Chapter 462: Digging a Pit
At the beginning of September, Li Xin became busy again and had to go around again to make rounds. This time it was not a man-made disaster but a natural disaster, because there was no rain for several months, so there was a major drought in the Guanzhong area.
This is a remarkable thing, and this is the second time it has happened since the Huashan Army raised its troops. However, compared to the situation at the time of the first time, this time Li Xin and the others dealt with it much more leisurely.
Thanks to the continuous increase in investment in the early stage, water conservancy projects in various parts of Guanzhong have been restored and many new ones have been built. In addition, Li Xin deliberately ordered that mountains, rivers and fishing should be banned, so that the people could use these public resources.
Therefore, this drought did not cause much trouble to the people.
The people united as one and actively carried out the anti-drought work, and the people saw the true ability of the Huashan Army this time. Moreover, in the face of the disaster, the strength of everyone after unity is particularly strong, therefore, under the pressure of this natural disaster, it has won more honor and praise for the Huashan Army.
"The inspectors dispatched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate should closely inspect all localities, especially the Guanzhong Prefecture, to guard against those officials who do not act, especially those who take advantage of the opportunity to be corrupt. Once one is found, it must be dealt with strictly. "In the General's Mansion, Li Xin is holding a disaster relief meeting, which can be described as murderous.
A group of officials below are carefully recording and preparing to guide the next work.
"Another is that for those people whose lives have been affected and are indeed in difficulty, we must do a good job in disaster relief measures. At this point, the household department should send competent officials to supervise it, and at the same time, order all localities to report the damage, and immediately investigate the situation of the disaster in each locality! β
"As soon as the drought comes out, the demand for river water in Guanzhong will inevitably increase greatly. Let the local government pay attention to this matter, and must not let the people have disputes because of the problem of getting water, if there is a mess because of this, the local officials will be strictly held responsible! β
Li Xin said above, and the officials below looked up from time to time to answer, or inquire, and the hall was quite quiet.
"General, there is an urgent military intelligence report!" While the meeting was in session, Tu Qi hurriedly walked in from outside, came to Li Xin's side, leaned over and said.
"That's all for now, go and do it as soon as you get back!" When Li Xin heard this, he said to everyone below.
The officials hurriedly saluted and withdrew from the hall one after another. At this time, Li Xincai looked at Tu Qi and said, "Say it!" Something happened again! β
"The spies just sent an emergency from the north, and it is said that Liu Weichen went to Shengle City to see Shi Yiqian with a large number of gifts in order to sit firmly in his position."
"This is not surprising, after all, today's Xiongnu has long since ceased to be prosperous, his south is us, and the north is close to Daiguo. If he doesn't hurry up and find a big tree to lean on, I'm afraid this seat will not be stable! Li Xin didn't have any surprises when he heard this, he just nodded.
"This is indeed nothing strange, but the problem is that this Liu Weichen actually wants to fight our idea of Jujuan County!"
"Oh? What does he want to do? Hearing this, Li Xin couldn't help but be curious.
According to the information obtained by the spies, Liu Weichen tried his best to exaggerate the wealth of the county in front of Shi Yiqian, and also said that the better the development of the county, the more attractive it would be to the Saibei Hu people, which was a serious threat to the country. Therefore, he instigated Shi Yiqian to send troops south to attack our county, wanting to loot everything there. Tu Qixi said.
"It seems that this Liu Weichen is red-eyed! I know that our county is developing very well now, so I thought about getting it for nothing, so I came up and grabbed it directly! However, this kid is also cunning, knowing that his current strength is impossible to do us any good, he actually thought of encouraging Shi Yiqian to come out! By the way, what did Shi Yiqian say? Did he agree? Hearing this, Li Xin completely understood, and couldn't help laughing.
"Nope! Shi Yiqian didn't directly agree to Liu Weichen at the beginning, but just said to think about it. However, after he discussed it with Zuo Chang Shi Yanfeng, he directly refused. Although Liu Weichen was unwilling, there was no way, and now, he has returned to the Khan Court! However, since this person has such a mind, sooner or later he will become our scourge, and we have to guard against it! Tu Qi shook his head and said.
"Hmph, I'm afraid he won't come! I can't find an excuse to do something to the north, I originally wanted to use the county to plot slowly, but this Liu Weichen made me see hope! Nashi Yiqian is not an ordinary person, he has been able to dominate the north for many years, and he is by no means an idle person. Compared with Liu Weichen, after all, it is still much worse. If we can take the opportunity to deal with him this time, all the land of Hetao Shuofang will be in our hands! Li Xin pondered for a while before he said.
"Has the general already made up his mind?"
"The planning has never stopped, but I have never been able to find a good entry point. Now it's time to doze off, someone has brought a pillow, which is a great thing! So be it! In a while, you will send someone to go to Zhujuan County, and bring Wu Hui and Sun Tie back to me quietly, as well as Li Erhei, Peng Lin and Shao Zisong, let them come back secretly, I will plan with them well! Li Xin nodded, but did not say it explicitly, but commanded.
"Yes, I'll arrange it in a moment. Also, two days ago, Yan Guo mobilized troops again, and this time they targeted Gao Chang, Li Li and others. And the place where the war started is basically on the boundary of Yan Kingdom, so I am afraid that there will be chaos in Yan Country for a while! Tu Qi continued.
"Murong Jun's approach is right, after all, people like Gao Chang and Li Li were originally generals of Later Zhao, what is the difference between them and Zhang Ping at the beginning? Now that you have surrendered, it will be okay to be loyal to Yan Guo. However, they still wavered, one time they descended to Fu Qin, another time to Jiangzuo, and another time to return to Yan State. These people are like grass on the wall, falling with the wind, just thinking that this will make their power more stable, but they don't think that once others have their hands freed, they will no longer tolerate him! Hearing the news, Li Xin couldn't help but shake his head and sigh.
At the beginning, Hou Zhao died in the hands of Ran Wei, and then Ran Wei died in the hands of Yan State, so Yan State was able to have such a strong strength now, because it inherited most of Hou Zhao's territory. Of course, there are more Hou Zhao relics who inherited, not only Gaochang Li Li and others, but also Lu Hu.
These people are now distributed in the area north of the Yellow River, and LΓΌ Hu is the wild king of Hanoi County, named Yanchen, but in fact it is about the same as a small kingdom. The territory of Gao Chang and Li Lih is within the two counties to the east of Hanoi County.
In the past, Yan Guo was bent on competing with Jiang Zuo, so he didn't have much time to deal with these things about them, and had to tolerate the inconsistent behavior of these people. But now that Yan Guo has nothing to do with the outside world, he naturally has the spare strength to solve internal problems.
Murong Jun's ambition is not small, and he has always wanted to dominate the world and become a real emperor. But after so many years of reality, he already understands that this matter is not so easy.
At the very least, if you want to use troops abroad with peace of mind, and if you want to be able to use all the national strength in one place, you must first calm down the country. Otherwise, all the efforts will be in vain when there is civil strife at a critical time!
Obviously, Gao Chang Li and others are the most unstable factors, and they must be disposed of. The most important one is probably because the territory of these people is too close to Yecheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom.
Therefore, this time Murong Jun sent Murong Ping, Yang Lu, Le'an Wang Murong Zang and others to conquer Gao Chang, Li Li and others. After these unstable factors are resolved, it is naturally very beneficial to maintain the security of the Yecheng area.
"Compared with the strength of Gao Chang, Li Li and others, the gap between them is too big. In the opinion of their subordinates, I am afraid that they will not be able to resist the Yan army. I heard that these two people have already sent people to Jiangzuo to ask for help, and they have also sent a messenger to come to us to ask for help! General, should we plan well and cause a little trouble for Murong Jun? Tu Qi proposed.
"No need, let Huan Wen take care of this matter! He won't sit idly by and watch Yan Guo do it, I'm afraid our main energy will have to be transferred to the north for the time being! This time, I might have to do a big job, and if I can solve this problem, we'll be truly free! After thinking about it for a while, Li Xin finally rejected the idea.
"The subordinates understood, and immediately sent someone to inform a few of them!" Hearing this, Tu Qi didn't say anything more, turned around and left.
No one knew that ten days later, a group of generals of the Huashan Army who were responsible for garrisoning the north quietly returned to Chang'an City. Then, he was secretly received by Li Xin in the general's mansion, and the only people who participated in the meeting were those who were called back, except for Wang Meng and other relevant departments.
No one knew what they said, and even many people didn't know that there was such a meeting in the General's Palace. The meeting lasted only one night, and the next morning, Li Erhei and the others quietly left.
With the end of this meeting, some subtle changes began to take place within the Huashan Army. However, in the eyes of ordinary people, it is as if there is no anomaly at all, and everything is going on quietly.