Thief Emperor

Chapter 207 Yuezhou Army is formed!

No matter what era it is, corrupt officials who exploit the people and embezzle money without limit are very common.

Occasionally, we can actually see honest officials who do not take a single penny and have clean hands.

However, there are very few people who are not only not greedy or take advantage of others, but are also eager to put their own money into it!

After all, no matter what kind of official you are, you are essentially working for the emperor and serving the Zhou Dynasty court. This court is not your own. Even if you want to gain a good reputation during your lifetime and after your death, the most you can do is to be incorruptible, which is very rare.

How can anyone put money into it?
What does it mean to put money into it?
This means that he did not consider himself an outsider, nor did he regard this business as the business of the imperial court!

Most likely, he has made it his own career!
This is a very dangerous trend, especially at this time when chaos is raging everywhere, which makes people feel even more frightened.

Even Du Laian reacted after hearing what his master said. He sat in his seat in a daze. After a long while, he tried to smile: "Maybe, maybe..."

"Maybe it's because Sima Li's family is wealthy, so..."

He swallowed and said, "That's why I put money into it."

Du Qian looked at his followers and said helplessly, "He was originally just a captain in Qingyang. He became famous by suppressing bandits and joined General Su's army. Which rich kid would have such an experience?"

Du Laian shut up and stopped talking.

All possibilities were rejected, and he understood what his young master meant.

After a while, Du Laian said in a trembling voice: "Sir, how about... how about we find a chance to run away! Let's go to Qiantang first, then return to the capital from Qiantang, and report this Li to the court."

"madness."

Du Qian sneered and said, "What are we reporting him for? Reporting him for loving his soldiers like his own sons? We don't even have any decent evidence. Besides, we just took office and we're already in a hurry to run away. I'm afraid we may not even be able to leave Yuezhou."

Envoy Du did not continue talking to Du Laian.

He knew that his follower was not someone he could talk to, and could not give him any constructive advice. It would be a waste of time to continue talking.

He lay directly on the bed, staring at the bed in a daze.

"Don't think too much. It won't do any good. Just go to sleep."

Du Qian closed his eyes and said, "Go to sleep."

Du Laian felt insulted and was a little unconvinced: "Sir, you look down on others..."

Du Qian smiled: "I'm not looking down on you, I'm just telling the truth."

"Go to bed quickly, you have to get up early to work tomorrow."

Du Laian curled his lips and said, "Since everything is under the control of others, why do you still need to go to work? If you really go to work and annoy others, we will be finished."

"Lots of nonsense."

Du Qian was a little angry and said angrily: "Are you taking advantage of my good temper? You are becoming more and more unruly!"

Only then did Du Laian shrug his shoulders.

"I'm going to bed right now, right now..."

After saying that, he carefully left the bedroom. After a while, he came back with a basin of hot water and placed it in the room. Then he brought a set of bedding and spread it on the floor and started sleeping on the floor in Du Qian's room.

Du Qian smiled dumbly: "What are you doing?"

"It's not safe here."

Du Laian whispered, "I'll sleep here. If anything happens, I can protect you."

Du Qian knew that this guy was scared and didn't dare to sleep alone in a room, so he didn't expose him at the moment. He just smiled, got up, washed his face with hot water, then lay back on the bed, staring at the bed in a daze.

"The rebellion of Qiu Dian in Yuezhou, the rebellion of Wang Junping in the Central Plains, the rebellion of the chieftains in Xichuan..."

He stared at the bed, and after an unknown amount of time, he finally let out a breath.

"Maybe... I should stay and take another look..."

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The next day, Du Shijun, with dark circles under his eyes, came to his official housing listlessly. At this time, thanks to Li Yun's efforts, the governor's office had basically restored its original functionality.

There was already a thick stack of official documents piled on the desk of Lord Du. Du Qian took them and randomly flipped through a few of them to take a look. They were all normal documents and there was nothing wrong with them.

He picked up the brush and began to process the documents. After finishing, he handed them to the clerk to deliver.

Du Qian was very smart in this regard. He handed over all the documents he approved to the clerks in the yamen, and simply told them to send them as soon as possible, and then he never asked any more questions. Du Qian never asked where these documents eventually went or if anyone handled them.

However, in addition to the documents sent by the counties, Du Qian also wrote several documents to each county, probably to urge all matters related to this year's spring sowing, requiring each county to complete the corresponding matters as soon as possible to ensure that this year's spring sowing in Yuezhou proceeds smoothly and no fields are left abandoned.

As for the documents sent by various counties requesting to claim the land, Governor Du did not inquire into them and put them aside.

When he first saw Li Yun confiscating this part of the land, he understood the intention of Li Yun's decree. Yuezhou had been in war, and there were large-scale refugees. If you want to stabilize the refugees, the best way is to distribute land to them for them to live.

Let these "hooligans" settle down again.

This process will take at least three to five years, so these so-called "unclaimed" lands must remain in the hands of the government for three to five years, and it will take that long.

After three to five years, when the refugees have settled down, it won’t be too late to negotiate with those wealthy families.

Envoy Du continued to carry out this decree and had no intention of changing it.

He also knew that if he changed Li Yun's decrees, it would be hard to say whether his decrees could be issued by the governor's office.

In this way, for several days in a row, Du Shijun worked honestly in the governor's office. The only difference was that in addition to reviewing the documents himself every day, some important documents would also be sent to Li Yun's desk for review.

After five days, Li Yun roughly understood the "boss's" thoughts through these documents, so he did not continue to review these documents, but left Yuezhou City and came to Yuezhou Camp outside the city.

Outside the Yuezhou camp at this time, pigs and sheep were being slaughtered. Some of them were already stewed in the pot. Because the meat was fresh enough, it was fragrant even without too many seasonings.

The reason why Yuezhou Camp slaughtered livestock on such a large scale was naturally because after several months, Yuezhou Camp was finally about to be completed.

The current Yuezhou Camp can accommodate at least two thousand soldiers and horses, leaving some room for Li Yun to expand in the future.

Li Zheng led Li Yun around the Yuezhou camp and patted his chest and said, "Second brother, in order to build this camp, I have visited at least a dozen veterans in Yuezhou in the past few months, and also found several generals to ask for their advice."

"It really took me a lot of effort to get this Yuezhou Camp ready!"

Li Yun patted Li Zheng on the shoulder and praised: "Not bad, not bad."

"From now on, our people will be stationed here."

Li Yun looked around and continued, "In a moment, have all the officers above the rank of captain come to my tent for a meeting."

Li Zheng responded quickly.

On this day, Li Yun officially established rules for Yuezhou Camp.

For example, orders must be strictly enforced and oppression of the people is not allowed; drinking and fighting are prohibited in the army, etc.

A daily rest and day system was also established.

When there is no war, everyone can have four days of rest every month. During these four days, they can leave the barracks and move freely. However, once they leave the Yuezhou camp, they are not allowed to wear military uniforms.

Li Yun had been planning this meeting for a long time, which lasted for half a day, and he formally set detailed rules for the Yuezhou Camp.

Among them are eleven prohibitions and twenty-one beheadings.

In addition, the systems of salary, family visits, vacations, rewards, pensions, etc. have also been preliminarily determined.

After roughly speaking, Li Yun looked at everyone and said in a deep voice: "If anyone is dissatisfied or unwilling to obey, you can stand up and speak out now. My attitude is still the same as before. You can leave the Yuezhou Army at any time and resume your civilian status."

"After you leave the camp, Li will no longer restrain you!"

At this time in the Yuezhou army, Li Yun's prestige had already reached its peak, not only because of his strong personal combat ability, but more because of the treatment he gave to the Yuezhou camp during this period.

It’s so damn good!
Putting aside the military status, these treatments are already very rare in all walks of life.

Most of the people in Yuezhou Camp come from poor backgrounds, so they are naturally very satisfied with their current treatment.

Hearing this, everyone stood up and said in unison: "We will follow Sima till death!"

Li Yun nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Okay, the meat outside should be almost ready. Today is the day when Yuezhou Camp is officially established. You can have a drink."

"But no fighting."

"Let's all go."

Everyone cheered and left happily.

Li Zheng looked at Li Yun and said with a smile, "Would you like to go eat something, brother?"

"I'll be there in a minute."

Li Yun sat in his seat, holding a brush in his hand, and was writing down the rules he had just mentioned.

Only by putting it into writing can we truly establish rules and military discipline.

The Yuezhou Army was finally able to be truly established.

At this time, it was early spring of the fifth year of Xian De.

Outside the inconspicuous Yuezhou City, an inconspicuous Yuezhou Army officially established its camp and formed an army.

　Thanks to Master [Three Blades＿Liu Saolong] for the reward~!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)