The battle that decided the fate of Lanzhou ended in just one morning.
Because the Li family who was driven away could not be regarded as the rulers of Lanzhou at all. Historically, they did not even play against Wang Tinghan of the Wang family in Jincheng. How could they withstand the fierce attack of a warrior like Ma Shacai.
At this moment, Ma Shacai was sitting on the main seat of the Lanzhou Governor's Yamen. This position was originally where the head of the Wang family sat.
However, since the Shatuo Li family overcame the Jincheng Wang family internally, no one has taken this position because they refused to accept the other.
Wang Tinghan, Wang Tingbi brothers and Su Lunxing, the leader of the Su Lun family, all knelt down in front of Ma Shacai.
Ma Shaucai was also glaring at these guys who came out to help at the last moment. In Ma Shacai's eyes, although they did help in the end today, they were nothing more than red-topped and white-headed wallflowers.
However, the overall situation has been decided at this time, and the wall grass with red top and white is also very useful.
Only after Ma Sha did he know that Zhang Zhao not only wanted the tribes in Lanzhou to surrender, but also wanted to take control of Lanzhou. Lanzhou would also restore the state and county system like Liangzhou.
So after the Su Lun family and the Wang family gave them a good scare, and then some more hammering, the two county magistrates under the jurisdiction of Lanzhou still had to be made by people from the two families.
However, this decision-making power definitely does not lie with Ma Shacai. If you let him lead the troops to attack, he is qualified. If you let him consider the overall situation from the position of Lanzhou Governor, it will be difficult for him.
Wang Tongtong suddenly felt someone stabbing him in the side. He turned slightly and saw that it was his uncle Jia Yanchang.
Jia Yanchang squinted his eyes at this time, his face was neither sad nor happy, and he looked like an old god was present, but his left hand behind his back was pinching his nephew's waist hard.
Are you trying to embarrass me, Fat Tiger! Wang Tongtong is not very flexible in his mind. He, a monk with two feet in height, is confused as to what his uncle is trying to do?
Alas! Jia Yanchang sighed deeply in his heart. It seemed that there was no hope for his nephew's brain.
There was no other way, Jia Yanchang could only get closer to Wang Tongtong, and taking advantage of Ma Shacai's opportunity to talk to Wang Tinghan, the Wang family of Jincheng, he slowly whispered word by word in Wang Tongtong's ear.
"At this moment, you should advise Commander Ma that before Sikong Mei sends people to Lanzhou, someone must take on the important task of Lanzhou's governor, arrange for the recovery of the remnants of the Shatuo Li family and the Dangxiang Pochou family, and appease the Wang family and Su Lun
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If Commander Ma doesn't want to be troubled by the paperwork, uncle and I can still share the burden."
Only then did Wang Tongxin understand what his uncle wanted to do. It turned out that Jia Yanchang was interested in the position of Lanzhou governor.
Although the governor of Lanzhou at this time may not necessarily be the governor of Lanzhou in the future, with this resume, if Sikong unifies Longyou in Hexi Province in the future, he may not have an official position.
Wang Tongtong and Ma Shacai were both Zhang Zhao's personal guards from Shandu. They followed Zhang Zhao all the way to the north and south, and had been serving each other for four or five years. They definitely didn't have to be so scrupulous about what they said.
Immediately after hearing Wang Tongtong's explanation, he was overjoyed. He was worried that he could not find anyone to arrange matters in Lanzhou.
Originally, according to Zhang Zhao's arrangement, Master Dinghui, the abbot of the Weiyan Temple in Lanzhou, assisted Ma Shacai in controlling Lanzhou.
However, after Ma Shacai entered Lanzhou City, the discoverer, Master Dinghui, did not seem to want to get involved in the secular things of Lanzhou.
Moreover, Wen Chongle also reported Master Dinghui's previous hesitation, and Ma Shacai was even more afraid to let Master Dinghui participate in Lanzhou affairs.
Two days later, Ma Shacai and Wang Tongtong each led 300 cavalry, and went out to clear out the direct leaders of the Li family in Shatuo near Lanzhou. Er Zhujing led 400 soldiers to garrison Lanzhou City, controlling the four gates and all key points of Lanzhou.
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Jia Yanchang touched a few strands of goatee under his chin, and his beautiful eyebrows almost flew up.
Speaking of which, the Guiyi Army has been in a situation where there are too many monks and too few people since they were trapped in the two states of Guasha.
The two prefectures of Guasha only have such a large territory, and the output is only so small. Even if the official positions such as governor, chief historian, Sima, official, judge, etc. are all set up, there are not many official titles to be distributed to everyone.
He, Jia Yanchang, worked so hard that he was already in his fifties, and he was only able to get the title of Du Yamen, responsible for the foreign affairs and tribute of the rebel army, etc., and he did not even get an actual county magistrate.
But now, the governor of Shangzhou, whose registered permanent residence is only tens of thousands less than that of Guasha and Guashan prefectures combined, suddenly falls on his head.
This taste of power, tsk tsk, even though it was temporary, still made Jia Yanchang feel a kind of wonderful feeling.
"Erlang Wang, for this first matter, I have to ask your Majesty to bring out the golden seal of Lanzhou Governor appointed by the imperial court!
Your family didn't send anyone to Liangzhou last year. Offering the golden seal can also temporarily calm Sikong's thunderous anger."
When Wang Tinghan heard Jia Yanchang mention that his family did not send anyone to Liangzhou last year, he was immediately shocked and regretted it.
If I had known, I would have asked my fourth brother to go there in disguise last year, but now it is too late. This is indeed a stain on their Wang family.
"What the prefect said is that the one who saves the common people in Lanzhou is Zhang Sikong. Everyone in the Wang family is willing to listen to Sir Sikong's orders!"
Seeing that Wang Tinghan was still on the right path, Jia Yanchang nodded with satisfaction, "I heard that these Shatuo people are committing heinous crimes by pretending to claim their clan status, and they have secrets hidden inside and outside Lanzhou City. Erlang can temporarily serve as Lanzhou Sima to detect the Shatuo traitors."
The important responsibility will be left to you!"
"Thank you, Governor. Wang Tinghan will do his best!" Wang Tinghan is a good person, and he immediately knew that this was Jia Yanchang giving him good juice.
The Wang family of Jincheng has been suppressed by the Li family for so many years, and they have long developed a deep hatred for each other.
Now that Jia Yanchang wants him to investigate the traitors of the Li family inside and outside Lanzhou City, that means giving him the power of life and death in the Li family. Who is the traitor? Who is not the traitor? That is not the final decision for him, Wang Tinghan.
Those who had offended the Wang family, or even had the blood debt of the Wang family on their hands, no one could escape. Thinking of this, Wang Tinghan's eyes almost turned red.
"Sima also needs to know that after the ice and snow melt, Sikong will definitely come to Lanzhou again, so he must pay attention to propriety in everything!"
Jia Yanchang looked at Wang Tinghan, whose face was gradually becoming excited, and warned him in a cold voice.
Wang Tinghan seemed to have been poured cold water on his head. He recovered from his excitement and cupped his hands towards Jia Yanchang.
"Thank you, Chief, for reminding me!"
After dealing with Wang Tinghan, Jia Yanchang looked at Su Lunxing, who had been standing beside him without any help.
For the only local tycoon in Lanzhou who sent people to Liangzhou, Jia Yanchang was much more attractive than Yan Ruise.
"I also have something to do. I want to help Su Lunjia. I wonder if the leader can agree to it?"
"But if there is an order, the Su Lun family will do their best to complete it!" Su Lunxing raised his hand. Their family was the first to take refuge. Although they hesitated for a while during the battle at Weiyan Temple, it didn't hurt.
"In addition to the Shatuo Rebellion and Dangxiang Pochou clan, there are dozens of tribes in Lanzhou. The leader can send people to each tribe to explain the situation and tell them who dares to help these two families. Just wait for the soldiers to come and destroy the family!
In addition, when Sikong arrives in Lanzhou in May, the leaders of various ministries must go to Lanzhou to wait for Sikong's reward.
Whoever tries to push back or even resist on this matter will have his head thrown to the ground!"
In fact, in Jia Yanchang's view, conquering the barbarians is nothing more than two things, a combination of kindness and power, just beating one group and pulling another group.
It was a combination of kindness and power just now, and now a group of people are about to be attacked. The Shatuo people, the masterminds of the fight against Sikong, will definitely be hit hard.
There were fifty or sixty thousand of them, including hundreds of leaders, and at least thousands of them would be beheaded.
This is the common practice in this era. If you don't kill a group of people, others will think you don't dare.
As for the members of the Po Chou clan, it depends on whether they are on the right path. If they are on the right path, they will only kill the first culprit. If they are not on the right path, at least hundreds of thousands of people will die.
As for which group of people to win over, it mainly depends on whether the Wang family is on the right track or not.
They don't want to think about the Li family's land, and even some of their own land must be donated. Only after doing this can they be worthy of being won over.
Of course, this is the condition in Jia Yanchang's mind. What happens in the end depends on Sikong's wishes.
Central Plains, Bianzhou, early 937, that is, when Zhang Zhao was discussing whether to attack the Uighurs in Ganzhou first or capture Lanzhou first. Shi Jingtang led his close ministers and the remaining civil and military officials from Luoyang, the eastern capital of the later Tang Dynasty, to the former Hedong Jiedu Yabing
, now under the escort of the Imperial Guards of the Jin Dynasty, they entered Bianzhou City from Luoyang, the eastern capital.
As soon as he entered the city, Shi Jingtang immediately moved into the former Hou Liang's palace in Bianzhou, and announced that the title of Luoyang's Eastern Capital would be abolished and renamed Xijing, and Bianzhou would be promoted to Kaifeng Prefecture, which would be Tokyo, the newly established capital of the Jin Dynasty.
In fact, before Shi Jingtang moved the capital to Kaifeng, Kaifeng had already served as the capital of the Later Liang Dynasty.
The Later Tang Dynasty chose Luoyang as the eastern capital, just to show that they were the orthodox of the Tang Dynasty. In fact, after several generations of emperors in the Later Tang Dynasty repaired Luoyang, it still could not be compared with Kaifeng.
The biggest reason is that Luoyang is located too far to the west. In the past, Guanzhong was prosperous, and Luoyang had dangerous mountains and rivers. It connected Guanzhong, Henan, and Hebei. At the same time, money, grain and goods from the southeast had to be transported to Guanzhong through Luoyang.
This made Luoyang the most important transportation hub in the Central Plains. Except for the early Tang Dynasty, Luoyang has always been richer and more commercialized than Chang'an. This is why.
However, due to the melee in the late Tang Dynasty, especially after the demise of the Tang Dynasty, Guanzhong was in ruins and its population was reduced to ten. Luoyang suddenly lost the most important support for its geographical advantage.
Moreover, it was burned down by Huang Chao general Sun Ru in 885. Since then, its status has plummeted. In addition, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the canal leading to Luoyang was also blocked, causing Luoyang to completely lose its advantage of connecting the four directions.
The last vitality of Luoyang was wiped out by Shi Jingtang himself. After the Later Tang rebels such as Hedong Bing and Yang Guangyuan entered Luoyang, they almost turned Luoyang into a wasteland.
In addition to the benefits that had to be paid to the Khitan people for "helping the fists", Shi Jingtang looted the entire area around Luoyang. Fifty-six out of ten residents were gone, and even the state and county treasuries were emptied, making it difficult to build a capital.
"Servant Pei, the saint is having a banquet with Sang in the palace, and he sent an old slave to invite him."
"Song official, please wait a moment, please allow me to wash up for a while." Pei Yuan smiled lightly, his etiquette was impeccable.
Shi Jingtang is so eager to recruit him into the palace, so it is most likely that something has changed in Yecheng. Fan Yanguang seems to be unable to hold himself back. This is a good opportunity for him to get out of trouble.
This chapter has been completed!