If you want to control Youzhou, you must first control the military power.

Only by recovering military power can the various reforms that follow be carried out smoothly. Zhou Yi didn't want to send officials to various counties to be beheaded in a daze.

The resumption of military power was strongly resisted by the counties, and the county guards found various excuses to refuse, that is, they refused to return the military power to the governor's office. Each county guard has deep roots in the local area, and Zhou Yi has no way to forcibly march into the army to take back power.

Zhou Yi finally realized the difficulties of the imperial court, and the power of the central government was completely unable to carry out.

At present, the structure of the bottom of the Han society is composed of a family as a unit, and the family and the family are married to each other to form a power group one by one. Nothing could have been done without the cooperation of the Maison. In the absence of major changes in the social structure, the whole society can only be this governance structure.

There are two ways to deal with the Maison, one is to fully represent the interests of the Maison, so that the Maison will cooperate in action. Yuan Shao took this road, the road of 'scholar Confucianism'. This path is the easiest and has the greatest hidden dangers.

Another way is to use military power to threaten the family, so that the family has to obey the dispatch. Cao Cao took this road, using civilian-born Qingzhou soldiers to force the family to bow their heads. This is the so-called 'Poor Legalist' road, and this road is relatively difficult.

And there are prerequisites for both of these paths, the 'Confucianism of the Shi Clan' requires you to be of noble birth, such as the Yuan family, the fourth and third dukes of the fourth dynasty are of noble birth, and the 'Hanmen Legalist' requires you to have a civilian army in your hands that can completely obey you, such as Cao Cao's Qingzhou army that surrendered from the Yellow Turban.

Zhou Yi did not have these two conditions, neither a noble background, nor an absolutely strong force.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yi wanted to unify Youzhou, but he delayed it again and again.

Zhou Yi had no way to deal with the families in Youzhou at this time.

So during this time, Zhou Yi focused his main energy on improving productivity technology.

To break the monopoly of the family, the most powerful tool is the improvement of productivity technology. One way to improve productivity in the agricultural era is to improve the cultivation efficiency of agricultural tools, which requires the progress of smelting in general and ironmaking in particular. Another way is to breed more high-yielding crops, which requires scientific breeding.

None of them can achieve results in the short term, Zhou Yi is still in the experimental stage, and he is still far from achieving results.

"Fu Jun, why do you still have this leisure and elegance to wander around. The form of the perimeter is getting more and more severe. Zhou Yi came back from outside, and Jia Xu hurriedly came over and said.

In everyone's eyes, Zhou Yi either went to the workshop or went to the farmland every day, and had nothing to do all day. But there are some things that I can't explain to you. Is it difficult to tell everyone that science and technology are the primary productive forces? Zhou Yi just wanted to say: The baby is so uncomfortable, and the baby is bitter.

"Otherwise, the county guards and families in all parts of Youzhou will not cooperate at all, what can I do. Do you still want me to lead the soldiers to clean up one by one? Zhou Yi said with a smile, if he could send troops, he would have sent troops a long time ago.

"Fujun, don't talk about this. Cao Cao of Gunzhou, Yuan Shao of Qingzhou, and Ding Yuan of Bingzhou all began to purge the hostile forces in their territories. Once they complete reunification, they will definitely use troops abroad, and our situation is not good. Jia Xu said worriedly.

Of course, Zhou Yi knew that in fact, Gongsun Zhan, who occupied Youzhou in history, did not start a war with Yuan Shao without completely ruling Youzhou. was stabbed in the back by the family and the Wuhuan people behind him, and he died of self-immolation. Zhou Yi didn't want to follow Gongsun Zhan's old path.

Youzhou must be reunified, depending on which way, it is not impossible to send troops directly when necessary.

"Sir, is there any other information about them?" Zhou Yi asked.

"There are also some of them, it seems that Cao Cao, the Mu of Gunzhou, wants to secretly contact the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and prepare to surrender. Yuan Shao didn't know at all. I don't know if Cao Cao will succeed? Jia Xu said the news about Cao Cao and Yuan Shao again.

Zhou Yixin said, is it about to start so soon? Cao Cao's most important primitive accumulation was to recruit the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and gain a population of one million.

"The Yellow Turban of Qingzhou will definitely surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao is going to take food from the tiger's mouth, Yuan Shao must not resent Cao Cao after he knows it, and then the two will become mortal enemies." Zhou Yi sighed.

Cao Cao's hand was long enough, and he directly fished meat from Yuan Shao's pot and ate it.

"Fujun, should we send someone to make trouble for Cao Cao, or tell Yuan Shao." Jia Xu asked.

"If you can recruit some of the Yellow Turban Army from Qingzhou to come to Youzhou, you can make a move. However, we are separated from Qingzhou and Gunzhou by Jizhou, which is too far. Forget it, there is still no need to interfere, if Cao Cao can successfully recruit the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, it will also be a merit, so let's die less. Zhou Yi replied.

In Zhou Yi's concept, if you can not die, you will not die.

If in the end, because of Zhou Yi, Cao Cao's recruitment failed, and he joined forces with Yuan Shao to exterminate the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, the sin would be great. That's a million people.

"By the way, sir, what should we do about the situation in Youzhou?" Zhou Yi asked, the most important thing is the situation in Youzhou.

"It is imperative to unify Youzhou. However, the plan we proposed before was rejected by the government. I want to unify Youzhou, but I want to solve it peacefully. It's difficult. The prince is still too merciful. "It seems that Jia Xu has no good way.

Looking at the prefectures and counties of Dahan, the situation in Youzhou is the most complicated, with local heroes and a large number of displaced people; There were border soldiers, and there were Hu people who surrendered to the Han Dynasty; The population composition is diverse, the geography is long and narrow, and the transportation is inconvenient.

This is also the main reason why Gongsun Chan failed to dominate Youzhou in history.

"Then we will let this matter go back again, we must not arouse the hostility of the local nobles, we must protect the interests of civilians, and we must also handle the relationship between the border guards and the local government. Be sure to work with a perfect strategy before you do it. Besides, it is not yet the last moment, and if it really doesn't work, we will solve it by force. Zhou Yi instructed.

"Okay, Fujun." Jia Xu replied, in Jia Xu's opinion, this lord is good at everything, but he is a little bit of a woman's kindness.

Too much importance is placed on human life, which is not worth much in this era, especially the lives of civilians.

Cao Cao's recruitment of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou was still very smooth, but it was completed in the rest of the month. When Yuan Shao learned the news, the Yellow Turban Army had already arrived in the territory of Gunzhou. This Yuan Shao was angry, and scolded Cao Cao for not being a son of man, and wanted to use troops against Gunzhou, but he was persuaded by his subordinates. Qingzhou has not yet completed reunification, and it is not a good time to use soldiers.

Cao Cao quickly completed the reorganization of the Yellow Turban soldiers, began Cao Cao's road to hegemony, and officially embarked on the road of the Hanmen Legalist. Externally, the Montenegrin army was suppressed, and internally the scholars were suppressed, and the children of the poor families were reused to fight against the bureaucrats of the scholars.

"Fujun, something good happens." Zhou Yi was reading the newspaper in the house, and Jia Xu walked in and said. The newspapers are about to be turned over by Zhou Yi, and what good things can happen are all disturbing news.

"Fujun, Cao Cao incorporated the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou, and then used troops against the Black Mountain Army. forced the Montenegrin Army to move north, and a part of the Montenegrin Army, led by Yu Poison, bypassed Changshan in Jizhou and rushed to Zhuo County, Youzhou. I don't know what Fujun thinks? Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

"I also saw this message, and I wanted to send troops to keep Yu Poison out of Youzhou, or directly exterminate Yu Poison, so as not to destroy the souls." Zhou Yi returned, and before Jia Xu came in, Zhou Yi had already asked people to find Lu Bu, Zhao Yun and others.

"Send troops to exterminate it in advance, Jia Mou has an idea, he can use the poisonous Yellow Turban Army to complete the integration of Youzhou." Jia Xu blocked Zhou Yi's idea of directly using soldiers.

"Zhou Yi is confused, please make it clear to Mr." Zhou Yi's intention to arrange Jia Xu was only to ask Jia Xu for advice.

"It's such a prince, aren't the county guards everywhere unwilling to hand over their military power? Now that the poison is coming, it is impossible to resist it by relying on the strength of the counties. We have to ask the state governor for help, we can gather heavy troops and besiege Yu Poison, but we can't completely annihilate Yu Poison. Let Yu Poison flow through the states and counties, and then we will march into the counties in the name of chasing Yu Poison, take over the local military power, and thus take all the places without bloodshed. ”

Looking at Jia Xu, who was talking eloquently, what flashed in Zhou Yi's mind was the pursuit of the Red Army into Sichuan by the National Army in later generations. The Nationalist army wanted to enter Sichuan, but the local warlords in Sichuan did not agree, so the Nationalist army deliberately drove the Red Army from Jiangxi into Sichuan, and then mobilized the Central Army to pursue it, destroying the warlords in Sichuan and holding the control of Sichuan in their hands.

How similar this situation is, Jia Xu actually proposed such a strategy, which made Zhou Yi a little suspicious that Jia Xu was also here.

"Fujun, what do you think?" After Jia Xu finished speaking, he asked Zhou Yi.

"Ah, sir, please say it again." Zhou Yi was so distracted, it was too embarrassing. Jia Xu thought that Zhou Yi didn't understand, so he spoke again.

"So that we can take the opportunity of chasing the Yellow Turbans and take the opportunity to take control of various places. There are several other benefits:

One is that in recent years, a large number of refugees have poured into Youzhou, including the remnants of the Yellow Turbans and lawbreakers. As soon as Yu Poison comes, these people will take refuge in Yu Poison, so that we can let Yu Poison's Yellow Turban Army absorb these people and then annihilate them. Clean up the cancer among the people.

The second is that the poisonous Yellow Turban Army will rob for the sake of military rations. In this way, the clans in various places will be impacted, weakening the power of the clans, and making it easier for us to dominate Youzhou.

So this is how we can quickly unify Youzhou at the lowest cost. If the governor still doesn't agree this time, I don't know when you will be able to unify Youzhou. ”

Zhou Yi didn't get distracted this time, and after listening to Jia Xu, he thought for a while. Indeed, as Jia Xu said, this may be a good opportunity for Zhou Yi to rule Youzhou, at least when the army is entered, the local heroes will not resist, and will help. As long as you take over the military power, then things will be easy.

"Everything is arranged by Mr., and Mr. is invited to preside over the use of troops this time." Zhou Yi has no way to do this kind of meticulous work.

It is necessary to fight both real and fake, both acting and sincerity, this kind of control of the heat, Zhou Yi is not good.

I want to hand over this old fox to Jia Xu.