Chapter 113 Returning to the North
In the next six months, Yuan Ke settled down, and with the assistance of a group of capable generals, he created a great governance situation in Jiaozhou.

He used the life-buying money handed in by the big households to improve people's livelihood, and abolished ridiculously high taxes and labor, allowing the people of Jiaozhou to live and work in peace again.

At the same time, he also reported to the imperial court and cleared Sun Jiong and Lu Zixiong of the crime of treason.It's just because the two of them did accept bribes from the rebels, so instead of being reinstated, they were demoted and hired, and stayed in Jiaozhou as the prefects of Jiaozhi and Songping.

But such an ending, for Sun and Lu, who were already doomed to die, was really a big surprise.The two of them were so grateful for Yuan Ke's kindness that they generously divided half of the family soldiers stranded in Gaozhou and Xinzhou into Yuan Ke's command.

Among them, there are two fierce generals who are used to fighting - Du Sengming and Zhou Wenyu.With the concerted efforts of Wang Lin and the two of them, the remnants of the rebels scattered all over Jiaozhou either surrendered or were killed. The restless soil of Jiaozhou was finally completely settled.

Xiao Yan, who was far away in the capital, was very satisfied with his performance, and recalled him to Jiankang just one year after he came to Jiaozhou.

When Yuan Ke drove out of the city gate in his own carriage, the scene in front of him almost brought tears to his eyes: after the war, the people who were rebuilding their homes stopped their work and spontaneously came to see him off.Ever since Li Ben and Bing Shao fuzhu, there has never been such a lively scene outside Longbian City.

It's just the excitement this time, which makes people feel very at ease.

Yuan Ke stopped the carriage and wanted to say something to the people, but all kinds of thoughts came to his mind, and he didn't know where to start.

He could only bow deeply to the people.

With tears in their eyes, the people shouted in unison: "The mountain is high and the road is far away, I wish the governor a safe journey!"

Until Yuan Ke's team was five miles away from the north gate, he could still vaguely see the common people kneeling down.

"If you win the hearts of the people, what can you ask for?" He secretly sighed.

"I left all of a sudden, and I'm still a bit reluctant!" Qu Yan said suddenly, "Although the climate in Jiaozhou is hot and humid, you can see many rare flowers and grasses, which is quite interesting. I was in Qu During the Liaodong period, the villagers would catch poisonous snakes to make wine, and it is said that drinking it will make you invulnerable to all poisons, and I brought a jar with me when I left!"

Yuan Ke smiled and looked at the "travel blogger" beside him, his eyes were full of doting.

Although both he and Qu Yan have experienced rich and colorful lives through the life simulator, their experiences are still different in comparison.

Qu Yan's life simulation started relatively late. According to her, Qu Liao Cave in Jiaozhou, Liang State, was the starting point for her first life simulation.Moreover, compared with Yuan Ke's difficult tasks of quelling rebellions and establishing a dynasty, Qu Yan's tasks are much easier. They are all interesting activities such as picking herbs and hunting, so besides staying with Yuan Ke, other tasks Time does only one thing - play.

Knowing this, Yuan Ke also understands why Qu Yan hardly gets any rewards from the simulation, but she is still willing to immerse herself in such an illusory life.

"This is also very good!" Yuan Ke sighed softly.To be honest, he was a little envious of the carefree Qu Yan.

When Yuan Ke returned to Jiankang, Xiao Yan welcomed him with an extremely grand ceremony, and for the first time even named him King Pingnan.Except for the son of the deceased Prince Zhaoming Xiao Tong, other emperors and grandchildren do not have this kind of honor.

Xiao Yan still kept him by his side, and talked with him about quiet and diluted topics, but behind the happy conversation with him, Yuan Ke had his own thoughts on the situation in the world.

The general trend of the world at that time was very similar to the Three Kingdoms described in "Three Kingdoms".The Eastern Wei Dynasty headed by Gao Huan and the Western Wei Dynasty headed by Yu Wentai are constantly attacking each other in the Central Plains. What's more terrible is that although the Eastern Wei Dynasty has the upper hand, Gao Huan always uses tricks to die. It killed it, but was dragged into the quagmire of war by the Western Wei Dynasty, and fell into a tug-of-war.

Therefore, Yuan Ke saw the opportunity and said to Xiao Yan: "Grandfather, the war in the north is endless now, and the Eastern and Western Wei have lost their troops. If we take this opportunity to send troops to the Northern Expedition to recover the land of Henan, it is not impossible! I often Thinking of the feat of the white-robed general who conquered Luoyang all the way with fewer enemies and more enemies, I would like to lead [-] troops to retake Luoyang for my grandfather!"

His rhetoric can be described as a young hero, generous and fierce, but Xiao Yan did not answer his words, but said indifferently: "I don't know when the Buddhist temple in the south of Jiankang City will be repaired?"

Although Yuan Ke understood Xiao Yan's meaning, he still didn't give up, so he took the opportunity to mention it to him several times, but Xiao Yan either used the Buddhist temple as a cover, or simply chatted with him about his recently written "Midnight at Four Seasons". Song", anyway, never say anything about the Northern Expedition.

"Your Majesty only has Buddhism in his heart now, so how can he care about the struggle in the north?" He Chen said calmly after hearing Yuan Ke's complaint, "Perhaps His Majesty thought that as long as Buddhism prevails in the dynasty, the people will Then you will keep your law and order, and the social order will be stable and orderly!"

Xiao Yan's Buddhist attitude made Yuan Ke feel very desperate. He knew that in the near future, the Western Wei Dynasty would become stronger, so powerful that the Eastern Wei Dynasty could not swallow it in one bite. At that time, even if Xiao Yan suddenly woke up and wanted to It is too late to take the Western Wei Dynasty into action.

What frightened him even more was that if he could not convince Xiao Yan, the familiar things would happen again: Gao Huan died, Hou Jing rebelled, Gao Cheng suppressed the rebellion, Hou Jing returned to Liang, Hou Jing rebelled again... until finally Xiao Yan Starving to death, his father Xiao Yi was murdered by the Western Wei Dynasty, and the Library Pavilion was burned to ashes in a fire, and his mission failed again.

No, such a thing must not happen!
After a long period of thinking, a bold idea suddenly popped up in Yuan Ke's heart.

In his view, Liang Guo was like a crumbling palace. Although its foundation was already unstable, it would not be easy to tear it down.The main reason why Xiao Yan lost so easily was Hou Jing's sudden rebellion.

So, even if I can't mobilize a single soldier for the Northern Expedition now, as long as I block the important route of Hou Jing's march at the critical moment of Hou Jing's back stabbing, can he kill Hou Jing's rebellion in the cradle?
In this way, Liang Guo's Guozuo will also be extended.

After all, at the beginning of Hou Jing's army, there were only 800 people.

Having made up his mind, Yuan Ke immediately had an audience with Xiao Yan, and told him the most important decision in his Sims life this time: to go to Nanyu Prefecture and serve as the governor of Nanyu Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)

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