Chapter 116 Dare to teach the sun and moon to change the sky
Youzhou, Ji County.
Guan Yu strictly implemented Tian Ze's orders. In just two months, he thoroughly swept Youzhou from west to east and moved Tian Ze's government seat here.
Faced with the extremely powerful Liaodong army, the Wuhuan had no power to fight back.
Xu Huang and Ma Teng each led 10,000 elite cavalrymen and defeated the Wuhuan in the three counties several times, making them completely give up the idea of opposing Tian Ze.
The Wuhuan wanted to flee north and retreat to the grassland, but the Eastern Xianbei in the north were being hunted down by Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, Taishi Ci and others, and were also moving towards the south intentionally or unintentionally.
Qiuliju and others felt that the future was bleak and missed the days when Liu Yu was around.
In order to solve the Wuhuan problem as soon as possible, Cheng Yu directly offered a reward for the heads of leaders such as Qiuliju.
In addition, Jia Xu had long ago sent the Wuhuan people under the rule of the Liaodong vassal state to secretly infiltrate the lower-level Wuhuan people in various tribes.
By taking multiple approaches, the Wuhuan Rebellion was quickly and easily resolved.
Following the precedents set by Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, a group of ordinary Wuhuan people presented the heads of Qiu Liju and others without hesitation to welcome the royal army.
Their eyes were filled with awe and expectation, hoping to find peace under the new rule.
Tian Chou, who had been prepared, took over immediately and started the second round of "King's Rule" with ease.
More than 300,000 Wuhuan people are not a small number, and the difficulty is by no means comparable to the tens of thousands of Wuhuan people that Tian Chou once managed. But the experienced Tian Chou has full confidence and enough time.
He can endure five years, ten years or even longer.
As early as when he decided to take root in the vassal state of Liaodong and civilize the Wuhuan, he was destined to embark on this difficult path. Next time, he will civilize even more ethnic minorities, and there will be no end in sight, but he has no complaints and has never regretted it.
As for the rest of the places, Tian Ze almost took control by issuing an order.
The few powerful families who resisted stubbornly were all ruthlessly wiped out by Guan Yu.
If it were Jizhou, where the aristocratic families are deeply rooted and powerful, it might be a bit difficult.
However, in a border area like Youzhou that was frequently plundered by the Xianbei, there were not many prominent and powerful families.
Otherwise, the Tian family, with only more than 300 members, would not be among the top ones here.
Although the number of aristocratic families that were destroyed was nothing compared to the size of Jizhou next door, the nature of this behavior was extremely bad.
The previous cleansing of the Liaodong local tyrants could be seen as Tian Ze's desire to monopolize power, but now as the governor of Youzhou, he is still ruthless to the aristocratic families and powerful people, which makes the aristocratic families and powerful people all over the world completely see through Tian Ze's intentions.
Another Wang Mang!
In just a moment, several large armies suddenly appeared on the border of Jizhou, guarding against Tian Ze's southward advance.
At the same time, news of Tian Ze's tyranny and his competition with the people for profit quickly spread throughout the world.
Many "knowledgeable people" cursed him and his reputation was almost worse than Dong Zhuo's.
"My lord, are we really playing such a big game?" Guo Jia couldn't help but sigh after learning about Tian Ze's actions.
Although Guo Jia did not surrender when he first arrived in Youzhou, Tian Ze still trusted Guo Jia very much and opened almost everything under his rule to Guo Jia.
After learning about the situation and development trajectory under Tian Ze's rule, Guo Jia chose to acknowledge his master without hesitation. Together with Xun You, he became Tian Ze's right-hand man, specifically responsible for military affairs.
"Some things will be harder to do in the future if we don't do them now." Tian Ze said with a firm look, "If we don't have the courage to change the world, how can we change the world?"
He had already prepared himself to face situations that were several times more difficult than they were now, and now nothing could stop him.
"Then will you still attend the meeting of princes? Aren't you afraid of being stabbed in the back?" "Yes, of course I will go." Tian Ze smiled slightly, as if everything was under control: "As long as we are strong enough, what can we do even if we are tripped up? What's more, if I do this, some people will hate it, but I'm afraid there will be others who will like it."
Human nature is extremely complex, and the butt determines the head.
Tian Ze's blatant suppression of the aristocratic and powerful families will inevitably be collectively resisted by the aristocratic and powerful families, but the various princes may not have the same idea.
Although most of them came from aristocratic families, they were unwilling to obey the rule of the court and were determined to establish their own factions.
But now that they are successful, they don't want the same thing to happen to the powerful families under their rule.
There is a fundamental conflict of interest between them and the aristocratic families under their rule, but the power of the aristocratic families is too great, so they have to rely on them and can only maintain a semi-cooperative relationship.
In the original historical trajectory, whether it was Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Liu Bei or Sun Quan, they were all secretly fighting with the aristocratic families and powerful people under their rule.
The period of the Three Kingdoms period has actually fallen into the garbage time of history, and all three kingdoms were controlled by the aristocratic and powerful families.
There were constant disputes within Wei, Shu and Wu. Zhuge Liang and Jiang Wei were repeatedly obstructed in their northern expeditions. Eastern Wu could never defeat Hefei. Cao Wei, with nine mines against four, was repeatedly put in a passive state. Behind this were the restraints of the powerful aristocratic families.
Apart from anything else, just in terms of population data, the statistical data of the Three Kingdoms has such a huge gap with that of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it rose unscientifically sharply in a short period of time not long after the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty. The reason is self-evident.
You have to know that the Western Jin Dynasty was controlled by the aristocratic families, and the population data itself was highly inflated. I'm afraid even the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu, and Wu themselves didn't know how much power they actually controlled.
These princes might openly be determined to be enemies of Tian Ze, but secretly they even hope that Tian Ze will act more fiercely and persist longer.
Their attitude towards Tian Ze was similar to their attitude towards Yuan Shu who proclaimed himself emperor.
He was delighted that Tian Ze broke the deadlock and weakened the prestige and influence of the aristocratic families, but at the same time he was envious and jealous, fearing that Tian Ze would really succeed.
"My lord is wise." Xun You exclaimed.
"The Yuan family is the mastermind behind the Suanzao Alliance. They are truly worthy of being a family with three officials for four generations! It's really scary that they can move the world with one's own strength!" Tian Ze said sincerely, with a hint of admiration and vigilance in his eyes.
From the Luoyang Rebellion to the princes' campaign against Dong Zhuo, all were planned by the Yuan family.
Although there are some conflicts, it is undoubtedly the means of Yuan Wei or Yuan Shao.
The more he thought about it, the more terrifying Tian Ze felt.
In the end, it seemed that the person who actually manipulated the Luoyang Rebellion was not the Yuan family, but Yuan Shao.
He single-handedly plotted against Yuan Wei and the Yuan family and manipulated the entire world as chess pieces. Although he was just one move short, the ability of this role model in the world really made Tian Ze feel a little scared.
At this time, he had already thought of sending troops to kill Yuan Shao completely before he annexed Jizhou and the situation became powerful.
It is better not to face such a terrible opponent, otherwise you don’t know what measures he will take.
At present, Zhang Liao and his men were still fighting the Xianbei in the northeastern plains, and Zang Ba was busy collecting refugees in various states. Even Guan Yu and his men, who had a little free time, were mostly busy reorganizing the county troops and border defenses in various places.
Tian Ze still only had the troops that had gone to Luoyang before free.
Although there are only 13,000 cavalry, in addition to Pang De's 10,000 cavalry, the remaining 3,000 elite troops are composed of Tian Ze's 1,000 personal soldiers, the Xiaolong Guards, Xu Chu's 1,000 Tiger Guards, and Gao Shun's 1,000 Xianzhen Camp. If a real fight breaks out, self-protection will definitely not be a problem.
Moreover, having fewer troops can also reduce the fear of various princes.
After all, the elite troops under Tian Ze's command can be seen at a glance. If there are more of them, I'm afraid Yuan Shao and other princes will have trouble sleeping.
(End of this chapter)
