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Although the wind in March is still a little cold, the cold is still like a knife, but from a distance, under the withered yellow [***] weeds in the wilderness, there is a layer of new green that makes people shine tenaciously. They struggled to top the rocks above their heads, withered branches and leaves, and then proudly stretched out their not yet tough bodies.

They are not afraid of wind and rain, nor are they afraid of the iron hooves of war horses, as long as they are given time, they can continue to absorb sunlight and water and thrive.

That's it, year after year, the grass grows, withers, and grows again.

Some people use these weeds to describe the Great Sui, a powerful empire that grew like weeds and vines, covering the entire land with green. When the Great Sui was first established, it was a thriving empire like the rising sun, and it was a terrifying existence. The iron cavalry of the Great Sui was not afraid of any enemy, whether it was Nan Chen, who had the Yangtze River moat as a barrier, or the powerful Turks, who had millions of cavalry, they all prostrated and bowed in front of the Great Sui.

But the withering of the Great Sui was also like a weed, swift and irretrievable.

In just 30 years, a vigorous empire, an empire that makes other nations tremble, has declined rapidly, as fast as spring grass being blown by the late autumn wind, like winter snow being illuminated by the warm sun of spring, people have not finished their longing for the Great Sui to create a peaceful world, and they have begun to miss the glory of the beginning of the Great Sui.

In the eighth year of the Great Cause, when the Great Sui First Expedition was made, the people would inevitably talk about this topic after dinner. Everyone is discussing, where did the Xiongshi of the Great Sui go? Has Gao Yuan's clown been captured alive? During the Second Eastern Crusade in the ninth year of the Great Cause, there were still people who were interested in talking about the fact that Goguryeo should be destroyed this year. By the time of the Third Crusade in the tenth year of the Great Cause, the people could no longer be heard talking about this matter, because they were all busy keeping themselves alive.

There is hardly a county north of the Yangtze River that is free of rebels, and they are attacking cities and villages, and their power is getting bigger and bigger. So much so that the capture of Yuncheng by the people of Yanyunzhai in Dongping County was not a major event at all, and it did not even attract the attention of the imperial court. Having said that, there is no way for the imperial court to pay attention to it.

Dou Jiande on the north side of the Yellow River has occupied several counties, and Jibei County is almost controlled by Wang Bo, compared to them, Yanyunzhai's attack is not unusual. Although the capture of Yuncheng was faster, it was just one of the many ordinary things in the Great Sui today.

On the night of March 13, the people and horses lurking in Yuncheng in Juye Ze Yanyun Village wiped out the county guard Wu Province and Zhang Sanheng, the county guard, although these things were not done by the people of Yanyun Village, but they will undoubtedly be remembered on their heads. Pei Shisheng was elected by Li Xian as the new magistrate of Dongping County, a magistrate appointed by the anti-thief, so he was more cold and decisive in doing things, contrary to the previous normal state of being polite and gentle in front of everyone, and killed people mercilessly. He took a total of more than 500 servants and nurses from the rich families, first slaughtered the family of Wu Xingzhi, the county guard, and then killed Zhang Sanheng's family without leaving a chicken or dog.

In Pei Shisheng's words, since I plan to do it, I must do it thoroughly, and I can't leave even one enemy for myself, whether it is an old man or a child.

He did the right thing, although the means were a little more violent, but it was undoubtedly the most correct choice.

After getting rid of Wu Xingzhi and Zhang Sanheng, Pei Shisheng did not breathe a sigh of relief, although the county guard and the county were slaughtered by him, but there were still thousands of county soldiers in the city, and more than a dozen captains, this was the most difficult thing to solve. When Li Piaoran took the people of Yanyunzhai to seize the city gate, he said to Pei Shisheng that he would not interfere in solving the affairs in the city, and the people of Yanyunzhai would not interfere in solving them.

Therefore, when the gate of Yuncheng was breached, the cavalry of the Ruijin battalion swirled in from the outside like a wind, but did not immediately kill the camp of the county soldiers, and the soldiers and horses of the Houtu camp and the flood battalion only quickly rushed to the city wall to control the city defense, and it seemed that they did not intend to pay attention to the nearly 3,000 county soldiers who were still in the county soldier camp.

Let a literati take hundreds of slaves to get three thousand county soldiers, no matter what, this last exam question from Li Xian does seem to be more difficult on the surface.

Under the cold moon, in the night breeze, Li Xian, the big boss of Yanyunzhai who did not enter the city, rested in the send-off pavilion one mile outside the east gate of Yuncheng, leaned on the pillar of the pavilion, drank a sip of new wine, watched the sky with clouds and moon, and then sang a song that no one else had ever heard before.

"Quiet summer with stars in the sky ......"

It was originally a song sung by a light female voice, but it was sung by him with a slightly hoarse voice, but it had a different taste.

Ye Huaisleeve, who was sitting not far from him, looked up at the night sky, there were clouds covering the moon, which seemed to mean that it was going to rain, not to mention the stars, even the moon was hidden from time to time.

"It's only March, and there is still a period of time before summer, and there are no stars today. So although I haven't heard the tune of this song you sang at all, it's very tactful, but it never deserves the occasion. ”

Ye Huaisleeve combed the hair in front of his forehead and said in a low voice: "This song, the woman may be better at singing." ”

Li Xian said with annoyance: "Artistic conception, do you understand artistic conception......

Ye Huaisleeve ignored him, recalled the tune and hummed softly, it was like a heavenly sound, pleasant to the ear. Li Xian's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the banshee in front of him in disbelief who had memorized the lyrics and tunes after listening to them only once.

"I knew it and slept quietly...... Tranquil summer ......"

Li Xian sighed, and said sincerely: "Do you usually drink and can't forget?" ”

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I have to say that Pei Shisheng is a person with means, and these people from big families are far stronger in terms of wisdom and scheming than ordinary people, which is not to say that they are smarter than ordinary people from birth, but deliberately cultivated and instilled in the family. When ordinary people are still worried about their livelihoods, who is in the mood to calculate others and specialize in conspiracies? They don't have the money to train their children to read and write, and the limitations of small families make them not have a broader vision, and they don't lose in qualifications, but at the starting point.

Although Pei Shisheng is just a distant branch of the Pei family, there is no doubt that his life experience is far from being comparable to ordinary people.

Li Xian was not surprised that he was able to subdue those three thousand soldiers, which had nothing to do with Pei Shisheng's ability, the fundamental reason was that tens of thousands of elites from Yanyunzhai had already entered the city. If Pei Shisheng can't even take advantage of this, then he is undoubtedly a real straw bag fool.

So when Pei Shisheng led the thousands of county soldiers who had laid down their arms to surrender, Li Xian did not have any words of praise.

"The soldiers are still these soldiers, as for how to bring them, it's your business."

Li Xian looked at Pei Shisheng and said lightly: "Yuncheng is the first city I have built, Dongping County is my foundation, I will give you two years, if Dongping County is still such a bleak scene now, you must not have the face to sit in this position again." I don't know if you think the name of the county order I let you sit in is not right, but if you have this idea, you can tell me directly. The biggest advantage of the people of Yanyunzhai is that they are good at talking, and I promise that I will not harm your family or encroach on your property. ”

He leaned against the pillar of the pavilion and took a sip of wine: "If you are willing to do this errand, then now give me an idea of how to make the people of Dongping County live a better life within two years." Dongping's prosperity is very important to me in the future. ”

Pei Shisheng thought for a while and said four words: "Tuntian raises soldiers." ”

Li Xian narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at Pei Shisheng and asked, "Tell me more details." ”

Pei Shisheng said: "Although Dongping County is the county with the least land among all the nearby counties, it is not comparable to Qilu and Qilu, and even Jibei County and Dong County, but there is no problem in feeding hundreds of thousands of people." I plan to put up a notice to distribute the land to the displaced people, whether they are originally from Dongping County or not, as long as they report to the Yamen, they can get a piece of land, and the grain seeds will come from the cottages, and only the seeds and 20% of the harvest will be collected in the first year to become taxes, and in the second year the harvest will be 30%, and within two years, the wasteland of Dongping County should once again be turned into fertile land as far as the eye can see. The existing county soldiers also had to work in the fields, and they had to recruit the strongest of the people to join them, so they would work in the fields in peacetime and soldiers in war. ”

Li Xian nodded: "The idea is good, from today onwards, you will be the county commander of this Yuncheng." ”

Pei Shisheng didn't thank him for his kindness, but just bowed slightly: "General Xie." ”

Li Xian smiled and said: "People can't stand without trust, how do you plan to win the trust of the people?" ”

"Please give me the right to reward and punish."

Pei Shisheng said.

Li Xian smiled and said: "I said, you are already the county commander of Yuncheng, and you have the right to make decisions about the affairs in Yuncheng, whether it is rewards or punishments, as long as it is the personnel in Yuncheng, you can decide it yourself." I don't ask about the process, I just look at the result. I promise to let Yuncheng worry-free, no one dares to invade this place, you promise to give me a rich Yuncheng County, it's as simple as that. ”

"Thank you!"

Hearing Li Xian's words, Pei Shisheng was deeply moved.

Li Xian stood up and said, "Take me into the city to have a look, I'll go and see how miserable Wu Xingzhi, who is born and killed, is a day." ”

Pei Shisheng bent down slightly and walked in front to lead Li Xian.

At this time, the people of Yanyunzhai had completely controlled Yuncheng, and even many people did not wake up from their dreams, and the people who heard the shouts of killing nearby did not dare to go out, but just hid in the room and peeked out through the crack in the door. The men and horses of Yanyunzhai drove into the city in an orderly manner, and did not disturb the people. All the county soldiers who resisted on the city wall were killed, and more than 3,600 county soldiers who surrendered had already gone to the school to assemble, and the night did not seem to be a magnificent situation.

Pei Shisheng told Li Xian about the killing of Wu Xingzhi as he walked, and Li Xian smiled noncommittally.

"I heard that you said a word when you ordered the slaughter of Wu Province."

As he walked, he said, "Since you have to do it, you must do it thoroughly, and I must not leave an enemy for myself." That's what you say, right? ”

Pei Shisheng was shocked, he didn't expect this to reach Li Xian's ears so quickly. In fact, after he finished saying it, he regretted it a little, saying it was too cold and ruthless, which would cause others to be taboo. Sure enough, Li Xian still asked. Pei Shisheng quietly wiped the sweat in his palms on his clothes, and said honestly: "It was said by his subordinates." ”

"I also heard that you have a good reputation in Yuncheng in Pingyue, and you are always gentle and elegant in front of people, but I didn't expect that you were also a decisive person. Just ......"

"I had two thoughts in my heart when I heard this, and I wavered for a moment, guess...... What is it? ”

Li Xian asked.

Pei Shisheng's voice trembled slightly: "Kill me, or use me?" ”

Li Xian smiled and nodded: "Although you moved me with your strategy of raising troops in Tuntian before, you still have to convince me now not to waver between these two choices." After all, since you can kill Wu Xingzhi, you may not betray me in the future. ”

Pei Shisheng's heart trembled violently, and the clothes on his body were soaked with sweat in an instant.

"At that time, there was no other choice, if I didn't kill all the families in Wu Province, I was afraid that I would not die well in the future, even if it was an infant baby, it might be my great enemy in the future. I just want to live, the general can keep me safe and give me wealth, how can I rebel? There are no weak soldiers under the strong generals, and under the command of the male lord, how can they tolerate the hypocrisy? As long as the general is far stronger than me, why should the general worry? ”

When he said this, Pei Shisheng's heart almost jumped out of his throat. He looked at Li Xian nervously, but Li Xian didn't even stop.

"You should thank yourself for your honesty, if you say something like this is for Yanyunzhai, you will already be on the ground. I've never worried that my people are capable, but I can't tolerate someone lying to me. ”

Li Xian smiled as he walked: "If you don't kill all the families in Wu Province, how can I use you?" ”

Pei Shisheng's body shook a little, and he didn't seem to have any strength up and down. He secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead and let out a long sigh of relief. He knew that he had walked around in front of the ghost gate, and he was a stone's throw away from entering the door. The night breeze blew through his wet clothes and gave him some strength to recover, and his body followed with difficulty as if he was dragging his feet, but he didn't seem to know why, his steps were a little strange.

Later, when talking to people about the situation, Pei Shisheng sighed: "The lord makes people fearful and admirable, and he is not informal, and he is not eclectic in recruiting talents." It's just that... That night, I was scared by my lord and peed my pants. ”