Lord Yuan

Chapter 197: All in Western Liaoning, Jiuqing Guards

With these [-] to [-] Yellow Turbans, the population of western Liaoning has skyrocketed again.

The powerful local gentry in western Liaoning who had been plundered and harassed by the Yellow Turbans were extremely rare to gather together.

"The remaining power of the Yellow Turbans is still there. Although they were defeated by General Nadu Liao with [-] cavalry, there are still as many as [-] to [-] remaining Yellow Turbans. In addition, other counties are still harassed by Yellow Turbans all the time. Why doesn't General Du Liao directly Kill them all and leave them alone to cause more trouble."

As the victims of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, they have a natural hostility towards the Yellow Turban Army. In addition, they have worked hard and plundered to achieve what they are today. They never thought that a Yellow Turban Uprising would drastically reduce their assets in an instant. This is not something they can tolerate. However, the Yellow Turbans are so powerful that relying solely on their private armies is a drop in the bucket.

The most important thing is that more than half of these private tribes will even choose to abandon them directly and fall into the embrace of the Yellow Turbans. It is these family thieves who cause them the most serious damage.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to guard against house thieves by day and night.

With the guidance of these people, it didn't take much time at all to make the powerful gentry in Liaoxi County miserable and watch their property being deprived of their property.

"If you ask me, General Du Liao just wanted to use this to support the bandits' self-respect. If the Yellow Turban bandits are wiped out, his role as General Du Liao will be over. As long as he is not stupid, he will never do it so easily. Let these yellow turban thieves be destroyed." Someone with a sullen face and sharp eyes pointed out the problem.

It immediately attracted everyone present to echo.

"That's very true!"

"Although I don't know what kind of cavalry General Du Liao used to make 10,000+ Yellow Turban bandits surrender. At present, his base is in eastern Liaoning, far from western Liaoning. We should share the same hatred with the enemy and never let western Liaoning suffer the same fate. Liaodong suffered the same fate."

"As far as I know, there are few powerful and wealthy merchants in the entire Liaodong County. All the property on the surface is under the jurisdiction of General Du Liao's Mansion. If he comes to our Liaoxi in the name of General Du Liao, I am afraid that Liaoxi will become the second Liaodong, by then we will die without a burial place!"

"Exactly, no matter what, we can't let General Du Liao come to our western Liaoning. We will manage the western Liaoning for the county here, without outsiders' intervention."

Just as the powerful gentry were discussing the next preparations to be made, a very discordant voice suddenly sounded.

A handsome and tall man sitting in the corner suddenly spoke out, with a half-smile in his deep eyes.

"When the Yellow Turbans were raging, may I ask where you were? When the Yellow Turbans bullied the local county, you were either busy packing up your belongings or planning a large-scale relocation. When did you ever take any action to resist the Yellow Turbans? Not to mention that. General Du Liao, even Zan feels ashamed. As a Zhonglang general, he can't restrain the Yellow Turban and is upset, but you are here to discuss and fight against General Du Liao? Are you not asking for your own destruction?"

Hearing this, the house was completely silent for an instant, and everyone looked surprised. No one noticed when General Gongsun Zhonglang came to the table, and no one knew what his intention was when he said these words.

In the past, I heard that under the protection of Liu Ji, he was able to promote filial piety and integrity. He used dozens of cavalry to attack hundreds of Xianbei cavalry and killed dozens of people. Although he himself suffered more than half of the damage, he was promoted to the county magistrate of Zhuojun. He once He commanded three thousand cavalry to conquer the rebellious Wuhuan, and was promoted to General Zhonglang and made the capital Tinghou.

In this house, now that the governor of Western Liaoning has died, there is no governor as the highest-ranking officer. Gongsun Zan has become the highest commander of Western Liaoning at this time, and he has military power. If he speaks, no one dares to refute him. meaning.

At this time, I was surprised when I heard these words that seemed to be praising General Du Liao.

Some people are impatient and eager to know the results.

"Then according to the wishes of Dutinghou, where should we go? Kneel down three times and bow nine times to welcome General Du Liao to take charge of western Liaoning?"

"Yes, yes, Lord Duting is well-informed and must know how to crack this method!"

Gongsun Zan, who was surrounded by everyone, pretended to be profound, assumed a mysterious posture, and remained silent for a long time.

When these people saw this, they begged for help. They did not want all the money they had saved so hard to go to the treasury of General Du Liao. Although they were looted by the Yellow Turban thieves, they were still so skinny that Bigger than horses, they were only injured, but they were far from being destroyed.

Gongsun Zan looked around and looked at the diligent faces of these powerful gentry. He felt a sense of pride in his heart unconsciously. So what if General Du Liao was in control of Liaodong? I will definitely compete with you.

Of course, at present, Gongsun Zan has no intention of competing with Yuan Shao, relying on his three thousand cavalry?It's just a whim.

These people in front of me are the stepping stones for me to gain momentum.

His foundation is Yuyang County. In the past, he killed many Xianbei cavalry here, and his reputation has increased since then. Although his former residence is in western Liaoning, Gongsun Zan decided to stay away from this general who conquered the Liao Dynasty, and quietly developed his own power through the Yellow Turban thieves. At the same time, it can completely block the Yellow Turbans' plan to go to Liaodong from Yuyang County, so that Yuan Shao, the general of Liao Dynasty, cannot be supplemented by the outside world. Over time, one will fade and the other will grow, and he will surely gain momentum.

Now, how to persuade these powerful gentry to give up the wealth in their hands and use it as their first pot of gold.

Without money, how to develop the economy and build a cavalry.

"Everyone knows that General Du Liao has always hated you so much. If you fall into his hands, you will definitely not be able to escape, and all your family property will be used as his treasury."

Gongsun Zan was in trouble, and his face showed an extremely depressed look.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly begged and sought a solution.

In the end, under Gongsun Zan's sincere temptation to be courteous first and then to fight, and on the premise of protecting the safety of his family, he forced these powerful gentry to donate all their property and at the same time sent people to send all their family members to Yuyang.

Gongsun Zan had already planned it early.

If these people don't agree, he doesn't mind turning all the cavalry under his command into yellow scarves.

Maybe some people have discovered this. Compared with the situation where the family is destroyed and no one is left, they are more willing to give up everything outside themselves to preserve the body, although doing so will make the wealth of Dutinghou reach a new level in an instant. However, for them, since the emergence of the Yellow Turban thieves, the more powerful the powerful gentry are, the more likely they are to receive special treatment from the Yellow Turban.

Soon, Gongsun Zan packed up his things and turned all the remaining assets that could not be taken away into money. He escorted one cart after another with his cavalry and headed for Yuyang, away from Liaodong and Yuan Shao.

When the officials sent by Yuan Shao arrived here, they found that the buildings were empty and all the powerful gentry they imagined were gone. Only some wealthy local businessmen who were unwilling to leave their hometowns still lived in the city.

Zhao Yun gathered these people together and asked about the traces of the powerful gentry.

When he learned that Duke Tinghou Gongsun Zan had made preparations long ago to move all these people to Yuyang, he couldn't help but be furious.

This was a naked attempt to dismantle Yuan Jun. It was clearly Yuan Jun's cavalry battalion that defeated these Yellow Turbans, but in the end, Gongsun Zan harvested the fruits behind his back and pulled out all the roots.

Zhao Yun's anger level continued to rise, but Xun Chen who was walking with him smiled at each other.

"The person has left, and it is useless to add trouble. Zilong can quickly send people to various county offices to make all officials return to the government to handle official business. At the same time, he can send people to transfer the birthplaces of those yellow scarf households to western Liaoning. In this way, Enrich the population of western Liaoning."

Zhao Yun immediately calmed down his anger. He was assigned by Yuan Jun to go to western Liaoning to deal with these powerful gentry. Now that the real owner is away, there are still some wealthy businessmen who can calm down their anger a little.

When the wealthy businessmen learned that they had to use this to pay huge taxes, all of them showed extremely dissatisfied expressions.

"Even what Marquis Duting said in the past has never made us pay such a large amount of taxes. General Du Liao did not consider the people's sentiments and only knew how to exploit us. Doesn't it make us all feel cold?"

"This is the property I have accumulated from being a businessman and farmer for generations. If General Du Liao needs it, I can donate a hundred thousand yuan, but it can easily cost millions in taxes, and we really can't afford it!"

Zhao Yun was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said with deep understanding: "Yun also knows that you have been accumulating for many years. Don't you know about the Gongsun Du family and the Zhao family in the past? It was just as you thought at the beginning. If General Du Liao hadn't sent cavalry to fight against the Yellow Turban thieves, , how can you all sit here and discuss with Yun Xiang?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words.

The land of Liaodong is the absolute tomb of the powerful gentry. As he said, the Zhao family, which was so powerful in the past, was not destroyed in one night. With this lesson learned, all the powerful gentry in the entire Liaodong County were destroyed. Lower your posture for the sake of preservation.

Although he gave up most of his money, he still gained a good reputation and lived comfortably without any worries about his life.General Du Liao would go to express condolences in person from time to time. Although in their opinion, it was a cat crying and a mouse pretending to be compassionate, but even if he didn't do this, no one would dare to question it.

After all, the powerful gentry who dared to question General Du Liao directly had grass growing on their graves, and they were not willing to follow in such a footsteps.

Then they all expressed their willingness to obey the orders of General Du Liao.

Zhao Yun immediately laughed and sent people to serve wine and food one after another.

Looking at this posture, if you don't comply, you may not be able to eat the hot meal. While everyone was eating, they talked about how delicious the food was.

With the internal affairs arrangements of Zhao Yun and Xun Chen, as well as the continuous patrols of Yan Liang, Xu Rong and other cavalry battalions to check whether there were any remaining Yellow Turban forces in the surrounding area, the entire western Liaoning Province began to gradually enter a stage of rapid development step by step.

Yuan Shao was located in Liaodong and was in charge of the official affairs of the two counties. Although he had never held the position of prefect, General Du Liao's expediency allowed him to perform his duties on his behalf.

After the two counties were completely connected, trade with each other became quite frequent, and the scene was prosperous, which was completely different from the previous days when the Yellow Turbans were in rebellion.

Even many local people in western Liaoning are grateful for the Yellow Turban Rebellion. If it had not invaded western Liaoning, it would have made all the powerful gentry tuck their tails between their legs and beheaded local corrupt officials. Although some It's bloody, but it has to be said that the benefits to the people at the bottom are real.

The most important thing is that many people have chosen to migrate from western Liaoning to Liaodong. Those who came back praised the beautiful scenery of Liaodong and completely forgot about their hometown. This also made many people think about Liaodong early. With longing in their hearts, under the governance of General Nadu Liao, it was completely different from that in western Liaoning. However, many thoughts such as remembering the well diggers and returning fallen leaves to their roots made them unable to make a large-scale decision to move to Liaodong.

Now it's better. If he doesn't go, General Du Liao himself comes.

With this big mountain here, I believe that the development of the entire western Liaoning will soon be on the right track, and it will not be difficult to reach the level of Liaodong.

Li Shu in western Liaoning firmly believed in this.

The tribesmen who transformed into the Yellow Turbans thought the same way. They were no longer willing to face the existence of those cavalry. They knew very well that the Yellow Turbans were gone, or in other words, the Yellow Turbans in Liaodong, Liaoxi and other places would never be able to make any more waves. of.

You should just be a farmer honestly. I heard that farmers in Liaodong have very generous benefits. One month is almost equal to the harvest in March. In this way, everyone can have enough to eat. Who will do it? To engage in some unnecessary uprisings and protests, at least they are planning to put things to rest.

Even if the yellow turbans around them disguised themselves and tried to make these old yellow turbans revolt, they only got a reply that they did not know whether to live or die. They just let the good days go and rebelled. This is not crazy. !
Yuan Shao had no time to take care of these little things in the field now. When he learned that one person had looted all the property that should have belonged to him one step ahead of time, he was a little angry. When he heard that it was Gongsun Zan who had done it, Yuan Shao was stunned, and immediately I couldn't laugh or cry again.

He took the first step to occupy the long history of the Liaodong vassal state that should belong to him, so he got to where he is today.

I never thought about how long it would take to repay one's grievances. In the end, the spoils that belonged to him were still given to him to occupy the magpie's nest. This was exactly what he said. It was not that he would not retaliate, it was just that the time had not yet come.

Obviously, Gongsun Zan, who had been promoted to the rank of Cavalry Commander, felt the pressure and did not want to continue to develop from this land in western Liaoning, lest he end up making a wedding dress for Yuan Shao. When he learned that he was going to Yuyang, Yuan Shao did not feel strange.

The area where he really made his fortune was in Yuyang County. Zhang Chun rebelled and lured Qiu Liju, the Wuhuan leader in western Liaoning, and others to rebel against the Han Dynasty. Gongsun Zan made his fortune from this. Therefore, the local Li Shu had a very kind attitude towards Gongsun Zan, which is why he was so kind to Gongsun Zan. As far as Yuan Shao is concerned, it is almost the same.

At this moment, Xun Chen suddenly rushed back from Liaoxi, where he was busy with business.

At the same time, there is good news and bad news.

"My nephew Xun You heard that Chen Ju was under the command of Yuan Jun, so he came all the way from Yingchuan with the intention of returning to Yuan Jun. At the same time, Xu You, who returned from visiting relatives, brought with him a stranger, whose original name was Cheng Li. Because of this, he held the sun in his dream. Therefore, he changed his name to Cheng Yu. Hearing about Yuan Jun's fame and the Yellow Turban rebellion, he led the army and people of Dong'a County to resist and killed the rebellious magistrate Wang Du with bravery. Hearing that Yuan Jun sent [-] cavalry to defeat more than [-] Yellow Turbans, he came here to meet him. Yuan Jun."

Yuan Shao was overjoyed when he heard this. He was short of someone at this time, and he didn't want to do anything good but still got married. As for why Xu You met Cheng Yu from Yanzhou, he didn't care.

As for Cheng Yu, although he has a bad reputation, some dark history has not harmed him at all.

In the past, Cao's army was short of food, so Cheng Yu used such a clumsy method, but it also allowed Cao's army to eat.

The premise is that Cao's army is short of food. Yuan Shao's current food reserves are enough to support the entire Liaodong without war for more than ten years. In this way, Cheng Yu's biggest flaw has disappeared since then, and Cheng Yu's Yu Shu has a heroic appearance. Although he has a short temper and is easy to get grudges with others, he is brave and brave. He was the only three people in the Three Kingdoms period to receive this honor.

The plan is very ruthless, but if it is combined with Zhao Yun, they will help each other, which will be beneficial.

As for Xun You, Yuan Shao planned to take him with him. He had many ingenious ideas and a talent for adapting that was rare in the world. He could just help him formulate tactics to move south.

What about the bad news.

Xun Chen smiled bitterly.

Luoyang came with an edict.

It was intended that General Du Liao should resign and return to Luoyang to serve as the Jiuqing Guard.

He was able to wipe out the Yellow Turbans and end the Yellow Turban chaos in Youzhou. He was able to enter the center of power in Luoyang, serve as a guard, and command the palace guards. Two thousand stones were lost, and most of them were held by the emperor's close officials, and because they were close to the emperor. , so they were mostly trusted by the emperor and had great power.

But now, for Yuan Shao, Luoyang at this time is like a whirlpool, bottomless. If he steps into it, it will be impossible to escape.

This was not what Yuan Shao thought. He didn't understand that he was doing a good job at the frontier, but who caused trouble for no reason and used this to make him return to Luoyang.

Although for some people, it is a great joy to return to Luoyang from the frontier fortress far away from Luoyang, but for him, going to Luoyang will do all harm and no good, not to mention that there are many places in the east and west of Liaoyang. At this time, we are in a stage of vigorous development. Without him as the backbone, I really don’t know what will happen.

No wonder Xun Chen said it was bad news.

Yuan Shao also felt helpless about this.

The emperor's decree is personal, and whether he obeys it or not, it seems that there are only disadvantages and no benefits for himself.

Fortunately, with the participation of Xun You and Cheng Yu, the development of Liaodong and other places should not be hindered much.

As for Xun Yu, whom he wanted most, this genius in internal affairs, who was known as the most talented person in the royal family, was currently in charge of pen and ink for the emperor in the Luoyang court, handling books and wealth, and guarding the palace.

"I'm afraid Yuan Jun is being noticed!" Xun Chen suddenly said.

When Yuan Shao heard this, he closed his eyes and thought about it. He couldn't figure out who it could be.

Although serving as a guard gave him more opportunities to get close to the emperor, in fact, Liu Hong was still more willing to believe the words of the Shi Chang Shi. It has always been said that Zhang Rang is my father and Zhao Zhong is my mother.

His current identity is that of a returning general from the frontier fortress. To them, he is an invisible threat.

They also put down the Yellow Turban rebellion in Youzhou, which was surprisingly fast compared to the current Yellow Turban rebellion in the entire Han Dynasty.

At this time, even Huangfu Song was still waiting for a chance to fight with Cao Cao, making no achievements. Basically, the Yellow Turbans were gaining momentum at this time, and the Han army was in chaos. Within a month or two, they would not be able to attack the Yellow Turbans. Arrogant.

And this was what made him feel strange.

At this time, his military strength was at its peak, and he was waiting for the imperial court's order to go south to wipe out the Yellow Turbans. This way he could gain more prestige and at the same time greatly enrich the population of eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning. This was the best of both worlds, but the result was that he was defeated by this sudden attack. The will was completely broken.

Yuan Shao had no choice but to put things in order. After meeting Xun You and Cheng Yu, he entrusted him with important tasks and set off for Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)