In July of the third year of Xingping, the war in the northwest reached Chang'an, which shook the Manchu Dynasty.

The reason is that Niu Fu and Lu Bu had a fierce conflict with the rebels led by Han Sui and Ma Teng in Liangzhou!

A few months ago, Lü Bu and Niu Fu led a large army, and after leaving Chang'an, they marched west along the Wei River, from Huaili to Yixian and then to Chencang, constantly recruiting elite soldiers from various counties in Guanzhong along the way, and finally arrived at Ji County, the capital of Hanyang County, north of Qishan.

The location of Ji County is not very far from Guanzhong, but it has entered the scope of Liangzhou, and the landform here is very different from the Guanzhong Plain.

Lu Bu and Niu Fu traveled all the way to the west, and all the places in the pass along the way were rich in water and grass, as far as the eye could see, there was reclaimed land everywhere, there were wheat fields everywhere, and the water of the Wei River was led to the reclaimed land everywhere to irrigate the farmland!

Although it cannot be said that there is a prosperous era, the farmers are also busy in their own way, showing a prosperous scene.

But as soon as Chen Cang passed and arrived at Longshan, everything in front of him seemed to have changed!

Don't look at the distance between the Guanzhong Plain and Liangzhou, but it's really like two worlds!

That's the big gap.

The green scene is becoming less and less, or even none, and most of the sight in Hanyang-gun is yellow.

The plains are yellow, the mountains are yellow, and the rocky cliffs of the faults are yellow!

But Lu Bu and Niu Fu didn't care about this scene, on the contrary, they were still very happy in their hearts.

Because, only in such a treacherous place, the poor mountains and bad waters can allow them to exert their true skills, let them train the most elite soldiers here, and at the same time, they can also recruit the strongest soldiers here, expand their army, and develop their strength.

The more remote the place and the worse the environment, the weaker the Han Dynasty's control over this place, and the more they can do whatever they want here.

Lu Bu and Niu Fu are like tigers out of the abyss, and they are happy to come to Liangzhou, but the landowners here do not welcome them!

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, especially the mountain of Liangzhou, there is not only one tiger.

Especially the Liangzhou rebels led by Ma Teng and Han Sui, as well as those powerful warlords of the border counties who have great power in the local area and are in charge of the army at the same time!

They were hostile to the arrival of Lu Bu and Niu Fu.

As a result, the two sides had almost no superfluous words and went directly to war.

Liangzhou has ten counties and one subject country, the area is extremely vast, and the population distribution is sparse, which makes the strategic depth of Ma Teng Han Sui and others extremely wide, they rely on their prestige among the Qiang people, as well as the vast area of Liangzhou, and Lu Bu and Niu Fu launched a fierce confrontation!

When it comes to commanding the army and being able to conquer and habitually fight, Lu Bu is above Ma Teng and Han Sui, but the problem is that Han Sui and Ma Teng are fighting at home, they know the landform of Liangzhou, and they have contacts with the Qiang people, plus the number of rebels is too much...... So it can be said that it occupies a certain advantage.

In fact, if it is replaced by Lu Bu in his heyday, he is absolutely not afraid of Ma Teng and Han Sui, but the key is that Lu Bu previously fought with the Hebei Army in Sizhou, lost many elite generals, and injured his vitality, so he was in a passive situation in the battle with Han Sui and other rebels.

However, Lu Bu is not a mortal after all, although the local rebels in Xiliang are strong, but he can still hold his position, he will set up soldiers and horses in Ji County, recruit troops and horses, requisition grain and grass, and at the same time send people to Chang'an to ask for help from the imperial court.

Lu Bu was stalemate with the rebels, although he did not win a big victory, but he was definitely not defeated, but it was an undefeated situation, which was not a good thing for the imperial court.

After all, over the years, Liangzhou has burned out how much savings the imperial court has had, and how much material and financial resources the imperial court has exhausted, which everyone knows in their hearts.

Lü Bu and Niu Fu reached a stalemate in Liangzhou, which was very passive for Liu Wei, after all, the expedition to Liangzhou was the first strategy he promulgated after succeeding to the throne, which was related to the majesty of the Son of Heaven and the prestige of the Son of Heaven.

Liu Wei was very anxious after receiving the news, he hurriedly consulted with Dong Zhuo, hoping that Dong Zhuo could quickly think of a way!

What can Dong Zhuo think about? For him, the only way was for him to personally lead his troops to Liangzhou.

Compared with Niu Fu, Dong Zhuo has a higher prestige in Liangzhou, compared to Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo is more familiar with the rebels' combat methods and their methods, in this situation, if Dong Zhuo can personally go to Liangzhou to sit in the town and guide Lu Bu and Niu Fu, they will definitely be able to defeat Ma Teng and Han Sui and save the situation......

It's just that Dong Zhuo didn't dare to go.

On the side of the Chang'an Imperial Court, Dong Zhuo was really not at ease.

In fact, as long as Li Dao, Guo Yan and others are left, Dong Zhuo is not afraid that the Chang'an court will rebel militarily...... The problem is that in terms of political matters, Dong Zhuo is afraid that Liu Wei will not be able to hold on alone in Chang'an.

It's not that he underestimates Liu Bian, this group of old bastards in the court, if he doesn't rely on killing methods, Dong Zhuo himself may not be able to settle them, how can he expect Liu Bian?

Sure enough, what Dong Zhuo was worried about happened.

At the court meeting, Guanglu doctor Huang Wan began to express his opinion on the war in Liangzhou.

"Your Majesty, the war in the northwest is stalemate, and the army of General Niu and Captain Lu is not strong in Ji County, which is not the blessing of the country."

Liu Wei sat on the top and didn't speak, he looked at Dong Zhuo: "What does Xiangguo think?" ”

Dong Zhuo glared at Huang Wan fiercely, and then said, "A momentary battle is not conclusive. ”

Huang Wan didn't give Dong Zhuo any face: "The victory and defeat are timed, I'm afraid it will drag down the country." ”

Huang Wan directly refuted Dong Zhuo in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, causing Dong Zhuo to lose face.

He clenched his fists and pressed the urge to pull Huang Wan out and slash him.

"The rats also know the soldiers?"

"The rats also know the soldiers?"

"Dong Zhuo, you, who are you scolding?!"

Dong Zhuo said indifferently: "Whoever should be scolded, the old man will scold!" ”

At this time, he annoyed a vote led by Huang Wan.

"Wicked villain!"

"Shameless!"

"Border County Mang!"

"Woe to the country and the people!"

Dong Zhuo's face changed, turning into the color of pork liver.

He clapped his hands, and saw a group of Xiliang Ruishi led by Hua Xiong rushing into the main hall.

"The old man slaughtered you!"

"Stop, Your Majesty is here, you are scolding and killing, what kind of system! Liangzhou is not chaotic, I am in the Han Dynasty, but I am in chaos first! ”

Everyone turned their heads to look, and it was the current shooting captain Ma Riyan who spoke.

Although Ma Riyan inherited the position of school captain, his family lineage is very deep in the land of Kansai, and the reputation of the Ma family in the Shilin is also like thunder, and Ma Riyan himself has a very high reputation among the scholars.

He stood up to speak at this moment, and all the ministers led by Huang Wan were stunned.

After all, although Ma Riyan has a deep family, he has never been very prominent in the court.

Today, Huang Wan led the team to embarrass Dong Zhuo in public, and he had already put life and death aside, they wanted to use the Liangzhou incident to force the Son of Heaven to take back his fate, of course, if it could cause Dong Zhuo to go crazy and let him show his true face, it would be better for the courtiers.

Huang Wan originally pondered, even if he provoked Dong Zhuo to kill himself today, he had to let his true form be revealed.

Who would have thought that Ma Riyan actually stood up and interrupted his "good thing of begging for death".

Dong Zhuo also looked at Ma Riyan in surprise.

But seeing Ma Riyan solemnly arched his hand to Liu Wei and said: "Your Majesty has already set the national policy of the Western Expedition, then it should be carried out thoroughly, if you retreat because of a little setback, then where is the prestige of the imperial court?" Where is your majesty's prestige? How to appease people's hearts and win the hope of the world? ”

"At the moment, according to the ministers, we should urgently order Taicang and Shaofu to carefully calculate the surplus of money and grain in the central government and the treasury of various places, and make a plan, and when we carefully calculate the next three years, if the imperial court uses troops in the northwest, how much will it invest, how much surplus will it have according to the revenue of the past years, and if it is not enough, where should this military expenditure come from......

When Liu Wei heard this, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Ma Qing's words are reasonable, I have ordered people to mint Xingping money, and I will do it in the world, and after a certain period of time, I will definitely be able to accumulate a lot of military wealth for Chang'an."

Counselor Zhao Qi suddenly laughed twice.

Ma Riyan frowned and turned his head to look at the source of the laughter.

"Why is Zhao Gong laughing?"

Zhao Qi looked at Ma Riyan with some amusement.

"If someone else advises His Majesty on financial management strategies, I think it can be adopted, but with the amount of money used by Ma on a fair day, this word financial management has nothing to do with Ma Gong."

After saying this, Ma Riyan's face turned red immediately, obviously a little ashamed.

As long as the people in Shilin know that the people of the Ma family spend a lot of money, and their extravagance is among the best in the entire Han Dynasty.

Now Ma Riyan admonished the Son of Heaven in front of the courtiers to review the consumption, balance the expenditure, and save the military spending in the northwest, which is indeed a bit funny...... He didn't even understand his family's finances, and he actually came to his majesty to advise him on managing the country's finances?

Ma Riyan naturally knew what was going on.

He said to Zhao Qi: "Since you have advised Your Majesty, you naturally have a reason for your advice, and Your Majesty also feels that what Ma said is in line with the facts, and although Ma is not good at financial management, there are still other heroes in the court who can undertake this great responsibility." ”

Speaking of this, I saw Ma Riyan arching his hand towards Liu Wei and said: "Your Majesty please choose a Han clan relative, and then send a capable person with virtue and prestige in Shilin to deal with this matter together, so that Your Majesty's military expenses can be guaranteed." ”

(End of chapter)