Peng Qianhua must have some talent as the successor of the Peng family, but he was one of the best in Zhenzhou and could not do it when he arrived in the capital. Two years ago, he rushed to the capital to take the big exam, but there were too many opponents who had no choice but to fail. He originally thought that he would fight again in the capital for three years. But unexpectedly, Emperor Yuan passed away, and after Emperor Wu took office, the Three Feudatories rebelled, and the court was busy quelling the rebellion. Where did he have time to organize the imperial examination? He stayed in the capital for another year but still had no major exams to resume. Think about it, let's go home. If this civil war is not over, it will be difficult to get the big exam. Anyway, it's the Chinese New Year, so I'm going home to relax.

As a result, after getting home, I realized that the Zhenzhou policy had changed. The newly appointed Zhenzhou governor had to implement the equal-land system. His family lived on land. Once this equal-land system was implemented, wouldn’t it be a direct defeat to the family? He was not unaware of the Anxi policy. There was an equal-land system in the ruling areas. Even officials implemented monthly salary. Without annual salary, there was no way to bribe it. But it was a bit inappropriate for Anxi to use these policies in Zhenzhou. Zhenzhou and Qizhou had no source of income except farming. Once the equal-land system was implemented, then the land families really didn’t know what to do. It was simple to abandon farmers and go to business. It was really done.

It was not like that when he got up, he wanted to get rid of this predicament and could only force the governor of Zhenzhou to give up. At that time, he had no good idea, but when he heard his father explain, he said that the governor of Zhenzhou, Yang Xuedong, was only 32 years old and was a Jinshi. This made him feel a little uncomfortable. Grandpa was also from the third class and was still a sixth-rank supervisor for 40 years. What is his ability to become the governor of a state? Is his father the prefect of Anxi? Although he was not the first in the essay, he would never admit that his ability was not as good as that of Yang Xuedong. He was just the third class. What are you afraid of? Even if you don’t do it for the family, you have to fight with this person for your own face.

Using the refugee issue to put pressure on Yang Xuedong is the best strategy. I don’t believe that Yang Xuedong dares to send troops to suppress the people. If so, Qingzhou Prefecture will definitely have a reason to regain the rule of Zhenzhou by force. But he did not expect that Yang Xuedong did not follow the rules and could actually use his Peng family and He family to hoard the grain of Zhenzhou as a cost to dissolve the problem. The four major granaries, a total of 40,000 stones of grain were stolen by refugees, and they were talking about the food of the government. Just kidding? Give those refugees 10,000 courage to rob the government, right? If you make a fuss, it is impossible to let them fight against the government. The 50,000 army can’t settle the refugees who are taking their families. So just disband and go home. Not to mention robbing grain, even getting close to the granary of the government is difficult.

When his father sent someone to inform him that he had already figured it out. 100% was Yang Xuedong who was secretly making trouble. Although he didn't even have any clues, he was so sure. "Hu..." he exhaled his breath and turned toward the lobby...

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At this time, the governor's mansion in Zhenzhou was in, "Hahahahaha! Okay, this matter is done beautifully. Each person will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver. Go to the warehouse to receive the reward."

Jiang Goudan was naturally extremely excited when he heard that each person was rewarding thirty taels of silver, but he was not overwhelmed by the reward of silver. "Sir Xie, it's just that the villain doesn't want the reward of thirty taels of silver."

"Oh? This is thirty taels, enough for your family to live for more than a year, why don't you want it?" Yang Xuedong asked in confusion.

"That... sir, how about the words of my subordinates who gave me these thirty taels of silver to exchange for the adults?"

"Hahahahaha..., what are you talking about?"

"I want the adults to speak a few good words for me in front of the general. Uh... I don't know if I can..."

Only then did Yang Xuedong understand, why didn’t I want the thirty taels of silver rewards? It turned out that he wanted to be promoted. "Well! I understand, just take the silver rewards, I will tell you about Xiaoma. If he doesn’t promote you, then you can just come to my government office to do business. How about the position of the chief captain of my governor’s office?"

Jiang Goudan shook her head, "Since he was in the army, he never thought about leaving the army again. Moreover, he knew nothing about handling and investigating the case. Thank you for your kindness."

"Since I don't want to, I won't force you. Okay, the matter is done, and it's time to get the reward. Go to the warehouse to get the reward."

"Mr. Xie, my subordinates will leave."

...

Yang Xuedong said that the government office lacks official positions, and there is no shortage of official positions. All they lack is competent official positions. Anxi is divided into the mainland and the desert. There is no way to be a mess in the desert. The territory is so large that it cannot be managed even if it wants to. Moreover, it is all foreign autonomy, so it is not convenient to interfere in other people's internal affairs. You can't have a small murder case and you have to alarm the Anxi government to deal with it, right? But Yuzhou is different. It is in the development period, and all counties and towns must be managed in place. The so-called "heroes violate the ban with martial arts". If they are not managed in place, what will happen in Yuzhou?

In the murder case, another robbery came in every few days. The lower-class people were not allowed to scold the Anxi government to death? Although there are many major gangs and chambers of commerce in the mainland of Yuzhou, there are absolutely no gangs, and the Anxi government will not allow gangs to appear in the mainland of Yuzhou. Of course, Anxi can develop, and it must change its career. No matter whether you open a kiln or set up a casino, you are not allowed to fight privately and disrupt public security in Yuzhou. Especially those gangs that collect protection fees and spend money to buy heads will immediately become the target of government crackdowns.

Liu Yi knew this kind of gangster. However, which one of the far-reaching Dongzhou Axe Gang, Qinzhou Evil Dragon Gang, and near Damo Kui Snake Gang, is not a cancer of the imperial court? The damn Kui Snake Gang is the most hateful. He dared to take Anxi's life, causing Nine Swords to break into Shushan in advance and finally die under the sword abyss. Even now, the Kui Snake Gang is still a stumbling block for the Anxi government to rule the Kui country, causing several troubles to Anxi. Once he has the chance, he will definitely be removed.

It is not scary to have a gangster. Which country does not have a gangster? Liu Yi never thought that he could completely suppress the gangster forces. If you don’t affect the public security of my Yuzhou, or if the government did not find out some of the things you did, then you will be lucky. But if it affects the public security of Yuzhou, I’m sorry, even if you help tens of thousands of people, the Anxi government will still have a way to deal with you. Otherwise, why did he spend so much effort to create the Demon God Cult? He is cultivating talents for the future Anxi government. Some martial arts wanderers are very skilled in martial arts. After committing the incident, it is difficult to catch them if they are poor in official positions. (Except for the martial arts competition in the Great Wei Dynasty, except for martial arts competitions)

It wasn't a year since Yang Xuedong arrived in Zhenzhou, and it was normal to lack subordinates who could do things. It should be better in the later stage. After the incident last night, he received news that the two families of Peng and He had stockpiled up to 40,000 stones of grain in the vegetable market, which is enough for 70,000 to 80,000 refugees to eat for a month, right? Since there is food, it's time to go back and have a good New Year. Zhenzhou City is just a little bit, and it's blocked in the city. Wouldn't it affect the caravans' entry and exit? It's not good for Zhenzhou's image. "Come here! Notify the city guards, the two cities in the east and north to let go for three days. Also, stare at Peng and He's family, send more people outside the city, and come back to report immediately if someone robs the refugee's food."

"It's an adult"

...

His chain of applications was a bit deep. He deliberately letting refugees out of the city was obviously creating opportunities for the two major families. What opportunities? Of course, it is an opportunity to grab a braid. As long as the two families can't stand the grain, hum! The land policy of Zhenzhou will be unresisting. (The name of the bandit family can indeed make Peng and He families defeated it. Is the key to the other party going to be deceived? If Peng Qianhua does not come back, the two families will definitely be deceived. After all, such a huge loss cannot be forgotten. If you have the chance to grab it back, how can you let it go? But if Peng Qianhua comes back, it is not certain whether the two families will still be deceived. This is separated in advance, and turn your eyes to Qinghai Lake to see how the old couple is playing with the queen.)

...

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Qinghai Lake was the Central Plains Empire when the Turkic retreat was cut off during the Western Expedition of the Grasslands of the Northern Han Dynasty and was incorporated into the Central Plains Empire. It was originally named Xihai and was changed to Qinghai during the Northern Wei Dynasty. It was 200 miles long and 120 miles wide, connecting several mountains, with a high altitude and cold weather. It will freeze before the end of winter every year, and the highest temperature never exceeds twelve degrees. There are seven small counties in the lakeside area, which were originally the residence of Qiang and Rong people, and later assimilated by the migrant Han people in the Northern Han Dynasty. At the end of the Northern Han Dynasty, the people of Xigu took advantage of the civil strife in the Central Plains.

Invaded Qinghai and established the "Xigu" country, and since then it has been separated from the Central Plains Empire for hundreds of years. During the aristocratic war, the "Ji" of Liangzhou was defeated by the "Liu family". Seventy or eighty thousand remaining troops retreated to Ningzhou. In order to obtain financial resources and resources, they looked at Qinghai Lake again. In the late aristocratic war, the Ji family captured the Xigu Kingdom. When the King of Xigu led 30,000 remaining troops to flee to the grassland, he was destroyed by the Liu family. Since then, the Xigu Kingdom has been destroyed and Qinghai Lake has been re-introduced into the Central Plains map.

Shuchan was wearing a white mink coat, her little face was as cold as a red apple, and she stood by the lake, "Wow..., it's so beautiful. Is this your fairy lake in Anxi?"

Liu Yi sat on the stone with the military newspaper. When he heard the question, he came to his senses, "What Fairy Lake? That was the name thousands of years ago. The Great Wei had changed it long ago, and it is called Qinghai now. I really don't understand you. Why do you have to come to see the Great Lake in such a cold weather? I'm frozen to death."

?_?: "You mean blame me?"

⊙?⊙: "No, how is that possible!"

?_?: "Anyway, you're just blaming me? Humph!"

"Oh, I'll go! No, really, I'm just afraid of freezing you, don't think about it."

?_?: "Then why are you still holding the military newspaper? You are just here to accompany me to see the scenery."

He hurriedly put the military newspaper in his arms, nodded and bowed, "Hey hey hey... Come now, come now."

?_?: "What's wrong with you? Are you so reluctant?"

"No, no, no, Lord Queen misunderstood, how could the young one be reluctant?"

"Then let's talk about Liu Yi bastard."

⊙?⊙!Uh? "Well, bastard? Well, you have big breasts, and everything you say is right. I, Liu Yi, didn't accompany the little fairy to see the scenery well, I hope the little fairy forgive me."

^_^: "Xiao Yizi is so good. Come and carry me to the mountain to see. Why is the small lake next door so cute?"

⊙?⊙, but, cute? The three lakes are not as cute as you, right? "That... Chan'er, it's not that I won't carry you over. Although this Qinghai Lake is frozen, there are too many dark springs in the lake. For safety reasons, I still can't get over it?"

"Hmm? Spring? I see that there are so many people walking on the lake. Isn't they afraid?"

Liu Yi scratched his head, "This..., maybe they are familiar with this lake."

"Oh! Then forget it. But the people here are so strange. There is obviously such a big lake but they still have to dig a well. Can't this lake be drunk?"

Liu Yi was puzzled by what she said, "If this lake is drinkable, do you need to dig a well?" Anxi also needs to build a reservoir in seven counties. In terms of area, Qinghai Lake is larger than that of Pengze Lake in Ganzhou. The problem is that this lake is so salty and no different from sea water. How to eat it? Otherwise, the original name can be called Xihai? All Dawei knows it, but Shuchan doesn't know it, alas!" sighed and explained: "You guessed it, this lake is really not drinkable, it's easy to get pregnant (you can play with her)."

⊙?⊙Oh? "It's easy to get pregnant? Really fake? I'm less educated, don't lie to me, otherwise I'll beat you."

"Puff..." He held back and didn't laugh, "No, I promise it's definitely true."

Nodded, "Oh! I don't know if the population can be increased when I go to the Goddess Kingdom!"

Liu Yi quickly waved his hand, "No, no, this lake is very magical. If the water leaves this lake, it will become extremely poisonous. Never drink it."

"Oh! Then forget it. Xiao Yizi, I'm sleepy, let's go back."

"Hey" squatted on the ground, "Queen please get on the horse, let's go back immediately."

...

Shuchan fell asleep shortly after lying on his back, walking towards the county town while thinking about the problem. The Huaizhong Army newspaper was sent from Nanzhao. It was not ten days after He Chengfeng arrived in Nanzhao. Duan Longzhen's 250,000 Bai army was defeated by the Canglan River. The reason for the defeat was that Simon Kingdom sent troops. A hundred thousand troops went south from the Shunnu River in Motuo City to attack Tengchong Prefecture. The main forces of the Bai tribe were all stuck in the east of Dali to confront Xu Li. When the Simon army invaded rashly, the Bai tribe could not withdraw any extra troops to resist. In just half a month, Tengchong Prefecture was captured by the Simon army. There was Xu Li in Huichuan Prefecture in the east, and there was Simon army in Tengchong Prefecture in the west, and the head and the tail were ignored. Because Dali was stuck in the middle, the three parties had a major battle in the Lancang River. As Duan Longzhen was unable to dispatch troops to break into Nongdong Prefecture by Xu Li. Because Nongdong Prefecture was stuck in

Between Dali and Dongtuo, if 250,000 troops were not withdrawn, they would definitely be besieged by the enemy by the enemy. Duan Longzhen had no choice but to retreat south, but before he arrived at the Weichu Mansion, he was cut off by Xinyue Kingdom. Think about it, with one-on-three, Duan Longzhen lost a lot of fire. The two battles of the 250,000 troops were mostly damaged, and led the remaining remaining troops to break through the encirclement and flee to Dongtuo. Simon Kingdom stationed troops in Motuo City, and it would be sooner or later to join the war, but Xinyue Kingdom tore up the agreement and rashly sent troops to Nanzhao Kingdom. This was something Duan Longzhen had never expected. The old king of Xinyue, who had supported him for more than ten years, fought undeclaredly. Who would have thought of it? Now, the only one of the Dongtuo Kingdom remains his, and the rest of the other places were divided by the Three Kingdoms. It is estimated that the Three Kingdoms army will soon come to Dongtuo to destroy him.

In Liu Yi's opinion, Duan Longzhen is as stupid as him. How could there be a friendly agreement between countries? Simon's country sends troops to Nanzhao must be Yue Qunshan's idea, because the focus of Simon's country is not in the south or east at all. Why? The east is Shuhou and Nanzhao are both the targets that need his support from Simon's country. What is the focus? The desert is different, involving Simon's finances and trade routes. For Simon's country, the security line is the center of gravity. The four-country war is no longer a hegemonic position, and the territory issue can be completed by defeating and admitting defeat. As long as you lose in the desert, there is no suspense, the national strength will definitely plummet. Simon's country has a small population and is a semi-nomadic country. If you lose the territory of the desert, then what will the consequences need to be asked? I guess it will not be him supporting Shuhou but Shu at that time.

The Hou supported him. At the request of Shu Hou to send troops to Nanzhao, it would take a short time to hand over the territory to the Shu army. The reason why Xinyue State tore up the agreement and fought without declaring the war was probably because he saw the end of Duan Longzhen's demise and wanted to take the opportunity to make some money. Anyway, Simon State would withdraw troops when it achieved its goal. As for the issue of Shu army and Xinyue State, they would not care about it. Whether you negotiate or start a war, Simon State would definitely not participate again. For Liu Yi, the negotiations between Shu army and Xinyue State were not the result he wanted. If the two sides negotiated peace, haha! How long can Liu Xu last in Yangping? Duan Longzhen lost most of Nanzhao's land and no longer had the strength to compete with the two major forces. It can be said that even if Anxi supports him, it would be difficult to turn the tables in defeat. Fortunately, the Gui army was dragged down by the Guangdong army at this moment, otherwise the demise of Nanzhao would have to be even earlier.

No matter whether Duan Longzhen will perish or not, support will still need support. Even if he retreats to a place where only one city is left, Anxi must find a way to make him stand until he defeats Simon. Now that most of Nanzhao is included in the Marquis' Mansion, Yue Qunshan has obtained the strategic depth he wants. According to his speculation, the Marquis' Mansion's next step is to negotiate with Xinyue. It is probably impossible to start a war. Yue Qunshan is not that stupid yet.

Looking up at the south, "Damn Simon Country! I'll trip up my uncle everywhere. No matter what agreement you have with the Marquis' Mansion, this Qiu Xiaogong is taking a note. If the mountains and rivers are not turned, let's take a look."

...

Back in the small inn in the county town, he gently put Shuchan on the bed, kissed her red face, and pulled her cover over the quilt. He found Bimo and began to reply to He Chengfeng: Tell Duan Longzhen that if he was willing to surrender, he would be supported and Anxi allowed him to govern himself. This agreement would not sign a contract. To show sincerity, Anxi was willing to marry the Bai people. The noble princess must come to Anxi to discuss the marriage matter, and the marriage partner was Yang Chengyu, the commander of Anxi's army. From the day the matter was completed, all military expenditures of the White Army will be fully borne by the Anxi government.

In fact, he also knew in his heart that whether this military newspaper was sent or not would have a big impact. He Chengfeng would probably guess what he thought without reading the military newspaper. Moreover, if Duan Longzhen was not stupid, he would definitely agree. If he surrendered to Anxi, he could still be an autonomous king. If he did not surrender, it would be a dead end. It is not that he wanted to force Duan Longzhen. The key reality is that, unconditional support. It is impossible to say that the other party has no doubts at all. It is better to be straightforward. If you are willing, you will, and if you are unwilling to Anxi, you will definitely not force you. If you are willing, you will definitely not make this request before. But now the situation is different. The demise of Duan Longzhen is a foregone conclusion. Without Anxi's support, you will probably be defeated if you can't stand it for two months. With Anxi Branch, you can delay for a while, at least you have a chance to turn things around. No matter what, he has said, and whether you agree or not depends on how Duan Longzhen thinks.

(So ​​what is Duan Longzhen’s idea? Can He Chengfeng be fooled successfully? Next, turn his attention to Nanzhao and see the specific situation.)

...

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He Chengfeng arrived in Nanzhao for more than a month and never went to the palace to meet Duan Longzhen. He sent the army newspaper to Anxi to seek peace of mind. At least he had to let the guru understand the situation in Nanzhao. At the end of last month, the Simon Kingdom handed over the territory to the Shu army and retreated back to the country. The Marquis's Mansion directly occupied nearly 60% of Nanzhao's land, and the Xinyue Kingdom occupied 20% of the west side of Nanzhao. When the Shu army entered Tengchong Prefecture, it had a conflict with the Xinyue Army on the Canglan River. The two sides almost fought a battle. Later, because Xu Li arrived, he ordered that the current garrison was not allowed to advance westward. The current garrison confronted the Xinyue Army in the middle reaches of the Canglan River. Duan Longzhen's 250,000 army experienced two major battles in the Canglan River. When he was defeated, the large army was dispersed, resulting in nearly 100,000 troops being destroyed by Xu Li. After retreating to the East Expo, the troops were only less than 90,000. It was shrinking and the east Expo, and the two places of Xiushan were surviving.

The reason why I was not so anxious to see Duan Longzhen was completely because I wanted to cool him down for a while. This is how people are. Only when they appear in the most desperate moments, will he cherish them, otherwise don’t expect him to treat this hope well.

Sitting in the teahouse, looking at the sparse pedestrians outside, I felt that Nanzhao now seemed not as good as Yuzhou, and had fought a civil war for more than ten years, and it was really emptying out all the financial resources and manpower of Nanzhao. How could Nanzhao be so poor in the past? As a medicine-producing country, the people were all well-fed and well-dressed, but at least they were not as full of beggars as they are now. Nanzhao, which once had a population of 6 million, now he felt that there might not be even three million, and there were too many old, young, women and children, and beggars all over the streets. He had never seen a few beggars at all.

Strengthen labor. This situation is even more terrifying than destroying a country. If the country is destroyed, it can be rebuilt, but how can this clan be rebuilt? The war period of the Central Plains clan war was a lesson from iron. In just fifty years, 30 million people were lost. How many people died in war? Eighty percent were affected by negative reasons. This clan killed randomly before the defeat, and the clan defeated another city. No matter how large the empire had, it could not hold back and kill like this? All the young and old, young, women and children were killed. In the end, they either starved to death or

Death from illness. The Three Kingdoms fought for hegemony. The Northern Wei learned to be smart. No matter whether it was defeated or defeated, he had never killed a commoner. The other two countries were the same in the later period. Because they did not dare to kill. If they continued to fight in this way, the empire would be over sooner or later. This was not something that could be increased by increasing the population. It would take hundreds of years to recover. After the Great Wei unified the world, due to the great energy inside the empire, in order to quickly restore the population, Emperor Taizu personally issued an edict that each man would marry at least three wives, and those who did not comply would be fined two

Ten taels (This policy was only cancelled after a hundred years). There is no way. There are too many women and too few men. How can we quickly recover without using this trick? After hundreds of years, we have not yet recovered to the population of the Great Jin Dynasty. Obviously, the Nanzhao Kingdom did not learn from the Great Wei Dynasty. To this end, we can only blame the old Wang Nanzhao for being incompetent. Even though he knew that he had two sons under his knees, he did not handle the successor issue before his death. (Other princes are not counted, and princes without the power struggle are no different from ordinary people)

Just when he was about to drink tea, a disciple of the Beggars' Gang came to report, "Sir, there is news from the Nanzhao Palace. Duan Longzhen inspected the army in Xiushan County a few days ago. He was in a coma due to anger and vomiting blood. He woke up yesterday afternoon. At present, only he was found to have not been able to get out of bed, and the specific situation has not been found."

He Chengfeng nodded, "This matter is normal. Both major defeats have suffered heavy losses. It would be strange if you go to the military camp to inspect and not vomit blood. Tell your brothers to see if you can take some disciples among the refugees of Nanzhao and build the branch to Nanzhao in the future."

"Well! My subordinate understands, the elder asked me to ask when will I go to the Nanzhao Palace?"

"The time has come. I will send someone to send a greeting in the afternoon and go to the palace tomorrow morning. I can't let that Longzhen be ill. We should also give him some good medicine."

"Yes, my subordinates go and arrange it right away"

"Well, wait, let's get some food to those refugees tomorrow."

The disciple hesitated a little, "This..., sir, there are too many refugees, we can't help us! Do you think..."

"There is nothing, right? I will explain to you elders, how much can you save. The grain merchant in Nanyue asked him to send the grain directly to Nanzhao this month, and the grain payment will be deposited first, and then go to Yuzhou to settle the settlement at the end of the year."

"Uh... OK, tomorrow I will send some people to Guizhou to transport a batch first."

He Chengfeng stood up and continued, "Don't worry! How much we have paid will be taken back dozens of times. I, He Chengfeng, are not a savior. I, see that they are pitiful, and you don't understand the remaining part. You don't understand the rest. Go, please send me a message in the name of an armed dealer, and I must not disclose my identity in advance."

"Yes, my subordinates have surrendered."

...

(Haha! He is indeed not a savior, but he is not a stalwart. He has definitely a purpose. He can only say that there are two different things, which can be regarded as leaving a secret chess for Anxi.)
Chapter completed!