It was another year approaching the winter moon, and the fleets of the counties in Youdong escorting grain and grass docked in Bohai County, and the escort teams departing from Youxi by land converged in the river, and went to Yedu through Anping Guoxing. They carried with them the taxes paid by Youzhou to the first year of the imperial court Xinghe, and the tributes of the Eastern Yi such as Xianbei, Wuhuan, Goguryeo, Buyeo, Sanhan and Sushen beyond.

The envoys of various countries gathered together with the soldiers and horses who escorted money and grain with the brigade and rushed to Yejing to meet the emperor.

Yanbei went to Bohai a few days ago to inspect the soldiers of the Luyi Department who he had stayed in Bohai, issued soldiers to the sergeants, and at the same time discussed with Luyi about the transfer of troops and horses to defend northern Xinjiang. Youzhou soldiers have been away from home for too long, and in August, Lu Yi reported this matter to Yanbei. He and nearly half of Gao Lan's subordinates are from Youzhou, although many of them have settled in Jizhou now, but there are still many soldiers who miss their wives and children in their hometown, so as their general, Lu Yi hopes that Yanbei can allow the soldiers who stayed in Jizhou to be transferred back to Youzhou and re-recruit some local soldiers in Jizhou.

After the imperial court moved east to Yecheng, great changes have taken place in all aspects of the military and political affairs of Youji. Especially after the establishment of the Jixiao Temple, in just half a year, it drastically rectified the rule of military and political officials, which made the middle and lower-level officers fearful, and even the generals who used to be above 10,000 people under one person were also greatly affected.

Their power is decreasing, and Yanbei's power is increasing.

In the past, people did some things behind Yanbei's back, some he knew he didn't want to say, and some he didn't know and couldn't say. But under the activities of the temple that has been rolled out in just half a year, there are almost nothing that happened in Youji that he wanted to know but didn't know, and whether to say it or not became a choice for Yanbei.

The autonomy of the generals is much lower, and they are not as comfortable as in the past.

This situation is mixed for Yanbei, people are less close to him, but they are more in awe of him.

In fact, the transfer of Youzhou soldiers to Youzhou, in Yanbei's opinion, was not a concession from the two generals of his subordinates, they wanted to let go of some military power to reduce Yanbei's fear. Although Yanbei did not have the mood of being jealous of the two, it was obviously the Jixiao Temple that gave them a lot of pressure, making them mistakenly think that Yanbei was grasping power and taking back some of the power originally given to them.

Let's say the power of recruitment.

Yanbei is to appease the generals, Youzhou soldiers can be transferred back to Youzhou, but the vacancies of the soldiers also need to be filled by Jizhou soldiers, Chen Bing's two generals on the north bank of the Yellow River must maintain more than 10,000 troops, and to ensure high combat effectiveness, otherwise once the war arises, the north will not be quiet.

A few years ago, Yanbei, who stayed in the Bohai Sea for half a month, returned to Yecheng in November, and there was an endless stream of ministers who came to the door and received extremely high courtesy. All the officials knew that the money and grain sent by Youzhou entered the capital with Da Sima, and this year they could get their own official salaries, and they all rushed to thank Yanbei.

As for whether the money and grain are sufficient, the minister is not worried, after all, as long as he can get through this difficult year or two, when the taxes in Jizhou rise year by year, he will always pay the court officials.

Then, there was a long line of court meetings to entertain envoys who had come from distant and foreign countries to pay tribute.

"Meet Your Majesty, meet Da Sima."

The envoy who came from Wuhuan was an old acquaintance of Yanbei, and Wuhuan was a single Yudun. After getting the Han Dynasty emperor's salute, he smiled at the emperor and Yanbei, and then heard the emperor ask: "Why did Shan Yu come in person?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the foreign minister is just acting on behalf of Shan Yu, and this time I came here to congratulate the emperor on the New Year and send a congratulatory gift from the Wuhuan Five Divisions." As he spoke, he asked the entourage behind him to hand over the gift slip to the imperial court, and Yan Bei glanced at it and asked the servant to hand it over to the emperor. Wuhuan's gift is quite valuable, the five departments sent a total of 300 cattle, 600 horses, 1,000 sheep, 2,000 skins, 3,000 tendons, and some additional handicrafts and other items, Yanbei arched his hand and whispered to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the gift of Wuhuan is very valuable. ”

"I thank Wuhuan Shan Yu for his kindness." Liu Xie heard Yanbei say this, and he also agreed in his heart, although he had long heard that there were many Wuhuan in Youzhou, but he was still surprised to offer so many gifts, and then said to Badun: "There must be two, what is the second thing of Badun Shan Yu, it is better to talk about it together." ”

"That's the case, Your Majesty, in the past, when our Shan Yu Qiu Li was sick, because Xiao Shan Yu Lou Ban was still young, so the people and Da Sima recommended me as the representative Shan Yu, and now Lou Ban has grown up, with the care of Lao Da Sima, he is doing well in Liaodong, and our five adults hope to invite him to return to the subject country and inherit Wuhuan Shan Yu's throne, hoping to get the permission of Da Sima." He said and looked at Yanbei, and then hurriedly said to the emperor: "I also hope to get the seal granted by the emperor." ”

As soon as he said this, the minister and the emperor understood. It was not the turn of the tribute to come over in person, and the people came just to ask to see Yanbei, hoping to let him let go of the Lou Ban who had been hostage in Liaodong.

Hundreds of officials and ministers have heard of the prestige of Bun Dun in the north with a hundred barbarians, and people compare him with the Xiongnu Shan Yu Mao Dun who used to serve the Han Dynasty, but now it is seen that Bun Dun came to Beijing to ask to see Yanbei, obviously such a foreign clan Shan Yu was very obedient, and even Shan Yu's position was from Yanbei, and the whole person was shrouded in the shadow of Yanbei...... Who is the one who is the most powerful?

Liu Xie didn't know about the situation in Wuhuan Kingdom, but just like the reason why Dong Zhuo chose him as emperor back then, he was very smart. Knowing that this matter was not something he could decide, but he had a good impression of Bang Dun, so he turned to Yan Bei, who was standing at the head of the courtiers, and asked, "What does Da Sima think?" ”

"Your Majesty moved the capital not long ago, and I don't know why. When Shan Yu Qiu Liju was alive, Shan Yu and the five adults Su Muyan helped Yan to stabilize Youzhou several times. "Yan Bei has already lied and doesn't blush, Qiu Liju helped him several times back then, but it was all to help him take care of the caravan in order to get his grain and grass, and at most send troops to deal with the common enemy Gongsun clan. Tracing their friendship is about to say that in the early years, they jointly raised troops to support Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun against the Han Dynasty. However, Yanbei didn't say these things, and the courtiers didn't know much, so he continued: "Later, Qiu Liju Shan Yu got sick, and Qiu Dun Shan Yu was promoted, and Xiao Shan Yu was young and Liaodong Xinli Academy, so the minister took it upon himself to send him to study the scriptures, and now he should have completed his studies and can be in charge of Wuhuan...... But if you give way like this, are you unwilling? ”

"Back to Da Sima, the throne alone should have been handed over by my uncle to my younger brother, but now that my younger brother has grown up, the foreign minister should abdicate." He smiled, Qiu Liju was his uncle, and Lou Ban was his younger brother, "This is a matter of course, and the foreign minister is not unwilling in his heart." ”

As soon as these words came out, both the emperor and the minister nodded secretly, people respect a person with such a mind, even if he is a foreigner.

"Da Sima, I think it's okay to give way to Lou Bandan, which is in line with etiquette." Liu Xie said and looked at Yanbei, and saw that Yanbei also nodded slowly and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to express Wuhuan as the king of Wuhuan, please give him a golden seal to show his brother's filial piety!" ”