Jimo Mingxi's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his eyes didn't dare to look at Xu Ruyu. Xu Ruyu said to Jiang Lingtian: "Send the three of them to the Mingyue Tower, and then quickly summon Liang Bao to the Mingyue Tower to see me." ”

Mei Tierui and Shen Deqian didn't know about the "Zhaowu Nine Surnames", and when they saw Xu Ruyu, they took the three of them away, and they couldn't say anything.

Xu Ruyu looked at the three people who were trembling, and said lightly: "Gongliang Youqin in the forty-second year of the New Dynasty in the Qingjiang and Jinhua areas wantonly captured the population to supplement the islanders, and you probably went to Puji Island at that time." ”

Jimo Mingxi replied in a low voice: "Puji Island has always had the practice of capturing the population in the interior to make up for the islanders, but in the 36th year of the new dynasty, it was the most blatant to capture a total of 50,000 people from Jinhua Mansion in Qingjiang Prefecture of Yue County, including 4,000 boys. The soldiers of the Biaofeng battalion are all the children of the Puji captives, and Gongliang Youqin takes our family members as hostages, and if the Biaofeng battalion is not effective in combat, not only will the whole team have to sit together, but also affect the family. ”

Xu Ruyu was shocked when he heard the tiger's body, and said: This is how Gongliang Youqin obtained the 6,000 dead soldiers of the Biaofeng Battalion. Thinking of the miserable scene when the five thousand dead soldiers in Jingyang Gate would rather die under the crossbow arrows and flying stones than give up their weapons, they stood there for a while.

Liang Baohu's eyes welled up with tears, knelt on the ground, and exclaimed, "Sir......"

Jiang Lingtian shouted: "Liang Bao, don't intervene, your master has his own arrangements." ”

Xu Ruyu said for a long time: "Ling Tian, you quickly send someone to the Mei family and the Shen family, and issue a gag order in the name of you and me, and you must not leak the matter of today." Jiang Lingtian knew that if the news of the survival of the 200 captives was revealed to the outside world, Gongliang Youqin might be forced to slaughter 50,000 captives.

Xu Ruyu's eyes shot a cold light, grabbing every expression on Jimo Mingxi's face, and said slowly: "Do you know how many soldiers in the Biaofeng Battalion have lost their lives at my hands? ”

Jimo Mingxi replied: "Then the head of the city is the public friend Qin abandoned us, what does it have to do with General Qingfeng?" ”

Xu Ruyu laughed loudly, and there was a trace of sadness in his laughter, so he suppressed his laughter and said sharply: "The six thousand soldiers of the Biaofeng Battalion have all lost their lives at my hands." Are you still going to follow me? ”

Jimo Mingxi sat on the ground and muttered to himself as if he had lost his soul: "How is it possible, Yongyang's 40,000 defenders can't annihilate the entire Biaofeng battalion, how can it be ......" Wei Yu and Captain Yan also looked at Xu Ruyu in a stunned state, with a complex look of doubt, pain, hatred, and fear on their faces.

Xu Ruyu said: "Gongliang Youqin evacuated from the East China Sea with only more than 6,000 remainers. More than 70,000 people died in Puji in the East China Sea, all of which were planned by me, do you still want to follow me? ”

Jiang Lingtian ordered people to bring the three of Jimo Mingxi back to the north of the city to be imprisoned.

"For example, the world gets along, there is no more strife, and the folk customs in the market are like old wine, which makes people intoxicated."

Xu Ruyu recalled a sentence that his father often said, two lines of tears flowed wordlessly, and he looked out the window with his eyebrows and moon slanting, empty and clear. The breeze blows lightly, and the heat gradually subsides.

Jiang Lingtian comforted softly: "If you don't hurt your hands, Donghai will repeat the disaster of the thirty-six years of the Yuejun New Dynasty, and you really don't need to blame yourself." ”

Xu Ruyu said leisurely: "Even so, it is also a hundred thousand living surnames who were buried here, which is difficult to understand." I remember what my father said, he said: If the world gets along, there will be no more disputes, and the folk customs in the market are like old wine, which makes people intoxicated. ”

Jiang Lingtian was fascinated for a while, and his mouth repeatedly chewed on the number "the world is compatible, and there is no more strife".

Xu Ruyu said: "At the peak of the old dynasty, excluding the nine clans of Zhaowu, there were fifteen counties in the world, with a total of 160 million people. Later, the Tutu people rose in the heavenly domain, repeatedly invaded the Central Plains in a hundred years, the five northern counties were like their pastures, coming and going freely, the population of the five northern counties was greatly reduced, and the southern counties successively implemented the policy of expulsion and cruelty to the nine Zhaowu tribes, which provoked countless civil uprisings and wars, and at the beginning of the new dynasty, there were only 100 million people left in the fifteen counties. The new dynasty has gone through three generations since Emperor Gaozu, the family is divided in the locality, more than 50 years of fighting, the people of Li Shu have never had to recuperate, and now there are still many people left in the fifteen counties, no one knows. Yongyang experienced the disaster of this war, and the population dropped by 20%. In the two prefectures of Biling and Tairu, the exile of the population should not be lower than that of Yongyang, and the loss of population in the East China Sea in a year is almost more than 1 million. ”

Jiang Lingtian sighed, and the two stood side by side and looked out the window, silent for a long time.

The Chen clan is based in a county in the East China Sea, and it is inevitable that they will be involved in the battle of dominating the world. Xu Ru foolishly said: Even if the Chen clan wins the world, it will not be able to change the pattern of the family's power and hegemony in the region, which can be seen from the resistance to the implementation of the "Displaced Resettlement Order" and the "Post-war Wasteland Disposal Order". It won't take long to return to the chaos of the family's separation.

The smooth implementation of the "Resettlement Order for Displaced People" and the "Order on the Disposal of Wasteland after the War" was actually the result of a compromise between Xu Ruyu and various factions led by the Mei people in Yongyang on the condition of leaving Yongyang.

Xu Ruyu thought that Wanling's order would arrive in Yongyang before he was announced, so he took a long breath and said: "Chen is pre-appointed as the commander of Donghai County, and Wanling Longya Commander has jurisdiction over the 50,000 battalions of Yuda Military Town, and first of all, the power of the Chen clan will be expanded to the entire territory of the East China Sea. Fang Su Bu said that he would also be appointed as the governor of Piling, Liu Zhaoyu would be appointed as the keeper of the Tairu Mansion, and the post of the chief official of the Tairu Governor's Mansion would be vacant. ”

Xu Ruyu thought about it again and again, and finally said: "After you become the commander of Yongyang, the first thing you need to do is to recommend Chen Zifang to take the post of Yongyang Mansion Guard, and reduce the number of each battalion to 1,500 people. Take retreat as advance, and resist the Wanling forces infiltrating Yongyang too quickly. In the downsizing, the forces that tend to Wanling in the Subang Guard can be eliminated. ”

Jiang Lingtian said with a smile: "If Chen Yu knows that you are calculating his Chen clan here, I don't know how it feels?" ”

Xu Ruyu said gloomily: "Chen Pre is not weaker than his godfather when he gets support from the Chen family, and it is a foregone conclusion that the Chen family will participate in the struggle for world domination, and the godfather will gradually hand over the authority in his hands." If Yongyang wants to recuperate, he must resist the influence of the Chen clan on Yongyang. ”

"Brother Zifang is inclined to keep it, but I'm afraid that if he takes the position of the keeper of Yongyang Mansion, Chen Yu will try his best to interfere."

Xu Ruyu shook his head slightly and said: "Zi Fang's appointment as the keeper of Yongyang Mansion is the meaning of his godfather. ”

Jiang Lingtian wanted to say something more, but he heard Sleeve Er shouting at Liang Bao downstairs.

Xu Ruyu was stunned and asked, "Where is Liang Bao still kneeling?" ”

Jiang Lingtian laughed and said, "I don't know what makes him afraid of you, Liang Bao seems to be in awe of you." ”

Xu Ruyu pursed his lips and smiled: "Liang Bao's surname is too straightforward, after I leave Yongyang, you have to watch him for me, don't let people deceive you." ”

Jiang Lingtian laughed and went downstairs with Xu Ruyu.

He pointed at Xu Ruyu and said, "Liang Bao did something wrong, you made him kneel here for a long time." ”

Liang Bao said in a sullen voice: "Mr. didn't punish Liang Bao, I knelt here voluntarily." He bowed his head to Xu Ruyu and said, "Please remember that they have the same pitiful background as Liang Bao, don't embarrass them." ”

Xu Ruyu said angrily: "Am I embarrassed for them? If you think of a good way, listen to you. Also, you stand up for me and think. ”

Jiang Lingtian helped Liang Bao up and said with a smile: "It's not that you don't know what your master is like, it's just that this matter is difficult, and you need to think of a comprehensive way." You go down and order the food, we are hungry. ”

Jiang Lingtian looked at Xu Ru's foolish years and the tempering of a year's war in the East China Sea, and his words and deeds naturally revealed such majesty, and it was rare to see the proud and heroic spirit that he should have as a young man, and he felt deeply.

Xu Ruyu seemed to know what he was thinking and said: "After leaving Yongyang, there is no need to be so heavy; But you're not so happy. ”

Jiang Lingtian said with a smile: "Yun Niang rebrewed 'Yun Tianyuan' for me, and there is compensation for my hard work." ”

Xu Ruyu said enviously: "I heard that 'Yun Tianyuan' is the use of a long-lost blending technique in the 'Jade Pot Spring Snow' with wine, which may not be successful after a year. If it does, you'll have to keep half of it for me. ”

Jiang Lingtian laughed and said, "As the saying goes: no one drinks. If you don't come and drink with me, you won't taste a little less. Don't worry, 'Yun Tianyuan' wine is that said, I will issue a notice to the world, you sniff and say. ”

The next day, Xu Ruyu took the three of Jimo Mingxi to the blood mound where the corpses of the Puji bandits were buried, pointed to the blood mound and said: "The 6,000 corpses of the Puji Biaofeng camp are buried under the rocky mound, and the gravel in the stone mound is stained with blood. After saying that, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said sharply: "There is another 'Blood Hill', called 'Kou Tomb'. ”

If he was drunk, the eyes of Mo Mingxi, Wei Yu, and Yan Wei were messy, and they all lowered their heads when they looked at Xu Ruyu's grim and cold eyes.

Xu Ruyu said: "In the first battle of the East China Sea, Puji killed 70,000 people, but the East China Sea was Yongyang Prefecture, and the population dropped by 360,000, excluding those who were exiled to other counties, 60,000 soldiers were killed in battle, and no less than 200,000 were slaughtered. No less than 300,000 civilians were slaughtered in the two provinces of Piling and Tairu, and 80,000 were killed in battle. ”

Xu Ruyu said this, his eyes split. In order to force the displaced people from the four fields to pour into Yongyang and exhaust Yongyang's grain reserves, Gongliang Youqin did nothing but burn, kill, plunder, and slaughter civilians. After the war, Xu Ruyu inspected various places, all of which were miserable scenes, and Xu Ruyu made great efforts to make the implementation of the "Resettlement Order for Displaced People" and the "Post-war Wasteland Disposal Order" in Yongyang, so that the situation of the displaced people improved slightly. In Biling and Tairu, the families took advantage of the fire to rob the civilians, denied the rights and interests of the commoners in the title deeds, and confiscated the fields and sold them to the civilians. This is no different from a robber, but it is a practice that prevails in this land. The Wanling Chen clan has 800,000 acres of fertile land in Biling and Tairu.

In the battle of the East China Sea, Xu Ruyu made the greatest contribution, and obtained 200,000 acres of fertile land in Biling and Tairu. Chen Ang, Xu Ruyu, and Zhang Zhongdao have a total of 400,000 acres of fertile land under their names. Chen Ang and Xu Ruyu decided that the Governor's Office would issue the "Letter of Preparation for War" and the "Order for the Sale and Lease of Wasteland after the War", in order to launch a large-scale offensive against Baishi in winter, and sell the wasteland to the displaced people within a time limit, and those who missed the agricultural time would be punished for the crime of benefiting the enemy. He also sold 400,000 mu of fertile land at a low price, suppressing the land price of the East China Sea, causing the price of the East China Sea to drop to half a gold for a while. Even so, there are countless people who sell porridge and women in Biling and Tairu. Almost one-third of the fertile land in the Biling Prefecture belonged to the wealthy family, and almost one-fifth of the commoners became serfs of the wealthy family.

Xu Ruyu thought of the ferocity of the Puji bandits, and the greed of the wealthy family, and when he was sad and angry in his heart, his heart became strangely clear.

Xu Ruyu looked at the three of Jimo Mingxi in front of him, and sighed: "You follow me, it's nothing more than fame and fortune, but I don't even want Captain Yongyang, what's the use of you following me." ”

Jimo Mingxi knelt on the ground and cried: "When Mingxi was twelve years old, the place where the clansmen lived was ransacked by the Puji bandits, and when he saw his neighbors being slaughtered, he didn't dare to forget the blood feud in his heart, but his relatives were taken hostage by Gongliang Youqin and had to be driven for him. If you die, you will be liberated, and you don't need to suffer from inner torment. General Qingfeng is benevolent and righteous, living the surname of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is willing to follow General Qingfeng, and there is really nothing else to ask for. ”

Xu Ruyu sighed, looked up to the sky and said, "Benevolence and righteousness." Orr said to Jimo Mingxi: "I don't know what benevolence and righteousness are, I have something to do, but I can't bear it in my heart." Since your surname is Jimo, the responsibility on your body must be heavy, and I don't want to restrain you. The three of you go to the world to see the bleak things of the world, and see what righteousness is. I will take care of the other 200 people. ”

Xu Ruyu pointed at Liang Bao and said: "He is also a Yiren, and he will lead more than 200 people to stay in Yongyang for you until you come back." ”

Jimo Mingxi showed an incredible expression, and then his hands were folded together and his fingers were bent, making a strange handprint.

Liang Bao saw it, the expression on his face disappeared completely, and the color of his blood suddenly faded, he stared blankly at the hand knot made by Jimo Mingxi, turned his head to look at Xu Ruyu, as if something was stuck in his throat, he didn't let him speak, and he couldn't say it after coughing a few times.

Xu Ruyu said: "You don't have to tell me, it's your own business. Ling Tian, let's go. ”

Jimo Mingxi called: "General Qingfeng......"

Xu Ruyu pulled Jiang Lingtian and walked away without looking back, leaving only Xu Xu Yuyin: "I don't want to know about the internal affairs of your Yi clan." Don't think that you should go back to Wuling Mountain now, it will bring disaster to your people. ”

Jiang Ling took a sip of wine and asked, "Does that handprint made by Jimo Mingxi represent his precious identity?" ”

Xu Ruyu came back to his senses, and said leisurely: "It should be on behalf of the king, Jimo is the surname of the Yiren royal family, ten years ago, the Yiren raised troops in Qingjiang Mansion in Yue County to fight against the Zhu family, but it was ridden by Gongliang Youqin, the three parties fought chaotically, the Yiren royal family disappeared, and the Yiren were forced to retreat into Wuling Mountain. At that time, my father went to Qingjiang in person for this matter, but he did not find out the reason. ”

Jiang Lingtian said: "You mean that Gongliang Youqin took King Yi as a hostage and forced Jimo Mingxi and others to be willing to die. ”

Xu Ruyu shook his head and said, "Gongliang Youqin shouldn't know." Otherwise, he can coerce people to fight for Qingjiang Mansion for him. He sighed and said, "Alas, although I don't know how many children of the Yiren royal family are in Biaofeng's camp, I know that their losses must be extremely heavy. When my father was alive, he often said that Hanyi had hundreds of years of blood feuds, and he really owed too much to the Yi people. The Yi are a resolute and resolute people who never give in to their enemies. Six hundred years ago, there were three million Ding in the peak of the Yi people, living in Yunling Le'an Mansion. During the Zhaowu period of the old dynasty, the surnames of the kings of the nine clans were forcibly removed and returned to the Han Dynasty, and the Yi people took the lead in resisting, but they were suppressed by blood. However, there is no historical record of this incident, and my father deduced that after the suppression, the Yi people were forced to migrate to Yunling, and the population dropped to 1 million. However, the use of troops by the old dynasty against Baiyi recorded in the annals has never stopped, which shows that the Yi people's struggle has never stopped. ”

Xu Ruyu looked out the window, a group of shirtless children were playing and playing. Turning his head, he continued: "Later, when the new dynasty was founded, Sanmiao was attached to Pei Yuexue, with the help of the Pei family, and the Yi people fought for Yunling, and the Yi people were forced to migrate north to Wuling Mountain and Qingjiang. The Zhu family of Yue County levied double the field tax and Ding tax on the Yi people who moved to Qingjiang Mansion, and the Yi king raised troops several times to fight with the Zhu family, until now, the Yi people were less than 300,000 Ding, and they were forced to retreat to the Wuling Mountain. The Zhu family built a long wall of more than 200 miles at the northern foot of Wuling Mountain, blocked the Yi people in the mountain, imposed a ban on business, and sold salt to the Yi people, and cut them down. Ten years ago, the Yiren and the Zhu family fought for the last time. ”

Jiang Lingtian's mood became heavy, and he said slowly: "You don't let Jimo Mingxi return to Wuling Mountain, are you worried that the Yiren will revolt again?" ”

"Yes, Liang Bao also wanted to go back, but he was also pressed down by me. With the unyielding national surname of the Yi people, it is almost certain that Mo Mingxi will go back to revolt, but the Yi people will revolt, and they will become the target of the public. ”

"About sixty percent of the 200 war prisoners are Yi people, and I will raise them first."

"Yes, you don't need to hold it back. It can be regarded as a little compensation for the Yi people. ”

When Liang Bao, Jimo Mingxi and others returned to Mingyue Tower, it was already late.

Xu Ruyu handed over the two letters to Liang Bao and said: "This one is a prisoner repatriation order issued by me personally, and one is a change of guard order issued by Ling Tian, you can move two hundred clansmen to the Xicheng army together with Ming Xi and others at night." ”

Jimo Ming did not leave immediately, staring at Xu Ruyu, his eyes were full of eager and frantic emotions, and said, "Why doesn't General Qingfeng dominate the world? ”

Xu Ruyu smiled faintly, turned his head to look away, and said softly: "One will be a success." ”

Jimo Shixi was unwilling: "Are there fewer dry bones in Siye now?" ”

Xu Ruyu's heart froze, and he sighed and didn't say anything. After a long time, he felt that Jiang Lingtian was still standing behind him, and said in a low voice: "What can you change?" With that, tears welled up in his eyes.

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