Xiaoqi

In a few days, Xiliang's army spread all over Youfufeng County and wiped out the remnants of Ma Teng.Clean up banditry, clean up idlers and bullies in all counties.Rectify the officials.Relieve the victims of disasters and encourage the refugees to cultivate and cultivate.

Huaili City lobby.

"I don't know why the general ordered the sergeants to bring grass people here?"

A 40-year-old man stood in the middle of the lobby, but he looked at Li Li with annoyed eyes, a rather displeased expression, an arrogant tone, and irony in his words.

"Yan Gong's words are serious." Li Li, who was sitting on the high hall master's seat.Hearing what the man said, he groaned, then slowly put down the letter in his hand, and looked up at the middle-aged man in the hall.He didn't continue talking, but picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea in his spare time before waving his hand to signal the man to sit down.

And the man standing under the hall is also very individual. He turned a blind eye to Li Li's gestures and held his head high, as if admiring the wood carvings on the eaves of the hall.

This move is clearly an eye for an eye.

Just now Li Li deliberately ignored him, but now he ignored Li Li's gesture, pretended not to see it, and stood still in the middle of the lobby.

"Yan Gong is a descendant of the legal family. He knows a lot about the past and the present. He knows astronomy from above and geography from below. He is actually a great sage born in Xiliang. But Li has heard that Yan Gong would rather hide from the world than become an official. Li is very happy about this. Curious, he specially ordered his own soldiers to invite Yangong to have a talk. Unexpectedly, the sergeant was reckless and neglected Yangong, and invited Yangong Haihan." Li Li also turned a blind eye to the middle-aged man's arrogance and anger, and explained the whole story slowly.

However, Li Li never mentioned the matter of letting the middle-aged man sit down, and let him stand in the hall, admiring himself alone.

The middle-aged man standing in the hall is Fa Yan, a famous scholar from Youfufeng County, the current head of the Legalist family, and the Legalist family is indeed a well-known clan in Youfufeng County for generations.However, the Legalist family is now in decline, and the great family of many generations in the past is now in decline. The members of the family fell apart and left separately, leaving only the direct line still living in this county.In addition, there are not many males in the first line of the Legalist lineage, and the three generations are single-passed, and now Fayan has only one son under his knees.

The reason why Li Li invited Fa Yan to come to talk was not because he valued Fa Yan's talent, nor did he invite him for the name of the Fa family, but because Fa Yan's son was named Fa Zheng.

As a person of later generations, Li Li simply dismissed the so-called celebrities in the Han states.This is because most of these celebrities are descendants of officials, or come from famous families, or have worshiped famous teachers, and use the teacher's banner to publicize everywhere before they get the title of "celebrity".

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were at least hundreds of literati who enjoyed the reputation of "famous scholars" in various states and counties. Chang'an Taixue gathered more than 200 "famous scholars".This is only the famous people in the states and counties around the Central Plains, and the places where famous people gather in Yingchuan, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou are not included. If they are all added together, there will be no less than five hundred "famous people".

There are so many celebrities, but there are only a handful of people who can really go down in the annals of history.It can be seen from this that most of the famous people in various states and counties now have a false name, and those who are really talented and learned are not very famous.For example, Xun Yu, uncle and nephew Xun You under Cao Cao's command, as well as Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others who will become famous all over the world in the future, are still not well-known today.

He is arrogant by nature, but his family is in decline, but he still guards the halo of his ancestors, pretending to be an outsider, "reclusive and not an official".It's a pity, according to the report of the sergeant, the father and son of the Fa family are now guarding the big house left by their ancestors to eke out a living.

However, looking at Fa Yan's words and deeds at this time, he still puts on the posture of being a well-known family, and still looks down on such a reckless hero like Li Li in his bones.

For this kind of shameless person who slapped his face and pretended to be fat, Li Lisu was impatient and didn't want to talk to him at all.However, today he was uncharacteristically patient.At least for now, Fa Yan is still kicked out.

Fa Yan stood in the hall, thinking that Li Li would solemnly invite him to take a seat, but he didn't expect that after Li Li explained the reason for inviting him, he picked up the slip of paper again and read seriously without even looking at him.

After standing for a while, Li Li didn't pay attention.At first, Fa Yan was full of anger, and felt righteous indignation in his heart, thinking that Li Li didn't know etiquette, and he didn't know how to be a corporal.But as time went by, his legs were sore from standing.But Li Li still ignored him.At this moment, Fa Yan wished he could turn around and leave, too lazy to look at Li Li's face.It's a pity that he wanted to leave but didn't dare, because Youfufeng County had already been taken over by Li Li's Xiliang Army. Once Li Li was angered.Then his Fa family, old and young, may be in trouble.

After standing for half an hour, Li Li still remained silent.Fa Yan's legs felt weak.The arrogance on his face gradually dissipated, and the anger in his eyes had already disappeared.At this moment, his heart is full of worries, worrying about gains and losses, he is afraid that Li Li's order will fall on him and offend him.

"Please forgive me, general. I really don't know what the general is doing when I come down here. Please tell the general clearly." Standing for a long time.After all, Fa Yan's skill in nourishing Qi was not as good as Li Li's, so he took the initiative to plead guilty.

The situation is compelling, how can people not bow their heads under the eaves.

"Oh?" Li Li murmured, looking up at Fa Yan.He said unhurriedly: "This time, the general invited you to come and talk about nothing important. I just heard that your house is short of clothes and food, so I will send you ten shi of food and two bolts of silk as a token of my heart."

"This,,,,,," the anger on Fa Yan's face reappeared when he heard the words, but he couldn't speak with his mouth wide open.Li Li's words were simply a great humiliation to him, and he was filled with righteous indignation.However, Li Li's gifts were the most urgently needed food and clothing for Legalists.If you get this gift, you will be able to solve the urgent need of the Legalists, and you will not be able to sell the utensils in the house cheaply in exchange for money and food.

Struggling violently in his heart, the expression on Fa Yan's face changed rapidly, from red to white, and finally turned into discouragement.

In the past, Qi Wang Han Xin sold swords to fill his stomach, and was willing to suffer humiliation from his crotch in order to earn a living. Today, Fayan can get food and silk to support his family just by losing a little face.Compared with the two, which one is more important?

Thinking of this, the anger in Fa Yan's heart disappeared, and his mentality gradually calmed down.Immediately he bowed and said: "Thank you, General, for your generosity. It's just that you won't be rewarded if you don't have merit. I don't know what orders the General has?"

"En!" Li Li nodded slightly, pondered, and waved his hand again to signal Fayan to sit down.

This time Fa Yan was very obedient. After seeing Li Li's gesture, he immediately walked to the table on the left and sat down, looking at Li Li nervously.

"Duke Yan has always been famous, and this general has heard of it. The purpose of inviting Duke Yan to come here today is to entrust him with the position of Governor of Youfufeng County. I don't know what you think of Duke Yan?" Li Li said with a smile on his face.

"Ah!" Fa Yan was shocked when he heard the words, looked at Li Li incredulously, and asked for instructions carefully: "The general wants me to be the governor of Youfufeng County, is this really true?"

"Hehehe!" Li Li laughed loudly, and said, "Li has always said what he says, and he will do what he says, and he never lies! This time, you, Fayan, are appointed as the prefect of Youfufeng, because you are upright and upright, I will trust you However, if you accept the appointment, you will have to follow the general's order and be under the direct jurisdiction of the Shangshu Li Xuan. From now on, without the general's warrant, you are not allowed to accept any edicts and orders; that is to say, you only need to Just be responsible to me, Li Li, and not be bound by other laws. Fa Yan, do you understand?"

"This,,,,,,, my subordinate pays homage to the lord!" Fa Yan hesitated for a while, got up and walked to the hall, kneeling down and bowing.

Although Fa Yan is arrogant and arrogant, he also longs for the opportunity to display his talent.Previously, he pretended to be hidden from the world, and rejected the conquests of Ma Teng, Han Sui and other princes many times. It was because he saw that Ma Teng, Han Sui and others were not people who achieved great things. It is difficult to get a chance to show your strengths when the pearl is cast in the dark.The current situation in Xiliang just shows that his previous judgment was correct. Ma Teng, Han Sui and others are not Li Li's opponents, and they will die sooner or later.

During today's trip, Fa Yan was originally unwilling to bow his knees and flatter him, because he was already past middle age, his desire for fame and fame gradually faded, and he no longer expected the opportunity to show his ambition.However, at this moment, facing the huge temptation of Li Li directly appointing him the prefect of a county, he finally couldn't hold back his nerves, and was so excited that he willingly worshiped the Lord and accepted Li Li's appointment.It's not that he's weak, or that he's following others, but that serving as a sheriff gives him a chance to display his talents.He has been looking forward to this opportunity for more than ten years, and it is only today that his long-cherished wish has been fulfilled.Although he could also hear the deep meaning in Li Li's words, he didn't care about it, and still gladly worshiped the Lord and took orders.

To this day, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Han Dynasty has been declining, and it has survived in name only.Although today's son is still a descendant of the Liu family, it's just that the time has not yet come.The power of the Han Dynasty has been exhausted, the hearts of the people have been lost, wars have been repeated, and the world is full of heroes. Once the time is right, the 400-year-old Han Dynasty will collapse and be replaced by princes.

In Fa Yan's view, although there are many princes in the world, there are not many princes who are really capable and capable of taking the Han Dynasty and replacing them.Yuan Shao in Jizhou, Yuan Shu in Nanyang, and Liu Yan in Yizhou were the three most likely to become emperors, but now the situation in the world has changed again.Wuwei Li Li suddenly emerged, and when Chang'an was in turmoil, he annexed the Xiliang army in one fell swoop, took charge of Chang'an, held hundreds of thousands of troops, and became the most powerful prince in the world.

That's right, today, Li Li's reputation and money are far less than Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and Yanzhou Cao Cao, but the Xiliang Army under his command is indeed the most powerful and powerful.However, Li Li's strength is limited to the large number of soldiers and horses, nothing more.

Fa Yan is now in his 40s. If he doesn't become an official now, he may never have a chance in this life.He doesn't care about the general situation of the world after decades, because decades are too long, and he only fights for the day and night.

"Okay, hahaha!" Seeing that Fa Yan did not hesitate to worship himself as the master, Li Li laughed heartily, looking extremely happy.

After laughing, Li Li stood up, helped Fayan himself, and said with a smile: "If you can get Fayan's help, Youfufeng County will have no worries! Fayan, you will take office from today, and the imperial edict will arrive soon. Besides, I I heard that you have a son named Fazheng, who is 17 years old. He is very intelligent and talented. How about this, let your son Fazheng come to Zhengxi General's Mansion as an assistant official. After two years of experience, he will become a great weapon in the future. !"

"Uh? Thank you, Lord, for your kindness. Fayan has nothing to repay, and I would like to swear to serve my lord with this crippled body!" Fa Yan was stunned, his expression was abnormally excited, and he bent down to worship, and he kowtowed so hard that he was stunned. The floor made a "bang bang" sound.

Li Li's move, in the eyes of ordinary people, is to take Fa Yan's son as a hostage, so as to blackmail Fa Yan.But Fa Yan himself didn't think so, because he knew that Li Li was the dominant family in Xiliang, and no one in Chang'an Sanfu would dare to resist Li Li's orders.Since no one resisted, Li Li still wanted to mention his son Fazheng. This was a sign of wanting to value Fazheng, and it was also a manifestation of his respect for Fayan.

How could Fa Yan not be grateful for such a great kindness, and sincerely bowed his head in worship!

Chapter 349 The Battle of Hanyang ([-])

In five days, the Xiliang army turned Youfufeng County upside down, and the purge movement was in full swing.

The county magistrates and county heads of the fifteen counties in the county were all replaced, and the county lieutenants and county magistrates were re-selected and appointed.

All the tens of thousands of soldiers in the county were transferred from their original places and went to Chang'an to be taken over by Tietuo, and [-] infantry were dispatched from Huang Zhong's troops to take over the defense and security of the counties.

Fa Yan, a famous scholar in Youfufeng County, took up the post of prefect, and the county magistrate was reassigned by Li Xuan, the Shangshu who stayed in Chang'an, and Liang Xing was appointed as the commander of the army and horse of the county, and was in charge of the five thousand soldiers of the county.

After staying in Huaili City for five days, Li Li's army continued to march westward, heading straight for Hanyang County.

After marching for several days, Li Li's army arrived in Hanyang, Liangzhou.

Earlier, Guo Si's Qinglongying front army had set up camp [-] miles outside Jixian City, and Yang Qiu's troops stationed in Lintao City also sent [-] infantry to join the battle.

By the time Li Li's army arrived at the base of Ji County, Guo Si's troops and the Ma's army stationed in Ji County had become confrontational, and the two sides were at war and ready to go.

The battle is imminent, and even the air is filled with a strong atmosphere of war.

Thirty miles outside the city of Ji County.

Xiliang army camp, inside the Chinese army tent.

Next to Shuai's case, Li Li was looking through the situation in Hanyang County sent by General Yang Qiu and Guo Si, and the government affairs letter sent by Chang'an.

At the bottom right of the case table, there is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old scholar standing beside him, carefully sorting out the bamboo slips reviewed by Li Li, and registering them one by one for future inquiries.

"My lord, general Ma Chao and lieutenant Ma Yunluo asked to see my lord." Not long after, a sergeant outside the tent walked into the big tent and bowed to report.