I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 147
During the previous Yellow Turban Uprising, the rebel army organized in Zhuo County, Liu Jian's hometown, had already been disbanded, and the militiamen who organized spontaneously were rewarded and disbanded as farmers.

However, Liu Jian had a copy of the list of volunteers in Zhuo County, but he never thought of this level.

That night, Liu Jian wrote a letter and sent his confidants to Zhuo County, telling Jian Yong and his father Liu Zhou that they should not break the connection with the main leaders of the rebel army in Zhuo County, and they must constantly inquire about the main soldiers of the rebel army. recent situation of the person.

Gifts should be exchanged during the New Year and holidays, and if someone is in trouble, when it is time to help, they must give a helping hand.

After arranging this matter, Liu Jian sent another letter to Zhen's family in Wuji County, Zhongshan State.

The Zhen family's business is very large in Hebei, involving horses, rice, iron, cloth and silk, and many other industries. In Jizhou and even Hebei, many businesses related to people's livelihood are more or less related to the Zhen family.

However, although the Zhen family was engaged in business, they were not real merchants. On the contrary, the Zhen family was actually a high-ranking official family, and there were two thousand officials in the family.

This is the biggest difference between the official family in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Western Han Dynasty.

During the Western Han Dynasty, merchants were suppressed, especially the monopoly of salt and iron during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which forced large merchants to withdraw from the main positions of commercial activities.

However, since Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty's policy of "suppressing business" began to waver year by year. Salt and iron monopoly sales were banned from time to time, and the families of big bureaucrats began to do business. It is a common practice for bureaucrats to do business, and those above the rank of ministers often privately trade, and it is a common practice for bureaucrats and relatives to do business.

By the end of the Western Han Dynasty, private commercial activities were already very active, and rich merchants reappeared in various places as the upper class.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was established with the support of merchants and landlords. With the development of a hundred years, merchants and officials have long been indistinguishable from each other.

In the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, the position of merchants was at the end, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the status of merchants was unprecedentedly improved, and there were almost no powerful families who did not do business.

The Zhen family in Zhongshan and the Gongsun family in Liaodong are such existences. They are not only noble families with two thousand stones in the world, but also famous merchants in Hebei.

And the Liu family of Zhuo County, who started their business by relying on the horse industry, joined Su Shuang, Zhang Shiping and others to establish Hebei Commerce and Trade, and the transactions with the Zhen family gradually increased, and the cooperation became more and more smooth. In a sense, , the two sides have become each other's indispensable good partners.

The two can be regarded as close.

There is only the Hutuo River between Zhongshan and Changshan, and the area is very close. From Wuji County to Changshan is only a hundred miles away. If you are alone, you can get there in one day. If you march normally, it will not exceed three days.

Therefore, if the rebel army in Changshan is available, it is advisable to collect a batch of ironware and horses from Zhen's house in Zhongshan to arm the rebel army.

Zhending County borders the Hutuo River in the south and the Taihang Mountains in the west, so it has a special geographical location.

Because it is close to the Taihang Mountains, the current Taihang Mountains have become a gathering place for gangsters.

Li people in Ji, Bing, You and other places who could not survive and were unable to pay their bills fled to Taihang. Even if they were not bandits, they became black households. In a certain sense, it was equivalent to breaking away from the rule of the Han Dynasty.

However, the land in the Taihang Mountains is rarely developed. Although there are fields that can be reclaimed, it is not as fast as grabbing them.

Therefore, Zhending County, which faces Taihang to the west, has become one of the main counties targeted by bandits in the Taihang Mountains.

Liu Jian, Sun Jin, and Liu Hao came to Zhending County with a group of cronies.

From time to time, the county magistrate of Zhending saw that the officials at both levels had arrived, and he did not dare to be negligent. He took all the officials in the county out of the county for twenty miles to meet them.

After meeting the county magistrate of Zhending, Liu Jian, as the shepherd of the state, affirmed his achievements in guarding Zhending County and resisting bandits, and then asked the other party about Chu Yan and the situation of the local rebels.

As soon as Chu Yan was mentioned, the county magistrate Zhending couldn't control his mouth, and started talking to Liu Jian from the beginning.

Sure enough, the situation in Zhending County is the same as in other places. The families in the township are very closely related, one prospers and one loses, and the Chu family where Chu Yan lives has land and food in the village, and the Chu family treats The neighbors are quite righteous, and in times of famine, they will always share the surplus food and seeds of the family among the people.

Although Chu Yan is young, he already has a reputation as a hero in the village. He united with his father in the village, made friends with knight-errants, spread kindness and righteousness, and was quite prestigious.

However, in recent years, there have been natural and man-made disasters, and disasters in Hebei have continued. Zhending was also affected by the disasters, and many people died of starvation. Most of the good land in the village where Chu Yan lived was annexed by high schools in the county. Very much.

Now when Zhang Jiao raises troops and the Yellow Turbans kill them, Liu Hao and the former Changshan Kingdom abandon the country and go away. The so-called "upper and lower effect", the local county magistrates are afraid of being killed by the Yellow Turbans, and they also disperse. The government agencies in Changshan Kingdom have formed a vacuum. state.

Under such circumstances, Chu Yan and her father summoned the neighbors to flee with them into the mountains for refuge.

Chu Yan's father originally planned to return to Zhending after the Yellow Turban Rebellion and continue to live in peace, but he didn't expect to stay in the mountains for a while, suddenly fell ill with cold, and passed away within a few days.

Chu Yan excused that her father died because of the conspiracy of local officials, and vowed to raise troops for revenge. At that time, the Yellow Turban was defeated by Liu Jian, Huang Fusong and others, and the official offices of Changshan Kingdom were in a vacuum. So at this juncture, Chu Yan As soon as he climbed up and called out, the followers entered the stream, and soon a force was pulled up in the Taihang Mountains west of Zhending.

He made several contacts, robbed the surrounding area, and constantly armed his team and recruited men. Although he was young, he had a good command of his subordinates, and he managed a team of [-] people clearly.

Although Chu Yan mainly traveled to the surrounding counties of Taihang, Zhending was the place where he started troubles, so he came to Zhending the most times.

In doing so, one is to welcome like-minded people with him and expand the team, and the other is that several wealthy families in Zhending County had enmity with him in the past. It is the right way to kill them and seize their family assets to support them.

Not to mention, Chu Yan has visited Zhending several times, and he has indeed invited many people to follow him into Taihang. More than half of his 1-strong team are Zhending villagers.

After listening to Zhending county magistrate's narration, Liu Jian sighed and said: "Although this Chu Yan is young, he acts very well. He avoids the truth and pretends to be false. He has a deep understanding of the art of war. Your Zhending county office has not been taken down by him yet. , is really your luck."

The magistrate of Zhending wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "What Fang Bo said is very true. To be honest, there are no soldiers in the Zhending government office. They all rely on the bravery of the local people to spontaneously form a rebel army. Fighting is the only way to keep Chu Yan out of the county, otherwise this head would have been chopped off long ago!"

Liu Jian asked: "Who organized the rebel army?"

"Reporting to Uncle Fang, the person who can organize a rebel army is naturally a good person we have decided. Although he is young, he is also a hero. His reputation and prestige in the village is not inferior to that of Chu Yan. It is also thanks to having this person in charge. Otherwise, most of the handsome men in Zhuxiang will be kidnapped by Chu Yan and taken as thieves!"

"who?"

"This person's surname is Zhao Mingjun, and his name is Zigui. He is also in his late teens, and he is a handsome hero with a radius of a hundred miles! If it weren't for him, it would have been over long ago. The last official has already summoned him to the county office. Fang Bo will come later." I can see this person!"

　There is another chapter, which is being written, I am afraid it will be updated later

　　
　
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