After the winter, the biggest problem in front of Han Jian at the moment is the lack of grain and grass, this is no longer the time when you can definitely get through by tightening your belt in the past, the lack of grain and grass and the endless war have hindered local production, plus a large amount of military rations, it is necessary to use a large amount of military rations to maintain the normal operation of the army, that is, to transfer from Jiangdu, Jiangdu has been emptied in the past two years, where is there still food to squander for him?

Just after the Shangyuan Festival, the local grain payment began in full swing, and the imperial court and the Dongwang Mansion together began to collect grain from the people, whether it was the local people or the gentry, as long as the power that could be mobilized was launched. The whole court was shrouded in an atmosphere of unity to tide over the difficulties together, but the local gentry and people did not appreciate it very much, especially the closer to Luoyang and Jiangdu, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment for a long time, and inevitably thought that the world should be so stable, and they had paid enough taxes on weekdays, how could they donate food?

The court is in charge of this matter is Gu Weipan, Gu Weipan is the first assistant of a dynasty, but after all, he is engaged in political struggle, and now the matter of paying grain is not what he is good at, he relies more on Ning Yuan, and Ning Yuan is a Confucian, good at learning but not good at dealing with money and grain.

The two pillars of the imperial court, Gu Weipan and Ning Yuan, did not have experience in serving in the household department, and their lack of experience was evident at such times. In terms of the employment of people in the imperial court, Han Jian has always been in charge of Yang Rui as a reference, and now even if Yang Rui is asked to recommend people to preside over the overall situation, there is no suitable candidate. And because Lin Xiaoshu is about to give birth, there is no very suitable person to take charge of it. As a result, the matter of paying grain was basically at a standstill, and Han Song's family simply came forward to donate in the future, but the gentry and people of Luoyang obviously would not give him the face of the princess of Dongwangfu County.

The battle in Guanzhong is getting closer and closer, and the Xianbei people have made several tentative attacks that have been halfway, not that the Xianbei people are not prepared to attack Guanzhong. It was the imperial court and the Eastern Wangfu that were very well prepared in Guanzhong, and everything was ready to go, but the Xianbei people didn't know how nervous the Wei Dynasty people were about food and materials. thought that if he made a gesture, he must have enough to deal with, but the imperial court was somewhat lacking in soldiers, horses, food and grass, and it had to "mean" the soldiers stationed in the north to ensure the needs of the soldiers in the north and Beiguan. The local authorities in Guanzhong are also raising military rations on their own, but they have also achieved little success. Later, in Han Jian's opinion, this battle is the best if it is not fought.

At this time, the Xianbei people did give the Wei Dynasty people a chance.

After the Xianbei people captured the old land of Xiliang, they felt that they were not very interested in the Guanzhong region, after all, it was not the season of autumn harvest or summer harvest, the spring famine had not passed, and there was not even spring sowing in various places. Population, unlike other resources, is often decisive. However, it is difficult to "transport away" if it wants to plunder, and there are a lot of troops stationed in Guanzhong, and the Xianbei people are also worried that they will have their lives in and not out. In the end, the Xianbei people tentatively sent peace talks, which were changed to peace between the two sides, and demanded money and food from the imperial court in the most primitive way, and paid annual tribute in exchange for peace on the border.

Although the Xianbei people's proposal was a contempt for the Central Plains Dynasty, it was also one of the ways to solve the current embarrassment. Yang Rui has a positive attitude towards this, and the imperial court is even ready to make it amiable. The woman of the clan was named "princess", and then married to the Xianbei people. In this way, the two countries could settle their disputes in a friendly manner, which many saw as a good way to recuperate for the imperial court for a long time.

Han Jian, on the other hand, did not express a definite opinion, and from the first day of the peace talks, he looked at the matter with a neutral attitude. In fact, in Han Jian's heart, he was not prepared to negotiate peace, even if he wanted to negotiate peace. Nor could it end with the Wei Dynasty paying tribute or making peace, because it would mean that the Wei Dynasty, which he was responsible for military affairs, would be inferior in the direct confrontation with the Xianbei people. But after all, there are too many materials needed, and local production needs to be restored urgently, so Han Jian also played procrastination with the Xianbei people. Naturally, neither side is sure of victory, and there is a tendency to make peace, so they should sit down and talk, talk for a few months, pass the most difficult period of the current period, and finally determine whether war is peace or peace.

With such an attitude, the position of the Eastern Prince's Mansion is ambiguous, Han Song's clan clearly gives people the illusion that they want to fight to the end, and the imperial court under the leadership of Yang Rui wants to negotiate peace to the end, Han Jian is caught in the middle and does not express his position, and the imperial court does not have a clear position for a while.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first month, when the matter of peace had spread among the court and even the people, Mrs. Luo, who had been named the "Minister of Xiliang" by Han Jian, almost "fled" back to Luoyang from the old land of Xiliang. Mrs. Luo Xiliang and his entourage were originally to launch the old department of Xiliang to fight side by side with the imperial court, but she did not expect that she had just arrived in the place, and the imperial court ordered the withdrawal of the army, so that Xiliang was lost in the hands of the Xianbei people, she herself did not have too many soldiers and horses, after learning that the imperial court withdrew the troops, she took her entourage to be ambushed on the road, and almost failed to come back. After entering Guanzhong, although she was escorted by the road guide of the East Wangfu along the way, she no longer had the vigor when she left Luoyang, and now that the land of Xiliang has been completely lost to the Xianbei people, she has no great significance as the minister of Xiliang, so she can only come back in a hurry to report to Han Jian.

When Han Jian saw Mrs. Luo, he almost couldn't recognize the woman in front of him, who seemed to be ten years old, was the Mrs. Luo who had made him feel old and charming in Luoyang. With this trip to Xiliang, Mrs. Luo finally has a clearer concept of the old land of Xiliang, knowing how Xiliang is a place where birds don't, even if there is a city and hundreds of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and civilians, it is almost a wild place after all, she left Xiliang when she was young and went to Luoyang, she has not been back on the spot for a long time, and after entering Xiliang, she knows that there are not only imperial court garrisons in the place, but also all kinds of chaotic soldiers and people of various forces, in fact, even if there is no Xianbei invasion, the entire Xiliang is also chaotic, and it may not work for her to preside over the overall situation.

“…… Madame did not seem to have a smooth trip. Han Jian picked up Mrs. Luo, who was kneeling and saluting, and said in a very strange tone.

Mrs. Luo got up and said with a wry smile: "Back to the young son, the slave family went to Xiliang, and suffered some hardships on the way. But...... There is more bitterness in my heart, I don't know it, it turns out that Xiliang has long been not prosperous when Xiliang became a country by itself, but now it is only a corner of the border. If there is no young son to send troops to assist, the slave family's ...... The minister of Xiliang is only in name. He also asked the young son to transfer soldiers and horses to the slave family to help the slave family quell the Xiliang Rebellion. ”

"Later." Han Jian's tone was a little stiff, now that Mrs. Luo came back, she asked him for troops, and now the entire imperial court and the Eastern Wangfu could not use troops in the Western Liang Land. She can go to war with a Lady Love? Originally, Han Jian gave Mrs. Luo a name and came to ask Mrs. Luo for soldiers and food, but now Mrs. Luo sees that the situation is not right, and wants to borrow the power of the East Wangfu to recapture Xiliang, even if the imperial court will send troops to Xiliang again in the future, it is not now. Who said that it is the Xianbei people who occupy Xiliang now?

Mrs. Luo naturally heard a lot about the attitude of the imperial court and the Eastern Wangfu along the way, and she knew that there were certain contradictions between the Eastern Wangfu and the imperial court, which were mainly reflected in Yang Rui and Han Song. But at present, in the position of armistice and truce, Han Jian does not have too clear intentions to move troops. This is not a good sign for her. If Han Jian and the imperial court stood on a unified position and wanted to make peace with the Xianbei people by armistice and truce, then the Xiliang Land would probably be ceded as a condition for negotiation. Neither the imperial court nor the Eastern Wangfu regarded the Xiliang Land as a piece of "fat meat", but in the eyes of Mrs. Luo, the old Xiliang Land was the breeding ground for her power, and once it was missing, her efforts in the past 20 years would be in vain.

"Madame will come back and rest for a few days, and then send a new errand for Madame in the future. Here the king has a promise to his wife, no matter what, he will also make Xiliang stable again. The new King of Xiliang will be enthroned, and then the lady will be able to assist the King of Xiliang in governing the land of Xiliang. Han Jian finally reassured Mrs. Luo. But Mrs. Love's words made her a little unconvinced.

In the past, when Han Jian said this kind of thing, Mrs. Luo could deceive herself and say that it was still a long time, but now that the land of Xiliang is gone, it has only been more than half a year since she got it back from the hands of the West Palace, and the land of Xiliang does not even belong to her before she even owns it. What a blow was this? If she hadn't known now that she wouldn't have been able to do anything without the help of the East Palace, maybe she would have left the East Palace and stood on her own. Now even if she knew that Han Jian was perfunctory to her, she still had to respectfully accept her orders.

After talking about business, it was time to hand over "private affairs", and Mrs. Luo became Han Jian's woman in a special period. This identity will not be disclosed. Even people close to Han Jian would not know about the relationship between the two of them, originally when Mrs. Luo returned to Luoyang, there was another way to plead with her in front of Han Jian and the condition she got was to blow the wind on the pillow. But after Han Jian saw Mrs. Luo, who had returned from afar and had no woman's charm, he felt a lack of interest, so he simply didn't stay, and Mrs. Luo could only postpone serving Han Jian if she wanted to.

When Han Jian left, Love realized that he was too old and decrepit to attract Han Jian's attention, she was different from Yang Rui. Yang Rui is the empress and has a deep emotional foundation with Han Jian, she is just a woman who offers beauty to the monarch, if she can't use her own posture to fix her favor, it will be tantamount to falling out of favor, and it will no longer be possible to get any political convenience from the emotional aspect. From the moment Han Jian left directly without taking a second look at her, Mrs. Luo knew the importance of beauty to her, although she never felt that she had to rely on a woman's capital to obtain anything, but now it was different, if she couldn't continue to help Dongwangfu too much, it would be her competitor Li Yun who would compare her to her.

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After meeting Mrs. Luo, Han Jian also had some understanding of Xiliang's general situation. The Xianbei people did not plan to govern the old land of Xiliang for a long time, and even looted and slaughtered on a large scale after occupying Liangzhou, and the people of Xiliang in some places were simply plundered back to the grassland and became slaves of the Xianbei people. Originally, some people from the old Xiliang Department still wanted to borrow the Xianbei people to regain the Xiliang Kingdom that belonged to them, but now these people have felt that Xianbei is a barbarian and even more untrustworthy, and even Mrs. Luo, the puppet-like "Xiliang Prime Minister", has gradually been valued by the people of the old Xiliang Department.

Han Jian believed that Mrs. Luo was very depressed when she returned to Luoyang this time, but soon someone would contact her, and these people from the old department of Xiliang would respect her as the king of Xiliang and re-plan the restoration of Xiliang, and at that time, Mrs. Luo would definitely come to beg him with a beautiful face.

Compared with the past, the current Xiliang Kingdom is even more "within reach", as long as the Xianbei people withdraw, the restoration of the Xiliang Kingdom is expected. Although Xiliang after the restoration of the country was only a vassal of the Wei Dynasty, it may be more reliable than the previous independent country, with the Wei Dynasty as the backing, Xiliang has a strong backer even if he wants to develop himself, or work hard.

But Han Jian would never let Mrs. Luo get her wish, Mrs. Luo's ambition was more terrifying than her ability, and Han Jian wanted Mrs. Luo to be just a submissive person by his side, which was enough. If all the power desires in Mrs. Luo's heart are aroused, it will be difficult to take back the cage at that time.

summoned Da Xiliu, and Da Xiliu reported the details of Xiliang to Han Jian one by one, and Xiliang still has a lot of detailed works of Dongwangfu, plus the eyeliner arranged by Yangguan, he basically knows everything about the Xianbei people's support for troops. The Xianbei people have only sent troops to Xiliang from beginning to end with less than 20,000 cavalry, but these 20,000 cavalry are not something that Dongwangfu can compete with head-on at the moment.

"Do you think that how many soldiers and horses does the imperial court need now to recapture the land of Xiliang from the Xianbei people?" Finally, Han Jian looked at Onishiliu and asked.

Da Xiliu obviously didn't expect Han Jian to ask about the military aircraft, you must know that Han Jian rarely discussed with her about the military aircraft in the past, according to Han Jian's previous character, she only needs to get the news and report it, and the real thing to think about is Han Jian or the military staff to do it.

"My subordinates think that it must be more than 100,000 soldiers and horses." Onishi Yanagi saluted and said, "But it's not advisable." ”

"Why not." Han Jian asked directly.

Da Xiliu thought for a while and said: "The land of Xiliang is barren and there is no danger to defend, if you use Xiliang as a barrier to fight with the Xianbei people, it is not advisable, but if the Xianbei people have no intention of attacking the Central Plains, they will not stick to Xiliang, and the court will only wait for the Xianbei people to withdraw their troops and send people to take over the city, it is really not suitable to fight with the Xianbei people in the land of Xiliang." ”

"Hmm." Han Jian nodded, and Onishiyanagi's opinion was very pertinent. is basically in line with what he thinks, and he has no plans to compete with the Xianbei people on the chicken ribs in the old land of Xiliang at the moment. (To be continued......)