Chapter 234: Righteousness

Jia Xu can smell the smell of conspiracy and thinks that Han Sui has other plans, but he is not the only one in Yinchuan who thinks so, many people have the same doubts, how can Han Wenyue be the one who bows his head and admits defeat so easily? While they were watching the situation develop, they were secretly on guard.

Among these people, Yan Zhong must be one of the people who have the deepest prejudice against Han Sui. Yan Bodao is a famous man in Liangzhou, and he is about the same age as Han Sui. Both of them are famous figures in Xiliang, even if they don't have much contact, they know each other well. Han Sui had just finished visiting Jia Xu here, and Yan Zhong over there had quickly received the report.

Wang Yue, who was acting more and more low-key, dressed as an ordinary person, didn't know when he would appear in Yan Zhong's mansion. He said in a low voice: "After Han Sui met Jia Xu, he went to Ma Teng's house again and stayed for nearly half an hour before coming out. ”

Yan Zhong pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you know what they talked about?" ”

Wang Yue shook his head and said, "I don't know about this, if Yan Gong wants to know, it is better to summon Jia Xu and Ma Teng to ask." ”

"Hmph," Yan Zhong said with some dissatisfaction: "One of them is the envoy of the state, and the other is the stable Taishou, what can I ask them?" Can't you send some men to eavesdrop? ”

Wang Yue raised his head, looked at Yan Zhong, and then said in a low voice: "The lord has always told us not to spy too much on the privacy of officials, and send people to eavesdrop on this kind of thing, if the lord knows about it, he will be unhappy." ”

Yan Zhong said: "You don't say how can the prince know? ”

Wang Yue slowly straightened up, looked at Yan Zhong levelly, and the aura on his body suddenly became fierce, which reminded people that he was once a swordsman who was a famous Jingshi. He looked at Yan Zhong and said in a flat tone: "Our Liangzhou Thorn History Department is directly responsible to the lord, and it does not belong to Shangshu Province. There are probably some things in Shangshu Province that can not be reported to the lord, but we can't do it in the Department of Assassination. ”

Yan Zhong also sat up straight, and said with a smile: "So, did Wang Tingshi refuse to obey my dispatch?" ”

"If the lord orders it, naturally everything will be obeyed." Wang Yue said calmly: "Yan Shangshu, to be a minister is to have the duty of a minister. There are some things that should not be transgressed. ”

"Hey, I don't need you to remind you of that!"

Wang Yue said to himself: "Our Assassin History Department not only has to supervise the interior of Liangzhou, but also collect intelligence from Guanzhong, Bingzhou, Central Plains and other places, and manpower has always been insufficient. If Yan Shangshu wanted to find out more news, it would be better to think of another way. In the future, if there is any news about Han Sui, someone else will report it to Yan Gongyu. I still have some things, so I'll take my leave. ”

After saying that, Wang Yue pushed the seat to get up, tidied up his clothes, clasped his fists at Yan Zhong and saluted, and then walked out with his head held high. Looking at Wang Yue's distant back, Yan Zhong couldn't help but snort. He knew that Wang Yue had deliberately kept a low profile for more than a year and did not associate with any officials, just to avoid suspicion, but he didn't expect that he would dare to confront himself in front of him now.

Yan Zhong holds both the positions of Shangshu Ling and Zhongshu Ling, and he has great power, so he can be said to be the first person in Liangzhou below Chen Cheng. "Raise the body, live and move the qi", his status is high, and he is naturally no longer a talented appearance, and his mentality has also changed unconsciously. If Wang Yue behaved like this in the past, he just laughed, but now he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and even began to think about whether to change to someone who was more comfortable.

It's just that there aren't many available talents among the people he is close to, and the officials are personally managed by Chen Cheng, and all officials above a thousand stones need to be personally reviewed by Chen Cheng. The promotion of officers at the rank of commander and above requires the approval of the Ministry of Command, and the Ministry of War only has the right to recommend. Although Yan Zhong has great power, he still can't install his own people as he pleases in the appointment of high-ranking civil and military officials.

Previously, Chen Cheng mentioned to Yan Zhong the political structure of "three provinces and six ministries", saying that it was to strengthen the centralization of power and weaken the local strength of Liangzhou. Now it is indeed centralized, and it has also produced certain restrictions on the princes of Liangzhou, but it has also put a big shackle on Yan Zhong's body, so that he cannot let his preferences act.

Thinking of this, Yan Zhong let out a long sigh and said to himself: "In the past, Shang Ying killed himself, isn't the thing I encountered today similar to Shang Jun?" ”

He looked at the state pastor's mansion next door, and in his heart he admired Chen Cheng and was in awe. You can know the subtlety, and you can know the autumn of the world when a leaf falls. Many things can be seen in casual words, actions, habits, and ways of doing things. With such a delicate power structure, how could Chen Cheng be just a general who was good at fighting?

But this also made Yan Zhong puzzled, the current "three princes and nine kings" system, starting from the Qin Dynasty, and after four hundred years of continuous improvement of the Han family, the current mature system was formed. Why is the system of "three provinces and six ministries" so perfect when it is first introduced? So much so that he couldn't find anything to improve.

Of course, if you have to pick out some imperfections, there must still be them. But that's just a tinkering, not a change in the big picture. He, Yan Zhong, is a person who wants to do big things, how can he be careful about small things?

The next day, outside the lobby of the office, Jia Xu put on the most formal robe, wore a crown of hair on his head, and looked less like a warrior who could ride a horse and shoot arrows, but more like an elegant scribe. He calmly sat on a chair outside the office, waiting for Chen Cheng's summons.

The soldiers of the forbidden army walked out and said loudly: "The lord has an order, and Jia Xu, the pastoral envoy of Xuanhe Prefecture, will enter the interior to meet you!" ”

Jia Xu stood up, took the fold and the official document, and then walked in after the soldier. He came to the hall, bowed down, and then said in a clear voice: "Foreign Minister Jia Xu, on the order of the envoy of the governor of the state, I have come to visit the envoy of the pastor of Liangzhou, and there is a gift here." ”

The tooth soldier stepped forward and handed over the fold full of gifts, Chen Cheng took it casually, and then put it on the table, and said, "I don't know what happened to the envoy sent by the governor of the state?" ”

Jia Xu said: "In order to make friends with the two families, they will fight together against Huangfu Song and Ding Yuan who are entrenched in the pass." ”

These days, Jia Xu has been walking around the city, relying on the advantage of being a Liangzhou person, and quickly getting closer to Yang Qiu, Ma Teng and others. Therefore, his intention to come has long been spread. Everyone in the hall already knows a lot about the "east-west progress" strategy proposed by Dong Zhuo.

It's just that the Xiliang Army marched eastward twice in a row, but they were all photographed back, which made everyone's face change when they mentioned the Eastern Crusade. Even if the generals were very excited, they didn't want to do it again. At least, this year, I don't want to launch another crusade. As far as the terrain of Chencang is concerned, it is too unfriendly to the Xiliang army, which is mainly cavalry. Everyone has already had a psychological shadow, and no one wants to fight the Han army again before they ease their breath.

Chen Cheng said: "Although Dong Bingzhou's idea is good, our army has been newly defeated near Chencang, and has lost many soldiers, horses and equipment, and now it is powerless. If the state intends to attack Guanzhong, we can only station troops in Hanyang at most and contain the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong a little. ”

In the previous ten days of exchanges, everyone in Liangzhou figured out Jia Xu's intention, and Jia Xu also understood the thoughts of the generals in Liangzhou. He was not surprised by Chen Cheng's answer, and immediately said when he heard this: "Even if we can't send troops together for the time being, the two families can communicate with each other." ”

"Is there any communication?" Chen Cheng smiled and asked, "But I don't know if there are any things in Bingzhou that we don't have in Liangzhou?" ”

Jia Xu said loudly: "The mountains and rivers in the state, the household registration is tens of thousands, rich in iron, war horses, and the people are rich in the country, so naturally there are many things that Liangzhou needs." ”

Xu Chao said on the side: "The envoy's words are wrong, we also have iron tools and war horses in Liangzhou, why do we need to buy them from Bingzhou?" And the mountains and rivers on the surface of the state, Liangzhou also has a land of thousands of miles. The population of the state is more than 100,000 households, and there are hundreds of thousands of households in the counties of Liangzhou combined. ”

Chen Cheng looked at Xu Chao, who was talking eloquently, and said in his heart: If it is placed in the future generations, your point of view will not be criticized as a small peasant consciousness?

Jia Xu looked around the hall, and then said to Xu Chao: "Trade is just a trivial matter, now He Jin controls the government, rejects the honest people, reuses the greedy people, kills the clan and the royal family first, and casts a lot of money to plunder the people." When the heroes of the world heard this, they all gritted their teeth. Therefore, Dong Envoy Jun was the first righteous in the world, and the Kwantung princes responded en masse. Although Xiliang is a frontier, it is also the homeland of the Han family, and Chen Yuanjun is also a hero, shouldn't he work with Dong Yuanjun to eliminate tyranny, hang the people and fight crimes, and uphold justice in the world? ”

He said it very well, but here are all rebels known as the Xiliang Thieves, and the righteousness is not very easy to do here. Jia Xu himself is a native of Xiliang, and of course he knows what the attitude of the princes of Xiliang towards the imperial court is, but he still has to say these scenes. Confusing right and wrong, pointing to a deer as a horse, and talking nonsense with his eyes open are the basic qualities of every politician.

Xu Chao retorted: "Our army's new eastward expedition was fruitless, and it lost some soldiers, horses and materials, but the soldiers and horses of Dong Zhijun also experienced a crushing defeat in Hongnong. As the old saying goes: The general of the defeated army will not be brave. Dong envoy Jun's newly defeated army did not want to reflect, and at this time he sent an envoy over, wanting to provoke war again. Could it be that he wants me to contain the three auxiliary soldiers and horses for him, so that he can take advantage of the weakness and monopolize Guanzhong? ”

Xu Chao has always been opposed to going eastward now, and he has always believed that "enough food is enough to meet the soldiers", first deeply rooted in the roots, and when the soldiers are good enough to eat, it is not too late to use troops abroad. Last autumn's fighting also proved his point. Although the generals felt that this Tobe Shangshu always liked to get stuck in the army's salary, so they were a little displeased with him, but at this time they also felt that what he said made some sense.

Dong Zhuo had just been defeated in Jianhe, could he recover so quickly? I'm afraid that as Xu Chao said, he has other ideas.

So everyone looked at Jia Xu together to see what he could explain.

Jia Xu smiled and said: "What I just said is righteousness, and now I dare to say great benefits for you." ”

For these savages in Xiliang, it is impossible to say that righteousness will not work, and only tangible benefits can move people's hearts.