I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 732 Good Minister Zhao Yun
Within Wancheng.

After a whole night and half a day of fighting, the fighting in and around Wancheng was finally declared over, but it was only the fighting around Wancheng that was over.

Although Yuan Shao's army was defeated, it could not be defeated in one fell swoop.

His sergeants scattered in all directions, leaving Wancheng and retreating in all directions.

After being stationed in Wancheng, the imperial army carried out the work of pacifying the local people and gentry, and at the same time sent troops to pursue and mop up the remaining defeated generals nearby.

For a large town like Nanyang County, it only takes a small amount of time to lay down the city, but then, the most important thing is to appease the people in and near the city, and it is also the most time-consuming and the most important. Energy consuming.

Of course, it also consumes the most food and money.

Liu Jian was wearing fine armor and walking in the streets of Wancheng under the protection of Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and other important generals.

After taking Wancheng, in addition to appeasing the people and chasing Yuan Jun's defeated army, the most important military order Liu Jian issued was to quickly clean up the corpses in the city and cremate them.

This has been Liu Jian's consistent style of conduct after the war over the years.

Back then, he ran against Cao Cao in front of Yuan Shao, and Liu Jian also saw it several times.

However, Liu Jian did not have the time to understand the mood of these people.

We fought bravely all night and captured Wancheng. The soldiers suffered many injuries...

It's harmless.

After all, this person has indeed made a contribution, even though he makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Liu Jian and Xu You had indeed not seen each other for more than ten years. The last time they met that year was when Liu Jian and Liu Bei personally visited Xu You and designed Xu You to lure Yuan Shao to Jingzhou.

After all, he and Xu You had met many times when they were in Luoyang. This person had always had little discernment.

In Xu You's view, as the biggest hero in conquering Nanyang County, he definitely played a crucial role in Liu Jian's future unification of the world.

Liu Jian knew what was best for the country.

However, these generals from Hebei have been by Liu Jian's side for all these years, and they are still well-educated. Even if Xu You did such an outrageous thing, they still kept their heads down and said nothing.

Along the way, Xu You was obviously elated.

The purpose is to control the occurrence of the plague to the greatest extent possible.

This old boy has gone too far!

Therefore, Liu Jian forcibly ordered all the corpses on the battlefield to be cremated. To a certain extent, some of the local people were dissatisfied, especially the local squires in Nanyang County, who felt that Liu Jian was a little unkind.

However, things have changed. Two people who were vassals of the Yuan family back then, now one has surrendered, and the other is the prime minister with overwhelming power.

Of course, cremation of corpses was not unheard of in the Han Dynasty, but most people still carried out burials. Especially during the Eastern Han Dynasty, extravagant weddings and burials became common among the people. Luxurious burials can be said to be the destination and ending that every Han people long for.

A group of Hebei generals followed Liu Jian, looking at Xu You's smug villain behavior, with more or less dissatisfaction on their faces.

In war years, the number of people who died on the battlefield was actually far less than the number of deaths caused by the plague.

"Prime Minister!"

He spoke eloquently and was extremely excited.

It's okay if you, Xu You, take credit alone. The people in your clan and your subordinates are just following orders, and you actually take credit for them?
Do you take us people seriously?

Even after the war is over, most people still hope that their families can be buried during the war.

With a shout, Liu Jian turned his head and saw Xu You hurriedly walking towards him.

Back then, Xu You, who straightened his back in front of Liu Jian and thought highly of himself, could only bow down to him now, bend his back, and accept Liu Jian as his master.

Later, Xu You served as a guide, guiding Liu Jian around the city, and informed Liu Jian about where the main facilities in Wancheng were built.

"Ziyuan, long time no see, everything is fine?"

We people haven't asked the Prime Minister for credit yet, why are you just like this?

It's no wonder... Xu You now feels that he is a very important figure. He feels that without him, it would not be so easy for Liu Jian to conquer Wancheng, let alone conquer Nanyang County.

Later, people from Xu You's family who had made contributions in the battle to seize the city also arrived. Xu You then introduced them to Liu Jian and introduced them one by one, detailing their achievements.

Liu Jian felt that he was quite broad-minded. If Xu You wanted to play harp, let him play harp.

Liu Jian didn't care about Xu You's performance.

Therefore, even if he feels complacent now, it is by no means excessive.

For a superior, he does not need to take care of everyone's mood.

He is such a colorless person, what can you do to him? It is not possible to change things.

But they didn't say much.

When looking at the generals around Liu Jian, Xu You's face also showed pride. Even though he had just surrendered to Liu Jian, he was not low-key at all.

"Ziyuan, your family will still be a big clan in Nanyang from now on. The younger members of your clan, like the clans in the north, can become officials through the imperial examination, and you yourself will join the prime minister's office from now on, as my As your right-hand man, I will follow the army and listen to you."

Xu You was overjoyed after hearing Liu Jian's words, and then he saw him bowing to Liu Jian: "Thank you, Prime Minister Liu!"

"Thanks to the Prime Minister, it is still good and good at present."

"Xu You pays homage to the Prime Minister!"

Seeing Xu You eloquently boasting to his family, several Hebei generals headed by Wen Chou and others couldn't help but become furious.

Liu Jian obviously felt the depressed atmosphere of the generals, and then waved his hand and said to Xu You: "Everyone in Ziyuan's family has made a lot of contributions. I already know that I can prepare a memorial later. I will present it to the emperor on behalf of the emperor and give him a reward." !”

Xu You heard the implication of Liu Jian's words and stopped introducing more.

He asked his own clan members to retreat first, and then continued to serve as a guide to lead the way for Liu Jian.

Arriving at Yuan Shao's pastoral office, Xu You bowed and invited Liu Jian to come into the house.

After Liu Jian entered the Animal Husbandry Department, he looked back and forth at the decoration and furnishings in the mansion. As he walked, he sighed: "Yuan Shao's behavior is really extravagant. It is just an office, but it was built so luxuriously, but it cost so much." Thoughts, and how much manpower was spent.”

Yan Liang, who was behind Liu Jian, said: "The Prime Minister advocates frugality in Hebei, and Yuan Shao's behavior is so extravagant, which is extremely inconsistent with what the current government advocates. Such luxurious places should be burned to the ground to correct the atmosphere. I don't know what the Prime Minister wants." how?"

Liu Jian smiled and said nothing.

He just looked at Jia Xu and asked, "What do Wen He think?"

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said, "I never thought about it at the moment."

Liu Jian then asked the generals: "Yan Zishan advised me to burn this luxurious pastoral office. What do you think?"

Zhao Yun immediately stood up: "The general will think it's impossible."

"Why?"

"Although Yuan Shaomu's office is luxurious, it was built by gathering the people's strength. If it is burned down because of the luxury, it will be an act of destroying the people's strength. It only needs to be taken as a warning!"

Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction and asked: "Now that Nanyang has fallen, how should we govern the people?"

"Huo Qubing thought that the Xiongnu were not exterminated, and there was no use for the family. Today, the country's thieves are not only the Xiongnu, but there is no way to seek peace. The world must be united, and everyone must turn back to his hometown and return to his homeland. This is the right thing for him. The people of Nanyang are suffering from military revolution for the first time, and their fields and houses are all He can be returned to live in peace and resume his work, and then he can be transferred to military service to his liking."

Liu Jian was very pleased to hear what Zhao Yun said. "Zilong is really a loyal minister."

When everyone heard Liu Jian praising Zhao Yun so highly, they all agreed.

Afterwards, everyone walked around the Animal Husbandry Department's mansion twice. At this time, Han Meng escorted Kuai Yue into the mansion.

Kuai Yue was unkempt, his hair disheveled, and he looked depressed.

After coming to Liu Jian, he didn't know how to deal with himself.

Judging from Kuai Yue's arrogance, as a nobleman, now being captured alive by the enemy, he really did not want to surrender.

After all, once he surrenders, not only will his reputation be damaged, but it will also have a huge impact on the entire Kuai family. I am afraid that his brother and other people in the clan will not be able to straighten their heads under Yuan Shao's rule in the future.

However, Kuai Yue is still afraid of death.

If he doesn't surrender, the final result is probably that Liu Jian will be killed...

Kuai Yue really didn't want to.

Who in this world is not greedy for life?

Just when Kuai Yue was hesitating whether he should surrender to Liu Jian or not, he saw Xu You striding in front of him.

I saw Xu You looking at him with a gloomy face and sneered: "Kuai Yidu, do you have this day too!?"

The moment Kuai Yue saw Xu You, he was a little confused at first, but then he immediately figured out what happened yesterday.

No wonder Wancheng was broken through by Liu Jian's troops last night!

"Oh it's you!"

Kuai Yue stared at Xu You angrily: "You are a thief who betrays the master. The master treats you badly, but you actually do such a despicable thing?"

"Humph!"

Xu You snorted heavily.

"Yuan Shaose is cowardly, scheming, and unreasonable. He punishes his loyal ministers arbitrarily. He is not a wise master at all! Moreover, he gathered a crowd to rebel against the Han Dynasty, and he is the biggest traitor in the world. I abandon the secret and turn to the bright, and leave the mud. I am really a traitor and go to Yin. , Han Xin returns to the Han Dynasty!"

"Hahahaha!"

When Kuai Yue heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

"Xu Thief, are you too thick-skinned? You have the nerve to call yourself a loyal minister, and you have the nerve to compare yourself to Han Xin? Damn you! You are just a little person!"

Xu You sneered: "Thief, wasn't it the time you framed me?"

Kuai Yue sneered and said: "Framed? If you act upright, even if I want to frame you, I can't harm you! Why don't you be that dirty villain yourself and let others catch you and put it here? What does it have to do with me?" "

"you……"

Xu You asked Kuai Yue to say that his face turned red.

Then, he nodded vigorously and said, "Okay, okay, I'll let you be tough, I'll let you be tough!"

After saying that, Xu You suddenly turned his head, grabbed a horse whip from an attendant nearby, and whipped Kuai Yue hard on the body.

At that moment, Kuai Yue was heard screaming in pain.

Xu You seemed very excited when he heard Kuai Yue howling.

The whip in his hand became harder and harder.

While pumping, he shouted loudly: "You thief, despicable person, I didn't expect you to be where you are today, right? I made you insidious, I made you cunning, I made you harm others."

Snapped!
Snapped!
The crisp sound of the whip not only struck Kuai Yue's body, but also struck the hearts of everyone present.

Seeing Xu You whipping Kuai Yue so selflessly, Liu Jian's brows finally furrowed, and the smile on his face began to disappear.

In fact, Xu You is quite arrogant and a bit disrespectful. Liu Jian has already known this. Although he has not seen Xu You for more than ten years, when Xu You was in Luoyang, he did not give any advice to others. Liu Jian has always kept in mind the way he behaves to save face.

In Liu Jian's view, it is understandable for people to have some minor problems, and it is not a big deal.

So just now Xu You had actually done a lot of things that Liu Jian felt were beyond his reach.

But Liu Jian didn't say anything, and directly deliberately tried to embarrass Xu You, because he knew that everyone had weaknesses in their character, and as long as Xu You didn't go too far, Liu Jian's mind was completely tolerable.

But the problem is, obviously, Xu You has gone too far now!
In front of Prime Minister Liu and all his generals, before he could say anything, he whipped himself and went up to avenge himself.

Even if you have a grudge against this Kuai Yue, you must know that this man is now my prisoner, he is no longer your colleague, and you have not made great achievements to act so wantonly in front of me.

Let alone you, even if the current emperor wants to deal with Kuai Yue, he still has to ask him if Prime Minister Liu will agree.

"stop!"

Liu Jian suddenly shouted at Xu You in a very stern tone.

Although the voice was not loud, it was extremely cold, so cold that Xu You suddenly shivered. The mood is like falling into an ice cellar.

He looked back at Liu Jian anxiously. The whip in his hand was still raised in the air, but this time he was too timid to pull it down because of Liu Jian's voice.

"Snapped……"

Xu You threw the whip on the ground.

"Prime Minister, make atonement!"

Liu Jian said slowly: "This man is a prisoner captured alive by my generals. Before he was interrogated, why did you go so far as to overstep his authority, and instead you started to torture him?"

When Xu You heard this, he couldn't help but trembled.

He hurriedly bowed to Liu Jian and said, "What the Prime Minister said is true. I overstepped my bounds. I am guilty. I am guilty. I was so angry that I asked the Prime Minister not to blame me."

"Get out!"

Liu Jian did not look at Xu You anymore, but walked to Kuai Yue, looked him up and down, and asked: "Who are you? Can you tell me your name?"

Kuai Yue naturally knew that the man in his thirties before him was Liu Jian and Prime Minister Liu, who held the highest authority in the world.

"Kuai Yue has met the Prime Minister."

Liu Jian said: "You are indeed Kuai Yidu."

At this point, Liu Jian slowly put his hands behind his back and said: "Yuan Shao rebelled against the imperial court, and you were the accomplices of the tiger. Since you were captured alive in front of me today, what can you say?"

Kuai Yue raised his head and looked at Liu Jian's majestic face. Looking at the gloomy look on Xu You's face, a variety of emotions suddenly surged in his heart.

No matter how Liu Jian treated him, Kuai Yue recognized that they were on the hostile side after all. But Xu You, a despicable person, had tricked himself, and now he was still relying on Liu Jian's power to yell at him in front of him, and even beat him with a whip.

This person is truly the greatest scourge in the world, and I am at odds with him.

But now that he is a prisoner, what should he do if he wants to continue to confront Xu You or even seek revenge in the future?

Kuai Yue only hesitated for a moment, and then he immediately figured it out.

"Prime Minister Liu, I know that I am guilty and am ashamed. I was captured by the Prime Minister today. I am convinced. Now I want to surrender to the Prime Minister. Please accept it."

(End of this chapter)