Chapter 608 The family was obtained by accident!

Chapter 608 The family was obtained by accident!

Even if you don't think about yourself, you should think about your descendants! After all, who doesn't want their descendants to live in a society with clean governance? However, it is almost impossible to achieve complete clean governance. However, if you can achieve relatively clean governance, it is already quite good.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so harsh on corrupt officials that it was outrageous. He hated corruption and took extremely harsh measures to combat it. However, despite this, corrupt officials still appeared frequently throughout the world and could not be stopped despite repeated bans. This was undoubtedly one of Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest weaknesses.

As a time traveler, Gao Yao naturally understood the truth. He knew that the most basic way to prevent officials from corruption was to give them preferential treatment in terms of welfare and salary. When welfare benefits were improved, at least the cases of those who were forced to engage in corruption because they "could not survive" or "could not support their wives and children" would be greatly reduced.

On this basis, officials are provided with sufficient promotion channels. As long as this promotion channel is wide enough, officials will have their own goals and pursuits, and naturally will not easily consider whether to embezzle. Because they know that as long as they work hard, they will have the opportunity to get better positions and treatment, so why take the risk of corruption?

Now that a group of officials have been dealt with, there are undoubtedly more vacant military and official positions. Not only that, with the complete occupation of the four counties including Dongting, the number of official positions required is far beyond expectations. This is undoubtedly a great opportunity for those who are eager to be promoted. As long as they work hard enough, they may be able to obtain these positions.

Only two quarters of an hour had passed when Yang Mao led everyone back to the front of the team. Without hesitation, he rode his horse towards Han Xin alone, came straight to his side, and then respectfully reported: "General, you really have a keen eye! Those people are not merchants at all. The carts are full of women and some gold, silver and jewelry. After checking, I found that these people are Feng Yu's family members, and now I have brought them all back."

After listening to Yang Mao's report, Han Xin's eyes suddenly lit up. He couldn't help but fall into deep thought. It was really hard for him to judge Feng Yu. He was smart, because he was so bold to send his family directly to him; but he was stupid, because he knew how to do the opposite, which was really unexpected.

Unexpectedly, Feng Yu did not let his family go north with him, but chose to go south instead, and even carefully disguised himself as a businessman in an attempt to get through. Under normal circumstances, Feng Yu's actions might really be able to successfully deceive the other party and let them pass smoothly.

However, the key factor that caused Han Xin to be suspicious of this group of people was precisely where they were - in the wild. If this group of people were in the city, Han Xin would probably not pay much attention to them. After all, there are some local tyrants in various places. When they realize that the situation is not good, it is normal for them to run away in advance.

Even if Feng Yu's ability was mediocre, the navy had already landed successfully, so it was impossible for him to have not received any news. According to common sense, once Feng Yu received the news, his first task should be to deal with his own attack plan, rather than to announce it to the whole city. But the current situation is that the people have actually gathered together, which is really unbelievable.

What was even more strange was that at this moment, more than 30 people came out from Xiayuan. Han Xin naturally had deep doubts about the identities of these people.

Of course, Han Xin was a veteran general after all. He did not take it lightly, but remained highly alert and cautious in time, not letting go of any suspicious points. If it were other generals, they would probably not bother to pay attention to these seemingly insignificant details. Han Xin's move was an accident, and now Feng Yu's family members have fallen into his hands. This gives him more bargaining chips.

On the other side, Zhao Shuo quickly and decisively issued orders, asking the people to participate in the defense work. People responded one after another, working together to move a large number of stones, which would be piled on the city wall to strengthen the wall. At the same time, various sturdy trees were also carried up the city wall, which would become an important barrier against enemy attacks.

Not only that, Zhao Shuo also prepared sufficient water sources in advance. He knew that the southern border army might use fire attacks, so he prepared countermeasures in advance to ensure that the city walls would not be engulfed by flames.

Under Zhao Shuo's careful organization and arrangement, all aspects of the work were carried out in an orderly manner. However, despite his best efforts, he was not very sure about the outcome of this battle. In fact, Zhao Shuo knew very well that the probability of him being able to hold on in this battle was not even more than 20%, and he himself was very likely to die heroically in the battle.

However, surprisingly, after Feng Yu officially left, Zhao Shuo felt an unprecedented sense of relief. He seemed to have put down the burden in his heart and was no longer as anxious and nervous as before. In fact, at this moment, he even felt a little sad.

Although the two sides were in a state of hostility, Zhao Shuo couldn't help but admire Gao Yao's various actions in his heart. Especially Gao Yao's trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, which was simply used to perfection by him, showing the essence of this tactic to the fullest.

Although Zhao Shuo still believed that the benefits of taking Donghui County were far less than those of taking Hanzhong, he had to admit that Gao Yao's operation was indeed successful. In other words, Zhao Shuo had keenly realized that Gao Yao's goal was definitely not just Donghui County.

If it was just to capture Donghui County, Gao Yao would not have needed to go to such great lengths. With the troops he had, he could have just pushed forward, and any force in Donghui County would have been hard to resist. However, Gao Yao chose such a tactic, which obviously had deeper considerations.

Zhao Shuo analyzed that Gao Yao's purpose in doing this was probably to block the news. In this way, he could quickly capture Donghui County in a short period of time and prevent the outside world from knowing the news in time. In this way, Gao Yao could further expand his victory before other forces reacted.