The Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms: The Evil God Arrives

Chapter 297 Subsequent Arrangements in Xuzhou

It did not come as a surprise to Yang Ji that the aristocratic families in Xuzhou blamed the mutiny on Zuo Rong and Que Xuan.

All we can say is that this is bound to happen, because these two people actually took action on the night of the mutiny.

Otherwise, how could it be possible that only Zuo Rong and Que Xuan's tens of thousands of private soldiers were involved that night?
It was because many of the noble families in Xuzhou only verbally supported the mutiny and provided some supplies but no one was sent out.

So this is also the main reason why Tao Qian couldn't control the Xuzhou family too much, because he couldn't find the key evidence.

The Xuzhou noble families pushed all the blame onto Zuo Rong, Que Xuan, and Zhang Kai who was easily fooled.

Although Tao Qian could skip the stage of collecting evidence and go directly to settle accounts with the Xuzhou families.

However, if the Xuzhou noble families were really pushed into a corner, they might really start a rebellion.

For Tao Qian, who commanded 30,000 elite Danyang troops, the rebellion raised by the Xuzhou aristocratic families could be easily put out.

But then what? Tao Qian put down the desperate counterattack of the Xuzhou family, but what about the Xuzhou people who were implicated?
Having dealt with the Xuzhou noble families for so long, Tao Qian knew very well what the Xuzhou noble families would do in a desperate counterattack.

For the Xuzhou families, mobilizing the common people to attack Tao Qian's army was just an instinct.

It's impossible for Tao Qian to implicate the people of Xuzhou just to vent his anger, right?
What's more, no one knows how those aristocratic families who control the public opinion will publicize the fact that Tao Qian took action against the people.

Fortunately, when Tao Qian went to settle accounts with the Xuzhou aristocratic families, Liu Bei was with him.

Arrest people directly according to the laws promulgated by Fenggao, and kill them on the spot if they resist.

Tao Qian's original goal of luring Yuan Shu into Xuzhou to kill the Xuzhou aristocratic families was not achieved. Instead, Liu Bei entered Xuzhou from Fenggao.

However, it makes no difference whether it is Yuan Shu or Liu Bei. After all, the laws that Yuan Shu is now enforcing are also the laws promulgated by Fenggao.

“It seems that the aristocratic families that have survived to the present day have a strong sense of crisis.” Yang Ji shook his head and said.

Although this mutiny that started off well but ended badly was eventually initiated by aristocratic families from the neighboring prefecture of Xuzhou after layers of misleading information.

However, how could the aristocratic family that has been passed down to the present day have no sense of crisis and just proceed according to the designs of other aristocratic families?

All I can say is "Good people don't live long, but evil deeds last for thousands of years."

"If they didn't have a strong sense of crisis, these disasters would not have been passed down to the present day." Li You sighed.

The aristocratic families, just like what Yang Ji said, have been a scourge for thousands of years. Perhaps in the era of pioneering aristocrats, the ancestors of these aristocratic families were also sages and philosophers who expanded the living space for the Chinese nation and added bricks and tiles to the Chinese civilization.

However, when the pioneering era of the aristocracy faded away and the era of the rise of the people was about to come, these aristocratic families who relied on their past merits became a scourge that hindered the progress of the times.

"So, Lord Xuande wants to come to me to discuss how to solve the problem of the Xuzhou aristocratic families?" Yang Ji asked Liu Bei.

"Well, I don't want to let the Xuzhou family go and let them continue to take root in Xuzhou." Liu Bei sighed.

He knew very well what kind of obstacles the existence of the aristocratic family would bring to their grand cause.

However, in this era, 80% or even 90% of the elites come from aristocratic families, and more than half of the remaining people come from poor families and wealthy families, with only a tiny number coming from the lower classes of the people.

After all, in this age when people have not yet gained knowledge and enlightenment, if you want to accomplish great things, aristocratic families are an obstacle you cannot avoid.

The lower-class people are already trying their best to make a living, so where do they find the time to improve and enrich their spiritual will?

How can a hero who can rise from the bottom rely on hard work instead of talent?

When the lower-class people can obtain the wealth and status they deserve through their own hard work, it can be called Datong.

As for now? Let's talk about how to solve the problem of aristocratic families.

Facing Liu Bei's question, Yang Ji thought for a moment and said, "I can't solve this problem. Lord Xuande, you have to go find Zichuan. He should have a solution.

Although it cannot be said that the problem of aristocratic families occupying a large area can be completely solved, it can at least separate the aristocratic families from the majority of the lower-class people and allow the aristocratic families to lift their restrictions on the lower-class people. "

"Zichuan? Has he been prepared for this a long time ago?" Liu Bei asked with a frown.

"I can't say that we are ready. I can only say that we have the idea, but the time for execution is not yet ripe and the conditions are not in place." Yang Ji spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Is that so..." Liu Bei pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "As long as there is a solution."

What Liu Bei feared most was having no solution. Now that Chen Xi had a solution, there was no need to worry. He just had to wait for the time Chen Xi was waiting for.

[Are the conditions not ripe yet? It seems like a nationwide layout.

Will the time point for the layout to be completed be after unification?】 Li You thought secretly in his heart.

"Since the problem of the aristocratic families cannot be solved for the time being, you must be able to solve the problem of the Xuzhou Group Army, right?" Liu Bei looked at Yang Ji and asked seriously.

Yang Ji had already avoided the issue of the aristocratic family once, so he couldn't just throw the issue of the army to Chen Xi now, right?
“Just disband the organization and reorganize it. It just so happens that the Taishan Army under the command of Lord Xuande... Well, it can’t be called the Taishan Army, so it’s called..." Yang Ji was a little stuck.

The initial army under Liu Bei's rule was recruited in Taishan County, so there is nothing wrong with calling it the Taishan Army.

However, as the size of Liu Bei's army grew, the sources of soldiers were spread across two states and three counties and even the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

It would be a bit inappropriate to call it the Taishan Army anymore... No, it's not just a bit inappropriate, it's completely inappropriate.

"Why don't you, Lord Xuande, first give your army a name?" Yang Ji said to Liu Bei.

"Name it? What name should we give it? Isn't the army under my command the Han army?" Liu Bei said to Yang Ji.

"...Okay, you are the lord and you have the final say." Yang Ji gave up discussing with Liu Bei about changing the name of the army.

Yang Ji continued the previous topic, "Disband the Xuzhou Army Group and reorganize it, then select officers of all levels from the Taishan Army Group, and transfer them to the Xuzhou Army after they are promoted half a level."

"But, if this happens, won't it cause the combat effectiveness of the Xuzhou Army to decline?" Liu Bei said with some concern.

Liu Bei never considered that selecting grassroots officers from the Taishan headquarters army would lead to a decline in the combat effectiveness of the headquarters army.

Do you really think that Yang Ji and Yu Jin's large-scale military training and preparation for war and selection of reserve officers in the past two years have produced no results?

What's more, selecting and transferring officers at all levels from the Taishan headquarters army to join the Xuzhou army will also enable them to better control this army. Liu Bei still has this consideration.

What really worries Liu Bei is that the Xuzhou Army is scattered and its combat effectiveness will decline after reorganization. As mentioned earlier, after the war in the north is restarted, Yuan Shao will almost certainly involve Liu Bei.

When they were involved in the war in the north, it was inevitable that the Xuzhou Army Group would join the war.

It is not necessarily that he will participate in the war in the north, but more likely that he will participate in the war in the south.

Once the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan in the north starts, the war in the southern states will have to start even if they don't want to.

After the war between the three major princes in the north begins, a winner will almost certainly emerge, and the winner will completely control the northern states.

If the princes of the southern states do not want to be annexed by the overlord who emerges from the war in the north, then they must start expanding their own power, or merger is also an option.

In short, the times are about to go haywire again, and in the coming period, the Han Dynasty will be an era of war.

If Liu Bei and his men wanted to avoid the tragic scene of war everywhere in the Han Dynasty, they would have to end the war in the north in a short period of time.

At the same time, he achieved the status of a hegemonic prince, forcing those princes who wanted to expand their power to consider whether they could withstand Liu Bei's attack.

Liu Bei didn't know when the war in the north would begin, but Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan had already begun preparing various supplies for the war.

If the war were to start immediately, and the Xuzhou Army was disbanded and reorganized, the recovery of the Xuzhou Army's combat effectiveness might not be able to keep up with the start of the war.

Yang Ji looked at Liu Bei, who was worried, and said, "Lord Xuande, I know what you are worried about, but you don't need to worry about this problem.

Disbanding and reorganizing will definitely lead to a decline in combat effectiveness for a period of time, but the Xuzhou Group Army is at most a minor force in our battle sequence."

"We don't need them in the war in the north. Their role is just to defend Xuzhou while we are busy with the war in the north." Yang Ji said to Liu Bei seriously.

"Zi Yu is right. The most important thing for us now is to firmly grasp the military power of Xuzhou in our own hands. Only then can we implement our various policies in Xuzhou.

Lord Xuande, what we need to do most now is to take complete control of Xuzhou, and military power is the key to this.

It is very important to completely control Xuzhou. It is so important that it determines whether we can successfully end the war in the north and win the war in the north. "Li You said very solemnly.

"This...how do you mean?" Liu Bei looked quite surprised. After all, the absence of Xuzhou did not affect their victory in the war to the north.

How come the capture of Xuzhou affected their victory in the northern war? Could it be that Li You was fooling him?

"Lord Xuande, you have forgotten that Yuan Gonglu and Yuan Benchu ​​are from the same family." Li You said to Liu Bei quietly.

"Yes, we don't know what Yuan Gonglu thinks, but the Runan Yuan family definitely hopes that these two forces will merge into one." Yang Ji also sighed.

Although Yuan Shu transferred his forces to Sun Ce, who says Yuan Shu cannot take things back from Sun Ce?

After all, it has been so long, and Sun Ce and Zhou Yu have not yet resolved the voices opposing them within Yuzhou. It would be very easy for Yuan Shu to regain power.

"But... didn't we have an agreement with Yuan Gonglu?" Liu Bei said in shock.

“We did have an agreement with Yuan Gonglu, but we didn’t have an agreement with the Runan Yuan family.

It would be fine if Yuan Gonglu had completely controlled the Runan Yuan family. After all, there is still a lot of room for maneuver between Yuan Gonglu and Yuan Benchu.

However, sometimes, even the head of a noble family has to obey the family's decision. "Li You shook his head and said.

"What's more, the conflict between Yuan Gonglu and Yuan Benchu ​​is just a conflict between these two people. It's not that there is no solution." Yang Ji whispered beside him.

"Is that so..." Liu Bei sighed. He and Yuan Shu could get along quite well.

However, Liu Bei only hesitated for a moment and soon recovered his spirit.

"Lord Xuande, in addition to selecting officers at all levels, we also have to draw a number of soldiers from the Taishan headquarters to join the Xuzhou army." Yang Ji reminded Liu Bei after seeing that Liu Bei had regained his spirits.

The airborne officers at all levels who are transferred here must have certain supporters in the Xuzhou Army, otherwise it will be difficult to control the entire Xuzhou Army Group in a short period of time.

"Hmm..." Liu Bei pondered for a while and said, "Leave this matter to me, and I will select them together with the officers at all levels who will be transferred.

It just so happens that many soldiers have made great contributions in the previous battles, and they can be transferred to the Xuzhou Group Army as low-level officers. "

Liu Bei remembered that many of the Taishan soldiers who had followed him at the beginning had made military achievements in previous battles, so this time they were all rewarded together.

"In that case, this matter will be handed over to Lord Xuande." Yang Ji nodded.

"Oh, by the way, when Lord Xuande selects soldiers, please remember to choose orphans or soldiers with brothers.

These soldiers who are being transferred to Xuzhou probably won’t be able to go home in a short time.” Yang Ji reminded Liu Bei.

"Uh..." Liu Bei paused for a moment before realizing what Yang Ji was reminding him of. "Don't worry, I have many soldiers in Taishan. It's not difficult to mobilize three to five thousand soldiers and low-ranking officers who don't need to worry about their families."

After resolving the issue with the Xuzhou army, Liu Bei lay on the old man's chair and thought about what else he had not said.

"By the way, there is one more thing. How should we resolve the issues concerning officials at all levels in Xuzhou?" Liu Bei thought of something that was closely related to the Xuzhou aristocratic families.

"Let me talk about this matter." Li You took over the conversation and said, "Before entering Xuzhou, Zichuan had already told me how to solve the problem."

"Oh, what did Zichuan say?" Liu Bei's eyes lit up. Chen Xi had indeed never let him down.

"Some officials recruited by the recruitment order will be transferred from Qingzhou and Yanzhou, while officials from Xuzhou will be transferred to Qingzhou." Li You said with some amazement.

"This is a very good idea!" Liu Bei's eyes lit up. Chen Xi's plan not only restricted the Xuzhou aristocratic families, but also could transfer the newly formed groups among Qingzhou and Yanzhou officials to Xuzhou.

As for the Xuzhou family’s disagreement with doing this?

Humph, then they have to take control of Xuzhou’s military power first. Without military power, what can the Xuzhou families do?

No wonder Yang Ji and Li You all suggested to seize the military power of Xuzhou first before talking about other things. This is a chain of events.

"Then Xuzhou will be left to you, Wenru, to take care of for a while. Tomorrow I will bring Zi Yu back to Fenggao to make preparations." Liu Bei said to Li You.

"Yes." Li You agreed.

(End of this chapter)