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It gradually came late September. As the southeast winds became less and less, the 80,000 Han army finally set out on its way home. Liu Jing made the final personnel arrangements and appointed Xun Zhi as the chief censor of Yangzhou, inspected Jiangzuo counties, and appointed Gan Ning as the governor of Jiangdong. He led 20,000 troops and five warships to station Jiangdong, Liu Hu as the governor of Huainan, and led 10,000 troops to station on Hefei and Shouchun.

On the five thousand stone boat, Liu Jing stood by the side of the boat and stared at the southeast bank of the river in the distance. The green mountains in the distance were faint, and large rice fields were gradually mature. There were smoke from more than a dozen farmhouses. A group of children waved to the fleet on the shore. Liu Jing couldn't help but waved to the children on the shore with a smile.

At this time, Lu Xun slowly walked to Liu Jing and smiled and said, "This scene is very gratifying!"

"really!"

Liu Jing nodded and said, "When I went north from Wujun, nine out of ten rooms were empty. That feeling was very uncomfortable. But here I saw smoke from cooking and laughing children, and my mood was slightly better."

Lu Xun did not go into politics, but continued to serve in military positions. He is now the position of serving as a priest in the military and is also a senior military official second only to the military advisor. Since the Jiangdong Army has basically been disbanded, Jiangdong generals such as Lu Meng, Xu Sheng, Jiang Qin, Ding Feng, Zhu Heng, Dong Xi and others have all joined the Han army and were named as partial generals and generals, and have been awarded titles and returned to the west with the Han army.

Even Ling Tong, a general who has always been hostile to Liu Jing for his father's revenge, finally gave up his hatred and was appointed as a partial general by Liu Jing, and was appointed as a Marquis of Ting, and followed Liu Hu to guard Hefei.

Lu Xun stared at the south and smiled faintly: "Your Highness's next target should be Jiaozhou!"

Liu Jing smiled and said, "It's windy here, let's go into the cabin to talk!"

Lu Xun followed Liu Jing into the meeting cabin. The two sat down. A tea boy served them hot tea. Liu Jing took a sip of tea and then said slowly: "Frankly speaking, I have not made up my mind about whether to attack Jiaozhou. According to my initial idea, Jiaozhou is vast and sparsely populated, and the transportation is inconvenient. It is difficult for Liu Bei to become a climate in Jiaozhou. You can put him down and let him manage Jiaozhou for me first. However, according to the information I have recently obtained, Liu Bei's troops have recovered to 10,000 people, which really surprised me. You must know that after Liu Bei's army's northern expedition, the army suffered heavy losses, less than 10,000. Because the people in Jiaozhou were few and thin, they recovered to 10,000 troops in just a year. Moreover, the people's hearts were stable, and they did not fish in the waters like Jiangdong, which made me puzzled."

Lu Xun smiled and said, "I have a tribe named Lu Cheng. He has been living in Jiaozhou. He returned to Wu County to worship his ancestors at the beginning of the year. I had a deep conversation with him and had a little understanding of the situation in Jiaozhou. If Your Highness doesn't bother me, I would rather say a few more words to Your Highness."

"When will Bo Yan become so humble?" Liu Jing laughed.

Lu Xun also smiled a little embarrassedly, "Being a subordinate requires the awareness of subordinates. It is already Bo Yan's honor to be a subordinate, and it is a privilege to sit against the lord. You cannot be without self-knowledge."

Liu Jing nodded, "Please tell me Bo Yan!"

Lu Xun sorted out his thoughts: "The reason why the military power in Jiaozhou can be restored quickly is the joint military system of the trest and forts implemented by Zhuge Liang. In recent years, Zhuge Liang implemented the trest and fort system in Jiaozhou, concentrating all households to live on high places, building fort walls and enhancing the status of elders. All men gathered to train during the slack farming period. Each trest has a trest leader, and ten trests have military marquis. They conduct regular joint drills, and each household has weapons and armor. It is called protecting the home, but in fact, the whole people are soldiers."

"How to guarantee the food and food resources?" Liu Jing asked again.

"This is Zhuge Liang's cleverness. Every household in Jiaozhou has its own land. In addition, there are fort fields and official fields, which are close to the people. Usually, the people are farmed together with the official fields. Even if they are in labor service, the grain of fort fields and official fields is paid to the government. The grain of fort fields and official fields is used as military rations during wartime, and the grain of official fields is used for daily expenses of the government. Zhuge Liang also rewards farming wars. If he joins the formal army, he will be exempted from taxes. If he joins the Tunbao coalition, he will be reduced by half. At the same time, he will be implemented with a high-land tax of 15 taxes. This greatly encourages Jiaozhou to join the army or join the Tunbao coalition. It is reasonable that the Jiaozhou army can be quickly restored."

"Isn't this the Idea system?"

"The essence is the well-field system, but the form is different."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you mean is that the Jiaozhou army is actually more than 10,000?"

Lu Xun nodded, "The ten thousand troops are just formal troops, and there are more than 100,000 Tunbao coalition forces. Once the war begins, the whole people will be soldiered. In addition, the climate of Jiaozhou is hot and the miasma is everywhere. For the Han army, Jiaozhou is not easy to fight!"

Liu Jing couldn't help but fall into deep thought. At this time, Lu Xun slowly said: "Your Highness, although Jiaozhou is difficult to attack, it is not unbreakable. As long as you attack Jiaozhou's weaknesses, you can greatly weaken the strength of Jiaozhou. You can have a weak position and you can defeat Jiaozhou's defense one by one."

Liu Jing was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Please tell me Bo Yan!"

"The first strategy is to cut off the cooking. Jiaozhou has no iron ore, and it is necessary to buy iron ore from Jiangdong at a high price every year. At that time, many important officials in Jiangdong opposed selling iron ore to Jiaozhou. However, in order to raise military expenses, Wu Hou still acquiesced the transaction. Therefore, the most urgent task of Your Highness is to cut off pig iron and leather trade with Jiaozhou. All military resources must be prohibited from entering Jiaozhou, and those who dare to smuggle should be punished."

Liu Jing nodded, "The Han Dynasty has already stopped trade with Jiaozhou, and Jiangdong must also be strictly prohibited. I will first order Jiangdong counties to investigate strictly, and after returning, the law will be enacted."

Lu Xun said again: "The second strategy is to withdraw money. Jiaozhou has a small population. Because of the heavy taxes, many Jiangdong people fled to Jiaozhou. I heard from my clan brother that Jiangdong people are not used to the climate, water and soil of Jiaozhou. Your Highness will send someone to report the light taxes and levies of Jiangdong. I believe that Jiangdong people who fled to Jiaozhou will come back one after another. Not everyone likes the Tunbao coalition system. I believe that many Jiaozhou people will leave Tunbao one after another and return to Jingzhou or Jiangdong. The population is the foundation of Jiaozhou. As long as the population is weakened, the strength of Jiaozhou will naturally decline."

Liu Jing pondered for a moment, "I'm afraid that Jiaozhou will stop the population from returning. I don't think Liu Bei will sit idly by."

Lu Xun smiled, "Of course Liu Bei will stop him, but how can he stop him? If he goes against the will of the people, it will only cause turmoil and instability in Jiaozhou. Your Highness does not need to worry. As long as your Highness receives and comforts the border counties, there will be a population that will continue to leave Jiaozhou and return north."

Liu Jing walked slowly in the cabin with his hands behind his hands. Although he knew that Lu Xun was right, this was indeed a way to weaken Jiaozhou, in the long run, he did not want this to happen. He did not want the Han people to leave Jiaozhou and return north. This would be harmful to the future of Jiaozhou. However, if the population of Jiaozhou was not weakened, it would increase the difficulty of the Han army's southern expedition, which really made it difficult for Liu Jing to make a decision.

"Does Your Highness think the plan to withdraw money is inappropriate?" Lu Xun saw Liu Jing's hesitation.

Liu Jing nodded, "It will be difficult for the population to flow out, and it will be difficult for them to go back."

Lu Xun suddenly understood Liu Jing's intentions, and he felt a little ashamed. He only thought of weakening Jiaozhou, but forgot his plan. Lu Xun said again: "If your highness feels it is inappropriate, then let it go without deliberately guiding it. However, the humble position may interest your highness."

Liu Jing turned around and smiled, "Tell me, what is the Di Strategy?"

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Just as the main force of the Han army returned to Jingzhou in a mighty way, a major case broke out in Yedu City. The cause was a gathering of people in Zhangshui. Someone wrote a poem "When will the old dynasty be in the water, when will the emperor clear the side of the emperor?", which was revealed.

In anger, Cao Pi ordered a strict investigation of the matter. It turned out that the poet was named Wei Feng, who was a famous talent in Pei State and had a good relationship with Chen Lin. Cao Pi ordered him to be imprisoned and tried strictly. Wei Feng confessed that Chen Lin had secretly communicated with the Han Dynasty.

Cao Pi felt the situation was serious and reported to his father. Cao Cao approved the four words "strict investigation to the end". Cao Pi then put Chen Lin in prison and investigated, and sent someone to investigate his residence. The case gradually became bigger. Except for Kong Rong, the other six people in Jian'an Qi, including Chen Lin, Wang Jie, Liu Zhen, Ying Yan, Xu Gan, and Ruan Yu, were all involved in this major case. Under the strict trial of cruel officials, more and more officials were involved in this "serious case of Han State". People in Yedu were panic and everyone in the officials were in danger.

In the southwest of Yedu City, there is a large mansion covering an area of ​​about 20 acres. This is the mansion of former military advisor Zhong Yao. Currently, there are major military advisors in the Cao army, namely former military advisor Zhong Yao, central military advisor Cheng Yu and later military advisor Liu Ye, both of whom Cao Cao trusted.

Zhong Yao has a deep experience and has served as the Sili School Commander for a long time. He has made great contributions to Guanzhong's recovery of vitality. In addition, his calligraphy is famous, and he is especially appreciated by Cao Cao and is entrusted to be valued.

During the Wei Dynasty's struggle, Zhong Yao belonged to a faction that supported Cao Zhi. Together with Sima Lang and Sikong Cui Lin, he became Cao Zhi's most powerful supporter for the world's struggle.

Although Zhong Yao was over 60 years old, he was well-behaved, energetic, and agile as in his prime. Although he had many wives and concubines, he was able to handle it with ease.

Early in the morning, Zhong Yao was practicing sword in the back garden, and the old butler walked quickly to report: "Master, Mr. Cui has something to ask for a meeting!"

Zhong Yao knew that the butler mentioned that Cui Gong should be Cui Linzhi Cui Xin. What happened to him when he came to find him so early? He pondered for a moment and said, "Please wait in my study outside, and I will change my clothes and come!"

Zhong Yao returned to his room and changed his clothes, but he was thinking about what happened recently. Jian'an Qi was arrested. This was by no means accidental. It should be Cao Pi taking the opportunity to clean up Cao Zhi's power. Cui Lin asked the other person to come to him, which must be for this matter.

Cui Lin was demoted to a commoner in the last Yang Cui case, and was later reused as the head of the state, in charge of Wei State education. Has something happened to him again?

Zhong Yao quickly walked to the outer study room. As soon as he walked into the room, Cui Xin knelt down and cried, "I beg Uncle Shi to save my father's life!"

Zhong Yao quickly helped him up and asked, "Don't panic, nephew, tell me what happened?"

"Qi reported to Uncle Shi, just as dawn, an army surrounded Cui's mansion, put my father under house arrest, and began to investigate the mansion. I was not in the mansion last night, so I escaped. I heard from the family who escaped from the mansion that the soldiers checked my father's study, and all kinds of letters and books were packed in large boxes, and threatened to put my father under jail for strict trial. Poor father's old age, how could he withstand such torture? The younger generation is worried about his father's safety and begged Uncle Shi to save his life."

Zhong Yao was shocked and then furious. Cao Pi was simply too much. Now it is Cui Lin, isn’t the next one?

He immediately said to Cui Xin: "Don't be anxious, I'll go to Tongquetai to report to Duke Wei to save your father!"
Chapter completed!