It's still the kind of traditional lattice window, but because of the appearance of the glaze, the wood carved pane has also been enlarged a lot, and the carved wood pane on both sides sandwiches the large crystal clear flat glass in it, if you don't look carefully, it seems like nothing. Sunlight came in from the outside and shone on the table, forming peach-shaped, bat-shaped spots of light.

Shou?

Emperor Xian held the scroll in his hand and sat there in a daze, with a strange expression on his face, whether it was self-deprecation, sarcasm, or resentment, no one could tell.

The conditions of Xindu are a hundred times better than that of Chang'an, and Zhang Han is not stingy in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and has always been the best. Even the money for the construction of the palace is more difficult, but the part that has been built is not sloppy at all. It is said that when the war is still going on, Zhang Han is still willing to do so, which can be said to be serving with all his might. But......

Emperor Xian suddenly felt breathless, this glass, this cage, this scroll, even the punctuation marks on this scroll, without exception, all have Zhang Han's shadow......

Putting down the scroll heavily, Emperor Xian suddenly realized that he had lost his temper, so he sighed and said:

"What a good book!"

stood up, added a big piece under the service of the inner servant, and went out to offer the emperor. The chamberlain bowed behind him, and described it very respectfully. But as he walked past the desk, he peeked at the scroll. It's just "Left Biography"! The chamberlain was slightly disappointed.

The weather in Hebei is cold, and the palace is transplanted with decades-old acacia cypresses, and there are countless exotic flowers and plants, and there is no good scenery in this midwinter season. The sky was a little overcast, and the gray clouds were low. A gust of north wind swept by, and a few leaves of the withered yellow ground fell. Emperor Xian turned around for a while, looking at the dead branches and leaves, and felt even more depressed.

Whether it is Guanzhong or Hebei, Emperor Xian is always a caged bird, and Zhang Han is just a generous master. Emperor Xian knew this very well. Life in the world is not as good as it should be, but like him. But it's too ......

"Your Majesty! The weather is cold, Your Majesty should take care of your body......"

Yang Xiu's voice was a little concerned. Emperor Xian's heart warmed - in the end, it was the kindness of several generations of monarchs and ministers, so he said with a smile:

"Get up! No need to be polite! I've worn so much, it's not cold, ......"

After chatting a few words, Emperor Xian asked about the war in Jiangnan. Sun Ce didn't have the slightest bit of his father's loyalty, Yuan Shao was also a waste material, and the news of Zhang Jun's victory came one after another, and Emperor Xian had a smile on his face. I have already mentioned it in my heart. Today, he can live here in peace, it is nothing more than Zhang Han wants to borrow his name, if one day, the world is unified, and his puppet will be useless. When the time comes......

Every time I think of this, Emperor Xian feels cold in my heart, what life does he have to speak of?!

Unfortunately, Yang Xiu was also unable to bring good news......

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Jingzhou is located in the plains. A flat river, and the Yangtze River is divided into two halves, is an easy to attack and difficult to defend place, and is not suitable for cutting. Zhang Jun stopped the attack, more due to his own reasons, rather than worrying about how the Jingzhou side was. These Liu Biao are not unclear. However, the princes of the good side didn't do it, let him attach to Zhang Han and be a hollow boss. Liu Biao is one hundred and eighty unwilling.

Concentrate all his forces and launch a fierce attack while Zhang's army is weak, in order to fight to the death, Liu Biao has no confidence and no courage. And to give up the northern part of Jingzhou, according to the Yangtze River to protect the southern Jingzhou, Liu Biao was reluctant. Again. Zhang Jun has not yet attacked. If he is now, he will retreat thousands of miles. This is also a great blow to the morale of the people and the army. As a result of indecision, Liu Biao had a fluke mentality. honestly sent his eldest son to Xindu as a hostage, and he cowered in Jingzhou, and lived day by day.

Of course, having said that, Liu Biao can't sit still, and he is also in full swing to deploy defenses.

Xiangyang and Fancheng are located in the upper reaches of the Han River, and the two cities face each other between the Han River, supporting each other, connecting Qinlong and controlling Jingchu below. Along the Jianghan River, the gains and losses of Xiangyang and Fancheng affected the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Fancheng is in the north of the Han River, not in the hands of Liu Biao, and the top priority of Jingzhou's defense is Xiangyang. Xiangyang City is newly built in the Han Dynasty, the city is seven miles around, there are moats on all sides (connected with the Han River), the widest part has more than 100 zhang, and the end is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Liu Biao also gathered heavy troops to strengthen the defense.

However, Liu Biao's luck was not good.

In the autumn and September of the second year of Jian'an, it was rainy in Hanzhong. If the precipitation in the upper reaches increases, the downstream will be unlucky - the Han River has skyrocketed, the houses on both sides of the bank have collapsed, and the sea outside Xiangyang City has increased to a few hundred zhang wide in one fell swoop. The outsiders can't attack, but the people inside are also trapped. All supplies had to be transported by ship, and the defenders were in a dilemma. The Han River flooded, rolling up the silt and other materials at the bottom of the river, polluting the well water, and over time, this drinking water and supply became a problem. There are many people in Xiangyang who fall ill from drinking sewage.

A godsend!

Liu Biao's pain is where Zhang Han's joy lies. Zhang Huan commanded Gao Shun and Tai Shici, and together they began to attack Jingzhou. A little later, Zhang Han reissued the edict, accusing Liu Biao of "resisting the edict and attempting to cut off" Yunyun, which can be regarded as establishing a righteous name for military action.

There is nothing to say about the battle in Jingzhou. Zhang Jun rested for more than three months, and the supplies that were once scarce were all continuously transported to the front line, and the top and bottom were recuperating, and their morale was high, and they all wanted to fight. Jingzhou, on the other hand, is the opposite, and not many people are willing to sacrifice their lives and others. Many envoys from Jingzhou quietly traveled back and forth between Jingyu and Jingyu, and Zhang Huan specially arranged for several soldiers to be in charge of this matter.

In mid-October, Zhang's army divided its troops into three routes, starting from Yuzhang, Runan, and Nanyang, and simultaneously launched an offensive on the north and south banks of the Yangtze River. The naval army also cooperated with the two armies along the river.

In late October, Zhang Han's water army broke the Jingzhou water division. It has strengthened the heart of the Jingzhou family to 'abandon the dark and turn to the light'.

At that time, Liu Biaotun troops in Xiangyang, and Zhang Huan adopted the deployment of heavy north and light south. As a result, it was the Southern Route Army commanded by Tai Shici and Sun Ce who made great progress and made significant progress - Changsha Taishou Zhang Xian had long had different ambitions. Seeing that the situation was not good at this moment, he decisively abandoned Liu Biao and led the three counties of Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang to surrender. Zhang Han was overjoyed, named Zhang Xian as the Marquis of Xunyang, and worshiped as General Fenwei.

Since then, the number of people who have descended has increased.

At the beginning of November, Cai Mao, who was guarding Cai Yangdi, surrendered. So far. The northern part of Jingzhou, that is, the part north of the Yangtze River. has all fallen into the hands of Zhang Jun.

Cai Mao was originally from a Jingzhou family, and her sister married Liu Biao, who is his current wife. With this relationship, Liu Biao trusted him very much and entrusted him with the responsibility of guarding Cai Yang. Cai Mao's surrender disappointed Liu Biao.

In mid-December, Zhang Jun arrived. The two counties of Wuling and Nanjun all surrendered without a fight. Liu Biao was left with only one lonely city, and Zhang's army surrounded Xiangyang City from three sides. At this point, Liu Biao came out of his own hands and surrendered to Xiangyang City, which had been defending for more than two months. The war in Jingzhou came to an end.

There were few casualties in the first battle of Jingzhou, and the siege of Zhang's army was led by black powder and catapults. Falling rocks rained down and there was no place for the defenders to stand, and the walls of the thunderbolt were in ashes. Liu Junzhan could neither defend nor defend, and there were many surrenderers. Throughout the campaign. Liu Jun suffered about 13,000 casualties, and Zhang Jun was less than 4,000. However, the Han River flooded, and during the siege of Xiangyang, the epidemic epidemic in the city really killed many people. It has brought a lot of trouble to the aftermath.

In addition, there is an epidemic of big belly disease in Jiangnan. Gao Shun's troops besieged Xiangyang, and the soldiers fought in the water, and there were not a few soldiers who suffered - this part did not count the dead and wounded. The medical camp was helpless, and Zhang Huan had to ask the hospital for support.

In fact, this big belly disease is schistosomiasis, which is very susceptible to infection in humans and animals, and it is very harmful. Patients are incapacitated and often stay in a hospital bed for more than a decade before they die. It causes great distress to patients and families.

Under the guidance of Zhang Han. The doctors sent by the medical park quickly found the root cause of the disease. However, modern medicine is supported by a huge system. Many doctors tend to only prescribe medications. You can't do anything without medicine, let alone Zhang Hanhu. For quite some time, no curative drug was found. For schistosomiasis, doctors can only focus on prevention and control - under the unified organization of the government, extensive publicity, raising the health awareness of the people, drinking boiled water, killing snails, strictly managing human and animal feces, and so on.

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"Prime Minister, isn't this appropriate......"

After Liu Biao surrendered, he was sent to Xindu by Zhang Huan. Zhang Han didn't want to kill him, but wanted to issue an edict to crown him as Zongzheng. Zhang Jian disagreed.

"How?"

When Liu Biao was guarding Jingzhou, he was honest and self-controlled, persuaded the people to persuade farmers, set up schools, and sought Confucianism. Although his achievements cannot be compared with Zhang Han, they are extremely rare in the turbulent times. Zhang Han intended to protect him. Seeing Zhang Jian's solemn objection, he was slightly surprised.

Although Zongzheng is one of the nine kings, his status is respected, and he manages the affairs of the imperial family, and the relationship between the emperor, the princes and kings, and the in-laws of relatives and men and women are all recorded by Zongzheng. However, to this day, Zongzheng is an idle job. No one in the world knows that Emperor Xian is just a puppet, and Zongzheng is not in Zhang Han's eyes. Moreover, when Duan Xuan surrendered, he also sealed one of the great Honglu in Jiuqing, and Zhang Jian didn't say anything.

Da Honglu manages the affairs of ethnic minorities in the border areas and the affairs of the princes and princes, and it is also an idle post - Zhang Han's ethnic policy is mainly tough, Wuhuan and the Southern Xiongnu have all moved, fled to the land, Qianghu was beaten and the head of the rat scurried, the Xianbei war continued, and there was no matter of Dahonglu.

"Liu Biao and Duan Xuan are different," Zhang Jian rolled his eyes, and guessed Zhang Han's thoughts, "Besides, this time, that time." When today's downward trend will be unified, it is the time for Liwei. The princes are divided, they have long harbored different ambitions, and the prime minister is kind and magnanimous, I am afraid they will not be able to understand it......"

"Oh——, then do what Yuanxi said......

Zhang Han groaned slightly and couldn't help laughing.

What magnanimity, Zhang Jianjing picked a good thing to say. Zhang Han's lenient treatment of Liu Biao is the same as the PLA's "surrender of guns without killing", all in order to weaken the enemy's will to resist. At this time, Zhang Han had unified the Central Plains, and the remaining enemies - Jiaozhou Shixie, Xiliang Qunxiong, and Bashu Liu Zhang - were all in remote places, and it was not easy for the labor division to go on an expedition. If you can disintegrate the enemy, it is the best policy.

However, what Zhang Jian said is more reasonable. Blindly generosity is not the best way, and grace and power are kings. Zhang Han has given a lot of grace before, and it is time to borrow Liu Jingsheng's head to establish his authority.

"Prime Minister, I heard that Your Majesty is not in a very good mood for a while......"

After summing up Liu Biao, Zhang Jian didn't care, and directly talked about another thing. Emperor Xian knew that Zhang Han didn't know how much eyeliner he had laid in the palace, and he endured it in every possible way. However, he is still young, and he still shows some traces of spiders.

"Well, Your Majesty ......"

Zhang Han squinted his eyes and thought for a while, but didn't say anything. Previously, Xiandi was very concerned about the war, and the reason for his bad mood was clear at a glance. What Emperor Xian is thinking, Zhang Han doesn't have to think about it, he can also say that he is not far from ten.

Speaking of which, Emperor Xian is not a weak king. But because of this, Emperor Xian will be even more unwilling. Seeing the Han dynasty fall into the hands of the people, it was also a kind of torment for Emperor Xian.

Moreover, as the war progressed, there were more and more persuaders among the ministers. Although no one said it explicitly, the most straightforward thing was to persuade Zhang Hanjin to be the king of Qi. However, as we all know, a different surname in the Han Kingdom is not allowed to be a king. This is first a king, a minister, and then, the merit is not rewarded, but it is inconvenient to usurp the throne......

“……”

Zhang Han's whisper, Zhang Jian heard it clearly. Looking at the watch seals stacked on the side, Zhang Jian showed a smile of unknown meaning and didn't say anything.

This time, the concerts persuaded by the courtiers sank into the sea like stones, and they were all left by Zhang Han. However, no response is good news. In the eyes of everyone, Zhang Han did not belittle the courtiers who persuaded him to enter as before, which is enough to explain many problems. Although Zhang Handi's descendants and important ministers remained silent, they could not stop the speculative enthusiasm of the officials. For a while, everyone handed over the music like snowflakes as if they had taken stimulants. Except for a very small number of ministers who wrote against it, they all persuaded them to move forward in one word.

Local officials, who are good at figuring out their intentions, have also reported to Xiangrui. The iron tree blooms, the Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass, the hundred birds and the phoenix, the hundreds of catties of giant melons, the big ears of grain, and even two deflated ears on a wheat tree, all of which are reported as auspicious. coincided with the overseas Yu Guo offering two elephants, and everyone said in unison, "The destiny of heaven returns, the prime minister, you will follow", which made Xinghan cry and laugh.

The situation is stronger than the man. Zhang Han started his campaign, all with the children of the Zhang family as the backbone, he personally cultivated it, and was completely loyal to Zhang Han himself - in private, Zhang Han's descendants and generals in the army, either vaguely or directly, have consulted Zhang Han's opinion. At present, this faction occupies a dominant position in the army, and also accounts for half of the country in the DPRK and China. The wide range of schools has also led to a steady stream of talents. In this case, whether it is public opinion or other parts, it is difficult to influence Zhang Han. In other words, Zhang Han can do whatever he wants now.

Zhang Han has worked hard for so many years, doesn't he want to be the emperor?

No one will believe it!

Believing that he had the right pulse of Zhang Han, even if the courtiers did not expect to support the merits, they would not want to be considered royalists. They are not Zhang Han's descendants, and if they don't take a stand at this moment, when will they be able to enter Zhang Han's eyes. Anyway, those who don't want to be promoted are not good officials, and everyone's thoughts about promotion are like fire coals......

The Spring Festival of the third year of Jian'an (198) was spent in disturbances. Zhang Han set off a lot of fireworks as usual, and the people of Xindu are used to the splendor of fireworks, but they are not as crazy as last year.

In the spring of March, Zhang Jun, who was stationed in Jing and Yangzhou, was ready, and Zhang Han summoned the Shixie brothers into the court. Shixie obeyed the order, and the He clan moved to Xindu.

PS: There is one more chapter in this volume, and we will enter the last volume.

Suddenly fanning his ears, diving......