Chapter 940 Agent
In the small courtyard in front of Changle Hall, the autumn breeze blows and the chill begins.
Shao Xun was sitting under a big locust tree, surrounded by three women, two large and one small.
The big, high nose and deep eyes have the appearance of a Hu from the Western Regions. She is clearly Liu Yena, the former wife of Liu Han Shangdangguo and Shi Le's wife.
She is thirty-one years old this year and is in her mature years. Since the expedition, except for Mrs. Wang, the Queen of the Dai Kingdom, almost no one has competed with her for favor. She is actually the most happy physically and mentally in several years.
She was not familiar with Jin Yuehua, but she had met him a few times. At that time, the latter had not yet married Liu Can, so she could only be regarded as a Hun noble woman, and her status was not necessarily higher than that of Liu Ye.
"The king is not willing to coax women now..." Liu Yena leaned into Jin Yuehua's ear and whispered: "When we first arrived in Hebei, he took me hunting every day and always talked about love before going to bed. My uncles and brothers at home came to ask. No matter how the king treats me, I always say that he is very good to me. Then my uncle and brother returned home satisfied and determined to fight for the king. Now, he just lay down and snored. He no longer cares about the Shangdang cavalry. "
Jin Yuehua covered her mouth and snickered, then glanced at Shao Xun with her eyes turning.
Of course, it doesn't matter to her whether it's true love or not.
What the Jin family cares more about is Prince Liang's attitude, both official and private. As someone who had recently surrendered and was feeling isolated from others, she was even more needed as a channel to spread the word.
Otherwise, over time, the monarch and his ministers will become suspicious, which will be a disaster for the Jin family.
Not far away, Shao Xun was looking at the little girl in front of him.
Jin Yuehua is twenty-six years old this year, and this young lady named Jin Yuehui is only twenty, but she was attracted by Liu Yao a few years ago.
The day before yesterday, she received a letter from An Ding and actually came to her door and asked for her father to be released because she had heard rumors that Jin Zhun and Jin Ming had made great contributions to the city and could survive. However, Jin Kang led his troops to the west and wanted to join forces with Shi Wu to fight against the imperial court. , it is impossible to escape the death penalty.
Shao Xun observed carefully. This little girl was really good-looking, and she had a timid and weak air that made people want to bully her.
She also cares about her family very much. During the interview yesterday, she even said that if Shao Xun wanted to kill Jin Kang, please give her death, which shocked Shao Xun.
Everyone present admired her, and even the idle writer wrote down the incident——
"The king said to Jin Nu: 'Your parents and brothers are guilty, and I will take you into custody, what will happen?'"
"Nv Jin said: 'Since the king has destroyed his parents and brothers, why should I use my concubine? I heard that the criminals were punished, and the servants and maids cannot be spared, let alone their children!' She cried and begged to die."
"The king was moved by it and stood up to help him, to forgive Kang's sin."
The story was written in such nonsense that Shao Xun had the urge to tear it apart.
In the end, he gave up because he was worried that the historian would include his tearing up the records.
At this time, Shao Xun looked at Jin Yuehui again.
She lowered her head slightly, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and her ears turned red.
There was a sound of questioning in the distance, and after a while, several people entered.
Shao Xun became serious, picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, with a leisurely attitude.
Jin Zhun followed Huang Zheng and saw his niece from a distance. He was very angry. He was angry at his niece for not being sensible and at his brother Jin Kang for having too many ideas - I worked hard to run this big family, but you actually want to betray me?
Jin Yuehui was surprised by the rapid changes in Shao Xun's expression and movements. Does this person have true feelings and speak the truth?
But she didn't have time to think too much, and she and her sister Jin Yuehua quickly stepped forward to salute.
Jin Zhun saluted to Shao Xun and then to Liu Ye.
"Sit down." Shao Xun pointed to the bed next to him and said.
Huang Zheng and others stood by the side with their swords pressed.
"I called you here today because of the affairs of Guanxi." Shao Xun put down his tea bowl and said: "Among the counties in Xizhou, which one do you think is the most difficult?"
"Qinzhou." Jin Zhun said immediately without any hesitation.
"What's the difficulty?"
"The king of Zahu Bumu has been around for a long time. If you want to rebel, you can rebel."
"Not bad." Shao Xun nodded and said, "What do you think of Sangcheng and Caobi Town?"
Sangcheng was the place where Sima Bao stayed for a while when he was running away in embarrassment. It is located in Lintao County, Dingxi City today.
This is an important traffic road and crossroads. It belongs to Longxi County and has a considerable part of the river valley. The overall condition is not bad.
Whether you are heading east to Tianshui or north to Jincheng, you cannot avoid this place.
The surrounding area is dominated by Di and Qiang people, supplemented by miscellaneous barbarians. If Jin Kang were to stay here, it would be quite eye-catching.
The grass wall also serves as a passage for thieves.
If the villages in Anding and Nan'an counties want to break into the flat Guanzhong Plain, Caobi Town is a very easy way to go. Jin Ming's garrison here is very useful.
Shao Xun could see these things, so how could Jin Zhun, who had been dealing with the barbarians in Qinzhou for many years, not know?
He smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty wants the Jin family to guard the country for Daliang and suppress the barbarians." "Why do you have to do this, sir?" Shao Xun said with a smile: "I just want to ask, what is the foundation of the Jin family? Ben? Rely on your tens of thousands of followers? Let’s not talk about Qinzhou. In Anding County of Guangyong Prefecture, there are the Tu Gelu clan, the Xiutu Jin clan, the Xiutu Liang clan, the Lushui Hu Peng clan, the Lushui Hu Liu clan, and the Diqiang Bajie clan. Which tribe Less than ten thousand people?”
"Yao Yizhong of Nan'an had no less than 50,000 followers."
"The Pu Hong family is afraid that they will not be less than this number."
"Feng Yixu's Chu clan, Shangjun Shan clan, Lu Zhu clan, the Xiongnu tribes in the north, the Northern Qiang king Pen Juchu, the Four Corners King Bojuda, etc., which one does not have tens of thousands of tribes?"
"How can Mr. Jin survive surrounded by wolves?"
Jin Zhun remained silent.
If there is another chaos in Guanzhong and various tribes attack each other, what will happen to the Jin family?
Jin Zhun knew with his toes that their end would not be very good.
The remnants of the Huns who he had dealt with would come to settle accounts with him. The Longshang tribe that he had bloody suppressed would not let him go. Feng Yi and Shangjun Di Qiang, who he had bullied and even killed more than once, would not let him go. Looking around, there are enemies everywhere.
The only possibility for the Jin family to survive is to rely on the imperial court, be the imperial court's loyal dog, and frighten the tribes by pulling the imperial court's tiger skin so that they dare not act arrogantly. Even more, the Jin family could rely on King Liang's illustrious martial arts to make some small and medium-sized tribes swallow their anger and continue to be oppressed by him.
If the imperial court disappears, or the Jin family loses the support of the imperial court, they will inevitably end up being eaten by wolves. Who asked you, Jin Zhun, to help Liu Can do too many dirty things first, and then to have a brain attack and destroy the Xiongnu tribes?
Don't act like you're not a human being inside and out!
"Father." Jin Yuehua glanced at Shao Xun first, and then said to Jin Zhun: "I heard that Wang Yan and Wang Yifu once sought the positions of governor of Jingzhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou for their brothers. In this way, the Wang family was scattered everywhere. Even if there is an accident, everyone will not be captured in one fell swoop. The pass is dangerous. If the Jin family members are all gathered in one place and it is difficult to escape in a hurry, won't it mean that the family will be destroyed and it will be difficult to survive? "
"Now the second uncle is stationed in Caobi, the third uncle is in charge of Sangcheng, and my father lives in Chang'an and controls the Xiongnu counties in Jingzhao, Shiping, Xinping, and Beidi. The east and west are in harmony, and the thieves dare not act rashly."
"In addition, if something happens, the second uncle and the third uncle can still make contributions to the court and be kind to their wives, and the Jin family will become more prosperous. In time, it is not impossible to become a big family in Zhongxia."
"With all this, please think twice, father."
Shao Xun glanced at Jin Yuehua approvingly.
To put it bluntly, if Kansai is divided into east and west parts, there are certainly a large number of Xiongnu, Di Qiang and even Xianbei in the east, but compared to the western half, they are not of the same magnitude.
Especially in Qinzhou, the population in the household registration compiled by the imperial court was pitifully small, and there were often only a few thousand households in a county. But in these sparsely populated counties, tens of thousands of barbarian troops often appeared. After being suppressed, within a few years, tens of thousands more troops appeared. This shows what the situation was like in the area.
Qinzhou is really powerless and cannot rule directly at all. Even Yongzhou is more difficult.
This problem is not unique to the Jin Dynasty. In fact, the former Zhao, Later Zhao, Former Qin, Later Qin, Northern Wei and other regimes that occupied these areas all faced this problem.
Historically, until the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, town generals and Hu chieftains coexisted.
When the chiefs were unhappy, they besieged military towns and cities, killed town generals, governors, and prefects. They surrendered and rebelled repeatedly throughout the three hundred years, and even moved them away and continued to rebel elsewhere.
For example, Hu Jin Dahei, the Anding Xiitu, was moved to Shangjun during the Pre-Qin period. He also rebelled and defeated the Pre-Qin army that came to suppress him, beheading 5,800 people.
So, despite the fact that when Shao Xun besieged Chang'an, various tribes came to surrender one after another, but what about the future?
The former Qin, the later Qin, the Hu Xia, and the Northern Wei all experienced such bright moments when various barbarians came and fell one after another, but they also had their darkest moments when rebellions occurred one after another.
There are many reasons for rebellion. Some officials commit suicide and cruelly exploit tribes. Some tribes feel that they are not getting enough benefits and raise their troops to rebel. Some are even extremely arrogant and rebel because of a prophecy.
Therefore, Shao Xun needed an agent to guard Qinzhou and the western half of Yongzhou connected to it when he left Chang'an and returned to Guandong.
He has promoted Yao Yizhong to General Ningshuo, and his troops have returned to the old place of Liu Han period: Nan'an County.
Yao Yizhong temporarily commanded Nan'an as the prefect, guarding this place full of Di and Qiang for him, and monitored Qiu Chi Di to prevent their invasion from the north.
Jin is also one of the agents, and in Shao Xun's mind, he is even more important - Yao Yizhong is flattering, but Shao Xun does not completely trust him. Compared with him, he feels quite desperate. The Jin family is more worthy of his trust, although Jin Zhun himself is an unstable factor.
The Puhong family is less trusted, although they are very active.
Shao Xun planned to stabilize it first and then find an opportunity to move it away, at least away from the place where Di and Qiang people gathered.
As for Zhao Gu, Yang Tao, Liang Xun and others, they will all move away and will leave this year.
At this point, Shao Xun felt that he had made it very clear.
He was indeed open and honest with Jin Zhun. He did not hide his purpose and there was no deception.
The good and the bad have all been explained clearly. You are here with me, this is your position, do you accept it or not?
"Father, your Majesty has ordered the return of the Jin family's old house in Jiexiu. The Jin family has been included in the surname of Xihe County and is a first-class high-ranking family. Ahu and Abao are getting older and have achieved academic success, and may be able to serve as officials. Officials, they will definitely be grateful to my father if they interact with high-ranking officials in Han Dynasty in the future." Jin Yuehua added.
"You -" Jin Zhun had nothing to say when it came to his two teenage sons.
This daughter really knows him well and knows exactly what he is thinking.
"What will you do next?" Jin Zhun couldn't help but ask.
"Which good family dares to marry the queen of an enemy country? Aren't you afraid of being suspected of wanting to rebel?" Jin Yuehua laughed at himself, with a sad tone.
Jin Zhun choked.
Shao Xun had a calm expression on his face, his eyes were unfocused, as if he was repeatedly calculating whether there were any flaws in his arrangement.
(End of chapter)