CHAPTER XXVIII

"Thanks to the courage of the generals, our army was able to win a complete victory, Shao is here to give you a drink!" Picking up the wine glass in his hand, Yan Shao looked at Tai Shici and the others who were sitting below. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 ο½‰ο½Žο½†ο½

"Drink this cup together." Sitting down, Tai Shici and the others also raised their wine glasses one after another.

The previous victory had made the atmosphere quite hot, and the subordinates were busy like bees, filling the table with delicious delicacies. The brave generals, who were known for their booze, hugged the jars, one cup after another, and the corners of the hall were filled with empty jars, more than a man high. Almost everyone had a smile on their faces, happy for this rare victory, and even Yan Shao, who usually didn't like to drink, also took a drink.

The duties of local officials in the peaceful and prosperous era are very simple, only eight words, honest and self-controlled, diligent and loving the people, so that there is no injustice in prison, and there is no selfishness in the court.

However, in troubled times, these commendable behaviors are worthless.

In the troubled times, I don't know if my family will be alive tomorrow, and who cares about this?

Therefore, any local official who can hold the rule of the land in troubled times can easily be recognized by the local people and even the family. Don't underestimate this, this means that no matter what decree Yan Shao promulgates in the future, it will be much smoother, and you can even rely on the power of the local family in Beihai.

For example, why can Tao Qian and Tao Gongzu sit firmly in Xuzhou? It is because of the strong support of the local family in Xuzhou.

Unlike Sun Ce in history, because of the resistance of the local scholars in Jiangdong, he went on a killing spree, which eventually led to the long-term soy sauce in Eastern Wu due to civil strife. It can be said that Eastern Wu did prosper because of Sun Ce, but later it would fall into such a predicament, and it was not unrelated to everything Sun Ce did at first, if it weren't for the too bad relationship between the Sun family and the local family, and later when Cao Cao's soldiers came to the city, there would not have been so many surrenders.

'Thousands of miles away, all the land south of the Yangtze River, punish its fame, and prestige neighbors'

It may sound majestic, but the price paid behind it is something that no one can ignore.

"It is Ziyi's work to win so easily this time, come, I will salute Ziyi..."

"Thank you, lord..." gratefully took the wine cup, Tai Shici drank it all, and immediately attracted a round of applause.

Especially Guan Hai, Wu Anguo and others, they took advantage of the situation to fight.

At this moment, Zhou Cang, who was drinking with Sun Guan, suddenly spoke. "My lord, I don't know what to do with the Yellow Turban captives captured this time..."

Yan Shao took a sip of wine and said a little unpleasantly. "Yuanfu is really a bad scenery, now is the time to be happy, why talk about business..."

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately attracted a chorus, thinking that it was also, and I was drinking happily, when a person suddenly appeared at this time to talk about business, how bad is the wine?

In fact, Zhou Cang himself knows this, and he was most annoyed by this kind of person in the past, but this time he had to ask, after all, there were thousands of people...

Fortunately, Yan Shao didn't care about this, but groaned and said. "It's still the old rule, select some of the best from them, make up for the loss this time, and send the rest to repair roads and canals, and wait until they are repaired."

It was only after taking office that he realized what kind of mess he had inherited.

It should be said that it is not without reason that Qingzhou will become the most widespread area of the Yellow Turbans in the future, especially the several natural disasters from Emperor Qiandi to the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, which became a direct fuse.

The Book of the Later Han Dynasty? Emperor Quality": In May of the first year of the first year, "the sea overflowed." Wu Shen, make the case of the confessor, collect and bury the dead who are drifted by the water in Le'an and Beihai, and give them to the poor."

"Emperor Huan Ji": In August of the first year of Emperor Huan Yongkang, "the great water in six states, the sea overflowed, and Zhaozhou County gave the drowning people more than seven years old, and the people were 2,000." All the victims of the family are all restrained. Its death and loss of grain food, the gift of people three Hu. ”

"Emperor Ling": In the fourth year of Jianning, "the earthquake overflowed, and the river was clear", and in June of the second year of Xiping, "the sea overflowed in Donglai and Beihai, and the characters were drifted".

Before the quality emperor to the Yellow Turban, there were four sea invasions, and Le'an, Beihai, and Donglai in Qingzhou became the hardest-hit areas. Emperor Zhen and Emperor Huan can also see the imperial court promulgating relevant disaster relief edicts twice. Emperor Ling was the most unlucky, with two sea invasions in three years, and an earthquake.

It was this series of natural and man-made disasters that made the originally rich Qingzhou a mess, and later the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out.

During this time, Yan Shao continued to let the captured yellow scarves repair roads, bridges, and canals, etc., in order to make up for the wounds caused by the previous natural disasters as much as possible. The family in Beihai will support Yan Shao, in addition to his ability to fight well, there are also reasons for this.

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"Lord, it's a little inappropriate to let those Yellow Turban remnants come in..."Putting down the wine jar where the wine was being poured, Wu Anguo hesitated. If those people suddenly rebelled against the Yellow Turbans, wouldn't they..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was a little hesitant.

Looking at their appearance, Yan Shao shook his head and smiled. "Don't worry, the yellow scarves of the past have long since died, and now the yellow turbans are just a group of bandits with horns and banners, they are like locusts, and what they do is just the word survival, as long as they can be fed and clothed, they can naturally gain loyalty..."

Wu Anguo, Sun Guan and the others looked at each other, and although they hesitated in their hearts, they still nodded.

It was Zhou Cang, who had spoken earlier, who hugged his fists and said happily. "The Lord is the Lord of Righteousness."

"That's what I said, but why are you so happy..."Yan Shao said with some confusion.

Hearing this, Zhou Cang suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but at this time he didn't notice Yan Shao's slightly playful eyes.

With Yan Shao's order, the captured Yellow Turbans were quickly selected and replenished to the army to replace the lost soldiers and horses. Just like Yan Shao said, those people quickly abandoned the name of the yellow scarf when they had food and clothing, and they had almost no nostalgia for their former identity.

This scene made Zhou Cang a little melancholy, but he said secretly. "This Yan Shao is really kind to the Yellow Turban, and he is honest and loves the people, unlike other court officials who are untrustworthy and insatiable, maybe it is indeed worth following..."

Having said that, Zhou Cang was still hesitant in his heart.

After bowing his head and thinking about it, Zhou Cang returned to the city and walked into an extremely remote courtyard.