Chapter 4 Breaking the Cauldron and Sinking the Boat Section 4 Wang Kuang's entire army was annihilated, and Yuan Shao and Cao Cao led the army to retreat again. Zhang Yang, who was in charge of containing the Yellow Turban Army in the east of the battlefield, was furious when he heard that Wang Kuang had died in battle, and wanted to attack the Yellow Turban Army overnight to avenge Wang Kuang.

At this time, he received a very surprising news that Wang Kuang's long history Dong Zhao was arrested by Yuan Shao.

Zhang Yang was extremely sad and indignant, and hurried to Yuan Shao's camp with his personal guards. Dong Zhao is a Dingtao native of Jiyin County, Yanzhou, a famous scholar in Yanzhou, who served as the magistrate of Julu County, Jizhou, and the magistrate of Bairen County, Zhao.

After Wang Kuang became the Taishou of Hanoi, he recruited him as the chief historian of Hanoi Province. After Zhang Yang led the army to surrender, he followed Yuan Shao's order and has been garrisoning in Hanoi County, and he gets along well with Wang Kuang and Dong Zhao.

"My lord, what crime did Dong Zhao commit?" Yuan Shao's face was gloomy and silent. He didn't want to arrest Dong Zhao, but Dong Zhao didn't know the current affairs, and at the military meeting at night, in front of the generals, he accused Yuan Shao of not saving him when he saw death, and he was determined to kill Wang Kuang and seize Hanoi.

In the bloody battle during the day, Wang Kuang asked Yuan Shao for help several times, but Yuan Shao not only did not send troops to support, but instead ordered Cao Cao to line up behind and kill all the Hanoi soldiers who had fled in defeat.

Now as long as you are not a fool, you know that Wang Kuang died unjustly. Yuan Shao was furious and immediately arrested Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao's younger brother Dong Wan served as a five-official in the Chenliu County Government and was a close confidant of Zhang Miao. The conspiracy between Zhang Miao and Wang Kuang, the Dong brothers must know.

Originally, Yuan Shao didn't want to pursue this matter because of the relationship between himself and Dong Zhao's brother who had known each other for many years, but he didn't expect that he didn't want to hurt Dong Zhao, and Dong Zhao himself took the initiative to jump out.

Frustrated, judged, Xun Yu and others had a deep personal relationship with Dong Zhao, and they pleaded one after another, but Yuan Shao was angry and couldn't listen to him at all.

Zhang Yang's question made Yuan Shao gradually calm down from his anger. When you have not succeeded in your hegemony, you must deliberately hide and alleviate the contradictions between yourself and many friends, and get their help, instead of intensifying the contradictions and turning your face into hatred with your friends.

The split of the Yuan valve has caused great damage to his hegemony, and he should learn a lesson from it and try to win over some friends who have been friends with him for many years.

Yuan Shao asked Zhang Yang to sit down and told Dong Zhao about his misunderstanding,

"Although I have no intention of killing him, I cannot let him disturb the morale of the army. At this point, I had to lock him up. Zhang Yang pleaded again and again.

Yuan Shao said, I plan to let you take over the post of Hanoi Taishou, what do you think? Zhang Yang knows it. Yuan Shao wants to reuse him, but he needs his loyalty even more.

Bow down and swear allegiance. Zhang Yang took Dong Zhao back to the camp. Dong Zhao was leaving, Zhang Yang said, where are you going now?

Back to my hometown in Yanzhou, where there is a war going on, it is too dangerous. When Chen Liu relied on Zhang Miao, it is estimated that you were killed by Yuan Shao before you crossed the Yellow River.

In my opinion, you should stay here for the time being. The next day, Yuan Shao received an urgent report, and the hussar general Li Hong galloped along the gallop with thousands of iron horsemen.

Yuan Shao and the Yellow Turban Army fought hard for three days, and suffered great losses, although they failed to completely annihilate the Yellow Turban Army, but they also suffered heavy losses to the Yellow Turban Army, and in the short term, the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro has lost the possibility of invading nearby counties.

Yuan Shao's goal has been achieved. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao discussed it, and then retreated to Hanoi with the army.

Yu Poison followed closely with the Yellow Turban Army and returned to Montenegro in defeat. Yu Yu left a letter to Li Hong. The general's kindness, the Yellow Turban Army must swear to repay each other.

"He still won't be caressed." Li Hong said regretfully,

"What method can be used to get the Yellow Turban Army of Montenegro to go down the mountain?" Wang Dang smiled desolately,

"Last year, Bai Rao died in Puyang. This time, he died in Neihuang. In one year, two of the three great leaders of Montenegro died. General, you can imagine what kind of mood Yu Poison is in now. He wants revenge. Li Hong frowned,

"If they are appeased, they can't take revenge?"

"Yes." Wang Dang looked at Li Hong, and suddenly said loudly,

"When we are appeased, we have no chance of revenge." Li Hong's face sank, and he looked at Wang Dang coldly.

"Back then, Lu Zhi led the army to attack Guangzong and killed tens of thousands of soldiers of my Yellow Turban Army, what about today? Today, Lord Lu Zhi is high above the court, can I kill him to take revenge? "The king gritted his teeth and was furious,

"Back then, Zhu Jun led the army to sweep through Yingchuan, Chenguo, and Nanyang counties, punished Zhang Mancheng, Zhao Hong and other Yellow Turban marshals, and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of soldiers of our Yellow Turban Army, what about today? Today, adults regard Zhu Jun as the teacher, and Zhu Jun's children and protégés are gathered under the account, can I kill Zhu Jun, kill Li Wei, Zhu Mu, and Zhu Wei to take revenge? ”

"Kuroko, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Hong pointed at Wang Dang with the horsewhip in his hand and stopped loudly,

"Say no more."

"I have to say." The king tilted his head, and his eyes were about to split,

"If Huangfu Song arrives in the northern frontier, can the general let me kill him?"

"No, there's no way the general will let me kill him." Wang Dang waved his hands excitedly,

"If Yuan Shao and Cao Cao return to the imperial court one day and bow down at the feet of the general, is the general willing to let Yu poison them to avenge Bai Rao, Zheng Gu and thousands of Yellow Turban soldiers who died in battle?" Li Hong was furious and whipped Wang Dang fiercely,

"Is your brain broken by war? Shut up. ”

"Since he can't take revenge, of course he doesn't want to be appeased, and he doesn't want to serve under the general's account." When the king lifted up his hands to heaven, he raised his head and shouted,

"I want revenge......" Li Hong looked at him coldly, and when he finished shouting, he was tired of shouting, and he sat on the horse panting silently, Li Hong asked softly,

"If the Yellow Turbans are just living for revenge, are they still called the Yellow Turbans?" Wang Dang was stunned and looked at Li Hong blankly.

"You go back to Ganling City for me, think about it." Li Hong raised his horsewhip and knocked on Wang Dang's helmet a few times,

"If you can't figure it out, don't do it, you, the lieutenant general, go to my account and be a happy guard and thief." Li Hong ignored him anymore, turned to Zhang Zhen and shouted, "Return the same way with the army, catch up with Lord Zhu Mu, and attack Nanpi with him." ”

"Sacrifice Feng, take three hundred righteous followers and follow me to Yecheng." On the way to rescue the Yellow Turban Army, Li Hong received an urgent report from his grandson.

Li Hong didn't care very much about Yuan Shao and his subordinate officials' families being rescued by Tao Sheng. He neither intended to kill these people, nor did he use this kind of person to blackmail Yuan Shao, he saved him if he rescued them, and it had nothing to do with the overall situation.

He cares about the homeless, more and more homeless. If there are more and more displaced people in Jizhou, the past crisis in northern Xinjiang will reappear in Jizhou, then, the imperial court's

The "Hebei Strategy" will be affected, and in particular, the pace of saving the social economy will be greatly slowed down. On the way to Yecheng, the homeless people are all over the four fields.

Everywhere you look, you can see the dried and emaciated corpses of starvation, which is unbearable. Li Hong was worried, fighting horses along the way, and he couldn't wait to rush to Yecheng in one step.

Yuan Peng, Chen Ji, Yang Qi and other ministers of the court, as well as Sun Qin and Ding Li, Zhu Wei and other Jizhou officials who had just arrived in Yecheng, went out of the city to greet them.

Li Hong dismounted early and greeted Yuan Peng and other ministers one by one. Sun Qin knelt down and pleaded guilty. Before Li Hong could speak, Yang Qi, Yuan Peng and Chen Ji began to plead.

"The Montenegrin displaced people are flocking down and the situation is very critical. Lord Sun was able to sympathize with the people's feelings, and took the initiative to open a warehouse and release grain for relief, which was handled very properly, and the general should be rewarded. Li Hong pushed the boat along the water, hurriedly helped his grandson, and said with a smile: "Although you are guilty of negligence, you can defend Yecheng and rescue the homeless, which can be regarded as meritorious, and the merits and demerits will be offended." On the way back to the city, Li Hong, Yuan Peng and several other ministers walked together to discuss the situation in Jizhou, and they were very worried about the possible tide of displaced people in Jizhou in the next few months.

"Now it is not only a question of the displaced people in the south of the Yellow River moving north, but also the problem of the population of the border counties in northern Xinjiang moving south." Li Hong frowned, and recounted the several messages sent by the imperial court one by one.

The rebellion of the Xianbei people in the west should be the beginning of the resurgence of the desert. The desert has been silent for more than two years, because of the climate change in the desert, the domestic war in the Han Dynasty, the desert garrisons have gone south to the Central Plains and many other reasons, the Hu people on the desert finally can't hold back, and they have to fight for the overlord of the desert and start a bloody battle.

In order to save Sheji and revitalize the Han Dynasty, the Northern Xinjiang Army will go south one after another, which is a reality, and no one can change it.

Therefore, in the next few years, it will be very difficult for the Mobei Metropolitan Protectorate and Hanbei County to stabilize the situation in the desert and ensure the control of the Han over the desert.

Without a strong enough army, no one will listen to what is said. In the current situation, the imperial court is unable to increase troops in the desert, so it can only think of other ways to alleviate the desert crisis first and ensure the stability of northern Xinjiang.

Zhang Wen, Lu Zhi, Ding Gong, Cai Yong, Xian Yufu, Li Wei and other ministers put forward two strategies to alleviate the desert crisis after repeated discussions. First, considering that the desert winters are getting longer and longer, and the survival of the Hu tribes is difficult, they plan to move all the Hu tribes to the south appropriately, and some of them will directly move to Shuofang, Yunzhong, Daijun, Shanggu and other border counties. Second, considering that the population of the border counties was too large and the people were poor, the imperial court planned to move one million people south to Jizhou within two years. ”

"The general agreed?" Yang Qi hurriedly asked.

"I'm going to ask for your lordship's opinions, and then I'll reply to the court." Li Hong said respectfully,

"We'll go to Handan tomorrow and discuss with Ma Riyan and Cui Lie."

"Why doesn't the general make up his own mind?" Chen Ji looked at him and asked with a smile. Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "How thick and how much ability I have Li Hong, I believe you know better than me." I am grateful that the eldest princess and all the adults trusted me and asked me to act as an agent for state affairs for the time being, but how much do I know about state affairs? Moreover, even if I understand state affairs, how can I have the final say in this state affairs alone? I'd better go to war, and the matter of governing the country depends on the collective efforts of all of you. ”

"It is estimated that the battle in Hebei will be difficult to end in a short period of time." Li Hong looked at everyone and said sincerely,

"Jizhou must quickly restore stability, which is directly related to the success of Hebei's strategy and the revitalization of social security. I invite you to come for the sake of the stability of Jizhou. I believe that with the efforts of the imperial court and your lords, the counties of Jizhou will soon be able to regain their former prosperity. ”

"It's hard." Yang Qi said unceremoniously,

"No matter how rich Jizhou is, it has a limit. Now there is not only an incalculable number of displaced people, but also the population of the border counties that have moved south, in addition, it has to bear the huge military expenditure of the imperial court, difficult, difficult, difficult......" Dong Zhuo died.

Although this is unconfirmed news, the ministers are excited. After the excitement, the ministers' expressions gradually became solemn.

Dong Zhuo died suddenly, and the many problems that followed made the ministers fall into deep thought. If this news is confirmed to be true by the imperial court, then the imperial court's revitalization policy will be revised immediately, that is, the focus of the attack of the Northern Xinjiang Army will be quickly shifted to Kansai and Guanzhong.

The Northern Xinjiang Army will do everything possible to deal with the army controlled by Dong Zhuo's old department first, so as to protect the Son of Heaven and stabilize Guanzhong.

After Guanzhong is stabilized, the Son of Heaven returns to Luoyang, and the two imperial courts will be merged into one, and the next problems will become more and more complicated and unpredictable.

What's next? Can the community be saved? The society has been saved, can the reform of Zhongxing Dahan be implemented?

"What does the general mean?" Yuan Peng asked.

"Take Jizhou down first." Li Hong said,

"No matter how the world changes, we must first let the people be fed and clothed, and have a grass hut to shelter from the wind and rain, otherwise, the society will eventually overturn, and the Han will eventually be defeated. Without the people living and working in peace and contentment, how can there be social stability? ”

"Well said, well said." Chen Ji applauded,

"General, with your words, there is hope for the revitalization of the Han Dynasty." Li Hong shook his head, and made a series of gestures,

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is useless to say that. I want land, I want food, I want wealth, I want people to live. Do you have a solution? ”

"Land?" Yuan Peng, Chen Ji, and Yang Qi all noticed that Li Hong mentioned land for the first time.

"General, there is success in Tuntian in northern Xinjiang, the key is that there is a lot of abandoned land in northern Xinjiang, and the people can get the right to use the land as long as they pay a small amount of rent and tax, but Jizhou is completely different." Yang Qi used to be a pastor in Jizhou, and he knew a lot about Jizhou's affairs, and his words were very weighty.

"Most of the land in Jizhou is the private property of the gate valve family. The first emperor had a lot of fields and mansions in the country between the rivers, and although they are deserted now, no one dares to touch them so far. ”

"Jizhou has experienced the disaster of war, and many wealthy families died in the war, or fled south with their families, and there should be a lot of ownerless land." Li Hong asked suspiciously,

"I remember that in the early days of Dong Zhuo's reign, didn't the imperial court ask for Tuntian in Jizhou? Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to forcibly relocate the displaced people to Tuntian, Jizhou the year before last. ”

"That's mainly the western part of Jizhou, close to the four counties of Taihang Mountain." Yang Qi said,

"Beginning with the rebellion of the Yellow Turban Army in the early years of Zhongping (184 AD), the four counties of Zhongshan, Changshan, Zhao and Julu were devastated by the Yellow Turban Army. These four counties do have the conditions to tuntian, but the eastern counties of Jizhou have repeatedly escaped the ravages of war, so they ......"

"So after I get rid of Gongsun Zhan, I will immediately clean up and measure the land." Li Hong said solemnly,

"According to the law of the Great Han Dynasty, the annexation of land is strictly prohibited in this dynasty, and there are strict regulations on how much land a person can own at most. Possession of more land than the law stipulates shall be confiscated. Those who dare to disobey the law will be killed. Yang Qi was shocked,

"General, this hornet's nest can't be poked."

"I'm just going to poke this hornet's nest." Li Hong pointed to the dense crowds of homeless people in the wilderness, and said sharply,

"If I don't poke this hornet's nest, how can these people survive? How can there be land for rent? "Jump to