I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 193

In fact, it wasn't just Huang Zhong who wanted to leave the Northwest battlefield, there was another person who was also unhappy in the Northwest.

This person is none other than Xu Rong from Youzhou.

Today's Xu Rong is still the temporary Sima, stationed in Fufeng along with Huangfusong.

He does not have his share of the credit ahead, he can only helplessly live under Huangfusong's hands.

Previously, Xu Rong was recommended by Liu Jian to go out with Zhang Wen. He thought that this Battle of Liangzhou would give him a chance to shine and become famous in Xizhou.

But it turns out that Xu Rong was wrong.

Living in this era, the gap between dreams and reality, and the leap of personal class can really be changed at will without relying on personal ability.

Zhang Wen didn't think highly of him.

It can even be said that it is not valued at all.

In fact, Zhang Wen could not be blamed for this matter. When he led his troops to aid Dong Zhuo and Huangfusong, the auxiliary generals, captains, and Sima who followed him were all the most outstanding military talents among the counties.

Among them, there are not a few people who have been privately recommended by the county guards of various places or the court ministers.

In the eyes of the high-ranking bureaucrats, the battlefield process of the big man is also a debt of favor. There are reasons for who is reused or not.

At least in the eyes of Zhang Wen, who was born in Nanyang County, the hometown of Emperor Guangwu, during the time when he led his troops to the west, he had no reason to reuse Xu Rong, a person from the border county of Xuantu County.

Until Zhang Wen was named Taiwei and returned to Luoyang, Xu Rong did not get many opportunities to make meritorious service in Xizhou.

In the end, together with Huangfusong and others, he was repatriated to Fufeng and stationed there.

It is said to be stationed, but in Xu Rong's view, this is a waste of time. After all, he is almost 40 years old. In this age when the average life expectancy is not long, three-quarters of his life has passed in the eyes of ordinary people. up.

During this period of time, Xu Rong began to reflect on himself constantly, and at the same time, he also began to miss the old days under Liu Jian.

It's not that Liu Jian has given him a lot of future, but as a fellow from the border county of Youzhou, Liu Jian really promoted him sincerely and appointed him.

Thinking about it carefully, the expedition to Liangzhou was really not worth it!

After a lot of weighing up and down, Xu Rong finally made up his mind.

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Since the death of Emperor Liu Hong, Luoyang City as a whole has fallen into chaos. On the surface, the Yuan family seems to have benefited the most, but Liu Jian knows in his heart that things are far from being as simple as they appear on the surface.

In the history of the Yuan family, apart from Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the two great princes of the north and the south, other people actually participated in the competition in various places.

Yuan Yi is the prefect of Shanyang, Yuan Zhong is the prefect of Peixiang, Yuan Xu is the prefect of Jiyin, Yuan Yin is the prefect of Danyang... Each of them can be regarded as a prince.

Although it is somewhat different from the current situation, in terms of routine, the Yuan family's current way of doing things has not changed much from now.

From the perspective of the Yuan family, their layout may be very successful, and it was originally the same in history.

Yuan Shao attacked Hebei in Jizhou, Yuan Shu attacked Jingzhou in Nanyang, Yuan Yi plotted the Central Plains in Shanyang, Yuan Zhong attacked Xuzhou in Peiguo, Yuan Yin attacked Yangzhou in Danyang...

It seems that the stars are densely covered, but in fact, the foundation of such a layout is not strong.

Not a son of a famous family, he will definitely be able to become a hero in the local area.

The job of a local hero really depends on some talent.

Coupled with the disintegration of the most powerful Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the historical industrial layout of the Yuan family collapsed extremely quickly.

Now the direction of history has changed, but the strategic layout of the Yuan family has not changed, and the people involved in this game have not changed either.

Since the layout and executors have not changed, there is no doubt that the result will never be much different from the history.

After the expansion of local power, the contradictions of the Yuan family will eventually become irreconcilable.

However, unlike in history, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, who used to face each other in the north and south, became neighbors this time.

As for the land of Hebei, in this era, on the contrary, because of Yuan Shao's going south, it will become relatively more peaceful.

This is conducive to Liu Jian's strategy of earnestly managing, accumulating strength, and building high walls to accumulate grain.

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The farmland policy began to be implemented in full swing in Jizhou. A large number of refugees who flocked to Jizhou were recruited by the government of Liu Jian as a farmer. Under the coordination of the Animal Husbandry Office, farm tools and cattle were leased to the farmer, and then shared in proportion.

The garrison policy has been tested by history, and it is one of the most effective methods to appease refugees and stabilize society during wartime.

Sure enough, with the release of the policy of garrisoning fields, the number of refugees swarming in Jizhou, constantly rushing to the Taihang Mountains and Montenegro, has been greatly reduced. I don't want to rush into the mountains, put my head on the waistband of my trousers, and do the murder and arson.

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The field farming experiment next to Yecheng has entered the busy season of farming. Today, Liu Jian led a group of men to patrol the newly reclaimed wasteland.

The common people and Li Shu who were busy in the fields, after seeing Liu Jian's inspection, put down their farm work, rushed to the edge of the field, raised their hands high to Liu Jian, and shouted: "Your envoy!"

Liu Jian waved to them with a smile, and then told them to go back to work in the field.

Behind Liu Jian, followed by the Diannong officer, Zhao Yun and Chu Yan.

Since Chu Yan was captured alive by Zhao Yun, Liu Jian did not punish him. On the contrary, he ordered people to treat him favorably and temporarily stayed in Jizhou.

Since the beginning of Tuntian, Liu Jian has often gone on tours, and every time he goes on tours, he has to bring Chu Yan with him.

He wanted Chu Yan to see clearly the changes in the lives of these refugees under his governance.

Chu Yan is also like Zhao Yun, a hero who came out of the bottom of the country, but his style of acting is very different from that of the Zhao brothers.

If it is said that Zhao Jun and Zhao Yun brothers, who are really determined in Changshan, act with unparalleled loyalty and righteousness, then Chu Yan must repay the grudge.

As the number one figure in the famous Black Mountain Army in history, the reason why Chu Yan was able to integrate the originally disintegrated Black Mountain Army proved to a certain extent that he was an attractive person.

And after Cao Cao entered Hebei, Chu Yan was able to immediately drive troops to Cao Cao, which is enough to prove that Chu Yan is a person who can understand the current situation.

But since he is a hero with his own unique charm and can understand the current situation, why didn't he join Yuan Shao's command during Yuan Shao's most powerful period in history?

After all, it was because Yuan Shao, as the spokesperson of a prominent family in Hebei, had an irreconcilable conflict with the Black Mountain Army in terms of fundamental interests.

After all, the well-dressed group represented by Yuan Shao lived by suppressing and enslaving classes like Chu Yan and the like.

In fact, slavery is nothing more than enslavement, but they are enslaved and they can't even eat.

The reason why Montenegro is Montenegro is that they don't want to die because of their enslavement.

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Not long after, Liu Jian took Chu Yan to the edge of a field with a ditch.

Liu Jian put aside the hem of his skirt and sat on the ground, looking at the surrounding wheat fields with emotion.

Chu Yan stood aside, watching the situation around her, feeling a little confused for a while.

"In a few days, you can leave." Liu Jian who was on the side suddenly said to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan was shocked when she heard this.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Liu Jian who was sitting on the ground, observing his expression carefully, but it didn't seem like he was lying.

"Let me go?"

Chu Yan was a little surprised and said: "In Montenegro, although he is not handsome, he is also very famous. If you let me go back like this, aren't you afraid that I will rise up in Montenegro and seek revenge on you?"

Liu Jian shook his head with a smile, and said, "What ability do you have to avenge me?"

"You Black Mountain Army is nothing more than a product of chaos in the world, and the people have nothing to farm and do nothing to make a living. Now I have ordered the counties to set up piannong officials to recruit people without land to farm, and to use them as villages. People who farm fields are exempt from military service and corvee service. , within a year, the number of refugees will definitely decrease significantly, and you continue to lose your source of troops in Montenegro, so what will you use to avenge me?"

Although Chu Yan came from a low background, she was not an uninformed person. Liu Jian's farming method was indeed a great hope for refugees to find peace in troubled times.

The reason why the Black Mountain Army and Taihang Mountain are strong is because there are too many refugees, but when the number of refugees gradually decreases and everyone can barely have a bite to eat, who would be willing to enter the mountains to become bandits?

In fact, the common people in the Han Dynasty had very low requirements.

They don't ask too much, as long as they have a bite to eat and can make ends meet, they will not rebel.

Liu Jian summoned Zhaozhao, Tian Feng, Jushou, and Shenpei to continue discussing how to expand the scale of farming.

On the other hand, Zhao Yun patted Chu Yan on the shoulder and said, "Brother Chu, just follow me, I'll show you something."

(End of this chapter)