At that time, he can occupy the land of the three counties, he can continue to attack Hanzhong in the east, and after taking Hanzhong, he can go south to attack Yizhou, and go north to attack Guanzhong, Chang'an and other places, once he occupies Yizhou and Guanzhong, then the general trend of his sweeping world will basically become, and then see who can stop his soldiers.

It is precisely because of these that Liu Yu chose the mediocre.

Shangyong is about a thousand miles away from Luoyang, and the three Liu Yu brothers walked with an army of 10,000 people for a full twelve days before finally coming to Shangyong.

"Big brother, it's here." Guan Yu saw the city wall of Shangyong from a distance and said to Liu Yu.

Liu Yu was also very pleased, he nodded: "Well, it's finally here, from now on, this is the foundation for the three of us brothers to start competing in the world." ”

When he arrived at his own territory, Liu Yu only felt relieved, more high-spirited, and the next thing was to expand and train soldiers and horses as much as possible, because Emperor Ling of Han would die in about a month, and Dong Zhuo would lead the army into Luoyang in about two months, and began to cause chaos in the government.

Approaching the gate of Shangyong, there have been many people gathered here, all of whom are Shangyong county officials and powerful families, etc., to greet Liu Yu here.

"Shangyong county officials, meet Lord Taishou." Five county commanders took the lead, other county officials, county lieutenants, and heads of wealthy families followed, and dozens of people bowed their hands in unison.

"There's no need to be polite, Ben Taishou has just arrived here, and I need more assistance from you." Liu Yudao.

"Lord Taishou's words are serious, this is a welcome gift from us to Lord Taishou, and please smile and accept Lord Taishou." One of the county orders asked two subordinates to carry out a box of copper coins, which should have the appearance of a thousand yuan, which was obviously a bribe for Liu Yu.

Liu Yu hasn't expressed his position yet, but Guan Yu and Zhao Yun are both jealous and hateful people, and being bribed so blatantly is simply an insult in their eyes, Zhao Yun said: "What do you mean by waiting?" ”

Liu Yu stretched out his hand to calm Zhao Yun down: "Third brother, don't be impatient, don't be rude." ”

"Come on, accept the generous gifts of your lords." Liu Yu smiled and waved his hand to let the two soldiers step forward and accept the gifts prepared by the five county commanders and others.

It's a thousand yuan anyway, how can you buy a few hundred stones of grain, don't want it in vain.

Moreover, Liu Yu clearly knew that these five county commanders and these powerful families were deliberately testing him to see if he was a person who might be in the same stream with them, if Liu Yu accepted their gifts, then it means that Liu Yu is a person who can be in the same stream with them, and everyone will get rich together in the future, and if Liu Yu is too 'pedantic' and refuses to accept gifts, then he will not be able to make a fortune with them, and they will use all means to drive Liu Yu away.

Don't look at Liu Yu with 10,000 soldiers and horses, and claim to be the clan relatives of the Han family, but they can be the county commander, which one has no backstage in Luoyang, and if they join forces, they may not be afraid of Liu Yu.

All in all, Liu Yu accepted the gifts from them in front of so many people, which is equivalent to proving that Liu Yu is not the 'pedantic' person in their eyes, but a person who can deal with them, and they are immediately relieved.

arranged the garrison of soldiers and horses, and went to Taishou Mansion again, and the three Liu Yu brothers settled down in Shangyong.

"Big brother, why do you want to accept the money of these corrupt officials in front of so many people, and you are not afraid that the mediocre people will treat you as a person who is in the same stream as them?" Zhao Yun was puzzled.

Guan Yu was also puzzled, but they all believed in Liu Yu.

Liu Yu explained: "Two virtuous brothers, my three brothers have just come to Shangyong, there are too many things I don't know, if you want to control Shangyong, you can't do it in just a few days, the reason why you accept the property they give is not to be with them, and you are not ashamed of being a brother, but just to let them relax their vigilance, not to be a brother and not to be embarrassed by a brother." ”

"As for whether the mediocre people will regard their brother as a person who is in the same stream as corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he is not worried about it, and it is not a day or two to do this mediocre for his brother, even if the mediocre people don't understand it as a brother at first, but when the time comes, he will behead those corrupt officials and corrupt officials who should be killed for his brother, and the mediocre people will immediately understand the forbearance of the brother at the beginning, and the reputation of the brother will not be bad in the end." Liu Yu said with a smile.

"It turns out that the eldest brother is planning to do this, and the eldest brother is clever." Guan Yu said along the long beard under the red face.

"It turns out that the eldest brother has a plan, but he just confuses those corrupt officials and corrupt officials." Zhao Yun also smiled, admiring Liu Yu's forbearance very much.

"Yun Chang, Zilong, tomorrow, the two of you will each order 1,000 soldiers and horses to inspect the five counties, and each will leave 300 soldiers and horses to maintain law and order, try not to touch the officials of the five counties and the powerful households, but also collect their crimes, at most two months, all the corrupt officials who are charged enough for the brothers, and behead them all!" Liu Yu arranged.

"Yun Chang obeys!" Guan Yu gave up his hand.

"Zilong obeys!" Zhao Yun also gave up his orders.

Zhao Yun asked again: "But, big brother, why wait for two months?" ”

"Rong Wei brother sells a pass, and after two months, the two virtuous brothers will naturally know." Of course, Liu Yu will not say because he knows that two months later, the general He Jin was killed by the conspiracy of the ten permanent servants, and then the ten permanent servants were also led by Yuan Shao and others into the palace to be killed, and finally Dong Zhuo led troops into Luoyang according to He Jin's edict before his death, interfered in the government affairs, and abolished the emperor, and the prestige of the Han court has since disappeared.

The next day, Guan Yu and Zhao Yun followed Liu Yu's orders, each led troops to inspect the five counties, and collected the crimes of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and prepared to be killed.

Liu Yu, on the other hand, stepped up his training in Shangyong City and recruited more soldiers.

Shangyong County has a population of less than 100,000, and the soldiers that can be recruited are naturally limited, and Liu Yu estimates that in the end, he will only be able to recruit an additional 3,000 soldiers in Shangyong.

"It's a pity that nearly 30,000 yellow turbans were captured at the beginning." Liu Yu sighed secretly.

Those are all populations, but the imperial court has not yet rewarded meritorious deeds, and his food and grass are limited, so it is impossible to raise nearly 30,000 Yellow Turban captives for a long time, so he can only select some of them and make up for 10,000 people with his army, and let the rest go.

If he already had a territory, he would have been able to bring all the Yellow Turbans he had captured and flood the population of the territory.

In the Han Dynasty, ordinary soldiers did not have military salaries, population and food were the foundation of strength, and more people could recruit more soldiers, as well as more productivity, which was eventually transformed into strength.

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