Chapter 18: The New Situation in Luoyang
Chen Lin returned to Luoyang City again, and it was already April of the second year of Zhongping. As soon as Chen Lin returned to the Chen Mansion in Luoyang, the servants who stayed in the mansion ran out to greet him with joy and shouted loudly: "The eldest young master is back, the eldest young master is back." As soon as Chen Lin got off the horse, the servants hurriedly knelt down to greet them, all of them were joyful, and one of the little stewards said loudly: "Congratulations to the eldest young master, congratulations to the eldest young master." Chen Lin wondered when he heard it, it was a good thing to return to Luoyang safely, but there was no need to congratulate him, Huang Yan and the others were also curious. Chen Lin asked, "Where does the joy come from?" ”
A group of servants grinned: "A few days ago, Anyang wrote that the eldest young grandmother gave birth to a son for the eldest young master, who was fat and fat. When Chen Lin heard this, his brain exploded, and he couldn't stop his joy, and hurriedly rushed forward regardless of his image: "Where is the letter, where is the letter?" The servant hurriedly took out the letter to the Chen Mansion in Luoyang, Huang Yan and the others were also full of joy, after Chen Lin had it, these people who followed Chen Lin had hope. Chen Lin's hand trembled and unfolded the letter, his mouth was silly, and finally he threw the lettercloth and shouted loudly: "A certain is going to be a father, hahahahahaha, a certain is going to be a father, the herald, no matter Anyang or Luoyang, everyone will be rewarded with thousands of dollars, hahaha, tenant farmers will be rewarded with 100 articles, all will be rewarded, all will be rewarded, hahahahaha." The news of Zhang's birth made Chen Lin incoherent. The crowd hurriedly thanked him again, Chen Lin shook his head and said to dozens of cavalrymen: "You and the others are also the Chen family, and Qianwen will reward money." The sergeants of Xiliang couldn't imagine that they could get the same treatment just after joining the Chen family, and they shouted in their hearts that they were right.
Chen Lin will Luoyang naturally go to see Yang Ci for the first time, Yang Ci thought Chen Lin was dead a few days ago, and then Chen Lin came back and made Yang Ci, the old man, cry. Yang Ciping had only two disciples in his life, one was Chen Lin, and the other was Wang Lang Wang Jingxing, a native of the East China Sea, who was one year younger than Chen Lin, and now Luoyang is a Lang official. And Yang Ci has the most preference for Chen Lin, thinking that Chen Lin is both civil and military. Yang Ci was even happier when he saw Chen Lin returning safely, and when he heard that Chen Lin was happy to have a noble son.
Chen Lin chatted happily and hurriedly said, "Teacher, it's better for the teacher to give the child a name." Yang Ci was also overjoyed when he heard it, he smiled and stroked his beard, and the joy was non-stop, and he said: "Bo Zhi has always been both civil and military, and he is deeply satisfied with the teacher. "Yang Ci is definitely an old man who is loyal to the Han Dynasty, and he didn't even forget to say a word of loyalty to Chen Lin's son when he named him.
Chen Lin hurriedly answered: "Bin? Both civil and military, good, in the name of 'Bin', Bo Zhi should live up to the teachings of his teacher, and will do his best to teach this son in the future, so that he can benefit the people. The master and apprentice didn't laugh loudly, and they didn't sigh for a long time, just because now the big man was in danger.
It turned out that at this time, the court was still a eunuch in power, and his relative He Jin had no plan, although he was also a high and powerful person, but he would not harm the Han Dynasty. The eunuch is not, the eunuch led by the ten permanent servants is now a marquis on the grounds of the Ping Yellow Turban Rebellion, and countless loyal people who really fought for the Ping Yellow Turban are only a slight reward, and some of them have been swallowed up for the merits. Now that the Han Dynasty is thieves everywhere, the court does not want to change its ways, but instead intensifies its efforts and collects money. Many loyal ministers were either exiled or relocated, and even Yuan Kui was left at home.
Chen Lin sighed and said to Yang Ci: "Teacher, Bo Zhi does not want to stay in Luoyang, he only wants to go out to quell the chaos for the Han Dynasty, I said to the teacher before that I want to go to Hanzhong, Hanzhong County is the throat of the Han Dynasty to Yizhou, and now it is occupied by rice thieves, so Yizhou will not become a country China." ”
Yang Ci was shocked, he had never thought of such a situation, and said: "What Bo Zhi said is true, Hanzhong is really occupied by rice thieves?" "It seems that the imperial court really doesn't care about this place in Hanzhong, and even Yang Ci doesn't know about five buckets of rice. Chen Lin had no choice but to tell what he knew about Wudou Mi again, and after Yang Ci heard it, he hurriedly said: "In this way, tomorrow the saint will be the teacher and strive for the position of the Taishou in Hanzhong." ”
Chen Lin didn't worry about this, no one in Hanzhong County looked down on him, there wouldn't be any difficulty, Chen Lin had already thought about it. In order to avoid suspicion, after coming out of the Yang Mansion, Chen Lin returned to the Chen Mansion all the way, and no longer dared to visit around as before. As soon as Chen Lin returned to Chen's Mansion, a servant reported that someone from Yang's Mansion had come, Chen Lin was strange, didn't he just come back from Yang's Mansion, could it be that the teacher had forgotten something important. Hurriedly recruited in, it turned out that Yang Ci ordered someone to send a congratulatory gift, Chen Lin was happy to have a noble son, Yang Ci sent a thousand taels of gold and a hundred pieces of cloth, Chen Lin accepted it, and said some good things to the people of Yang Mansion.
After sending the man away, Chen Lin sat alone in the hall and pondered, today's Luoyang, today's big man, really made Chen Lin at a loss. Chen Lin was unwilling to get involved in the dispute, and he was unwilling to watch the Han decay and weaken, Chen Lin was very distressed. At this time, Chen Lin recalled what Grandpa said to him one by one, Chen Lin didn't care about it back then, but the current situation is developing step by step in the direction that Grandpa said, without any difference. Chen Lin asked bitterly in his heart, Grandpa, Grandpa, is it really as the old man said that the big man is going to be chaotic, where should Bozhi go. Now that it has begun to enter Hanzhong County according to what Grandpa said, but the Han really can't return to the Han Wu period, the Han is in chaos, the Liu family has lost power, and who should be in charge? Eunuch? Yuan's? Yang? Ho's? Or is it a thief today?
Chen Lin's mind was confused, and at this time, Jia Xu walked in, saw Chen Lin's bitter face, and stepped forward with a smile: "Hello to the lord" Chen Lin heard the voice, looked up, and saw that it was Jia Xu, and immediately recovered a smiling face, so that Jia Xu was stunned when he saw Chen Lin's mood change, and at the same time, Jia Xu was also quite satisfied with Chen Lin's temperament. Chen Lin: "Wenhe is here, and now he lives in the mansion temporarily, and in the future, he will go to Hanzhong or other places, settle down, and then buy a mansion for Wenhe, and now he has to grieve Wenhe." ”
Jia Xu laughed, where do you care about this, Jia Xu is not a greedy person, Jia Xu is out of the woods, and he just wants to be able to show what he has learned, which is enough. Jia Xu: "Xu came this time to discuss with the lord about Mr. Bi Lan, which is also a trivial matter, and more importantly, how to let the lord gain a foothold in Hanzhong." ”
Chen Lin saw that Jia Xu said calmly, and he had the heart to test: "Why did Wen He conclude that a certain person would definitely be able to become the Taishou of Hanzhong?" Why is Mr. Bi Lan's matter a trivial matter? ”
Jia Xu smiled, knowing what Chen Lin meant, and didn't break it: "Let's talk about Mr. Bi first, how can the big Sinong of the DPRK ignore Mr. Bi now, and conclude that Mr. Bi's trip to Luoyang will be a failure." However, the lord must prevent others from taking a fancy to Mr. Bi, so that Mr. Bi is recruited by others, but the lord has grace with Mr. Bi, along the way the lord has convinced Mr. Bi, presumably Mr. Bi is not valued in the court, at this time the lord will persuade a little, Mr. Bi will not shirk, so it is a trivial matter at this time. Besides, it is said that the main guild should be the Taishou of Hanzhong, just imagine that now the DPRK and the central government don't even know much about the rice thieves in Hanzhong, and who is willing to compete with the lord for the position of Taishou. After speaking, he looked at Chen Lin calmly.
Jia Xu's analysis was exactly the same as what Chen Lin thought, and Chen Lin said: "Then Yiwen and Zhijian, if I go to Hanzhong, how will I act?" ”
Jia Xu: "The original population of Hanzhong County was only 60,000 households, and the population was less than 400,000, so everyone in the world naturally looked down on this county. It is expected that in this chaos in the Central Plains, many people will want to flee to Yizhou from Nanyang, and it happens that the rice thieves in Hanzhong will definitely be blocked in Hanzhong. As long as the lord can lure and settle down in time when he arrives in Hanzhong, he will be able to win over many people. The people are the source of everything, and only when we have the people can everything happen, and I hope that the Lord will value the people. ”
Chen Lin said loudly when he heard it: "What Wen He said coincides with a certain person, so when he was in Anyang, a certain person gathered the displaced people around, and now in Anyang County, Wen He can know how many private tenant farmers my Chen family has?" After Chen Lin finished speaking, he looked at Jia Xu with a smug expression. Jia Xu didn't know much about the affairs of the Chen family in Anyang, so he naturally didn't know this, Chen Lin then said: "Fifty thousand, a full fifty thousand, Wenhe, if you want to move these 50,000 people to Hanzhong, is it feasible?" ”
Jia Xu was also taken aback by this number, and recovered in a blink of an eye, answering Chen Lin's question: "Grain, lord, food is fundamental, as long as there is enough food, everything is fine." If all these 50,000 people can be moved to Hanzhong, it will be a great help to the princess in Hanzhong, these people have followed the Chen family for many years, and naturally support the mastery of the lord in Hanzhong. ”
Chen Lin laughed again and talked about the Chen family's food hoarding back then, and now the disaster has been major year after year, and production has been suspended everywhere, but the Chen family has food hoarding support. Jia Xu heard that this was the old lady's idea again, and he admired the deceased old man even more. So Jia Xu said: "In this case, I suggest that the lord should now order Anyang to prepare, prepare more carts, cattle and horses, and make military precautions, so that tens of thousands of people will pass through Yingchuan and Nanyang counties, and there will be some chaos." After arriving in Hanzhong, now the lord should only be based on Shangyong County, supplemented by Xicheng and Fangling counties. These three cities happen to become the trend of the corners, Shangyong can enter Nanzheng in the west, Nanyang in the west, and defend Jingzhou with Han water. Hanzhong County is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and at that time, the lord slowly attacked the western part of Hanzhong, governed the people, and absorbed the displaced people, which could fulfill the old lady's wish. Jia Xu also said unconsciously excited.
Chen Lin and Jia Xu discussed some other things, and finally Chen Lin immediately wrote a letter to send someone back to Anyang according to what Jia Xu said, asking Anyang to prepare for relocation immediately, anyone who doesn't go has to go, there is enough food, I'm afraid there won't be too much resistance. Chen Lin decided to move from Pingxing to Anyang like Grandpa back then, to move all of them, sell all his property, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile land are estimated to be sold for a lot of money.
With the issuance of Chen Lin's letter, the Chen family in Anyang immediately mobilized, and Chen Lin even asked his uncle Lin De to organize another 3,000 young and strong people to form a temporary nursing home, although it is not as good as a real nursing home, but it is always enough to maintain law and order along the way when moving in the future. The Chen family moved, and Lin De naturally followed. Everyone in Runan County can see that the Chen family has made a big move, but they just don't know what to do.