During the Yellow Turban Uprising in the previous period, the rebel army organized in Zhuo County, Liu Jian's hometown, had been disbanded. Those militiamen who had organized spontaneously received rewards and were disbanded as farmers.
However, Liu Jian had a list of the Zhuoxian rebels, but he had never thought of this level.
That night, Liu Jian wrote a letter and sent his confidants to Zhuoxian, telling Jian Yong and his father Liu Zhou that they must not cut off contact with the main leaders of the Zhuoxian rebels, and they must constantly inquire about the main leaders of the rebels.
The current situation of the person.
Gifts should be exchanged during festivals and festivals. If someone's family is in trouble and it's time to lend a helping hand, they should lend a helping hand.
After arranging this matter, Liu Jian wrote another letter and sent someone to the Zhen family in Wuji County, Zhongshan State.
The Zhen family's business is very large in Hebei, involving horses, rice, iron, cloth and many other industries. In Jizhou and even Hebei, many businesses involving people's livelihood have more or less relations with the Zhen family.
However, although the Zhen family is engaged in business, they are not really merchants. On the contrary, the Zhen family is really a high-ranking official family, and there are also two thousand officials in the family.
This is the biggest difference between the official families of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty.
During the Western Han Dynasty, merchants were suppressed, especially the salt and iron monopoly during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which forced large merchants to withdraw from the main position of commercial activities, which brought the "suppressing business" policy of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to its zenith.
However, since Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty's "repressive business" policy began to waver year by year. The salt and iron monopoly was banned and released. All the big bureaucratic families began to engage in business. Many bureaucrats' children began to manipulate their henchmen to operate the slaughtering industry and sell wine. By the time of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty,
It became a common practice for bureaucrats to engage in business. Cao Cao's servants and above were often private traders, bureaucrats, and relatives of foreigners engaged in business.
The Eastern Han Dynasty was established with the support of merchants and landlords. After hundreds of years of changes and progress, merchants and officials have long been indistinguishable from each other.
However, Chu Yan used the excuse that his father died due to an assassination by local officials, and vowed to launch an army to take revenge. At that time, the Yellow Turbans were defeated by Liu Jian, Huangfu Song and others, and the official offices of Changshan Kingdom were in a vacuum. So at this juncture, Chu Yan
After climbing high and shouting, the followers entered the stream and soon established a force in the Taihang Mountains to the west of Zhending.
Although Chu Yan was young, he was already known as a hero in the village. He and his father united the village, made friends with knights, spread kindness and kindness, and gained quite a reputation.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the status of merchants was at the lowest level, but by the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of merchants had increased unprecedentedly, and there were almost no wealthy and powerful families who did not engage in business.
Because it is close to the Taihang Mountains, the Taihang Mountains have now become a gathering place for gangsters.
Chu Yan's father originally planned to return to Zhending and continue living in peace after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but he did not expect that after staying in the mountains for a period of time, he suddenly contracted a cold and died within a few days.
As expected, the situation in Zhending County is the same as other places. The relationships between the families in the township are extremely close. One is prosperous and the other is damaged. The Chu family where Chu Yan lives has fields and food in the village, and the Chu family treats
The neighbors are very kind and generous, and in times of famine, they will always share the remaining grain and seeds at home with others.
There is only the Hutuo River between Zhongshan Kingdom and Changshan Kingdom. They are very close in geographical area. It is only a hundred miles from Wuji County to Changshan. If a person travels quickly on horseback, he can reach them in one day. If he marches normally, he will generally not go beyond
Three days.
He made several contacts and robberies in the surrounding areas, constantly arming his team and recruiting people. Although he was young, he was quite good at controlling his subordinates. He managed a team of ten thousand people clearly.
Now when Zhang Jiao raised his troops and the Yellow Turban Army came to kill him, Liu Hao and his predecessor, Changshan Kingdom, abandoned the country and left. As the saying goes, the local county magistrates were afraid of being killed by the Yellow Turbans, so they dispersed one after another, leaving a vacuum in the government agencies of Changshan Kingdom. state.
At that time, the magistrate of Zhending County saw that both high-ranking officials were arriving and did not dare to neglect him. He led all the county officials out of the county town for twenty miles to meet him.
The Zhen family in Zhongshan and the Gongsun family in Liaodong are such existences. Not only are they two thousand stone tall in the world, but they are also famous businessmen in Hebei.
Although Chu Yan mainly traveled to the surrounding counties of Taihang, Zhending was the place where he started his rebellion, so he invaded Zhending the most.
As soon as Chu Yan was mentioned, County Magistrate Zhending became a little bit out of control and started talking to Liu Jian from the beginning.
Therefore, if the Changshan rebels are available, it would be better to collect a batch of iron tools and horses from the Zhen family in Zhongshan to arm the rebels.
This was done, firstly, to recruit people who share the same goals with him and expand his team; secondly, several wealthy people in Zhending County had enmity with him in the past, and Chu Yan had now turned into rebels, so he simply refused to do anything. Killing them to seize family assets to support others is the right way.
Liu Jian asked: "Who organized the rebel army?"
Not to mention, Chu Yan visited Zhending several times, and indeed he attracted many people who were willing to follow him into Taihang. More than half of his 10,000 people were from Zhending's hometown.
Under such circumstances, Chu Yan and his father summoned their neighbors to take refuge in the mountains with them.
Zhending County is bordered by the Hutuo River to the south and the Taihang Mountains to the west, so its geographical location is quite special.
Therefore, Zhending County, which borders Taihang to the west, became one of the counties mainly targeted by bandits in the Taihang Mountains.
However, the land in the Taihang Mountains is rarely developed. Although there is land that can be cultivated, it is not as fast as grabbing it.
However, in recent years, natural disasters and man-made disasters have continued in Hebei Province. Zhending has also been affected by the disasters, and many people have starved to death. Most of the fertile land in the countryside where Chu Yan is located has been annexed by high-ranking officials in the county. In the year of disaster, many people have died of starvation. Very much.
The Liu family of Zhuojun, who made his fortune in the horse industry, joined forces with Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping to establish Hebei Trading. Their transactions with the Zhen family gradually increased, and the cooperation became smoother. In a sense, , both parties have become each other’s indispensable partners.
By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, private commercial activities had become very active, and wealthy merchants as the upper class reappeared in various places.
The people who could no longer live in Ji, Bing, You and other places and were unable to pay their dues fled to Taihang. Even if they were not bandits, they became black households. In a certain sense, they were separated from the rule of the Han Dynasty.
Liu Jian, Sun Jin, and Liu Hao came to Zhending County with a group of cronies.
After meeting with the magistrate of Zhending County, Liu Jian, as a state pastor, affirmed his achievements in protecting Zhending County and resisting bandits, and then asked him about the situation of Chu Yan and the local rebels.
After listening to the narration of Zhending County Magistrate, Liu Jian sighed: "Although this Chu Yan is young, he is very methodical in his actions. He avoids the truth and turns to lies. He is well versed in the art of war. Your Zhending County Office has not been defeated by him yet." , you are indeed lucky."
The magistrate of Zhending County wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "What Uncle Fang said is absolutely true. To be honest, there are no usable soldiers in the Zhending official office. They rely on the local warriors and spontaneously formed rebel armies to fight with them. Only by resisting can Chu Yan be kept out of the county seat, otherwise someone’s head would have been chopped off long ago!”
The two families are very close.
"Reporting to Uncle Fang, the person who can organize the rebel army is naturally a good person for us. Although he is young, he is also a hero. His reputation and prestige in the village is not as good as that of Chu Yan. Thanks to having this person in charge, if
Otherwise, I am afraid that most of the handsome men in Zhuxiang will be abducted by Chu Yan and used as thieves!"
"Who?"
"This man's surname is Zhao Mingjun, and his courtesy name is Zigui. He is also in his twenties. He is actually a handsome hero with a radius of hundreds of miles! If it hadn't been for him, Zhending would have been over long ago. The officials have already summoned him to the county office. Later, Uncle Fang will
I can meet this person!"
There is another chapter, which I am currently writing. I am afraid I will have to update it later.