Xuande

Chapter 650 The new governor of Yizhou, Xun You

The weapons of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons. The most powerful thing in this world is the army and the weapons in the hands of the army.

When Cao Ren led the Yingyang army to Shu County in a murderous manner, the power of those originally arrogant and powerful families came to an end.

When Gao Xuan was most in danger, the city of Chengdu was completely surrounded, the traffic inside and outside the city was cut off, no food could get in, and a small food shortage broke out in the city.

Fortunately, there were still a lot of food reserves in the city. Gao Xuan opened the warehouse to release the food, which stabilized the defenders in the city, did not make Chengdu city chaotic, and persisted until Cao Ren led the army to arrive.

After Cao Ren led his army to arrive, he observed that Chengdu City was under threat, so he personally led a thousand cavalry to attack the coalition forces of local tyrants outside Chengdu City.

With just 1000 cavalrymen, more than 2 allied forces of local tyrants who threatened Chengdu outside the city were crushed. It took less than half an hour for the battle to be decided.

The army originally composed of slaves has no combat effectiveness at all.

There is still some hope for this group of slaves to burn, kill, and plunder together. After all, everyone is doing it for themselves and to make their lives more comfortable. Even slaves have the desire to rob.

But letting the slaves fight against the regular army is really too much thinking.

In the end, more than 1000 people chased and beat more than 2 people. They chased them out of Chengdu and were beaten seven or eight miles away. They killed more than 1000 people and captured more than 1 people. They won a complete victory.

In the next three days, Cao Ren pacified the resistance forces in the surrounding areas of Chengdu City and relieved the danger of Chengdu City.

From the first ten days of April to the middle and late April, Cao Ren ordered the army to carry out a fierce and cruel liquidation against the rebel forces in Shu County, using the power of blood and fire to promote the implementation of the slave restriction order, and countless families who openly rebelled were shattered.

Cao Ren's nature is like a raging fire, he likes to go forward indomitably on the battlefield, and he admires Zhang Fei's fierce attack. Zhang Fei is his favorite general in the army, so his style of acting is also quite strong and domineering.

There are many rebellious families in Shu County, including some medium-sized families that control some salt wells. They also have a certain influence on the politics of Shu County. Gao Xuan tried to persuade Cao Ren not to kill him, but Cao Ren did not approve of such a decision.

"If you dare to resist the slave restriction order today, you dare to rebel tomorrow. If you can't kill all those who blatantly rebel and threaten the court, and let the people of the world think that the court is weak and can be bullied, what will happen in the future?
Mr. Gaofu, you are too benevolent!The best way to deal with these rebellious rebels is to kill them all, so that the rest of them will know the consequences of rebelling against the court!This is something that cannot be backed down no matter what. If you take a step back, the court's authority in Shu will be lost! "

Cao Ren was somewhat politically conscious, dissatisfied with Gao Xuan's conservative style, and announced to indiscriminately attack and exterminate the rebels, and to use their heads to tell the Shu people - don't fight against the court.

Under Cao Ren's fierce attack, more than 100 large, medium and small families in Shu County were wiped out, including two families engaged in the salt industry.

They are very powerful, and the family has more than a thousand salt workers and servants. Even so, in front of Cao Ren, they are like paper.

The Yingyang Army is a newly established new army. It has few battles and lacks military experience, but it is also a regular army after careful training. Its weapons and equipment are not comparable to the grass-roots team in Shu.

They basically just kill.

Gao Xuan was shocked by Cao Ren's ruthless methods, and was also shocked by Liu Bei's military style, but Gao Xuan also understood that if the Chen Liugao family wanted to survive well, they had to stand on Liu Bei's side. He works.

Failure to maintain the stability of Shu County was a loss of points, which made Gao Xuan a little worried, wondering if Liu Bei would have any bad opinion of him.

But in any case, the resistance in Shu County was put down within a short period of time, and the situation in the remaining Hanzhong County, Guanghan County, and Qianwei County was not bad.

Some people admit that they are intimidated and are willing to abide by the slavery restriction order for peace of mind. Some people do not admit that they are intimidated and forcefully resist, which finally attracts Liu Bei's army to suppress it forcefully.

By mid-to-early May, these counties in northern Yizhou had released a total of about 23 slaves. These slaves did not go to other places, but were incorporated into household registration by the government on the spot.

The soil in Shu is fertile, and there are many good lands, but due to the fierce land annexation, the land tax is getting less and less.

After several civil strife, a lot of abandoned land was left uncultivated. Liu Bei asked the government in Shu to organize these slaves, restore their citizenship, and turn them into collective farms to resume agricultural production in Shu.

Politically, it is similar to what Gao Xuan guessed.

According to this incident, Liu Bei found that some Shu officials were cowardly and unreliable. Although they did not oppose Liu Bei, they were willing to carry out his orders, but their ability was limited.

So Liu Bei decided to transfer a group of officials including Gao Xuan to Luoyang City as Yilang, and replaced him with capable people around him as Yizhou.

Liang Hu was so ill that he couldn't play a big role in the whole slavery restriction incident. Seeing this, Liu Bei simply talked to Zhang Rang, and sent his own people to take over Liang Hu's position, so that Liang Hu could return to his hometown. Luo Yang cures diseases.

He appointed his important assistant, Xun You, as the new governor of Yizhou, and entrusted Cao Ren with the position of prefect of Shu County. building.

And, began to extend the hand of the government to the well salt in Yizhou.

For Yizhou, it is not only as simple as saving the land, but also a very important part of controlling Yizhou's salt affairs. It is Liu Bei's established plan to control the main part of Yizhou's salt industry in the hands of the government, and the first step is to pass The slave restriction order has succeeded in attacking local powerful forces, and the next step is the second step.

In order to carry out the task of fully controlling the economic lifeline of Yizhou, Liu Bei sent Xun You to Yizhou and handed over this task to Xun You. He believed that Xun You would be able to handle this matter well for him.

"Controlling the lifeline of Yizhou is not an easy task. There will be many people who oppose you, and you will face some dangers, but I trust you, you will definitely succeed. If you do this well, I will entrust you with more many things."

Xun You didn't doubt Liu Bei's words. He knew Liu Bei's persistence in this matter very well. Of course he knew that controlling Yizhou's salt affairs was not the same thing as controlling Yizhou's Shu brocade, and it would be very difficult, but he knew better that this It is an important test.

If successful, it will have a very important boost to his future career.

Throughout the first half of the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei launched a new round of slavery restrictions that tossed the four states and the people in the court. The newly released population of over one million needs to be coordinated by the court. , It takes money, manpower and material resources, and a lot of resource betting.

The imperial court led by Liu Bei is willing to spend money, and there is enough money to spend. If the money is really not enough, Liu Bei will use his own small treasury to subsidize the country. Anyway, the main principle is that as long as he is willing to do things, he will not be short of money.

At present, Liu Bei has actually become the master of the court.

Since the second year of Jian'an, Liu Bei has become the de facto ruler of the Han Empire. All government orders are basically based on his wishes, and the officials of the Manchu Dynasty are basically following Liu Bei's steps forward.

After decades of absurdity in the Luoyang court, under the control of Liu Bei, it began to transform into a down-to-earth government.

(End of this chapter)