Chapter 545: Becoming the Emperor (1)
The four years of Long An have been eventful.
The Huan clan, who had been entrenched in Jiangjing for a long time, finally couldn't help it, and after the pirate Sun En invaded Wu County, in the name of suppressing bandits, they invaded Jiankang and controlled the little emperor Sima Dezong and the clan.
For other families, this is actually not a big deal, each family has its own one acre and three points of land, the Jin court can't control it, pay taxes or something, and pay it if you are happy, just pay it, and if you confiscate it, you simply don't pay it, anyway, your emperor doesn't have soldiers to beat me, and I may not be able to beat me, so why bother to work hard and lose money.
Therefore, whoever becomes the emperor and who controls the government is basically not a major matter related to the nobles, and it is the same for whoever comes.
However, it is said that when Huan Xuan invaded Jiankang, he used a weapon called "cannon", and with a bang, a city wall fell, and almost after a few brushes, Jiankang was captured, and the momentum was like a bamboo.
Now all the families panicked.
In addition to having their own fiefs and manors, each big family is most proud of its own fortress, which is generally built on high ground and built with earthen tiles, and it is impossible to attack it at all.
But this Huan Xuan has a "cannon", who is not convinced, will send a cannon to bombard you, that's it, today's taxes are more than five times as much as before, in addition to taxes, "self-financing", but can "profit" only a few extraordinarily rich places, most of the family's fiefdom income except for taxes are "loss", so go on, everyone drink the northwest wind?
Everyone pinned their hopes on a fledgling kid Liu Yu, without him, but because this kid was the only one who had never lost against Huan Xuan.
The original captain of the Nanban is now the general of Zhengnan, although Huan Xuan took control of the Jin court and withdrew this appointment and made his brother Huan Xiu a general of Zhengnan.
But in Nanjun, no one listened to him at all, and everyone obeyed Liu Yu's orders. On the one hand, he comes from a humble background, and on the other hand, he is really sincere, no matter what your background is, as long as you have the ability, you can have a place in him.
This was really too much temptation at the time when the scholars were the pillars of the world, and it could be said that the heroes of the world were reckless, and they gathered under Liu Yu's tent, and there were many talented people.
Even those scholars who have been entrenched in Nanjun for generations are also very satisfied with Liu Yu and praise him.
Maybe it's because the taxes that Liu Yu asked them to pay were only one-twelfth of Huan Xuan's, all the nobles in the southern region were proud of their territory in Liu Yu, and they could still show off if they had nothing to do on weekdays, but our taxes were only a lot, and you paid so much, it was too hard.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the heroes competed for three points in the world, but now the world is divided, and there is a tendency that they can no longer be glued.
Let's not talk about the north, Yizhou, Ningzhou, Liangzhou, and the north of Luozhou are all under the rule of the Hu people, and I don't dare to think about it. And except for the Beifu soldiers of the Xie clan of Chen County and the displaced refugees, no one dared to cross the river, although this fertile land was rich, but the people living there were civilians and military households, and the nobles of the family were frightened by the Hu people, even if there were mountains of gold and silver, they were not willing to leave Jiangdong.
The prefectures and counties near Jiankang, except for Xie Xuan's Xuzhou, are basically under the orders of Huan Xuan, Jiankang, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Jiangzhou are all in Huan Xuan's hands, and the south of Jingzhou and Jiangzhou, that is, Nanjun, are Liu Yu's territory.
Some people say that Huan Xuan didn't dare to attack Liu Yu because he was afraid that he would lose, and Liu Yu didn't attack Huan Xuan because it was unnecessary, and it was not good to be in a safe corner, so why bother to risk his own life to contribute to the Jin Court.
And what they themselves think, others have no way of knowing.
The four surnames of Wu County, Gu Lu, Zhu and Zhang, have always been in the same spirit, except for the marriage mainly within the four surnames, the state and county magistrates are appointed by local people. The four surnames have always advanced and retreated together in trouble, so since the Jin court moved south, they were basically not affected in any way, and they still ran their own small court in Wu County.
However, now, Huan Xuan is issuing various new edicts day by day, either asking for money or food......
"Bao'er, if you continue like this, I can't suppress those old people in the family......" Gu Kaizhi is dressed very much in line with his identity today, he doesn't jump up and down anymore, he looks like a serious family.
Huan Xuan frowned and sighed: "You don't understand, I seem to have infinite scenery now, but in fact, I am short of food, armament and money, otherwise, you think I am willing to offend so many people." ”
"But if you continue like this, people will definitely change their minds, if someone takes the lead in refusing to pay the money, are you really wasting force to destroy that family?"
"It's good if I kill Liu Yu, everything has a center of gravity, my top priority now is to kill Liu Yu, if he doesn't die, ......"
I'm going to die......
"But do you know how many people are plotting against you now, don't talk about the surname Qiao, even the few old diehards in our Wu County who are so closed that they almost don't know the world are complaining about you every day."
"Then you can help me kill Liu Yu."
"Why do you care so much about Liu Yu, he's just a ** son."
"You don't understand ......"
"I ask you, what would you do if one day someone told you that you would die at the hands of such and such a person on such and such a day?"
"If you can find that person, kill him in advance."
“……”
"Boa. You mean, you were destined to die at his hands? ”
"Maybe, but the fate of many people is no longer the same as before, maybe I can ...... too"
Gu Kaizhi closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he was already clear and no longer confused.
"Good!"
"Huh?"
"I'll help you kill him."
"If I can't come back, you have to take care of the Lu family and my sons."
"Oh."
Huan Xuan looked at his back with pity, without speaking, let alone a happy expression.
Xuzhou.
"Huan Xuan is just that, that Sun En is very hateful, he has repeatedly come ashore to plunder, but once the officers and soldiers arrive, they retreat to the sea, they can't catch it, they can't drive it away, so what can they do?"
Xie Xuan was seriously ill, and now the chief of the army was actually Xie Yan, and after listening to everyone's words, he nodded and said, "How many warships do we have?" ”
"Originally, there was no, when the old master was there, we snatched more than 100 warships from Fu Jian's hands, but they were all broken and small, and they could carry people, and it was a joke to use them for war."
"Wang Yi of Yuzhou has already ordered people to build ships, but because of the turbulent water, it is not suitable for boating, so the progress is slow."
"Then let's not consider the pursuit at sea, let's set up an ambush in the cities and counties that are often infested along the coast."
"That thief often lands in Huiji......"
Xie Yan fell into deep thought, Wu Jun is now under the rule of Huan Xuan, if he is stationed in the army, it will inevitably be suspected of declaring war, and in extraordinary times, there must be a workaround.
He nodded, and before he could make a decision, he let everyone disperse first.
Xuzhou Yuzhou is now relatively stable, the northerners are in civil strife, the soldiers and civilians in the north are just recuperating, if Huan Xuan is too busy to take care of himself, it is actually a good thing for him, but what are the people along the coast?
He made up his mind, forcibly endured the disgust in his heart, and politely began to write a letter to Huan Xuan.
South County.
"Brother Jinu, Hagi...... The housewife said that she was not feeling well tonight and did not need to eat......"
Liu Yu put down his chopsticks and said expressionlessly, "Then you can eat with me." ”
"Brother Jinu ......"
"Don't come to me again and talk nonsense that doesn't make sense, tell you to eat, and don't pretend!"
"Brother Jinu, Tang'er wants to wish you a long and happy autumn, like the pine and cypress."
The tears finally flowed down, in this world, there are still people who remember his birthday, Liu Yu wiped off those hot and humid water stains with his sleeves without grace, and helped Cai Tang up, hugged her into his arms, and hugged her tightly.