Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 556
The 17th year of Xiping, October
Liu Bei led the soldiers of the Northern Army and took Yang Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, and many prefects under his command to the Sili area.

As soon as I stepped into Sili, I saw the army camp head-on. The camp was set up on the side of the road from Nanjun to Sili. The flags were bursting, and the sound of war drums could be heard from the camp from a distance. Discovering the strangeness here, Guan Yu quickly stopped the soldiers. When they left, there was still no garrison here. Of course, the other party also found their traces, and saw a few knights galloping towards them. He reined in the horse in front of the people and looked at them.

"Dare to ask if the person who came here is a brother from the Northern Army?"

The knight asked, and Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, who was on the side. Guan Yu stepped forward and said, "Guan Yu, the captain of the Northern Army, is here. What battalion are you from?"

Hearing Guan Yu's words, there was a burst of laughter from all the way, and one person rode a horse, and slowly came to Guan Yu, lowered his head, looked at Guan Yu, and said slowly: "Where is Guan Yu, the captain of the Northern Army? Hurry up and pay your respects to Captain Sili!!"

Guan Yu snorted coldly and said nothing. Liu Bei who was at the side stepped forward and said with a smile, "It turns out to be Colonel Hua. I don't know what Captain Hua has to do with this place?"

When Hua Xiong saw Liu Bei, he also got off his horse, and ordered the soldiers to pull him away. He said helplessly, "It's not your business. His Majesty asked me to come here to hand over the prisoners. I've just finished dealing with the affairs of Sili. I haven't been able to rest for a few days, so I will come here to wait for you. If I had known that this captain of Sili was so busy, I would quit. I should take over Dong Gong as the captain. Sun Jian is that kid."

Liu Bei smiled and said, "It's really difficult to be a captain, what does your majesty think?"

"Let me take these people back. As for you, His Majesty said, keep working."

Liu Bei squinted his eyes and continued to work? ?He probably understood what the Son of Heaven was thinking, nodded, looked at Guan Yu at the side, and said, "Trouble Captain, let's hand over the prisoner." While talking about something, Guan Yu didn't say a word, and couldn't get rid of him. Liu Bei watched the two go away, and called Man Chong over.

"Bo Ning, the meaning of the emperor, I think you also understand that after the prisoners are handed over to Captain Hua, we will leave immediately, please go to Yizhou, and I will go to Yangzhou Now, the traitors in Jingzhou have been eliminated, and the traitors everywhere must be We are frightened by the news, and we are in fear all day long, at such an opportune time, we will also go to these two places, to deter the treacherous thieves, so that they will not dare to do harm to the people again."

Man Chong nodded, but then said: "I'm going to Yizhou, but I can borrow soldiers from the Southern Army to help you. Your Excellency will take Captain Guan to Yangzhou and I will go to Yizhou alone."

The two discussed for a long time before Hua Xiong and Guan Yu came over. Hua Xiong was still talking, Guan Yu came and nodded to Liu Bei, Liu Bei said: "Hua Xiaowei, we still have more to do." I don’t need to bother you if I have something to do. Let’s say goodbye!!”

Guan Yu remained speechless, followed Liu Bei and was about to leave, Hua Xiong grabbed Guan Yu's arm, stared at him, and said seriously: "You come back sooner, Colonel Yuan, he misses you very much."

Hearing Hua Xiong's words, Guan Yu was taken aback, and asked, "Isn't he cured? You?"

Hua Xiong suddenly laughed, nodded, and said: "He is indeed cured, but you haven't visited the captain since you were transferred to the Northern Army. Come back earlier and pay him a visit."

Guan Yu nodded, bowed lightly to Hua Xiong, said to take care, and then left Sili.

Looking at Guan Yu going away, Hua Xiong sent him away with a smile on his face. When Guan Yu disappeared in the distance, Hua Xiong's face showed a rare trace of sadness.

Liu Bei and Man Chong returned to Jingzhou, and immediately divided into two groups. Liu Bei took Guan Yu and 200 Northern Army soldiers to Yangzhou. Man Chong only led more than [-] people to Yizhou. Liu Bei wanted to take advantage of this opportunity. Frighten these restless big clans in the south, let them have a look at the power of the Son of Heaven Sword, only after they have tasted it once, they will be afraid and dare not do it again!

At this time, the official school became secondary instead, and the primary target turned to the powerful families in the south. These traitors who oppressed the people and ignored the law finally ushered in cruel officials who could subdue them.

When the people in Yangzhou heard that Liu Bei was coming, they seemed to have returned to decades ago. At that time, they were also the same group. At that time, when they heard that Wang Fu was coming, these people were so scared that they couldn't stand it. Such frightened, directly committing suicide, now that Liu Bei comes here, he looks like Wang Fu came back. When Wang Fu just arrived in Yangzhou, he severely punished the powerful local clans. More than ten years have passed, and today’s Yangzhou clans are still not the same. Dare to be too arrogant.

This is the difference between having suffered and not.

Fortunately, they also have experience. They quickly disbanded the tenants, gave them cultivated land, subsidized local government schools, and some even helped build Chidao. In short, before Liu Bei really came, they could do as much as they could. Happy, after all, the series of behaviors of the powerful and powerful clans are all to increase their political achievements, but they are not happy, but they have heard that after Liu Bei rushed to Jingzhou, from the governor to the prefect, no one can do it. escaped! !

All were transported to Luoyang and put directly into Tingwei's prison, where they are under severe trial.

Of course, there are also those who are not afraid. The governor of Yangzhou, called Jushou, has a very miraculous experience. This person resigned from his original official status, participated in the assessment, and won the double crown of agricultural science and economics, so he was reused by Emperor Xiaokang. He served as the governor of Nanpi in Jizhou, and later as the governor of Qingzhou. Governor of Yangzhou.

This person is also a rare local official with a low background, and his political skills are also good. After he rushed to Yangzhou, he devoted himself to water conservancy. He believes that Yangzhou can actually be developed easily. The land here It is fertile and has countless arable lands. Unfortunately, there are fewer people. However, fewer people mean that the people here are better off than those in other areas. Jushou began to build water conservancy with all his strength, making full use of the characteristics of Yangzhou, and adding more high-quality arable land. .

When Liu Bei arrived in Yangzhou, contrary to Jingzhou, no one came to receive him here.

All the way to Wu County, he couldn’t see half of the officials who came to greet him. This made Liu Bei a little puzzled, but Guan Yu was a little angry. He said: “The officials here must know about Jingzhou. Liu Gong is dissatisfied, so he is so rude, Liu Gong waits, I will take people to the Governor's Mansion right now!!!" Liu Bei quickly stopped him and said: "The previous arrests with Jingzhou were for state affairs. It's not a personal enmity."

"I came here by order of the emperor, how can I arrest local officials at will because I don't come to greet you??"

After convincing Guan Yu, Liu Bei recalled the scenes he saw along the way. Unlike Jingzhou, Yangzhou was in full swing, everyone was busy, and he could see the roads being built on the road, and the There are rivers and canals, the huge Xiping overturned, the governor here looks different from Yang Biao, even if Sili concealed the situation of the Sili captain, so many water conservancy measures cannot be faked, at least this It was also built for more than half a year.

Arriving at the governor's mansion, Liu Bei did not delay, and directly revealed his identity. Sure enough, the officials here were still a little scared when they heard that Liu Bei had arrived. Many people secretly observed Liu Bei, not daring to speak. The whole mansion was suddenly silent. However, the governor was not here. Some officials got up and took Liu Bei to look for the governor. The group walked for a long time, but Liu Bei didn't let Guan Yu go to various places to monitor, but took him with him.

Guan Yu is not like Man Chong, he knows war, but for such civil affairs, Liu Bei still has to do it himself.

When they followed the officials to a rural pavilion by the river, they saw Jushou, the governor of Yangzhou, who was following many officials to make a map and discuss the strategy of diverting water to irrigate the land. Seeing that they were busy, Liu Bei also looked at the person in front of him. Ju Shou was wearing a short jacket and had a dark complexion, which was the trace left by staying in the wild all year round.
The official came forward to report, and Ju Shou stood up, saw Liu Bei in the distance, and gave a few more orders, and then came over.

Looking at the governor who looked like an old farmer in front of him, Liu Bei stepped forward and greeted him: "Greetings, Duke Ju!"

Jushou also bowed back, found a clean place, and sat down. Liu Bei asked with a smile, "Do you want to build a canal here?" Jushou nodded, pointed to the distance, and said, "I'm going, There are [-] hectares of arable land here. Recently, many people from Yangzhou have moved to Jiaozhou. Yangzhou has few people, so I can only learn from the old governor of Jiaozhou, Liu Gong..." He told his inner plan one after another.

Liu Bei nodded and listened carefully.

Ju Shou then looked at Liu Bei and said, "Didn't Mr. Liu come here to arrest local traitors? Why did you come here? But do you need my help?"

"Don't bother Mr. Ju. There is Mr. Ju here in Yangzhou. I don't think I need to monitor it." Liu Bei praised with a smile. Ju Shou stood up and said angrily, "As an important minister of the temple, you are ordered by the emperor. How can you say something like this, you have to be serious when you do things.” He began to teach him a lesson, Liu Bei was stunned, and could only nod his head, saying to be taught.

Liu Bei was driven away by Ju Shou and asked him to monitor the misbehavior. Liu Bei was still at a loss. He didn't expect that there are such strange people in the world. They are afraid of finding out something by themselves. This person is good, and urged Check it yourself, what a stubborn old man! !
Liu Bei had no choice but to leave here with Guan Yu. Walking on the road, both Liu Bei and Guan Yu were silent.

"Changsheng, tell me, this cough, is Ju Gong more likely to come to monitor than me?"

"Mr. Ju is a good official."

"Yes, although there are many traitors, fortunately, there are more great sages who care about their homeland and the people. It is because of them that I am so strong."

"Where shall we go to check next?"

"Go to every county. If nothing is found out, I don't think this Jugong will bypass us."

At this time, Man Chong also rushed to Yizhou.

(End of this chapter)