Seeing that Han Jian’s wedding was approaching, and the New Year was coming, the land of Jiangdu was in full bloom. But at the same time in Luoyang City, Yang Yu was ready to ascend the throne and was preparing to send troops. All signs indicate that Luoyang’s intention to send troops to attack Jiangdu was very obvious, and the troops were sent after the New Year.

Han Jian had a lot of things to do for several days. First, he had to prepare for the wedding, second, he had to allocate the powers of the original Luoyang faction officials. Third, he had to represent the court to meet the envoys from Yuzhou and join forces with Yang Luochuan to achieve a joint alliance between the Eastern Palace and the Southern Palace.

Originally, Han Jian joined forces with Yang Luochuan to put pressure on the empress to suppress the empress's influence in Jiangdu. But what Han Jian did not expect was that the empress handed over power so quickly and left, which immediately changed the significance of this alliance between the Eastern Palace and the Southern Palace. Now Han Jian wants to try his best to plead with Yang Luochuan, which is equivalent to obtaining Yang Luochuan's military support. Because this time, Yang Yu and the Northern King's forces are planning to be in the Jiangdu.

With the tension in the military situation, the pressure on Jiangdu has gradually increased. Before the war started, Luoyang and Jiangdu forces had already begun preparations in many aspects. From the Luoyang side, martial law has completely begun to be strictly investigated, and the exchanges between goods with Jiangdu have gradually reached the point where the two sides have no trade. The Jiangdu land itself has a strong dependence on goods in the Central Plains region. The martial law in Luoyang has caused the prices of many commodities soaring in Jiangdu, which has greatly affected people's lives.

As the secret war escalated, it was soon the prelude to the open war. Luoyang had already begun to mobilize troops to suppress Jiangdu. Although the war had not officially begun, the storm was about to come and the wind filled the building. As the pressure suddenly increased, Jiangdu had to make some responses and allocate troops to prevent Luoyang from fighting undeclaredly.

Jiangdu was obviously not prepared for this battle, and there were too many places to prepare for military supplies. Han Jian needed to be responsible for preparing materials to deal with this war, which was unknown how long it would last, and it could not be completed in one or two days. After several meetings, he also found people in charge of the court and the Dongwang Mansion, who were in charge of this aspect, and all said it was very difficult. Although the Dongwang Mansion has never been short of food and military supplies in recent years, it involves a bigger war. The Dongwang Mansion has not experienced it, so it is not very full of war materials. Moreover, the Dongwang Mansion also lacks talents to dispatch materials. Han Jian couldn't help but think of these officials who followed the Queen to Jiangdu.

Although these senior officials of the court are honest and respectful and even like to make things difficult for others, there are many capable ministers among them. A country can be organized under the governance of these people, and the East Prince's Mansion can naturally be managed well. The main problem now is that Han Jian does not delegate power. Because these people are not the same as him after all, in the face of political struggles, Han Jian must also beware of these people's pursuit of their own interests and ignore the safety of the East Prince's Mansion.

Han Jian found Gu Weipan and discussed with Gu Weipan the manpower needed to mobilize supplies. Gu Weipan was not proficient in this. He was good at jail and investigation. He was from the Censorate. Moreover, his previous duties were also to examine the background of officials and some rumors.

Gu Weipan met Han Jian in the temporary yamen set up next to the East Mansion in Chengdong. At the same time, he also found several officials who were good at this. They were all officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War. They had low official ranks, all of them were third and fourth ranks. This means that these people were only small officials of the fifth and sixth ranks when they were in the capital, and they were promoted only when they arrived in Jiangdu, and they did not fall into the eyes of these imperial chiefs.

Han Jian naturally cherishes talents in this area. These people are not old, some are over twenty, some are over thirty, and the largest one is less than forty. These people have a common characteristic, they are all unsuccessful in Luoyang and are incompatible with Yang Yu. After the empress left Luoyang, these people and their families came to Jiangdu, hoping to continue to serve the country with loyalty, but when they came here, they were not the core of Luoyang officials, so they were not valued.

"The King of the East, these are all officials I have recommended to His Majesty when I was in the office of the imperial examination." Gu Weipan introduced, "At that time, Your Majesty transferred them from the local area to the capital for use, and no official position was arranged. I will find you this time to see if you can help."

Before coming, Han Jian had already asked Gu Weipan. The reason why Gu Weipan recommended them was not familiar with them, but was to marry each other. These lively events were also recommended by local officials to the court, and the Supreme Listening Office was responsible for the review. Finally, the result of the Supreme Listening Office was that these people were indeed capable, but because the Queen was considering the power struggle with the Northern King Party at that time, she ignored these people. But Han Jian thought that maybe the Queen wanted to keep these people and wait until she officially eradicated the Northern King Party before entrusting them with important tasks. It was only later that Yang Yu's rebellion caused changes in all plans to alienate these people.

Han Jian smiled and asked these people to sit down. When he talked about the current situation, it was mainly about Luoyang's upcoming troops to Jiangdu. Han Jian first had to ask these people about their opinions. Even if Gu Weipan recommended, Han Jian would try their abilities first and see if they were the talents they needed.

These officials began to see Han Jian and were a little resistant. After all, they were also officials of the Luoyang faction before and had prejudices against foreign vassal kings. However, this time Gu Weipan recommended them to come, and they respected Gu Weipan very much, so they wanted to come with the idea of ​​trying to show their ambitions.

After talking to Han Jian, after just a few words, Han Jian felt that some of them were very good at abilities.

One of the officials of the Ministry of Revenue, named Xiang Ningyu, mainly analyzed the grain output in Jiangdu and whether it was sufficient to meet military demand. In his opinion, although Jiangdu is a prosperous place, its grain structure is single and sometimes it is not convenient for military food transportation. Once a war begins, the grain from all over the place cannot be summarized together.

What he said was the same as Han Jian’s most troublesome thing at the moment. Now Jiangdu’s grain reserves are not all around Jiangdu City, but most of them are scattered in local counties and prefectures, and even county granaries. Regardless of whether these grains can be used as military rations, just transportation summary makes him feel very difficult.

"I wonder if there is any good advice to Siwei?" Han Jian asked hurriedly.

Xiang Ningyu looked at the people around him, and seemed to be not very interested, or maybe he didn't understand it. He was silent for a while before saying: "Now the grain does not need to be transported to Jiangdu immediately. Instead, find out how much grain there is in the place, then divide the Jiangdu into several areas, gather them in one place, and then, as needed, whether to transport it to Jiangdu or to the wartime frontline."

Han Jian nodded. What he said to Ning Yu was basically in line with the current reality of wartime. It was that the grain was not in Jiangdu, and transporting it to Jiangdu was very troublesome, but it was left in the place and could not be retrieved when needed. Now even if all the grain was transported to Jiangdu, Jiangdu did not have so much food to store. Simple storage would cause these grains to rot after spring.

According to what Xiang Ningyu said, first transport the grain from the county town to the prefecture, then divide the prefecture into areas, and divide the granaries with large granaries to spread investment. Even if the Jiangdu City lacks grain, it can be allocated from these large granaries at any time, so that the problem can be solved.

Han Jian immediately asked Xiang Ningyu about the location selection of these large granaries, and Xiang Ningyu also answered them one by one, which made Han Jian very satisfied. Xiang Ningyu alone had already made Han Jian feel that Gu Weipan was indeed not lying. Among these, they were indeed capable, and they valued practical work rather than empty words.

Although Xiang Ningyu's choice was not the best choice, he had just one or two months to come to Jiangdu and had such a clear understanding that even the officials in Dongwang Mansion who were responsible for grain storage and transportation all year round might not be able to do so. Nowadays, officials are the kind of people who clean up the snow in front of the door and care about the frost on others. After doing their duties, they ignore what the Dongwang Mansion wants.

Han Jian immediately asked the other people what they meant and asked them about some marches and garrisons. Among them, Daoye was very familiar with the answers. Han Jian felt like he had found a treasure. Just as he was worried that there were no talents in this area, Gu Weipan gave him these people. But Han Jian was also a little worried in his joy, which was the issue of the political beliefs of these people. After all, they were the queen's people, and how to gather them was the main business.

After talking about the matter, Han Jian said to Gu Weipan: "Teacher Gu, the current situation is tense, and the court needs some people to help. Why not, Taiacher Gu will promote these people first as the dispatcher of this war. When the situation slows down, then drop them to various ministries and commissions for reuse?"

Gu Weipan originally introduced these middle and lower-level officials to Han Jian, so he naturally would not say anything, so he nodded and agreed immediately. These officials also wanted to make a name for themselves. Now that there is such an opportunity, they will not say much, but just stood up to thank Han Jian for the promotion.

Han Jian personally prepared a banquet and said goodbye to these people after drinking and having fun with them. He personally sent them out of the house. But in order not to attract the attention of others, this meeting was also very low-key, but because they were originally seen in the temporary yamen of the mansion, it was not difficult for the outside world to know about it. Han Jian was also afraid that Yang Yu would send someone to do not benefit these people after he knew about this.

After sending these people away, Han Jian immediately returned to the Dongwang Mansion and asked Han Song to prepare some houses and temporarily let these people move in. On the one hand, this can be regarded as a gift, giving these people the houses to win over them, and at the same time it is convenient for them to find them when using people. More importantly, Han Jian wants to protect them so that they will not be attracted or assassinated by Yang Yu's people, and by the way, they must also prevent the Luoyang faction from suppressing or gathering these people.

After Han Jian finished talking to Han Song, Han Song sighed and said, "Jian'er, are you afraid of using these people easily? Among them, there are spies sent from Luoyang?" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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