Xiaoqi

"No. I would like to obey my lord's instruction!" Everyone in the hall responded in unison.The voices are very neat and unanimous, but they may not really remember it. Most people just follow along and perfunctory.This kind of bureaucratic trick is performed almost every day, so they have already practiced it very well.No flaws can be seen.

Li Li nodded slightly, and said: "That's all. It doesn't matter if you can't remember it in the future, I will let you remember it. This matter will be exposed."

Speaking of this, Li Li's tone paused, and he said in a deep voice: "Gu recently heard that the city is not peaceful, and sometimes there are young people who wantonly cause trouble, disturb the people, smash shops, and disturb the law and order in the city. Not only that, Xuzhou jurisdiction This is the case in all the counties and counties below, banditry is plentiful, bandits are running around, wantonly, causing harm to the people of one side. Banditry is so rampant, what is the reason, and why don't you send troops to wipe it out?"

Jia Xu came out in response, and said respectfully, "My lord, this is due to my lack of control. Please punish me, my lord!"

Li Li waved his hand lightly, and said in a slightly angry tone, "Don't just focus on pleading guilty, what you need is the solution to the problem, not accusing you and others!"

Jia Xu bowed to express his thanks, and reported without hesitation: "In the past half a month, there are indeed many young people in the city, who are daring and reckless. The thieves heard the news from nowhere, and every time the officers and soldiers were dispatched, the thieves ran away without a trace, or hid in the homes of the common people, so as to escape the capture of the city guards. The search and arrest of private houses will definitely affect the lives of the people, so that everyone in the city will be in danger and panic. So far, the city guards have successively arrested more than a hundred young people. The ruffians in Fireworks and Willow Lane were not ordered by others.

As for other counties and counties under the jurisdiction of the state capital, the situation is similar to that of Xiapi City.However, there are many thieves in the counties and counties, and they are even more rampant. They have looted villages many times, burned, killed and looted wantonly, raped and plundered, and did whatever they wanted.In view of this, Weichen and the right army division Guo Jia have sent more than [-] troops to various counties and counties to suppress the banditry.According to the list of bandits reported by the counties and counties, the counties and counties have arrested more than [-] bandits, half of them are refugees who fled to Xuzhou, and the rest are all rogues. "

After listening to Jia Xu's report, Li Lijian frowned slightly, his eyes showed fierce murderous intent, and said in a deep voice: "More than three thousand bandits have made troubles in the six counties of Xuzhou. It’s terrible to be in a state of panic all day long! This kind of thing happened when I, Li Li, ruled Xiazhou County, this is a blatant provocation, and it is an insult to you and others who despise Gu’s ability to govern Xuzhou!”

After a pause, Li Li ordered angrily: "Pass my general order, the Wuwei Battalion under Bocai's department will divide into two groups and station in Langya County and Pengcheng; Xu Chu led two generals, Ji Ling and Lei Bo, and led [-] troops to Guangling County; Zhang Xun, Hou Cheng, and Mi Fang led [-] troops to Donghai County. The troops will be dispatched in the afternoon, and they must arrive in each county within three days. Within half a month I just want to see the results of your bandit suppression, if not, I will come and see you!"

"No!" The generals whose names were called stood up one after another and responded in unison.

If Li Lishi didn't see him, he continued to order: "Issuing the General's Order, starting today, the entire territory of Xuzhou will be closed, and road cards will be added between counties and counties. Except for the road guides issued by the state government, everyone is allowed to enter and not to exit. .Inform the people of all counties and counties:

During the army's suppression of bandits, anyone who dares to disturb law and order will be killed!

If you dare to harm your neighbors, kill them!

Dare to resist sergeant searchers, kill!

Those who dare to cover up or hide the robbers will kill the head of the family, and the rest of the family, old and young, will be exiled to Mobei! "

"Hiss, boom, boom!" As Li Li's voice fell, all the civil and military people in the hall gasped. There are those who fall down, and there are those who are frightened into incontinence.All of a sudden, these officials of the state capital were full of ugly looks, flustered, bewildered, and extremely embarrassed.

Just at this time, the horrified voice sounded again: "Where are the soldiers in the hall? Drag these guilty criminals out, put them in prison, and interrogate them strictly!"

"Tom tom tom tom tom!" Before the words were finished, hundreds of soldiers in the hall rushed forward, and dragged away more than fifty disheveled and crooked officials in the hall without any explanation.

"My lord, my lord, my lord, please spare my life! My minister did not participate in the conspiracy, my lord, please forgive me!"

"My lord, my lord, I don't know anything, I am wronged!"

"My humble minister is innocent, I hope the lord will see clearly!"

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This sudden scene was beyond the imagination of all the civil and military personnel in the hall.Immediately, there was an uproar in the hall, the faces of many civil servants and generals were pale, their figures trembled, and they were terrified.But they had to hold their bodies upright, sit upright, hold their heads high and their waists straight, for fear that they would be dragged out of the hall by soldiers if their sitting posture was unstable.At this moment, everyone is very clear that once they are thrown into the prison, they will lose their skin even if they are not dead, and they will definitely not be able to escape completely.

Not only Xuzhou's officials panicked, but even the trusted civil and military officials such as Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Chen Gong and Huan Fei were unaware of this and were not mentally prepared at all.But they didn't panic at all, they all sat upright, with compassion in their hearts, they deliberately paid attention to the expressions of nearly two hundred Xuzhou officials in the hall.Although they were not sure that the official who was dragged out at this time was the mastermind behind the current turmoil in Xuzhou, Li Li said something that touched their hearts, that is, a guilty conscience.

If these officials are just timid and cowardly, but they walk upright and sit upright, and they have no bad deeds, why are they so panicked that they can fall down when they sit on the cushions?There is a saying: If you don't do anything wrong with your heart, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.Since you didn't participate in creating chaos, you have no ghosts in your mind, why are you panicking?

Just when a group of tiger and ben soldiers dragged more than [-] officials from the state government out of the lobby, Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Chen Gong and others paid attention to it, and they really saw something different from the previous situation. Among the more than [-] officials of the state government who stayed in the lobby, about [-]% of the officials looked flustered. They propped their hands on the soft cushion under the seat and sat there tremblingly. Pale and bloodless, biting his lips tightly, his forehead was covered with beads of sweat, dripping profusely.Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others had a panoramic view of this scene, and they had already memorized the names of these state officials and city officials around Xiapi City in their minds, and they had to check them out carefully after they left the court.

Not only these low-ranking officials were panicked, but even Chen Gui, Chen Deng and his son who were sitting not far from Jia Xu, and generals such as Cao Bao, Wei Xu, and Zang Ba who were sitting under Guo Jia's head, their faces were at the moment. The expression on his face was also very exciting, full of panic and fear, his face changed again and again, his eyes wandered, his neck shook a few times, and his figure kept trembling.The demeanor is very suspicious, it seems that they are enduring unbearable pain and suffering for ordinary people, and they are struggling violently in their hearts. Obviously they also belong to the group of people with ghosts in their hearts.But their psychological quality is obviously much better than those who were dragged out. They sat upright and tried their best to show a calm demeanor, lest they would show any clues and lead to death.

The source of all this is that 20 days ago, Jia Xu and Guo Jia joined forces to rectify Xuzhou's officials, which caused turmoil throughout Xuzhou.

Chapter 111

Twenty days ago, when the situation in Xuzhou after the war stabilized, Jia Xu and Guo Jia joined forces to rectify Xuzhou's officials.

Guo Jia took the lead in attacking Xuzhou's surrendered troops who were being reorganized, and replaced almost all the middle and senior generals, or they were directly dismissed from office or transferred to other states and counties. Some generals were even beheaded on the spot for disobedience.Jia Xu, on the other hand, started from the subordinate officials of the prefecture and herdsmen, removed dozens of petty officials from the prefectural government, and then extended to various counties and counties, and successively transferred more than a hundred officials from Yuzhou, Sili and other prefectures and counties to fill these vacancies. .

Unexpectedly, as soon as Jia Xu and Guo Jia made a move, chaos broke out in Xiapi City.Immediately afterwards, the sudden riots centered on Xiapi City spread rapidly to all counties and counties, so that chaos broke out in all counties and counties of Xuzhou almost at the same time.

In the next half month, the whole territory of Xuzhou was full of bandits and chaos. The originally stable situation became turbulent again, and showed a trend of intensification, as if it was out of control.

Within ten days, the originally good situation suddenly took a turn for the worse, and as the situation continued to deteriorate, the area affected by the chaos became larger and larger, making the entire situation gradually out of control.

Forced to do nothing, Jia Xu and Guo Jia quickly discussed countermeasures, while presenting the matter to Li Li who was far away in the East China Sea, while mobilizing troops to suppress the bandits and quell the chaos.

Li Li's return to Xiapi City was far faster than Jia Xu and Guo Jia's expectations. It was almost as soon as the information reported by them arrived at Donghai County Mansion, and Li Li rushed to the outside of Xiapi City with his troops.

It goes without saying that at the beginning of the Xuzhou turmoil, Li Li had already received the news, and immediately led his troops back to Xiapi Administrative Office.It's just that he rushed back starry night.By the time they arrived at Xiapi City, the turmoil had lasted for half a month.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that.This turmoil directly angered Li Li, which in turn caused him to fly into a rage, and he did not hesitate to resort to thunderous means, attacking fiercely and cutting through the mess quickly.After a little deterrence, dozens of state government officials with ulterior motives were immediately found out, and a large number of people were stunned.Among them are Chen Gui, a high-ranking official tumbler in Xuzhou.

Chen Gui, as early as when Tao Qian raised Xuzhou, he was appointed Prime Minister of Pei Guo by the imperial court.Tao Qian, Liu Bei, Lu Bu and Li Li successively ruled Xuzhou, and he is still in the position of Peixiang.On the surface, it seems that Chen Gui's official position has not been promoted or demoted, and he has been standing still, and there is nothing special about him.It is not.

It should be noted that Xuzhou has only six counties under its jurisdiction.It also includes Xiapizhou Prefecture, which is the state with the fewest counties among the states of the Han Dynasty; compared with Xuzhou, the other states of the Han Dynasty have at least eight or more counties.Comparing the two, it is not difficult to find that Chen Gui has been serving as Peixiang for many years. After several turmoil in Xuzhou and repeated changes of owners, he has always remained steadfast and his position is stable, which shows that he is sophisticated and scheming.Extraordinary strategy.Therefore, it is said that he is a political dominance in Xuzhou official circles.No exaggeration.

Now, after Lu Bu's defeat, Xuzhou changed hands again, and Li Li became the fourth vassal overlord in charge of Xuzhou in the past five years.However, after the war in Xuzhou was quelled, Li Li adopted a strategy of inaction and handed over Xuzhou's military affairs to Jia Xu and Guo Jia. Base, looking for a new station for the coming Jinfan Battalion.

And this is also an important part of Li Li's future planning for the Navy.In this plan, he plans to divide the navy into two, one will stay in Bohai Bay, and Gan Ning will be the commander-in-chief; the other will be stationed in the East China Sea of ​​Xuzhou, and its commander-in-chief will be Lu Meng.For this reason, he will form the Xuzhou Navy in the near future. After completion, it will include counties and counties along the river such as Donghai, Huaiyin, Guangling and Lujiang, facing the Jiangdong Navy across the river, and laying the foundation for the pacification of Jiangdong in the future.

During Li Li's visit to the East China Sea, Jia Xu and Guo Jia joined forces to rectify Xuzhou's military affairs. Perhaps they underestimated the situation, or they did it on purpose, so that as soon as the two of them made a move, the huge alliance of interests hidden in the dark quickly counterattacked , leading to violent turbulence in the situation that had just stabilized.Under the unstable situation, Jia Xu and Guo Jia had to stop their military and political reforms, and then reflect carefully while calming down the turmoil, not daring to go to war again, lest the situation become more chaotic and completely out of control.And this is exactly what the stubborn forces hidden in the dark want to see most, and it is also their fundamental purpose of deliberately creating chaos at all costs.

This group of stubborn forces is by no means an unwarranted fabrication, but a real existence under the political situation in Xuzhou.Looking at the beginning and end of Xuzhou's previous changes of ownership, it is not difficult to find that among the three changes of ownership since Tao Qian, all of them were fought in one battle, and they were all local wars that broke out around the small area of ​​Xiapizhou Prefecture.Liu Bei was empty-handed with the white wolf, and took over the six counties of Xuzhou with ease; Lu Bu directly attacked Xiapi and seized the state capital in one fell swoop, and then the counties of Xuzhou announced their orders.This time when Li Lili's army captured Xuzhou, it still directly captured Xiapi, and then it was determined by the spread of the call, and Xuzhou was included in the pocket within less than half a month.

During the three regime changes before and after, Xuzhou had the same vicious circle, that is, whoever occupied Xiapi City, the state capital, would be in charge of the six counties of Xuzhou.This situation is unique in other states and counties.Except for Xuzhou, the fall or change of ownership of other prefectures and counties was the gradual capture of one city, one place, one county and one county, and was stubbornly resisted. Often a city had to go through repeated struggles and several bloody fights. Only then can it be conquered.But Xuzhou is an exception, which is very special. Every time the state capital falls first, and then other counties and counties fall after hearing the news, the rumors can be determined.

And this kind of strange circle is not because the Xuzhou army is bloodless and cowardly, but because there is an impenetrable network behind the army and the Xuzhou political situation that firmly controls the situation in the six counties of Xuzhou.In other words, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and Li Li, who is in charge of Xuzhou at the moment, have not been able to really control Xuzhou. What they control is limited to the official mansions such as the state pastoral mansion and the county mansion, and the counties and counties outside the mansion are all controlled by the deep-rooted In the hands of the powerful families and gentry.

Compared with Liu Bei, Lu Bu and other princes, the princes who once really controlled Xuzhou are the only old state Mu Taoqian who took charge of Xuzhou when troubled times came.Back in the day, Laozhou Mu Taoqian planned to befriend Cao Cao, so he received Cao Song, the father of Cao Cao who was passing through Xuzhou, to the state government for hospitality.Before leaving, he also presented a large amount of gold and silver as a gift, but unexpectedly, he could not steal the chicken and lost a lot of rice, so Cao Song was killed.In turn, Cao Cao led his army to attack Xuzhou.In desperation, Tao Qian led the Xuzhou army to fight Cao Cao's army twice successively. The heroic Xuzhou army forcibly blocked the vigorous Cao army from Tancheng, causing Cao Cao to attack Xuzhou twice but returned in vain. .

It can be seen from this that the Xuzhou army is not incapable of fighting, but is manipulated behind the scenes, and has repeatedly surrendered without a fight.And this is the man behind the scenes manipulating the situation in Xuzhou.An alliance of interests formed by the major aristocratic families and gentry tycoons in Xuzhou.It is precisely because they secretly controlled the counties and counties of Xuzhou that the previous wars in Xuzhou were limited to the area around Xiapi and did not affect other counties.Always a local war.Therefore, Liu Bei, Lu Bu, and even Li Li, who currently occupies Xuzhou, all occupy Xuzhou in name, and the actual control of Xuzhou is still in the hands of the interest alliance.

In other words.What Li Li occupied was nothing more than a magnificent state pastoral mansion.But it is a castle in the air, and the underlying counties are still in the hands of aristocratic families.Because their roots are deep-rooted in the counties and counties under the jurisdiction of Xuzhou, they help each other, attack and defend alliances, and advance and retreat together.

Because of this, Jia Xu and Guo Jia drastically replaced generals and state and county officials in the military and political circles, which undoubtedly directly shook the foundation of the alliance of interests.Completely disintegrate their actual control over counties.Since then, the contradictions and conflicts between the two parties have become irreconcilable.A violent collision is bound to erupt until one side is completely overwhelmed.

It's just that when they were fighting with Jia Xu and Guo Jia, they forgot that Li Li, who stayed out of the matter, had long been watching all this from the other side, and had been waiting for this stubborn force to surface, and then launched a thunderous blow in an attempt to destroy the entire interest in one fell swoop. alliance.

Therefore, when these people were still staring at Jia Xu and Guo Jia, Li Li kept his eyes on the army as early as when he captured Xuzhou.Therefore, he immediately concentrated the soldiers and horses from various counties and counties in Xuzhou in the barracks in the northern suburbs of Xiapi City, and mobilized heavy troops into Xuzhou, firmly controlling all the troops in Xuzhou.

It is no exaggeration to say that in this turbulent era, the army is the foundation of everything, and Li Li is well aware of this; in terms of controlling the army, if he thinks he is second, no one can jump to the first place .

Therefore, when the situation in Xuzhou became turbulent again, just when the bureaucrats and powerful gentry in Xuzhou thought they had grasped the weakness of the Xiliang Army and believed that Li Lichu would take measures to maintain stability in Xuzhou and had to compromise, Li Li On the contrary, they acted brazenly and did not hesitate to resort to thunderous means, mobilizing an army of [-] troops to station in various counties and counties of Xuzhou with a force of unmatched pressure to quell the turmoil.

Time flies, like a white horse passing by, and it is the end of July in a blink of an eye.

The half-month-wide anti-bandit operation is coming to an end, and the counter-insurgency army has won an unprecedented victory with brilliant results.

Just three days after the general's order was promulgated, almost as soon as the army was dispatched, the bandits and bandits in various counties and counties fled and disappeared quickly.

Immediately, soldiers and horses from all walks of life followed the clues left by the banditry, traced the source, eradicated more than 30 local tyrants in one fell swoop, uncovered more than [-] big noble families, and arrested more than [-] bandits from their mansions. .

When these battle reports were submitted to Li Li, the military order was then passed on to the leading generals from all walks of life. All the aristocratic families, noble families, and powerful gentry who sheltered bandits and rogues will all have their property confiscated, and those in charge will be beheaded. All the retinues and handymen were exiled to Mobei.This military order alone caused the destruction of hundreds of aristocratic families and powerful gentry in various counties and counties. More than [-] people were beheaded in public, and as many as [-] people were exiled.

Since then, the huge interest alliance hidden in the dark has been dealt a devastating blow, many famous families who have occupied counties and counties for hundreds of years have been uprooted, and the newly rising local tycoons have been completely wiped out.After the banditry was eliminated, almost one-third of the mansions and courtyards in the counties and counties under Xuzhou were vacant, and hundreds of thousands of shops and millions of fertile land were all brought under the name of the government.