To Rule in a Turbulent World

All the guards were mobilized, the pommel horses and weapons were ready, and they were ready to go out.

There are only hundreds of people here. You Miao got on the horse and asked, "Is that enough? How many people are there?"

"It's less than five hundred by eye." Li Zhifeng said, "That's enough, march! Let's go!"

The Quanrong people are all like wild wolves. They don’t even need to look at the road when they are galloping. The horses rush left and right, and pass through the mountains and forests in a few strokes. They pass through two canyons in a row, cross the afternoon market, and arrive at Goryeo. near the garrison.

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The other party was camping on the mountainside. Li Zhifeng and You Miao observed from a distance. You Miao asked, "Is this our place?"

"It's already our territory." Li Zhifeng said, "We have to drive them out."

"Slow down." You Miao suddenly thought, and said, "Listen to my arrangement."

It was early summer, and the mountains and forests were thick with fog.You Miao hadn't fought for a long time, and finally had a chance to fight. His hands were itchy for a while, and he drew a terrain with branches on the ground, and divided the 120 people in his hand into six teams.

According to Li Zhifeng's meaning, he set fire to the mountain and then sent troops to hunt him down, but You Miao firmly opposed it.

Burning the mountain is the worst policy, after all, it is the territory of Quanrong within a hundred miles.In the past, the burning of the mountains in the Central Plains was the thing that burned Zhao Chao. Is there any king in the world? When it came to burning You Miao's own mountains, You Miao couldn't bear it.This mountain is full of valuables, burning the mountain is burning money...

After formulating a strategy, Li Zhifeng nodded and arranged with others.

You Miao patiently waited until nightfall before Li Zhifeng launched the attack. In the dark mountains, a whistle sounded, and the dog soldiers ambushing from all directions rushed into the dense forest together!

The Koreans were immediately alert, but were ambushed without warning.When passing through the canyon, You Miao's second team of ambush soldiers shot arrows into the canyon from high places on both sides, and immediately turned countless people on their backs.After stumbling on the rope, falling rocks, and rolling logs, after bringing down a group of people, the Korean army finally escaped from the canyon.

At this time, Li Zhifeng quickly led his army back and successfully intercepted the deserters outside the mouth of the canyon. After three rounds of charges, Quanrong won a complete victory.

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"I really don't know how Zhao Chao lost." You Miao sighed helplessly as she walked towards home with more than two hundred Korean captives.

Li Zhifeng replied: "He was very young when he fought Korea, and he was on someone else's territory, but now he is on our own territory."

You Miao thinks so, after all, nearly ten years have passed, and everyone has grown from an ignorant boy to an emperor, Wencheng, and general in charge. This is different from the past. Now that Zhao Chao leads the army to fight, Goryeo is probably gone. Not his opponent anymore.

You Miao gave up the idea of ​​writing a letter to Zhao Chao to show off, and when she returned to the foot of Dongshan, she looked back and saw that the team of 240 four people was still a bit large.

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"How to deal with the captives?" You Miao said.

"Interrogate first." Li Zhifeng said.

All the people of the Quanrong tribe came out, and it was a rare complete victory since the death of the old King Quanrong and the succession of Darek and Xanadu.The group's admiration for Sanado increased a bit.

Only You Miao thinks that dealing with [-] people as a part-time job is easy. Li Zhifeng used to lead tens of thousands of troops in the south, and when he cooperated with Nie Dan, he sent [-] to [-] troops. Let alone arresting such a few people, he really has the intention , It is possible to flatten Goryeo.

When Darleko was in power, although the dog soldiers were ruthless, they had high individual combat capabilities. Without the cooperation of the Tianqi Army, they did not talk about formations and deployments at all, and even the combat effectiveness of outflanking was very limited. Sneak attack.Thinking about it now, it was God's will that Nie Dan was actually defeated by the Quan Rongren.

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Li Zhifeng asked people to burn a circle of fire on the plain, painted his face blue with a mixture of tree sap and grass leaves, and put feathers on his head, just like a wild beast god in the mountains, interrogating in this mysterious ceremony.The Koreans embraced shamanism, and the Quanrong people also practiced the ancient tradition of shamanism. When the prisoners of war saw this battle, they immediately became a little bit scared.

Li Zhifeng questioned the captives in Korean, surrounded by a group of burly men who looked like evil spirits, and before he could ask a few words, the captives started calling them all.

It turned out that the king of Goryeo was critically ill. After years of wars, Goryeo was short of supplies. The Apocalypse Dynasty won a big victory a year ago and expelled the barbarians, cutting off Goryeo's supplies for the first time.

And will succeed Goryeo's supplies.

In order to find the thousand-year-old ginseng to save his father's life, the incoming Prince Gaoli, at the instigation of Daleko, sent a team of people to explore the road to Leishan and Yingshan.

Surprisingly, among the captives was the little prince of the Goryeo Dynasty!He originally wanted to make military achievements, so he came to the advance team to find out what happened to Quan Rong.

Although the man was a little prince, he was over forty years old and had a big beard.He kept begging for mercy, saying that he would definitely send money when he went back.

Li Zhifeng said: "Daleke is the best at using this method."

You Miao knew about it when she stood upright.Now that the king of Koryo is critically ill, the eldest prince uses the excuse of looking for thousand-year-old ginseng to honor his father, but in fact he wants to open up the northern territory.The messenger was not missing, so he rashly ran to the territory of the Quanrong people, wasn't it obvious that he was bullying Li Zhifeng's youth?

"I guess their search for medicine is just an excuse." You Miao said: "Actually, they are exploring the way and testing us. If we encounter trouble, we will fight. If we can't fight, the little prince will come forward to make peace."

Li Zhifeng nodded and said, "You can't be too polite to them, Leishan belongs to us."

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You Miao hummed, and asked again: "How to deal with these prisoners?"

"Eat it." Li Zhifeng said.

"Eat...eat?!" You Miao was like a thunderbolt, with his mouth open for a while but unable to recover, Li Zhifeng: "Give it to the tribe to eat or be a slave."

"No!" You Miao almost roared, "How can you eat people?!"

"Can't you eat it?" Li Zhifeng said: "I don't eat people, but if you take them back, the tribe will definitely ask you to divide the prisoners of war and eat them house by house. It used to be like this."

"No, no, no..." You Miao said, "How can I eat my captives! Don't eat them!"

Quan Rong does have a tradition of cannibalism, but that was a long time ago. When everyone marched and fought for a long time, when they were too hungry, they could only eat the captives directly, but You Miao is absolutely not allowed, just kidding!Li Zhifeng said: "Then what should we do? We can't afford to support so many people."

"Let's raise them first." You Miao thought for a while, and said, "Let them write a letter each and ask for a ransom at home. Send someone from our clan to deliver the letter."

Li Zhifeng said: "It makes sense! This way you will have money!"

You Miao: "..."

Li Zhifeng said: "You really know how to deal with the imperial court."

You Miao replied: "Before the ransom arrives, give them some food every day, and let them all farm for me."

Li Zhifeng said oh.You Miao said again: "The clansmen who participated in this battle asked their family to name and select two prisoners of war. When the time comes, the ransom will come, and all of them will be divided among the soldiers. The prisoners of war will be under my name, and I will take them to plow the fields. Don't let them If you eat too much, you won’t be able to run.”

"Okay!" Li Zhifeng said, "Just do as you say!"

So 240 four prisoners of war were dragged to farm by You Miao that day, surrounded by dog ​​soldiers guards with weapons in their hands.You Miao asked Korean prisoners of war to write letters asking for ransom, and sent messengers to work for several days.The next step is a month-long land reclamation. This time, You Miao is gearing up and vowing to build the entire Dongshan Mountain into a fertile land for me.

+++++Of course, You Miao let the prisoners of war farm the land, but the little prince was an exception, he had to eat and drink to serve him.The little prince finally realized that he was framed by his elder brother and Darleko, and finally became friends with You Miao, asking for a box of silver totaling 400 taels as a ransom.

Three months later, as expected, Koryo sent a minister to bring the ransom money and take the prisoners back.

"Go back and be careful with your big brother!" You Miao waved to the bearded little prince.

The little prince left with tears of gratitude.

And You Miao's field was almost planted. When it was time for the autumn harvest, the entire Quanrong tribe mobilized to harvest rice and other crops.You Miao paid off the IOUs one by one, leaving 840 mu of land, and then asked the dog warriors of the entire clan to release the news that in the entire Liaodong, all the people who are not full to eat can come to harvest the grain, and whoever receives it counts of.

All the villages with a radius of hundreds of miles below were alarmed, and people from all over the place rushed down Dongshan Mountain in order to take advantage of the King of Liaodong and eat free food.

Li Zhifeng said: "Is it free?"

"Free gift." You Miao said with a smile, "Everyone who comes has a share, and those who haven't received the food, come and say hello, I'll send money here."

It's really easy to do things with money. You Miao now has nearly six hectares of land. The rice in Jiangxia Mountain Villa can be planted for two seasons, but it is definitely enough to eat. If you have money, you can spend it as you want. How did you spend it.However, it is not the time to raise the banner of the Prince Jian's Mansion.

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"Spread out the benefits of the peace first." You Miao said: "Anyone who is willing to move to Dongcheng will accept it. Every household will be allocated land, calculated on the basis of head count, 15 mu per person, and no rent for [-] years."

Naturally, Li Zhifeng had no objection. Immediately afterwards, You Miao took this opportunity to gather all the people from all towns in Liaodong together and promulgated the new policy.

Dongshan is not cold in winter, and there are mountains to block the strong wind. It is a plain suitable for sheltering from the cold, but it has been occupied by the Quanrong people since the beginning of history, and the Yaoren and Xianbei people dare not come here.

Now the king of Liaodong has made a new development, the Songjiang Plain is abundant with fish and rice, and there are inexhaustible forest farms on the mountains, and what is even more attractive is that there are reclaimed fields! No rent for 15 years!Such a good thing is simply more happiness than handing out money.

Some people wondered whether such a good thing really happened, but the homeless refugees came here first.After ten years of war inside and outside the pass, many people were displaced. As soon as the news spread, these people all ran towards this side.You Miao kept his word, unequivocally, and solemnly pledged to every household that moved in, and stamped his own jade seal.

Later, the Xianbei people flocked to the village because they were afraid that they would not be able to get a share if they arrived too late. When the last wave of people arrived in late autumn, You Miao had no more land, but some people still insisted on staying.

So You Miao allocated a large piece of wasteland to the north of Dongshan and on the other side of the Songjiang River to them, and let them open up the wasteland by themselves. If they want to ask the former Quanrong people to help, they will continue to give the crops one in ten.

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A few months later, winter came, and the population at the foot of Dongshan skyrocketed to 5.

You Miao was very satisfied with this.

When Li Zhifeng and You Miao visited the city, they couldn't believe it. In just one year, Dongshanxia had completely changed. Under You Miao's plan, Han and Hu mixed together, and a second new city was built on the west side of Dongcheng. Although the houses are not perfect, they have simple walls.

And after a year, the Quanrong people got used to living with their families. Gradually, no one existed on the Outer Mina Plain, and everyone moved into the main city to prepare for the winter.

You Miao designed an independent bazaar by the Songjiang River to facilitate exchange of needs. Of course, the bazaar must collect taxes. Except for the local dog Rong people who do not collect taxes, all other ethnic groups have to collect tithes Tax.

More and more people in Yanbian are getting news from Liaodong, which is true. However, You Miao's territory is basically self-sufficient except for tea. In the process of businessmen making huge profits, You Miao turned a blind eye to it. As long as it's not too much.

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Late one night, the sound of horseshoes came from outside, which alarmed nearly half of the Quanrong people at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.Li Zhifeng put on some clothes and went out, a gust of wind came in after a while, he picked up You Miao and went out, You Miao fell into a drowsy sleep, Chong Yang still hugged his waist tightly, the two were carried out by Li Zhifeng together.

A lamp was lit in another tent. When the visitor saw You Miao, he rushed forward and said, "Master! I finally found you!"

When You Miao heard the local accent, she was still drooling in sleep. An elf, the person in front of her couldn't see her face clearly, so she said, "Get up, you are... Guangwu?!"

It was Cheng Guangwu who came, You Miao was dumbfounded, and then thought that after following Li Zhifeng to the north, he only cared about escaping along the way, and did not explain anything about the villa.However, during the days when Zhao Chao locked him up, Qiao Rong had already taken care of it.

When You Miao left Maocheng, she only thought about wandering around the world with Li Zhifeng to get over the past completely, so she sent a letter halfway to drag the villa to Qiao Jue.Unexpectedly, Qiao Jue would send someone to chase him all the way here.For a while, the master and servant faced each other, sighing deeply, Cheng Guangwu kowtowed and cried, intermittently after a while, and finally explained the matter clearly.

It turns out that since Li Zhifeng took You Miao away, no one dared to mention this uncle who has become a legend. However, although You Miao is not in the court and the rivers and lakes, there are still legends about him in the court and the rivers and lakes.

Zhao Chao would always think of him from time to time.During the mid-autumn banquet for the ministers, Zhao Chao toasted: "Although Tianqi is a magnificent country, I still need to work hard to govern..." Halfway through the speech, he suddenly fell silent, thinking of the grand plan of the Central Plains, the beautiful mountains and rivers, all of which have long been worshipped. Gifts from Nie Dan and Chang Yu who passed away, and You Miao and Li Zhifeng who left the Great Wall.

Zhao Chao choked up on the spot, tears streaming down his face.

A few days after autumn, Zhao Chao fell ill. During his illness, he remembered all kinds of things in his previous life and thought of You Miao's journey outside the Great Wall. He couldn't let it go. Seeing this, Qiao Rong sent a letter back to Jiangbo Villa, asking Qiao Jue to act expediently.

Qiao Jue wanted to go to Yanbian in person to find You Miao, but in order to avoid the eyes and ears of the court and not be too blatant, she had to ask Cheng Guangwu to lead a group of people to go north first to see how You Miao was doing before she took root.

Cheng Guangwu first went to Yanbian, then inquired in the city, finally found Tu Risheng, got the general's letter, asked someone to lead the way, and left Dongliang Pass to Liaodong. After many twists and turns, he finally found Dongshan.

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You Miao coaxed her eyes and remained silent for a while after listening.

Cheng Guangwu held back his tears, seeing Chongyang made You Miao sad, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Young master?"

Zhongyang was puzzled and looked at Cheng Guangwu.Cheng Guangwu immediately smiled and said, "This is the queen's order. If we meet again, I will give something to young master Nie as a souvenir."

After finishing speaking, Cheng Guangwu walked out of the tent and brought back a box containing a pair of night pearls the size of eggs.

You Miao: "..."

Li Zhifeng: "..."

Cheng Guangwu: "..."

You Miao managed to recover, and finally got to the point quickly and accurately, and said, "Guangwu, how much did you bring with you this time?"

The hearer almost fell down.

Cheng Guangwu said: "The queen ordered the young master to bring a reward for the young master, and there is also an imperial decree, which is at General Tu Risheng's place. Our own uncle Qiao asked to bring 1 taels of silver notes, and prepared for the young master to arrange it when he came to Liaodong." use."

You Miao said: "Okay, keep the money. Let our family send a caravan over here. Be sure to bring more tea, not good tea. The tea bricks from the next year or ten years, all of them."

Cheng Guangwu: "..."

You Miao said again: "Take the ginseng and mink from our place and pick the best ones, and bring a few boxes to the queen. Let the queen find some scholars, and say that the King of Liaodong invites his staff, and anyone who is willing to come will come."

Cheng Guangwu took the letter, and Li Zhifeng knew that You Miao was still thinking about his family, so he asked a few more questions about the villa, especially whether the waterwheel was still in use.Cheng Guangwu smiled and said: "Although the general and the young master have left, nothing has changed at home."

Although You Miao has retired after success, Tian Qi is still afraid of him as an uncle, besides, Queen Qiao is here, and the crown prince has just been established this year, and the position of crown prince is now determined to belong to You Miao's nephew, and Zhao Chao obviously did not accept it anymore. The concubine meant that with the Crown Prince Zao and Princess Zhao Wei around, no one would be able to touch Youjia for at least 40 years.

Of course, after the crown prince registers, it is another matter to kill his mother-in-law's house by himself, but You Miao believes that Qiao Jue's book will definitely coax the prince to his heart's content. Let your own son resent.

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After Cheng Guangwu left, Li Zhifeng was still a little bit sad.However, within a few days, another lovely person came, this time it was Tu Risheng.

Tu Risheng's life and future are all thanks to You Miao. However, he knows You Miao's character. When Risheng came over this time, he just sat down and talked about business.

"I heard that the old man is dying on the Koryo side." Tu Risheng said, "Our spies have heard that there may be another fight in Korea."

While making tea, You Miao said absently, "Try not to fight if you can. You have also seen the situation in Dongcheng. We need a five-to-ten-year truce to negotiate a peace. If we fight now, we won't be able to support the military expenditure."

Tu Risheng said: "I'm just afraid that something might happen. According to me, I want to build a beacon tower at Dongliang Pass and connect it all the way to the top of the mountain. I don't know what the prince wants?"

"This is fine." You Miao said.

After Tu Risheng and You Miao finished discussing, Li Zhifeng invited him to dinner and took him on a tour of the city.

A brick kiln was set up in Dongshan, and bricks began to be fired. This year was the second year You Miao came to Beyond the Great Wall. People in Dongcheng have gradually gotten used to it, and Hanhu also began to intermarry.

Some Quanrong people still retain the custom of lone wolves going out of the customs, and some marry on the spot. Now they don't have to bring the betrothal gifts of the big clan to enter the customs, which invisibly saves a fortune for the whole clan.

Relying on the leadership of Li Zhifeng, the Quanrong people have various privileges in the city, but You Miao strictly prohibits fighting in the city and establishes strict laws in order to avoid the distinction between ranks and ranks.Although it is generally based on the revealed law, it is stricter. Anyone who breaks the law, regardless of race or age, will be punished accordingly.

In addition, the resources occupied by the Quanrong people are better, and the most fertile fields and fishing grounds under the entire Dongshan Mountain have been allocated to them. The Han people hunt tigers less, and they will not compete with the Quanrong people for too many resources.So for two full years, relying on You Miao's sophisticated skills and Li Zhifeng's prestige to suppress, everyone lived in peace.The status of the two is highly valued by all ethnic groups.

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The wood, bricks and stones under Dongshan are all available, and the next thing You Miao will do is to rebuild it. This time, he will build Dongshan City into the first city in Northern Saibei, and the scale will be larger than Da'an and Yanbian.

This requires a lot of money and civil engineering, but everything is ready, You Miao is confident that all the resources of Liaodong can be gathered here.

The position of Liaodong is very embarrassing. Originally, this place should belong to the Quanrong Kingdom. After all, Zhao Chao personally agreed to seal this place to You Miao and Li Zhifeng. However, before You Miao left the customs, Zhao Chao gave another jade seal, so such a Later, Liaodong became the territory of Tianqi.

You Miao knew very well that Zhao Chao made such a move in the end, meaning that the country is not a country, so you can figure it out yourself, just don't get scolded.

You Miao had to discuss with Li Zhifeng, and then wrote a letter to Tianqi.

This time, Zhao Chao’s meaning was unexpectedly simple—Even if Liaodong is the territory of Tianqi, it is also the territory of the dog army, has the right to conscription, financial independence, does not have to pay taxes to Tianqi, and can also set up imperial examinations on its own, but must be courted by Tianqi. , pay tribute every year.

How much tribute to pay, just think about it.

You Miao finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting this imperial decree.

In the third year, when Dongshan City was built, You Miao sealed the jade seal, made Li Zhifeng the King of Quanrong, and made Chongyang the prince, and retreated behind the scenes to become a courtier.

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A few years later, Qiao Rong sent a team of people, most of whom were scholars, to follow the caravan to the north.

You Miao set up a private school in Dongcheng. At the same time, he hired a poet of the Hu nationality with a lot of money to compile the Hu culture outside the Great Wall and the Canrong culture into a book. He also invited the elders of the Canrong tribe to study the text together. There used to be text.

Inu Rongwen is a kind of hieroglyphs, but it has a long history and is usually not used by everyone.Only by sacrificing ancestors and mountains and rivers can there be a few written words of spells. Judging from the shape of their characters, they are similar to the Zhongdingwen in ancient Xilong of the Han people.

This is a big project. You Miao spent a lot of money to open a school, sort out the unique culture outside the Great Wall, and prepare to draft the scientific examination and military election system.

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This year, Dongshan City has truly become a huge urban agglomeration, the market by the Songjiang River is prosperous, and You Miao has turned [-].After the autumn harvest, Chongyang held a coming-of-age ceremony. Following You Miao, Li Zhifeng and a group of warriors went out to hunt in a mighty way. When they passed Languan, You Miao stopped.

"Don't go!" You Miao said with a smile: "Your third uncle's place is ahead. Be careful that we will be arrested by Tianqi's generals like Prince Gaoli!"

The leader, Jin Feng, hangs his belt, holds a bow and arrow, and has a tall and straight figure, which is the center of gravity.After Zhongyang heard You Miao's whistle, he urged his horse back.

"Father!" Zhongyang's voice had the characteristics of a male duck when he changed his voice, and he said from a distance: "Let's go to the south for a stroll!"

You Miao said: "It's a big deal for you to go, it is said to be hunting, and Emperor Tianqi will come and beat you in person later!"

Chong Yang shook his head helplessly, and said, "It would be great if the mountains and rivers in the south belonged to us."

When You Miao heard this, she almost fell off the horse.

Li Zhifeng said casually: "Although the mountains and rivers in the south are prosperous, they are not the Liaodong built by your father. If you want to go, you can go and stroll around by yourself. You still think your own home is the best place to keep it."

Chongyang turned his head and looked at it inexplicably.

You Miao turned the horse's head with a smile, left side by side with Li Zhifeng, and threw Chongyang under Languan.

"Father!" Chong Yang shouted again, "Then I can go!"

"Go!" You Miao and Li Zhifeng rode side by side, and You Miao lazily replied.

You Miao and Li Zhifeng rode their horses, crossed the Blue Pass, crossed the snowy Qinling Mountains, and passed the place where they met each other.

The sensual dogs and horses in Liaodong stand tall in the wind and snow, the Wuhu and Han people are bustling, and the children are skating and playing snowball fights on the frozen Songjiang River.

When the wanderer returns, the mountains are crisp.

The bright moon rises from the Tianshan Mountains, among the vast sea of ​​clouds.

Tens of thousands of miles of long wind blows Yumen Pass.

"Fanwai II Partridge Sky End"