Great Han Empire

Chapter 675
Yuan Shao did not make a decision.

After winning Guandong and occupying Luoyang, although I have not yet gained a firm foothold and the situation is still very serious, it is much better than the predicament when I was driven out of Jizhou by Li Hong at the beginning of the year.

Last year, after Li Hong, Zhu Jun, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Sun Jian and others jointly captured Kanto, Zhu Jun led officials at all levels to implement a series of effective governance measures in Kanto. With their unremitting efforts, the devastated Kanto was quickly recovered. recover.Although it has only been more than a year, Kanto is an important place in Gyeonggi after all, and the conditions are very good. As long as everyone works together, it will recover quickly.

Zhu Jun used various methods to allow the Kanto people who had fled to neighboring states and counties to return to their homeland as soon as possible. At the same time, he took a large amount of unowned land into the government office, and then sold it cheaply to wealthy people in Kanto and other places.Because there are powerful northern border troops stationed in Kansai and Kanto, safety is guaranteed, and more and more refugees are returning to their homeland, and the powerful and rich in Kanto are also using their connections to buy goods on credit from various places. And recruit refugees to cultivate the land in Kanto.Before Zhu Jun left Luoyang, he told Yuan Shao that if there was enough food to increase the relief to the people in the Kanto, the wealth and income in the Kanto would be fully restored to the previous level within two to three years.

However, there has always been a problem that has seriously troubled Zhu Jun, that is, the maintenance and repair of the Luoyang Imperial Palace, the Royal Ancestral Temple Garden, the Tombs of the First Emperors, Taixue, Dongguan, Yuntai, Sangong Jiuqing Mansion and many other important courts.What Zhu Jun cares most about is not the imperial palace and imperial tomb, but the books and classics collected in Taixue, Dongguan, Yuntai and other places.This maintenance fee is very large, and Zhu Jun is short of money and cannot afford it.He hoped that Yuan Shao could restore the prosperity of Kanto in a short period of time, and immediately start to clean up and repair these treasures, which is a major event related to the revitalization of the country.

Of course Yuan Shao knew the importance of these classics, but the Kanto region was full of waste, and the most lacking thing was money, and he didn't have the money to do these things.In order to obtain sufficient wealth and food in the fastest time, Yuan Shao was eager to consolidate the Kanto region and control Jing and Henan, and the most urgent task at the moment was to get rid of Yuan Shu.Even if he and Yuan Shu shook hands and made peace, with Yuan Shu's character and strength, he would not bow his head and willingly listen to his command.If he would be caught in endless internal strife in the future and lose his strength in vain, it would be better to end it completely now, drive Yuan Shu out of Jing and Yu, and let him perish on his own.

To get rid of Yuan Shu, one must find a convincing reason, and the forces of the Yuan Clan can no longer kill each other.The best reason is that Yuan Shu disregarded the hatred of his family and the country, not only respected the current emperor, but also flirted with Dong Zhuo, which was extremely shameless.

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Yuan Shao walked up and down the hall with his hands behind his back.He had to think clearly, and he couldn't make a decision lightly, so as not to fail.

This is Yuan Mansion, his original home in the capital. Although it is not big, it makes him feel very warm and down-to-earth.The mansions of uncle Yuan Kai and biological father Yuan Feng were bigger and more luxurious than here, but Yuan Shao was unwilling to move there.Living in those two mansions easily reminded him of his dead relatives, and easily made him lose his reason and calm judgment.

"Let Yuan Wei immediately go to Yuzhou to take the post of governor." Yuan Shao said slowly, "I originally planned to let him be Chen Guoxiang, but considering Yuan Shu's intention to move east to Yuzhou, let him take charge of Yuzhou, I want to see Let’s see what Yuan Shu has to say. This Chen Guoxiang was temporarily led by high-ranking cadres. Chen Guoxiang Xu Ju committed suicide after being defeated, and his younger brother Xu Jing fled to Yangzhou. Let people say that my Yuan family is ruthless."

When everyone heard this, they immediately understood Yuan Shao's meaning.He still wanted to force Yuan Shu away as soon as possible.

"Then what should we do with Sun Ben, the former governor of Yuzhou?" Xu You asked.

"Sun Ben? Who appointed Sun Ben as governor of Yuzhou? Dong Zhuo or Li Hong? If I don't kill him, I've given Sun Jian enough face. He's from Wu County, so let him take people back to Yangzhou."

"If Yuan Shu doesn't agree or..." Xin Ping hesitated, "If a fight breaks out at this time, it won't be good for us. In my opinion, it's better to let Sun Ben temporarily lead the prefect of Yingchuan, so as to ease the conflict between the two sides. After all, Yingchuan Chuan is still in Yuan Shu's hands."

"Does he dare to fight?" Yuan Shao sneered disdainfully, "I asked Yuan Wei to lead the governor of Yuzhou, and Yuan Tan to lead the prefect of Yingchuan, just to force him to fight."

Yuan Shao pointed to Chen Lin, "Kong Zhang, urgently write to Brother Jing Sheng (Liu Biao), asking him to send troops to Nanyang. Then write a letter to each of the seven clans of Cen, Jia, Wu, Yin, Zhang, Wang, and Li in Nanyang." , ask them to help when appropriate."

"My lord intends to let brother Jing Sheng lead Jingzhou alone?" Guo Tu said worriedly, "This... if in the future... Zhang Miao's lesson..."

"Once Jingzhou's soldiers and horses enter Nanyang, I will ask the judge and judge to go to Nanyang with Yuan Xi for mediation. At the same time, I will let Xu Qi (qiu) from Runan, and Pan Feng, Cheng Huan, and Hu Yi who are stationed at Guangcheng Pass lead the way. The army is approaching Nanyang." Yuan Shao said with a smile, "Yuan Shu dares to fight, he will die, his only choice is to give up, and then bring troops to Yingchuan, waiting for an opportunity to enter Yanzhou to seek development."

"Yuan Shu hates Brother Jing Sheng so much, how could he give up Nanyang to Brother Jing Sheng?" Yuan Shao said confidently, "Don't worry, I will control Nanyang no matter what, trust Brother Jing Sheng I can also understand."

"Let Yuan Shu enter Yanzhou?" Guo Tu raised his eyebrows and said happily, "My lord, this method is not bad. It can not only control some states and counties in Yanzhou, but also attack and restrain Cao Cao and Zhang Miao's development in Yanzhou. .”

"I'm afraid Yuan Shu won't be able to swallow this breath." Feng Ji sighed, "Yuan Gonggong is addicted to gambling, and the character of a gambler can't be guessed by common sense. If he..."

Yuan Shao nodded and said with a disdainful smile: "It is precisely because Yuan Shu is a gambler that he will not work hard. In his eyes, there are only two things that are most precious, money and life, and nothing else is important. I will give him money, and then Put a knife on his neck, and he will walk with the money obediently, and he will never take his life as a joke."

Then Yuan Shao also said a reason why Yuan Shu would definitely leave Nanyang for Yanzhou.Yuan Shu was surrounded on all sides in Nanyang and had no way out. It was different when he arrived in Yanzhou.He had a close relationship with Li Hong in the past, and he also sent troops with Li Hong to support Tao Qian in Xuzhou, so he had support from both the north and the south, and he could give Cao Cao a go.Cao Cao is poor and white now, and he is no match for Yuan Shu at all.

Feng Ji suddenly understood Yuan Shao's thoughts, "My lord, are you waiting until Yuan Shu makes Yanzhou go crazy, and then you take money in one hand and a knife in the other to force Yuan Shu to leave."

Yuan Shao twisted his short beard with his hand, smiled and said nothing.

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Jushou, Tian Feng and others were worried.

Yuan Shao insisted on starting a war, forcing Yuan Shu away, and attacking Cao Cao. His intention was obvious. He was unwilling to accept the idea of ​​honoring the emperor and welcoming the emperor to Xijing, but Yuan Shao didn't seem to completely reject it, because he didn't explicitly express his opposition.Could it be understood in this way that Yuan Shao believes that he is currently not strong enough to make such a claim, lest the forces of other parties grow rapidly, resulting in a situation where the forces of all parties will confront each other in the future?
If the forces of all parties are almost the same, they will attack each other sooner or later for their own interests, such as Yuan Shu is an example.If Yuan Shu healed his wounds, he would definitely cause another wave.The forces of all parties conquered each other, and Li Hong was the happiest.Living alone in Hebei, Li Hong not only got the time and opportunity to develop, but also took advantage of the situation to break through and sweep the world.

After Yuan Shu was forced away, Yuan Shao could develop rapidly by virtue of the unique advantages of Kanto and Jing and Henan prefectures.The most powerful thing Yuan Shao has is strength, so that people like Cao Cao and Zhang Miao bowed their heads and proclaimed themselves ministers, and then the officials of the prefectures and counties who were attacked by Li Hong took the initiative to join Yuan Shao and ask Yuan Shao for help. Only in this way can Yuan Shao preside over the alliance , Gather the forces of the states and counties in the world to attack Li Hong.With the passage of time, after the balance of strength between the two sides gradually changed, Yuan Shao had the possibility to defeat Li Hong, finally achieve supremacy, and rejuvenate the country.

After all, it is still the same sentence, without strength, even if you talk about it and show your heart, no one believes that Yuan Shaoyi's change of course is true.On the contrary, Yuan Shao's sudden change of opinion at this time will make people think that Yuan Shao is a villain who is always in trouble, because he is under the attack of various forces, his strength is not good, and he has no choice but to work around it in order to temporarily quell the flames of war in order to develop himself quickly .Since you, Yuan Shao, are dead and have no strength, why should I listen to you?This alone may completely ruin Yuan Shao's advantage in occupying the Kanto.

Maybe Yuan Shao also agreed to use righteousness to gather all forces to defeat Li Hong's strategy, but he thought it was too hasty, but the situation is very urgent now. Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou appointed by the Chang'an court, has arrived in Jizhou. Li Hong is very likely to use this opportunity to cross the river Go south and attack Yanzhou.

Yuan Yi, the prefect of Sanyo, expressed great concern about this matter in his letter.Chen Ji once sent him a personal letter, asking him his opinion on Jin Shang's appointment as governor of Yanzhou.Obviously, this is Li Hong's strategy of throwing stones to ask for directions, and he wants to find out from Yuan Yi whether Yuan Shao is determined enough to help Cao Cao defend Yanzhou.If Li Hong went south to Yanzhou at this time and occupied Yanzhou, neither Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao would have time to develop their own strength.

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Tian Feng frowned, and asked cautiously: "My lord, if Li Hong goes south now, how should we deal with it? Let Li Hong occupy Yanzhou?"

Yuan Shao looked solemn, and asked back: "What do you think is the possibility of Li Hong going south?"

"It depends on three things." Tian Feng said, "First, when will Gongsun Zan be defeated and return to Youzhou? If Liu Yu leads the army to support Gongsun Zan, Li Hong will be in a very embarrassing situation. It won't matter whether he fights or not. Two. When will the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army launch a counterattack? If Sima Ju and Guan Cheng attack the counties and counties in central Yanzhou again in the near future, Cao Cao will be unable to resist. In order to drive away Yuan Shu, we cannot send troops to support Yanzhou. In this case, Li Hong led Cao Cao and Zhang Miao may not be able to ask for anything when the army goes south. In any case, they respect the current emperor, and they will still be the prefects of a county in the future. There is no loss. The third is the stability of the Kanto. If the Kanto is stable, the officials of the states and counties will be safe. Everyone can support Yanzhou at any time, so Li Hong would not dare to send troops rashly when the refugees in Jizhou are flooded and the pressure of disaster relief is extremely high."

Yuan Shao lowered his head and turned again in the lobby.Everyone gathered together and discussed in low voices.

After a long time, Yuan Shao stood in the center of the hall and issued several orders in succession.

The book told the officials of the prefectures and counties to explain in detail the whole story of the second mutiny in Chang'an.The reason why the Son of Heaven was held hostage again, and the reason why Lord Situ Wangyun and other court officials were killed by the rebels was because Li Hong had long intended to usurp.All of this was actually done deliberately by Li Hong, and his ultimate goal was to usurp the Great Han Society.After Dong Zhuo, Li Hong was the biggest rebel in this dynasty, everyone got to punish him.

They sent a number of highly skilled fighters to Youzhou day and night with secret letters.A letter was sent to Grand Tutor Liu Yu, informing Li Hong of the fact of usurpation in detail, and begging him to send troops to crusade.A letter was sent to Gongsun Zan, telling him about the Guandong affairs in detail, willing to reconcile with him, and the north and the south attacked Li Hong together.

Send people to secretly enter Guanzhong from Wuguan, contact many disciples and old officials lurking in Guanzhong, tell them that he has the intention of King Xishangqin, and ask them to launch a mutiny at an appropriate time to support him in attacking Guanzhong.

Urgently write to Cao Cao in Yanzhou, Tao Qian in Xuzhou, Zishao in Taishan and other prefecture and county officials. Under the pressure of Li Hong who is about to cross the Yellow River south, please adults attack the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou as soon as possible, and drive the Yellow Turban Army and refugees as far as possible. Jizhou.For this reason, Yuan Shao also specifically begged Cao Cao to temporarily abandon the many ferries of the Yellow River in Dongjun County, and let Huangjin County and the refugees go north.

In addition, Yuan Shao also asked the officials of the counties in Yanzhou to jointly write a letter to Li Hong, refusing to recognize Jin Shang, the governor sent by the Chang'an court to Yanzhou, and begged Li Hong to proceed from the overall situation and not to escort Jin Shang into the country, so as to avoid conflicts between the two sides, causing the Yellow Turban Army to take the opportunity to counterattack , Let the people of Yanzhou fall into even deeper suffering.

He ordered Hanoi to publicize, rectify the troops, immediately attack the remnants of the Heishan Yellow Turban Army, and drive the Heishan Yellow Turban Army to Bingzhou Shangdang and Jizhou Weijun.

The purpose of these orders is only one, and that is to let the people in the world know that Li Hong is plotting to usurp the country. Li Hong is the greatest rebellion of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Shao hopes to encourage and unite the forces of various states and counties to besiege Li Hong and prevent Li Hong from going south. Attack and delay the development of Li Hong's strength.

Yuan Shao also personally wrote a letter to Li Hong.First of all, I would like to congratulate my lord on being promoted to the rank of Grand Sima and General, and to take charge of the affairs of the state. Secondly, I would like to thank you for not abusing or killing my family and my subordinates after the capture of Yecheng.As well as their family members, I, Yuan Shao, will definitely repay your lord's kindness in my lifetime.Then Yuan Shao talked about the current situation in the world.We have been rivals since your lord conquered the desert. Now that Dong Zhuo is dead, we are still rivals. Could it be that there is really bloody hatred between us?During the battle in Xiliang Yicheng, I followed the adults to fight bloody battles. Thinking about it until now, it still makes people's blood boil.Your lord is my hero, even if you become a rebel who wants to overthrow our country, you are still the hero I most admire and admire in my heart.I hope that in my life, I can make great achievements like adults.I hope I can beat my lord, ZTE Dahan.I am very eagerly looking forward to the decisive battle with the adults immediately.

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Jizhou, Handan, the general Xingyuan.

The general enforced the land clearing policy in various counties of Jizhou. Hundreds of rich and powerful families in Jizhou were implicated. About half of the rich and powerful families were arrested for disobedience, and the other half were arrested for failing to pay the land taxes in arrears immediately. Only a few dozen Because of their rich family wealth, the rich family has not been looted by the war in the past few years, so they barely survived the difficulties.

Immediately there was an uproar in Jizhou.

All the rich and powerful in Hejian Kingdom and Bohai County were arrested.The reason is very simple, they were just ransacked by Gongsun Zan, and then encountered this storm, which is considered unlucky.These people jointly signed a letter and sent a representative to plead with the general, "General, you must give us a way to survive. Even if you kill us now, we can't pay back so much land tax."

Li Hong didn't show any mercy. "According to the law, if you lied to the government and leaked the land tax, you should kill the nine clans. If you don't kill you, I have already given face. If you can't pay the land tax, you can use the land to pay for it."

The rich and powerful fled but couldn't escape, paid but couldn't pay, and asked them to use land to pay off their debts, but they couldn't bear it.These people wanted to ask Zhang Wen, Cui Lie and many other ministers to intercede for them, but Zhang Wen and others hid in the courtyard and did not dare to show their faces.There are too many acquaintances to take care of.

With the defeat of the Qingzhou Army in Shouzhang, Yanzhou, Jizhou ushered in a climax of refugees going north.

Li Hong was in a hurry, and immediately ordered that the land be forcibly confiscated.Those who dare to obstruct will be punished as treason and the whole family will be killed.

The most unlucky ones were the rich and powerful of Hejian Country and Bohai County.

Yang Feng received Li Hong's military order and killed twelve rich families on the same day.Li Hong specifically stated in the military order that the rich should be attacked first, and those powerful families should not be moved for the time being, and try not to kill people as much as possible, but Yang Feng didn't care about these, let's kill first. More than 200 lives were lost in this way.

This incident caused panic in Jizhou.Several big clans in Bohai County have followers and Zhuang Ding. These people were worried that their master would be killed, so they immediately organized a robbery.

Yang Feng got angry now, and chopped off all fourteen rich and powerful families locked in the prison, together with their family members, more than 500 people, and killed them all.Still puzzled, Yang Feng ordered Li Yao and Yang Zhen to rush directly to Lecheng in Hejian Kingdom with their personal guards, and killed the seventeen rich and powerful families of Hejian Kingdom who were locked in the prison.Jizhou was bloody for a while.

Li Hong and all the ministers were shocked when they heard the news, and hurriedly ordered Yang Feng to stop the killing, but when the urgent military order was delivered, all the people who were killed had been buried in mass graves.

Jizhou's rich and influential people complained and were furious.The ministers in Handan Xingyuan were also angry.These yellow scarf generals are thieves, and more than 1000 lives were killed by them in a blink of an eye. How can they not obey military orders and be lawless?
Yang Feng's bloody kill had an unexpected benefit.Almost within ten days, all the imprisoned rich and powerful handed over the excess land to the government, even the rich and powerful who had already paid off their land taxes were no exception.No more, this land has become a scourge of extermination, who would dare to want it?

Li Hong was happy in his heart, but his face was full of murderous looks.

Yang Feng, Li Yao, Yang Zhen and the twelve army Sima were all dismissed from their military posts and sent to Hetao to garrison the border.

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At this moment, Xun You, the attendant, took the emperor's decree and rushed all the way to Handan.

The Son of Heaven agreed to the request of the eldest princess, the general and many ministers, and donated the land and houses of Hejian State, Wei County, Ganling State and other places to resettle the refugees in Jizhou.

The Son of Heaven issued another decree.Agree to the general's petition, and allow the general to check the land in Jizhou, and all land properties that exceed the regulations of the Han Dynasty will be confiscated.Those who refuse to turn in will be punished.

Li Hong couldn't laugh or cry when he saw the imperial decree.The people of the Chang'an court are so cruel, they even thought of this way to harm themselves.I killed the rich and powerful in Jizhou, can I still gain a foothold in Jizhou?But it doesn't matter now, Yang Feng has already killed Jizhou, and the blood flowed into rivers, and the goal of the Chang'an court has been achieved.Now the rich and powerful in Jizhou hate themselves so much, if anyone wants to rebel, let him rebel, the only way to stop killing is to kill.The text is not good, so I can only come to the martial arts.

But this decree also has an advantage, it helped Li Hong solve a difficult problem.With this imperial decree, Yang Feng and his men are basically innocent, and they don't have to go to Hetao to farm to avoid disaster.Li Hong immediately planned to let Yang Feng take a group of his men to Hedong, and transfer Yan Liang, Zhang Ying, Gao Lan, Gao Shun and others to the Jizhou battlefield.

Xun You took out the third imperial decree. The emperor worshiped the princess as the leader of the case, patrolled and supervised the states and counties, and supervised the states and counties to pay taxes to the court on time.

Li Hong was slightly taken aback, and immediately understood the intention of the Chang'an court.

The Chang'an court didn't want the eldest princess to go back at all.It is actually very dangerous for Chang'an that the eldest princess brings a group of officials back.If the eldest princess and Li Hong had planned King Qin's strategy in advance, and the two sides should cooperate internally and externally, Chang'an would most likely fall, but it is impossible to explain to the emperor if the eldest princess is not allowed to go back, so this idea came up.Since the eldest princess cannot be allowed to return to Chang'an, then find some reason to prevaricate the emperor, what reason?Patrol and monitor the prefectures and counties, and urge Li Hong to pay taxes to the treasury.There is a good reason for this, and at the same time, the noble status of the eldest princess can be used to restrain and favor Li Hong.It's too wasteful to leave the eldest princess unused.

Li Hong laughed happily.The eldest princess can stay in Jizhou, which just solved a huge problem for herself.

God has eyes, the late emperor showed his spirit.

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(End of this chapter)