Chapter 248 Value

The Central Plains has been scorched to the ground, and the originally rich and prosperous places are full of burned villages, and white bones can be seen everywhere on the roadside. Sili originally had 610,000 households and more than 3 million people, but now the population has suddenly decreased a lot, leaving only a little more than 2 million, and the population of 1 million has evaporated.

Some of them were pulled by the princes of all walks of life, some fled to Jingzhou, Hebei and Jiangdong, and the rest were turned into corpses in the war. Now the population under the rule of the imperial court is much smaller, but the number of soldiers and horses has increased a lot, and this entry and exit has made the life of the people more difficult.

But no matter how difficult the people at the bottom are, the lives of the elites at the top will not be affected too much. He Jin lived in the rebuilt General's Mansion, and although it was freezing outside, he didn't feel the slightest cold.

"Smack!"

A marigold was smashed to the ground by the general in a rage, He Jin hurriedly stepped forward, kicked Wei Li to the ground, and scolded: "Before leaving, you boasted to me about Haikou, saying that you would definitely be able to move Chen Wenzheng, and now that you haven't got the things, do you still have the face to come back?" Why don't you die outside? ”

As the war progressed, the situation of the imperial court became more and more difficult, and He Jin's temper became more and more violent. He now has to drink a lot of alcohol every day, otherwise he can't sleep. Because of his indulgence in drinking and merry, his body quickly swelled as if he was blowing, but his eyes were deeply sunken, and there were deep bags under his eye sockets.

In desperation, He Jin re-canonized a series of princes such as Chen Cheng, Dong Zhuo, Yang Feng, Zhang Yan, Yuan Shao, and Gongsun Zan in the name of the Son of Heaven. Ding Yuan, the general of the expedition to the west, was not angry with the imperial court for treating the rebels favorably, but he did not have the slightest reward for himself who had fought for two years, and brazenly sent soldiers and horses to seize Tongguan and seal the passage between Guanzhong and Luoyang.

This kind of thing makes He Jin more and more easy to expose, and his drinking is becoming more and more uncontrolled. Wei Li was beaten today, just when the general was angry every day.

Wei Li was kicked over, the ribs in his chest hurt, and he lay on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Although I couldn't retrieve the method of making the thunderbolt, I contacted the old Jincheng Taishou Han Sui." Han Wenyue said that he and the princes of Xiliang had been dissatisfied with Chen Cheng for a long time, but they couldn't resist Chen Wenzheng's obscenity........."

"Huh?" He Jin's godless eyes suddenly became sharp, and it seemed that at this moment, he had become the once powerful general again, he stared at Wei Li, and said in a hoarse voice: "Go on, how will Han Sui treat him?" ”

General Han said that although he was not Jincheng Taishou, the current Taishou was his son, and the old troops were still there, plus the soldiers and horses who opposed Chen Cheng in various counties, the number was seventy or eighty thousand. Now they are just waiting for the opportunity, if the imperial court can make a clear decree, it can strengthen the resistance of the quality princes. When the time comes, they will follow the will of the court and kill the traitors! ”

"Kill the traitor?" He Jin laughed wildly without warning, "Yes, Chen Cheng is a traitor, and Han Sui is also a traitor!" It is a great good thing to let the traitor kill the traitor! ”

He laughed wildly, squatted down, pinched Wei Li's cheek hard, and said with a snort of wine: "What does Han Sui want from the imperial court?" Does he want to be a pastor in Liangzhou? Then let's write him a decree! Hahaha, when he becomes a pastor in Liangzhou, someone will definitely find Luoyang and want to replace him, don't you say? ”

Being pinched and rubbed around by a pair of fat hands on his face, Wei Li was scared and frightened in his heart, but he didn't dare to move, so he could only say respectfully: "Yes." ”

He Jin pinched Wei Li for a while, probably because he felt that his hand was not as good as the beauty's breasts, and suddenly lost interest, he stood up and roared: "Then let Han Sui's rebellion start quickly, if he can send Chen Cheng's head to Luoyang, I will make him a hussar general again!" ”

After a while, Wei Li retreated from the General's Mansion. After coming out, Wei Li was in a trance in his heart, not understanding why this world suddenly became strange. Chen Cheng's appearance has changed greatly, and he looks much more terrifying than before; The general is also like a different person in a year, not only has his body become obese, but his temperament has also changed greatly, which is even more terrifying than Chen Cheng!

Perhaps, Wei Li thought sadly: He should not have come out to be an official at all, nor should he have joined the army. Without the talents of our ancestors, where can we restore the glory of our ancestors?

The whistling cold wind blew on his face, making Wei Li shiver. As soon as I came out of the warm room, I couldn't get used to the cold outside. He woke up from his self-pity, and his gaze became firm again. In any case, no matter what, since we have come this far, there is no turning back!

Within a few days, the head of King Ping Han of Heshou was sent to Luoyang. Song Jian's head first went to Fufeng Emperor Fu Song, and then went to Chang'an, met with Gai Xun Ding Yuan, and was finally sent to Luoyang. Although Ding Yuan had sent troops to block Tongguan, he did not prohibit business and travel exchanges, and he did not need to take the head of a king to show his martial arts, so he sent someone to Luoyang.

The pickled head was housed in a lacquered wooden box, and even though it was winter, it still emitted a foul smell. When the lacquered wooden box was opened, the concubines on the side were shocked when they saw such a stinky head, and some of them screamed in shock.

He Jin felt that this head was very good, which made his recent migraine much better, and his body didn't seem to be so manic. Song Jian's head didn't have much of a frightened look, but it only revealed a hideous meaning.

Looking at the stinky head in front of him, He Jin suddenly felt a feeling in his lower body, he pulled a beautiful woman with a discolored face, ignored the other party's pain, pressed it on the side of Song Jian's head and it.

"Huh, Huh, Chen Wenzheng, Dong Zhongying, Ding Jianyang.......... You thieves, Naigong will clean you up one by one, cut off your heads like this, and put them in boxes for people to admire! ”

When the feeling of sour numbness came, He Jin roared, got up from the beauty's body, and sprayed the seeds of life on Song Jian's head. Looking at the white seeds on that hideous face, he felt unprecedented pleasure, and couldn't help but laugh.

Smiling and smiling, He Jin's gaze suddenly became gloomy again, and he muttered to himself, "If there really is such a day....... If only one day.........."

He looked at the beauties around him with gloomy eyes, "I will never leave you to the thieves!" ”

Time flies, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it has been three years of early peace. Chen Cheng was driven out of Luoyang in the sixth year of Zhongping, and at the end of May of that year, he ran away to Liangzhou, and then fought in Liangzhou in the dark. first beat the Huns, then the officers and soldiers, and then killed Song Jian, and now on the land of Liangzhou, there is no longer an existence that can challenge the authority of the state pastor.

Outside, the court was exhausted from fighting rebels from all stripes. Guanzhong is fertile for thousands of miles, and it has always been rich, but now it has also made the price of goods soar, and it may not be possible to buy grain for thousands of dollars. Because of the influence of the imperial court minting "big money", the people have completely abandoned the mode of currency trading and returned to the mode of barter.

Privately, the copper and silver coins minted privately in Liangzhou began to circulate in Sanfu and Bingzhou. Because of the abundant materials, many powerful people did not put into use after getting the coins minted in Liangzhou, but buried them at home and stored them.

They are really scared, and the imperial court collects grain and soldiers all day long, and they don't know when it will be a head. Grain and livestock are looted as soon as they are found. Bury some coins at home, and if you fall into despair in the future, your children and grandchildren may be able to rely on these things to turn over.

Dong Zhuo of Bingzhou had previously asked Chen Cheng for help, wanting to obtain 200,000 stone of grain from Liangzhou. Chen Cheng quickly replied, saying that he wanted to exchange the population for food. Dong Zhuo was in poverty, so he didn't think about it at all, and with a wave of his hand, he directly sent people over, and then pulled carts of grain from Wuyuan.

Although there are a lot of grains in it, potatoes and sweet potatoes, and the soldiers will often have stomach upset if they eat too much, but compared to the people of Bingzhou who have begun to gnaw on the roots and turf of the trees, some of them are good, where can they be so picky?

Dong Zhuo lost 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses in the Battle of Jianhe, and after fleeing back to Bingzhou, he forcibly recruited 30,000 young men. He also put the two Huns of Fuluo and Huchuquan into Taiyuan, and got 20,000 or 30,000 Hun cavalry. Coupled with the rest of his troops, there are another 780,000 troops, known as 100,000 to the outside world.

These 100,000 people, plus the garrisons in various places, and the people who transported grain, add up to 1230,000. With so many people, let alone a merger state, even He Jin in Luoyang has a headache. But in this day and age, numbers are still an important factor in determining the direction of a battle. Especially when defending, even miscellaneous soldiers can play a big role.

Therefore, whether it is He Jin or Dong Zhuo, or even the princes of the world, there is no one who is not desperately expanding the army. Now the number of soldiers and horses in the Han Dynasty far exceeds that of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Dong Zhuo raised so many soldiers and horses, and he didn't care about thousands of rebellious family members at all. He even saw a way to make money in it, and that was human trafficking! Anyway, when there was a war, those people were killed when they were killed, so it was better to catch them and sell them to Liangzhou for food.

Originally, Dong Zhuo was still thinking about whether he would simply rob Wuyuan County, how could there be a robbery when he bought something? It's just that after crossing the Yellow River, the land is very barren, and the Qiang and Xiongnu tribes who have taken refuge in Liangzhou are everywhere along the way.

Now that it is finally time to stop fighting with Hanoi, it is time to go all out to advance Guanzhong. Although Liangzhou has some savings now, where can it compare to the Guanzhong Plain, which has a population of millions? As long as you can kill back in Guanzhong, it will be a tiger returning to the deep mountains!

As for Jia Xu, although Li Ru said that he was a rare talent, was a person worth 100,000 stone of grain?