In February of the third year of Zhongping, look at the sun.
Le'an Administrative Office Linji County.
Among the six counties in Qingzhou, only Le'an and Donglai are counties, and the local governors are prefects.
In the past, Le'an was also a country. By the time of Emperor Zhi of the Han Dynasty, King Le'an had no heirs after his death, so the country was reduced to a county, which continues to this day.
Lu Kang is now the governor of Le'an County. In the original history, in the second year of Zhongping, that is, 185, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was instigated by Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong to cast bronze figures, so he ordered the world to collect a tax of 10 yuan per mu.
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Lu Kang wrote a letter to remonstrate with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. He was falsely accused by eunuchs of being disrespectful and should have been imprisoned. Liu Dai, the censor at the time, helped him, but he was dismissed from office and was not convicted.
Therefore, under normal historical trajectory, Lu Kang should have been dismissed from office at this time.
However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty not only did not want to cast bronze figures, but also exempted and exempted many excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the world. He only collected land taxes in the three states of Jingyang and Yi to provide relief to the victims in various places. Naturally, Lu Kang did not write a letter to persuade him, so he is still the governor of Le'an.
In the residence of the prefect of Le'an, the sixty-year-old Lu Kang finished reading the bamboo slips in his hand, placed the letter on the desk, and couldn't help but praise: "Heroes come from young, this Chen Zigui is really amazing."
Yin Heng, the county magistrate of Le'an and Lu Kang's friend, asked curiously: "Then what did Governor Chen say in the letter?"
Lu Kang replied: "In just two months, he wiped out the Yellow Turban sect thieves and powerful forces in Qi State. Now Qi State's political reputation has been restored, the royal court has been restored, and all parts of Qi State have become stable."
"oh?"
Yin Heng was surprised: "The situation in Qi is so complicated, and he actually eliminated all the forces that disobeyed the king's orders in just two months?"
Lu Kang smiled and said: "Yes, even I don't know how to deal with Qi State, nor what methods he used."
"That's indeed awesome, but he wrote to us just to show off to us?"
Yin Heng was a little confused.
Lu Kang shook his head: "Not only that, he also told me in the letter that he hopes I will station troops to relieve the flood next month to put pressure on Sima Ju."
Yin Heng thought for a while, and quickly imagined the distribution of the Yellow Turban forces in the Le'an Triangle of Qi State in Jinan. He frowned and said, "Could he want to take action against Xu and the Yellow Turban forces in Banyangchang State?"
Lu Kang nodded and said: "Although he didn't explain his intention in the letter, I guess it is the same. Otherwise, why should we put pressure on Sima Ju?"
"There are more than 100,000 people in Xu He, and they have Mount Tai at their back. If something goes wrong, they can immediately escape into the mountains."
Yin Heng thought: "It may not be that easy to defeat Xu He. The new governor is still too young and too eager for quick success. But he doesn't know that even if we can defeat Xu He, it will be extremely difficult to annihilate him. Mount Tai is easy to defend but difficult to defend.
Attack and the thieves enter the mountains, it will be like the Black Mountain Army going to Wuxing Mountain, repeated over and over again, and it is difficult to eradicate them."
The Five Elements Mountain is the Taihang Mountain. This name comes from "Huainanzi", but that does not mean that the current Taihang Mountain is called this name, but that the Taihang Mountain has too many names, such as Daxing Mountain, Wuxing Mountain, Pangu Mountain, Queen Mother Mountain, and Nuwa
There are mountains and mountains, generally speaking according to personal naming habits.
Hearing Yin Heng's words, Lu Kang nodded. He thought the same thing. Why are the Taishan Yellow Turbans so stubborn? It's not because the Taishan Yellow Turbans are all locals and are familiar with the terrain of the mountain. Once they defend the mountain, it will be difficult for them to break into the stronghold.
And after they left, the Yellow Turbans could go down the mountain and continue to attack cities and invade places.
Such repetitions made it difficult not only to kill Xu He at the foot of Mount Tai, but also to deal with Sima Ju in Gaoyuan.
Now the newly arrived Governor Chen asked them to send troops. In Lu Kang's opinion, it would most likely be a useless effort and a waste of food and money.
It’s not okay if you just don’t go.
Chen Mu has now eliminated all unstable factors within the Qi State. It is the time when the military is at its peak. As the local governor, he must cooperate with the governor to eliminate the bandit forces and maintain the stability of the area under his rule.
If he refused, he would definitely not be able to escape the charge of laziness in suppressing thieves. After all, the governor had the ability to impeach the prefect, so Lu Kang had to consider this.
Thinking of this, Lu Kang still said: "Although it is not easy to exterminate Xu and Sima, we still have to do it like this. Governor Chen also considers the stability of our place. If we don't send troops, wouldn't it be in vain to take care of the Yellow Turban bandits, and we will be vulnerable to others?"
handle."
After listening to Lu Kang's analysis, Yin Heng thought it made sense and said, "Okay, just do what he wants. It's just that Le'an was peaceful last year, and the food was barely enough for the people to live on. I'm afraid it won't be easy to squeeze out the excess."
Food is enough."
"This is a problem."
Lu Kang stroked the white beard on his chin and thought carefully in his mind.
The reason why Chen Mu had food in his hands was because the state of Qi was in chaos. There were powerful clans and thieves everywhere who were separatist in counties and towns and did not obey the management of the state minister.
Therefore, Chen Mu had reason to send troops to quell these rebels and seize their land, money, and food supplies.
The situation in Le'an was much better. It was not as chaotic as Qi State. The powerful clans in various places also obeyed Lu Kang's governance, and there were no powerful clan thieves who rebelled against the imperial court.
In this way, Lu Kang had no reason to attack the people under his rule, and naturally he would not be able to plunder powerful clan thieves from various places to expand his strength like Chen Mu did.
Le'an had good weather last year, but it could only barely maintain local stability. Like most places in the Han Dynasty, the problem of land annexation was serious, and most of the food was concentrated in the hands of powerful men. As a prefect, he could not make much money.
Food and grass are given to the army.
In fact, despite the fact that Lu Kang stationed troops in Linji to deal with Sima Ju's tens of thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers, he actually only raised 5,000 people. This was because he persuaded the powerful people in the city to jointly spend money and food to support them.
The money he spent.
Once troops are sent out, the cost will be much more than garrisoning in the city. The powerful men only pursue immediate interests and will not care about long-term interests. If they hear that more money is required, they will definitely not be willing.
So after Lu Kang hesitated for a long time, he smiled bitterly: "Oh, what a headache."
Yin Heng asked: "The envoy can't figure out how to solve the food and grass problem?"
Lu Kang shook his head: "That's not true. I am an old friend of Pingyuan Prime Minister Chen Yuanfang. At worst, I would have the audacity to go to him to ask for people and food. I just feel a little reluctant to bear this old face."
"Haha, in order to wipe out the bandits, I have no choice but to give up this face."
Yin Heng joked with a smile.
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Chen Mu, who was far away in Qi State at this time, naturally did not know that Lu Kang had received his letter and was preparing to follow his own arrangements and send troops next month.
At this time, he was dealing with some government affairs. Wu Kuang was fatuous and old, and he was scolded by Chen Mu in front of everyone. He had already felt humiliated and stopped handling government affairs. He hid in the Prime Minister's Office every day and did not go out.
Now the power of the Qi State is in the hands of Chen Mu alone. Guan Yu has wiped out the Qi bandit forces, leaving many remaining problems that need to be resolved one by one, which keeps him busy.
All kinds of messy things were coming, and the only good news was that Wu Kuang finally had some effect and helped him retain a whole team.
Small local matters are basically left to the various Cao Shi to resolve, and he only needs to deal with larger matters.
"Provincial Governor, a new batch of supplies has been sent to General Guan."
"Oh, I see."
"There was another commotion in Nanfeng County. It turned out that after the water thieves in Judian Lake came ashore and surrendered, some people had grudges against them, and a fight broke out between the two sides."
"Let Fa Cao Shi handle it, and do whatever you want."
“Food prices in Yidu County have tripled.”
"Have the food and disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court this year arrived?"
"It should be arriving soon."
"Then let the powerful people in the city transport grain there first to stabilize the price of grain, and then we can replenish it when the grain for disaster relief comes."
"The Sun family said they hope the governor can sell them part of the land next to Judian Lake."
"oh?"
Hearing this sentence, Chen Mu, who was writing instructions on government affairs, suddenly stopped writing, looked up at Shiyi, and sneered: "This old boy has such a big appetite?"
Shiyi nodded and said slightly dissatisfied: "It's a bit too much."
Chen Mu shook his head and said: "More than just pushing the envelope, the Sun family took over the fields of the two clan thieves last month. Their strength may have nearly doubled, and now they have the idea of Judian Lake. Haha, they are like this
You want to challenge my patience step by step."
The land near Judian Lake is regarded as the best land in Qi State. The water here is strong and the products are abundant. It is rich in reeds, fish, shrimps, duck eggs, crabs, etc. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice". Even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once farmed here.
Pass.
"Book of Han: Emperor Wu": "In March of the fourth year of Zhenghe, we plowed in Judian Lake."
This shows how good the fields here are.
The powerful people in Linzi City have already made a lot of money following Chen Mu. They should have been contented. Now they have started to pursue the idea of Judian Lake. People are not satisfied with their hearts and minds. As expected, no one can stop pursuing profit in the face of profit.
pace.
Shiyi remained silent, as these things were no longer something he could participate in.
Chen Mu knocked on the table, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "Don't respond to them for now, just hold off for now."
"clear."
Shiyi nodded. He knew that the governor had his own considerations. No matter how these people were dealt with in the end, the problem would be solved satisfactorily.
At least so far, Shiyi found that Chen Mu's methods were really informal.
Recruiting the Yellow Turban Army, cooperating with the powerful clan thieves with a notorious reputation for evil, and forcing the surrendered powerful clan traitors to give up their property, all this was done without any psychological barriers and with complete peace of mind.
If we were to replace an upright official, firstly, he would not cooperate with the enemy, secondly, he would not force people to give up their property, and thirdly, he would definitely go on conquests in the name of the imperial court.
The first point will put you in a situation of being besieged on all sides, the second point will make you lack food, grass and money, and the third point will lead to militarization.
The result was that everyone in the crowd attacked and was defeated in a panic.
Speaking of which, Wu Kuang did not think about making a difference. When he first took office, he also wanted to have ambitions and issued many decrees to change the status quo.
It is a pity that he took office alone. Firstly, he did not get the support of the local people. Secondly, he had no available talents under his command. In the end, his power was ejected. This ending was also expected.
Look at the Governor Chen in front of him again, knocking on mountains to scare tigers, borrowing chickens to lay eggs, and hiding from the sky. All kinds of ingenious schemes are just like antelopes hanging their horns, and there is no trace to be found.
With some simple strategies, Qi was managed in an orderly manner, which is admirable.