I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 660
Wang Yun died in such a curse and remorse, and died with him, as well as Wang Yun's son in Beijing, and many relatives in the clan.

Logically speaking, although Liu Jian acted decisively, he was not a ruthless person who was good at killing.

But this time, Liu Jian showed no mercy for dealing with Wang Yun and Yang Biao, as well as the thousands of people from the families who were implicated because of them.

This is not because his heart has become cruel. On the contrary, Liu Jian is still the same Liu Jian.

It's just that his position is different from before.

Now he is in the top political arena of the Han Dynasty, where there is bloodshed everywhere. Although Liu Jian controls the highest power, and is pursued by ordinary people, mid-level powerful people, and poor nobles, the top nobles, and There are still many contradictions between the interests of the world's leading families and local tycoons and his.

These people are just surrendering because Liu Jian is too powerful. Once one day he can no longer suppress them or let them take advantage of him, these people will not be merciful to him.

Therefore, when it’s time to cut the grass and root out the problem, we must cut the grass and root out the problem.

There are no so-called benevolent people in the political arena, only shared interests and life-and-death struggles.

After killing thousands of people in the capital, Liu Jian immediately wrote to Guo Jia in Bingzhou, asking him to deal with the Wang family in Taiyuan immediately.

The Hongnong Yang family had already been inspected by Liu Jian before coming to Chang'an.

As for the remaining families who were beheaded by Liu Jian, many of them were still in Jizhou, Youzhou, and Xuzhou. As long as they were within his jurisdiction, Liu Jian immediately ordered people to deal with them.

In short, don't leave trouble for yourself.

Guo Jia has been dealing with the local people's livelihood and the affairs of the Southern Huns in Bingzhou for this period of time. Although Bingzhou's foundation is relatively weak, he is fortunate to be rich in Hebei, with experience in Jizhou and Youzhou, as well as the support of wealth and grain. Being in place in time also enabled Guo Jia to quickly stabilize Bingzhou.

At the same time, with Taiyuan as the center, Guo Jia opened up a large number of copper mines and coal mines in Bingzhou, adding to the iron ore mining industry in Hebei!
Whether it is planting, commerce, horse trading, or recruiting the Xiongnu population, Bingzhou is making rapid progress. Of course, in order to carry out cultural invasion of the Xiongnu tribe, and at the same time merge the Huns into Coming from the Han nation, Guo Jia has devoted himself to cultural invasion over the years and has accumulated a lot of experience.

Moreover, he also deeply remembered Liu Jian's entrustment to him back then, and also adopted a differentiated policy for local prominent families and middle-level wealthy families, and ensured the interests of all parties.

Especially for ordinary Lishu, the treatment and policies given to them by the Bingzhou government over the years can be said to be the best since the founding of the Han Dynasty. This makes these Bingzhou people full of gratitude to the Hebei government led by Liu Jian.

Although the great cause of Bingzhou is developing relatively slowly, it is finally on the right track.

Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others also gained experience in Bingzhou.

It was at this time that Liu Jian's letter to Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others arrived, instructing them with the imperial court's order to search the Wubao of the Wang family in Taiyuan in Bingzhou and confiscate all their property.

After all, the Taiyuan Wang family is different from other wealthy families, and its foundation in Bingzhou can be said to be extremely profound!Moreover, they have intersected with many prominent families in the region, and their relationships are intricate.

And although the Xiongnu have surrendered on the surface, who knows if there are any tribes among these Xiongnu who secretly make friends with these noble families with the intention of overthrowing Liu Jian's rule.

After all, the war launched by Liu Jian against the Xiongnu could be said to have wiped out most of the Xiongnu's powerful troops.

Although the Xiongnu tribesmen and the Liu government in Bingzhou are now taking care of them, learning their technology and culture, and making their lives gradually more stable, for the top nobles of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, Liu Jian was the one who destroyed their lives.

Ordinary Xiongnu people were quite satisfied with their lives under the Han Dynasty, but the Xiongnu nobles did not think so.

Because their privileges were taken away.

So Wang Yun is dead now, but the remnants of the Wang family in Taiyuan are likely to collude with the local nobles in Bingzhou, and some Xiongnu nobles to rebel against the Liu government and set off huge waves in Bingzhou.

But in fact, Guo Jia was not afraid of this matter. He invited his two arms, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, to discuss the matter together.

Guo Jia is the top smart man of this era. Now he has been influenced by Liu Jian and has completely matured in politics and military affairs, and has determined his lifelong goals.

Compared with the genius Guo Jia in history, the current Guo Jia is more perfect in all aspects such as strategy, politics, and people's livelihood. It can be said that compared to the Guo Jia in history, the current Guo Jia is even more powerful.

If Guo Jia in history was just a top counselor, Guo Jia now is a top counselor and politician.

In other words, he already has the potential to be the prime minister of a country.

This is not an ordinary quality.

Liu Jian asked Guo Jia to deal with the Wang family in Taiyuan. Guo Jia immediately thought of using this opportunity to uncover many potential unstable factors in Bingzhou, and then eliminate all these unstable factors. If he further cultivates Bingzhou, he will definitely reach a Desirable results.

Of course, the premise of doing so would plunge Bingzhou into a major war.

But Guo Jia is not afraid, because great rule requires great chaos.

If you don't completely cure the cancer and just pursue temporary stability, sooner or later the cancer will accumulate deeper and bigger.

If it breaks out suddenly in the end, the damage caused will be even more immeasurable.

After telling Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong their thoughts, the two fierce generals began to lower their heads in thought. They began to consider the matter carefully.

From the perspective of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, what they consider is not the prospect of Bingzhou, nor the political stance of Bingzhou. After all, they are both generals and are mainly responsible for fighting, while the governing affairs are left to Guo Jia and his subordinates. A group of officials are responsible.

Now they say that what they want to consider is that Guo Jia wants to eliminate the cancer in Bingzhou. So with Bingzhou's current military strength, can these cancers be eliminated?
Don't think that due to insufficient military strength, it will cause huge losses to Bingzhou itself, which will be more than worth the gain.

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun are not ordinary generals. They will not rely on momentary bravery to fight, but will comprehensively judge the situation at hand and the military power they have in their hands.

Even the subsequent troop reserves after the war and will there be new wars on the border?They will take these factors into consideration.

In the end, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun came to the conclusion that they could fully bear the outcome of this war.

This was determined by the two of them through comprehensive evaluation.

Over the years, Guo Jia has been mainly responsible for the development of people's livelihood in Bingzhou, as well as political reform.

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have been responsible for pacifying local wars, expanding the army, training soldiers and horses, and training an invincible army in Bingzhou.

Compared with Jizhou and Youzhou, Bingzhou came under Liu Jian's command later and had a weaker foundation. Therefore, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun have not dared to expand the number of troops on a large scale. The number of troops directly under their leadership has always been That is about fifteen thousand.

But these [-] soldiers and horses are all the best of the elite army.

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun's military requirements are more expensive than more expensive.

Find a way to train the most elite army while maintaining its scale without increasing the financial burden on the state government.

And they have tempered these armies through war!
There are also many war horses in Bingzhou. Zhao Yun and the others also equipped this army with a lot of war horses, which brought the cavalry team in Bingzhou to a certain scale.

As for Bingzhou, even if the local noble families organized an army to rebel against them, they were far inferior to them in terms of number of personnel and equipment. The only thing they could worry about was that they would find some people from the Xiongnu who could fight against them. noble.

But the Huns are no longer what they used to be. After Liu Jian's attack and their efforts in recent years, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun believe that their prestige among the Huns has far exceeded those of the Xiongnu nobles who want to restore the old system, so They are confident of winning this war.

Guo Jia was very happy after hearing the two of them express their confidence that they could win this war.

So Guo Jia decided to carry out a major purge in Bingzhou according to the established plan.

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As expected by Guo Jia, after the news of Wang Yun's death in battle reached the Wang family of Taiyuan, the Wang family of Taiyuan immediately gathered a group of local prominent families in Bingzhou who had not obeyed Liu Jian's management. At the same time, they also sent people to the Xiongnu nobles. Contact, want to cause internal and external troubles, subvert the power in Bingzhou.

From the perspective of the Wang family in Taiyuan, Liu Jian's [-] troops were stationed in Chang'an, which means that the military strength in Hebei is far less than in its heyday. Once the local rebellion occurs, Liu Jian's troops in Guanzhong will not be able to return in time, so As long as they can defeat Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong and others, they can control the situation in Bingzhou.

But it is a pity that in terms of strategy, Guo Jia is far superior to them. …

The Wang family of Taiyuan immediately gathered their accomplices, contacted local prominent families everywhere, and gathered their disciples and soldiers from each prominent family to prepare for a raid on Guo Jiazhi.

Because people in the Wang family in Taiyuan know very well that if they really want to fight the Bingzhou Army head-on, even if they can gather the power of a group of prominent families and gain the upper hand in the short term, problems may arise over time. .

After all, Bingzhou is Liu Jian's territory, and now most people are on Liu Jian's side. Only those noble families whose interests have been harmed and some Xiongnu nobles have ambitions, but these people alone cannot win over the people. .

Therefore, you must kill Guo Jia first to open a way out.

But as for what happens next...

Let’s talk about it later.

The prominent families in Bingzhou have fallen into madness. They can't care about the future for the time being and can only worry about the immediate things first.

But it's a pity that they can't even understand what's happening in front of them.

The Taiyuan Wang family wanted to contact the Hun nobles secretly, but how could their actions escape the eyes of the school affairs office?
Although the members of the Taiyuan Wang clan were very careful when contacting those nobles... But after all, they had not received formal training and could not compare with the elite personnel of the Bingzhou School Office.

Almost all their actions were detected by the sergeants.

After the sergeant passed the news back to Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong then went out together.

On the night of February 21, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong each led their cavalry and set out to attack six Xiongnu noble leaders who were connected with the Wang family in Taiyuan according to the information provided by the school affairs office.

When the Southern Huns were still independent, these noble leaders of the Xiongnu had soldiers, generals and slaves in their hands. They lived a rich and well-fed life, humiliating others at will.

Later, the Xiongnu army was defeated by the Han government, and the tribes were forced to surrender by the Hebei government headed by Liu Jian.

These Xiongnu nobles became Han people. After that, they naturally lost their privileges. Although the Han government still allowed them to live a prosperous life, they could not do whatever they wanted like before, living a life of stepping on others and doing whatever they wanted. .

Therefore, for these Xiongnu nobles, Liu Jian was their biggest obstacle, but Liu Jian's military strength was so terrifying that they did not dare to have a direct conflict with Liu Jian, so they could only live such a life in silence.

But now the Taiyuan Wang family seems to have given them a chance to rebel, and many of them feel that they can stand up again! !

Of course, not every Xiongnu noble has this idea. Some Xiongnu nobles have already accepted their fate. They feel that the Han Dynasty is too powerful. They, the Huns, will be annexed by the Han Dynasty and become members of the Han nation. This is a very normal thing, and the sooner the Xiongnu enters the Han Dynasty, the better it will be for the children of the Xiongnu.

Naturally, the Hebei government agencies will not deal with such people.

But for other people who are reactive, we need to deal with them properly.

The six Xiongnu aristocratic leaders who intended to collude with the Taiyuan Wang family to rebel are typical examples.

Taking advantage of the fact that these people had just colluded with the Wang family in Taiyuan and had no specific plan to rebel, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong sent soldiers and horses to deal with three families each, and captured them all with lightning speed.

As long as they capture their leader as quickly as possible, their rebellion can be nipped in the cradle.

Needless to say, the abilities of Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong go without saying. When these Xiongnu nobles were in their heyday, they were no match for the Hebei Army, let alone now.

It took Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong almost no time to capture all six Xiongnu nobles and their families alive. At the same time, they confiscated the soldiers, horses, and property in their hands. They also took the horses in their charge and distributed them to the Han government. All their fields were confiscated.

After taking care of these Xiongnu nobles, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong immediately gathered their troops and headed straight for Guo Jia.

After all, Guo Jia is the most elite wise man in the world. According to his calculations, after reaching an agreement with the Xiongnu nobles, the Wang family of Taiyuan will definitely take his own life first.

However, their movements will never be that fast, because after all, these people are still deficient in the art of war.

As long as Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong can defeat the Xiongnu nobles with lightning speed, and then return to fight to protect themselves, time will be enough.

Moreover, in Guo Jia's view, these Taiyuan Wang clan's soldiers and horses were formed by the disciples they had gathered locally. They were not strong in combat effectiveness and could easily be exposed.

It's no problem if our side wants to deal with them.

The facts turned out to be as Guo Jia expected. The response speed of the soldiers and horses of these noble families headed by the Taiyuan Wang family was too slow. When these Xiongnu nobles were wiped out by Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong, they did not even assemble their soldiers and horses.

Just when Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong arrived at Guo Jia's side again, these talents prepared their troops and horses, preparing to kill Guo Jia.

With such a speed, how can he compete with top figures like Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, and Huang Zhong?

Not on the same level at all.

When the soldiers and horses of these noble families came to kill Guo Jia, they faced Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong who were strong soldiers.

Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong began to attack the Bingzhou rebels as quickly as possible.

Their soldiers and horses were extremely elite, and with just one confrontation, these nobles who came to attack were unable to fight back.

After repelling these soldiers and horses, Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong attacked the Wubao of these families respectively, confiscated their property, fields and grain, and used them to fill the local treasury of Bingzhou.

The victory of these battles not only eliminated the unstable factors in Bingzhou, but also greatly increased the financial, material and food resources of the Bingzhou government headed by Guo Jia, greatly expanding the strength of the Bingzhou government.

After eliminating these cancers, Guo Jia wrote a memorial and went to Chang'an to ask Liu Jian for credit.

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The Wang family of Taiyuan and the Yang family of Hongnong were exterminated, and all the officials who relied on them were also wiped out. This incident caused an uproar among the noble families in the world. Liu Jian was so cruel and merciless. All the noble families were frightened by this method.

Of course, there are also many people who are full of hatred for Liu Jian.

They felt that Liu Jian was the biggest enemy of their noble families in the future, and they would overthrow Liu Jian no matter what. But in fact, how could they overthrow Liu Jian?

Now Liu Jian's strength is at its peak, and no one can stop him from moving forward.

As for the imperial court's proposal to abolish the system of three public ministers, Huang Wan personally reported it to the new emperor and handed it over to the ministers for discussion.

There are certainly voices of opposition, but they cannot stop the general trend at all.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that Liu Jian is destined to be the prime minister.

This matter was quickly submitted to the Shangshutai, and after Liu Jian entered Chang'an and supported Liu Xie to ascend to power, the Shangshu order of the Shangshutai had been replaced by him.

The original Shangshu Ling was a direct descendant of Wang Yun, but in this key position, it was impossible for someone other than Liu Jian to hold the position.

Naturally, the candidate for Shangshu Ling fell on Xun Yu.

After Xun Yu entered Shangshutai, he immediately made a major change in the personnel of Shangshutai, including Shangshu Pushe, Shangshu Lang and others. He replaced all the personnel of Shangshutai with those who had joined Liu Jian or were transferred from Hebei. officials, or the famous celebrities recommended by Xun You. Anyway, Xun Yu was very serious about the structure of this department.

After taking control of the Shangshutai, Liu Jian's next actions went very smoothly.

With the joint support of officials, princes, clansmen and the emperor, the system of the three ministers was abolished and the system of the prime minister supervising the country was established.

Liu Jian also officially became Prime Minister Liu.

(End of this chapter)