Chapter 38: The Counteroffensive Counts

Liang Yan received the official letter from Chang'an, and he was so anxious that he didn't know whether he should obey his orders. He was afraid that once he left Wudu and went to Chang'an, Pei would punish him with death...... If he is transferred to another place, his foundation in Danchang will be uprooted.

Of course, it is not possible to estimate it, Lao Xiong is still stationed in Wudu, the soldiers are strong and strong, and now that Hanzhong has been decided, the external trouble has been eliminated, Xiong Yizhi can use all his troops to conquer and suppress Tangchang, and he really can't stop it......

After all kinds of schemes, there was nothing to be done, and in the end I had to send a large sum of money to ask Zhang Jie for advice-it is said that Mr. Zhang is a man of wisdom, so Xiong Du is so highly regarded by Xiong Du, maybe he can help me come up with some countermeasures.

At this time, Zhang Jie had already known through internal information that someone in Chang'an recommended him to succeed him as the magistrate of Wudu County, and he really wanted to get this position. After all, his ambition is not in the army, and he also knows that he has no expertise in marching and fighting, and he has been in the "martial arts battalion" before, just looking for a promotion rank. Although the grade of a county magistrate is not high, after all, he is close to the people, starting from the chief of the ink ribbon, and then the county guard, the history of the assassination, until the Jiuqing of the court, for Zhang Jieli, who is not high, this is a road that can be planned in detail, and there is a precedent to follow.

At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties, the old bureaucratic system was broken, and the wealthy families had not yet completely taken power, and countless children of the poor family were promoted to high positions step by step through this way - especially under Cao Cao. In Zhang Jie's view, regardless of whether he has the intention of usurping or not, Pei Dasima's power and way of employing people can be compared to Wei Wu back then, and he will be the county magistrate under his command, which will be a good start.

Therefore, he must bombard Liang Yan to Chang'an - if he is a rebel, and then exterminate, it will be troublesome and fearful of long nights and dreams.

In this regard, Liang Yi said: "Why is you unwilling to go to Chang'an? Although Wudu rebelled, the disaster was not very big, the king was not guilty of capital crimes, and with General Zhen as the king's backing, how could the great Sima be willing to harm the king's life? ”

Liang Yan snorted and said: "My family business is in Danchang, and I can't bear to ......be separated."

Zhang Jie said with a smile: "I don't know the ambition of the king, is it for the Jin ministers, is it for the Qiang chieftain?" If you only want to be a Qiang chieftain, you can't leave the base without permission, if you want to be a Jin minister, why not care about some property? Da Sima was originally from Hedong, and after he didn't see Hedong, he moved to Wenxi; That is, Liang Situ, a native of the Wu family, left Guanzhong and went to Luoyang to ......"

In order to avoid the place from sitting big, the feudal dynasty has always had a system of appointing officials in different places, unless there are special circumstances, otherwise the people of the county cannot be the officials of the county, and you have to be transferred to another county. Therefore, Zhang Jie said, if you stay in Wudu, you will always be a Qiang chieftain, if you want to open the way for promotion for the minister of Jin, you must dare to abandon your homeland and smash those altars and jars.

When Liang Yan heard this, he suddenly realized, thanked him repeatedly, and packed up his bags and rushed to Chang'an. Immediately, Xiong Yizhi also returned to Chang'an with Zhang Jie and others, and Pei Gai summoned these two groups of people respectively.

After talking, he thinks that Liang is just a mediocre person - to be honest, even if he is put back to Danchang, he will not be able to make any big mess in his life - Zhang Jie seems to have a long day to go in political affairs. Therefore, it was finally decided to transfer Liang Dian to the magistrate of Pingxiang County, Luoyang County, and ordered Zhang Jie to succeed him as the magistrate of Wudu County.

Liang Yi ran to Zhen Sui's mansion and went to meet with his sister-in-law, and asked her to write to Zhen Sui to help him say good things - "I am now back to Jin, whether I can climb the dragon and attach the phoenix to two thousand stones, it all depends on my sister-in-law." "This person doesn't have any big ambitions, and if he can be the minister of the county, or the corresponding position of China and North Korea, he will be satisfied.

Liang advised: "Brother has abandoned Tangchang, and he should move his clan out one after another - it is better to return to his native Wu clan immediately, and get Liang Situ to help." ”

Liang Yi nodded and said I understand, once I sit firmly in Pingxiang, I will naturally move out of the clansmen and gradually cut off the connection with those Qiang people.

immediately said goodbye to Pei Gai and went straight to Luoyang. But just after Luoyang County, there are still hundreds of miles away from Pingxiang, and suddenly I got a letter - Luoyang is in chaos and is besieging Pingxiang County!

Liang Yan couldn't help but be shocked: "Why is it that wherever I go, there are people making trouble?!" ”

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The rebellion was artificially instigated, and the root cause was in the new assassin Shi Pei Cui.

On the same day, Pei Cai summoned Pei Cui to serve as the assassin of Qinzhou, Pei Cui was in Liangzhou at the time, named Wuwei County Shou, but in fact he was just Zhang Yu's guest, and when he received the appointment, he ran to ask Zhang Yu first. If in the past, Zhang Wei may not be willing to let go, but he has just gone to Yuzhong and met with Pei Gai, the two sides talked very happily, and Shen Yi is good, so it is naturally inconvenient to refuse Pei Gai's request at this time. He just said to Pei Cui: "I just got to report that Hu Kou invaded Guanzhong on a large scale, and Da Sima Nai left the eastern palace of Ji County in a hurry, and the outcome is still unknown." If the performance goes south at this time, it may be dangerous, so it is better to wait for a while......"

Therefore, Pei Cui made perfunctory remarks and refused to make the trip, and he had to hear that Pei should have won, so he said goodbye to Zhang Yu, left Liangzhou, and went south to Jicheng to hand over to Pei Wei.

From the reunion of the two brothers after a long absence, they talked earnestly for three days, Pei Cui repeatedly asked about Pei Gai's ability, ambition, temperament, and most importantly, strength, Pei Wei was well explained, of course, there was basically no bad word in his mouth, and Pei Gai was praised as a wonderful flower. Pei Cui said: "Qinzhou is vast and sparsely populated, Jin Rong lives together, and the land is not spared, which is really difficult to govern...... I'm afraid it's hard for a foolish brother to take on such a heavy responsibility. ”

Pei Wei smiled and said: "I have left Yongzhou to strengthen the army as a town, in fact, it is not difficult to govern Qin." Today, the text of the covenant broke Hu and dumped the country's 200,000 soldiers, and shocked Xirong, who would dare to make trouble? Brother Zun died in the state, wouldn't the public performance want to continue his brother's business and re-establish the peace of the country? ”

Then he lowered his voice a little and said to Pei Cui: "Today's Chang'an Xingtai, it is not rare to be able to be the incumbent of Qinzhou, but I recommend the performance alone, why not?" If my Pei family can stabilize the two states of Yong and Qin, then the momentum of the Wenyue will be firm, that is, when Ji Yangong (Pei Xiu) and Yimin Gong (Pei Yi) were in the past, the family was not as good as today's Xuanhe. is for the country and the family, and the performance is not tireless. ”

Pei Cui had the bottom in his heart, so as soon as Pei Wei left, he began to implement his own policies in Qinzhou, and the first step was very simple, just two words - "revenge".

Pei Cui's brother Pei Bao was the assassin of Qinzhou, first attacked for refusing Sima Bao to go to Long, and attached to Jia Kai after the defeat, but when Jia Kai died, the background collapsed, Sima Bao sent troops again, attacked Pei Bao, and asked Liangzhou Zhang Liang to send troops south, and finally killed Pei Bao.

But Pei Cui doesn't hate Zhang Liang, one is that he has a good relationship with Zhang Wei in Liangzhou, so it is naturally inconvenient to hate his father; Second, Zhang Liang is already dead, and when people die, they will be destroyed, so what is there to hate? Besides, Zhang Liang is just an accomplice after all, the mastermind who killed his brother is still Sima Bao!

However, Sima Bao was imprisoned in Luoyang, and Pei Cui couldn't stretch out his hand so long to clean him up, so he was full of resentment, and all of them leaned on Sima Bao's remnant party. Especially when Pei Bao was in Qinzhou that day, he was defeated so quickly, although he had no generals, but a more important reason was that many local tyrants were afraid of Sima Bao's title of vassal king, and they responded one after another and counterattacked Pei Bao.

Pei Cui inquired clearly in advance, and only a limited number of families in Qinzhou, such as the Longxi Xin family, the Li family, and the Tianshui Zhao family, were officially attached to Pei Gai - referring to the fact that there were important members of the family who came out of Chang'an and served above the seventh rank - that is, these families could not be touched lightly, and the other families could be left to him.

The key is that Pei Gai defeated Sima Bao and nominally controlled the entire Qinzhou, which was not long. When Sima Bao was first captured, most of the families had the intention of attaching themselves, but then Hu Kou attacked on a large scale, and Pei Gaidong returned to defend against the enemy, so they naturally retracted their steps, intending to wait and see for a while. When Pei should break Hu at the river bridge and the news came, many families strengthened their hearts to take refuge, but unfortunately, they sent people to Jicheng, and what they had to face was no longer Pei Wei, but Pei Cui, who was resentful.

Longshang has no family, and most of them are not good at scriptures, literature and art, but they are skilled in the way of bowing horses, after the family headed by the Sima clan takes power, it will naturally be marginalized, Pei Cui believes that if they are cleaned up, it will not shake the foundation of the Guanzhong regime and even the entire Jin Dynasty.

So he began to use all kinds of means to start a large-scale counteroffensive and liquidation against big landlords including Longxi Peng, Li, Tianshui Jiang, Yang, Qin, Di, Duan, Yin, Nan'an Pang, Lin, Luoyang Li, Jinchengbian, Shan, and so on. But when Sima Bao and Pei Bao competed that day, there was no clear banner on Pei Bao's side, and all of them could not escape Pei Cui's poisonous hands.

Of course, the families in Longshang will not be restrained, but their forces are small and scattered, Pei Cui used the thousands of Sima troops left by Pei Wei to him, plus the thousands of state soldiers temporarily recruited, it was enough to storm the fort and break the fortress, and kill the head of the people. Even if the Tianshui families with the most numerous household registrations, Jiang and Yang have been local tyrants since the end of the Han Dynasty, first rejecting Han Sui and expelling Ma Chao, but after years of turmoil, their strength has also declined, and even if they can be reunited, they will not be the opponents of the well-equipped and well-organized Da Sima Army.

It's just that since the end of the Han Dynasty, with the decline and replacement of the central forces, the land of Qinlong has revived, and the Jin people have deepened their bonds with the nearby Di and Qiang Zahu in order to protect themselves, and gradually formed a semi-alliance state. Therefore, Pei Cui persecuted these families, and they were unable to resist head-on, but were forced to secretly incite the Rong tribe and set off a rebellion.

Previously, You Yao patrolled Longshang as a captain to protect Xirong, and once enveloped the vast majority of the Rong Department - mainly because Sima Bao and the old guards of the counties were tyrannical and extorted, and they had already lost their hearts - but this kind of fetters purely out of feelings, coupled with the comparison of small and large forces, caused by the subservience, will not last long after all. Once Pei Cui interferes with the interests of the Jin tyrants, and the Jin tyrants transfer the damage to the surrounding Rong tribes, most of the Rong tribes will be like dry firewood, bursting with a little spark, and the fire of the prairie will be ignited.

The rebellion first occurred in the western part of Luoyang County and the northern part of Tianshui County, and the rebels captured the county seat of Pingxiang, and thousands of rebels besieged the county seat of Xianxin. Xianxin County is in the north of Ji County, less than 100 miles apart, Pei Cui was shocked when he heard the report, and hurriedly sent the generals to beg, but successfully repelled the rebellion, but then Di and Qiang merged, and surrounded Chengji further north again......

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Liang Yan was about to go to Ren Pingxiang, and suddenly heard that Ren was in turmoil and had captured the city, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

He was not a gentleman, so he hurriedly sent someone to investigate the truth, and then turned his horse's head and fled back to Chang'an City in one breath to report to Pei Gai. Pei should urgently summon Pei Shu to come and ask about Qinzhou, Pei Shu said that I was about to report it, Qinzhou was in turmoil, and I implore you to send troops to recruit and suppress it.

Pei Gai asked with a cold face: "What is the reason for the chaos of Luoyang, Tianshui's Di and Qiang?" Your father raided his family in Qinzhou and killed his old surname, so that they instigated rebellion and rebellion, and you have the responsibility of supervising Guanxi, why didn't you report it before? Could it be that it is out of the sense of intimacy? ”

Pei Shu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly avoided the table and bowed, justifying: "The minister really has no intention of deceiving the public, what about the country's affairs, what about father and son?" What my father did in Qinzhou was really the right duty of the assassin history, even if there was a mistake, the minister could not predict this evil result, so he did not report it......"

Pei Cui is a veteran bureaucrat after all, not a brave man, if he wants to clean up all the houses in the territory, he must declare his guilt and design the program impeccably, and it is impossible to kill him without saying a word. Besides, Jiang, Qin and other families, taking advantage of the troubled times to occupy land, enslave civilians, collude with Xirong, fish and meat places, it is impossible for any family to be crystal clear and flawless, in most cases, Pei Cui does not need to fabricate any charges at all.

For example, Sima Baojiu Zhenlongshang, in his shogunate, the children of each family are not few, and then with Sima Bao's Yin, Zhang Chun, Yang Ci and others are dominant, Pei should enter and occupy Guanzhong, threaten Longshang, such as Xin, Koji and other families are scattered as birds and beasts, then Jiang and Qin surnames naturally follow in their footsteps. Pei Cui can ask in this article, saying that who in your family has been rebellious, don't think that if you flee back to your hometown, the law of the court will be unattainable, and if you don't hurry up and tie it up, when will you wait?

At first, there were indeed a few families who were instigated, and they were forced to sacrifice the children who had been Sima Bao's servants, I thought that they were not even party members, Pei Yuanjun was just a little punished, who wanted Pei Cui to sacrifice the butcher's knife directly. In this way, the rest of the families did not dare to obey their orders anymore, and Pei Cui got an excuse to harbor the crime of a traitor, and directly sent troops to attack the fort and break the fortress.

Of course, Pei Cui once heard Pei Wei say that Pei Wenyu is really benevolent and doesn't like to kill; And as far as Pei Gongyan himself is concerned, if he really wants to kill all so many families, it is likely that there will be no less than tens of thousands of people, and he himself will not be able to do it - besides, Qinzhou is already vast and sparsely populated, and if he really wants to kill tens of thousands of Jin people, what will I contribute to Chang'an? After breaking the door, only the head of the evil will be punished, and the rest will be scattered.

However, the so-called "first evil" mostly refers to the person in power in the family; And although Pei Cui didn't kill much, the land he seized was not less. Once the family is targeted by Pei Yuanjun, it will basically be over, and it will be no different from Li Shu from now on, and I am afraid that for decades, it will never be possible again......

The families of Luoyang and Tianshui united to incite rebellion in Di and Qiang - as for Longxi, Jincheng and other counties, Pei Cui was near first and then far, first difficult and then easy, and he had not been able to clean them up......

Pei Cui Pei Gongyan, as the assassin of Qinzhou, naturally has the right to search and kill rebels in the territory, and even send troops to attack the family that harbors criminals, as long as he confirms the crime and the procedure is regular, even Pei Gai has no way to hold him accountable. Of course, Pei Cai wants to calm down Qinzhou so that he can digest it slowly, then Pei Cui's use of such a cruel method will inevitably cause local turmoil, since Pei Xu is aware of this-if he can't even understand the affairs of Qinzhou, he won't need to engage in intelligence work anymore-since he reported to Pei Cai as early as possible.

If Pei Gai knew about this, he might write Pei Cui, and ask him to soften his methods a little, relax his net a little, and take peace as the priority.

It's just that Pei Cui's main purpose is revenge, how can Pei Xuan not know about this? Avenging relatives is also politically correct in these years, Pei Shu is naturally happy to see it, coupled with the Confucian meaning of "relatives and relatives", so he subconsciously took the information about Qinzhou as a trivial matter, and did not report it to Pei Gai in time.

However, Pei should be summoned this time, and the question was directly punished, and Pei Xu inevitably panicked. Originally, if it wasn't for the group meeting, when they met in private, Pei should be very polite to these relatives, and he also wanted them to be commensurate with each other's seniority, instead of calling themselves "ministers", calling themselves official titles or "Ming Gong". Pei Xu's panic, the words "minister" and "Ming Gong" blurted out, and he argued tightly, saying that I didn't mean to hide it for my father, but I really didn't expect that there would be chaos!

This is true, whether it is Pei Cui or Pei Xu, they can't see this, otherwise Pei Cui will not dare to act so recklessly, and Pei Xu will definitely report in advance.

Pei Xuxin said that you can underestimate my ability, because ability can be cultivated and experience can be accumulated, but Wen Yue must not think that I am not loyal enough and deliberately conceal important things - for people who are engaged in intelligence work, this is a big taboo!

Pei should have stared at Pei Xu, and after not saying a word for a long time, Pei Ziyu felt sweat on his back, and said in his heart that the power of Wenyue is getting heavier, I won't really touch his scales this time, right? Finally, Pei Gai waved his hand: "Brother, please take a seat." ”

Pei Xuan just breathed a sigh of relief, and then heard Pei Gai say again: "What is important, what is meaningless, I should choose by myself, and my brother can't hide it for a while." ”

Pei Xuan bowed his head again and complied with orders.

Pei Gai said: "In the future, Brother will investigate and know, no matter how big or small, it will be abridged and presented to me secretly." Pei Xu hurriedly said: "The minister knows it, dare not obey his fate?" ”

Pei Gai paused again and asked Pei Xu: "What is the situation of the Xirong Rebellion, how many soldiers and horses do you think you should send to calm down?" ”

Pei Xu said that I will sort out a detailed report when I go back, so that it is convenient for Ming Gong and hundreds of bureaucrats to discuss-"If you take the minister's personal bad opinion, the chaos of Di and Qiang will not be hot, Chang'an will send three or five thousand troops to help my father...... Pei envoy Jun will be able to calm it down in the tenth month. ”

Pei Gai shook his head slowly: "The various departments of Xirong have contact with each other, if they don't come with a large army, I am afraid that they will climb to each other's aid, and eventually the wildfire will burn the prairie and it will be difficult to clean it ......up."

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