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174. Need a reason

General He Changnian of Linyi personally returned to the camp and summoned his soldiers to farm with him. However, the people in the camp either ran to sign up for the army or rushed to receive land grants, and there were very few people willing to travel with him.

He Changnian used various tricks, threatening and tempting, and talking about brotherhood, and doing everything he could. Finally, he won over a group of people, about 3,000 people, most of whom were homeless bachelors and wandering idle men, who were not qualified to enter the army of His Majesty the Emperor. With He Changnian's various promises, he was willing to farm with him.

In addition to He Changnian, six generals were willing to lead their former subordinates to concentrate on farming. Each of them summoned some people, some thousands, and some only hundreds.

The other twenty generals refused to leave their luxurious homes in Chang'an City and went to the days of wandering and purging wasteland.

The emperor placed six military troops near the capital, two generals were in Gaoling and two generals were in Nanling. He Changnian and General Langjia were placed in Shanglin Garden.

Before leaving, Xu Xuan gave him every advice.

"Shanglinyuan's land is fertile and suitable for farming. It has been a long time. You must work hard and strive to open up more land and farm more and feed more food."

"Prime Minister, do you think I really want to farm!"

Xu Xuan was shocked, "For many years, don't do anything randomly. Your Majesty has placed you all near Chang'an. I believe you are afraid that you will not change your thief and harass the countryside. That is to break the three rules. Your Majesty will send troops to punish you. Shanglin Garden is not far from here, and there are troops stationed in the garden, and you will practice every day. You are under their noses, don't cause trouble and commit suicide."

"Prime Minister, since you say that, I will try to farm. But you also know that I am not good at farming, and I don't know what I can grow. Fortunately, there are still three thousand brothers with me, so everyone has a care. Prime Minister, if something happens in Chang'an City one day, you go to Shanglinyuan to find me, which is more or less a way out."

The rest were scattered and placed in the Sanfu. It turned out that Sanfu had a population of three million. After years of famine and war, those who died and those who fled were fleeing were only more than one million people left. There were a lot of deserted fields and a lot of empty houses. They digested more than 200,000 people, and there was not much pressure.

However, this time, the Emperor placed refugees on a large scale, and His Majesty the Emperor paid another severance. The national treasury was almost hollowed out, but it was not enough. He had to pay the Emperor's inner treasury. Fortunately, His Majesty made money well. With the official robbery, the contribution of heroes, and the income from the Nülu and football, the inner treasury was full, but this time the resettlement cost was too high and half of it was gone at once.

Finally, the hundreds of thousands of people were solved, and His Majesty the Emperor breathed a long sigh, and Chang'an City finally became his world.

However, there are also the 60,000 troops of Wang Kuang and Zhang Jue. This is the original army of Emperor Gengshi, and the elites of the Southern and Northern Army are not comparable to those of the Red Eyebrow Army. If this army is placed by His Majesty the Emperor, it can be taken over directly and completely.

The two armies were stationed in the south of Chang'an City. Although Wang Kuang and Zhang Ju had a mansion in the city, they did not live often. At least one of the two men was guarding the army. They were worried and ready to pull the team away at any time.

On that day, the two of them were drinking and having fun in the tent. Suddenly, the imperial edict came, saying that the weather was cold. His Majesty mercied the soldiers of the two armies to sleep outside the city and endured the hunger and cold. Therefore, he specially vacated four military camps, all with enough houses, and ordered the two armies to move to live there.

The two received the order and sat back and drank. Zhang Zu said, "What kind of kindness does this little emperor have? He actually feels pity for us in the camp and has even made a house."

Wang Kuang sneered: "What kind of good intentions do you think he has? He is just afraid that we are too powerful in the same place, for fear that we will do something. Look at his military camp, he divided us into four places, obviously to break up the 60,000 people and let them all clean up."

Zhang Zuo said: "What should we do? We can't learn from Fan Chong and Xu Xuan, and watch the team fall into the hands of others."

"Although Fan Chong and Xu Xuan disbanded the army, their influence is still there. Even the Yulin Army is mostly the original children in the camp, and they still recognize the two as leaders. What if the emperor cannot do with these two people? We are not allowed to do this. These 60,000 soldiers are the capital for us to settle down. If these people are lost, the little emperor will just take care of us. There is not even a person in the court to stand up for us."

Zhang Jue said, "I heard what you said, the little emperor has bad intentions. Why don't we leave Chang'an, fight back to Nanyang, and go to Green Forest Mountain to be robbers!"

"No, now it's winter is coming, so it's not appropriate to march. More importantly, our army's food and grass rely on Chang'an City for supply, and we can't go far if we are hungry." Wang Kuang said: "Now, only Chang'an City has sufficient food, so we must not leave this place at this time."

"You can't do this, you can't do that. What should you do? Why don't we bring troops into the city?"

"Are you crazy?" Wang Kuang said in shock: "The soldiers in Chang'an City are so talented and have enough food. If you and me are not able to defeat them, you will die if you kill me!"

"After all the time, I still have to follow the arrangements of the little emperor and move the camp."

"How can we violate the imperial edict? But we can always make some adjustments. He designated four military camps, and we stationed two of them. We will let some old, weak and disabled soldiers in the other two military camps, so as not to be beaten too far away by him."

"It seems that this is the case! These four camps are scattered everywhere, far apart, only two camps in the south and east of the city are slightly closer. It is worse than me in the south of the city. You are only putting a few thousand people in each camp in the east of the city, Xiying and Beiying."

"It's good that this is the case. Our two battalions usually have to communicate with each other and contact us more. If there is something wrong, we must act together!"

The two of them agreed and led their troops to move to the camp that day. Wang Kuang led an army to the east of the city. Zhang Ju personally led an army to the south of the city to move to the camp. The other two battalions were handed over to two lieutenants, with only 5,000 people in total.

When Liu Yu heard the incident of the two armies moving to the palace, he sneered: "These two people are really ignorant. It's time to hold on to the military power."

Yang Yanshou said: "Your Majesty, Wang Kuang and Zhang Jue have no loyalty at all. If they are allowed to stay in Chang'an for a long time, there will be chaos."

"If the two of them are willing to be idle marquis, I will not be difficult for them. I didn't expect that they would refuse, so I can't blame me."

How could Liu Yu feel at ease with these 60,000 elite soldiers with disagreement beside Chang'an? Wang Kuang and Zhang Ju are different from the Red Eyebrow Army. The Red Eyebrow Army is their own people no matter how they say it is. He cannot kill him. Liu Yu doesn't have so much concern for Wang and Zhang.

"Shi Yuan, according to your opinion, what is the most important thing to deal with these two guys?"

"Chang'an City finally settled down... According to my opinion, it is best not to move the troops, do not hurt your vitality, and directly capture the thief's head."

The emperor nodded and said, "That's it, but the most important thing is to use any crime to deal with them. Although the two people's every move shows that they have a strange intention, they did not rebel. Alas, there is no reason now. I can't kill them for no reason. The old ministers of Gengshi were watching. If they kill surrendered generals, who else would come to join in the future?"

Yang Yanshou said: "Does your Majesty really have to wait until the two of them rebel?"

Liu Yu touched the fluff under his jaw, and his movements were similar to Mr. Zhuge of later generations. He smiled and said, "It's such a reason, but I didn't say I had to wait. Maybe they could jump out quickly if they pushed it a little."

Yang Yanshou bowed and said, "I guess His Majesty has already made a decision and is confident."

Liu Yu said, "Shi Yuan, I heard that you often have contact with the surrendered general Hu Yin. Go and talk to him and let him stroll outside the city, and light the fire and burn it more vigorously."

Yang Yanshou hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I have never had any close relationship with Hu Yin, but he saw that I was a member of Your Majesty, and always wanted to get close to me. I didn't want to be too cold."

The emperor smiled and said, "You can't always be cold. They are a marquis, and they used to be a prince. You can get close to Hu Yin according to my wishes."

Every time the emperor has any tricks, he will push Yang Yanshou out. There is no way. This guy is really smart and very easy to use.

Yang Yanshou walked out of the palace gate while wiping sweat. The emperor said that he had been in contact with Hu Yin, which scared him. Hu Yin had visited his mansion several times, but he said he was not here. He only met him once on the road. Hu Yin held his hand and chatted with him for a long time.

Unexpectedly, the emperor knew everything about this. His Majesty the Emperor really knew everything!

Suihou Hu Yin was an old general of the Green Forest Army. He was named Suiwang by Liu Xuan. Later, he joined Wang Kuang and Zhang Ju to go out of Chang'an, defected to the little emperor, and was named Suihou.

When Hu Yin turned to Chang'an, he had only thousands of people under his command and was weak. He thought that his power was incomparable to Wang and Zhang, so he took them as the leader in everything and obeyed their orders. Wang Kuang and Zhang Ju

Every day in the camp, Hu Yin was allowed to pass on messages to the two of them.

As the emperor's close minister, if Yang Yanshou made friends with Gengshi surrendered generals, it would be a taboo. Therefore, when he heard the emperor's statement, he immediately distinguished clearly and drew a clear line with Hu Yin in front of the emperor.

Yang Yanshou looked left and right, feeling eyes staring at him all around him. He remembered Wu Yuan, the director of the Han Intelligence Bureau. He had met him twice in the palace. Although he was smiling on his face, his gloomy eyes made Yang Yanshou very uncomfortable.

It must be this guy who sent someone to stare at him, and Yang Yanshou was so angry that he was itchy.

At the same time, he felt fear from the bottom of his heart. His Majesty mentioned Hu Yin today. Is it really just for him to convey the message or remind himself something?

Yang Yanshou had already begun to speculate on the emperor's thoughts without realizing it. This fifteen-year-old emperor was simply a monster. Yang Yanshou never thought that a young man could mature to this point.

I can only say that they are born emperors.
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