jingzhou, but most of them were still wealthy families heading south in Xiangyang and other places, such as the Liang family, Huang family, Du family, Cheng family, etc. These families are large in scale, and there are more than ten others. They can all use hundreds of guests, build and build dock walls, occupy the advantage of territory, and echo each other. Although under the banner of protecting one side, they are actually like separatist and have a traitor of robbery."

Lei Yuan asked: "Since this dynasty, the power of local tyrants and families has been rampant. However, no matter how strong the power of these sect commanders is, they are just rural bullies in a remote small county. If there is any extraordinary action, it is enough to be a prison officer in the county. Why is it a big problem that Liu Jun said?"

Liu He shook his head repeatedly: "For Chanling, Yidao, Qishan and other counties, the location of Lexiang is indeed remote. However, isn't there Lexiang County now? The fertile land of Lexiang County is almost entirely under the control of these sect commanders, even..."

"Even the county town of Lexiang County is now under the control of a powerful hero named Liang Da." Liu He coughed twice and leaned forward: "Little Langjun, they are not living in the county town for the time being. Liang Da's subordinate clans and guests are only attached to more than thousands of people, and they have regarded the entire county town as their own manor. I once heard that because the Liang family moved from Jiangbei County, and the ancient name of Lexiangguan in Zheng County, Xuande Gong named the newly established county Lexiang. Hehe, to be honest, we all thought that Liang Da might have served as the head of Le Township..."

It was a little embarrassed, a little embarrassed. Lei Yuan had heard Jiang Wan mention that there were refugees in Zheng County stationed in the county, but he did not expect that this was the case. It turned out that he was scheduled to be the head of Le Township, but even the county town was in the hands of others in advance.

Of course this would not be an operational mistake. I think the Zuo General's Mansion has long understood this situation.

A few months ago, Xuande Public established Yingyoukou and changed it to the name of Gong'an. Then, from Zhou Lang, he obtained the control rights of the counties in the southern part of Nanjun. However, because the original local governance system of these counties had fallen apart and no longer existed, so to this day, only the cities of Gong'an, Chanling, Qishan and Yidao were able to control the city. Most of the vast areas between the cities have not been effectively managed.

This situation cannot be continued, and the responsibility of the county magistrates and chiefs is to integrate the broken grassroots regimes as soon as possible and re-establish the majesty of the county and prefectures. In this process, they will either eradicate, surrender, or incorporate the gentry, heroes and commanders, either eradicate, subjugate, or incorporate them, and think of their own ways.

Lei Yuan laughed. Maybe General Zuo’s Mansion was waiting to see: What attitude would Lei Xuzhi, who is the leader of the powerful tyrant, face this problem with? The meaning of this is very profound.

However, there was nothing to hesitate, and Lei Yuan quickly made a decision. He turned to Liu He for two other "big problems".
Chapter completed!