Han Dao world

Chapter 1213
Standing at the gate of the camp, Jiang Wan stopped, thought for a moment, and asked another question.

"Yuanzhi, where is your uncle... now?"

"In Nanyang."

Jiang Wan frowned. "In Nanyang? He didn't go to Northern Xinjiang?"

Zhou Bu doubt was puzzled. "Who did you hear that from? He is the Northern Chief of Situ's Mansion, and he is just assisting Situ in dealing with documents and affairs in the three prefectures of Youbing Prefecture. There is no need to go to Northern Xinjiang at all."

"That's right, it seems that I heard it wrong." Jiang Wan laughed dumbfounded, and raised her hand slightly. "Okay, stay here and talk about it later."

Zhou Buyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and couldn't help but said: "Brother Gongyan, you want to go out for a walk and see the world with your own eyes."

Jiang Wan laughed, and strode away.

Zhou Buyi watched Jiang Wan leave, feeling a sense of inexplicable joy in his heart.

Compared with Jiang Wan, he was lucky.

Because of Liu Xian's uncle, he was able to become an official at the age of ten, and became a boy next to the emperor, and was taught by the emperor himself.Jiang Wan's intelligence is not inferior to others, but he has not left Quanling City or Lingling County, and his vision is always as narrow as a frog in a well, and he has no idea how big the world is.

Zhou Buxin turned and went back to the tent, where the emperor was looking at the map.Hearing footsteps, he raised his head and glanced, beckoning.

Zhou Buyi walked to the case, bent over and saw a map of Quanling.

Liu Xie asked, "Are there any mines around Quanling?"

Zhou Buyi scratched his head a little. "There are mines, but I don't know where they are."

"Then you should know how many mines are in the city?"

"I heard something from the elders, but it's not very accurate. The family of the gentry regards reading as a priority, and has some contempt for those who run business. It's just a rumor, and I don't necessarily know the details."

"What do you think."

Zhou Buyi snapped his fingers and said the names of several families.He really only heard about it. He only knew that these companies were relatively rich. It was said that there were minerals in the mountains.

Even so, Liu Xie asked Zhou Buyu to write a list.

In this kind of mountainous area, the influence of scholars is far less prominent than in the Central Plains, and the real power is those local tyrants with rich people.Judging from the fact that Jiang Wan and others were about to give up Dou Fu, they were unlikely to be Dou Fu's real reliance, at least not the only one.

If there should be other supporters behind Dou Fu, the most likely ones are local industrial and commercial households.

These people are rich and have miners under their command. It is too easy to pretend to be bandits.

Dou Fu is just a scholar, so he can't make any big waves.But those industrial and commercial households are different. If they don't give them enough lessons, they may come out again at any time. The court officials will either join with them, or be driven away or even killed by them.

Troubles come out of poor mountains and bad waters.The reason why mountainous areas are difficult to govern is that the terrain is complex, the imperial court's control ability is limited, the local clans are powerful, and the bandits are inseparable.

If he remembers correctly, Quanling was later called Yongzhou, and it became the place where many literati and inkmen were exiled. Liu Zongyuan, one of the eight great masters of Tang and Song Dynasties, was demoted here, and wrote "Eight Records of Yongzhou", and the more famous article "Snake Catcher Says".

The reason why "The Story of the Snake Catcher" is more famous is because this article directly echoes the famous saying of Confucius, and narrates this truth in the tone of a snake catcher, which is more simple than the simple "Analects of Confucius". Style is more contagious.

But what literati can do is just write articles.

As a descendant of the Liu family of the Hedong family, Liu Zongyuan did not bring any real changes to Yongzhou except for leaving a few articles.

But Liu Xie is different. He has no interest in writing articles, but wants to take this opportunity to rectify the people's livelihood in Quanling.

Since it is the poor mountains and bad waters that make troublesome people, then turn the poor mountains into mountains of gold and silver, and turn the bad water into gold, mercury, and silver waters to improve the living standards of the local people, and then use strong means to curb the local evil forces, and the problem will naturally be solved. .

Can things like mines be in the hands of the local clan?
The biggest shortcoming of literati administration is that its practical ability is too weak.When you encounter trouble, you either roll up your sleeves in a flash of enthusiasm, or settle down and compromise with local forces instead of finding a way to solve it.

There are very few scholars like Zhuge Liang who can act both softly and hard, and can control the local big households obediently.

It's a pity that Zhou Buyi is too young to be familiar with the situation.

Liu Xie called Ding Chong and asked him to select some from the army who were familiar with the local conditions in Quanling, especially those with mining experience, and planned to arrange a raid on the local mining industry under the pretext of eliminating bandits.

If you can't even control the situation around Lingling County, even if Jiaozhou is pacified and Shi Xie becomes a minister, what's the point.

Change a group of people to be the emperor?
As for which department will be responsible for these mines after they are taken back, he hasn't made up his mind yet.

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A day later, Dou Fu came.

He looked haggard, with bloodshot eyes and dark circles.

In contrast, Jiang Wan and Liu Min who accompanied him were in high spirits except for being slightly nervous.

Liu Xie didn't say much to Dou Fu, after some simple greetings, he straight to the point asked who were the people who supported him in defending the city.

Dou Fu was a little embarrassed, but under Liu Xie's gaze, he still confessed everything.

After comparing the list provided by Liu Xie and Zhou Buyu, he had a rough idea.

The coincidence rate is high.

This shows that his original conjecture was reliable, and this is a cooperation where everyone takes what they need.Dou Fu became an official of Quanling because of his meritorious service.The local wealthy households have been sheltered, and they can happily mine and make money from now on.

Liu Xie ordered someone to write down the list, and said to Jiang Wan, please go again and invite all these people.

Jiang Wan heard the murderous intent in Liu Xie's words, but she didn't dare to refuse, so she turned around and left.

At the same time, Liu Xie arranged for Ding Chong to take over the city defense, restore order in Quanling City, and collect further evidence.

Ding Chong understood and took the order to leave.

After arranging all this, Liu Xie called Dou Fu again to answer.

"Now, you can tell the ins and outs of the whole thing." Liu Xie curled up his fingers and tapped on the records on the case. "Before anyone else confesses, you are still surrendering. The conditions I promised you at the beginning are still fulfilled. You can choose to return to your hometown in Guanzhong, or you can choose to stay here. Of course, you can also choose to go anywhere. If you still refuse to say ..."

There was a slight smile on the corner of Liu Xie's mouth. "Then you can't blame me."

Dou Fu was sweating like rain, his face was ashen.

After hesitating for a while, he knelt down on his knees and put his head on the ground. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. The guilty minister is willing to say."

"Then let's talk." Liu Xie crossed his fingers, placed them in front of his abdomen, and looked down at Dou Fu.

Tai Shi at the side spread out a pen and paper, ready to record.

Dou Fu has a special status, and what he narrates may enter history in the future as part of Dou Wu's biography.

Dou Fu calmed down and explained the situation one by one.

In general, it is roughly the same as Liu Xie's guess.The local rich family wanted to grab more benefits, so they ordered people to pretend to be bandits to attack the city, and supported Dou Fu to defend the city. After the two sides played a scene with gongs and drums, Dou Fu successfully controlled Quanling City, a large army supply channel. important town.

Due to the situation, even if Ding Chong had doubts, he could only accept the reality and appointed him as the order to guard the spring mausoleum.

The only thing that surprised Liu Xie was that Quan Lingling, who was scared away by the bandits, was not innocent either.

He is Dou Wu's old official, Zhang Chang from Nanyang.

(End of this chapter)