Dragon of the Three Kingdoms

Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Cai Zhonglang told me in a letter before that Brother Gu is a talented prefect. I hope I can entrust Brother Gu with the important task of prefect."

Gu Yong blinked, but remained silent, continuing to wait for Li Yi's next words.

Li Yi said again, "Of course I don't dare to doubt Cai Zhonglang's words, but the prefect of a county is related to the livelihood of hundreds of thousands of people. Appointed rashly and easily, Brother Gu said yes or no?"

Gu Yong said modestly, "The teacher is partial, and Gu Yong is ashamed. What Xianghou said is the way for the government to govern the people, and Yong admires it."

Li Yi laughed, and didn't say that Gu Yong was flattering, and continued, "So, after thinking twice, I decided to let brother Gu submit to the post of county magistrate first, and then limit it to three years. After three years, the people in Danyang will be rich and the place will be stable. I will teach you the position of prefect, how about it?"

Hearing this, Gu Yong had a look of understanding in his eyes. Although he was not sure, he had already understood some of Li Yi's meaning, and bowed down and said, "Yong dare not extravagantly ask for the position of prefect, but Marquis Xiang has an order. Yong You must not disappoint Marquis Xiang."

"Okay, brother Gu please get up quickly."

Li Yi helped Gu Yong up, and then talked about some local matters. After a while, Gu Yong got up and left. As soon as Gu Yongfang left, Wang Lang came out from behind the screen and bowed to Li Yi. After saluting, Li Yi asked him to sit down. Seeing Wang Lang's hesitant expression, he said, "Sir, if you have something to say, just say it."

Wang Lang smiled embarrassingly, and then asked, "There is Cai Zhonglang as the guarantor between the lord and Gu Yong, why not directly take him under his command?"

Li Yi glanced at Wang Lang, but he understood why Wang Lang raised this question. After all, Wang Lang himself had just met Li Yi, and he was beaten into a younger brother by Li Yi with a combination of punches. Gu Yong, who was obviously closer, No matter how you look at it, you should not let it go.

Li Yi didn't explain directly, but asked instead, "Mr. also said that Gu Yong has some friendship with me. So, Mr. thinks that even if I don't recruit him, Gu Yong will run counter to me?"

Wang Lang was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly realized, he clasped his hands and smiled, "My lord sees clearly, Lang's vision is far behind."

Li Yi continued, "Besides, since the imperial court has already started to make plans for Yangzhou, although I see the tricks, I don't want to be too passive. The Gu family is a local wealthy family with intricate relationships. Let him be the magistrate of Danyang County. Afterwards, if the imperial court sends a mediocre person to Danyang, he can only be a puppet. If there is a capable official, the two will inevitably compete with each other, both with the Gu family and with the Yangzhou family. The prestige of the imperial court is not enough. There are even fewer people in Yangzhou who are loyal to the imperial court."

Wang Lang acted suddenly enlightened again, and praised, "My lord is clever, really clever!"

Li Yi was about to continue talking to Wang Lang, when Xu Shu walked in quickly from the outside, saluted, and said, "My lord, there is news from Lu Kang's family."

"Oh?"

Li Yi regained his energy immediately, stood up uncontrollably, and asked, "Where is he now?"

Although Lu Kang lived in Lujiang before, Lu Kang's hometown was in Wu County. Wan County was destroyed and Lu Kang died. Although many of Lu's family members were killed by Sun Ce, Li Yi subconsciously thought that Lu Xun would not He died in such a muddle-headed manner, and even though Lu Kang was a loyal minister, he would not drag the whole family to his death, so arrangements should be made in advance, so Li Yi asked people to look for Lu Kang's son in Wu County a few days ago, but kept Nothing was gained, even Li Yi once thought that Lu Kang's family was gone, but suddenly there was news.

Seeing Li Yi happy, Xu Shu also had a smile on his face, but he just shook his head and said, "Master, they are not in Wu County, but in Jiangxia."

"Jiang Xia?"

Li Yi was in a daze for a moment, Jiang Xia had nothing to do with Lu Kang.

Xu Shu took out a letter from his bosom, and said, "This is the summons from Prefect Kuai just received, my lord, please read it."

Immediately, Li Yi took the letter, opened it and read it, and immediately understood.

It turned out that Lu Kang had arranged some clansmen out of Wan County a long time ago, so that even if there were any accidents in the future, the clan would not be exterminated.

Therefore, after Wan County was destroyed, Lu Jun, the eldest son of Lu Kang, fled to Jingzhou with some clansmen who came out early. A few days ago, he arrived at Xiling City and visited Kuai Liang. Kuai Liang knew that Li Yi was very concerned about the Lu family. Not daring to underestimate this matter, he quickly reported it to Li Yi, and there was the news from Xu Shu's mouth.

Li Yi put down the letter with a playful look on his face. He was originally focused on finding someone in Yangzhou, but he didn't expect him to go directly to Jingzhou, which is very interesting.

In the original history, after Lu Kang was defeated by Sun Ce, how his family arranged Li Yi did not know, but the Lu family definitely did not escape to Jingzhou, but now such a change has occurred, of course because Jingzhou is relatively peaceful, but this One point is definitely not the deciding factor.

Lu Kang knew a little about Li Yi's ambitions, and Lu Kang himself was still a loyal minister, but Lu Kang still let his family flee to Jingzhou. The reason is that Lu Kang's thoughts have changed, or, although Lu Kang himself is loyal to the death festival, he is unwilling to let the sons and daughters of the Lu family continue on his old path with no future in sight.

Then, looking at the world, apart from Yuan Shao in Hebei, there is probably no better choice than Li Yi.

Thinking of this, Li Yi couldn't help showing a smile on his face. He thought that even if he found the Lu family, it would take a lot of thought to make them work for him, but now it's really best to waste all his efforts.

However, this incident also reminded Li Yi that there were wars in various places at the end of the Han Dynasty. Whether it was the common people or those from aristocratic families, many people were constantly fleeing. The war broke out in Yangzhou, so many people who should have fled to Yangzhou in the original history may change their direction. If he still looks for people according to his original memory, it will be fine. If those people are under his nose but don’t know, then It's really a pity.

Taking advantage of Li Yi's time to think about things, Wang Lang took the letter and looked at it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he cupped his hands and said, "My lord, most of the people from the Lu family want to go to the lord."

Li Yi withdrew his thoughts and said with a smile, "It's not a probability, but a certainty!"

Wang Lang agreed, "My lord's words are very true. The Lu family is loyal, but the court's actions are really chilling. Even though Lu Kang is loyal, the rest of the Lu family are not. The subordinates suggest that the lord use Lu Jun, the eldest son of Lu Kang, so as to ensure future stability." Yangzhou is of great benefit, and the court has nothing to say."

"Exactly what I want!"

Li Yi took two steps back and forth, and said to Xu Shu, "You will write for me and appoint Lu Jun as the prefect of Lujiang. But now that Lujiang is occupied by Sun Ce, let him enter Yuzhang first and temporarily assist Zhang Liao to prepare for the future Lujiang war." .”

Xu Shu took down Li Yi's confession in his heart, and then asked, "My lord, is it a bit hasty to appoint Lu Jun directly, or should I meet him first?"

Li Yi was not angry at Xu Shu's questioning. Instead, he glanced at him approvingly, and then explained, "Lu Jun is different from Gu Yong. What I value is not his talent and learning, but the reputation of the Lu family. It is easy to stabilize Lujiang, not to mention that he is Lu Kang's son and eldest son, no matter how bad he is, he will not be far behind. Therefore, since the Lu family has arrived in Jingzhou, I will seem petty if I try to talk to him. Appointment, I think as long as the Lu family is not confused, they will not betray my trust."

"Here!"

Xu Shu immediately lowered his head and picked up his pen, no longer refuting.

Li Yi thought for a while, and added, "Don't forget, write another letter to inform the emperor, but there is no need to wait for the edict from the emperor, and follow Zhang Liao's order."

"As for the family members of the Lu family, find a better house for them in Xiangyang. After they settle in properly, you can let the school-age children study in the academy, and then tell Guo Jia to arrange someone to watch it. Don't let Lu The child in the family has a mishap."

Although Xu Shu didn't quite understand Li Yi's last sentence, but thinking that Li Yi had been to the Lu family, he took it for granted that Li Yi was pleasing to the younger generation of the Lu family, but didn't think much about the others.

After accidentally learning about the Lu family's affairs and making arrangements, Li Yi was basically fine in Wu county. Even in the entire Wu county, only Yan Baihu and Yan Yu were left to be dealt with by Li Yi.

Therefore, Li Yi stayed in Wu County for another three days, and after gathering several times with the local family officials, he left Wang Lang behind, and then led the army in person, heading towards Youquan, preparing to wipe out the Yan family brothers in one fell swoop, and completely appease Wu County, by the way, show off your own force, and give some warnings to those who are careful.

It needs to be explained that Li Yi originally had nearly [-] troops, but after entering Wu County, the original defenders were incorporated, and with some "expressions" from the local family, Li Yi's troops did not decrease but increased, even though Some people were left to garrison Wu County, but there were also [-] people who followed Li Yi on the road.

Li Yi led the army to sharpen their knives, but when Li Yi's army was about to reach Dayuquan, the scouts reported that Yan Baihu's troops who had been entrenched there had withdrawn, so Li Yi marched towards Wucheng again, but It was told again that Yan Baihu ran away again, and this time he escaped directly from Wu County.

Many people in Li Yijun were very hopeful about this. They originally thought that they could take credit for the Yan family brothers, but they didn't even move their knives and ran away. This is really disappointing to those who are eager for military exploits.

Li Yi was also depressed, but he understood the choice of the Yan brothers.

The tyrants in these places were originally similar to bandits. They were messy and had no great ambitions. They just happened to encounter troubled times, and they might have gathered a large group of people in a daze. They were absolutely mobs. When you really encounter a tough hand, it is very doubtful how much courage you can show.

When Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, Yan Baihu dared to confront Sun Ce because he had limited understanding of Sun Ce, but Li Yi's power was several times that of Sun Ce, and Li Yi had no intention of surrendering. Under such circumstances, Yan Baihu Choosing to flee without fighting, although a little timid, is actually a wise move.

Li Yi stayed in Wucheng for two days to appease the people, and the scouts also took the opportunity to learn that Yan Baihu seemed to be going to Wanling, Danyang County. So, after Li Yi discussed with everyone, the army set off again and decided to go to Wanling for a meeting Meet Yuan Yin.

On the way, Li Yi encountered several cities. The officials in the city saw Li Yi's banner, and none of them resisted. Provide some food, and everything else is business as usual.

Of course, Li Yi also gave them a warning, regardless of what happened before, if they can't restrain the people before the war in Yangzhou is over, if there is civil unrest and famine, let alone official hats, don't even think about keeping their heads.

In this way, Li Yi's army marched smoothly into the hinterland of Danyang. When they were about to reach Wanling, they met the envoy sent by Yuan Yin.

Chapter 549 Uninvited Zhou Gongjin

The message brought by Yuan Yin's messenger is very simple, Yuan Yin please surrender.

As for the reason, according to Yuan Yin, it was not because Li Yi was powerful, but because Li Yi was kind to the Yuan family, and Yuan Yin, as a son of man, did not dare to confront his benefactor.

Yuan Yin is Yuan Wei's son. When Li Yi was in Chang'an, he warned Taifu Yuan Wei that Dong Zhuo was going to kill him and asked Yuan Wei to take him away. However, Yuan Wei did not escape and chose to die generously. Many family members successfully escaped from Chang'an. This was a favor Li Yi gave to the Yuan family, including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. It's nothing.

However, Yuan Yin has now brought up this matter again, using it as an excuse to surrender.