Chen Cheng divided 10,000 soldiers and horses into Chang'an, and the rest of the army was stationed along the river. Now that Duan Xuan and the Lu Bu group have been destroyed, the only remaining enemy is Dong Zhuo, who is entrenched in the eastern part of Guanzhong. In order to defend Chang'an, Gao Shun withdrew all the defenders in the east, and those abandoned places have been occupied by Dong Zhuo.

Chang'an was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, and it once faced the soldiers of the Huns, so the city wall was built very tall and thick. After riding into Chang'an City, Chen Cheng had a more intuitive impression of the solidity of this city.

This majestic city covers an area of 36 square kilometers, almost a square of six kilometers on each side, with twelve gates and eight main streets. The palaces, temples, offices and other buildings in the city account for two-thirds of the place, of which the palaces are mainly concentrated in the central and southern parts, including Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace, Gui Palace, North Palace, Mingguang Palace, etc.

The residential area is distributed in the north of the city, and is divided into 160 "li", each of which is divided into "lizheng". The market is located in the northwest corner of the city and is known as the "Nine Cities of Chang'an". In the west of Chang'an, there is a vast area of Shanglin Garden, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Qin Dynasty on the basis of the Forest Garden, and further expanded, is the Han Dynasty Chang'an City to the west, south of the direction of the huge royal garden, south to the Qinling, and in the east and west direction, is from Lantian to Zhouzhi, 100 kilometers long, the whole Han Shanglin Garden, the area of 2,500 square kilometers.

With an area of 36 square kilometers, Chang'an City of the Han Dynasty is already one of the largest cities in the world in this era, and the royal garden on its periphery is even more huge.

One of the most important palace cities in Shanglin Garden is Jianzhang Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the construction of the Feige Rim Road for the convenience of travel, just like the current viaduct, which can be directly connected from the Weiyang Palace in Chang'an City to the Jianzhang Palace in Shanglin Garden outside the city. Kenjo Miyagi Castle was built with walls, and the castle included many palace buildings in different combinations. There is also a liquid pond in Miyagi, and three islands are built in the pond to simulate the three mountains of the East China Sea.

However, the wind is always blown away by the rain and wind. Shanglin Garden, which once covered an extremely large area, no longer existed by this time. The original land was also divided up by the wealthy families and became a private estate. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knew underground, he wouldn't know what to do.

Riding into Chang'an, local officials knelt on both sides of the road. These people held wat boards and peeked at Chen Cheng, who was riding a tall horse, and the mighty ironclad cavalry behind him. Seeing that the Xiliang army was more majestic than the Lu Bu army, these people looked at each other, and then bowed to the ground together, shouting: "Meet the hussar general, Liangzhou Mu Chen envoy!" ”

With a smile on his face, Chen Cheng picked it off from his horse, picked up the old man at the head, and asked, "What is your name?" ”

The old man was about fifty years old, and he said respectfully: "No, Meng Tuo is also." ”

Chen Cheng raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "It turned out to be the history of the old Liangzhou thorn." ”

Meng Tuo is a native of Fufeng County, and his family was originally very rich. When he was young, it was the time when Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other ten permanent servants were in power. Although Meng Tuo is a strong man who helps the wind, because he is not from a family of scholars, it is impossible for him to be an official, at most, he is a county lieutenant in the county, a county or something.

But Meng Tuo refused to do nothing all his life, since the scholars didn't want to see him, so he turned his head and threw himself into the side of the eunuch Zhang Rang. He sent money to Zhang Rang's eunuchs again and again, so that his family wealth was scattered, but he did not make any demands on the eunuchs.

The eunuchs took so much money from him, and when they saw that he had even lost all his wealth, they felt very embarrassed, so they came to him and asked him, "What do you want when you give us so much money?" As long as we can do it, we will never shirk! ”

Meng Tuo said, "I don't want anything, I just want you to worship me." ”

The eunuchs looked at each other and felt that this request was too strange. You don't want officials, you don't want mineral fields or anything, just to let everyone worship, you spent tens of millions of dollars? And they are people close to Zhang Rang's subordinates, and only others worship them, but they rarely worship others.

But because they took too much money from Meng Tuo, the eunuchs felt embarrassed, besides, what if they worshipped? So they all agreed. Then a few days later, Meng Tuo drove the carriage to the gate of Zhang Rang's mansion. There were many people who came to see Zhang Rang, and the wide streets outside were blocked by horse-drawn carriages.

Meng Tuo came late, and there were so many people in line in front of him, so he could only wait in the back. At this time, the eunuchs under Zhang Rang opened the middle door and walked out, and bowed down in front of Meng Tuo together. Then he also took matters into his own hands and pushed Meng Tuo's carriage into the mansion.

At that time, there were hundreds of people watching, all powerful people, seeing this scene, they couldn't help but be shocked, and asked each other who was the person who even the eunuchs in Zhang Rang's mansion wanted to bow down. Soon after, the number of people who rushed to send money to Meng Tuo was in the thousands. He had all his fortunes gone, but he soon made a comeback, and he got several times as much money as before.

If it had come to an end, it would have been similar to the experience of some legendary figures of a later era. But Meng Tuo did not put all the money in his pocket, but divided half of it and gave it to Zhang Rang. Zhang Rang was very happy, he was a eunuch, and he just liked money. In fact, he has a lot of money, but the emperor asks for all kinds of money, and he has to take out some from time to time, otherwise, the emperor will be unhappy, so although Zhang Rang is powerful and powerful, he still has to keep making money.

Zhang Rang got a lot of money from Meng Tuo, and said happily: "Does Bolang have anything you want?" ”

Meng Tuo said: "If you can, let me do the history of Liangzhou Thorn." ”

At that time, the world had not yet collapsed, and there was no official position of state pastor. Although the Thorn Shi was only 600 stones, he was the highest official in the state. Because of this, Meng Tuo became a rare feudal official in the world, and he also made a lot of money. However, because he is attached to the eunuch, his reputation is not very good.

Chen Cheng didn't know about these things, but when he was chatting with Yan Zhong about Guanzhong Junjie, he heard about Meng Tuo. At that time, he sighed with emotion: "Meng Tuo is extraordinary, and Zhang Rang and others can be regarded as true to their word!" ”

Yan Zhong listened and said rather displeasedly: "If everyone resents the eunuchs today, how can the prince say good things about Zhang Rang and others?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "There is one thing to say, it is true that Zhang Rang and others are in trouble in the world, but they will do things after receiving money, which is still commendable." ”

Now that he has met Meng Tuo himself, Chen Cheng is curious and emotional. The ancients said: Within ten steps, there must be fragrant grass. In the midst of the grass, there are many dragons and snakes. Although Meng Tuo has a bad reputation, can't he be said to be a hero?

He helped Meng Tuo up and asked, "What is the current position of sir?" ”

Meng Tuo replied: "For the time being, he is the captain of Chang'an City Gate." ”

Chen Cheng pondered for a moment and said, "The predecessor Jingzhao Yin Gaixun died of illness, and now there is no one in charge near Chang'an, is Mr. Meng willing to take the position of Jingzhao Yin?" ”

Meng Tuo's heart of merit is not under Yan Zhong, Yan Zhong does not take his own and other people's lives seriously, and he does not take money seriously. At this time, when he heard that Chen Cheng was going to let him be Jing Zhaoyin, he immediately bowed down again and said, "Minister Meng Tuo, meet the lord!" ”

Chen Cheng helped him up with a smile and said, "Mr. Meng doesn't have to be so polite, everyone else should also stand up." ”

Meng Tuo stood up, and in the eyes of others who were jealous and envious, he pulled his son Meng Da and said to Chen Cheng: "This is the dog Meng Da, the word degree." ”

Chen Cheng saw that Meng Da's eyes were smart, and he looked smart, but he felt that this name seemed to be heard somewhere. After a little thought, I remembered. Isn't this the Shu Han general who blocked Liu Feng from sending troops, so that Guan Yu was defeated and killed? Why are you still a teenager?

Meng Da saw that Chen Cheng was extraordinary, but for some reason he looked at his eyes very strangely, he was puzzled, but he did not show it on his face, but bowed his hand and said, "Student Meng Da, I have seen Chen Yuanjun." ”

"Huh? Why do you call yourself a student? ”

Meng Da had irrepressible joy between his eyebrows, and said happily: "I have read Chen Yuanjun's "Arithmetic", "Physics", "Principles of Geometry" and other books. ”

Chen Cheng pondered for a while and asked, "Then I'll test you." ”

So he asked a few questions, and Meng Da picked up the branches, performed them on the ground for a while, and then reported the answers, none of which were wrong. Although Meng Tuo and the other officials on the side had some understanding of the doctrine passed on from Xiliang, they were not proficient in it, and they didn't know whether what Meng Da said was right or wrong, but seeing the satisfied look on Chen Cheng's face, they also let go of their worries.

Now that the Xiliang people have entered Guanzhong, they naturally have to do what they like.

Chen Cheng asked a few more questions, and the difficulty gradually increased, and Meng Da answered more and more slowly. After Chen Cheng asked about calculus, Meng Da's face turned slightly red, and he shook his head and said, "This student doesn't know." ”

"Self-study can actually learn to such a level, Meng Da, you are really smart." Chen Cheng said to Meng Da: "When Guanzhong is pacified, I will also open a school in Chang'an, and Zidu can come to study at that time." ”

Meng Dadao: "It's not a secret, in fact, students are not completely self-taught. ”

Chen Cheng said in surprise: "Oh? But I don't know who else in Chang'an City can teach these knowledge? ”

Meng Da replied: "It's my friend Fa Zheng, Fa Xiaozhi." He was much smarter than I was, and he taught me all these things after he learned them. ”

Fazheng and filial piety, that is also a celebrity in the Three Kingdoms period, good at military strategy, and won Liu Bei's favor.

It's really either nothing, and a big crowd comes as soon as it comes. Chen Cheng sighed in his heart and asked, "Can Fa Zheng be here?" ”

Meng Dadao; "Here."

He turned around and pulled out a young man of his age from the crowd and said, "This is Fa Zheng!" ”

Chen Cheng looked at Fa Zheng and saw that the young man in front of him was not as agile as Meng Da, but he had a calm bearing. He liked it a little in his heart, and said, "Guanzhong is an outstanding person, and I have already met a few people today. Filial piety and intelligence, I should know what kind of talent I need, but is there anyone who recommends it to me? ”

Fa Zheng had a calmness that young people don't often have, and replied: "A certain person who knows, but Meng Da, Wang Zhong, Bao Chu, Su Ze, Du Ji and others. ”