Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 461 Liu Mo's Hate
As for Shanggao County and Xiagao County, compared with Dongyi, they are much behind. First of all, one of the prefects of these two places is an examination student in Jianning Year. He is from Nanjun and is called Kuai Yue. Tough, he showed no mercy to the nobles and nobles of Shanggao County, and made Shanggao County politically clear. However, the main problem is that his methods of governing Shanggao County are not too clever.

In other words, this person is good at planning and general planning, but not good at governing. Such a person can naturally stabilize the local situation, but it is not easy for him to restore Shanggao County to prosperity like Liu Bei did. thing.

The prefect of Xiagao County was an examiner in Xipingnian, a native of Jizhou, called Min Chun, and he was very strong in law. It is said that he was the second champion in the law department back then. However, like Kuai Yue, he was not very good at governing. Yes, the newly promoted governor of Ningzhou, Wang Sheng, also spent a lot of energy after coming to Ningzhou, trying to change the decadent situation in Ningzhou, but it didn't help.

Hearing that Yuan Shu was coming, Wang Sheng led a group of ministers to visit him, and followed Yuan Shu to inspect them one by one. The more he inspected, the angrier Yuan Shu became in his heart. The barren scene made Yuan Shu annoyed when he looked at it. , there is still such an area, the eyes of the people are full of panic and despair, they are afraid of their parents and officials, and the soldiers are weakly guarding each area
Nearly barren farmland, aristocrats running rampant in the countryside
All of this seemed so heavy.

"My lord. Why is the farmland here so barren?"

Yuan Shu looked at the cracked soil in front of him, suppressed the anger in his heart, and asked, behind him, Wang Sheng was supported by several officials, leaning on crutches, and walked slowly to Yuan Shu's side, Wang Sheng is an old minister, once Yuan Shu didn't beat him directly because of his age.

Panting, Wang Sheng came to Yuan Shu's side, looked at the deserted farmland in front of him, shook his mouth, but couldn't speak, he was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Yuan Jun, this place is different, this place is different from other places. It’s different. What a wonderful farmland”, he said, tears fell down, and he wiped his tears with trembling hands, “What a wonderful farmland.”

"Prince?"

Yuan Shu immediately realized something was wrong, squinted his eyes, and asked, "What happened in Ningzhou?"

"Yuan Jun, since Jia Taiwei came to govern Ningzhou, Ningzhou has indeed improved. He has governed by doing nothing, which has caused a large number of farmers to reclaim their farmland. With the land, their lives have begun to become rich. But, The good times don’t last long, the two counties in Ningzhou, Shanggao County and Xiagao County, are the old part of Goguryeo, and here are all Goguryeo people.”

"The Goguryeo people have always lived on tribes. The tribes are called adults, and the adults worship the king. In a country, apart from the king and his confidantes, there are also the leaders of the tribes. The rest of the people are no different from slaves. These people , I have been enslaved for hundreds of years, and I have long been used to it. Those tribal leaders have been removed after we established counties, and many people have been imprisoned for their crimes."

"In spite of this, there are still quite a few of them. These people still use the local farmers as slaves, and the farmers don't have any resistance in their hearts, and they dare not object. I have arrested many old nobles, but there is still no effect. The common people We still listen to them, and we are still afraid of them, and after I captured most of the nobles, they ordered the farmers to help them repair the horse farm and raise horses."

"It's a good time for spring plowing. They forced countless people to death. Many people died of starvation. We rescued a lot. I also thought about killing them all. However, many people thought about it from the heart. Fearing them, when I sent people to arrest them, some people were instigated by them and came to stop the soldiers. The soldiers were unable to attack the people.”

"Here, it used to be very good farmland. It's me. I'm not very knowledgeable, and I made Ningzhou look like this."

As Wang Sheng said, tears welled up in his eyes, he slowly possessed himself, squatted on the edge of the cultivated field, grabbed a handful of soil, but closed his eyes in pain.

Yuan Shu frowned, but he was thinking in his heart, and said: "Can we open government schools? Let the people learn the way of saints, so that traitors will not make them slaves?"

"I tried it, but the common people dare not come. The tribal adults told them not to go, so they dare not go."

"A group of defeated people are so arrogant! Lawless!!"

Yuan Shu helped Wang Sheng who was squatting on the ground, looked at the endless farmland in the distance, and said, "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, within a month, I will make the traitors here have nowhere to hide, and for Ningzhou Get rid of this serious worry."

Wang Sheng muttered: "Thank you, thank you"

From this day on, Yuan Shu never went to inspect the various parties, but returned to the governor's mansion, and dispatched officials from Ningzhou to various counties and counties to check the local situation. The main purpose was naturally to inquire Regarding the situation of the local old aristocrats, whether they are good or evil, they conducted inspections in the name of investigating old soldiers. As a result, they gained very little, and they did not find out much information.

After waiting for six or seven days, Liu Mo arrived in Ningzhou.

After entering the Governor's Mansion, Liu Mo felt an unusual atmosphere. Of course, he knew why in his heart. On the way to Ningzhou, he had clearly seen the decadence and desolation of Ningzhou, and he couldn't help it. Believe it, how angry Yuan Shu was in his heart, one can imagine, he walked into the governor's mansion, first visited the governor Wang Sheng, and then went to the study to find Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu's face looked very unfriendly. It could be seen that he was on the verge of breaking out. Seeing Liu Mo coming in, he didn't say anything. He looked at Liu Mo coldly. Liu Mo sat in front of him and asked Said: "Why is Ningzhou here?"

Yuan Shu then told Liu Mo what Wang Sheng said and what he had learned during these days. Who knows, Liu Mo was not shocked or surprised after listening. He nodded and said: " I know these things about Goguryeo."

He was silent for a long time, and then said: "If this matter cannot be resolved, I am afraid that Ningzhou will never be stable and provide for the people. It is just empty talk, Mr. Yuan. What do you want to do?"

"I want to catch all these traitors in the two counties, behead them to the public, and let the people of Ningzhou see that these traitors are not as terrible as they think. Similarly, they can be defeated or killed. Only by dealing with these tyrants and tyrants can Ningzhou truly develop, and the people will not end up starving to death."

"Then Yuan Jun is going to call the county soldiers?"

"No, there are also many Goguryeo people among the soldiers in the counties and counties. They have been enslaved by the nobles for generations. I dared them to arrest the nobles. I am afraid that it will be difficult. I wrote a letter to General Taishi stationed in Dongyi, asking him Send a battalion of soldiers here, and I am going to use Dongyi's navy to get rid of these traitors who are harming the country and the people."

"En, that's fine, once and for all." Liu Mo nodded, and Yuan Shu noticed that when talking about Goguryeo, Liu Mo would become a little silent, as if he had fallen into memory. Yuan Shu thought it was a good thing, he saw Looking at Liu Mo, he asked, "Is Mr. Liu familiar with the language of Goguryeo?"

"Know a thing or two."

"One thing, can't Mr. Liu help?"

"Yuan Jun ordered."

"Please go to the mansions of the adults of the various tribes to find out who they are, their family property, and even their followers, and whether they have committed evil deeds."

Liu Mo pondered for a long time before nodding his head.

Yuan Shu continued to stay in the mansion, while dispatching officials from various places to investigate, and on the other hand, he was planning how to do it. Regarding the dispatched navy, Yuan Shu did not let them come ostentatiously, but stayed in Shanggao County and At the junction of Dongbai, waiting for orders, Yuan Shu didn't want to scare the snakes. He was not afraid of these nobles, but he didn't want to involve some innocent people and make Ningzhou even more deserted.

And Liu Mo was very busy. He tried his best to put on an appearance of a villain, looking around for those old nobles in Goguryeo, and accepting their bribes as guests. He is completely like a treacherous minister. This appearance is very good. They deceived some old aristocrats. These old aristocrats don't hate such treacherous ministers, but like them very much. Only ministers who can be bought are good ministers!

After Liu Mo performed for three or four days, a large number of nobles began to win over him, and even invited him to their home as a guest.

During this period, these old nobles treated him with extra enthusiasm, money, gold, and even beauties, land, and kept throwing at Liu Mo. Most of them hoped to use Liu Mo to seek official positions and return to them. When the original dominance was promoted, Liu Mo would not refuse any comers, and told them boldly that as long as the money is enough, in Ningzhou, the official positions can be chosen at will!
As the relationship got deeper and deeper, Liu Mo learned more and more things from it.

Gradually, he got along with these old nobles, and was even regarded by them as a confidant and friend, sharing his hatred for the Han court together. Of course, Liu Mo also catered to them, and expressed his dissatisfaction after his throne was seized and hatred, and promised them that they were willing to let go of the hatred in the past and deal with Wang Sheng and other immortals in unison.

On this day, Liu Mo came to Xiagao County, because the nobles in Shanggao County were almost all scouted by him. These people are all the same, they are all bastards who harm the country and the people, and do all kinds of evil. Just wait for the army to come and arrest them, but Xiagao County is different, because it is closer to Youzhou, and many people from Youzhou have emigrated.

This makes the situation here a little chaotic. The old nobles here are not only those who commit all kinds of evil, but also some who tend to be big men, be kind and love the people.

After Liu Mo arrived in Xiagao County, Gao Quzhi, the leader of the largest tribe in the area, took him into his mansion.

Liu Mo looked at this luxurious mansion, trying to make himself look greedy for money, he said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, Jun's place is very good." Gao Qu said with a smile: "If Liu Gong likes it, here , then donated it to Liu Gong, how about it?"

Liu Mo smiled, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Okay, then it's settled, don't go back on your word."

Gao Quzhi laughed, pulled Liu Mo, sat in the main seat, and chatted for a long time, Gao Quzhi said: "Liu Gong, I am different from those bastards in Shanggao County. Those guys are doing things day and night. Restoring the country is a dream, and I want to build Goguryeo again, but in my opinion, life today is so much better than in the past, so why not think about it? All I think about is money, and I don’t care what country it is if I can make money!”

Liu Mo nodded and said, "I think so too, money is the most important thing!"

The two talked very well. In the words, Liu Mo expressed his desire to meet the adults of the tribes in Xiagao County. Gao Quzhi was not stupid, so he immediately sent people to various places to invite those old nobles. Come here, come to meet Liu Mo. Among the people he invited, there are people from the Restoration School like Shanggao County, and there are also people like him who want to make money. Naturally, they also have hearts for big men.

The next day, these nobles came from all over the country, and none of them were absent. It can be seen that Gao Quzhi has enough prestige in Xiagao County. With just one sentence, he can find most of the old people in Xiagao County. When the nobleman came, Liu Mo felt a little apprehensive. No matter what his temperament and ability, he must not stay in Xiagao County. Even if he didn't kill him, he would have to send him to other places.

Thinking so in Liu Mo's heart, in Gao Quzhi's mansion, he met the old nobles from all over the world. These old nobles, some were old, some were young, some were rich, some were poor. Liu Mo was a little surprised when the old aristocrats who patched their clothes came. These are the people whose hearts are big men and who refuse to join forces with traitors.

Although they are now in decline, they are still one of the old tribal adults after all. In terms of blood, they are regarded as noble by the other nobles, so they are eligible to participate in today's banquet. Of course, they are still looked down upon by the rest of the old nobles. They have lost the glory of the Goguryeo people and have forgotten their ancestors.

The banquet began, and everyone sat in their seats one after another.

Liu Mo was still sitting on the main seat. Gao Quzhi introduced his identity to everyone. Sure enough, everyone got up to pay respects to him. Now they, at least on the bright side, dare not treat the ministers of the Han court indifferently. After all, they have already been defeated. Liu Mo smiled and let them sit down, and then chatted with everyone.

In the process of speaking, the old nobles were delighted to find that this Liu Mo was different from the rest of the ministers. He accepted bribes and seemed to have pity on them. Liu Mo catered to them, and they felt relieved and began to make friends with Liu Mo. Among them, there were only three or four of them, drinking wine sullenly.

For a moment, the wine cups were intertwined, and the guests were having a good time. Suddenly, one person slammed his palm on the desk, and the whole mansion fell silent. Everyone looked over and saw that it was an elderly man. Some vicissitudes, the clothes on his body are also covered with patches, he said: "Liu Gong eats Han Lu, and is a Han official, how can he do such an unethical thing?"

Liu Mo said with some disdain: "Who are you, how dare you meddle in my affairs?"

"Oh, the Son of Heaven is not mean to us. Although the country is destroyed, we have never harmed a single person. We have given food, farmed iron tools, cattle and horses, and have never lacked. He treats us like the Han people. These things today are the same as in the past. Even the king failed to give it to us." The man said slowly, but the rest of the people began to curse, calling him a villain, a running dog, a traitor and so on.

"I used to do a lot of evil. Now that I think about it, my heart is full of guilt, and I don't know how to act. In short, I will never participate in murder or harm. In the future, don't ask me to participate in these things again. I The fields are about to be harvested. I'm doing well."

The old man said with some emotion, stood up, looked at everyone, and said: "I will leave first, you are all my juniors, listen to me, do more good deeds, don't be obsessed with obsession, know contentment, it is best "." After finishing speaking, he left the temple directly. When he turned around, Liu Mo froze, his pupils gradually dilated.

When he turned around, Liu Mo saw his back. On his costume, there was a bird with a big mouth embroidered. The bird's beak was very long, thin, and sharp. It was Goguryeo. According to the tradition, each tribe will have its own image on the flag and on the clothing, and most of them are birds, such as Gao Quzhi, who has a big bird with arms on his clothing.

the house is burning,

"Aqi!! RUN!!! RUN!!!"

The woman roared, and the tyrannical bandit pierced the woman's neck with a spear.

The man rushed over in pain, but was killed with a knife.

Several children fell to the ground in pain and were trampled to death by the horse.

The young Liu Mo turned his head away in horror.

He saw the murderer, he grinned grimly, held a large flag, and hung the captured head on the sharp point of the flagpole.

And on the flag, it is a bird with its mouth wide open,

The beak is long, pointed, and thin.

(End of this chapter)