Chapter 148: Expedition to the West

After all, Fu Gan is only in his twenties, and even if he has a good father, he has not yet had a moody city. Sitting outside the door, although he tried his best to make a pampered appearance, but how could that be? On the contrary, Yang Hui beside him, because he is older, seems much calmer.

The envoys of the princes and Yang Qiu left one after another, and when they passed by, some people recognized that this was the son of the Marquis of Zhuangjie, and they would say hello to him. There were also some people who didn't know him, and they glanced at him casually and left in a hurry. is like Yang Qiu, the secretary of the military department, after coming out, he didn't pay attention to the people outside at all, ran out directly, jumped on the horse and left.

This made Fu Gan's heart more and more anxious, and he began to doubt. Why hasn't the envoy summoned me in yet? Could it be that things have changed? No, no, it's certainly not like that!

When he was worried, the long-awaited voice finally sounded inside the door, "The lord has an order, order Fu Gan to come to the hall to meet him!" ”

The voice that had been waiting for a long time sounded, but Fu Gan did not stand up for the first time, but was stunned for a moment, and only then did he come to his senses after Yang Hui secretly pushed him. He straightened his shirt, crossed the threshold and walked down the long hallway with the soldiers, then took off his shoes and walked out into the lobby.

On the edge of the lobby stood rows of elite soldiers in iron armor, and on the left and right sides of the hall stood several generals wearing armor. On the top seat, a person sits casually. Fu Gan didn't dare to look carefully, just glanced at it secretly, and felt his heart beat violently.

Chen Yuanjun has such a strong domineering spirit, why didn't he see it last time?

He took a few steps forward, bowed to the ground, and said, "Meet Chen Yuanjun!" ”

Chen Cheng looked at Yan Zhong on the side, Yan Zhong understood, stepped forward, unfolded the bamboo slip, and said loudly: "In the autumn of October in the first year of Chuping, Liangzhou Mu, Julu Hou Cheng said: Wen Zhuangjie, the son of Hou Fu Xie, is skillful in bows and horses, sensitive and studious, willing to give, and able to serve others, which can be an example for the people of Liangzhou. For this reason, Bai Gan is the right to Shuo Fang Taishou, subordinate countries, the Ministry of Agriculture, the small government, the county officials, the letter is engaged, and the user is like an edict! ”

Fu Gan trembled slightly, he tried his best to keep himself calm, stretched out his hands, respectfully took the edict, and then said loudly: "Minister Fu Gan, you must do your best to govern the Lord and the Lord!" ”

Yan Zhong smiled and helped Fu Gan up, as soon as Fang started his hand, he felt that there was something wrong in his hand, he looked at the other party's wrist, and saw that the sleeves of his shirt were trembling slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh in his heart, so he said warmly: "Fu Taishou, please take the ribbon seal." ”

Fu Gan took the silk seal, and he still felt like he was in a dream. thought that his father had been an official for more than ten years, and in the end, he was only an official to Hanyang Taishou, and only after his death was posthumously awarded the title of "Marquis of Zhuangjie". And as soon as he entered the official career, he was awarded the position of Taishou?

After receiving Chen Yuanjun's conquest, he also thought about whether to resign, but at that time, after he saw Shuo Fang's four words, he immediately agreed. Since then, he has been suffering from gains and losses. Now this Shuo Fang Taishou seal is held in his hand, although there is still a word "right" in front, but he is confident that as long as he works hard, this word "right" will be removed soon!

Fu Gan took the edict and the ribbon seal, bowed down again, and then exited the hall. The things in his hands were not heavy, but they made him feel heavy, and he felt relieved just by holding them. It was only then that he seemed to fall back from the clouds to the earth, and his feet were on the ground again.

Compared with the apprehension when he came, he now walks very calmly and steadily with every step. Fu Gan calmly put on his shoes, walked through the corridor, and then crossed the threshold and returned to the front yard.

Under the eaves of the corridor, Yang Hui saw Fu Gan, and couldn't help but light up, he immediately stood up and asked, "How is it?" ”

Although his voice was calm, Fu Gan could hear the urgency in it, just like he himself had not long before. Fu Gan raised the edict and the seal a little higher, and said with a smile: "The lord has appointed me as the Taishou of Quan Shuo. ”

A smile suddenly bloomed on Yang Hui's face, and he said to Fu Gan: "Great! ”

Immediately, he sighed again and said, "If Nanrong Gong knows underground, he should be able to laugh at Jiuquan!" ”

For Chen Cheng, the most important thing now is stability. Whether it is to appoint Yang Qiu as the secretary of the military department, or to worship Fu Gan as the Taishou of Shuofang, or to distribute fields and money to meritorious soldiers, it is all for stability. Only stability can lead to development. When he fled from Luoyang in disarray, he had already figured out that he had to have a piece of his own territory and then implement the policies he had planned.

The war with the Huns ruined his plans for a while, but now that the Huns have been largely pacified, it is time to pick up the original plan again. Chen Cheng planned to spend a year training officers, developing production, minting currency, building factories, and then using both economic and military means to completely tie the Liangzhou princes to his chariot.

Then, it's time to expand outward. The plan was perfect, but it seemed like something was going wrong in the first step.

Han Sui sat on the territory of the three counties, with a large number of generals, and after getting the "Ming Dingguo is Order" issued by Chen Cheng, he was very disdainful, but he had no intention of challenging Chen Cheng and Cheng Yi's military alliance with Yang Qiu now. He is a scheming person who has always been good at forbearance. Now Chen Cheng and the others are holding the power of breaking the Huns, and it is not appropriate to face them directly, so wait until there is a rift between them.

He lives by himself, and he doesn't believe that Chen Cheng's military alliance can last long. However, he didn't want to do it now, and Chen Cheng also pressed Cheng Yi and Yang Qiu not to do it, but there were people who couldn't wait to provoke a new big war.

After He Jin took full control of Luoyang City, a few days after he was full of ambition, he discovered a fatal problem: he had no money.

It's actually okay to have no money, arrears of military pay are a regular operation before the fall of every dynasty, and it is nothing. But at the same time, he didn't have enough food to feed his army of hundreds of thousands. Yes, after Luoyang City stabilized, there were still many Qinwang troops rushing over, which further expanded the forces in He Jin's hands.

However, most of the imperial court's arsenals and Taicang were burned, and most of the taxes paid in various places were reduced. First of all, Yizhou Mu Liu Yan said that Zhang Lu in Hanzhong blocked the road and could not transport a grain of rice. Although Liu Biao of Jingzhou is obedient, he has just pacified Jingzhou, and it will be able to deliver tens of thousands of stone of grain to Luoyang this year.

Chen Cheng led the soldiers and horses of the two counties of Wuwei in the north to defeat the Huns, which was already a feat that shook the world, but compared with Liu Cheng's pacification of Jingzhou, it was too rough. Liu Yan pacified Yizhou, Liu Biao pacified Jingzhou, and as soon as Liu Yu arrived in Youzhou, he surrendered the Wuhuan people and asked the Wuhuan people to send Zhang Chun's head.

Coupled with Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, Liu Dai, the assassin of Yanzhou, and the five relatives of the Han family, they stabilized half of the world. If you count the Chen King Liu Pet, who has tens of thousands of soldiers, this world still seems to belong to the Liu family.

However, although these Han clan relatives stabilized the place, they did not have much grain to provide to the Luoyang court. The more troops He Jin has, the more restless he becomes. The soldiers gather with pay, and if there is no food, they disperse. Failure to pay is not necessarily an accident, but if the soldiers run out of food to eat, there will be a big mess.

Because there was not enough food in Taicang, the use of the army was reduced again and again, and in September, there was an incident where soldiers rushed into the city and looted. For this reason, He Jin lost his temper and cut off the heads of hundreds of soldiers. However, it is easy to cut off a human head, but it is difficult to fill a belly.

Because the Son of Heaven Liu Bian was still young, he was regent by the general He Jin and the Empress Dowager He. At the court meeting, He Jin asked the important ministers of the court to come up with a solution, but Yuan An, He Hao and others talked for a long time, but it was all nonsense. He Jin knew that there was a lot of grain in the various estates near Luoyang, and he gathered the courtiers just to let them take out the grain, but how could that be?

If these important ministers of the court were willing to break their families and become a country, how could they cause the Yellow Turban Rebellion?

The court meeting was held for several days in a row, but it was all unhappily dispersed. He Jin had no way to get food, so he could only reduce the number of people who ate. So he appointed the former Bingzhou Thorn Shi Ding Yuan as the general of the expedition to the west, led 30,000 troops, and stationed in Chang'an. He Jin's original intention was to send the army to various places to relieve the pressure on Luoyang's food, but Ding Yuan did not want to be idle in Chang'an.

After he took office, only three days later, he summoned Huangfu Song to Chang'an to discuss how to enter Liangzhou. Huangfu Song is a famous general in the world, and his prestige is even higher than Ding Yuan. However, although he used soldiers like a god, he was humble and cautious, and after receiving Ding Yuan's order, he immediately rushed from Fufeng County to Chang'an.

Huangfu Song strongly opposed the attack on Liangzhou now, but the generals such as Lu Bu, the chief secretary of Ding Yuan's account, agreed to attack Liangzhou to the west. Jingzhao Yin Gaixun also did not agree to attack Liangzhou, he said to Ding Yuan: "Although General Huangfu defeated the Xiliang army a few months ago, the Xiliang cavalry is extremely strong, and Han Sui and other generals have been in the army for a long time and are familiar with military affairs, so I am afraid that it will not be so easy to win." ”

Dante was originally appointed by the imperial court to conquer the west, and had the right to control the armies in Guanzhong, and since he had made up his mind, Gai Xun and Huangfu Song had only to obey orders, unless they wanted to rebel. But Huangfu Song will never rebel, he once had hundreds of thousands of male soldiers, and he didn't rebel at that time, how can he rebel now?

As for Gai Xun, not to mention whether he has the intention of rebelling, he has only 5,000 soldiers and horses, and he has no strength to rebel at all. Therefore, Ding Yuan gave an order, Chang'an and Sanfu began to transport grain and grass to Fufeng, and when the weather was cool at the end of October, they took Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and other generals to the west and killed them in Hanyang County.

Haoqiang of Hanyang County was originally going to take advantage of Han Sui's main force stationed in Jincheng County to make trouble, but at this time, in the face of the pressure of the imperial army, he could only let go of the idea of making a big news, and rallied around Han Sui to confront the officers and soldiers.

In the final analysis, they wanted to oppose Han Sui because Han Sui looted heavily in the county in order to maintain a huge army. Not only did the people have to bear heavy taxes and labor, but even they did not let go of these heroes, and they also had to pay taxes and serve. But compared to the imperial court, Han Sui can be regarded as cute.

Han Sui just scraped three feet to the ground, but the court wanted to knock on the bones and suck the marrow. In that case, the big guys can't be blamed for voting with their feet.