The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 796 Exchange
"Lieutenant Shen, I'm afraid I haven't figured out the current situation."

Xu An looked down at the trial and said coldly.

"The main force of the Han army outside Fanyang City has already been defeated by our county, Sun Jian has been killed, and Huangfu Song has also been captured by our army. The three counties Wuhuan are our army's internal support, and Gongsun Du is the governor of Liaozhou in our Ming Dynasty. Nanjijing, Changshan County and Zhongshan County were all defeated by our army.

"In today's huge Jizhou, only Qinghe County, Bohai County, Julu County, Anping County, Hejian County, Zhao County, and Wei County have not yet been liberated, but the total number of soldiers in these seven counties is no more than [-]."

"The situation here is just like the land of Yilizhou and the seven counties in the past, but it depends on the spread, how can it be regarded as a condition?"

Xu An pointed to the geomancy map hanging on the wall behind him, and spoke directly.

"Yuan Xi has long been a turtle in a urn, surrounded by all sides, it is impossible to escape, and all the land of Youzhou is mine."

"The Luoyang area has already been cut off from you. The Luoyang defenders need Hanoi food and grass support. If they don't surrender to our army, they can only surrender to the Han court. Their family members are all in Hanoi, Jizhou and other places. What will they do? select?"

Xu An paused, pointed in the direction of Qingzhou and continued.

"Qu Yi has also surrendered, and the land of Qingzhou in the north is also owned by our army at this time."

The examiner's pupils slightly dilated, raised his head, and looked at Xu An calmly.

"If the Taoist Lord just wants to attack the land of Hebei, then you can pretend that I haven't said anything I said today, and kill me right here."

"But if you want to liberate the world, I can be the help of Daojun."

Xu An narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the judge, the words of the judge caught his attention, he was a little curious, why the judge said that.

Sometimes the person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.

As Wei Ting's Taiwei, the head of Wei Ting's three lords, he was the one who formulated almost all of Wei Ting's military strategies, and even submitted information to Yuan Shao, not only to Yuan Shao, but also to him.

So when those defiant demons saw the trial match back then, they still maintained a certain amount of restraint.

"Do you know what I want to do? Do you know what it means to liberate the world?"

Xu An walked down the first seat slowly, and stood at the same level as the judges.

The judge was about the same height as him, and their eyes were almost on the same level at this moment.

"Don't dare to lie to the Taoist Lord, I really don't know what the intention of liberating the world is, and I don't know what you think in your heart and how much your ambition is."

"But I know what Daojun wants to do in Jizhou."

The judge looked at Xu An and did not back down.

He had a condition that Xu An couldn't refuse, and Xu An could actually accept the condition he asked for.

"Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, as shepherds of Qingzhou and Youzhou, cannot be blamed for their crimes. If the Taoist Lord is unwilling to give up punishment, I have nothing to say. However, Yuan Shang is still young. Although he is stubborn, he has not committed any crimes. For crimes, Taoist Lord has always been known for his justice, according to the "Taiping Law", Yuan Shang was most implicated in crimes and sentenced to labor reform."

"There is a saying in the "Taiping Law" that those who commit crimes and perform meritorious service, according to the degree of merit, their crimes can be reduced accordingly."

"As a result, the powerful and powerful families in the south of Yizhou were able to receive less punishment. The Taoist Lord revised the Han Law and established the "Taiping Law" to govern the state. He said that "the country is governed by law". Besides, there are no other special rules, could it be that Taoist Lord wants to violate the laws he established?"

Xu An was slightly taken aback. There was indeed this law in the "Taiping Law", and this part was specially written for the special circumstances of this era.

Killing a boatload of people with one stick and forcing everyone to the opposite side is undoubtedly adding difficulties to oneself.

If you want to liberate the world and achieve change, you must not let most people be on the opposite side.

Surrender, uprising, etc. are all positive, just like if Qu Yi is willing to surrender, the Ming army can take down the entire Qingzhou area north of the Yellow River without bloodshed, and harvest more than [-] soldiers with combat experience.

If Qu Yi is forcibly convicted and must be killed, then once Qu Yi falls to the Han court, the more than [-] soldiers under his command will become hostile to the Ming army. It caused huge casualties, and the Ming army had no way to quickly control Qingzhou north of the Yellow River, which would cause a series of chain problems.

And the same is true in the southern border of Yizhou. If Xu An does not mitigate the crimes of the powerful families in the southern border of Yizhou and wants to drive them all to extinction, then they must merge with those tribes in southern border and stubbornly resist the attack of the Ming army.

At that time, the Ming army will be dragged into the quagmire of jungle warfare. Although victory is not difficult, it will inevitably consume a lot of the Ming army's vitality, food and other materials, but the gain outweighs the loss.

Of course, all of this is based on the principle of not violating.

Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi didn't have the slightest possibility of discussing, so when the request for trial and match was proposed, Xu An straightforwardly rejected the request for trial and match.

At the beginning, the Taishan Yellow Turban Army fled all the way south, and the troops chasing them on the way were Qingzhou soldiers under Yuan Tan's command.

Yuan Xi served as the shepherd of Youzhou in Youzhou, obeying Yuan Shao's order to recruit troops in Youzhou and collect high taxes in the state.

In the first year of Yonghan (189), the Yellow Turban Army marched eastward to Wuhuan, the three counties, and defeated the coalition formed by Wuhuan in Rushui. King Wuyan of Khan and Lu was beheaded, and the power of Wuhuan in the three counties gradually weakened.

Later, Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies joined Yuan Shao's subordinates during the battle against Gongsun Zan. After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao treated Wuhuan of the Three Commanderies fairly well.

It's just that after the battle of Dongjun, and the battle of Qingzhou, etc., they will rush to help Mobei to check and balance the Taiping Dao that was in full swing at that time.

Yuan Shao also began to recruit soldiers in Wuhuan of the three counties, forcing them to send troops to fight, and even collected taxes. However, the Jizhou army basically did not like Wuhuan in the three counties. After all, they had gone south and plundered Jizhou.

At the beginning, King Wuhuanqiao attacked Bohai, Qinghe and other places all the way south, looted a lot of money, and destroyed many cities, so he became enmity.

Therefore, Wei Jun's policy towards Wuhuan, the three counties, has gradually changed over time, from being called an ally, to becoming a monarch and minister, and then becoming a master and servant.

Wei Ting's attitude towards Wuhuan of the Three Counties was only to regard him as a servant, who would come and leave as soon as he was called.

As a result, it left a root of disaster among the Wuhuan tribe in the three counties, which is why Taton later sent secret envoys into Chang'an to ask Xu An.

During successive years of wars, a large number of Wuhuan people died on the battlefield. Not to mention pensions, they didn't even get much food and grass for military expenses. The Wei army only used the Wuhuan cavalry as consumables and cannon fodder.

"As you said, this is indeed the case in the "Taiping Law". It's just that Yuan Shang's status is special. Even if he committed a crime and made meritorious service, if he wants to seek pardon, he needs to look at the merit."

Although the trial was regressed, Xu An did not directly agree to the trial's request, but asked the trial to tell what he could do.

Xu An knew that the original purpose of the trial and match was probably to preserve Yuan Shang. As for Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi, they just proposed it first, so as to make it easier to retreat. Of course, there was a trace of luck.

Shenpei and Fengji have always been hated by Yuan Tan, and they have feuds with Xin Ping and Guo Tu, how could they insist on asking Xu An to forgive and bypass Yuan Tan.

As for Yuan Xi, as Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi actually had the least sense of existence.

In terms of inheritance rights, Yuan Tan is the eldest son, so he is naturally the first.

But Yuan Shang was deeply loved by Yuan Shao, he was talented in martial arts and intelligent.

The trial and matching did not persist to the end for Yuan Xi.

Although the judge is loyal, he is not without his own selfishness.

In the original time and space, after Yuan Shao's death, the judge was worried that Yuan Tan would harm him after he came to the throne, so he changed Yuan Shao's will in private and made Yuan Shang succeed him.

The trial clan also hid sinners under Yuan's rule.

"My Shen family has a solid foundation in Jizhou, and I am willing to set an example by donating land, forest farms, and mines. Next time, I am willing to persuade scholars from all over the world to contribute together."

The judge took a deep breath and continued to speak in a deep voice.

"Feng Ji and I command the military. We have great prestige in the army, and we are the Taiwei, the land of the seven counties. I don't bother the Daojun with swordsmen. I can persuade the soldiers of the seven counties to join Huang Tian and become Jizhou. Avoid the scourge of swordsmen."

"Without the scourge of swordsmen, the people of Jizhou can be at peace for a few minutes, and the farming affairs will not be missed. Millions of people in Jizhou will feel grateful for the kindness of the Taoist Lord."

The judge paused for a moment, with a struggling expression on his face.

"I also know a thing or two about the secret and dirty things of the powerful and powerful families in various places. If the Taoist Lord enters Jizhou, I am willing to point out them one by one for the Taoist Lord."

The judge closed his eyes, lowered his head, his body trembled slightly, and said in a trembling voice.

When he said this, he actually ignored his reputation among scholars.

For a scholar of this class, reputation is sometimes even more important than life.

The reason why Huangfusong knew that Dong Zhuo hijacked the emperor, but still obeyed the edict was because he didn't want to bear the bad name of violating the emperor's edict, and he cherished his wings too much.

If he was willing to lose his reputation, conspired with Gai Xun and relied on the Guanzhong land to raise troops to respond to the Kwantung Allied Forces, with his prestige, the Han Dynasty would not have fallen to this point.

"I would like to donate the wealth of Wan Guan's family in exchange for the pardon of Yuan Shang."

"Yuan's kindness is more important than me, just like Qiushan, first... Yuan Shao has passed away, I can't just sit back and watch his heirs be cut off, I just ask for an amnesty for Yuan Shang, and allow me to properly bury Yuan Shao's body."

After all, that sentence of the first emperor was not said, and the judge did not mention it in front of Xu An.

The state of Wei is now in name only, and everything is just in the past. The Ming army has already invaded the hinterland of Hebei.

As Xu An said, now that the Ming army wants to capture the whole of Hebei, it really doesn't need much help from him, it just needs to spend more hands and feet. There is no longer any force in the whole of Hebei that can stop the Ming army from advancing.

The unification of Hebei by the Ming army is only a question of the length of time and the cost, and there is no suspense.

Seeing that the judge had almost completely lost his energy, Xu An shook his head slightly.

No one is perfect, and most of the time, everyone is an aggregation of contradictions.

Although the judge had selfish intentions, at this time, he was willing to sacrifice his reputation and almost everything, just to preserve Yuan Shang, so that Yuan Shao's blood in this world could continue.

"I heard that the Hebei Zhen family and the Yuan family have an in-law relationship?"

Xu An was going to give the trial assignment a chance, and the conditions offered by the trial assignment were indeed not low.

"Ms. Zhen..."

The judge repeated it in a low voice. He didn't know why Xu An suddenly asked about this matter, but he still replied.

"That's true."

The Zhen family in Hebei did make an marriage relationship with the Yuan family. In order to seek an alliance, Yuan Shao asked Yuan Xi to make an marriage relationship with Zhen Mi, the fifth daughter of the Zhen family.

Zhen Mi is only eleven years old this year, and is not yet the right age for marriage, so she only made in-laws and did not get married.

The Zhen family is a high-ranking family in Hebei, and it can be said to be rich and powerful, with profound influence and intertwined roots in Jizhou.

"The Zhen family has many evils. According to the Eagle Wolf Guard's intelligence, there are countless incidents such as encroaching on fertile land and rampaging in the countryside. They have built hidden granaries in the mountains and other places, and there are also cellars to store gold, silver and copper coins."

"I'll leave it to you to investigate and deal with Mrs. Zhen."

Xu An walked back to the first seat, with his back to the judge.

For a family like Zhen's, how could it be clean underneath? They are not in a bitterly cold place like Bing and Liang, where the land is vast and sparsely populated, and they have to huddle together to keep warm.

Land annexation, slave trading, and rampant affairs, if you check casually, there will be dozens or hundreds of cases.

The larger the clan, the larger the population, the more difficult the management, the more affairs there will be, and the more problems will arise.

Most of the aristocratic families are cunning rabbits and three caves. They build hidden granaries and cellars, which are hard to find, and not many people know about them in private.

At some point, the judge also controlled the charm for Yuan Shao. He naturally knew the location of some hidden granaries and cellars, and also as a powerful family, he knew some things that only the powerful of the family knew. Xu An left him for this role. .

The Eagle Wolf Guard is not all-knowing and omnipotent. Since the judge said that he could point out the inside story of his activities, then Xu An would not refuse.

"promise."

The judge did not say much, bowed again, and solemnly promised.

Xu An sat down again.

"Those who take the initiative to take action can reduce the punishment as appropriate, and the matter of persuasion will also be handled by you. I hope you will not let me down. I hope that the order in Jizhou can be stabilized as soon as possible."

Xu An also didn't want to stir up too much resistance. Although the main force of the Wei army was defeated, there were not many remnants of the Wei army, but the aristocratic family controlled the mouthpiece and had great prestige among the settlements in Ting Township. The power of the clan could allow it to confuse a large number of people Enemy with the Ming army.

What Xu An wants is a complete Jizhou, not a dilapidated Jizhou.

However, the public trial must not be exempted, but it is not appropriate to mention it now, and the stability of the foundation must be maintained first.

"I will order Zhongshufu to make an amnesty decree and pardon Yuan Shang."

"Dao Jun's kindness must be remembered."

The judge bowed to the ground.

"I'm going back to the government office now, and order the generals in the government office to lay down their weapons and hand them over to control."

Xu An looked at the judge who was saluting, sighed in his heart, and thought of Yuan Shao in his memory.

"Your sword is sharp, and my sword is not bad either!"

"A real man is fighting to the death, but fleeing from the evil within the walls!"

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"Specify the burial of Yuan Shao with the ceremony of a prince."

The judge's eyes were slightly fixed, and he looked up at the chief seat.

At this time Xu An stood up, turned around and walked into the house, his figure also disappeared behind the screen.

"Assessment, thank you, Mr. Dao..."

Shen Pei bent down, faced the place where Xu An left, and bowed his head to the ground.

　In order to avoid some book friends saying that burying Yuan Shao with a princely ceremony would feel like a waste of money, let me tell you here that the examiner must pay for it himself.

　　The burial with the princely ceremony is due to other considerations.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)