After seeing off the exhausted Yang En, Shen He first went to the back house of Zhenjiang Mansion to rest, while Yang Yuanpu stayed alone with Shen Yang, Han Qian, Zhang Ping and Li Chong in the small hall to discuss how to reward the Xichuan generals.
This time the imperial court officially established Junzhou. In addition to clarifying that Yang Yuanpu would also serve as the governor of Junzhou, all the vacant ministerial officials and corresponding rank officials in Junzhou were used to reward the generals who were still stationed in Xichuan and Jingzikou at this time.
"General Chai Du is supervising the battle at Jingzikou at this time, but when it comes to his merits and his closeness to His Highness, he should also be the leader of the governor." There was no need for Zhang Ping to stand up and argue, Han Qian suggested to the third prince first.
Previously, Chai Jian was relieved of his command of the guard battalion, but this time the two parties must put aside their previous differences and cooperate. Naturally, substantial benefits and sincerity must be given in order for the subsequent cooperation to continue happily.
After the war, Yang Yuanpu could not stay in Junzhou for a long time. Governor Shi and Zhou Sima General represented Yang Yuanpu and substantially controlled the military and political power of Junzhou.
After Shen He took out a large pile of blanks and filed a complaint, Zhang Ping and Li Chong's goal was to win one of the two positions of Governor Shi and Prefectural Sima.
Since Han Qian was very knowledgeable and took the initiative to suggest to the third prince, Zhang Ping and Li Chong could just sit there and acquiesce, without having to talk too much and ask the third prince what he thought of them.
At this time, Yang Yuanpu also suppressed his grudge against Xinchanghou Mansion and Wanhonglou. Seeing that Shen Yang had no objection, he said: "Chai Jian is indeed capable of serving as governor, but he hopes that Master Han will work hard to concurrently serve as governor of the state. .”
"I am only able to make suggestions beside His Highness, and I am not qualified to stand alone," Han Qian declined. "I would rather recommend Zhou Tan to serve as the prefecture Sima and the Canglang County Magistrate. Your Highness should take action against these copycats at this time." We should give maximum trust to our power, after all, Xichuan City has not yet faced a truly dangerous test."
In the history of the governor, the state Sima is in charge of military and political power. If you want to recruit more copycat soldiers after the war, the post of state Sima is particularly important. Neither Shen Yang nor Zhang Ping has Han Qian who will reject the state Sima and recommend Zhou Pan, the leader of Jingyun Village. take up this position.
Han Qian naturally has his own considerations.
He has the weakest foundation and only a few people at his disposal. Even if he can finally defend Xichuan, Jinling and Xuzhou will take up most of his energy. He really has no spare time to defend Junzhou, Xinchanghou Mansion and Wanhonglou. Intrigue.
And the most important thing is that Xichuan City cannot be defended in the end, and all the official titles and rewards will be in vain.
Now only by giving the greatest trust to these copycat forces, can we obtain more substantial assistance from the copycats in the next defense of the city.
In addition, the copycat forces have been resisting external integration and rule for many years. It is not necessarily a good thing to force a "state Sima" on top of them immediately after the war. It is better to be completely generous. .
Shen Yang weighed the pros and cons, pondered for a while, and supported Han Qian's proposal, but this also made him even more unpredictable about Han Qian's personality.
In addition, in addition to Li Zhigao concurrently serving as the magistrate of Xichuan County and Zhou Shu concurrently serving as the magistrate of Jingkou County (Jingzikou), as many of the vacancies in the newly established Junzhou were entrusted to village leaders as possible.
Han Qian himself only accepted the rank of Zhaowu Colonel.
Rank officials are also casual officials. There is no corresponding official, and the actual power may not be as good as that of ordinary subordinates. However, Zhaowu Xiaowei means that Han Qian can enjoy the political treatment of the sixth rank and can compete with civil and military officials of the same rank. The generals stood together to talk.
This was enough for Han Qian at this time.
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Han Qian dragged his tired body back to the Xuzhou camp in the east of the city. Gao Shao and the spies he brought from Jinling this time had simply eaten and were waiting for his return in the barracks.
It was the scout Zuo Si who was responsible for delivering the message from Xichuan to Jinling. When Shen He, Yang En and others came to Xichuan this time, it was natural that Zuo Si stayed in Jinling and sent some of them to follow and lead the way.
However, when Gao Shao set out from Jinling, he took 20 people to escort Shen He and Yang En, and there were only six people left in Xichuan City - the tasks they undertook along the way were greater than those of the direct descendants around Shen He and Yang En. Guards are even heavier and more dangerous.
"Liang Yong Wang Zhu Yu led Xuanjiadu to attack Suizhou. News of Yingzhou spread to Jinling. The depositors of the money shop panicked and wanted to demolish the money shop. They clamored to withdraw the loaned money. Beizhi and Miss Ting'er There was no way to control the situation. He went to Xinchang Hou but was turned away, so he had to close the warehouse and money shop. Later, the Jiankang County government intervened in the matter and wanted to detain the girl Ting'er, so he could only escort Ting'er first. The girl hid in the villa, but after the warehouse and money shop were destroyed by the troublemakers, they were sealed by the Jiankang County Government. Later, Mr. Shen, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, suddenly found the villa and helped to find Jiankang County Government to mediate. , lifted the seal on the warehouse and money shop, and in turn detained several depositors who made trouble, which finally calmed the matter down. Although the warehouse and money shop were smashed, fortunately, after receiving the letter from the Lord, Miss Ting'er came to the rescue in time. The loss was not too serious after moving the goods out of the warehouse and money shop..." Gao Shao talked about the situation of Zuo Si Jiangfang, the warehouse and money shop in Jinling during this period.
Han Qian had also long expected that the news that Liang Jun's main force was moving south from the west wing would spread back to Jinling, which would inevitably cause panic among depositors.
The money shop had collected money and goods from loans for several months, but Han Qian had misappropriated it elsewhere, and it simply could not withstand the run.
Han Qian and others in Xiangzhou had no better solution. They could only write a letter to remind Zhao Ting'er that Gao Shao and the others had moved the warehouse and money store's goods in the city in advance.
Xinchang Marquis Li Pu ignored Han Qian's expectations, which was not surprising; the Jiankang County government intervened in the matter, and the factors behind it may be complicated, and it is difficult for Han Qian to figure it out for the time being.
However, Shen He, as the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, suddenly came forward to find Gao Shao and intervened in this matter. It is difficult to imagine that this was out of Shen He's personal wishes.
Is this the instruction of Emperor Tianyou?
Han Qian did not feel lucky that Shen He, the young eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, had condescended to help him solve such a big trouble. Instead, a chill ran up his spine at this moment.
He really didn't know that Emperor Tianyou, who lived deep in the palace and was entangled with family and state affairs all day long, would keep an eye on such an insignificant corner of Linjiang Money Shop?
Gao Chengyuan may not even know the actual significance of the existence of Linjiang Money Shop.
Although Shen Yang could guess all the functions of Linjiang Money Store and was qualified to give secret information to Emperor Tianyou, Shen Yang, he and Gao Chengyuan were all trapped in Xichuan and Jingzikou at this time, and Emperor Tianyou must have passed through other channels. The eyeliner keeps track of Linjiang Money Shop's every move, so Shen He comes forward in time.
When did Emperor Tianyou send additional people to keep an eye on his father and son? Was it after his father left Xuzhou?
Han Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking that after all Emperor Tianyou was the pioneering monarch of the Chu Kingdom, even if he was controlled by a powerful family, the power he directly controlled could not be underestimated.
And Emperor Tianyou really wanted to train the third prince. In addition to sending Xinchang Hou Li Pu, Shen Yang, Gao Chengyuan and others to assist him, he also made other arrangements. It was normal for him to think that he was lurking in the dark and at a low level, so he would not be able to directly Attract the attention of Emperor Tianyou.
Han Qian recalled his many actions around the third prince, and was secretly lucky to join forces with Li Zhigao in time to stop Xinchang Hou Li Pu and others from trying to control the third prince. His stupidity ruined everything.
And although part of the 30 to 40 million yuan he raised by using Linjiang Money Shop was used to redeem the Xi clan members, most of it was sent to Xiangzhou to kill Xia Zhen, subdue Zheng Hui, and win over Zhou. He did not show any ambitions to the other copycat forces, and mainly wanted to win over these people to be used by the third prince.
Even if Han Qian had some selfish motives in the salt incident and the expansion of the boat gang's power in the Xuzhou camp, they were only minor details.
If not for this, he doubted that even if Xichuan could be defended in the end, he might not be able to pass the test of Emperor Tianyou when Banshi returned to the court.
You really can’t get carried away in life!
Han Qian also understood the more specific and nuanced actual situation of Jinling. He learned that a large number of generals and disciples such as Feng Yi and Kong Xirong had been recruited. It was estimated that even if Emperor Tianyou did not lead the expedition himself, the reinforcements heading west from Jinling would exceed fifteen Wan, he decided to let Gao Shao stay and assist him in controlling the Xuzhou camp and Zuosi scouts.
In addition to Zhao Wuji personally commanding the Xi family's hidden secret team, Zuo Si's scouts currently still have about fifty people. After all, elite scouts are too difficult to train.
During this period of time, many brave generals appeared in the army, but they also gave priority to being replaced as junior military attachés. No one was willing to let Han Qian recruit these people into Zuosi.
Xuzhou Camp is mainly composed of prisoners and slave soldiers. Along with Yang Qin, Feng Xuan and others, they brought a second batch of slave soldiers. Xuzhou Camp is still able to maintain a battalion of 500 people, and spent a large amount of money on food in the early stage. The redemption and sale brought the number of Xi clan members in the Xuzhou camp to 150.
After Yang Qin and Feng Xuan's Xuzhou boat gang and the four-surname fleet recruited the ships and men of the Yingzhou grain transport fleet, the number of escort troops and horses was also expanded to 300 people, and there were more than 300 boatmen and sailors.
Han Qian does not allow others to interfere with these people, but even if Emperor Tianyou has eyes on him, Han Qian will not worry about it. Compared with what he has done and contributed to the third prince, his Even the slightest ambition is not considered excessive; Emperor Tianyou is not so naive as to think that his ministers really have no selfish motives.
Han Qian, Gao Shao and others were chatting about their daily routine. They were about to take a rest at the end of the night. The third prince sent someone to invite them. They said that at this time, another army of three to four thousand people had entered the building east of Xichuan City built by Liang Jun. 's camp.
