A long procession marched to Lulongsai, and the soldiers greeted Zuo Aoran. There was no need to detail the one-day banquet. Zuo Aoran led his troops back to Zhuojun, and Chen Deng was sent to lead the victorious Northern army back to the capital, Luoyang.
, accepted the reward from Emperor Ling Liu Hong, and presented a memorial, the content of which was very simple, the foreign troubles had been subdued, and the minister took office, nine words.
The four Wuhuan tribes were also stationed in four places respectively. The three tribes of Tadun, Nanlou and Su Puyan remained unchanged. In order to better divide the Wuhuan tribe and enable them to be Chineseized faster, Zuo Aoran proposed to let Gu Jin be the leader.
The king of Wuyan's tribe was stationed in Youbeiping, which Gu Jin had not expected. This made Gu Jin extremely happy, and made Gu Jin extremely grateful to Zuo Aoran.
After learning that Zuo Aoran had defeated Wuhuan and led his army back in triumph, Ling Emperor Liu Hong personally led his civil and military ministers ten miles out of the city to greet them. Among them were several people who should not have been included. The first one was Queen He Wan.
They are Prince Liu Bian of the East Palace, Princess Jingming Liu Ming on the other, and Cai Yan and Cai Wenji, the daughter of Cai Yong, the most talented woman in the world.
Needless to say, He Wan, the woman who once offered her body in exchange for her son's throne, Zuo Aoran returned triumphantly, so she naturally had to greet him to show that she valued him. Liu Bian is Zuo Aoran's adopted brother, and he
His sworn brother came back with a great victory, how could he not come! Not to mention Princess Jingming Liu Ming, who was just one step away from getting married. She was already half of Zuo Aoran’s wife, and her husband had won the battle.
, of course she had to come to greet her as soon as possible.
Among them, Cai Yan was the most conflicted. She had the least contact with Zuo Aoran and even despised Zuo Aoran. But since that time, she had changed. Then when she was in extreme danger, his
Her subordinates rescued her, and after hearing the news of Zuo Aoran's triumphant return to the army, she came immediately.
Close, close, there are bursts of dust and smoke in the distance, and a group of people and horses are approaching slowly from far away. At this time, someone has already given the order, and a group of musicians started to play and sing, and they played all cheerful and joyful music.
Whether it was the civil and military officials or the people around them, all of them had smiles on their faces.
The team moves from far to near. The person in the middle is riding a horse. He is about 27 or 28 years old. He has a fair face and handsome appearance. There is an aggressive heroic spirit between his eyebrows. He is wearing a white gauze-horned turban hat.
Inlaid with a piece of green jade, he is dressed in a white robe and has a long sword hanging on his waist, making him appear elegant and extraordinary.
Two generals, one on the left and one on the right, protect each other. On the left is the general with a yellow face wielding a sword, and on the right is a general with a black face wielding a gun. After that, more than a dozen generals are riding horses side by side, with various victory hooks hanging on them.
Such weapons, followed by tens of thousands of elite Northern troops.
Almost all the civil and military ministers knew Zuo Aoran. When he was far away, he couldn't see his appearance clearly, but when he got close, he could see clearly that the person holding the moon in his arms was not Zuo Aoran, but a young man.
of scribes.
Li Laoyuan, the scribe, got off his horse and led all the generals to the Ling Emperor. He lifted his clothes and knelt down, kowtowing and said: "Chen Deng (Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Xu Chu, Lu Kuang, Lu Xiang, Gao Lan) under the command of the Generalissimo of Pingbei.
, Gao Tanglong, Jiang Yiqu) kowtow to my emperor and wish my emperor, long live! Long live! Long live!"
Ling Emperor Liu Hong nodded and asked: "Since you have returned, why don't you see Zuo Aiqing? Could it be that Aiqing is injured? Hurry! Call the imperial doctor quickly." After hearing this, He Wan, Liu Bian, and Liu
The expressions of Ming Ming, He Jin, Lu Zhi and others all changed, and they all had their own thoughts in their hearts.
Chen Deng knelt and crawled forward a few steps, kowtowed and said again: "Your Majesty, the Generalissimo is fine. There is a memorial to be forwarded to Your Majesty by the envoy. Your Majesty will know it at a glance." Someone took the folded copy from Chen Deng's hand.
He took it up and handed it to Ling Emperor Liu Hong.
Ling Emperor Liu Hong opened it and took a look. His face visibly changed, and the hand holding the memorial was obviously shaking. He said with joy in his heart: "I don't seek wealth and honor, just for the Han Dynasty. This is the minister that my Han Dynasty needs! I really didn't read it.
Wrong person, the future of this man is in your hands
, My heart is truly at peace!" Immediately, Emperor Ling Liu Hong issued an imperial edict: "Temporarily, Zuo Aoran will be granted the title of General of the Guard and Marquis of the Protector of the Country. Zuo Aoran will be sent to Beijing to receive the title. When the time comes, he will be rewarded. All the officers and men under his command will be rewarded together."
As soon as the order was issued, civil servants rushed to Zhuojun.
Zuo Aoran was not very good at government affairs. Besides, he had Tian Feng, Ju Shou, Xu Ci, Chen Zhen, Du Wei and many other scribes around him. Among them, Ju Shou was the best at government affairs. Of course, Zuo Aoran took up the job leisurely and contentedly.
With the hands of the shopkeeper, he, as the captain of Wuhuan Huhuan, spanned two counties, and his strength suddenly increased greatly.
Zuo Aoran didn't think about the army expansion anymore, because now Zuo Aoran was facing some financial problems. Since Jin Lian's help was missing, it was not enough to rely on Zhao Yun's brother Zhao Sheng in business, but Zuo Aoran
Ran couldn't bear to let Jinlian go into battle with a big belly, so he put this matter aside for now.
Not only that, there is also a problem with the supply of military rations, and now we can only maintain it. In the past, there was plenty of money, and when the food was gone, it was sold for money. Now that the economy is tight, where can we still supply food? Zuo Aoran again
He doesn't want to disband the team he finally built up, which makes him worried. This is really a penny to knock down a hero!
At this time, another problem was about to overwhelm Zuo Aoran, that is, Wuhuan's 30,000-strong army had arrived, and the provisions they carried were extremely scarce. Zuo Aoran was suddenly worried. This was really a big move.
A stone hit him in the foot. He originally thought that the 30,000 Wuhuan cavalry who had been tricked could be his help. Unexpectedly, the help failed, but instead became a burden.
However, good people will be rewarded. In order to ask his senior brother for a gift, Zuo Aoran cheated Wuhuan of five thousand white purebred war horses, and gave all the remaining horses to his senior brother Gongsun Zan to supplement the losses of his subordinates.
The white horse Yi followed. As soon as Gongsun Zan got Zuo Aoran, his finances were tight and the food supply
After hearing the news about the grass defect, he immediately sent someone to deliver 30,000 dans of grain and grass. As soon as the grain and grass arrived, Zuo Aoran was overjoyed. He compiled a letter and wrote some words of thanks to his senior brother Gongsun Zan, and also left Gongsun Zan's son Gongsun Xuxiao.
After staying for a few days, Gongsun Xu admired Zuo Aoran very much, even more than his father.
After Gongsun Xu left, Zuo Aoran convened everyone to discuss. Senior brother Gongsun Zan's food and grass could only relieve the siege for a while and could not last forever. In order to avoid such problems in the future, everyone held discussions for three days.
Finally, we came up with two solutions. One is to adopt the farming system proposed by Zuo Aoran in agriculture, that is, the government provides land and farm tools, cattle, seeds, etc., while the landless refugees provide labor, and the grain harvest increases.
Pay 30% to the government. In fact, this 30% is just the cost of agricultural tools and seeds. If you register with the government for farming for more than three years, you can get the land you farm.
Due to the destruction of the Yellow Turban Uprising, a large amount of fertile land became ownerless wasteland, but it also reduced a lot of resistance for Zuo Aoran to implement the farming system. People in this era are so happy to have a piece of their own land. Zuo Aoran
The farming system gave them this hope, so a large number of refugees soon gathered in Zuo Aoran's territory.
The farmland system does not seem to be beneficial to the government's income, but Zuo Aoran's move actually laid the foundation for restoring productivity as quickly as possible, and such low taxes helped to hide wealth among the people, laying the foundation for the future development of industry and commerce. market foundation.
The second one was brought up by Zhao Sheng again. How can I say it was this time!? It was because Zhao Sheng had mentioned this matter to Zuo Aoran many times, but because Zuo Aoran had been busy, he didn't pay attention to it. , and Jinlian only established a partnership with it, and did not penetrate deeper.
Now that he has a goal, and it turns out that such a good partner is right in front of him, Zuo Aoran will certainly not let it go, and Zuo Aoran also knows that with the strength of the Zhen family, he can definitely help him, and that is the hero who has supported Hebei. Yuan Shao is one of the five richest men who compete with Cao Cao! It’s just what he has to do to build a relationship with the Zhen family and get the Zhen family to agree to cooperate with him.
According to my understanding of the Zhen family in history, the current head of the Zhen family, Zhen Yi, will die of illness in five years, that is, in 190 AD. Zhen Yi has a total of three sons, five daughters, and eight children. The son Zhen Yu died of illness when he was five years old, and the youngest daughter Zhen Mi was also born and should be four or five years old now.
The reason why Zuo Aoran remembers Zhen Mi so clearly is because this Zhen Mi, the Queen Zhen who was astonished by Cao Cao's talented son Cao Zhi and became the Goddess of Luo, turned out to be married to Yuan Shao's second son Yuan Shao. Xi, but after the Battle of Guandu, she was snatched away by Cao Pi, another son of Cao Cao, and became his concubine, who was later known as Empress Zhen.
Now Zhen Yi should have three sons, Zhen Yu, Zhen Yan, and Zhen Yao, and five daughters: Zhen Jiang, Zhen Tuo, Zhen Dao, Zhen Rong, and Zhen Mi. Zhen Mi is the youngest daughter of the Zhen family.
The person Zhao Sheng mentioned who came to buy furniture was Zhen Jiang, Zhen Yi's eldest daughter. Thinking of this, Zuo Aoran had an idea. It seemed that the key to whether he could cooperate with the Zhen family was Zhen Jiang.
Zuo Aoran asked Zhao Sheng about the situation of the children of the Zhen family. As expected, it was as he knew. Zhen Xuan was the eldest son in the family, probably in his early twenties. He was now doing a lot of the Zhen family's business. It seemed that he was the eldest son. Zhen Yi wants to train him so that he can succeed her in the future.
Zhen Jiang is the second among Zhen Yi's children. She is eighteen or nineteen years old. However, it is said that she is also involved in the Zhen family's business. The four girls are all in their teens. Zhen Mi is the youngest and only one. Four or five years old.
Girls in this era can get married after they are fifteen years old, but Zhen Jiang has not yet married, mainly because she has not found a suitable family. Although the Zhen family is rich, businessmen were not taken seriously at that time. So Zhen Yi wants to find a son of an official for her daughter, but those who are officials are very particular about being well-matched. Even if Zhen Jiang has a large dowry, no official family is willing to marry her. Rich people are willing to marry her, but The Zhen family didn't want to get married, so just going back and forth like this was delayed.
After understanding these circumstances, Zuo Aoran felt that he was more certain of success. Firstly, he was carrying the title of imperial official. Although his official position was not as big as before, he still had real power. Secondly, he now also had With a lot of money, he can be considered a rich man. Thirdly, he knows some business methods. Although he has never done any big business, as a modern person, the business concepts he knows are probably not used to deceive the people of the Han Dynasty. problematic.
With these points, I can definitely get the recognition of the Zhen family, plus my current Yushu Linfeng appearance, and my belly full of poems and songs (of course they all belong to others, but at this time, no one knows what copyright is,
Zuo Aoran can use it to build a strong appearance), and maybe he can win the favor of Zhen Jiang and add another beauty to his harem.
Early the next morning, Zuo Aoran ate the breakfast prepared for him by his wife Xue Lingyun, and together with Zhao Sheng, Ma Qian He Yi, and Ma Hou He Man, set foot on the road to Wuji. The distance between the two cities did not count.
It was too far, and the current world was relatively safe, but I heard that there were some bandits who were kings of the mountains along the way. To be on the safe side, Zuo Aoran still brought his own weapons.
