Chapter 957 Western Affairs
The wind and sand hit, and Guzang City instantly fell into darkness.
The street that was bustling just now suddenly became deserted.
The few remaining pedestrians also held their heads in their hands and walked hurriedly towards their homes.
Yu Mi asked people to close the doors and windows, then spat and sat back behind the desk.
The followers looked numb and complained.
I have been in Liangzhou for several days. I have not accomplished anything, but I have eaten a mouthful of sand. It is really unlucky.
Yu Mi looked at everyone and suddenly smiled.
Xunxu glanced at him and said dissatisfied: "Why is Yuandu laughing?"
Xunxu is a very interesting person.
He is considered to be the successor of Xun Yu. His father Xun Kui died early, leaving only him and his younger brother. They were only a few years old at the time and were taken back from Bo Xun Song to be raised.
Xun Song had already moved south with his family. He once served as the governor of Jingzhou, but was later squeezed out by Wang Dun.
After Wang Dun died, Xun Song came back and took over the position of the late Ji Zhan.
However, while Xun Song was serving Jianye, he secretly sent Xun Xu, the son of his younger brother Xun Kui, back to his hometown in Yingchuan.
Last year, Cha Yingchuan Xiaolian was appointed as the chief registrar of Honglu Temple (from the seventh rank) - Cha Xiaolian has no parents, which is also strange.
When he was sent to Liangzhou as an envoy, Yu Mi brought several followers from Honglu Temple, and Xun Xu was one of them.
Although he had just been an official for a short period of time, he was a member of the Xun family after all. He thought highly of himself. When talking to Yu Miao, he did not treat himself as a subordinate at all.
Yu Mian was not annoyed and just put away his smile and said: "I laugh at Zhang Jun for being so smart and ignorant——"
"Bang bang!" There was a knock on the door outside. .
Yu Mi stopped talking and listened carefully. There was indeed a knock on the door amid the wind and sand.
He stood up suddenly and opened the door.
The wind and sand poured in immediately, leaving the carpet and table covered with fine grains of sand.
"Official, someone is knocking on the door." The accompanying Yu family will report.
Yu Mi was silent for a while, looked at the low courtyard door and said: "Open the door."
"No." General Bu Qu led several capable guards and stepped forward to open the courtyard. Door.
Yu Mi took a closer look, but there was only one person there.
This man was wearing a riding hat and a fake bell. He lowered his head slightly. After seeing the courtyard door open, he raised his head, saluted and said, "Yan Ding, Tianshui, I have seen Mr. Yu. "
Yu Mi thought for a long time before he realized who Yan Ding was. After being shocked, he shook his head and smiled: "It turns out. You ran to Liangzhou."
Yan Ding also smiled and said: "As early as the day when Xianbei went south, I took my family and servants and left west for ten and a half months, when I traveled to the whole city. "It's hard to escape."
"Come in." Yu Miao nodded and turned back to the house.
Bu Qu let Yan Ding in and then closed the courtyard door.
Yan Ding took off his shoes at the door of the central hall, entered the room, and sat down directly opposite Yu Mi without any courtesy.
For a time, more than ten eyes came to him. Yan Ding seemed unaware and just bowed: "I come to see Yu Gong today. I don't know whether to say something or not."
Yu Mian had no expression on his face and said: "You try to speak."
Yan Ding calmed down his thoughts and said: "Do you know, Mr. Yu, that Liangzhou is not willing to surrender?"
"But I don't know."
"This starts with Zhang Xiping (Zhang Gui)." Yan Ding said: "Back then, the three kings of Changsha, Hejian, and Chengdu were fighting in a melee, and Sima Yong had the upper hand. Zhang Fu, the governor of Feng Yi, was appointed as the governor of Qinzhou. The upper counties were not happy about the entry of foreign generals into Qinzhou, so they attacked in groups, especially Han Zhi, the governor of Longxi. The two armies were defeated in the battle at Zheduogukou, and Han Zhi killed them."
"At that time. Liangzhou Sima Yang Yin thought that Han Zhi had disobeyed orders and killed Zhang Fu without permission. He asked Duke Xiping to send troops. He said, "If you don't obey the sword of Minggong, it is also the principle of the Spring and Autumn Period. If the princes are destroyed, Duke Huan will be ashamed."
"Gui Cong." Yan. He pretended to be Yongzhou, and Yun Hanzhi claimed that he was an internal insult. , His righteousness was to attack the rebels and conquer Qinzhou. "
"After Nanyang Wang Mo settled in Guanxi, the government did not leave Chang'an. At that time, Zhang Gui sent an envoy to make good friends, and Mo was overjoyed. Not long after, the two sides started to feel bad again..."
To put it simply, after Sima Mo Town changed to Chang'an, his relationship with Zhang Gui was very complicated.
When he first arrived, the government orders did not leave Chang'an, so Zhang Gui sent envoys to make good friends, which moved him very much.
But after gradually gaining a foothold, he did not want to see Zhang Gui become powerful, so he took advantage of the latter's illness and acquiesced in Liangzhou Zhang Yue and others to replace Zhang Gui.
There was a lot of chaos during this period, and finally Zhang Gui settled the chaos. Sima Mo gave up his attempt to control Liangzhou, gave Zhang Gui the sword, and granted him arbitrary power west of Longdi, and the two sides turned to cooperation.
However, Sima Mo also took the opportunity to take back Qinzhou and guarded it with his son Sima Bao.
"Gui Gu is a loyal minister, but he has compared himself to Qi Huan. He is the same as Liangzhou and has never given up his peek at Qinzhou." Yan Ding finally said.
After hearing this, Yu Mi was silent for a long time.
This was the first time he heard Zhang Gui’s story from this perspective.
In the past, I only knew that the emperor was in trouble. Zhang Gui sent troops to help several times and was a rare loyal minister.
The king of Liang sent people to Liangzhou to send gifts and recruit soldiers, and they were not in trouble.
I didn’t expect there was another side. Perhaps, what he heard and what Yan Ding said were correct.
Zhang Gui compared himself to Qi Huan, and there was no conflict with being a loyal minister, because he acted with the attitude of princes respecting the king and resisting the barbarians.
Besides, in these troubled times, who doesn’t have some ambition? Which prince does not expand his territory?
“Are you done?” Yu Miao came back to his senses and looked at Yan Ding.
"No." Yan Ding smiled and said, "There is a second thing."
"Say." Yu Mi said.
"After the death of Sima Mo, the former governor of Qinzhou, Pei Bao, returned to Qinzhou and fought against Sima Bao in a separate court. He was later defeated by Chen An. Pei Bao rushed to settle down and sent troops to kill Zhang Gui." Yan Ding said: " Hearing that Mrs. Pei was so favored, Mr. Zhang from Liangzhou was worried. "
"That's it," Yu Mi nodded.
Pei Bao's father, Pei Li, was a guerrilla general. He was the eldest son of Pei Hui and the brother of Pei Kang.
In other words, Pei Bao is Mrs. Pei's brother, and the relationship is relatively close.
But - does this matter? Yu Mian doesn't think so.
“After the Huns entered Guanzhong, Zhang Shi, Zhang Mao and others all pursued the policy of protecting Liangzhou.” Yan Ding continued: “Now that Zhang Jun has succeeded to the throne, this policy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If the King of Liang wants to conquer it, , it’s a bit difficult.”
“It is absolutely difficult for Zhang Jun to enter the court! There are also many wealthy families and Hu chieftains in the eleven counties of Liangzhou, such as the You family in Jincheng County and the Di Qiang chieftain Dou family. . In the past, Sima Yong appointed You Kai, the prefect of Jincheng, as the governor of Liangzhou. He was unwilling to take up the post and only wanted to be a local tiger in Jincheng. This shows his character. "
"If the king of Liang wants to conquer Liangzhou without fighting. A county must be given the position of Fang Bo. I heard that King Liang only wanted to give him the position of governor of Liangzhou, and the governor would be appointed by the imperial court. This alone would not be enough."
After Yu Mi listened, he thought carefully.
Of course there is a reason why the King of Liang only gave the governor and not the governor.
Although the governor does not control the army, he represents the court and his influence cannot be underestimated.
The most important thing is that Liangzhou is not monolithic. It is a big warlord in itself but there are small warlords inside. This gives the governor room to take advantage of the situation. In the end, he may really overthrow Zhang Jun. 's rule.
Zhang Jun can definitely see this, so Yan Ding is right. If he really wants to separate the country, he will definitely disagree with the imperial court sending a governor.
In fact, according to previous contacts, Zhang Jun did send his staff to secretly reveal that he wanted the imperial court to confer him the title of Liangzhou Mu.
"You just said that Liangzhou wants to conquer Qinzhou, but Qinzhou has been occupied by the Xiongnu for several years, and now it has fallen into the hands of King Liang. How will Zhang Jun be treated?" Yu Mi looked at Yan Ding and asked road.
"Pure out the eleven counties, and then plan the Hehuang and Western Regions." Yan Ding replied.
"The ambition is really quite big." Yu Miao said with a smile.
Yan Ding nodded and said: "The governor of Jincheng was appointed by the You family. Later, he was defeated by Xiping Gong. He was replaced by the Diqiang Dou family and was re-subdued. The year before last, he sent troops to Henan (south of the Yellow River in Lanzhou). ), go deep into Hehuang, restore the old land of Xingjun in Jin Dynasty, and conquer it from far and near."
"Last year, Gu Zang had a discussion. When the Western Region Chief and Wuji Colonel heard that the Central Plains was in chaos and the roads were blocked, they attached themselves to Liangzhou. However, the Xiongnu had been destroyed, and they were afraid of something different. They should send troops to garrison as a way out."< br>
“These two families are still there?” Yu Mi asked in surprise.
"Still." Yan Ding said.
The chief historian of the Western Regions was stationed in Loulan (now Ruoqiang), and the current chief official is Li Bai.
The school captain Wuji was stationed in Gaochang (now Turpan), and the current school captain Zhao Zhen is.
After the chaos in the Central Plains and roads blocked, these two men relied on Zhang Gui until today.
The Central Plains have been fighting for twenty years. To them, it is as if nothing happened. They are just doing whatever they need to do.
As for the Husbands in the Western Regions, because of their internal autonomy, the Central Plains court did not dictate to them, and secondly, they were frightened by the prestige of the Central Plains since the Han and Wei dynasties, so they got along well with these two families.
What Yan Ding means is that Zhang Jun is preparing to strengthen control over these two vassal forces, and has the intention of marching into Gaochang and even Loulan. In fact, it is to expand the strategic rear area. After all, their way out to the east has been blocked.
Looking at it this way, the ambition is really not small.
Thinking of this, Yu Mi was thoughtful and asked: "Maybe we can persuade the Western Region Chief Shi and Wuji Colonel to attack Zhang Jun together?"
"It's difficult, they are too weak." Yan Ding Said: "And Li Bai may not be willing to send troops. His people He was deeply favored by Zhang Gui and was more loyal to the Zhang family. After that, there was King Longxi of Yanqi. Once he sent troops, it would be terrible if he was looted by the "red-headed soldiers." Because of his red hair, he was nicknamed the "red-headed soldier".
"Taiwan officials may describe in detail what happened in Liangzhou, Hehuang and even the Western Regions, so that I can send it to Luoyang." Yu Mi said: "You should know about the old story of running away to Guanzhong in the past. If you can do this, , it may not be possible to make meritorious deeds.”
Yan Ding was silent for a while and said, “Yes.”
Yu Mi breathed a sigh of relief, finally it was not in vain.
Even if he cannot complete the task of recruiting Zhang Jun, he at least knows a lot about things in the west.
It turns out that when the Xiongnu isolated things, so many things happened in the west.
The most surprising thing is that the Western Region Changshi Mansion and Wuji Xiaowei Mansion, which have not been heard from for many years, are actually there. The court once thought that they had been attacked and destroyed.
Yu Mian waited patiently for Yan Ding to write about Liangzhou.
It was not until the tenth day of the first lunar month that he compiled these manuscripts and the secret letter to the King of Liang, and then handed them over to the envoy, who rushed them to Qinzhou and then to Luoyang for the King of Liang to decide.
The matter in Liangzhou was far more complicated than he imagined.
A force that fears Liu Han and Tuoba Xianbei, but its ambition cannot be underestimated.
(End of this chapter)