Chapter 587 Cooking (Part 1)
After the military parade, Luoyang ushered in a new political ecology.
It was very chaotic for a few days at first.
First, many courtiers left.
They took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the army gathered and the Huns did not dare to invade, so they dragged their family and their families away from Luoyang and returned to their hometown.
After returning to his hometown, some people no longer plan to serve as officials, so they spend the rest of their lives visiting relatives and friends at home, talking about mysteries and Taoism.
There must be consequences for this. As the saying goes, if you don't advance, you will retreat. While others are making progress, your family has regressed, and you have given up the very precious official position you finally obtained. Then you will have no one to blame if you are bullied in the future.
There are also some people who plan to go south to Jiangdong with their servants and Bu Qu to defect to King Langya.
These people were intimidated by Shao Bing's fierce power and did not dare to openly contradict him, but they still had the ability to vote with their feet.
In addition to the courtiers, there were also many unofficial ministers and scholars, and even some of the clan kings - no one cared about them anymore.
These people were mainly disappointed with Shao Xun.
Originally, Shao was secretive, but now he is no longer hiding it. The trend of the new Cao Cao is very obvious. In addition, he single-handedly built the martial arts group, which made many people dissatisfied, so everyone who should leave left.
On June 25th, when the Emperor held a court meeting in Taiji Hall, he suddenly discovered that at least one-third of the officials had already left - mainly small and medium-sized officials. Come to the location.
Wang Yan came forward to deal with public opinion. It can only be said that the effect is there, but it is not as effective as before. He was even ridiculed by some scholars, which made Lao Deng very sad.
Depressed, he complained to Shao Xun, saying that even if he was from a low background, as long as he didn't promote warriors so blatantly, he wouldn't be in this situation now.
To put it bluntly, many people are dissatisfied with your policies.
Shao Xun remained unmoved and continued to mobilize his troops and generals to prepare for the war.
On the 26th, Pei Kuo, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, led three guards of the Forbidden Army and more than 25,000 infantry and cavalry men to march westward.
On the 27th, more than 7,000 young men recruited around Luoyang headed west.
On the 28th, 5,000 men from Guangcheng Zetunding (non-garrison army) went north, plus 4,000 men from Xingyang and Chenliu Dingzhuang went west to join the battle.
Pei Kuo camped outside Xin'an City, reorganizing his troops and building siege equipment. Everything is not much different from the Battle of Xin'an led by Xun Song three years ago.
Shao Xun ordered Chang Can to lead 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, plus his own troops, totaling 10,000 people, to camp in the southeast of Pei Kuo’s camp. There were deep ditches and high bases, which were both for surveillance and to prevent defeat. impact.
He personally led 7,000 government soldiers and his tribe, and more than 900 personal troops into Luoyang to serve as the general reserve force.
This year's war, he did not personally direct it, but let it all go.
He has realized that in the past ten years, he has personally directed too many battles, which has somewhat delayed the growth of his generals. This is wrong.
Everything must be done in a controlled manner.
It’s not good that you do everything yourself and others don’t get training.
It is not good to let go of everything, let others take too much credit, and raise a bunch of generals with great achievements.
His prestige in the army is unshakable. This year is suitable for training generals such as Li Chong, Jin Zheng, Wang Queer, Xi Jian, Pei Kuo, and Chang Can, so that they can gain more insights and experience. , to accelerate its growth.
When there is a strategic decisive battle with the Xiongnu, he will personally take over and take the credit for the destruction of the country - if he can successfully destroy the country.
"Li Chong was in charge of the house. He had just captured Yuanshi and had to stop his troops to block the way back. He was still a little anxious. This year should be a one-year truce to dredge the blocked waterway between Anyang and Yecheng." Inside Luoyang City. In the Shao Mansion (the former Huangfu family's residence), Yu Wenjun was happily directing the maids and soldiers to clean the house, while Shao Xun was enjoying the cool in the backyard and talking with several important officials in the court.
Wang Yan has been to Yecheng and has some understanding of the local situation.
He knew very well that it was impossible to stop this year, and that was giving Shi Le a chance to stabilize his position.
According to the military report he had just received, Li Zhong mobilized the migrant militiamen in the hands of Youlun, the prefect of Zhao County, and the wealthy Ding Zhuang of Zhang Jack, the prefect of Julu, to besiege the Yuan family.
After half a month of fighting, Zhi Quliu was wounded and defeated. The Yuan family was captured and the door to Changshan was opened.
In this battle, Shi Le did not try his best, but now, due to his limited strength, he could no longer resist Li Zhong's troops. Zhi Quliu, who was stationed in the Yuan clan, even fought with Youlun and Zhang Jackal. The soldiers and horses fought back and forth, and their combat effectiveness was not the same as a year or two ago.
If Liu Yao had not defeated Liu Kun again in Yangqu, captured the city, and sent more than 7,000 pioneers and cavalry into Hebei, rumors would have spread in Changshan, Zhongshan and other places.
Before the main war is over, there is actually no chance to stabilize people's livelihood, which will only put one side into a more dangerous situation.
Of course, Shao Xun just complained casually and didn't really think it was wrong.
Compared with Li Chong's approach, Jin Zheng played much more aggressively.
He went straight to Hejian City ten days ago.
Liu Zheng, the governor of Hejian, went out to fight in the city. He was defeated by Yinqian Youying and retreated into the city to defend.
Then came the siege of the city by various soldiers.
During this period, Linghu Ni, the prefect of Zhangwu, sent troops to rescue. Jin Zheng led the Yinqian right battalion and various cavalry troops to march more than a hundred miles away and defeated Zhang Wu's army, beheading more than 3,000 people and capturing 2,000 people.
Thousands of Liang Fuzhen's remnant troops rode southward from the counties in the north of Hejian. They joined forces with Liu Zheng inside and outside, and defeated the besieging troops.
Jin Zheng immediately killed all the prisoners and quickly rushed his troops to return for reinforcements. During this period, he was repeatedly harassed and besieged by the Huns' cavalry, and finally repulsed them. He successfully reached the south of Hejian City, gathered the defeated troops, boosted their morale, and once again defeated them. Hejian City was surrounded.
After Shao Xun saw the battle, he understood that Jin Zheng had fallen into someone else's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
Liu Zheng, Linghu Ni and others were still somewhat clever. They cooperated with Liang Fuzhen's remnant Qingqi to plan a successful anti-siege battle.
Jin Zheng was able to save the crisis, relying on the relatively superb combat qualities of Yinqian Youying and his unparalleled bravery. When he defeated the soldiers of Zhangwu County and returned to Hejian, Jin Zheng often took the lead, but was also attacked. Three creations.
Shao Xun no longer knows what to say about him.
It seems that not all of these generals will become talented.
In addition to the two armies, there were also generals from various towns who sent troops to harass.
Because Shao Xun was not there, these people were a little perfunctory, but the Boling Cui family responded in time and sent troops to kill the Shile generals who stayed in Boling, and accepted all of them as Jin soil. At this point, the overall war situation is pretty good. If we continue to fight steadily, the recovery of the counties will be just around the corner.
"Is Mr. Ming going back to Yecheng?" Yu Min suddenly asked.
"Don't worry about me." Shao Xun glanced at him and said with a smile: "We won't leave until we take care of things here in Luoyang."
Yu Min raised his hand, Reassured.
Shao Xun looked at Wang Yan again and said: "Captain, Mr. Liu Qiao, please come forward and talk to him. All the craftsmen who should be sent to Junyi should be sent to Junyi. Yu Yuangui is in charge of Junyi Regarding the supervision of the new city, you ask Shaofu Liu to listen to him."
"Okay," Wang Yan said.
Liu Qiao did follow the path of his brother Wang Rong in his early years.
When he was desperate, he came forward to speak out and asked Sima Yue to forgive him and no longer pursue the case. He also gave him the very important position of military counselor and wine minister.
The Wang family of Langya was both kind to Liu Qiao and kind to save his life, so it was not difficult to drive him to do things.
"Many people in Luoyang City have left. They have left many servants, slaves, and villagers. Send people to collect them all." Shao Xun looked at Chen Yougen again and said, "Yougen, Leave these people to you."
"How to place them?" he asked.
"Send them all to Junyi." Shao Xun said: "After the begging army left, a large area of empty land was left behind. I want to place two soldiers from Longxiang Mansion, and they will be sent from She County last year. Choose from the soldiers who defended the city during the war."
"Yes," Chen Yougen responded.
The two Longxiang mansions have 2,400 soldiers. In the battle of Shexian last year, there were only more than 4,000 remaining soldiers. Excluding the Qianfu soldiers and their tribes brought by Xi Jian, most of the remaining soldiers were Guanxi soldiers who are still guarding Shexian.
Converting them into soldiers is the greatest reward.
Twenty-four hundred soldiers need 7,200 households, which is not easy to raise. After all, there are not many refugees now.
It seems that we still have to find a solution in Luoyang.
"Yu Yuangui has brought five hundred soldiers, and I will allocate another thousand soldiers to you. You-" Shao Xun thought for a while and said, "Find a way to clean up Luoyang."
"As ordered. " Chen Yougen replied excitedly.
It’s long overdue!
Ming Gong had some scruples before, but now it is like this. Everyone in the world already knows your ambition, so what is there to hesitate about? Those who are unwilling to surrender will naturally leave, and all the remaining slaves will be taken away and used as subordinates for the government soldiers.
"Don't make too much noise." Shao Xun warned: "Scholars and officials who want to leave are not allowed to stop them. They are also not allowed to fabricate charges at will and torture them. Try not to touch the scholars and the Sima clan. You can beat it a little, but don't go too far. Just recruit the servants. Rich clans, such as the king of Wu, can make them pay money to protect their families."
"Yes. Somewhat unhappy.
Chen Gong still treated the scholars favorably and refused to kill them.
Forget it, let’s build a group of clans first.
Anyway, no one has taken the clan seriously since more than ten years ago. It is often the clan king who bullies the clan king, which is even worse than the scholars. Who said they have no country and no strength to resist? - Scholars have manor tribes, but most clans do not.
Wang Yan, Yu Min and others looked at each other after hearing this.
"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion." Shao Xun said: "I won't do anything like massacre of the clan. It's just recruiting the servants of wealthy families. I did this when I was guarding Luoyang. Sima Yi did it, and the more Sima did it, the more he did it. Well, I can’t do it?”
You really can’t do it! Wang Yan secretly cursed, but in the end he did not dare to say it to his face.
But fortunately, Shao Taibai has always done things in a measured way.
Since he didn't attack the scholars, but only attacked the clan, it wouldn't be too serious. Otherwise, he is not sure whether there will be a local rebellion - thanks to Sima Yue, most of the clan kings are now unable to launch a rebellion.
"Who is Rong Cong Pu She?" Shao Xun ordered again.
"Mr. King Jingling." Wang Yan replied.
If during the Cao Wei Dynasty, the red servant servant was still an important official position, and he was deeply involved in palace coups, by the time of the imperial dynasty, this position had become less and less important.
He has two duties: one is to hold halberds in the palace, and the other is to guard the tomb.
This position is generally held by clan members or famous scholars, such as Hua Yao, Sima Quan, Sima Teng, Sima Mo, etc. have all held this position.
The military power of Chun Cong Pu She is pitifully small, and there is a tendency to transform into civilian officials, and he will gradually become a clean official.
But today, because there is no military power, special emphasis is placed on the position of redundant servants, and even a small amount of military power must be grasped.
Shao Xun didn’t want to give him this opportunity.
All the halberd-wielding warriors guarding the tomb have fled, and now only the halberd-wielding warriors in each palace remain.
"Taibai, be careful about this." Wang Yan immediately advised Shao Xun when he heard that he wanted to dismiss his redundant servants.
This is too ugly.
Shao Xun pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter, I am a foreign minister now and there is no need to attend the court meeting. Let Zheng Shida come back from Xuzhou and continue to let him work as a servant."
Since Zheng Shida can be an upright official like a red servant, he certainly comes from a good background. In fact, he was a descendant of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He was driven away by Sima Yue. Later, he took the path of Yu Chen and joined Shao Xun's family.
His loyalty to the emperor has long been exhausted.
Letting him come back and continue to be a servant is a compromise plan.
The general in the palace guards the palace city, and the retinue of the emperor comes in and out.
The redundant servants shot the guards holding halberds in the palace.
Shao Xun seems to have had no involvement in these two positions and did not do anything too ugly, but he can still ensure that these two positions are loyal to him. This is enough.
"There will be a court meeting tomorrow, and there are some things that you need to continue to take care of..." Shao Xun continued to give instructions to several people.
(End of this chapter)