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Chapter 180

After reoccupying Feihu County, after a night of harassment, everything in the county has settled down, and the heads of a dozen Xiaoxiaoren who took the opportunity to make trouble were chopped off and hung high on the city wall as a warning.And the order in the city was restored in an orderly manner.

Gao Yue, the secretary in the house, is sitting in the central hall. Although the Gao family is not a prominent local family, they have been officials for generations.In Gao Yue's generation, as the son-in-law of the family, he read less poetry and books, and later traveled to study with a sword. Because he can speak eloquently, he is also well-known in Feihu County.His father died of illness and left early, so he, who was still studying at the county school, entered the yamen early to work.Right now, any book office under Hucao is a strong candidate for the next Liu Cao because of his father's relationship with the county government.

Now the sky is bright, and the sound of knocking on the door can be heard, and the Gao family's seven or eight families are all trembling.On the contrary, Gao Yue said calmly: "If you come, please let it go, open the door."

Immediately Gao Yue changed into the robes of the yamen and stepped forward. After the gate opened, two soldiers came to 'invite' Gao Yue to go to the county yamen.Gao Yue also knew that although he was being polite, he could not refuse, so he immediately took a big step forward.After arriving at the county government office, outside the wing room, there were already ordinary colleagues standing in front of the door, discussing a lot.When they saw Gao Yue, they stepped forward together.

"Brother Gao, I didn't expect you to come too."

One person said: "I heard that last night Tong Shou broke the city, and several people from the county were taken down and put in prison. I'm afraid I was called here today to investigate the liquidation."

Gao Yue said calmly: "Everyone, don't worry, a strong dragon doesn't overwhelm a local snake. How can our foundation in this county be compared with Li's. As long as everyone remembers the principle that one is prosperous, the other is damaged, and we will advance and retreat together as a group. People surnamed Li dare not do anything to us."

"That's right, if the surname Li dared to liquidate us, I would have ordered the grain merchants to strike at the opportunity."

"I have also explained that dozens of party chiefs and village chiefs will jointly sign up for guarantors and plead for our lives."

"Exactly, I can get half of the merchants in the market to support us, and we can go on strike."

Gao Yue laughed and said, "There is nothing to worry about." After that, everyone laughed.

"Did they say that one is prosperous and the other is damaged?" Li Chongjiu sneered when he heard the eavesdropping report, and said, "Do they still think that I am still an official of the Sui Dynasty, and that I dare not kill people?"

At that moment, Li Chongjiu said: "I wanted to talk to them, but now I don't need to. I will imprison these people together and not allow them to eat. I also sent my order that if any business goes on strike, all their businesses will be confiscated."

Although Li Chongjiu has dealt with it with an iron fist, he actually knows that this can only be cured for a while, but not for a long time. Feihu County can do this for the time being, but it will not work if it is extended to other counties.As we all know, since the Qin Dynasty, the system of prefectures and counties has finally been implemented. The core of the prefecture and county system is to change the feudalism of the Zhou Dynasty and govern the localities with central officials.In the Sui Dynasty, the right to expropriate the Zuoer officials in counties and counties was transferred from the governor and the prefect to the imperial court, which further strengthened the central government's control over the local area. But even so, the imperial court's control over the local area It is only at the county level.

As for the control below the county level, in the Sui Dynasty, the three elders were in charge of teaching, and the village chiefs and party chiefs were level by level.In ancient times, communication was backward, transportation was inconvenient, and the Chinese believed that they would never communicate with each other until death. Most of the people in a local village or township never went out of the village in their entire lives to see the world outside.Right now, Li Chongjiu has the power to control a county. To put it bluntly, it is just a county seat, but to truly integrate forces, it still needs to rely on these gangsters.It is not easy to control the local area. Not only does it require the cooperation of local forces, but the most important thing is that the Sui Dynasty is now Zhengshuo.

While Li Chongjiu was thinking about this, he suddenly received an urgent military situation.

It turned out that after Liu Wuzhou killed Wang Rengong and occupied Mayi County, he opened a warehouse to help the poor, rushed to the territory, won more than 10,000 troops, and claimed to be the governor of Mayi.This Liu Wuzhou was originally a local tyrant from Mayi. Before he started the incident, he had already won the support of the heroes in Mayi County. After killing Wang Rengong, he took the opportunity to open a warehouse to help the victims and win people's hearts. Now Mayi County is completely under his control. under.But now Li Yuan is fighting Wang Xuba in Taiyuan County, and Wei Daoer's [-]+ bandits have no time to fight against the rebellion, so Chen Xiaoyi, the prefect of Yanmen County, and Hu Benlang, Wang Zhibian, led the army from Yanmen to suppress the rebellion.

At present, Liu Wuzhou led the army to fight. In the early stage of the fierce battle between the two armies, Liu Wuzhou was at a disadvantage and was besieged in Sanggan Town, Mayi.Unexpectedly, he turned to the Turks at this time, and Shibi Khan dispatched Turkic cavalry to help Liu Wuzhou defeat Chen Xiaoyi

, Wang Zhibian two people.Liu Wuzhou took this opportunity to annex Loufan County and sent troops to Yanmen County in less than a month.If Yanmen County is lost, Li Chongjiu's road from Huaihuang Town to Feihu County will be interrupted, so he can't just sit back and watch.However, Feihu County has not yet surrendered, and Li Chongjiu is still unable to send troops to compete with Liu Wuzhou for Yanmen County.

Li Chongjiu, Li Hu, Su Su, Sun Erniang, Zhao Wansan, Gao Chu and others discussed the next countermeasures together.

Su Suyan said: "The reason why the people are dissatisfied at the moment is that the reputation is not right. The scholars and the people don't know whether we are bandits or officials, so they have doubts about us. If we want to win the hearts of the people, we should have a name so that the people can join us."

Gao Chu heard the words and said: "Your Majesty, it's better to be called king. Wang Xuba is no more than a bandit. He also calls himself the King of Mantian and the name of his country as Yan. The wealth of a prince is far better than Wang Xuba. Why should he be willing to do so?" rear."

Li Hu said: "If you call yourself king, isn't it a formal confrontation with the court? Our county is surrounded by officers and soldiers. If you call yourself king, isn't it an excuse for others to attack?"

Zhao Wansan said: "We have already rebelled against the imperial court. Instead of hiding it, it is better to raise a big banner and formally take over one side. We call ourselves king and emperor, and we can also formally express our ambitions to the four parties, so that those who are interested in the world Heroes from all over the world are attached."

Li Chongjiu raised his eyes and saw that Zhao Wansan's eyes were shining brightly, obviously he was an ambitious person.Calling the king and emperor is not a bad thing. Later generations have the words of delaying the call of the king and hoarding food, but the call of the king can indeed gather the morale of the internal people in the early stage, and show their ambitions to the four directions, so that heroes can vote, but it is not enough. Wherever you go, you will be feared by the same forces around you.If Li Chongjiu wants to emerge from the Sui Dynasty on his own right now, becoming king is indeed a good way.

"If you don't have enough strength, you can't do it without authorization. Such a way to bring disaster is in vain. You can see that those who suddenly rise to proclaim themselves kings and emperors are just a flash in the pan. How many people can support them to the end? With the soldiers of our three towns, there are only a few thousand. But tens of thousands, if the strength is not enough to be called king, it is better to take the whole county of Shanggu first and then make a decision, and fight steadily step by step." It was Su Su who spoke.

(End of this chapter)