Xu Wei went west to conquer the Xianbei people. Dong Zhuo, who was closest to Xu Wei, was the first to know the news. The news made him extremely happy.
"God is really helping me! Thunder Lord actually attacked the Xianbei people at this time!" Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "I didn't expect Taiyuan County to be my treasured land. This month, we sold woolen cloth from Mayi, and we made a lot of money.
Tens of millions of dollars! I exchanged Xiliang war horses with Lei Gong and got hundreds of sets of armored swords. I earned so much money that I don’t even want to move my position! I didn’t expect that damn eunuch Zhang Rang actually did a good thing this time and wanted to stay in Mayi.
In the past year, I, the former general, made all my money back."
Niu Fu and others also laughed and said: "This Thunder Lord has a bad temper. The Xianbei people only killed a few of his tribesmen, but he actually chased the Xianbei people for thousands of miles. It is said that he has now chased them to Shuofang County. Such a person is also suitable.
Commanding the Tengjia Army, the general seems that the day of the Thunder Lord's demise is not far away. After he and the Xianbei people fight to the death, we will then encircle and suppress Mayi. Now that Mayi is rich, we can live a prosperous year if we rob Mayi.
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Although Dong Zhuo and Xu Wei agreed not to invade each other, Dong Zhuo, who was cautious by nature, still sent many detective horses to Mayi to monitor every move in Mayi. Naturally, he also understood the reason why Xu Wei sent troops.
Li Que also laughed and said: "We can't kill Thunder Lord like this, otherwise whoever gives our general a gift, the Xiongnu Qiangqu will come again to give him a gift. I beg the general to give him justice!"
Xu Wei's dispatch of troops this time frightened Qiangqu almost to death. He was afraid that Xu Wei would wipe him out along the way, so he spent a lot of money to ask Dong Zhuo for help!
Guo Si smiled and said: "So the general is right, Taiyuan County is the general's treasure land! Lei Gong helps the general make money, and the noble families in Taiyuan County also give us money, and now even the Huns are here!"
Originally, they thought they were going to fight to the death with Lei Gong when they came to Taiyuan County. But they did not expect that Lei Gong actually gave up going south to Taiyuan County and instead fought against the Xianbei people in Shuofang County. Now Dong Zhuo's subordinates all suspected that there was something wrong with Lei Gong's head.
, Taiyuan County and Shuofang County, you don’t need to think about it to know that the rich one, but Lei Gong chose Shuofang County, which is full of sand!
Li Ru, the chief historian on the side, said solemnly: "Don't underestimate this Lei Gong. It is said that when he sent out troops, he only had 30,000 troops, but when he arrived in Shuofang County, the number of troops increased to 80,000. As long as Lei Gong passed by, even the Xianbei people
He was also bewitched by him and became his subordinate. He used the method of bewitching the Han people to bewitch the Xianbei people, so that his army became more and more numerous. Who among us has ever seen such a thing?
The western Xianbei people may not be his opponent! And even if the western Xianbei people defeat Lei Gong, Lei Gong will lose up to 30,000 troops, of which 20,000 are recruited from the Xianbei people, and only 10,000 are his own troops.
, considering Lei Gong’s hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the loss of 10,000 people would not be able to damage the foundation of the Tengjia Army at all!”
Li Ru is the number two figure in Dong Zhuo's team. He was originally a son of a wealthy family. His father died in prison due to the party's imprisonment. The whole family was worried about being implicated and fled to Western Xinjiang. However, the land of Xiliang was not at all
It was not suitable for a rich man like him to survive, and his family suffered heavy casualties in Xiliang. Finally, he took refuge with Dong Zhuo, and Li Ru's family was able to take root in Xiliang.
As a descendant of an aristocratic family, Li Ru had far-sighted knowledge and knew more about the situation in the court than Dong Zhuo, a big boss. At that time, Dong Zhuo had been wandering around the border counties and could not rise. It was Li Ru who gave Dong Zhuo advice to curry favor with the then Situ Yuan Wei.
Only then did he become an important 2,000-stone official such as the governor of Bingzhou and the prefect of Hedong County. Later, when Dong Zhuo wanted to continue to rise, but the powerful nobles at that time could no longer provide help to Dong Zhuo, it was Li Ru who asked Dong Zhuo to switch to the eunuch side and help Dong Zhuo.
He contacted Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, bribed the eunuchs, and promoted Dong Zhuo's official position higher and higher, and finally became a former general. It can be said that Dong Zhuo obeyed Li Ru's opinions.
Mayi is too far away and too close. In addition, Xu Wei built Mayi into a commercial city, with hundreds of caravans coming in and out every day. Naturally, such a city would not have any secrets. Dong Zhuo and the others could easily get Ma Yi.
Information about the city!
When Dong Zhuo heard this, he also smiled and said: "Wen You is right, I am frivolous. It seems that this Taiyuan County is not a long-term residence. We want to ask Zhang Rang, the damn eunuch, to help us find a better place!"
Li Ru said seriously: "If the general wants to go further, Hedong County is the most suitable place for the general!"
"Hedong, I didn't expect that I would actually return to Hedong County! Wenyou, please help me contact Zhang Rang and see how much it will cost the governor of Hedong County!" Although Dong Zhuo was older, his ambition had not been extinguished.
He also wants to go one step further and become the third prince of the imperial court, like his idol Duan Xi, to take the highest honor of a warrior, the position of Taiwei. As a former general, he is only one step away from the position of Taiwei, so he
Want to know the trends of the imperial court at all times!
And Xu Wei's expedition to the west against the Xianbei people also affected many people's hearts!
Zhang Yan, who was in the Taihang Mountains, was very disappointed when he heard the news. He thought Xu Wei would support him in the Taihang Mountains, but he didn't expect Xu Wei to deal with the Xianbei people. This is simply inexplicable!
In the past few months, he had been fighting wits and courage with Liu Bei, but he was still at a disadvantage. Even though Xu Wei taught him guerrilla tactics, he still did not occupy many villages in Jizhou. Instead, Liu Bei relied on the advantage of Jizhou's abundant money and food. In Zhao State, Zhongshan
The beacon fires were generally deployed in the states of Changshan and Changshan. As long as they appeared in one place, the beacons would be lit, and then the three fierce generals in Liu Bei's hands would definitely lead 500 cavalry to kill his men.
Zhang Yan had not yet matured in guerrilla warfare, and was surrounded by iron walls in advance. Zhang Yan himself was not as charming as Liu Bei. He, a rebel, could not win the hearts and minds of Liu Bei as well as Liu Bei, an officer. He was not even as good as Liu Bei in winning the hearts of the people.
Naturally, Yan was suppressed by Liu Bei and could do nothing in the Taihang Mountains.
So now Zhang Yan is struggling very hard in his guerrilla war, and he even wants to give up!
Liu Bei and others in Changshan County heard that Xu Wei was marching west to conquer the Xianbei people.
Liu Bei said excitedly: "Although this Lei Gong is hostile to the imperial court, he is still a great hero. The imperial court has hundreds of thousands of troops who dare not attack the Xianbei people, but he dares to lead 30,000 men to attack the Xianbei people. This is
What a courageous person! Compared with Lei Gong, what we did in Jizhou was too petty!"
Liu Bei has a bold personality and likes to go straight when fighting. Zhang Yan's protracted guerrilla warfare makes him particularly unhappy! Especially when he heard that Xu Wei was going thousands of miles away from the Great Wall to attack the Xianbei people, it made him and Zhang Yan hide and seek in the Taihang Mountains.
Wasting time.
Guan Yu repeatedly said with a beard: "When we defeat Zhang Yan, we will ask the imperial court for orders to attack the Xianbei people and completely solve the future troubles in Youzhou!"
Jian Yong shook his head and said: "Xuande, you are talking nonsense again. The imperial court has the financial resources to send tens of thousands of troops to conquer the grasslands! Of course, the imperial court spent 3 billion on 50,000 cavalry to conquer the Xianbei people. The current imperial court can still get 3 billion.
money?"
Zhang Fei was also surprised and said: "Where does this Lei Gong get the financial resources? Although he is rich, he has been fighting constantly over the years. He has never stopped carrying out various major projects in Mayi, including clearing wasteland, building canals, and
It’s building a city, these are big projects, even the imperial court’s financial resources shouldn’t be able to carry them out, how can he still have money?”
Jian Yong also felt strange, yes! Even if Lei Gong robbed the noble family of Wei County, he should not have such financial resources. How did Lei Gong do it?
Only Zhao Yunxin did not understand Lei Gong, but he still said: "Lei Gong's move should be a good thing for the court. Xianbei and Lei Gong are fighting in the grassland. I guess they don't have time to invade the border counties! And Lei Gong doesn't have the energy to attack.
In Bingzhou, Yun thought that now was the best time for the imperial court, and Xuande Gong should take this opportunity to destroy Zhang Yan. Once Zhang Yan was destroyed, there would be no more major rebellion in the Central Plains, and the imperial court could concentrate its forces to encircle and suppress Thunder Gong in Mayi!"
After being reminded by Zhao Yun, they all remembered that Lei Gong was still an enemy of the imperial court, and everyone suddenly lost interest.
Finally, Liu Bei said, "What Zilong said is right, we must find a way to completely annihilate Zhang Yan!"
Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and others seriously and said: "I plan to learn Fu Zhoumu's method and completely eliminate the Yellow Turban Army on the Taihang Mountains!"
Guan Yu broke a few strands of his beard when he heard this. During Fu Bian's period, he was very effective in dealing with the Yellow Turban Army and was very easy to learn. He just made land available for the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains to colonize. With the land, the Yellow Turban Army would naturally not want to rebel. Back then
Fu Bian was almost successful. Zhang Yan was suppressed on the Taihang Mountains and could not come out at all. He even wanted to Zhao'an to protect himself.
Of course, they also knew the result very well. Fu Bian used the land of the nobles to colonize the Yellow Turban Army, which led to the assassination of the nobles. In the end, the farming strategy ended with Fu Bian's death. After Wang Fen became the governor of Jizhou, he even helped the nobles.
The nobles took back the land that belonged to them and drove the people back to the Taihang Mountains! Dare to take the land from the powerful nobles, even a powerful general like Guan Yu, who had ten thousand enemies, was frightened!
Jian Yong said more directly: "Xuande, although your martial arts skills are better than Fu Zhoumu's, and you have Yun Chang and Yide beside you, there are powerful generals like Yide who can defeat ten thousand people, but it is easy to hide with open guns and hard to defend against hidden arrows! If you die, your
These policies will eventually be overturned, just like Fu Zhoumu, we can think of other ways!"
Zhang Fei even said sarcastically: "Brother, you want to farm in Jizhou. I think the only way is to ally with Zhang Yan and let him go down the mountain to kill all the nobles. When they are all dead, the land will naturally be freed up."
If it’s over, we’ll have land for cultivation!”
Zhang Fei's words made Liu Bei's eyes light up!
Zhang Fei immediately said after finding out: "You don't really have such a crazy idea, brother, don't forget that all the noble families in the world are one family. Even if all the noble families in Jizhou die, there will still be noble families in Youzhou and Qingzhou families."
The gentry, even the noble gentry of Sili, came to occupy these fields!"
Zhao Yun found that the topics they discussed were becoming more and more dangerous. The novel said: "Actually, there is nothing that can be done about the settlement!"
Liu Bei looked at Zhao Yun in surprise, wanting to hear him continue talking!
"Although Jizhou has more people and less land, there is not much wasteland, but there is a large Yeze with a radius of 800 miles in Julu County. If Xuande Gong leads the Yellow Turban Army to build fields around the lake, it will not be a problem to resettle hundreds of thousands of people!"
Liu Bei immediately found a map of Jizhou and found a very large lake.
Only Jian Yong worried: "Even if we have land, the cost of cultivating it is not low. Where will the money come from?"
When Liu Bei started to colonize the land, Fu Bian and Liu Yu supported Liu Bei's grain and goods worth 1 billion yuan, so Liu Bei himself tried every means to get money, and it took him 2 years to successfully colonize the land! This time, although the land reclamation was in Jizhou itself, But it still costs hundreds of millions of dollars!
Zhang Fei said carelessly: "These wealthy nobles are unwilling to give up their land, so it's not too much to ask them for some money now! If they don't do this, let them die, and we won't care about them!"
Liu Bei thought for a while and said: "I will report it to the court, and everyone must start making preparations first. In short, this refugee problem must be solved!"
Liu Bei's memorial was sent to Luoyang City and came into the hands of Emperor Ling!
Emperor Ling called Liu Yu over and asked: "This Liu Bei is considered your disciple. Now he wants to farm in Jizhou. Do you think it is feasible?"
Liu Yu said: "Of course it is feasible. Two years ago, Liu Bei worked as a colonel in Youzhou and turned 100,000 refugees into common people who once again paid taxes for the Han Dynasty. He has rich experience in farming. If Liu Bei can let All the refugees in Jizhou will go to work in the fields, and the yellow scarf thieves in Jizhou will be defeated without a fight, and the world will be at peace!"
Liu Yu's political views are to be tolerant in government and appease the people. He believes that the Han Dynasty has been in constant war in recent years because there are too many refugees and the people have no way to survive. However, his background also determines that he cannot directly attack the local tyrants like Xu Wei. The way he came up with to divide the land was to immigrate the refugees to the frontiers for cultivation, and Liu Bei's memorial really won his heart.
At this time, Zhang Rang, who was serving Emperor Ling, mocked: "Liu Zongzheng, Liu Bei wants to farm in Jizhou, so don't worry about him ending up like Fu Bian!"
The forces of the Eunuch Party in Jizhou were defeated step by step under the double-sided encirclement and suppression by the Yellow Turban Army and the powerful gentry, and all their forces in Jizhou were lost.
Without the protection of power, the eunuchs who bought land in Jizhou were all swallowed up by the noble families. Neither Fu Bian, Wang Fen, nor Liu Bei recognized the eunuch's land, but Fu Bian and Liu Bei used the eunuch's land for cultivation, and However, Wang Fen was handed over to the noble family.
Therefore, the eunuchs could stand on the shore and watch the nobles and the Yellow Turbans fight to the death, and even applaud because the nobles in Jizhou suffered heavy casualties!
Zhang Rang also thought about winning over Liu Bei, but Liu Bei chose to give all the land of the eunuchs to the refugees. Zhang Rang has secretly hated Liu Bei ever since! He almost laughed out loud when he heard that Liu Bei wanted to farm in Jizhou. , this Liu Bei wants to seek death!
Emperor Ling was puzzled: "It's just that the cost of this farm is not small, but Zong Zheng also understands the current situation of the court. He really can't give General Beizhong Lang any support. This farm can only rely on General Beizhong to find a way! I'm next The imperial edict asks Bei Zhonglang to raise money and food in Jizhou for farming!"
Liu Yu looked at Emperor Ling and didn't know what to say for a moment. Emperor Ling was a politically sensitive, smart man with many tricks, but he was too greedy for money.