After Liu Yu led his army to Xiangguo, what he saw was somewhat unexpected.
When he heard that Jiehu abandoned the city and fled, he originally thought that Xiangguo City must have been completely destroyed by arson.
However, although the Xiangguo City in front of us is dilapidated, a large number of houses and buildings are still preserved and have not been destroyed.
"Your Majesty, Xiangguo is able to retain its appearance thanks to the people in the city."
After seeing Liu Yu's surprised look, Zu Ti, who arrived in Xiangguo first, immediately explained.
When Liu Yu heard this, he looked at the people kneeling on the ground behind him.
These people were all wearing ordinary brown clothes, and at first glance they looked like the most ordinary poor people.
However, one of the leaders was dressed like a Han man, and he looked like he was not an ordinary citizen.
"Who is this?"
Liu Yu pointed at the scholar and said.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, this person is Wang Zichun, a reformed Jizhou scholar!"
When he heard Zu Ti mention his name, Wang Zichun immediately straightened up. It was obvious that he was very concerned about it and was always nervous.
"Wang Zichun? Isn't that the one who worked as a lobbyist for Shi Le before?"
Liu Yu immediately remembered that it was this Wang Zichun who lobbied for Shi Le and helped him win over many powerful refugees from Jizhou to his advantage.
Obviously, Wang Zichun still has some abilities.
"Are you Shi Le's disciple, Wang Zichun?"
Liu Yu came to those people and asked.
"Your Majesty, the criminal is none other than Wang Zichun. He was forced by Jie Hu to drive him. It is a capital crime! A capital crime!"
Wang Zichun immediately kowtowed to the ground and apologized.
"Death penalty? However, it is indeed a capital crime!" Liu Yu said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Wang Zichun's face suddenly turned pale. He never expected that Liu Yu would actually follow his words.
However, Wang Zichun calmed down, and he had noticed that there was no murderous intention in Liu Yu's tone.
Sure enough, Liu Yu's subsequent words immediately made Wang Zichun breathe a sigh of relief.
"Did you lead people to save Xiangguo City?"
When Wang Zichun heard this, he immediately became energetic.
"Reporting to your majesty, when Jie Nu escaped, he tried to seize Ding's belongings and then destroy Xiangguo City. The villain found an opportunity and hid, and then summoned these volunteers to put out the fire together!"
Hearing that Wang Zichun did not take all the credit, Liu Yu's impression of him improved slightly.
Liu Yu looked at the volunteers behind him.
These so-called righteous people were actually the slaves that Jiehu had captured before. When Jiehu retreated, he was in a hurry and did not have time to kill these people. This allowed some people to hide and escape. Tribulation.
"Okay, you all deserve credit, and I can absolve you of your previous sins!"
After hearing Liu Yu's words, Wang Zichun immediately kowtowed and thanked him.
As for the "righteous people" who followed the fire in Xiangguo, Liu Yu also directly ordered various rewards.
When Liu Yu led his army into Xiangguo City, he found that the number of refugees or common people left in the city was far beyond his imagination.
Liu Yu couldn't help but ask Zu Ti, who was one step ahead.
"How many refugees are there in Xiangguo City?"
"There must be at least 20,000!" Zu Ti said.
"Twenty thousand?" Liu Yu didn't frown.
There are a lot of these refugees, and the most critical problem is that these refugees were originally slaves of Jiehu. They had no property at all, and even the food they needed to survive had been squeezed away by Jiehu. .
After Jiehu fled westward, these freed slaves no longer even had anyone to 'feed' them.
Now that it fell into Liu Yu's hands, the first big problem was food.
"There are actually 20,000 more mouths!" Liu Yu immediately said with a headache.
If they are ordinary people or powerful people, they can still sustain themselves for a period of time if they are self-sufficient.
But these extremely poor refugees have no choice but to find ways to feed them. Otherwise, most of them will not be able to survive this winter, or they will become tenants of the surrounding powerful families.
And these are things Liu Yu doesn't want to see.
"How much food does Zu Qing bring?"
"Your Majesty, it will be enough for more than a month." Zu Ti said, "However, if there is enough food for 20,000 more people, I'm afraid it can only last for more than ten days."
The Han army on the southern route led by Zu Ti basically came from Hanoi County and Yanzhou. The population of Hanoi County had already been wiped out due to famine, and there was not much food left. All the food had to be provided by Yanzhou.
"In this case, these refugees must be allowed to go to Yanzhou and eat by themselves.
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Liu Yu sighed lightly.
In fact, what he hopes more is to keep these refugees on the borders of Jizhou.
Because now that Yan and Zhao are basically in his hands, Liu Yu has already thought about moving the capital to somewhere in Jizhou. In this case, there must be enough population to defend it.
But since the beginning of the "Eight Kings Rebellion" and nearly ten years of melee fighting, Jizhou has been in such dilapidated state that there is not much savings at all.
When Zu Ti heard Liu Yu's plan to move the capital to Jizhou, he immediately agreed.
"Your Majesty, Jizhou is great! It covers a vast area of thousands of miles and can support millions of troops. It has the danger of mountain fortresses in the north, the stronghold of Taihang in the west, and it controls rivers and seas on both sides of the southeast. It can be said that it is the foundation of the king's industry!"
"Back then, Guangwu conquered the world from Hebei. Your Majesty moved to Hebei, and you can conquer the world as soon as possible!"
Today, Zu Ti has already attracted the attention of the world during the war with the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, and the original concern for the Jin Dynasty has long passed.
Liu Yu's idea of moving the capital to Jizhou was unanimously approved by Zu Ti and other Youji generals and officials.
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However, when he returned to Luzi and just before he wanted to discuss the 'official selection system' he came up with with Xi Jian, he was immediately opposed by his servant Xi Jian.
"Your Majesty, I feel that although Luzi is small, we cannot move the capital to Jizhou!"
"Why?" Liu Hu felt a little strange about Xi Jian's serious expression.
"Could it be that Mr. Xi actually has local views?"
After all, since ancient times, any place that has become a national capital has been able to rise with the tide. People in local states and counties naturally want the capital to be located in their hometown.
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