Chapter 294: High-profile entry into Chang'an
"The edict of the Son of Heaven of the Great Jin Dynasty said: Wei Shuo, the governor of the capital and the general of Zhenbei, made a meritorious contribution to the expedition against the Huns, and I was very relieved, and he was crowned as the Duke of Yanjun, and he went south to Chang'an to face the Holy Thanks!"
As the material resources stored in Youping and Youping continued to pour into Guanzhong, the displaced people began to frantically pour into Fengyi, Beidi, Xinping, and Anding counties in order to survive.
The influx of victims has put tremendous pressure on Youziyuan, Mo Han and others, who are in charge of disaster relief, and they have no other way but to grit their teeth and do their best to resettle the victims in accordance with the disaster relief plan they have set before.
However, Liaodong continued to make trouble in the north of Yongzhou, but it infringed on the interests of the Guanzhong Hao clan represented by Suo Qi and Lu Yun, among which the Koji family's land in the north had been confiscated by the Liaodong Army and distributed to the displaced people.
In order to 'seek justice', Lu Yun and Suo Qi issued an order to Wei Shuo in the name of Sima Ye, the Son of Heaven, and let him go to Chang'an to face the saint!
"Lord, the Son of Heaven is too picky, the Liaodong Army has eliminated 100,000 Hulu, and only rewarded the duke of one county, so let the lord personally go to Chang'an to thank him!"
The corners of Lu Chang's mouth were full of disdain, obviously dissatisfied with the fact that the Son of Heaven of Chang'an treated Wei Shuo so poorly. The rest of the generals also felt resentful, thinking that Liu Kun was just guarding Jinyang, and the Son of Heaven won the position with a wave of his hand. And Liaodong was born and died, but he didn't expect to get this little benefit in the end!
"Humph! Maybe this is not the will of the Son of Heaven at all, it must be the ghost of Suo Qi and Lu Yun! ”
When Liaodong launched a disaster relief, countless grains and five-baht coins were sent out every day, and many bureaucrats in Chang'an City coveted it, but they were forced to do it easily because of the prestige of the Liaodong Army, so they didn't dare to start easily, so they asked Lu Yun and Suo Qi to summon Wei Shuo to Chang'an.
At the same time, with the successive victories of the Liaodong Army, the Hu people who were still ready to move once again showed the characteristics of the wall-to-wall grass. In order to avoid retaliation from the Jin army. The leaders of the Han Haoqiang, the Qushuai of the Di nationality, and the leaders of the Qiang people, who had been in contact with the Huns, sent envoys to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven to express their deference and sincerity.
And Suo Qi, the governor of the court, is more and more popular with the Hu people in Guanzhong, and those Hu people are not stupid, so they naturally know who is the real person in the court now, and they come to bribe Suo Qi with a large amount of treasure, trying to avoid their tribe from suffering the same fate as Lu Shuihu.
Recently, Suo Qi has been busy receiving gifts, and his hands have softened, and it is only at this moment that he feels like a powerful superior.
Rub your wrist that is a little sore. Pointing to the room full of jewels and money, Suo Qi instructed his subordinates: "Hurry up and pack it up, it's not good to let the surnamed Wei know!" ”
"What if you know? Lord Taiwei is an important minister of the central auxiliary government, so Wei Shuo is just a general of a foreign domain, how can he take Taiwei? ”
Since being driven out of Xinping County by Wei Shuo, Xinping Taishou Zhu Hui went to Chang'an to take refuge in Suo Qi, he was originally promoted by Suo Qi and Lu Yun as a powerful scoundrel, and he never wanted to return to the grass people after tasting the benefits of power.
"You can't say that, Wei Shuo has a strong army. It has just made a special contribution, coupled with the large-scale relief of the victims, which makes it very prestigious in Guanzhong. At the moment, I am most worried that he will take the opportunity to enter the court strongly, fortunately he is coming to Chang'an, if he is interested, it will be fine, otherwise...... Hum! ”
Suo Qi's eyes flashed, this person has no other hobbies, but he is the most greedy for money and power. The first half of his life lived in the shadow of his father. seems to be inactive, and he didn't want to help Sima Ye ascend the throne of Chang'an by chance. got the power he dreamed of assisting the government, and suddenly satisfied his thirst for power.
In order to keep the power in his hands, Suo Qi can do whatever it takes. At the beginning, in order to prevent power from falling into the hands of Sima Bao, the king of Nanyang, when he prevented Sima Ye, the son of heaven, from entering Qinzhou in the west, he was even ready to sacrifice Sima Ye.
"Mine, all mine. No one can snatch it away! Suo Qi muttered silently in his heart.
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In the third year of Jianxing, in August, Wei Shuo was ordered to go to Chang'an to meet the Son of Heaven.
Chang'an City, as the former capital of the Han Dynasty, has a long history of more than 400 years in the Han Dynasty. plays a very important role.
In 202 BC, Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty and listened to the advice of his advisers Lou Jing and Zhang Liang - Guanzhong "blocked three sides and defended the princes on one side alone", and decided to set the capital in Chang'an.
According to the standard of 'the Son of Heaven takes the four seas as his home, and there is no magnificence unless it is magnificent', Xiao He, the prime minister who was responsible for supervising the construction of Chang'an, built Chang'an City magnificently and magnificently.
However, it was not until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that the city of Chang'an of the Han Dynasty really completed its "top configuration", with an area of about 36 square kilometers, and the circumference of the city wall alone reached 25 kilometers, far exceeding the Roman city, Byzantine city and Baghdad city of the same period, and was the largest capital city in the world at that time.
In the past, more than 400 years in a flick of a finger, after the Han Dynasty, the incomparably glorious capital of the Western Han Dynasty gradually disappeared under the barren grass.
By the time Sima Ye ascended the throne, Chang'an was already "a king with nowhere to go, and the age was desolate." Who's domain in the palace, I'm dressed in a ruined house. There is only grass in the well field, and the sea water turns into mulberry. ”
"I didn't expect Chang'an City to be so desolate!"
Since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chang'an has experienced wars, and a large number of buildings have been destroyed in the war, and the glory of the Han Dynasty has long been lost.
Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the political and economic center of the Central Plains Dynasty has shifted from Chang'an to Luoyang, and Chang'an's status has fallen again and again. In fact, the repeated rebellions of Xiqiang in the late Han Dynasty are not unrelated to the decline of Chang'an's status. ”
"Lord, look, someone's coming!"
Looking in the direction of Pei Wei's finger, I saw a group of gorgeously dressed nobles walking out of Chang'an City, but it was the former Feng Yi County Shou Liang Su and Yongzhou Thorn Shi Ji Te who came to greet Wei Shuo and his party on behalf of the imperial court.
Due to the invasion of the Xiongnu and the rebellion of the Hu people, the people of Guanzhong suffered a lot, so when Wei Shuo led the Liaodong Army to destroy the news of the Huns spread all over Guanzhong, the people everywhere were in tears, clapping their hands and celebrating, and running to tell each other.
Today is the time when the great hero General Zhenbei arrived in Chang'an, and many people gathered on both sides of the street to stretch their necks, wanting to be the first to see Wei Shuo's figure. The people of Chang'an had a good impression of Wei Shuo, not only did the Liaodong Army defeat the main force of the Xiongnu, but more importantly, it was gathering the displaced people, which easily captured the hearts of millions of people in Guanlong.
The people of Liaodong only entered the city when the sun rose, and the leader was naturally Wei Shuo, the general of Zhenbei, and Duan Wenyang and Zhang Biao closely protected him on the left and right.
There was no smile on everyone's faces, but they were solemnly vigilant and walked forward slowly.
In fact, not only the people of Chang'an care about Wei Shuo, who has just entered Chang'an, but with Wei Shuo's entry into Chang'an City, the interests of all parties have been involved.
Not to mention Suo Qi, who was looking forward to taking the life of the rebellious Hu captives from Wei Shuo, even the two bigwigs of Lu Yun and Liang Fen also became nervous because of Wei Shuo's arrival.
"Father, General Zhenbei has entered the city!" Liang Ce looked at his father Liang Fen, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, and said softly.
"Alas, the tiger has entered the city, but he doesn't know where to find the tiger man?"
Liang Fen's face was full of worry, he knew that Suo Qi had been blindfolded by power, and he would never be willing to hand over the power in his hands. If it was just a power struggle, Liang Fen was not too worried, the key point was that Suo Qi had recently accepted a large amount of bribes in an attempt to shield the rebellious Hu Ministry, and he would only anger Wei Shuo by doing so.
Based on Liang Fen's understanding of Wei Shuo, it can be seen that he strongly implemented the Juntian system and released slaves in Guanzhong despite his strong opposition, and he was so strong that he would never make compromises, and what Suo Qi did was just asking for his own death.
Considering that the Suo and Liang families are in-laws, Liang Fen is worried that he will be retaliated against by Wei Shuo in the future, and he has privately persuaded Suo Qi many times, but Suo Qi has long been dazzled by a large number of jewels and cannot listen to any dissuasion at all.
"Ce'er, find an opportunity to invite General Zhenbei to the mansion as a guest, and the old man wants to meet him in person!"
"No! Son, let's arrange it! Liang Ce turned and left.
Originally, Lu Yun admired Wei Shuo, but later he was annoyed by Liaodong's implementation of the Juntian system in the north. It's just that Lu Yun has always been benevolent and intimidating, except for sulking, he didn't think about being spicy to Wei Shuo at all.
Therefore, among Suo Qi, Liang Fen, and Lu Yun, only Lu Yun has the most complicated emotions towards Wei Shuo, he is neither like Suo Qi who wants to restrain Wei Shuo to death, nor like Liang Fen who 'knows the times' and is ready to take refuge in Liaodong, in short, even he himself does not know how to treat Wei Shuo. (To be continued.) )