"Now Liu Yu has established an alliance across three states, with a hundred thousand people, and has appointed the Crown Prince to be in charge of the throne. I think his ambition is not small, and I am afraid that it will end up being something that affects Wei Wu in the future." Zu Yue said with some worry.
"Wei Wu?" Zu Ti laughed nonchalantly after hearing this.
"Everyone in the world thinks that Wei Wu used the emperor to command the princes and acted as a false king, but they never mentioned that the emperor of the Han Dynasty fell into the grass at that time. Except for Wei Wu who led the army to welcome the emperor in Xuchang, none of the other princes had time to take care of him."
"Without Wei Wu as an envoy, I don't know how many people would be called lonely and outnumbered at the end of the Han Dynasty!"
Hearing what Zu Ti said, Zu Yue thought about it seriously and said.
"But my ancestor, Fan Yang, has been favored by the Jin Dynasty. If Liu Yu has other plans in the future, how should I deal with my brother?"
Fan Yang's ancestors have been high-ranking officials for many generations, especially during the three-man rule of Sima Yi and his son. They have always been highly valued by the Sima family. Both his father and ancestors have served as vassals of the king of Jin.
"Alas, I am now forty-six years old, and I have only known my destiny for a few years, but I still haven't established any meritorious deeds. I just held some official positions with the help of my ancestor Yu Yin. This time I conquered the Hulu, maybe I will do it in my life. This is the only chance for your ambition to be rewarded.”
"Liu Yu is only in his twenties now. Whether he will have other plans in the future, I'm afraid it's not my turn to deal with it. I'll leave it to those who come after him."
"My job is to destroy the barbarians and hang their heads in Gao Street to avenge our previous humiliation!"
After Zu Yue heard this, he nodded in agreement after thinking for a moment.
"What my brother said is indeed true. The Hulu are fierce and fierce now. If we cannot destroy the Hulu, the entire Central Plains will change hands. No matter who you are, loyal ministers and traitors, you will be the prisoners of the Hulu."
"What's more, Liangzhou, Guanzhong, and Jiangdong are all powerful vassals, and they will definitely not sit back and watch Liu Yu's rebellion."
Zuyo said at the end.
However, after hearing his brother's last words, Zu Ti stroked his beard and said thoughtfully.
"Strengthening the vassal? I hope so."
The next day.
In Jibei County, the autumn wind was hunting outside Luzi City. Thousands of soldiers had already gathered outside the city. Some of them had already put on bright clothes and armor, guarding Fenwei General Zu Ti, and walked out of the city along the main street in the city.
A majestic march began in Luzicheng, Jibei County.
Because Zu Ti was a general who had to undergo a holiday, the ceremony of setting off the army was quite majestic.
Dozens of warriors wearing bright armor, holding halberds, cleared the way in front of Zu Ti, while deep and majestic drums and trumpets were playing beside him.
Because Luzicheng is now where Xingtai is located, the number of residents in the city has greatly increased compared to before.
There were already crowds of people on both sides of the street, just to see with their own eyes the majestic Fenwei General Zu Ti and those Qingzhou soldiers.
Zu Ti wore his helmet and armor, rode on a horse, held a staff and headed out of the city amidst the admiration of countless people on both sides.
The Qingzhou soldiers who escorted Zu Ti were also carefully selected. Each of these Qingzhou soldiers were strong and vigorous.
Liu Yu wanted to use this opportunity to show the strength of the Qingzhou Army to the people of Luzicheng and Xingtai officials, and he also wanted to strengthen the uniqueness of the Qingzhou Army in people's minds.
Various discussions quickly emerged among the crowd of people watching in the aisles.
"These Qingzhou soldiers are indeed strong and vigorous. They are nothing like those Qiu Ba from before. They were all despicable bastards."
"Of course it's different. The former Qiu Ba** were all ordinary soldiers, but they were untouchables from other countries, or they recruited some desperate bandits, and they all served as soldiers for money and food. None of these Qingzhou soldiers had at least a hundred acres of fertile land in their home. There are several Tianke people, and they don’t have to worry about food and clothing at all, which is definitely different from the previous officers and soldiers."
"Well, let's put it this way, being a soldier of the Qingzhou Army is really good."
"Humph, it's all good, but it's just a trade-off. What's more, sharing the land privately and completely ignoring the laws of the Jin Dynasty. When the emperor comes to investigate in the future, he will definitely be left with nothing to eat!"
"You can't say that. In the past, those rich and powerful people were exempted from paying taxes if they occupied more acres of land. Didn't the emperor and the government do anything to them?"
"Yes, yes, what's more, now..." Another person said this, suddenly lowered his voice, and whispered, "What's more, now that your life has been snatched away by barbarians, how can you blame me? ah."
"The Qingzhou Army is going to attack the Hulu now. Maybe if they rescue the Emperor in the future, they will be rewarded heavily!"
"Well, that's right. That makes sense."
"Hey, look, look, the Qingzhou soldiers coming behind are our soldiers from Jibei County!"
Following the direction of the onlooker's finger, two rows of soldiers wearing iron armor, holding spears and swords at their waists, walked majestically through the crowd.
Although these soldiers looked intently, the proud expressions on their faces were not concealed at all, making the people on both sides of the road envious.
At this time, a decent man who was watching said to his colleagues and friends around him.
"What Qingzhou soldiers? These are soldiers from Jibei County, Yanzhou. What are these soldiers from Jibei County called? Oh, by the way, they are called Bashan Army."
"Bashan Army?"
"Strengthening the mountains and overwhelming the world? It is indeed extraordinary."
Because the grain, grass and baggage had not yet been fully prepared, Zu Ti went out to support the march in the plains this time. He only mobilized the Tianping Army, Heiyun Army and Bashan Army from the three surrounding counties, a total of 3,000 troops. When the grain and grass baggage was ready later, After that, we can continue to increase the number of troops to 10,000.
Liu Yu led the officials in Xingtai and personally sent Zu Ti, who was going on an expedition, to Jishui.
"General Zu, I leave the affairs of the plains to you. The barbarians are rampant and tyrannical. You must not let down the high hopes of the people of the world. I hope General Zu will report his victory as soon as possible!"
After saying that, Liu Yu handed Zu Ti Zhuangxing the wine with both hands.
Zu Ti was also generous. He took the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
"Don't worry, General. When Zu Ti goes here, he will definitely wipe out the Hulu. Not only will he defend the plain, but he will also kill more heads of Hulu and hang them on the gate of Luzi City to show his martial virtue!"
"Otherwise, my ancestor Ti will fall into this surging river and never return!"
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After Zu Ti led his army to Pingyuan County, Liu Yu also began to emphatically urge officials in various states and counties to start building various water conservancy ditches as soon as possible after completing the collection of autumn taxes before the land was frozen.
Because during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, even in the relatively densely populated Qingzhou and Yanzhou, there were still a large number of wastelands that were not developed. Part of the reason was due to war.
Another important reason is the lack of water conservancy facilities in various places, and many farmlands are close to rivers.
Based on some vague memories and reports from officials who supervised farming, Liu Yu knew that next year, the sixth year of Yongjia, the drought and floods would not stop.
Therefore, Liu Yu wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to build water conservancy projects in various states and counties as soon as possible, in order to increase grain production in various states and counties tomorrow.
Because the foundation of everything lies in this food.
With enough food, Liu Yu could support more craftsmen, trial-produce more crafts, and create more weapons, farm tools, novel goods, etc.
With enough food, more soldiers can be fed. After all, when a long-term war breaks out, it is definitely not enough to rely solely on the food brought by the military soldiers. There must be enough food to cope.
With more food, more refugees can be recruited and more food can be cultivated.
Therefore, in this virtuous cycle that Liu Yu has high hopes for, food is absolutely the foundation of everything.
Unfortunately, according to reports from many prefectures and counties, the construction of water conservancy projects, which Liu Yu thought would be great for farming, was not progressing smoothly.
Several officials sent by Liu Yu to inspect various counties and counties were each describing the chaos they saw in front of Liu Yu.
"General, many state and county officials are too hasty in urging, often beating and scolding the people doing corvee work, and even deducting food rations."
"Withholding rations to eat? Don't all corvee workers prepare their own rations? How can they withhold food?" Liu Yu asked doubtfully.
The official heard this and replied, "Many subordinate officials in counties and counties collect the rations of the people who are doing corvee work first, and then distribute them on a daily basis. If there is any trouble, the rations of these people who are doing corvee work will be withheld. Come down."
"General, not only that, many counties also arbitrarily collect taxes and grains when apportioning corvees, such as "wolf hunting money", "canal digging money", "river protection money", etc., under various names. Although they are different, they are all just taking the opportunity to make money."
When Liu Yu heard this, he became furious instantly.
Today's county officials in Qingzhou are mostly from poor families who were appointed before. Liu Yu originally thought that these children from poor families would be more considerate of people's livelihood than those from high-ranking families.
But I didn't expect that in just one or two years, these poor officials would completely become like this.
Liu Yu said coldly, "These silverfish that deserve to be killed all think that building water conservancy projects this year is to make money for them?!"
Because there have been very few corvees among people with registered households in Qingzhou in recent years, Liu Yu plans to launch a large-scale corvee work and build water conservancy projects after the autumn harvest this year. This will not only increase the harvest in the future, but also make the lives of ordinary people with registered households better and attract those who A powerful and hidden "black house".
However, Liu Yu obviously underestimated the worship of "Brother Kong Fang" that had become popular in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. All kinds of corruption and bribery were even more severe in the Jin Dynasty than in later generations.
At this time, it can be said to be a beautiful era for high-ranking nobles, but it is a tragic era for ordinary people.
"General, we inspected ten and thirty-nine counties this time. Among them, there were nearly a hundred officials who were evil-doing and corrupt. Among them, there were more than thirty notorious ones. They were found in almost every county."
Seeing Liu Yu's expression very gloomy, Zu Yue said from the side.
At this time, Zu Yue had been appointed as Du Zhicao, and he happened to be responsible for these corvee and tax matters.
After Zu Yue finished speaking, he handed a list to Liu Yu.
Liu Yu looked over the list, and the names listed on it were basically consistent with the results that Liu Yu sent out to investigate secretly.
After reading the list in his hand, Liu Yu nodded and said to Zu Yue.
"Zu Zhizong has given you two soldiers. I will arrest all these corrupt officials according to the list. For those who are especially corrupt and violent, follow the authority urgently and kill them when they should. Do not tolerate them."
"For corrupt officials who dare to hide their property, as long as they report merit, they will be divided equally."
"As you command, General!"
Zu Yue immediately excitedly accepted the order. After Liu Yu's two gentle words, Zu Yue instantly took over the power of killing these unlucky guys.
For these corrupt officials who used corvee work to build water conservancy projects and levied excessive taxes, in fact, according to the loose laws of the Jin court, even if they were reported and verified, they were just misdemeanors that could be redeemed with money.
However, Liu Yu did not intend to let this kind of thing go lightly. Because of these corrupt officials and many suffering people, they began to have strong resistance to the construction of water conservancy projects, and even doubted the correctness.
Liu Yu didn't want to be known as "Emperor Sui Yang built the Grand Canal" for something that was tiring for a while but would benefit future generations.
Therefore, these corrupt officials who used Liu Yu's name to make money must pay a heavy price.
After arranging manpower to deal with these corrupt officials, Liu Yu fell into deep confusion.
Originally, when Liu Yu appointed these children from poor families as county officials, he thought they would be better than the children from high-class families.
Now it seems that the proportion of virtue and talent among these children from poor families is not much better than that from high-class families.
"From this point of view, if you have to choose between a poor family and a high-class family, you just have to choose the one that is not too bad."
"Once you have power, whether you are from a humble family or a noble family, your behavior will be the same."
Liu Yu's trust in these common people and high-ranking disciples was not high at first, and now it has been greatly reduced.
Suddenly, Liu Yu had an idea and remembered the "imperial examination system" that had been popular for thousands of years in later generations.
As the "imperial examination system" was featured in history textbooks, Liu Yu suddenly had very high expectations for it.
"I wonder if it would be better if officials were selected through the imperial examination?"
Liu Yu became a little excited when he thought that if the imperial examinations were widely used to select officials, Liu Yu would not only solve the problem of officials, but also solve the problem of talent and class mobility.
This is a "talent selection method" hundreds of years in advance. Once implemented, it will definitely achieve very good results.
After all, this "imperial examination system" that has gathered hundreds of years of talent selection experience is much more powerful than the "Nine-Rank Officials Law" of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Liu Xugang had this idea, but he hadn't had time to discuss it with his staff yet, so he could only think about it by himself for the time being.
After a while, Li Feng, the governor of the Yamen Army, hurriedly came to Liu Yu.
"General, the rip-off bastard you asked me to check out really has a problem. He didn't even put any effort into it. As soon as he saw me showing up, he attacked them all!" Li Feng said bitterly.
"Where are people now? Who is there?" Liu Yu asked.
"In the back barracks of the Yamen Army, except for a few trusted old brothers, no one knows about this." Li Feng immediately said carefully.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I'm going to personally interrogate this traitor!!!!"
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