Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

However, Li Yi naturally understood that although the incident in Dongjun was caused by the tax exemption, it was really not his arrangement.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Yi neither admitted nor denied the matter. While having fun, he asked someone to write a long letter to Zang Hong. There is a rebellion, it is also forced by life, it is a helpless move, and the people's hearts are still good, so I ask Zang Hong to educate the people with all my heart, and don't raise swords against innocent people. As long as the people of Dongjun are safe, he Li Yi will take care of the people of Dongjun Thank you Zang Hong.

There is no clear meaning in Li Yiqu's letter, the main purpose is to add trouble to Yuan Shao. He cherishes the people very much, but the people have a priority in his heart. The most important thing is naturally the people under his rule. For the time being, he can only be sorry.

In addition to Dongjun, there is another good news sent by Guo Jia.

About a month ago, Shi Xie, the prefect of Jiaozhi, paid a heavy gift, loaded a full twenty carriages, plus six elephants, and was led by Shi Yi to the north for the purpose of befriending Li Yi and buying paper along the way.

This group of people went north all the way, listening to Li Yi's various achievements all the way, and finally knew that Li Yi was already a general, which greatly stimulated Shi Yi.

Therefore, when Shi Yi and his party arrived in Changsha, they went to see Cai Mao. After the discussion, Shi Yi, the emissary, changed his name, from begging for a good deal to congratulating the general, under the banner of Jiaozhou, Leading the elephant, swaggering along the way is so lively.

Guo Jia wrote to Li Yi to explain the situation, and suggested that Li Yi revise part of his foreign strategy and start to make friends with Jiaozhou in the future.

Since Li Yi arrived in Jingzhou, he has always been very concerned about the relationship with the surrounding forces, and he has decided early on how to get along with the various forces in the world at different stages. However, there has never been a sad scene of being besieged by the princes of the world who are all enemies.

As Jiaozhou is Jingzhou's neighbor, Li Yi naturally has corresponding arrangements.

Jiaozhou is the southernmost part of the Han Dynasty. It is very remote and the roads are difficult. Li Yi will make little profit and bear a lot of burdens if he takes Jiaozhou under his command. None of them pose any threat to Jingzhou.

So Li Yi didn't like Jiaozhou very much from the beginning.

At that time, the governor of Jiaozhou was Zhu Fu, the eldest son of the famous general Zhu Jun, and the elder brother of Zhu Hao. Similarly, Zhu Fu also had a heart for the big man.

Because of having a good father, and because the emperor is far away, Zhu Fu is very domineering in Jiaozhou. Although he is a supporter of the big Han, he is also the emperor of the local area. He is very unpopular. Li Yi became Jingzhou After Mu, it is said that Zhu Fu should take the initiative to express his congratulations, but in fact he didn't move at all. There were even rumors that Zhu Fu once laughed at Li Yi's background in public, saying that Li Yi was crowned as a monkey.

So, after comprehensive consideration, Li Yi finally positioned Jiaozhou as a lukewarm, indifferent relationship, and Zhu Fu was also very "cooperative". After a few years, the high-level officials on both sides basically had no contact.

This situation changed until Zhu Hao was killed by Xu Chu.

Li Yi was worried that Zhu Fu would raise troops to avenge Zhu Hao, so he informed Guo Jia and Cai Mao and asked them to strengthen their guard in the south.

But it's just to strengthen the guard. Jiaozhou's location is too far away, and the road is not easy to walk. The threat to Jingzhou is very limited.

However, Zhu Fu's soldiers and horses did not go north, but Shi Yi came with gifts.

According to Shi Yi, before the news of Zhu Hao's death spread to Jiaozhou, Zhu Fu had oppressed the people too much, causing civil strife, and was killed by the people in the chaos.

Guo Jia told Li Yi in the letter that the Shi family is very powerful in Jiaozhou, and they love the people very much, and they are very prestigious in the local area. Therefore, although there is no direct evidence, the death of Zhu Fu was secretly participated by the Shi family. At least an informed one,

Moreover, after Zhu Fu's death, almost all the military and political power in Jiaozhou fell into the hands of scholars.

Guo Jia deduced that the role played by the sergeant family in the Jiaozhou incident may not be honorable, or even a helpless move. Although the final profit was huge, it was also under tremendous pressure, especially Li Yi, who was so strong and unreasonable. The neighbors are here, and they are afraid that they will not sleep well.

Therefore, Guo Jia believes that it is very unlikely that the Shi family will become self-reliant. Giving a heavy gift to Li Yi this time is actually a kind of active surrender and finding a backer.

Therefore, Guo Jia suggested that Li Yidang should win over the scholars, at least to appease the scholars, and ensure that there will be no changes in Jiaozhou for a few years. The Marquis can easily conquer Jiaozhou.

Li Yi thinks what Guo Jia said is very reasonable, and he remembers that Shi Xie seems to have turned to Sun Quan in the end in history, and his current power is far stronger than Sun Quan, so he is afraid that he will not be able to subdue Shi Xie in the future?

That is to say, Jiaozhou is too far away, and it is too troublesome to manage. Otherwise, Li Yi felt that it would probably be feasible for him to directly appoint a Jiaozhou governor.

So, after some deliberation, Li Yi wrote to the court, first expressing his regret and heartache for Zhu Fu's accidental death, and then stating that the local government should not be without officials for a day, otherwise civil unrest may lead to catastrophe. Taishou Shixie has been loyal and good for generations, and he is generous and generous, courteous and virtuous, and is loved by the people of Jiaozhou.

In addition to this official letter, Li Yi also wrote letters to Fu Wan and Shi Xie himself.

Li Yi told Fu Wan that he recommended Shi Xie because he was afraid that someone would arrange manpower in Jiaozhou, which would be bad for him, and hoped that Fu Wan could let the court understand his difficulties.

Of course, this was just the cooperation of Weng and his son-in-law. In fact, on the day Li Yi submitted the letter, he issued a formal appointment to Shi Xie in the name of the general, appointing Shi Xie as the governor of Jiaozhou.

Li Yi believed that Shi Xie would probably not refuse this appointment, and once Shi Xie took it, there was basically no turning back.

Chapter 706 Zang Ba

On June [-]th, Li Yi entered Langya Kingdom with [-] soldiers and horses. Five days later, Li Yi's army arrived at Kaiyang City.

"How many people were there before Kaiyang City?"

After the army camped outside the city, Li Yi took a small number of light cavalry to check the situation in Kaiyang outside the city, and took a look at the local customs and customs. However, this made Li Yi feel quite heavy, because all he could see was In the wild grass, he hardly saw a few people. If it weren't for the sporadic soldiers on the top of the city who kept looking at him, Li Yi would even suspect that this was a dead city.

But even so, the feeling Langya Zhi gave Li Yi was extremely gloomy, which made him very uncomfortable.

Mi Fang sighed, and replied: "Kaiyang is a big city with tens of thousands of households, but that time Cao Cao directly killed the people in the city, and the whole city survived less than two palms, and they all went insane in the end. Oh, well, even though Zang Ba wanted to recover later, but Tao Shijun didn't get along with him, not only refused to help, but set up many restrictions, so that until now, Kaiyang's vitality has not recovered to less than [-]%."

Mi Fang's tone was very low, and the accompanying officials from Xuzhou had the same ugly faces, even resentment, not to mention that they were from Xuzhou, even a random person with a little bit of conscience would not be able to deal with the massacre of the city indifferently.

Li Yi looked at the deserted fields outside the city again, and asked, "Even if Tao Qian didn't help, Zang Ba never used the fields to lure the people to settle in Kaiyang?"

Mi Fang shook her head, expressing that she didn't know about it, but Cao Bao on the side said: "After Cao Cao retreated, Zang Ba did plan to revive Kaiyang and moved the people here, but every night here, there will be ghosts crying, It makes people panic, can't sleep at night, and some people lose their souls and get sick because of it. The people are very frightened, and they all say that wronged souls are taking their lives. Naturally, few people are willing to come. If nothing could be done, the garrison was changed to Linyi, leaving only a hundred or so garrisons in Kaiyang, and the people in the city are all those who really have nowhere to go, or who are not accommodated by the government. "

What Mi Fang and Cao Bao said made Li Yi's heart heavy, and he even suspected that he could find the bones of those innocent people as long as he scraped the ground under his feet.

Li Yi was in a bad mood, and looked straight at Kaiyang, which looked like a dead city. After a long time, he said to Lu Su: "Zijing, remember, after I conquer Hebei, I want to have another courtyard in Kaiyang."

Everyone was startled when they heard the words, and Lu Su hurriedly advised: "My lord, you can't. My lord has a body of ten thousand gold, but this place is a place of great danger. How can I let my lord live in peace?"

"This place is dangerous, my lord, please think twice!"

"I also hope that the lord will put his own safety first!"

Others also persuaded Li Yi one after another, and they didn't approve of Li Yi building another courtyard here, even if this was the first time Li Yi offered to build a house.

Not to mention high-ranking officials and nobles these days, even if ordinary people build houses, they still need to be feng shui, at least let the elders come and see, and Li Yi said that he wants a separate courtyard in Kaiyang, and it will probably be a palace in the future , that is even more particular, the general geomantic treasures are not qualified, but Li Yi chose this fierce place.

Li Yi waved his hand, interrupted everyone's advice, and explained: "Through this journey, although Yanzhou and Pengcheng have seen deserted counties, they are not as desolate as Kaiyang. Naturally, I set up another courtyard here, not for comfort and enjoyment, but for pleasure. I want to always be vigilant to myself, and to remind you, don’t let such a tragic disaster happen in the world, otherwise, we will still have a foothold in the world with our face?”

When Li Yi said this, everyone's faces were full of admiration. Although some people still felt that Li Yi's arrangements were inappropriate, no one could dissuade them.

Li Yi took a few steps, and said again: "Zijing, you can write to Tan County later. It doesn't matter what you did before. From now on, Langya will support what he needs, use money and food when he needs it, and tell him if it is not enough. I, I will find a way, in short, let the situation here get better as soon as possible."

The expression on Li Yi's brows was quite unfriendly, he was naturally not targeting Mi Zhu who had just taken office, but Tao Qian.

Indeed, Tao Qian had a bad relationship with Zang Ba, and he was unwilling to give convenience to Zang Ba, but it was his fault for disregarding people's livelihood, and with such special treatment, not only would Zang Ba become more eccentric, but even the common people would not recognize him.

Mi Fang, Cao Bao and other Xuzhou officials looked at each other, and then bowed to Li Yi in unison: "My subordinates thank the Lord on behalf of the people of Xuzhou!"

Li Yi nodded slightly, and then glanced at Jiang Gan without making a trace. The latter understood and understood that this matter was to be publicized, and it didn't matter if he stepped on Xuzhou's predecessor Tao Qian to set off Li Yi.

"Come on, follow me into the city."

As he said that, Li Yi was about to take people into the city. Although his soldiers and horses did not take over the defense of the city, many personal guards had already gone in to attack the front, so there was nothing wrong with Li Yi entering the city.

Everyone should be, just about to enter the city, a horse galloped from behind, and the knight immediately said to Li Yi: "My lord, General Zang has arrived, and the military adviser asks the lord to return to the camp."

"Oh? Not bad, Zang Ba is not too late."

Li Yi said in a low voice, and immediately ordered: "Let's go back now, but I have to change clothes, which will delay some time. Zijing will go to receive Zang Ba first."