The newly decorated Beiwu Hall exudes a majestic atmosphere. The hall of Beiwu Hall is filled with various weapons. On the wall in the center, the word "武" is vividly carved, and a group of people stand around it.
Among the officers with the rank of Army Sima, two men in fine attire stood in the middle, one old and one young, facing each other with swords in hand.
The old man was holding a phoenix-mouthed knife, and the young man was holding a large halberd. There were several small halberds in the weapon pouch on his waist. Both of them were panting and sweating profusely. After fighting hundreds of moves, they still couldn't stand it.
The outcome is undecided.
Suddenly, the old man burst out laughing, threw the big sword in his hand to a military commander beside him, and said loudly: "General Taishi is really amazing. He fought with me for hundreds of moves, and there was no difference between the winner and the loser.
It can be said to be true."
The person who was called General Taishi was none other than Taishi Ci, one of the Eighteen Hussars of Youzhou, and the old man standing opposite him was Huang Zhong, one of the Eighteen Hussars. The two were competing in martial arts here.
, attracted many subordinates to come and watch. The subordinates are all stunned now, and they still remember the battle just now.
Taishi Ci took advantage of the situation and threw all the weapons in his hands to his subordinates, wiped the sweat from his forehead, walked straight to Huang Zhong, cupped his fists and said: "The old general has amazing physical strength, strong martial arts, and superb swordsmanship.
I couldn't find any flaws, Taishi Ci has never been convinced by anyone, this time I really admire the old general."
Huang Zhong was forced to take action. Taishi Ci standing in front of him was a brave and fierce person and openly challenged him. If he didn't fight, he would not give Taishi Ci face. He had no choice but to fight with Taishi Ci.
After a trial, he didn't expect that he would be inextricably matched with Taishi Ci in this battle, forcing him to re-evaluate Taishi Ci, one of the original five tigers in Gao Fei's tent.
After this competition, Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong began to cherish each other. The young and frivolous Taishi Ci also seemed to have special respect for Huang Zhong. After complimenting each other, they looked at each other and smiled.
"It turns out that the two generals are here. You can teach me how to find them!" At this time, a man walked in from outside the martial arts hall of Beiwu Hall. He had a strong body and no trace of his previous injuries.
Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong looked over together and saw a blue-red birthmark on the face of the visitor. Half of his face had normal skin color, and half of his face was blue-red. His eyes were bright and his forehead was broad. He originally had a
The handsome young man was somewhat unsightly because of the birthmark. When the two saw this man, they laughed in unison, cupped their hands and said to the visitor: "It turns out to be General Xu. I don't know what he wants from the two of us."
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The visitor was Xu Huang. When he saw that the atmosphere in the martial arts hall was lively, and Huang Zhong and Taishi Ci were sweating again, he said: "Oh, I'm really sorry for disturbing the two generals' martial arts competition. However, the lord has returned to Ji.
The city is now convening all civil and military officials to gather in the council hall of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion. They say that they have important matters to tell them. Wei Yan and the other generals have already gone, and I am here specifically to look for the two generals."
Huang Zhongdao: "When the Lord summons you, there must be something important to tell you. Ziyi, we'd better go quickly."
Taishi Ci nodded and walked forward side by side with Huang Zhong, with a trace of joy on his face.
Xu Huang saw that Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong, two people who were originally incompatible, had become very close today. He didn't understand it, so he shook his head and followed Taishi Ci and Huang Zhong towards Zhou Mu.
Fu walked over.
In the Prefectural Mufu, Gao Fei, who had just returned from Tianjin, was on pins and needles. Li Yizi's incident made him deeply realize the horror of dissident forces. If Youzhou is not rectified in time, he will definitely be implicated in the future.
The order to gather all civil and military personnel had just been issued, and there were only two people in the meeting hall, Gao Fei and Shi Sun Rui. When Gao Fei came back from outside the city, he found Shi Sun Rui first and brought him into the city.
Gao Fei picked up a bowl of hot tea next to him, held the fragrant tea in his hand, took a few sips, and then said: "Master Shisun, these are extraordinary times. I must get rid of the nine wealthy businessmen, but I will take care of their property."
There is a reasonable distribution. Nowadays, various places in Youzhou need a lot of expenditure. I also know that you have spent huge sums of money to expand Jicheng and worked hard.
Great merit, but if Youzhou is unstable, no matter how much money you have, it will be affected by the rebels. Therefore, I decided to confiscate the properties of the nine wealthy businessmen. I will take the big part, and you will take the small part. All the funds will be used for
The various construction projects in Youzhou can be regarded as another huge contribution you have made to the construction of Youzhou, what do you think?"
Shi Sunrui had long expected this outcome, but he had already bought a ticket and boarded the ship. If the ship did not dock, if he wanted to get off, he could only jump into the bottomless ocean, and there would be only death waiting for him.
One. Now that we are on the ship, we must go all the way to the end. Survival is the most important thing.
Fortunately, he still trusted Gao Fei, otherwise he would not have followed Gao Fei to Youzhou. Moreover, when Gao Fei came back from Tianjin this time, he also told him the ridiculous things about his son. He felt that Gao Fei
He was lucky that he didn't deal with his son. He couldn't bear to let his children trap the wolf. Paying first and then repaying later has become his unique business characteristic. He immediately asked: "Everything depends on the master, even if he lets his subordinates
Even if you lose your family and property, your subordinates won’t hesitate.”
Gao Fei liked hearing this sentence. He was both using and guarding against Shisun Rui. Of course, he had to give him a blow and give him some sweetness. He put down the tea cup in his hand and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Shisun."
, I won’t let you go bankrupt, let’s do this, I will give you two of the money of the nine wealthy businessmen, and when Youzhou gets on the right track, I will definitely let your Shisun family’s business empire envelope the entire Han Dynasty again.”
Shisun Rui was obedient, with a smile on his face, but he thought secretly in his heart: "It's better for the lion to open his mouth than not to give me anything. Alas, this is fate. I have such a smart lord in the stall, and I don't know it's my Shisun."
Rui's luck or bad luck."
While he was talking, civil and military officers arrived one after another. When all the counselors and generals arrived, Gao Fei looked around at everyone and saw Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Xu You, Xun Chen, Sima Lang, Tai Shi Ci,
Huang Zhong, Xu Huang, Wei Yan, Chen Dao, Wenpin, Zhou Cang, Gao Lin, Bian Xi, Xia Houlan, Qiu Liju, Wuliden, Nanlou and other confidants in Jicheng
When they all arrived, he said loudly: "I have abolished the two counties of Quanzhou and Yongnu in Yuyang, merged the two counties into one place, called Tianjin, and handed it over to Liao Hua for guarding. I have called you here today.
There is a big thing for you to do, and it is related to the stability of Youzhou in the future, so I hope you will spare no effort to complete it."
Everyone said in unison: "But it depends on the Lord's orders."
Gao Fei said: "I came back from Tianjin. The local wealthy businessmen Li Yizi, Le Hedang and others secretly built a private army to prepare for Gongsun Zan's visit to Youzhou and sneak attack on our army. I have already sent Li Yizi, Le Hedang and others.
Completely eradicate it, but there are still some dissidents in Youzhou. These people are either rich or noble, and they are also local people.
I am now ready to suppress these local bullies and people who are unkind to their wealth. I will detain all these people in Youzhou. After they are caught, they will all be executed. All their property will be confiscated and their stored grain will be divided.
Half of it will be given to the local people, and the rest will be brought back to Jicheng. Do you have any objections?"
Xu You stood up at this time and said loudly: "My lord, the nine wealthy businessmen are also related to this matter. They secretly sent people to Yuan Shao in Jizhou and contacted Yuan Shao in order to do evil things to Youzhou.
, my subordinates believe that the nine wealthy businessmen should be punished on the spot and their property confiscated."
Shi Sunrui hurriedly added: "My subordinates have also been secretly monitoring these nine wealthy businessmen. Indeed, as Mr. Xu said, they have some connection with Yuan Shao."
"Kill them!" Qiu Liju immediately shouted loudly, veins popping out on his face.
The other generals all agreed and had no objections to Gao Fei's words.
Gao Fei immediately said: "Xu You, Gao Lin, Chen Dao, Xiahou Lan, Qiu Liju, Wu Lideng, and Nanlou, each of you will lead a thousand soldiers to confiscate the properties of seven of them, and Shi Sunrui will lead two thousand soldiers to confiscate the properties of the others."
Two families: Huang Zhong, Taishi Ci, Wei Yan, Xu Huang, Chen Dao, Wenpin, Zhou Cang, Bian Xi, I have a name here
Shan, each of you will lead your personal entourage to the local area, mobilize the local garrison, and conduct confiscation. No one should be allowed to leak that these eight rich gentry and wealthy families are all secretly supporting Gongsun Zan in Youzhou. After capturing the whole family, regardless of men, women, old or young, one
If they don't stay, all the servants at home will pay them travel expenses and let them return to their hometowns."
"No!" all the generals replied together.
"Okay, start taking action from now on. Don't let the news leak out. Let's go quickly." Gao Fei asked someone to hand over the list to Huang Zhong and others, and then waved his hand.
After the order was given, the lively hall suddenly became empty. More than a dozen people left at once, leaving only five people, Jia Xu, Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Xun Chen, and Sima Lang.
"Will doing this put Youzhou into panic?" Tian Feng frowned and then spoke out.
Jia Xu said: "Yuan Hao, you don't have to worry too much. My lord has wanted to eradicate these people for a long time. When my lord was in Jicheng a few months ago, he had sent people to investigate secretly, but he never found a suitable opportunity to take action.
At this time, as soon as the Li Yizi incident came out, it was time to completely rectify these bullies.
When the time comes, the people of Youzhou who kill them will not feel panic, but will applaud and cheer. The Lord killed the chicken to scare the monkeys. The people who are panic should be those who are not included in this operation. In this way, they will definitely try their best.
I will never support my lord half-heartedly again."
Tian Feng said: "I hope that by killing these people, Youzhou can truly be stabilized. If you concentrate on its development for a year or two, my lord can go south to fight for supremacy."
Gao Fei smiled and said: "In order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first settle the internal affairs. If Youzhou is unstable internally, how can we go south to fight for supremacy? Everyone, please step aside for now. It will be very busy these days, and the confiscated property in various places must be truthfully registered.