Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 345: Bogui, don't make things difficult for Bei
In Yan Rou's strategy, it is easy for the Han army to defeat the Hu tribes entrenched everywhere, but the way in which the officials provide relief to them is particularly important.

If this is not done properly, even if the Xianbei, Wuhuan, Xiongnu, and Qiang are defeated, they will not be accommodated and managed and will still cause trouble. The key is to make use of them for your own benefit.

Liu Bei naturally understood the reason behind this. He knew better than anyone the consequences of the Hu people getting out of control.

Then he clapped his hands and smiled softly at Yan Rou, saying, "What Lord Yan said really suits my heart."

"Since we entered Youzhou, the people who have caused me the most worry are the Xianbei and Wuhuan. Now you have made a plan for me and pointed out the order of dispatching troops. Nothing can solve my worries and difficulties better than this."

"Come here, please sit down at the table for Lord Yan and choose someone near me to deal with it. After today's banquet, I will discuss the matter of the Hu people with you in detail."

Liu Bei waved to the soldiers of the Ruichong Camp outside and asked them to find a seat quickly so that Yan Rou could sit down before talking.

When Yan Rou heard this, his brows were filled with surprise. He did not expect that the King of Han would value him so much. He said that after learning both literary and martial arts, he could serve the imperial family.

Countless officials have come to pay homage to the King of Han these days. He never expected that one day he, Yan Rou, would be granted a seat, and even be close to the head of the Han family. He almost couldn't help but jump for joy.

Ever since he returned to the Han Dynasty from the Xianbei tribe, no official of the rank of 2,000 stones had treated him so well. Some officials even looked down on him, thinking that he was like a barbarian because he often associated with the Hu people.

Yan Rou's eyes were a little hot, and she bowed excitedly, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty!"

Then he bowed to the soldier who brought in the seat, and thanked him while suppressing his joy. His voice was small but still serious.

The soldiers of the Rui Chong Camp were slightly stunned, and they quickly bowed to him.

They, the Rui Chong Battalion, are the king's personal guards and would never be rude to others no matter what. That would be a loss of face for the King of Han.

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On the eighth day of the ninth month, after collecting the seals and ribbons of the prefects of Dai, Shanggu, Guangyang, Yuyang, Youbeiping, Liaoxi and Zhuo, Liu Bei led his army into Ji County where the Youzhou tribe was located, and met with many wealthy families and officials, as well as nobles from the Xianbei and Wuhuan tribes who came to apologize.

When he was appeasing the local nobles and counting the official fields in Youzhou, Liu Bei picked up the land register in front of everyone and said with a smile: "When I was fighting with Yuan Shao, I promised the soldiers who restored order that I would give them 100 acres of land after returning to Youzhou. Now I see that there are many official fields, enough to carry out the land distribution. What do you think?"

After saying that, Liu Bei circulated the farmland register in his hand to all the nobles. After seeing the state records about the fields, the nobles in Youzhou all looked at each other.

For a moment, I didn't know how to answer Liu Bei.

Everyone was secretly groaning in their hearts. The King of Han came here specifically to take advantage of them and specifically called them here to use courtesy before force.

Look at how miserably the most powerful Jizhou nobles have been annihilated by Du Tian. If they still do not repent.

Within two years, the land measurement will take place in Youzhou.

If the King of Han brings Gongsun Zan over, everyone will be in trouble.

Then, Kou Shi of Shanggu Changping, who had a three-pronged beard, stood up first, bowed, and said sincerely: "Your Majesty has restored order to the world and has kept his promise to the army and the people. How can we not help?"

"Youzhou had been in turmoil for many years, and the government farmland in various places was deserted and no one cultivated it. We had servants cultivate it to comfort the people. Since Your Majesty is the governor of Youzhou, it is only natural for you to reclaim the government farmland. Why would you discuss this with us?"

"Your Majesty, please send state and county officials to the villages to measure the cultivated land and then determine the taxes."

The Kou family of Changping studied the clan classic "Zuo Zhuan" and when the Han Dynasty was still in decline, they often intermarried with the Deng family of Xinye in Nanyang and the Liu family of Linxiang in Changsha. Of course, he also knew that the Deng family and the Yin family of Nanyang County had surrendered their counties to the King of Han.

What's more, these clans had gone thousands of miles to write him letters, asking him to join the King of Han as soon as possible. Besides, the King of Han was also from Youzhou and had a natural affinity for Youzhou, so how could he offend him?
Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan were no match for the status of a great king. If they wanted to farm, they could just say so. Except for the short-sighted tyrants, the nobles of Youzhou would nod in agreement. They only wanted a chance to be rewarded with a title of nobility. If the land was lost, there was a time to buy it back. But if the opportunity to be rich and noble was gone, it was gone for good.

Now the King of Han treats himself as a Youzhou native, but decades later, the King of Han's son will not consider himself as being from Youzhou. By then, the sentiments for his hometown will fade, and the border counties may not even have a way to make merit. Who will remember us, the people of the border counties?

Of course, the Youzhou nobles understood this, and they all bowed and said, "How dare we disobey the king's order? We will obey your orders!"

"In that case, let's send officials to each county to measure the official fields."

Liu Bei also smiled and gave the order.

Later, he met the nobles of the Xianbei and Wuhuan, and pretended to appease them with a few words, asking them to send the captured Han people back to their hometowns, and he would let bygones be bygones.

The uneasy Xianbei and Wuhuan were immediately overjoyed. Without waiting for Liu Bei's reply, they got up from the ground and performed the Hu etiquette to show their gratitude to the King of Han.

They never dreamed that the King of Han, who dominated the world, would agree to their request so easily, and the condition he proposed was just to release some Han people.

This was of no importance to them, after all, in addition to the Han people, the tribe also had other looted slaves who grazed cattle, sheep and horses for them.

Then Liu Bei proposed to exchange some millet for foals. The Wuhuan people hesitated for a moment, but the Xianbei people agreed readily. Most of their tribes were outside the Great Wall, and they were not worried that the Han people's foals would pose a threat to them.

Cavalry cannot be trained in a day, and not everyone who can ride a horse can be a cavalryman. One must be close to horses frequently, be able to free his hands on horseback, shoot arrows and fight, and also know how to raise horses, treat horses, and use horses. Only then can one be called a cavalryman.

When the Wuhuan people saw that the Xianbei agreed without hesitation, they finally gritted their teeth and agreed to sell the horses.

Fortunately, the conditions proposed by the King of Han were within their tolerance.

The Xianbei nobles appeared respectful on the surface, but in their hearts they were mocking Liu Bei for not understanding the affairs of their tribe. Even if he agreed to release the Han people, he could have done it slowly.

After the King of Han leads his army back to Qingzhou, what can the counties of Youzhou do to them?

Little did he know that Liu Bei was thinking the same thing. Now that the Han army had recovered 16 counties in Ji and You states in Hebei, only the Liaodong vassal state, Liaodong county, Xuantu county, and Lelang county were still in Gongsun Du's hands.

You can't do three things at the same time. You have to farm in Jizhou, reorganize Youzhou, and lead the army to attack the Hu people. If you do so many things at the same time, you will end up in trouble.

The most important thing is to consolidate Hebei. The Xianbei and Wuhuan can be put aside for the time being. After the sixteen counties in Hebei are pacified, the land survey in Jizhou is completed, and the people of Youzhou are loyal, we will be able to free up our hands to deal with the Hu people one by one.

Liu Bei glanced at the backs of the departing Xianbei and Wuhuan nobles and thought to himself, "Just wait. When I have dealt with the powerful and will lead the Han army north again, the sounds of your Hujia and the wailing of your horses will be intertwined..."

Since we marched into Youzhou, there are only two things left to be done.

One was Liu Yu, the former governor of Youzhou, and the other was Gongsun Zan, who had not yet come to Ji County to pay him a visit.

Liu Bo'an was imprisoned by Gongsun Zan and stayed here for many days without moving, which was to give Gongsun Bogui a last chance.

See if he cares about the friendship between classmates or not. He still refuses the toast and drinks the penalty wine.

"Bogui, don't make things difficult for Bei!"

Liu Bei raised his head and looked towards the northeast, and couldn't help but sigh.

(End of this chapter)