"I know you. In the previous battle with Xianbei, you were the one who made the plans and defended Guzang County, wasn't it?"
The emperor looked at this person in surprise and asked with a smile.
Jia Xu looked at the emperor excitedly. He was so excited that he was speechless. After trembling for a long time, he said: "I... I don't dare to be...". The emperor laughed. The book of heaven records that this man is old and cunning. , I never thought that now I am just a young man with no city at all.
The emperor thought in his heart and asked: "Today, the ministers are asking for a performance, why don't you get up?"
"I...I went to court for the first time, and I didn't know that..." Jia Xu said with some fear.
"Hahaha, that's it!"
"You are an honest gentleman! You are kind and have the style of Mr. Zheng!" The emperor nodded with great satisfaction. Jia Xu felt even more bitter. He never thought that telling the truth would make the emperor value him more. He is different from others. He He didn't have much ambition, and he would be satisfied if he could live a stable life, but half-king was like a tiger accompanying him. If possible, he hoped that the emperor could kick him out and never hire him.
Seeing that Jia Xu was a little nervous, the emperor held his hand and said: "You don't have to be afraid. I think you are a great talent. In the future, you will definitely be a pillar of the court and one of the three princes..." The two of them After chatting for a long time, Jia Xu was inexplicably valued by the emperor, and he had no choice but to accept it. The emperor chatted with him for a long time and asked him some political affairs. His answers were nothing unreasonable and nothing too amazing. The place.
When talking about the possible military outbreak in Youzhou, Jia Xu thought for a moment and then said: "Your Majesty, if we mobilize troops from Youzhou, supply weapons, and rush from Luoyang to Youzhou, even though there is water transportation, it will take a long time. A large amount of manpower is being used for farming at this time. If we use civilian labor, I am afraid it will be detrimental to the farmers..."
"Oh? I wonder if Wen He has any suggestions?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know that all the aristocratic families have stored a large number of guard slaves in the palace, equipped with weapons, just like a private army, especially in places like Yuyangqing. Such behavior is even more serious. Your Majesty can order the aristocratic families to send people, Lead these guards, carry out supply transportation, and serve as civilian husbands..."
The emperor suddenly grinned, clapped his hands, and said: "This is a great kindness, just as it should be!"
"Also, Your Majesty, in recent years, the cultivated fields have increased dramatically and there is sufficient food and grass. The same is true for the aristocratic families. The food reserves of these guards can be provided by the aristocratic families themselves without having to use the national treasury..."
"good!"
"Your Majesty, since the emergence of official schools, these aristocratic families have not sent their children to study in official schools. Most of them teach privately in their mansions. This is not taking the six chapters of scholarship into consideration, and it is disrespectful to Mr. He and Your Majesty. Your Majesty can force the children of aristocratic families to go to official schools to study, and they are not allowed to teach privately. Those great Confucians who teach the children of the same clan in the mansion will be sent to the border official schools where there is a shortage of teachers..."
"....good....."
"Your Majesty, I know quite a lot about the investigation and picketing. Now, although the embroidered messengers are conducting overt and covert inspections, but they cannot distinguish between good and evil, they can offer a reward of a hundred gold to make the ministers expose each other. If there are servants, servants, etc., regardless of their status, as long as they are Those who are willing to expose bad deeds will be rewarded heavily, and those who expose them can be protected by embroidered messengers and their names will not be revealed. In this way, the administration of officials will definitely be clearer..."
"....Can...."
The emperor looked at him blankly.
The next day, after a series of decrees from the emperor were issued, all the officials from the aristocratic families and the court were wailing. Not only could they not protect them, but they also had to use them for food and fodder. There were mountains of books at home and they could not teach without permission. Disciple, you still have to go to a distant place to take up a post? The children from your family have to go to official schools like the children from poor families!
Oh my god, what evil have we done?
Then, the most terrifying thing was that Zhang He announced a new decree with a smile. Reports would be heavily rewarded, and people could expose each other regardless of their identity. As soon as this decree came out, all the officials who met met did not dare to trust each other anymore. In their own mansion None of them dared to talk about political matters, and the officials' expressions changed after hearing this. Within a few days, Zhang He arrested three ministers on the pretext of being reported.
As for who made the report, Zhang He said: "We must protect the safety of the recommender and not show it to the public!"
The officials were at a loss. In other words, you can arrest whoever you want? You can't tell the reason yet?
While all the officials in the court were crying, Zhang Wen was very happy when he arrived in Youzhou.
Because the emperor agreed to his memorial and asked him to solve the banditry in Youzhou as soon as possible and completely eliminate the bandits in North Korea. Zhang Wen had been waiting for this day for a long time. However, the only person who was not happy was the emperor. He did not agree to use the Northern and Southern armies, but only agreed to let Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song follow his orders. Although Zhang Wen wanted to directly use the Northern and Southern armies to quickly put down the bandits.
However, the new army is enough. After all, the opponent is no more than a small force.
When he heard that Zhang Wen had arrived, Huangfu Song was not so happy. Although he hoped that Zhang Wen could launch this war and gain more military honors, he hoped that it would be Duan Jiong who came. As a Taiwei, Zhang Wen did not Duan Jiong is so famous and has no achievements to speak of. He naturally hopes to be under the command of a commander who is good at fighting. However, since the Han army is elite, it does not matter.
Dong Zhuo also quickly returned to Youzhou. Due to his contribution to the canal incident, he was posthumously granted the title of County Marquis. He took on the position of protecting the Xiongnu Zhonglang General. He was considered a high official, but he would not let anyone go. When he had the opportunity to perform meritorious deeds, he took his elite soldiers, including Tai Shici and other warriors, and arrived in Youzhou, intending to go directly to see Zhang Wen.
Huangfu Song had visited the Taiwei once before, but he had not seen him again since then. He had been waiting for Dong Zhuo's arrival.
On this day, when he heard that Dong Zhuo had arrived, Huangfu Song hurriedly went to greet him. The two met outside the camp. Huangfu Song smiled and cupped his hands and said: "Greetings to Dong Hou!" Dong Zhuo laughed and quickly helped Huangfu Song up. Said: "Why do you do this? How virtuous are you? Let you wait here!"
The two chatted for a while, and then went to see Zhang Wen together. At the same time, they also brought many warriors under his tent with them. In the camp, Zhang Wen looked at the military lords and sima around him. Most of them were strong men. , without squinting, stood behind Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song respectively. Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "When Taiwei comes, there must be no bandits and bandits, and the territory is clear..."
"I wonder when the captain is willing to send troops?"
Zhang Wen stroked his beard and said: "We still need to wait for food and grass before we can go to war!"
"But if Luoyang wants to transport grain and grass to Youzhou, it will have to wait for dozens of days." Dong Zhuo, who was eager to make contributions, frowned and said. Zhang Wen laughed, shook his head and said: "No, there are people in the court. One person suggested that since the purpose is to eliminate banditry for the three Koreas, of course the three Koreas must provide food for the use of the Han army..."
Huangfu Song and Dong Zhuo looked at each other in astonishment. What kind of shameless person could propose this, asking the other party to provide food to finance their conquest of him?
"May I ask Mr. Zhang, who came up with this...good idea?"
"Wenren Gongye."
Oh, that's it. Dong Zhuo and Huangfu Song nodded in understanding, and their expressions gradually calmed down. After hearing Ren Gong's plan, there is nothing to be surprised about.
"I need a eloquent person to go to Sanhan for me... I wonder, do you guys have a good choice?"
Everyone looked at each other. These are all rough men in the army. They can march and fight, but if they can speak eloquently, they really can't do it. As they were thinking about it, suddenly a strong man walked out from the crowd and faced them. Zhang Wen paid his respects and said, "I am willing to go!"
Seeing the majestic warrior in front of him, Zhang Wen was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Who is this warrior?"