A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 581 The Rise of Liu Yu

Liu Muzhi packed his luggage, wrote a memorial in person to report his merits, and then left quietly with several brothers.

Although the world is in chaos and princes are rising together, Qianshi still has a high prestige in the world. Although various prefectures and counties each found reasons not to send grain taxes to Luoyang, no one went to invade the surrounding areas of Luoyang.

Even places such as Jinling and Huai'an are still in the hands of the imperial court.

Liu Muzhi led the people along the canal to Daliang, and then to Luoyang. Although there were many people who set up cards to collect taxes privately, the journey was smooth.

After arriving in Luoyang, Liu Muzhi was also shocked when he saw the prosperous Luoyang.

“Luoyang, the capital of the gods, is well-deserved!”

"Now that Luoyang City has been cut off from taxes by various states and counties, it is still so prosperous. What will it be like during the period of total victory?" Liu Muzhi said yearningly.

After entering Luoyang, Liu Muzhi asked people to inquire around.

Fortunately, Luoyang has always been under the control of the royal family. The royal family has always paid great attention to the voices of the people and specifically ordered the General Affairs Department to collect the voices of the people and report them to the court.

Liu Muzhi used the General Administration Department to submit the letter.

Now that this memorial has been sent to the imperial court, it is clear that he is dissatisfied with those princes, nobles, and Confucian scholars. Want to gain fame and fortune.

Basically, it has returned to the model of the Spring and Autumn Period hundreds of years ago.

Among them, peasants and soldiers were an unpopular class and were often suppressed.

There may be some people in these noble and powerful families who are knowledgeable about the sufferings of the people, but the vast majority of them pay more attention to their own private interests. As for the country and the people, everything must make way for them.

The states and counties had already started to take matters into their own hands, and now a report of victory suddenly arrived. Wang Jing thought about it for a moment and immediately understood the reason.

In fact, many princes compromised with local nobles and Confucian scholars to gain their support.

Wang Jing didn't want to see that scene, so when he saw peasants and soldiers coming to submit a letter, he immediately had an idea. After reading the memorial, Wang Jing issued an edict and appointed him as the Pengcheng military envoy, commanding the Pengcheng peasants and soldiers, and also commanding the Pengcheng prefect.

And more importantly, the performance of these people made Wang Jing clear that if they gain power and even end up taking over the world, it will not be a good thing for the people at the bottom.

In Shangyang Palace, Wang Jing was also slightly stunned when he saw Liu Muzhi's memorial to report his merits. Since the rise of princes in various places and most of the money, grain and taxes have been cut off, the imperial court has not received these reports of victory for a long time.

Wang Jing naturally hated those families of Confucian classics, officials and nobles. It was these people who were pushing Daqian into the abyss.

At that time, the people at the bottom will no longer be able to get ahead, and officials can basically only come from these families of classics, nobles, and officials.

The royal family also knows that although the various states and counties are doing their own thing, it does not mean that those princes can control the sky with one hand.

Wang Jing was very generous. The Pengcheng prefect was a high-ranking official worth two thousand shi. The Pengcheng military envoy could mobilize Pengcheng's peasants and soldiers. He was almost a prince. Of course, the premise was that he could control these rights.

In fact, according to this memorial, Liu Yu had a lot of peasant soldiers under his control. There were only 300 peasant soldiers in Pengcheng County at that time. If he could master them, plus those auxiliary soldiers, there would be 1,500 well-trained armored soldiers. scholar.

If a fight really breaks out, the soldiers in the hands of those powerful and noble people are no match for them. Now that he is famous, if Liu Yu can seize the opportunity, he might not be able to take advantage of it to rise. Compared with those from the Confucian classics family, Wang Jing agreed more with Liu Yu, at least he was aware of the sufferings of the people.

Wang Jing asked people to prepare the official seals of the Pengcheng prefect, the official seals of the Pengcheng military envoys, and the corresponding official robes. Then he sent someone to deliver it to Liu Muzhi, and at the same time spread the edict to all directions.

Although the imperial court is now in decline, it is still orthodox and righteous, and the imperial edicts issued are still valid, but if they are not implemented at the local level, the imperial court cannot control them.

After Liu Muzhi saw the imperial edict, he was ecstatic. Originally, he came here because he wanted an official position at the level of county magistrate or county captain. As a result, the court not only gave him, but also gave him far more.

With this title, Liu Yu could quickly recruit peasants and soldiers, integrate them, and then become the prefect of Pengcheng.

Of course, this is not without risks. It is necessary to control all the peasants and soldiers in Pengcheng County as soon as possible. If the peasants and soldiers are not controlled, then this edict and the reward official position will be a life-threatening charm.

However, Liu Muzhi had great confidence in Liu Yu. Liu Yu was a natural general. He could lead soldiers and horses to win consecutive battles. He had high prestige among the peasants and soldiers. Coupled with the imperial edict, he basically controlled those peasants and soldiers. There is no difficulty.

What is needed now is a time difference. We must control the peasants and soldiers before those people react, and then seize the position of governor.

The court angel smiled at Liu Muzhi and said: "Your Majesty has issued an order, and a formal edict will be issued to the whole country in three days."

Liu Muzhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and quickly bowed to him again and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank the angel for reminding me!"

After the angel left, Liu Muzhi immediately asked others to pack their things, and then hurried to Pengcheng.

Wang Jing didn't pay too much attention to Liu Yu. The royal family was currently evacuating, and he wanted to find something for the princes to do, lest they find out what the royal family was doing and block it.

Now the Daqian royal family still has a lingering influence. Once the princes continue to grow, their ambitions will continue to grow. One day, they will feel that the royal family is an eyesore, and then they will start to deal with the royal family.

Liu Yu's incident also opened up an idea for Wang Jing. Since Liu Yu can command the local peasants and soldiers, there are also people in other states and counties who can command the local peasants and soldiers.

So Wang Jing asked the secret guards to sort out the information, and then began to select some to give them rewards.

As long as some of these farmers and soldiers can succeed, they will bring huge crises to those noble and classic families.

After Wang Jing selected a few people, he sent envoys to reward them. As long as things go well, these farmers and soldiers will rise rapidly in no time.

On the other side, Liu Muzhi drove quickly towards Pengcheng and finally returned to Pengcheng. After handing over the official position and official seal granted by the imperial court to Liu Yu, he urged him to act quickly.

When Liu Yu learned about the reward, he was excited at first, but soon broke into a cold sweat. However, he soon understood that in fact he only had one way to go, which was to accept the reward immediately and then capture the farmer. If you don't have military power, you will be killed.

After Liu Yu understood the problem, he made a decisive decision without any hesitation and sent his confidants to communicate with other peasants and soldiers.

Originally, the relationship between the peasants and soldiers was good. Now that they learned that Liu Yu was rewarded by the imperial court, they immediately became excited. In just two days, Liu Yu controlled 300 peasants and soldiers and 1,500 soldiers.

(End of this chapter)