Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Because of leaving Yanzhou, there were many deserters among Cao Cao's troops, but because of Li Yi's warning, He Qi did not choose to stop him after guessing the situation, but Zhang Miao and Zhang Chao brothers were unwilling, and they attacked for a while, but they were defeated. A small loss.

After learning about it, Li Yi replied to He Qi, affirming his prudent approach, and asked him to continue stationing in Lu County to stabilize the place, while paying close attention to the movements of Qingzhou and Xuzhou.

Five days passed quickly, and it was time for Li Yi to hold a celebration banquet.

Early this morning, the gate of Li Yi's camp was opened wide, and [-] soldiers and horses came out in formation, heading straight for the city of Changyi. Naturally, such a big movement could not be hidden from the eyes of those officials, but before they asked, Li Yi So he took the initiative to send a messenger, saying that the facilities in the camp were too crude to hold the banquet, and that he might neglect the officials of Yanzhou. Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Yi decided to place the celebration banquet in the city of Changyi Inside, it is also convenient for officials in the city to participate.

Because Li Yi's movements were relatively fast, when the officials in the city received Li Yi's news, Li Yi's [-] troops had already arrived at the city, and when they saw the army that had just won a big victory, it was as majestic as a mountain and the sea, and the military officials in the city , There are people who are worried, some people are panicked, and there are many people who are secretly happy.

In order to show his kindness, Li Yi gave gifts to the officials in the city before, so many people also gave Li Yi gifts in return, and the most important gift in return was a letter, telling how the Marquis of Xiang was so wise and mighty , Tell them how to admire, if they can follow Xianghou, then it would be great.

After defeating Cao Cao, Li Yi waited for another five days. Although there were various affairs that required time to recuperate, it was also to give more people, especially those in the middle, a chance to think and make choices.

Just like Yuan Shaozhi and Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao’s officials scrambled to communicate with Yuan Shao secretly. Now Lu Bu is far less powerful than Cao Cao, but Li Yi is more powerful than Yuan Shao. Therefore, the letter of favor in Li Yi’s hand is just In just a few days, it could be grasped with only one hand, and it swelled to the extent that it needs the whole embrace to hold it.

This result is gratifying.

Therefore, when Li Yibing came to the city, Li Yi was fully capable of asking the guard at the top of the city to open the door for him. However, Li Yi is a fastidious person, and he politely asked the guard to ask Lu Bu to see if Lu Bu would let him into town.

If Lu Bu agreed, he entered the city with a smile, and held a celebration banquet, and everyone was happy.

Lu Bu refused to allow it, and only God knows what the result will be.

Therefore, not long after Li Yibing came to the city, Lu Bu's mansion was surrounded by many officials, wanting to know how Lu Bu would respond. However, to everyone's surprise, Lu Bu did not see any visitors behind closed doors. blocked by him.

In the end, after waiting for half an hour to no avail, Chen Gong ordered to open the city gates to welcome Li Yi into the city, and notified the generals of all ministries to restrain their troops and strictly prohibit conflicts with Li Yi's soldiers.

Making this decision, Chen Gong was very helpless.

In the eyes of most people, the "politeness" Li Yi is showing now is probably because he wants to build a memorial archway after being a prostitute, but Chen Gong thinks otherwise.

Lu Bu fought fiercely with Cao Cao before, but in essence, Cao Cao was the shepherd of Yanzhou appointed by the imperial court, and Lu Bu was the thief who caused chaos in Yanzhou. Li Yi needed a name to win Yanzhou from Cao Cao, and as for Lu Bu, Li Yi directly detained Lu Bu as a traitor There is nothing wrong with the thief's hat, and no one will criticize it at all.

In this case, Li Yi still wants to play those fake things, in fact, he is putting pressure on Lu Bu, let Lu Bu see what the current situation is like, let Lu Bu see where the hearts of the people are standing, let him, don't Self mistake!

As Lu Bu's adviser, Chen Gong felt very uncomfortable, especially after he saw that after he gave the order, the dozens of officials, large and small, and occasionally a few people who sighed, but none of them were angry, let alone ashamed. There were many happy people, and some even put smiles on their faces. Regarding this, Chen Gong suddenly felt that although the result was a bit bleak, it was a good thing for Lu Bu.

As a result, the city gates of Changyi were opened wide, and Lu Bu was unable to meet guests due to a relapse of his old injury. Chen Gong led all the soldiers in the city to welcome Li Yi into the city.

Before Li Yi entered the city, except for Gao Shun, the guard of the east gate, the other three gate guards all excused their lack of troops and their inability to protect the people.

Li Yi readily agreed, and only entered the city after the arrangement was completed, and used the mansion of the richest man in the city as a temporary general's camp. , Hao Meng, Cheng Lian and others were all present.

Gao Shun's indifferent performance was basically within Li Yi's expectation. At first Li Yi wanted to try his best to win over Gao Shun. Personally, Li Yi wanted to accept Gao Shun for his use, but after thinking about it, Li Yi decided to forget it.

Now it’s not the same as before. The military officials under Li Yi’s command may be a little younger, but they are really full of talents. Even the famous Jiang Dongmei Zhou Yu is still working as a staff officer. There is really no shortage of Gao Shun.

Moreover, Gao Shun has already identified Lu Bu, and he is unwilling to bow his head to Li Yi in such a situation today. Even if Li Yi uses means to make Gao Shun work for him, Gao Shun will not be happy, and Li Yi will not feel comfortable using it. Both parties were unhappy, and if the last friendship was exhausted, it would be better to keep him with Lu Bu.

After meeting the main generals under Lu Bu's command, although the two sides did not directly make any substantive agreement, the general tone of friendship has been set. Therefore, after making military guarantees, at noon, Li Yida A celebration banquet was held for the military officials under his command, the Yanzhou officials who had arrived one after another in recent days, the military under Lu Bu's command, and some invited representatives of the aristocratic families.

Frankly speaking, Li Yi's banquet was a bit shabby, because the war in Yanzhou continued, the production was severely damaged, and all kinds of materials were very scarce. In terms of the banquet expenses, Li Yi tried his best to keep it simple, but the atmosphere at the banquet was not the slightest Not bad, from the very beginning, everyone took the trouble to sing praises to Li Yi, and all kinds of fancy flattery flattered Li Yi as if he was a savior.

Even, Li Yi didn't even have time to respond, often after one person praised, another person would appear on the stage, and there were still people waiting in line behind to flatter him.

In the end, Li Yi felt that it was too much, and it would affect his subsequent arrangements, so he interrupted the flattery with an excuse to toast to everyone.

Almost none of the people who can participate in this banquet are fools. Before they praised Li Yi so much, they just wanted to express their position in public. But at the banquet itself, Li Yi must have important things to discuss Yes, so, after a glass of wine, the banquet scene fell silent.

Li Yi looked around and said slowly: "Since Dong Zhuo's chaos, wars and disasters have continued all over the world, especially in Yanzhou. People from all over the country have seen how many refugees are gathered here today, and how many refugees will be gathered there tomorrow, and nearly [-]% of them are the people of Yanzhou."

"Most of them are officials from Yanzhou, and there are also prominent families in Yanzhou. Do you know how many refugees from Yanzhou have been gathered in Nanyang County alone in the past few years?"

The topic Li Yi raised was somewhat unexpected and quite heavy, and everyone dared not speak up easily for a while, especially those Yanzhou officials, who were even more cautious, but no matter what they thought in their hearts, they all showed shame.

After a while, seeing no one answered, Li Yi sighed and said, "20, 20 people!"

"hiss"

"how can that be!"

"How come there are so many?"

"This is too"

Hearing the number reported in Li Yi's mouth, everyone who was still nervous suddenly showed disbelief.

It is normal for refugees to appear during the war, but according to what Li Yi said, 20 people went to Jingzhou alone, which is so scary that some people wonder if Li Yi is exaggerating on purpose.

However, although Li Yi's words are a bit untrue, they are not too exaggerated. He is just added from the vicinity of Nanyang. Besides, there are more than 20 people who left their homes during the war?

Looking at the crowd, Li Yi asked again: "20 is a lot, not to mention far away, just look at the current Changyi, how many of the original ten households are left now, who can tell me?"

Everyone was silent immediately.

The 20 fugitives that Li Yi said just now is scary, but the population of Yanzhou is about 350 million, and the 20 people are less than one-fifteenth.

However, comparing this ratio with the number of vacant households in various cities, there is still a lot of difference.

Seeing that there was still no one answering, Li Yi pointed at Chen Gong and said, "Gongtai, you are in charge of Yanzhou's government affairs, and you should understand the people's livelihood. Tell me, how many people are left in Changyi?"

Chen Gong looked distressed, got up and bowed to Li Yi, and sighed: "Three years ago, there were [-] households in Changyi. At the beginning of this year, there were about [-] households. Now the palace really doesn't know."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard. Normally, everyone only knew that the population was reduced because of the war, but with frequent wars, few people really cared about people's livelihood. Now they suddenly pointed it out, and were told that it would be less in three years. It is difficult for anyone to accept this data.

Conscientious officials have already begun to grieve, but there are also a very small number of people who think that Li Yi will use this incident as an excuse to take the opportunity to get rid of those who are obstructive.

Xu Si belongs to the latter. He is a direct descendant of Lu Bu and an official. He was very worried that Li Yi would take him under the knife, so he gritted his teeth and went out to worship: "As an official in Yanzhou, Si is unable to govern the local area. Misfortune, I have violated the teachings of the sages, and I ask the Marquis Xiang to punish me!"

After all, Xu Si's forehead hit the floor tiles with a bang, looking very sincere.

However, what Xu Si was thinking in his heart was that if he expressed his attitude as soon as possible, then even if Li Yi wanted to settle the score, he should not be blamed.

"The end will be guilty!"

"Please punish the Marquis Xiang!"

"I am ashamed of the people of Yanzhou!"

Xu Si took the lead, and the others reacted quickly, so the officials of the Yanzhou Department, led by Chen Gong, Wei Xu and others, pleaded guilty to Li Yi one after another.

Li Yi frowned slightly. This situation was a little out of his expectation, but it didn't affect the follow-up. Li Yi winked at the entrustment arranged earlier, telling him not to make any moves, and then Li Yi gave false support to everyone. After a while, he sighed and said, "If the people in one state and one place are in dire straits, the local officials will naturally commit the most heinous crimes. If they don't kill them, the common people will not be angry! However, the world is full of wars now, and this is no longer a personal fault."

Seeing Li Yi talking like this, everyone knew that Li Yi didn't take the opportunity to make trouble, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, they also began to wonder what Li Yi wanted to do.

Amid everyone's speculation, Li Yi got up slowly, stood with his sword, and said loudly: "Yanzhou has been in chaos for a long time, and the people are struggling to live. For the sake of the people of Yanzhou and the peace of the world, Li has three government orders. Please consider them together! "

Everyone hurriedly bowed, waiting for Li Yi's order.