Gongsun Zhan's things are both casual and deliberate.

First of all, in everyone...... Including in the eyes of Gongsun Xun, this handsome guy with a loud voice will get ahead sooner or later, because people's personal conditions and interpersonal relationships have long been in place, and it is really not bad for such a little drama. But on the other hand, Gongsun Xun also hopes to use this way to accelerate the separation of his brother and Xia Yu, so as to prevent some embarrassing scenes in the future.

However, after spending two million dollars to buy off a Wuhuan head, and then ransomed Gongsun Zhan, recaptured the money, killed people by the way, and stole more than 200 war horses, Gongsun Xun didn't have time to see with his own eyes the drama of his brother accompanying Na Xia Yu to enter Luo...... Because the envoys of the imperial court were not allocated, but dozens of them were released in one go!

If you think about it, you can understand that with such a big defeat, the entire northern Xinjiang was shaken, how could the center still delay and delay?

In fact, don't say that the two people who supervised Xia Yu and Zang Min drove into Luo; There is no need to say that the Southern Huns, who do not know life and death, are alone with the Wuhuan people who are mixed with death and injury; It is the envoys who asked the border counties to strengthen the border defense of 2,000 stone and the assassins of the two states, I am afraid that there are more than dozens of them......

And Gongsun Xun, as the other Sima of the imperial court, although his performance was extremely eye-catching, and he could even be said to have achieved the only result of the Northern Expedition, but this is not the time to discuss merits...... The central envoy, Taiweifu and Shang Shutai, jointly used the seal, asking him to immediately lead his troops back to Pingcheng, and then control the original Pingcheng camp as a direct subordinate to the imperial court, and assist Yanmen Taishou Guo Yi to maintain the most empty border defense of Yanmen County.

Of course, there is nothing to say about this, after Gongsun Xun received the order, regardless of the fact that the injury in his left arm was not yet fully healed, he left Lu Fan to take care of the wounded soldiers, and then directly led his troops through Zhou Yue County and galloped back to Pingcheng.

In other words, although it was not too long to leave this place, for some reason, since Gongsun Xun and below, almost everyone rushed back to Pingcheng again, but they had a feeling of being in a different world.

The summer sun was shining brightly, and the eyes were full of bright colors, however, since the army had crossed the White Wolf Mountain, there were not many people on the way.

It's not that there are no villages scattered in the plains north of Pingcheng, but most of them go to the empty space, and I don't know if they have left by themselves a long time ago, or if they hide directly when they see an army coming, or whether they first become a nest of bandits, homeless people, and ruffians, and then hide when they see the army coming.

When I came to the outside of Pingcheng, although there were people, and they were quite enthusiastic after recognizing the banner of this army, it still made people frown...... Because, there are too few people. There is also the vast military camp in the north of the city, which was personally supervised by Gongsun Xun before, and now it will be officially accepted, and now it is even more speechless, and it seems a bit of a pretense to call it dilapidated!

All in all, it's a mess.

And because Lu Fan was not there, Gongsun Xun could only deal with all kinds of miscellaneous matters by himself.

"There are nine original immigrant military families wandering outside? And let the sergeants from Jiuyuan immigrants visit the city, but the officers must return as soon as possible. ”

"Yanmen Taishou Guo Gong is waiting for me in Pingcheng? And let me straighten out my subordinates and visit him in the evening. ”

"Don't try to clean up the whole camp at the beginning, first concentrate on cleaning up one camp, stay for the time being, and then send people around to see if there are still ...... Are you saying that there are still ordnance, food and grass in the camp? ”

"Yes!" The soldier who had been left behind by Zang Min bowed his head and replied. "Please come with me."

Gongsun Xun hurriedly led a group of officers to follow this person.

"Sima, please see." The officer took out the key and opened the wide lock that hung on one of the barns, and then pushed open the door of the barn.

Sure enough, under the eyes, there were bundles of hay and corn, hay on the left, and grain on the right, arranged neatly, which made everyone quite shocked.

"So there are two more barns like this." The officer bowed his head and spoke. "In addition to this, there is a warehouse of armor and a warehouse of ordnance...... The former was collected from the counties of Hanoi, Hedong and Hebei, and the latter was sent directly from the Nanyang Iron Warehouse. Gong Zang asked me to wait here for Sima, just for these five warehouses! ”

At this point, the military official paused for a moment before continuing: "Actually, don't hide it from Sima, the rest of the warehouses have been swept away by the Huns and scattered people when the defeated army returns, and only these five warehouses are guarded by the county officials of Yanmen County, so they can ......be preserved."

The surrounding officers were all overjoyed, but Gongsun Xun's face was as usual, and he didn't care: "It's a pity for Zang Gong." In this case, I will naturally handle it with care...... You are also a local county official in Yanmen who was called into the camp? ”

"Yes!"

"Then let's go back to the Yin Pavilion!" Gongsun Xun waved his hand casually. "When I saw Guo Taishou in the evening, it naturally shows your credit."

“…… Here! ”

Exiting from the warehouse, Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again, not knowing what he was thinking, and he didn't let people open a warehouse and use the things here, but locked it again, as if he didn't see these warehouses, and continued to urge the soldiers in the battalion to clean up the camp.

Of course, this kind of thing can't be hidden, and after a while, the whole camp knows that there is a large amount of ordnance, grain and grass stored here, and the work is much more diligent.

"Your family is okay, are all those villagers in Jiuyuan safe?" In the afternoon, in the middle of the camp, which was already a little angry, Gongsun Xun was sitting on the steps of the high platform in the camp with a horsewhip and talking to Cheng Lian, who had just returned from visiting Pingcheng with Wei Yue and others.

"My wife is the only one in the family, so I don't have to worry about it." Cheng Lian hurriedly bowed down and replied. "As for the villagers of Jiuyuan, it is true that many people fled because they were worried about the Xiongnu crossing the border, but most of the rest were safe and sound, and I would like to thank Sima for sending them into the city when he left......

"Don't mention the wounded who stayed in Fuyang City," Gongsun Xun asked after glancing at the busy sergeants in the camp before continuing. "Those who died in this battle, those who are missing, in short, so many who have not returned, have you ever heard someone scold me for being a recruiter?"

Cheng Lian and Wei Yue, as well as the rest of the officers who were immigrants from Jiuyuan, couldn't help but look at each other.

"Sure enough, there is still resentment." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but smile bitterly. "I should have thought of it."

"Sima Rongyu." Cheng Lian gave up again. "It's not that there are no grievances, but ......"

"Huh?"

"But most of the villagers still think that Sima is more reliable here." Cheng Lian couldn't help but feel a little gloomy when he said this. "There is no need for food and clothing, there is no shortage of rewards, and one person can feed an entire family when he joins the army. Therefore, this time I went to visit the city, many people asked me, since there was some damage in the army, can I send my children over again? As for saying that they have grievances, in fact, they heard that Sima has already supplemented the elite of Ningcheng here, and there is no shortage of soldiers, so some people who don't know the general situation complained......"

"Is the people's livelihood hard enough to do this?" Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh slightly. "I already know the situation, so go down."

Cheng Lian was submissive, but Wei Yue was a little eager to try and didn't want to go.

"You want to talk?" Of course, Gongsun Xun noticed the movement of this guy.

"Yes, Sima!" Wei Yue hurriedly stepped forward and walked to salute. "With all due respect, although our army is already full, it doesn't hurt to raise more soldiers and horses!"

Gongsun Xun looked at the other party with interest: "What does this mean?" You see that your fellow villagers are not settled, so you want to intercede for them? ”

"That's exactly what it means." Seeing this, Wei Yue became more and more proud. But not in a rhetorical way...... Raising soldiers is nothing more than money, ordnance, grain and grass! ”

"Then tell me, where did all the money, the ordnance, the grain and grass come from?" Gongsun Xun continued to stare at the other party playfully and asked.

"Money, there is no shortage of money in Sima's family."

"Oh," Gongsun Xun said suddenly. "You asked me to give my private wealth as a military salary, but what about the ordnance, grain and grass?"

"Armament, food and grass are right in front of you?" Wei Yue pointed in the direction of the warehouse. "It was already spread when we were still in the city, and there were still several warehouses of grain, grass, and ordnance in the camp......

"It's not a long-term solution, is it?" Gongsun Xun endured the pain behind his back and handed the horsewhip from his left hand to his right hand. "What should I do if the mountain is empty?"

"Then go to the Yanmen County Government and ask for it!" Wei Yue replied without hesitation. "They promised us to bear the grain and grass of the righteous servants and the subordinates before, it is better to add more, and the supplement of ordnance can also be asked from the iron official of Yanmen County, that is, military salary...... If Sima is not willing to give up so much money, he can also ask them for it! ”

Gongsun Xun nodded again and again: "I know what you mean...... I will pay for the army, take the ordnance from the battalion, and collect the rations from the locality, so that I can raise a few hundred more soldiers and horses...... What does that mean? ”

"Yes!" Wei Yue agreed very happily.

Cheng Lian next to him was already blue-faced, but he didn't dare to say a word.

Gongsun Xun didn't pay any attention to this rammer, but took out the horse whip from behind him and threw it at Cheng Lian's face: "Take him down and whip him twenty lashes personally, you are his superior, you must let him know what he should say and what he should not say." And then by the way, help me ask clearly, who did he accept as a bribe this time? ”

Hearing the last sentence, Wei Yuedeng's face changed greatly, and Cheng Lian was a little dumbfounded when he looked at his little abrupt face...... Of course, in any case, the latter still held the horsewhip and dragged the former down with several officers.

Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again.

And at this moment, someone suddenly came to report, it turned out, for some reason, the Yanmen Taishou Guo Yi seemed to be unable to wait, and actually only brought a few officials to visit in a light car, and he had already come to the camp gate in a moment.

Gongsun Xun exhaled, and then immediately got up to greet him.

"Wen Qi." Guo Yi was dressed in civilian clothes, with only a few county officials, and he gave up at the gate of the camp from afar.

"Guo Gong." Gongsun Xun did not raise his hand to salute...... If you don't want to, you can't. "If you have an injury on your shoulder, it is difficult to count all the rituals, and you hope to forgive your sins."

"I know, I know." Guo Yi didn't care at all, but directly stepped forward and grabbed the other party's right hand, which seemed to be fine. "I heard that Wenqi is coming back, and everyone in the county is showing their faces...... You don't know, during these days, we were shocked three times a day in Yanmen, and we were worried when there was a slight disturbance outside the plug. But when it came to coming for some reinforcements, I didn't know whether to be happy or worried, until the county received an official letter and saw Wenqi's name, which was a sigh of relief. ”

With such a move and such a few words, I have to say that Guo Taishou, who has two thousand stones, has given enough face to Gongsun Xun who is more than a thousand stones.

"Guo Gong lifted me." Gongsun Xun laughed when he heard this. "But maybe it's not lifting me up, it's spreading resentment...... Are those Hun soldiers really that bad? ”

Guo Yi was slightly stunned, but finally told the truth: "I can't say how the Huns were...... After all, they have been in Xihe for more than a hundred years, and most of the Chinese language is popularized in the clan, and our Taiyuan Guo clan also has a lot of dealings with the Xiongnu clans, and before this use of troops, Zang Gong tried his best to restrain him. However, not to mention the behavior of the defeated soldiers after the war, just talking about the more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, tens of thousands of people, that is, not to mention military discipline, just from our Yanmen entry and exit, it has already made our whole county miserable. Does Wen Qi know how many people we have in Yanmen? ”

"I've seen the paperwork in the county hall." Gongsun Xun couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. "It's only 120,000, and the 120,000 population supports more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and tens of thousands of people, it's really hard!"

"Then do you know how many people there were in our Yanmen County thirty or forty years ago, when Xianbei had not yet gained momentum?" Guo Yifu asked again.

“……”

"Two hundred and forty thousand!" Guo Yi became more and more helpless, and several county officials behind him also shook their heads. "In more than 30 years, the population has been reduced by half! This is the result of the constant harassment of the Xianbei people, but it is also the result of the frequent use of troops by the imperial court, which is difficult for the people of this county to support! ”

Gongsun Xun was still silent, but suddenly dragged the other party towards the camp gate...... But he didn't go too far, because Wei Yue, who had been stripped of his clothes, was kneeling on the ground in front of the high platform in the middle of the camp and being whipped, and Cheng Lian saw Gongsun Xun coming, and immediately pumped harder and harder, and Wei Yue also shouted more and more fiercely.

"Wen Qi ......" Guo Yi glanced at this side a little unnaturally, and then grabbed Gongsun Xun's right arm and didn't let the other party continue to move forward.

"Guo Gong visited the above and lower regardless of his identity, such courtesy, I think I have something to tell me, so I might as well be more direct." Gongsun Xun said helplessly.

"Wen Qi is clear-minded, so I won't hide it." Guo Yi finally straightened his face. "In this battle, the army of Yanmen was almost wiped out, Zang Gong drove into Luo, the Huns were single in the life and death of the unknown, and they were still recuperating in the Yin Pavilion, and they did not dare to move lightly, and the tens of thousands of people who originally gathered here were also scattered, or fled back to their hometowns, or fell into the surrounding mountains with the stragglers and became homeless and thieves...... To tell you the truth, the northern half of the entire Yanmen County is now in ruins! That ......"

"Guo Gong, please speak up!" Gongsun Xun urged again. "What the hell are you looking for me?"

"There are two big things!" Guo Yi smiled bitterly. "Please Wen Qi must help one or two."

"Tell me."

"One, if the border defense is eased, please send your elite subordinates and county guards to clean up the bandits around here, okay?"

"Of course it doesn't hurt." Gongsun Xun frowned slightly. "It is better to let these people be vain than to let them be bandits. What else is it? ”

Guo Yi was a little embarrassed for a while, with his level, he had already vaguely felt that he was going to touch a nail on this trip, but now he can only explain it head-on: "Wen Qi should also understand that these people who have become homeless people and thieves are generally going to be criminals or sold in the government...... This is legal, and it is not the same thing as the previous Zhang Taishou selling immigrants! ”

"I know, I know...... And then, aren't they two big things? ”

Then, it was Yanmen who produced waste after this incident, and it was clear that the autumn harvest was imminent, but the seedlings were trampled on...... If it is not helped, then many people are afraid that they will become displaced after the autumn, but the treasury is empty......"

Gongsun Xun immediately looked abrupt: "Could it be that Gong Guo has taken a fancy to the remaining grain and grass in my big camp, but the food in this big camp is military food, and you have no right to use it, so you want me to open a warehouse for relief?" ”

"You don't have to give it too much." Guo Yi temporarily changed his plan. "As long as we can stabilize the situation before the autumn harvest, I will borrow grain from Taiyuan, Zhongshan and other counties after the autumn harvest."

Gongsun Xun shook his head again and again: "Guo Gong's words are wrong, I have traveled all the way, what I saw along the way, the people have been displaced, the people are miserable, and if my Gongsun Xun has no capital, it will be fine, but since he has so much food in his hands, how can he sit back and watch the people ignore it?" There are three warehouses of grain and grass in the camp, I will keep one warehouse for my own use, and you can send people to move all the grain in the remaining two warehouses! ”

The camp was full of silence for a while, and even Wei Yue, who had just been beaten, couldn't help but secretly look back.

"This is really, this is really ......" Guo Yi didn't know what to say for a while, but he suddenly withdrew his hand and bowed openly to Gongsun Xun. Guo thanked Wen Qi for Yanmen. ”

Gongsun Xun calmly accepted the other party's worship.

"I'll send someone to carry the grain." Guo Yi got up and was about to turn around immediately.

"Guo Gong live." At this moment, Gongsun Xun suddenly stopped the other party with a smile. "You give an order to move the grain, and let someone else do it...... I'm not done talking to you yet! ”

Hearing this, Guo Yi signaled to the county officials to call someone to move the grain, but at the same time hurriedly turned around: "Wen Qi has something to say!" ”

"Guo Gong!" Gongsun Xun asked with a smile. "Actually, I don't think you thought you said anything just now......

"What do you dare to say?"

"It's the population of Yanmen." Gongsun Xun continued to laugh. "You said that thirty years ago, Yanmen had a population of 240,000, and now it has a population of 120,000 ......"

"Exactly!"

"Is Yanmen really only 120,000 people today?"

Guo Yi was shocked: "What does Wen Qi mean by this, it is clearly written on the paper?" The imperial court also recognizes it! ”

"Why should Guo Gong deceive me?" Gongsun Xun immediately shook his head and smiled. "Although the customs of the Han Dynasty are different, as far as I know, the so-called population loss is a molded thing, half of which is natural and man-made disasters, and the other half is hidden by local heroes. The area around Yanmen is mountainous, and I think there are a lot of people in the dock fort in some mountain nests, right? ”

Guo Yi immediately sighed: "Wen Qi, what does this have to do with what we said today?" ”

"It's irrelevant." Gongsun Xun muttered. "It's just that I heard that these dock forts obviously hide a large number of people, but they don't pay taxes at all and don't serve, and the so-called labor and mobilization of the imperial court will not affect them at all, and there will be a lot of food to store!"

Guo Yi's face couldn't help but jump: "What does Wen Qi want to do?" ”

"Without him, I've never wanted to suffer." Gongsun Xun sneered. "I trust the emptiness of the county government's treasury, and I also believe that the people are displaced and the crops are lost, so for the sake of conscience, I have to risk the central questioning to hand over the military rations for relief, but...... How much food do I produce, and I ask Guo Taishou to let you let these local heroes in Yanmen also produce as much food! Otherwise, my heart probably won't be at peace! And if the heart can't be peaceful, you have to make a noise or do something! Guo Gong, you said that the dock fort in this Yanmen place is as strong as the Xianbei Royal Court? ”

Guo Yi opened his mouth to stammer, but he couldn't speak.

"Guo Gong, the eldest husband is hard to chase after his words, I have already pointed out the two warehouses of grain to you, and I will definitely not take it back! And Guo Gong, please also be sure to take the posture of a famous family in the state, so as to oppress these heroes! You and I join forces, you don't hesitate to be famous, I don't spare any effort, who can make any waves up and down Yanmen? Besides, Zang Gong didn't give you the food directly before leaving, but left it to me, didn't he just hope that I could be in the same boat with you? ”

Guo Yi was at a loss, but he didn't dare to say anything after all...... On the one hand, it was Gongsun Xun who pierced his and Zang Min's cleverness, on the other hand, the words of 'but there is a strong Xianbei royal court' really made him shake his mind and dare not refute...... It's just that if you go to those heroes, won't you want to make a reputation for a cool official?

"Are you done?" Gongsun Xun suddenly stopped paying attention to this Guo Taishou, but turned to Cheng Lian and questioned.

"Returning to Sima, twenty lashes, it's already over!" Cheng Lian honestly bent down and handed the horsewhip back.

"Wei Yue, let me ask you," Gongsun Xun took the whip and walked around to the shirtless man. "Who did you take to suggest that I expand the army?"

"Returning to Sima!" Wei Yue hurriedly kowtowed to explain. "No one asked me to ask Sima to expand the army, but the people of Jiuyuan Township wanted to join the army, so they asked me for some money, I had a good face, and I took their money, so I did such a foolish thing......"

"You have always been greedy for money, and you have a detached personality, I have always turned a blind eye, do you know why I want to beat you today?"

"I shouldn't be clever and think I can fiddle with Sima in the palm of my hand!" Wei Yue kowtowed again. "Actually, if I tell the truth, maybe Sima will have mercy and allow me to admit a few more villagers......"

"It's also growing!" Gongsun Xun couldn't help laughing. "Well, I see you so sincere, and you are not as good as you...... As early as when I was depressed, my mother wrote to me that she would come to see me in person, and that she would bring my engaged wife with her to complete the marriage. You go and lead someone to meet the escort, so that you can serve ...... My mother wants to be generous, maybe she will reward you with two million dollars when she is happy! ”

Wei Yue's tears were about to come out: "Except for Sima's gift, I don't dare to collect any more money, I just beg Sima not to drive me out of the camp!" ”

"Guo Gong!" Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his head and smiled at that Guo Yi again. "Do you hear that? I'm going to get married here soon, so that I can do a great deal in my life...... Please also invite Guo Gong to come to cheer when he arrives! ”

"Definitely, definitely!" Guo Yi, who had already walked a few steps out, hurriedly turned around.

"My mother is also coming, if Guo Gong has the heart, he can also go to the church with me to worship his mother first."

"Definitely, definitely." Guo Yi just wanted to get out of here quickly, where could he hear what the other party was saying.

"The big husband is out of his word, and the horse is hard to chase!" Gongsun Xun suddenly reminded with a straight face. "The people of Yanmen are still looking forward to it!"

"It's hard to chase a horse if you say it!" Guo Yi was forced to be helpless, so he could only turn around a little bitterly and formally bow down to answer.

———————I'm the pathetic dividing line———————

"In the past, Guo Yi was too guarded by Yanmen, every time Zang Min went out of the mourning division, the defeated soldiers did banditry, destroyed the green seedlings, plundered the people, and the Yanmen was bad, especially the autumn harvest was hopeless, and I was afraid of famine. When Gongsun Xun returned to Tunping City, he had not lost any military food in the camp, but he wanted it. Left and right persuaded him: 'Northern Xinjiang is dilapidated, everyone is in danger, the powerful and powerful are all stockpiling grain for self-protection, although there is food in the army, it should not be! He did not listen, so he went to the court in civilian clothes and cared lightly, and asked for food. When there were three barns of millet in the camp, each with 3,000 stones, it was at the camp that the two barns were pointed to with it. Since then, I have known Xun Qiyi. There are four in the thirty years, two thousand stones, twenty years old, more than a thousand stones, and the elders are young, worship their mothers, witness marriages, and divide overseas Chinese and 札. ——"Heroes of the Late Han Dynasty". Wang Cang

Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.