"Ge Boyi is an ambitious, greedy and incompetent person. He was defeated in the northern expedition against Yan and his army was routed. He begged for mercy in every possible way to save his life. Then he attached himself to His Majesty Ji and stole the achievements of Han Shiliang and others in guarding the captives before he could barely gain a foothold.
——And for such a character, the King of Yu can still allow him to establish vassal states overseas. Why can't he be a little generous to Gao Gong and why should he be so stingy?"
After Zhou Lianggong arrived in Hanzhong, a pacification envoy was appointed on the West Qin Road. Gao Junyang, the Duke of Ruyang County, was always ill in bed and did not show up. He was the main adviser around Gao Juntang and Gao Junyang's second son Gao Mingde and Gao Junyang. Ye Changbin came forward to consult on joining the army.
, entertained Zhou Lianggong in the west courtyard of Ziluyuan.
Zilu Garden is Gao Junyang's private garden in the west of Hanzhong City. The palaces, pavilions and pavilions are hidden among the sparse forests and rocks, and the distant mountains are covered with a thin layer of white snow.
Gao Juntang and Gao Mingde only met with Zhou Lianggong to chat with each other and recall their old friendships at Jingzhao Mansion and other places. However, it was Ye Changbin who stood up and accused King Xu Huai of Yu of being too mean to the Gao family, both openly and secretly.
"Since the Chihu invaded the south, the commander-in-chief has been stationed in the western Qinling Mountains to resist the barbarians and bring peace to the people. He has made great achievements. This time Liang Gong left Xiangyang to march westward. The King of Yu was also thinking about it, and he also wanted to build a mansion in Xiangyang to take over.
The Duke has enjoyed a few years of peace and happiness in the past, but he was tired from the military service..." Zhou Lianggong glanced at Ye Changbin and said calmly.
"The Western Qin Dynasty also has beautiful places with beautiful mountains and rivers. Don't worry about it, King Yu. Even if you are taking care of your old age, the Duke and other old people will never forget the hometown of Xizhou," Ye Changbin said, "And when I return to Xizhou, I will protect Shaanxi as well.
Wei's life-long ambition, please ask Zhou Shijun to say a few kind words in front of the King of Yu for everything; the Duke also knows that the King of Yu is popular, and has no intention of stopping the King of Yu from ascending to the throne..."
A thousand cups of wine with a close friend is too little, and half a sentence without speculation is more than enough.
Seeing that Ye Changbin and others were obsessed with showing their fangs, Zhou Lianggong no longer thought that he could use words to persuade them to return from their lost ways, and then just exchanged glasses and talked about the scenery of the Western Qin Dynasty.
Not long after, Zhou Lianggong became eighty or ninety percent drunk. Supported by his eldest son, Zhou Yun, and his entourage, he bid farewell to Gao Juntang and others. He staggered onto the carriage and left Zilu Garden, returning to the posthouse in Hanzhong City.
The mountain road was far away, Zhou Lianggong opened the curtain of the carriage with his eldest son Zhou Yun, sat on the brocade couch, looked out the carriage window at the sunset above the snow-covered mountain tops, and said to his eldest son Zhou Yun leisurely
"When you get back to the city, don't stay in the post house for a long time. Go to Jinzhou immediately to see Liu Shijun. I will stay in Hanzhong for a few days before I can return..."
"How can the child travel alone when his father stays in Hanzhong?" Zhou Yun knelt in the carriage and begged his father to let him stay with him.
"As a county official, my father has a certain limit on his comings and goings, so he cannot leave in embarrassment, but these have nothing to do with you. Even if you want to fulfill your filial piety, you cannot ask your grandfather to sit back and watch his children and grandchildren in his seventies.
Both of us are in jail," Zhou Lianggong scolded sullenly, "Moreover, the Gao family is just wishful thinking at this time and it cannot be broken, but they may not dare to take risks now. I let you go first, it is just a precaution, don't be nagging.
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Zhou Yun no longer insisted on staying, and after a while he couldn't help but ask
"Over the years, the Ge family had a deep grudge with Chushan, but King Yu was finally able to put aside the past grudges, allowing the Ge family to support King Yongjia and go overseas to establish a vassal - considering that the Gao family has been operating in Western Qin for more than ten years, it can be said that it has a deep foundation.
, How come my father is so sure that the King of Yu will not be lenient and let the Gao family and others go out of the territory to establish a vassal state?"
Zhou Lianggong took the opportunity of being appointed to Dongchuan to come to Western Qin to reminisce with old friends such as Gao Juntang. Although the purpose was to test the attitude of the Gao family, there was no final conclusion on how to deal with the Gao family in this way.
Before Zhou Lianggong and Liu Shiwang took office, they were both summoned by Xu Huai. At that time, Zhou Yun also accompanied him, and even heard King Yu say with his own ears that after they met Gao Junyang in Hanzhong, they could negotiate any conditions without any restrictions.
A constraint that must not work.
Now his father was worried that the Gao family might take risks and asked him to return to Jinzhou first. Zhou Yun was very confused.
"What is greed and stupidity? The whole Gao family is like that, "
Zhou Lianggong sighed leisurely,
"Don't talk about the escape from Beijing incident. Even after the great victory in Yingzhou, if the Gao family can take the initiative, it may not be impossible to break up the soil and seal the vassal. However, at this time, the whole world is in the pocket of King Yu, and the Gao family is still
Isn't it because you want to crack the earth and don't know what to do? Another reason is that the Ge family can establish vassals overseas to pave the way for abdication. In name, they must respect the Yongjia County Prince as the main one, and later they must welcome His Majesty to the sea. In addition,
Only the remnants of the Khitan and the late emperor's son Ji Wangyin were able to establish a vassal state. Who do the Gao family really think they are so established in the Western Qin Dynasty that everyone should be afraid of them?"
Zhou Lianggong has broadened his horizons in recent years. Knowing that the Gao family has tens of thousands of elites in the Western Qin Dynasty is nothing, and the fundamental purpose of King Yu's consideration of canonizing vassal states outside the Central Plains is to consider the many barbaric lands.
Complete integration into the Central Plains required an extremely long domestication process before establishing a vassal state as a transition.
Basically, all vassal states established must be subordinate to and dependent on the Central Plains.
Therefore, the remnants of the Khitan had the opportunity to establish a vassal state. Ji Wangyin had the opportunity to go to Lelang's old county to join the vassal state under the escort of Hu Kai and others. Even the Gu family had the opportunity to choose a place at the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain and imitate the old system of Fuzhou for generations.
However, the Gao family, which has been arrogant and ambitious for many years, still does not want to lower its arrogant head until now. How could there be a chance to establish a vassal state?
Even Han Shiliang had no chance to seal the vassal, so who was Gao Junyang?
Of course, if the Gao family were simply wishful thinking, Zhou Lianggong thought that everyone in Prince Yu's Mansion might still be patient and persuade them, or would give the Gao family more time to let them see the situation clearly. But the Gao family was wrong.
How dare you directly open your mouth to cut off Xizhou to rule it? I really don't know how to write the word "death".
This also made Zhou Lianggong completely give up the idea of lobbying the Gao family. He first pretended to be drunk and left Ziluyuan, and now directly arranged for his eldest son Zhou Yun to return to Jinzhou first to prevent any unexpected events.
Hearing that his father said that the Gao family wanted to return to Xizhou and even harbored evil intentions, Zhou Yun asked in confusion.
"Before the Chihu invaded the south, Gao Junyang served as the military envoy of Xihe Road for ten years. Most of his generals came from Xizhou. Even if he had the desire to tear the earth apart and felt unworthy of praise, there should be nothing wrong with choosing Xizhou or other places.
A special difference, right?”
Although Zhou Yun was the eldest son of the third generation of the Zhou family, his father and ancestors had held important positions in recent years. He mainly studied hard behind closed doors and was not affected much by the war of southern invasion.
It was only recently that I came into contact with my father Zhou Lianggong to learn practical skills, and my experience has not been increased much.
He was at the banquet just now and heard Ye Changbin say that the Gao family had the ambition to defend Xizhou for the rest of his life. He thought that Gao Junyang made his fortune while serving as the military envoy on Xihe Road and that it was only human nature to want to return to Xizhou. He did not think carefully about the hidden truth behind it.
What kind of murderous intent.
"Xizhou borders Qinzhou to the east, Hehuang to the west, and Tibet on the back. It is also the choke point that the army of the Prince of Yu must pass through when marching westward to Longyou, Hexi, and even sweeping across Hehuang, the Western Regions," Zhou Binggong said with a frown.
, "What does the Gao family mean when they carelessly say they want to return to Xizhou Shishou? They might as well directly threaten that they are having an affair with the Chihu people and want to block the westward march of Prince Yu's army for the Chihu people.
Passage. At this time, they are actually still dreaming that they can form a horn with the Red Hu people in the west and stop the march of the army from the west. They are really stupid! It is not convenient for me to write any letters about these things, so as not to fall into the trap of Gao Gao.
In my hands, after you return to Jinzhou and meet Liu Shijun, just report in detail Ye Changbin’s words and the reactions of Gao Juntang, Gao Mingde and others during the dinner. Don’t hide anything. Please also ask Liu Shijun.
You don’t need to consider me when making any decisions..."
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After returning to the post house, Zhou Yun left Hanzhong for an excuse and took a boat.
Crossed eastward along the Han River and returned to Jinzhou to meet Liu Shiwang.
Liu Shiwang knew for sure that the Gao family still had delusions, but for the sake of Zhou Lianggong's personal safety, he did not immediately alert the snake. He even escorted a boatload of cloth and other items as rewards from the Prince of Yu's Palace to Hanzhong until Zhou Lianggong escaped from Hanzhong half a month later.
, then ordered to strengthen military alert against Hanzhong and requested troops and horses from Biyang for reinforcements.
The original Dongchuan Road soldiers and horses were reorganized into the 16th, 17th, and 18th town infantry under the leadership of Gu Cong and went to Yanzhou, Fuzhou and other places where Shuofang's camp was located to garrison. After that, in addition to Sikong Mansion to the west of Xiangyang Mansion, Dan
Yunyang, where the water flows into the Han River, was stationed outside the town of Bujia, and there were not many elite soldiers stationed on Dongchuan Road.
Dong Cheng went to Xishu to serve as the pacification envoy, and Zhu Zhi, who served as the transfer envoy, only transferred 5,000 elites from Lizhou to join them in Chengdu.
Since the Gao family is unwilling to surrender, and since negotiations cannot peacefully resolve the remaining issues on the West Qin Road, the next step is to have the Dongchuan Road exert maximum military pressure on the West Qin Road from the lower reaches of the Han River.
Dong Cheng and Zhu Zhi still focus on stabilizing the place in Western Shu and purging the influence of the Gao family. If necessary, they can just cut off the tentacles of the Gao family extending south to Xi Shu. Dong Cheng and Zhu Zhi cannot be expected to be able to do so in a short time.
How many soldiers and horses were recruited in Xishu and went north to attack Lizhou, the gateway to the south of Xiqin Road.
At the end of the 14th year of Shaolong's reign, in addition to the 17th town infantry commander Du Wu who led his troops to Jinzhou, two battalions of naval forces were transferred from Xiangyang and Ezhou and were assigned to the Dongchuan Road Soldier and Horse Deployment Department. At the same time, Liu Shiwang also
In the name of establishing a pacification envoy department and a military and horse deployment department, 20,000 garrison troops were recruited from the local area for training.
In the spring of Shaolong's 15th year, Zhou Yun went to Biyang with other officials from the Establishment and Resettlement Department and the Transportation Department, and told Xu Huai face to face that Liu Shiwang and his father Zhou Lianggong had taken over Dongchuan Road for nearly half a year to sort out the local military and political affairs, as well as the high-level affairs.
The trends of families living in Hanzhong, Lizhou and other places.
Unlike Ge Boyi and Ge Yu who only led their troops to defend southern Zhejiang after the escape from Beijing, the Gao family had to establish a position on the West Qin Road almost after Chi Hu invaded the south.
Not only did the Gao family take control of the Western Qin Dynasty for nearly twenty years, but in the early stage, they also moved 300,000 to 400,000 soldiers and civilians from Xizhou, Hezhou and other places where the Gao family was previously in charge, filling in the vast and sparsely populated Hanzhong, Lizhou and other places.
Nowadays, the prefectures and counties on the West Qin Road are basically controlled by Gao Junyang's direct descendants and generals from Xizhou.
This is also the basis for Gao Junyang and everyone in the Gao family's delusions at this time.
Entering the political era of the Yu Kingdom, the functions and powers of the six original central departments were merged into the Shangshutai, the Military Intelligence and Staff Department, the Changshiyuan, the Sima Yuan and other Cao Cao under the jurisdiction of the Prince of Yu. Biyang naturally became the new center of the empire.
However, Xu Huai still thought of setting the imperial capital in Xiangyang, and the early construction of Xiangyang New City on the east bank of the Han River had also started. There was no major construction work in Biyang - officials and families who originally belonged to the six central ministries and the Privy Council were
Tens of thousands of people moved to Biyang, but Biyang City has not been expanded. In addition, the continuous development of the manufacturing industry in recent years has directly brought a large number of new employees to Biyang, and Biyang City has become
It's getting more and more crowded.
The Prince of Yu's Mansion was also built from scratch and was slightly rebuilt on the basis of the original Pingliang County Mansion. The main hall where Xu Huai daily handled military affairs was also extremely narrow.
After summoning Zhou Yun and two other Dongchuan Road officials to learn more about Gao's recent movements, Xu Huaitai ordered Zhou Yun to go back to visit his grandfather Zhou He who was ill in bed.
Zhou He was informed of the current situation one by one; he would send envoys to the Zhou Mansion in two days to consult Zhou He's opinion on the matter.
After Zhou Yun and others resigned, Xu Huai couldn't help banging his head after sitting in the long case, and said to Gu Fan, Shi Zhen, Han Gui, Chen Zixiao and others sitting in the hall, "A war is easy, but once the wound is formed,
It’s hard to eliminate, there are some things that we can’t handle without caution!”
Liu Shiwang and Zhou Lianggong left town in Dongchuan, After testing out Gao's arrogant and unwilling attitude, most of the generals in the Yu Palace advocated resorting to force. In the past six months, Dong Cheng, Zhu Zhi, Liu Shiwang, Zhou Lianggong and others in Xishu and Dongchuan also tried their best to strengthen the local government.
The military deployment was carried out to actively prepare for the military conquest of the Gao family.
At this time, Xu Huai needed to make the final decision by summoning Zhou Yun and other Dongchuan Road officials to Biyang to learn more about the Gao family's movements on West Qin Road.
It may not be difficult to send troops to conquer Lizhou and Hanzhong, and then wipe out the remaining forces of the Gao family deep in the West Qinling Mountains - even if the Gao family may collude with the Chihu people entrenched in Qinzhou through Qishan Road, it is not a problem, Xu Huai said
The key issue to consider is that the West Qin Road is the most important area in the Central Plains connecting Longyou, Hexi and Hehuang areas. If even the West Qin Road cannot be compromised and a lot of people are killed, Longyou will undoubtedly be greatly enlarged.
, the difficulty of integrating Hexi and Hehuang areas into the Central Plains.
The Gao family has been entrenched on the West Qin Road for too long, and a large number of Xihe soldiers and civilians have moved in to control it. Xu Huai knew that once he ordered troops to conquer the Gao family, there would be no way to conquer Gao Junyang and a small group of Gao family members.
, the stubborn old officials of Xizhou were divided and separated from the ordinary soldiers and civilians. In the end, they must kill many people in order to truly wipe out the Gao family.
However, no one can deny that the soldiers and civilians of the West Qin Road have made great sacrifices in resisting Chihu's southern invasion in recent years.
Xu Huai did not want to make a big move against the ordinary soldiers and civilians on West Qin Road unless he had no choice but to do so.
However, after reaching this point, can it still be avoided?
Shi Zhen pondered for a long time and said, "If we want to avoid fighting as much as possible, we may have to conquer Qinzhou first and cut off the last delusions of the Gao family and the old officials of Xihe..."
According to normal procedures, the Gao family should be eliminated. In this way, in addition to Wang Xian commanding the main force of Qin Feng's camp to march westward along the Weishui River, he could also assemble a partial force to cross the West Qinling Mountains, pass through Wuzhou and take the Qishan Road to enter the southern part of Qinzhou.
However, if we do not consider dealing with the Gao family for the time being, but instead use the main force of Qin Feng's camp to attack and seize Qinzhou along the west side of the Weishui River, not only will we not rely on the southern wing to provide support, we will also have to consider the Gao family's alliance, which has long been secretly colluding with the Chihu people.
If a dog is in a hurry and jumps over the wall, it is possible to go north from Chencang Road or Baoxie Road and sneak attack the back of Qin Feng's camp, which will greatly increase the overall combat risk.
However, once we can successfully capture Qinzhou and completely cut off the communication between the Gao family and the Chihu people, we can more completely break down the fighting spirit of the Gao family and the old officials of Xizhou, and conquer the West Qin Road at a much smaller cost.
Returned to the central authority.
The Gao family was stubborn at this time. In addition to believing that they were deeply entrenched in the West Qin Road, there was another factor that could not be ignored, which was that they believed that by passing the Qishan Road, they could compete with the Chihu people who were entrenched in the Hexi, Longyou and Hehuang areas.
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Xu Huai looked at Chen Zixiao and said, "What do you think, Zixiao?"
Chen Zixiao said, "What Zuo Cheng said is not impossible, but if Qin Feng's camp wants to capture Qinzhou, the casualties may increase a lot more than expected; in addition, Xi Shu and Dong Chuan will continue to station elite troops.
Make sure to keep the Gao family in Hanzhong and Lizhou, and don't dare to act rashly against Guanzhong."
"Then let's attack Qinzhou first," Xu Huai waved his hand in worry and said, "Even if there are more casualties, it is still necessary. At worst, we can cut off a few more heads of the Gao family to comfort the spirits of the generals...
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"We are convinced that Gao Junyang has been in secret contact with the Chihu people for a long time, but it is still necessary to ask His Majesty to issue an edict to urge Gao Junyang to lead his troops out of Qishan Road to attack Qinzhou, and to find some people from His Majesty's side to go to Hanzhong to supervise the battle." Han Gui
said.
Han Gui advocated this. On the one hand, he should substantiate Gao Junyang's charges of neglecting the war and colluding with the Red Husbands, openly and secretly. On the other hand, he should kick some stubborn officials in the DPRK to Hanzhong to serve as military supervisors.
By using Gao Junyang's sword to get rid of them, or if these people join Gao Junyang after arriving in Hanzhong, they can get rid of some eyesores for the final Zen successor...
