Chapter 1012 Xiao Guan’s aftermath (Part 2)
On the way to Xiaoguan, Shao Xun received news from the south.
In early and mid-April, Zuyue sent two groups of envoys to Jianye, with the same demands: for rewards and to relocate their families.
What is shocking is that several days after the second batch of envoys arrived, the Jianye court has not officially discussed the matter. In other words, after the first batch of envoys submitted their request, they may have been suppressed, or this matter was not the most important thing for the Jianye court. They had more important things to do at that time.
That's fine, Shao Xun didn't bother to pay more attention because he also had more important things.
We set off on the tenth day of May and arrived in Qixian County one day later.
The famous Longshan or Longdi is located dozens of miles west of the county.
The army was walking entirely along the Lianshui River Valley.
The river valley is not very wide, but it still opens up a lot of farmland.
Shao Xun did not ride in a carriage most of the time, but rode his horse in the mountains and river valleys to carefully inspect the local people's livelihood.
"Going west after Yong County, the river valley is the most precious, and the competition is fierce." Shao Xun pointed to the mountains on the left and right with his riding whip and said.
The fourth son Shao Yu, the fifth son Shao Yan, and the sixth son Shao Jin followed behind, looking up into the distance.
The mountains are densely covered with flags, and a large group of sergeants can be seen walking.
A little further away, you can occasionally see a dock.
If nothing unexpected happened, it was the Wubao of the Rong family. They had previously gone to Caobi Town to donate 100,000 dendrobiums of grain and 5,000 cattle and sheep to support military supplies. They even included two legitimate daughters of the family, both of whom were decent-looking. Shao Xun declined.
The Rong family is now a rich man.
Ancestor Rong Ci once followed Liu Bang as a captain to defeat Xiang Yu and ate 8,000 households in the city. He was later convicted and defeated. During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he moved to Chang'an. In the later Han Dynasty, he moved to Fufeng again, but his status was not as good as before.
After the Hu people poured into Guanzhong in large numbers, the Rong family was poor and wanted to change. They began to build forts, run manors, practice their troops, and interact with the surrounding Hu chiefs.
In fact, there are many barbarians among the guests of Quzhuang in Rongjia tribe, but who cares? In the future, when the households were compiled, all the Hu people in the Han manors were Han people, and all the Han people in the Hu people's tribes were all Hu people. The court would not distinguish them carefully at all, and there was no way to tell the difference, because they themselves could not tell whether their ancestors were Han or Hu. It can only be so simple and crude.
"Liang Nu, Yong, Qian and Chencang counties are your food towns. Do you have any feelings about this scene?" Shao Xun asked.
Liang Nuce immediately took two steps forward and said: "Your Majesty——"
Shao Xun glared at him.
"Grandpa, there are no less than 1,500 or 2,000 Wubao in the Rong family," Liang Nu said.
"There are only 5,000 households in the yellow rolls in the three counties. Do you think it's accurate?" Shao Xun asked.
"It's definitely not allowed. The Fufeng Qiang are causing chaos, often tens of thousands of people, and I don't know how many families there are. And the source of the trouble is in the counties in the west." Liang Nu said: "In the past, Yao Yizhong led the Qiang people After moving eastward, tens of thousands of people followed him, farming and herding in Yumei. In these years, not only did the tribe not disperse due to hunger, but they became increasingly prosperous, which is evident from this."
Yumei was between Yong and Qian (near today's Qianyang County, Shaanxi). Yao Yizhong advanced here and became a powerful faction in Guanzhong. He was canonized as Pingxiang Gong by the Huns.
Now that Yao Yizhong has left, this land has been taken over by the court, and most of it has been assigned to Caobi Town.
When it comes to household registration, it’s black humor.
During the heyday of Taikang in the Jin Dynasty, there were 23,000 households in the six counties of Fufeng. However, after years of war and natural disasters in the late Jin Dynasty, the imperial court sent people to check the household registration (non-dutian) in Fufeng County last year and found 25,000 households.
In fact, it was originally reported as 23,000, but there were traces of alteration on the original yellow book. One thousand households were added to each of the names of Yi County and Chiyang County, making it 25,000.
Shao Xun directly withdrew the Fufeng Prefect and appointed Jin Zhaohui from Jingzhao as the Fufeng Prefect. The reason is that you don't want to bother trying to fool me.
Jin Zhaohui is said to be a descendant of Jin Rixi, a famous minister of the former Han Dynasty, and the great-great-great-grandson of Jin Shang, the governor of Yanzhou during the reign of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. His father Jin Daozhen, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, was the governor of Yangzhou at that time, and then settled there.
Jin Zhaohui has an eldest brother named Jin Zhaoming, who is currently the Minister of War in the Jin Dynasty. The third brother Jin Zhaoxian is in the construction of Yezhi industry. The second brother is Jin Zhaohui. The whole family ran back to Chang'an early.
After the fall of Liu Han, he served as the order of Chiyang. He was recommended by Liang Fen and promoted to the prefect of Fufeng.
The Jin family is also a large wealthy family in Jingzhao County. As a descendant of Jin Rixi, no one served as an official in Liu Han.
"Sixth brother, these wealthy families just deserve to be beaten." King Yan Shao Yu said loudly: "It would be great if I could give me thousands of elite soldiers to show off. I will clean up Sixth Brother's food."
Shao Xun whipped his horse whip over. Hutou seemed to have been prepared for this move for a long time. He jumped on his horse and got out of the way.
"Come here." Shao Xun waved.
Shao Yu chuckled and rode over again.
Shao Xun cracked the whip firmly, and then praised: "The riding skills are good, and I have the same demeanor as my father."
"It's not even close." Hu Tou said with a playful smile.
It's not an exaggeration.
My father can still ride a strong horse, shoot a strong bow, and his riding skills are far ahead of him. Even the masters in the army are amazed.
"You've already opened a government, but you haven't paid much attention to government affairs yet. You haven't recruited many staff members, so why?" Shao Xun asked.
"My son is short of money. The Prime Minister will give me money. There is no rush." Hutou smiled and said: "It's good to stay with my mother and father and help my brothers and sisters."
Shao Xun shook his head and laughed. This son's personality followed his mother's, and his bravery followed his.
Liang Nu also laughed.
Among the brothers, he and Hu Tou are relatively close.
Shao Xun looked at Liuzi again and asked: "The army is still here. If you don't hurry up and clean up your household registration and fields, you will regret it."
Shao Jin immediately replied: "Don't worry, father, I have recruited several people to serve as officials in Fufeng. With the help of this generation, there is no serious problem. Now more than 3,000 households have been cleared, and 10,000 households are not far away." ”
Liang Nu was the king of Qin and lived in the three western counties of Fufeng County. Although he could only enjoy the income from the rent of the town and could not interfere in political affairs, according to the tradition since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, he still liked to promote talents in this virtual fiefdom.
And these talents have a natural psychological attraction towards him and consider themselves to be King Qin's "nationals". This means that they go both ways and everyone is happy.
"For your food, Hou Feihu fought two more battles between Fufeng and Lueyang." Shao Xun said, "Your other brothers don't have such benefits, so they take advantage of you." After that, he waved his horsewhip and galloped away.
Sanzi followed closely behind.
For a time, the valley was filled with the sound of cavalry galloping.
Wubao and tribes near and far were shocked when they heard about it, almost thinking that the imperial court was settling accounts after the fall.
On the way, Shao Xun issued an edict: The three counties of Dunhuang, Jinchang and Gaochang in Liangzhou were divided and established in Shazhou. Xi Jian was appointed as the governor of Shazhou, leading the Yumen Guards and Wuji Colonel.
In addition, Hou Feihu, the general of the Fu army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Liang and Sha prefectures, as the governor of Liang prefecture, and as the general guardian of the Western Regions Protectorate.
Based on previous appointments, Shao Xun apparently divided the Liangzhou area into two parts, namely Hexi and Longyou.
Longyou was divided between Xin Yan and Jin Zhun, while Hexi was decided by Hou Feihu.
After the upper level structure is determined, it becomes the middle and lower levels.
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On May 18, at the foot of Xiaoguan City, a group of officials headed by Anding Prefect Yuan Xi had been waiting for him for a long time.
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Yuan Xi has been following Shao Xun for many years. He was originally a warlord in the Huangtou Army and is now the prefect of Anding. He controls this place where Hu and Han people mix.
He happened to be from Lueyang, a neighboring county in Qinzhou. After Yuan Yan passed away due to illness, Yuan Xi, a domestic slave who had been given a surname, actually entered the Yuan family tree and opened a new page, which is outrageous.
And precisely because of this, the Lueyangyuan clan who once helped the Xiongnu avoided the bad luck of moving eastward and remained in the local area.
Behind Yuan Xi and a group of officials, there were also elders from wealthy families such as Liang, Huangfu, Hu, Yang, Xi, Wu, and Zhang.
This "Zhang" is the seat of Zhang Gui and Zhang Jun's clan, located in Wushi County (southeast of today's Guyuan and northwest of Pingliang, the former home of Wushi Rong during the Warring States Period and the result of the opening of Xinjiang during the Qin Dynasty).
The first part of the accompanying army had arrived two days in advance and occupied the Xiaoguan city and the hills near and far. They set up several lines of defense, set up camps, and were heavily guarded.
At this moment, groups of sergeants and carriages approached one after another.
Everyone stared carefully, and when they saw the emperor's chariot, they all fell to the ground and said in unison: "Long live my emperor."
The imperial chariot stopped dozens of steps outside Xiaoguan City. Shao Xun got off the carriage and looked around.
The terrain of Xiaoguan is very high, blocking a mountain pass to prevent enemies from attacking from the northwest and breaking into the Jingshui River Valley.
Of course, such a complex terrain cannot be blocked by just one Xiao Pass. It is conservatively estimated that seven or eight passes running hundreds of miles from north to south will be built.
This pass is just blocking a relatively easy road. It has average military value but quite a lot of symbolic significance.
"Everyone, get up." Shao Xun said, holding his hands up.
Everyone stood up together.
Shao Xun did not enter the city. He only took a few steps forward, looked at the prefect Yuan Xi, and said with a smile: "I think back then, Yuan Qing was the first warrior under my command who dared to charge naked. Times have changed, and now he is the governor of a county. .”
Yuan Xi bowed again and said: "Without Your Majesty, I would be nothing more than a slave. Now that I have won the honorable position, I will have honored my ancestors and will die without regrets."
"Wu Qing, stability is uncertain." Shao Xun pulled Yuan Xi up and said, "Please recommend the talents of stability to me one by one."
"I obey the order," Yuan Xi responded.
Shangshu Zuopushe Liang Fen stood behind, quietly looking at the mountains and rivers of his hometown.
When he was young, Emperor Wu abolished the county soldiers. The situation of stability was complicated and they were unwilling to dismantle, but they could not openly resist, so they took turns recruiting private soldiers from wealthy families to guard the pass. Liang Fen once led the Liang clan to guard Xiao Pass.
Decades have passed, and after many years of silence, the Liang family has once again approached the center of power, and the family's position in An'an has become increasingly stable.
He had nothing to complain about.
Perhaps his daughter's growing belly is his only source of sorrow.
Thinking of this, Lao Liang couldn't help but glared at Shao Xun.
Quanzhong, you still have time to chat and laugh with the Anding people. Once my daughter's pregnancy is exposed, it will be a big scandal. I have hired a deaf-mute to take care of my daughter secretly. Can you save your worries?
Pang Jue, the minister of general affairs, came over and found Liang Fen, who had the highest status among the accompanying officials. He reported in a low voice: "Pu She, Jin Gong, the general who is protecting the Xiongnu, has led 5,000 cavalry to escort Wuwei, who has been demoted for dozens of years." It's only three days' journey across the river."
"Zhang Jun can be among them."
"Here."
"Okay." Liang Fen nodded and said, "I already know about this."
The rest of the family bowed and left.
Liang Fen glanced at this person. The Pang clan in Nan'an were also promoted by him, and they were descendants of Pang De in the Han Dynasty.
Shao Xun has already entered the city.
Liang Fen thought for a while, then called another person and asked, "Why hasn't Yao Yizhong come yet?"
"Yang Duryodhana was so frightened when he heard that the Holy Spirit was driving to the west that he sent an envoy to ask for surrender. Duke Yao ordered him to come to Xiaoguan to meet the Holy Spirit. Duryodhana agreed at first, but later regretted it, so Lord Yao then sent troops to conquer. Your Majesty also knows about this."
Liang Fen groaned and waved people away.
The situation in the west is so fragile that it seems as if a spark can ignite it.
It is necessary for the emperor to inspect the west.
Liang Fen even wanted to persuade him to go to Tianshui and recruit some wealthy people and descendants of Hu chieftains, even if they were just to serve as soldiers and bodyguards.
It costs little, but it can soothe people's hearts. What's the use of it if you don't do it?
(End of chapter)