The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 114 The Plague Strikes
Of course, Shi Le and Liu Tai were deployed in Jizhou, and Wang Jun was not idle either.

However, the first person he had to deal with was not Liu Tai and Shi Le, but Liu Kun who had sent his tribe to compete with him for Jizhou.

However, Wang Jun also discovered that not only Liu Kun, but in just one year, Shi Le established a firm foothold in Xiang State and penetrated into Julu and other places in Zhao State, and Liu Tai also sent Wang Sang as a vanguard to enter Bohai County.

Wang Jun looked at the situation in front of him and suddenly felt that two wild dogs had entered the situation where he and Liu Kun were competing. Although Wang Jun was not afraid at all, it made the situation in Jizhou more complicated and made him a little irritated.

Therefore, when Wang Jun arrived, he immediately summoned his men and started asking questions: "Chengyin, you are the governor of Bohai and have fought against Wang Sang. You should tell me first about the strength of Liu Tai's army."

"No!" Liu Yin heard Wang Jun's words and immediately came out and said: "Wang Sang's army is well-disciplined and the armor is neat. When the army came to attack Nanpi, a famous soldier sacrificed his life. Jizhou first experienced a drought last year, and then The locust plague was followed by civil unrest.

Nanpi City has a small population and I tried my best but could only stay there for five days. I am really ashamed of the general! "

When Liu Yin said this, he saluted Wang Jun and said, "Please, Commander-in-Chief, punish me so that the soldiers can feel at ease!"

"Nothing, nothing, what's so weird about a non-war crime!" Wang Jun waved his hands thoughtfully, "Although I don't like that butcher Xi, but Liu Tai can defeat him, it shows that Liu Tai still has some skills. In terms of strength, I’m afraid he’s a tough guy.”

"I ask the governor to grant me an army of fifty thousand. If I want to fight Liu Tai's army, I will definitely get Liu Tai's head!" Qi Hong couldn't help but stand up and directly made his request to Wang Jun.

"No!" Chang Shi Wang Ti stood up and shook his head.

"Since ancient times, when the strong conquered the world, it was always easy first and then difficult, so as to avoid losing both sides and letting others benefit instead.

Liu Tai initially occupied Qingzhou, and this year he was working hard to pacify Qingzhou. Even though he occupied several counties in Jizhou, he was unable to continue the attack.

In contrast, Liu Kun promised our land of Youzhou to foreigners, and now he is fighting for Jizhou with us. This is really a serious problem.

What's more important is that Liu Kun's prestige is too great. If he stands firm in Jizhou, it will not be easy for us to get it back.

And Liu Tai is just a kid with a yellow mouth. Although his military skills are sharp, he is at odds with the nobles. If he fights with us in Jizhou, he will play into our hands. After all, the nobles will not help him! "

"Exactly!" Wang Jun heard Wang Ti's words and stroked his beard and said proudly, "I will follow Zi Xiao's words and deal with Liu Kun first!"

To be honest, Wang Jun really didn't take Shi Le and Liu Tai seriously.

Liu Tai was obviously a son, no, he should be a grandson. Just like Gou Xi, he came from a poor family, so it was natural for him to be destroyed by Liu Tai.

As for Shi Le, isn't that just one of Liu Yuan's dogs? Now Liu Cong can't control himself. If he was given a lick, he would reluctantly use this wild dog.

With the decision made, Wang Jun still listened to Wang Ti and began to take the initiative to attack Liu Kun, first squeezing Liu Kun's power out of Jizhou.

It has to be said that Wang Jun and Shi Le, because of their different powers, chose two completely different ways to deal with it.

Wang Jun wanted to monopolize Jizhou, so he expelled Liu Kun, who belonged to the same camp, but the relationship between the two parties was not good.

Shi Le chose to find Liu Cong as a middleman to cooperate with Liu Tai, who had a grudge against his uncle. At least a certain degree of tacit understanding must be maintained.

No one is right or wrong in the choice made by both sides. It just depends on who can survive in the end under the test of time.

In contrast, Shi Le and Wang Jun began to work hard to plan Jizhou.

After Liu Tai received the news that Wang Sang had occupied these three counties, he decisively found Chu Hui and gave the news to Chu Hui.

Chu Hui looked at the news delivered by Wang Sang. After flipping through it, he couldn't help but sigh, "This Jizhou is really in chaos!"

"It doesn't matter if it's chaos, it's precisely because of the chaos that we have a chance!" Liu Tai said to Chu Hui, "But you need to work hard to go to the front line."

"What do you mean, lord?" Chu Hui couldn't help but ask after hearing Liu Tai's words.

"Although there are few local people, we still need to implement our policies, re-measure the land in these three counties, and then allocate the fields to the local people and let the local people join the army!" Liu Tai pointed to the map of these counties. ,
"It is not easy to build these three places into frontier positions to compete with Wang Jun! Therefore, we need to implement the land equalization system and the government army system here, use local manpower and material resources, and try our best to complete it before Wang Jun's main attack Defense build!”

"I understand!" Chu Hui nodded to Liu Tai after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Even Chu Hui had to admit that the land equalization system and the military force system were two very important magic weapons in Liu Tai's hands.

The combination of the two made ordinary people who originally thought it had nothing to do with them began to become quite enthusiastic about joining the army.

Especially in the defensive battle surrounding his hometown, Chu Hui himself felt a little frightened by his willingness to fight for the land in his hands.

However, Chu Hui did not dare to let Liu Tailai do this kind of thing. The main reason was that when Liu Tai did it, he would suppress the powerful local noble families and let the people divide their land. This was what Chu Hui wanted to do. Don't want to see it.

After all, Liu Taidu in Qingzhou has been completely occupied, but so many troubles have arisen one after another.

Nowadays, various factions in Jizhou are fighting. If they continue to suppress these gentry and wealthy families, Chu Hui knows that it will not push back the talent!

Now Liu Tai has no shortage of generals, but there are too few civil servants who can take charge of their own affairs, so he needs to take action personally.

There is no way, not even Zhang Song or Cao Yi came when the Land Equalization Order and the Mansion Military System were promulgated.

I didn't know how to promulgate and implement these two policies in the newly conquered counties, so I had to go there myself.

Chu Hui saluted Liu Tai, then prepared to hand over the work and headed to the front line.

Liu Tai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Chu Hui understood what he meant and left.

Liu Tai knew that because of the chaotic environment in Jizhou, his own method of forcing the nobles to death was not advisable.

Because this will only benefit Shi Le and Wang Jun.

Therefore, you should make more friends and fewer enemies.

It's just that it's inconvenient to do these things yourself, so it's better to let Chu Hui, a person from a noble family, handle them.

At the same time, it is also because these three counties suffered a series of disasters last year, resulting in thousands of miles of red land. This made the conflict between the nobles and the people in these three counties not acute. At least there was enough land to be distributed to the local people.

As long as these nobles abide by their own rules, they are allowed to coexist with the people.

As for even if he disobeys his orders, he is not an unreasonable person.

You have to endure what you should endure during the war, just let Gou Chun collect the evidence and wait until these places are no longer the front line, then settle the accounts later. After all, it is not easy to take advantage of him.

"Provincial Governor, Provincial Governor!" Just as Liu Tai finished talking with Chu Hui, Meng Dong rushed in with an anxious look on his face. "What's wrong? What happened?" Liu Tai looked at Meng Dong and asked with a little doubt.

"Report to General Qi County, Lejian, Linzi... and other counties that a plague has appeared! General, please make preparations in advance?" Meng Dong came over and said to Liu Tai.

"Plague?!" Liu Tai's expression changed when he heard this and said, "How is the situation?!"

"It came from Jizhou and Yanzhou. It seems that too many people died last year. It appeared in early spring, but the local government couldn't control it at all. Now the weather is gradually starting to enter autumn and has spread to Qingzhou. coming!"

"I understand!" Liu Tai couldn't help but said, stroking his brows, "I will deploy local county soldiers to cooperate with your medical camp.

First, block the flow of people in these counties, and secondly, prepare enough food to maintain stable life in these counties.

In the future, medicines and supplies will also be dispatched to the medical camp, but how to control the plague depends on your medical camp! "

"Yes!" Meng Dong immediately agreed after hearing Liu Tai's words, and immediately started to work.

Liu Tai didn't panic at all, but immediately sent people to investigate how big the plague was.

Liu Tai soon discovered that the plague actually affected a wide range of areas. Basically, the places that were hit by the drought and locust plague last year, which caused a large number of people to die, were affected.

Qingzhou paid more attention to burying corpses, so the plague did not break out here. However, plagues inevitably appeared in many areas connected with Yanzhou, Jizhou and other places, especially after they asked Zhang Song to purchase the population.

Liu Tai wrote a letter asking Chu Hui to pay more attention and immediately inform Zhang Song, Cao Yi, and his generals.

Liu Tai said: "There is a considerable plague in the counties of Qingzhou. I have ordered the traffic in several places to be blocked, and even dispatched soldiers to go to the rescue. But this is not enough. I need to further dispatch the power of Qingzhou to go to the rescue!"

"Is this necessary?" Zhang Song heard Liu Tai's words and said with some hesitation, "Since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty has never rescued people when they were in disaster. The people have long been accustomed to this. We need us. To save?"

"It is precisely the Jin court that did not rescue, so we should rescue them. The Jin court values ​​​​the nobles, so I despise the nobles. The Jin court regards the common people as floating hair, and I regard the common people as Mount Tai. Every time it is contrary to this, it is the right thing to do!

Now that the people are suffering from the plague, do I have to watch them die? ! "

When Liu Tai heard Zhang Song's words, he shook his head and said, "Moreover, for the people in plague areas, the appearance of rescue itself can give them the greatest support so that they can survive!"

Liu Tai knew very well that when a plague like this spreads to several counties, it would be very difficult for the counties to overcome it purely by themselves.

Because the vitality within the county will continue to be consumed through maintenance again and again, until the entire county is hit by disaster.

Therefore, external forces must be added to maintain the entire maintenance system of the county.

This requires not only enough food and medical supplies, but also manpower. The most important thing is that Liu Tai needs to establish a different position from the Jin court.

The disasters that Jin Ting doesn't care about will be taken care of by himself, and the people that Jin Ting doesn't care about will take care of them!
This kind of political stance either needs to be accumulated over time, or we need to seize this opportunity to show it.

Liu Tai took a deep breath and made a decision.

"What do you mean, general?" Cao Yi looked at Liu Tai and asked with a little doubt.

Liu Tai said: “Issue an announcement to all prefectures and counties, informing several counties in Qingzhou, including Taishan County, that there is a plague.

Anyone who is willing to follow the army to these counties to help control the plague can sign up at the official office.

Become a voluntary martyr and go with the army to these counties to rescue the local people! "

"Army, are you going too?!" Cao Yi didn't react when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"It should be so!" Liu Tai looked at Cao Yi and said, "Among the people who are willing to work with you, if there are righteous men who are willing to come with you, you can organize them into a team and join the army!"

"No!" Cao Yi said.

"Zhang Canjun, you purchased people from other places and arranged them in a separate place. Wait until you are sure there is no plague before letting them enter Qingzhou!" Liu Tai looked at Zhang Song and said.

"No!" Zhang Song agreed after hearing Liu Tai's words.

Liu Tai's eyes looked at Xi Zhubo at this time. Of course it was Xi who joined the army now, and then fell on Zhang Song and said:
"Register the number of martyrs who are willing to go, and hand this team over to Xi Jinping's army."

Liu Tai looked at Xi Jinping and said, "The ratio of military history to martyrs is about fifty to one. I have only one request for military history!"

"Please explain to the governor!" Xi Canjun couldn't help answering seriously when he heard Liu Tai's words.

"If there are difficulties this time, let the military historians go first and let them record their first-hand and trustworthy history with pens!" Liu Tai said.

"No!" Xi Jinjun heard Liu Tai's words and saluted Liu Tai respectfully.

After all, this era is not the era after the Tang Dynasty.

For anyone, as long as they pick up a pen and start writing down this period of history, they will truly feel the sacredness of what they write.

In this process, military history allows for stances, taboos, and even personal involvement, but what you record must be true. Others cannot tell that it is someone else's problem, but you cannot tell lies.

Because what is recorded needs to be compared with other military histories. If the records are wrong, the identity of military history will be deprived.

Because what you write is untrue, then your entire book is untrue, and you as a person will be directly kicked out of the ranks of military history.

This point is recognized and supported by the entire military history as a whole.

After all, we are not after the Tang Dynasty. For people of this era, history books are still a very sacred thing.

If a military historian is deprived of the qualification to continue writing military history, it basically means that this person is going to die.

Seeing Xi Shenjun agreeing, Liu Tai couldn't help but take a deep breath and said, "Then I'll leave it to you this time.

This is a big test for our governance in Qingzhou. I hope we can give the people of Qingzhou an excellent answer! "

"Respect the Governor's Order!" Everyone looked at Liu Tai at this moment. Although they felt that Liu Tai's decision was really stupid, they didn't know why, but they felt that this young man was so dazzling. For the first time, they willingly lowered their heads.

(End of this chapter)