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Chapter 280 The Inspector of Youzhou
After several days, among the nine counties of Zhuo County, Li Chongjiu has occupied the seven counties of Ji County, Liangxiang County, Zhuo County, Gu'an County, Changping County, Huairong County, and Anci County, while Yongnu County and Lu County are Luo County. Art occupies.

Among the seven counties, Changping County has been turned into a wasteland after being plundered by Gaokai Road, Huairong County is very dilapidated, and its population has not recovered to half of its original population. Fortunately, the remaining five counties have not had much impact and remain the same.

After a battle with Luo Yi, Li Chongjiu was quite satisfied with the situation in Zhuo County. Sun Tzu's Art of War says that the whole country comes first, followed by breaking the country.

If taking down Zhuojun is a scene after the flames of war, then it doesn't make much sense to take Zhuojun.Just like Shanggu County, after Wang Xuba plundered it before, and after two years of Li Chongjiu's governance, it has only slightly improved, but it is conservatively estimated that it will take three years to restore the old view.

It is what Li Chongjiu would like to see now that Zhuo County has basically no losses.In Zhuojun, all the county soldiers in the counties had surrendered to Li Chongjiu, and there were nearly [-] surrendered troops under his command.

For this county soldier, the work of reorganization and recovery is also being considered.Generals such as Xu Wu among the county soldiers secretly took refuge in Li Chongjiu's generals in advance.

Li Chongjiu decided to retain their military power, and in order to eliminate the weak and retain the strong, he recruited [-] county soldiers, and reorganized them into Li Chongjiu's armed forces in Zhuojun.Li Chongjiu asked Tanzong to serve as the captain of Zhuojun, and Xu Wu as the deputy captain to control the soldiers of Zhuojun.

As for the township army, most of them are self-recruited by the local nobles, and many of them are Qubu and Zhuangke.They didn't wait for Li Chongjiu to dispose of them, they automatically disarmed and returned to the fields, returned to the local gentry, and became Qubu and Zhuangke again.

Qubu and Zhuang Ding of the gentry are not registered. According to the saying at the time, they belonged to the gentry. According to the law of the Sui Dynasty, those who did not receive the land would not be classed. Therefore, Qubu cultivated the fields of the gentry, but those who paid taxes Just need the gentry.

During the Sui Dynasty, the common people had heavy taxes, but the gentry relied on local relations, so the taxes were quite low. Therefore, a large number of people were separated from the good registration and attached to the gentry, and some were even exempted from the attached registration. In the early years, the imperial court implemented a large-scale survey to check the hidden population, which brought the population of the Sui Dynasty to 890 million households.

But now the world is in chaos, and the gentry are hiding their population again, privately accepting it as their own trilogy, Zhuang Ding.

Li Chongjiu wrote a letter to the Lu family and other gentry here, asking them to hand over the trilogy and trilogy of the villager who had joined the village soldiers before, and reorganize it by himself, but after the letter went, it was like a stone sinking into the ocean, and no one paid attention to it.

Even after the Zhao family of Zhuojun County received Li Chongjiu's letter, Zhao Heran, who was a county meritorious officer, blatantly reprimanded the envoy, saying: "Part [-], Zhuang Ding is my own man and horse, and he was recruited as a village soldier to protect the environment and the people. Right now, Zhuo County has Li Shijun sitting in the town, and the Fanhan army is tens of thousands, so how can I lack my trilogy. My Zhao family has no reason to use my trilogy to sell their lives for others."

After listening to these people's words, Li Chongjiu also understood that as a county guard, although there is no reason to force other people's tribes, none of the tribes of these gentry clans has any affiliation, and most of them are forced to accommodate refugees from other places. of.

After the negotiations with the gentry failed, Li Chongjiu still completed the reorganization of the county soldiers, adding 1 new horses, which greatly increased the military strength.At the same time, although the counties in Zhuojun secretly refused to accept Li Chongjiu, they were all stationed by soldiers from Zhuojun County, Shanggu County, and some Fanjun.Seeing Li Chongjiu's forceful control of the place with a large army, the various gentry did not dare to object explicitly at the moment, and continued the principle of three nos.

Just after Li Chongjiu took control of the Zhuojun prefecture and stabilized the local situation, Lin Dangfeng, Zhou Bo, more than a dozen local leaders from various industries in Zhuojun, and hundreds of businessmen co-signed a letter of persuasion, allowing Li Chongjiu to call himself You State governor, under the jurisdiction of Zhuo County, Shanggu County, Anle County, Yuyang County, Beiping County, Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, Huaihuang Town and Yuyi Town.

Of course, this is only in name, Yuyang County and Beiping County are still in the hands of Gao Kaidao and Luo Yi.

Li Chongjiu was very 'terrified' when he learned of the election. He said that he seized Zhuojun just because he didn't want the place to fall into the hands of the rebellious army, and the Li people came upside down. He really had no ambition to dominate, so he declined immediately.

When the merchants in Zhuo County saw Li Chongjiu's resignation, their enthusiasm was even more aroused. Afterwards, Li Chongjiu's subordinates such as Wen Yanbo, Zhou Xu, Liu Yi, Ji Chuan, Su Su, Zhao Wansan, etc. went up again, and even raised their foreheads again and again. Tuo, Yinghefu, Yan Yelie, and all the elders of Shide Xi Clan's Khan Court also requested that Li Chongjiu be called the Inspector of Youzhou.

Now Li Chongjiu "resigned" again, saying that he was young and lacking in virtue and talent, and was not good enough for this position.

However, many people in Zhuo County took what Li Chongjiu said seriously. If Li Chongjiu really didn't intend to be assassinated in Youzhou, then if Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao and others attacked again, wouldn't Zhuo County suffer again? To military disaster.

So all the three thousand people in Zhuojun came to the gate of Li Chongjiu's prefectural governor's mansion, and asked Li Chongjiu to call him the governor of Youzhou.Seeing the crowds in front of the Sheriff's Mansion, Li Chongjiu immediately went out to meet the representatives of the public opinion, and was accepted the Wanmin Letter from the people, expressing his willingness to think about it.

This time, it was the Lu family and other Zhuojun gentry who were a little anxious. Most discerning people could see what a clumsy trick Li Chongjiu was playing, but Li Chongjiu was quite popular in Zhuojun. As long as someone recommends it again, Li Chongjiu can complete this set of three words and three concessions procedures, and officially call himself the governor of Youzhou.

The gentry of Zhuojun couldn't help realizing that Li Chongjiu seemed to be able to sit securely in the position of governor of Youzhou without their support.

And in Taiyuan Jinyang Palace.

Li Yuan got up from the women's pink limbs on the bed, and immediately the eunuchs in the palace put on a robe for Li Yuan and served him carefully.Since the execution of Gao Junya and Wang Wei, it was an open secret that Li Yuan had no restraint and stayed overnight in Jinyang Palace.

Obscene palace people, at Li Yuan's level, although there is no shortage of women, but being able to be imprisoned by Yang Guang is also a pleasure for Li Yuan, who has always been fond of sex.

After putting on the clothes, although Li Yuan liked female sex, he was not obsessed with female sex. After he had a good night, he never looked at those women in the palace again.Li Yuan walked out of the door immediately, followed by a large number of armored soldiers, along the way all the court ladies and eunuchs prostrated themselves, so they bowed in accordance with the emperor's etiquette.

Li Yuan was about to get into the carriage when Li Yuan came out. Seeing Li Yuan, Liu Wenjing stepped forward and said, "Duke Tang, your son is back."

Li Yuan wiped off a gleam of joy when he heard the words, and said: "Very good, I will have no worries once it is completed. What about Yuanji and Zhiwan?"

Liu Wenjing said: "The fourth young master has also returned. As for the third young lady, she seems to be staying in Guanzhong, saying that she wants to unite the strength of all the heroes in Guanzhong to share your worries for Mr. Tang."

"Nonsense!" Li Yuan flicked his face, and said, "Is there no man in my Li family? Jian Jiancheng actually left his sister in Guanzhong and came back by himself. Is he still a man?"

Liu Wenjing didn't say anything at the moment, his goal had already been achieved.You must know that he has always been on good terms with Li Shimin, and he doesn't like this prince very much.
Li Yuan narrowed his eyes and said, "Let Jiancheng take a good rest first, I don't want to see him now, by the way, how is the training of the soldiers?"

Liu Wenjing said: "His Royal Highness Tang Huang has been training soldiers. He has eliminated the weak and retained the strong. He has trained [-] elite soldiers and can go south at any time."

Li Yuan nodded and said: "Shimin really lived up to my expectations."

Just at this moment, someone suddenly sent a secret letter. After Li Yuan read the letter, his face suddenly became displeased, and he threw the letter paper on the ground.

Liu Wenjing was surprised immediately, and raised the letter from the ground. As Li Yuan's confidant, he could read the letter, but after he read the letter paper carefully, his expression changed slightly.

Liu Wenjing forced a smile, and said, "I also ask Duke Tang to appease his anger."

Li Yuan didn't seem to have heard what Liu Wenjing said, and said with his hands behind his back: "Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao, they're all worthless. They're really no heroes at this time, and they actually made Li Zi famous."

Liu Wenjing heard what Li Yuan said, and immediately said: "Don't be so angry, Mr. Tang, what can a young man do? The governor of Youzhou really thinks he can occupy Youzhou."

Li Yuan waved his hands and said: "You can't look at it this way, this boy, I really underestimated him at the beginning, I really hate that I didn't kill him in front of the Jinyang Palace, and now leave future troubles, Zhuojun , Shanggu County, Anle County, Liaoxi County, Li Chongjiu now has the land of four counties in his hands, and with the help of Fanjun, the soldiers are strong and strong, and they will become my confidant in the future. If Youzhou is really occupied by him, then in the future I will Once the west enters Guanzhong, Taiyuan will be in danger from this son."

When Liu Wenjing heard what Li Yuan said, she nodded immediately, obviously deeply convinced.

Liu Wenjing immediately asked: "Then Duke Tang, how should we deal with it? Li Chongjiu has newly won Zhuo County, the people's hearts are not attached, and the strength is weak. If I join Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao will act first and be strong, which will be enough to eradicate the troubles in Duke Tang's heart."

Li Yuan waved his hands and said: "This statement is wrong, we are eager to enter the Guanzhong now, and follow the hegemony of Han Gaozu back then, where can we be distracted."

Liu Wenjing said: "Mr. Tang is so rampant, I think he is proving his current strength to you, Mr. Tang, and telling him that he was wrong in the past and seems to be taking revenge on you."

Li Yuan's face turned red, and Liu Wenjing really thought so in his heart. When Li Hu came to the mansion to propose marriage, he still had a condescending attitude. No one in the Tang family saw Li Hu in their eyes.Isn't it a dream that a poor family wants to marry Li Yuan's daughter-in-law? Now that Li Chongjiu has occupied Youzhou, he has almost caught up with the Li family in terms of power, and has reached a level of equality with them.

Even Liu Wenjing didn't expect Li Chongjiu to have today.

Li Yuan calmed down, and said: "Well, today I, Li Yuan, will admit my mistakes at the beginning, and you should write a letter immediately and tell him that as long as he is willing to lead the entire county of Youzhou to belong to Li Yuan, I will let the past go and agree. Marry Sanniang to him as the main wife, and he will be my son-in-law, Li Yuan." After speaking, Li Yuan went straight to the car and drew down the curtain.

(End of this chapter)