Wang Xuan left Chen County in early August and personally "escorted" a new batch of boats back to Luoyang.

When I arrived at Junyi, I heard the beggar Chen Wu mention Sima Yue.

It turned out that after the war ended, he may have felt that Puyang was not safe, so he ordered to move to Dongping Guofan County, thinking that it was the shogunate's station.

At the same time, it was announced that the lost territory had been recovered from Cao Wei, and the shogunate celebrated with each other.

It is true that the Dongping Kingdom was once occupied by Cao Wei. But when he turned to attack Langya, he couldn't talk about the control of this place for a long time.

The local area is basically controlled by the nobles, and whoever they tend to be the actual controller of Dongping.

When Sima Yue arrived in Fan County with more than 30,000 troops, Dongping came to pay a visit. Sima Yue wanted to recuperate from his sick body, but the matter was so big that he had to fight his spirits and meet with officials and scholars from all walks of life.

This went on for several days, and without accident, I fell ill again.

When hearing the news, Wang Xuan subconsciously observed the expressions of Chen Wu and the others and analyzed their thoughts.

I don't know why, maybe everyone is hesitating, right?

On August 15, Wang Xuan returned to Luoyang with the boat.

In Luojiao counties, all kinds of miscellaneous grains are close to harvesting, and at most there will be ten days at most, and the harvest can be organized.

There is no military disaster on this benefit, sowing in advance, harvesting in advance.

However, in the great battle last winter, the farmland was repeatedly trampled by soldiers and horses, and in May there was a locust plague, and the winter wheat harvest was very pitiful.

In June and July, two batches of 340,000 Hu grain beans were shipped in, and this batch was 250,000 Hu, and there were another batch in September and October, and it was about one million Hu throughout the year.

Jingzhou also transported more than 200,000 grains from the direction of Nanyang into Beijing.

That's all there is to it.

It is definitely not enough, but at least it can ensure that the palace, hundreds of officials, and ministers eat well, the forbidden army, craftsmen and other more important groups of people are well fed, and the rest of the people are hungry, and not many people will starve to death.

Wang Xuan went home first, and after waiting for a while, his father Wang Yan finished entering the palace and came back.

"Grandpa, I just met Wei Fu, the military counselor of the King of Nanyang, on the road, he was wandering outside the Fanyang Palace, but he was stopped by the servants. What's going on? Are they still not dead and want to take away their inheritance? Wang Xuan got up, poured a bowl of tea for his father, and asked.

"I heard that Fan Yang Wang Yu was very good at scraping the ground in Hebei back then, and there were at least tens of thousands of horses of goods at home." Wang Yan said casually.

"No wonder it's pestering." Wang Xuan sighed with emotion, and then said: "But I'm afraid that these treasures have already entered Chen Hou's pocket, how can he spit them out?" is so entangled, most of them don't end well. By the way, why has Princess Nanyang been living in Fanyang Palace? Her entourage is all living in the Nanyang Palace, behind the city of Ma City, why is this? ”

"I heard that the princess is sick." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Concubine Pei settled her in the Fanyang Palace, and she visited her often. ”

"What disease? Can't even see the retainers? Wang Xuan wondered.

"Meizi, if you care about these senseless things all day long, don't think about it for the rest of your life." Wang Yan accentuated his tone and asked, "What was the result of the trip to Chen County?" ”

"As Grandpa expected, Chen Hou promised not to make an example." Wang Xuan said: "This person is treacherous and cunning, he really doesn't look like a martial artist, but like a mercenary businessman." ”

Wang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The Wang sisters happened to also walk in, Wang Huifeng didn't say anything, but Wang Jingfeng said: "Brother is talking nonsense." Chen Houruo is mercenary, about the same as Shi Le, only to enlist in Tuntian. Most of the reason why he did this was because he was very ambitious. ”

Wang Xuan didn't bother to argue with his sister, looked at his father, and asked, "What is the Son of Heaven going to do?" So far, or continue to pursue it? ”

"It's just a lot of inwardness." Wang Yan sneered and said, "On the surface, I am probably really angry, but I am uneasy in my heart, and I don't dare to do anything." He can only play a few tricks. ”

"By what means?" Wang Xuan asked curiously.

Wang Yan didn't answer, in fact, he was also guessing, and he didn't have a score in his heart.

Wang Xuan looked at his second sister Wang Huifeng.

Wang Huifeng shook his head and said, "Brother, I don't know. His Majesty has been wooing the generals of the forbidden army in the past few days, and there are many rewards, maybe he is not sure now, and he has to wait a little longer. ”

Wooing the generals of the forbidden army is probably my favorite thing to do.

When Sima Yue first went out of the town, he was doing this, and the results were not small.

After all, he is the Son of Heaven, has great righteousness, and naturally attracts others to take refuge.

But he didn't have the strength, so much so that after Sima Yue returned to Beijing, he easily purged the generals who were attracted by the Son of Heaven, making the Son of Heaven's efforts for a long time come to naught, and even became a caged bird.

This old trick was repeated, probably because the Son of Heaven felt that Shao Xun was not as famous as Sima Yue, and he did not have the identity of the king of the sect, so the difficulty of winning over would be lower than that of Sima Yue when he was in power.

That's not entirely nonsense.

Shao Xun is capable, can fight, has high prestige, and can be a man, but his background is too poor, and he always feels that it is a little bit worse.

The Son of Heaven should be a little rewarding.

"Just wooing the generals? Didn't do anything else? Wang Xuan was a little unconvinced.

"Big brother, you are not the queen, you didn't sleep next to the pillow of the Son of Heaven, how do you know what the Son of Heaven did?" Wang Jingfeng glanced at Wang Xuan, yawned, and said, "Ask some strange questions." ”

was despised by the stupid eldest sister, Wang Xuan's face was a little unbearable, and he scared her: "Chen Hou invites you to eat red bean porridge on the next day." Look, he's eyeing you, and you'll fall into his hands sooner or later. ”

Wang Huifeng coughed, seemingly dissatisfied with his brother for scaring his sister so much.

Wang Jingfeng was a little stunned when he heard this.

Wang Yan couldn't listen to it anymore, reprimanded his son, and said, "It's not too young, and it's still such nonsense." ”

Wang Xuan laughed, feeling much better.

"The old man entered the palace today, and the Son of Heaven asked about the Huns." Wang Yan said: "Matching the news received from Pingyang some time ago, Liu Yuanhai is indeed dead. The puppet prince Liu He succeeded to the throne and was attacked and killed by Liu Cong within a few days, and now Liu Cong is the lord of Han. ”

The power struggle after Liu Yuan's death is not even about civil strife, because there are not many people who died, and the scope is mostly limited to Pingyang, so it may be more accurate to say that the palace coup d'état.

When Liu Yuan was bedridden in mid-July, he had a premonition that something was wrong this time, so he immediately arranged for the future.

First appointed a bunch of clans as Dazai, Taifu, Taibao, Situ, Shangshuling, etc.

And then the most critical thing is -

With Liu Cong, the king of Chu, as the big Sima and the big single Yu, and recorded the Shangshu affairs, the single was placed in the west of Pingyang.

The position of "Lu Shang Shushi" is obviously going to be in charge of the government, and at the same time allowing Liu Cong to put a single place in Taiwan, which is equivalent to handing over the headquarters of the Xiongnu to him.

Shan Yutai is similar to Daxingtai, this institution can not be managed by the Han people, the Xiongnu and all the miscellaneous Hu are theoretically under its jurisdiction, and the position is high and powerful.

Of course, Liu Yuan also made certain checks and balances: with Wang Yao of Shi'an as the governor of the capital and the commander in the left auxiliary, and the court lieutenant Qiao Zhiming as the champion general and the commander in the right auxiliary.

In other words, he gave Liu Cong two deputies, one was a nephew of the clan and the other was a Xiongnu nobleman, to divide part of the power.

But it's hard to say how effective it will be.

Liu Yuan also assigned to the government affairs system: Guanglu doctor Liu Yin shot for the left servant, Wang Yu shot for the right servant, Ren Yi was the secretary of the ministry, and Zhu Ji was the middle secretary supervisor......

It can be seen that the demoted officials and scholars from the Jin people mastered the selection, appointment, dismissal, and distribution of domestic officials in Liu Han.

In terms of military power, Ma Jing led the left guard general, Yongan Wang Anguo led the right guard general, Anchang Wang Sheng, Anyi Wang Yin, and Xiyang Wang Xuan all led the Wuwei generals, and the soldiers were banned.

The vast majority of the most critical forbidden army is in the hands of the clan.

Overall, this arrangement is actually a bit problematic.

In particular, Liu Cong "recorded Shangshu affairs" and "placed orders on Taiwan", and his power was boundless, which was very outrageous.

After the crown prince Liu He succeeded to the throne, as soon as he was persuaded, he decided to strike first and kill Liu Cong.

Unexpectedly, Liu Cong had already prepared, waiting for him in Shan Yutai with armor and blades, and how many of the generals sent by the prince had defected, so Liu Cong easily entered the palace and killed Liu He and his henchmen.

In the end, the ministers asked Liu Cong to take the throne of the emperor.

Cong's "fixed words" should be given to the king of Beihai, because his mother is Queen Shan and belongs to the status of a son-in-law, but Liu Cong is not a son-in-law.

Weeping and please, smart for a long time.

But our brother Cong also said, I'm not greedy for the throne, it's just that the situation is complicated now, I'm older and more stable, and I'll help take care of the family business first-"This family and country, how dare I resign!" ”

Brother Cong announced in public that when the king of Beihai grows up, he will return the throne to him - "When you are old, you should return it with a great cause." ”

Look, it's really not easy for Brother Cong to put the overall situation first, endure the misunderstanding of others, and reluctantly ascend the throne as a concubine.

However, ridicule is ridicule, Liu Han's coup d'état is still well controlled.

All the swords and swords were controlled inside and outside the palace as much as possible, and the internal strife did not spill over to other places, which was a great luck for the people and the ministers and officials of the Liu Han court.

"Grandpa, Liu Cong's ambition is much higher than Liu Yuan's." After listening to his father's introduction, Wang Xuan's heart was shocked: "In April and May, he presided over the battle of attacking Luoyang in the south, which was interrupted due to Liu Yuan's illness. At this time, he succeeded to the throne, will he resume the war for the sake of prestige and go south? ”

"That's what the old man was worried about." Wang Yan frowned and said, "It stands to reason that Cao Yun has been unblocked for several months, and so much grain has been brought in, Liu Cong feels that there is no hope of capturing Luoyang, so he may not come." But this man has a very stubborn temper, but he is not good at judging. ”

"If you don't come to Luoyang, you will go to Chang'an." Wang Xuan said: "It's best to go to Chang'an......"

Wang Yan glared at him.

What is the benefit of the Xiongnu attacking Chang'an for Luoyang? In case they were allowed to defeat the forces of the Nanyang King, the Han people and the Hu chieftains in Guanzhong would all be attached to Liu Cong, and the strength of the Xiongnu would be greatly enhanced.

"Shao Quanzhong is indeed cunning, not inferior to Cao Mengde back then." Wang Yan sighed and said, "If he is allowed to delay for another month or two, when the Xiongnu army is overwhelmed and the people are panicking, most of the interception of the Cao boat will be fooled by him." ”

"Grandpa can see through it, then—" Wang Xuan said.

"Then help him." Wang Yan said: "Tomorrow follow me into the palace to meet the Son of Heaven." Wait—"

Wang Yan thought for a moment and said, "Visit Xia Xun Taijian tonight, and you will go with me." ”

"Okay." Wang Xuan should get down.

"Grandpa, eldest brother......" Wang Jingfeng seemed to react, only to see her say in a deadly tone: "Chen Hou really wants me to serve...... Do you eat red bean porridge? ”

Wang Xuan said helplessly: "I lied to you." ”

"Do I want to dress up-" Wang Jingfeng said halfway, suddenly reacted, his face turned red, he hurriedly got up, and ran away.

Wang Yan watched this farce and was not as angry as before.

Wang Huifeng noticed it and glanced at his father.

Wang Yan was unusually unnatural.

However, he quickly adjusted his mentality and said, "Meizi, you personally go to the Yushi Zhongfu and invite him to discuss together." ”

Wang Xuan got up to change his clothes and went out.