Chapter 879: Stability

Wang Yan was somewhat surprised that Jia Xu could come and seek refuge.

Although his family background was not too noble, the Wuwei Jia family was also a real big family in the local area.

He was a descendant of Jia Yi, and there was no need to say much about Jia Yi. The textbook "On the Qin Dynasty" two thousand years later was written by Jia Yi, known as Jia Changsha. Sima Qian wrote a biography of him and Qu Yuan together, and later generations called them "Qu Jia". He was well versed in Confucianism, Legalism and Taoism, and was a serious generation of masters.

Jia Xu's great-grandfather was the governor of Wuwei, his grandfather was the governor of Yanzhou, and his father was the general of light cavalry. Although he was not as noble as the nobles in the Central Plains, he was also a real big family.

Jia Xu himself was not weak either. He became a Guanglu doctor, a serious two thousand stone official. However, everyone knows what the current situation of the Han Dynasty is. After all, Li Jue is more powerful. He is a general of chariots and cavalry, opened a government, led the Sili school lieutenant, fake festival, and Marquis of Chiyang. How high an official position can be depends on who holds the emperor. You can be any official you want. If you don't have one, you can create one yourself.

Just like Wang Yan's "Tianwu General", he gave it to himself. It's not something that the Han Dynasty recognizes or not. Although he was later recognized by the Han Dynasty for his dirty fake position, Tianwu General was recognized by the Han Dynasty and became a miscellaneous title, but obviously, no one would think it was a miscellaneous title.

Jia Xu has two characteristics. One is that his strategy is vicious and he is called a poisonous scholar. However, the name of "poisonous scholar" does not seem to be given by the Chinese, but from the game of the Japanese. Later, it was widely circulated and known, and it was put on Jia Xu's head. The other is to save his life. The old guy cherishes his body very much.

But to be honest, Jia Xu didn't actually offer many strategies, but the strategies he offered were very successful.

Li Jue and Guo Si gathered the remaining troops, counterattacked Chang'an, drove away Lu Bu, killed Wang Yun and other ministers, and a lot of people suffered, but he saved his life.

Because Cao Cao slept with a widow, Zhang Xiu wanted to kill Cao Cao to avenge his shame. It was Jia Xu who proposed the plan. In the end, Dian Wei was killed, and Cao Cao's son and nephew were killed, and a lot of soldiers died. Later, at Guandu, Jia Xu proposed another plan, asking Zhang Xiu to go back to Cao Cao. Zhang Xiu saved his life, and he also saved his life.

Later, Cao Cao reused him. After Guandu, Cao Cao attacked Ma Chao and Han Sui, and Jia Xu came up with a plan to alienate them. As a result, Ma Chao and Han Sui turned against each other and caused civil strife, and Cao Cao successfully took Liangzhou.

Then he bet on Cao Pi, and then he kept his duty, did not form a party, did not seize power, and successfully lived to seventy-seven.

Although the consequences were indeed a bit big, it is unreasonable to attribute this origin to Jia Xu. After all, to be honest, Wang Yan started his business for eleven years, and too many people died because of him, including Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, Xiongnu people, Buyeo people, Goguryeo people, nobles, rich families, landlords, and poor people. Countless people died.

Especially since the war against Yuan had just ended, if he had not fought Yuan Shao, the people of Jizhou would not have been forcibly levied grain by Yuan Shao, would not have been forcibly conscripted, would not have destroyed the spring farming, would not have caused an epidemic because so many people died, would not have had defeated soldiers roaming around, would not have had thieves causing chaos, and the people of Jizhou would not have died so many people.

He is much more toxic than Jia Xu, and his crimes are too numerous to list.

And the whole world knows what policies are under the rule of General Wang. Now Jia Xu has taken the initiative to surrender, which means he is confident that he will not be killed.

Of course, more importantly, now that he has taken over the territory north of the Yellow River, he has occupied half of the world, and his soldiers are elite and his generals are brave. At present, it seems that he is the most likely to conquer the world. Jia Xu has now left Li Jue and others, and wants to find the next safe place. Naturally, he must consider it comprehensively and finally choose the most stable new owner. Where else can Jia Xu go except Wang Yan?

The remaining princes, no matter who they surrender to, will not be able to defeat Wang Yan in the end. Those who are forced to surrender are not as good as those who surrender voluntarily at this time. Jia Xu was naturally very clear about this truth.

It was already a month later that Wang Yan met Jia Xu.

Jia Xu took a detour, passing through Juyongguan from Bingzhou, passing through Jixian, and finally arriving in Zhending. Along the way, he walked and stopped with his family, and took a detailed look at the situation under the rule of General Wang. Finally, he arrived in Zhending and waited for a few days before he was summoned by General Wang.

"Jia Xu pays homage to the general."

As he spoke, Jia Xu knelt down and kowtowed, paying homage with great ceremony, and was very aware of his initiative to surrender.

He was a tall, plump, slightly fat man with a mustache on his lips and a goatee on his chin. He had long beards on his temples, loose skin, and a kind look. He was a military officer at first, and of course he couldn't do it without a good body. Lao Cao was quite combat-capable. In his early years, he was also a player who rode a horse to fight against the Yellow Turbans. It was natural that Jia Xu was taller.

He was 48 years old this year. It was natural for people to get fat and have more wrinkles when they got older. In general, Jia Xu was not born with any special features, but he just ate well and looked twenty years younger than the common people of the same age.

After taking a look at Jia Xu's appearance, Wang Yan waved his hand: "No need to be polite, sit down and talk."

"Thank you, General."

Jia Xu stood up and bowed deeply again, then sat upright across from the desk and carefully took the tea brought by the guards.

Wang Yan took a sip of the tea and asked with a smile: "Why did Wenhe come to me?"

"It is because Xu has seen all the heroes and believes that the world will be won by the general, so he came to surrender to the general to help him. After Wang Yun planned to kill Dong Zhuo, Xu wanted to surrender to the general, but he could not escape at that time, so he had to gather the defeated soldiers with Li Jue, Guo Si and others to counterattack Chang'an. Later, Li and Guo were in civil strife, and Xu turned around and did a lot to protect the Han emperor. Now Li and Guo are against each other, and Sili is in chaos. Xu finally found an opportunity to escape and was fortunate to meet the general.

Xu knew the general's rules and wanted to kill the unjust nobles. Although Xu was born in a wealthy family, Liangzhou is poor and there are few people. Although he has family slaves, he has never harmed them and has never harmed people for fun. Besides, my family rules are strict. Even if there are criminals, they are only a few. If the general takes Liangzhou in the future, they will be killed."

There is no need for Wang Yan to ask more, Jia Xu said it himself, highlighting his honesty, reality, directness and simplicity.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile, and then said: "There are rules under my rule. Even if it is a person who is like-minded, no matter what high position he held before, he must start from the grassroots level to get familiar with my laws. Wenhe knew that after Lu Bu fled to Chang'an, he led the remnants to surrender, so he was a small soldier in the army. He was promoted to the lieutenant after the battle against Yuan. Wenhe surrendered, and he should first be a pavilion chief, and then work for me in the general's mansion in half a year. Are you willing?"

This rule must be set well. No matter how capable you are, no matter how glorious you were in the past, you have to stay at the grassroots level. First, as he said, you must be familiar with the grassroots level and understand the laws and regulations through the grassroots level. Second, you must also get rid of the arrogance of being superior.

Jia Xu said that he did not harm the people, not because of his kindness, but because of the arrogance of the upper class. Moreover, he just did not directly bully the people, but he actually bullied them a lot indirectly. If not, how could the old guy look no worse than the thirty-year-old people at the age of fifty?

It's the same as the capitalists. They didn't bully anyone directly, and even provided jobs and paid wages. But they still squeezed the value of workers, and they still harvested wealth through financial means. Even if they work hard, save money, don't smoke, don't drink, and don't spend extra, they are still exploited and become the wealth of others.

To be honest, Wang Yan's main purpose is the second point. The arrogance of these people must be beaten down and they must serve the people with their noses pinched. If they can't obey the will of General Wang, what can they do even if they have great ability?

So far, only Lu Bu has raised objections to his arrangements, and then he was beaten hard and beat into submission. Of course, this is Lu Bu. Wang Yan wanted to recruit him, so he gestured to Lu Bu. Otherwise, when Lu Bu raised his objection, he would have died.

Since you are here, it's not so easy to leave. It's impossible to disobey management and live by farming. When he said this, he was not asking for other people's opinions, just like the government leaders two thousand years later, except that what they affected was the impression and the possible career, but for General Wang, it affected his life.

Obviously, Jia Xu had a clear understanding, and he shook his head again and again: "As long as the general arranges, Xu will definitely do his best."

He didn't say nonsense, he already knew all these things before coming. After all, it's hard for such things to be a secret. There are people in high positions outside, and local officials will inevitably discuss it. There are also many businessmen here, so it can still be spread. What's more, not long ago, Lu Bu killed Yan Liang in battle, adding another chapter to his tough resume, and people spread it even more.

He thought he was capable, as long as Wang Yan didn't let him, a 48-year-old man, run to the front line as a soldier to swing a knife, and didn't let him show the lightning five whips, he didn't care. And he had already inquired clearly that Wang Yan was quite a pattern, or he didn't need to inquire to know, he didn't dare to use Lu Bu without pattern? Dare to give Lu Bu military power?

So he was not worried. He would definitely be promoted to a high position in the future. After all, he started from the bottom and then went to the center. Isn't this to promote him? As far as he knows, Guo Jia of Bingzhou rose in this way, and Guan Ning and others are now in high positions.

Wang Yan nodded with satisfaction: "Cultivate yourself well these days. When you are settled, I will arrange your assignment with you. Go."

Jia Xu stood up, bowed deeply, turned around and left the study, and followed the guards out of the slightly dilapidated general's mansion.

This meeting with Wang Da, the traitor, was beyond his expectations. Because the meeting time was very short, Wang Yan did not have the slightest demeanor of a wise king, and was not in line with the ancient king's asking for wisdom. He didn't even ask him for suggestions on future development, nor did he pay much attention to him. Instead, he sent him directly to be a pavilion chief.

But he thought about it the other way around and felt relieved. Wang Yan had developed step by step to this point. How to develop, Wang Yan knew, and he didn't need others to say more. As for assessing his level, whether he has the ability will naturally be revealed in future work. Empty words, even if he speaks beautifully now, it is useless without real talent and knowledge.

The most important point is that Wang Da, the traitor, was born in the countryside, started his career by rebelling, and did not respect etiquette and law. How could he talk so much useless things to him? Whether he can do it depends on whether he can do his job well.

After leaving the general's mansion, he followed the staff to divide the house, and brought the whole family of the inn there, and began to pack up and clean the house. He officially settled down in Zhending and began a stable new life under the rule of General Wang.

He has two sons and grandsons, but that's not important. Wang Yan must know what his situation is. Besides, his sons all learn literature and martial arts, so they always have a place to go...

Wang Yan really can't bear to talk too much with Jia Xu. Even if it's Jia Xu, it won't make any difference.

He has come to this point, so why should he pretend to be respectful to the wise and humble. In fact, he has never used this method since he started his business. It was either forced or semi-forced, and only a small number of them were voluntary. Now, they have all become voluntary.

The literary style is flourishing under his rule. There is also policy support, which allows them to continue to deepen on the path they like. Moreover, now that he has a general situation, his rule is the safest, most prosperous and stable. Let them go, they will not leave.

Ignoring Jia Xu's affairs, Wang Yan continued to do his work.

It was another autumn harvest. Although Jizhou had replanted grain, it was still not enough to support the consumption of Jizhou's population. In addition, there was the matter of wintering. Although Jizhou was not colder than the Northeast, it was still freezing to death in winter. In the past period of time, brick burning, glass burning, house building and other work have been carried out on a large scale. Now we have to start transporting coal in large quantities, and the autumn grain harvest and material transfer still need to be coordinated.

In addition, the Jizhou militia must be summoned and start large-scale military training, which also needs to be coordinated.

The most important thing is the expansion of land. This matter must also be carried out. There are still large tracts of land in Bingzhou to be taken, and there is also Liangzhou, where Wang Yan is thinking about growing cotton.

Now Ma Teng and Han Sui are already in civil strife. They just became sworn brothers and turned against each other and attacked each other. However, Wang Yan has not had the conditions to mobilize troops in the past two years, and can only trade some cotton with Han Sui. Although it is far from enough, it is better than nothing.

In fact, even if he has the conditions to send troops, once his army goes there, there is no need to think about the scene. Even if Han Sui, Ma Teng, Li Jue, Guo Si and others are going to fight their brains, knowing that he sent troops to attack, they will gather their troops in a blink of an eye, work together, and fight him together. There is no way to sit back and reap the benefits. On the contrary, it is more in his interest for Ma Teng and Han Sui to attack and consume each other.

The same is true for Henan. Since Yuan Shao fled and occupied Luoyang, he has been fighting with Cao Cao. It has been six months now, and there is still no truce. Instead, because of the autumn harvest, the war has become more fierce. Generally speaking, Cao Cao has the upper hand now.

There is no doubt that Cao Cao is stronger than Yuan Shao. After all, Cao Cao himself is a military strategist and has great strategy. He can come up with a plan when he has nothing to do, and the effect is quite good. On the other hand, there are a group of civil officials such as Xun Yu and Xun You, as well as military generals such as Xu Chu, Cao Ren, and Xiahou Dun. These are all capable people, and it doesn't matter if Guo Jia is missing.

Yuan Shao was defeated recently and lost several generals, so he was naturally defeated. It's just that at the moment of life and death, his men are unprecedentedly united, and the group of people together are quite enough. It's rare that they have repeatedly formed a unified opinion, so Yuan Shao naturally has a break, so he fights back and forth with Cao Cao.

In Jiangnan, Liu Bei, who is now different from the past, brought two good brothers with him, and his potential has really exploded. But unfortunately, the gap in hard power cannot be made up. Yuan Shu is not really a waste, and he has many capable people under him.

Moreover, Yuan Shu has more troops, not to mention that he also has Danyang soldiers, which is a well-known strong army. Although Liu Bei also has Danyang soldiers inherited from Tao Qian, his troops are still insufficient. And there are only two capable generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and a few counselors such as Mi Zhu and Sun Qian.

Yuan Shu does not have any generals who are more capable than Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, but he has many generals who can stand alone, and even more counselors. Liu Bei fought very hard, and he had to fight. The situation was not very good for a time...

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