In fact, Min Kan should have understood it a long time ago. He just took a chance and kept selectively ignoring it. Now he can no longer avoid this issue. He either devoted himself or drew a clear line. The fence-bearer couldn't last long.

Min Kan made a choice.

Min Kan, the Marquis of Pingyi, met the emperor and said that after the teachings of His Majesty, he had deeply reflected on his mistakes and asked His Majesty to punish him. At the same time, he expressed that he wanted to accept His Majesty's instruction at all times, so he applied to join his clan to move to Chang'an and serve His Majesty, and begged the Emperor to allow him.

The emperor first criticized his mistakes severely, which made Min Kan tremble and frightened, and repeatedly apologized for guilt. In short, three words: I was scared to pee.

But then the emperor showed his tolerance and generosity, believing that it was not easy to take charge of a county, and sometimes he could not help but do something extraordinary. Fortunately, Min Kan was still loyal. The emperor forgived his sins for his past merits.

The emperor agreed to the Min family's request to move inward and said with a smile: "Like Geng Qing, you are going to fight my autumn wind, are you eating for nothing?"

Seeing the emperor making jokes with him, Min Kan only fell to the ground after a stone in his heart. He cursed himself in his heart, saying that he had been more sensible, why would he suffer such a crime? Perhaps now he is like Geng Yan, and he is highly employed and taken over as a leader.

Like Geng Kuang, Min Kan packed up the house in Chang'an and urged the Geng family of Dai County to move inward. He thought that the matter had already come to an end, but he didn't expect there would be any twists and turns.

Min Kan's cousin Min You was dissatisfied and resisted the relocation. The young man was impulsive and did not use his brains. He actually led his army to defend the important government and tried to defend himself. At this time, Chen Fang, the central commander of Shuofang who was stationed in Dai County, led his army to attack him. Shi Yu and other local wealthy families attacked together. Even Min Kan's brother Min Lin brought people to the siege. Min You's subordinates did not want to follow him to bury him, so they killed Min You and surrendered.

Min Lin's act of destroying relatives for justice brought the Min back from the brink of extermination, and then the Min moved in smoothly. Compared with Geng, who had welcomed and saw him all the way, and entered Chang'an with glory, the treatment of Min was obviously worse, and he was almost under surveillance all the way.

This is the difference between active and passive, and ignorant and ignorant. From this incident, we can also see the difference between the Min and Geng family members. Geng Kuang and Min Kan made the two wealthy families of the same level have a gap, and this gap will become bigger and bigger in the future.

Emperor Liu Yu integrated the internal situation around the New Year, removing domestic hidden dangers, which not only shocked the heroes of the Red Eyebrows, but also gave the disobedient border counties a warning and strengthened the control of the two counties of Youzhou. The Chang'an regime was becoming increasingly consolidated, and the emperor's authority was greatly strengthened.

The seventh year of Jianshi has arrived. Jianshi Han is preparing for war and opening up a new battlefield to achieve a decisive victory in Handan.

Before the official war began, Liu Yu had already begun to prepare an appetizer for Liu Xiu. Since half a year ago, he ordered the Han Intelligence Bureau to increase the internal destruction of Wuhan under construction, and strive to open up a battlefield behind enemy lines, so that Liu Xiu could work hard inside first.

As for what effect can be achieved, it depends on the efforts of the Han Intelligence Bureau.

Although Liu Yu was ambitious and confident, he was hit by a blow at the beginning of the new year on the front battlefield between the Han Dynasty.

On the front line of Kanto, the great magician counterattacked wildly, and King Liu Mao of Hejian was defeated.

News came from the Chenliu front line that Emperor Jianwu Liu Xiu led a 100,000 army across the river, joined forces with Ji Zun and others, and fought a great battle with King Liu Mao of Hejian in Chenliu. The two sides fought fiercely. Originally, Liu Mao's army had the upper hand, and the cavalry corps of the defeated general Liu Biao showed great power and almost destroyed Liu Xiu's army. Liu Xiu then retreated to avoid his edge, seized the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and counterattack. Liu Mao's army was defeated, and more than 20,000 people were killed or injured. He had no choice but to retreat to Henan, build a line of defense, and prepare for long-term protection.

This battle temporarily hindered the momentum of Jian Shihan's continuous advancement in the east. Liu Xiu was indeed invincible and could no one fight, but he could not expand the results of the battle. He just came to save the situation and suppressed Jian Shihan's momentum, and then quickly returned to Hebei.

Because Liu Xiu's backyard caught fire, the refugee army in Hebei started to make trouble again.

Liu Xiu rode alone into Hebei, which was the most chaotic time in Hebei. All counties were watching, and the powerful gathered to protect themselves. The refugee troops from all over the country plundered everywhere, and bandits were on the road, with mountains and hills standing large and large.

With the support of the powerful, it only took Liu Xiu three months to defeat Wang Lang, but it took more than a year to wipe out the main force of the refugee army. After that, sporadic refugee armed forces still existed and would come out to make trouble at all.

In recent years, Liu Xiu and Liu Yu started a full-scale war. Not only did they recruit soldiers, but they also had to transport military food and equipment. The people of Hebei have undertaken heavy labor and cannot farm with peace of mind. The economy is in a recession, grain prices soar, and people who are unable to eat enough have to leave their hometowns. The terrible phenomenon of refugees has begun to appear again.

The reason why refugees are terrifying is not that they are so powerful in combat, but that they are terrifyingly destructive. The refugees robbed wherever they go, the robbed people have lost their food, and they have left their hometowns and become refugees. The refugee team is like snowballing.

Behind the refugees are dilapidated homes, barren fields, and a mess. This situation is devastating to the economic destruction. If it is allowed to develop, it will spread like a plague, and the already fragile national economy will be difficult to repair. Therefore, Liu Xiu heard that refugees were causing trouble by armed forces, so he immediately returned to the army and strangled them into the bud first.

This time, the refugees originated from Qinghe and Changshan, one east and one west, echoing each other.

The refugees had a natural sense of closeness to the Jianshi court in the west. Although their revelations were wherever they had food, they also had a general direction, which was to go west into Guanzhong.

Changshan refugees contacted Taiyuan County and tried to cross Taihang Mountain to move westward. At present, tens of thousands of refugee troops were attacking Jingxingkou, trying to open up the Taihang Mountain Pass and enter Taiyuan westward. The Qinghe refugee troops headed south, wanting to cross the river to Henan and meet with Liu Mao.

Liu Xiu crossed the river and returned to Hebei. Instead of returning to Handan, he turned directly to Qinghe to quickly pacify the migrant army. At the same time, he ordered the former general Li Tong, who stayed in Handan, to lead his army north to attack the migrant army in Changshan.

Liu Xiu made a fortune by extermination of refugee troops and was very experienced in dealing with them. It would be no problem to exterminate refugee troops from a military perspective. What he was worried about was time.

This process cannot be delayed too long, otherwise it will not only waste national strength, but will also give Liu Mao from Henan a breathing opportunity to slow down and move his troops eastward again. Moreover, after the civil strife takes a long time, various variables will appear in his empire.

Since the defeat in Luoyang, Liu Xiu's rule in Hebei has been somewhat loose, and the powerful people from all over the country are ready. Some people have made secret preparations. Once the situation changes, various forces may respond to the Emperor Jianshi of Guanzhong.

Liu Xiuding Hebei relied on the power of local tyrants, but at that time most of the tyrants defected to Wang Lang, Handan, and took the method of differentiation and disintegration against this part of the people, and absorbed some of them, and suppressed them strongly, temporarily suppressing these forces.

However, dissatisfaction with Handan has always existed because of the uneven distribution of interests. Liu Xiu's heroes got the greatest dividend, and the powerful who were barely appeased gained little, and those who were suppressed suffered even more benefits, so they naturally had resentment.

If his rule had been stable, this person would naturally be honest and dare not take any action, but if Liu Xiu showed a downward trend, these dormant opposition forces might attack them.

Liu Xiu's way of founding the country was destined to be unable to stand up. He rode alone into Hebei, with almost no soldiers and soldiers, and only relying on a signboard, everyone was brought to participate, and everyone was a shareholder. He was absorbing and compromised variously and transferred interests.

However, this sign was used by Liu Xiu as the greatest effect. He always took action in a timely and generous manner. When he had nothing, he was granted several marquises and gave them the title of general as soon as possible, making everyone feel that they have a future in their work with him.

Liu Xiu, the emperor who was crowdfunding, had limited voice and could not take care of all aspects. There were always people who felt that investment was large and profitable, such as Peng Chong, and those who had big capital but had invested in the wrong investment, such as those powerful men who followed Wang Lang at the time, always wanted to fall down quickly and change to a new emperor.

The last time Luoyang was defeated, the opposition forces in the territory were itchy. In the past two years, the Jianwuhan was defeated on the southern battlefield, which made Liu Xiu's rule face an increasingly serious crisis. If he lost this Chenliu battle, the consequences would be very serious, and his huge empire was in danger of collapse. Fortunately, he won, and everyone could not easily fall when they saw Liu Xiu. Thinking of the shocking counterattack of the Kunyang War, they did not dare to underestimate him. All the forces that were about to emerge retreated again, allowing Liu Xiu to take a breath.

Liu Xiu led the Xinsheng army to Qinghe. Before a tough slum was encountered, the refugee army fled everywhere. Liu Xiu ordered the generals to divide their troops to pursue him and returned to Handan.

Not long ago, General Li Tong also returned to the army and came to report his merits to Liu Xiu, and had defeated the Changshan refugee army.

When Liu Xiu asked about the battle situation, Li Tong said: "As soon as the army arrived, it encountered a group of bandits. The army rushed and killed hundreds of them. The bandits were defeated, so they fled everywhere and all went into the mountains to hide. I divided my troops into the mountains to fight. It was difficult to move on the mountain road. I could not find the whereabouts of the bandits, so I left a group of troops to continue to clear them. I came back."

The cost of not returning to the army is too high, and the army is away for a long time and cannot afford to consume food and grass. It is necessary to keep a small army to garrison. It is better to go home for a meal in the large group of people.

Liu Xiu looked worried, "It is easy to retreat and destroy the thieves. If the thieves gather together, they can decide if they fight. Now they are scattered and dodge, and it is difficult to find traces... I am afraid that the thieves will rise again."

After a few days of this, Changshan County reported urgently, and another bandit attacked. Taishan County came to report that some bandits invaded the territory. The prefect had already repelled him, but the thieves retreated into Taishan.

Now Liu Xiu is getting too angry.

The combat methods of the refugee army have changed. In the past, they were like locusts passing through the border, and there was a large group of food. Wherever there was food, they could go wherever they could be blocked and beaten up. Now why did these people suddenly become smart? They actually knew to avoid the strong and attack the weak, break up into pieces, gather and disperse, and fight guerrillas with the court.
Chapter completed!