The first month of 188 AD.

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In the past year, although the western and northern borders of the Great Han Kingdom have been in full swing, the Central Plains and the south of the Great Han Kingdom have been very quiet. Except for the outbreak of the Star Rebellion in Changsha County in October, other prefectures and counties have harvested grains and taxes are placed in the treasury. The Great Han Kingdom, a giant covered in bruises, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor pardoned the world, and the famous scholar Cai Yong was also among the general amnesty.

On the 16th day of the first lunar month, the emperor issued an order to General Li Hong, the North, to summon the Xiongnu cavalry and gather troops from all over the country. He must lead his army north to Youzhou before the end of March.

On the 20th day of the first lunar month, the imperial edict was sent to Longshan Camp. Zhu Mu also arrived at the same time, who had been recruited as the General's Mansion in Zhenbei to work as the chief ward.

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Li Hong returned to Longshan Camp only on the 18th day of the first lunar month. He had been stranded in Yangfeng Camp in Pingyang, Hedong.

He and Yang Feng sent people to contact the Yellow Turban leader Mr. Guo many times, intending to discuss the pacification with him, but Mr. Guo refused. In Mr. Guo's eyes, Zhang Yan, Yang Feng and Zhang Baiqi were both rebellions of the Yellow Turban Army and were unforgivable. He almost slashed Liang Baiwu, the Sima of the Army who was going to contact. If it weren't for the little coach Yang Feng, Hu Cai and others who tried to stop him, Liang Baiwu would not have come back.

Yang Feng had no choice but to say to Li Hong: "Sir, let's go back to Jinyang first. Mr. Guo's affairs should be taken slowly. His subordinates have different opinions, and the possibility of being dependent is still very large."

Li Hong smiled bitterly and said, "If Mr. Guo's affairs are not resolved, how can I feel at ease to go north? It is small to fight against rebellions, but military farming is big. If Mr. Guo frequently attacks two waterways and hinders the transportation of materials, it is very likely to delay spring plowing. If the food in the Mincun cannot be self-sufficient this fall, military farming will not be able to support it."

A trace of bitterness flashed across Yang Feng's handsome face, "Sir, don't you believe me?"

Li Hong shook his head, "Brother Qizhi, in order to save your wife and children, you can kill to Handan City regardless of your life. This shows that you are a person who values ​​love and friendship. How could I not believe you? I hand over 200,000 military soldiers to you and I let you station in Hedong. How could I not believe you?"

Li Hong patted Yang Feng on the shoulder and sighed: "Brother Qizhi, the question is, can you attack Mr. Guo and his Yellow Turban Army?"

Yang Feng sighed. Indeed, he couldn't do it.

"I will leave the Cavalry Camp where She Yingtong is." Li Hong thought for a long time and said, "The Cavalry Camp is all Xianbei people. If some things are difficult, if you and Xiaolan are negotiated with Li Shuo, he will help you solve it."

When She Yingtong and his subordinates heard that their cavalry were going to stay in Hedong, they found Li Hong and asked to go north. They hadn't been home for almost two years, and many people wanted to go back to Youzhou to take a look.

Li Hong comforted him with kind words, and he said bluntly: "This time he arrived in Youzhou, his opponents were not only Zhang Ju, Zhang Chun and Wuhuan people, but also Xianbei people. I may fight with the Grand Marshal, so you don't want to go back, and Fengyun Iron Cavalry will not go back. I will only take the Qiang people and Changshui Camp north."

When She Yingtong and She Hu heard it, they didn't dare to say anything. The soldiers of the Cavalry Camp were basically Xianbei people captured after the war in the Western Xinjiang. They were not as loyal to Li Hong as the soldiers of the Wuye Tribe. Once they turned against each other, the trouble would be great. Hu Zi said, Xiaolan and I are not Xianbei people, we can go north with the Lord.

Li Hong did not agree, "How can I do without Han officers in the Cavalry Camp? I have to deal with the local government office and take care of each other with the Yellow Turban Army that is farming. I have to come forward all these things. If you don't stay in the Cavalry Camp, how can I feel at ease?" He looked at his beard and said, "Don't worry, this time I go north, I will definitely fight to Lulongsai and bring all your families to Bingzhou."

"When the Arc Ding and Qichen come back, you will rush to station in Anyi and step up training. After three months, you will start attacking Guo Tai's Yellow Turban Army. If you can, you will be stroking them, and if you can't, you will resolutely kill them."

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After Li Hong returned to the camp, he immediately ordered Xian Yufu, the general of the Huns, to entrust the Great Shanyu Qiangqu, and asked the Great Shanyu to recruit 10,000 iron cavalry from various Xiongnu divisions to go north to Youzhou to quell the rebellion. After the assembly of the Huns' iron cavalry, Xian Yufu led the commander to Yanmen Pass in early March to meet the army.

Li Hong wrote a letter to the emperor, asking His Majesty to use Xian Yufu, the general of the Central Army to defend the Xiongnu, as the deputy commander of the army to suppress the rebellion, Qu Yi, the general of the Central Army to defend the Xiongnu, and the commander of the Fengyun Iron Cavalry and the Du Liaoying to guard the Xihe River. Xu Rong, the general of the Central Army to attack the enemy, served as the general of the Central Army to serve as the general of Zhenbei and to take charge of Jinyang. Soon, the emperor returned an order and agreed to Li Hong's request to move Xian Yufu to the General of Pingbei, Qu Yi, the general of the Central Army to protect the Xiongnu, and Xu Rong, as the general of the Central Army to Jinyang.

After receiving the order, Li Hong immediately ordered Xu Rong to return to Jinyang and lead the strong wind and sandy Wuqi Camp to take charge of the General's Mansion in Zhenbei.

After Li Hong arranged the matter of staying behind, he immediately ordered Yan Rou to bring the 20,000 infantry army of jade, Zhao Yun's Changshui Camp quickly arrived at Yanmen Pass, and joined Nie Xiao's Yueqi Camp to form a Northern Expedition Camp. At the same time, he urgently wrote to Hedong, Henei and Bingzhou Prefectures, asking the three prefectures to each draw 3,000 county and state soldiers to participate in the suppression of the rebellion, and must arrive at Yanmen Pass to the Northern Expedition Camp before the end of February.

Zhao Yun recommended Lu Bu of Hanoi Prefecture to Li Hong and begged Li Hong to order Lu Bu of Hanoi Prefecture to lead troops to Yanmen. Li Hong was surprised to hear that there were still powerful generals who could fight with Zhao Yun, so he immediately issued another order and called Lu Bu to the Northern Camp.

"Zilong, this is not a draw, it was you who lost." Li Hong said expressionlessly after hearing Zhao Yun's narration, "If he pierces the long halberd, your sword will only seriously injure Lu Bu at most, but you cannot kill him. You saved your life this time, do you know?"

Zhao Yun's face turned red, but his expression disapproved. Li Hong glanced at him and asked, "Zilong, you have won many battles in recent years and have never lost. Are you a little arrogant?"

Zhao Yun smiled and bowed and said, "When you fight with the adults, you will lose more than you win."

Li Hong's smile gradually faded, and he pointed at Zhao Yun and said word by word: "If you kill Lu Bu this time, do you know what the consequences will be?"

"Lu Bu doesn't kill you because he knows the consequences. What about you? You are arrogant and arrogant now, and you dare to joke about the lives of soldiers. Do you still have military discipline in your eyes?"

When Zhao Yun saw Li Hong suddenly getting angry, he was startled and hurriedly knelt down.

"Let me know. If you do this next time, you will do whatever you want and act recklessly, I will kill you."

"Changshui Camp is temporarily left to Liu Ming to lead you. You have been thinking behind closed doors here. When will you feel that you are not the best in the world? When will you lead your troops?"

Zhao Yun felt very wronged, tears rolled in his eyes and turned around and left.

Li Wei and Yan Liang were stupid. They were originally outside Li Honghui praised Zhao Yun for a few words.

"Sir, Zilong is young and competitive. It's not a big deal to violate military discipline occasionally..." Li Wei said with a smile.

Li Hong glared and sneered: "Zhongyuan, you are old, are you?"

Li Wei suddenly remembered that he had caused trouble, and his face changed instantly. After Li Hong came back these days, he was busy going north to suppress the rebellion, but he never said that he thought Li Hong would not pursue it.

"I asked you to go to Luoyang to do three things that day. How many things did you do for me?"

Li Wei looked at Yan Liang sideways, meaning that he should try to smooth things over quickly so that he won't be embarrassed. Yan Liang lowered his head and ran away. Li Wei was so angry that he wanted to follow him and kick him to death.

When Zuo Yan saw Li Hong being angry, he hurriedly said, "Sir, you are going to Jinyang to visit Mr. Cai in the afternoon. Should you leave early?"

When Li Hong saw Zuo Yan's begging eyes, his heart softened and he didn't say anything more.

"I want you to look good on the day of your wedding." Li Hong stood up and pointed at Li Wei and said, "After I leave, you and Lord Zuo will do your best to assist Lord Xu and stop making trouble."

When Li Wei heard this, he became anxious and asked, "Sir, don't you take me to Youzhou?"

"There are so many things in Bingzhou, why are you doing in Youzhou?" Li Hong shook his hand and said, "Stay with Xiaolan."

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In the evening, Li Hong rushed to Jinyang and accompanied by Zhang Yan, the elder Zhao Qi and Master Xiang Kai, went to visit Cai Yong together. Master Xiang Kai and Cai Yong were also close friends. When Cai Yong came to avoid disaster in Wujun and Qingzhou, he was always the disciples of Dazhitang were responsible for escorting him, and the friendship was very deep.

"In order to stabilize the hearts of the people of Bingzhou, the master led his disciples to travel around and preach the scriptures, it was very hard." Li Hong smiled and said, "How can the master want me to thank you?"

Xiang Kai smiled and said, "When the northern border is stable, please build an altar for me."

Li Hong asked, "Do you want a mountain?"

Zhao Qi laughed, "Sir, I'm so generous, just give him a small thatched hut."

Cai Yong was tortured first, and later followed Hei Baoyi for several days and was in poor health. Although he had been carefully treated by Master Xiang Kai, he was still very weak and could only lie on the sickbed to bow to Li Hong and say a few words of gratitude. Li Hong's youth and easy-goingness left a deep impression on him.

After sitting beside the couch, Li Hong comforted him, he said, "After the emperor pardoned the world, the sir is already free. I wonder if he is willing to serve as a sacrificial sacrificial sir and preside over the education of the northern border?"

Cai Yong had heard Zhao Qi say about this matter long ago. He was very willing to do something to be loyal to the Han Dynasty, and of course he was very eager to do something.

"Do you have money to open a school?" Zhao Qi asked, "According to the adult's idea, the school will recruit many poor families and ask for Han Hutong, and the cost will be exempted. That is a huge amount of money."

"After I leave, if Mr. Cai has anything to do, he will directly look for General Zhenbei's Mansion. Lord Xu will definitely help solve it." Li Hong smiled, "Compared with military farming, this money is not much."

"By the way, sir, when will Mr. Wang Jian arrive in Jinyang?"

"It's almost the same next month." Zhao Qi said, "He has his family and hundreds of disciples to accompany him. It will take some time. I have sent someone to pick him up, so don't worry, sir."

Li Hong nodded with a smile and asked, "Zhongyuan will marry Xiaolan in a few days. Master, please see, is the marriage held in large or Jinyang?"

Zhao Qi stroked his beard and smiled, "Jinyang, of course it's in Jinyang. I didn't expect that Gong Wei's daughter was Lord Bo, the head of General Zhenbei's Mansion. No wonder I borrowed it from you and you didn't do it. It turned out that she was afraid of revealing the stuff."

Li Hong laughed loudly and looked at Zhang Yan and said, "Can Lord Zhang give Zhongyuan a house?"

"The house has been prepared for Lord Li." Zhang Yan smiled, "As for whether to give or sell, that's the matter for the adults."

"Give it to him." Li Hong said, "If Zhongyuan had not provided his efforts this time, the salt and iron proposal would probably be difficult to pass. In the future, the northern border will be stable and prosperous, and Zhongyuan will make great contributions. It is just that the rewards are so small, I am afraid that someone will call me stingy."

Zhao Qi smiled and said, "Then I will reward his two wives again."

The house burst into laughter.

"Has the wife of Lord Fu Xiefu settled down?" Li Hong asked Zhang Yan in a low voice.

"Mrs. Fu only has a single family small courtyard, and he did not accept the house arranged by the elder." Zhang Yan replied, "Mrs. Fu is very determined, so..."

"Just settle down." Li Hong said, "I am grateful to God to find her. Recently, the generals from Xiliang and Jizhou were ordered to bring their families to Jinyang. Are the houses in the city very tense?"

"I'm a little nervous for the time being. When the newly built houses in the river are completed, hundreds of households will be solved."

"Sir, you care so much about your subordinates. When will you care about yourself?" Zhao Qi smiled, "Sir, you should also consider it."

Li Hong shook his hand, but he thought of Fengxue in his heart, and then Xiaoyu. After finding Xiaoyu in northern Xinjiang this time, he would take her to him no matter what, and would never let her live alone again.

"Sir..."

Li Hong smiled and said, "After regaining the four counties in the northern border, if I am not dead, let's consider it. However, many of my subordinates have been fighting abroad all year round, and most of them are alone. The elders can care more."

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Late at night, Li Hong convened the Diannong Duwei Mansion and the Hutian Cunwei Mansion to discuss matters at Zhang Yan's Pacific Office.

After listening to the reports of the main officials of the three prefectures, Li Hong carefully asked about April spring farming. Then he changed his tone and said a shocking sentence: "If you are corrupt and abused, you should immediately hand over the stolen goods to the three prefectures. I think that for the hard work of you, I will not blame you for your past. Otherwise, don't blame me for taking ruthless actions and killing the nine clans."

Everyone was shocked when they were sitting.

When Li Hong was in Hedong this time, he heard small merchants carrying supplies complaining several times that bureaucrats in Bingzhou solicited bribes and received bribes, and even more, they colluded with merchants in private to buy and sell, making huge profits from it. An angry businessman even said in front of Li Hong that the adults were fighting against corruption in Xiliang and Hedong, so why didn’t they fight against corruption in Bingzhou?

Zhao Qi, Zhang Yan, and Zhang Baiqi couldn't stand it anymore. They naturally heard a lot of things that their subordinates did illegal things, but now they are not surprised by such things. As long as the offenders are not excessive, they will turn a blind eye and no one wants to break up. After all, these people still have to do specific things.

Li Hong's words had already given enough face to the three of them. He didn't want to do too much. Bingzhou was poor, had few bureaucrats, and had few salaries for bureaucrats. It was hard to farm farms, and everyone was very tired. It was normal that such corruption could not be eliminated. However, Li Hong considered that after he led his troops north, he could not come back for a year or two. If this wind became more and more intense, resulting in the failure of farm farms, all his efforts were wasted.

The officials in the hall looked at Li Hong's murderous eyes, and they were astonished as chills, and they didn't dare to show off.

"I only give you five days. In five days, if you continue to be obsessed with it, I will start arresting people. No one should be lucky. If I don't kill all the corrupt officials in Bingzhou, I will never go north."

But there are too many people who are lucky. Although Zhao Qi, Zhang Yan and Zhang Baiqi returned, they persuaded their subordinates to submit the stolen goods as soon as possible and sent a quick horse to spread the subordinates' history of subordinates from all over the country, few people actually paid the stolen goods.

On the 28th day of the first lunar month, Sima Li Wei, Sima of the General Mansion of Zhenbei, married the bride, and guests from all walks of life gathered in Jinyang City, which was very lively.

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February 188 AD.
To be continued...