Another World Super Dimension Summoner

As human beings reincarnated, in addition to feeling deeply nostalgic about their past lives, they are more filled with passion and hope for a new beginning. Of course, there is also slander and quarreling.

For example, Yang Su, Shi Wansui and Gao Ying of the Sui Dynasty disliked each other. There were also Han Qinhu and He Ruobi, who had a grudge against each other. However, they had all died once, and although they were jealous and quarrelsome at the beginning, they soon let it go. Especially when a group of civil and military officials of the Li Tang Dynasty were watching from the side, they had no choice but to let it go, otherwise it would be even more embarrassing.

But no matter what, after a brief acquaintance, these famous generals and capable ministers in Chinese history moved at lightning speed and swept across most of Qingzhou in just ten days. By mid-October of June in Zhongping, they had completely controlled all the counties and kingdoms in Qingzhou militarily. At the same time, they also captured some important county towns in the north of Yanzhou Taishan County and Xuzhou Langya Kingdom, which were the two places leading into Qingzhou. As a result, the whole world was in turmoil for a while.

People all over the world were stunned. First, they were puzzled as to where such an elite force with the "Qin" banner came from. Second, they were surprised that someone would dare to take over the chaos in Qingzhou. Third, this elite force, whose number was unknown but at least tens of thousands, actually only raised the banner of protecting the country and the people and seeking to bring order to Qingzhou.

Of course, even if this is the case, if it were in a relatively stable era, this would be considered rebellion. However, at this moment, there are not many prefectures and counties in Han territory that openly support their own military power, but it is another matter secretly, not to mention that the various open rebellions in recent years have made people somewhat numb.

Therefore, the fact that this "Qin Army" was so pretentious was just surprising.

More importantly, not long after the news of the "Qin Army" in Qingzhou spread, news came from Luoyang, the central government of the Han Dynasty, that the new emperor had ascended the throne and changed the era name, with the next year being the Chuping Year. This was officially announced to the world, immediately attracting the attention of all local forces in Han territory.

Especially when it was reported that Dong Zhuo was becoming more and more domineering and appointed himself as prime minister, enjoying the privilege of "not having to bow when entering the court and wearing a sword and shoes when entering the palace", it aroused a huge uproar.

Not to mention how worried and helpless the famous families and celebrities loyal to the Han court were, the ambitious people in the world also became more restless at this moment. In particular, the edict issued by the previous emperor during his reign, requesting the powerful families in each state and county to recruit able-bodied men to guard against the Yellow Turbans, was magnified again. For a while, the world was not in chaos, but the trend of separatist forces was already strong.

At the beginning of November in the sixth year of Zhongping, in a private room in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo, who should have been very proud of himself, was staring at Li Ru in amazement.

"Wenyou, are you sure? The armored soldiers that suddenly appeared in Qingzhou are at least 100,000? And they are all fully equipped with armor, which is even better than the Northern Army in its heyday?"

Li Ru also said in disbelief, "Prime Minister En, I also hope that this is a mistake, but the intelligence obtained by the more than ten spies sent to Qingzhou is not much different, which means that it is almost certain now.

Even more, this elite force swept through dozens of counties in Qingzhou, fought more than 200 battles of varying sizes, and only a few people were injured. Although it is hard to believe that no one died in the battle, it does show that the casualties were very small. This also shows that the combat power of this "Qin Army" that suddenly appeared was incredibly strong. "

"Hiss - if this is true, our army is far inferior to this powerful force..."

Li Ru added, "En Xiang, this time the spy also brought back news about Cai Bojie."

"...Could it be that Cai Yong ran away to Qingzhou?" Dong Zhuo widened his eyes again.

"Reporting to Prime Minister En, it seems that there is more. There are rumors that the leader of the Qin army is Cai Bojie's son-in-law."

"This... Cai Bojie is a great scholar in China, but he followed a traitor! Shame on him!"

Dong Zhuo said this, but he felt something else in his heart. After all, he had already offended Cai Yong to death before. Now Cai Yong had a powerful self-proclaimed king as his backer, which was really a troublesome and even dangerous thing.

Although Li Ru was disdainful of this in his heart, he had no choice but to agree, "Prime Minister En is right. Cai Yong is a disgrace to the scholars of the world."

Dong Zhuo said, "Let's not talk about whether it's shameful or not. Wenyou, at the morning court today, Wang Yun and other court officials urged me to send troops to quell the rebellion. How should I respond to this?"

Li Ru thought for a moment and said, "En Xiang, please send people to recruit the envoys and reorganize the troops to make a show of shutting up those ministers. Whether the recruitment is successful or not is not important, just delay it for a while. What's more important now is to see how the ministers in the court will act next."

Dong Zhuo understood instantly that the Empire had just been established and people in the capital area were unstable. The changes in Qingzhou were indeed unexpected, but Qingzhou was still far away from Luoyang, and Dong Zhuo and his men did not have the extra energy to take care of those things.

The most fatal thing right now is the instability in the capital area. If you are not careful, you might die.

Dong Zhuo was a military man, but he was not completely ignorant. He knew very well that it was not easy to be a powerful official. Since the Han Dynasty, most powerful officials ended up having their clans exterminated. You can imagine what would happen.

When Dong Zhuo thought about the fact that all the big families in the court and the country were openly or secretly dissatisfied with Liu Xie's accession to the throne, he couldn't help but feel a headache. While holding his forehead, he asked, "Wenyou, has that old ghost Yuan Wei made any moves?"

Li Ru shook his head. "He himself has not yet done so. However, after Yuan Shao left, the Yuan family mobilized their forces to send Yuan Shu away."

Dong Zhuo was stunned. "There is such a thing?"

Li Ru hesitated for a moment, but still said, "En Xiang has been in the palace these days, and has rarely asked about the affairs of the court... It is not appropriate for Ru to enter the palace without permission..."

As Li Ru spoke, he lowered his head.

Dong Zhuo's face also turned red, but he pretended to be calm, "Well, I've been ill recently, so I've neglected government affairs... Well, let's not talk about that. Wenyou, what's the way for Yuan Shu to be sent out?"

Li Ru sighed secretly, then cheered up and said, "In reply to Prime Minister En, in my opinion, the Yuan family wants to gain power outside and power inside, and they have no good intentions."

"Humph!" Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, but soon sighed helplessly, "Now is not the time to completely break with the Yuan family... Wenyou, can you delay it?"

"You are wise, but we cannot delay. Yuan Shu has not been seen in Luoyang in the past two days. I believe Yuan Shu has already left the capital."

"It's infuriating... huh? Wenyou, how about I submit a petition to the emperor and ask him to appoint Yuan Shu as the governor of Qingzhou?"

Li Ru raised his eyelids and said, "En Xiang, if the leader of the Qin army can be recruited, it will be a good thing for us. Therefore, the Qingzhou governor is not suitable for Yuan Shu, but Yuan Shu can be made the governor of Pingyuan or the prime minister of Qi."

"Haha... Just as Wenyou said, I will go to the palace to see the emperor right now... Forget it, Wenyou, please let me go there. These past few days have been really tiring... Ahem, Wenyou, you can go for me."

"promise."

Li Ru looked strange, but he quickly bowed and saluted, and quickly left...

I'm out and haven't come back yet. I'm taking a rest today.

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Chapter 350: Managing Qingzhou

Dong Zhuo and Li Ru wanted to bring Yuan Shu to Qingzhou to be an official, which was obviously an attempt to push Yuan Shu into the fire pit.

The Yuan family is not stupid. The situation in Qingzhou is unclear. It is possible that it is another Zhang Ju. In fact, according to the current intelligence, this time the commotion is bound to be more serious than the one Zhang Ju caused. If being an official in Qingzhou continues under such circumstances, isn't it the same as seeking death?

However, the Yuan family did not resist openly. After all, Dong Zhuo had produced an imperial edict, but Yuan Shu was not in Luoyang now. All Yuan Shu had to do was to claim illness as an excuse to refuse the edict, or accept the edict and claim illness as an excuse not to take up the post.

In fact, Yuan Shu fled back to his hometown in Yuzhou, and accepted the appointment order as the prime minister of Qi but used illness as an excuse to not take up the post.

He was just dragging his feet, waiting to see what would happen if Dong Zhuo sent people to solicit amnesty, and at the same time, he was also watching how the situation in Luoyang would change next.

Li Ru was helpless but could only keep calm. On the contrary, after Dong Zhuo sent envoys to Qingzhou to solicit amnesty, he was once again flattered by a group of court officials who were good at flattery. Gradually, he became more unscrupulous and even blatantly stayed overnight in the palace.

What was even more terrible was that the major forces in Luoyang seemed to be willingly or reluctantly giving in continuously, which made the Liangzhou soldiers brought by Dong Zhuo more domineering and unscrupulous. Things like riding horses wildly in the market, raping women, and even killing innocent people became more and more frequent. In a short period of time, the originally peaceful Luoyang became a mess and public resentment arose.

There were some court officials who had some conscience and were relatively loyal. They took advantage of Dong Zhuo's rare appearance at the morning court and spoke out to persuade him, hoping that he would restrain the generals and soldiers in Liang Province. As a result, some were demoted, some were imprisoned, and some were killed. In an instant, the court was silent and Dong Zhuo had the final say.

Among them, Lu Zhi was one of those who was demoted. This was even after more than half of the ministers in the court pleaded with Dong Zhuo for mercy, and Li Ru reminded Dong Zhuo that Lu Zhi's influence was too great and it was not easy to take action openly. Therefore, Dong Zhuo only demoted Lu Zhi's official rank.

After Lu Zhi was demoted, he knew that chaos was about to break out in Luoyang and he could not stay there for long, so he planned to flee Luoyang with his family. However, before leaving, he received a letter from Cai Yong.

The content of the letter that Cai Yong had someone secretly send was not complicated. It just said that Qingzhou had turned from chaos to order, invited Lu Zhi to go to Qingzhou, and stated that Lu Zhi would understand everything after going to Qingzhou.

Lu Zhi was originally very disgusted with the rebels who suddenly appeared in Qingzhou, or rather, a normal Han minister would not have a good impression of rebels.

However, Lu Zhi knew Cai Yong's character very well. He knew that Cai Yong would never join the enemy without special reasons, let alone use a handwritten letter to harm his old friend.

In addition, the attitude shown by Qingzhou to the outside world is also very interesting. It seems that they do not want to rebel, but rather hope to be recruited. Dong Zhuo has also sent out envoys to recruit him in the name of the court. So after a little hesitation, Lu Zhi finally decided to go to Qingzhou to see what this change from chaos to order is all about, and where such a large elite force came from.

Not long after Lu Zhi quietly left Luoyang with his family, Cao Cao attended Wang Yun's birthday banquet. Late that night, he left Wang Yun's mansion with the Seven-Star Sword in his arms, looking like a "warrior who will never return".

While Cao Cao was unfolding the plot of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Sun Jian was still suppressing a rebellion in southern Jing, while Liu, Guan and Zhang were in Gaotang County, Pingyuan County, Qingzhou.

Not to mention Sun Jian, at this moment, Liu Bei, as the magistrate of Gaotang County, was feeling very aggrieved and confused.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who followed Liu Bei, felt the same at this moment, but they were more reluctant and helpless.

The reason was simple: after Gaotang County was captured, they had no time to escape, and ended up becoming prisoners of the "Qin Army" that appeared out of nowhere.

Being defeated in battle and captured, becoming a prisoner, is nothing more than death or imprisonment, but the three of them are now surrounded by a group of tough guys, what does this count as?

Of course, under normal circumstances, Zhang Fei absolutely could not stand this kind of onlookers. However, at this moment, Zhang Fei could only endure it with frustration, because these strong men had knocked him down one by one before, and they had knocked him down relatively easily.

The same went for Guan Yu. He could only pretend that he didn't hear the comments and protect Liu Bei together with Zhang Fei.

"By the way, Jingsi, how should we deal with them?" As if satisfied, one of the strong men turned around and asked the other strong man.

"Ao Cao, you should just call me Cunxiao. This matter is not simple. Escort him back to Ju County and Your Majesty will handle it." The sturdy man named 'Jingsi' shook his head and said.

Jingsi, whose full name was An Jingsi, was later given the surname Li and changed his name to Li Cunxiao. He was a fierce general in the late Tang Dynasty and was known as "the king is not as good as Ba, and the general is not as good as Li".

Ao Cao, whose surname was Gao and given name was Ang, and whose courtesy name was Aocao, was a famous general of the Eastern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. He was known for his bravery and was compared to the Overlord Xiang Yu by his contemporaries.

"General Guo is here." At this time, another strong man, Li Siye, also spoke.

Li Siye was a fierce general during the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty. He always led the troops in battle and was invincible. He was known as the "General with Supernatural Powers".

Yes, Liu, Guan and Zhang were well "served" by these three gentlemen before, which is why they seem to be so good-tempered.

After Li Siye spoke, Li Cunxiao and Gao Gao looked towards the entrance of the county government, only to see Guo Ziyi, Li Guangbi, Li Mi, Cui Hao and others coming together.

"General Guo." The three of them saluted with fists clasped.

Guo Ziyi shook his head in amusement, "You guys are just fooling around. Instead of cleaning up the battlefield, you come here to mess around."

Li Cunxiao and the other two laughed.

Guo Ziyi did not say much. The main reason was that the aftermath outside was handled by several "young generals" who served as Li Cunxiao's deputies, and there was no trouble, so there was no need to really blame them.

The so-called "young generals" were Zhang Shougui, Li Su, Gao Su and others.

Guo Ziyi glanced at Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, then asked Li Cunxiao and the others, "Are you satisfied?"

"Yes." Li Cunxiao and the other two smiled and nodded.

Guo Ziyi said, "In that case, Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei will be sent back to Ju County, and your majesty will decide their fate. Gao Aocao's troops will go north to attack Ande and Ge State. Li Cunxiao's troops will go straight to Ban County and Leling. Li Siye's troops will go west to Qinghe State in Jizhou. They don't need to plunder land, they just need to delay the reinforcements of the Han army in Jizhou. Set off immediately."

"Yes!!" X3

After Li Cunxiao and the other two responded loudly, they hurried out of the county government.

After they left, Guo Ziyi took out a rune from his storage ring and crushed it in front of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. Then, a special force sealed the Heavenly Mark of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, and their bodies became as weak as those of ordinary people.

While Liu, Guan and Zhang were surprised, Guo Ziyi had already ordered the soldiers to take them away. Then he and Li Guangbi, Li Mi, Cui Hao and others took charge of all matters in Gaotang County, and according to the plan, they started to build Gaotang County into a strategic fortress for westward expansion.

While Guo Ziyi's Qin army was conquering Pingyuan County, Li Jing's Qin army also swept across Jinan State. They sent Qin Qiong to lead elite troops into Yanzhou Jibei State, and quickly captured Lu County, the capital of Jibei State. They used Lu County as a key place to guard the entrance from Yanzhou to Qinghai, and also wanted to make Lu County a frontline fortress for the future expedition to Yanzhou.

At almost the same time, Meng Gong's troops of the Qin army conquered the entire territory of Qi, Xie Xuan's troops swept across Le'an State, Xu Da's troops pushed down Donglai County, and entered Dongwu and other counties in the north of the Langya Group in Xuzhou.

(Meng Gong: A famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty after Yue Fei. His historical evaluation is no worse than Yue Fei. In fact, the Southern Song Dynasty survived for several decades in the last few decades because of Meng Gong and the defense system he left behind after his death.

Xie Xuan: A famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the founder of the Northern Army, who would be on the same level as Zhou Yu and Lu Xun in the Three Kingdoms era.

Yue Fei's headquarters had already taken over the entire territory of Beihai State. At the same time, he established the Qingzhou Military Operations Headquarters in Ju County, the capital of Beihai State, to coordinate the overall situation.

Yue Fei was in charge of the military affairs, while Zhang Juzheng, Wang Yan, Wang Anshi, Zhang Qixian and others took over the aftermath and the establishment of a new order. The temporary headquarters was also set up in Ju County.

The reason for this is that the geographical location of Beihai Guoju County is the central area of ​​Qingzhou. It is very close to Linzi of Qi State, but its level of development is not as high as Linzi of Qi State. It is very suitable for complete demolition and reconstruction.

This is also one of the reasons why Qin Bin chose to start in Beihai Kingdom.

As for Qin Bin, he was also helping out in Ju County at this time, mainly on some long-term planning aspects of people's livelihood construction, and he had to make the final decision.

For Qin Bin, conquering Qingzhou, a city with several million people, was not difficult, or even a big deal. The real difficulty was how to win people's hearts in a relatively reasonable and correct way.

Why do we need to emphasize 'relatively reasonable and correct'?

Because of the complexity of human beings, it is destined that "showing kindness" cannot be carried out casually, otherwise it may eventually turn into a situation where good intentions lead to bad results.

The Chinese ancestors also made a very appropriate summary on this point, which is "it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish."

For the sake of long-term planning, Qin Bin gave up the idea of ​​immediately building Qingzhou into a paradise, and instead used the work-for-relief approach while providing emergency relief to the Qingzhou refugees.

The purpose of doing this is not for economic benefits, but to more deeply embed in people the basic understanding that "only those who work can get food."

Of course, all this is also based on the abolition of corvee labor and exorbitant taxes, leaving only commercial taxes and optional agricultural taxes.

To put it bluntly, it is the same thing that Qin Bin did before in Qinling, that is, let people get wages through labor and use the wages to buy daily necessities in the market. Merchants make profits through sales, and the government obtains operating funds through commercial taxes to expand productivity, thereby creating more jobs. This will enable more people to obtain reasonable and legal income, and then there will be more market demand, which will lead to a positive and virtuous cycle for a more prosperous economy.

As long as the central government does a good job in allocation, supervision, coordination and other aspects during this period, the society will gradually reach the level of "prosperity".

Chapter 351: The Boring Reality

Therefore, wherever the Qin army passes through a county, a large number of huge infrastructure projects will follow. Before the certain amount of relief food is consumed, the people of Qingzhou will be guided by the tens of thousands of basic workers brought by Qin Bin to perform paid labor, thereby obtaining remuneration and purchasing the necessities of survival.

As for the big families and powerful people in Qingzhou, Qin Bin did not touch them directly. Instead, he played a trick. When the cultivated land area reached a certain level, heavy taxes would be imposed according to the incremental commercial tax.

This move is similar to the Enfeoffment Order during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. The more arable land a powerful person owns, the greater the commercial tax he has to pay. If he resists paying taxes, he will be punished by having his land confiscated according to regulations. Therefore, if he wants to avoid taxes, he can only divide himself up. Once the powerful family gets a share, it will be difficult for them to unite as one again. It will not be as easy as before for them to become a powerful person dominating a certain area.

As for the wealthy and powerful families who surrendered to him, Qin Bin did not punish them to death. Instead, he asked people to guide them to transform into primary industry and commerce and not focus on their small piece of land. He let them become the first beneficiaries of private capital. This was a combination of a big stick and a sweet date.

For individual self-cultivating farmers, Qin Bin simply asked them to remeasure their land and register it. If the land area they owned did not exceed a certain range, he would directly use the policy of 30% tax on land that Hanting had used, and gradually transition to a level of no tax.

After re-measurement, the remaining arable land that had previously belonged to an owner or had been seized by powerful landlords would be returned under the administration of the government and brought under the management of the new law.

As for the ownerless farmland, the government-run agricultural reclamation companies would take over, or even purchase more farmland from the powerful or reclaim wasteland, adopting the large-scale farm model, so as to provide the market with a steady supply of cheap food in the future, thus laying the foundation for future industrialization.

In short, in just one month, under the leadership of Qin Bin, Qingzhou abolished corvée labor, reduced taxes, promoted new policies, reformed old rules, and had sufficient manpower to promote and implement them. The originally confused people gradually accepted the wise rule of this "king" who appeared from nowhere.

As people's hearts gradually turned to the masters of the Qin army, the gentry in Qingzhou also realized that this group of rebels were not fakes like Zhang Ju, Zhang Ju, and Han Sui, but were truly well prepared. It seemed that they were not only going to dig up the foundation of the Han court, but also to bury the Han court alive and then fill it with soil.

Of course, those nobles who still had loyalty to the Han court were anxious about this, but they had no other choice. After all, no matter how hard-headed they were, they were no match for a steel knife. Gradually, everyone realized that this was not a question of life or death, but a question of face.

Because from the beginning of the Qin army's entry, some stubborn scholars jumped out to accuse Qin Bin of rebellion or something, but they did not meet with death. Instead, they were sent to forced labor reform, the kind that involved sweeping the streets or public toilets.