The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 529 Five Generals

Bingzhou.

Jinyang, the governor's office.

The five commanders of the Southern Xiongnu were sitting here. Their clothes were not very uniform, and their styles were different. The looks they gave each other were definitely not friendly.

The Xiongnu was originally a union of many tribes, and later developed into a unified tribe. However, despite this, there are still many tribes within the Xiongnu that have maintained their original customs. If some of these tribes migrate away, they will become new collectives and abandon the name of Xiongnu.

There are many tribes of the Xiongnu, each with a different culture. They are either close to or hostile to each other. In fact, the internal conflicts are even more exciting than those of Cao Wei.

Although their total population was only a few hundred thousand, they were divided into tribes such as Tuge, Xianzhi, Koutou, Wutan, Chile, Hanzhi, Heilang, Chisha, Yubi, Weisha, Tudong, Bomi, Qiangqu, Helai, Zhongba, Dalou, Yongqu, Zhenshu and Lijie.

Later, there was a famous figure named Shi Le, who was a Jie people. Jie was actually a branch of the Xiongnu, namely the Qiangqu tribe. Later, this tribe moved out of the Xiongnu and developed into a separate tribe.

Among the various Hu tribes in the Wei Dynasty, the Qiang and Southern Xiongnu had a higher degree of sinicization, especially the Southern Xiongnu, because they had closer organizational ties, unlike the Qiang and Hu tribes who acted independently. Therefore, their leaders had closer ties with the Cao Wei regime. The current five generals all had the surname Liu.

Their children and some of their leaders also had the surname Liu. They were not only able to speak fluent classical Chinese, but had even reached the level of studying the classics.

The Qiang people could not do this. In any case, I have never heard of any Qiang person who could become a famous scholar by studying the classics.

There were no outsiders in the room except these five leaders, and Liu Bao was also sitting among them.

They didn't talk, just stared at each other coldly.

One of the burly men looked at everyone unhappily, his eyes full of disdain.

This man was called Liu Meng. The last time Liu Bao returned to the court, he told Cao Mao that the Right Wise King had thoughts of rebellion, and he was referring to Liu Meng.

But Liu Meng is a person with high expectations but poor skills.

Not to mention compared with Liu Yuan later, he was far inferior even to Liu Bao.

He has been very dissatisfied all these years.

After Cao Cao left the Chanyu in Yecheng, he let the Right Wise King govern the Xiongnu in his place.

The government fell into the hands of Liu Meng's lineage.

But by the time of Liu Meng's generation, the other tribes were not very willing to obey Liu Meng's orders.

Because the Southern Xiongnu had surrendered to Cao Wei for some time, during this period they had gradually established contact with the local area, and their leaders had begun to step out of their original lives, began to govern the classics, and learn advanced culture. After studying the classics and coming into contact with famous people in the Central Plains, they suddenly realized.

It turns out there are so many ways to exploit the people. We originally only knew how to rob people's cattle and sheep, but that won't work.

The Xiongnu tribes in Bingzhou even began to adopt the same method as Cao Wei's military farming system, setting up "public fields" where all livestock belonged to the commander, and everyone in the tribe became his farmers, or "pastoral slaves". They helped the commander to graze, and the commander was responsible for preventing them from starving to death.

They are not afraid that the lower-level people will be dissatisfied. If there is opposition, they can contact the local county government and arrest those who are disobedient and kill them.

The changes in the Xiongnu were becoming more and more significant, but Liu Meng was unwilling to accept such new changes.

Because in the midst of the changes, his status and power became increasingly lower and no one paid attention to him.

Looking at the people in front of him, Liu Meng couldn't help but clear his throat. He said, "Everyone, I have summoned you several times before, but there has never been a chance. Today is a good opportunity. We can take this opportunity to discuss some important matters within the clan."

Liu Meng spoke in the tone of a tribal leader, which immediately aroused everyone's disgust.

When he finished speaking, no one paid any attention to him and everyone remained silent.

Liu Meng didn't feel embarrassed. He continued, "The Xianbei have occupied our pastures outside the Great Wall. I gathered everyone here to reclaim our pastures and hunt outside the Great Wall."

Liu Meng was very much looking forward to leading everyone back to the grassland.

After all, in this way, he can once again become the true leader of the tribe and begin to realize his great ambitions.

His words caused the commanders to temporarily put aside their conflicts. Liu Bao spoke first, "Right Commander, we don't have any pastures outside the Great Wall. These are more than enough for us. If you feel that the pastures are insufficient, you can lead your troops there. We will certainly provide our full support."

Another person sneered and said, "If he had the guts, why would he be sitting here?"

"Hahaha, he even wrote to me, telling me not to come, saying he would embarrass the Shangshu. Only after I came here did I realize he was the first one to come!"

The other generals started to make fun of it.

These generals were all very old, and many of them had participated in the war. Liu Meng was the youngest and had inherited his father's position.

Being confronted by everyone like this, Liu Meng's face became extremely ugly.

"All I care about is the interests of the Xiongnu. Besides, I came here so quickly because my territory is right here!!"

"Besides, if you all want to come, and I don't come alone, won't something go wrong?!"

"you."

He began to use all kinds of words to defend himself and scold the four old coaches in front of him.

But the four still ignored him. In fact, at his instigation, they even started exchanging pleasantries. The five Xiongnu commanders were not very harmonious. This was also an old Xiongnu tradition. Due to the lack of primogeniture, the tribes generally had a sense of competition. They would publicly and privately try to trip each other up, but these conflicts were not serious.

Especially after Liu Meng provoked their anger, they suddenly felt that they all looked a lot kinder to each other.

In a house not far away, several important figures were sitting.

The new Bingzhou governor Xianyu Si, yes, there was another transfer of officials.

Xian Yusi originally served as a local governor. He had led troops to pacify the Korean Peninsula in the past and had made great contributions. When he was the governor, he attached great importance to the discovery of young talents and education.

It was he who recommended Zhang Hua to the government.

However, because this person's attainments in classics were not very high and he had no reliable relatives in the court, he was trapped in the position of county governor and had no way to move forward.

After adopting the new performance evaluation method, he was quickly promoted based on his advantages in educating and promoting talents, and became the governor of Bingzhou this year.

Xian Yu Si never thought that there would be such a day for him.

He was no longer young and had already decided to resign from his position as county magistrate.

Unexpectedly, it went up suddenly.

The two people sitting next to Xianyu Si were General Yang Hu, the General of Zhenbei, and the officials from the Ministry of Rites who came from the temple.

Yang Hu calmly looked at the officials in front of him, and then looked at the governor beside him.

"Mr. Xianyu, then please do this according to Minister Pei's instructions."

"You don't have to worry about Liu Meng. I came here this time because I have sufficient evidence. He can no longer return to his fiefdom."

Yang Hu spoke.

Although Xianyu Si was older than Yang Hu, he still lowered his head and acted as if he was willing to obey his orders.

Who can afford to offend the emperor's relatives?
After explaining many things to Xianyu Si, Yang Hu led everyone towards the houses of the five generals.

The room was bustling with activity at this moment, as several generals chatted enthusiastically.

Liu Meng was very embarrassed. He was the only one being excluded. He gritted his teeth and looked at the people in front of him angrily, but did not dare to curse.

I can only curse in my heart, but just wait, one day, I will let you know how powerful I am!

At this moment, Yang Hu led everyone into this place.

The generals looked at him. Although they did not know Yang Hu, when they saw that even the governor was following this man, they understood something and hurriedly stood up to greet him.

Perhaps in order to show his uniqueness, Liu Meng waited until everyone had saluted before standing up. He saluted Yang Hu very casually, feeling somewhat reluctant.

Yang Hu didn't care and smiled as he returned the greetings to everyone except Liu Meng.

Everyone immediately understood that this was not a weak person.

Xianyu Si introduced them to each other.

"This is General Zhenbei. He has come specially to visit you all."

When they heard the name, the generals were shocked and smiled more on their faces.

At the invitation of everyone, Yang Hu sat in the upper seat. He looked at the people in front of him and asked about their identities.

The Xiongnu are now simply divided into five parts: left, right, south, north and center.

Liu Bao was the commander of the left wing, and in order to govern them, Cao Wei also appointed Sima to them. This Sima assisted the commander in handling important matters.

Of course, the Simas had already received letters from the court and knew the details of what had happened, but the generals were still unaware.

Yang Hu was a very gentle and refined person, and he enjoyed chatting with several commanders very much.

"There's nothing major to call you all together this time. It's mainly because someone has exposed the rebellion of the Right Commander Liu Meng. His military commander has already acknowledged the incident and signed it. We've also received a large number of letters."

Yang Hu put the letter aside and looked at Liu Meng calmly.

"This commander is quite busy. He writes letters to others every day, saying that he wants to break out of the border and rebel against the Wei Dynasty. His calligraphy is not bad, but it doesn't sound like something a human would say."

"After the Xiongnu surrendered, the tribes no longer suffered natural or man-made disasters. The imperial court granted them gifts, reduced taxes, waived corvée labor, and allowed them to rest and recuperate. The imperial court's grace has reached such an extent, yet Liu Meng, out of his own selfish desires, still wants to rebel. He is a sinner of the Xiongnu!"

Liu Meng had been sitting here very stubbornly, but when he heard Yang Hu suddenly say this, his face changed drastically.

He looked at Yang Hu in surprise and doubt.

(End of this chapter)