"What a arrogant bandit!"

Two days later, when Yu Wuxin was sent down the mountain blindfolded and returned to Qi County to report to Chang'an Jun about his trip, Zhao Kuo was also in the county temple, and the real school captain was enraged on the spot.

Mingyue didn't move, and continued to ask, "You didn't tell Wei Yi what I did in Qi County?" ”

"The minister said it." You Wuxin said helplessly: "The minister said that the prince is different from the previous commanders, captains, and heroes, and loves the people like sons, and I also heard that the thieves in the mountains did not offend the people, so he is willing to give a way out for those who are forced to go up the mountain to rob because of life, but Wei Yi replied......"

"What did he say?" Mingyue hesitated a little when she saw that there was no letter, so she smiled and said, "Although it is said, you are not guilty." ”

"Wei Yao said, Mo *** fox, Mo black bandits, most of the foxes in the world are red, most of the crows in the world are black, and the meat eaters of the world, whether it is Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, are all greedy and unkind. In order to attack the desire to attack, he gave the people too much, and every time there was a war, the road was full of hunger. When there was no war, in order to curry favor with the local chiefs, the county officials also turned a blind eye to their annexation of the people's land, so that the people were scattered and could not engage in the farming and weaving industry...... Therefore, they did not want to go down the mountain and surrender. ”

As soon as these words came out, Mingyue was silent for a long time, and Cai Ze was amazed: "Although Wei Yi is just a remnant of the Wei State, he has some knowledge. ”

That's right, because there is no war for many years, the people of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States bear heavier taxes, and the field tax is no longer the earlier eleven, but has reached twelve and thirteen. Mencius sighed back then: "There is a levy of cloth, a levy of corn, and a levy of forced labor." The gentleman uses one of them and slows down the other. Use the second and the people will be killed; Use the third to separate the father and son. ”

Take Zhao as an example, the annual cloth threads, corn, and forced labor, regardless of the flood and drought, never cut down, the imperial court peeled off a layer, the local officials peeled off a layer, and the wealthy landlords peeled another layer, this kind of exhaustion of the people's financial resources led to the dispersion of the people, and they were not allowed to engage in the cultivation and weaving industry. When Mingyue first went to Qi on the road, he saw the people who had delayed their farming due to too heavy labor, and on the barren land, the rickety backs of those peasant women, the limbs and huge heads of those children who were thin due to hunger, and the pairs of eager eyes resurfaced in front of him......

In addition, the frequent wars and the people are prone to death, and they would rather escape into the mountains and forests to be thieves than fill in the ravines, which is the reason for the combination of bandits.

Generally speaking, it is still necessary to be like Ximen Leopard to govern Ye, lightly reduce the amount of money, open sources and reduce expenditure, so that the people who are overwhelmed by heavy labor and heavy taxes can breathe a sigh of relief......

And more fundamentally, it is necessary to completely end this troubled world! Start a rule similar to the rest with the people in the early Han Dynasty, rather than the Qin Dynasty, which did not change the trajectory of the Warring States and added a few mountains to the heads of the people......

But that had to be something to consider after subduing the two thieves.

Mingyue said ruthlessly: "Since you don't want to surrender, Wei Yao wants to resist me to the end?" ”

You Wuxin said: "Wei Yi said that he is different from Zhaoyu Qi's water thieves, he only robbed the Haochang's house near the left, and he is unwilling to surrender to Gongzi, nor does he want to be an enemy of Gongzi, and hopes that the two sides can be safe." ”

"Peaceful? Is this trying to keep the river water from my well water? Mingyue sneered: "What he thinks is beautiful." ”

Identity determines the choice, officials and thieves are incompatible, the existence of Wei Yao alone is the biggest challenge to his authority of Chang'anjun, and it will also become the biggest obstacle to governing Qi County in the future!

"Since persuasion is useless, then let's fight!"

Zhao Kuo had already been gearing up, he asked for his life: "Chang'anjun, the county soldiers have been prepared, and the Ding Zhuang of each family has also been trained for more than a month, and there is little discipline, and my county soldiers have been fighting for a long time, as long as Chang'an Jun gives an order, I can drive the people up the mountain!" ”

Mingyue was still a little hesitant, judging from what she had seen and heard, those bandits were led by Wei Yao, and they were not ordinary rabble, not to mention that the mountains were treacherous, and the forest was deep, so it was not a good place to use troops.

"The information on the side of the mountain needs to be explored, whether it is the number of thieves, the road up the mountain, or the location of the thieves' lair, you need to know slowly, there is no letter, you continue to go back to Nanxiang, you must find a way to investigate in detail!"

"Yui!"

After Yu Wuxin received the order to leave, Mingyue said to Zhao Kuo again: "This time to suppress the thieves, I decided to first make it easy and then difficult, first take the water thieves of Xixiang Zhaoyu Qi, and wait for the destruction of the water thieves, and then with the momentum of a big victory, I will take the lair of the thieves in the mountains in one fell swoop!" ”

Unlike the bandits who obeyed Wei Yao, those Zhaoyu Qi water thieves were much looser, although there were a lot of people, but they were divided into many shares, not under each other, and even often mixed up due to uneven distribution of spoils, and it became much easier to send people to infiltrate them to obtain information and buy small bosses.

Mingyue asked people to spread out a map of Zhaoyu Qi drawn by Zhao Bo on the desk, but saw that the outline of the lakeshore, the location of the trees, and the undercurrents of the ravines were all marked one by one, and even the approximate location of the known thieves' nests was also pointed out with a red pen.

These are all Zhao Bo and a few local fishermen risking their lives to investigate, don't underestimate the mood of this group of people who want revenge.

Seeing this picture, Zhao Kuo was like a treasure and looked at it carefully.

Mingyue asked Zhao Kuo: "Brother Yu Zezhan, do you have any experience?" ”

Zhao Kuo's biggest improvement in the past year or so is that he no longer pretends to be forced in things that he is not good at, and he said with some embarrassment: "I only know a little bit about the art of war, and I have not actually commanded." ”

Because his father's famous battle was a mountain battle, in fact, Zhao Kuo knew more about mountain warfare, and the training of this thousand county soldiers in Jinyang was either a flat ground battle or a hilly attack and defense, which was also the reason why Zhao Kuo advocated fighting the mountain first.

And water warfare, known as "Bird Cloud Ze Soldier" in the Art of War, Zhao Kuo is not even very familiar with water, how can he understand this kind of battle?

"Since that's the case......" Mingyue decided: "Then this time to exterminate the water thieves, we will use the newly recruited two or three hundred Xixiang young men as the vanguard to explore the way, and the county soldiers will be lightly armed and follow closely behind, and then transfer 1,000 Ding Zhuang to distribute along the coast and attack the thieves who come ashore......"

Zhao Kuo frowned: "There are still not enough ships on the water, if the thieves enter the water and escape, we can only look at the lake and sigh." ”

He had an idea and gave Mingyue an idea: "The place where the Fen River flows into Zhaoyu Qi is called Daling County, and there is a small army of boats stationed, with ten boats, led by a centurion, I can send someone to ask for help!" ”

Many years ago, King Wuling of Zhao not only had Hufu cavalry and archery in his military reform, he said back then: "There are rivers and Boluo water in the east of our country, which are the same as Qi and Zhongshan, and there is no use for boats...... Therefore, the widow gathers the boat for the purpose of seeking the people of the water dwelling, so as to guard the water of the river and Boluo. ”

Under the edict of King Wuling of Zhao, the rivers and rivers in the territory of Zhao have basically established boat soldiers, and Fenshui is no exception, but that boat soldier has always only guarded the waterway of the Fen River, regardless of the thieves in Zhaoyu Qili.

"As long as the national lieutenant gives the order, how can he not be unwilling?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager's edict can be made clear, let Taiyuan County must cooperate with Chang'an Jun to exterminate the big and small thieves in the territory, it only takes two days to go to Jinyang quickly, and if you want to come to Daling County, the boat soldiers will arrive in five or six days!" ”

There are people in the court who are easy to do, and Mingyue understands this sentence deeply. When the two were discussing the battle plan here, someone outside came to report that Zhao Bo of Zhaoyuyi was here again!

"What's wrong?" Mingyue was a little surprised, couldn't it be the new pawn recruited by Dong Fang's side?

He hurriedly let Zhao Bo in, but when he saw that the fisherman had just entered the hall, he bowed down and said: "Congratulations to Chang'anjun, the day before yesterday, a water thief came ashore to rob Lilu, and was defeated by Dong Fangshuai Qingzhuang!" Dozens of kills, more than ten prisoners! “

"It turned out to be good news." Mingyue breathed a sigh of relief, which was an unexpected joy.

"And."

Zhao Bo raised his head and was full of joy: "After interrogation, one of the thieves who was caught also said that he knew the lair of the largest water thief in Zhaoyu Qi!" ”

PS: There are two more chapters in the evening