"Your Majesty, Zhang Mao can leave Liangzhou and take up his post in Luoyang next month. He guarantees that he can arrive in Luoyang within half a month, and the rest of his family members and servants can also arrive in Luoyang within a month."
The envoy who went to Liangzhou to convey the decree told Liu Yu about Zhang Mao's request after returning to Shouzhou.
Hearing this, Liu Yu nodded slightly.
"Send someone to bring a message to Zhang Mao. He can take his time to take up his post in Luoyang. After all, the journey is thousands of miles and his family needs to be settled well."
Zhang Mao resigned as the governor of Liangzhou and was willing to take the initiative to take his family and servants to Luoyang to take up his post, which showed his loyal attitude.
Zhang Mao is not greedy for power, and he even took the initiative to take his family members as hostages, which is enough to show his intentions.
Liu Yu knew this, so naturally he had to express it.
"Send someone to tell Yongqin Pass Zhongzhou County that all Zhang Mao's family members and servants must be escorted, and no mistakes are allowed to prevent the remnants of Hulu and Yidi from causing trouble!"
Although Ran Liang killed and captured a large number of rebels in Liangzhou, there were still many sporadic rebels who fled into the mountains and forests.
If these people were allowed to rob Zhang Mao's family's car, it would greatly reduce the prestige of the court.
"Did Zhang Mao say who he would recommend as the governor of Liangzhou?" Liu Yu asked again.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Mao did not recommend anyone, and he also asked his ministers to tell your Majesty that state and county magistrates are important matters of the country. Only your Majesty can decide whether to remove or appoint them. He wants to avoid suspicion."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yu was stunned.
"Did Zhang Mao really say that?" Liu Yu asked.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Mao indeed said that. I will never dare to talk nonsense."
Liu Yu couldn't help but smile.
"Haha, this Liangzhou Zhang family is really aware of current affairs, not a corrupt Confucian family."
He once promised to give the Zhang family of Liangzhou the promise of serving Liangzhou for a long time, although he would always find a way to get rid of them in the future.
However, it will definitely not be so fast.
But Brother Zhang Mao knows how to retreat in order to advance, and he put himself out of the situation in advance.
Anyway, Liu Yu couldn't really allow them to inherit Liangzhou in the future, so he might as well show his attitude directly.
In this way, Liu Yu would avoid future troubles, and the Zhang family in Liangzhou would not be in any danger.
"Send someone to tell Zhang Mao that I will carefully consider the candidate to take over as the governor of Liangzhou. Let him not be anxious and slowly sort out the Zhang family's land in Liangzhou. I allow them to keep the land."
As part of the current land equalization strategy, nobles like the Zhang family in Liangzhou who moved to Luoyang had to recalculate the land tax in Liangzhou.
Liu Yu's move was nothing more than giving some financial compensation to the Zhang family.
After Xi Jian, Gongsun Sheng and others arrived, Liu Yu told them the matter.
When Xi Jian, Gongsun Sheng and others heard this, they all praised Liangzhou Zhang's long-term vision.
"It's just that, if this happens, some people may doubt whether His Majesty keeps his promise." Gongsun Sheng said.
"Where did you say that?" Liu Yu asked.
"Your Majesty, all the powerful people in Jiangdong are now preparing to support the king's movement south. What they want is to preserve their own status and wealth. If Zhang Mao of Liangzhou no longer retains the position of governor at this time, he will no longer recommend the clan to take over. , those who know about it all know that Zhang Mao gave up on his own initiative, and those who don’t know may suspect that His Majesty forced them." Gongsun Sheng said.
Ever since Liu Yu showed that his army was about to move south, although the entire Jiangdong side was responding to Jin Emperor Sima Rui's call, everyone was actively preparing for war and defense.
However, in actual circumstances, all the powerful families in Jiangdong sent messages to the Northern Army in their own way, saying that they would respond with troops when the king's army crossed south, and defeated the rebels of Sima Rui of the puppet Jin Dynasty in one fell swoop.
The reason for such high enthusiasm is not only the traditional art of Jiangdong's powerful people who are good at surrender, but also the fact that they learned from rumors that Liu Yu would guarantee their power and status.
When Liu Yu heard this, he dismissed it.
"Sir, do you think it's important what they think or guess?" Liu Yu said with a smile.
"Does your Majesty mean that you don't need to care about them?" Gongsun Sheng was a little surprised.
In his impression, if he could get the unanimous support of Jiangdong's powerful people, it would be easy to defeat Jiangdong.
If they no longer do this, it will add a lot of resistance to the Han army.
"Now that Jingzhou is almost ready for war, and with the two armies here in Huainan, it will only be a matter of time to seize Jiangdong. The attitudes of the various families in Jiangdong are not important at all."
Liu Yu now had full confidence in the battle situation he was about to face.
Although the lowered generals such as Shen Chong in the upper reaches of the river were defeated by Tao Kan, the governor of Jinjiang Prefecture, with the powerful resources at the rear, the navy army that had suffered setbacks was quickly rebuilt.
As long as the navy in Jingzhou remains a threat, Tao Kan, the governor of Jiangzhou, will be pinned in Jiangzhou and unable to rush to Jiangdong.
Liu Yu is confident that with his overwhelming advantage, it is more than enough to deal with some of the remaining Jin forces in Jiangdong.
"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of losing people's hearts?"
"People's hearts? Haha, there is no such thing as people's hearts. What everyone is fighting for is nothing more than interests."
Liu Yu had long seen the true face of these powerful families.
Although they all passed down their families with their own poems and morals, what really determines the rise and fall of every successful family is the struggle for power.
"As long as I can give them other benefits, they will feel that they will continue to obey my orders obediently. If there are no benefits for them, then even if I cultivate my benevolence like Yao and Shun, I will become a tyrant and a single husband in their hearts."
Liu Yu has recently been thinking about ways to deal with Jiangdong's powerful people in the future.
Since the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, these powerful forces have been the real force that determines the ownership of Jiangdong.
Even after the unification war of the Western Jin Dynasty that destroyed Dongwu, most of the powerful families still maintained strong power. Even because the Jin army eradicated the power of the Sun Wu royal family, the powerful families became even more powerful.
Historically, until the fall of the Sui Dynasty, powerful families in the Southern Dynasties could still elect Xiao Xian and others to become kings and hegemons.
Therefore, Liu Yu wanted a way to weaken the strength of these Jiangdong tycoons as soon as possible, but without allowing them to openly confront him.
Fortunately, Liu Yu finally thought of a fairly reliable method.
"Your Majesty, is there any good way to make powerful families obey orders?" Xi Jian asked curiously.
"Well, I do have some ideas, which may allow the powerful families to cooperate with me obediently."
Liu Yu's so-called active cooperation naturally meant determining land acres, liquidating household registrations, relocating powerful clans, etc.
