First of all, the Taishou of these two places, one of them is an assessment student of Jianning year, a native of Nanjun, called Kuai Yue, this person's means are tough enough, for the Haoyou of Shanggao County, the former nobles, there is no mercy, so that Shanggao County is politically clear, but the main problem is that his means of governing Shanggao County are not too clever.

In other words, this person is good at planning and strategy, but he is not good at governance, such a person can naturally stabilize the local situation, but it is not easy for him to be like Liu Bei and let Shanggao County quickly recover and prosper.

Taishou of Xiagao County, is an assessment student of Xiping year, a native of Jizhou, called Min Chun, the law is very strong, it is said that it is still the second crown of the law of the year, but, like Kuai Yue, it is also not very good at governance, the new Ningzhou Thorn History, Wang Sheng, after coming to Ningzhou, also spent a lot of energy, wanting to change the decadent situation in Ningzhou, but it was useless.

Hearing that Yuan Shu was coming, Wang Sheng led the ministers to come to visit, and followed Yuan Shu, one by one, the more he checked, the more angry Yuan Shu was in his heart, the barren scene made Yuan Shu annoyed when he looked at it, unbelievable, in the territory of the Han Dynasty, there was such an area, the eyes of the people were full of horror and despair, they were afraid of their parents and officials, and the soldiers were weak to guard in various areas....

Almost barren farmland, rampant nobility in the countryside....

All of this seems so heavy.

"The Maharaja... The farmland here... And why is it barren? ”

Yuan Shu looked at the cracked soil in front of him, held back the anger in his heart, and asked, behind him, Wang Sheng was supported by several officials, on crutches, and slowly walked to Yuan Shu's side, Wang Sheng is an old minister, who has served as the Taishou of Hanzhong, the assassin of Yangzhou, Guangluxun and other positions, because of his age, Yuan Shu did not directly beat him.

Wang Sheng came to Yuan Shu's side out of breath, looking at the farmland in front of him that had long been deserted, shaking his mouth, but he couldn't speak, he was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Yuan Jun, this place is different, this place is different from other places... What a good farm...", he said, tears fell, and his trembling hands wiped his tears, "What a good farmland..."

"Prince?"

Yuan Shu immediately realized that something was wrong, squinted his eyes, and asked, "What happened in Ningzhou?" ”

"Yuan Jun, since Taiwei Jia came and governed Ningzhou, Ningzhou has indeed improved, he ruled by inaction, so that a large number of farmers have reclaimed farmland, have land, and life has begun to become rich, but, the good times don't last long, the two major counties of Ningzhou, Shanggao County and Xiagao County, are the old department of Goguryeo, and they are all Goguryeo people here..."

"And the Goguryeo people have always lived on tribes, tribes called adults, adults worship the king, in a country, in addition to the king and his henchmen, there are also the adults of the tribes, the rest of the people, no different from slaves, these people, have been enslaved for hundreds of years, they have long been accustomed to it, those tribesmen, after we established the county, have been removed, and many people have been imprisoned for their crimes..."

"In spite of this, there are still many of them, these people, still use the local farmers as slaves, and the farmers have no objection in their hearts, and they dare not object, I have arrested a lot of old nobles, but there is still no effect, and the people still listen to them, and they are still afraid of them in their hearts, and after I have captured most of the nobles, they will order the farmers to help them repair the horse farm and raise horses..."

"It's a good time for spring ploughing, they forced hundreds of people to death, many people, are starving to death, we have relieved a lot, I have also thought about killing them all, but many people are afraid of them from the heart, when I sent people to arrest, there were people who were encouraged by them, came to stop the soldiers... The soldiers could not do anything to the people..."

"It used to be all good farmland... It's me who is a shallow learner, and I have made Ningzhou like this..."

Wang Sheng said, with tears in his eyes, slowly possessed, squatted on the edge of the cultivated land, grabbed a handful of soil, but closed his eyes in pain.

Yuan Shu frowned, but he was thinking in his heart, and said, "Can you open an official school?" Let the people learn the ways of the saints, and let the traitors no longer take them into slavery? ”

"I tried, but the people didn't dare to come, and the tribesmen told them not to go, so they didn't dare to go..."

"A group of defeated people are so arrogant! Wild!! ”

Yuan Shu helped Wang Sheng, who was squatting on the ground, to look at the endless farmland in the distance, and said: "Prince, you can rest assured, within a month, I will let the traitors here have nowhere to hide, and remove this big trouble for Ningzhou..."

Wang Sheng muttered: "Thank you, thank you..."

From this day on, Yuan Shu never went to inspect all parties, but returned to the Assassin's Mansion, and sent the officials of Ningzhou to various counties and counties to check the local situation, the main purpose was naturally to find out the situation of the local old nobles, to see whether it was good or treacherous, they were inspected in the name of the old soldiers, and as a result, the harvest was very little, and they did not find out much news.

After waiting for six or seven days, Liu Mo rushed to Ningzhou.

Entering the Thorn History Mansion, Liu Mo felt the unusual atmosphere, of course, he knew why this was in his heart, on the way to Ningzhou, he had clearly seen the decadence and desolation of Ningzhou, he was a little unbelievable, Yuan Shu was so angry in his heart, it can be imagined, he walked into the Thorn History Mansion, first went to visit the Thorn Shi Wang Sheng, and then went to the study to find Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's face looked very unkind, it could be seen that he was on the verge of breaking out, and when he saw Liu Mo coming in, he didn't say anything, he looked at Liu Mo coldly, Liu Mo sat in front of him and asked, "Why is Ningzhou here?" ”

Yuan Shu told Liu Mo what Wang Sheng said, as well as everything he had in his possession during these days, who knows, Liu Mo was not so shocked or surprised after listening, he nodded and said: "I know these things about Goguryeo...."

He was silent for a long time, and then said: "If this matter cannot be solved, Ningzhou is afraid that it will never be stable.... And to support the people, that is, empty words... Yuan Jun, what do you want to do? ”

"I want to arrest all these traitors in the two counties, behead them for public display, and let the people of Ningzhou see that these traitors are not as terrible as they think, and in the same way, they can be defeated and killed, only by dealing with these bullies can Ningzhou really develop, and the people will not end up starving to death..."

"That's... Is Yuan Jun going to call the county soldiers? ”

"No, there are also many Goguryeo people in the county soldiers, they have been enslaved by the nobles for generations, and they boldly let them arrest the Bo nobles, but I am afraid that it will be difficult to succeed, I wrote a letter to General Taishi stationed in Donghao, asking him to send a battalion of soldiers to come, I am ready to use the naval army of Donghao to get rid of these traitors who harm the country and the people...."

"Well, it's okay, once and for all..."Liu Mo nodded, Yuan Shu noticed that when it seemed that when talking about Goguryeo, Liu Mo would become a little silent, and seemed to fall into memory, Yuan Shu felt that this was a good thing, he looked at Liu Mo and asked, "Liu Gong is familiar with Goguryeo's words?" ”

"I know a little bit about it."

"There's one thing, can't Gong Liu help?"

"Yuan Jun commanded..."

"Please go to the mansions of the tribal lords everywhere and find out who they are, their possessions, and even their retinues, evil deeds, etc... I don't know if it's possible? ”

Liu Mo pondered for a long time before he nodded.

Yuan Shu continued to stay in the mansion, on the one hand, he sent officials from all over the country to investigate, and on the other hand, he was to formulate how to do it, for the transferred navy, Yuan Shu did not let them swagger to come, but to stay at the junction of Shanggao County and Donghao, waiting for orders, Yuan Shu did not want to startle the snake, he was not afraid of these nobles, but he was unwilling to implicate some innocent people, making Ningzhou even more deserted.

And Liu Mo is very busy, he pretended to be a villain with all his might, looking around for those old nobles of Goguryeo, as guests, accepting bribes from them, it is completely the appearance of traitorous ministers, this appearance is very good to deceive some old nobles, these old nobles, not disgusted with such traitors, but like it very much, only ministers who can be bought are good ministers!

After Liu Mo performed for three or four days, a large number of nobles began to woo him, and even invited him to his home as a guest.

During this period, these old aristocrats treated him with special enthusiasm, money, gold, and even beauties and land, constantly throwing at Liu Mo, most of them hoped to seek official positions through Liu Mo and return to their original dominant position, Liu Mo also did not refuse, and told them unashamedly that as long as the money was enough, within Ningzhou, the official positions could be chosen at will!

As the relationship became deeper and deeper, Liu Mo learned more and more things from it.

Gradually, he mingled with these old nobles, and was even considered by them to be confidants and friends, and jointly recounted his hatred for the Han Court, of course, Liu Mo also catered to them, and expressed his dissatisfaction and hatred after the throne was seized, and promised them that he was willing to let go of the past hatred and unanimously deal with Wang Sheng, these old immortals.

On this day, Liu Mo came to Xiagao County, just because the nobles of Shanggao County were almost inquired by him, these people are no different, they are all bastards who harm the country and the people, and do all kinds of evil, just wait for the army to come and arrest them, but Xiagao County is different, just because it is close to Youzhou, and many people from Youzhou have migrated.

The situation here is a little chaotic, and the old nobles here are not only evil, but also some who are inclined to be great and benevolent and love the people.

After Liu Mo arrived in Xiagao County, Gao Qizhi, the largest local tribal leader, took him to his mansion.

Liu Mo looked at this luxurious mansion, trying his best to make himself look greedy for money, he smiled and said: "Yes, yes, Jun is very good here...", Gao He said with a smile: "If Liu Gong likes it, here, it will be transferred to Liu Gong, how about it?" ”

Liu Mo smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, then it's decided, don't regret it..."

Gao Hezhi laughed, pulled Liu Mo, sat on the main seat, and chatted for a long time, Gao Hezhi said: "Liu Gong, I am different from those bastards in Shanggao County, those guys, day and night, dream of recovering the country, and delusionally want to establish Goguryeo again, but in my opinion, life today is so much better than in the past, why can't I think about it?" All I think about is money, and if I can make money, it doesn't matter what country it is! ”

Liu Mo nodded and said, "I think so too, money is the most important thing!" ”

The two talked very harmoniously, in the words, Liu Mo expressed the idea of wanting to meet the adults of the tribes in Xia Gao County, Gao He was not stupid, he immediately sent people to various places, invited those old nobles over, came to meet Liu Mo, among these people he invited, there were Fuguo factions like Shanggao County, and there were also people who wanted to make money like him, and naturally there were also people who wanted to make money.

The next day, these nobles came from all over the country, and there was no absence, it can be seen that Gao He is in Xiagao County, and his prestige is still enough, just by one sentence, he can find most of the old nobles in Xiagao County to come, Liu Mo has some jealousy in his heart, no matter what the person's heart and ability are, he must not continue to stay in Xiagao County, even if he does not kill, he must be sent to other places.

Liu Mo thought so in his heart, in Gao Qizhi's mansion, he met with the old nobles who came from all over the world, these old nobles, some are old, some are young, some are rich, and some are poor, looking at the old nobles wearing patched clothes coming, Liu Mo was really a little surprised in his heart, these are those who are loyal to the big man and refuse to go along with the traitors.

Although they are now in decline, they are still one of the former tribal lords, and in terms of blood, they are regarded as noble by the rest of the nobles, so they are eligible to participate in the banquet today, of course, they are still looked down upon by the rest of the old nobles, thinking that they have lost the glory of the Goguryeo people and have forgotten their ancestors.

The feast began, and everyone sat down in their seats.

Liu Mo was still sitting on the main seat, Gao Qizhi introduced his identity to everyone, and sure enough, everyone got up one after another and greeted him, and now they, at least on the bright side, would not dare to be rude to the ministers of the Han Court, after all, they had already been defeated, Liu Mo smiled, let them take a seat, and then, chatted with everyone.

In the process of speaking, the old nobles were delighted to find that this Liu Mo was different from the rest of the ministers, he took bribes, and in addition, he seemed to pity them, they began to test their words, and began to say some words that insulted Wang Sheng and Kuai Yue, Liu Mo catered to them, and they put their minds at ease and began to make friends with Liu Mo, among them, there were only three or four people, drinking sullenly.

For a while, the wine cups were staggered, the guests were happy, and suddenly, a person slammed his palm on the case, and the entire mansion suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked over, it was an old man, the old man looked a little vicissitudes, and the clothes on his body were also full of patches, he opened his mouth and said: "Liu Gong eats Hanlu, for Hanchen, how can he do such an unethical thing?" ”

Liu Mo said with some disdain: "Who are you, how dare you take care of my business?" ”

"Heh... The Son of Heaven is not kind to us, although the country is removed, but it has not hurt us people, and has never been lacking in food, iron tools for farming, cattle and horses, and we are regarded as Han people in general... These are things that the former kings failed to give us...", the man said slowly, and the rest of the people began to curse him, calling him a villain, a lackey, a traitor, and so on.

"I have done a lot of evil, and now when I think about it, my heart is full of guilt, I don't know how to act, in short, I will never participate in the murder and harm of others, and in the future, don't ask me to participate in these again, my farmland is about to be harvested... I'm doing well..."

The old man said with some emotion, stood up, looked at everyone, and said: "I'll leave first, you are all my juniors, listen to me, do more good deeds, don't be obsessed anymore, know how to be content, it's best....", after speaking, he left the temple directly, when he turned around, Liu Mo was stunned, and his pupils gradually dilated.

When he turned around, Liu Mo saw his back, on his costume, embroidered with a bird with a big beak, the beak of the bird is very long, very thin, very pointed, this is the tradition of Goguryeo, each tribe, will have its own image, on the flag, in the clothing, and mostly birds, such as Gao Jizhi, his clothing has a big bird with arms.

The house is burning,

"Ah Qi!! Come on!!! Come on!!! ”

The woman roared, and the tyrannical thief pierced her neck with a spear.

The man rushed over in pain, but was stabbed and beheaded.

Several children fell to the ground in agony and were trampled to death by their horses.

The young Liu Mo turned his head in fright.

He saw the murderer, he grinned, held a large flag, and hung the beheaded head on the sharp part of the flagpole.

And on the flag, it's a bird with a big beak,

The beak is long, pointed, and thin.