The rebellion in the four counties of Xia Pi was extinguished so fast that it was so fast that when Chen Deng was still thinking of joining forces with Liu Bei and taking advantage of the unstable opponent to break through the defense line blocked by Zhang Liao and Gao Shun to find a way to take down Xia Prime Minister, news of the failure here came, but Lu Bu took the butcher knife. In one day, thousands of people were killed in Xia Pi alone.

Xia Pi was just a part of Chen Deng's subverting Lu Bu, and it was also a part of the attacks of the scholars against Lu Bu. This time, the gentry who participated in the rebellion covered twenty-three cities, and Lu Bu's butcher knife was not only the gentry who rebelled in Xia Pi.

As for why this rebellion was extinguished so quickly and easily, this is not only due to the fact that Lu Bu and Chen Gong had secretly begun to deploy these aristocratic families in advance, but more importantly, the various wealthy merchants in Xuzhou, as beneficiaries of the battle between Lu Cao, the rebellion of the gentry in various places was even faster than that of the government agencies.

The one who least hopes for something wrong with Lu Bu is these Xuzhou merchants. After detecting the actions of these people, these merchants spontaneously organized them. This struggle is not so much a fight between the scholars who resist Lu Bu, but rather a battle between the scholars and scholars for the right to speak in Xuzhou.

The harm caused to scholars by the rich merchants was even more serious than Lu Bu's massacre. Lu Bu killed people, but the rich merchants got the local power of affairs.

What is the right to speak?

Taking a county town as an example, who has the greatest power to speak out in a county? The county magistrate? It can be said that because the rights of a county town are usually in the hands of the county magistrate, county guard and county magistrate, but this is only on the surface.

The county magistrate needs to do things. In this era, you must establish good relations with the local gentry. This is considered a representative of the civil forces. If the county magistrate takes office, if he gets the recognition of all the people step by step from the bottom, not to mention that he may not be able to sort out the county affairs in two or three years, but if he can get the recognition of the local gentry, there will be no problem in basically governing the county town.

Taxation is a small matter. The most important thing is that there is a circle in the county town, about 30 or 50 people. These people control most of the people's livelihood in the county town, such as land, shops and various businesses. As long as the county magistrate deals well with people in this circle, taxes and public security will basically be the same. The people's hearts may not be too good, but they will never be too bad. This is the so-called local tyrant. If they are placed outside the local area, they actually do not have much ability, but they have enough influence on their own 30-point land. These people are usually local celebrities, and there is a journey between famous scholars and celebrities from all over the world. A circle that spans the entire county and even the entire state. To put it bluntly, the Chen family is in the top position in this circle.

This struggle between gentry and scholars in various places is this circle. Ventures from all over the world want to take this opportunity to break these circles that have basically been fixed, and they want to become new local snakes.

If the old local snakes had no external forces, it would be difficult to shake with these wealthy merchants. At least in terms of fame, it would be difficult for them to shake the status of these scholars.

But this time these scholars committed suicide and provoked Lu Bu who had just won the victory. One was Lu Bu who raised the status of a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou. Many of the interests of the two were closely related to Lu Bu. No matter from any aspect, if Lu Bu fell, these wealthy merchants would not have a chance to make a comeback. It is precisely because of this that these wealthy merchants may be more reluctant to see Lu Bu fall than Lu Bu himself. So when the rebellion that these scholars had just joined forces and launched, these wealthy merchants had already rushed to the front line regardless of their own.

"Retreat the troops, retreat to Haixi, Huaipu area!" Chen Deng was a little unbelievable when he received the news that the rebellion was extinguished just after it was launched. The riot covered more than 20 counties, with 30,000 participants. Lu Bu is now the main force outside. Even if Lu Bu is in charge of Xia Pi and can suppress the situation in Xia Pi, the unrest in other parties cannot be quelled so quickly, and Lu Bu is not enough for troops.

But this is the case. Lu Bu sent troops more to arrest people rather than suppress the rebellion, but this rebellion was quite a lot of casualties and injuries.

Chen Deng only found out about the specific situation after returning to Haixi to meet with the Liu Bei brothers.

"Lu Bu, I played a big game of chess. Five years ago, when he was trying to win over the wealthy merchants in Xuzhou, he probably planned for today." Chen Gui handed Chen Deng the attribute he had just sent back from Xia Pi and sighed.

"Then Lu Bu's plan was indeed far-reaching. This incident not only suppressed the rebellion, but after today, we will instigate the gentry of various counties, and it is unlikely that anyone will respond." Chen Deng was also a little upset after reading the bamboo slips.

This time, Lu Bu did not move much, but it shook the foundation of the scholars in Xuzhou. In addition, this time, Lu Bu slaughtered tens of thousands in one go, and at least nearly half of the families of the four counties became resentful souls under Lu Bu's sword. The decline of the scholars in Xuzhou was almost visible, even if Lu Bu was finally destroyed. This time, the local snake power formed by the gentry in the past was broken. This circle was broken, and the foundation of the scholars was shaken.

"Yuanlong, if this happens, will our army be more struggling to capture the city?" Liu Bei looked at Chen Deng and frowned.

"No," Chen Deng sighed: "Fortunately, with Duke Xuande helping him, if only my father and son, I'm afraid Guangling will be taken away by Lu Bu sooner or later."

"Brother, Mr. Yuanlong." Guan Yu frowned and said, "Although he doesn't want to arouse his anger and destroy his own prestige, if Lu Bu leads his army personally, it may be difficult to resist!"

Not to mention that Lu Bu is extremely capable of leading troops, Lu Bu alone was alone last time, and he had never fought against Xu Chu, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Cao Hong. Now they can't find helpers like Xu Chu and Cao Hong, not to mention that there are many powerful generals under Lu Bu. Now Lu Bu has no worries. It is difficult for them to fight against Lu Bu in terms of military strength or military combat power. In fact, there is no favorable terrain to stick to except for a few larger rivers.

"There are actually many Buddhist temples in Guangling that have not been taken seriously before. However, before Wei Hu died, he told me not long ago that the disciples of Guangling Buddhist temple can go and seek help if necessary. Maybe, there are strange people like Wei Hu. If they can get help from a strange person, why worry about Lu Bu's undefeated?" Chen Deng had no choice but to pin his hopes on these so-called Buddhists.

Liu Bei remembered Wei Hu at that time, and still didn't understand how Lu Bu killed Wei Hu, but now he had to compete with Lu Bu, and it seemed that he could only rely on these strange people.
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