Shao Xun arrived in Guanggu via Laiwu Valley in late June.
On June 28, the Third Battalion of the Silver Spear paraded in formation in the north of Guanggu City.
For a time, the flags covered the sun, the armor shone, the murderous aura was overwhelming, and the power of shock spread to all directions.
Different from the last time he led a sheep to surrender, Cao Yi, who was under house arrest, had someone find a rope, tied himself out of the city, and apologized.
Shao Xun personally stepped forward, untied the rope for Cao Yi, and said warmly: "Why are you doing this?"
"A servant does not understand the general situation and resists the power of heaven. People who have sinned deeply do not dare to have extravagant hopes. Now I only hope that the sin will be punished, and the rest of the people who are coerced will have nothing to ask." Cao Yi fell to the ground and said.
"Please get up quickly." Shao Xun helped Cao Yi up and said: "You have been in Qingzhou for several years, and you have kept it quiet and done nothing to harm the people. There will be many places where you can draw on others, so don't give up on yourself.
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At this point, Cao Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief.
In front of so many people, Mr. Liang personally promised to use him again, so he shouldn't be settling scores in the future, right?
After getting up quickly, he followed Shao Xun step by step and introduced to him the surrendered Qingzhou general.
When he came to Fengpi, Shao Xun paused for a moment and praised: "Fengpi has the gift of eloquence, and I really love him. Well, Longxiang shogunate's west pavilion offered wine before going home to mourn. I don't know if Fengjun is willing.
Come and help me?"
"My Lord is wise, wise, wise, and smart. Who in the world is unwilling to serve me? That's what I wish for." Feng Pi felt secretly happy and prostrated himself on the ground.
Shao Xun helped him up again and said with a smile: "I am not happy to meet Qingzhou, but I am happy to meet you."
Although he knew it was just a scene, Feng Pi still felt extremely satisfied and choked up: "Ming Gong's demeanor can make people's hearts break when they see it. From now on, no matter how hard my heart is, I am willing to die for Ming Gong."
"What is immortal?" Shao Xun said displeased, then took Feng Pi's hand and said: "I want to share wealth and honor with Feng Jun, so why die?"
Feng Pi wiped his tears with his sleeves and followed Shao Xun with his head held high.
When the Qingzhou generals and officials from various counties saw the surrender, they were greatly relieved.
Pardoning Cao Yi, and maybe even giving him an official position, means that the Qingzhou shogunate will have nothing to do with the generals.
He praised Fengpi highly and appointed him to offer wine in the West Pavilion of General Long Xiang, which represented that Liang Gong valued the scholars of Qingzhou. From now on, everyone will have a way to make progress.
From an official and nobleman under a doomed separatist regime, he transformed into an official under the command of Duke Liang, the most powerful person in the world. Such a transformation made everyone excited and inexplicable.
Thinking of Wang Xuan's hints when he summoned everyone before, and then thinking of Liang Gong's identity as a Xuzhou native, it's enough!
It’s time for the Qingxu scholars to rise.
Liang Gong is the heaven of the Qingxu scholars, and if you work for him in the future, you may not be unable to steal opportunities from the Yanyu scholars.
"How are these soldiers?" After receiving the surrendered people one by one, Shao Xun led everyone up to the high platform and asked with a smile.
"It's extraordinary." Cao Yi looked at it for a while and sighed: "In the past, someone in the government advised me that Qingzhou was untrained in fighting and it would be difficult to resist the powerful troops of Henan. I didn't think so at first, but today I know that fighting is in vain."
"With orders and prohibitions, the military power is kept in check, and despite the scorching sun, frost and snow, it does not move an inch. This is one of the most powerful armies in the world." Feng Pi praised: "With this army, we can command the four directions, and conquer those who do not obey, and we can achieve hegemony."
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"If you don't see heaven's soldiers, you don't know the power of heaven. After living in Donglai for several years, your horizons have become shallow." Liu Ba, the former governor of Donglai, said with emotion: "Fortunately, we have such strong soldiers to clean up the old mountains and rivers. The servants are ignorant and only want to serve Ming Gong.
Lead the horse and pedal, even if you die, you will not regret it."
"In the past, when I was training with simple soldiers in Changguang Township, I thought that most of the armies in the world were like this. Now that I see the appearance of the silver spear army, I know that I am ignorant." Changguang Haoqiang Lu Pi bowed his head and said: "I am a warrior, and now I am willing to lead my family as a general.
I will join Ming Gong's tent, defeat the enemy, and die a hundred times without turning back."
Shao Xu, Gao Jiang, Liu Bi, Liu Xia, Duan Pixi, Duan Wenyang and others standing on the general stage were shocked when they saw it.
Some of them have seen the Silver Spear Army, but they have never seen the three battalions on the left, center and right arrayed together in armor.
There are tens of thousands of soldiers, boundless. With so many powerful soldiers with silver spears arrayed in the field, the visual impact is very strong.
Unconsciously, Liang Gong already has so many soldiers who have been beaten three times and are well-armored. Who wants to rebel? Who still dares to rebel?
Before the melee between the kings, there were more than 100,000 soldiers in Luoyang's central army. But most of these soldiers were not people who had experienced three battles and were proficient in various skills. Archers were archers, spearmen were spearmen, and swordsmen and shield-hands were swordsmen.
Shield Hand has a single skill, that's all.
But in the past twenty or thirty years, the situation in the world has changed dramatically.
During the Qi Wannian Rebellion, the Hu cavalry still used single-sided stirrups, but now they have double-sided stirrups.
When Zhao Wanglun acceded to the throne, the Xianbei people did not have many armored cavalry, but now Duan Bu can scrape together two thousand.
When Sima Yue was in power, Hu Qi still focused on riding and shooting, supplemented by hand-to-hand combat. Now hedging has begun to take shape.
The Hu cavalry has been making progress and its combat effectiveness is increasing day by day. Even if the Luoyang Chinese Army resurrects more than ten years ago, it will be very difficult to resist it now.
The elite soldiers with silver spears trained by Liang Gong were all capable of archery and close combat. Their morale was high, their bravery was unparalleled, and their combat power was far superior to that of the elite infantrymen since the Han Dynasty. They were just right in line with the sharp increase in combat power since the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.
The barbarian cavalry.
In extraordinary times, extraordinary people should make extraordinary changes.
At least in terms of military reform, Liang Gong can be said to be decisive and should be the master of the world.
Now that I have seen the results of the reform, I am convinced.
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After the military parade, Shao Xun moved into Guanggu City.
In the past ten days, I have been meeting with local officials and scholars in Qingzhou, and even people from Xuzhou came to pay their respects.
On the eighth day of July, he took people to inspect the villages around Guanggu.
After the war, all the soldiers who had been recruited by Cao Yi returned to their hometowns and farmed. The entire land of Qingzhou once again returned to its former peace.
In the evening, as the sun set, it was very cool under the lush and shaded mulberry trees. Shao Xun and the Qingzhou scholars who accompanied him sat on the ground and took a nap.
"Although Qingzhou is peaceful, there are still big things going on." After the soldiers cooked the tea, Shao Xun distributed it to everyone one by one and said.
"Ming Gong takes care of many things every day, and everything is complicated and hard-working. Qingzhou is a small state, and we are willing to share your worries for Ming Gong." After Feng Pi took the tea bowl, he immediately expressed his loyalty.
Shao Xun smiled when he heard this, his eyes fell on Wang Pe behind Feng Pi, and said: "Your Majesty is a great virtuous person in Qi, can you teach me?"
Wang Pei cupped his hands and said: "My Lord's wish is nothing more than to open up acres of land, equalize household ownership, and pay taxes and services."
"Your Majesty knows me." Shao Xun praised.
Wang Pei was born in the Wang family of Chengyang and lived in Yingling - this county was originally part of Chengyang, and later entered Dongguan and then Beihai.
His grandfather, Wang Xiu, was a famous scholar in the Cao Wei Dynasty, and his father, Wang Yi, once served as Sima Zhao, Sima. After he was killed, he did not serve as an official in the Jin Dynasty. He studied in Yingling Township and taught students, and became very famous.
Of course, Wang Pei is not the kind of person who is obsessed with studying. In fact, he is very organic.
He once had a student who was arrested by the county and was suffering terribly, so he asked him to intercede on his behalf.
Wang Pei said that your knowledge was not high enough to be exempted from military service, and he did not want to write through the back door. However, when it came time to serve, he personally carried the meals, and his son carried salt, black beans, and straw sandals, and more than a thousand disciples accompanied him. The student saw him off.
When the county magistrate saw this, he felt "ashamed" and the whole county felt "ashamed", so he exempted the disciple from labor service.
The way celebrities do things, wow, can even lead to a good story.
I am not someone who is stupid because of reading!
After Shao Xun learned about Wang Bao's fame and status, he represented him as the prefect of Chengyang.
Wang Pei was determined not to be a minister of the Jin Dynasty, so he declined.
So he was appointed as the censor of the Liang Kingdom and inspected the two counties of Chengyang and Beihai. Wang Pei thought about it again and again, and under the persuasion of his disciples, he was somewhat inclined to agree.
Shao Xun knew this very well, and he was very willing to use Wang Pei.
Like Liu Han of Yan State, this man was a well-known scholar in a state, with many disciples and great influence. Gaining their approval was crucial to stabilizing the local situation.
Moreover, Wang Pei had a very bad impression of the Jin Dynasty.
My grandfather was a famous scholar and loyal minister of the Cao Wei Dynasty. His father was killed by Sima Zhao for no reason after the Battle of Dongguan. He was conquered three times and seven times by the Jin Dynasty in his life, but he refused them all and vowed not to become a minister of the Jin Dynasty.
To a certain extent, this was a local celebrity who was very happy to see the demise of the Jin Dynasty.
How can we not use this kind of person?
"Cao Yi has been in Qingzhou for several years, and there are many mistakes and omissions in the books. Princes and disciples are all over the counties. Are you willing to clean up the books for me?" Shao Xun asked again, bringing up the old story.
Wang Pei was silent for a while and then said: "It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask my ears."
Shao Xun was overjoyed, stood up and helped Wang Pei up, saying: "The prince can supervise the body of the censor and inspect the two counties of Chengyang and Beihai. After these two counties, he will patrol the three counties of Changguang, Donglai and Qi. Everything is done. , Liang Guoshi Zhongcheng is vacant and waiting for him."
Liang Guo originally had a member of the imperial censor Zhongcheng (Cui Yu), and Shao Xun planned to add another one, called "Zuo Cheng" and "You Cheng", and he would be the deputy of the censor.
Qingzhou is a small state. According to the census during Emperor Wu's time, there were only 50,000 households, which is ridiculous.
Cao Yi said that he had "more than 100,000 soldiers." This was both true and false.
The wrong thing is that most of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers are farmers who were temporarily recruited, but the right thing is that he can indeed recruit hundreds of thousands of strong men.
If there are only 50,000 households in the household registration, what incredible ability can produce hundreds of thousands of strong men?
If Shao Xun left things alone and let Qingzhou officials and scholars compile their own household registrations, he would probably only be able to compile 30,000 households, and most of them would be under the names of powerful nobles.
So he needs to recheck the household registration, but he doesn't have the resources and manpower. After all, things rely on people to do it.
After much deliberation, I could only win over some local gangsters in Qingzhou and promise benefits so that they would not be too biased towards the local area and conceal too many household registrations when compiling the household registration.
His bottom line is 100,000 households.
If the number you reported is still the 50,000 households during Emperor Wu's time, don't blame him for being ruthless.
Of course, the actual number of households in Qingzhou does not exceed 200,000.
This is a small state after all, and for some reason, some areas have very little development and there are many desolate lands.
For example, the two counties of Donglai and Changguang had a registered residence in Yin during the Han Dynasty, but their population was sparsely populated at this time, far less than before. Even during the Tianbao period of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the population of Jiaodong area was less than half of that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is strange.
Of course, Nanyang was also sparsely populated during the Tianbao period, so that a large number of Turks were settled there. Those barbarians could still make a living by hunting in Nanyang, which shows how vast the land was and how sparsely populated it was. However, Nanyang was the most densely populated place in the country during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
It is indeed difficult to describe the vicissitudes of life and the changes in world affairs.
But Shao Xun wanted to take over Donglai and Changguang counties directly.
He also wanted to directly hold Jinan and Le'an counties, which had experienced many wars and been looted repeatedly, in his hands.
The martial arts students who graduate at the end of this year are destined to go to these four counties in large numbers. They will start by resettling the refugees, and gradually build up local connections and prestige in their hometown. When the time is right, they can slowly climb up, and finally become
He completely controlled the four counties and laid the foundation.
There is always something good to gain from a visit to Qingzhou.
Chapter completed!