Liu Sheng followed the voice and looked over, nodded and smiled: "This gentleman should be from out of town, at first glance, he is a knowledgeable person, you said that Goguryeo is for temptation, I don't know what the basis is, who are they tempting?" ”

With the appearance of Liu Kun and Liu Qun, as well as several personal guards who followed, when they walked into the crowd, they had already been noticed, and even Liu Sheng had already paid attention to them.

Now when asked like this, everyone's eyes immediately focused on the father and son.

Liu Qun immediately felt a little uncomfortable, he was already shaken by the murderous aura that these civilians had just revealed, and now that he was being stared at by everyone like this, it was strange that he could calm down.

But his father Liu Kun had experienced the wind and waves, and he still looked as usual, and said with a light smile: "The news of Goguryeo's attack on Pingzhou is actually not known below, but if what the little gentleman said is true, it is obvious that this matter shows that the power of the Murong Department has swelled to a certain extent, and it has begun to move southward." ”

"Oh?" Liu Sheng was slightly stunned, and arched his hand: "What is your opinion, sir, today's preaching, I have spoken freely, and please give me advice." ”

Liu Kun waved his hand and said: "There is nothing to teach or not to teach, the little gentleman's words just now can be said to be in simple terms, a few words, outlining the situation of the grassland, which is really admirable." ”

This is not Liu Kun's politeness, but sincere words.

He listened to the scholar's words in the crowd, and nodded from time to time, full of appreciation.

Because after this person's story, a clear picture of the grassland-

The vast grassland, divided into four.

Rouran, known as the Northern Xiongnu, is in the north and occupies the entire northern territory; And the Tuoba Department is in the southwest of the grassland, and the corresponding is the Murong Department in the southeast.

On the other hand, Liu Kun was also very surprised by the knowledge level of the onlookers.

In this era, many people have no concept of geography, and it is not a strange thing to distinguish between southeast and northwest, but in front of Liu Kun's eyes, this Liu Sheng said things, everyone agreed, and occasionally there were farmers who showed their opinions, indicating that this group of people not only understood, but also formed a concept in their minds, which was very difficult in Liu Kun's opinion, and he didn't understand, so he intended to make friends with this Liu Sheng, and took the opportunity to ask to see if he could solicit it, so he took the initiative to speak out, rather than being excited.

Now that the other party has asked, Liu Kun is not hiding, just to get closer to the relationship, what else is there to hide?

What's more, after the old farmer's incident, Liu Kun was also worried that these people would see him as an outsider to inquire about the news, so he first corrected his position: "The Hu people and our Han family are inherently opposites!" ”

Sure enough, this sentence was used as the opening remark, and immediately made the onlookers nod, this group of people originally looked at Liu Kun's face, knowing that it was a foreigner, and they were still a little resistant, because of one sentence, the relationship between the two sides was immediately closer.

Then, Liu Kuncai said: "According to Liu Junzi's statement, after the Murong clan was beaten by the general of Zhengbei, he did not dare to go south, and turned to manage the east and northeast of the grassland, and now it is in full swing, and even Goguryeo in the northeast has to bow his head, which also shows that this Murong department has reached the point where it cannot be expanded in the grassland, yes or no?" ”

Liu Sheng pondered for a moment and nodded.

Liu Kun said with a smile: "If it is not bad as expected, the four potentials of this grassland, in addition to the Rouran in the north, the Murong Department in the southeast, and the Tuoba Department in the southwest, the last one is the Qipin Xianbei in the south of the grassland and close to Youzhou, which is the Qipin Yicong mentioned by Your Excellency just a few times!" ”

He didn't continue the topic just now, and instead talked about this fourth force, the onlookers were a little puzzled, but Liu Sheng was not surprised, and still nodded.

"Qipin Xianbei is now greatly strengthened, and there are several major surnames in it, the first one is the Chen family, followed by the bald hair, the beggar family, the Duan family and the Yuwen family, as well as the Tuoba family who is wandering outside!"

No matter what, Liu Kun was also the lord of a force in the past, even if this force was a little smaller and the news was a little blocked, but he asked for help from the Tuoba Department several times, and he still had some ideas about the strength of the grassland.

The Tuoba Department suffered several losses under the Qipin Department, of course he was very concerned, and Liu Kun also took the opportunity to know the movements of the Qipin Xianbei. That's why he's so jealous of this tribe.

Several big surnames in the Seven Grades Department have risen with the tribe, but they are restricted by the Chen clan and cannot do what they want, so they are still using this department as a barrier in Youzhou.

Tuoba Department entered Koudai County, Qipin Xianbei was derelict in his duties, and was reprimanded by Chen Zhi for a few words, and several leaders with big surnames were frightened and scattered, and they ran to Jixian County one after another, and staged a drama in the General's Mansion to bear the guilt of Jing Xianbei, and tossed back and forth for half a month before he was born.

After that, in order not to be held accountable by Chen Zhi, Qipin Xianbei can be said to have spared no expense to protect the northern part of Youzhou, but it also had a rich return-

With the supply of grain, grass and money in Youzhou, it freed Qipin Xianbei from the life of plundering, coupled with Chen Jing's command, he quickly cleared the surrounding area and became a tyrant of the grassland.

However, in order to prevent the gradual ossification of the Qipin Department and avoid being controlled by a few big surnames, Chen Zhi has always intervened in the internal structure of Qipin Xianbei, first after the two surnames of Begging and Baldness became bigger, he supported the Duan clan to take the position, and gathered the Duan clan people scattered in Youzhou after the Duan Department fled eastward, and transported them to the past, so that the Duan clan could grow stronger, and the other two surnames were on an equal footing, suppressing and balancing each other.

When the three surnames reached a balance and there was a tendency to unite, Chen Zhi introduced the Yuwen people who fled from the Yuwen family and let them join the Seven Grades of Righteousness-

The Yuwen Department has also been divided, part of it is in Pingzhou, and it is under the leadership of Yuwen Yidou, and the original main line, Yuwen begging for a turtle lineage, after going through life and death tribulations, but lost the foundation of the ethnic group, and finally the leader took part of the people to take refuge in Chen Zhi, sought refuge, and was arranged in the Seven Grades of Xianbei.

In this way, the composition of Qipin Xianbei is complicated, although it is powerful, but the internal fighting is becoming more and more intense, and it has basically lost the momentum of external expansion and has become a barrier.

At this time, Tuoba Yulu, who had been defeated in the civil war, also came to seek refuge with his subordinates, and without waiting for Chen Zhi's arrangement, he offered to integrate into the Seven Grades of Xianbei.

In terms of strength, Tuoba Yulu, who failed in the civil war, is much stronger than Yuwen's people and horses, and the population and soldiers are several times that of the latter, but they are not as good as the other big surnames of the Qipin Department, so they are faintly excluded and have become a free trend.

"Qipinyi has many strong surnames to join, and the power is huge, the Murong clan did not dare to move rashly, and was also worried about Youzhou's reaction, so he first used Goguryeo to invade Pingzhou as a test before formulating a future policy."