Originally, this group of bandits was frightened and faced with a rout, and the cavalry of the brigade came over and directly frightened them.

Shouting and screaming, they scattered and fled.

The leading 'Qu Shuai' was even stabbed to death by Zhao Yun, and the word 'run' only shouted a 'fast'.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me!"

The round-faced man who played the role of 'military advisor' was slashed by Zhang Liao, and when he saw Zhang Liao swinging his knife and wanting to kill him, he suddenly said urgently: "I know a big news, big news, about Yuan Shao, about Yuan Shao!" ”

The knife raised by Zhang Liao suddenly stopped, and immediately put it on his neck, lifted him to Liu Wei, and knelt on the ground.

And the team of guards quickly controlled the other bandits, and none of them escaped, and the emperor began to interrogate him habitually.

The others stood behind Liu Wei and looked at this round-faced 'military advisor'.

"Do you know Yuan Shao?" Liu Wei put his hands behind his back and looked at him with some curiosity.

Like this kind of 'green forest heroes' who occupy the mountains as kings, there are everywhere in the Han Dynasty, and the total number of bandits is more than the army of the Han Dynasty.

But on this small hill in the wilderness, it would be a little interesting to know Yuan Shao.

The round face didn't know which way the fairy was provoked, nodded again and again, and said urgently: "Yes, yes, not long ago, Yuan Shao sent someone over, saying that he wanted to recruit An, recruit us, and gave us a lot of money." ”

Liu Wei raised his eyebrows and glanced at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao immediately bowed down and said with a tense expression: "Minister, I don't know." ”

At this time, Huangfu Jian came over, and there was a trace of nervousness on his face.

Liu Wei put his hands behind his back, his eyes were thoughtful, and he said, "This Yuan Shao's hand is quite long. ”

Huangfu Jian Chang immediately said: "The minister immediately investigates and cuts off all Yuan Shao's tentacles!" ”

The round face listened to Zhang Liao's 'minister' clearly, but this time the emperor's strong 'minister' heard it clearly, stunned in place, his legs couldn't help trembling, his face was pale, and there was no trace of blood.

Liu Wei waved his hand, and the guards dragged the round face away.

Zhao Yun stepped forward at this time and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the old couple was frightened, but they were fine. ”

Liu Wei snorted and walked forward with his hands behind his back.

These bandits are actually nothing, and it is not surprising that Yuan Shao or someone wants to surrender. After successive wars, natural and man-made disasters, and a sharp decline in the population, the 'young and strong' at this time has become an important 'asset', even more important than land.

Liu Bian's concern was the impact of this rebellion on his implementation of the 'New Deal'.

Without a peaceful and stable environment, everything will be done with half the effort, or even impossible to talk about.

However, if you want to suppress bandits, especially the large-scale clean-up of the whole territory, it will take time, and even more so, money and food.

At the same time, the place must be clean, and we must work together to make the most of this money and food.

Going around and around, this is back to the 'rule of officials', 'the rule of officials is not clear', and nothing can be done.

This seems to be a dead cycle, you can't do anything without money and food, you need to be governed by officials with money and food, and you can't collect taxes without officials, and you can't collect taxes without money and food.

"Time?"

Liu Biansi thought about it and boiled it down to the word 'time'.

'Purging the rule of officials' is a huge and long process, and those who are born in the big test need more time to grow up.

Huangfu Jianchang, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Yu and others followed Liu Wei's side, not daring to disturb him.

In their opinion, this bandit is just an inconspicuous little thing, it will happen anywhere, even if you add Yuan Shao, a sensitive person, it is not a big deal, after all, this bandit is more than 30 people.

But the person in front of him is different, what he thinks about is not simply to eliminate this gangster, but has a deeper consideration.

Liu Wei paced for a long time, and said: "The key lies in the word 'do'. ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Liu Wei gradually had a clue, and said with a smile: "Although the officials are not clear, they still have to do it while walking, and they can't be delayed, let alone wait." Take a multi-pronged approach and walk on multiple legs. While ensuring that the army can suppress local chaos, it should also intensify its efforts and be ruthless. ”

Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others did not have any feelings, they did not have much contact with the 'New Deal', or in other words, they adopted a distant and indifferent attitude towards the government and politics.

But Lu Yu is different, as the commander of the palace, he knows more national policies than Shang Shutai.

His Majesty in front of him, with a fluttering word, he could clearly foresee that Shangshutai, Liucao and Jiu Temples, and even local officials, would have to bear more and more terrible pressure.

Liu Wei suddenly felt a little thirsty, and couldn't help but stop, looked at Xiapi City in the distance, and said, "Second son, is Sun Ce coming?" ”

Huangfu Jian hurriedly said: "Yes, it is estimated that it will be soon." ”

Before he finished speaking, he didn't know if it was subconscious, but he really seemed to hear the sound of horses' hooves in his ears.

Then, I saw two fast horses not far away, galloping, coming at a great speed.

Liu Wei looked at it from afar and said with a smile: "It's really fast." You say, what should I do with this Wucheng Marquis? ”

Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Yu and others, even Lu Bu stopped talking.

Sun Ce's reputation in the Han Dynasty is now extremely loud, brave and fearless, loyal, like a rising star, some people even compared him to Huo Quai, thinking that he is the new champion Hou, who will have greater achievements in the future and go down in history.

But many people know that this new Wuchenghou is even more unruly and ambitious than his father, the old Wuchenghou.

Two years ago, he defeated Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shu in Wu County, and steadily occupied Wu County and Guangling County, and was eyeing Danyang and Jiujiang.

If it weren't for Yuan Shao's sudden rise and Yuan Shu's rapid defeat, Sun Ce's pace of expansion had suffered a heavy setback, especially the strong attack of the imperial court, which made Sun Ce have to retreat to Wu County.

Well-known things, but under the complicated environment, Sun Ce can't move for the time being, let alone kill.

The adoption of 'Huairou' methods against Sun Ce and Jiangdong was a strategy set by the imperial court.

Liu Wei didn't expect them to answer, and thought about it in his heart.

"Wucheng Hou Sun Ce, see my emperor, long live my emperor!"

Sun Ce came to Liu Wei's approach, knelt on one knee, and said in a deep voice.

"No courtesy."

Liu Wei looked at him, his voice flat.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Sun Ce responded, got up and stood not far from Liu Bian.

He bowed his head, making a respectful appearance of a loyal servant.

Even so, he had already seen Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Lu Bu and others on both sides of Liu Wei's side.

His expression did not move, but he was secretly nervous in his heart.

He came here one by one, and the majesty in front of him really had bad intentions towards him, and today next year will be his death day.

"Qing family, can you have a smooth journey?" Liu Wei said with a smile, still thinking about how to deal with this Sun Ce.

"Back to Your Majesty, the journey is smooth." Sun Ce replied with a glance.

Liu Wei still didn't think about it, paced forward, and said, "There are two main things to call the Qing family all the way over this time. One is that Liu Bei and Sun are at odds, and the other is about Yuan Shao. ”

Sun Ce followed behind Liu Wei, not far away, not close, followed by Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao in the middle.

Sun Ce did not speak, but listened to the hadith.

The marriage between Sun and Liu can be said to be caused by the forced persecution of His Majesty in front of him, and Sun Ce and many officials of Jiangdong did not agree.

And Sun Ce's sister Sun is from a family of military generals, quite heroic, not an ordinary lady, after Liu Bei showed a cold attitude, she is not used to Liu Bei, she does her own thing, she is free in Xiangxian County, and she is a group fight at every turn, which has caused countless criticisms in Xiangxian.

Liu Bei had no choice, so he built a small building for the Sun family and placed the Sun family there, thinking that he was out of sight and out of mind.

But Sun became even more angry, and the relationship with Liu Bei became more and more tense, and even openly beat Liu Bei, which made Liu Bei quite disgraced.

Originally, this kind of 'family matter' could not be put on the table, but one of the two sides was Wuchenghou and the other was the general of Yuzhou, and the scene was too unbearable, so naturally it went to the imperial court, so that the world knew about it.

Liu Bei was able to bear it, and in the face of the accusations of Wuchenghou and Jiangdong, he only wrote a letter to defend himself, and then there was no sound.

But Sun Ce and Jiangdong couldn't bear it, and even thought that this was the court's 'deliberate bullying' of Wuchenghou and Wu Jun, which was to make the matter bigger and bigger, and the scene was ugly and not very good.

Sun Ce was also dissatisfied with Liu Bei's weakness and incompetence in his heart, and was even more angry at Liu Bei's bullying of his sister, and privately threatened to kill Liu Bei with one shot.

Therefore, in the face of Liu Wei's embarrassment in mentioning this matter, Sun Ce remained silent, also expressing his dissatisfaction.

Liu Wei glanced back at him, and suddenly said with a smile: "When I was in Luoyang, I heard that someone was protecting the media and wanted your younger brother Sun Quan to marry the Cai family?" ”

Sun Ce's face changed suddenly, and he subconsciously said: "Your Majesty, this is a rumor, and the minister has never heard of it!" ”

Liu Wei stopped and said with a surprised face: "Fake? I still want to get closer to the Qing family. ”

There are many famous and surnamed 'Cai clans' in the Han Dynasty today, but the first one has to be the Cai family of Cai Yong in Luoyang.

Cai Yong is Liu Wen's father-in-law, after Cai Wenji's son Liu Shao gradually became the long-awaited 'prince of the East Palace', Cai's status has become increasingly prominent, even if Cai Yong has no real power, but Cai's soaring, all have a very clear foresight.

"It's a fake." Sun Ce said stiffly.

This matter is naturally true, it was handled by Sun Ce and Sun Quan's uncle Wu Jing, who used the marriage with the Cai family to raise the importance of Sun Ce and Wu Jun, and plan and pave the way for the development of Jiangdong.

If Sun Ce was in Jiangdong, he would be happy to see it, but when he came to Liu Wei, he had to deny it!

Others don't know the complicated relationship between Wu Jun and the imperial court, how can Sun Ce not understand?

When it's time to keep a low profile, it's not enough to be high-profile, especially Your Majesty in front of you!

Liu Wei smiled noncommittally, continued to walk forward, and said: "Sun Quan, I really like this little guy, it's not bad to study in Shizhonglu, in the future, I will find a good marriage for him." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sun Ce couldn't guess what Liu Wei wanted to do at all, so he could only strengthen his mind, respond first, and then deal with it when he went back.

Liu Wei glanced back at Sun Ce and said, "How is the tuntian of Wu County doing?" ”

Sun Ce lowered his head and followed step by step, thinking about Gu Yong's explanation and Cheng Pu's explanation before coming, and hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, Wu County is vast and sparsely populated, the land is poor, and the ministers have exhausted all their methods, and they can't be self-sufficient, and they still need the assistance of the imperial court." ”

Wu County is surrounded by Taihu Lake, and there is not a lot of fertile land, but there is not much reclamation, or in other words, the conditions for reclamation are not enough at the moment.

But Sun Ce's saying 'can't be self-sufficient' is complete nonsense, the Sun family has the support of almost all the families in Wu County, and there is no shortage of money and food.

It is a fact that the land is vast and sparsely populated.

Liu Wei snorted and said, "I have already issued an order to Shang Shutai, ordering them to give priority to the money, food, and equipment that should be given to Wu County. By the way, is there anything wrong with the people who are sent to Wu County on the upper four legs? ”

In the name of promoting the 'New Deal', Shang Shutai issued a document to Sun Ce, carrying out a unified reform of the prefectures and counties of Wu County, and dispatched a large number of large and small officials.

"All are capable officials,"

Sun Ce blurted out and said, "Wu County is very welcome, and there are a lot of credits. ”

"That's good."

Liu Wei stopped, looked at Sun Ce, the hesitation in his heart gradually dissipated, and said with a smile: "Wu Chenghou has made countless meritorious contributions in the past two years, and the imperial court has always recorded it. ”

Sun Ce once again remembered Gu Yong's words before coming: If there is a favor, the big one will refuse, and the small one will accept it, and you must not take the initiative to ask for it.

"The minister is willing to relieve His Majesty's worries, and he has succeeded the marquis, and he does not dare to ask for anything else." Sun Ce replied respectfully.

"So be it,"

Liu Wei didn't bother to go around in circles with him, and said: "I Jiaqing's family is the general of Yangzhou, and I supervise the military of Yangzhou. ”

Sun Ce was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down on one knee and said, "The ministers have little merit and don't dare to receive it." ”

General Yangzhou, Yangzhou except Wu County is in the hands of Yuan Shao, if he is appointed as the general of Yangzhou and supervises the military of Yangzhou, Yuan Shao has to fight with him!

It's gobbling it up!

Liu Wei waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's so decided, and the price will be doubled." Let's go, follow me to Yuzhou. ”

Sun Ce wanted to refuse, but Liu Wei had already turned around.

Sun Ce opened his mouth and didn't shout in the end, but he was very flustered in his heart and wanted to return to Wu County as soon as possible.

Going to Yuzhou?

Sun Ce reacted violently, he wanted to go to Yuzhou with him? Instead of returning to Kure?

What does that mean?

Sun Ce couldn't think it through, and his heart was even more uneasy, even panicked.

When he came this time, he was already worried, worried that His Majesty in front of him would take the opportunity to kill him.

I didn't kill him now, but why did you take him to Yuzhou? Do you want to talk about him and Liu Bei, or is there another purpose?

He is not in Wu County, the news of serving as the general of Yangzhou spreads, Yuan Shao sent troops to Wu County, who can resist?

Sun Ce's mind was spinning for a while, and before he had time to think much, Zhang Liao patted him on the shoulder, and said calmly and indifferently: "Wucheng Hou, please." ”

Sun Ce was so excited that he had to nod, and surrounded by a group of guards, he caught up with Liu Wei, who had already walked out of Xu Yuan.

Liu Wei walked in front, and he had already made up his mind to take Sun Ce away temporarily.

This person really can't be underestimated, he has the ability not to say anything, but he can also bend and stretch.

This is the key to doing great things, and Sun Ce has the ability to do great things!

Everyone turned over and got on their horses, and under the escort of a large group of cavalry, they did not go to Xiapi, but went north in the opposite direction to Yuzhou.

(End of chapter)