Chapter 542: Human Heart and Prescribing the Right Medicine (Part 2)

Chapter 542: Human Heart and Prescribing the Right Medicine (Part 2)

The place where I met Shao Yi was in a wilderness west of Nangong City.

Hundreds of Zhuhu cavalry who are arriving one after another are practicing.

These people are all put together by various departments.

I have fifty, you have one hundred, and he has two hundred, and we have collected more than two thousand. Now we have five hundred, and we have begun to organize and train.

Since the Northern Expedition, the number of cavalry first declined rapidly, and then increased sharply.

He plans to recruit more than two thousand people into the Yi Cong Army. In this way, the total strength of the army will exceed seven thousand, greatly increasing its strength.

However, the number of people has increased, but the combat effectiveness has declined, and the military morale is also relatively chaotic, and it still needs time to rectify.

When Shao Yi arrived, what he saw was that these cavalry were practicing the tactics of dividing and attacking together.

Amidst the rumble of horse hooves, Shao Yi bowed forward and saluted.

"How are you doing, Sizu?" Shao Xun took Shao Yi's hand, asked him to sit down, and asked with a smile.

Seeing how familiar Chen Gong was, Shao Yi knew what he was doing and immediately replied: "After my father returned home, he joined forces with the Marquis of Jibei to force Cao Yi to withdraw his troops."

" What did Cao Yi go back to do? "

"Probably to rectify the place and consolidate the foundation."

"Cao Yi has some insight," Shao Xun said with unclear meaning.

“Cao Yi was originally a remnant of the Celestial Master Dao, and he was running rampant in Qingzhou, relying on the Celestial Master Daoists. In recent years, he was very polite to the scholars and won over many people, and his power became increasingly stable.”

“ Didn't he force some of the scholars away?" Shao Xun asked.

“If you cannot be used by him and are always against him, Cao Yi will also be cruel.”

Be kind and powerful at the same time!

Shao Xun couldn't help but glance at Cao Yi.

Although this person has no great ambitions and just wants to separate Qingzhou and become the local overlord, he still has some skills.

Moreover, it is not that he has no basic base in the local area. "The remnants of the Heavenly Master Dao" is an annotation of his identity.

It’s actually quite interesting.

Cao Yi provided another possibility for Shao Xun to rise, that is, religion.

Religion can weaken the disadvantages of birth and family status, making it easier for the lower class to rise. There are many scholars who believe in Tianshi Dao these days, mainly in the eastern Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, and Jizhou areas. Among them, Qingzhou is the place where Tianshi Dao develops best. Through religious belief, some scholars can be attracted to work for them.

To put it simply, Tianshi Dao has reshaped a social evaluation system. The proportion of family status has dropped, making it more friendly to low-level careerists.

"When the situation in Hebei is stabilized, sooner or later we will take action against Cao Yi." Shao Xun glanced at Wang Yan and said.

Wang Yan gently stroked his beard and said, "Taibai, you can't expect Cao Yi to surrender with just a few words. You still have to use swords and soldiers."

The imperial court was not willing to recruit Cao Yi to surrender at first. , thinking that if anyone who rebels can be recruited, won’t it encourage more people to rebel? In the past two years, he gradually couldn't stand it anymore and began to contact Cao Yi, but Cao Yi refused to surrender.

The Huns gave everything that the Jin court could give, and the conditions were more relaxed. He also started as a rebel. From a personal emotional point of view, he must have hatred for the Jin court. The conditions between the two parties are similar. In this case, why should we lower it?

Now that the war in Hebei is raging, Cao Yi can't sit still.

But no matter what, his first priority is to maintain his independent status and become the local overlord of Qingzhou.

All his actions serve this ultimate demand.

For this reason, it is not that he cannot consider Jin Ting's recruitment now, but he will have to say which side will surrender.

If Shao Xun expected Cao Yi to submit to Qingzhou to install officials, station troops and ask for too much money and food, it would definitely not work.

So, we still have to fight against this kind of people, don’t expect to be boiled frogs in warm water and they will be slowly absorbed.

"Now is not the time to touch Cao Yi." Shao Xun said: "I heard that you also brought some Bohai heroes?"

"Yes. They are all descendants of the Bohai Gao family, and they were together. Raise troops to fight against the Huns."

"You can call them quickly," Shao Xun said.

Shao Yi immediately asked his followers to summon the children of the Gao family to come in.

Taking advantage of this gap, he briefly introduced the situation of the Bohai Gao family.

When Wang Jun relied on Yi Jianwei to conquer Hebei, his wife's uncle Cui Ao used his power to obtain the positions of governor of Pingzhou and captain of Dongyi.

The Cui family of Qinghe was very popular in Hebei, so they recruited a group of Hebei scholars and powerful men to go to Pingzhou.

Among them, Bohai Gaozhan and his uncle Gao Yin first led thousands of tribesmen to rely on Wang Jun to escape the chaos. Later, they found that Wang Jun was not decent, so they attached themselves to Cui Ao of the Cui family in Qinghe and moved to Liaodong.

It's not that Cui Ao has any extraordinary abilities. In fact, he is indeed better than Wang Jun, but his ability is average.

The most important thing is that Cui Yan is the great-grandson of Cui Yan, the leader of the scholars in Jizhou, and his descendants have been the crown clan of Jizhou for generations - the reputation of the Cui family in Jizhou is just like the reputation of the Wang family in Qingxu, which is natural. Attractive.

Han Heng of the Han family in Anping also defected to Cui Ao of Liaodong for the same reason.

In addition to these two families, too many noble families from Jizhou, large and small, went to western Liaoning and eastern Liaoning with their families. They also used their fame and connections to recruit refugees from western Liaoning for Cui Ao - Hebei was in constant war. , many people avoid Liaoxi and Liaodong because they are relatively peaceful there.

Things like fame and family status can really be used as food in today's social atmosphere and values.

How can Cui Ao be so virtuous? However, as soon as the refugees who took refuge in western Liaoning heard about the reputation of the Cui family in Qinghe, they came to seek refuge one after another.

All the noble families and powerful men in Jizhou, big and small, rushed over to serve as soon as they conquered the country.

People like Gao Zhan even led thousands of bankers from Bohai to defect.

Of course there are those who don’t like Cui Ao.

For example, Cui Ao once recruited Huangfu Ji to be the chief historian, but he refused and joined Murong Xuan together with his brother Huangfu Zhen and others.

For scholars like Huangfu Qi who migrated from Kansai, they can look at Cui Ao objectively.

In the eyes of the wealthy Huangfu family of Anding, although the Cui family of Qinghe was famous, it was not enough to cover their eyes. They did not have many relatives and friends, so it would be hard to go away. It would be better to join Murong Xianbei.

Shao Xun was a little speechless after hearing Shao Yi talk about these old things in Liaodong.

If he came from a high-ranking family such as the Cui family of Qinghe, the Wang family of Langya, or the Pei family of Hedong, even if he was just a child of a remote branch with a relatively poor family, it would be much easier.

With the family's reputation, the Bohai tycoon Gao immediately brought thousands of tribes to join him.

With such capital, why would you want to lick a rich woman? Don’t I want any self-respect?

I have decided that I will no longer lick women and let women lick me. In my reverie, people have already arrived.

"Bohai Gao Jiang pays homage to Mr. Chen." The man, who was about thirty years old, bowed and bowed.

"Get up, sit down and talk." Shao Xun raised his hand and said.

Gao Jiang stood up and stood tall, neither humble nor arrogant.

Shao Xun introduced the staff around him.

When he heard Wang Yan's name, Gao Jiang looked excited, bowed his head to the end, and said: "The prince is a famous person in the world, and it is truly a blessing to see his true appearance."

Shao Xun Speechless again.

Sure enough, distance brings beauty. When he saw Wang Yifu every day, he felt that he was an old man who talked nonsense. But in the eyes of outsiders, Wang Yan was really famous, and it seemed that he had broken the circle?

Wang Laodeng is no longer just a leader of Qingxu scholars, he is very popular throughout the north, has friends all over the world, and is famous in every corner.

It seems that I need to respect Lao Deng a little more from now on.

Zhang Bin was introduced later.

Gao Jiang also took a few more glances and said, "I've admired him for a long time."

Zhang Bin cupped his hands and said nothing more.

His family background is better than that of the Bohai Gao family and the Feng family.

The family status is evaluated by the county in the third year of Zhongzheng.

Some families have officials in the previous generation, but this generation is gone.

Some families have officials in this generation, but the next generation sees no hope.

This kind of family is struggling between the humble and wealthy, and their class will slip down if they are not careful.

The Zhang family in Zhongqiu has been an official for two consecutive generations, and was rated as an eighth-grade family by Zhaojun Zhongzheng. It belongs to a poor family, but it is better than the Gao family and Feng family in Bohai.

But he was famous in Hebei mainly because of Shi Le. Who doesn't know that Zhang Bin and Zhang Mengsun were Dahu's dog-headed military advisors?

After the introduction, Shao Xun asked directly: "You came to see me, you must have some advice for the overall situation of Hebei?"

Gao Jiang took a peek at Shao Yi and saw that he was barely aware of it. He nodded and said: "I am willing to serve the Ming Dynasty in front of the horse and behind the horse, and shine on the lintel."

"Why did the previous army retreat?"

"They were defeated by the Xiongnu. They were defeated." Gao Gao. Jiang said embarrassedly.

"Maybe we can regroup?"

Gao Jiang hesitated for a moment, then saw Shao Yi reminding him, gritted his teeth and said: "I am willing to die for Duke Ming."

Actually, it is not true. He could not clearly see the situation, but the Gao family's wealth had been largely emptied by the uncle and nephew Gao Yin and Gao Zhan.

They took thousands of households and more than 20,000 people to western Liaoning. How many of them stayed in their hometown?

If the left-behind members of the Gao family wanted to bet on Shao Xun, they would really go bankrupt. Even this was not enough, they had to contact some in-laws, old friends, and friends to send troops together.

If it succeeds, you will reap great benefits.

If they fail, the family will perish, at least the Bohai branch is finished.

How to choose is really difficult because you are not making the decision for yourself.

Every decision you make means life and death, honor and disgrace for countless families that are attached to you.

Gao Jiang just said "bringing glory to the lintel" was actually his condition.

He wants to get an official position and complete the process of transforming his family into a gentry.

"Okay." After hearing what Gao Jiang said, Shao Xun slapped the case and said, "You are a refreshing person, and I am also a refreshing person. Bohai Prefect Cui Chu is not doing well, so he can be exempted from office and go home. You If you can lead five thousand people to Anping to besiege the Xiongnu, what if the governor of Bohai will be given to you after that?” He stood up and stood aside with a very resolute look on his face, obviously willing to risk everything.

Shao Xun, Wang Yan and Yu Chen looked at each other.

The Liu Bi I met yesterday is from a wealthy family in Hebei, and his in-law, Pingyuan Hua, is also very famous.

The attitude of these old moneymen in Hebei is obvious: continue to maintain their previous status.

The Bohai Gao family are much more ambitious. They have not yet completed the process of becoming a gentry and are in urgent need of progress. They are willing to go out and dare to play hard. They are very motivated.

For the Liu family, Shao Xun could only rely on Princess Nanyang as a bond, say good things, wear high hats, regard them as "one of his own", half-fooled and half-coaxed.

For Gao, it was a carrot, a naked exchange of interests, very direct.

After Gao Jiang withdrew, Shao Xun summoned Shi Xi again.

To deal with this kind of people, he has only one trick: send people to Xuchang and Luoyang and invite Mrs. Le and Shizhong Lu over.

Originally, I didn’t want Lu Zhi to get involved in the affairs of Hebei, but after the Huns invaded in large numbers, the people of Hebei were once again in chaos, so I had to invite Lao Lu over.

As for Shao Yi——

A banquet was held at the Nangong County Yamen in the evening. At the banquet, Shao Yi was instructed to call Shao Xun "uncle".

Shao Xun responded.

Of course, this is not Lian Zong.

Lian Zong needs to re-compile the genealogy, which is obviously not the case here.

Shao Xun and Shao Yi refer to each other as uncle and nephew, which is just a way of expressing closeness.

Shao Xun wanted Shao Xu, Shao Yi and his son to help him stabilize Leling, and sent some troops to Anping to attack the city, to set an example and stabilize people's hearts. And it's even better that the Gao family has some friendship with Shao Xu and his son.

Shao Xu and his son wanted to climb up to Shao Xun to obtain greater political benefits.

Both parties get what they need, but there is "family affection" as the lubricant. This method is more stable than a simple exchange of interests.

In fact, to put it bluntly, they are all united front, with different means and methods.

Now, he needs to see the results.

(End of this chapter)