The Nameless of the Common Clans

"Yuanzhi, please tell me." Chen Mo smiled and looked at Xu Shu.

Xu Shu smiled and said, "It's a strategy, but it's just a strategy to divert the trouble to the east. Do you still remember Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang?"

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded. When the princes attacked Dong Zhuo, these two also joined the alliance, but they didn't contribute. However, Dong Zhuo's withdrawal to Chang'an at that time was indeed due to these two.

"Your Majesty, you can submit a memorial to the court and recommend these two as governors or provincial governors. At the same time, secretly send people to contact Ma Teng and Han Sui to seize power from Li Jue and Guo Si." Xu Shu smiled.

"Yes, no matter whether the court agrees with your recommendation or not, and no matter whether the two are willing to join forces with you, as long as you submit a memorial, Li Jue and Guo Si will be worried that you will join forces with them, and then the Xiliang army in their hands will not dare to move lightly." Man Chong smiled and clapped his hands.

Now, Li Jue and his men seem to be powerful, with 200,000 Xiliang troops under their control, but some of these Xiliang troops are controlled by Xu Rong and Hua Xiong, and each occupies a county, with the intention of independence. Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji in Chang'an may not be of the same mind. As long as Chen Mo can make them stagnant, he can gradually buy off or erode these Xiliang troops in secret.

This is also Chen Mo's plan. His strength is still weak now. If he enters Guanzhong at this time, even if he can take advantage of the internal fighting of the Xiliang army and seize Guanzhong, it will be difficult to hold on, not to mention the Qiang people, Han Sui, and Ma Teng in the direction of Xiliang, so Chen Mo has been gathering refugees to accumulate strength.

This time, Li Jue and Guo Si sent Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to lead troops to Xinfeng, intending to expel Chen Mo and come to plunder. However, since Chen Mo had already taken Hongnong and accepted a large number of people, he naturally could not let these people suffer from the war again. These Xiliang generals were good at fighting, but they were a mess in governing the local area. Even if they continued to use the method they had offered to Dong Zhuo before, they would not be out of food.

Xu Shu's strategy was similar to what Chen Mo thought, but Chen Mo did not say it himself. Sometimes the lord's comprehensiveness would undermine the self-confidence of his subordinates. It was enough to know it in his heart, and there was no need to compete with his subordinates for work.

"I will write a memorial as soon as possible, and contact Ma Teng and Han Sui..." Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu and smiled.

"I am willing to do it for you!" Xu Shu bowed and said.

"Also, pass on my military order, ordering Wu Yi to lead 8,000 troops to station in Huayin as a cavalry lieutenant." Chen Mo nodded and smiled.

"Yes!"

...

Luoyang has regained some vitality since Chen Mo began to relocate people there last year. It is still cold in spring and spring plowing has not yet arrived. Zhong Yun followed Chen Mo's method to recruit people to repair some villages. The most important thing for Heluo is to restore farming, so there is no need to repair the city.

On this day, a young man came to Chenggao with a carriage and several followers. Although Chen Mo sent troops to Chenggao and other places, he did not completely cut off the exchanges with the Central Plains. Merchants can still pass through, but they are more strict. Especially if you want to go out of the customs to the Central Plains, you must have a pass document issued by the government offices in various places. Those from the countryside cannot do so. As for those coming in from the Central Plains, it is much simpler. You only need to make a record to pass through the customs. It is easy to enter but difficult to leave.

The group walked slowly, but after passing Chenggao, they found that the atmosphere had changed. Everywhere they passed, people were repairing houses and loosening the soil. Although it looked messy at first glance, it was well organized after careful observation.

"Boss, didn't they say that the people of Heluo were all relocated? There are quite a few people." A retainer said to the leading young man with a northern accent.

"Last year, Dong Zhuo was assassinated, the Xiliang army rebelled, and Guanzhong was in chaos. Most of them were people from that side." The young man looked at the busy figures around him, which were less dilapidated and gave people a sense of prosperity.

"There are people from that side. Why do they want to check us in a village?" Several retainers looked at the people who were running towards them in a hurry from a distance, raised their eyebrows, and touched their weapons. The Central Plains was in chaos, and they had been exploited a lot along the way.

"Don't mess around, this is Heluo." The young man waved his hand and rode his horse to meet them.

"Are you going to settle down here?" A middle-aged man who looked like a village head asked with a smile and bowed to everyone.

"What do you mean, old man?" The young man asked in confusion.

"Don't you know? Where are you from?" The middle-aged village head asked with a smile.

"Qingzhou." The young man dismounted and said.

"Qingzhou is good. I heard that the governor of the state also stayed in Qingzhou for a period of time." The village head smiled and said, "We are from the same hometown. Judging from your appearance, you are all strong. Now the governor has many policies to benefit the people. If you are willing to settle down here, you can not only be exempted from half of this year's taxes, but also get a part of the land, which will be divided according to households and directly under the government. You don't have to pay rent and taxes. Except that you can't buy and sell it, it's yours. How about it?"

"There is such a good thing? Is there enough arable land in Heluo to share?" An attendant couldn't help asking.

"You don't know, this land in Luoyang is ownerless. Dong Zhuo killed many aristocratic families in Luoyang. Later, the people here moved to Guanzhong, so naturally no one took care of the land. Those who went to Guanzhong at the beginning The rich households are almost being killed. Most of the farmland in Luoyang is now ownerless. The state pastor is kind and takes back these farmlands to the government, and then rents them to the people, using taxes as rent, and only collects them once. , as long as you settle down, the harvest will only be 15% in the first year, and in the future, it will only be 30% at most. In addition, the cattle of the government office can also be used. If you live here, the men can get one more acre, and the women can get one more acre. You can get half an acre more, everyone, our area is pretty good, and it’s the closest to Chenggao, and there are people from all over the place.”

"You don't all have the same surname here?" the young man asked doubtfully.

Before the world was in chaos, most places had one surname per li. For example, in Zhuangzi, where Chen Mo lived when he was young, people with all surnames were gradually formed by the gathering of refugees. There were not many at that time.

"Of course not. In the land of Heluo in Guanzhong, there are not many people with the same surname in that area." Li Zheng shook his head, and then looked at everyone expectantly and said: "How is it? Everyone, you will not suffer a disadvantage if you settle here. If you can have children, there will be tax exemptions.”

"Old man, I'm going to Hedong to visit my old friend. I'm sorry to have to obey my order." The young man got on his horse, clasped his fists at Li Zheng and said with a smile.

Li Zheng nodded with a disappointed look on his face, watching the other party's carriage and horses starting off again, he couldn't help shouting: "If you want to settle down, the state capital now takes good care of Luoyang, and it would be great to settle down here!"

"Thank you for telling me." The young man waved his hand on the horse without looking back.

"Boss, this is a good place!" A guard rode forward, came to the young man's side and smiled: "If I didn't want to follow you to find wealth and wealth, I really couldn't help but want to settle here."

"Why should a man be homeless? After we have established a successful career, where can we not find a home?" There was a bit of pride on the young man's handsome face.

It's easy to enter Heluo, but it's a bit troublesome to go east of Hedong. It's not that someone is making things difficult, but the villages encountered along the way are too enthusiastic, and everyone wants them to join their hometown. Some of them even included women, and several of the subordinates couldn't help but want to stay.

When they arrived at Luoyang, everyone had to stop. If they wanted to go forward again, they got the government office to change the criminal documents. The criminal documents from various places in the Central Plains could be used in Chenggao, but they could not be used after Luoyang.

Moreover, if you pass Chenggao, you only need to record it, but in Luoyang, you have to check carefully.

"Where are you from?" In the noisy Household Registration Office, it was finally the group's turn to take notes. The clerk in charge asked with a numb face.

"A person from Huang County, Donglai County, Qingzhou." The young man said helplessly. He had just seen everyone's process and found it a bit cumbersome, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"What's your name?"

"Tai Shi Ci."

"Why are you here?"

"Visiting old friends."

"Who is my old friend? Where do you live now?"

"..." Taishi Ci didn't know how to answer.

"Huh?" The scribe raised his head, looked at Taishi Ci and said, "Why don't you tell me?"

"My name is Chen Mo. He should be in Anyi, Hedong." Tai Shici felt a little dry in the mouth.

"Chen Mo... Hedong... An..." The clerk was reading while writing, but at the end of the writing, his movements suddenly froze. He slowly raised his head, looked at Tai Shici and said, "The Chen Mo you are talking about is..."

"Now it should be Bingzhou Mu and Changling Marquis." Tai Shici nodded.

"Wait a minute!" The scribe stood up, looked at Tai Shici carefully, turned and left. Chen Mo's old friend, whether he was an old friend or not, it was not his turn to take care of this matter.

There were many people around who were staring at the registration. When they saw the clerk suddenly running away, they shouted with some dissatisfaction: "Hey, why did you just leave? I haven't recorded anything yet!"

"Boss, what should we do now?" Several subordinates looked at Tai Shici.

"Wait." Taishi Ci shook his head, helped his mother aside and sat down and said, "Mother, my old friend has some status now, and I should be able to see him soon."

"It doesn't matter. I know something for my mother. Even in Luoyang these years, the envoy never forgot to ask someone to come and take care of me. My son must not be rude."

"How could it be?" Taishi Ci shook his head and said with a smile, "The child is unfilial. He has been alone away from home all these years and has not been able to fulfill his filial piety. Unfortunately, when he received the letter from his wedding, it was already several months later and he could not come."

Half an hour later, the scribe hurried back and brought someone with him. The person who came was quite dignified. He swept around the crowd and came straight to Tai Shici and his party. He bowed slightly and said: "At the next bell. Yun, you claim to be my lord’s old friend?”

"That's right." Tai Shici nodded and said, "How did you know it was me?"

"Those who can have friendship with our Lord must be extraordinary." Zhong Yun said with a smile.

"I'm Tai Shici from Donglai, I don't know Mr. Zhong..." Tai Shici said with a bow.

"I have heard that the archery skills are extraordinary. My lord has mentioned it more than once." Zhong Yun said with a smile: "I am busy with secular affairs and it is difficult to get away. If Brother Taishi is willing, I can arrange for someone to send Brother Taishi to Hedong to meet the lord."

"Thank you!" Tai Shici said, clasping his fists.