As soon as Hua returned to the Zhenbei General's Mansion, the Privy Council sent the military information over, and Yao, Zhang, Yang Su and others were in Dingxiang and the southern Xiongnu-Dugu Department in Dingxiang and Yanmen.

Liu Hu, the father of Liu Wuhuan, the leader of the Tiefu Tribe, was defeated and retreated to Hetao, and his cousin Liu Luhu led a part of the southern Xiongnu to surrender to Xianbei, and married the daughter of Yelu, the leader of Xianbei, and gave birth to two sons, Liu Kuren and Liu Liu. Liu Kuren, the word has no roots, a Luo Chui, less bold, wise, the acting lord Bashi Yi is very happy, with his niece and son-in-law, ordered him to lead the southern Xiongnu, according to Yanmen, Dingxiang, the number of Dugu Department.

Wang Meng pacified and annexed the state this time, and the Xiongnu tribes scattered here in Taiyuan, Xihe, and Leping counties did not encounter much resistance, and it can be said that there was no "large-scale, organized" resistance at all. But it is not possible to go north to the Dingxiang Tuohe area.

After hundreds of years of war, dispersion, and migration, the southern Xiongnu have either been migrated into the Central Plains, or have stayed in Bingzhou and divided into hundreds of semi-settled animal husbandry and semi-agricultural tribes. The only big tribe that is still organized is the Dugu Tribe. The Dugu tribe starts from Lishui (upstream of Fenshui) in the south, reaches Yushui (now Sanggan River) in the north, takes Tuohe River as the activity center, there are hundreds of tribes, and tens of thousands of tribes. When Yang Su, Deng Yao, and Zhang led more than 10,000 Feiyu troops into nearby Dingxiang, Liu Kuren, who had been forbearing, couldn't bear it anymore and gathered soldiers and horses to fight a big battle with Feiyu Army in Jinchang.

Although Liu Kuren had more soldiers and horses than the Feiyu army, how could his subordinates be able to stop Deng Yao and Zhang, the two 10,000 enemies? He was immediately slaughtered and defeated. had to lead the troops to retreat to Yunzhong (this Yunzhong County is not Yunzhong County in present-day Hohhot, but Yunzhong County in the southwest of Yuanping, Shanxi).

Wang Meng, who received the urgent report, felt that the current annexation of the state was newly settled, the foundation was still unstable, and it was too early to start a war with the north for the time being, so he ordered Yang Su, Deng Yao, and Zhang to immediately stop going north, and stationed themselves on the front line of Jinchang, Dingxiang, and Jiuyuan, and made peace with Liu Kuren. Then Wang Meng sent an urgent report to Chang'an, and made a report to Zeng Hua about the battle in Dingxiang and the situation of Liu Kuren and the Tuoba Xianbei Department behind him. And put forward their own opinions.

"Mr. Sutsune, Mr. Takeko. Tell me about it. How to deal with the affairs of the Northland? Zeng Hua asked first.

"This is not related to the north of the state and the north of Yongzhou. The opponent in the north of the state is Liu Kuren, and the opponent in the north of Yongzhou is Liu Wuhuan, and they all have Tuoba Xianbei behind them. The Tutuo is actually the meaning of the offspring born to the Xianbei father and the Xiongnu mother. Park took a book handed over by his secretary and said slowly.

"Tuoba Shiyi is the second son of Tuoba Yulu, who was a proton in Northern Zhao City. At that time, his brother Tuoba was willing to exchange himself for Tuoba Shiyi, and it is said that Northern Zhao Shihu was moved by this. So the two brothers were put back. Tuoba Shiyi took the throne in Fanzhi (now Hunyuan, Shanxi), changed the name of the year to establish the country, and divided half of the land to Tuoba Gu. In the third year of the founding of the People's Republic of China (340), the capital was moved to Shengle (now Inner Mongolia and Lingel County). Shiyi has a brave strategy, so the ancestral industry gradually revived, the people have attached, began to set up a hundred officials, with the generation of Yan Feng as the long history, Xu Qian as the Lang Zhongling. Establish the rule of law. They are in charge of government affairs separately, and their laws and regulations are simple, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The land is east from Kumoxi. It is west and Liangzhou, south to Yinshan, and north to Rouran. ”

And Liu Wuhuan's Tiefu Department and Liu Ku Rendi's Dugu Department were successively attached to the Daiguo, which made Tuoba Shiyi more powerful. In the fifth year of Xiankang (339 AD), he married the sister of Murong Hao, the ancestor of Yan State. In the first year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty (343), he offered a thousand horses as a dowry, and he was slow and had no son-in-law gift. In August, Murong Hao sent his son Murong Jun to lead the former military advisor Murong Ping and others to attack the dynasty, but Shi Yi led the crowd to avoid, and the Yan army returned without gain. ”

Hearing this, Che Yin couldn't help frowning: "In this way, Tuoba Xianbei and Murong Xianbei have an inexplicable relationship." ”

And Zeng Hua next to him said: "That's true." There is no room for two eagles on this grassland, and there is no room for two wolf kings in the wolf pack, so they have a dispute. But Murong Jun, the current lord of the Yan Kingdom, is going south with all his might, trying to enter the Central Plains, so they don't have any major contradictions and conflicts now. ”

"Now that we are attacking the two Liu tribes in the south of him, I'm afraid this Tuoba Xianbei won't give up, right?" Park closed the book and said in a deep voice.

"This Tuoba Shiyi has been in the city for many years, so it has been deeply influenced by the Central Plains. It's just that the Jiangzuo court was too far away from them before, so they didn't have any contact with each other. It is better for us to make the court the acting king, grant the capital to supervise the military of the south and the north, and at the same time send envoys to pay a lot of money to make friends with him. And Murong Yanguo," Zeng Hua couldn't help but pause when he said this, squinted his eyes and thought for a while and continued: "It stands to reason that some people like to be emperors, and if they have a little power, they will be emperors. This Murong Jun has already occupied You, Ping, and Jizhou, pacified Goguryeo, Khitan, and Kumoxi, and there are probably more than 200,000 people with armor and strings, but why hasn't he been proclaimed emperor yet? That's not going to work. ”

||Fa, I can't help but start thinking about it.

At this time, Zeng Hua turned back again: "We know from the intelligence that Liu Kuren of the Eastern Dugu Department has a close relationship with Tuoba Xianbei, and Liu Wuhuan of the West Iron Fubu is close to Dai Guoruo. Therefore, we can set such a strategy, for Liu Kuren, we will focus on defense, no longer take the initiative to attack, and ease the relationship; For Liu Wuhuan, we will press forward step by step, forcing him to fight with us,

The machine submitted it as a buffer between us and Tuoba Xianbei. ”

"That's very good." Park and Che Yin nodded.

Zeng Hua shook his head and said, "This is not just my idea, this is all the strategy suggested by Bingtai and Mr. Jing Luo in the letter, I just put it together." Well, let the Privy Council draw up a detailed plan on this basis and pass it on to the two gentlemen. And what are we going to do now? ”

"Reinforcement!" Park and Che Yin said in unison.

"Yes, more troops!" Zeng Hua smiled bitterly, "Don't look at the fact that we now have more than 260,000 infantry cavalry. However, there are too many places to use soldiers, and more than half of the troops are new soldiers, and if they have not passed the test of blood and fire, they are not real soldiers. However, we have already prepared to use the north to train our troops, and we will start to increase and rotate the troops in the north. ”

"My lord, it's just that we are only using troops to the north, isn't this imperial court's northern expedition ......, I'm worried that the imperial court may have something else to say." Che Yin said worriedly.

"If I'm going to send troops to Hongnong. Yin Yuanshen and Duke Huan will have his words! It's better to wait for them to hit a certain level before asking for us. So we also took the initiative. Zeng Hua thought for a moment and replied.

"That's all there is to it. However, I know that my lord is going to plan to do something big in Hebei, otherwise he would not be so aggressive in merging the state. Speaking of this, Che Yin couldn't help but sigh, "This battle has been fought." ”

Zeng Hua couldn't help but smile slightly, and didn't say anything.

On the second day, the chief of the Wuchang Mansion visited the mansion. These two people were originally famous people in Hedong County, Sizhou, and later they were forced to the city by Shihu of Northern Zhao along with many famous people in Si, and Jizhou. became a small official position. In the fourth year of Yonghe, Shi Hu was about to die, and the two of them and more than a dozen "celebrities" saw that the situation in the city was not good, and they took advantage of the chaos to escape from the city and rushed back to Hedong and other places. As soon as Shi Hu died, Hebei was in chaos, and the situation in Sizhou and Hedong was getting worse day by day. simply voted for Guan Long, who had already decided the overall situation. Zeng Hua is the time to recruit talents. Naturally, they were welcomed, and they were not only given suitable official positions, but also given generous settling-in allowances. All in all, it's not thin for them.

"Is there something wrong with the two gentlemen?" Zeng Hua asked pleasantly.

+. There are big Dharma events in the temple on the third day, there are many participants, and the presiding officer of Zunshan Temple, Master Chang, entrusted me two people, and I want to invite adults to come to Zunshan Temple, so as to pray for Guan Long. ”

+.. looked a little embarrassed. Although Zeng Huaming did not express his support for the Holy Sect on the face, nor did he reveal his true identity, everyone knew that the rapid development of the Holy Sect in Guanlong and Liang Yi was inseparable from his strong support. Isn't it a bit embarrassing to ask people to participate in Buddhist rituals now?

Zeng Hua was stunned for a moment, sat there and thought for a while, and finally said in the panic of the two: "Okay, I'll go there then." ”

On the third day, Zunshan Temple was heavily guarded, and the door was full of birds. Zeng Hua came here accompanied by Che Yin and Duan Huan, and couldn't help but smile when he saw Zunshan Temple being so "lively". This temple was built during the reign of Emperor Wu Taishi to Taikang (265-289 AD), which means to follow the rules and do good deeds to help the world. It was built on the south side of Longshouyuan, in the new Chang'an East City under planning.

Fa Chang wore a monk's robe and saluted, and came out with dozens of monks, and when he saw Zeng Hua and others riding over, he hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "Welcome to Lord Zeng!" ”

Zeng Hua returned the salute with a smile, and then walked towards the gate of Zunshan Temple under the guidance of Fa Chang. This Zunshan Temple was built not long ago, but it has been dilapidated in the decades of war, and it is not yet the time for Buddhism to flourish, so it has been built smaller. Later, Guan Long stabilized, and Fa Chang thought that the world was peaceful and could promote Buddhism. But I didn't expect that the holy religion that popped up out of nowhere was popular, and the surrounding churches were one after another, and there were more and more believers, and there were fewer and fewer believers in Zunshan Temple. Fa Chang had no choice, and after thinking for a long time, he came up with a solution. He gritted his teeth and prepared some money and food, preparing to expand Zunshan Temple and renovate it in order to better attract believers and compete with the Holy Sect. However, after the request for land was reported, he could not get Jing Zhaoyin's approval, and the law was often unable to do so, so he had to ask Chong, Bu and other old people who were familiar with each other in the city to invite Zeng Hua to come over for him, so as to personally ask for the support of the ruler of Guanlong. After all, in the eyes of many people, Zeng Hua may have just been confused by the "evil music" of the Holy Religion.

At this time, a monk in the back suddenly said to Duan Huan: "General, please put down your saber!" ”

Duan Huan glanced coldly at the guest monk who was speaking, and saw that the guest monk only broke out in a cold sweat and retreated again and again.

"Why is that?" Zeng Hua asked kindly.

A monk next to Fa Chang hurriedly replied: "The Buddha Gate is pure and cannot see anything bloody and killed. ”

"Really? It's just that the saber deacon is Yuanqing's duty, just like a monk who wants to hang Buddhist beads and chant scriptures, I'm afraid it's not easy to lose. Zeng Hua replied with a smile.

"Here, put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha on the spot!" As the presiding officer of Zunshan Temple, Fa Chang had to say a word.

"Put down the butcher's knife and become a Buddha? If you kill all the people of the Central Plains, and then put down the butcher's knife, will you be able to become a Buddha on the spot? Duan Huan said coldly.

Fa Chang was suddenly dumbfounded. After a pause, he just wanted to explain something, and hurriedly came out to be a peacemaker: "Forget it, Master, General Duan's saber is his duty, and this temple is full of guards and sergeants inside and outside the temple, they are all carrying knives and guns, so they can't be called all of them."

Swords and guns, who will protect Lord Zeng then? ”

Hear here. Fa Chang couldn't help but be dumbfounded. I had to give up. Continue to take Zeng Hua, Che Yin, Duan Huan and others into the temple.

"This temple is good, it is really quaint." Zeng Hua exclaimed.

Fa Chang hurriedly nodded yes, and then introduced Zeng Hua to the many high-ranking monks gathered in the courtyard. Zeng Hua greeted them one by one, very respectfully.

"I can't imagine that there are so many monks gathered in Zunshan Temple today, it's really rare!" Zeng Hua sighed.

At this time, a monk who had not been introduced came out from behind the senior monk and replied first: "This is all my lord, you have managed Guan Long in a good way, making this place quiet. The people are peaceful, so the monks admire the kindness of the adults, so they have traveled to Guanlong to seek refuge under the wings of the adults. ”

Zeng Hua saw that it was the monk who was the first to answer at the temple gate just now, with a smile on his face, very sincere. Zeng Hua couldn't help but nod and smiled: "The senior monk is really exaggerating. The monk is called ......? ”

"The poor monk is Shamen Wu Jin!" The monk hurriedly replied.

"Wu Jin, oh," Zeng Hua felt a little familiar. But I don't know where I've heard it.

"Wu Shamen was originally in the city. I once followed the family teacher Buddha Tucheng for a period of time, and later traveled to our temple after the Hebei Rebellion. Fa Chang explained.

"Oh, I see!"

Zeng Hua followed Fa Chang and visited while walking slowly. admired all the way, and Wu Jin also interjected a few words from time to time, which was just right, and flattered Zeng Hua, Zeng Hua was a little excited, and couldn't help but think that it would be terrible if this Wu Jin was an official.

Zunshan Temple is really not big, and it will be completed soon. So Fa Chang invited Zeng Hua and others to the backyard for tea, Wu Jin and other more than a dozen monks accompanied him, and of course, Duan Huan and other hundreds of guards and soldiers were eyeing each other.

"My lord, please use tea!" Fa Chang saw that Zeng Hua's interest was good, and he couldn't help striking while the iron was hot, and hurriedly continued: "My lord, the poor monk wants to expand Zunshan Temple to promote Buddhism and let more people do good things to the Buddha, but they can't approve it when they ask for land several times. ”

Zeng Hua just picked up a cup of tea, and couldn't help but be happy when he heard this: "I knew that there must be something wrong with the monk inviting me to come, so let's come together." ”

"It's Lord Di, and the poor monk will have a lot of trouble. I waited for the monks of the monasteries to discuss it, and I was going to set up a newspaper to preach the Dharma, and I asked the adults to approve it. ”

"It just so happens that these two things are in the hands of Mr. Takeko. He was Jing Zhaoyin, and he was the Supervisor and Interview Bureau, all of which were within his authority. I don't care about these things, and it's inconvenient to meddle, so I ask the great monk to forgive me. Zeng Hua replied.

So Fa Chang turned his expectant eyes to Che Yin on the side.

In the past few years, Che Yin has been brainwashed by Fan Zhe and Zeng Hua secretly, although he has not officially believed in the Holy Religion, but it is similar to the religion, and he will enter sooner or later, so he is not very interested in the monk's way. But Che Yin has always behaved uprightly, and after listening to the law's request, he did not take his own private opinion as the decision, but replied with a straight face: "Great monk, please report these two matters to Jing Zhaoyin and the Guanfeng Interview Office according to the channel, and I will handle it as a public official, and I will approve it immediately." ”

Zeng Hua couldn't help but smile secretly, he didn't expect Mr. Wuzi to play a hand, he knew that the land of this new Chang'an had already been planned, and if you don't demolish your Zunshan Temple, you will come forward to protect it, these things are all cultural heritage, in Huaxia, Zeng Hua doesn't want to use bloody means to unify beliefs and thoughts, he already has a plan in his heart. It is possible to approve this newspaper, but this thing will burn money, and I don't know how many fates these monks have to make up for this hole. You must know that the current Holy Church does not look at the frugal construction of the church, but the money in the land of the merchants is much older, and they are all rich landlords, and the money reported in this mansion can afford to burn. And is it useful to write scriptures in the newspaper? Are these monks better than those who have been trained by themselves to be missionaries of the Holy Religion? Suspend!

At this time, Wu Jin flattered again: "Adults are a generation of enlightened people, so they can naturally protect Buddhism and do good deeds." The things that adults do in Guan Long Yiliang are simply one heaven and one underground compared to the pseudo-Zhao Shihu, and the people naturally return to their hearts. ”

Hearing Shi Hu and looking at Wu Jin in front of him who looked compassionate, Zeng Hua finally remembered it, and couldn't help shouting: "Someone! Take Wu Jin down! ”

Several guard sergeants hurriedly hugged up and pressed Wu Jin to the ground at once.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" Wu Jin stammered and asked in fright, while Fa Chang and the others were also terrified, not knowing what was going on.

"Okay, you Wu Jin, wasn't it you who slandered Shi Hu back then, and as a result, I was killed and injured tens of thousands of people in Hebei, can you be guilty?" Zeng Hua shouted angrily.

Looking at Zeng Hua, who suddenly turned his face, Wu Jin repeatedly denied the accusations against him.

"Your Excellency, come on, this is already on the record." Zeng Hua didn't say much, and asked Zeng Cheng and Wu Jin to be "colleagues".

"Yes, my lord, this matter is very important, and I dare not talk nonsense. Wu Jin once said to Yu Hu: Hu Yun will decline, Jin should be revived, and it is advisable to work hard to get tired of Jin people. So Huhu made Shangshu Zhang Qunfa 160,000 men and women in the county near the city, 100,000 cars, and Yunshi built Hualin Garden and the long wall in the north, vast for dozens of miles. The labor was very hard, it took several months, and nearly half of the people were killed or injured. Chong hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered.

Zeng Hua sneered: "Do you still dare to deny it? Then he waved his hand and said, "Take him to the Jingzhao Prosecutor's Division, and then the Jingzhao Dali Division will judge and convict." ”

In Wu Jin's miserable howl for mercy, the guard sergeant dragged him out.