More than 10,000 people such as Gao Li of the Ancient East Palace of the Northern Zhao Dynasty went to Liangzhou and reached Yongcheng, which was not in the pardon case, but also sent it to Zhang Mao, the history of Yongzhou, and Mao took his horse, so that he could push the deer cart and lead the grain station. Gao Li supervised Yang Liang Calf because of the resentment of the people, and plotted to return to the east, and everyone heard it, and they all shouted. Calf Nai claimed to be the general of the Jin Expedition to the East, and the commanders attacked and lifted the wind; Liu Ning, the general of Anxi, attacked him from stability and was defeated by the calf. Gao Li is good at shooting, when more than ten people, although there is no armor, plundering the people axe, Shi Yizhang Ke, attacking like a god, collapsed; The soldiers all followed, captured the county, killed the chief official, 2,000 stones, and drove eastward, compared to Chang'an, the crowd has been 100,000.

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Zeng Hua sat in Chengdu and started a new round of "massacre". In the name of the military governors of Qin, Liang, Yong, and Yizhou, he ordered that all the rebellious powerful families in Yizhou and their families should be detained in Chengdu.

So Qiang rode out in all directions and rushed into Wenshan County, Guanghan County, Hanyuan County, Hanjia County, Zitong County, Shu County, Xindu and other counties, and took people according to the list. Since the end of the first month, the avenues from all directions to Chengdu are always full of pedestrians and vehicles, which are all the powerful families and their families in various counties and counties, and they are escorted by Qiang Qi, and the family goes to Chengdu to wait for Zeng Hua's whereabouts. However, they did not encounter humiliation and abuse on the road, and under Zeng Hua's military orders, no one had the courage to move their hands and feet and act recklessly.

In February, in a period of more than a month, the big and small powerful families in Yizhou were all taken away and all detained in Chengdu.

Zeng Hua handed over the power of the trial to Zhu Pu, who had already joined the army with General Bai Duhu. For more than 2,000 powerful families, Di Pu first killed more than 500 families who were the most lively during the rebellion of Deng Ding, Kui Wen and Xiao Jingwen, and their families and property were distributed to the Qiang cavalry and Liangzhou Xiang army and Zhechong Fu soldiers who had made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion. fully shows the world that Zeng Hua has not lost his true colors as a "killer demon king".

When the rest of the Haoqiang families were frightened and trembled, Zhen Pu pretended to be merciful and compassionate, saying that he was willing to give them a way to live, as long as they wrote a confession, and then obediently moved their families to Nanzheng according to the request of Lord Zeng, and allowed them to carry floating wealth such as gold, silver, jewelry, etc., but solid wealth such as fields and houses, grain, and tribes could not be taken away, and the government would buy them at the expense of the government.

After two days of family discussion, 1,200 powerful families accepted their fate, they are either the high-ranking families in Shuzhong, or the leaders of the Qiang people, who have accumulated a lot of floating wealth for several generations, even if they have no fields, they will not starve to death for two lifetimes, not to mention that the government did not forcibly expropriate these fields, tribes and grains, and gave money to "buy" it, is it not that such a good road is not taken, and it is possible to take the lives of a family to go against the will of Lord Zeng? So they wrote a letter of confession, obtained Zeng's forgiveness and innocence, and then the family packed up and moved to Nanzheng.

There are still more than 500 families who are hesitating, whether they are reluctant to give up the family business left by their ancestors, they have discussed it in the courtyard where they are detained, and are ready to bargain with Zheng Pu and fight for another hand.

After listening to what they meant, Di Pu didn't say much, and directly called the Qiang rider outside the courtyard to come in, and brought out all the more than 500 powerful families, regardless of their shouting and screaming, and didn't care that they had "confessed their sins and repented" now, just continue the procedure a few days ago, hang it up first, anyway, the wooden pole has been vacated, and then divide the family's property, anyway, there are not too many Liangzhou sergeants.

After listening to Zheng Pu's report, Zeng Hua nodded and expressed great satisfaction. Zhen Pu is different from Che Yin and Mao Muzhi, he doesn't have any "gentleman's morality", he only knows that the weak eat the strong, and he only knows that whoever dares to block Zeng's plan will turn him into a pile of dead meat.

"Su Chang, now that these powerful families have almost been cleaned up, and those officials from Liangzhou are almost there, we can start to implement the uniform field system and other reforms in Yizhou." Speaking of this, Zeng Hua and Zheng Pu looked at each other and smiled, they both understood in their hearts that it would be impossible to smoothly implement the Juntian system if they did not clean up the Haoqiang families in Yizhou. However, Yizhou is easier to deal with than Liangzhou, and the powerful families here have all surrendered and rebelled, and no one in the court dares to speak to them. By implementing the equalization system in Yizhou, Zeng Hua will be able to win the hearts of the people of Yizhou and gradually turn Yizhou into a large rear area and a large granary.

"Su Chang, you can arrange this matter, anyway, the appointment of these officials has been decided, and there are no other problems. Also, has the table for the letter to the imperial court been written according to our last discussion? Zeng Hua asked.

Zheng Pu hurriedly took out a scroll of silk from his arms and respectfully presented it to Zeng Hua. "My lord, it's already written."

Zeng Hua took it, and thought to himself while unfolding it: It is said that paper has been invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but the quality of this paper is too poor, and now it is still using wooden tablets and silk cloth. I don't have time to care, let them think about it slowly, anyway, this is not very urgent, and now almost all the craftsmen in their own factories have become "Edison", and they are all money.

When I opened the booksilk, I saw that it was full of lines of fly-headed small letters, all of which were in traditional Chinese, and Zeng Hua didn't know a few, so he turned his head and said, "Su Chang, you should read it." ”

Zheng Pu understood Zeng Hua's problem and recited it aloud directly.

It turned out that in this above table, Zeng Hua asked the imperial court to redivide the counties and counties of Yizhou, and change the status quo of the Cheng Han Dynasty turning Yizhou into more than a dozen counties. Under the pretext of restoring the old system, Zeng Hua divided Yizhou into Shu County (including the original Shu County and the new capital state, governing Chengdu), Qianwei County (Zhiwuyang, now Pengshan, Sichuan), Hanjia County (including the original Hanyuan, Hanjia, Shenli and other counties, Zhihanjia, now Ya'anbei, Sichuan), Wenshan County (Zhiwenshan, now Maowenqiang Autonomous County, Sichuan), Yuewang County (Zhiqiongdu, now Xichang, Sichuan), Jiangyang County (Zhijiangyang, now Luzhou, Sichuan); Guanghan County and Zitong County were assigned to Liangzhou according to the old system, and Zitong County was merged with Jinshou County; Zeng Hua also demanded that the imperial court "return" a part of Zhuti County (Zhi Zhuti, present-day Zhaotong, Yunnan) and Qiqi County (Zhi Wanshou, present-day Weng'an, Guizhou), which had already been assigned to Ningzhou.

After reading the above table, Di Pu said in a deep voice: "My lord, if this table is added to the fact that you wrote the previous book as the history of the Yizhou Thorn, and the Lord Zhou Fu as the history of the Liangzhou Thorn, who knows that the Lord is determined to take charge of Yizhou alone, I am afraid that Lord Huan of Jiangling will have a knot." ”

Zeng Hua smiled faintly, shook his head and said, "There is no way to do it if you have a knot." Having come to this point, in fact, Lord Huan and I have seen that this is the imperial court's means of dividing and ruling us in a balanced manner. You see, in the past, Lord Huan was the military governor of Jiang Jingsi, Liang Yongyining, and the seven states, and now what about the reward given to me? Governor Liang Yiyong, Qin four states of the military. Liang, Yi, and Yong were all separated from Lord Huan, and what was the compensation for Lord Huan? Jiadu supervised Guang and handed over the military of the two states, so Lord Huan became the governor of Jiang Jingsi Liang Ning and the military of the six states. The intention of this is clear at a glance, that is, I want me to fight with Lord Huan. ”

"What did Lord Huan say?" Zheng Pu asked cautiously. He knew that Huan Wen's qualifications were much higher than Zeng Hua's, if it weren't for Zeng Hua's "two stunned" spirit to earn a lot of military merits, and he occupied a remote new annex, plus the imperial court was openly and secretly supporting there, how could it be Zeng Hua's turn to grab land with Huan Wen? And Zeng Hua was brought out by Huan Wen, and from the daily words of Lord Zeng, he had a lot of respect for this Lord Huan.

"What did Lord Huan say? What can he say? I will not give up any opportunity, nor will I give up any territory that belongs to my name, and Lord Huan will probably be in a dilemma. He needs my help, and it is much better to hand over the Yi and Liang Prefectures in the rear of Jingxiang to me than to others. But he didn't expect my power to develop so fast, and if Yizhou fell into my hands again, there would be faint signs of surpassing him. Zeng Hua smiled bitterly.

"I know, so in March last year, Lord Shihuan sent General Long Xiang Zhu Tao to lead 5,000 people west to Yizhou, just to see if he could take charge of Yizhou again." Zheng Pu asked quietly.

"Yes, at that time, the great victory of my Qiu Chi and Tuyuhun had already reached Jiangling, and Lord Huan immediately realized that the imperial court would definitely take this opportunity to divide Yizhou from his hands and give me jurisdiction. After all, Lord Huan is in the upper reaches, and his threat to the imperial court is far greater than that of me, the Liangzhou Thorn History, who is far away in the world. Zeng Hua replied with a sneer.

The incident that Zeng Hua and Zhen Pu said was in March last year, Huan Wen saw that things were not good, and hurriedly sent Long Xiang general Zhu Tao with 5,000 men to enter Yizhou with 5,000 men in the capacity of the military of the seven states, and really control the rich land of Yizhou before the imperial court officially rewarded it or Zeng Hua reacted.

Zhu Tao took 5,000 men and horses into Yizhou, and the first thing he had to pass was Ba County in Liangzhou. Bajun Taishou Feng Yue agreed to Zhu Tao's transit to Yizhou, but asked you to take care of your own food and grass. Feng Yue's excuse is very sufficient, Northern Zhao gathered more than 100,000 elite soldiers in Henan (south of the Yellow River in Gansu), and Guanzhong has tens of thousands of elite soldiers in Northern Zhao, which is not far from Liangzhou, almost turned around, Liangzhou recruited tens of thousands of soldiers in order to deal with these, and in order to avoid the threat of the flank, sent troops to occupy Qiuchi, which is already a great consumption of "internal strength", and the grain and grass themselves are very nervous, so the Fucheng Xiao Jingwen who threatens the rear wing of Liangzhou can only be suppressed but not destroyed. If you want to raise a grain of grain from Liangzhou, there is no door.

Zhu Tao was right to hear this, but the grain and grass of 5,000 people were all transported from Jingzhou from Badong and Yiling against the river, and the tofu was tossed into the price of meat. When Zhu Tao led his troops to Anhan, Brazil County, the grain transportation team began to be unable to transport it because the distance was too long and the consumption on the way was too large, and Zhu Tao's troops began to cut off the grain.

But Zhu Tao didn't dare to ask his subordinates to go to Brazil County to "forcibly raise grain". He knows very well what kind of person Shi Zenghua is in Liangzhou, it is definitely a master who you pull out a piece of grass and he dares to ask you to pay a cow, if you dare to grab grain on his territory, I am afraid that you will pacify Yizhou and he will not let you go back to Jingzhou.

Zhu Tao had no choice but to march to Deyang with 5,000 men and horses, hoping to raise another batch of grain after Deyang. But Deyang closed the city and held on, unable to live or die. A few days later, Xiao Jingwen actually rushed over from Fucheng with more than 10,000 people and fought a bloody battle with Zhu Tao's 5,000 men. Although Xiao Jingwen didn't know how many people went up when he fought the Liangzhou army, he turned his head and fought the Jingxiang soldiers very bravely, as if all the grievances received from the Liangzhou army were sprinkled on the heads of the Jingxiang soldiers, so that Zhu Tao suffered a lot of losses, so he had to retreat to Brazil County, with less than 4,000 men and horses left.

There is no way to fight this battle. The front will not be able to fight for a while and a half, and Zhu Tao understands Xiao Jingwen and Zhu Tao, although he is a little arrogant and ambitious, but he still has some ability, as long as he has more soldiers than you, and then he works hard in the city, Zhu Tao basically has no way to take him. But if you go back and crouch in Brazil County, you will be starved to death.

Zhu Tao had no choice but to cheekily beg his old acquaintances Zhang Qu and Zhang Shou to get some grain and grass, and then returned to Brazil County miserably. Only then did Huan Wen understand that the Liangzhou Thorn Shi Zenghua who he single-handedly promoted was a good hand at playing turf, and he was also a good hand at protecting his own turf. said that he didn't have the strength to pacify Yizhou, and no one believed him when he broke the sky, just with his murderous reputation in Shu, he could scare people to death if he stopped there. Now you see, he deliberately let Yizhou become a pot of porridge, as long as Liangzhou, which is stuck in the middle, does not give grain and grass, no matter how many people and horses he throws into it, they can be boiled into a pulp.

If he wants to send troops to Yizhou again, it seems that there is only one way from Ningzhou, which is more difficult to walk, but that is impossible, sending troops from Ningzhou to transport grain, even if all Jingxiang's belongings are used, it is not enough for the bottomless pit. So Huan Wen gave up the idea of regaining Yizhou. In the end, as the official edict of the imperial court spread to the world, Zeng Hua and Huan Wen officially "separated", and finally formed a balanced situation that the imperial court and Qing officials and celebrities were willing to see.

Thinking of this, Zeng Hua and Zheng Pu didn't want to say anything more, so they had to continue to go their separate ways.

"Brother Daohe, why are you doing this?" Zeng Hua said sincerely, "Although I want to take advantage of Yizhou, it doesn't mean that I want to drive you away, I say that you are Liangzhou, just want to be stationed in Tun Hanzhong together, and then cooperate with the Northern Expedition to recover the twelve states of the Central Plains." ”

Zhou Fu, who was sitting opposite Zeng Hua, smiled and arched his hand: "Zeng Zhenbei also understands what he said. Lord Huan once told me that Zeng Zhenbei is an honest person, and today you can tell him bluntly to make the most of your benefit, which shows your calmness. Lord Huan also once said that although Zeng Zhenbei was decisive and wise, he was a person of love. Expressing me as the history of Liangzhou's assassination is really the intention of my Northern Expedition on the front line. But Lord Huan has already written to me, saying that he wants to express me as the assassin of Guangzhou. ”

Zhou Fu paused and continued: "You know, in April of the third year (Yonghe), the Ninan County of Jiaozhou (now Hue, Vietnam) was too greedy for Xiahou, encroached on Hu merchants, and embezzled ship materials and goods, so the southern kingdom was resentful. King Wen of Linyi (present-day Da Nang, Vietnam) took the opportunity to send troops to trap Rinan, killed Xiahou Lan, and counted Kou Jiuzhen and other counties (now Thanh Hoa, Vietnam). Since Lord Huan is the governor of Guang and Jiaozhou's military, he naturally wants to pacify this chaotic party and thieves. Therefore, I hope to express me as the history of Guangzhou Thorn, supervising the military of Guangzhou and Jiaozhou. ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fu sighed and said: "I also hope to follow the army on the Northern Expedition, but Lord Huan is calling, and Zhou does not dare to disobey." ”

Zeng Hua nodded again and again: "I know, you have never said anything to Lord Huan, but this Jiaojiao, the vast area is remote, and the land is dangerous, and I also ask Dao and Brother to take care of yourself." I don't have anything to give, only 500 steel knives, and I will give them to Dao and Brother Yizhuang for this trip! ”

Zhou Fu was overjoyed. This year, there were a lot of good knives in Liangzhou Hanzhong, and I heard that they were all made of good steel, and the process was very complex and mysterious. After it was circulated, it became a sharp weapon treasure sought after by generals in the Jin army, and today Zeng Hua sent five hundred in one go, why didn't Zhou Fu be happy?

After talking a few words, Zeng Hua set up a feast to entertain Zhou Fu's father and son, and the two talked and laughed with Zeng Hua and returned drunk.

Seeing Zhou Fu's father and son disappear from his sight, Zeng Hua was very melancholy. These two are good people, but it's a pity! It seems that Huan Wen is afraid that these two people will become Zeng Hua's people again in a few days after being watched by Liangzhou, look at the people who followed Zeng Hua before, Che Yin, Mao Muzhi and others have not advanced by leaps and bounds, desperately promoted, and they have slowly become the descendants of Zeng's family shop, and have become his assistants. It seems that Huan Wen is starting to be wary of himself.

The current Zeng Hua's mood is quite complicated, but there is no way, if he wants to complete his "mission" in this troubled world, he must do whatever it takes to obtain the greatest power. Doing this by himself has aroused Huan Wen's suspicions, but he is helpless, but he doesn't know how to face this old boss who is half a brother and a half teacher in the future. But Huan Wen didn't come over like this, but his pace was much faster than him.

Within a few days, Zeng Hua expressed Zhang Shou as the general of the rear army to lead the history of Yizhou, and left Zhang Qu to lead the Sixiang Army to be stationed in Chengdu, Qianwei, Pixian and other important places to assist in guarding Yizhou, and then to express the county guards and appoint county orders.

Then Gan Rui is the former army general leading Shangyong County Taishou, Mao Muzhi is the left army general leading Qinzhou Thorn History, Table Che Yin is the middle base general leading Hanzhong County Taishou, and he still leads Liangzhou Thorn History.

In March, Zeng Hua led more than 10,000 black-armored flying feather troops back to Hanzhong Nanzheng through Zitong County.

Back in Nanzheng, everyone gathered at the South City Gate Shilipu to greet each other, Zeng Hua saw these familiar faces that he hadn't seen for more than a year, and he burst into tears at that time, and everyone couldn't help but cry. Back in the house, Zeng Hua and everyone drank happily, and they were drunk.

On the second day, Zeng Hua summoned not Che Yin, Mao Muzhi and Gan Rui and other important ministers, nor Fan Min, who thought day and night, but Fan Zhe, who was said to have been "cultivating".

"My lord, this is the holy text that I have revised according to your wishes, please take a look." I haven't seen him for more than a year, Fan Zhe is becoming more and more "immortal bone Dao style", and the worldly qi on his body is getting less and less.

Zeng Hua took it and looked at it carefully with divine effort: "The Holy Sect is also known as the Pangu Sect. The five beliefs of the teaching, one, believe in Pangu God. In ancient times, the heavens and the earth were as chaotic as chickens. God Pangu lived in it, and after 18,000 years old, Pangu opened up the world. Yang Qing is the sky. Yin turbidity is the earth, Pangu dwells in it, nine changes a day, sacred to heaven and earth. When Pangu blows on a day, the sky is one zhang high, and the earth is one zhang thicker, so eight thousand years old. The number of days is very high, and the number of places is very deep. Later, Pangu God took off his body and returned to heaven, dying and incarnating, his breath became a storm, the sound was thunder, the left eye was the sun, the right eye was the moon, the limbs and five bodies were the four poles and five mountains, the blood was the river, the tendons and veins were the ground, the muscles were the fields, the hair was the stars, the skin was grass and trees, the teeth and bones were gold and stone, the essence was pearl and jade, the sweat was rain, and the insects of the body were felt by the wind, turned into all spirit birds and beasts, and then turned into people with spirit and energy! At this point, all things in heaven and earth were created by Pangu God, so Pangu God is also the only true God in the world! ”

Note: The Pangu Holy Religion compiled by Lao Zeng here is apocryphal, pure fiction, nonsense, please don't take it seriously. It's just a coincidence.