The forced landing in the mountains was originally a tactic used by General Zhang Xutuo to deal with Zuo Xiaoyou. Li Xu took the medicine according to the prescription, so he was naturally familiar with the road. The two sides agreed on the time and place for the surrender. Wang Xuba and the others put down their weapons, supported the old and the young, and meandered down the mountain.
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In order to make the minions feel at ease, Li Xu led a group of civil and military officers under his command to stand at the mountain pass to greet them. Seeing that the other party was so polite, Wang Xuba dared to pretend to be the king of Mantian. He bowed down from a distance and said, "I will punish you."
How dare you honor the general? It’s a capital crime, it’s a capital crime!”
Before he went down the mountain, he learned this sentence temporarily from a young leader who was a teacher. It was a bit nondescript, and coupled with his authentic Shanggu accent, it sounded indescribably weird. Wang Xuba
He also knew that he was not good at painting tigers, so before others could laugh, his own face flushed hot and was so red that he almost bled.
In the midst of embarrassment, someone suddenly gave him a strong push on his arm. Immediately afterwards, he heard a cheerful voice saying in his ear: "Where did you learn these words from General Wang? Didn't we agree to write off all the past affairs?"
Are you done? Could it be that our Yanzhao man can eat back what he said with a shameful face!"
These few sentences in Jin accent and Hu rhyme turned out to be authentic Shangguxiang accent. Wang Xuba suddenly raised his head and saw Li Xu looking at him with a smile, his eyes filled with frankness.
Most of the bosses around him were locals from Shanggu. They were all worried at first, but when they heard that General Li actually greeted him in his native dialect, they felt so friendly that they became less defensive.
"Where in Shanggu is General Li's hometown?" Wang Junkuo, who followed Wang Xuba closely, hesitated for a moment and blurted out.
"I'm from Lijiazhuang under Daqing Mountain. Judging from the accent, this brother is also from Yixian County. Where is your hometown? Is there anyone else at home?" Li Xu answered with a smile without feeling any dissatisfaction.
"The one on Huangcao Slope is not far from Lijiazhuang. It's just over the mountain!" Wang Junkuo felt close to him and answered with a straight chest.
"I'm from Zhang Laoji!" "I'm from Yangshugou!" The leaders did not expect that General Li, who had forced themselves into despair, would be such an easy person to get along with. Their fear became even lighter, and they gathered around, talking nonsense.
Introduce yourself tongue-in-cheek.
Wang Xuba knew that it was very rude to do this, but he didn't know how to stop the natives under his command from continuing to recognize fellow villagers. He was so anxious that he rubbed his hands repeatedly, and big beads of sweat rolled on his forehead. He finally touched Li
Xu and the leaders all greeted each other, and just as they were about to step forward and continue to say a few words according to the teacher's instructions, they heard the other party clear his throat and ordered with a smile: "Since everyone is from the countryside,
Don't be polite. I've already asked people to prepare rice and dried meat. No matter men, women, old or young, each person will receive a pound of rice and half a pound of meat. General Wang will send someone to get it from Commander Cui first, and share it with everyone to calm the panic!"
"General, why is this happening!" Wang Xuba quickly declined. He had annexed other people's teams before. Even if he no longer took his opponents seriously, he still had to disperse the minions, big and small, so that the officers could not find the pawns.
, the soldiers could not find the official, and then they could slowly deal with it. Who has ever seen someone like General Li, who instead of monitoring him, first let everyone fill their stomachs?
"Isn't General Wang hungry? Or is there a lot of food left in the mountains?" Li Xu turned around and asked with a smile.
"A long time ago, we have been without food for more than ten days!" Wang Xuba felt weak for no reason and did not dare to look into the other person's eyes. He lowered his head and answered.
Even he, the head of the family, has been reduced to drinking wild vegetables. How can the other old, weak, sick and disabled not starve? But things are abnormal. The government is so kind to everyone for no reason. Wang Xuba cannot believe this kindness. There was no evil intention behind it.
"But, the general hasn't counted the number of people yet. He hasn't told us how to arrange the arrangements for us!" He scratched the ground with the toes of his boots with holes in them, and added intermittently. The opponent was not wearing armor, and he had no weapons in his hands. But it gave him a breathless feeling of oppression. It was not out of fear, but out of that magnanimous smile that was impossible to look at.
"Everyone has received meat and rice. Can't we calculate the number of people? No one under General Wang will have a short quota, right?" Li Xu patted Wang Xuba on the shoulder and signaled the other party not to be too nervous. "As for the How to settle down? After everyone has eaten enough and gained strength, we can cut down some trees in the mountains and transport them outside to be used as purlins to build a house!"
After hearing that there was rice and meat, the bellies of the minions were already filled with excitement. When they heard that General Li would organize manpower to build houses for everyone, they were immediately moved beyond words. Some people immediately knelt down and knelt down heavily on the side of the mountain road. He started to kowtow and cried: "General Li is such a good man!" "General Li may live a long life! God bless you with many children and grandchildren, and great wealth!"
Wang Xuba had been king, prime minister, and general for more than a year, and he had never heard his subordinates flatter him so heartily. Every word of his praise was true, and every word came from the bottom of his heart. , even if there was a trap in front of him, everyone must have jumped without hesitation. Since the military spirit was already like this, why should he be on guard at all times? He simply opened his heart and said, "Thank you General Li for your kindness. I will lead people to get it right now." Food is guaranteed to be shared by each person, and there will be absolutely no corruption!"
"First go and arrange for people to receive food. After everyone has eaten and settled down, you can then bring a group of leaders to the Chinese Army to find me. We will discuss the arrangements for everyone's future future!" Li Xu nodded and responded.
At that moment, Wang Xuba turned around and ordered his minions to restrain his men and go out to the mountains to find a flat place to camp. Then according to the usual establishment, with the gang leader as the representative, he went to the relief point set up by the government to receive food and dried meat. Even though he knew that Li Xu and the generals were watching from a distance. He did not hide anything anymore and assigned tasks layer by layer according to the level of his subordinates.
Although the minions were so hungry that their eyes were burning, they were still able to maintain the most basic order after listening to Wang Xuba's general order. They set up camp, received rice, buried pots, and made rice without any messiness.
"This Wang Xuba is quite a talent!" Zhao Ziming commented quietly as he watched for a while.
"The leaders under his command are also pretty good!" Li Xu nodded, agreeing with Zhao Ziming's view. Now the number of soldiers under his command is close to 30,000, and there is a huge gap in junior officers. And the talents who have just been selected through the examination lack training, and they are still It is useless. People like Wang Xuba and Wang Junkuo who have no background and are quite talented in leading troops can just be used.
How did Wang Xuba know that someone had already started to make plans for him? After settling his brothers, he began to think about his thoughts in a daze. "Then General Li is really kind!" He commented secretly, "In just a few words, the brothers' I have taken away my heart, but I am not blindly benevolent as a woman!"
Turning his head secretly, he looked at Li Xu again. "He is in his early twenties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He has a good appearance and body. He looks kind and has a hint of majesty..." Suddenly, he found that Li Xu's gaze might be
He glanced at himself and quickly turned his head away, his heart beating wildly.
"This is not a woman's kindness. Jun Kuo has misjudged this time. How could he have such courage and broad-mindedness if he didn't know how to use his hands? The reason why he is not easy to kill is probably because he believes in his own ability!"
Thinking of this section, he quickly adjusted his clothes, and another kind of anxiety arose in his heart. It was like the first time he entered his father-in-law's house, fearing that he would be looked down upon.
After everyone under his command was full, Wang Xuba led the big and small bosses and walked in front of Li Xu again. This time, they were no longer careful and were willing to leave their fate in the hands of the other party. "I have always done many evil things.
I dare to ask the general for forgiveness. I hope the general can give these tens of thousands of old and weak people a place to live. When we get married in the future, we will definitely repay the general for his great kindness!" After saying that, he took the lead and knelt down, with his head on the ground, and waited.
kill.
This was another rhetoric learned from the teacher, but compared with the previous one, it was a little less guarded and a little more frank. Seeing this, Li Xu stepped forward and helped everyone up one by one.
Smiling and brushing off the dirt on everyone's knees, he said: "Why are you all doing this? Haven't we all agreed to forget about it? Besides, we need your best help to settle tens of thousands of people. Otherwise, local officials alone will not be able to do anything."
How can you be so busy?"
"I hope your Majesty will act accordingly!" Everyone answered in unison, standing in awe with their hands clasped.
"Easy to say, easy to say. The first thing everyone should do is to help the government organize people to build houses by the Laishui River. Winter is coming soon. If there is no house to live in, everyone will freeze to death!" Li Xu waved his hand to signal to everyone.
Don't be so polite. "The second thing is to count who is willing to join the army and who is willing to go home to farm. Those who are willing to farm will be given fifteen acres of land to each man according to the example. Food for this winter and seeds for next spring will also be given.
You can borrow it from the government. It will be returned after harvesting. The old rule is that after paying taxes on time for five consecutive years, the land will belong to the developer. You are all from the Shanggu area. I will try my best to establish the land reclamation site in Laishui and Sanggan Rivers.
Cross-strait arrangement!”
"Sir!" Wang Xuba and others shouted in a low voice, and then knelt down again. When northerners cultivate dry fields, the most important thing is whether they can draw river water for irrigation. Therefore, the fields on both sides of the Laishui and Sanggan rivers have always been Shanggu and Zhuo.
The most valuable thing in the two counties. In the past, Wang Xuba led a group of brothers to fight for many years, but they could not capture an inch of land between these two rivers. But Li Xu fulfilled everyone's long-cherished wish with just one word.
"What? Have the brothers forgotten how to plant the crops, or are you afraid that someone will come to snatch the food? With our Boling Army here, I want to see who takes the courage of the leopard!" Li Xu stretched out his hand to pull Wang Xu up and smiled.
Follow up and ask.
"Sir, your kindness to us will never be forgotten by my subordinates!" Wang Xuba confessed loudly with red eyes. He did not scatter the surrendered people to various places for supervision, but also gave them the land they dreamed of. He did not kill the leaders.
He established his authority and trusted his heart. How can you find such a good boss if you miss him? Immediately, several big leaders, led by Wang Xuba, Wang Junkuo, Guo Fang, etc., recommended themselves to work under Li Xu. Xu Zi was originally a
With a heart to win over, he smiled and assigned official positions to everyone.
Wang Xuba and Wang Junkuo's uncles and nephews were outstanding in martial arts, so they were appointed as inspection generals and inspectors respectively. Guo Fang was proficient in mathematics and science, and was assigned a position as a warehouse officer to join the army. He was still in charge of the baggage under Wang Xuba's account. Li
Fu volunteered to help the government settle the people, so Xuzi appointed him as the head of the household in Yi County, responsible for re-establishing the village in the long-abandoned wilderness and leading the recruited people to farm. The other leaders were willing to join the army and were in good health.
According to Wang Xuba's recommendation, they were appointed as brigade leaders, team leaders, and team leaders. Those who were unwilling to join the army or were in poor physical condition were handed over to the landowners of Shanggu and Zhuojun, and they were used according to their talents.
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Although the recruitment process seemed simple, it was extremely complicated to handle. Fortunately, Li Xu had Zhang Xutuo's experience when he subdued Zuo Xiaoyou for reference, so he was not in a hurry. At the same time, he transferred the refugees batch by batch to various farming sites.
After settling down, he also ordered people to push several carts of heavy gifts to Li Jiancheng on the other side of the Taihang Mountains to thank Tang Gong for his generous help. Li Jiancheng accepted the gifts unceremoniously, gave back some armors and weapons, and then returned to the camp.
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Along with the armor and weapons, there were also some clothes for women, some powder, and some fine gold and silver. Li Jiancheng only said that it was the dowry given to his daughter by the Li family and asked his sister-in-law to accept it. He also attached a letter asking Li Xu to accept it.
He handed it to his sister. Qi'er had been hiding in Li Xu's back camp disguised as a soldier. When she saw these late dowries, her eyes turned red before she finished reading the letter.
"Look at you, your eyes are like peaches from crying. They are wrinkled when blown by the autumn wind!" Seeing that there was no one around, Li Xu stretched out his big hand, wiped a handful on Qier's face, and advised him lovingly.
Over the years, from the first time he saw through the opponent's trap to the last time he politely reached a compromise with several local wealthy families, half of the credit must be attributed to Qi'er. Although the heads of the Cui, Li, Wang, and Zhang families contributed to the scheming, they played the game
Those methods are common tricks used by wealthy families. Zhen'er has seen them many times, so it's not too difficult to give Li Xu an idea to solve them.
However, neither the two of them nor their counselors expected that Zhen'er's natal family would suddenly intervene. With the help of these external forces, the troubles in the six counties were easily solved. But Li Xu was also marked by the right-wing Li family from then on.
It is even more difficult to draw a clear line.
"This is all a dowry for my daughter." Zhen'er wiped the tears from her eyes and sighed, "If I hadn't married you, how would I have been treated like this? They had already announced that they did not recognize me as their daughter.
, but now I am afraid that you will not recognize the Yue family. Alas! Grandpa and second brother have a good plan!"
"Don't say that. Mr. Tang is your father after all. He and your family are safe, which is better than anything else!" Li Xu saw Xie'er smiling sadly, hugging her waist and comforting her in a low voice. He is no longer the same person as before.
How could he not understand clearly the meaning of the Li family's move, that ignorant boy? But family ties are family ties after all, and they will never be separated from each other no matter what. Besides, all he wants is that the people around him are safe and happy, and are not abused.
In troubled times, disasters are affected, even if someone takes advantage of them for a while, there is no need to fight over them.
Zhen'er glanced at Li Xu's smile with tears in her eyes, and felt pain in her heart again. Her husband was a rare great man in the world, and her life would be in vain if she married him. But the dangers in a wealthy family could not be solved with family affection.
Influenced. "You just think too well of people. My family members..." She shook her head and smiled bitterly. The reason why the Li family recognized this marriage was the same as when they recognized Li Xu as their nephew. I'm afraid it was an element of exploitation.
Mostly!
This is not the biggest worry in her heart.
The most unsettling thing is that there are no permanent friends in the face of interests. Once there is a conflict between the Li family and her husband, and she marries and obeys her husband, she will definitely be on her husband's side. But the size of the whole family,
How do the officers and men of the three armies view themselves?
When that day comes, will the husband still pity the daughter of the enemy as much as he does today?
"Anyway, there is no real conflict. Besides, no matter what other people do, you will not let me down, and I will not let you down!" Li Xu seemed to have guessed what Zhen'er was thinking, and tightened his arms around Zhen'er's waist.
arm, answered candidly.
"Of course I believe you." A flash of light suddenly shone in Zhen'er's eyes. She raised her head happily and leaned against the mountain-like solid chest behind her. "Brother, I think he is a little weak, but he is actually relatively strong.
Sincerely." She opened the letter and quickly read the content. "He wanted me to advise you not to be too kind. If a tiger doesn't show its teeth, others won't really regard it as a tiger. He also cited a former Qin
The example of King Fu Jian, my brother, is really..."
This example is very inappropriate. Although Li Xu currently has more power than a prince, he is still a minister of the Sui Dynasty. Comparing him to Fu Jian, the former Qin king, if anyone knows about it, he will definitely cause a lot of trouble.
But this kind of letter without any scheming made Li Xu and his wife feel warmer. They hugged each other and carefully read Li Jiancheng's thoughts.
"The King of Qin controlled the world and destroyed dozens of enemy countries. He regarded the enemy as his heart and the stubborn as his guests and friends. When he was in power, all the princes were frightened. But when his power declined, the thieves actually rebelled against each other. A lesson from the past can serve as a guide for future generations..."
It can be seen that Li Jiancheng wrote very carefully, as if he was teaching his biological brothers.
"Eldest brother wants to advise you not to just show kindness, but also to use force when necessary. What my father taught them since they were young is that Buddha has two hands, one holding the scriptures, and the other holding the thunder and lightning...
..." Zhen'er raised her head and looked at Li Xu's resolute face and said.
"I know brother means well, but I will not spread my prestige on my own people!" Li Xu nodded and replied with a smile. "In these troubled times, there are many opportunities to show strength."
"I know!" Zhen'er put down the letter and reached out to cover the big hand around her waist. That rough hand is always full of strength and confidence. People unconsciously want to hand over everything and hold it until forever.
