Chapter 848 Crowd
Yu Jin is very busy.
As the supreme commander of the Taishan Army in Chang'an City, everything in the city had to go through him. Coupled with the affairs of the original army, he was even busier.
But no matter how busy he was, Yu Jin still wrote a military report every day and sent it back to Luoyang so that the king could control the situation in the west.
In addition to expressing his attitude, Yu Jin actually also needs the king's excellent strategic vision to guide his next move.
After taking Chang'an, Yu Jin and his staff discussed it and decided to stop as soon as possible.
After all, it is already a big gain for them to win Chang'an now, so how can they dare to gamble again?
Moreover, practical difficulties also require them to be more cautious. Although Chang'an has been captured so far, neither Wuling in Weibei nor Zuo Fengyi in the northeast has been controlled. In fact, Chang'an is an isolated island.
Moreover, the situation in Chang'an is more complicated than Yu Jin thought. This is not the first time Yu Jin has led troops into the city, but it is the first time he has taken charge of such a large city on his own, and the complexity is still very troublesome.
The first one is that order in the city has not been established for a long time.
After the Taishan Army cleared away the rioters on the streets, Chang'an only restored its apparent stability, but in fact internal flow surged.
The rangers and rebels who were in the way of the Taishan Army began to wait for the opportunity to come out after figuring out the rhythm of the Taishan Army's inspections.
Led by local rangers, the rebels were very familiar with it and went straight to the wealthy people in the city.
The wealth of these wealthy families was actually robbed by the rebels in the first wave, but don't worry, after these princes' sons returned to their dilapidated homes again, the rangers came over.
These rangers, who were originally just the minister's lackeys, now turned around and bared their teeth at their former benefactor, and were even more cruel and greedy than the rebels.
The ministers and the wealthy businessmen had no choice but to let these people plunder them. All the gold and silverware in some homes was stolen and they returned home loaded with goods.
In terms of actual numbers, these rangers robbed much more than those Liangzhou soldiers. After all, the Liangzhou rebels were not professionals, and these rangers used to do dirty work for these people, so they knew where the money was hidden. .
Therefore, the Liangzhou soldiers may only have plundered one or two people, but the ranger's plundered five or six.
After the knights left, the families of these rich and powerful officials were still unable to live in peace.
Because a large number of elders of these families were arrested by the Taishan Army, there were always some people who came from Changle Palace and were said to be well-connected people, who would come and say that there was a way to get their elders out.
In fact, many of the disciples knew that this was for blackmail, but they did not dare to refuse.
Because these scoundrels can backhand and report the illegal things their elders or themselves have done.
You must know that under the patronage of the Han family, these sons of ministers, even if they are not in official positions, all regard themselves as superiors.
Once you have the idea that you are superior to others, how many violations of law and discipline can you expect?
Therefore, even if they knew that these people who came to their homes were just for extortion, they did not dare to object and could only accept their quotations.
In fact, some of the sons of ministers are not uneducated. They can understand to some extent that if those scoundrels who come to the door can tell the secret affairs of their family so clearly, then there must be disciples or servants of the family who are secretly involved.
Otherwise, how could those people know these secret things?
Therefore, the children of Gongqing must guard against foreign thieves on the one hand and domestic thieves on the other.
Don't say that these disciples and subordinates are all born in the same family and have been nurtured by many generations of kindness. People's eyes are white, and they turn red when they see money. No matter how close your relationship is, it cannot withstand such a test.
Just like that, the rebels came and robbed a handful, the rangers came and robbed another, and finally the scoundrels came and extorted another.
This has happened several times, no matter how wealthy the family is, they cannot withstand this.
The actions of these rebels, rangers, and scoundrels greatly affected the restoration of order in Chang'an.
During the day, they would be in groups, extorting money along the streets, and at night, they would come directly to rob people's homes. The scope of their robberies was no longer limited to ministers, and even people outside and inside the city were included in their robberies.
Some people grabbed whatever was available and emptied doors, windows, railings, cabinets, and even the straw mats.
In short, in the past few days, Chang'an has become a lawless paradise. Rangers and rogues take pride in plundering, and regard those who rob more as strong and powerful, and those who rob less as weak and incompetent.
Under such a trend, ordinary Guizhou leaders who were still waiting and watching began to take desperate risks. Since they have been robbed by others, why can't they rob others.
Of course, there are still decent people in this kind of environment who can still resist the urge to conform in their hearts, but they are still a minority in terms of numbers.
In this way, in a few days, the wealthy families inside and outside Chang'an were all broken down, while the poor families began to wear silk and satin.
At such a time both inside and outside Chang'an, Yu Jin spent his main energy on preserving and inventorying the important assets of the Han Dynasty, which were the archives in Shiqu Pavilion and the classics in Tianlu Pavilion.
It is said that when Emperor Gaozu entered Xianyang, he wanted to marry a woman, but Xiao He asked him to protect the archives and classics in the palace. It was these things that laid the foundation for Liu Bang to gain a foothold in Guanzhong.
A country's archives are the country's most important hidden assets. The local population, output, the surnames of wealthy people, and the personnel files of the DPRK and Central Government are all clearly remembered.
It can be said that among the tasks assigned by Zhang Chong to Yu Jin, obtaining the files in Weiyang Palace was ranked first.
Now, after the Taishan Army occupied Luoyang and Chang'an, basically all the archives of the Han Dynasty have been mastered by the Taishan Army.
With such an advantage, the Taishan Army has formed a high-dimensional attack on surrounding forces.
For example, the annual list of Langs for the same period can be made a fuss about.
The Taishan Army's Feijun Foreign Division can use this list to go to the enemy's side to get through to key people and obtain important information.
Xiuyiwei can also use this list to check those important people under his control, and can control these people when they are in contact.
These are still trivial things. In fact, after obtaining the files of Chang'an, the entire imperial court finally reached a complete consensus on unifying the world.
If archives are the world's political assets, then the Tianlu Pavilion's classics are the world's most important cultural assets. They are the testimony and source of vitality for the development of the Han people to this day.
Originally, Zhang Chong didn't pay much attention to this matter. Because of some prejudice, he thought that the Han Dynasty had no scientific culture and only had some witchcraft, prophecies, and classics, which were all very primitive ideas.
But once, Zhang Chong accidentally saw some classics in Lantai, Luoyang, and found that many of them were very wise, not primitive, but very advanced.
He even saw some treasured Buddhist classics in Lantai, such as "The Sutra of Forty-two Chapters" and "Theory of Philosophy".
Later, he heard the scribes in Lantai explain that more than ten years ago, some monks from the Western Regions began to become monks who translated scriptures after learning the Han language and culture. Two of them were very famous and are now among the most famous. Some Buddhist scriptures were translated by these two people. One of them is named An Shigao and the other is named Zhilou Jiaxie. It is said that An Shigao is dead, but Zhilou Jiacheng is still alive. However, during the chaos in Kyoto, he took a few monks out of the capital. No one knows where they are now.
It was not that Zhang Chong was particularly curious about these monks, but he realized that the Han Dynasty classics that he had ignored in the past were a huge intellectual resource.
These classics are basically handed down from the Spring and Autumn Period, and are the fruits of wisdom bred in the huge land of Dongtu. Due to wars in history, Lantai, Dongguan, and Tianlu Pavilion were all burned in the flames of war.
Later, when Cao Cao welcomed Cai Wenji back, Cai Wenji recited and restored part of it, but what was lost was a huge loss to the entire nation.
Perhaps Zhang Chong had a secret feeling that when he came to this world, the rescue work of these classics might have the same significance as launching this movement to change the world.
If this is the case, Zhang Chong attaches great importance to this aspect, and Yu Jin naturally attaches great importance to it too. Otherwise, Chang'an hadn't been completely pacified at that time, so he would have gone straight to Weiyang Palace? Don't you want to share the worries of the king?
So Yu Jin has been busy with this since he entered the city. For him, the Taishan Army only needs to control the superficial order.
No matter how meticulous he is, Yu Jin only has limited troops, so there is really nothing he can do to deal with the small chaos in the city.
But is that really what it is?
Fake, in fact, the current trend of extortion in Chang'an is because he deliberately allowed it. Otherwise, if you really want to take care of them, just catch a few and kill them as a warning to others, and the trend can still be suppressed.
But why should Yu Jin be suppressed? For him, the things those rangers and disciples did were too satisfying for him.
To put it bluntly, he could go to Feng Gongqing's house by himself, but if he wanted to dig out the money, he was really not as good as those rangers.
The Taishan Army can't continue to engage in torture. Now that the eldest wife has established her own family, it won't look good if she does it again.
Therefore, the ruthless rangers played this role at this time.
He only needs to let it go for a few days. After all the rangers have finished extorting money, he will go and kill all these ranger groups one by one. Isn't it just a small effort to accomplish a big thing?
And don’t those Chang’an people outside the city miss the big man? Don’t you look down on their Taishan Army? Okay, let me put the bait on you and catch your fish.
Among the five commanders of the Taishan Army, even though Yu Jin was a poor man from Shanliao, he actually didn't care much about those poor people.
He only cares because the King cares.
So don't think that you are poor or miserable. We, as old men, will suffer from your contempt. We have plenty of means to deal with you unruly people.
He doesn't persecute either, right? You have broken the law and violated the Ancheng Order issued by our Taishan Army, so there is nothing wrong with arresting you.
This is Yu Jin, revenge is overnight.
Of course, when he did so many things, he actually had an ulterior motive, that is, he wanted to defile himself.
Just as everyone in the military and generals listens to history, he also listens to the ban, and understands it more deeply.
Emperor Guangwu was also in Luoyang at that time. He first sent Deng Yu to enter Guanzhong from Hanoi, but after conquering half of Guanzhong, he was defeated by Chimei who was entrenched in Chang'an. The person who succeeded Deng Yu was Feng Yi, who finally defeated Chimei. Eyebrow, occupy Guanzhong.
In terms of specific merits, Feng Yi can only be regarded as half a big credit, but he is still frightened and uneasy even if he has half a big credit!
He conquered Chang'an in the forbidden area and achieved full success. Isn't that even more so?
Of course, he knew that with the king's style and demeanor, he would not suspect him of being banned.
But what does that say?
A good subordinate should never put himself in a position that would embarrass his leader.
Now he is doing this in order to ruin his reputation in Guanzhong.
Therefore, Yu Jin is very satisfied with the current little chaos in Chang'an.
But soon, he received a military report from the king from Luoyang.
In the letter, Zhang Chong reprimanded Yu Jin. First, he pointed out Yu Jin's petty thoughts and told him not to think so much.
Then Zhang Chong told Yu Jin that Yu Jin did not represent himself in Guanzhong, but the image of the Taishan Army. If he loses the people's support like this, it's not that he loses the people's support, but that our Taishan Army loses the people's support!
Zhang Chong attached a piece of paper under the fold to Yu Jin, which he wanted to distribute to all the officials of the Western Expeditionary Army after the entire army copied the ban.
In this article, Zhang Zhichang explained the relationship between the Taishan Army and the people in Qianshou.
Our Taishan Army has never and will never stand on the opposite side of the people of Guizhou. Whether now or in the future, we must represent the fundamental interests of all the people of Guizhou.
Don't engage in conspiracy when dealing with the masses, and truly realize ideologically that without the support of the masses in Guizhou, there will be no Taishan Army, and we must always put their welfare first.
In this military report, which was copied to the entire army, Zhang Chong criticized the Western Expeditionary Army team including Yu Jin by name and asked them to take their attitude seriously.
Sometimes the masses don't understand you and oppose you. You have to sink down first, sink among them, and ask why. Don't pretend to be a conqueror in front of the masses in Guizhou!
No one, including Zhang Chong himself, is qualified to yell in front of the crowd!
When Yu Jin read the document, he was sweating profusely. He seemed to understand that he had made a mistake, that is, his thinking was not from the same era as the king's.
While these people were preoccupied with personal honors and disgrace, the king was always concerned about how the people in Guizhou were doing, whether they were living well, and whether they were wearing warm clothes.
Yu Jin, who was still a little smug at first, finally no longer dared to play with his own petty thoughts.
After distributing the article "Fish and Water between the Army and the People" written by the king to the entire army for study, Yu Jin began to carry out a raid on Chang'an to wipe out all the silverfish that harmed the people.
In the next few days, the Taishan Army was busy with this, until Yang Mao, who had been fighting a bad battle with Zuo Fengyi, finally led his army to Chang'an.
With sufficient strength, the Taishan Army finally cleaned up the filthy places inside and outside Chang'an and achieved a grid-like order.
At the same time, the latest documents came urgently from the east, and there was only one sentence in them that was addressed to all the soldiers of the Western Expeditionary Army:
"It is better to chase the poor bandits with bravery, not to be a famous academic overlord!"
Zhang Wangling:
"Yang Mao was responsible for pacifying Chang'an, and ordered the brave troops in the Forbidden Point Army to immediately pursue the enemy in Liangzhou and prevent them from gaining a foothold in the west!"
In this case, Yu Jin, who had finally stabilized, must continue to attack without stopping.