People in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Hu and Han respected together

Chapter 270 Yuan Shao's Resentment

After looking at and adding notes to the memorials from various places, Li Yao couldn't help but shook his head:

"Milk, wheat, beans, and millet...a total of 80 shi. A group of corrupt officials were killed, and another 40 shi was found. They really want to kill them all. They ransacked their families and wiped out their entire family. Without accidents, they can fully supply the needs of a great war!"

The main reason is that Guanzhong is not as good as before. The population and fertile land are constantly decreasing. Now as long as the military households and refugees are all settled properly, the grain that can be harvested will definitely increase again.

Relying on this matter, Zhao Yang and Zhao Ze have established enough prestige that they can restrain themselves a bit for the time being, stabilize the power they hold in their hands, and arrange some Liangzhou people to take up important positions.

Li Yao was backing the court, and now that everyone was dead, he used the stolen food to beat them all into corrupt officials. Corrupt officials deserved to die. If they didn't die, the people would be unhappy. If the people were not happy, then Li Yao would have a headache.

To supply the needs of the army, to meet the needs of the court, and to stabilize a large number of refugees, food is very important. We cannot reduce or exempt taxes for the time being, and if we want the people to suffer along with us, let them be happy.

Looking at those who used to be high above, who want the wind to get the wind, and the rain to get the rain, all these corrupt officials will be killed, and the people will be able to continue to endure hardships when they are happy.

Those officials in the imperial court had a new understanding of Li Yao's cruelty, but Li Yao ignored their impeachment and advice.

The taxes that were collected were all in Li Yao's hands. The chief minister was responsible for managing state taxes, and the minor government was responsible for managing the emperor's private treasury. But without money and food, the two departments were abolished.

To put it bluntly, if the country wants to use money and the emperor wants to use money, Li Yao must first approve it. Li Yao can then recruit some talents from the two departments, and then he will be able to form a household in Shangshutai.

In the future, if the ministers want to receive their salaries, and the emperor wants to receive their salaries, they will all depend on Li Yao. Take it a little at a time. Anyway, it will not happen overnight to completely seize power.

The most important thing for Li Yao now is to lead the troops to suppress the inside and prevent any troubles.

Slaughtering local officials will also offend the local clans. In order to prevent them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, we must be more vigilant at this time.

But these are minor troubles. As long as Zhao Yang and Zhao Ze can hold on to the real power in the local area, as long as they can persist in the past, those local big families will not be able to make any troubles.

At that time, they can be further persecuted and hand over the embezzled fertile land and tenants.

Speaking of the other side, Qu He and Qu Ping, with the [-] horses given by Li Yao, first crossed the river to Hedong, and then went to Hanoi from Hedong. When the [-] troops entered Hanoi, Zhang Yang certainly got the news.

He was very envious, after all, this was [-] army horses, if [-] cavalry were formed, it would be a very strong mobile force.

Immediately, Qu He and Qu Ping directly moved out of Li Yao. Zhang Yang was still very afraid of the imperial court and Li Yao. After all, Xu Rong was leading the army in Hedong Township.

Zhang Yang didn't dare to be presumptuous, so he had to reluctantly let go of Qu He, Qu Ping, and the [-] horses, and let them go north to Wei County, Jizhou.

Three hundred army horses entered Wei County, and Yuan Shao's army directly detained them. After all, they were three hundred army horses, and they were of good quality, and they were all very good war horses.

Yuan Shao occupied Jizhou, but there was a Gongsun Zan in Youzhou in the north, so he could not buy a large number of grassland horses, but could only buy horses sporadically from Bingzhou. Therefore, most of his men were halberd soldiers, crossbowmen, and few elite cavalry.

Three hundred soldiers and horses are not too many, but they are not too few. They are worth snatching by the generals in the army.

Qu He and Qu Ping always remembered what Li Yao said, they didn't care about those soldiers and horses, they only wanted to find Qu Yi.

After losing his army and horses, and later spending some money, he rushed to Maocheng, the westernmost part of Wei County, where Qu Yi was stationed at this time.

After a lot of ups and downs, Qu He and Qu Ping finally saw Qu Yi, but Qu Yi was very surprised when he saw Qu He and Qu Ping:

"Why are you here? You are not in your hometown in Huangzhong, so you have escaped to the original place no matter what!"

Qu He, Qu Ping, the two looked at each other, then Qu He cupped his hands and said:

"Brother, after you left, the Li family and his son first rebelled, and later became the prefect of Jincheng. The family sent us to join the army under the prefect's command and have been fighting everywhere for many years..."

"This time, you are also a general. I heard that you are looking for thieves in Wei County, so I specially sent us to deliver a letter..."

Having said that, Qu He carefully took out the letter, handed it to Qu Yi, and said angrily:
"The general also asked us to send three hundred army horses, but unfortunately they were directly snatched by Yuan Shao's men. Those are all Liangzhou horses, tall and strong, and they run like flying!"

When Qu Yi heard this, he frowned. When he was in Liangzhou, he never worried about horses, but after eight years in the Central Plains, his thousand cavalry had turned into a thousand infantry.

If there are [-] military horses, as long as they are properly maintained at ordinary times, [-] military horses are [-] elite riders, which can be of great use at critical times.

Thinking of this, Qu Yi hurriedly opened the letter, read it completely, and then said with emotion:

"I've known Ayao since childhood. Now that I'm in Hebei and he's in Guanzhong, he still remembers me. But we don't know when we'll be able to drink and eat meat together!"

After finishing speaking, Qu Yi sneered directly, with a dark look between his brows and eyes, revealing a strong evil spirit, and said:
"The horse that A Yao gave me, let me see who has the guts to snatch it!"

After the words fell, Qu Yi looked at Qu He and Qu Ping again, and said directly:
"You guys stay in the army, and when I get the horse back, I will write a reply to Ayao!"

Qu He and Qu Ping both clasped their hands and said:

"only!"

After learning what had happened, Qu Yi immediately sent someone back to Yecheng to ask for horses. The horses were easy to eat but difficult to spit out. Finally, the matter came to Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao knew which was more important, Qu Yi, as a general under his command, was also a hero who broke the white horse, so he naturally needed to take care of him.

The people handed over the horses, and the three hundred army horses finally fell into Qu Yi's hands. Qu Yi looked left and right, and he liked it very much.

With [-] army horses, [-] elite cavalry can be formed directly, and the next time you see the Black Mountain Army, you can surprise them.

Qu Yi was very happy, Li Yao highly praised him for breaking the white horse battle, thinking that he was Han, Bai, Wei, and Huo in the current world, and he was reminiscing about the old days and giving horses away, which moved him greatly, so he immediately wrote a reply letter and handed it to Qu He and Qu Ping, asking them to take it back.

At the same time, Yuan Shao felt very uncomfortable. The generals under his command actually flirted with the enemy, and Li Yao even sent three hundred horses.

What's the meaning?Buy your own generals!

Yuan Shao wanted to comfort himself:

"They're all from Liangzhou, so it's normal to know each other..."

But in the end, there was still a grudge in his heart:

"A group of barbarians from Liangzhou are really hateful!"

(End of this chapter)