The Second Master Returns to the Han Dynasty

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

The Second Master Returns to the Han Dynasty

Zhang Yue looked at Prime Minister Ji Bei without saying a word for a long time, but it put great psychological pressure on Prime Minister Ji Bei.

The Prime Minister of Jibei paid his respects after a while, "The troops from Jibei are late... I hope you will forgive me!"

Zhang Yue smiled noncommittally, "Where is the King of Jibei?"

Prime Minister Ji Bei said, "His Royal Highness is still in the palace..."

…

On the eighth day of the fifth lunar month in the second year of the First Yuan Dynasty, the emperor ordered the three families of Wang, Tian, ​​and Chen to be rebellious.

In Linzi and Chang'an alone, the number of people implicated reached 100,000.

Among them, more than 20,000 people were executed.

After Zhang Yue had another handover with the Prime Minister of Jibei, he no longer paid attention to the Linzi matter.

Soon he led his personal guards back to Chang'an as quickly as possible.

As soon as Zhang Yue returned to Chang'an, General Huo Guang came to visit him.

This time the two talked secretly for nearly an hour.

When the two people reappeared in front of everyone, they were both smiling. It was obvious that they had reached another exchange of interests.

At the court meeting the next day, Zhang Yue formally submitted a letter asking to return to the Western Regions, and requested that his eldest son Huan be sent to join the Yulin Orphan Army.

The emperor said, "Yes"!

On that day, Zhang Yue sent Wu Zheng to send his eldest son Zhang Huan to Yulin Orphans, and gave him the pseudonym Zhang Ke.

Although Zhang Guo repeatedly opposed it, she could not do it in the face of the hard-hearted Zhang Yue.

After sending Zhang Huan away, Zhang Yue made some arrangements in Chang'an and then led everyone out of Chang'an again and returned to the Western Regions.

But this time he took Zhang Guo with him on the road.

When leaving Chang'an, Mrs. Zhang Guo looked in the direction of the Yulin Orphans Military Camp and burst into tears.

Zhang Yue's comfort failed, so he let her go.

It was already November of the second year of the First Yuan Dynasty when Zhang Yue returned to Luntai.

At this time, the reward for annihilating Wang's party was also officially issued.

Zhao Yi finally got his wish and was granted the title of 900 households in Zichuan Houyi.

Liu Yi was also granted the title of Marquis of Xinyang, with a township of 500 households, and was moved to Shule as a school captain.

The most unexpected thing is that Zhang Zhan was also granted the title of Marquis of Guannei and moved to the rank of captain.

As for Zhang Yue himself, he was not rewarded, but his eldest son Huan was named the Marquis of Guannei.

But these are not important to Zhang Yue. What he is really concerned about is the 100,000 people involved in the Wang family's rebellion.

According to the agreement with Huo Guang, these people will be sent to the Western Regions.

…

Time goes back half a year.

After Pan Hong and Ma Han bid farewell to Zhang Yue, they followed King Dayuan all the way west to Ershi City.

Because the road was difficult, it was already June of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty when they arrived at Ershi City.

At this time, nearly four months had passed since the Kangju people massacred the city.

Perhaps it was because the people had already learned that Ershi City was ceded to the Han Dynasty.

Perhaps because they were afraid that the Han army would massacre the city again, when Pan Hong, Ma and Han arrived at Ershi City, there were still less than a thousand people in the city.

This made the two people feel mixed. What was worrying was that due to insufficient manpower, the construction of Second Master City might be much slower than expected.

The good news is that there are very few locals in the city, so there is no need to worry about local rebellion.

After the two men made a clear handover with King Dayuan, they took control of Ershi City and its surrounding areas as quickly as possible.

"What does Mr. Ma think we should do?" Pan Hong asked

Ma Han said with a smile, "Construction and management are not a certain director's specialty. Mr. Pan is the one who has to work hard..."

Pan Hong said with a smile, "Ma Gong is too modest. I have heard a lot about what I did in Wulei and other places... I hope Ma Gong will not hesitate to teach me!"

Ma Han said, "I am nothing more than Xiao Gui and Cao Sui..."

After hearing this, Pan Hong thought for a while and said, "What a "Xiao Gui Cao Sui", this is a very good thing..."

After some discussion, the two decided that the current Ershi City was quite similar to that of the past when Zhang Yue first entered Luntai.

Therefore, he decided to imitate what Zhang Yue did back then.

The first thing is to clean up the bandits within a hundred miles of Ershi City and create a relatively safe environment for Ershi City.

The second thing was the summer sowing work. After some discussion, the two decided to take back all the land around Ershi City.

This task was originally the most difficult, but with the help of Kangju people, it became much easier.

Because nine out of ten owners of these lands died in the massacre.

"Ma Gong must be entrusted to Yu Gong to suppress the bandits!"

Pan Hong bowed to Mahan.

"Pan Gong, please rest assured that I will do my best to never let the bandits threaten Ershi City!" Ma Han paid his respects.

Pan Hongdao said, "In this way, Lord Ma, Princess Ma, and I, working together... can complete the entrustment of the Lord..."

Ma Han smiled and said, "What Mr. Pan said is true... so you and I should do our own thing..."

Pan Hongdao, "Good!"

The two then made some allocation of manpower.

Considering the importance of Xia Bo, out of the two thousand Han troops, Ma Han only took away 600 cavalry, and the remaining 1,400 troops went to Pan Hong.

Then the two of them summoned their subordinates to carry out a more detailed division of labor.

After the division of labor was completed, various tasks were quickly put into operation under effective organization.

Ma Han led the Han cavalry and began the first bandit suppression operation after the Han army entered Dawan.

In Ershi City, Pan Hong also organized the remaining people in the city and joined the Han military officers in the intense summer broadcast.

With the efforts of Pan Hong and others, Ershi City showed its vitality again.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was already July of the second year of the First Yuan Dynasty. After more than half a month of hard work, the Han army had completed the summer sowing work in the areas around Ershi City.

Mahan also made good progress here. Not only did he successfully annihilate two groups of bandits, he also obtained hundreds of slaves.

And they also successfully occupied the horse farm located seventy miles west of Bei'er Division City.

"Is this the blood-earned horse that the late emperor dreamed of?"

Ma Han looked at the Dawan horse in front of him with a shoulder height of more than eight feet (Han feet), and his mouth watered all over the floor.

At this time, a captured Dawan man was chattering to the side.

Mahan frowned and called for a Sogdian translator.

"I asked him how many Dawan horses there are here...who are the herdsmen!"

Mahan translated the Human Doctrine to Sogdiana.

The translator said "No" and then started talking with the man.

About two-quarters of an hour later, the translator said to Ma Han.

"This man's name is Aniumuzhi. According to him, the people who stay here are all horse herders on the horse farm..."

"There were originally 7,000 horses here, which could produce 600 war horses and 700 horse horses a year, but now there are less than 1,000 horses left!"

Ma Han couldn't help but frowned when he heard this, "Let's ask him, where have all the horses here gone?"

The translator turned around and spoke to Anniumuzhi again.

The groom first looked at Mahan and then started chattering.

The translator turned to Ma Han and said, "This man hopes that Ming Gong can bypass the lives of the people in the pasture!"

Ma Han laughed and said, "Tell him that as long as they can help the big man raise war horses, not only will they be rewarded heavily... they can even become nobles..."

The translator translated Ma Han's words to Hou Aniumu.

That Anniumuzhi actually prostrated himself on the ground and kissed Mahan's boots...
Chapter completed!