On the third day of entering Liucheng, Li Chao finally sent someone to send a notice to Liucheng and the wealthy families in western Liaoning, asking them to come to Liucheng to discuss matters. . The fastest update

Upon receiving this notice, General Lu breathed a sigh of relief.

On the day when the Goguryeo people in Liucheng opened the city and surrendered, he asked to see Li Chao. Unfortunately, Li Chao ignored him at all. He asked to see him several times a day for three consecutive days, but he would not see him once.

The Lu family in Liucheng is the largest clan in western Liaoning.

The Lu family in Liucheng is quite a bit of origin. They moved to Liucheng by the Lu family in Zhuo County, and the Lu family in Zhuo County, also known as the Lu family in Fanyang, is the Lu family in Fanyang, one of the seven hopes of the five surnames and seven hopes today.

The Lu family is a thousand-year-old clan.

Looking back, the birthplace of the Lu family was in the Changqing, Shandong in later generations, and it reproduced in Qi State during the Spring and Autumn Period. After the Tian family replaced Qi, the Lu family scattered between Yan and Qin.

During the Qin Dynasty, a doctor Lu Ao settled in Zhuo County, known as the Lu family of Zhuo County. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Lu Wan, a descendant of Lu Ao, raised an army to rebel against Qin with Emperor Gaozu of Han, and was granted the title of King of Yan for his merits, and was granted the title of the king of Yan.

The Lu family has lasted for more than a thousand years from the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty.

During these thousand years, the Lu family also scattered branches and divided into many branches. Some moved to Ningxia and Gansu, some moved south to Jiangsu and Zhejiang at the end of the Jin Dynasty, and one branch went north to western Liaoning.

This branch moved to western Liaoning and later became the Lu clan in western Liaoning.

Lu Luyuan, the Taibao of the Later Wei Dynasty, came from this branch.

Although they have moved to western Liaoning for hundreds of years, they are still a branch of the Lu family in Fanyang, just like Cui Yingying's family in Zhengzhou house of the Cui family in Qinghe. Although they are branches, they are still members of this huge clan.

It is precisely because they were one of the Lu clans, whether it was Luo Yi, Gao Kaidao and others who controlled western Liaoning at the end of the Sui Dynasty, or later the Goguryeo people occupied western Liaoning, the Lu clan's position in western Liaoning was not much shaken.

Whether it was Luo Yi or the Goguryeo people, they were very afraid of the Lu family, the largest clan in western Liaoning. At this time, Lu Zheng was even a guest of the Goguryeo people.

Not only did he not be bullied by the Goguryeo people, but on the contrary, he was also very respected. Because he had the strength and was a local snake, the Goguryeo people were crossing the river. In this place, they had to rely on them.

But he is now hitting a wall with Li Chao.

Three days, I couldn't ask for a meeting many times.

Lu Zheng was actually not very interested in who ruled western Liaoning.

Because no matter who occupies this area, they cannot do without the Lu family, and they even have to rely on the power of their Lu family.

The Lu family was not only a large landlord in western Liaoning, but also a large amount of land in western Liaoning was under their name. In addition, the Lu family's children also controlled the administration of various cities in western Liaoning.

The governor, the city lord, etc. may be Goguryeo, but the actual people who control the affairs must be mainly the children of the Lu family.

The Lu family even intermarried with the major clans of the Central Plains through their relationship with the Lu family of Fanyang, and through these relationships, they almost monopolized the commercial transactions with the Central Plains.

Don’t live too comfortable, you are a real tycoon.

Originally, the Tang army recovered western Liaoning, but Lu Zheng thought it would be no different from the Goguryeo people in the past.

But after three days of comparison, he felt that this was not the case.

When Goguryeo came, he came to ask him to discuss matters in person. Now, he went to see Li Chao in person, but he couldn't see anyone.

Fortunately, it took three days to meet the other party. Although it was not just a single person, as long as you could see someone, it would be a good start.

Lu Zheng didn't care that it was from the Tang Dynasty after Liaoxi, but it was from the Lu family in western Liaoxi.

"Prepare some gifts!"

Lu Zheng told the housekeeper.

"How many gifts are prepared?" asked the butler.

Lu Zheng thought about it and found that Li Chao was famous and had a high title and a high position, so he could not be regarded as a general person. Especially when Li Chao and Zhao Zhuang fought, they were extremely impressive. Lu Zheng did not want to offend such a person.

"I heard that Li Chao likes books and his favorite books. Take the box of Warring States bamboo slips in my study and prepare another thousand taels of gold."

"Well, I'll pick ten beautiful singers from the mansion."

Li Chao is only twenty-five years old, he is young and commands troops outside, so he must like women.

Liucheng.

Li Chao lived in the government office, the prefect's mansion in the Sui Dynasty, and later became the general's mansion. When the Goguryeo people came, they became the city lord's mansion. Now, they are Li Chao's governor's yamen.

Li Chao notified that the well-known clan leader in western Liaoning and the merchants from large businesses also came.

The Tang army destroyed Goguryeo's 50,000 troops invaded Tang with thunder, and seized western Liaoning with thunder. This power shocked the rich people in western Liaoning.

With a word from Li Chao, they all got out.

"Everyone is here, it's great. Everyone sit down and have tea, don't be polite."

Li Chao picked up the teacup and drank it on his own.

A group of local tyrants, including Lu Zheng, sat down with a smile.

"I'm asking everyone to come today because I know that everyone here is the rural view of Liaoxi and a hero. Now that the court has recovered Liaoxi, the first thing to do next is to restore order here."

"For the time being, the government army is responsible, but it is not easy for the government army to interfere in local government affairs too much. The court will select officials to come later, but before that, we have to rely on everyone here."

"I want to ask Mr. Lu Zhenglu to serve as the governor of Yingzhou Procuratorate! I will do something for the peace and stability of Liaoxi. I wonder if Mr. Lu is willing to help?"

Lu Zheng was surprised.

He didn't expect that Li Chao would actually order him to be the governor of Yingzhou, although it was just a temporary one.

In addition to being surprised, he couldn't help but feel a little proud. Even if Li Chao had the ability, he still had to be Lu Zheng, who was the local tyrants in western Liaoning.

The place in western Liaoning is not big, but it is actually not small. The land in western Liaoning Corridor is pretty good. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, several counties were established.

However, after Li Chao came, he set up all the western part of Liao to Yingzhou.

The entire western Liaoning belongs to Yingzhou.

Yingzhou has three counties, Ningyuan, Liucheng and Guangning.

The population in western Liaoning is not large, and it is mainly concentrated in the Liucheng area. However, there is only one county in one state, which is too much. The place is a good place. As long as we immigrate in the future, it can still be developed here. There is not much framework for getting three counties first.

Lu Zheng was appointed as the governor of Yingzhou, and then three local tyrants from western Liaoning were elected as the magistrates of three counties. However, Li Chao did not use the positions of the chief of Yingzhou, Sima and Cao Shen, as well as the county magistrates and chief clerks of the three counties, but instead appointed his subordinates.

"Envoy Lu." Li Chao said to Lu Zheng with a smile, "At present, the government army has regained western Liaoning, and we must guard against the counterattack of the Goguryeo bandits in Liaodong, so preparing for war is the first priority. The first thing Lu is to take office is to help 50,000 official troops raise food and money. Is this a problem?"

Lu Zhenggang became the governor, but he was still a little proud and excited.

The food and supplies of the 50,000 army was indeed a problem, but he still nodded and agreed.

The first thing you do in office must be done well, and it can be regarded as a reward for your favor and the beginning of good cooperation between the two sides.

"Several county magistrates cooperated together to do a good job in raising grain this time."

After some scenes, the first meeting was over.

Li Chao gave them two tasks, one was to raise military rations, and the other was to restore the operation of several yamen. These two tasks were actually the same task. If the yamen did not resume operation, it would naturally not be able to raise food.

"Why is this Lu Zheng appointed as the governor?"

Pingyang didn't quite understand. She didn't have any good looks at Lu Zheng. She lived so well under the Goguryeo people. This person is definitely not a loyal person.

Li Chao didn't like Lu Zheng either, but it was not because he got along well under the Goguryeo people before. That kind of thing was actually nothing, especially in the troubled times, when any of those aristocratic families fell down, they were all fence-bearers.

Whoever is strong will depend on whoever is strong. Anyway, they will also control the place.

Li Chao didn't like Lu Zheng just because this man had a bad reputation. He knew that Lu Zheng was engaged in slave trading business in private. This man not only sold foreign slaves to the Central Plains, but also did all kinds of business. He had been selling slaves to Turks, Goguryeo, even Khitan, Baekje, Silla, Japan, etc. Among the slaves he sold, there were many Han people from the Central Plains.

The young and helpless orphan was bought and sold to foreigners in large quantities.

Lu Zheng has done many unethical things.

The Lu family is also the largest landlord in western Liaoning and has the largest caravan.

"You know, let him be the governor?"

Li Chao smiled and said, "It's just for the time being. Now we have just recovered western Liaoning, and the Goguryeo people may counterattack at any time. We still need food and grass in urgent need. The Lu family has both power and money and food in western Liaoning. Let him be the governor first, and use him to do what we want to do first."

By the way, we also borrowed the power of powerful people such as the Lu family to restore order in this place first.

As for the time being, we will definitely have to change people sooner or later, but it doesn’t prevent us from using them first.

"The court is afraid that at this time, we have already known that we have recaptured western Liaoning, so we must be very happy!"

"It is of course a good thing to recover western Liaoning."

"Then when will you go back to the court?" Li Xiuning asked.

After all, Li Chao was the Shangshu Ling. This time he went on the expedition because the Turks and Goguryeo suddenly joined forces to invade.

"I can't go back for a while." Li Chao said with no concern. The emperor asked him out, but there was not really no one to command the troops. If he didn't come, Li Ji and Yuchi Gong could deal with it. Just send reinforcements, and there was no shortage of generals who commanded the troops.

The emperor asked him out because of the dispute over the new law.

As long as the court cannot change the direction of public opinion for the time being, he cannot go back for the time being. But Li Chao doesn't care, just go out if you go out.

"You really won't go back?"

"Um."

"Just stay in Yingzhou?"

"It's nothing wrong with staying in Yingzhou. It's just right to practice military training. By the way, I'll try my new method here."

Census, clearing the land, implementing two taxes, building schools, granaries, official examinations, setting up border cities, collecting tariffs, commercial taxes, etc.

There are many things to do, but it is definitely to infringe on the existing interests of the powerful people in western Liaoning.

Pingyang chuckled, "You are so bad, you are calculating on them, but you still have to ask them to help count the money."
Chapter completed!