Faced with the hugely powerful support from all directions, many fortress owners had the idea of ​​retreating for a moment.

Especially after the rumors that the court wanted to move the poor people they wanted to go to Hedong Road, they all felt relieved.

If those poor people can be sent to Hedong Road, it will be of no harm to them.

But the gentry in Hebei Province not only wanted to use this crisis to solve the real crisis, but also wanted to use the conflict between Li Chengqian and Changsun Wuji to solve the problem that they could not rise in the long run.

So their purpose is very clear, which is to completely defeat Li Chengqian.

In order to observe Li Chengqian's response to this crisis more closely, several representatives of the major Hebei Taoist priests came to a fortress in the Lu family in Fanyang.

Lu Chengsi, the contemporary patriarch of the Lu family in Fanyang, is a tall and thin middle-aged man, with wrinkles on his yellow face.

Except for a pair of sharp eyes, the whole body is like a piece of dead wood.

On this day, Lu Chengsi gathered more than ten representatives including Cui Ju, Cui Jun, the clan of Cui clan of Qinghe, Cui Wenlan, the younger brother of Cui clan leader of Boling, Li Ying, the clan of Li clan of Zhaojun, Zhang Zhao, the second son of Zhang clan of Qinghe, and more than ten representative figures including Wei clan of Julu, Han clan of Changli, and Lu clan of Changlidou.

"If Li Chengqian is defeated this time, Changsun Guojiu will come to build Yandu in person, maybe it will be our opportunity." Lu Chengsi said, as dry as he looked.

Chance?

Everyone is not sure about it.

Lu Chengsi did not hide it from these people and explained to them: "On the day when His Majesty is alive, Changsun Guogong can rest assured, but if Li Chengqian ascended the throne-" He said this and looked at everyone with a gloomy smile and said: "No need to provoke us, the Changsun family will definitely be independent in Yandu. Who should the Changsun family rely on to stand on Yandu?"

Lu Chengsi said with a sharp look at everyone.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly understood what the so-called opportunity was.

About a hundred years ago, the Northern Wei split, and Yecheng (Handan) was used as the capital to establish the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi successively. The senior officials in the Eastern Wei and Northern Qi courts were the ancestors of these gentry clans of Hebeidao.

Later, the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Northern Qi Dynasty. The imperial court far away in Chang'an went through the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and until the early Tang Dynasty, they were controlled by the Guanlong military group. They were always vigilant against the gentry of Hebei Province, and they were called "Shandong gentry" at that time.

It is difficult for the aristocratic tribes who go directly from here to reach the core decision-making level of the court.

Of course, these people have always had opinions about the court established by the Guanlong Military Group, suppressing the Guanlong Military Group culturally and creating various rumors to promote their identities.

But they forgot that after the Sui Dynasty destroyed the Southern Dynasty Chen, the literati from Jiangnan and Jiangzuo had entered the Chang'an court one after another. The cultural level of these literati from the Southern Dynasty was much more wise than that of them.

These people have heard of the benefits of being in charge of the country from their ancestors. When they heard that they still had the opportunity to be founding heroes, they all turned red with their eyes excited.

"Hahaha"

Suddenly, a burst of cheerful laughter was heard. Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was not someone else who was laughing, but Zhang Zhao, the second son of the Zhang family in Qinghe.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be in a frightened state, Zhang Zhao said with a gaze: "This Li Chengqian is really our lucky star. So many of us have not seen that Youzhou can build a capital. He just saw that it is really a great foundation for us!"

Li Ying, the son of Li's clan of Zhao County, was about the same age as him. He nodded and said, "Indeed, Yan is much more stable than Handan."

The people here are all smart people. When they hear their words, they feel a different taste. It seems that if Changsun Wuji comes to Jianyan, it still needs to be discussed.

"Only by us, even if we build Yandu, we can't defend it. Changsun Wuji can continue to gain benefits from Chang'an on the day of his life. We can only attract Li Chengqian's army." Seeing that everyone had thoughts that they shouldn't have at this time, Lu Chengsi analyzed coldly.

"Hmph, even if it doesn't work, you can't make Li Chengqian proud." Cui Jun, the clan of Cui family in Qinghe, said fiercely.

"Now I can't give Li Chengqian any more time. I will crush him in the past few days and cause chaos in Hebei Road.

The news came back from Youzhou City that Li Chengqian has been wandering around and hunting these days, and Hao Chujun was unable to send these hundreds of thousands of poor people away. Once Li Chengqian returned to Youzhou City and began to transfer the poor people to Hedong Road, it would be difficult for us to mess up Hebei Road again."

Lu Chengsi brought the topic back expressionlessly.

"Li Chengqian is okay, but he has several generals under him. If we mess up Hebei Road, he will take the opportunity to send troops to quell the rebellion. We will be the ones who suffer losses at that time." Han Linqing, the chief of the Han clan of Changli, said worriedly.

Lu Chengsi seemed to have never heard of it, and several other top families ignored him, which made Han Linqing very embarrassed.

Dou Luqi, who also came from Changli, spoke out for Han Linqing and said, "Brother Han is too worried. Then Li Shiji also led his troops to fight against Goguryeo in Liaodong. Can the court allow Hebei Road to be in chaos? Besides, Changsun Guojiu is also in the court. Can he allow Li Chengqian to come to the Hu?"

After Dou Luqi's analysis, everyone put their hearts in their stomachs.

"People say that Mr. Dou Lu is unparalleled in wisdom and strategy, but he is indeed well-known." Lu Chengsi praised Dou Lu Qi for his repatriation.

“Where, where—”

"Since everyone has no objection to this matter, let's arrange people to go to Youzhou as soon as possible! Those people from the small fortress will also squeeze in and let them go more."

Dou Luqi was about to be humble, but was interrupted by Lu Chengsi. But not only did he dare not have any objections, he also had to support Lu Chengsi first: "Everything is based on Lu's leading horse."

Representatives of the four top gentry families of Cui, Zhang and Li also stood up and said, "I am willing to advance and retreat with Lu Gong."

The others also said, "I wish to advance and retreat with Lu Gong."

Seeing this, Lu Chengsi stood up and bowed to the crowd and said, "Then it's a blessing for you."

Everyone walked out of the hall of discussion. Zhang Zhao and Cui Jun walked together because they were in Qinghe, and the two discussed in private.

In order to bomb Li Chengqian away as soon as possible, some capable slaves from the family were sent to sneak into the poor people of Youzhou together.

At that time, as long as Li Chengqian's food is a little ineffective, they will provoke and lead the poor to rebel.

In this way, once the two sides start a war, they will be alive and die. If Li Chengqian wants to win the hearts of the people, it will be difficult to build Yan.

The two of them discussed that they could use this to control the hundreds of thousands of poor people. Anyone who wants to gain a foothold in Yandu will be unable to do without the support of their two families.

These gentry were also desperate. In just four or five days after Lu Chengsi held the meeting, they gathered more than 100,000 people to Youzhou.

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...

After completing more than 20 days of inspection, Li Chengqian finally returned to Youzhou City.

Li Chengqian rode his horse and saw a large group of civil and military officials standing at the gate of Youcheng Prefecture to greet him.

Still dozens of steps away from the city gate, Li Chengqian and the thousand cavalry behind him slowed down and walked slowly to the gate of Youzhou City.

"I will meet with His Highness the Crown Prince."

Li Chengqian rode on the horse and raised the whip in his hand and said, "All the Lords are flat."

Li Cheng was tired for more than 20 days and now he wanted to take a shower and rest. Unexpectedly, all the ministers who welcomed him followed him to the Youzhou Palace.

Li Chengqian knew that they were so anxious to follow him, so he had something to discuss, so he simply washed up and came out to meet the ministers.

"What happened to the prince's prince."

As soon as Li Chengqian sat down and bowed to the ministers, Hao Chujun was the first to jump out.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "The king basically knows the poor."

Hao Chujun couldn't believe it and said, "Does His Highness the Crown Prince know?"

"Thank you for your hard work these days."

Li Chengqian knew that these days, Hao Chujun was raising and allocating grain and arranging supplies for more than 400,000 poor people, and was worried about chaos. It was really hard to work hard.

"I dare not call it hard, but the food in Youzhou City can only last for three days..." Before Hao Chujun finished speaking, Li Chengqian quickly waved his hand to stop him from speaking.

Stop Hao Chujun, Li Chengqian turned to ask Xu Jingzong and said, "How is the spirit of the poor people who come to Youzhou?"

Xu Jingzong hurriedly stood up and said, "Go back to the Crown Prince, these days, I have arranged for the East Palace to offer their salary to perform every day according to the instructions of His Highness. Now these people have some understanding of some truths.

Most of the poor knew that the court was difficult, and they knew that the gentry and the fortress lords brought them out, and except for posing difficulties for His Royal Highness, they did not intend to give them a way out."

Those who know Li Chengqian were shocked when they heard this. Li Chengqian’s best thing was to win the hearts of the people and borrow the strength of the people. Back then, he fought with all parties in Chang'an, and almost every time the people of Chang'an came out to help him.

Li Tai's rebellion and King Jing's rebellion were both empty-minded, and the people came out with farm tools to quell the rebellion for him.

This time, before I knew it, I unknowingly won the hearts of hundreds of thousands of poor people. With such a group of people, I could steal all the Taoist priests from Hebei at any time.

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "It's done well." He paused and asked, "Are these poor people divided into baojia?"

"When you go back to the Crown Prince, the poor assigned baojia was presided over by Shangshu Hao from the Ministry of Revenue of Taiwan." Xu Jingzong said.

When Hao Chujun heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Go back to the Crown Prince, the dispatch of Baojia was made by the Xingtai Clerk, but after reading the list they presented, the dispatch was indeed appropriate. The distribution of food was distributed in Baojia these days."

Hao Chujun had already guessed that Li Chengqian had a way to deal with it, so he was not anxious.

"Your Highness, I think it is unkind that the Taoist priests in Hebei have left the tenants who have been farming for them for many years. Since the people have understood the truth, they should lead the people to counterattack them." Niu Jinda, the governor of Youzhou, stood up and said with murderous aura.

Li Chengqian knew that Niu Jinda was jealous of evil and smiled and said, "It's not the time."

Speaking of this, Li Chengqian turned to look at Hao Chujun and said, "Hao Qing family, you are the Minister of Revenue in the Ministry of Revenue in Youzhou. Now a batch of grain and rice seeds come from the sea.

You immediately took the hundreds of thousands of poor people in Youzhou to the southeast, and found the entrance of the Haihe River more than 300 miles southeast, and Ren Yaxiang was already waiting there.

The other things the Lonely King has already arranged."

"I obey the order."
Chapter completed!