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If the subordinate's inference is correct.The second son, Feng Ji and more than 1000 sergeants have already been held hostage by the Zhen family's retinue at this time, to prevent the lord from chasing and killing them along the way after learning about the incident.In addition, the subordinates estimated that the time for all the Zhen family to escape from the city should not exceed three days.Most likely escaped yesterday.The most critical thing now is which princes the Zhen family will vote for and where the family will move.If the Zhen family was attached to Gongsun Zan, they would naturally go northeast; if they were attached to Cao Cao in Yanzhou, or Jingzhou, Jiangnan and other states and counties, then the Zhen family should still be in Jizhou at this time and have not yet left Jizhou. "

Yuan Shao nodded slightly, frowned, and asked in deliberation: "According to Yuan Ze's opinion, how should we deal with the betrayal of the Zhen family?"

"What's so difficult about this!" Before Guo Tu could reply, Yan Liang, who was sitting behind Guo Tu, stood up abruptly and said in a menacing voice: "The traitors of the Zhen family dare to betray the lord and vote for other princes, how can we tolerate it?" He left easily, and he should lead the army to hunt him down, vowing to kill him in the territory of Jizhou! In addition, the lord should also order the officials of the counties and counties to confiscate the shops of Zhen's family, arrest the family members of Zhen's family, and impose strict punishments to serve as an example to others! "

"No!" Before Yan Liang finished speaking, Guo Tu immediately objected.Afterwards, he ignored Yan Liang's angry eyes, got up and said respectfully to Yuan Shao: "My lord, what General Yan Liang said is not unreasonable at first glance. The Zhen family's injustice is in front of me, and there is nothing wrong with my lord's order to hunt down. But, I don't know where the Zhen family fled to now, there is no target, how can we lead our troops to hunt down, we can't order the entire county of Jizhou to search and arrest. If this is the case, then the whole Jizhou must be in chaos , everyone is in danger, and the prefectures and counties are in chaos. This is one of them.

Second, although Zhen's shops are spread all over the counties and counties of Jizhou, the shops that are really named Zhen's shops are only precious things such as gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, and other shops do not have the Zhen's name.In this way, even if the lord wants to search the Zhen family's shops, he can only confiscate the shops with the Zhen family's name on it, and other shops cannot be moved lightly.What's more, since the Zhen family had already made preparations, all the shops must have been closed or transferred, or changed their names, or transferred all their money by now.In this way, even if there is not much to be gained by inspecting the Zhen family's shop, it will make other merchants in Jizhou feel at risk and secretly transfer money to other states and counties, so as not to follow in the footsteps of the Zhen family one day.

Third, the Zhen family has been involved in business for hundreds of years, and they have contacts with all the major families, tycoons, and gentry in Jizhou.Once the lord takes action on the Zhen family's shop, it will affect the interests of many officials and clans who secretly cooperate with the Zhen family to do business.Maybe they dare not come forward to resist the lord's order to search the store, but they will definitely hold resentment towards the lord, thus planting the root of disaster and causing endless disasters.

Fourth, Fang today has a separatist regime among the princes, and many counties and counties are often fought over by the princes and changed hands repeatedly.If the lord kills the shops of the Zhen family because he does not have the support of the Zhen family today, and waits for my Jizhou counties to fall into the hands of other princes in the future, then wouldn’t my Jizhou merchants be killed by other princes as well?With such killings and killings, who else in the world dares to engage in business?

Therefore, this example cannot be opened, and the lord can't be the first person to kill the merchant's family, otherwise the lord will definitely be infamous and become an enemy of the merchants all over the world.In addition, the second son, Feng Ji and others are still hostages in the hands of the Zhen family. If the lord gives the order to pursue and kill them, their lives may not be guaranteed.

Therefore, the subordinates think that General Yan Liang's words are only for the sake of pleasure for a while, but they will cause endless troubles, which is definitely not advisable.Please be clear, my lord! "

"En." After Guo Tu finished speaking, Yuan Shao immediately nodded to accept the remonstrance, raised his hand to signal Yan Liang to sit down, and said nothing more.

Indeed, Guo Tu's words touched Yuan Shao a lot, because he was able to occupy Jizhou without bloodshed, which was the result of the joint support of Jizhou aristocratic families and many merchants.It is also because of this that when he took over Jizhou Mu, it was decided by the counties and counties, and no county or county dared to separate itself and disrespect orders.At the same time, the reason why Jizhou can become the richest state and county among the states in the world is precisely because there are many merchants in Jizhou who travel between the states of the Han Dynasty all the year round. The Jizhou treasury paid a considerable amount of customs clearance taxes.

Therefore, Guo Tu's remonstrance really touched Yuan Shao's heart, allowing him to gradually come out of the anger of the betrayal of the Zhen family, so that he could look at this sudden incident rationally and comprehensively.Before that, what he thought in his heart was the same as what Yan Liang said, and he even wanted to personally lead his troops to hunt down the Zhen family caravan and kill the treacherous Zhen family.However, what Guo Tu said made him suddenly vigilant, and he clearly realized that it is absolutely impossible for the Zhen family to become a wealthy businessman and businessman with only one family alone. Merchants, officials and clans have inextricable entanglements of interests, otherwise it would be difficult for the Zhen family consortium to grow step by step to the level it is today.

After bowing his head and thinking for a long time, Yuan Shao finally made a decision.He got up abruptly, and ordered in a deep voice: "Order Zhongshan, Hejian, Zhuojun, Changshan, Zhao and other five prefectures to strictly guard the gates of the city, strictly check passing caravans and pedestrians, and post a notice from the Zhen family. , arrest the Zhen family members and the Zhen family caravan! In addition, secretly ordered the generals to investigate the whereabouts of the Zhen family and the whereabouts of the Zhen family caravan. Once verified, they would be robbed and killed immediately; When the time is right, we will be punished!"

Following Yuan Shao's order, the opinions on how to deal with the relocation of the Zhen clan were settled.During the entire discussion, Ju Yi, who was sitting first on the right, was always sitting upright, not saying a word, as if he was aloof from the matter, squinting his eyes on the sidelines.

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Chapter 468

Da da da!

On the official road from Zhao Guo (Zhao County) of Jizhou to Hanoi County, a group of more than ten people galloped past with horses and whips.

Upon closer inspection, among the dozen or so horse-riding people, there were half men and half men. They were in a hurry, travel-stained, and tired-looking, as if they had traveled day and night for several consecutive days.

Xi Yuyu!

In the evening, a group of people finally reined in their horses at the Zhendian intersection beside the road, turned around, and walked slowly towards the town along the fork.

After about a cup of tea, these people lived in the Xiuwuguan post at the west end of the town;

After the public cleansing, a group of people gathered in the upper room on the east side, discussing in low voices whether the follow-up personnel could leave Jizhou safely.Standing outside the door was a burly man nearly ten feet tall, looking around coldly, preventing anyone from approaching the room.

"I haven't been so exhausted for several years, it's really nostalgic!" In the room, the handsome man sitting on the main seat said boldly.

This exclamation is indeed a bit brazen, obviously he was fleeing for his life in embarrassment, but after this person said it, it seemed to be as relaxed and freehand as reliving an interesting incident.If this is not considered brazen, I am afraid that there will be no brazen people in the world.It can be seen from this that the person who uttered this exclamation has either been in a high position for a long time, or he is cheerful by nature and has a thick skin.

"My lord's words are true. Ever since we gained a firm foothold in Wuwei County, we haven't been in such a mess for many years." After hearing the sigh of the handsome man on the main seat, the person sitting first on the left immediately echoed.

This is really what kind of master there is, what kind of subject is there, and like attracts people to divide people into groups. This is the pair of masters and servants.

All the judges must have understood that the two people who sang together in the room were Li Li, the coach of the Xiliang Army, and Li Xuan, the minister.

That's exactly what happened.This group of more than ten people is Li Li, Zhen Shi and others who "strategically transferred" from Wuji City in Zhongshan seven days ago.

Therefore, the person sitting in the room at this time.In addition to Li Li on the main seat and Li Xuan on the left, there are Zhen's Zhang Ai on the right, Guo Jia, Huan Fei, Ma Yunluo, Zhen Jiang, Zhen Tuo, Zhen Dao, Zhen Ronghe Zhen Mi and other nine people, plus Li Zhi who guarded the door and two personal soldiers who took care of everyone's horses in the stables in the backyard, made a total of 14 people.

During these seven days, Li Li and his party of 14 traveled lightly, and the Zhen family and the caravan all dispersed and left Jizhou separately.In the first three days, Li Li and the others traveled day and night, traveling hundreds of miles every day; on the fourth day, they found that the notices of the wanted Zhen family and the descendants of the Zhen family were posted everywhere in Changshan and Zhao countries. The cities are all set up with checkpoints layer by layer.Closely check passers-by and caravans.As a last resort, Li Li and the others could only walk day and night, their nerves were always tense, and they dared not relax for a moment.

Fortunately, the group finally walked out of Zhao Guobian County on the evening of the sixth day.He left the border of Jizhou without any danger and entered Hanoi County under the jurisdiction of Sili.As of now.Li Li and the others were completely out of danger.Entering Xiuwu County in the hinterland of Hanoi County, it is already very close to the Wuwei Camp War Cavalry stationed at the Anyi Camp.Therefore, the group stayed in the inn for the first time since they left Wuji City in the evening seven days ago, and they could finally sleep peacefully. Entering Hanoi County meant that they were already safe.

Although Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi County, has a delicate relationship with the Xiliang Army at the moment.He faintly showed a tendency to separate himself from the regime, but on the surface he still attached himself to the imperial court and followed Li Li's general order, and he did not do anything out of the ordinary in the past two years.In addition, Hanoi County is located on the north bank of the Yellow River.It is bordered by Zhao State in Jizhou, and adjacent to Chenliu County in Yanzhou in the southeast. It is actually a buffer zone between the Xiliang Army and the princes of the Central Plains.Therefore, the Teng Xiao army stationed in the Anyi camp should not be too aggressive, lest Zhang Yang in Hanoi jump over the wall and completely fall to the side of Yuan Shao or Chen Liu and Zhang Miao in Jizhou.

It is for these reasons that Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, was able to survive in the cracks. He obediently obeyed Li Li's orders, but secretly had an ambiguous relationship with Yuan Shao in Jizhou.

In fact, General Teng Xiao of Pingdong, who was stationed at the Anyi camp, had repeatedly asked to send troops to Hanoi County in an attempt to completely wipe out Zhang Yang's troops.However, Li Li had planned for this for a long time, and he never agreed to Teng Xiao's request, and strictly ordered him not to move without authorization, and just urged Zhang Yang to pay taxes, food and salaries on a regular basis.

In this way, for three years, Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi, has been under the vanguard of the Xiliang iron cavalry, but he has no danger, and he has survived until now.

It is precisely because of the buffering effect of the two forces of Zhang Yang in Hanoi and Chen Liu and Zhang Miao that the Xiliang Army did not directly border with Yuan Shao in Jizhou and Cao Cao in Yanzhou. Although there were frictions between them, no frontal conflicts or large-scale wars broke out. .

This time Li Li returned from Jizhou to the territory of Sili, and the journey was full of dangers.She was blocked at the checkpoints more than ten times. Fortunately, Mrs. Zhen responded properly and prepared a lot of money. The checkpoints and city gates along the way were all filled with money to open the way, and she repeatedly passed through dangerously.Maybe there are too many merchants in Jizhou, or Jizhou is rich, or the military discipline is lax, so most of the defenders in the cities and checkpoints along the way are money-seeking people. The mother and daughter of the Zhen family, after these guards collected a large amount of money privately, they sent the mother and daughter of the Zhen family out of the customs one by one with a smile on their faces.

It is worth mentioning that Li Li's name was not mentioned in the wanted notice issued by the Cheqi General's Mansion in Jizhou, let alone the portraits of Li Li and others.It can be seen from this that until Li Li and others left the border of Jizhou, Yuan Shao didn't know that the Zhen family had belonged to Li Li, and he was kept in the dark.

Xiuwu Inn, in the upper room of the east courtyard.

After Li Li and Li Xuan spoke one after another, the rather oppressive atmosphere in the room suddenly relaxed.

Li Li, who had changed his clothes and freshened up, had a very relaxed expression on his face. He sat in the main seat on the steps, drinking tea from a teacup in a leisurely manner, and looked at everyone in the hall with a smile.

While drinking tea, Li Li noticed the worried look on Zhen Rong's pretty face, and said to her with a smile: "Miss Si, don't worry too much about Zhongkang's safety. The main target of Yuan Shao's arrest this time is our sitting These people, but we have already left Jizhou and arrived in Hanoi County. The defenders looked at the notices along the way and did not find us. Zhongkang, Shuzhi and Zhongming were not on the list of wanted arrests. The defenders had no way Knowing their identities, it is impossible to arrest people at will. What's more, they followed the Zhen family caravan to disperse and leave the customs. They have enough gold and silver in their hands. If they encounter obstacles, they can also bribe and search the soldiers like us, and then go all the way. Return to Sili without hindrance."

Zhen Rong is the fourth of the five sisters of the Zhen family. She is 16 years old, beautiful, gentle and quiet. She is Xu Chu's unmarried wife.

This time Li Li and others retreated from Jizhou separately. In addition to the 14 people who went first, the remaining [-] guards were led by Duan Yan, Xu Chu, and Chen Dao with dozens of personal soldiers to accompany the Zhen family caravan.As for the thousands of family members of the Zhen family and more than a thousand family dead men, they pretended to be bandits from the Black Mountain. He Man led them up the mountain from the territory of Changshan Kingdom, joined up with Sui Gu and others who had been waiting there, and then sneaked into Shangdang of Bingzhou. Then enter Hedong County from Shangdang County, and then go straight to Anyi Camp.Such a scattered evacuation and going to Sili separately will not attract attention. Within half a month, they should be able to arrive at Anyi camp one after another.

Seeing that Zhen Rong's expression softened slightly under Li Li's comfort, Zhen Shi nodded happily, then turned his gaze to Li Li, and said with a rather puzzled expression: "When we left Wuji City that day, Yuan Shao had already led ten thousand soldiers Arriving outside the city, it is reasonable to say that he would send troops to chase and kill us that night, but he did not do so. He did not issue a notice to arrest my Zhen family until two days later. Afterwards, Yuan Shao knew that my Zhen family had moved away, but They did not order the confiscation of the Zhen family's shops in Jizhou, nor did they hunt and kill the Zhen family members throughout the territory.

Why did he do this?Is Yuan Shao really a broad-minded person, or does he not mind my Zhen family leaving Jizhou to join other princes?As far as I know, this is not Yuan Shao's style of dealing with things. He is not a kind and generous person at all, let alone such tolerance! "

"En." Li Li nodded in sympathy, and said in a solemn voice, "Since we left Jizhou yesterday, I have been thinking about this issue for two days. Yuan Shao's response this time is indeed a bit strange. Although it is our wish for him to do so, it is convenient for us to get out. However, if Yuan Shao can handle the relocation of the Zhen family with such ease, it will make me, Li Li, look at him with admiration!

One thing is certain now, that is, Yuan Shao didn't know that Li Li had sneaked into Jizhou secretly, at least he didn't know about it during the six days we left Jizhou.Otherwise, he will definitely send troops to chase and kill, even if he uses all the troops in Jizhou, he will even lead the troops to search and hunt in the whole territory himself.

Now let's not talk about my identity, just talk about the relocation of the Zhen family.On this matter, Yuan Shao did not strictly order the border counties to arrest and kill the members of the Zhen family, but only posted notices to arrest them along the way.This is one.

Second, he didn't confiscate the Zhen family's shops in the first place, nor did he search and arrest the Zhen family members on a large scale, nor did he explicitly order the killing of the Zhen family and a comprehensive investigation of the Zhen family's property.Thirdly, he didn't seem to be worried about the lives of Yuan Xi, Feng Ji and the more than 1000 soldiers. He seemed to be sure that the Zhen family would not harm them and dared not kill them.

Judging from these three points alone, even though Yuan Shao didn't verify Li Li's identity immediately, he didn't get angry because the Zhen family moved away.On the contrary, regardless of my identity, Yuan Shao's actions this time are far-sighted and very rational. There is no mistake in the decision-making, but it is very wise. "

Chapter 469

After a pause, Li Li took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and continued: "Yuan Shao didn't kill the Zhen family because of a moment of anger, it's not that he didn't want to kill to vent his anger, but he couldn't do it.

Because he, Yuan Shao, started his business with the support of the Jizhou clan and powerful merchants, and the Zhen family is the largest merchant and richest merchant in Jizhou, and has interests with all major families and merchants.Therefore, he can't kill the Zhen family's shop just because the Zhen family betrayed him, because it will make other merchants feel cold, and those families who have interests in the Zhen family will feel dissatisfied, thus shaking his foundation in Jizhou. Leaving many hidden dangers for the future.Therefore, Yuan Shao's decision this time is undoubtedly correct, and he has a strong view of the overall situation, which is a wise move.

However, the only thing he miscalculated, or what he never expected, was that I, Li Li, was in Jizhou and was with the Zhen family. State, but I moved to Xiliang.If he learned the truth afterwards, he would definitely harbor resentment and anger towards the counselor who advised him, and he might even become angry from embarrassment. "

"Ah!" Li Li finished speaking, Guo Jia's expression suddenly changed, and he cried out in surprise.

Then he asked Zhen's solemnly: "My son-in-law has a question and I don't know whether I should ask it or not, so I ask my wife to enlighten me."

"The words of filial piety are serious. If you have anything to say, just say it, and I will tell you the truth." Hearing Guo Jia's claim to be his son-in-law, Zhen's nodding her head in response, she couldn't help but blushed slightly, and looked up at Li Li, charmingly There was a questioning look in his eyes.Because of Guo Jia's name, it is obvious that the Zhen family is placed on the mother-in-law's seniority, but Li Liping and Guo Jia are equals, so she has become Li Li's elder.In this way, wouldn't she and Li Li be together as an elder negotiating peace with a younger generation, which violated the etiquette of ethics.It's easy to say or not!

What surprised Mrs. Zhen was that Li Li didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with Guo Jia's address, but was rather curious about what question Guo Jia wanted to ask Mrs. Zhen.