Chapter 302: Dong Zhuo is crazy
After half a year of preparation, General Zhengxi led 40,000 or 50,000 elite soldiers to fight bloodily, and successfully expelled the Huns he encountered in Yanmen, Xihe, Shangjun, Dingxiang and Shuofang in the prefecture.
This can be regarded as a big victory over the Hu people, especially the defeat of one of the menacing Eastern Hu Xianbei people, Yu Kebineng, at the critical moment of the Chang'an court, it was a powerful deterrent to the Hu people of the Quartet. And the biggest dividend of this war is to obtain a large number of war horses, from the Qubei tribe to get more than 30,000 wooden horses from Kebi Neng, plus the previous harvest in Yanmen, basically the next few years of war horses are enough. If it weren't for the fear that Qiangqu and Tuhun would not completely merge the state, in fact, Wei Xuan could still take more war horses for himself.
In terms of cattle and sheep, there were even more, and all that Xihe could take was taken to Shangjun by Qubei, but soon Shangjun became Wei Xuan's territory. Most of the 30,000 cattle and more than 200,000 sheep were sold to the local Han people in Bingzhou at low prices, and a small part was used as military food to improve the food of all the soldiers.
150,000 Huns were beheaded by Wei Xuan and Tuhun???????????????? Nearly 20,000, the Tuhun and Qiangqu tribes lost five or six thousand in battle with Kebineng, and the rest are now all concentrated in Wuyuan and Yunzhong and the vast grasslands north of the Yellow River. In addition to the 700,000 people in the three counties of Yanmen, Taiyuan, and Shangdang, the total population of the other six counties is only 400,000, and nearly 180,000 Han slaves who were enslaved by the Huns will be restored to their household registration, and these people will be the basis for the recovery of the vitality of the state. Wei Xuan continued to send people from the Central Plains to serve as magistrates, but the best news for these people was that Wei Xuan would garrison a large number of troops in the border counties, and that everyone would not have to pay taxes to the government for the next year, and the government would also provide interest-free lease of cattle and seeds.
Compared with the war horses, the population base of 1.3 million soldiers in the nine counties of Bingzhou will be slightly drunk in the future. Of course, the most important thing in the next step is to hold at least a few strategic points, including Yanmen, Xihe, Shangjun and Shuofang, and then continue to migrate from the surrounding areas. The prefecture is vast and sparsely populated, and if you simply calculate the area, it should be larger than Jizhou and Yanzhou combined, and the population of these two states together is nearly 10 million.
Nowadays, there are only more than one million in the state, especially Shuofang and other places in the Yellow River Hetao are very suitable for farming, and the immigration speed from Sanhe and other places is too slow, but there are many in Qingzhou? It's precious, but it's a pity that it's too far away, and at present, Wei Xuan can only start from the Black Mountain Army east of Taishanshan. If Zhang Yan and others also have the same consciousness as Tao Sheng, then it will never be a few years before the state has the opportunity to become the rear of Wei Xuan's world.
Of course, such a big thing is naturally to be told to the Son of Heaven and the ministers of Chang'an, and it is also to be told to the whole world. Kwantung Weixuan only needs to pass on the message, although those people don't want to see it, they must be shocked when they receive the news, especially Yuan Shao, who must be more eager to unify Hebei.
As for the Chang'an court, it was natural to send envoys to meet him, so in April of the second year of Chuping, Sun Qian came to Chang'an again, and Wei Xuan brought five horses and fifty sheep to the Son of Heaven this time. Of course, the population registers and official tables of the nine counties of the state were also sent to the Son of Heaven.
Although the Son of Heaven is only a teenager, he has also heard of Wei Xuan's first Qin Shi Mingyue Han Shiguan, the Long March of thousands of miles has not been returned, but the dragon city will fly, and Hu Ma will not teach Hu Ma to Yin Mountain. Knowing that Wei Xuan had single-handedly expelled the Southern Huns from the entire state, he was also very excited. Although the princes of the court were breathless by the crazy Dong Zhuo, when they heard that Wei Xuan actually sent troops to drive out the Xiongnu in the entire state, most of them were so excited that they left tears, and they were not afraid of Dong Zhuo, pleading with the Son of Heaven to comfort the Taimiao and seal Wei Xuan at the same time.
Of course, Wei Xuan didn't care about the sealing of the imperial court, but the appointment of the governor of the state and the appointment of the county guards needed to be approved by the imperial court. Especially in the history of the state assassination, Wei Xuan cited his brother Wei Zheng.
From the county magistrate to the county magistrate to the assassin Shi were all arranged by Wei Xuan, and it was impossible for the courtiers to say that they had no opinion, but now except for Guanzhong, the other local governors are all appointed by themselves wherever they go. Wei Xuan is also one of the heroes, he can say a word to the Son of Heaven, and it is already very face-saving to symbolically ask for instructions from everyone in the court. Even after Dong Zhuo got the news, he couldn't know whether it was or not. He also knew that he couldn't change the status quo if he didn't agree, unless he led his troops to Bingzhou to defeat Wei Xuan. Of course, the annexation of the annexed state was recovered???????????????? There is absolutely no reward! His illusions with Wei Xuan were completely shattered as early as the defeat of Henan.
Dong Zhuo may have been stimulated by Wei Xuan's defeat to depression or self-abandonment, and he no longer won over and curry favor with scholars as he did when he was in Luoyang. Perhaps it was his long-term ruling that led to his blind expansion, anyway, Dong Zhuo would not give in easily now.
During his time in Chang'an, most of what Sun Qian heard was how crazy Dong Zhuo was and how domineering he was. This reminded him of Wei Xuan's prophecy, Wei Xuan once said very calmly that Dong Zhuo would not survive this year.
The once ambitious Dong Zhuo was deceived, betrayed, betrayed, and humiliated by the scholars, turning a good victorious general into a madman. This may also be the inertia of history.
It is said that one day, Dong Zhuo was going to Yiwu, and the minister of the minister went to see him off outside the Hengmen of Chang'an City, and Dong Zhuo set up a banquet to entertain everyone, which was a very happy thing. No matter what these people think in their hearts, they are always obedient to Dong Zhuo, and even some are flattering. But Dong Zhuo tortured and killed hundreds of rebel soldiers from Beidi County who had lured him in at the banquet, and the people at the banquet were so frightened that their spoons and chopsticks fell, but Dong Zhuo ate and ate freely. Perhaps this is where Dong Zhuo is not confident, and he needs to maintain his oppression of the courtiers through such intimidation.
If Dong Zhuo's subordinate generals offended Dong Zhuo with their words, they would be executed on the spot, and Dong Zhuo killed some old Guanzhong clans on the charge of rebellion, in fact, it is very likely that they still value other people's property.
The most outrageous thing is that during Dong Zhuo's reign in Chang'an, he destroyed the five-baht coins that circulated in the market, plus various copper products such as copper people in Luoyang and Chang'an, which were used to mint small coins. This kind of small money is very crudely made, and there is not even outline and text, and the people are reluctant to use it, which eventually leads to market disorder and skyrocketing prices. Of course, the advantage of this is that a lot of money goes into his pocket.
Before Sun Qian's first arrival in Chang'an, Dong Zhuo asked Liu Huan, the lieutenant of Sili, to arrest those who were "unfilial to their sons, disloyal to their ministers, unclear officials, and disobedient to their younger brothers", and punished them all by death penalty and confiscation of all property, which led to a large number of unjust cases.
Immediately after the earthquake in Guanzhong, Dong Zhuo asked Cai Yong about the response, and Cai Yong took the opportunity to persuade Dong Zhuo to give up taking the Qinggai Jinhua car, Dong Zhuo obeyed and changed it to a "soapy car". Dong Zhuo attaches great importance to Cai Yong's talent and learning, and treats him very well, every time there is a banquet, Cai Yong will be asked to play the piano and preside, Cai Yong will work hard to correct Dong Zhuo's words and deeds, but Dong Zhuo rarely adopts it, and Cai Yong also feels very regretful. However, it is only a pity that the contradiction between Cai Yong and Wang Yun later laid the groundwork.
Dong Zhuo likes the waiter of the Cheshi Wang very much, and this waiter has broken the law many times, and was arrested by Hu Ben Zhonglang to convict and kill him, Dong Zhuo was very angry, but he has always been in awe of Zhao Qian, but he arrested the official to kill and retaliate.
In October of the second year of Chuping, Taishi Ling was angry and reported that a minister would soon be killed. Dong Zhuo was afraid that the prophecy would be fulfilled in him, and remembered that Zhang Wen, the commander of the guard, had been at odds with him, so he instructed others to frame Zhang Wen for colluding with Yuan Shu, who was a native of Nanyang, Jingzhou, and the later general Yuan Shushi did not take the Chang'an court and the Son of Heaven in Nanyang in his eyes. So Dong Zhuo sent someone to arrest Zhang Wen and whip him to death in the bazaar in Chang'an.
There is always a limit to patience, Dong Zhuo has changed from a good boy to what he is now, but because he has a firm grasp of the army in his hands, many people dare not speak out. The staff led by He Hao, Zheng Tai and others were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, and adopted the advice left by Xun You when he left Chang'an for Luoyang, and Wu Fu, a Yue cavalry captain close to Dong Zhuo, served as an assassin and tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo. On the day of the assassination, Wu Fu hid a saber in his clothes to meet Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo did not doubt it and cordially received Wu Fu. After the meeting, Dong Zhuo also personally saw off Wu Fu, and in the pavilion, Dong Zhuo also put his arm around Wu Fu's shoulders, which was very intimate. Wu Fu suddenly drew his saber and stabbed Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo reacted quickly, took a few steps back, and shouted to the surrounding guards to subdue Wu Fu. Dong Zhuo scolded: "Do you want to rebel?!" ”
Of course, Wu Fu wants to rebel, but unfortunately he can't blame others for not being good at learning and art, he only has a bad story, he can only say loudly before he dies: "You are not my king, I am not your minister, why is it the other way around?" Thou hast usurped the lord of the country, the sin is great, and now is the day of my death, so I have come to punish the traitor's ear, and I hate to split you in the city to thank the world. "In other words, he was killed on the spot.
Dong Zhuo then sent someone to investigate Wu Fu's comrades, He Hao and others were imprisoned, Xun You fortunately ran early, or Wei Xuankai rescued him, Zheng Tai and others fled to Yuan Shu.
Many scholars and wealthy clans saw that Dong Zhuo was becoming more and more crazy, and the demons quietly moved to Henan and other places. Dong Zhuo didn't care, he knew that it would be impossible for him to defeat the Kanto heroes and revive the dynasty in his lifetime, and he didn't have a son, so the only thing left was to enjoy.
The greatest enjoyment of a powerful martial artist is naturally a woman, but unfortunately Dong Zhuo's control is limited, and Liangzhou is a land of wind and sand, where can there be any beautiful women.
So the slander of the scholars became true, and Dong Zhuo began to stretch out his hand to the families of the surrounding soldiers and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the harem of the Son of Heaven was not spared.
When today's sister, the eldest princess, entered Dong Zhuo's field of vision in this way. Although Dong Zhuo treats the Son of Heaven harshly, he was tempted when he saw the eldest princess at first sight, and he had only one obsession in the following days: to get this evil woman, because in addition to being more beautiful than ordinary women, Zhang Gongzhu also has his noble identity, and a man's vanity will stimulate the deep impulse in his heart at any time.