Emperor Ling continued: "Dong Zhuo, the prefect of Taiyuan County, was transferred to the prefect of Shangdang County and asked Dong Zhuo to guard Shangdang County for me. If there is a bandit in Shangdang County, I will ask Dong Zhuo! Bingzhou will be handed over to Lei Gong. Let me see Lei Gong.
Do you have any ability to quell the unrest of these refugees?"
The best result for Emperor Ling is of course that Lei Gong and these refugees will fight to the death, and they will kill each other in the mountains of Bingzhou until a river of blood flows! In this way, his Han Dynasty will be stable.
Secondly, it is acceptable for one of the refugees and the Thunder Lord to be eliminated! At least there is one less enemy!
The most unacceptable consequence for Emperor Ling was that the Thunder Lord of Mayi joined these millions of refugees and rushed to Luoyang City together. Therefore, for Emperor Ling, Shangdang County had to hold on to the place where Dong Zhuo led 6
Ten thousand troops held on to Shangdang for half a year, which was enough to starve the refugees in Bingzhou to death! Dong Zhuo's 60,000 troops were the Ling Emperor's last guarantee and the chain that trapped millions of refugees in Bingzhou!
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Trading a state together in exchange for the stability of the entire Central Plains is a good thing for most of the civil and military officials in the court. At least their hometowns can be saved.
Only Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and other generals in Guanxi are worried. The voice of the Han Dynasty court saying that they should abandon Xiliang has not disappeared. Now they have solved the problem of refugees in the Central Plains by giving up the merging of states. Who knows that one day they will not give up Xiliang.
, to solve the imperial court’s financial crisis.
Moreover, they were also worried that Lei Gong would use these millions of refugees in turn. If Lei Gong armed millions of refugees to attack the Han Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Han Dynasty to resist the attack of such a huge army anywhere!
Zhu Jun worriedly said: "Ziqian, although your disciple's strategy can slow down the rebellion in the Central Plains, it completely gave up Bingzhou and allowed Lei Gong to greatly increase his power. If Lei Gong continues to attack Shangdang, Hedong County and Luoyang City will be in danger!"
One bad move and the whole world will be in chaos!"
Lu Zhi frowned and said: "There are still some stable places in the world now. Xuande is just drinking poison to quench his thirst. If the court no longer relies on itself, chaos in the world is inevitable. Xuande wants to deal with the refugees first.
There is nothing wrong with the idea of destroying the Yellow Turban bandits in the world. The only thing wrong is that the refugees should not be driven to Bingzhou!"
"But if we don't drive the refugees to Bingzhou, how can we deal with the refugee problem? Where else in the world can we settle so many refugees! In the end, it was our court that had a problem, which forced Xuande not to take this step. If the court could
If the refugees are settled nearby, why should Xuande drive them to Bingzhou! Now we can only pray that the Thunder Lord in Mayi is still as kind as before, so that these millions of refugees can completely delay the Thunder Lord!"
Now the entire northern Han Dynasty was in chaos, and every state and county had rebellions that needed to be put down. Even a famous general like Lu Zhi didn't know how to solve the problem of the Han Dynasty's rebellion.
He also knew that Liu Bei's proposal had big problems and might even affect the safety of the entire city of Luoyang. But if the Yellow Turban Army was allowed to grow in places like Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yanzhou, wouldn't it endanger the entire Han Dynasty?
Now Liu Bei is just helping the court make a choice!
Zhu Jun frowned and said: "Lei Gong is a hero who fought out of the rebel army. I don't believe that such a person can be kind to women. I'm afraid that both you and your disciple Xuande, Zigan, have been deceived by Lei Gong!"
Lu Zhi said helplessly: "I don't believe that such a hero can be kind to women, but looking at the matter, the attitude towards the people since Lei Gong's uprising is indeed much better than that of the imperial court. The Tengjia Army is simply useless to the people. !”
Zhu Jun said in disgust: "Of course he can do nothing to the common people, because he has already robbed all the local nobles. Compared with the wealthy nobles, what kind of money do the common people have?"
Lu Zhi thought for a while and said: "Actually, I would like Lei Gong to go to places like Jizhou and Yanzhou. Only by letting them know how ruthless Lei Gong is, will these people know that if they continue to create refugees like this, they will only make these refugees their own. The gravedigger!"
Zhu Jun was shocked when he heard Lu Zhi's words: "Zigan, why do you have such an idea?"
Lu Zhi said coldly: "Even if there was a flood in the Yellow River this year, all the land was washed away by the Yellow River?
The presence of these millions of refugees in the Han Dynasty has really enriched several noble families! Such families are simply the worms of the Han Dynasty, and they should be cleared out by Lei Gong, so that the Han Dynasty can recover faster!"
Zhu Jun was surprised and said: "Ziqian, your current idea is too dangerous. If it weren't for these wealthy gentry and the powerful gentry suppressing the Yellow Turban Army, I'm afraid that the Central Plains would no longer be under the control of the imperial court!"
Lu Zhi said unceremoniously: "If it weren't for their corruption and annexation of land, there wouldn't be so many Yellow Turbans and refugees in the Central Plains!"
The reason why Lu Zhi was so angry and even betrayed his class position was because the current situation was really dangerous for the court.
Zhang Yan in Jizhou was surprisingly powerful, and even Liu Bei's 100,000-strong army could not suppress Zhang Yan. According to Liu Bei, it would take less than half a year to completely defeat Zhang Yan!
The Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou is getting stronger and stronger, and the local soldiers in Qingzhou are retreating steadily. Cui Jun, the governor of Qingzhou, cannot withstand the attack of millions of Yellow Turban Army, and is about to be driven into the sea. Now Cui Jun is asking the court for help every day. , but the imperial court could not provide troops at all! Emperor Ling was also worried that Luoyang City's troops were currently insufficient, and he continued to expand the Xiyuan Army during this period!
Although the Yellow Turban Army in Xuzhou is not as large as that in Qingzhou, there is no place for defense in the plains of Xuzhou, and the court only lost one Tao Qian to unite the entire Xuzhou army. Facing the massive Yellow Turban Army, Tao Qian had already lost. Half of Xuzhou has been conquered, and now we can only rely on Pengcheng to hold on. If there are no reinforcements, it is only a matter of time before the entire Xuzhou falls.
The Han Dynasty was in such danger that the powerful nobles did not restrain themselves. Instead, they continued to embezzle the court's relief supplies and use natural disasters to annex the land. With the court's relief, there would have been so many refugees! These powerful nobles were simply Looking for death.
Zhu Jun was speechless by Lu Zhi!
Taiyuan County, Jinyang City!
Dong Zhuo almost cursed when he received the imperial edict from Emperor Ling.
"Now tell us what we are going to do. The imperial court wants us to die here!" Dong Zhuo said angrily.
Originally, there was a lot of pressure on Bingzhou because of the Thunder Lord. Now the imperial court actually wants to drive millions of refugees from the entire Central Plains to Bingzhou. This is to use the entire Bingzhou as a breeding ground for poisonous insects. If his Xiliang army is not careful, he may Devoured by these millions of refugees! Gu Zhen
Niu Fu shouted: "Sir, if the court is unkind, we are unjust. Let's just leave Bingzhou and go back to Xiliang. Anyway, the court can't control Xiliang now!"
Dong Zhuo angrily slapped Niu Fu on the head and said, "Idiot, you only know how to come up with stupid methods!"
Li Ru smiled and said: "General, it is a way out for us to retreat to Shangdang County. At least it is better than staying in Jinyang City now! My subordinates can't believe that this Lei Gong is actually rescuing the victims. Liu Bei of Jizhou is ten
Within a few days, more than 100,000 refugees were driven to Bingzhou.”
Dong Zhuo snorted coldly and said: "Liu Bei is such a villain. I have never done anything to benefit myself at the expense of others. I have done it so confidently! He dared to report such a policy that is harmful to the country and the people to the imperial court. He is simply shameless. He has cheated me to death."
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Liu Bei drove the refugees to Bingzhou. Jizhou was safe, but Bingzhou became a powder keg. Now not only Dong Zhuo hates Liu Bei, it can even be said that no official in Bingzhou does not hate Liu Bei! Millions of refugees entered Bingzhou,
Officials in Bingzhou now dare not imagine what Bingzhou will look like in the future, with rivers of blood and corpses strewn across the fields! Anyway, Bingzhou will no longer be able to treat others.
Li Ru smiled and said: "The general cannot prevent the refugees from entering Bingzhou, so the more refugees there are in Bingzhou, the more dangerous the general will be in Taiyuan County. Although Shangdang County is not as dangerous as Taiyuan County, it is close to Sili and can get support from the court at any time.
More importantly, if the situation in Bingzhou worsens, we can easily leave Bingzhou from Shangdang, which is better than being attacked by the refugees in Taiyuan County!"
Dong Zhuo nodded when he heard this. He didn't want to stay in Taiyuan County anymore! Whether it was Lei Gong or more and more refugees, his army would be swallowed up at any time!
Li Jue asked strangely: "I feel a little strange, why does Lord Lei help the court to resettle the refugees? How can there be such rebellion in the world?"
Guo Si was also puzzled: "Yes, there is still food in Mayi now, but when there are more and more refugees in Bingzhou, even if Lei Gong kills all the nobles and robs all their food and grass, it will not be able to feed millions of refugees?"
Dong Zhuo said angrily: "A bunch of idiots, who told you that Lei Gong will accept all the refugees from the imperial court? Now the Jinggong is in the hands of Lei Gong, do you think he will not block the Jingjing Pass! You think Lei Gong is an idiot, he now occupies most of Bingzhou.
, there is a lack of population, so he will help the court to resettle the refugees, which is also beneficial to him, just like when he spent thousands of dollars to buy refugees each, he does not want to help the court solve its troubles!"
Dong Zhuo said: "Order all the soldiers from all the prefectures and counties to gather in Qi County, and we will gradually withdraw from Taiyuan County!"
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "A visit to Taiyuan is not without some benefits. The entire Bingzhou border army is in my hands!"
Fan Chou asked: "General, what should we do with the nobles and nobles who are staying in Taiyuan County now, and take them away too?"
As long as Xu Wei occupies the place, he is vigorously implementing the policy of dividing fields and showing obedience. Xu Wei is also willing to give them a way out. Whether it is to go to the territory of the Tengjia Army or the territory of the Han Dynasty, Xu Wei will
No restrictions, not even restrictions on them bringing money!
Xu Wei only wanted land, and the Wubao they vacated could also be used to resettle refugees. For Xu Wei, it would be better off after these wealthy nobles left.
And these wealthy nobles basically fled the territory of Tengjia Army and ran to Jinyang City, and then asked Dong Zhuo to help them defeat Thunder Duke and regain their Wubao!
But Dong Zhuo still had time to care about the life and death of these people and ignored them at all!
And these wealthy nobles mobilized their own connections and wanted to use the power of the imperial court to deal with Lei Gong, but they found that the power of the imperial court was completely hindered by the victims of the Central Plains. They even wanted to drive the victims to Bingzhou, which meant sacrificing them.
How could anyone come to listen to them talk about their experiences? It can be said that the powerful gentry in Bingzhou have been expelled from their nationality by the Han Dynasty, and no one listens to their wailings at all!
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "Don't worry about them. If they want to follow us, they can follow us. If they don't want to, let them stay in Jinyang City and wait to be hanged by Thunder God!"
Although I and Lei Gong are enemies, he has taken this into my heart. He dares to hang nobles and nobles unscrupulously. This is something that even I don’t dare to do. I don’t obey anyone in the Han Dynasty, so I only obey Lei Gong and act vigorously and resolutely.
, he is ruthless, he is a ruthless person!"
Taiyuan County, Meng County!
Xu Wei's army has been stranded here. Liu Bei's mobility surprised Xu Wei. He said he would send the refugees, but he actually started sending them away.
Recently, disaster victims from Jizhou have poured into Bingzhou in droves. At most, tens of thousands of people have entered Bingzhou. I don’t know how Liu Bei did it.
However, with such a huge flow of people, in order to prevent chaos, Xu Wei sent almost all of Mayi's top leaders to work in Meng County. The entire Tengjia Army invested a lot of manpower and material resources in relieving and resettling the victims.
According to Mayi's experience, these refugees are first quarantined in the refugee camp for 7 days, drinking porridge to recover. After the quarantine period, they will be assigned to various construction sites.
Some became lumberjacks, and some became carpenters to build their own wooden rails and rail carriages. The wooden rails have become the main channel for material transportation in Mayi. Now tens of thousands of grains of grain come to Meng County through this rail every day.
As well as becoming a road construction worker and an ordinary worker, Xu Wei built a huge post station every 10 miles on the hundreds of miles from Mayi to Taiyang, which could accommodate 1,000 refugees at a time, and these refugees passed through this
A giant inn heading to Mayi!
Among the refugees, there is also the luckiest group of people. Xu Wei has just been in Taiyuan County to fight against local tyrants and divide their fields. There is still a lot of free land. After Xu Wei's simple deletion, the whole family of the victims was lucky enough to survive.
Each household was allocated 30 acres of land, and these lucky people made all the refugees who came to Taiyuan County envious!
Of course, this is Taiyuan County, which is highly developed, and like Xihe County, which is less developed, the new county magistrates and township chiefs of the entire Tengjia Army are also trying their best to use their talents to resettle the refugees. For them, the number of refugees is large.
They were their relief, and the refugees were their labor force and their helpers in transforming the place. They asked Xu Wei for money, food, and people one after another, and they established large-scale farming in Xihe County and formulated various policies that were beneficial to the people's farming.
It is precisely because of the rapid and effective relief and resettlement of the victims by the Tengjia Army that even though there are hundreds of thousands more refugees in the entire Bingzhou, due to the division of fields and land, the aristocrats have been completely eliminated, and everyone in the entire society has about the same wealth.
It is extremely stable, a bit like the rule of three generations mentioned by Confucian scholars.