The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 250 Return to Yecheng
Soon after, Cui Yue and Wang Ming both brought good news to themselves. At least Yang Xianrong chose to become a minister and wrote a letter to Liu Yao along the way.

As for Zu Ti, after receiving the orders from Director Wang and Sima Yue, he took the initiative to trade with Liu Tai.

To put it simply, the turmoil that started when Liu Tai sent troops to conquer Liu Yao and ended with the crusade against Shi Le and Liu Yao came to an end completely.

At least facing Liu Tai's posture of sweeping fallen leaves in the autumn wind, neither Yang Xianrong nor Zu Ti wanted to touch Liu Tai.

But Zu Ti really wanted to take advantage of Zhao Han's weakness to take over Chang'an and Luoyang, but at this time everyone knew that Zhao Han was a soft persimmon.

Therefore, the Ba Di tribe who originally submitted to Liu Yao began to rebel, and Director Wang and Sima Rui wanted to arrange for Wang Dun to pick the fruits.

Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't pick it. All in all, you can't let Zu Ti take the credit.

After all, the others don't have enough prestige, but Zu Ti's foundation is now much more solid than last time. If Zu Ti can win Chang'an and Luoyang, he will really have the qualifications to become a king. This is a big deal for Director Wang and Sima Yue. unbearable.

In comparison, although Wang Dun does not look like a good minister, his foundation is the Langya Wang family. No matter how great his achievements are in Chang'an and Luoyang, he will eventually return to his own family.

The kind of thing that wants to take advantage of the terrain to dominate is impossible for most aristocratic families.

Don't you see, Zhong Hui just wanted to do this, and he died miserably.

All your connections and capital are all in the center, but you want to usurp the throne somewhere. This is not stupid.

Therefore, when aristocratic families usurp the throne, they always follow the route of relatives or central coups, because unless they are in their own local area, they will rebel in the local area, not to mention the people, and even their soldiers will not agree.

It's just that Zu Ti is an outlier in the family, and Fan Yang's family should be the master of Wubao in Youzhou.

But it happened that Zu Ti had great ambitions and lofty aspirations, and became the mainstay of the Northern Expedition against the Huns. All the Han people in Henan were attracted by Zu Ti's charm.

He started out as a short-term governor of Yuzhou, but through his personal charm and ability, he conquered the aristocratic families in Yuzhou and Yanzhou to serve him. If Zu Ti is allowed to take control of Luoyang, even if there is no Emperor Xiao to command the princes, this will be Cao Cao's development model. , how could Sima Rui not be afraid.

After all, before Cao Cao greeted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, who could see Cao Cao and not praise him as a great and pure minister of the Han Dynasty!

Therefore, how loyal Zu Ti was because of his own principles was completely meaningless to Sima Rui.

Because as a member of the Sima family, they only believe in filial piety and not loyalty!
After successfully reaching a contract with Zu Ti, Liu Tai couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief, leaving sorghum to station in Jijun. Liu Tai led the army and began to retreat slowly.

At this time, heavy snow has fallen in the sky. Once the snow starts in the north, it will continue to fall in waves, as if it is enough to dye the whole world white. At the same time, it is also a preparation for the bloody battles that have filled the battlefield this year. The best way to hide is that the vast white land is really clean.

After he returned to Yecheng, everyone was wearing sackcloth and wearing filial piety and weeping continuously. But when they saw Liu Tai returning to the city, these guys endured it with force, which was quite Zhang Liao's crying style.

"What happened in Yecheng?" Liu Tai asked as he looked at Xi Jian and Wen Qiao who came out to greet him with dark circles under their eyes.

The two of them looked a little embarrassed. It was obvious that the person who was so disrespectful to Liu Tai at this time was probably from Yecheng's aristocratic family.

Xi Jian took the lead and said, "The civil servants and generals who had taken refuge in Shi Le at the beginning were allowed to walk around the city wall of Ye City and let the people handle it according to the king's wishes. After completing this circle, they were washed away from being thieves. sin.

Not even one out of ten survived, so every family wore sackcloth, wore mourning, and took care of posthumous affairs. "

Liu Tai nodded thoughtfully when he heard this. No wonder he didn't give himself face.

Maybe that's all I want to argue about, especially in this era, things like wearing sackcloth and wearing mourning have basically nothing to do with ordinary people. Only those who are well-educated and have certain talents can do it.

After all, etiquette is precious in any era.

But Liu Tai also understood that there were some local aristocratic families who felt that he was killing too much.

After all, there is nothing wrong with being a thief since ancient times. You can just kowtow to another master. How can someone like Liu Tai throw him directly into the street, tie up handcuffs and leg irons, and then inform the people of Yecheng that they have vengeance and vengeance? What a decent family!
Liu Tai raised his head and asked Xi Jian, "Is the government affairs in Yecheng running smoothly?"

"Some minor officials are lazy, and some minor officials have asked for leave. Now that the war has subsided, we need to borrow some people from the king!" Xi Jian heard Liu Tai's words and decisively asked Liu Tai to borrow people.

As a subordinate, there is no shame in borrowing people from your boss. Failure to complete the task is the real shame.

"Let's go back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and explain it in detail!" Liu Tai said calmly as he looked at Xi Jian.

Wen Qiao was somewhat at a loss because of the family's lack of cooperation.

After all, he came from Liu Kun's environment, so he was not used to working at the grassroots level without a noble family as a tentacle.

But Xi Jian was different, not to mention that Xi Jian saw Liu Tai's management model through military history when he was actually working. He was used to recording through military history when working, and then backing it up.

As time goes by, this model has gradually evolved from unfamiliar to mature. Of course, the biggest price is still the shortage of paper.

However, as Liu Tai's industrial system in Qingzhou continued to improve, at least paper was enough to support official purposes.

After the introduction of the concept of backup, basically everything is written on a piece of paper, who is assigned to do it, what goals are achieved, and whether they are completed. Then they are reported once a month, summarized once every six months, and summarized once a year. plan.

What work and things need to be done are clearly written on this piece of paper, and the people below can just do it.

If you fail to complete the above tasks, as long as you are determined to hold people accountable, it must be the person who can be traced back to the grassroots work.

And when the work is done, just put a check mark on it, and then report it up layer by layer.

So the family stopped working, and Xijian didn't care at all. He just asked Liu Tai for military history and some village chiefs to come and work.

All in all, if you dare to retreat, I will be right. The main thing is a loving relationship.

Again, Liu Tai's foundation is not with them, so Liu Tai definitely does not focus on safeguarding their interests.

After all, in any world, what kind of fortune do those poor and powerless people have? When stability needs to be maintained, they will naturally have to suffer in the middle class.

In the current chaos in China, they are not the elders who support Liu Tai, nor have they welcomed Liu Tai into the city and become ministers of Conglong. Now they are still the people at the bottom who are worthy of Liu Tai's win over. If it doesn't hurt them, who will suffer? !After all, the people's requirements are not high. If they have a stable meal, they are willing to sell their labor. If they have an acre of land, their whole family is willing to work for them.

In contrast, what the aristocratic family wants is the rights in their own hands!
So it’s not clear who is your friend, who is your enemy, who is your foundation, and who is your ally?
Liu Tai knew very well, so the aristocratic family should be suppressed and dealt with.

After all, Shi Le Shi Hu could kill him, so couldn’t he himself?
It's just that they don't care whether they bury or kill them. If they say it themselves, they must kill them, but they must also bury them properly!

After all, he is not a big enemy of the family. Now that the punishment has been in place, he will naturally start to win over them!

After Liu Tai returned to the city, he first arranged for the soldiers to return to the camp and the general to his mansion, and then returned to the interior hall. Xi Jian, Wen Qiao, and Zhou Zheng were all there. Liu Tai said in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's going on in Ye City these days?" Did the aristocratic family use tricks?"

"It's true that they are using tricks!" Xi Jian shook his head and said, "They also know that taking refuge in Shi Le will definitely be liquidated by the king. Now this drama is just to remind the general that they are very important and useful."

"Reminder..." Liu Tai shook his head and said, "Let them do whatever they want. Since they are willing to take refuge in Shi Le, they will naturally be willing to take refuge in me now. It's just that these guys are used to controlling the grassroots and think that there is nothing they can do if the world lacks them!"

Liu Tai said to Xijian, "First arrange the work of the military history, and then go and release the news, saying that I will be reviewing the soldiers and handing out rewards soon. If you are willing, you can arrange for concubines to attend, and I will also arrange for the army to attend." Communicate with the single village leader.

If there are people who can see each other that day, I will of course preside over their collective wedding in person! "

"Your Majesty, what are you?!" Xi Jian couldn't help but feel a touch of surprise when he heard Liu Tai's words.

Because Xi Jian knew about Liu Tai's suppression and disdain for the aristocratic families, like letting the aristocratic families who had taken refuge in Shi Le walk around Yecheng, this more or less meant directly eliminating the members of the aristocratic families.

After all, there are only so many seats, and you can’t all take them.

Liu Tai's men wanted to take a seat, but they couldn't steal their hands, so they had no choice but to punish the people.

Even some of the aristocratic families were only affected, because many people actually just wanted to kill those members of the Jie clan, but they couldn't stop killing them, so some Han officials were affected.

It's not about how honest these Han officials are, but when they work under mainly foreigners, the minority will instinctively unite to resist the foreigners. Just like this, Han officials are pretty good to the Han people.

After all, they are just poor people in Wuhuanhuaxia. As long as you have some empathy and don't go too far, at least the people will not be the first to find you.

But if you are determined to be a traitor to the Jie clan, now you are thinking that it is your destiny.

This is not a dead end, as long as the adrenaline rushes up when someone is killed, and he walks around Yecheng quickly, he will naturally atone for his sins.

But if the situation has gotten out of control and you still walk slowly, who will die if you don’t die!

Suppression is repression, and now I am giving the aristocratic family a chance to make a bet by sending concubines to marry his soldiers, thereby forming a new combination of interests and riding on his own ship that has already set sail.

There is no way, people with vision, such as Chu Hui, such as Xi Jian, such as Yang Man, have already boarded the ship.

They haven't made any mistakes, and you can't kick them off the boat, so you just go find the next-level target.

At least these people who have grown up to the centurion level have followed him to fight all the way, so don't be shameless!

In addition to wanting to appease the aristocratic family in this way, he also hopes to slightly improve the descendants of the embryo-killers who have followed him all the way.

Liu Tai can't guarantee anything about genes, but basically, concubines from aristocratic families are more or less educated and know how to calculate accounts.

Under such circumstances, if these concubines married village chiefs and centurions as wives, then the fields they had been rewarded by themselves, as well as the wealth they earned through killing, and their descendants would not be Education gone wrong.

After all, even if they are concubines, they still enjoy the education of aristocratic families, and they have literacy qualifications that most people in this era do not have. As long as the mother is literate, there is no need to worry about whether their son is literate.

"Does your Majesty intend to give these aristocratic families a chance? I have a history with the aristocratic families in Yecheng, so I'd better go and persuade them!"

At this time, Wen Qiao heard Liu Tai's words and immediately came forward and spoke solemnly to Liu Tai.

When Liu Tai heard Wen Qiao's words, he nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you to handle it!"

Liu Tai then turned his attention to Xi Jian and said, "I'll give you the manpower to get Yecheng up and running quickly.

Especially when it snows, send more people to inspect the local people to see if they have enough food and warmth.

If there is not enough, organize people to do simple tasks such as clearing snow, and those who work can get food. "

"If this is the case, I'm afraid it will consume a lot of food and materials!" Xijian couldn't help but sigh after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Don't the Jie tribe in Shile have enough food?" Liu Tai was a little surprised when he heard Xijian's words.

"Your Majesty, please don't forget that the Jie tribe's meals are a little different from those of us normal people. They eat human breasts!" Xijian couldn't help but sigh a little, "I checked their granaries, and among them A lot of food is like this!"

"Is anyone in the Jie tribe still alive?" To be honest, it was really difficult for Liu Tai to understand. Is this kind of person really a human being? !
"Yes! There are tens of thousands of survivors among the population of Yecheng!" Xi Jian said seriously to Liu Tai.

"Transport these people to the Coal and Steel Department one after another, and ask Lu Chen not to civilize them, lest their blood pollutes our Han bloodline in the future!" Liu Tai understands being forced to eat people under difficult circumstances. .

After all, Liu Bei can almost be regarded as a true gentleman of the Three Kingdoms, but when Lu Bu made a surprise attack on Xuzhou and became homeless, he was forced to the point of cannibalism.

This is the fault of the times, not one man.

The question is what do you mean by always keeping human flesh as military rations? Liu Tai feels that the estimate of the Jie clan's bottom line is too high.

But as long as a normal person in society travels to this era, it is difficult to imagine that an ethnic group that has entered civilization will have Cheng Yu per capita.

"Just tell me, where is the food in Yecheng now?" Liu Tai said to Xi Jian angrily at this moment.

"Fo Tucheng!" Xi Jian said seriously.

(End of this chapter)