Winter, December.
Although Emperor Sima Chi of the Jin Dynasty was captured by the Huns, the prefectures and counties supporting the Jin Dynasty continued to use the reign name of Yongjia. However, this situation completely changed in Qingzhou.
Since Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor in Lu Zicheng, he immediately abandoned the reign name of the Jin Dynasty and changed it to the first year of Hongwu.
The era name is not simply used to mark the year. Another important role it plays is to mark the legitimacy of the regime.
Of course, although when Liu Yu was enthroned in Luzijiao, the officials of the former Jin Dynasty were very cooperative and did not show any "loyal soul of the Jin Dynasty". However, in the areas of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Xuzhou, However, many county and county officials joined forces with the powerful to oppose Liu Yu's return to Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have re-registered all the military soldiers in the ten counties of Qingzhou according to their registered numbers. Among them, there are 36,750 auxiliary soldiers who have been promoted to regular soldiers. No one has the minimum qualifications. The commissioned land is seventy acres, but the farm tools, cattle and field customers cannot make up the full amount."
Gongsun Sheng said respectfully.
He is now one of the chief officials of the Santai Province of the Han Dynasty that Liu Yu hastily established, and one of the ministers of Zhongshu.
Because the Eastern Han Dynasty has been destroyed for nearly a hundred years, the official system that people are familiar with at this time is the official system that has been used for nearly a hundred years in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Therefore, after Liu Yu became emperor, although the country was named "Han", he basically followed the system of the Western Jin Dynasty. To avoid causing confusion among officials.
"Okay, as long as we can build up the number of troops as soon as possible, we can first put down the rebels in Yanzhou and Xuzhou. As long as Yanzhou and Xuzhou are not lost, we will no longer be afraid of any foreign enemies."
Liu Yu was very satisfied with Gongsun Sheng's mobilization ability.
In Yanzhou and Xuzhou, although there are tens of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers guarding each, they are still stretched thin.
"Your Majesty, don't worry. Even without these more than 30,000 new soldiers, I can still defeat these reckless tyrants in Yanzhou!"
Bo Sheng, who had just arrived at Luzi, said.
Since Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor last month, he has recruited former beggar commanders such as Tian Zhen, Tian Lan, Chen Wu, and Bo Sheng who were stationed in Yanzhou and Yuzhou to come to Luzi to pay homage.
In fact, calling it a pilgrimage is just a way to force these powerful commanders who have considerable autonomy to express their opinions. If they come to Luzicheng to worship Liu Yu, the newly minted "Emperor of the Han Dynasty", then from now on, these people will have to completely separate themselves from each other. The Jin court broke up.
"Okay, since General Bo is so confident, I feel relieved. I will leave the affairs of Chenliu County to General Bo."
"When the rebellion of Ding, Xu, Chen, Yuan and other thieves in the county is quelled, I will definitely use my merits as a marquis to reward General Bo!"
Liu Yu's trustful attitude made Bo Sheng very excited, and he immediately swore that when he returned to Chenliu Yongqiu, he would send out all his soldiers to cooperate with the "Han Tianbing" to attack those Xiaoxiao who resisted the "revival of Han Dynasty" .
Liu Yu trusted Bo Sheng's statement.
Although Bo Sheng is also one of the many military commanders of the Beggar Army, he is different from Tian Tian, Tian Lan and Chen Wu. The Bo Sheng family is a Wuhuan people, although it has been completely "Chinese" several generations ago. However, they are always separated from Tian Zhen, Chen Wu and the others, and they are even less likely to have more loyalty to the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty.
Ever since they learned that Liu Yu "proclaimed himself emperor after returning to the Han Dynasty", Chen Wu and others who were stationed in Yongqiu with Bo Sheng had been hesitant. They neither wanted to be enemies with Liu Yu, nor were they willing to abandon the Jin Dynasty.
And soon split into two factions. One was the "supporting Han" faction headed by Bo Sheng and Hao Ting, who advocated immediate acceptance of the new dynasty. After all, this Han Dynasty had tens of thousands of elite soldiers, money and food, and was considered the best. thigh.
The other faction advocated "supporting the Jin and opposing the Han". Li Yun advocated immediately leading his troops to rise up against Liu Yu's "pseudo-Han", occupy the Chenliu, Qiao and Liang areas, and then send people to contact them. King Langya of Jiangdong sent troops to the north together.
As for the remaining Chen Wu, Tian Tian, Tian Lan and others, they were in a state of uncertainty.
However, Liu Yu sent the newly appointed Han Zhennan General Li Feng and Longxiang General Ran Long to lead an army of 10,000 to arrive near Chenliu County.
These former beggar marshals quickly expressed their attitude, that is, they firmly supported Liu Yu's "return to Han Dynasty and seek barbarism".
Except for Li Yun, the former Longxiang general of the Jin Dynasty who gave up the official position conferred by Liu Yu and led a small number of troops to flee south, the tens of thousands of beggars in the Chenliu and Liang areas completely became "supporting the Han faction".
After Liu Yu heard all this, as soon as Bo Sheng and others arrived in Luzicheng, he immediately appointed Bo Sheng as Chen Liu's internal history and general against the captives, above Chen Wu and others.
After Bo Sheng, Chen Wu and other generals from the begging military faction withdrew, Gongsun Sheng said with some worry.
"Your Majesty, Bo Sheng was born in Wuhuan and is not of my race. Isn't this reward too heavy? It almost gives him half of the power of Chenliu County. Chenliu is close to the area controlled by the Hulu. Will it be affected by the Hulu? Lu Gulu, if you betray the big man, it will be dangerous."
"I think that although Bo Sheng was born in Wuhuan, what he did was completely attributed to the Han family. Moreover, there are many northern Han people under his command. Even if Bo Sheng wanted to defect to Hu, these people I may not agree." Liu Yu said thoughtfully, stroking his chin.
"Moreover, Li Feng and Ran Long also led 10,000 troops to station in Cangyuan. When the newly recruited regular soldiers arrive, they will send an additional 5,000 troops. In this way, Li Feng and Ran Long will be able to monitor these beggars. military."
"However, the treasury in Yanzhou is short of food and grass. The transportation along the way may consume too much. It will be difficult to send an additional five thousand troops to support." Gongsun Sheng said with some embarrassment.
Due to wars and famines, the treasuries of several counties in Yanzhou are very empty. Li Feng and Ran Long's supplies of ten thousand soldiers and horses are already a headache. And if they need to transfer food and grass for five thousand people from Qingzhou, I'm afraid There is simply no extra power to transport.
Liu Yu didn't realize this was a problem at all.
"Haha, when Bo Sheng and others return to Yanzhou, we won't need to transfer food and grass for the additional five thousand troops. We may not even need the food and grass for Li Feng's ten thousand people."
"Your Majesty, what does this mean?" Gongsun Sheng said with some confusion.
He thought, could it be that Liu Yu was referring to garrisoning the fields to raise troops? No, even if it's farming, it won't be harvested until next autumn. Before that, it's inseparable from Qingzhou's grain and grass support.
"Dong Ping and Cao Yi in Xuzhou have basically put down the unrest in Huaibei. Do you know this?" Liu Yu asked.
"Of course I know." Gongsun Shengxin said, I am not the only one who knows, I am afraid that the entire Qingxu Prefectures already know that General Dong Ping of the Guard and Cao Yi, the Governor of Xuzhou, killed many people in the Huaibei area, at least more than twenty people. Because Jia Haoqiang secretly contacted Jiangdong and intended to raise troops to oppose Liu Yu, he was suddenly attacked by Dong Ping and Cao Yi.
"Dong Ping and Cao Yi had nearly 15,000 soldiers, but they didn't ask for much food, grass and baggage. It was because they killed these powerful men." Liu Yu said bitterly.
"Although Xuzhou has suffered from the same war and natural disasters in the past few years, ordinary people have not had enough to eat, but these powerful families are not short of food savings at all. Dong Ping said in the letter, just by destroying these Linhuai people You are so powerful, the captured grain will be enough to support next summer's harvest."
"Then what your Majesty means is to let Li Feng and Ran Long follow the example of Dong Ping and Cao Yi, and use the rebellious powerful people in Chenliu and other counties to maintain the military?" Gongsun Sheng said.
"That's right. Once these rebels are defeated, all the food and grass will be publicly owned, and the rest of the goods can be distributed by the armies. In this way, the rebels will be defeated, and there will be no need to transport food and grass, and there will be soldiers to fight. The reward is simply a three-pronged strategy." Liu Yu said happily.
"However, if you act so cruelly against these powerful people, I'm afraid it will chill the hearts of other powerful people. If more public anger is aroused, then there will be wars everywhere."
Gongsun Sheng felt that although he was going to crusade against these rebellious powerful men, he only needed to defeat them and make them surrender. If he destroyed his family at every turn, he would probably fall into endless battles. You must know that Wuzhou and Yanzhou in Yuzhou The powerful people in Bao are much more difficult to crack than the powerful people in Xuzhou and Linhuai.
"Humph, Liu Xun told me that Hulu Shile's powerful methods to control the local area in Jizhou were much more brutal than ours. Those powerful people were not just obediently obeying orders. I think these powerful people only recognized swords and guns. They had to give in. They are more afraid of our swords and guns than those of Hulu and the Sima family, so we can make them obey orders obediently."
After saying this, Liu Yu sighed softly and said.
"No matter what, we must use the fastest speed to pacify Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Now in Xuzhou, only Donghai and Langya are left with sporadic rebellions. Only in Yanzhou and Yuzhou are many people disobeying orders. Only when Yanzhou is settled can the south be truly conquered. The strength of the expedition to the north."
Gongsun Sheng also nodded. Indeed, although the "Great Han Kingdom" today can mobilize more than 100,000 troops, due to the fragmented terrain, Qingzhou and Xuzhou are north and south of each other, making it difficult to effectively connect them. Only Yanzhou in the middle can completely After the peace was settled, the three states in Liu Yu's hands could be considered to be fully functional.
Otherwise, if the most critical Yanzhou cannot be pacified, then when the surrounding barbarians, Jin Dynasty vassals, etc. launch an attack, it will be difficult for the Qingzhou soldiers hanging in Xuzhou to last long. By then, Liu Yu's "big Han" will be extremely powerful. It is possible to be squeezed into the long and narrow Qingzhou, struggling to hold on in the face of enemies coming from three sides.
The final outcome may be just like Cao Yi's separatist rule of Qingzhou in history. When a powerful figure appears in the Central Plains and presses Qingzhou with several times the force, no matter how powerful Liu Yu is, he will not be able to defeat Qingzhou alone. Force to resist.
What's more, Liu Yu was very self-aware. He didn't have Zhuge Wuhou's ability, so he couldn't fight one against ten.
When he thought of this, Liu Yu thought with some regret.
"Zu Ti defeated Shi Hu easily in Jizhou. If he could fully support him, let alone the rebels in Yanzhou, I am afraid that as long as he has enough troops, even Jizhou and Yuzhou can be pacified."
"What a pity. Ever since Zu Ti heard that he had returned to Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, he refused to accept any rewards or appointments from Liu Yu."
Liu Yu was still thinking about this issue until he returned to the inner court.
The problem now is that Liu Yu must personally take charge of Luzi to guard against threats from the northwest, Dong Ping and Cao Yi guard Xuzhou to resist the Jiangdong faction in the south, and Li Feng and the Beggar Army guard Yanzhou to quell civil strife.
This situation of all-out defense on three sides was already the highest strength Liu Yu could mobilize, and there was no more redundant troop reserves.
The danger of this situation is that the three parties can only fight on their own based on their own strength. As long as there is a failure in one direction, a terrible chain reaction is likely to follow.
It can be said that a complete victory can only be achieved, and a small defeat can be fatal.
Therefore, in the history of more than two thousand years of hegemony, only Cao Cao and Zhu Wen succeeded in starting from Yanzhou.
As for the successful cases that just started in Qingzhou, sorry, there are none.
"Your Majesty, the marriage between Liu Xun and the girl from the ancestral family is almost ready. Is it possible to speed up the process? It would be best before the year."
As soon as Liu Yu entered the inner courtyard, which had no royal atmosphere, he met his wife Wang Ze, now the Empress of the Han Dynasty.
After hearing what Wang Ze said, Liu Yu felt a little comforted.
Since Liu Yu "restored the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor" and made Wang Ze the empress of the Han Dynasty, Wang Ze was solely responsible for many inner court affairs.
Moreover, Wang Ze, who came from a wealthy noble family, handled these matters in an orderly manner, and Liu Yu did not need to waste any more thought.
"Okay, it can indeed be faster." Liu Yu agreed with a smile, and then stroked Wang Ze's hair on his forehead with his hand affectionately.
Wang Ze lowered his head and smiled a little shyly, and said.
"Your Majesty, is it true that as long as Liu Xun and the girl from the Zu family get married, Zu Ti can be used by Your Majesty again?"
After hearing this, Liu Yu shook his head slightly.
"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult. If it weren't for Zu Yue and others, Zu Ti might not be willing to agree to this marriage because of his temper."
Liu Yu said.
Everyone knew that Liu Yu arranged for his nephew to marry Zu Yue's daughter in order to win over the Zu family, or in other words, to win over Zu Ti.
However, Liu Yu knew that the effect of this was not great.
But there are other reasons why he still insists on doing this.
According to Liu Xun's report, Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, has been wooing his old friend Zu Ti. Therefore, Liu Yu's actions are not so much wooing Zu Ti, but rather cutting off the possibility of Zu Ti serving others. After all, Zu is a sect. , but his ancestor is not the only one.
"Is there any reply to the letter sent to Youzhou?" Liu Yu asked Wang Ze.
After Liu Yu "restored the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor", he sent envoys to Youzhou to win over Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, to abandon the Jin Dynasty and join the Han Dynasty. He also promised Wang Jun the superior treatment of Sangong and Yan Gong.
Of course, Liu Yu knew that Wang Jun would never accept it. His other real purpose was not to completely break with Wang Jun. If that happened, the trade of horses with goods would be cut off.
This was a huge loss for Liu Yu, who had always been short of horses.
"Father sent someone to reply, but the words were not good." Wang Ze said angrily.
"Oh, what did he say?"
"Father said that he would summon soldiers and horses from the six barbarians to attack. He also said that if he continues to persist in his obsession, he will still, and still..."
"What else?" Liu Yu asked.
"Moreover, we may need to borrow troops to help suppress the enemy, and recruit Shi Le to surrender and attack Qingzhou together!"
