Qingzhou, Linzi.
"Bah, a false edict! This is definitely a false edict. How could the emperor give such an edict to a small county governor!"
After Gou Chun learned that Liu Yu, the governor of Donglai, claimed that he had accepted the emperor's edict and was going to attack Gou Xi, he was furious.
This kind of edict is completely illogical. You don’t even need to read it. It is absolutely fake.
In the Jin Dynasty, the military and political affairs of a state were divided into two positions. The chief administrative inspector was the governor, and the military chiefs were divided into three types. From the largest to the smallest, they were the governor of a certain state, the supervisor of a certain state, and the governor of a certain state. Those who hold two positions can be regarded as The most powerful person in the world.
General Zhendong ranks second among the generals of Zheng, Zhen, An, and Ping, and his status is even more noble. It is impossible to easily entrust him to others.
As for Chijie, it ranks second among Zhijie, Chijie, and Jijie. All three have the scepter given by the emperor.
Ji Chijie can kill officials and civilians with a weight of less than 2,000 stones at will.
Chijie can kill anyone without official status at will.
During the holidays, anyone who violates military orders can be killed at will.
Therefore, Gou Xi, who has the power of holidaying, is known as ruling the state by military order in Qingzhou, just so that he can legally have the power to deal with the people at will.
These official positions are all of the highest rank. Nowadays, those who hold these positions are either from noble families, relatives of the royal family, or people like Gou Xi who have made great achievements. How could Liu Yu, a humble man from a humble family who rebelled against thieves and returned to justice, be awarded the title? What about these official positions? !
"However, people present at the time said that the envoy who issued the edict was Ju Xian, the bus commander, and the emperor's scepter and ceremonial weapons were present. It is difficult to fake these."
One of the subordinate officials said carefully.
"The Scepter of Heaven is such a noble thing. In the remote countryside of Donglai County, I'm afraid no one has seen it. The thief tied it with a wooden stick and tied it to the dog's tail. No one will know that it is fake."
Gou Chun completely denied the discernment ability of the people of Donglai County.
"It doesn't matter whether the emperor's edict is true or false. Those powerful people who hate us are willing to believe it is true, then it is true. I'm afraid even the emperor himself comes and tells them that it is a false edict. , they won’t believe it either.”
Gou Xi, who had been silent until now, said now.
Gou Xi had just defeated the refugee army in Dunqiu, Yanzhou, and returned to Linzi without stopping. He looked quite tired, but after another great victory, his air became more majestic.
"Brother, what should we do?" Gou Chun asked.
He knew that, according to the sentinel report that brought the news, most of the powerful men in Beihai County were ready to make a move after receiving Donglai County's message to challenge Gou Xi.
These people already hated Gou Xi for squeezing Qingzhou's financial and material resources. As the saying goes, cutting off someone's financial path is like killing one's parents.
Now that Liu Yu is a strong leader, all the powerful men in Qingzhou are eager to let Liu Yu destroy the hateful Gou Xi.
No matter what fake edicts or pretentious edicts are made, they will not be blamed when the court settles accounts in the future. With the current weakness of the court, I am afraid that whoever dies will take the blame.
"Liu Yu and these remaining Taoist thieves must be eradicated no matter what this time." Gou Xi said.
"However, I heard that most of Beihai County has colluded with each other. There are at least tens of thousands of powerful people who can support him."
Gou Chun was not afraid of the Donglai Army. After all, their brother's Yanzhou sergeant was an elite soldier in many battles.
It's just that after he heard about the raging undercurrent among Qingzhou's powerful people, he was still a little afraid. These powerful people who controlled hundreds of thousands of people and soldiers united to support Liu Yu.
"It doesn't matter. These powerful men are said to be weaklings. As long as Liu Yu dares to come, we will gather all the strength of the army to defeat his subordinates. Those powerful men will be discouraged and only think about retreating to protect themselves."
Gou Xi is not too worried about how tenacious these powerful willpower is. After all, Gou Xi is not trying to exploit them all. When faced with the danger of destroying their family and annihilating their clan, they have no will to continue to resist. force.
As for how to unite these powerful people tightly, it is even more difficult to implement. Not to mention the grudges and resentments of these powerful powerful people for hundreds of years. At the very least, if each family wants to preserve their own clan history, who is willing to do it? Others ended up dead.
It is precisely because of this that when the Xiongnu, Jiehu, Xianbei and others took control of the Central Plains, these powerful people who had combined with super strength would succumb one after another.
"Where are Liu Yu's thief army at this time?" Gou Xi continued to ask.
"It seems that we haven't crossed the Glue River yet, and our march seems to be quite slow."
"Retreat the troops in Beihai County and let the thieves take advantage first." Gou Xi ordered.
"Brother, doesn't this encourage the thief's arrogance?!" Gou Chun was puzzled.
"If Liu Yu didn't show a winning attitude first, how could those powerful people dare to jump to the front? If they didn't jump to the front, how could they justifiably kill some rebellious powerful people after killing the Donglai bandits."
Gou Xi thought that after defeating the Donglai thieves, he would always kill some "chickens" to show to the remaining "monkeys".
he continued.
"Moreover, after the evil task is over, if we don't lure the enemy deeper, the Donglai thieves will definitely retreat to the Donglai mountains after being defeated, and then it will not be that easy to kill them all, and if not good, they will also let They wander around like Wang Mi and become rogue bandits like locusts."
"Okay, brother, I'm going to give instructions to my son."
After Gou Chun went out, other generals were also sent out by Gou Xi.
Gou Xi, who was sitting alone, took out a silk book from his arms and murmured to himself while reading it.
"Secret edict, hehe, this is the real secret edict."
Gou Xi knew that the letter in his hand was the real one, a secret letter written to him by Emperor Sima Chi himself.
In this secret letter, Sima Chi praised Gou Xi's brilliant military exploits, and then hoped that he could lead his army into Luoyang at the right opportunity to eradicate some people who were disrupting the government. He also promised that as long as he succeeded, he would appoint Gou Xi as a general. The military governors of the six states of Qing, Xu, Yan, Yu, Jing, and Yang were appointed governors.
Touching this secret letter, Gou Xi did not intend to break with the King of East China Sea as the emperor thought.
But he knew that this would happen sooner or later. After all, his ambition was not to simply be a veteran general.
