"My lord, Chen is unbearable and asks to return to his hometown to settle down." Lu Chen was reluctant to go out of Liaodong, so he immediately submitted his resignation to Liu Kun.

Lu Chen's resignation surprised Liu Kun, in fact, he really hoped that Lu Chen would stay to assist Wei Shuo, among several in-laws and descendants, because Lu Chen had the highest literary talent, and he could often write poems with him, so Liu Kun valued Lu Chen the most.

"If it is undecided today, and Hu Lu is not extinguished, how can Zi Liang return home?"

"Chen is stupid, I really can't afford to save the world, it's better to go home and do my studies."

Lu Chen had a deep prejudice against Wei Shuo and insisted on refusing to stay. In fact, there is no direct conflict between the two, it is purely a difference in philosophy and does not like each other. Although the Lu family has joined Liaodong, Lu Chen has always refused to let go.

"Okay, since Chen Er's decision to go, I won't keep it anymore!"

Wei Shuo didn't care about Lu Chen's departure, as long as Wen Qiao stayed. Under Liu Kun's persuasion, except for a small number of children of the family such as Lu Chen who were unwilling to go to Liaodong, most of the staff chose to join the Liaodong camp.

"You newcomers to my Liaodong must have a lot of doubts in your hearts, but you don't have to. Liaodong pays the most attention to the rules, as long as you abide by the law, you don't have to be afraid of this or that. In addition, in order to integrate you into Liaodong as soon as possible, your official positions may be adjusted one or two. ”

"However, please don't worry, Liaodong must fully consider everyone's actual situation before making a decision, and never let your talents be buried."

"Obey the orders of General Zhenbei!"

Wei Shuo dared to annex Liu Kun's subordinates, because he knew that Liu Kun was not Zu Li, and his subordinates did not have such a large cohesion, so they could easily be digested by Liaodong.

After everyone left, Wen Qiao instead stood in front of Wei Shuo nervously, when most of his colleagues in the state were demoted. He didn't expect that he would ascend to the sky in one step and directly take up the post of the right army division of the general's mansion, which is one of the military giants in Liaodong.

"General, is it a little inappropriate for me to take up the post of military advisor?"

"Hehe, it's really too modest, with your talent to serve as the right military division, it is more than enough. Don't have any worries, keep up with it, I expect a lot from you. ”

"It's so good but disrespectful!"

Seeing Wei Shuo's repeated insistence, Wen Qiao had no choice but to agree, but in this way, the rest of the staff members of the state were all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred towards him. They all sighed that Wen Qiao's life was good, he used to have his uncle Liu Kun covering him, and now he is valued by Wei Shuo, the general of Zhenbei.

In the next period of time, Liaodong began to strongly rectify and merge states. Speaking of which, although Liu Kun is a state assassin, he only controls the three counties of Yanmen, Xinxing, and Leping under his rule. The rest of the counties were largely occupied by the Huns.

As soon as the Guo family and the Wang family fled and surrendered, those small and medium-sized families saw that the Wang family and the Wen family had fallen to Liaodong one after another, and they could no longer afford to resist, which reduced the difficulty of rectifying and merging Liaodong.

Pei Wei sat in calm Xiang, and with the assistance of Wen Qiao, Han Ju, Li Qiao and others, he quickly moved a set of mature policies in eastern Liaoning to the prefecture, and a large number of policies benefiting the people were launched one after another.

First of all, the Juntian system and the slave release order, no matter how much Wei Shuo attached importance to commerce and industry. But agriculture is the foundation for the stability of a region. Due to the endless wars, there is a large amount of wasteland in the territory. The government remeasured the wasteland, along with the land plundered from the family, and distributed it to the newly freed commoners.

The promulgation of the uniform land system stimulated the enthusiasm of all the people of the state, and the whole territory was full of active commoners, who often walked in the wilderness with their agricultural tools in spite of the cold and the cold of the earth. A large amount of fertile land has been opened up with the family, and the seeds of hope will be sown in the spring of the next year.

At the same time, in order to facilitate the people's land reclamation, the government also mobilized a large number of livestock from Shanbei to be leased and handed over to the common people. In short, in order to restore agriculture in the state, the government can be said to have tried its best.

The second is to encourage the development of the textile industry, and the state is close to the north of Shaanxi, and the north of Shaanxi is an important animal husbandry breeding area, in addition to providing a large number of cattle, sheep and livestock to Liaodong every year, and at the same time can provide a huge amount of wool to the textile industry.

No matter what the outside world thinks, it is a foregone conclusion that Liaodong will become the master and merge the state. When the winter passes, when the spring of the next year begins, the people of the three counties of Xinxing, Yanmen and Leping will have their own land.

At the same time, Shao Yuniang was ordered by the Zhenbei General's Mansion to begin to reorganize the original state army. After the downsizing of more than 30,000 state troops, it will eventually be retained less than four compartments, and a large number of young and strong people will be released and returned to farmland.

After explaining the details of all aspects of military and political affairs, Wei Shuo took Feng Yi, Zhang Biao, and Duan Wenyang to Jinyang to inspect, which was originally the seat of Taiyuan County and was once the largest city in Bingzhou.

"This is Jinyang?" Feng Yi's face was full of astonishment, and he looked at the city in front of him in disbelief.

"Well, that's right, this is the famous Jinyang, it's a pity that the Huns have come to Jinyang many times, Yongjia six years, under the leadership of the rebellious Linghu Ni, Liu Cong broke through Jinyang and killed Liu Gong's parents."

To be honest, although Wei Shuo had been mentally prepared, when he saw the dilapidated gates and broken city walls of Jinyang City, he still couldn't hide his disappointment.

"Alas, the great rivers and mountains should have allowed all the people to share the peaceful and prosperous world, but it is a pity that the world is chaotic and sad and reborn, and Shuo's heart is burning, and he can't immediately sweep the universe and recover the rivers and mountains."

"The lord must not be in a hurry, and the first thing to do now is to stabilize the people's hearts and strengthen the land of the three counties in Hedong, and after the spring of next year, he can move south to recover the counties in the south of the state."

"Although my Liaodong is strong, there are still Xiangguo Shile to contend with constraints. There should be no carelessness, only by showing kindness internally and building up military authority externally, can there be hope to eliminate Hulu and reorganize the rivers and mountains. ”

"Zizhuan's words won my heart."

……

Shi Le, who had just returned to Xiangguo from the Qingzhou front, couldn't help but be anxious when he learned that Liaodong had successfully annexed Liu Kun. No one knows the harmfulness of this matter better than him, Wei Shuo is not Liu Kun, occupying the west side of Taihang, and will definitely spy on the land of Hebei across the mountain.

"Tell me, is it still necessary to save Binh Duong?"

"My lord, it is not a bad thing to give up Pingyang for the development of Xiangguo. With the current situation in Liaodong, it will definitely go south to Pingyang in the spring of next year, and Xiangguo must end the Qingzhou war before Liaodong takes Pingyang, otherwise once Liaodong returns to Jizhou, it will definitely destroy Xiangguo's plan to seize Qingzhou. ”

Kui An said very reasonably, but Shi Le was still unwilling, his face was a little gloomy, his face was frosty, and he looked around at the ministers and asked: "Can we only watch Liaodong take over and merge the state?" ”

Zhang Bin, as Shi Le's number one think tank, naturally didn't want Shi Le to miss a big deal because of his personal preferences. In his opinion, abandoning Pingyang would certainly make Xiangguo lose an ally, so that Liaodong would take all of it west of Taihang Mountain, and the threat to Xiangguo would be greatly increased. However, under the pressure of the situation, Xiangguo had to swallow the bitter fruit.

Seeing that Shi Le's face had changed, Zhang Bin hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Lord, although Hedong is important, it can't be compensated for the hegemony of Xiangguo. If you have been entangled with Liaodong in Hedong and fall into a long-term war of attrition, not only may Pingyang not be able to keep it in the end, but Qingzhou will also be in danger of gaining and losing. ”

As soon as Zhang Bin finished speaking, Kui An, Guo Yin, Xu Guang and others breathed a sigh of relief one after another. If there is one more person who can make Shi Le change his mind, it is Zhang Mengsun.

Sure enough, after listening to Zhang Bin's persuasion, Shi Le no longer cared about Pingyang.

……

To say that Liaodong entered Yangqu and Dingxiang, the Huns in Pingyang were the most impacted. After more than half a month of conditioning, although Liu Cong could speak, he was also terminally ill, and he could only pay all the government affairs to Jin Zhun, Liu Jing, Liu Ji, Hu Yanyu, Liu Yi, Zhu Ji, and Fan Long.

The patriarch Chen Yuanda and Liu Yao, the king of Zhongshan, were not trusted by Liu Cong at this critical moment, Chen Yuanda was old and did not pay much attention to power, but Liu Yao was different. Faced with the precarious situation of the Han Kingdom, Liu Yao believed that only he could have the ability to turn the tide, but Liu Cong pinned his hopes on his nephew Liu Ji.

Liu Yao was unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history, so that Jin Zhun colluded together, intending to launch a rebellion in the near future to seize power in Pingyang. In fact, there are many important ministers in Pingyang who secretly support Liu Yao's ascension, such as Hu Yanyou, Liu Jing, Zhu Ji, etc. The reason why everyone supported Liu Yao was that in addition to being friendly with Liu Yao, they all believed that Liu Yao was the most suitable successor to the Han State at present. (To be continued.) )