Turbulent Times Chapter 349: Three birds with one stone

"Shen Guang, take them down and deal with specific matters! Oh! By the way, let everyone drink a bowl of water when they leave." Wang Junlin had achieved all his goals, so he didn't want to waste any more time. He waved his hand and ordered Shen Guang to take him down.

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I have nothing to say all night.

The next day, at dawn, the sun rose.

After a night of weighing and selecting, all the nobles and big landlords left their sons or nephews and written evidence early in the morning, and bowed respectfully to Wang Junlin one by one, and then hurriedly left Heishi Mountain with the whole family to prepare food. . Wang Junlin took a look. Every nobleman and big landlord had at least dozens of guards, and at most hundreds of guards, and it could be seen from the looks and figures of these guards that they were all good players. There were nearly a thousand people, but there was no resistance at all last night.

"I'm afraid it's not just because of my bad reputation." Wang Junlin said thoughtfully in a low voice.

"Hou Ye, as far as I know, all the family members are worried that the nobles and landlords will grow too fast and threaten their status, so they bully the ordinary local nobles and landlords. The same is true in the land of Yongzhou. This time these nobles and big landlords dared to fight against Lord Hou, it was actually persecuted by the Li family in Longxi. Lord Hou asked them to leave their nephews to work beside Lord Hou. I feel that this is a clever move, but it kills two birds with one stone." Seeing Wang Junlin staring at the guards of these noble and landlords, Shen Guang said in a low voice.

Wang Junlin's eyes flickered, and he said: "Shen Guang, you are in charge of 'Ghost Eye', not only to collect and inquire about information, but also the ability to analyze and reason is very important. Tell me about me letting them keep their nephews for their own sake." Hostage, what are the benefits."

After sorting out his thoughts, Shen Guang said, "Looking at a humble position, there are at least two advantages. First, with hostages in hand, these noble and big landlords can obediently offer food. Lock up your nephews or keep them idle, but let them serve as errands by the side of Lord Hou, or even serve as soldiers. These nobles and landlords are all good people. How could they fail to see the benefits of this? Although Lord Hou did not say it clearly, They have already regarded it as an opportunity to cling to Lord Hou."

"Well! Although these nobles and landlords alone can't stand on the stage in front of Lord Hou, they are far from being able to compete with the Li family in Longxi, but if they can be united, they will be a power in Yongzhou regardless of financial resources. Still, the power of his connections is not weaker than that of the Li family in Longxi. At least in Yongzhou, he can already compete with the Li family in Longxi."

"In fact, the only disadvantage of these ordinary noble landlords united compared to the Li family in Longxi was that there was no backer in the court, but now that Lord Hou is taking the lead among them, they can be regarded as their backer. If this force is used Well, from the humble point of view, it is not simply to deal with the Li family in Longxi, but it will be of great benefit to Hou Ye in running the entire Yongzhou."

Wang Junlin showed approval, turned around and patted Shen Guang on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Yes, you have made great progress recently. However, you still missed one."

Shen Guang got Wang Junlin's praise for the first time, and he was very excited, but when he heard that this move would kill three birds with one stone, he couldn't help being very curious: "Please enlighten me, Lord Hou."

Wang Junlin turned around and watched the last family of noble landlords disappear from the mountain stream, and said solemnly: "Since I won the military power of Zhangye County's 30,000 troops from Li Fengyun last year, I have cleaned them from top to bottom. Not to mention the infiltration and control of the Longxi Li clan on the 30,000 troops, one-third of the officers are directly members of the Li clan or disciples, and the other third are Li Fengyun's confidantes. It has been killed, and I have some preparations for the next step. The reason why I didn't rush to do it is because I don't have any people around me. You may have noticed when you met me this time. The more than one hundred guards I brought from the capital There were ten people left, and the rest were all sent by me to serve as officers in the troops below. Although these personal guards were consciously trained by me when they were by my side, they were all illiterate big-headed soldiers, brave and experienced in combat. However, most of them have reached the end of their ability to serve as centurions, and a few who are more spiritual may be able to serve as regiment leaders, but almost none of them can serve as captains."

"I personally brought Zhou Hu, Jiang Mulang, Li Xiang, and Su Changqing by my side in Gaotai City and forced them to read, read and learn the art of war. I don’t have so much time and energy to train them by hand. And the nephews of these noble landlords have all studied, and many of them have even practiced martial arts. What they lack is experience and experience. I will bring them with me. , with a little training and training, and a few more battles, they can be cultivated and become my confidants, not to mention, through them, these nobles and landlords can be more or less used by me.”

"Hou Ye is far-sighted, kills three birds with one stone, and admires his humble position." Shen Guang said sincerely.

Wang Junlin smiled slightly and stopped talking about this topic. The reason why he explained it to Shen Guang in such detail was because the latter was his right-hand man. I understand that this is conducive to Shen Guang's initiative, and he doesn't even need to say more, Shen Guang will naturally understand which news to inquire about next and what to focus on.

"Li Fengmu has to be careful, I'll keep him to great use." Wang Junlin thought of something and said solemnly.

"I understand." Shen Guang looked solemn, paused, and said, "Master Hou, when are we going to leave here?"

Wang Junlin pointed to the top and bottom of Heishi Mountain with an inscrutable expression on his face, and said, "What do you think of this place?"

Shen Guang was stunned for a moment, thoughtfully, and said: "This place is located in a remote place in Jincheng County. It is nearly a hundred miles away from the nearest village and town, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. However, this Black Rock Mountain is surrounded by green hills. , trees and rocks contending, surrounded by streams, all kinds of wild animals, small animals, dried fruits and wild vegetables, etc. eat a lot. From the humble staff's point of view, it is a good place for bandits to build a stronghold. Chen Xuanpeng has some vision, so he chose such a good place to do For the lair."

Wang Junlin nodded and said: "You're right, this place is indeed a good place for bandits to build a stronghold, but it's also a good place for hiding soldiers."

Shen Guang was shocked and said: "Master Hou wants to hide these three thousand Turkic dead men here."

Wang Junlin took a deep breath and said: "It is extremely dangerous to be in the imperial court. We are still too weak compared to the power of the aristocratic family."