Chapter 13 Wandering under the shadows all day long
When Liu Yan and his son were controlled in Mianzhu City, and Liu Fan made another fatal wrong choice, Shu was already a cooked saltwater duck!
Because no matter how good Liu Yan is, he is the only person with the legal authority to rule Yizhou. In the era of Jia Tianxia, all legal inheritance needs to be based on him. Therefore, after his family was invaded by the Three Networks
, there is no one with enough political prestige in Shu to clean up the situation.
Zhao Wei thought that his dual identity as a native of Shu and a leader of Dongzhou scholars was enough to take control of Shu, but he was just deceiving himself.
Therefore, in the next few days, there will be many exciting events in Shu, but they have nothing to do with the overall situation.
First, Zhao Wei, who thought he could control the Dongzhou scholars and Shu people, abandoned Yang Hong and declared to raise troops to support himself. Then he tried to turn around and attack Mianzhu, becoming the one to replace the Liu family. As a result, both his troops and Dongzhou
The scholars were still natives of Shu, and they had not yet left Jianwei halfway through the journey. After hearing the details of Mianzhu's shocking incident, they all became suspicious.
Led by his subordinate Pang Le, a group of soldiers immediately mutinied and killed Zhao Wei easily, just like killing a chicken.
Poor Zhao Wei, the former Taicang Ling of the great Han Dynasty, he almost dropped everything and followed Liu Yan into Shu naked just because he said "Yizhou has the spirit of the emperor". But now the dream of the master of Shu has completely disappeared in just a few days.
It makes people feel emotional.
Since Zhao Wei was dead, Zhang Su, the governor of Qianwei, no longer hesitated. He immediately changed his banner and declared to follow Mianzhu. Mianzhu was also unceremonious and temporarily appointed Zhang Su to Chengdu to control Shu County, and appointed Yang Hong to act as the governor of Qianwei. It was easy
Then he controlled the three counties in the heart of Shu.
Zhao Wei's tribe dispersed in all directions, some defected to Yang Hong, some to Zhang Su, some came directly to Mianzhu, and some went to Bajun. In short, most of them were easily incorporated.
At this point, Yan Yan was finally close to despair. He was a man of integrity, and after accepting the appointment, he thought he would rather die here than surrender... However, in the current situation, although he knew that Liu
Yan is controlled by others, but he doesn't know who to be loyal to, let alone who his enemy is. This seems a bit cruel to an old-school person with no political ambitions.
In the end, due to the proper handling of Mianzhu, the soldiers at Fushui Pass were shaken. They had no choice but to accept Mianzhu's "transfer order" and led their troops back to Mianzhu.
However, the Yan army still failed to cross the Jiange immediately... The reason was very simple. Zhang Ren, the guard of the Jiange, did something that was destined to make him famous forever.
As the chief military officer here, this man with a stubborn personality had already known about the various incidents that happened behind him. Therefore, he made preparations before the arrival of Yan Yan's military order. As soon as the military order arrived, all troops were sent back to Mianzhu in accordance with the military order, but other
But I stayed alone in the stone barrier in the Jiange Line of Heaven.
Because this Sima of another branch of Shu County, who had been defeated twice in a row, was unwilling to retreat again, and moreover, he retreated without a fight and surrendered completely.
At that time, the Yan army kept building plank roads and had already gradually approached this place. They also noticed the Shu army's movements, but because they saw that the flag was motionless in the distance, they did not dare to attack rashly.
A few days later, after it was determined that his soldiers should withdraw to Mianzhu, Zhang Ren took the initiative to leave the base, walking along the broken plank road with only a sword, a spear and a flag... The soldiers of Yan Army who were repairing the plank road thought he was a messenger at first.
He actually just followed him all the way and let him reach the end of the plank road. He didn't realize it until he raised a flag to sign up for the challenge.
As a general, Zhao Yun naturally could not directly go into battle. However, seeing that his martial arts were steady and he killed several Xiliang and Hanzhong warriors, Zhao Zilong, who knew what he was doing, no longer hesitated. The latter immediately came out with a spear and a sword.
He killed the other party in front of the plank road and beheaded him.
As a general, Zhang Ren took the initiative to sign up to die, which completely aroused the suspicion of the Yan army. The army sent a few elites forward to test, and then they discovered that behind the winding plank road, there was no one at the stone barrier on the other side of the sky.
As the saying goes, one man can guard the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it. The road to Shu can only be opened after the death of a strong man.
Three days later, it was only the beginning of July, and the plank road had not yet been repaired. The Yan army sentry and the messenger sent by Mianzhu to recall Zhang Ren collided head-on. Only then did they know what happened behind the Jiange Road in the previous month!
Not to mention ordinary soldiers, even Tian Feng and Zhao Yun who had received Guo Jia's hint were dumbfounded and shocked beyond words.
In mid-July, the Yan army followed the restored plank road, crossed Jiange, Fushui, and entered the hinterland of Bashu. Liu Mao formally surrendered.
In late July, the Yan army troops and horses were fully stationed in Shu County, Qianwei County, and Shu County belonged to the country.
On the fifth day of August, the Yan army arrived at Bajun under the leadership of Cheng Yin, and took control of Bajun County, Jiangzhou (later Chongqing), and successfully joined forces with Zhang He, Meng Da, Shen Dan and Shen Yi, and was still here
A large amount of military supplies were seized, and some officials and auxiliary soldiers from Jingzhou were captured.
At this point, it was exactly three months before and after, and the entire territory of Shu fell.
And how fast was it going down the river from Jiangzhou? Liu Yan and his son, who had set out early over there, had just arrived in Hanzhong. Gongsun Xun thought they had just conquered Baishui Pass, but Liu Biao and others in Jingzhou had already learned about it from the people who escaped from Yizhou.
All the circumstances of this battle... are horrifying to death!
Of course, as the news spread to Sanfu and the horses kept running day and night, Gongsun Xun finally learned about the battle in August, but it was like a dream - did Xu Yuanzhi change his template and become Ban Dingyuan?
A few days later, as news from the front continued one after another, Gongsun Xun and his subordinates finally learned all the details of the incident, which aroused even more excitement among his subordinates... You must know that at this time, Grand Sima Lu Fan was also
He had not yet completed his term in the south for a year, and military control in the south had not been completely eliminated. Yizhou suddenly took over at this time, which naturally aroused everyone's imagination.
With this happening, it seems that the unification of the world's general trend is just around the corner, right?
In fact, many students at Yexia University have even begun to advocate that maybe it will be able to spread the word and determine the world.
"It depends on the message?"
On the Tongque Terrace, where the Duke of Yan worked, the Cabinet Office, also commonly known as the top floor of the cabinet, Sun Xun, the Duke of Yan, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly sighed with emotion.
In other words, because the cabinet is where Yan Gong led the Huangge clerks to work, it is only two hundred steps away from the so-called Shangshu Terrace where the three provinces are located, and Qixiang and Jizhou Mu Dong Zhao can enter this place at will to pay homage to Yan Gong, so it is famous far and wide.
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Yexia students no longer talk about the seven aspects when expressing their ambitions... It's too vulgar... Now they all say they hope to be in the cabinet and watch the sunset over the Zhangshui River.
There is certainly a grand view of the sunset over the Zhang River, especially since it is autumn this year, and the scenery is at its best. Even Duke Yan himself often looks at the river and sighs.
But obviously, on this day, Gongsun Xun had no intention of lamenting about the grand scenery of Zhangshui... He usually only listened to the memorials of the three provinces and rarely raised objections to the three provinces. Today, he rarely sighed with emotion over a few documents.
He spoke out and did not give his opinion for a long time.
Next to him, Wang Xiang, the chief bookkeeper of Huangge, who was accustomed to looking down at every opportunity to read, naturally turned a deaf ear. Sima Yi, who was standing solemnly in front of the door, held his knife and held still, but the former's student Lu Meng couldn't help but look up curiously while copying documents.
Of course, this kind of peeping was fruitless, because Yan Gong held a pile of documents with his hand, mostly the opinions of the three provinces and four stations on how to deal with Shu. It seems natural to have this emotion, but Yan Gong was like this when facing such great news.
After hesitation, Lu Ziming, who had just been crowned, couldn't understand it at all, so he could only lower his head and continue copying with the rest of his colleagues.
It is worth mentioning that Lu Meng's copying skills were extremely poor. Every time his teacher Wang Xiang Yun Rufei completed the copying, he would copy it a second time. It was not so much He who was working as his colleagues, but rather Wang.
It's just like using my own high level to give him a small start, and using the country's paper and pen to make it easier for this guy to practice calligraphy.
This guy's foundation is really bad! No one knows why Guild Yan asked him to be the student of Master Wang! If you really want to promote him, just let him join Yi Cong!
Back in front of him, on the other side, Gongsun Xun thought for a long time, but sighed secretly in his heart, and then suddenly said:
"Four things need to be criticized and revised!"
Everyone in the pavilion was alert for a moment, but Wang Xiang among them, without raising his head, put down his book and took out a piece of paper, then took the pen from the student's hand and started recording immediately.
"Firstly, although Guo Fengxiao has extraordinary achievements, although he is anxious in front of the army, and although he has good intentions, as a local official, he used the force of Jing'antai without authorization. It is slightly inappropriate, so this time he will not be credited, and he will have to ask his subordinates
The province issued a formal document with a slight criticism, allowing him to handle Hanzhong civil affairs with peace of mind and not to interfere with other matters."
Following Yan Gong's words, Wang Xiang's writing was flying, but the rest of the documents in the cabinet inevitably stagnated... Has Guo Fengxiao, who has been receiving special favors, finally suffered a setback?
"Secondly, Xu Yuanzhi didn't know what he was doing, so he left after being appointed. He had made great achievements and had no fault. In addition, Guo Fengxiao's previous contribution to promoting Zhou Yu was attributed to him. Both in name and in reality, he could be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households... Let Yuan Hao ask him again, if there is any
Don’t you have the intention to add two thousand stone rank in the name of my special envoy, promise to do something cheap, hang it under the name of Jing’antai, and continue to the Nanzhong counties to stabilize the place?”
This decree was tepid. Xu Yuanzhi had such extraordinary achievements. It would be strange if he did not receive such treatment. The place where he was appointed would be remote and difficult.
"Third, Liu Yan and his son... Since Liu Yan himself has reached this point and lost his son in old age, he is almost useless and there is no need to criticize him harshly. Moreover, his son can be regarded as meritorious... There is no need for a third assistant and he will be resettled in the Yangcheng Mountain area.
Then, let his third son Liu Mao be transferred to Zuo Jin as an official and take care of him nearby."
There is nothing more to say. It is just that the resettlement place of Liu Yan and his son has been moved. At most, we can guess the plan for Luoyang's rejuvenation based on the resettlement place.
"Finally, since Tazhong is a farm, it must be effective. How can there be any reason to transfer after being stationed for a season? And it seems that their results in Tazhong are not very good... Let the five-faced man keep them in Tazhong,
Another experienced and capable minister in the field, that Cao Mengde... Cao Mengde is working in the field in Chen County, and there is a middle-ranking general there who comes from a humble background. What is his name?"
"Your Highness, there is a man whose surname is Xie, whose name is Zheng, and whose courtesy name is Mingxian. He was born in a humble family, and his ancestors were ordinary people for five generations. Because he was diligent and honest, he was used by Cao Mengde. After surrendering, he was demoted to a lower rank and continued to lead the farming affairs in Chen County." Wang Xiang almost blurted out.
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"That's him!" Gongsun Xun suddenly realized. "The official was restored to his original position and sent to General Wu Gen Zhong Lang as his deputy. Then in my name, I told General Wu Gen Zhong Lang that everything must have an end, so that he can live a good life in the past few years.
Once the farm work is done, don’t worry about anything else!”
All the clerks did not even think about it as it related to the general with five senses. Wang Xiang recorded it quickly, but it was Lu Meng who held it in his hands. He stood up and sent it to Gongsun Xun. After the latter had finished reading it, he slightly
With a nod, there was immediate clerical cooperation here. Two or three people worked skillfully and quickly dried the ink with clean limestone. Then, a dedicated officer on duty stepped forward to stamp the seal.
This was not over yet. As the documents were put into a small wooden box with crushed limestone partitions, Lu Mengfu tied the small box to the top of the pile of documents. This was considered a formal cabinet criticism.
...Next, Sima Yi naturally summoned the Yi Cong officers to escort these fatal documents to the Chancellor's Desk in a group of five, fully armed.
By the way, the same batch of memorials about Shu included the placement of Liu Yan and his son, the appointment of officials in Shu, the calculation of the military merits of the army that defeated Shu, etc... There was even the first draft of the division of Shu into prefectures. Gongsun Yue suggested that Zhao Yun
There were dozens of memorials sent to Tunjiang Prefecture, no less than dozens of serious documents, but Gongsun Xun only refuted and corrected four things, which seemed to be no big deal.
However, for some unknown reason, with the criticism, the revision process went around among the relevant departments of the three provinces and six ministries. After the matter spread within the Yexia officialdom, one of the incidents unexpectedly aroused some discussion, and in the following days
Gradually, there is a state where the trees want to be still but the wind does not stop.
In early September, with the completion of the autumn harvest, the matter not only did not subside, but became more and more violent, and finally spread directly to universities and among the people. Then at the end of July, Empress Yuan of the Han Dynasty in the south gave birth to a baby boy who was slightly less than a month old in Jiangxia.
As a result, a small earthquake suddenly occurred before the Mid-Autumn Festival in western Liaoning Province, which became the three most eye-catching noises in the warm atmosphere in Yexia.
When the three incidents were mixed together, public opinion became even more fermented.
Going back to the beginning, the reason for the matter is very simple, that is, Guo Jia took the initiative to use twenty warriors from Jing'antai to assassinate Liu Yan and his son.
Although Xu Shu used his superb skills to elevate the matter from a low-end assassination to an assassination of the country worthy of being recorded in history, it was so pleasing to the eye that there was nothing to say. However, Jing'antai actually raised the dead soldiers without authorization, and also
It can be used for assassination, which undoubtedly touched the sensitivities of traditional scholar-officials.
You must know that Jing'an Taiwan has been opposed by most systems outside the military since its establishment. However, in the war years, the military came first, and spying on military intelligence was a must... and everyone had nothing to say.
When Jing'an Terrace was originally established as one of the Four Platforms, and Jing'an Terrace as one of the Seven Prime Ministers, many people actually expressed their dissatisfaction, but only Gongsun Xun directly sent an order to Chang'an at that time to transfer the three provinces, four platforms, six departments, and twelve temples to each other.
The overall framework of a pavilion is bound together and established, and with their interests connected, no one has room to object.
But now, with the situation in the world completely clear, many people can't help but wonder, do institutions like Jing'an Taiwan still need to enjoy such an important position?
Some people even bluntly said, seeing that the world is at peace, is there a need for a place like Jing'an Terrace?
This is an organization that supports spies and can turn spies into killers at any time to deal with internal officials!
Ever since, when Gongsun Xun issued some punitive opinions on Guo Jia, the voice that had been suppressed for a long time burst out. Before his eyes, a public petition had appeared... Zhao Bao rejected the position of Yushitai's envoy.
Nowadays, the official position of the Censor's Office has always been vacant, as if it was specially left to make personnel adjustments when Lu Fan returned to Ye after the New Year.
But it is precisely because there is no one to restrain and take over that the censorship is in chaos. Anyone can persuade the twelve high-ranking censors in Taichung to use it for their own use, and the censorship secretary only needs to confirm that the cause of the matter is real.
, you do not need to pay any political price for your views, so there is no political risk.
Of course, how could Gongsun Xun withdraw from Jing'an Tower because of such a thing?
Although the secret service is dark, it is one of the powerful departments that is indispensable for a complete political system. Moreover, today, when the world is at peace, we will withdraw it and suppress it. We will not think of raising it until the world is unstable.
If you wake up, it may be too late.
It is necessary for this department to exist, and once it exists, it must at least be given a position in the supreme power plan.
However, seeing that things were becoming uncontrollable day by day, and had become a political trend, Gongsun Xun could not ignore it... He himself had experienced too many political trends, and he knew very well that there was a certain inevitable behind this kind of political trend.
It has huge internal interests and is an external manifestation of political instability. He must completely resolve this matter before the world is unified!
So, on the fifth day of July, Prime Minister Jia Xu finally came to the cabinet, met with Gongsun Xun specifically, and reported on the matter: "From the minister's point of view, there are two troublesome parts... First, the civil servants
I am naturally dissatisfied with this kind of thing, but I am not malicious. I need to find the really important people and figure out their purpose."
Gongsun Xun nodded slightly... Most of the time, ordinary people are exploited, and we must not expand the scope of attack without authorization, as it will only intensify conflicts.
"Secondly, this matter is entangled with the earthquake in the lord's hometown, and the Han Dynasty in Jiangxia, which inevitably makes people doubt the inheritance of Yan and Han after the unification of the world... we must be cautious."
Gongsun Xun suddenly laughed, but didn't say much.
"My lord," Jia Xu said sternly when he saw this. "What I mean is, regardless of the whole story, the biggest problem is that the Han-Yan Yi-Ding trend is about to be completed, and the people of the world are particularly eager to see it at this time.
My lord, please show kindness and mercy instead of severe punishment! This is the most troublesome part of this matter!"
Gongsun Xun, who had already walked out of the window with his hands behind his hands, looked at the sunset over the Zhang River in the distance, his face slightly restrained, and he hesitated to speak.
————I am the dividing line of slightly restrained appearance————
"Wang Xiang, courtesy name Xibo. He was known to Yang Jun and was raised as a slave. Later he was promoted to Sima Zhiju under Taizu's tent. He was really talented. During Jian'an, Taizu Jin Yangong regarded Wang Xiang as the most talented person under the tent and worshiped him as the master of Huang Pavilion.
The book is a secret text of the cabinet, and was ordered to collect the remaining copies of Luoyang Dongge. The world's books record the words and pictures, and compile the "Encyclopedia"... It was compiled over several years, hidden in the secret house, and published all over the world. It contains more than 40 volumes.
, each volume has dozens of chapters, totaling more than 18 million words, and is awarded the title of marquis." - "Jiu Yan Shu". Volume 75. Biography 25.
