"In this way, the general asked me and the rest of the thirty or so officials to stay, is there another purpose?" Ge Xin said slowly, slowly leading out the question he wanted to ask.

Zhao Xun pointed out the door and said in a deep voice: "Lord Ge feels that being an official here and being an official under Xu Jie, that place is more comfortable?" Where can you put what you want, learn, and wish to do what you want? ”

Ge Xin's face was pale, and he said: "At this point, I have to admit that the general is indeed a good place here." But, General, what you said about temporarily borrowing the land of the three counties is actually still trying to annex it and has no intention of returning it, right? ”

Zhao Xun smiled: "No, I didn't say that it will be occupied for a long time. However, does Lord Ge think that the people here can still accept Xu Jie's rule? Can Xu Jie accept the tax reduction and exemption here, or even no tax in the short term? ”

Ge Xin is very aware of Xu Jie's current needs and temperament, if this place is taken over by him, he will definitely increase taxes and taxes. After all, compared to other places under Xu Jie's jurisdiction, this place is already the lowest tax. Xu Jie, who is now in urgent need of food, grass, materials and soldiers, will definitely not let this be like this. Don't say that Xu Jie won't, even if he will, even the people of other prefectures and counties will also make trouble because of the injustice between the two places. At that time, it was difficult for Ge Xin to imagine what would happen between the people and the government army.

Ge Xin said obscurely: "With what I know about the governor, he won't. However, the general borrowed it in a bright and bright way, saying that he would return it, but what he said was clear, is the general ready to break the promise? ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "Breaking the promise? General Ben, of course, will not. It's just that Lord Ge hopes that Xu Jie will take over, and then cause chaos between the government and the people? Or can the people here accept Xu Jie's rule? ”

Ge Xin said suddenly: "The general is going to let the people refuse the takeover of the governor, and then officially come forward to take charge of the land of the three counties?" ”

Zhao Xun said without hesitation: "As a sergeant, we naturally put the defense of the people first, if the people here have a conflict with the Yanzhou Mansion Army, and the rise is precisely related to fighting against the Wuwei Army, I will naturally be the one who will not give in." ”

Ge Xin sighed and said, "General Li is really careful and calculating step by step!" ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter if you calculate or not, all you want is a better life for the people." The Yanzhou government army and the Wuwei army have been fighting each other for almost a year, what is the result? How many Yanzhou people died tragically? How many innocent people have become displaced people? Master Ge, are you just going to watch this situation continue? ”

Ge Xin smiled bitterly and said astringently: "General Li, the isolation between me and Lord Governor is also the result of you, General. I don't know how Ge can do it, it is worth it for General Li to do this, and even my family has been relocated. ”

Zhao asked: "For the people here! After our Shanyang army recovered the three counties, the first to come here to appease the people were Lord Ge and the more than 100 officials led by you. What Master Ge did, I naturally saw in my eyes. It is many times stronger than many other officials. Here, officials like you are needed. Not only me, but also the people need it. And your lord Xu Jie, obviously, he can't give you a heavy responsibility, can't let you display your abilities, can't let you work for the people. That's why I left all the replies from Master Ge to Xu Jie, and replaced them with other contents and sent them back. In order not to make Xu Jie's anger and have an impact on Lord Ge's family, this time, let people take back all the family members of Lord Ge and the officials who stayed with you. Of course, in many places, Lord Ge's warrant is used. ”

Ge Xin trembled and exclaimed, "You...... In this way, all the reports I sent back were intercepted by the Shanyang Army? The warrant replied by the Governor's Office was also tampered with or chosen by the Shogun and passed to me? ”

Zhao Xun nodded, not denying it, "That's true, I hope that Lord Ge can stay here and serve the people sincerely, instead of being an official here with a plan." Lord Ge, my Shanyang Army and the Yanzhou Mansion Army are hostile, but Bai County is innocent, so I guess you don't want any problems with them. ”

Ge Xin was immediately stunned, in his original expectation, the Shanyang Army was just bringing his family members to make Xu Jie tremble and suspect him. Unexpectedly, the other party's methods far exceeded his expectations. Now it seems that there is no relationship between him and Xu Jie, and even Xu Jie, he regards him as a traitor.

Seeing that Ge Xin was stunned on the spot, Zhao Xun couldn't help but secretly shook his head, this Ge Xin, who is okay in governing the place, is a good official. However, the official fight is much worse. So he smiled and said: "Master Ge, since you are already here, stay with peace of mind, Yanzhou Mansion Army and Xu Jie, it is not worth your much effort, and my Shanyang Army really needs a talent like you." ”

Ge Xin came back to his senses and said bitterly: "Let me think about this matter......"

Watching Ge Xin, who was a little lost and depressed, leave, Tang Li, who walked into the inner hall, said puzzledly: "General, since the words are so clear, why does he still not understand it so much." Could it be that this Xu Jie is really worthy of his loyalty? ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and said with a smile: "I have my own personal insistence, although Xu Jie is not good, perhaps, in Ge Xin's eyes, he doesn't see it that way." However, there won't be any big problems, anyway, he and Xu Jie can't get together. ”

Tang Li shook his head and said: "General, my subordinates don't understand, he is just an ordinary official, although his ability is not small, but he is not so valued by the general." ”

Zhao Xun said in a deep voice: "First, he is the first person to govern here after we recovered the land of the three counties, and his governance methods are good, and he is also very supported by the people. We need people like him to continue to govern here. Second, it is naturally for other officials under Xu Jie's command who have the ability but cannot be reused. Here, in my Shanyang Army, they can get better play. I guess it should have some effect. ”

Tang Li said: "Oh, my subordinates understand, a daughter buys a horse bone, and it is still a valuable horse bone." ”

Zhao Xun smiled and said, "That's right, that's what it means, we will start to buy Jiyin Mansion, Songzhou Mansion and other places next." ”

"General, are we now preparing for the annexation plan?" Tang Li said excitedly.

Zhao asked: "What? Want to go to war? ”

Tang Li responded: "It's not, it's just ......"

"Prepare, do a good job, and lead the army independently in the future." Zhao Xun said with a smile. But his mind began to ponder the plan to annex the Yanzhou Mansion Army, and the battle in Yanzhou in the coming year was more urgent, and it was difficult for Zhao Xun to guarantee that he would get a better opportunity.

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Snowflakes drifted in the land of Yanzhou, and even more so in the Zhu Zhu tribes, which rained bigger and lasted longer. The expedition of the Xiaoguo army was suspended, and of course, in order to continue the attack, the Xiaoguo army still did not accept the peace of the two divisions. After all, if you accept it and wave your army again, there will be no excuse. The Xiaoguo army believes that if the two ministries sue for peace this time, they are afraid that they will not take Xiaoguo Army lightly anymore.

Although accepting the two-part peace will cause the war to stop in the north immediately. However, Zhao Xun had no intention of keeping them behind. If you can betray for the first time, there will naturally be a next time. In addition, under the slaughter policy implemented by the Xiaoguo Army at the beginning, the people of the two divisions of the Xiaoguo Army can hate the Xiaoguo Army to the core. If you let the Lords of the Devil see the opportunity, it will definitely not be so easy this time. In addition, the Central Plains is in a hurry, and Zhao Xun doesn't want to be directly involved, and he doesn't want Situ Lei and Murong Cheng to be on guard because of the rest of the Xiaoguo Army, hide their strength, and eventually involve themselves.

The original territory of the Liaodong Kingdom and the Su Mo Jin Dynasty has been reduced by one-third, and these one-third are occupied by the Xiaoguo army, and the prisoners are requisitioned on the spot, and a lot of cities and dock forts have been built in these places, and a lot of official roads that have been originally stored have been expanded, so that the occupied places form a large network.

The occupied places are in the west and south of Liaodong Kingdom, and in the south and east of the Sumo Jie Sect, so to speak, after being connected, they just smashed the two below to form a semicircular encirclement, which is also the northern protective net of the three provinces in Youbei. Despite this, the people who moved in from these places still need to be properly resettled by the government. After all, when winter comes, winter clothing and food will not be harvested from the fields immediately. In order to prevent a large-scale accident of casualties due to the cold winter in the newly divided Sifu land, Zhao Xun also sent back an emergency military order to Youzhou earlier.

In the past, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has now become the office of the various divisions and yamen, not far from the Zhao Wangfu. Although Zhao Xun never returned, Zhao Xun's military orders did not dare to let anyone be negligent in the slightest. Even, now the officials of various departments are more serious than Zhao Xun when they are strictly prohibited. After all, if something goes wrong and someone says it above, who knows what will go wrong.

Officials from the Department of Administration, the Department of Supervision, and the Department of Military Affairs gathered together, all looking at the report in their hands. The political envoy Pei Yi stood by the door, looking at the dark sky outside and the goose feather snow that continued to fly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the lord's military orders must have been clear to you. What we need to do now is not to prevent a large-scale snow disaster in the four prefectures of Liaodong, where the Youbei and the Ya tribes are taken by our army. This time, it is not only the matter of our administrative department, but also the military affairs department has to convey the military order to the various town soldiers to cooperate, and the lord has already attached a warrant for the transfer of troops to assist. Government envoy Lu Ziliang glanced at everyone and said in a deep voice.

Pei Yi turned around and said with a little worry: "That's true, this time even the land of Yanzhou has begun to snow heavily, and the frontline army of the Martial Tribes has reported that it has been snowing for three days. It is reported that the local Khitan people, who are good at observing celestial phenomena, said that the heavy snow in the north may take a while, and the work will not stop for a few days. Such heavy snow is not a good situation for us here, not to mention the people who have newly infiltrated the four prefectures of Liaodong. These people will believe in my Xiaoguo army and move to the north with the army, and the lord does not want to leave a bad situation and influence. ”

The military envoy Situ Liang said in a deep voice: "The Secretary for Administration has an arrangement, and we should cooperate." Earlier, the lord had made preparations, and winter clothing, food, and grass were also prepared in various local government warehouses and garrison camps. ”

Lu Ziliang said: "Nowadays, the officials of the local government must be careful, not slack, and strictly investigate any places where there may be problems, and must not have large-scale frostbite. The most important thing is the four prefectures of Liaodong, the people here are the foundation of the four prefectures in the future, and they are also the example of the people moving north to the territory of the Ming tribes in the future. We can't afford to let them lose so much. ”

Pei Yi nodded and said: "That's true, I have some preparations summarized by various officials here, and I will convey them later." Lord Situ, you also give an order to the town soldiers in the north, so that they must not be careless. Don't let the soldiers of the various tribes take advantage of the loopholes, in addition to being careful of natural disasters, we must also pay attention to man-made disasters. ”

Situ Liang nodded and said, "Don't worry, I understand!" ”

Pei Yi said in an orderly manner: "According to the meaning of the lord, under the rule of my Xiaoguo army, the population has always been what we need. Our army expanded its territory in the northern Zhubu, and these places were not the original territory of our Han people, so if we wanted to completely gain a foothold here, we had to relocate on a large scale, repair the cities, dock forts and official roads, and designate these places as the jurisdiction of our army. The lord said, even if it is the grassland, we must turn them into a chessboard, with the city and the dock fortress as the intersection point, and the official road as the line, to frame the grassland. Among them, population is a more important resource. ”

"Therefore, the top priority is not to freeze to death a person, starve a person to death. Officials in various localities should understand the importance of human resources from a strategic perspective. Due to the long-term drought and successive wars in Dayan in recent years, the population of various places has continued to decrease, and the strict zhòng has affected the recovery of production, quantity and quality of troops. Although our north is slightly better, it does not mean that our army does not lack population, especially after the establishment of Dingzhou and Liaodong, population is even more lacking in us. Therefore, all local officials must not neglect their duties to ensure that the hidden dangers that may arise from heavy snowfall do not occur. ”

Among them, the duties of the governors of Dingzhou and the four prefectures of Liaodong are the most arduous. Dingzhou is slightly better, but the four prefectures of Liaodong are the places that need the most ideas. The four prefectures of Liaodong were only cut by our soldiers from the territory of the Ya tribes, and there were few original residents left, and most of the current residents moved north from the three eastern prefectures and Youzhou. When they migrate, they naturally don't bring all the supplies with them, so this may prevent them from surviving the winter. In the north, they are likely not used to the colder weather. In short, local officials must pay close attention to their situation and ensure that every migrant can survive this winter. In this matter, the Inspectorate also needs to send personnel to cooperate with the monitoring work. ”

"The Department of Commerce also wants to use guò merchants to transport some things used in the cold winter to the north, and the Xiaoguo army will give a certain subsidy. The value of the goods, we will increase it slightly. The Finance Division will also make a corresponding allocation to the north. ”

"Secondly, the four prefectures of Liaodong must be vigilant and strictly guard against the enemy's sneak attack. Although the two divisions did not dare to fight our army head-on, it did not mean that they did not dare to raid in heavy snowy weather. Moreover, there are some attacks by unofficial forces. In this matter, the military affairs department sent an order to the local town soldiers. ”

"The Eagle Eye Division, the Shadow Division, and other intelligence departments must pay close attention to the movements of the Turks west of Dingzhou, and be careful of what they do to us during the winter season. In addition, it is necessary to investigate the two parts of the Stabe, and it is absolutely not to be taken lightly. If there is any abnormality, immediately report to the local garrison and make corresponding countermeasures in a timely manner. ”

"The Supervision Department and the Shadow Division also have to monitor the actions of government officials in various places at all times, and the lord said that this is also an assessment of officials at all levels. Those who are capable are promoted, those who are incapable are demoted, dereliction of duty, and those who regard human life and disregard are severely punished. ”

"In addition, if there is a snow disaster anywhere this time, if there are local large households and businessmen who help in time, it will be rewarded. What I said above is what I said on behalf of the lord, and I hope you will not be careless. ”