As the governor of Nanzhong, Li Hui still has the necessary guards.
In addition, the identity of the other party has not yet been determined, so everyone around Li Hui was cautious. As soon as they heard Li Hui calling people like this, the surrounding officials and guards outside the door swarmed up and locked down the five people on the spot. A solid one.
Compared to their nervousness, the five people seemed to have expected it. They did not resist at all. Instead, they cooperated very well and were captured by the guards.
"Is this how Governor Li treats guests?"
Although the leader could not move, his face was calm. He raised his head hard and asked.
Li Hui was a little surprised at the visitor's cooperation, then he chuckled again, twitching his beard and said, "When did a rebellious person become a guest of my Governor's Mansion?"
The visitor showed a wry smile and said, "If you don't come in like this, I'm afraid that you'll be chopped into pieces before you even see Governor Li, so I have to take this step. I don't have any malicious intentions when you come here, and I ask Governor Li to take a closer look." .”
As he said that, he found that he was pressed to death and could not move at all, "Director Li, can you let Meng take a breath?"
"You have to be careful when capturing the Meng family's tiger."
Li Hui said with a smile.
"Tiger of the Meng family?"
Wang Ping was stunned and lost his voice, "It's actually the Meng family?"
The Meng family, a wealthy family in Nanzhong, was one of the leading families in this rebellion.
Meng Huo, the head of the Meng family, is one of the leaders of the rebels.
"Yes, this person is Meng Yan, a member of the Meng Huo clan, known as the Tiger of the Meng Family in South China."
Li Hui nodded, then smiled and said to Meng Yan, "We haven't seen each other for many years, how come Brother Ang Xiong is here?"
Meng Yan looked at Li Hui's playful smile and sighed, "I only came here to leave a way for my people to survive in the future."
Li Hui sat down again, pointed at Meng Yan, and said, "Keep this person here, and take out the rest and tie them up."
"Thank you, Governor Li, for not killing me."
When Meng Yan heard this, he said quickly.
"Don't rush to say thank you. If you don't tell me a reason why I won't kill you, if you don't kill you now, I will kill you later."
Li Hui said calmly.
Seeing that the bodyguard was still pressing Meng Yan tightly, with worry in his eyes, Li Hui waved his hand and said, "General Wang, stay, the rest of the people, all go down."
"But Commander, if this person has evil intentions, wouldn't the Commander be in danger?"
The guard leader said hesitantly.
"Don't worry. I am also the leader of the army, and General Wang has extraordinary martial arts skills. In addition, you are guarding the door. This man is unarmed and there is no way he can hurt me."
When the bodyguard heard what Li Hui said, he let go of Meng Yan and retreated.
"Captain Li is awesome!"
After Meng Yan stood up, he stood at a distance and held his hands, not approaching, to show that he had no ill intentions.
"Tell me, you, Meng Angxiong, are the most important person to Meng Ni. If you don't follow Meng Ni in rebellion, what are you doing here? Do you really think that I don't dare to kill you?"
Li Hui had a murderous look on his face.
"Yan came here this time with the intention of dying. Governor Li didn't care whether he killed Yan or not. But before he died, Yan wanted to say something. If Governor Li could listen, , even if you die, there will be no regrets!"
There was no fear on Meng Yan's face.
"What a joke! I am the governor of Nanzhong, and you are the rebels of Nanzhong. We are already at odds with each other. How can I listen to your advice?"
Li Hui shouted sternly, "Quickly tell me your purpose of coming. This governor has never been very patient with you."
Meng Yan sighed, "Not to mention the governor, even the Han officials, how could they ever be patient with the barbarians in Nanzhong? Has the governor ever thought about the reason why Nanzhong is in the situation it is today?"
"It's because some people harbor evil intentions and intend to stand on their own feet."
"Why did the governor only talk about one and not the other?"
Meng Yan stood with his head held high and talked eloquently, "Nanzhong was originally a land of barbarians, and my people have grown up here for generations. The Han people came and occupied the plain land, clearing forests and burning wasteland for farming. That's all."
"But why do you look down on my people, deceive them into being ignorant, use treacherous tricks, and take advantage of them? Are there not many such things? After being oppressed by the Han people, is it possible that we are not allowed to resist?"
Li Hui sneered, "Are you afraid that it's you who are making treacherous remarks?"
Li Hui pointed at Meng Yan and continued, "At the beginning of the rebellion, some barbarians were dissatisfied with the traitor Yong Kai. If you, the Meng family, hadn't spread rumors that the Han wanted to impose heavy taxes on the barbarians, how would the barbarians in Nanzhong be like this? Are you angry at the big man and everyone is rebelling against you?"
Meng Yan looked ashamed after hearing this, "This matter is just because my brother was confused for a moment. But Governor Li, if the Han people had not taken advantage of the Yi people in the past, how could the Yi people believe this so easily?"
"In the whole world, everything is the land of the king, and on the shore of the land, there is nothing but the king's ministers."
Li Hui snorted, "This world belongs to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Can you barbarians stay out of it? The Emperor of the Han Dynasty is benevolent and the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty is strict. As long as you can obey the discipline, he will not let you suffer." Wronged."
"But if you don't obey the discipline, how can the big man protect you? You are being oppressed because of a wealthy family, but you rebelled against the big man. What's the point?"
"But Governor Li, we Yi people have been living in Nanzhong for generations. You Han people, whether it is a wealthy family or ordinary Han people, how could they dare to enter Nanzhong easily if there was not a Han emperor who asked someone to bring troops in? "
Meng Yan said unconvinced.
"Han upholds prestige and leads all nations. All the people the sun and moon shine on are his concubines. Everything the sun and moon shine on and rivers reach are all Han. Why don't you accept it?"
Li Hui said calmly.
Meng Yan's face suddenly stiffened.
Have you ever seen a fist as big as a sandbag?
After a long time, Meng Yan sighed again, "The Han is respected in the world, how can a villain dare to disobey?"
"It's just Governor Li. Han people are all born from parents and have children. We Yi people are no different. Everyone has compassion. Can't the Han people let us Yi people live a good life?"
Meng Yan knew that his fists were not as powerful as anyone else's, so he had no choice but to be reasonable.
"If you want to be reasonable, I will reason with you."
Li Hui said slowly, "The Yi people want to live a good life, and the Han people also want to live a good life, but rebellion makes it impossible for anyone to live a good life."
"You go back and tell Meng Huo that Yong Kai and others rebelled for their own wealth and power, not for you barbarians. If you want the barbarians to live a good life, only a strong man can give it to you."
Li Hui knocked on the table and emphasized his tone, "In the past, the Han people oppressed the Yi people. Didn't the Yi people themselves bully the Yi people? After all, it was not all the fault of the wealthy families in Nanzhong? It's just that most of the wealthy families were Han people. , that’s why we say that the Han people bully the Yi people.”
"Although you, Meng Yan, are not Han, you can be considered a member of a wealthy family in Nanzhong. I don't need to explain the whole story. If you really want the Yi people to live a good life, you can take Shuzhong as an example."
"In the past, before the late emperor entered Shu, the wealthy and aristocratic families also acted wantonly and occupied the mountains and invaded the swamps. The people in Shu were also oppressed by them."
"But now if you look at Shu, which wealthy family dares to do this? The Prime Minister enforces the law strictly. If you Yi people are willing to return to the Han Dynasty, I believe the Prime Minister will not let you be wronged again."
As a political figure, Li Hui naturally understood who the barbarians Meng Yan was talking about were.
To put it bluntly, they are all local leaders and the like.
At this time, in Nanzhong, in addition to areas close to the Han county, there were also many tribal villages, which were still in primitive society.
The headman has all rights, and much of the population is even regarded as property divided under the name of the headman.
So Nanzhong is called the land of barbarians, not without reason.
It's a pity that the leader is the king and hegemon in his own tribe's village, but when he encounters the more advanced Han tycoons, he can only shrink back and become a bastard.
Again, with a fist as big as a sandbag, I ask you if you are afraid?
If you can't deal with them, if you don't behave like a turtle, then you can only be regarded as a dead person.
"The villain's brother..." Meng Yan hesitated, "I'm really not sure I can convince you. But the villain has some reputation among the tribe, and there are still many people who are willing to obey the villain's control."
"So I came here this time just to ask Governor Li to tell me that as long as we can no longer be oppressed by the Han people, I am willing to lead my tribe to join the Han people."
"Haha," Li Huiqiang suppressed his excitement and pretended to be calm, "The rule of the Han and barbarians in South China is a national policy decided by the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty. How can I agree to this?"
"Captain Li controls Nanzhong. The villain dare not intercede for all the barbarians in Nanzhong. I only hope that the governor can protect the villain's tribe for the sake of the villain leading the tribe to become a Han."
There are many tribes and villages of the Yi people in the south, and Meng Yan's own tribe is the largest one among them.
He had said so much before, but in the end he just wanted to find a way out for his tribe.
As for other people, how can he control so much?
"Meng Angxiong, since you have said this, I also want to ask. The rebels in the south are making a big fuss now, and you are the most important person of the Meng thieves. Why did you suddenly wake up? Woolen cloth?"
Li Hui asked slowly.
This matter was of great importance, and Li Hui had to ask clearly.
Meng Yan smiled bitterly and shook his head and said, "The rebellion in Nanzhong first took advantage of the danger of the Han Dynasty, and then deceived the barbarians to cause chaos. It was not the right way to do it. How can peace last long? Besides, what about Yong Kai and others? If you send troops to Soochow and achieve success, how can you put your hope in others?"
"Now Soochow is on good terms with the Han, but Yongkai can't even conquer Yongchang, which is isolated outside the borders of the Han. All the armies in the south and central..."
"Well, they are rebels from all walks of life, and they are fighting on their own, each is unconvinced, and each has selfish motives. Judging from this, nothing will happen."
"The villain followed them. I thought they were sincerely thinking about the barbarians, but now it turns out that as the governor said, everyone is doing it for their own power and wealth. The villain is ashamed of them, so they don't want to be associated with them. "
Speaking of this, Meng Yan's face showed a look of horror again, as if he remembered something.
"These days, even though the Han King's army has not yet arrived, the countless militia groups alone have already made the Yi people panic. I thought that the Yi people were not afraid of death, but I didn't expect that the people in the militia groups were even more so. More than one win."
"They are hard to guard against, and they attack every village day and night. Now if the rebels don't have hundreds of troops, they wouldn't dare to walk alone. The rumors about them in Nanzhong have reached the point where they can stop children from crying. .”
"The power of the Han Dynasty has reached this point! If one day we wait for the Han Dynasty to reorganize its troops, I am afraid that the various rebels in the south and central areas will be defeated at once like powder. How can a villain let the people of the tribe go to waste? life?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Li Hui, but also Wang Ping, who was silent, looked a little strange.
When did such strange thing as the militia become the power of the Han Dynasty?
Especially Li Hui's face twitched.
Whose family was the first vigilante group in Nanzhong?
It seems to belong to your own family, right?
There is no way, the Li family has to cultivate wasteland in Hanzhong!
One of my sons and a nephew have been in Hanzhong for so long, and they know how to fool around with a certain country bumpkin all day long, and they have to worry about their own fields in Hanzhong from such a distance.
Unfilial, very unfilial!
To be honest, although militia groups are said to be formed by private individuals, in fact, every militia group formed by a family or several groups must be registered with the court.
The militia will sell you as much military rations as there are in the group, and even half a dollar will not sell you more. So if you want to conceal the number of people, then unless you can really act like the imperial court sending troops, and have someone specially escort the rations and follow you southward.
If you really want to do this, then what’s the point of hiding the number of people?
Besides, even if someone wants to do this, would he dare? Do you really think that you are a regular soldier of the imperial court? It would be okay if the bandits were killed on the way, but it would be fun if the whole family died after being accused of rebellion.
So this involves a problem, that is, the number of people in each family will be recorded in a small book by the court.
I am open-minded, so of course I am not afraid. After reporting directly, I immediately buy dry food according to the number of people, and then rush south to find laborers, well, find laborers.
But those who have ulterior motives, or whose party exceeds the number of people, must carefully consider how many people to report.
It will definitely not work if you overpay, the Prime Minister will have to settle the account. If you underpay and there are not enough manpower, you will let the troops go south to kill the barbarians?
It's okay to report only part of it, but if you suddenly have some more parts that have not been registered with the court, how will you explain it?
Therefore, the militia's move seems to be for the benefit of the powerful, so that they can find their own labor, um, labor.
But as one of the three major governors of the Han Dynasty, how could Li Hui not see what was hidden in this?
The Prime Minister's move is so high!
However, Li Hui only sighed occasionally. Anyway, as a die-hard loyalist who devoted himself to the Prime Minister, his own tribe was within the scope allowed by the imperial court.
As for whether other people are unruly, it's not their turn to worry about.
Li Hui also knew what the militia did in Nanzhong.
Hanzhong is short of manpower, and all the families with fields in Hanzhong are going crazy.
Naturally, the things that crazy people do cannot be understood by ordinary people.
One laborer costs a hundred cents!
Therefore, they are not afraid of death and attack day and night. This is the raging enthusiasm in the hearts of the people of the militia!
These days, death is the most normal thing. It is either death in battle or starvation. Who can lie down in bed and die of old age after eating the food of carrying a knife?
After going south a few times, not to mention the rewards, even if I can find enough labor for my master's family and reclaim the land in Hanzhong, my master's family will be prosperous. Do I have to worry about my subordinates who are dependent on my master's family for the rest of my life? ?
So most of the militia groups going south are crazy.
And this crazy situation, in the final analysis, still has to be blamed on the country turtle who suggested "relocating the people from South China to consolidate Hanzhong".
