Hefei Chengdong City is full of people, lively, the masses poured into it one after another, if it were not for the soldiers in armor to maintain order here, I am afraid that it would have been chaotic.

There are pedestrians who have not been in the city for a long time to come here, and they can't help but be surprised when they see this scene, and they can't help but sigh: "I didn't expect the Hefei commercial market to be so prosperous, so many people entered the market to rob, what kind of goods are being sold?" ”

When the townspeople who couldn't squeeze in and were anxious to scratch their ears and cheeks heard this, they laughed and replied: "You are really funny, and the city of Hefei is not full of rich families, even if there are any hot goods, how can the whole city rob them!" ”

When the traveler heard this, he was surprised again, and raised his hand to the people who were still trying to squeeze into the city, and then asked, "Since it is not for the sake of looting the goods, what is it that attracts everyone to rush in?" ”

"It's hatred, it's hatred, it's the property that was taken away from you, it's the relatives who were abused by people!"

After hearing this question, several city residents couldn't help but say in a deep voice, their expressions and tones showed a bit of grief, mixed with a bit of long-cherished wish fulfillment: "General Li of Wei defeated the Qi people and occupied Hefei City, in order to reconcile the people's feelings and conform to the people's will, he posted a letter and ordered the people to go to court to seek justice, and those who were seized and persecuted, General Li was to uphold justice and severely punish those robbers and thieves!" In today's city, it is the governor of General Li's subordinate to the power of the governor to try the criminals, and punish the public! ”

When the traveler heard this, he was immediately surprised, and said suspiciously: "I have heard of General Li's reputation, but does he really have the righteous heart to uphold justice for the small people?" These powerful generals in the north and south, who is not trying their best for their own power, and the small people are powerless, who is willing to offend those powerful and powerful for them? ”

"Squeeze in and see for yourself!"

When he saw that the soldiers in the East City opened another opening and put in hundreds of people who had been waiting for a long time, the people of the city immediately moved forward, and there was no time to answer the questions of the travelers.

Although the outside of the East Market is crowded, the inside is orderly. Those who have been admitted to the city to watch the public trial are all those who have taken the initiative to go to the government to sue for cases in recent days, and even with such a layer of restrictions, the number of people who have been admitted to the city today has reached several thousand, accounting for nearly one-tenth of the population of Hefei today.

If each family has a sufferer, representing thousands of families, and counting a family of five, then this public trial will involve more than 100,000 people. But in fact, it is far from so much, because a family of five basically means that the society is relatively stable, and production and life are in order, so it is possible to maintain such a family.

Although there are tens of thousands of people in Hefei today, there are very few complete families, some of the elderly in the family died of hunger and cold, men and women in the prime of life were taken captive as slaves, and many children also died young, and many families only had one or two left.

The people who were allowed to watch the public trial were divided into different areas according to the type of litigation they had, because the people in the city had suffered too much from the war, and there were various situations of going to the state capital to litigate, and it was difficult for the state government to carefully screen and seriously investigate and interrogate every case for a while.

At present, the main categories of cases being tried are only theft, snatching of goods, and cases of looting and killing of persons, corresponding to the property and personal safety of persons, respectively. Only when these two aspects are properly solved can people's sense of security and identity be quickly created.

In the center of the crowd of onlookers, there is a high platform with a height of nearly two feet, and Quan Jingxuan, who is tall and dressed in military uniform, sits majestically on the platform, and in front of his case is a prisoner wearing a heavy shackle.

Today's public trial skips the interrogation and is attended by the government officials who read aloud the charges against the convicts. The identities of these criminals are also very typical, some are the famous Jianghuai bandit leaders and barbarian soil kings, and some are the powerful bullies in the city and the puppet officials appointed by the Northern Qi Dynasty.

It took more than half an hour for the indictment of each criminal to be read, and the people present listened attentively, and whenever they heard about the case related to them, they either wept with sorrow or roared angrily, and their reactions were different.

When the charges of each offender are published, they are punished on the spot. Those who can be selected to show the public at this public trial venue will of course not be a minor crime of only beating 30 boards, and it is not a pity to die one by one, so in the end, they will be directly beheaded.

When the sinners are beheaded, it is a recompense for the sufferers. The Jingzhou military government has just taken over Hefei, and naturally it is difficult to use a lot of resources to restore the living conditions of these sufferers to before they were victimized.

Those who lose their goods are often given to the sufferers as appropriate. As for the disability or even death of other people, it is not just a simple compensation for goods, but also a foundation and hope for the sufferers to live.

If you still have the ability to work, you will naturally have to be naturalized and granted land, or accept the employment of the state government to work, and there is no problem in maintaining a basic life. As for those who are incapacitated, they will have to be supported by special institutions set up by the government, and the necessary expenses will be maintained by some forfeiture of misdemeanors, and donations from the state, county, and township heroes will also be accepted.

On the high platform, with the beating of the drums of the execution, the executioner waved his arms and his knife fell, and a human head rolled into the dust, and the applause around the high platform continued.

Especially when some bitter masters who thought that there was no hope of revenge in their lives and could only bury their hatred in their hearts saw the enemy's head in a different place, they couldn't help but burst into tears, only to feel a rush of happiness in their hearts that they had never felt in their lives, and shouted with excitement: "General Li is noble!" ”

Although Li Tai was not imprisoned on the stage, he was also watching from a building on the left, and when he heard the sad and joyful shouts of the people around the execution ground, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that hatred was really the hottest and most intense emotion of people.

In addition to Li Tai and his cronies in this building, there are also many powerful people in Hefei City.

It's just that most of these people are bleak at the moment, and their eyes are full of fear, and they inevitably have to come into contact with the people in the city, and of course, there are some bullying behaviors, most of them have been affected by the public trial, and some even have relatives waiting on the stage to be beheaded.

"My son......"

A heart-rending cry suddenly sounded from the seat, it was the old man Xiahou Wanlong who had led the powerful people in the city out of the city to ask Li Tai to surrender, and the criminal who had just been beheaded on the stage was his young son. The white-haired person sends the black-haired person, and he is naturally sad.

Despite this, he did not dare to complain about Li Tai, because in addition to this son, there were hundreds of clansmen living in the city, and life and death were decided by General Li Da. Therefore, even if he knew that his son was going to be beheaded, when he received an invitation to watch the execution, Xiahou Wanlong still had to endure the pain to attend.

Li Tai raised his hand and motioned to his soldiers to help Xiahou Wanlong, who was crying down at the table, and sighed in his mouth: "Looking at this old man's weeping posture, it can be seen that no matter whether it is Xiaomin or Haoyou, all the sorrows and joys encountered are true, and there is no difference between high and low.

You and the others are all well-known people in the countryside and rich in ancestral shade, and their situation is far more privileged than that of ordinary people, and they should cultivate their virtues even more without working or eating. If you lose your virtue for a while, your ancestors will be accused of being scolded for all generations. Food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace, if even the reputation of the times is not enough to regulate virtue, how is it different from beasts?

Justice in the world has been lost for a long time, and it seems to be the norm for the people to be in chaos, but this is not the norm after all. Although I am not talented, I dare to make a life for the people! Whoever is rich and unkind, even if the will of heaven is not noticed for a while, will not be exempt from retribution after all! It may be said that there are countless strong beams, and it may be difficult to cure them all, but there is also no shortage of moral people. You are very fortunate, I need to rule people by law today, otherwise, the river will be red, and the fish and turtles will be fattened! ”

When the people heard this, their hearts were even more awe-struck, and they hurriedly left the table to worship. Even the old man Xiahou Wanlong, who had just experienced the pain of losing his son, held back his grief at this time and knelt on the ground.

This vigorous public trial lasted for nearly two months, and almost all the heroes in Hefei City and the Jiang bandit Lu Kou who were active in the left vicinity were all cleaned up, which also greatly improved the atmosphere in Hefei City, and the people in the city supported General Li and the Jingzhou Military Government from the bottom of their hearts.

Soon, what happened in Hefei also spread quickly in Huainan, and Li Tai's reputation suddenly became louder in Huainan. In the past, the people of Huainan only knew about him as a famous general of the Western Wei Dynasty with great achievements, but this incident also allowed the people to see his strategy for governing affairs.

In addition to the famous generals of the Western Wei Dynasty, Li Tai has another evaluation in Huainan, that is, Haoyou's nemesis.

In the current troubled times, this is not a good reputation, especially in Huainan, a territory where the powerful people control a large number of tribal populations, and if the policies implemented are contrary to their interests, it is difficult to gain the welcome and support of these powerful people.

But everything also has different aspects and angles, and if you complain about Haoyou, you will naturally win the admiration of the small people.

Huainan is now regarded as a three-regardless territory, and the chaos of all parties has been staged repeatedly on this land, and the social structure and the order of the township have been greatly damaged. The reason why the powerful have been able to grow rapidly is based on the forced dependence of the displaced people.

Now in the entire Huainan region, except for General Li in Hefei, who is worth defecting to? Whether it is power and talent, or advocating benevolence and righteousness, who can compare to General Li?

Because there is no long-term stable living environment, there are a large number of homeless people in Huainan who have no fixed place to live and have no dependence on each other, and as Li Tai's deeds of punishing the powerful and righteous in Hefei spread, more and more refugees will come to Hefei.

Even not only those suffering homeless people, but even some powerful people took the initiative to lead their troops to come over.

One Li Tai is the most capable of fighting in Huainan at the moment, and it has always been an important way to protect oneself. Second, as Li Tai said, food and clothing are enough to know honor and disgrace, although most of the strong and strong are always based on pros and cons, and it is inevitable to bully the weak, but it is not excluded that there will be people who are full of morality, equally anxious for justice and righteousness, and willing to save the weak.

Today's Li Tai since the early years of the non-African power is still small, every place needs to be slowly developed step by step, tens of thousands of troops in Hefei, under his prestige and policy blessing, the Quartet of food and food rush in, but also let the development of Hefei with each passing day.

Of course, at the moment when we are not fighting down and seeking development, we are still in a period of high-intensity military confrontation.

The changes in Nanliang are mainly due to the fact that after the recovery of Guangling, Chen Baxian's voice has been greatly strengthened. With Guangling in his hands, Chen Baxian's situation is not the same as in the old days, when he was just living in Jingkou.

Emperor Xiao Yi of Liang did not know what he really thought about this matter, but at least he still had to show it on face, so shortly after Chen Baxian recovered Guangling, he sent an envoy to confer Chen Baxian's official position from the previous Sikong Jia as Situ, and as for the military and political affairs of Jiangbei, he should also be entrusted.

Of course, it is not possible to entrust it, because at present, there are only a few places in Nanliang such as Qinjun and Guangling, and this itself is in the hands of Chen Baxian. Not to mention anything else, this authorization alone allowed Chen Baxian to gain the power to truly compete with Wang Seng.

After taking Guangling, Chen Ba still maintained an extremely brave offensive rhythm, divided his troops to take Haixi and other places, and gradually improved the layout of the river defense with Guangling as the center.

However, Li Zhen, who had just returned to Hefei from Guangling, reported that Chen Baxian could not attack actively. Although Guangling was taken, the Sanwu lands in the south of the Yangtze River were still in the hands of the generals of the Wang Seng Defense Department, and these people naturally did not bow their heads to Chen Baxian because of the progress he made in Jiangbei, but instead clamped down more, basically cutting off the behavior of sending grain and rice materials from the land of Sanwu to Chen Baxian.

Guangling City has been besieged for a long time, Chen Ba first took it and the treasury was already empty, only the continuous external attack, because of the food to the enemy can continue to maintain, once the pace of the attack is stopped, with its current material reserves, it is really difficult to maintain such a large-scale garrison in Jiangbei.

This was also a surprise for Li Tai, the more aggressive Chen Baxian's expansion pace, the more attention from the Northern Qi would be attracted, which was an important reason why he wanted to seek cooperation with Chen Baxian.

As for the Northern Qi side, with Duan Shao's withdrawal from Guangling, the Huainan region temporarily entered a period of military respite, only consolidating the cities under his current control, and did not take any other actions.

Li Tai heard that after Chen Baxian conquered Haixi, he sent Wu Mingche and other generals to lead his troops north, wanting to rescue Suqian City, but he was attacked by Duan Shao with Yi Yi to work, and even Du Shengming, who had been sent to reinforcements before, also fled back to Huainan, and Suzhen City was not surprisingly conquered and recovered by Duan Shao.

After suffering such a big loss, of course it was impossible for Northern Qi to swallow this breath. Although Yuwen Hu's military ability is so-so, his ability to wait and see the situation is not bad, and it is expected that the Northern Qi will inevitably retaliate because of this.

But what he didn't expect was that the retaliation carried out by the Northern Qi did not immediately disturb Li Tai, who was still far away in Hefei, but startled the sergeant Guan first.

Because the Northern Qi army assembled did not go to Huainan, but went straight to Luoyang, and the excuse used was not that Li Tai sent troops to attack Hefei, but to avenge the last time Yuwentai led the army to harass, and the crusade of the text was only to let the Zhongfufu in the same state wash their necks from Yuwen Black Otter and wait, as for Li Boshan, the culprit who provoked the Northern Qi Dynasty, he only mentioned it casually at the end of the text.

Such a crusade against the important and trivial, inevitably made everyone in China and abroad seriously suspect that this document was probably written by Li Boshan's relatives in the Kanto region.

But putting this aside, Northern Qi is so vigorous and sharpening its knives towards Heluo, Guanzhong always has to discuss how to deal with it here. And before the official discussion of this matter in the house, Yuwen Hu was very active and took the first step to find his uncle Yu Wentai, and said excitedly: "Uncle, the East Thief is here to pick this time, it is an excellent opportunity to adjust the personnel situation in the southeast again!"

Since the incident started because of Li Boshan, he naturally cannot escape the blame, or he can add the Kwantung Daxingtai to preside over the Kwantung armies to meet the invading enemy, while I gathered the elite of the Fuzhong and went straight out of Wuguan to attack Jiangling. When it comes to Heluo, Jiangling is also determined, this time respecting his position and taking his affairs, even if Li Boshan returns to Jingxiang in the coming day, the situation has been very different from previous years. ”

After hearing this, Yuwentai couldn't help frowning, and said in a deep voice: "Boshan is only larger than the southeast, and this matter is admittedly worrying. But he is a general in a border town and an important minister of the country, and he deceives him with treachery, is it the way to use people? What's more, he is very deep in personnel management in the Jingzhou Governor's Mansion, and the Chinese and foreign governments want to plot Jiangling, no matter what, it is difficult to bypass his ears and eyes. ”

Although Yuwentai did not agree with this plan, the reason was obviously not because of the former, when he lifted Dugu Xin's military power, he never cared about whether it was treacherous, and Dugu Xin's army in Liangzhou was mixed with a lot of sand. Now he is afraid of the affairs of the southeast, and that is only because Li Tai's personnel management in the southeast is far more reliable than that of Duguxin in Longyou.

"But it is a pity that this good opportunity was missed, and it is not easy to think of other major events to transfer Li Boshan out of the southeast and split it. In particular, he also has a deep hatred with the East Thief, even if Ren Zhihe Luo, he will not rebel against me and go to the East. ”

After hearing this, Yuwen Hu hurriedly said: "Now with the position of Xingtai, to face the East Thief, no one can say that he has degraded him, and this matter was originally provoked by him. If he refuses to be drafted, who will let him be? ”

"This matter is still to be discussed, don't confide in it easily!"

After thinking about it, Yu Wentai said in a deep voice, and only after a little silence did he speak again: "Let's ask Jing Mansion first, how much war preparation is there now?" When can it be used for a large army? Don't be a private person, just ask in the official letter. If the administration is good and the material reserves are abundant, it can be maintained for the use of all parties, and it is not harmful to add the Kanto Tour. ”