Chapter 108: The Fall of the Serpent (1)
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As the spring sun rises, the snow on the ground continues to melt, new shoots grow on the branches, and the whole Yanmen is full of life.
Liu Yu led the Taishou Mansion to organize the people to spring ploughing. Due to the large number of cultivated cattle obtained from the Xianbei people as animal power, spring ploughing was carried out quickly, and a lot of wasteland was reclaimed. As long as it is properly managed, Liu Yu estimates that this year's harvest should be more than last year's, if there are no accidents.
Huang Zhong and the others constantly eliminated the old and weak, reorganized the armament, and the old, weak, sick and disabled eliminated by General Liu Yu all gathered together, gave them ploughing cattle and seeds, and arranged for them to reclaim the famine, so that they would not have nothing to live on, be idle, and disturb public order.
The Weapons Division led by the high-speed railsmith also continued to create a large number of weapons and armor for the Yanmen defenders, and the entire Yanmen Han Army almost completed the upgrading of weapons and armor. Originally, the Yanmen government also had its own weapons building department, but Liu Yu had already regarded Yanmen as his own private land, and in order to improve efficiency, the two departments were merged together, and the name was still called the Weapons Division.
At Liu Yu's suggestion, Huang Zhong expanded the size of the cavalry, from the original 5,000 cavalry to 8,000 people, and the leading general of this cavalry was Lu Bu. Lu Bu can now be said to be proud of the spring breeze, after coming from Zhang Yang's side, it took less than a year to be promoted from a squad to a general leading 8,000 cavalry, this speed, looking at the entire Han can be on par with it, less than a palm.
Liu Yu gave this cavalry the name "Wolf Rider". This made Lu Bu and his subordinates very encouraged. Lu Bu was majestic in front of Dian Wei for two days.
Lu Bu doesn't seem to be very speculative with Dian Wei, when the two sit together, they will quarrel, and sometimes they will fight, often Dian Wei loses, but Lu Bu is not happy. In the end, both of them were punished by Liu Yu. After the punishment, the two still quarreled as usual, and Liu Yu was heartbroken for these two goods.
Before and after recruiting troops, Liu Yu doubled his army, and there were more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under his command. In addition to the assassin Shi Ding Yuan in Bingzhou, only Liu Yu's military power is the strongest.
After spending the first winter in Yanmen, Liu Yu can be said to have preliminarily completed the plan to dominate Yanmen. No matter what era, it is the most correct to come out of the barrel of a gun. Liu Yu mastered most of the forces of Yanmen except for the defenders of the county seats, and steadily suppressed all the forces in Yanmen, especially the Wang, Li, and Zhang families. When Liu Yu first came to Yanmen, these three local snakes were ready to elevate the newcomer Taishou, and even provoked the contradiction between the Taishou Mansion and the Duwei Mansion. It's a pity that Liu Yu is not a simple person, and there are also capable people like Chen Gong around him, and their strategies have failed. The three families realized that they must grasp military power in order to continue to maintain their position in Yanmen, otherwise, they would likely be crushed step by step by this newcomer Taishou. That's why after Liu Huan's death, Wang Weizheng did the matter of being a lieutenant.
After the defeat of the battle for Duwei, the local forces led by the three families felt that Liu Yu was ready to dominate Yanmen, and privately united together, using various channels and relationships to constantly block the post-war reply, and even secretly raised the price of food and other necessities, making the people of Yanmen miserable. At the same time, he sent people to assassinate the history of Bingzhou and the imperial court, intending to drive Liu Yu out of Yanmen on the charge of incompetence.
All these plans were sent out by Liu Yu to obtain a large amount of supplies, and went bankrupt. All the plans were cracked, and the Wang, Li, and Zhang families were finally scared. They were afraid that Liu Yu would take advantage of the chaos to eradicate them all, or find an excuse to clean them up one by one. In order to save their lives, the three families strengthened their own defense capabilities, secretly recruited many family guards, and were also conscientious in their work, not allowing Liu Yu to find any handles.
Is Liu Yu the kind of person who doesn't hold grudges when he suffers losses? Apparently not! Liu Yu had long wanted to clean them up, but because he was busy relocating the people and restoring the people's livelihood at that time, he didn't have time to pay attention to these people.
All this done by the three families was actually under the surveillance of the "dark department", Liu Yu was very aware of what they were doing, and instructed Li Gui to lead the "dark department" to continuously collect evidence of the crimes of the three of them.
Liu Yu only needs a chance, or a pawn, now.
After the spring ploughing was over, Liu Yu had completely freed his hands and aimed the butcher knife at the ground snake in Yanmen.
The "dark department" has collected a lot of criminal evidence from the three families, and the Zhang family, the weakest of the three, is also shocking. Liu Yu sent Li Gui, the overseer, to constantly inspect and instigate the bitter master who was bullied by the three families to report the case to Taishou's side. These bitter masters originally didn't believe it, where are there still officials who take the initiative to make decisions for the people these years, but they can't stand the encouragement of the "dark department", with the idea of giving it a try, a girl who was ruined by the Zhang family ran to the Taishou Mansion to report the case.
Liu Yu solemnly tried the case, and sent his most powerful dogleg Dian Wei to arrest the criminals.
The criminal is a cousin of Zhang Ke, who bullies men and women all day long by relying on the power of the Zhang family, and is still drinking and enjoying himself with a few bad friends at this time, completely unaware of his imminent disaster.
There were few people in the entire Yanmen who didn't know him, Dian Wei took someone with the order of Lord Taishou, quickly found him, and tied him up directly. The others wanted to resist, but after looking at Dian Wei's fist the size of a casserole, they were all honest. Dian Wei was like a chicken, and grabbed Zhang Ke's cousin back to the lobby.
After Zhang Ke's cousin knew that he was accused, he quibbled in court, claiming that he had read poetry and books to no avail, how could he do such a thing.
When the evidence is conclusive, Liu Yu certainly can't be too polite to him. After a meal, Zhang Ke's cousin didn't expect that Lord Taishou was serious, and he couldn't stand the pain of flesh and skin, and he also confessed his crime.
Liu Yu smiled slightly, announced his crime on the spot, and sentenced him to 100 boards and three years in prison without parole.
Seeing that the criminal was punished, the bitter lord couldn't help but burst into tears, and kept kowtowing to Liu Yu, calling the sky has eyes.
Under the propaganda of the "dark department", the matter of Lord Taishou being the master of the people spread all over Yanmen at once. This time it's a hornet's nest. Many bitter lords have finally waited for a good official who will be the master of the people. Within a few days, the wronged sufferers gathered in the Taishou Mansion and cried to the Taishou Lord about their grievances, and Liu Yu said that he would definitely make decisions for the people and give the people justice. The people were moved to tears.
When such a big thing happened in Taishou Mansion, the three families of Wang, Li, and Zhang also felt that something was wrong, and the leaders of the three families immediately sent spies to find out the news. The news reported by the spies made the hearts of all the leaders of the three families sink.
The spies found out that Liu Yu had strengthened the management of all the city gates, and asked Huang Zhong to lead troops to guard the four gates, and he had to identify himself when entering and leaving the city gates. And most of the reports pointed the finger at Wang, Li, and Zhang.