Chapter 180 Return to Yizhou to reorganize the internal affairs
Chapter 180 Return to Yizhou to reorganize internal affairs
Lu Bu's dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo had accumulated to a certain extent. Seeing this situation, Wang Yun whispered in Lu Bu's ear: "Fengxian, when you worshiped Dong Zhuo as your adoptive father, I was also present. Have you forgotten? You
But I had no choice but to accept Dong Zhuo as my adopted father! In fact, it is a good thing that Dong Zhuo does not recognize you as his adopted son!"
"Oh? How do you say this?" Wang Yun's words aroused Lu Bu's interest, and Lu Bu's originally blurred eyes turned out to be clear.
Wang Yun did not answer Lu Bu directly, but asked with a smile: "Fengxian, you have followed Dong Zhuo for a long time, what do you think of this person? Is he a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty or a minister of Zhongxing?"
Lu Bu shook his head and said with a smile: "Dong Zhuo? You are a jackal! He has no ability to govern the country except for tyranny. As for loyalty, it is even more extravagant to hope for! Maybe my uncle doesn't know that if it weren't for Liu Zhang's intimidation, the Empress Dowager, Princess Wannian, and even...
Concubine Tang has already been insulted by him."
"What?" Wang Yun asked with his eyes widened: "Dong Zhuo is so presumptuous? I thought he was just spreading rumors about insulting Princess Wannian!"
Lu Bu said with a smile: "My uncle didn't know something. At that time, Dong Zhuo had already pushed Princess Wannian down on the bed, but Princess Wannian suddenly shouted, 'Little Emperor, help me!', which frightened Dong Zhuo and stopped immediately! At that time, Hua Xiong's subordinate happened to be the one who
It’s worth it, that’s why I know it.”
Wang Yun laughed and said: "Dong Zhongying is also afraid sometimes?"
Lu Bu curled his lips and said: "He is more than afraid! Ever since he knew that Queen Mother He's backer was Liu Zhang, Dong Zhuo not only did not dare to harass Queen Mother He anymore, but also improved the treatment of Queen Mother He and others. You know, Dong Zhuo has 400,000 troops, food and grass under his command
It is not considered rich. With Dong Zhuo's character, he actually distributed food and grass to useless people. You can imagine Liu Zhang's intimidation to him!"
"That's not right!" Wang Yun said very puzzledly: "I know Dong Zhuo's character. Even if he is afraid of the champion, he will not be so afraid. Does he have any control in the hands of the champion?"
"That's true!" Lu Bu said with a smile: "Liu Zhang learned that Dong Zhuo was rampant, so he sent a letter asking Dong Zhuo to return the four Queen Mothers, and at the same time led people to raid Linzhao. Now, Dong Zhuo's family, young and old, are all guests in Yizhou!"
"What a move to attack the east and the west, and to throw a weapon at the enemy!" Wang Yun said with a smile: "He is indeed a champion who has experienced hundreds of battles. With just one move, Dong Zhuo was unable to parry. What a pity..."
"What's the pity?" Seeing Wang Yun's expression of regret, Lu Bu couldn't help but ask him.
Wang Yun said with a smile: "If the champion prince is willing to join the court to assist the government, he will definitely be able to make a difference! I just don't know why he didn't come when the general issued an edict to invite foreign ministers to the capital. Maybe he was to avoid suspicion! However,
It doesn’t matter if the champion doesn’t come, but with his attitude towards the Yuan family, even if he comes to the capital, he will most likely arouse the dissatisfaction of the princes!”
Lu Bu nodded. In fact, he didn't understand what Wang Yun said at all. Seeing that although Lu Bu nodded in agreement, his face was confused, Wang Yun sighed deeply. Lu Bu was indeed brave and unparalleled, but unfortunately his intelligence was too low and he was just a martial artist.
.This kind of person can charge into battle, but it is really difficult to entrust him with big things!
With Lu Bu's help, Wang Yun had the confidence. At least when he killed Dong Zhuo, he would not be fooled by Dong Zhuo's bravery. However, Wang Yun still needed to make careful calculations to avoid the plan failing and making a mistake instead. You must know that Dong Zhuo's men not only
There were three to four hundred thousand troops, and there was Li Ru, a man of outstanding resourcefulness, even though Dong Zhuo didn't really listen to Li Ru's words.
There is already a turmoil in Chang'an, and wars are rising all over the Han Dynasty. The most relaxed person now is Liu Zhang. With Diao Chan, Liu Zhang returned to Yizhou, except for Cai Yan, a big lady, Xiao Qiao, Zhang Ning looked at him
Something was wrong. When Liu Zhang announced Diao Chan as his concubine, Xiao Qiao pouted in dissatisfaction.
You should know that when Qiao and Qiao were six or seven years old, they were acting as maids around Liu Zhang. Of course, Liu Zhang never treated them as maids. Now the two girls are already sixteen or seventeen years old. In ordinary people, they may be mothers.
Liu Zhang has not touched them yet, but he has brought back a beautiful woman. It would be strange if they had no idea. However, both Diao Chan and Xiao Qiao are gentle women. With Cai Yan's mediation, Liu Zhang did not have a fire in the backyard.
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Since Diao Chan served as Liu Zhang's concubine, Liu Zhang first took her to visit Mrs. Liu's grave, saying that he wanted Mrs. Liu to meet her new daughter-in-law, and then took her to meet Liu Yan. Although Liu Yan was very happy, he still proposed
He asked Liu Zhang to give him a grandson as soon as possible so that he could enjoy his grandson.
Liu Zhang naturally had to comply with his father's request. After returning home, he called the daughters to lecture him, which made them blush, and the resentment of Xiao Qiao also disappeared a lot. As a eldest wife, she also had an affair with Liu Zhang.
Cai Yan, who had a close relationship with him, naturally became Liu Zhang’s first target!
After taking care of his family affairs, Liu Zhang began to prepare his troops again. He killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses. After successive battles, the total of 80,000 soldiers Liu Zhang brought to Luoyang was nearly 30,000! A large amount of pensions were spent.
, which caused Liu Zhang pain to his bones. It’s not that Liu Zhang is stingy, it’s just that the pension he set is too high!
In ancient times, you just had to eat food and serve as soldiers. How could there be any pension? Even if there was any, it was pitiful! Liu Zhang not only asked Huang Zhong and others to carry out massacres on his soldiers, but in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, he asked them to fight the enemy bravely.
They also increased their pensions so that they would have no worries! Otherwise, why would Liu Zhang use 80,000 soldiers to resist Dong Zhuo's 100,000 troops?
In two months, Liu Zhang had almost reorganized his soldiers. At this time, news came from Jizhou that Yuan Shao had taken control of Jizhou and fought with Gongsun Zan in Panhe! Gongsun Zan only escaped with the help of Liu Bei! Then,
News came from Jinyang that Zhang He and Ju Shou came to seek refuge, along with Pan Feng, whom Liu Zhang had rescued from Hua Xiong at Sishui Pass!
Liu Zhang did not let Ju Shou and the others come to Yizhou, but directly transferred Xi Zhicai back to Yizhou, and directly appointed Tian Feng as the shepherd of Bingzhou, and Ju Shou as the Bingzhou Biejia, and ordered Zhang He to select strong men in Bingzhou to form the Euphorbia Warriors.
Liao Hua and Pan Feng were deputy generals, under the command of Zhang Liao!
Zhang He, who had been wronged for several years, cried bitterly after receiving the order and swore allegiance to Liu Zhang to the death. As for Pan Feng, Liu Zhang was once his savior. The reason why he went to Liu Zhang was to repay his kindness. His loyalty needs no elaboration.
And Liu Zhang did another small thing, which made Pan Feng even more grateful.
It turned out that Liu Zhang remembered that Pan Feng's axes were not handy, so he asked the workshop to imitate several blue and white Pangu axes and give them to Pan Feng. When Pan Feng took the Pangu ax sent by Liu Zhang from Yizhou, he was practicing on the horse
, his heart was full of passion. It is difficult to find a boss who cares so much about his younger brother in any era! Pan Feng, who was always loyal, became even more determined in his heart!
In fact, Liu Zhang didn't want Yuan Shao to capture Jizhou, but he couldn't stop it. It was like Liu Zhang knew that the Han Dynasty was going to be in chaos, and he wanted Liu Hong to live longer, but Liu Hong still died at the age of thirty-four.
Some people may ask, why didn't Liu Zhang attack Jizhou? It's not that Liu Zhang didn't want to attack Jizhou, but that Liu Zhang couldn't and didn't have the ability to attack Jizhou.
In Jizhou, aristocratic families are entrenched, and the foundation of the Yuan family is here. After the war against Dong, Liu Zhang only had more than 50,000 capable soldiers. It was a complete fantasy to attack Jizhou. Let's talk about the several big families in Jizhou who have good relations with the Yuan family.
, then he would not sit back and watch Liu Zhang gain Jizhou.
Some people may say that although Liu Zhang has 50,000 soldiers, they are all elites, and the big families can't do anything to him. But if Liu Zhang wants to capture Jizhou, he must conquer the city. Don't look at how easy it is for Yuan Shao to capture Jizhou. If it were someone else, he wouldn't be able to do it.
It doesn't make sense. The reason why Han Fu offered his land to Yuan Shao was not because he was afraid of Yuan Shao, but because he believed in the Yuan family.
The reason why aristocratic families are powerful is because some of them have land in their hands! Historically, Mi Zhu supported Liu Bei and gave away 50,000 slaves. However, the Mi family can be regarded as a middle-lower class family at best. Among the big families in the Han Dynasty, there are no families with tens of thousands.
Slave. If Liu Zhang really attacks Jizhou, those aristocratic families, with some people from each family, will not defeat Liu Zhang, but there is no problem in stopping him in Jizhou. So Liu Zhang is waiting, not only waiting for the Yuan family to lose power, but also waiting for his own strength to grow.
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In the late Han Dynasty, the only way to increase strength was to increase population. There were two ways to increase population: one was to plunder and attract other states and counties, and the other was to promote fertility.
Promoting fertility is relatively simple. Liu Zhang brought out the reward system of Lao Qin, and he also learned from the methods of the great leaders in the early days of New China, and promoted the idea that more people are more powerful under his rule. Fertility rewards, honorary titles, and raising
I can't afford the government funding. These policies have made the people of Yizhou and Bingzhou crazy. For a long time, it was common for families in Yizhou and Bingzhou to have five or six children, and seven or eight was common.
More than ten is not unusual.
Promoting fertility is naturally the best and simplest way, but the results are too slow, so sustainable development is the only way. A more practical way is to plunder the states and counties to attract the population. So, Liu Zhang started to make a fuss about the land. He said nothing.
Not to mention, the heads of all the big families in Yizhou were called together for a meeting, and they were asked to hand over all the land and slaves in their hands to the state pastoral office.
Of course, Liu Zhang would not let the wealthy families have no way to survive. He would divide some profits to the wealthy families based on the land and slaves they handed over, and develop some tertiary industries to make up for the losses of the wealthy families commercially. He also allowed the wealthy families to retain
Some servants and maids take care of daily life.
Seeing that their privileges in Yizhou were about to end, the patriarchs of the aristocratic families looked at each other in shock. But they knew from Liu Zhang's deeds that Liu Zhang was a strong man. If they did not agree to Liu Zhang's request, Liu Zhang would definitely raise a butcher's knife to them. Even
, they already smelled a trace of blood.
The dozens of family heads present were silent. Liu Zhang's expression became more and more serious, and the murderous intent in his eyes was directed at everyone without any scruples. As long as anyone dared to stand up and object, Liu Zhang would kill them without hesitation. The entire discussion
The atmosphere in the hall is getting more and more solemn!