Chapter 599

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Liangcheng

Standing on the city wall and looking north with a thousand mile eye, you can vaguely see the continuous camp like a hill more than 20 miles away. The flying lion army, the vanguard of the black flag army, has been to the north of Liang City for four or five days. Although there is no attack, it will send scouts around Liang City every day. The defenders on the wall are frightened. Having not fought for so many years, these County soldiers have never been familiar with the smell of blood.

Zhong Xin, governor of beihui Road, put down his thousands of miles' eyes, which were full of worry.

On the day he received Fang Xie's handwritten letter, he set out from beihui Daozhi construction city. In fact, Niu tamp didn't come with his handwritten letter at all. He waited for news in Liangcheng. Zhong Xin didn't expect the black flag army to move so fast. He started immediately after receiving Fang Xie's letter. When he arrived in Liangcheng, he found that one of the black flag army had camped in the north of Liangcheng.

Every day, we can see cavalry in black armor flying past outside Liang City. It seems that they are not afraid of the strong bow and crossbow in the hands of the county soldiers of the city wall.

"This solution..."

Zhong Xin sighed: "It's true that heroes are born in troubled times. If the world of the great Sui Dynasty were paid off safely and steadily, how could this younger generation emerge so quickly. Although he was praised as the second person of the great Sui Dynasty in a hundred years by the emperor in the martial arts academy, you know, it's just a model your majesty needs. Times make heroes... I'm afraid the Emperor didn't think of him at the beginning The person holding it will become one of the grave diggers of the great Sui Dynasty. "

Chen Yongfu, who came with him, didn't seem too worried. He smiled and said: "It's just a suckling boy. By chance, he won tens of thousands of people. He doesn't know the greatness of heaven and earth. He thinks that the world can be fought and robbed by anyone... Looking at the history of the Central Plains emperor for thousands of years, can a man from a poor family finally sit on the Dragon chair? It's just a fool's dream to control the world."

"My Lord also knows that when the imperial dynasty changes, many people who can be called heroes in the poor family will emerge and become princes in one side. But in the end, they will either be defeated or die or become the hands of others. Which one has become a major event? Fighting for the world is not a game for people from poor families. They are just chess pieces. The more they regard themselves as too high, the more they are The more miserable the end will be. "

The Chen family is a well-known family in the northern huidao, which can also be regarded as a famous family in the great Sui Dynasty.

There are several aristocratic families in beihui road for hundreds of years, of which the most famous is Lukou shengtu family, followed by Jiancheng Chen family and Hui'an Niu family.

Because the Chen family is building the city, Zhong Xin sent someone to invite Chen Yongfu with her when she set out. After all, if Zhong Xin wants to keep the North huidao in his own hands, he can't do without the support of these aristocratic families. Zhong Xin can't be indifferent to the Chen family whose power in the North huidao is only second to the shengtu family.

In particular, the Chen family is in the Daozhi city of beihui and has the closest contact with Zhong Xin.

"You can't say that."

Zhong Xin looked at another group of black flag army scouts speeding outside and said: "The soldiers know the generals. Look at these cavalry. They control horses skillfully and are not afraid of the bows and arrows on the city wall. It can be seen that Fang Xie is a man who knows how to run the army. Moreover, don't underestimate his youth. There are many young heroes since ancient times... Emperor Taizu of the Sui Dynasty was only 30 when he started the army, and Emperor Taizong was only 17 when he succeeded..."

"Compare him with emperor Taizu?"

Chen Yongfu smiled and said, "adults look up to him."

"This young man is not simple. He went to Yongzhou as a Imperial officer, saying that he wanted to explore the local customs and practices in order to get married. After that, he did not know how to get a battalion from Luo Yao, and then fled with the battalion. In the harsh and harsh environment of Northwest China, he did not become a chess piece of all forces, but instead he used this kind of" a ". The battalion has become bigger and bigger. Now it has occupied the whole Huangyang road and supported more than 100000 soldiers. It's not simple... If you don't have some skills, how can you go to a battalion from Luo Yao? If you don't have skills, how can you escape with Luo Yao's soldiers? "

Chen Yongfu was stunned, nodded and said, "it's not easy to deceive things from Luo Yao. If you can deceive them, you can also let the soldiers of that battalion run with him. It's really impressive that you can do it in a short time."

As they were talking, they saw a group of people coming back in a hurry. Zhong Xin looked at it with a thousand miles' eyes and saw that it was the cow rammer he sent with people.

Not long after, the bruised ox rammer was helped up the city wall. Seeing Zhong Xin salute quickly, Chen Yongfu couldn't help laughing when he saw that he was beaten like this. Because it wasn't unexpected, he wasn't angry. Besides, it wasn't his person who was beaten.

"My Lord"

Niu tamp didn't dare to ignore Chen Yongfu's smile and shouted with his head down.

Seeing that his face was swollen badly, Zhong Xin couldn't help frowning: "how did someone beat him like this?"

Niu tamp said it all over again. Chen Yongfu, who was still smiling before, immediately changed his face: "what's this solution! It's so unkind! He gave Peiyan benefits a few years ago, but only 30000 liang of silver a year. This time he sent him something worth at least 67000 liang of silver, and he dared to speak!"

Cattle ramming Road: "Although I was beaten, I can see clearly that I didn't want to attack beihui road. I mostly wanted to blackmail more money and food. My subordinates saw many recruits in Zhuque mountain camp. They didn't even have a decent armor and their weapons were very simple. When I passed the school yard, I saw that the recruits were trained with bamboo bows ... humble analysis, this solution is because his troops are expanding too fast, and he doesn't have enough money, food and equipment, so playing beihui road is just an excuse for him to threaten. He should just want to make more mistakes. "

Niu tamp didn't know that what he saw was what Fang Xie deliberately let him see.

Knowing that Zhong Xin sent someone, Fang Xie specially asked the recruits to wear old clothes and hold a bamboo bow for training in the school field.

"He blackmailed me and gave it to me!"

Chen Yongfu said angrily, "I don't know how thick the earth is. I really think he has the final say in the southwest."

"Calm down"

Zhong Xin glanced at Chen Yongfu and said in silence for a moment, "if Fang Xie really has such a mind, there's nothing to worry about. If he only asks for money, we can't give him some alms. What I'm worried about is... He deliberately assumes a attitude of greed for money, but in fact he still wants to attack beihui road."

"What about that?"

Chen Yongfu asked.

"I've sent someone to inform each family. Before long, each family will send someone to Liangcheng. We'll discuss it then."

Zhong Xin thought for a moment and said, "but... If Fang Xie was just trying to blackmail money and food, he would send someone to urge it. If he was just waiting for our news, it would probably be false."

"In any case, we should be well prepared and let the soldiers add another shift at night. We can't slack off!"

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Fang Xie summoned all the civil servants in charge of the stronghold to discuss the governance of the place in the conference hall. He never regarded himself as a passer-by of Huangyang Road, but actually wanted to take this place as his foundation, so he had to cure it. How to convince the people is also the dependence of Fang Xie's future.

If we blindly develop the military regardless of civil affairs, it will not be long before Huangyang road will be drained. At that time, the people will float and complain, and everything that competes for the world is a joke.

Since ancient times, those who can achieve great things will not abandon the people. The reason why Li Yuanshan didn't stand firm in the northwest is that he only cares about the future and doesn't focus on the things ahead. He always thinks that the northwest is poor. If he can squeeze more, he will squeeze more. When he dominates the world in the future, he will think about being kind to the people. He has forgotten the root. How can he not He forgot that if people in other places knew what he had done in the northwest, how could he get support even if he could get out of the northwest?

"I'm looking for you today just to discuss local affairs."

Fang Xie waved his hand to everyone to sit down and ordered people to serve tea to these civil officials: "I have never been a person who only focuses on military force and despises civil affairs, because I know that if I want to achieve something, I can't do without the support of the people. Marching and fighting depends on brave and resourceful generals, on soldiers who dare to serve their lives, and it depends on you to govern the place and appease the people."

"There is no shortage of generals and civil servants... In some sense, you are more important than generals. Because you and the people provide the clothes that generals wear and hold in their hands. Without you, no brave general can fight well."

After hearing this, everyone was very comfortable. The big Sui Dynasty had always attached a little importance to martial arts and despised literature. It seemed that it was the frontier officials such as the governors who controlled the side, but in fact it was the generals of the guards who held the military power. It seemed that the civil servants were powerful in the imperial court, but in fact the emperor still favored the generals.

Therefore, many scholars were dissatisfied. At this time, they were very excited to hear Fang Xie say so.

"The general saw it thoroughly!"

The speaker is the magistrate of Laishui county at the foot of Zhuque mountain. He has an excellent reputation as an official. His surname is Zhang and his name is Xi.

"The great general values us. How dare we not do our best for the great general."

Fang Xie smiled and nodded: "now, except Xinyang City and xinkouchang, most of Huangyang road is under the rule of our black flag army. It is not easy to manage millions of people. The thing to do as soon as possible is to make the local stability and the people obey. I suddenly thought of one thing a while ago. See if it is feasible."

After sorting out the words, Fang Xie said, "if we want the people to return to their hearts as soon as possible, we should let them see the benefits. If they get more benefits, they will give more support to our black flag army. I was thinking... How can we make the people more active. For example... Divide the fields into households?"

"Separate fields into households?"

Dugu Wenxiu was stunned for a moment, and then quickly shook his head: "general, this is not a good thing."

"Oh?"

Fang Xie asked, "let's talk about it. Why not?"

Dugu Wenxiu said, "most of the land is in the hands of the gentry. The people rent it, and the generals seize the land from these big families and distribute it to the people, which is equivalent to breaking the roots of these big families. Once the news gets out..."

He looked at Fang Xie and said with worry: "Not only all the big families in Huangyang road will oppose it, but also the big families in other roads will rise up and resist in the future. It is much more difficult for the great general to go on the road of expedition! It is true that the great general's move is indeed a kindness to the people. The people don't have to pay rent to the big families, but just pay food to the black flag army and save the middle link. The people will be happy and happy to the great general Trust and love. But now it's not feasible... Nine times out of ten, the wealth of the world is in the hands of the big families. Once the news is spread, it will not only be a family's resistance to the big general, but the big families all over the world's resistance to the big general! And the people... Will not be on your side at that time... "

Everyone looked at each other and felt that Fang Xie's words were too childish and fanciful.

Fang Xie was slightly stunned and couldn't help sighing.

Sure enough, it was still too difficult to do the same thing in different times. However, he only thought about it by chance and knew it was not advisable.

"What do you think we should do?"

Fang Xie asked, quietly waiting for everyone to speak.