Uncle, please help the Han family

Chapter 95 Treating guests, eating, accepting as friends

Regarding the incident of Liu Yu's arrival in Liaodong, what he cared more about was not himself, but the large number of aristocratic families whose mentality was disturbed by him.

It's been three months.

It had been three months since he set off from Jicheng, but Liu Yu actually only bypassed the fortified city in Liaodong, and led his elite army around the rest of the counties, counties and villages.

The originally prepared treats, meals, and the aristocratic families who accepted Liu Yu as friends waited from autumn to winter.

Even several batches of slaughtered animals were damaged, but the lord still didn't come!

And what's outrageous is that every time he asks when he will arrive in Jicheng, his reply is always "immediately, on the way".

The anxious families just waited until they were expressionless.

Forget it, love will come or not.

Tired, destroy it.

"It's here, Liuzhou Mu is coming!"

Finally, on a certain day when the weather was still sunny, and even said to be somewhat warm in winter, such news came from Gongsun's house in Liaodong.

"Really? When can I come?!"

The elder of the Gongsun clan who was leaning on crutches got up from his seat and confirmed with extra seriousness.

"Tomorrow it will be possible. The army has arrived forty miles away from Liaodong County, and it's...Liu Zhoumu replied in person!" The servant replied panting.

"Okay, hold a banquet in advance, and inform the elders of several big families that they must be present tomorrow." The elders of the Gongsun clan hurriedly ordered their servants.

"Here!"

Just as the servant was about to leave, he quickly called him back, and after a moment of hesitation, he said, "Now, call all the people from the clan to me. Emphasize once more, let them put down everything in their hands and come all here!"

For one thing, different periods have different solutions.

It would be absolutely out of date to deal with the current situation according to the original outline.

For example, from the standpoint of the Gongsun family, after Liu Yu came to Liaodong City, he could not negotiate with him according to the established plan.

Because things have changed, everything Liu Yu has done in the past three months has completely disrupted their original plan.

The clan elders finally learned that Liu Yu's tactics and methods are too strong.

This person is not a good stubble.

"Clan elder, all the adults are here."

The city of Liaodong is not big, and all branches of Gongsun have real estate in the city, so it is not difficult to gather these people.Especially under the emphasis of the clan elders to 'let go of everything in hand', they did not dare to slack off, and hurried over when they heard the summons.

"Everyone who has nothing to do with them will step down."

The clan elder sitting in the main seat nodded slightly to the collateral elders below, the backbone of the sect, and some outstanding juniors.

Afterwards, the idlers and others had dispersed, leaving only a few reliable old servants in the hall.

The rest are all surnamed Gongsun.

"Ahem." Coughing twice, moistening his throat, the clan elder started the topic in a serious tone, "I said before, what should we do when Liuzhou Mu comes to Youzhou, remember?".

"Old Hui." A middle-aged official stood up and explained for him, "At that time, we decided what to do and what not to do. First, you can pay taxes to Liu Yu, but you can't hand over the army to Liu Yu. Second, you can Obey the deployment of officials, but don't give up the position of prefect of several counties to others. Third, you can implement farmland in Liaodong, but you can't let the servants go away, let alone cede our fields."

"That's right." The clan elder glanced at the middle-aged official and reminded, "But you have to replace Liu Yu with 'Master Liu', do you hear me?"

"Here." After the man agreed, he returned to his seat and continued to wait for the clan elder's instruction.

The patriarch is the talker of a family, and his status is very high, second only to the head of the clan, the "patriarch" is usually held by a highly respected elder.

And because Gongsun Zan, the patriarch of the powerful warlord, has fallen, everything in the family is now managed by the patriarch alone.

Including, selecting the next patriarch.

"This is more or less possible. I proposed it three months ago, but the situation is different now." After pondering for a while, the clan elder said with difficulty, "It has to be completely overturned."

"Overthrow all?"

"why?"

"Isn't that bad in the first place? Youzhou belongs to Liu Yu in name, but it still belongs to our Gongsun family in essence. It's just a different batch of insignificant civil servants."

"That's right, we've made a big concession in this way!"

"He, Liu Yu, accepts it if he can accept it, and we..."

"Palm mouth."

Seeing a young man call Liu Yu's name directly by slipping his tongue, for this kind of rebellious junior, the elder of the clan is naturally not as tolerant as he was for the previous officials, but reminded him sharply.

"..." The young man was quite unconvinced, biting his lip, unwilling to make a move.

"Do you want me to come in person?"

The clan elder deliberately raised the volume, although the atmosphere in the hall became tense.

There was no other way, the young man could only slap himself humiliatingly.

The force was very small, but the slap did not hurt the skin, but the heart.

Not very harmful, but highly insulting.

"I know what you're thinking. But it's stupid and arrogant!"

Hitting the ground with crutches, making a dull blunt sound, the clan elder said angrily, "Before I asked you to meet Liu Zhoumu, guide him, and take him to inspect Youzhou counties, why didn't anyone go?"

"They didn't call us by name..."

"Besides, he just captured our suzerain and demoted him to be a big soldier. Isn't it too flattering and spineless for us to do so?"

"Unless he releases Gongsun Zan."

"That's right, unless he releases Gongsun Zan!"

"Shut up!" A group of clan elders who were really angry with the radicals in the ranks told them to shut up, and then said angrily, "After Liu Zhoumu came to Liaodong, he didn't see you, the sons of heaven, but bought you all the way. People’s hearts, give rice to the poor, give them agricultural tools, and let them plant the land. It’s been three months, don’t you understand what he wants?”

"Damn it, you actually came up with such a treacherous plan to distribute rice to the poor, it's vicious!"

The original poor don't eat rice, a little coarse grains are good enough to satisfy their hunger.

Because the meaning of their existence is to farm for the family and the government.

These rice never belonged to them.

But now, Liu Yu gave them rice, and they ate rice.

Now that they dare to eat rice, they dare not even think about what they will do next!

"Not only distributed rice to the common people, but also took the opportunity to replace officials, replacing my officials in Liaodong with those in Jicheng, and even checked the population belonging to the aristocratic family."

"What is he doing? This is to make us empty."

"The next step is to take over our army, absolutely not allowed!"

The matter of Liu Yu distributing rice to the people has already made these people very upset, and it can even be said that it has touched their bottom line.

And the replacement of officials, the checking of household registration, etc., are extraordinarily cross-line behaviors that cannot be tolerated.

Of course, there are still some rationalists present, but they can't speak out at this time, and they will be attacked.

But in fact, they hope that there are some people who will make trouble for everyone.

If you win the fight, the benefits belong to everyone.

I lost the fight, and the responsibility is not on me.

Among all the people, only the clan elders were really angry.

"Do you think we have a choice?!"

Hitting the ground with a cane three times in a row, the clan elder yelled to stop these people's whims, and poured cold water on them: "The five aristocratic families in Jicheng were all wiped out in one day, and they were slaughtered by Gongsun Fan himself. Do you think it's very important to please Liu Yu?" Is it easy? Wrong! Not everyone is qualified to flatter, this is a fat job lined up! We have lost the best time, so what we have to do now is to save our lives. Understand!"

As an old man in the family, he has personally experienced the rise and fall of the family and knows how the Gongsun family became powerful.

Therefore, he has strong political acumen and understands how to keep the family alive in times of fission.

As for the descendants of these clans, they don't understand the history of the family's development, and think that the Gongsun family is powerful.

From strong to weak?

How could such a thing be accepted!

"Then I would like to ask the clan elders, how can we overthrow the previous strategy against Liu Yu?" A female military officer of the Gongsun family asked curiously.

She asked very well, but the clan elder still wanted to say, "Slap your mouth."

"..." The female military officer was confused, although she still slapped her lips, she was still slightly aggrieved.

Didn't you call Liu Yu by his name just now...

"The previous three can'ts and three nots, among them, the cans are still implemented." Staring at the crowd, the clan elder said in a cold voice, "it's not allowed, all of them must be overthrown."

"To overthrow all three of these?"

"Wouldn't it be that Mr. Liu... Mr. Liu was allowed to transfer the army away, allowed him to replace the prefect, and even said that he would give him our fields?!"

"No, no, if this continues, we will be cattle and sheep waiting to be slaughtered!"

"These things are gone, what right do we have in Youzhou?"

"It's better to push out a general from the Gongsun clan. Without Gongsun Zan, we can't even survive!"

The voice of opposition was very loud.

But half of the people remained silent.

In this regard, the clan elders are even more convinced that the current plan is to obey rather than resist.

Because if you really want to fight Liu Yu, at least you need to agree with the external premise.

But now, half of the people don't have the heart to resist, so why should they fight?

How to persuade these dead bones in the tomb!

Just when the clan elder was bored, a son from the side line stood up and explained directly for the clan elder: "Everyone, although I am humble, I also care about the family and understand everyone's difficulties. But I want to say To be fair, that is what the elders said, not to give up our power."

"What do you mean?" A middle-aged adult asked impatiently.

"Back to uncle." The son of the collateral line nodded politely and continued, "We can transfer the army and exchange prefects, but we must not give up our military ranks and official positions. As long as the clan's children are prosperous, they can also repay the clan. .As for those lands, Mr. Liu will not take them away, at most they will exchange them. So please don't get excited."

There was indeed some truth to his words, and he was speaking to the clan elders, so those who directly confronted him fell silent for a while.

"If you don't know how to negotiate with Master Liu."

Putting his hands into his cuffs, the boy from the collateral line gave a deep bow to the clan elder, the corners of his mouth curled up slyly, but his tone was polite and respectful: "I would like to accompany the clan elder to negotiate with Lord Liu."

Chapter 96 Your Mother and Maid?

After three months, the [-] troops circled several counties in Liaodong for a full circle.

Except for the main city of Gongsun Zan in Liaodong County, the rest of the places were completed by inspection.

When I came here, I brought 5 shi of food and grass. After marching for three months, the consumption along the way and the relief to the victims, there are only more than [-] shi of food and grass left with me, which is not unreasonable.

If those five aristocratic families were underground, they would probably crawl out of their graves happily knowing that Liu Yu gave all their rice as a gift to the "untouchables" they called.

Oh no, not too rigorous.

After Liu Yu beheaded them, he threw the corpses away without setting up a grave.

Then again, even though so much food was used, he didn't feel bad at all, because this trip had already won the hearts of 40 people for Liu Yu.

The sincere voices of the adults, the reverent kneeling time and time again, are all the food for his daily spirit.

He may not want to be a god, but he is quietly making himself a myth.

He does have the world in his heart, but he also covets this kind of vanity.

He is kind, it's true, but he has to admit that when these Guizhou chiefs looked up at him with that kind of gaze, he felt happy from the bottom of his heart.

"No one can control this Youzhou except me."

Looking at the gloomy northern scenery outside the carriage, Liu Yu clenched his fists tighter and tighter, and the smile at the corner of his mouth filled the city, like a proud elite politician.

And Gongsunyin on the side, after these days of "serving" Liu Yu as a secretary, she actually agrees with this sentence very much, and gradually discovers that, unlike the superficially sophisticated and scheming, the lord is essentially a very compassionate benevolent people.