Chapter 832 Scholar’s Heart
Yu Jin was still meeting with Shi Huai and praised him very much. He was also worried that Shi Huai would not understand his accent, so he specially found a general from Liangzhou to help him speak.
On the one hand, this shows Yu Jin's humility, and on the other hand, it is to reassure Shi Huai'an and let him know that he should not worry about being unpopular because he comes from Liangzhou. Look, there are many people like you in the army.
In our Taishan Army, we just have to work hard!
Sure enough, Shi Huai relieved his nervousness after seeing this Liangzhou general. Later in the conversation, he learned that this man was named Liang Kuan, who was originally also Liangzhou Langxuan, but during the Battle of Dusuoyuan Defeated and surrendered.
Shi Huai had heard about the so-called Liangzhou Lang Selection. It was when Liu Hong was still there, and warriors were recruited from all over Liangzhou to serve as Lang in the palace. Shi Huai participated in it back then, but he was not selected.
When I heard that Liang Kuan turned out to be Lang Xuan, I admired him in my heart, but besides admiring him, I was also a little happy.
It seems that he has made the right move. Even Lang Xuan, Liu Hong's core, can gain a foothold in the Taishan Army. Then he, the Liangzhou general's periphery, must be fine.
Therefore, Shi Huai, who was relieved, forgot his identity and even asked the question at the beginning of the ban:
"I wonder when the commander will attack Chang'an?"
Yu Jin glanced at this person in surprise, wondering if this person had forgotten what he was doing? Is this something you can ask?
Just coming from the Liangzhou Army and asking this commander about his next battle plan, wouldn't this really make people think that you are a traitor?
However, Yu Jin was in a good mood recently, so he didn’t blame him. Instead, he smiled and replied:
"Oh, Mr. Shi, have any ideas?"
Shi Huai was waiting for this sentence, and he patted his chest without hesitation:
"Commander, now all the heroes in Guanzhong are waiting eagerly for Master Wang. I, Shi Huai Bucai, have also been in Guanzhong for many years. I know the situation of heroes from all over the country. Please allow me to give me a pile of blank notices and let me inform them. ”
But Yu Jin didn't care about these clichés, and he couldn't give Yu Jin even one, let alone a pile of blank notices.
He was not given the power to become an official or make a wish. He has always taken this kind of thing very seriously and never dared to go too far.
Shi Huai, the eloquent one here, glanced at Yu Jin, and seeing that he didn't ask or have any thoughts, he gritted his teeth and dropped a bombshell.
He said that Duan Yan's troops stationed at the foot of Lishan Mountain had some thoughts. He, Shi Huai, also had connections in Duan Yan's army and could go to his army to be a lobbyist for Yu Jin.
Shi Huai's words immediately attracted Yu Jin, because they were really tempting.
Who is Duan Xuan? It can be said that he is currently the most important commander in the hinterland of Guanzhong. He originally guarded Tongguan.
Now this person withdrew from Tongguan and retreated all the way to the foot of Lishan Mountain. It seemed that he was also following the order of the little emperor. He Yu Jin wanted to enter Chang'an from the south bank of the Wei River, and Duan Xuan from Lishan Mountain was his obstacle.
If this person could be recruited and surrendered, wouldn't this great achievement be easily achieved?
So, Yu Jin beamed with joy and hurriedly asked Shi Huai what happened so that he could confidently persuade him to join the Taishan Army.
After what he said before, Shi Huai knew that the commander of the Taishan Army in front of him was a shrewd man, and he did not dare to hide anything, so he told all the details.
It turned out that the incident occurred during the Weihan raid in May.
At that time, King Zhang cut off Guo Si and Liu Bei's retreat from the rear. However, there was actually Duan Xun's army behind Zhang Chong. However, after Zhang Chong wiped out both generals, Duan Xuan did not attack from Huayin. One soldier and one pawn passed.
Therefore, after the war, Dong Zhuo became suspicious of Duan Xuan, thinking that he deliberately neglected to support Guo Si, which caused Guo Si's defeat and overthrow.
Therefore, not only was he sent from the Huayin garrison to Tongguan as a general, but his troops were also split into three.
He kept one share for himself, and the other two were transferred to Chang'an by Dong Zhuo and devoured by himself.
At that time, Du Xuan did not dare to resist, so he could only bear the loss to himself.
But in his heart, he gradually became separated from the people close to Dong Zhuo. Then Dong Zhuo's body became worse and worse day by day, and his fat body became the lifeblood of Dong Zhuo's life.
As a result, Duan Xuan began to get closer to the little emperor. He originally planned to continue to wait and see, but suddenly news came from Chang'an that Dong Zhuo had fainted in Chang'an, his life hanging by a thread.
At this time, Duan Yan finally made up his mind to join the little emperor's camp, and then led the soldiers from Tongguan all the way westward.
But when he arrived at Lishan, he heard some rumors that Dong Zhuo was not dead at all. The Dong family's children and close followers had taken control of Chang'an. Not only did they put the young emperor under house arrest, they also began to search for the emperor throughout the city. Party elements.
Duan Xuan didn't dare to move forward anymore. He looked around and set up camp at the foot of Lishan Mountain.
It was precisely because of knowing these details that Shi Huai dared to say this, but he was actually not sure in his heart. After all, his status was too low, how could Duan Xuan treat him well?
Over there, after listening to these joints, Yu Jin gradually had an idea in his mind, but he did not express it.
He just asked people to add more meat and wine to Shi Huai, saying that he had to pay him for the big gift he gave him.
After Shi Huai was helped down with a blushing face, Yu Jin thought for a while and asked someone to call Shi A, the leader of the Feijun Foreign Division who was accompanying the army.
After that, Yu Jin and Shi Ami scouted for a while, and then Shi A personally led a capable cavalry team and quietly ran towards Lishan Mountain.
In the next few days, Yu Jin was still unhurried. He continued to be stationed in Zheng County, and then received various Kansai Toshihiko every day.
The turmoil and civil strife in Kansai have chilled the hearts of these knowledgeable people, especially when they learned that the Yang family who had set an example in Kansai had defected to the Taishan Army, these people became even more excited.
Yu Jin was a little curious at first. When the first scholar came to see Yu Jin, he even asked him:
"My eldest wife regards you and other members of the family as bandits, why do you still come to join our army?"
But you know what they say?
The scholar was full of surprise and shook his head quickly:
"The commander-in-chief has misunderstood. Of course we are not enemies of the prince. Instead, we are dedicating the land to the commander-in-chief. Your army will do justice for heaven. Naturally, we will not dare to go against the grain."
Now I can no longer deal with the ban.
He is indeed good at military affairs and is also sophisticated in people, but because he has been in the military all year round, his ideas about local affairs and politics are relatively pure.
If you think the aristocratic family is an enemy, then you are an enemy.
But Yu Jin didn't know that the current situation had undergone major changes.
If the Taishan Army was still fragile and young at the beginning, the powerful family would only choose to suppress their deviant group.
But after the eldest son captured Kyoto and had one third of the world, the thoughts of the entire family were different.
They have many news channels, not only in Guanzhong, but also have many connections in Hebei and Qingzhou.
So these people also have their own judgment.
At first they thought that the Taishan Army was definitely going to kill them all, but later they found out that was not the case.
Although the Taishan Army started out with violence, it has exercised extra restraint on violence.
Some children of aristocratic families who have lost their land, as long as they can pass the land reform, will not only receive a ration of land, but also have the same rights as other households.
What happened next was indeed what these people thought. When Guan Yu on the other side of Mount Tai was engaged in the second division of land, a rumor seemed to spread from Yecheng and Kyoto, that is:
"King Zhang was very dissatisfied with Guan Yu's handling methods."
With this news, the children of these aristocratic families felt a lot relieved. It seemed that the Taishan Army simply wanted to redistribute the world's wealth equally, instead of forcing the powerful children to sacrifice their lives to atone for their sins. That's easy to handle. Since you want land, then hand it over. Since everyone is on the same level in the end, aren't they the ones from aristocratic families who can run to the front in the end?
They have never been afraid of competition. What they are afraid of is that they will not be given the opportunity to compete.
With such a change, the children of the Kansai family who were originally in panic found that their ideas suddenly opened up and the whole world became wider.
And to be honest, they also saw that even without the Taishan Army, their family would never be the same in the future.
They are all aristocratic families that relied on the Han Dynasty. When the new dynasty emerges, they will have their own power groups. By then, they, veterans of the previous dynasty, will not be welcomed.
Moreover, the current situation is not easy, that is, the military discipline of the Liangzhou soldiers under Dong Zhuo is too poor.
There were those who robbed their daughters, and those who robbed their wives. Anyway, as long as the generals and soldiers of the Liangzhou Army saw something good, they would take it away.
This scholar who was the first to defect to the ban said such a thing.
Why have the various families in the Kansai region been fighting against the Liangzhou army for so long? The scholar then told an incident that happened to his family.
He said that he had a clan brother who loved hunting, so he kept a good hound. One day, a group of Liangzhou soldiers were passing by his brother's house and happened to see the majestic hound.
At that time, the Liangzhou military general praised:
"What a good dog!"
After that, he left.
His brother didn't take it seriously, and everything continued as usual. But within a moment, a group of Liangzhou soldiers broke through the wall of their house and killed his brother's hunting dog.
What was the reason those Liangzhou soldiers told their brothers? It's just that their team's sword has a severe cold, so it happens to use the skin of your good dog to make a mattress.
Of course, the clan brother refused to give in, but in the end he was beaten by the Liangzhou soldiers. He was beaten and scolded:
"If we Liangzhou people hadn't supported you, how could you Guanzhong people live like this? Can you still hunt leisurely? Those who fight for you will not even want to use one of your dogs as a fur mattress. ? If you dare to be evil again, your life will be taken.”
After that, his clan brothers no longer dared to resist.
It wasn't because the Liangzhou soldier threatened his life, but because he suddenly discovered something that made him tremble.
That is because they, the Guan Zhongshi family, seem to have underestimated the hatred that the Liangzhou people have for them.
Why hate?
Just think about how they have treated Liangzhou people in the past hundred years, and you will know.
Because of the concentration of aristocratic families in Guanzhong, both the ancestral temples of the Han Dynasty and the tombs of these aristocratic families were concentrated in the Sanfu area.
So naturally, everything must take the safety of the third assistant as the first consideration.
The Liangzhou people became the victims of this policy. For more than a hundred years, the fifth and sixth generations of Liangzhou people died in the battle to defend Sanfu.
In order to block the Qiang people to the west of Sanfu, the imperial court could spend a huge amount of money and food to strengthen the Chencang defense line, but it was unwilling to spend a little money and food on Liangzhou to give the Liangzhou people a way to survive.
Therefore, over the past hundred years, whether they are the upper-level Liangzhou generals or the lower-level Liangzhou soldiers, they have a certain mentality towards the Sanfu people.
That is, whatever they do is taken for granted, because their ancestors have paid for it with their blood.
Therefore, they treat the third auxiliary people even more harshly. No matter you are a world-famous person or a Guizhou leader, if you are the former, you may be even more exploited.
After his brother realized this, he finally realized that the conflict between them and the Liangzhou people was irreconcilable.
Once it is the turn of the Liangzhou people in Guanzhong to make the decision, all the three assistants will have no chance of survival.
Originally, the little emperor could be their target of support, but now that the Taishan Army is here, should he still do what he wants?
After the scholar finished speaking these things, Yu Jin became very silent.
At this time, he no longer dared to do as much as he did at the beginning, because he seemed to feel that after recruiting a few children of the Yang family, he seemed to have sent a wrong signal to these children of the Kansai family.
But Yu Jin, as the core level of Da Tai, knew the mentality of the king and the entire higher-ups.
That is, the children of these old aristocratic families will almost always be relegated to another register. Although they can serve the people, they have little chance of having a future.
This is not only Zhang Chong's idea, but also the idea of the entire Datai officials.
Don't these new interest groups who come from the bottom, or come from petty officials, know that they can't compete with those old aristocratic families?
They know it too well, so they won't give these people any chance.
What's the use of your knowledge? If I don’t use you, I won’t use you.
And Zhang Chong also intended to suppress these people, because he understood that the Datai he established was still very fragile. If the new group could not be given time to develop, those people would probably be everywhere in the court soon.
At that time, once Zhang Chong leaves, no one can suppress the situation. If these people or their children come to power, won't they have to counterattack Zhang Chong?
Yu Jin understood this unspoken rule, so he knew that these children from aristocratic families had wrong intentions.
But he didn't want to clear up this misunderstanding, because the military report sent from the camp yesterday told him that the original main force of the Western Expedition was cancelled, and he and Yang Mao would need to cooperate with each other to stay firmly in the pass.
Without the support of the main force in the rear, Yu Jin knew that if he wanted to stand firm in Guanzhong, the fastest way was to win over these desperate Kansai families.
He wanted to hang on to these people, but he didn't dare to make a promise, so Yu Jin said ambiguously:
"My eldest wife will not let the people who help us suffer."
In this case, the scholar beamed with joy and bowed deeply. If Yu Jin hadn't reacted quickly, he would have almost called him the lord.
And with this king as a signal, the children of the aristocratic families who had been waiting on the sidelines were like hundreds of rivers returning to the sea. Hundreds of children from various families defected to the Taishan Army every day.
Yu Jin also gave these people a sweet spot and organized a "gentleman camp" specifically for these people to give the Taishan Army the same probability.
And for some of them who were particularly famous, Yu Jin also gave some sweeteners. This one was promoted to a police officer to investigate and deal with evildoers;
But these children of the Kansai family don't know that these are temporary positions in the camp, and they are not even considered as officials of the eldest wife.
In this way, Yu Jin relied on these small means to win the hearts of Guanxi scholars.
As for these, he wrote them all in the latest military report and asked people to send them back to the camp as soon as possible.
He must have some quarrel with the king at Yu Jin, otherwise it would be too unfair to be regarded as a member of a close family.