And at the original location of the imperial palace, Liu Xie's body was sitting on the dragon chair, but because it had become stinky and maggots after a few days, there were also a group of murdered ministers all around, their bodies were fixed by weapons, Also keep standing.

It's summer now, Cao Cao went in two steps and retreated.It's so choking...

Xun Yu, Li Dian, Yu Jin... There were no corpses or people, the whole place was like a ghost town, with only scattered yellow symbols on the ground, which seemed to tell Cao Cao who came here.

The timid people here are already scared crazy, it's so frightening...

Beside Cao Cao, a certain lord Xun You couldn't help but sigh.He also bowed to the emperor from a distance: "The luck of the big man is over, the lord must make a decision..."

Cao Cao nodded. After all, he worked so hard to get the emperor back, but he was killed before he could really make use of the emperor. Now that he has no reliance on his side, Yanzhou may not be safe...

"Is there any good strategy, sir, please teach me." Cao Cao is really helpless now, he has thought of everything he can think of...but in the end he didn't expect to be cut off by a group of Yellow Turban remnants.

Xun You also frowned, but soon he thought of something and said to Cao Cao: "Now there are three schemes, it depends on the master's choice."

Cao Cao nodded: "Let's talk, let's make a plan and talk first."

Xun You said directly: "If the son dies today, we have no righteousness anymore... and Yuan Shao will definitely return to the north in the near future. I am afraid that Yuan Shao will annex us even if we don't have to say it."

"It doesn't matter whether we establish a new monarch or what, we can at least get a share. But I'm afraid that Yuan Shao will not be able to help him, and he will not be the opponent of that woman in Qingzhou."

After Xun You finished speaking, Cao Cao nodded: "Could it be that the trick is to join Qingzhou?"

Xun You smiled: "That's right, at least now it seems that the woman is unstoppable, and I even think in my heart that the woman has a great chance of defeating Yuan Shao."

"If we really take refuge in the past and occupy a place in the court, it will not be a problem to leave our name in history. After all... Didn't that woman leave a position of prime minister for the lord?"

Cao Cao continued to nod, but he shook his head again: "There are different ideas, so we can't seek advice."

Xun You understood Cao Cao's heart very well, but if he really followed others, would he still be Cao Cao?How could Cao Cao be willing to be subordinated to others?

So Xun You finally said: "The best plan is..."

Chapter 440: Unhappy Xu You

"Didn't you say you won't kill them! You woman is a butcher!!!!"

On the wilderness in the west of Jizhou, Xun Yu shouted at Zhang Baiqi and Jiang Qingqing like a madman with disheveled hair.

Jiang Qingqing promised not to kill those people before, but just three days later...he directly led people to kill all the soldiers who had been hungry for three days and had no strength at all.

Not only killed, but also made their heads into human heads and placed them in Luoyang City.

And the [-] or so officials who came out with Liu Xie were all killed, and even fixed them with weapons, and left them in the Luoyang Palace to wait for Cao Cao to pass by.

How could anyone do this?Except for the three people Xun Yu, Li Dian and Yu Jin, all the rest were killed without leaving a single one.Basically, more than 500 people can be completely killed. These people are Cao Cao's elite. Xun Yu didn't expect Jiang Qingqing to be so ruthless.

"I'm just doing it for my sister's benefit. Brother-in-law, you must rest assured. Now we can't go through Jizhou to Qingzhou, so we can't take those people with us at all."

"As for those officials... the emperor is gone, don't you need some loyal officials to be buried with him? Since they support the emperor so much, I just let them go with the emperor."

"Brother-in-law, think about it, if so many people enter Qingzhou, wouldn't the court be too chaotic? You are angry with me, you can kill me if you want...but when you get to Qingzhou, go talk to Sister Zhiyuan by yourself. "

Only Xun Yu was still cursing, and Li Dian and Yu Jin were no different from dead people now.I had brought my brothers for who knows how many years and let this little girl kill them. They didn't even have a chance to save them.

Li Dian even planned to commit suicide on a hunger strike, but after Jiang Qingqing broke his teeth with a weapon and gave him rice soup, Yu Jin and Xun Yu could only eat obediently.

wanna die?Jiang Qingqing arranged for one person to be accompanied by fifty subordinates, and a group of people followed them when going to the toilet. Before the paper kites were sent away, these three people would not die if they wanted to.

What do you say, if you reason, this girl won't listen, and you can't beat so many people with force.Except for Xun Yu's constant scolding along the way, it didn't have any effect at all.

But after Xun Yu scolded for two days, his throat was bleeding and he couldn't speak at all. Li Dian and Yu Jin almost regarded this woman as a devil.

Jiang Qingqing said to Zhang Baiqi: "We have moved 20 people back and forth. Although we have emptied the entire Sili's grain and grass, there may be food shortages when we go back."

"I suggest that we grab a fortune before Yuan Shao comes back. Now we are not far from Zhao Guojun and Wei Guojun, and it happens to be the autumn harvest season."

Zhang Baiqi thought about it and immediately called Zhang Yan to talk about it, Zhang Yan nodded in agreement.Let some people go back to Montenegro (Taihang Mountain) first, and the remaining tens of thousands will attack the county directly. If they succeed, they will have the hundreds of thousands of winter rations.

So soon Zhang Yan led [-] to Zhao Guojun, and Zhang Baiqi led [-] to Wei Guojun.The remaining [-] people were led back to Montenegro by Jiang Qingqing.

So many people are basically the entire Black Mountain Army. After all, the old and the weak are basically dying, and the Black Mountain Army, regardless of gender, all demand to fight, so this time to kill the emperor is also a collective dispatch.

On the other side of Montenegro... there are only tens of thousands of young and weak women left, and these people rely on the location to defend the camp.

After Jiang Qingqing returned here, she found that Yuan Shao's army hadn't come to encircle and suppress them. After all, the main force of Yuan Shao's army was in the south, and they haven't come back yet...

Yuan Shao has already started to retreat, but it looks like a rout.Because after the grain and grass were cut off, Yuan Shao's morale was getting lower and lower. If he didn't retreat, he might mutiny.

However, Yuan Shao also made a profit, because the population and gentry of several counties in the north of Yuzhou have all been forced by Yuan Shao's men to move to the border of Jizhou.

So even though he was chased and beaten by Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao still ran to Cao Cao's territory in Yanzhou.And here, Yuan Shao got the news that the emperor died...

"Hahaha, the emperor is dead? Well done!" Yuan Shao smiled happily.

Cao Cao was naturally upset when he said that he was going to pick up the emperor Yuan Shao, and the big man didn't care about his business until he was done.If Liu Yu had accepted his suggestion at that time, there would be so many troubles now.

But it's fine if Liu Yu doesn't agree, now that Liu Xie is dead... the person who replaced the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao, maybe this refers to me.

Meng De felt that he could coerce the emperor to command the princes. Now that the emperor has lost his final confidence, it is better to let him be used by me... There are also many civilians here in Yanzhou. decisive battle!

Yuan Shao thought so, and then he directly asked Xu You, his subordinate counselor, to be summoned.Speaking of Xu You, Yuan Shao suddenly hated him.Because when the civilians and gentry were relocated earlier, a relative of Xu You calmly ransacked many gentry's homes and made hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ha... Those gentry should belong to Yuan Shao himself, what are you, a counselor, robbing the lord?Yuan Shao was already very displeased with this subordinate, and was also planning to have Xu You's relative killed.

Sometimes it's not good for subordinates to stretch their hands too long. If they were replaced by paper kites, they would probably do the same thing. Xu You can't blame others for this matter.

But Xu You himself didn't know that he was actually very happy after coming to Yuan Shao's side.But after seeing Yuan Shao's face, Xu You realized something was wrong.

"Master?" Xu You asked tentatively.

Yuan Shao rants directly at him, you are still making money in front of the enemy, what use are you for?Spit out all the money I took, and finally pay a large fine or something.

Yuan Shao sprayed Xu You for half an hour, and almost killed Xu You.I have worked so hard to advise you, but you won't do anything to get a little money in the end?

How much do I take?You don't even have any of Yuan Shao's, and I led people to do the entire relocation of civilians, so what if I get some money?Don't you give points to the people under your hand?

In particular, Yuan Shao actually asked him to push his relative to Fa-rectification, which is simply deceiving too much!

Xu You suppressed his breath and said to Yuan Shao, "How about treating him as a sinner? What the lord lacks most now is talent!"

Yuan Shao sneered, he was planning to suppress Xu You this time, this person is usually too arrogant, so Yuan Shao just wanted to hit him. "No, the military order is like a mountain. I have asked General Jiang to handle it. You lead all the civilians to leave immediately and move them to Zhao Guojun."

"If you're stealing and playing tricks, don't blame me for being rude..." After Yuan Shao said this, he immediately threw Xu You out.

Xu You almost lost his breath and died of anger, okay... I tried my best to treat you, but you actually let go of the grind and kill the donkey!I used to plan so many things for you, but you didn't even care about any kindness!

"You wait for me!" Xu You left Yuan Shao's camp without saying a word.

Chapter 440: Taking refuge in Cao Cao

After Xu You returned to his temporary camp, he thought about it carefully, and then he thought to himself: "Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous!"

You must know that Xu You was Yuan Shao's adviser for a long time, but Yuan Shao's counselors became more and more later, and Xu You's status began to decline.

Later, after Tian Feng Shenpei and others were captured by Zhi Yuan, Xu You also returned to the position of mastermind.However, it was also because of the failure of the battle in Yuzhou, and the fact that Xu You did too much, that Yuan Shao was left out in the cold again.

Moreover, the current mastermind of Yuan Shao has changed from Xu You to Xun Chen... yes, Zhi Yuan's brother Xun Yu's younger brother... The Xun family is similar to the Zhuge family. There is no low one.

It's far away... Although Xu You is greedy for money and even very arrogant, he is indeed a capable person.

Now that Yuan Shao is upset with him, Xu You doesn't mind changing the lord, so he can cheat Yuan Shao by the way.Xu You is also aware of Yuan Shao's plan to annex Cao Cao, so...

Xu You handed over the affairs of his subordinates to his cronies, and ran to Yanzhou immediately.Since Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are still in a state of cooperation, Xu You sneaked to Cao Cao's mansion in the middle of the night.

Cao Cao was also puzzled, although he has a good relationship with Xu You, but you are not working under Yuan Shao after all.But since the other party came to see me in the middle of the night, there must be something wrong...

So Cao Cao ordered people to clear the vicinity of his room, and met Xu You alone.But Xu You was very proud, even a little arrogant: "Brother Mengde, I heard that the emperor died at your place?"

Cao Cao actually didn't want to hear this sentence, he sighed: "Ziyuan...won't he come all this way just to scold me?"

Xu You chuckled: "Now that the world is not in Meng De's hands, I don't know what will happen to Meng De next? You should know where Yuan Benchu ​​is, and someone should have been sent over to discuss the annexation, right?"

Cao Cao tapped his lips, he seemed to understand what Xu You meant.It seems that Xu You and Yuan Shao are in conflict, and they don't call him the lord but his name.

"What is Ziyuan's good strategy? I am also very distressed in Yanzhou, where the Fourth World War has been fought. There is a big problem in Qingzhou, and I can only go to that woman if I can't do it."

Xu You laughed: "Meng De still wants to hide it from me? I found that the whole of Yanzhou seems to be packing up during my walk. I guess Brother Meng De is going west and starting a new one?"

"I just don't know how Meng De thinks about it. Will the population of Yanzhou be taken away?"

Cao Cao was taken aback for a moment, Xu You actually found out what he was thinking.But since the other party brought it up, there must be something to say.So Cao Cao nodded and said: "There are many nobles in Yanzhou, I can only gather 30 soldiers, or I am moving [-] people to Chang'an."

"Otherwise, the gentry would not be able to pass the test, and Yuan Shao's intention to annex us is also very robbing. I am afraid that the gentry will turn against us. So we can't take too many people away..."

Xu You laughed loudly: "As long as Mengde has enough food, how about I send Mengde 50 people?!"

When Cao Cao heard this sentence, he jumped up excitedly. "Ziyuan deserves to be my good friend, he can come to me and help me in such a difficult situation."

Anyway, it is impossible for Yuan Shao to return to Yanzhou immediately, and a group of people from Yuzhou who migrated north from Xu You's side happened to be near Yanzhou... and after passing Yanzhou, it was Luoyang Chang'an, and Cao Cao controlled all the checkpoints along the way.

As long as Xu You sends people to take the civilians there, these civilians can only follow Cao Cao.

And Cao Cao reached a settlement with Ma Chao because of the death of the emperor. After all, Cao Cao didn't kill his father, and Wang Yun died long ago.

One of the conditions for the cooperation between the two parties is that Cao Cao, Ma Chao and others will be with the soldiers, attacking Hanzhong first and then attacking Shuzhong.Since Cao Cao can't beat the Central Plains for the time being, let's go to Hanzhong to accumulate strength... When Yuan Shao and Zhi Yuan fight you to the death, just fight back.

The more people there are in Yanzhou, the better. The land here in Chang'an is not bad. Bringing some people over there is to use them as civilian husbands, and secondly, to let them farm the land. Xu You was able to bring 50 people there, which was a great help to Cao Cao. .

Of course, we should try our best to delay Yuan Shao's side. After Cao Cao took people away to block Luoyang Eight Passes, Yuan Shao could only stare blankly.But Yuan Shao won't suffer too much, after all, the whole Yanzhou is under his control, right?

Because of Liu Xie's death, another round of turmoil began in the world.And in the dense forest at the junction of Bingzhou and Jizhou, a woman was giving birth, and a few soldiers nearby blocked it with a broken curtain, and only the woman was wailing.

It lasted about a whole afternoon, and a cry appeared deep in the dense forest.This woman is none other than Ren Hongchang who ran out in front, or Diao Chan...

Diao Chan was pregnant when she was admiring the snow, and now it has been more than seven months since Lu Bu was defeated.The hundreds of people on Diao Chan's side were considered loyal, and they found out that Lu Bu seemed to have fled to Bingzhou, so they brought Diao Chan here as well.

However, due to the long distance and the presence of enemies, robbers, wolves, tigers and leopards, Diao Chan had fewer and fewer subordinates, and in the end there were only 20 people left.

These 20 people are Wang Yun's personal soldiers, so they are barely loyal.But as Diao Chan's belly got bigger day by day, their formation route became slower and slower, and because of the constant war in this place, there were too many bandits and robbers around, so they had no choice but to go deep into the mountains.

Diao Chan felt that she was really going to die, there was no place on her body that didn't hurt.Her child was held by her confidant Wang Yi, who also helped her deal with her private parts.

Are men and women different?They are all going to die, who can control this.Diao Chan looked at Wang Yi stiffly, and Wang Yi sighed: "It's a girl..."

Diao Chan cried immediately, even though she was just a tool of Wang Yun.But Lu Bu was really good to Diaochan, and the past few years were also the happiest time for Diaochan.How Diao Chan hoped that this was a boy so that Lu Bu could pass on the family line.

"Madam, don't be sad, there will be nothing wrong with Fengxian. As long as we can find Fengxian, we can have another child in the future, right?"

Diao Chan sighed, and then said to Wang Yi: "My body is very weak, how can I go out in the depths of this dense forest easily. If it is really impossible, the general can give up on me and take this child to see Fengxian."

"As for the child's name, I've thought a lot about it along the way..."

"She is Bu's daughter, and both men and women should be able to defend themselves. But as a mother, I don't want her to fight on the battlefield like her father. So I thought of a more peaceful and gentle name. "

"Just call Lu Lingqi..."

Chapter 440 Three: Two Good Things

Whether it was Cao Cao's sudden abandonment of Yanzhou, or Yuan Shao's control of Yanzhou for integration.This is not something that can be done in a short time, and at this time, Zhiyuan also finished cleaning Qingzhou.

The population of the entire Qingzhou has reached 430 million after the final statistics... Among them, the population obtained from the gentry is as high as 93.

This is still Qingzhou, where Zhiyuan has been suppressing the gentry. If the population is hiding in other places, it may be even more serious.Then Zhiyuan ordered Guo Jia in Youzhou, Liu Bei in Xuzhou, and Sun Jian in Yangzhou to start large-scale reforms.

Reform is absolutely risky, Zhiyuan was assassinated more than ten times in just three months.In the worst case, the assassin slashed the clothes of Zhi Yuan's arm, but then he was dismembered by blades.

And according to the situation of these assassins, the kite directly copied more than 20 homes of the gentry. The current situation may only be described by the words that the gentry fell down and the kite was supported. The warehouse in Qingzhou was full of money, and even the kite was built. Two warehouses.

And the kite established a labor market, where servants and craftsmen can be hired.The price is negotiable, but there is a minimum standard.Moreover, the employer and the employer must sign a contract and be managed by court officials.

Zhiyuan is not only reforming the gentry, but even directly reforming the imperial court. The current official ranks make Zhiyuan feel a headache, so Zhiyuan plans to reclassify the ranks of officials according to the system of three provinces and six ministries in the Tang Dynasty.

This is really a big project. In fact, after Zhiyuan announced reforms in the court last time, all the affairs of the gentry were left to his subordinates, Jia Xu and Jin Yiwei, and Zhiyuan pulled Xi Zhicai and others, Begin to re-plan the official ranks.

Not only civil and military officials have fixed ranks, but also because of the emergence of the Supervising Army, it also effectively controlled the formation of generals and local separatist regimes.Zhiyuan even clearly stipulates that no matter whether it is a civil servant or a general, no one can hold office for more than two terms in one place, and one term lasts for four years...

And it clarifies the promotion of official positions and the merit system... the capable go up and the mediocre go down.However, Chen Qun, who was beaten half to death, actually showed the ninth-rank Zhongzheng system to the emperor, and was directly kicked out of the court by Zhiyuan.

In a rage, Chen Qun went to join Yuan Shao. After all, the gentry on Yuan Shao's side would definitely like this system.Zhi Yuan would not kill him halfway, because the Jiupin Zhongzheng system basically put the poor and the common people on opposite sides.

Anyway, the gentry was supposed to be wiped out by her, so wouldn't it be easier and more relaxing.

But the good news came one after another, first of all, the news that Zhiyuan got her fief and the salt ticket was successfully printed.With the salt ticket kite, you can use this to control the economy of the entire Han Dynasty. Salt is money in ancient times, and there is no other place in the world to sell large, snow-white sea salt.

Of course, this stuff will still be given to Liu Bian in the end, but Zhi Yuan has to override it first, especially using Zheng De to promote the salt ticket.This thing can be regarded as the first banknote in China, because the salt of this era is the best equivalent.

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