"A gentleman sees the small things and knows the end. He sees the beginning and knows the end. There is no way for disaster to arise. This is the policy of thinking and thinking." [Cheap Sixteen Strategies · Thinking]
September of the sixth year of Jian'an.
Yangzhou is governed by Danyang County.
Since the imperial court decided to annihilate Shanyue two years ago and reorganized it into the Qi people, General Zhennan and Marquis of Jiangxiang Xu Huang, who was stationed here, commanded his armies to conduct large and small battles in Jiangdong. Today, Wu County
, Poyang, Kuaiji North and other places Shanyue were pacified one after another. Tens of thousands of Shanyue households were forcibly moved out of the mountains, settled in nearby counties, and became the household members of the Han Dynasty again.
After eliminating the threat of Shanyue in the surrounding areas, Xu Huangte formulated a strategy of encirclement and appeasement in order to completely eliminate the most powerful Danyang Shanyue and establish a victory in the suppression of thieves in one fell swoop.
After receiving permission from the emperor's edict, he first issued official documents to the counties and counties as the general of Zhennan, ordering Danyang, Yuzhang, Kuaiji, Wu County, etc. to strictly guard the borders, and the Shanyue people who had surrendered would be properly resettled and treated as
The Han people changed their customs.
Later, they mobilized the partial generals Xu Shang, Pingyue Zhonglang General Zhang Xiu, Zhonglang General Xu Ding, Wenpin and other troops to guard the dangerous passes, build siege fortifications, and cut off Shanyue's internal and external communication. While confronting Shanyue, they also ordered
The soldiers robbed the rice planted by Shanyue in the fields, causing Shanyue on the mountain to lose its source of food and grass, and cut off the supply of salt, iron and other necessities.
This strategy of escaping the enemy and cutting off food left the Shanyue bandit leader almost helpless. In just one year, Shanyue organized hundreds of offensives to try to break through the defense line established by Xu Huang, but every time he came down the mountain as aggressively as a trapped animal.
In the end, he was beaten by Zhang Xiu and others and went back in disgrace. His morale was lowered again and again.
Finally, at the end of this month, a large number of people came out of the mountains and surrendered. Danyang County alone recruited more than 100,000 people. Xu Huang selected the elite among them to supplement the vacancies in the army, and the rest were organized into family units.
They were scattered and settled in various counties and cities.
After Danyang Shanyue was pacified, the few remaining Shanyue in the mountains were only plagued by scabies. It was enough to leave only a few soldiers and horses and cooperate with local county soldiers to end the matter step by step.
Of course, in Xu Huang's view, using force to force Shanyue to surrender is not a once and for all solution, so he often asks Yangzhou officials to implement more good governance so that the mountain people can abandon their bad habits and accept education: "In the past, the Han Dynasty was in chaos, and the people were in dire straits.
The Li Shu clans all fled to the mountains and forests and formed strongholds to survive. Now that the world is in peace, the governors of counties and counties must practice more virtuous governance. As long as the local government is in good condition, the refugees in the mountains will naturally come. If not, the Li Shu will return to the mountains and become thieves.
"
Sitting at the bottom were Lu Gong, the governor of Yangzhou, and Teng Dan, the prefect of Danyang. They listened respectfully to Xu Huang's words, and their expressions were not the same.
Lu Gong was born in the Lu family of Nanyang. When Xu Huang led his troops to Nanyang and served as the governor of Nanyang, the Lu family was the first local powerful man to take the initiative to join his loyal family. For this characteristic, Xu Huang made the Lu family his relatives, among whom Lu Chang
, Lu Jian and others were the captains who led the troops under him. They fought bravely and had outstanding achievements.
Because of his recommendation, Lu Gong served as the governor of Kuaiji, Yuzhang and other places, and was finally worshiped as the governor of Yangzhou. The two parties were nominally not subordinate to Xu Huang, but in fact Lu Gong still maintained the relationship between the two.
Due to the relationship between monarch and minister, the military orders issued to Xu Huang in peacetime, even if some interfered with local government affairs, as long as they did not violate the imperial orders, Lu Gong would allow them to be uploaded and issued unimpeded.
Because of this, Lu Gong was often accused and criticized, but the reason why he was assigned to Yangzhou and arranged to be with Xu Huang, the 'old master', to take charge of Yangzhou's military affairs together is enough to show the emperor's full trust in Xu Huang.
Therefore, Lu Gong and Xu Huang have common interests, so he is naturally on Xu Huang's side. His expression at this moment is also relaxed, nodding in agreement from time to time.
Looking at Teng Dan on the other side, his pale face is a bit timid. He is from Qingzhou and is a close friend of Liu Yao, the imperial censor. He was selected here after several recommendations. He has no talent in governing the people.
He has a generous temperament and gets along well with everyone above and below him.
At this time, something like this happened. Gui Lan, the lieutenant of Danyang County, and Dai Yuan, the county magistrate, were trying to catch someone up. They heard that the mountain people Zhou Yi and others who had recently returned from surrender still had different aspirations and were waiting for an opportunity to cause trouble. So Gui Lan and Dai Yuan decided to
So he sent people to arrest his members and imprison him. After reporting them as a meritorious service, he wanted to behead them.
Lu Gong believed that Gui Lan and Gui Lan had violated Xu Huang's order of "not detaining the people who submitted to the mountains", and wanted to punish them. Teng Dan was a little dissatisfied, and the two got into an argument, and the matter came to Xu Huang, so there was
Xu Huang said something that seemed to have nothing to do with the topic: "I have issued a ban on the treatment of these mountain people who have come out of the mountains to submit. The government must not doubt them casually, nor can they detain them without proof. Now this Zhou Yi really wants to
Are you going to rebel again?"
Teng Dan frowned and interceded in a low voice: "Gui Lan, Mr. Dai has indeed heard such rumors. If there was no reason for the matter, the two of them would not arrest Li Shu at will."
One of these two people is a county lieutenant and the other is a county magistrate. They are the right-hand men of Teng Dan, the prefect. Now Lu Gong wants to punish these two people. If he does not lend a hand to rescue him, where will his prestige be in the future? There are many county magistrates, big and small, in Danyang County.
He is so powerful and powerful, will anyone still obey him?
"What's the rumor?" Xu Huang said with some dissatisfaction, "Normally I shouldn't interfere in local government affairs, but the emperor has issued an edict in advance, allowing me to deal with the Shanyue Suppression incident easily. Since your states and counties are in trouble because of this matter, all of you
It can't be decided. Before the trouble goes to Chang'an, let me mediate it. General Yuan," he softly called to the young clerk beside him, who was holding a pen in one hand and a white paper in the other hand and was recording something: "Let's keep this matter alone.
Make a note of it and give me another copy later."
The young civil servant was none other than Wei Kang, Xu Huangmu's secretary. He was once a secretary to the emperor. Later, he was selected to serve as a secretary to the local general with Wang Can, scholar Sun Meng and others through the examination.
Office, responsible for document polishing. Although the authority is small, it has the authority to attend all confidential meetings and record the meeting contents in detail. It is both the ears and eyes.
Wei Kang wanted to do this without Xu Huang's instructions. After hearing Xu Huang's instructions, he took out a new piece of paper and quickly wrote a few words on it.
Chen Jiao, a native of Guangling, said at the side: "Can people be imprisoned for interrogation based on mere rumors? What's more, the mountains are getting more and more new, and the people are not at ease. Taking their leaders at this time, whether they are right or not, will easily provoke them.
Turmoil, has Mr. Fu ever thought of this?"
After all, Teng Dan was kind and had a good temper. As a prefect with two thousand stones, he was actually praised by a general's chief secretary. It took him a long time to say sarcastically: "The mountain man Zhou Yi used to be violent and evil, arrogant and lawless, but now he is frightened by the general."
He was so powerful that he was trapped and had no way out, so he came out of the mountain and surrendered. However, his evil intentions were not dead, and he still wanted to incite the old troops to cause rebellion. If the county government was forced to ignore the strict order and ignored it, what would be done if trouble broke out in the future?"
He regained some confidence and said: "As the county guard, I am responsible for keeping the people safe. Therefore, although Zhou Yi and others have no real evidence of causing rebellion, the county government cannot ignore it after hearing about it!"
Chen Jiao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned back to look at Xu Huang, only to see that Xu Huang had stood up from the couch. Although he was wearing ordinary clothes, he had a burly figure and a decisive and decisive aura.
: "You can't ignore it?"
Xu Huang walked up to Teng Dan in a few steps and said condescendingly: "Then tell me, how do you manage it? Just based on Zhou Yi's bad behavior in the past, regardless of whether he really wants to change now, just a few words
The rumors will kill him, and eventually cause all the people in Xinfu Mountain to be frightened, start another rebellion, and make Jiangdong uneasy again. Is this what you want to do?"
"This... I just don't want to ignore it... If the government does nothing about this sign, then..." As a scribe, Teng Dan is good at writing articles and analyzing scriptures, but it is difficult for him to manage troubles.
Difficult, originally he only wanted to rescue his two subordinates, Dai Yuan, but now he had to do the next best thing: "It's just that the county government is determined to maintain peace, prevent the slightest development, and stop trouble before it arises. This is a matter for the government. Dai Yuan and others can't act any better."
If there is something inappropriate, he should not be imprisoned as a serious crime. I heard that the general is strict in running the army and abides by the law, so I think it is the same!"
When Xu Huang heard this, he stared at Teng Dan for a long time, but the other party was not afraid to look at him, but he thought in his heart that according to the system, he did not have to bow to the Zhennan General in front of him, and the other party could not control him. However, Xu Huang could not
Because of Shan Yue's matter, today's dispute gave the other party a reason to intervene... Teng Dan's rare toughness seemed to have touched Xu Huang, and the other party snorted coldly and turned away: "Then please Lu Jun, please be gentle."
Deal with it! Release this Zhou Yi and give him a warning, then use it as a military camp and leave it to the local pianong Sima to take care of him at any time."
Teng Dan, who was nervous, finally breathed a sigh of relief. He bowed his hands to Xu Huang and Lu Gong respectively, thanked them, and left with relief.
"Dong Ming had such a good deed, and the people in the mountains near and far knew the sincerity of the government's intentions and never blamed the wrongdoers, so they all came out of the mountains to submit, and it was just around the corner. This was in line with the previous saying, 'If you practice virtuous government, the fugitives will naturally come as soon as you are beckoned.'"
"Lü Gong flattered from the side.
Xu Huang sat back on the couch at this time. He was silent at first, and then slowly asked: "Ji Bi, Yuan Jiang, Bao Jian, what do you think?"
Although Chen Jiao and Xu Xuan were from the same town in Guangling, their relationship was not harmonious. He was the first to say: "I think this matter is unusual. It is not only whether Zhou Yi intends to cause trouble, but also whether Dai Yuan and others are really there."
The purpose of apprehending Xiaoxiao is related to the great politics of the court and the wealth of these powerful men."
Xu Xuan was thoughtful and said calmly: "Gui Lan and Dai Yuan are both powerful men from Jiangdong, and they were all conquered by Duke Sheng of Kuaiji back then..."
Duke Sheng of Kuaiji was Sheng Xian, the former prefect of Wu County. He was a famous figure in Jiangdong. He led the remaining soldiers to resist Sun Ce with great merit, but unfortunately he died of illness on the way to the imperial court.
Xu Huang glanced at everyone quietly, and already had an answer in his mind: "Is it for the imperial court to deal with Wubi's affairs?"