Chapter 644 Tributes and Envoys
"Hey ho! Hey ho!" The chants kept coming and going, and the timbers were lifted up and stacked at the designated place.
A little further away, black smoke rose into the sky. It was a burning official kiln, specializing in making green bricks and tiles.
There are words on the fired rectangular bricks, saying "Nan Zhen Guan Brick".
It can be seen from the literal meaning that this is the Nanguan Kiln of Luoyang Zhenguan Office, including people and tools. There was even a new Dongguan kiln built in Bianliang to bake bricks with the words "Dongzhenguan Brick".
There are more words on the tiles. In addition to the words "Zhen Guan Shu", there are also some auspicious words written in batches, such as "Gaoan Wanshi" and so on.
With their efforts, more and more buildings with mixed structures of brick, stone, earth and wood have decorated the desolate land of Bianliang.
The personnel who built the palace city also increased from the original more than 10,000 Shile prisoners to a large number of refugees from Hedong and Hebei.
Yongjia said there would be no war in ten years, but in fact the consumption was still quite large, but the money and food had already been planned.
Because the rivers freeze in winter, money, food and materials from other places cannot be transported. In this case, the palace city can only be repaired by relying on the materials accumulated previously. But it’s already the twelfth lunar month, and it’s almost time to end.
Initially, in the middle to late lunar month of the twelfth lunar month, construction work would be completely stopped to allow the captives and refugees to celebrate the New Year, and construction would not resume until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Most of the rooms in the Guanfeng Hall are not there yet, but the main hall has been completed and will serve as a place for greetings during this year's First Day.
The main hall of Huangnv Palace, located in the north of Guanfeng Hall, has disappeared. A lot of side halls have been renovated. Except for part of the hall, most of them are used as warehouses and office spaces.
Duzhi Cao and Dianzhong Cao work here.
On the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, Shangshu Ling Pei Miao, Duzhi Shangshu Yin Xian, and palace Shangshu Cai Cheng did not take a break, but brought a group of low-level officials to register tributes.
"Weishi County, Chenliu County, has twenty pieces of silk and ten mats."
"Puyang County, Linqiu County, has ten pieces of white silk and twenty kilograms of dried dates."
"Liang County Meng County, 100 catties of cotton, 20 catties of dried persimmons."
"Dunqiu County, Wei County, 60 catties of silk, 30 pieces of lamb skin."
"Anyang, Wei County County, thirty pieces of yarn, fifty pounds of windproof, and one hundred pieces of white linen.”
"In Ye County, Wei County, there are ten pieces of colorful satin, ten horses, and fifty deer skins."
"In Xinxi County, Runan County, there are forty pieces of Gebu and two pieces of tortoise shells." ”
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The county and county officials who arrived early handed over the gift list, and the low-level officials in Duzhicao recorded and copied it endlessly, and there were also people nearby who put it into the treasury and counted it.
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The quantity is not large, it is just a meaning, and it is a real local product, not a precious thing. The place cannot afford it-in fact, if Shao Xun did not order it personally, many counties would have to do it. Such auspicious signs as Ruimai, White Rabbit, and Bingtilian are too much.
In addition to county and county officials, some military generals and lieutenants in important places also sent people to send gifts.
He Lun sent fifty bolts of white linen, five pounds of wax, and Chaoge County sent one hundred bolts, plus three jars of honey, which were loaded and shipped together
Pei Miao and Yin Xian'er. After looking at it for a long time, their faces became more and more rosy.
Being from the noble family, they didn’t value these properties much - well, the ten counties combined were quite a lot - what they saw was more of a kind of property. The rising momentum of Liang Guoru made them excited.
"I would like to ask Cai Shangshu to send troops to escort the tributes and store them at least in the palace." Pei Miao turned around and said.
“It’s not a matter of personal responsibility, it’s not a matter of invitation.” Cai Cheng said politely.
Pei Miao chuckled and said nothing more.
As one of his six subordinates, Pei Miao knew Cai Cheng somewhat.
This man comes from a poor family in Guangling, and has been reduced to the point where he has to personally manage the farming. Naturally, he does not have much talent and learning. It can only be said that he is a little more literary than the student officials of Liang Gong, but There are too many.
The Cao in the palace also had a Lingshi named Li Entropy and Li Deguang, who was from Nanjun. He also came from a poor family. He and Cai Cheng served as Liang Gong's personal soldiers, and now they have also been promoted.
It is probably an established policy to put Han Su's people first.
Pei Miao was a little helpless about this.
He was worried that as a minister, he would eventually be ignored by the ministers and ministers of Cao Cao who came from humble and powerful backgrounds.
Fortunately, Duke Liang currently only vigorously promotes such figures in the palace Cao and Wubing Cao, and has not yet involved the officials, Zuo Min, Du Zhi, and Tian Cao. It can be regarded as leaving a space for the nobles to enjoy themselves. place.
But he clearly felt that the competition he faced as an official in Liang was more intense than that in Jin.
This has caused unprecedented pressure on many scholars who usually do not study hard, but indulge themselves and try to rely on their family background to become officials. With fewer official positions left for the gentry, internal competition has become fierce, and many bad people have People are squeezed down and have no chance of getting ahead.
Coupled with the clearing of land and household registration in the ten counties of Liang State, the income of the nobles will also decrease over time, and they can no longer live in dreams as usual.
Autumn is known by the fall of a leaf, and now it has only made an insignificant start, but Pei Miao has already felt the chill that penetrates his bones.
After the tributes were counted, Cai Cheng counted five hundred soldiers and transported them away in horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts.
These five hundred people are palace guards. They are generally relatively young. Most of them are not even twenty years old. Most of them are the children of government soldiers and soldiers. They are loyal enough and may not be very capable, but they are still There is room to grow. Furthermore, being a palace guard requires diligence and carefulness, not high skills. They are different from field troops.
“We’re done for today, let’s go home for the holidays.” Pei Miao rolled up his sleeves and turned to leave.
Yin Xian smiled and left.
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In addition to the envoys from the Liang Kingdom, many state, county and town generals sent envoys to Bianliang. Among them, the one who surprised Shao Xun the most was Mi Mi Ping, the envoy sent by Huang, was his youngest son. Mi Ping's arrival alarmed Shao Xun, who was reunited with his parents, wife and children. He immediately took time to meet him and called his brother Mi Zhi over.
"How is Zihui?" Shao Xun took Mi Ping's hand and asked repeatedly.
"My father is still in good health. He was overjoyed to hear about Liang Gong's feudal affairs." Mi Ping replied.
Shao Xun felt a little emotional and said: "When things happen in Qingzhou, we must let Zi Hui come to Bianliang and enjoy the wealth and honor together."
The Mi brothers were a little moved after hearing this.
Whether it is a false love or a true love, Mr. Liang does miss their father very much.
Liang Gong’s old brothers all have official positions. Even Wu Qian, who is illiterate, is now an eighth-grade shepherd, and his children and grandchildren are also officials. After three generations, can't there be a Wu family in Donghai Kingdom?
"Do you have anything to say, Zi Hui?" Shao Xun asked as he took the letter from Mi Ping.
"My father only wishes that Mr. Liang is healthy. There is no shortage of Mr. Liang in this world." Mi Ping said.
Shao Xun stopped opening the letter. After a long silence, he sighed: "Zi Hui knows me."
The Mi brothers looked at each other quietly.
They saw the word "affection" in Liang Gong.
The love between monarch and minister is the most luxurious and precious.
Before the love is exhausted, no matter how big something happens, the danger can be saved in the end.
After the friendship is gone, it’s time to get down to business.
My father met Liang Gong when he was young and took good care of him. For so many years, my father has never asked Mr. Liang for anything, and this relationship has always existed.
The nature of human beings is truly indescribable.
After Shao Xun sighed, he opened the letter and read it carefully.
Half of Mi Huang’s letter is about old times, and the rest is mostly about events in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, which involves a lot of allocation of troops, equipment, money and food, and problems exposed by the officials in charge - so , many times officials are really afraid of people who can write directly to the supreme leader because they are too lethal.
After reading it, Shao Xun had only one feeling: Mi Huang still wanted to make a difference.
He pointed out that the situation in the north had been decided, and people in Cao Yi were panicking.
The scholars who had been subdued by his force were quick-thinking and had a strong impulse to welcome Master Wang.
He believed that Jianye might create some obstacles, such as launching an offensive in the Huai River area. But the scale of this kind of support will not be too large, because Sima Rui cannot get strong support from Jiangdong's wealthy families in this matter.
He suggested defending in the south and attacking in the north. He would lead the powerful tribes of the East China Sea such as Mi, Wang, Xu, and He as the backbone, recruit young men, go north from Langya, pass through Daxian Mountain, and go straight to Linqu. , Guanggu.
When he saw this paragraph, Shao Xun had a very strong sense of déjà vu...
After putting away the letter, Shao Xun thought about it and was not sure about his old superior's military capabilities - he He is a kind person, but he is not a decisive military strategist.
Perhaps, he needs to be assigned some troops and generals who can fight.
"What do you think about the Qingzhou incident?" Shao Xun wanted to reuse the Mi family's children, so he asked.
"Ming Gong, on the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month, people from all directions come to congratulate you. The Qingzhou scholars can see this power. If you use both suppression and appeasement, it will be destroyed." Mi Zhi said.
"In recent months, some people from the Chengyang Wang family have taken their family members to the south, and some have been attracted by the Langya Wang family and the Taiyang family, willing to serve as internal collaborators." Mi Ping came from the East China Sea, so he knew Naturally, there is more news than Mi Zhi. I only heard him say: "Le'an Guangyi is an old official of Yue Mansion. After crossing south, he was not satisfied, and then returned north again. He had many contacts with my father. The Sun family of Le'an is Queen Hui——"< br>
At this point, Mi Ping decisively shut up and said: "The Feng clan in Beihai, the Meng clan in Chengyang and other clans are all dissatisfied with Cao Yi. They have been waiting for Master Wang for a long time and are willing to be the leader."
"What do you think? How to fight?" Shao Xun asked.
"Elite soldiers and strong generals are sent to Qingzhou, and they will defeat it with the overwhelming power of Mount Tai." Mi Ping replied.
"Oh?" Shao Xun asked with interest: "Since there are so many internal responders and leaders, why do we need to mobilize so many elite troops?"
"It is precisely because of the internal responders and leaders that we need The faster you attack, the faster Cao Yi will be defeated. The further you get to the back, the easier it will be." Mi Ping said, "If you don't have heavy troops, you can't fight. Even if you have internal support, it will be easy for Cao Yi to react. Deal with it calmly. If the attack lasts for a long time, the cost and casualties will be countless. "
"It's interesting." Shao Xun looked at Mi Ping and said with a smile, "Which troops do you think should be deployed?"
"When I arrived in Bianliang, I saw many Hebei Hu generals congratulating me. Ming Gong may recruit cavalry troops on a large scale. The Tianshi Taoist disciples are very afraid of Xianbei's armored cavalry. After a few charges, they were defeated."
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Shao Xun laughed after hearing this, then looked at Mi Zhi and said, "My talent is not inferior to yours."
Mi Zhi was a little embarrassed.
Gong Liang’s unintentional words made him feel quite stressed, and even the joy of his arrival with his younger brother was washed away a lot.
In fact, he was a little jealous of this younger brother, who was so sharp.
Shao Xun didn't care what he thought, and said to brothers Mi Zhi and Mi Ping: "Will you follow me to meet the generals and chiefs of Hu Town?"
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While Shao Xun was intensively planning the Qingzhou War, Yang Kai, the envoy of the Taiyang clan, was still lingering in Guanggu City.
On the twelfth lunar month, Cao Yi held a banquet and invited Yang Kai.
(I’m a bit busy today. The leader may not be able to add more updates. Let’s start from tomorrow. It won’t be less.)
(End of this chapter)