Although Li Feng now holds the high position of governor of Yuzhou and military commander, he has never forgotten the years when he was born in poverty.
He came from a poor and humble family in the middle of the city in Yinxian County, the kind of grassroots who could not even touch the corners of a "poor family".
It was precisely because of his humble background that he remembered that at that time, he was beaten by the lackeys of the powerful and wealthy people until he cried for his father and mother because he had incurred gambling debts due to gambling. Now he is filled with anger when he thinks about it.
Li Feng originally felt that every one of those hateful rich and powerful people should be killed and their homes should be confiscated!
However, Li Feng's mind has slowly changed now.
He felt that those powerful and wealthy people should indeed be killed, but not all of them. If they were all killed, wouldn't all the poor be left in the world?
If only the poor are left and no one is rich, then who will use money, silk, and women to honor themselves?
Regarding these thoughts, Li Feng thought it was better to wait. After all, he could see that Liu Yu also wanted to deal with these powerful people in Yuzhou, but he had not waited for the right time.
Once the right time comes, Li Feng will have a big fight in Yuzhou!
Anyway, after Wang Mi's death, there are no external worries now, and even the powerful men in Yuzhou cannot afford to make too big a splash.
Even if there is a disturbance, Yuzhou's 40,000 new and old soldiers can be enough to settle everything.
When thinking of Wang Mi's death, Li Feng suddenly remembered something.
"Your Majesty, I heard that the remnants of the bandit army led by Wang Zhang seem to have fled to Nanyang to go to Gou Xi, and something big happened there. I'm afraid the situation has changed recently!" Li Feng suddenly said.
"Big thing, what big thing?"
As soon as Liu Yu heard Gou Xi's name, he immediately became alert.
Since Gou Xi occupied the Nanyang area, almost all the refugees in the surrounding Guanzhong and Bashu have taken refuge with him. At the highest number, there were more than 200,000.
Although the supplies of these refugee armies are very poor, and the equipment is even worse, they have been moving south to threaten the core area of Jingzhou, the Jin Dynasty.
However, after failing to capture Jingzhou for two consecutive years, Gou Xi's army, which is mainly composed of refugees, may be about to make a change.
Before Liu Yu came to Yuzhou, he had just heard that Wang Zhang and more than a thousand of his remnants seemed to have defected to Gou Xi. He was a little worried. Under Wang Zhang's guidance, Gou Xi led nearly 100,000 refugees eastward out of Yuzhou. .
"Your Majesty, I heard that the emperor Zhaolie who was supported by Gou Xi was named after him. I can't remember it. Anyway, it was the false emperor who was supported by Gou Xi. He seemed to have died of the plague, and he didn't leave any trace. What descendants are you going to lay down?"
When Li Feng said this, he suddenly grinned.
"Hehe, Gou Xi also supported this false emperor in the name of reviving the Han Dynasty, but now he has died of illness. Don't your majesty think that Gou Xi's drama can no longer continue?"
"Even if the pseudo-DìDū is gone, does Gou Xi just want to find a new master?"
Seeing Li Feng gloating about his misfortune, Liu Yu felt relieved.
It seems that Gou Xi's luck is really bad. It is really unexpected that Liu Zan, who was supported as an enemy, died of a plague. Now, I am afraid that Gou Xi will be unable to survive.
"If this is the case, that would be the best. Gou Xi could have used this name to deceive some people. Now that Liu Zan has died of illness, I am afraid that Gou Xi's men will inevitably be panicked. When the Jin army in Jingzhou attacks again, I’m just afraid that Gou Xi will be annihilated.”
If the Jin army in Jingzhou wiped out Gou Xi, Liu Yu would definitely be relieved.
Because compared with Gou Xixiang, who was a refugee, most of the Jin troops occupying Jingzhou were from the Langya Wang family.
After Jingzhou is pacified, these Jiangdong powerful men will most likely be constraining each other. Even if anyone has the ambition to make the Northern Expedition, he will never be able to do so without going through several life-and-death battles.
Liu Yu then asked Li Feng, the newly appointed official, about other affairs in Yuzhou. They were basically civil affairs affairs that were used to appease the refugees for farming, or to resume business and travel exchanges.
To Liu Yu's expectation, Li Feng, the governor of Yuzhou, basically answered questions fluently, and some of the key measures even exceeded Liu Yu's expectations.
However, under Liu Yu's half-truth and half-false praise, Li Feng was still embarrassed to tell the truth.
"Your Majesty, you know that I have never put any effort into these things. To be honest, what I just said was all thought for me by the newly recruited officers, Zhonglang and others. method."
Seeing Li Feng's appearance, Liu Yu smiled softly.
"Hahaha, if that's the case, I'll be relieved!"
"There are so many things waiting to be done in Yuzhou. If you can recruit so many people who are willing to make suggestions, that is the best way. If you have to do everything yourself, let alone whether you can be busy, even if you can work day and night, with your ability , I’m afraid it will also become busier and more chaotic!”
After hearing Liu Yu's ridicule, Li Feng not only had no resentment, but was very happy.
This shows that in Liu Yu's heart, he can still treat him with his original identity. In Li Feng's view, this harmless ridicule is more practical than praise.
After all, since leaving Liu Yu's position in the central army, even the careless Li Feng had thought about whether he would be alienated and neglected.
"Since Your Majesty said that, I'm relieved. I'm also afraid that Your Majesty will dislike me for not working hard. If that's the case, I will recruit talented people to do things for me in the future, so as to save myself trouble. "
Seeing Li Feng's appearance, Liu Yu felt relieved.
The current situation in Yuzhou is that there are basically no strong enemies from the outside. Internally, the former beggar troops have been converted into military soldiers. Together with the newly recruited 20,000 military soldiers, it is enough to suppress all unrest.
As long as Li Feng, the governor of Yuzhou, chooses his staff well, supervises the officials well, and allows them to do their job of establishing households and integrating the people, it will be enough.
At this time, the guard general Zhao Kun came in to report.
"Your Majesty, Chen Wu, Tian Tian, Tian Lan and others have all arrived!"
After hearing this, Liu Yu nodded and said to Li Feng next to him.
"Since you, the governor of Yuzhou, have done a great job, I feel relieved. Now, it's time to get down to business!"
Li Feng was slightly startled.
"Your Majesty, what's the matter? Aren't you here to inspect whether my officer is doing a good job?"
Ever since he heard that Liu Yu was coming in person, Li Feng had been panicked and at a loss. He didn't expect that the real owner of this trip was not him.
"The real business is that Chen Wu, Tian Zhen, Tian Lan and other beggars can't just stay here in Yuzhou to maintain their health. Now it's time for them to go into battle and contribute."
Liu Yu's words fell into Li Feng's ears and immediately aroused his interest.
In today's Han Dynasty, if these military soldiers are mobilized within the prefectures and counties, as the governor of a certain state's military, they can be mobilized. However, if they are mobilized far away from the state, except for the theoretical Taiwei, Grand Sima, and General. Besides, there was only Liu Yu who was the emperor.
There is no one in the Han Dynasty today holding these three positions, so Liu Yu's intention is very obvious.
"Your Majesty, if we want to dispatch these beggars, an edict would be enough. Why do we have to come in person?"
Li Feng still didn't understand.
"If there is an imperial edict to mobilize, I'm afraid it will take more time. Now that I am here in person, I can make them pack lightly and lead the army directly." Liu Yu said.
"I see, where will your Majesty use your troops?" Li Feng asked curiously.
He thought for a moment, if Liu Yu came to gather troops in person, he would definitely go north, but he didn't know whether he would attack Jie Hu of Xiang State, Liu Yan of Changshan County, or Zaosong of Youzhou?
Seeing Li Feng's appearance, Liu Yu had no intention of keeping it a secret from him.
"Now Yuwen Xianbei in Saibei has been driven by me and can contain Duanbu Xianbei. These beggar troops have been in Hebei for a long time. Even if they advance lightly, they will not be acclimatized. In this case, we can use the fastest force Attack Youzhou at such speed."
"When Youzhou is pacified, then some of these beggar troops can be left to guard Youzhou."
After hearing Liu Yu's last words, Li Feng immediately understood another meaning.
In Yuzhou today, half of the 40,000 army soldiers are beggars. Not only that, in addition to these army soldiers themselves, many of their brothers, nephews and nephews have not obtained the status of army soldiers. .
In other words, in today's Yuzhou territory, even if Li Feng had just recruited 20,000 refugee army soldiers, he would probably not have an advantage when facing these former beggar soldiers.
In fact, the influence that Li Feng thought of dispersing the begging army to dominate Yuzhou was only one aspect of Liu Yu's thought.
In addition, although these beggar soldiers are fighting against the Hu, many of them still have a lot of feelings for the Jin Dynasty. Liu Yu has even received a lot of secret reports, and some generals of the beggar army are secretly working with Huainan Jiangdong. connect.
After all, most of these beggar troops were Ma Teng's old subordinates of Dongying Company. Although Sima Rui, the king of Langya in Jiangdong, did not dare to send troops northward, he could still dislike Liu Yu in private because of his former factional ties.
Therefore, before coming to Yuzhou, Liu Yu had already made preparations. Who among these begging soldiers can continue to be trusted, who should be guarded against, and who should be directly deprived of their military power will all be determined here. Completed in one deployment of troops and generals.
When everything is completed, the balance and stability of Yuzhou can be maintained, and the powerful forces in Youzhou can be balanced with the help of foreign troops.
Basically, you can kill two birds with one stone.
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On the grassland six hundred miles north of Youzhou, a blue-black river winds its way to the north.
This river is called Wuhou Qinshui and is one of the sources of the upper reaches of the Liao River.
On both sides of the river are vast grasslands.
This grassland with rich water and grass has made the Yuwen tribe living here the most powerful tribe in the eastern grassland.
A rammed earth city about ten feet high stands on the bank of Wuhou Qinshui River, so eye-catching on the flat grassland.
Although, in the eyes of the Han people in the Central Plains, this Shanyu City, which was built with great effort by the Ministry of Education and Culture, was not even as good as an ordinary Central Plains county town.
However, for the Xianbei tribes who live deep in the grassland, this Yuwen clan's Chanyu City is so tall and majestic, declaring the authority of the Yuwen clan's Chanyu to these weak tribes all the time.
Today's Yuwen Shanyu City is even more lively than in the past.
For the sparsely populated grasslands, apart from fighting, the only time it is so lively is when there are alliances.
It can be seen from the crowds coming and going at the city gate that today's event is definitely not a battle, but an alliance.
In the center of Wuhou Qin City, there is a tall and spacious earth house with a large courtyard.
In the courtyard, many nobles from various Xianbei tribes were sitting on the ground. They all listened with serious faces to the loud speech of the first person.
I saw this man with a strong figure, a round face full of flesh, and the hair on both sides of his head shaved off, leaving only a palm-sized patch on the top of his head.
Under the sunlight, it looks like a round ball with a bunch of hair on it.
This person is none other than Yuwen Mogui, Yuwen Xianbei's current chief dan.
After a blast of horns symbolizing majesty, Yuwen Mogui stood up.
He first looked around at the many Xianbei nobles sitting on the ground, and then asked calmly.
"Today, I summoned everyone to gather here for an alliance, but does anyone know why?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a nobleman from the Xianbei tribe who had arranged for him to be a "dog leg" replied happily.
"I know, I know, the Great Chanyu is going to take us to attack those wolf cubs in Duanbu!"
"Yes, go grab those wolf cubs in Duanbu!"
Suddenly, many Xianbei nobles started shouting.
Seeing that 'People's Heart' was available, Yuwen Mogui grinned very happily.
"That's right, I'm calling everyone together today to make an alliance to attack those thieves and wolf cubs in Duanbu!"
"In recent years, Duan Bu has long abandoned our Xianbei people's nature and become the lackeys of those evil Jin people. How many times has he rushed into my Yuwen family's pasture and burned it, robbed my livestock, and killed my beloved horse. It has caused great harm to everyone." How many tribesmen died of illness and starvation!”
"These things are all things that arouse the great hatred of this Shanyu!"
The leaders and nobles of Xianbei tribes below all listened attentively as Yuwen Mogui enumerated Duan Xianbei's "seven sins", which were naturally Yuwen Xianbei's "seven hateful things".
However, many Xianbei nobles who were familiar with the inside story sneered at Yuwen Mogui's so-called "Seven Hatreds" in their hearts.
For example, the so-called incident where Duan Bu Xianbei rushed to Yuwen Xianbei's pasture to burn, kill and loot. Yuwen Xianbei obviously wanted to take advantage of the situation, but was beaten up by Duan Bu. Even Lao Di lost most of his money. This was not what Yuwen Mogui said at all. , it was Duan Bu Xianbei who attacked first.
However, before, some tribes who had good relations with Duanbu Xianbei might still argue. After all, according to the customs of grassland Xianbei, when making an alliance, they must not kill each other. Even enemies must be killed. After the alliance ends, there will be a battle of life and death.
However, today no tribe dared to speak out.
Because today's Yuwen Xianbei is different from the past, he is really very arrogant!
