I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 560: Immigrating to Youzhou
"How do you think we got to this point?"

Glancing at Dian Wei who asked this question, Xu Chu couldn't help but roll his eyes: "Didn't we come here on our own accord?"

After hearing Xu Chu's words, Dian Wei's words became more depressed: "If I had known there would be no decent battle, I might as well have stayed in Luoyang!"

"Know it earlier? You don't even need to tell me! If I had known that the rebels here were so weak and so many people surrendered, I wouldn't have come here!" Xu Chu snorted, "They can't surrender because they are afraid of us, right?"

Now it was Dian Wei's turn to roll his eyes - how could we be so shameless!

But he continued to complain: "Alas, it would be fine if you said that the battle went so smoothly, but how come we have to take our children to Youzhou to live and work in peace?"

As they were talking, they could often hear the sounds of children playing not far away.

Suddenly, Dian Wei seemed to realize something and looked over his shoulder. There happened to be a young child walking towards them curiously, getting closer and closer to the two of them. At this moment, Dian Wei made a decision - he grinned and showed his teeth.

This is the smile he is most satisfied with. He used to tease his son in this way. When Dianman was a child, his son would stop crying every time he smiled.

"Wow……"

Hearing the child crying, the child's mother, who was not far away, hurriedly stopped what she was doing and ran over. She was about to apologize to Dian Wei, but saw that Dian Wei had turned his head away. Seeing this, she had to carefully carry the child back.

Seeing Dian Wei in such an awkward situation, Xu Chu beside him burst into laughter. After laughing, he continued to tease, "It's you who can make children cry now. I think your name will stop children from crying in a few days!"

Dian Wei immediately retorted: "How do you think you are better than me?"

Just at this moment, a sepak takraw ball rolled to the side of the two men. Without waiting for Dian Wei to remind him, Xu Chu immediately reached out to take the sepak takraw ball, weighed it twice in his hand, smiled at Dian Wei, and was about to throw the sepak takraw ball to the children playing nearby.

Unexpectedly, when he looked over with the sepak takraw ball in his hand, the children who were nearby were all scared and ran away.

Now it was Dian Wei's turn to make fun of him: "In my opinion, who else but you can stop a crying child?"

After making fun of each other, Dian Wei and Xu Chu couldn't help but reflect - although they spoke a little rudely and acted a little simple and rough, they had good hearts. They neither treated the grain supply badly nor deliberately bullied others. Why should they be afraid of them!

"Of course it's because you two are too powerful."

Hearing the voice of the person coming, the two of them greeted him at the same time. Dian Wei asked, "Why are you here at this time, Zixiu?"

Cao Ang did not look happy. He sat down beside the two men and then spoke: "Today I found that some of my soldiers took advantage of the opportunity of distributing meals to embezzle and deduct money. After checking, I found that there were more than ten people involved!"

"Their monthly rations are not small, and they are enough to support their families. However, they become greedy and lose all reason. I am here to remind you not to let your guard down."

Dian Wei snorted after hearing this: "If anyone under my command dares to do such a thing, I will chop him down immediately!"

Xu Chu explained, "Don't worry, Zixiu. We have already considered this matter before we set out. We have already warned our soldiers and the people we are escorting that if anyone dares to break the law, they should first ask the ring-handled sword in my hand!"

For a moment, both of them felt that they were very prescient.

Cao Ang shook his head slightly and reminded them, "This is why you two are so powerful. However, we must also be careful that the people will not dare to tell the truth out of fear."

After hearing Cao Ang's reminder, Dian Wei and Xu Chu, who had just experienced the previous scene, also felt that Cao Ang's worries were reasonable. Dian Wei even wanted to ask now.

Cao Ang continued, "Nowadays, the shipping capacity is limited, and unless the people live by the sea, most of them are unwilling to take the sea ship. In two days, not only Xuzhou, but also Qingzhou will arrange for people to go to Youzhou one after another, and they will meet us in two days."

Xu Chu listened and said indifferently: "As long as the counties and states we pass by don't deduct food for this, it's fine. It's not like these people from the counties and states in Qingzhou will be under our control!"

He said that he also felt that what he was thinking of was impossible.

"Of course!"

"Ah?" Xu Chu looked at Cao Ang, hoping that Cao Ang was joking.

Cao Ang explained: "After all, our status is different from others. We used to be close ministers to your majesty. Now it involves the relocation of a large number of people. It is impossible to mobilize qualified officials to carry out the work at once, so we can only use us who are both civil and military."

Cao Ang was actually very satisfied with his current duties. He did not love fighting very much, but he thought that rebuilding homes for the people who had lost their land was a very worthwhile thing to do.

However, everyone's joys and sorrows are different. Although they were happy to be praised for being both civil and military, they knew that they still had to do more things that they were impatient with. Dian Wei and Xu Chu only felt that Cao Ang was noisy.

They all sighed in unison: "Sorrow!"

Cao Ang saw this and asked, "If you really don't want to get involved and want to return to Luoyang as soon as possible, I might be able to help you talk to them."

Hearing this, Dian Wei and Xu Chu refused at the same time: "Thank you for your kindness, Zixiu. Actually, we are doing well now."

"Yeah, look how happy the kids over there are having!" After Xu Chu finished speaking, he suddenly realized that he still had the sepak takraw ball in his hand that he hadn't thrown away before, so he hurriedly threw the sepak takraw ball towards the children.

The child who had been scared and ran away had actually been paying attention to the sepak takraw ball. When he saw the ball come back, he immediately rushed over to play with it again.

When Cao Ang saw this, he felt that Dian Wei and Xu Chu were just talking tough. On the surface, they thought that migrating the people to Youzhou was not as satisfying as fighting in a war and establishing a career, but in fact, they did a very good job. Otherwise, even if they had free time, how could these children have the energy to play happily here?
After meeting Dian Wei and Xu Chu, Cao Ang understood their thoughts and left satisfied.

The reason for his visit was not that simple. Although Dian Wei and Xu Chu's identities were very suitable for escorting the people to relocate to Youzhou, the style of these two people has always been relatively rough, which is in stark contrast to other generals who came from Yulinlang.

Now Sun Ce, who was always considered a representative figure among the five Yulin Langshizhang, has left, and Ma Chao has also left. Cao Ang then took on this mission. If Dian Wei and Xu Chu really did not want to continue escorting the people to immigrate, he could really let them go to Luoyang first.

After Cao Ang left, Xu Chu asked Dian Wei, "I've always heard you complain about not wanting to go on this trip, but why are you unwilling to go when Zixiu offered to help you return to Luoyang?"

Dian Wei asked back: "Aren't you unwilling to make this trip? Why didn't you agree?"

Xu Chu laughed awkwardly and said, "It's difficult, but I can do it. If I give up now, I will be sorry to those who have been following us. I don't want to run away from the battlefield."

Dian Wei emphasized: "I don't want to either!"

After that, the two smiled at each other. Who doesn't want to save face? If they really go back to Luoyang like this, how can they face the emperor? At least they should send the people to Youzhou safely first!

A few days later, they really met someone from Qingzhou. When the two of them went to pay a visit as ordered, they met Cao Ang again.

"Do you know who sent this person here?" Cao Ang asked mysteriously.

Dian Wei and Xu Chu both didn't know.

Upon seeing this, Cao Ang immediately introduced him: "He is the deputy governor of Qingzhou, Prince Lie!"

Seeing that the two were still at a loss, Cao Ang was not discouraged and took the initiative to introduce Wang Lie's life - Wang Lie was originally from Taiyuan County, and grew up in Pingyuan State since childhood. He was a famous scholar. Because he built schools, respected schools, taught people the way, and made them do good and stay away from evil, his reputation in Qingzhou was better than Bing Yuan, Guan Ning, and Hua Xin.

In the past, Wang Lie was taught by Chen Shi, the father of Chen Ji, the governor of Qingzhou. At first, Wang Lie did not accept Chen Ji's invitation because of this relationship. Later, when Qingzhou was in chaos, Wang Lie recommended himself to Chen Ji and was respected by the officials and people of the prefecture. Chen Ji put Wang Lie in charge of the immigration of Qingzhou, which was a great effort.

Cao Ang praised Wang Lie very much in his words, and added: "I have met many celebrities this year. Although many of them are famous, they are just flattering each other among relatives and old friends. They are like cakes drawn on paper, which can only be seen but not eaten. And celebrities like Wang Gong can only reveal their true nature in times of crisis!"

After hearing this, Dian Wei and Xu Chu both felt that Wang Lie had nothing to do with them, but they both felt that Wang Lie was indeed a good person.

But neither of them expected that their chance to get along with Wang Lie would come so soon.

"Yu Sima!"

The two listened to Yu Jin introducing the Qingzhou deputy governor beside him. Not long after, they heard the deputy governor Wang Lie say, "Among the people going to Youzhou, there is a talented scholar named Guan Ning Guan Youan. He is a person who is devoted to learning and has no interest in a career in politics. This time, because someone in his clan instigated the people to riot, he felt guilty and asked to go."

"As far as I know, most of the people who are going to settle in Youzhou this time are poor people, and they just happen to lack people who can be educated in literature. This is a major plan for governance, and I hope you will take good care of him along the way... But please rest assured, Guan Youan is a prudent person and will never do anything without a purpose."

Dian Wei and Xu Chu actually didn't quite understand things like cultural and educational plans, but they had been with Liu Bian before, and they knew from what they had seen and heard that Guan Ning was very important to the people who were about to settle in Youzhou.

This also means that there is a big trouble in their team.

After Wang Lie arrived, Yu Jin asked the two again, "Do you know why Guan Youan was handed over to you for management?"

Seeing that the two of them said they didn't know, Yu Jin opened his mouth, but faced with the two people with clear eyes, he suddenly lost the desire to explain, and just said: "If you two are interested in it, or if you encounter something you don't understand, you can ask Guan Youan for advice."

"Yes!"

"As for Guan Youan, you only need to treat him the same as other civilians. At most, you can send someone to help transport the books he brought with him."

"Yes!"

When leaving, Yu Jin felt that the General of Chariots and Cavalry had good intentions in wanting to train Dian Wei and Xu Chu, but the two men's natures were determined and they were undoubtedly fierce generals, but it would be difficult to ask them to seek change.

However, he felt that the General of Chariots and Cavalry should just do it as the opportunity presented itself. If it could be done, that would be the best, but if it couldn't, that would be acceptable.

After Dian Wei and Xu Chu returned, they received a report that among the people from Qingzhou who were sent, one brought two carts of books, including some bamboo slips.

As soon as Dian Wei asked, he knew it was Guan Ning.

He asked Xu Chu, "Do you have anything to ask him?"

"What about you?" Xu Chu asked back.

"I do not have."

"I do not have either."

"I have!" The two turned around and saw Cao Ang.

Dian Wei's heart moved, and he asked, "What do you want to ask, Zixiu?"

Cao Ang replied: "All classics, poetry, books and etiquette are all acceptable."

Dian Wei felt overwhelmed when he heard this. He said, "Let's talk about your advice later."

But after a few days, before Dian Wei and Xu Chu could find Guan Ning, Guan Ning had already found him.

Guan Ning treated the two men with neither servility nor arrogance. He first praised them, saying, "In recent days, I have seen you two gentlemen govern the soldiers with military law and govern the people with kindness. This is what we call governing with the right way."

Seeing that both of them were very happy to be praised, Guan Ning continued, "At first, the people were afraid of you two gentlemen, and the cunning among them did not dare to have second thoughts. But today, everyone sees that you are strict and all target the soldiers in the army, so some people lose their peace of mind. Recently, many people in Qingzhou have lost their property, but since they first came, most of them dare not report it to you."

"Is this true?" Dian Wei was furious after hearing this and immediately asked, "Do you know who did this?"

He immediately realized that it was unlikely that Guan Ning knew, so he asked again, "Please teach me."

"Now is a different time than usual. Although lenient policies are good, they are not enough to deter those with ulterior motives. You just need to organize the people into units like the army, and then govern them according to civil law, and you will be able to eliminate the source." Guan Ning said.

Dian Wei said: "This method is indeed feasible, but those who steal should not be let off!"

Guan Ning advised, "To punish without teaching is not what a sage would do. Most of the people here are poor, and those who lost their property are from Qingzhou County. I'm afraid there are differences in their regions. It's better to give them a chance to correct their mistakes. If they still don't listen to advice, it won't be too late to search and punish them later."

"Otherwise, the people of the two states will easily develop resentment because of the region."

Now, Dian Wei and Xu Chu finally understood why Yu Jin asked them to consult Guan Ning.

People who read a lot are different.

The ideas he came up with were also very logical.

Immediately, with the help of Guan Ning, Dian Wei and Xu Chu smoothly escorted the people from different counties and countries northward to Youzhou, rushing to their new home.

As for the destination, Youzhou had already been prepared to welcome the enemy under the arrangements of Liu Yu and Zhang Rang, which were tit-for-tat but had the same goal.

Liu Yu even wrote a letter stating that the land in the counties of Youzhou was enough to accommodate more than one million people!
(End of this chapter)