Chapter 4: Breaking the Boat, Section 18

Yuan Shao did not make a decision.

After taking Guandong and occupying Luoyang, although he has not yet gained a firm foothold and the situation is still very grim, it is much better than the dilemma when he was driven out of Jizhou by Li Hong in embarrassment at the beginning of the year.

Last year, after Li Hong, Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and others joined forces to capture the Kanto, Zhu Jun led officials at all levels to implement a series of effective governance measures in the Kanto, and with their unremitting efforts, the devastated Kanto was quickly restored. Although it has only been a little over a year, Kanto is an important place in Gyeonggi after all, and the conditions are very good, and as long as the upper and lower levels work together, the recovery will be very fast.

Zhu Jun used various methods to let the people of Kwantung who fled to neighboring states and counties return to their homeland as soon as possible, and at the same time, he collected a large amount of ownerless land to the government and then sold it to the wealthy people in Kanto and other places. Because of the strong Northern Xinjiang Army stationed in Kansai and Kanto, the safety was guaranteed, and more and more displaced people returned to their homeland, and the wealthy men of Kanto also took advantage of their connections to buy materials on credit from all over the country and recruit displaced people to cultivate land in Kanto. Before Zhu Jun left Luoyang, he told Yuan Shao that if there was enough food to increase relief to the people of the Kanto region, the financial income of the Kanto region would be completely restored to the previous level within two to three years.

However, for a long time, there has been a problem that seriously plagues Zhu Jun, that is, the maintenance and repair of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, the gardens of the Royal Temple, the tombs of the first emperors, and many important places in the imperial court, such as Taixue, Dongguan, Yuntai, Sangong and Jiuqing Mansions. Zhu Jun's greatest concern was not the imperial palace and imperial tombs, but the books and classics collected in Taixue, Dongguan, Yuntai and other places. This maintenance cost is very large, and Zhu Jun is short on money and can't take it out. He hoped that Yuan Shao would restore the prosperity of the Kanto region in a short period of time, and immediately begin to clean up and repair these treasures, which was a major event related to the revitalization of the community.

Of course, Yuan Shao knew the importance of these classics, but the Kanto region was in ruins, and what he lacked most was money, and he didn't have the money to do these things. In order to get sufficient wealth and food in the fastest time, Yuan Shao was eager to consolidate the Kwantung region and control Jing and Henan, and the top priority was to drive Yuan Shu away. Even if he and Yuan Shu shook hands and made peace, with Yuan Shu's character and strength, he would not bow his head and willingly listen to his command. Rather than fall into endless internal strife in the future and lose strength in vain, it is better to completely break it now, drive Yuan Shu out of Jing and Yu, and let him fend for himself.

If you want to get rid of Yuan Shu, you have to find a convincing reason, and you can't let Yuan Shu's forces kill each other anymore. The best reason is that Yuan Shu disregarded the hatred of his family and the country, not only respected the son of today, but also had an eye with Dong Zhuomei, which was extremely shameless.

Yuan Shao walked around the lobby with his hands behind his back. He had to think clearly, and he couldn't make a decision lightly, so as not to fall short.

This is Yuan's Mansion, which is his original home in the capital, although it is not big, but it makes him feel very warm and down-to-earth. The mansions of his uncle Yuan Kui and his biological father Yuan Feng are both larger and more luxurious than here, but Yuan Shao is reluctant to move there. Living in those two mansions easily reminds him of his dead relatives, and it is easy for him to lose his reason and cool judgment.

"Let Yuan Wei immediately go to Yuzhou to take up the post of assassin." Yuan Shao said slowly, "Originally, I planned to let him be the prime minister of Chen Guo, but considering that Yuan Shu has the intention of moving east to Yuzhou, let's let him be in charge of Yuzhou." I'd like to see what Yuan Shu has to say. This Chen Guoxiang temporarily let Gao Gan lead. Chen Guoxiang Xu Ling committed suicide after being defeated, and his younger brother Xu Jing fled to Yangzhou, Xu's lineage has been declining, I don't think I should rush to kill everything, so as not to let people say that my Yuan family is ruthless. ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood what Yuan Shao meant. He still wanted to force Yuan Shu away as soon as possible.

"What should I do with Sun Ben, the former Yuzhou Thorn Shi?" Xu Yu asked.

"Sun Ben? Who appointed Sun Ben to the history of Yuzhou assassination? Is it Dong Zhuo or Li Hong? I didn't kill him, I had already given Sun Jian enough face. He is from Wu County, let him take people back to Yangzhou. ”

"If Yuan Shu doesn't agree or ......," Xin Ping hesitated, "If there is a fight at this time, it will not be good for us." In my opinion, it is better to let Sun Ben temporarily lead Yingchuan Taishou, so as to ease the contradiction between the two sides, after all, Yingchuan is still in Yuan Shu's hands. ”

"Does he dare to fight?" Yuan Shao sneered disdainfully, "I let Yuan Wei lead the Yuzhou Assassin History, and Yuan Tan led Yingchuan Taishou, just to force him to fight." ”

Yuan Shao pointed to Chen Lin, "Kong Zhang, urgently write to Brother Jingsheng (Liu Biao), ask him to send troops to Nanyang, and then write a letter to each of the seven clans of Cen, Jia, Wu, Yin, Zhang, Wang, and Li in Nanyang, asking them to help when appropriate." ”

"Your Excellency intends to let Brother Jingsheng dominate Jingzhou alone?" Guo Tu said worriedly, "This ...... If in the future...... Zhang Miao's Lesson......"

"Once Jingzhou's soldiers and horses enter Nanyang, I will let Master Juan and Yuan Xi go to Nanyang to mediate, and at the same time let Xu Xuan in Runan, Pan Feng, Cheng Lian, and Hu Yi who are stationed in Guangcheng Pass each lead their troops to approach Nanyang." Yuan Shao said with a smile, "If Yuan Shu dares to fight, he will be a dead end." His only choice was to give up, and then take his soldiers and horses to Yingchuan, waiting for an opportunity to enter Yanzhou to seek development. ”

"Yuan Shu hates Brother Jingsheng to the core, how could he give Nanyang to Brother Jingsheng?" Yuan Shao said confidently, "Don't worry, I have to control this place in Nanyang no matter what, I believe Brother Jingsheng can also understand." ”

"Let Yuan Shu enter Yanzhou?" Guo Tu raised his eyebrows and said happily, "My lord, this method is not bad, it can not only control some states and counties in Yanzhou into our hands, but also attack and contain the development of Cao Cao and Zhang Miao in Yanzhou." ”

"I'm afraid Yuan Shu won't be able to swallow this breath." Feng Ji sighed, "Yuan Highway is addicted to gambling like his life, and the character of a gambler generally cannot be guessed by common sense, if he ......"

Yuan Shao nodded and smiled disdainfully: "It is precisely because Yuan Shu is a gambler that he will not work hard." In his eyes, there are only two things that are most precious, money and life, and nothing else is important. I give him money and put a knife to his neck, and he will walk obediently with the money, and he will never joke with his life. ”

Then Yuan Shao also said a reason why Yuan Shu would definitely leave Nanyang and go to Yanzhou. Yuan Shu was surrounded on all sides in Nanyang and had no way out. When you arrive in Yanzhou, it's different. He had a close relationship with Li Hong in the past, and he had also sent troops with Li Hong to support Tao Qian in Xuzhou, so he had support from both the north and the south, and he could completely give Cao Cao a go. Cao Cao is now poor and white, and he is not Yuan Shu's opponent at all.

Feng Ji suddenly understood Yuan Shao's thoughts, "My lord, are you waiting until Yuan Shu makes Yanzhou a chicken, and then you take the money in one hand and the knife in the other, forcing Yuan Shu to get out." ”

Yuan Shao twisted his short beard and smiled without saying a word.

Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others were worried.

Yuan Shao insisted on provoking a war, forcing Yuan Shu away, and attacking Cao Cao, with obvious intentions. He did not intend to accept the idea of honoring the Son of Heaven and welcoming the great master to Xijing, but Yuan Shao did not seem to completely reject it, because he did not explicitly oppose it. Is it understandable that Yuan Shao thinks that his current strength is insufficient, and he cannot put forward this kind of proposition, so as not to let the forces of other parties grow rapidly, thus creating a situation in which all forces will hold each other in the future?

If the forces of the parties are almost the same, sooner or later they will have to attack each other for their own interests. For example, Yuan Shu is an example. If Yuan Shu heals his wounds, he will inevitably make waves again. The forces of all parties fought against each other, and the happiest one was Li Hong. Li Hong lives alone in Hebei, not only gets the time and opportunity for development, but also takes advantage of the situation to break through and sweep the world.

forced Yuan Shu away, and Yuan Shao was able to develop rapidly by virtue of the unique advantages of Kwantung and Jing and Henan. Yuan Shao has the strongest strength, so that Cao Cao and Zhang Miao can bow down to their subordinates, and only then can those state and county officials who were attacked by Li Hong take the initiative to take refuge in Yuan Shao and ask Yuan Shao for help. Only in this way can Yuan Shao preside over the alliance and gather the forces of the prefectures and counties of the world to attack Li Hong. With the passage of time, after the balance of strength between the two sides gradually changed, Yuan Shao had the possibility of defeating Li Hong and finally achieving hegemony and Zhongxing Sheji.

Speaking of which, it's still the same sentence, if you don't have the strength, you just break your mouth and take out your heart, and no one believes that Yuan Shaoyixian's change is true. On the contrary, at this time, Yuan Shao suddenly changed his opinion, but it would make people think that Yuan Shao was a villain, because he was attacked by various forces, his strength was not good, and he had no choice but to make a flexible move, which was to temporarily calm the war in order to develop himself quickly. Since you Yuan Shao can't do it anymore and has no strength, what am I listening to you for? This alone may completely bury the advantage that Yuan Shao has gained by occupying the Kanto region.

Perhaps Yuan Shao also agreed to the strategy of using the righteousness to gather all his forces to defeat Li Hong, but he thought that it was too hasty, but the current situation was very urgent, and the Yanzhou assassin Shi Jinshang, who was appointed by the Chang'an court, had already arrived in Jizhou, and Li Hong was very likely to use this opportunity to cross the river and attack Yanzhou.

In his letter, Shanyang Taishou Yuan expressed great concern about this matter. Chen Ji had a personal letter to him, asking him what he thought of Jin Shang's appointment as the assassin of Yanzhou. Obviously, this was Li Hong's plan to ask for directions, wanting to find out from Yuan Yi whether Yuan Shao was determined enough to help Cao Cao defend Yanzhou. If Li Hong went south to Yanzhou at this time and occupied Yanzhou, whether it was Yuan Shao or Cao Cao and others, they would not have time to develop their strength.

Tian Feng tightened his eyebrows and asked cautiously, "My lord, if Li Hong goes south at this moment, how will we deal with it?" Let Li Hong occupy Yanzhou? ”

Yuan Shao's expression was solemn, and he asked rhetorically: "Do you think Li Hong has a chance of going south?" ”

"It depends on three things." Tian Feng said, "First, when will Gongsun Chan be defeated and return to Youzhou? If Liu Yu led the army to support Gongsun Zhan, Li Hong's situation would be very embarrassing, and he would not fight, nor would he fight. Second, when will the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army launch a counteroffensive? If Sima Ju and Guan Cheng attacked the central counties of Yanzhou again in the near future, Cao Cao would not be able to resist it. In order to drive Yuan Shu away, we were unable to send troops to support Yanzhou. In this case, Li Hong waved his army south, and Cao Cao and Zhang Miao may not be able to ask for it. In any case, they all respect today, and they will still be a county guard in the future, and there is nothing to lose. The third is the stability of the Kanto. If the Kanto region is stable and the officials of the prefectures and counties are safe, everyone can support Yanzhou at any time, then Li Hong naturally did not dare to rashly send troops when the displaced people in Jizhou were in trouble and the disaster relief pressure was extremely great. ”

Yuan Shao lowered his head and turned around again in the lobby. Everyone gathered together and whispered.

For a long time, Yuan Shao stood in the center of the lobby and gave several orders in a row.

The book told the officials of various states and counties, explaining in detail the beginning and end of the second mutiny in Chang'an. The reason why the Son of Heaven was held hostage again, and the reason why the ministers of the court such as Lord Situ Wang Yun were killed by the rebels, were all because Li Hong had already usurped the rebellion. All of this was actually done deliberately by Li Hong. His ultimate goal was to usurp the Han Society. Li Hong is the biggest traitor in this dynasty after Dong Zhuo, and everyone will be punished.

A number of skilled martial artists were dispatched, carrying secret letters, and went to Youzhou day and night. A letter was sent to the Taifu Liu Yu, telling Li Hong in detail the facts of his usurpation, and begging him to send troops to fight. A letter to Gongsun Zhan, telling him in detail about the Kanto region, willing to reconcile with him, and attack Li Hong in the north and south.

He sent people to secretly enter Guanzhong from Wuguan, contacted many protégés and former officials lurking in Guanzhong, told them that he had the intention of King Xishangqin, and asked them to launch a mutiny at an appropriate time in order to prepare for their own attack on Guanzhong.

Cao Cao of Yanzhou, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Taishan Zishao and other state and county officials, under the pressure of Li Hong's imminent southern crossing of the Yellow River, still asked you to launch an attack on the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou as soon as possible, and drive the Yellow Turban Army and the displaced people to Jizhou as much as possible. For this reason, Yuan Shao also specially begged Cao Cao to temporarily abandon the many crossings of the Yellow River in Dongjun and let the Yellow Turban Army and the displaced people go north.

In addition, Yuan Shao also asked the officials of various counties in Yanzhou to jointly write a letter to Li Hong, refusing to recognize the assassin Shi Jin Shang sent to Yanzhou by the Chang'an court, and imploring Li Hong to proceed from the overall situation and not escort Jin Shang into the country, so as not to clash between the two sides, causing the Yellow Turban Army to take the opportunity to counterattack and plunge the people of Yanzhou into deeper suffering.

Ordered Hanoi to publicize and reorganize his troops and horses, immediately attack the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro, and drive the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro in the direction of Shangdang in Bingzhou and Wei County in Jizhou.

The purpose of these orders was only one, that is, to let everyone in the world know that Li Hong was plotting to usurp Sheji, and Li Hong was the biggest rebel of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shao hoped to incite and unite the forces of various prefectures and counties to besiege Li Hong, stop Li Hong's southward steps, and attack and delay the development of Li Hong's strength.

Yuan Shao also personally wrote a letter to Li Hong. First of all, I would like to congratulate you on being promoted to the rank of Great Sima and Great General, and I will be in charge of state affairs in the Shangshu Division, and secondly, I would like to thank you for not abusing and killing my family, my subordinates, and their families after the capture of Yecheng. In my lifetime, Yuan Shao, I will repay the kindness of my lord. Then Yuan Shao talked about the current situation. After returning from the conquest of the desert by adults, we are opponents, now that Dong Zhuo is dead, we are still opponents, is there really any blood hatred between us? When I fought in the Battle of Xiliangyi City, I followed the adults in a bloody battle, and when I think about it, it still makes people's blood boil. Adults are the heroes of my Han Dynasty, even if they become rebels who want to overthrow my Han Society, adults are still the heroes I admire and admire the most in my mind. I hope that in this life, I can be like an adult and make meritorious deeds for all generations. I hope I can beat the adults, the big man. I eagerly await a decisive battle with the adults immediately.

Jizhou, Handan, the general line.

The general forcibly implemented the land clearing policy in various counties of Jizhou, and hundreds of wealthy families of Jizhou gate lords were involved, about half of the gate valve tycoons were arrested because of disobedience, and half of them were arrested because they could not immediately pay the arrears of land dues, and only a few dozen gate lord tycoons were arrested because of their rich family wealth, and they have not been looted by the war in recent years, and they barely survived the difficulties.

Jizhou immediately set off an uproar.

The wealthy men of Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County were all arrested. The reason is very simple, they have just been ransacked by Gongsun Zhan, and then they encountered this storm, which is considered unlucky. These people jointly signed a letter and sent a representative to intercede with the general, "General, you must give us a way to live." Even if you kill us now, we won't be able to pay back so many fields. ”

Li Hong showed no mercy. "According to the law, you deceived the government and stole the Tianfu, and you should kill the nine clans. If I don't kill you, I'm already very face-saving. If you can't pay the land tax, you can use the land to pay for it. ”

The gate lords and tycoons can't escape and can't pay, so they can't afford to pay the land, and they are reluctant to ask them to use the land to pay off their debts. These people wanted to ask Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and many other ministers to intercede for them, but Zhang Wen and the others hid in the line and did not dare to show their heads. There are too many acquaintances to take care of.

With the defeat of the Qingzhou army in Yanzhou Shouzhang, Jizhou ushered in a homeless person who went north.

Li Hong was anxious and immediately ordered to forcibly confiscate the land. Those who dare to obstruct will be punished for the crime of treason, and the whole family will be killed.

The most unlucky are the gate valve tycoons of Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County.

Yang Feng received Li Hongjun's order and killed twelve wealthy families on the same day. Li Hong deliberately confessed in the military order that the rich should be moved first, and those clans should not move for the time being, and they should not kill people as much as possible. But where does Yang Feng care about this, kill it first. More than 200 lives were lost.

The incident caused panic in Jizhou. Several of the gatekeepers in Bohai County had doormen and villagers, and these people, fearing that their masters would be killed, immediately organized and robbed the prison.

Yang Feng was on fire this time, and cut down the fourteen wealthy families in prison in one go, together with their families, more than 500 people, and killed them all. Yang Feng was still angry, and ordered Li Yao and Yang Zhen to take their guards to ride directly to Le Cheng in Hejian Kingdom, and killed the seventeen wealthy families in Hejian Country who were locked in prison. Jizhou was bloody for a while.

When Li Hong and the ministers heard the news, they were shocked and hurriedly ordered Yang Feng to stop killing, but when the 100,000 urgent military orders were sent to Lecheng, the people who were killed had already been buried in mass graves.

The gate valve tycoons in Jizhou complained and were furious. The ministers in Handan were also outraged. These generals from the Yellow Turban are thieves, and more than a thousand lives were killed by them in the blink of an eye like mustard, so they didn't obey military orders and were lawless, how could they get it?

Yang Feng's bloody killing, but there was an unexpected benefit. Almost within ten days, all the imprisoned gatekeeper tycoons handed over their excess land to the government office, even the gatekeeper tycoons who had already paid off their land endowments. Don't want it, this land has become a scourge of extermination, who dares to ask for it?

Li Hong was happy in his heart, but his face was murderous.

Yang Feng, Li Yao, Yang Zhen, and the twelve military commanders were all dismissed from their military posts and sent to the border of Tuntian in Hetao.

At this moment, Xun You, the servant, carried the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and rushed to Handan for thousands of miles.

The Son of Heaven agreed to the request of the eldest princess, the general, and many ministers to donate the land and mansions in Hejian Kingdom, Wei County, Ganling Kingdom and other places to resettle the displaced people in Jizhou.

The Son of Heaven issued another holy decree, agreeing to the general's request, allowing the general to check the land in Jizhou, and all fields and properties that exceed the provisions of the Han law will be confiscated, and those who refuse to hand it over will be punished.

Li Hong couldn't laugh or cry when he saw this holy decree. The people of the Chang'an court are ruthless, and they actually came up with this method to harm themselves. I killed the rich man of Jizhou, can I still gain a foothold in Jizhou? But it doesn't matter now, Yang Feng has killed Jizhou and shed blood, and the goal of the Chang'an Imperial Court has been achieved. Now the rich men of Jizhou hate themselves to the core, if anyone wants to rebel, then give him a rebellion, and they can only kill him. The literary ones can't do it, so they can only come to the martial arts.

But this decree also had a benefit, it helped Li Hong solve a difficult problem. With this holy decree, Yang Feng and his subordinates were basically innocent, and there was no need to go to Hetao to Tuntian to avoid trouble. Li Hong immediately planned to let Yang Feng rush to Hedong with a group of his subordinates, and transfer Yan Liang, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Gao Shun and others to the Jizhou battlefield.

Xun You took out the third holy decree, the Son of Heaven worshiped the eldest princess as the person who led the case, inspected and supervised the states and counties, and supervised the states and counties to pay taxes to the court on time.

Li Hong was slightly stunned, and immediately understood the intention of the Chang'an Imperial Court.

The Chang'an court didn't want the eldest princess to go back at all. The eldest princess went back with a group of ministers, which was actually very dangerous for Chang'an. If the eldest princess and Li Hong had planned King Qin's plan in advance, the two sides would have joined forces inside and outside, and Chang'an would most likely have fallen. But if the eldest princess is not allowed to go back, she really can't explain it to the Son of Heaven, so she has such an idea. Since the eldest princess can't be allowed to return to Chang'an, let's find some reason to prevaricate the Son of Heaven. Why? He inspected the prefectures and counties and urged Li Hong to pay taxes to the national treasury. This reason is sufficient, and at the same time, she can use the noble status of the eldest princess to contain and restrain Li Hong. It's too much of a waste to let the eldest princess not use it.

Li Hong laughed happily. The eldest princess was able to stay in Jizhou, which just solved a big problem for herself.

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