Zhu Wen and Kang Huaizhen led 5,000 troops to guard Cangzhou. While he continued to advance north into Youzhou, he asked Wang Yanzhang, Li Sian, and Xia Luqi to attack the prefectures and counties around Cangzhou. When the prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of the Yichang Army heard that Cangzhou had been lost, one

They just surrender. In these troubled times, there are local officials everywhere. As long as a certain party is powerful and threatens their own safety, they will easily surrender. Sometimes it is not for the so-called selfishness.

, but to prevent the people in the city from being slaughtered. Zhu Wen himself understood this very well, so Zhu Wen always treated people who sincerely surrendered very politely.

It is precisely because of Zhu Wen's generosity to his subordinate officials that many people are grateful to Zhu Wen from the bottom of their hearts and loyal to Zhu Wen. And Zhu Wen never shows mercy to those prickly people. This is Zhu Wen's control.

As a general rule, those who want officials will give you officials, those who want money will give you money, and those who are disobedient will be directly captured or even killed directly. Only in this way can we truly suppress these wallflowers. It is precisely because of this that Zhu Wen

To be able to develop to this day, he is not a bad person who just does favors to others.

In just one month, Zhu Wen had almost wiped out all the prefectures and counties in the two towns of Yichang Army and Lulong Town except Youzhou. Now Liu Rengong could only stay in Youzhou, trying to rely on the high city and deep river.

Zhoucheng clings to this final glory.

Only after Zhu Wen looked at the surrounding prefectures and counties of Lulong Town did he know how Liu Rengong treated the people under his jurisdiction. Liu Rengong forced almost all the people under his jurisdiction over the age of fifteen and under seventy to join the army, and in

Tattoos on their faces serve as marks so that no matter where they go, people can recognize their identity at a glance.

Wherever he passed, the only women and children he could see were old, weak, women and children, the fields were barren, the people were in danger, and there were almost no copper coins available for trading. According to the people, Liu Rengong had almost all the copper coins and coins in the area under the jurisdiction of Lulong Town.

All the gold and silver were kept in his own private treasury, and private transactions could only be carried out by barter.

The miserable situation of these people made Zhu Wen even more determined to attack Youzhou. He knew very well the harm a despicable person like Liu Rengong would do to the people under his jurisdiction as the leader of a feudal town. He would never allow this kind of thing to continue and save the people in

Water and fire, this idea is so strong at this moment.

After the Yijin Pass was captured, many surrendered soldiers fell to the ground and cried bitterly, begging King Zhu Wen of Liang to let them go home to reunite with their wives, children and children. Tens of thousands of people fell to the ground and cried bitterly. The sound was heard all over the place. Even people with a heart of stone may be killed at this moment.

Tears, not to mention Zhu Wen, a person who already has great love in his heart?

Zhu Wen looked around at Wang Yanzhang, Li Sian, Xia Luqi and others, and saw tears in their eyes. He knew that these people under his command also came from poor people, and he hated to see the people suffer. Zhu Wen said loudly: "From today on,

As soon as you get up, you will be free and can go home and work in peace. There is another good news to tell you. People who work in the countryside will never have to pay taxes if their land does not exceed fifty acres. Only those who own more than fifty acres of land will have to pay taxes.

Pay the corresponding taxes. Those who have no land can apply for relief from the government and receive seeds and grains. There are many wastelands around. You can use your hard-working hands to plant wheat and other food crops on this fertile land and wait for the next year's harvest.

Later, we will pay back the seeds and grain borrowed from the government, but we will have to pay 20% interest. Do you all agree?"

Zhu Wen's inner strength was profound, and his words spread to the ears of tens of thousands of people. Tens of thousands of soldiers shouted: "Thank you to King Liang for surviving. May His Highness King Liang live a long life..."

Some people even said: "What does it mean to live a hundred years? I am a prince, and all princes live a thousand years..."

Some people even said, "In my opinion, the King of Liang has the appearance of an emperor, and he may live long in the future. Haven't you heard that the current emperor is a thirteen-year-old kid? What does that little kid know? What else can he do?"

It doesn’t matter what King Liang said. In my opinion, there is no difference between King Liang and Lord Long Live."

Zhu Wen listened to these people talking nonsense, and he didn't care. Let them speak what others said. It would be unreasonable to punish a few people because of their unintentional words. What's more, these people

They didn't have any bad intentions. They just wanted to show a little respect to His Royal Highness Prince Liang who rescued them from dire straits. They had no other ideas.

Yijin Pass is an important pass on the way north. It is also a strategic stronghold and an important military town in the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures. It is said that Yang Liulang later guarded here to resist the Khitan cavalry. In the Later Jin Dynasty, Yijin Pass was occupied by Shi Jingtang and Yanyun.

The Sixteen Prefectures were ceded to the Liao State together, and it was not recovered until Chai Rong, Emperor Shizong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, built a city on the basis of Yijin Pass and named Bazhou. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Yang Liulang guarded here and established a

A bridge was built in the north of Guancheng named Caoqiao, and Yijin Pass was also called Caoqiao Pass by later generations. These are all things for later.

Zhu Wen handed over the resettlement of these people to Shi, an army commander, and asked him to properly handle these surrendered soldiers, who were originally composed of ordinary people. They must not starve to death, let alone provoke a popular uprising. This was Zhu Wen's response to

His order. The chief historian was a young man named Duan Ning. Zhu Wen clearly remembered that the history books recorded that the reason why Hou Liang fell was precisely because Duan Ning had an army of 200,000 and did not resist Li Cunxu's attack.

Wang Yanzhang had to lead hundreds of elite soldiers and 3,000 civilians to resist the Jin army, and finally died on the battlefield.

But Zhu Wen also saw that Duan Ning was indeed very smart. Now is the time for hiring, and the general trend of history has changed. Who would have expected that Duan Ning would still be the shameless person in history who only knew how to follow the crowd?

Woolen cloth?

What's more, Zhu Wen hasn't decided to reuse him yet. Zhu Wen still needs to examine this person for a while to see if he can be used for great purposes. Zhu Wen doesn't want to push the people who have just been rescued from dire straits into another situation again.

In a sea of ​​fire, if local officials are cruel, murderous or greedy, it will undoubtedly be a fatal blow to the people under their rule. Zhu Wen does not object to their greed for some benefits, but Zhu Wen will never allow them to be greedy.

Zhu Wen also knew that if the water was clear, there would be no fish. As long as these officials were not greedy, Zhu Wen did not want to attack them easily. But people like Liu Rengong actually took all the gold, silver and copper coins from the people for themselves, so that the people could

Bartering is simply an extremely perverted mentality. This kind of person who separates one party is definitely a great harm to one party. If it is not eradicated as soon as possible, it will definitely cause greater harm.

At this time, Liu Rengong was furious. The reason was that his second son Liu Shouguang had an affair with his most beloved concubine. This made Liu Rengong very angry. Liu Shouguang was kneeling on the ground, his cheeks were red and swollen. He must have been beaten by me.

of.

The same goes for Liu Shouguang. As the son of Youzhou Jiedushi Liu Rengong, what kind of woman can't he find? He wants to poach his father's corner, how can he not make his father angry? Although Liu Rengong knows that now is not the time to be angry, but he

But I couldn't suppress the anger in my heart.

The more Liu Rengong thought about it, the angrier he became. He went up and kicked his son Liu Shouguang to the ground, and shouted angrily: "She is your and my woman. You want to call her aunt, but you can do such a thing? Really?

They are worse than animals."

Liu Shouguang didn't dare to speak, but he snorted coldly in his heart: "Xiaodie and I have been in love for many years, but in the end you took me as your concubine. How can you do this?" But he didn't dare to say this.

Knowing what his father Liu Rengong was like, even if he killed his son, it would not be a big deal. Liu Rengong had more than a dozen sons, so he didn't care if he was missing.

Therefore, although Liu Shouguang was not angry in his heart, he still did not dare to offend me. He hurriedly admitted his mistake and said: "Father, I know my mistake. Now my eldest brother has been captured alive by Zhu Wen. I think it is more likely to be bad than good. For the sake of the incense of our Liu family, you will

Just go around my son this time, and I won’t dare to do it again next time.”

Liu Rengong said angrily: "Do you want a next time?" He stepped forward and slapped his son twice again, causing Liu Shouguang's mouth to bleed. However, he still couldn't understand his hatred and kicked his son twice.

He then spoke out and said: "From now on, you are no longer my son, Liu Rengong. Get out of here, as far away as possible."

Although Liu Shouguang felt a little unwilling, he still left the house in despair and came to the street. He found that there were almost no pedestrians on the street. Only some patrol teams of various shapes hurriedly ran past. The school leader led the team.

The captain or captain would say hello to the second young master from time to time.

No one knows yet that Liu Shouguang was kicked out of his house, so these soldiers are still respectful to him, the second son, as usual. But Liu Shouguang knows that once the news is announced, the defenders in the city will no longer be so polite to him. This is

The world is warm and cold.

When you are in a high position, almost everyone treats you with respect and respect. Everyone will act based on your face and try their best to flatter you. But once you lose all your rights, your status will be reversed in an instant.

, Those people's sense of smell is almost better than that of a dog. They will soon know the news that Liu Shouguang was kicked out of the house. Liu Shouguang knows this very well. He also knows that those of them who usually respect him will definitely treat him with contempt.

He was like a stranger, and even tried to make things difficult for him. But he had no choice. He was just a real playboy. How could he make a living? Once he left the big tree like his father, he really didn't know what would happen to him and where he would go.

Suddenly, a group of people came running over from the opposite side. A man who looked like a school captain in the lead said: "Second Young Master, why are you always running alone on the street? Now Bianliang's army has arrived at the city, and the city is strictly prohibited. In case Second Young Master,

It would be bad to offend you if you meet a blind captain who doesn't know you or something like that."
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