Chapter 118: The Three Elders and the County Cheng Who Fight

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Seeing Ji Ping's elegant appearance and gentle speech, the farmer also became bolder, and mentioned that half a day ago, a large army entered Xie County, killed more than 200 Hu soldiers stationed in the county, captured the bully county order, and left about 400 people stationed in the county seat, and the rest of the army went all the way west.

After Ji Ping carefully inquired about the attire and size of the army, according to the time, he concluded that the soldiers and horses should be Guan Yu's men.

But when asked if this person had heard of the name of Guan Yu in Xie County, this person's face was at a loss, and Ji Ping couldn't help but be invalid, after all, Guan Yu was not yet twenty years old when he fled, and he probably didn't have a reputation.

At this time, it was getting dark, so he took Dian Wei and the others to the county government.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the county government, a group of soldiers greeted him from afar, and the leader was Zhao Lei, the military Sima under Guan Yu.

According to Zhao Lei, Guan Yu went all the way west from Anyi, and after settling Yishi County, he sent Zhao Lei to take 1,200 soldiers south to take Xie County, and he himself led more than 3,000 troops westward to Pujindu in Puban County.

After hearing this, Ji Ping couldn't help but sigh secretly, Guan Yu's military target this time was Pujindu in the west of Puban County, and it would take time to take a detour to capture Xie County.

Guan Yu has been in exile for more than ten years, and this time he instinctively led the army into Xie County to visit his family, and he was also honored to return to his hometown, but in order to guard Pujindu, compete for the opportunity, and prevent Dong Zhuo's invasion, he was able to give up this opportunity, which is really admirable.

By this time it was already dark, and he took up residence in the county.

Not long after, Zhao Lei escorted the captured Xie County Commander to see Ji Ping.

This Xie County Order is a Liangzhou Haoqiang son planted by Dong Zhuo, who has only been in office for half a year, but he has acted perversely in the county, and his murder is famous, not only forcibly conscripting young and strong men from various families to cut wood in Zhongtiao Mountain, but also wantonly looting people's fat and ointment. robbed and humiliated the women of good families, and made the people hate them to the core.

For this kind of scumbag tumor, Ji Ping doesn't look at it. directly ordered Zhao Lei to be detained, and cut it tomorrow in front of the people of Xie County. One is to get rid of bullies, and the other is to win the hearts of the people, which just kills two birds with one stone.

Subsequently, Ji Ping asked Wu Qiong, the captain of the Diannong School, to temporarily serve as the county commander of Xie County and deal with county affairs.

He asked people to go to the county Cheng and the three elders of Xie County overnight, ready to ask about Guan Yu's family.

The status of the county is second only to the county order, and he is in charge of clerical and warehouse matters, while the three elders are the civil officials in charge of education, and there are three elders in the Warring States Wei. The three elders of Qinzhi Township and the three elders of Hanzengzhi County.

The three elders are directly elected from the common people, although the name is the three elders, but not three people, but a professional title, as long as they are over 50 years old and highly respected, they have the opportunity to hold the position of the three elders, but the three elders are not ordinary elders can serve.

Han Gaozu's requirement for the three elders is "those who can lead the crowd", that is, they must have appeal in a certain area. This is not enough for personal moral cultivation alone, it must also be recognized by the village forces. Therefore, the three elders are the leaders of the local society whose status is between the government and the people, and they can reflect the achievements of the local officials to the imperial court. The inspection and expropriation of the "township selection" can often play a certain role.

The sons of heaven of the two Han dynasties attached great importance to the three elders.

So in addition to the county order, it is the three elders and the county Cheng who know the situation in the county best.

Unexpectedly, half an hour later, the soldiers came to report that the county was beaten by the family of the three elders of the county!

Ji Ping couldn't help but be stunned, as soon as the county order was taken up, the county Cheng and the three county elders started fighting? What is the rhythm of this?

However, it was too late, and he didn't have the time to personally check the situation, so he immediately ordered Zhao Lei to lead his troops to bring the county Cheng and the three elders.

After Zhao Lei left, Ji Ping picked up the lamp to check the copywriting information of Xie County.

Xie County is close to Zhongtiao Mountain in the south. It is a nitrate pond in the north and a salt lake in the east. Looking west at Fenglingdu, especially near the salt pond. So status matters.

Ji Ping wanted to see the geography, folklore, Haoqiang and salt industry in this area.

About the origin of the name of Xie County, quite interesting, "Confucius Three Dynasties" has a record, the Yellow Emperor killed the Chi You in the middle of Hebei, the body of the Chi You is different, the blood of the Chi You into the pool into brine, then the salt pool of the solution, because of its autopsy, so it is called Jie.

The real cause of the salt pond in Hedong is that it was a sea area hundreds of millions of years ago, and then after the vicissitudes of the sea and the changes in the terrain to form today's salt pond geology.

However, the fact that Chiyou and the Yellow Emperor fought here can reflect that most of the former Yellow Emperor tribe and Chiyou tribe fought for the salt pool.

Salt is a necessity for human survival since ancient times, the importance of the salt pond is self-evident, when he was in the palace, Xun Yu built yƬ he took Hedong, a big factor is because there is salt and iron in Hedong, especially Hedong salt, a in the world, far away Guanzhong, Longyou, and Zhou, Henan, Jizhou and other places.

If Ji Ping controls Yanchi, he will undoubtedly control the lifeblood of many places, and he can also have the economic capital to stabilize the party, otherwise so many people will migrate over, and it will be difficult to achieve results in a year or two with Tuntian alone.

Therefore, he is determined to win the salt pond, even if he is the enemy of those families, he will not hesitate to do it.

He firmly believed that as long as he firmly controlled Hedong and had the salt pond in hand, it would not be difficult to win over or divide those families in the future. The affairs of the family are the word interests, whether it is political interests or economic interests.

However, it is also a big difficulty to hold Hedong County firmly at the moment.

The south and west will face Dong Zhuo's frantic attack, which will be a long-term tug-of-war, unless Dong Zhuo dies, but even if Dong Zhuo dies, the new warlords in Guanzhong will attack Hedong.

To the east, there is the Taihang Mountain Barrier and Hanoi County, and the situation is fine, but the situation to the north is extremely bad.

The main force of the Baibo army is still in the Pingyang area, in addition to the Niu Fu killed and surrendered, it is estimated that there are nearly 60,000 people, in addition, there are also the Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei and the Qiang people in the northwest, compared to several ferries in the west and south, the north is more dangerous, so Ji Ping this time his general Zhang Liao and most of the elite soldiers are arranged on the north line of the Fen River and Pingyang, and the three ferries and counties in the south are only arranged with less than 10,000 people.

Ji Ping planned that as long as he occupied the salt pond, he would synchronize the economy, politics and military.

Economically, he asked Yuan Ji, the general of the Diannong, to take the two Diannong lieutenants Wu Qiong and Zhou Yu to step up the implementation of the tuntian, mobilize the people's forces to open canals and fields, and plant winter wheat in the autumn, so that there will be the first bumper harvest in the early summer of next year.

In terms of politics, his policy was to severely crack down on the powerful and powerful, and to win over some well-known families, but the premise was to accept his tax policy, open the forts, strictly prohibit the private accumulation of soldiers, and incorporate hidden peasant households into the state household registration.

Militarily, he planned to defend first according to the current layout, hold the southern front, and wait for Xun Yu of Shangdang County to catch his breath, and the northern line will immediately attack from both sides, break the Baibo Army and the Southern Xiongnu in Pingyang, occupy the counties of Hedong County north of Pingyang, and truly rule the entire territory of Hedong County.

If the timing is right, you can continue to go west and north to seize Hexi County, and even Jinyang County, but this will be a matter for later.

It is imperative that when launching a military offensive on the northern front, we must also consider the issue of Dong Zhuo's frantic offensive on the southern front.

He planned to secretly instigate the princes of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou to continue the crusade against Dong Zhuo, exert military pressure on Dong Zhuo on the southeast line of Luoyang, slow down Dong Zhuo's attack on Hedong County, and give him a chance to breathe.

In this regard, Qiaomao, Chen Liu, Zhang Miao and Cao Cao of Dongjun in Yanzhou, Yuan Shu and Sun Jian in Yuzhou and Jingzhou are all princes who can be moved, especially Sun Jian, a Jiangdong tiger, and the crusade against Dong Zhuo is definitely first-class and positive.

It was late at night, Ji Ping was checking the information while pondering and planning, and Dian Wei stood quietly behind him.

Ji Ping urged Dian Wei to rest a few times, but Dian Wei just insisted, being in a different place, especially when Geng Zhong, who guards Ji Ping on weekdays, was not there, Dian Wei did not dare to slack off on Ji Ping's safety.

In the middle of the night, the young eagle Tianya, who was resting in the house, suddenly jumped in front of Ji Ping, and shouted, "Ji, Ji, Ji", which startled Ji Ping, who was reading.

Seeing the clown bird Tianya staring at the round two eyes, he couldn't help laughing and said, "Little guy, be hungry." ā€

Dian Wei on the side was busy taking the game caught by the soldiers during the day and feeding the little guy.

This time when he came out of Dongyuan, he left Tang Wan and Yin Muyue there, but this little guy had to follow him, and he couldn't stop it, and in desperation, Ji Ping could only take it.

Disturbed by the little guy, Ji Ping didn't have the heart to read, and looked at the leaky pot on the side, but it was already the third watch.

He couldn't help frowning, it had been more than two hours since Zhao Ti went to check on the county and the third elder, but he hadn't come back yet, didn't something happen?

He instructed Dian Wei, who had finished feeding the little guy: "Send someone to inquire about Zhao Lei's situation, and if they come back, let them come back to see me tomorrow." ā€

By this time he was tired and ready to rest.

After Dian Wei arranged a qiē, he slept in several outer rooms with the two serving eunuchs, and Ji Ping practiced the Dragon Sutra for half an hour, and also undressed and rested.

Without the company of Tang Wan and Yin Muyue, he was quite unaccustomed to it, but now that the post-war syndrome has basically healed, it is not so uncomfortable.

Running around all day, sleeping all night, and early the next morning, after Ji Ping woke up and washed, he saw two county elders and three county elders fighting in the county government.

The three elders of the county are okay, about sixty years old, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and the face is quite kind, the so-called face is born from the heart, Ji Ping's first impression is good.

The county man is pot-bellied, full of fat, thin eyebrows, and half of his head is exposed in the whole meat pile.

The comparison between the two made Ji Ping's perception a little tilted for the first time.

However, it seems that the three old family members of the county who are kind and kind to fight this meaty pile of county Cheng......

Seeing Ji Ping sitting on it, the three elders of the county below saluted respectfully: "Hu Yue, a commoner, has seen the general." ā€

Ji Ping smiled and nodded, and instructed the guards on the side: "Give the elder a seat." ā€

He has always respected the elderly, especially those who can serve as the three elders of the county, and most of them are also highly respected people.

The county Cheng looked at Ji Ping, but his expression was a little suspicious, and a disgusting smile squeezed out of his fat face: "Xiaguan Xiongba meets the general." ā€

Dominance? Stormy?

The corners of Ji Ping's mouth twitched, nodded, and did not speak, but looked at Zhao Lei below: "Zhao Sima, tell me about the situation." (To be continued)

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