Qin Jia is the poet of the Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Huan, the atmosphere is vigorous and energetic, unrestrained and straightforward, the people do not hide the desire to pursue utilitarian pleasures, sigh that life is short of poetry and sentences, to the morning dew to compare life, Cao Cāo is not the first, Qin Jia is not the first, and the earlier has "Hao Hao Yin Yang Shift, the year is like the morning dew" sentence, Li Fen said in the words "life between the world, suddenly like a distant traveler" and "born less than a hundred years old, often with a thousand years of worries" These two sentences lamenting the shortness of life are also from the five-word poems of modern poets

Wen Chou didn't expect that he actually knew about his early pirated copy of Cao Cāo's "Short Song Xing", seeing that he quoted the poems of his predecessors in just a few sentences, after listening to his words, he said in his heart: "This person is good at writing" and thought, "'You are making meritorious contributions and enjoying food', if this is his heart, then this Li Fen can be said to be a person who does not sell his name and does what he wants"

He said: "In this case, may I ask Yao Ling, can Yao Ling do this official matter of governing the people and the environment?" ”

Li Fen replied: "It has already been done"

"How is it arranged?"

"Sheng raised a number of grain and rice from large families in the county, and set up porridge sheds every three days to give food to the displaced people."

"Why once every three days?"

"Winter is coming, there is a shortage of grain in the county, and the grain and rice raised are not much, not enough for every ri, so once every three days, and I just gave it once yesterday."

The grain and rice raised were not much, so he helped the displaced people once in three days and said ugly: "This Li Fen has a vision" This shows that Li Fen saw that the troubled times were still to come, and saw that there would be more and more displaced people, so he saved food

"If a person doesn't eat for one ri, it's okay to be anxious if he doesn't eat for two ri, Yao Ling gives relief every three ri, aren't you afraid that there will be homeless people who break the law and break the ban, rob the granary, and even cause chaos?

"Dozens of officials were selected. He ordered him to patrol the city at night, and recruited brave soldiers, summoned three hundred strong men from the county, and made them go to the city with the county guards to guard against them, and passed the township pavilions to the township pavilions before the month, and ordered the chiefs of the pavilions to organize the township pavilions to protect the territory against thieves."

Li Fen's three initiatives are from the inside and out. In good order, although it is not a shocking strategy, but it is better in four levels and eight stability, with these three strategies as a military preparation, and then a three-day relief as a civil auxiliary, both civil and military, enough to deal with the displaced people

Wen Chou was very interested in his second strategy, and said: "Yao Ling said that your county is short of food, so you can only give relief to the displaced people once in three days. However, I would like to ask Yao Ling, what are the hundreds of strong men from your county who you have recruited for food? ”

"Sheng divided these hundreds of heroes into ten teams and borrowed them from the homes of wealthy families in Yi County."

"Oh? The powerful families in your county lent grain to Yao Ling and provided food to these hundreds of strong men, which is really benevolent."

"No, no," Li Fen said with a smile, "Lieutenant Sheng Wen used to be a county official when he was in Yingchuan, and when he was a powerful man, it was even more difficult to borrow grain from them than to cut their meat!" "Li Fen's family is a state and county crown family. is also considered a wealthy and powerful household, but when it comes to the stinginess of a wealthy and powerful household, it is blunt

"Then how did Yao Ling raise food. And how did they make offerings to the strong men? ”

But it was a good opportunity to reduce the one-year land rent in the state by taking advantage of the state's invitation to get the court's decree, and Chen took advantage of the interests and used emotions to move it, and it took a few spittle stars to say that the wealthy and powerful households in the county were moved. Raised some food, and asked them to promise to temporarily support the strong men recruited by Sheng on behalf of the county."

As the saying goes, "lips are dead and teeth are cold" If Luancheng County is lost, it will be difficult for those powerful families in the county to be paralyzed. The state can pay less or no land rent next year, and the combination of the two has persuaded these large households

Wen Chou said in his heart: "This Li Fen's prestige in Luancheng is very high."

Everyone knows the truth of the cold lips and teeth, but there are very few people who can donate their families and food for the county in times of crisis, even if the emperor invited the holy decree, they can pay less or no land rent next year, and those who can be reduced or exempted are all their own, and eight of the ten powerful households are selfish and greedy, and it is also Li Fen's ability to convince them with "cold lips and teeth" and "reducing and reducing field rent next year".

Yuan Shirong sat on the side seat and sighed: "I want to have Yao Jun's eloquence!" ”

Li Fen smiled and asked, "Why did you suddenly sigh?" ”

"The county government is also short of food, if I have Yao Jun's eloquence, in a few words, I can share the worries of the lieutenant if I get tens of millions of food."

Yuan's Rong didn't seem to like Li Fen because he saw Wen Chou, so he changed the topic and said that Yuan's was also short of food

Li Fen said with a smile: "I can speak well, you are not as good as me, you are brave and hardworking, I am not as good as you are civil and military, you can't get food by eloquence, but you can use 'hard work' to share worries for the lieutenant"

Wen Chou looked at Xun Yu on the left, and Xun Yu bowed slightly

Although Li Fen has the preferences of the children of the noble family, he does have talent

Wen Chou relaxed his sitting posture, stroked his chin and lower his mustache, and said with a smile: "I heard the words of the prince, Jun often sighed at Su Qin's merits Su Zi, the ancient Zongheng family, Jun is good at arguing, how is it compared to Su Zi?" This is a joke

Li Fen replied: "Although Sheng often sighs at Su Zi's merits, but the husband was born at the wrong time, and he has a strong mind to do it, what can he say!" ”

"Broad-minded and capable", Li Fen compared himself to a famous sword general

"Jun wrote in a letter to Gongzai: 'The state is difficult, and this husband is building the autumn of meritorious deeds', thinking that the current is the autumn of meritorious achievements, but why do you say that 'you are born at the wrong time'?"

Li Fen looked at Wen Chou familiarly, and sighed and said: "It is indeed a difficult state affair now, but if you want to talk about meritorious service, only a hero like a lieutenant can rise up from time to time to establish meritorious deeds. ”

"Although the land of a hundred miles is shoeed, it is not impossible to establish meritorious deeds"

Li Fen comprehended the meaning of Wen Chou, and said tentatively: "The lieutenant welcomes the autumn cold, serves privately, and dares to ask the lieutenant: Are you ready to fight the thief again?" ”

Generally speaking, the county governor is mostly in Chuntian, so Xingxian is also called "Xingchun", and when he is in Xingchun, he also has to have a complete guard of honor

Wen Chou has been in office for less than a month, and now it is not Chun Ji, so he will serve the county, considering his position as a "lieutenant", his second trip can only be related to the military

"Junguo is smart! As you say, my trip is to prepare for the thieves, and I plan to fight the thieves in the mountains before the winter."

"Sheng Dou Daring, dare to ask the lieutenant again: Is it a thief who attacked the mountains west of my county?"

"Yet"

Li Fen was overjoyed and said: "There are two worries in the past month. One worries about the homeless, one worried about the bandits, Sheng can take care of himself, the matter of the bandits, Sheng is difficult for the lieutenant to deliberately attack the thieves in the county, this Cheng Tianjiang will be happy! ”

He left the table to pick up his clothes. Bow down to the church: "Sheng Bucai, for the order of the county, willing to be the lieutenant horse forward"

Wen Chou got up, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "How dare you bother Yao Ling?" It's fine to have the county lieutenant of your county to help."

"The lieutenant doesn't know anything, when it comes to the county lieutenant of the county, there are eight words to describe him"

"Which eight words?"

"I only know his position, but I don't know his person"

"Oh?"

"Today, since the Black Mountain, thieves have messed with Zhao County. Chun summer, the county was surrounded by Montenegro three times, the county lieutenant of the county vacant county lieutenant, one thief's strategy, the second courage to climb the city, only know sweat, trembling, panic and words. It is necessary to gather the officials and the people to defend to the death and fight in the city. I don't know how many times this Luancheng County has been attacked by Black Mountain thieves! ”

"The county lieutenant of your county is so capable? Please rest assured, when I return to the county, I will impeach him, and ask the court to change someone."

"Sheng has the courage to beg the lieutenant not to impeach him"

"Why? Could it be that you have an old relationship with him? ”

"Not really, but he can. But there's a bonus."

"What's the benefit?"

"Obedient"

Wen Chou was stunned: "Obedient? "What's the benefit?" ”

"Instead of changing to a disobedient and capable county lieutenant, it is better to keep him and fill the position"

The status of the county lieutenant in the county is more similar to the status of the lieutenant and the state in the country, first of all, the two are both military positions. Secondly, although the two are not the highest governors of a county and a country, they are under the county governor and the state minister, but they both have a certain degree of dulixing, and they are the same as the county governor and the county governor, and they both have separate governing offices for this reason, just as the lieutenant in the country and the state minister have the same power, the county lieutenant and the county governor often have conflicts in the struggle for power, or the county commander invades the power of the county commander, or the county lieutenant invades the power of the county commander

Looking at Luancheng County alone, it is obvious that Li Fen has usurped the power of the county lieutenant

It is very common for county magistrates to fight for power with each other, but it is rare to see such a frank confession as Li Fen Xun Yu and Li Xuanju were all shocked and ugly for a while, and then thought of Li Fen's comments on the wealthy and powerful, and said in his heart: "I really don't know whether to say that this Li Fen is honest and straightforward or jealous."

Yuan's honor knows Li Fen's spleen

Li Fen is like this, he was born in the state and county crown family, he is highly capable, he was promoted to the state Maocai in his twenties, and he is only more than 30 years old is a thousand stone orders, with his political achievements, stay for a few more years, and when his term of office in Luancheng County expires, he is likely to be directly called into the court as an official or moved to another place to be promoted to the state minister of 2,000 stones, both family background, and talent, and as he said from his own state, he thinks that life in the world, the most important thing is not pretentious, go with the will, so speaking has always been taboo

However, this taboo of his is not disgusting, unlike some people who are rampant, they are disgusting at first sight, but it makes people think that he is very open, because his attitude is very sincere

Yuan Shirong came out again to beat Yuanchao and pretended to be angry, and said: "The county lieutenant, the lieutenant is also a lieutenant!" Yao Jun, how can you encroach on the power of the county lieutenant in front of the lieutenant? "Kneel down and ask Wen Chou," Yao Ling should be impeached for infringement, and when he returns to the Yuan family, please ask the lieutenant to impeach him! ”

Wen Chou smiled: "Yao Jun is frank and, hidden, this gentleman is also, how can the prince ask for impeachment?" ”

Li Fen didn't take Yuan Shirong's pretense of anger seriously, and said with a smile: "You duke!" I have also worked as a county lieutenant, and I have made great contributions to the thieves and the land, so you don't ask the lieutenant to pass on the minister of the country to commend me, but ask the lieutenant to impeach me, how can this be reasonable! ”

Wen Chou laughed and said: "What Yao Jun said is very true, when I go back to the Yuan family, I will pass on the national minister, please commend Jun's merits"

Please take a seat

When Li Fen returned to his seat, he said solemnly: "Jun has been in Luancheng for two years, and he must be familiar with the topography of your county, I don't know what to teach me?" ”

Seeing Wen Chou talking about business, Li Fen also put away his laughter, and replied solemnly: "There are five counties in Changshan Country, there is no county like the county of the county with such mountains and rivers as the river water needless to say, only the mountains, the northwest, southwest and southwest of the county are all mountains, such as the mountains of the Black Mountain Mountain, all stretching for hundreds of miles, deep and dangerous, such as Baiyan Mountain, Lonely Mountain, Shijinggang, Huangyuling, Tangshan, Qikou Mountain, Maling, etc., Baiyan Mountain is towering, there are more than 100 rocks, it is the hope of the mountains in our realm, Huangyu Ridge is steep, and the top of the mountain is flat and wide. The only way can be passed, if the thief occupies it, one person is in charge, it is difficult for 10,000 people to enter the ......, and the thief in the mountain is really not easy to fight! ”

Wen Chou said in his heart: "Huang Yuling? ”

He remembered that Xu Rong, the pavilion chief of the Su Ren Pavilion, was a native of Huangyuling. Seeing that Li Fen said Huang Yuling so dangerously, he asked, "Are there thieves on Huang Yuling?" ”

"There are not many thieves on the ridge, there are only dozens of people, but I heard that there is a remnant of Montenegro that was defeated in our county a month ago and wants to seize this ridge."

"Which one?"

"Qu Shuai's name is Huang Hair, about a thousand people, is the largest thief in the county Kou Huang Huang first came to my territory when he fled into the West Mountain, and heard that people said: he liked the name of this ridge 'Huang', and his surname was the same, and he saw that this mountain was steep. thought it was given by God, so Yu took it away"

Wen Chou said: "Huang Hu wants to seize Huang Yuling? ”

"Yes"

Zuo Xu Huang Beard Wang Dang is the biggest thief in the three Changshan countries in recent months, Zuo Xu is dead, Huang Huang Wang Dang is still alive and well Wang Dang is mainly active in the mountains west of Zhending Jiumen County, and Huang Hu is mainly active in the mountains west of Luancheng County

Wen Chou's trip to the county this time was to take Huang Hair as a target for investigation, and he had plans to attack Huang Hair, but he had not yet made a final decision, and he said in a deep voice: "Xishan is already very dangerous. Listening to what Jun just described, although Huangyuling is not as deep as the West Mountain. But it is more dangerous than the West Mountain, and if this ridge is occupied by Huang Beard, this thief may be difficult to control."

"Isn't it? There is water on the mountainside of Huangyuling, which can be drunk, and there are forest fruits, foxes, rabbits, wolves and leopards in the mountain, which can be hunted and eaten. The top of the mountain is flat, there are mountain fields left by the mountain people in the past, you can cultivate the fields by yourself, and there are village pavilions near the mountain, if there is a shortage of clothes and salt. You can go down the mountain to loot at any time, and what is even worse is that it is not far from the mountains of Tangshan, Qikou, and Maling, which can not only echo with the thieves in these mountains, but also take the iron of Qikou Mountain and cast and smelt weapons."

There are a lot of places that produce iron at the eastern foot of Taihang Mountain, Zhongshan Chen Changshan State Zhao State has iron officials, especially the iron of Changshan Country is the most sophisticated, and Nanyang's Wanxian County Runan's Tangxi and other places are equally famous as early as the Warring States Period, Changshan Country has Guo Zongzhuo's big iron merchants who have become rich by smelting iron, since entering the Han Dynasty, as a vassal state that has been divided, Changshan Country has only a few counties, and there are many mountains and rivers, agriculture is not as good as the mainland, animal husbandry is not as good as the border land, but it can only be used to smelt iron as the industry, when Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, "King Zhao sued iron officials", It can be seen that there are two iron officials surnamed Changshan Province, one is in the county Zhiyuan, and the other is in Qikou Mountain

Decades after the iron of Qikou Mountain is very famous, Lu Yu, the youngest son of Lu Zhizhi, a giant deer in Jizhou, wrote a "Jizhou Treatise", which specifically mentions "Qi Tang Chime, smelting and casting sharp weapons", Qi Tang is talking about Qi Water in the south of Zhao State, and Chime Kou is talking about Chikou Mountain in Zhao County

After the Black Mountain Rebellion, there were more thieves in the mountains, and the iron officials of Qikou Mountain were abandoned, and there was no source of good iron, and the iron officials of the Yuan clan had not fired the furnace for several months

This Huangyuling mountain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack, there is water and food in the mountain, there are village pavilions at the foot of the mountain, and it is not far from the mountains such as Tangshan and Qikou Mountain, which can become the potential of mutual aid in the horns, mining iron and smelting weapons, if this place is seized by Huang Hair, not only will it be like Wen Chou said, "I am afraid it will be difficult to control", maybe Huang Hair's power will also develop and grow

Originally, Wen Chou Xun Yutian Yuanhao just chose the location of the initiative to attack the thief in Luancheng County, and he was a little hesitant about whether to hit Huang Fei or kill other thieves

There are pros and cons to hitting the yellow beard

The disadvantage is: there are many yellow hair departments, thousands of people, most of them are Montenegrin veterans who have experienced several bloody battles, they occupy the mountain as a guard, condescending, and the advantage of not attacking is that it is precisely because of the large number of yellow hair departments, once it is broken, then Wen Chou will first destroy Zuo Xu and then break Huang Hu not long after taking office, and eliminate the two larger forces in the country one after another, which will surely deter the group of thieves in the mountains in the west

At this time, hearing Yao Sheng say the information that "Huang Hu intends to seize Huang Yuling", in order to prevent Huang Hu from being difficult to control, Wen Chou made a decision

He said in his heart: "This attack before the winter will be cut with yellow hair!" ”

decided to take the yellow hair under the knife, and he unconsciously remembered a question he had thought about before entering the county temple

When Yao Sheng came out of the school outside the county temple gate, he secretly thought to himself, his righteous subordinates had never fought in mountain warfare, if he fought hard, the casualties would not be shoeed, and he hoped that Yao Sheng, the head snake, could give him a little help Now he decided to hit Huang Sheng, Huang Sheng's troops are numerous, not comparable to ordinary thieves, if it is a hard attack, the casualties will definitely be greater, and he expects Yao Sheng to come up with a clever plan to break the enemy

He didn't like Yao Shenggui's children's style before, but now he didn't care about Yao Sheng's little bit at all, sat upright in his clothes, and said to Yao Sheng earnestly: "The thief I want to attack this time is the yellow-haired and yellow-haired people, who are hiding in the valley of the West Mountain, relying on the mountain as a danger. With condescending, if I attack it, it is not easy to break, you are familiar with the affairs of your county, can there be a good way to break the thief? ”

There are many bandits in the west of Luancheng County, and Yao Shengchu thought that Wen Chou was just planning to choose one of them. But he didn't expect Wen Chou to choose the strongest Huang Hair, he was pleasantly surprised, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Jun has been in Zhao County for less than a month, Fang Zuo Xu is destroyed, and he wants to destroy Huang Hu without turning his heels, 'Eagle Falcon Fenhan carries forward its might', it is a person like a lieutenant."

"If I were an eagle falcon, it would be easy to hit the yellow hair," Wen Chou smiled, "Does Yao Jun have a clever plan?" ”

Yuan's Rong Xunyu and Li Xuan concentrated. Wait for Yao Sheng to reply

Xun Yutian Yuanhao also discussed this issue, what method should be used to attack the "thieves" in the mountains in order to not only break the enemy but also reduce the casualties of the headquarters? It was discussed several times, but there was no good solution

Yao Sheng said: "There was a clever plan, but now it can't be used"

"What do you mean by that?"

"If you want to easily break the thief, the only way to lure the enemy out of the mountain is to ambush in the middle of the mountain, but this strategy has been used by the lieutenant once The lieutenant set up an ambush on Mafu Mountain, cut off the left beard, and wiped out his troops. won a complete victory, and it is expected that the king will come to the king in the territory of Weizhen, and the yellow-haired people have long been frightened. If the old trick is repeated, Huang Hai will definitely be suspicious, and he will definitely not be fooled."

Yao Sheng said the truth

Wen Chou was silent, and said in his heart: "In this way, there is only one way to attack."

The march fights, and the two armies face each other. It is impossible to win every time with a strategy, when there is no plan to use but to attack, the commander must not hesitate, and he has to make a decisionHe said: "As Yao Jun said, it is indeed difficult to succeed in luring the enemy out of the mountain."

Yao Sheng's eyes are ugly. He asked: "The strategy of luring the enemy is difficult to do, dare to ask the lieutenant, do you still want to attack Huang Hai?" ”

"If the yellow hair is not removed, it will eventually become a big disaster, and it must not be seized by him, and Huang Yuling cannot be healed and attacked strongly."

"If the lieutenant is worried that Huang Hu will capture Huangyu Ridge, why not rush the advance troops up the mountain? Now there are only dozens of thieves in the lower mountains, and it is easy to destroy! ”

"Huangyuling is so steep and important, of course I will send troops to seize it after I return to the Yuan Clan, but this is only a palliative measure, not a cure."

There are more than 2,000 righteous subordinates under the command of Wen Chou, and more than 400 county soldiers have foot riders, which are less than 3,000 when added together

There are less than 3,000 people, who need to be responsible for the city defense of the Yuan clan, need to take into account the safety of the other four counties, and need to deal with nearly 10,000 "thieves" in the mountains, and there are not many soldiers to fortify Huangyuling

If you want to completely eliminate the trouble, you must destroy Huang Haired before Huang Yuling is seized by Huang Hair, which is the root cause

Yao Sheng was overjoyed, Huo Ran got up, walked to the hall again, bowed down to the ugly case, and said again: "Shengbu Cai, for the order of the county, I am willing to drive the lieutenant horse"

Yao Sheng said the same thing twice, and the meaning of the two times was different

The last time he said this, it was Xiwen who wanted to attack the "thieves" in Luancheng County, which could resolve one of his worries

This time he said this, but he admired Wen Chou's determination and courage, knowing that the yellow hair was difficult to attack, and in the case of being difficult to outwitt, he was not afraid at all, and still resolutely attacked, this perseverance and courage are admirable

Wen Chou left the table again, helped him up, and said with a smile: "You are not a layman, why should you be so polite as ordinary people in the world?" ”

Yao Sheng said angrily: "The thieves in the west of the county, Huang Hu is the strongest, this thief is really my Luancheng disaster and promoted to the county order, I have been trying to hit it for a long time, but I can't do it, now the lieutenant intends to hit it, how can I not be a dog and a horse?" Lieutenant but what is needed, please do whatever it takes, and the promotion will do his best"

"I really need help with a couple of things"

"Lieutenant, please speak"

"A few people who are familiar with the terrain of the West Mountain, this is one of them"

"How easy is this?"

"My ministry is never familiar with mountain battles, I want to ask Xian Ling to select some good mountain fights from the officials under Xian Ling and the strong men of Gui County recruited by Xian Ling to give me, first, please teach me what to pay attention to when walking in the mountains, and second, when hitting the yellow hair, they can also help me."

"It's easy to do this, Sheng Ming has already selected the strong man to send to the lieutenant, is there any third?"

"Yes"

"What?"

"Third, I want to borrow someone from Xianling"

"Who?"

"Xu Rong, the chief of the Su Ren Pavilion"

Yao Sheng was stunned at first, then laughed, and said, "Even if the lieutenant doesn't mention it, Sheng will recommend this person to the lieutenant!" ......, did the lieutenant see this person on the way to the county? (To be continued.) )