Three Kingdoms Mythology World.

Chapter 2672 [Youzhou Strategy 3]: Reorganizing the Youzhou Officialdom!

My hometown was completely robbed!

What can we do... Go back to rescue them? Can we even win? Besides, both of our commanders are in their hands, what can we do...?

Thus, all the soldiers of Zhuo County surrendered... Lin Mu took Zhuo County without bloodshed and with lightning speed.

In the Zhuoxian City Lord's Mansion, Lin Mu sat in the seat that Liu Yu had previously occupied, a faint smile on his lips as he looked at Li Dian and Liu Yu, who were being forced to kneel on the ground.

"What's wrong with you two? You are both officials of the imperial court, how dare you make things difficult for us? Untie them at once!" Lin Mu shouted.

Upon hearing this, the soldiers quickly untied the two men.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yu and Li Dian, lying on the ground, glared at Lin Mu with intense resentment. This guy had been inside for quite some time, and he'd waited so long before reprimanding his men and releasing them—wasn't it all just to establish his authority…?

So hypocritical!!!

But with everyone in their hands, we had no choice but to swallow our anger...

After being untied, the two didn't say anything threatening, because they were afraid that Lin Mu would really kill them.

"Gentlemen, I was entrusted by Cai Mubo to manage Youzhou, eliminate villains and rebels, and execute disloyal people. I accidentally injured you, please forgive me." Lin Mu said sincerely, holding Li Dian with one hand and Liu Yu with the other.

Upon hearing Lin Mu's words, Liu Yu and Li Dian's expressions darkened even further. Weren't these words tantamount to calling them disloyal?!

"General Lin, why did you suddenly appear in Zhuo County?" Liu Yu couldn't help but ask, his doubts lingering in his mind.

"I have a brilliant plan," Lin Mu said with a smile, without revealing the truth.

Information about the mobile military shelters had already spread, but not everyone knew about them.

Li Dian remained silent, offering no argument, but instead glared angrily at Lin Mu. Previously, on the surface, Lin Mu and Li Dian had a very good relationship; they chatted amiably and appeared to be close friends to outsiders.

But their sudden change of heart has surprised many and made some people laugh heartily.

"Gentlemen, Cai Mubo is determined to reform Youzhou and change this impoverished place. That's why he's resorting to such harsh measures. I hope you can understand," Lin Mu said earnestly.

"General Lin, will you kill us?" Liu Yu didn't want to talk to Lin Mu anymore and asked directly.

"Of course not, the two of you are pillars of the Han court, how could we kill them!" Lin Mu said, shaking his head.

"Since you won't kill us, then let us go. We'll leave Youzhou immediately," Liu Yu said decisively.

"Alright...you can leave now, but you can't take some of the Youzhou soldiers with you," Lin Mu said quietly.

"Hmph!!" Liu Yu turned around, glanced at the calm and composed Lin Mu, snorted coldly, and then pulled Li Dian away.

A wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall. He should retreat first to save his life, and deal with the matter of getting back at the enemy later.

Thus, Lin Mu ordered Liu Yu to take away 60,000 of his personal troops and Li Dian to take away 80,000 of his personal troops, leaving Zhuojun and Youzhou.

As for the other troops, they were all under the jurisdiction of the Youzhou Governor's Office.

After a careful count, including the logistics troops, wow, there were a whopping 2.7 million soldiers in the Youzhou Prefecture, causing the prefectural governor's mansion, which didn't have many troops, to suddenly swell up with soldiers.

Lin Mu had put a lot of effort into incorporating these two million-plus soldiers. He couldn't let them become a threat.

After Liu Yu and Li Dian were driven out of Youzhou in disgrace, it also meant that Lin Mu had completely taken over Youzhou!

After dealing with the two potential threats, Cai Yong convened a large meeting with all the officials in Youzhou.

Subsequently, a selection decree was promulgated to conduct assessments and evaluations of all officials, and those who failed to meet the requirements were promptly dismissed.

After reforming the civil service, Cai Yong began to reform the military, placing people from the Great Wilderness Territory in all key positions to completely control the military power in Youzhou.

He rectified the officialdom, seized control of the military, and then pacified the local powerful clans.

There were also large clans in Youzhou, but they were few. The Gongsun family was considered a prominent family. However, because of the outstanding member Gongsun Zan, the Gongsun family was able to leave the remote and impoverished Youzhou.

The Great Wilderness Territory did not deal with the local powerful clans in a harsh and bloody manner, but instead communicated with them in a gentle way, and agreed to most of their reasonable conditions.

At the same time, he established academies and applied the experience he learned from Mendu Academy and combined it with the educational experience of the Great Wilderness Territory to Youzhou.

And so, the grand transformation plan of Youzhou began!

Cai Yong, or rather, the Great Wilderness Territory, began to treat Youzhou as his own territory and manage it accordingly.

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The fall of Zhuoxian has essentially spread the word about the Ziyan Cave Heaven Ring. Many people's fear of Lin Mu has increased several levels.

Li Ru, in particular, is now in a dire situation... If Lin Mu were to use such tactics in the campaign against Dong Zhuo, it would be disastrous!
We need to restrict it!! In Dong Zhuo's study, Li Ru paced back and forth, pondering countermeasures... and then, more intelligence came in.

After quickly reading it, Li Ru's expression changed drastically.

"Lin Mu is treating Youzhou as his own territory!" Li Ru said resentfully.

At this moment, he suddenly felt a pang of regret. The deal between the governors of Youzhou and Qingzhou was something he had proposed to Dong Zhuo…

However, after careful consideration, he smiled again.

"Perhaps it's not a bad thing... If Lin Mu really goes to develop Youzhou and Qingzhou, the manpower and resources required will be considerable... If he succeeds, we'll make a huge profit when we conquer them later. If Lin Mu fails, he will definitely be severely weakened, and it will be much easier to deal with him then."

A sinister glint flashed in Li Ru's eyes, before he continued to ponder the feasibility of this strategy.

Youzhou and Qingzhou are vast regions, mostly impoverished areas. To transform them into their ideal form, Lin Mu would need to invest a great deal of resources and energy. Moreover, the construction process would face various problems, such as the support of local powerful clans and interference from other forces, making large-scale transformations not so easy.

Because of its small size and few prominent families, Youzhou allowed Cai Yong to succeed easily. But Qingzhou was different…

Thinking of this, Li Ru's lips curled into a slight smile, as if he could already see Lin Mu overwhelmed with work during the construction process. He felt this was an opportunity to exploit, not only to distract Lin Mu from the campaign against Dong Zhuo, but also to reap the benefits at the opportune moment.

So he began to think about how to sabotage and stop the construction of the two states...

Soon, a series of schemes emerged...

After some sorting out, a strategy targeting Lin Mu was developed.

After pondering this matter, Li Ru turned his attention to Lin Mu's military tactics, such as mobile bunkers!

This thing must be dealt with, otherwise it will become a major threat!

Soon, he spotted a piece of intelligence on extraordinary individuals… which contained a peculiar piece of information. The information mentioned things like Japan… a national treasure… harmlessly altering the will of heaven and earth on a small scale… and so on.

Upon seeing this message, Li Ru's eyes suddenly lit up: "I hope you can live up to expectations."

Afterwards, Li Ru tidied up and left the study. He then rode quickly to the teleportation array.

After that, he came to a bustling canyon.

Afterwards, he quickly arrived at a small village and frowned as he looked at the heavily guarded teleportation array that was constantly flashing white light.

"Is this a teleportation array of the Heavenly Dao, or has Lin Mu already mastered such a cross-national teleportation array?"

Li Ru was also unable to find out any specific information at this moment.

After a moment's thought, he disguised himself as an ordinary Yellow-Rank Martial General and left via the teleportation array.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already in... Japan!

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Meanwhile, in Youzhou, Cai Yong was steadily advancing the reform plan.

He knew that building a territory was no easy task, but he had full confidence in Lin Mu and the foundation of the Great Wilderness Territory, and he also believed in his own abilities.

He began to work on improving local infrastructure, such as building roads and bridges to facilitate the travel of people and the transportation of goods.

At the same time, large-scale wharves began to be built along the coastline of Youzhou to facilitate sea routes.

They also encouraged people to reclaim wasteland and develop agricultural production in order to ensure the supply of food.

In education, the academy has achieved initial success. More and more young people are entering the academy to study, receiving advanced knowledge and ideas, injecting new vitality into the future development of Youzhou.

As Cai Yong watched all this, his heart was filled with hope. He believed that under Lin Mu's leadership, Youzhou would surely become a prosperous and thriving place.

As time went by, the construction of Youzhou progressed steadily.

But there are always some people who don't want Youzhou to prosper... and who don't want to see certain people get rich...

For example, the local powerful families like the Gongsun family, and the powerful Zhang family, etc...

Why would the wealthy Gongsun family, the family of Gongsun Zan, jump out? Didn't they break out of Youzhou?

It still comes down to those two words: interests and power.

(End of this chapter)