Seeing the twentieth day of the lunar month, Han Jian's wedding date is approaching, and it is the New Year, and the land of Jiangdu is full of joy. But at the same time in Luoyang City, Yang Yu was already ready to ascend the throne and prepared to send troops at the same time. A qiē indication shows that Luoyang's intention to send troops to attack Jiangdu is obvious, and the dispatch of troops will be in the future.

For a few days, Han Jian was busy with a lot of things. First, he had to prepare for the wedding, second, he had to distribute the duties and powers of the officials of the original Luoyang faction, and third, he had to represent the imperial court to receive the envoys from Yuzhou, and unite Yang Luochuan to achieve the union between the Eastern Wangfu and the Southern Wangfu.

Originally, Han Jian and Yang Luochuan first wanted to put pressure on the empress and suppress the empress's influence in Jiangdu. But what Han Jian didn't expect was that the empress would hand over power and leave so quickly, which immediately changed the meaning of this alliance between the Eastern and Southern Princes. Now Han Jian wants to try his best to deal with Yang Luochuan, which is tantamount to gaining Yang Luochuan's military support. Because this time, what Yang Yu and the Northern King forces are plotting is the land of Jiangdu.

With the tension of the military situation, the pressure on the local government in Jiangdu gradually increased. Before the war, the forces of Luoyang and Jiangdu had already begun preparations in many aspects. From Luoyang, martial law has been completely started, and the exchange of goods with the direction of Jiangdu has been strictly investigated, and it has gradually reached the point where the two sides are unable to trade. The dependence of Jiangdu on goods in the Central Plains is relatively strong, and the martial law in Luoyang has caused the prices of many commodities in Jiangdu to soar, and the lives of the people have been greatly affected.

As the dark war escalated, it soon became the prelude to the open war. The Luoyang side had already begun to mobilize troops to oppress in the direction of Jiangdu, although there was no formal war. However, the mountain rain was about to come, and the wind was full of buildings, and under the sudden increase in pressure, the Jiangdu side also had to make some countermeasures and deploy troops to prevent Luoyang from undeclared war.

The Jiangdu side is obviously underprepared for this battle, and there are too many places to prepare in terms of armaments and materials. Han Jian needs to be responsible for preparing materials to deal with this war that I don't know how long it will last, and it can't be completed in a day or two. After several meetings, I also found the people in charge of this aspect of the imperial court and the Dongwang Mansion, and they all said that it was very difficult, although the Dongwang Mansion had always been short of food and armaments in these years. But when it comes to a bigger war. Dongwangfu has not experienced it, so it is not very rich in the storage of war materials. Moreover, the Dongwang Mansion also lacked the talents to dispatch materials, and Han Jian couldn't help but think of these officials who followed the empress to Jiangdu.

These high-ranking officials of the imperial court. Although he loves face on weekdays. Even like to be embarrassed by people. But there are many capable ministers among them. A country can be well organized under the governance of these people, and a Dongwang Mansion can naturally be managed well. The main problem now is that Han Jian does not delegate power. Because these people are not of the same mind as him after all, in the face of political struggle, Han Jian also has to guard against these people plotting for his own interests, regardless of the safety of the East Palace.

Han Jian found Gu Weipan and discussed with Gu Weipan about the manpower needed to mobilize materials. Gu Weipan is not proficient in this, what he is good at is prison and investigation, he is from the Imperial Historical Tower, and the main task of the Shangting Office he was in charge of before was also to review the background of officials and some rumors.

Gu Weipan met with Han Jian in the temporary office set up next to the Chengdong Mansion, and at the same time he also found several officials who were good at this, all of whom were officials of the household department and the military department, and their official qualities were not high, they were all three or four grades. This also shows that these people were only five or six petty officials in the capital, and they were only promoted when they arrived in Jiangdu, and they were not in the eyes of these court bigwigs.

Han Jian naturally cherishes talents in this area, these people are not very old, some are in their twenties, some are in their thirties, and the oldest is less than forty, these people have a common characteristic, they are all unhappy in Luoyang, and they are not in harmony with Yang Yu's party. After the empress left Luoyang, these people came to Jiangdu with their families, wanting to continue to serve the country loyally, but they came here because they were not the core of Luoyang officials, so they were not reused.

"King Dong, these are all officials that the old man recommended to His Majesty when he was in the listening office." Gu Weipan introduced, "At that time, His Majesty transferred them from the local government to the capital, and did not arrange a main position. ”

Before coming, Han Jian had already asked Gu Weipan, and the reason why Gu Weipan recommended them was not because he was familiar with them, but because he was a relative. These bustles were also recommended by the magistrates to the imperial court, and the upper hearing office was responsible for the review, and the final result of the review of the upper listening office was that these people were indeed capable, but because the empress was concerned about the power struggle with the Northern King and the party at that time, she ignored these people. But Han Jian thought that maybe the empress wanted to keep these people and wait until she officially eradicated the Northern King Party before entrusting them with important tasks, but it was only later that Yang Yu's rebellion made a change in his plan and alienated these people.

Han Jian smiled and asked these people to sit down, and talked about the current situation, mainly about Luoyang's upcoming dispatch of troops to Jiangdu. Han Jian first asked these people for their opinions. Even if Gu Weipan recommended it, Han Jian had to try their abilities first to see if they were the talents he needed.

These officials began to see Han Jian, and they were still a little resistant. After all, they were also officials of the Luoyang faction before, and they had always had prejudices against foreign vassal kings, but this time it was Gu Weipan who recommended them over, and they respected Gu Weipan very much, so they wanted to come with the idea of trying it out and showing their ambitions.

As soon as he talked to Han Jian, after only a few words, Han Jian felt that several of them had very good abilities.

One of them, Xiang Ningyu, an official of the household department, mainly analyzed the grain production in Jiangdu and whether it was enough to meet military needs. In his opinion, although Jiangdu is a rich land, the grain structure is single, and sometimes it is not convenient for the transportation of military rations, and once the war starts, the grain from all over the place cannot be gathered together.

What he said was the same as what Han Jian was most worried about right now. At present, not all of Jiangdu's grain reserves are around Jiangdu City, but most of them are scattered in local counties and prefectures, and even in the granaries of county seats. Regardless of whether or not these grains could be rationed for military rations, the matter of transporting and summarizing them made him feel very tricky.

"Then I don't know what good things to build for Xiang Siwei?" Han Jian hurriedly asked.

Xiang Ning Yu looked at the people around him, as if he didn't want to say it, or maybe he didn't understand, he was silent for a while before he said: "Now the grain doesn't need to be transported to Jiangdu immediately, but to find out how much grain there is in the place, and then divide Jiangdu into several areas, gather them in one place, and then according to the need, whether to transport it to Jiangdu or to the front line in wartime." ”

Han Jian nodded, what he said to Ning Yu was basically in line with the reality of wartime now. That is, the grain is not in Jiangdu, and it is very troublesome to transport it to Jiangdu, but it is left in the local area, and it cannot be taken when needed. Now, even if all the grain is transported to Jiangdu, Jiangdu does not have so much grain and grass to store, and simple storage will lead to the rotting of these grains after the beginning of spring.

According to what Xiang Ningyu said, the grain of the county town will be transported to the state capital first, and then the state capital will be divided into regions, and the granaries will be large, so as to diversify the investment, even if the grain in Jiangdu City is insufficient, it can be transferred from these large granaries at any time, so that the problem can be solved.

Han Jian immediately asked Xiang Ningyu about the location of these large granaries, and Xiang Ningyu also answered them one by one, which made Han Jian very satisfied. Just one Xiang Ningyu had already made Han Jian feel that Gu Weipan did not speak. There is indeed competence in these things, and they are practical rather than empty words.

Although Xiang Ningyu's choice was not the best choice, he had only been in Jiangdu for a month or two, and he could have such a clear understanding that even those officials in the Dongwang Mansion who were responsible for grain storage and transportation all the year round might not be able to do so. The officials in these years are the kind of people who sweep the snow in front of the door and care about the frost on the tiles of others, and after doing their duty, they don't care about what the Dongwang Mansion wants.

Han Jian immediately inquired about the meaning of several other people, and asked them about some marches and garrisons. Several of them were born in the army, and the Dao Master answered them correctly, and Han Jian felt like he had picked up a treasure. was worried that there were no talents in this area under his hands, so Gu Weipan sent these people to him. But Han Jian was also a little worried in his joy, that is, the political beliefs of these people, they were the empress's people after all, and how to restrain them was the right thing.

After saying something, Han Jian said to Gu Weipan: "Mrs. Gu, the current situation is tense, and the imperial court needs some people to help, so it is better for Mrs. Gu to promote these people first as the dispatch of this war." How about waiting for the situation to calm down, and then dropping them to the ministries for reuse? ”

Gu Weipan originally introduced these middle- and lower-level officials to Han Jian, so naturally he didn't say anything, and nodded in agreement at the moment. And these officials also want to get ahead, and now that they have such an opportunity, they won't say much, they just get up and thank Han Jian for his promotion.

Han Jian personally prepared a banquet, and after talking to these people, he was familiar with them, and then personally sent these people out of the house. But in order not to attract the attention of others, this meeting was also very low-key, but because of these people who had been seen in the temporary office of the mansion, it was not difficult for outsiders to want to know. Han Jian was also afraid that after Yang Yu knew about this, he would send people to disadvantage these people.

After sending these people away, Han Jian immediately returned to the Dongwang Mansion and asked Han Song to prepare some mansions and let these people move in for the time being. On the one hand, this can be regarded as a gift, giving these people a house to win them over, and at the same time, it is convenient to find them when they are employed. More importantly, Han Jian wanted to protect them, lest they be co-opted or assassinated by Yang Yu's people again, and by the way, he also wanted to prevent the people of the Luoyang faction from suppressing or restraining these people.

After Han Jian finished talking to Han Song, Han Songshi sighed and said, "Jian'er, you use these people lightly, aren't you afraid that there are spies sent by Luoyang among them?" (To be continued......)