"Si Gong, why are you here in Hedong..." Liu De immediately stepped forward to greet him, his face full of enthusiasm.
Yuan Ang came at the right time!
Liu De even felt that God was helping him.
"I came to Hedong to visit relatives and friends. I heard that His Highness was also here, so I came here to pay homage to His Highness..." Yuan An smiled and bowed.
This is a reasonable statement.
At that time, Yuan An's father and brother both worked under Zhou Chang, Marquis of Fenyin, and Cao Shen, Marquis of Pingyang, and they had a close relationship.
But Liu De thought it was not such a coincidence, but he came to Hedong, and Yuan An also came to visit relatives and friends...
No matter why Yuan An appeared in Hedong, Liu De only knew that he already had the best candidate for his plan to stabilize Zhou Yangyou.
So Liu De also returned the courtesy and said: "Si Gong came at the right time. I have something I want to ask Si Gong for help..."
"What your Highness is talking about is about Zhou Yangyou, the governor of Hedong County?" Yuan An raised his head and looked at Liu De and said, "I also came here for this matter. I wonder if your Highness already has some concerns in his mind?"
Liu De naturally knew that Yuan Ang was asking him how to deal with Zhou Yangyou? How to characterize it?
This is an important question.
In politics, a single word of deviation may lead to completely opposite results in how a case or a person is handled and characterized.
Liu De looked at Yuan An and knew that Yuan An was testing him.
Liu De thought for a while and said: "What else can you care about, a treasonous traitor? It's not that I'm worried about the corruption of Hedong and the displacement of the people of Anyi. At this moment, I have issued tiger charms and mobilized the Xingyang army to attack Anyi!"
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Yuan Ang nodded, this is indeed the temper of the old Liu family.
Mr. Liu has always been soft-spoken rather than tough-minded!
And he loves to hold grudges very much!
At that time, Emperor Liu Bang of Gao reigned supreme and returned to his hometown in rich clothes. He came to Peixian County and drank with his fellow villagers for three days. He promised various policies and benefits, and even designated Peixian County as his own fiefdom, free of food and taxes forever. But he did not
Feng County, where he was born and raised, turned a blind eye and completely ignored it.
Why?
Because at the beginning of Emperor Gao's rebellion, he was stabbed in the back by Yong Chi from Feng County and the people of Feng County. Feng County's betrayal made him resentful and angry for more than ten years.
Later, many fellow villagers helped to plead for mercy, and Liu Bang reluctantly agreed to treat Feng County equally.
"Your Highness is kind and virtuous. On behalf of the people of Anyi, I would like to thank Your Highness..." Yuan Ang bowed and bowed. He knew very well that the Liu family liked this. Then, Yuan Ang raised his head and asked: "Your Highness, what's next?
What are your plans?"
"This is exactly what I want to ask Si Gong!" Liu De bowed to me and said: "Please Si Gong go to Anyi for me. On the one hand, I can forgive Zhou Yang and other thieves, and on the other hand, I can secretly contact the loyal ministers of Anyi.
Righteous man, when I return to Anyi, I will capture Zhou Yang and his followers and clarify the legal code!"
Seeing Liu De calm and confident, Yuan Ang felt very happy. In Liu De, Yuan Ang saw some shadows of the late emperor: "Your Highness is only sixteen this year, and he has already performed like this. Ten years later,
, so what?" Yuan Ang thought to himself, just thinking about that scene, he felt excited. Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was born in the Han Dynasty, which made the country prosperous and has benefited so far. If ten years later, another Taizong comes
Emperor Xiaowen, then the world will probably be at peace, and the phoenix will come!
And this is exactly the political ideal he pursues.
So Yuan An paid his respects and said: "Your Highness, before I came here, I had already discussed with the Marquis of Pingyang and the Marquis of Yi and other Chehous in Hedong. All the Chehous expressed their willingness to serve your Highness, eradicate the traitors, and stabilize Hedong.
Send a message to the military and political disciples, subordinates and relatives of each family in Hedong..."
As he spoke, Yuan Ang took out a silk book from his arms and presented it to Liu Dedao: "This list includes the sons and daughters of the princes of Hedong who are serving in the military and political affairs, foreign nationalities, and their subordinates and nephews. There are three army commanders, seventeen commanders of the army, and seventeen regiments.
There are twenty-one leaders, two robber captains, three chariot captains, two county magistrates, seven county captains, and a hundred people belonging to the head of the traveling pavilion. They are all willing to follow your highness to put down the rebels, capture the rebels, and stabilize the river east.
Be loyal to Your Majesty and Ning Zongmiao!"
Liu De took the silk book and read it, and a big stone that had been hanging in his heart finally fell.
Until this moment, Liu De was convinced that Zhou Yangyou had lost the ability to rebel.
The densely packed names on this silk book told Liu De that basically more than half of the middle-level officers and more than one-third of the grassroots officials in Hedong County were on his side.
Zhou Yangyou might pull the flag with his front foot, but he would be disarmed by his guards and put under house arrest.
Of course, from another aspect, Liu De also knew some of the current situation in Hedong County.
Look at the many officials and officers on the list, from the grassroots team leaders to the backbone of the village commanders, Sima, and the thieves and captains in charge of public security. They all have various relationships with the Chehous in Hedong. If you follow the clues, you will find that they are all relatives.
Or the ancestors of the family had followed these Chehous.
Not only that, the local civil affairs system was infiltrated into a sieve by these Chehous. Nine of the ten grassroots pavilion chiefs and Youjiao could have connections with them.
This is like a big net, covering the entire Hedong military and political system.
It makes people shudder, and even frightened!
But Liu De thought it was normal.
The Marquis of Che lived in one county and held a high position, and there were many people who wanted to cling to him and curry favor with him.
And these Chehous are not stupid, and naturally know how to use their status to win over talents for them to facilitate their work. Therefore, they are intricately connected together. Coupled with the descendants of their former subordinates, a formation was formed.
The list Liu De sees now.
Liu De knew very well that most of these people now have a relationship of mutual use. They usually work with others for their own convenience. If they really want to be twisted into a rope, they will need more than ten or twenty years of management and training before they can have such a little bit of success.
It may form the prototype of a clan politics.
Even if it was just like this, Liu De began to be wary and alert.
Needless to say, everyone knows how terrible clan politics is.
"As long as I'm in office for a day, I won't be able to give the clan any room to survive!" Liu De thought in his heart.
But at this moment, this network still plays a very important role for Liu De!
Liu De bowed to Yuan Ang and said, "Thank you so much, Mr. Si!"
Of course, we have to thank Yuan An. Without Yuan An's contact and coordination, Liu De himself would not have been able to attract all the Chehous at once.
In the world today, it is estimated that only Yuan An and Shi Fen have the connections to communicate with so many Chehou families in a short period of time.
"Please Sir Si, please contact all the ministers on this list for me as soon as possible, and ask them to support me in order to stabilize Hedong and be loyal to the emperor!" Liu De bowed again.
At that time, Zhou Bo seized Lu Chan's military power, entered the Northern Army camp, and made noise among the soldiers, saying: Now the Liu family is on the right side, and the Lu family is on the left side, and the Northern Army is all on the right side, so he killed Lu Lu and Lu Chan and deposed the young emperor.
Liu De used this allusion to tell all the generals that the time has come to take sides. You must choose whether you are a loyal minister or a traitor.
Obviously, anyone who is not a fool knows how to choose.
Zhou Yang is dead! (To be continued...)
ps: I was supposed to update this afternoon, but when I lowered my head while typing, my neck felt sore and painful. I visually checked that it was compressing the spinal nerves. It was only in the evening that I found a solution. I am now half-lying down.
Looking up and typing...
Ahem~ When will this injury heal?
Where is Brother Chun~~~~
Well, I'm going to try acupuncture tomorrow~ It seems like many people say it's effective.
There should be more later~ Well, no matter what, there will be 2 updates.
