"There was great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the Xiongnu invaded the border areas. They took their own territory to the west of Dingxiang, at Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Xihe Suikong."
Taiyuan County, Jinyang.
Since Dong Zhuo was appointed governor of Bingzhou but refused to take up the post, there has been no governor of Bingzhou for three or four years.
Bingzhou originally had nine counties, covering almost the entire "Ji"-shaped basin of the Yellow River and the Fen River basin. Starting from Emperor Guangwu, the imperial court repeatedly allowed the Hu people to go south and submit, so that hundreds of them were eroded, and the nine counties of Bingzhou were eroded.
Part of it was occupied by the Hu people, leaving only Taiyuan, which has a large number of Han people, Shangdang and other counties and some county towns still belong to the Han family.
This state of anarchy and inaction has been maintained for several years. If a strong force does not emerge, it will only be a matter of time before Bingzhou becomes a barbaric land.
The arrival of the well-known Liu Yu showed that the imperial court was finally free and ready to pay attention. This undoubtedly gave all the wealthy families a shot in the arm. After all, compared with their own uncontrolled family and self-imposed power in Bingzhou.
, it is urgent to use the power of the imperial court to counter the increasingly prosperous Hu talents.
What's more, even if the imperial court sends governors and governors, they can still dominate the local area for a while.
In the reception of local wealthy families such as Hou, Wen, Guo, Song, etc., Liu Yu showed his generous and kind elder demeanor. He greeted and communicated with the representatives sent by these powerful people in a friendly manner, which was completely different from the previous meeting in Changting.
He showed such sharpness when saying goodbye to everyone.
At the banquet, Liu Yu faced the expectant eyes of everyone and said with a gentle smile: "I have just come to your place, and I am not familiar with many things. There is no one to take charge of the state affairs, other places, etc. There must be someone who knows the situation.
Talented people can't help each other, but I hope you can help each other."
Seeing that Liu Yu was so knowledgeable, everyone was overjoyed. After polite words, they all recommended each other. It was just a pretentious act of you recommending my family and I recommending yours.
The prefect Liu Miao was also at the banquet. After looking at each other with Liu Yu, he accepted the candidates recommended by everyone for the county meritorious service.
After the banquet, Liu Yu, Liu Miao, and Sima Lang gathered in the governor's mansion. Liu Yu remained silent as he watched the blue-headed servants coming and going in front of the door to clean up, tidy up the room, and put away luggage.
"Envoy." Sima Lang finished copying and handed a piece of paper full of names to Liu Yu: "These are the names and place of birth of the candidates recommended by each family."
Liu Yu took the list, glanced at it casually, and said softly: "They are all unknown people. Let's save them for later."
"Ah?" Sima Lang didn't expect Liu Yu to be so dismissive, and said in surprise: "How should the officials and subordinates of the state and county be selected?"
Liu Yu looked at the list with deep eyes and said speciously: "We have to meet in person before we talk."
In the past, Liu Yu would not refuse local scholars to join the court, whether in Youzhou or elsewhere. After all, this was a matter of mutual benefit, and it could not only establish a group of cronies with whom he had "the righteousness of emperor and ministers"
Therefore, officials can quickly achieve results in their posts.
When he first heard about the conferment of Bingzhou, Liu Yu also had this idea at first, intending to make good friends with the powerful local nobles and unite people.
But all this must be based on the local gentry being scattered and doing their own thing. Only then could Liu Yu unify all parties and become the core of Bingzhou's political arena.
But now...
Liu Yu thought of what he had seen and heard since entering Chang'an, as well as the words and deeds of the local wealthy people he observed at the banquet. It was conceivable that there was an important person behind these people who could easily compete with Liu Yu.
Therefore, whether it was because of the emperor's instructions or because of his inner interests, he was unwilling to give up so many important positions to the local powerful.
Even if the new governor goes to the place where he is appointed, it is an unknown rule to accept local scholars as officials. It is said that he appoints people on their merits and promotes good talents, but in fact it is just co-governing with the local powerful.
Liu Yu could choose to co-govern, but he was unwilling to be treated as a puppet and allowed to be manipulated behind his back.
Therefore, before he completes the means and arrangements of checks and balances, these scholars who he deliberately induced people to recommend will be kept in cold storage.
Sima Lang didn't understand the deeper meaning, because Sima Fang still refused to tell him the details. Anyway, according to his father's words, just listen to Liu Yu in everything.
"I just listened to what was said during the banquet. The current situation of the Han and Huns in Bingzhou is serious. The Wuhuan tribes are distributed in the Yanmen and Shuofang counties, and the southern Xiongnu are everywhere in the five counties of Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang, Shangjun, and Xihe.
With Xianbei and the Qiang people." Liu Miao was a direct descendant of the Langye royal family and had a sensitive relationship. Seeing that Liu Yu had already made a decision on the matter, he wisely stopped mentioning it. Instead, he changed the topic and said softly: "That's it.
There are even traces of Wuhuan's cavalry in Taiyuan County at the moment. According to my humble opinion, it is not easy to consolidate the state with peace and order just because of this nonsense."
"King Youxian has rushed to Meiji, hoping to successfully move Chan Yuting and the tribe south." Liu Yu folded up the list, placed it in his sleeve, lowered his head and said, "Xia Yu has long been famous, and he is there to control it.
With that, and the regulations for governing Hungary established by the imperial court, there won't be any trouble for the time being."
"Now that the imperial court is unable to regain the counties in Bingzhou, it has to first firmly hold Taiyuan, Shangdang and other places at hand, and then slowly plan for them." Liu Miao said.
"Yes." Liu Yu raised his eyes and looked at Liu Miao, then looked at Sima Lang who was sitting aside and talked less and listened more, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty has a good saying, 'Take care of the outside world first.'
He is a talented person. Since he has received a great responsibility and is in Taiyuan with me, I hope he can work hard and live up to the expectations of the country."
"You should be like this, I have asked you to worry about it." Liu Miao and Sima Lang said in succession.
Liu Yu nodded and was about to speak when he saw a man wearing a crimson robe and a military crown walking in from the outside with his head held high.
"Ling Ming." Liu Yu looked squarely at the tall man in front of him and said, "Can you find out what the situation is like around here? Are there any refugees or thieves?"
Pang De, Yuan Yu Lin Lang Pang De, the Dian Nong captain of Taiyuan County who was appointed by the imperial court, respectfully bowed to everyone present and said: "Your Majesty, my subordinates have just found out that there are only a few hundred refugees near Jinyang County.
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"Only a few hundred people? Isn't that just a few dozen households?" Sima Lang, as the order of Jinyang, heard this and said: "Didn't it mean that Bingzhou was in ruins, with disasters coming year after year, and the people suffered from disasters repeatedly? Why are there so many refugees? What about the other counties?
Woolen cloth?"
As a Diannong captain, Pang De was responsible for recruiting refugees from Taiyuan County to raise troops for farming. Now, the fewer refugees there were, the fewer troops he had available, and the less real power he had. So he was confused.
Then he said depressingly: "Not only Jinyang County, but also the nearby Zhongdu and Qi County do not have many refugees. According to my opinion, there are probably less than 10,000 refugees in the entire Taiyuan County."
Liu Miao felt something was wrong. He turned to look at Liu Yu, and saw that Liu Yu, who was still looking calm and smiling just now, now had a dark cloud on his face...