With what he was thinking, Jia Xu stepped forward and asked the soldiers on duty outside the governor's office.
The soldier quickly bowed and saluted, and replied in a loud voice, "Back to the prefect, Commander Yang left the city at a quarter of an hour. If nothing unexpected happens, he should be patrolling the fields."
"Um."
Nodding slightly, Jia Xu didn't look surprised.
He just raised his head and looked at the sky, then waved his hand to the retinue behind him to fetch the war horses and headed out of the city.
In recent days, it is no coincidence that Yang Fuxian is in the agency.
First, as Wei Ping brought all the soldiers left in Liangzhou to Jincheng, and the governors of the counties in Hexi recruited their own troops, Yang Fu's power as governor was in vain. Regardless of military affairs or people's livelihood, the governors of each county
Lingdu has become respectful to the elderly and will no longer burden him with "trivial matters".
On the other hand, Yang Fu had no intention of pursuing an official career for a long time.
He was rejected many times by begging for bones because he was old, but he became more and more irrational as the war approached.
Jia Xu, who also led the Wuwei Prefect, knew where Yang Fu's heart was.
It was nothing more than criticism of the Liangzhou countermeasures formulated by Luoyang Temple, and seeing that Li Shu and Guizhou leaders were suffering from hard labor and heavy taxation due to preparations for war in Hexi, so they were disheartened.
But this also prompted Jia Xu to come frequently to find out the reason for Yang Fu's conspiracy.
Such a person who has no desire for power, has a fair heart and is loved by the common people is the best person to comfort the rear after he leads the army away.
Riding the horse slowly, walking and thinking.
After the shower cleared up, outside the city, the mountains and forests were green and the vegetation was fragrant.
In the scorching sun that is still hot, the mist of water vapor is like a wisp of light yarn lingering in the deep valley and secluded forest; the wheat fields on both sides of the main branch of Lu River, stretching to the foot of Lenglongling Mountain, are already golden yellow, and many
The head of Guizhou bowed in it, and the children laughed and ran freely amidst the singing and dancing of butterflies.
At first glance, this scene looks like a prosperous age.
However, when I got closer, I found that most of the busy Guizhou people were women, aunts and father-in-laws in ragged clothes. There was no joy in the faces of everyone, and their eyes were dull and numb.
This is one of the civilian settlements in Wuwei County.
It was founded by Xu Miao, the former governor of Liangzhou, who recruited poor tenant farmers. Yang Fu also retained this policy after he took over as governor.
But when Xu Miao was in office, every July, the poor tenants working in the fields would rejoice, and rough songs carrying joy would echo through the mountains and rivers.
Because at that time, the young men of the poor people's families were recruited to do farm work, and the elderly husbands, women and children helped the government herd cattle and sheep. When the end of the year entered winter, the government's overflowing warehouses would allow them to have enough food to sustain their livelihood.
This is no longer possible.
Thirty thousand soldiers and horses gathered together in Guzang, and they ate a huge amount of grain every day.
The government has announced the distribution between the government and the people after the autumn harvest, and the common people in the tenant fields can only get 30%.
This is the result of Lai Yang's hard work and hard work.
According to legend, the government generals from other counties and counties collected all the farmland in the treasury, and the tenants' daily food was uniformly rationed according to each household.
As for the government's unequivocal claim, the Han army cannot be defeated and will stop before the spring plowing next year at the latest, and the income earned by the tenant farmers from farming will be restored to the old system.
But these words did not calm the sorrow in the hearts of the tenants.
Winter has arrived and families have no food left. How many people will be able to see the flowers bloom next spring?
well.
I hope it won’t be too cold this winter.
We are already suffering from hunger, but if the weather turns to ice again, how many people will freeze to death.
This is also the reason why there are so few young people in the fields - many young people choose to join the army to eat grain in order to obtain the grain promised by the government to serve in the army.
Regardless of whether you should be recruited or not, you will inevitably be drafted into a strong man who transports heavy supplies of grain and fodder.
Riding his horse through the numb eyes, it took Jia Xu a long time to find Yang Fu.
Yang Fuzheng, who was hunched over and working in the fields because he was wearing a coarse cloth and without a crown, was almost the same as any other old, stooped farmer, and it was hard to tell him apart.
"Your Majesty, could you please explain this step by step?"
Jia Xu, who jumped off his horse, bowed his hands in salute and said with a respectful tone, "The Governor of Zhangyecang has a message. I can't decide what it means. Please take the time to clear up the confusion."
"Okay, give me a moment."
Glancing sideways, Yang Fu threw away the weeds he was holding with a faint voice.
"promise."
Jia Xu answered with a smile, and quickly asked his entourage to find a shady place and place two huts.
When he was young, Yang Fu came to get water to clean his hands. As soon as he sat down, he asked directly, "Why do you bother the general to come in person?"
"It's because of the Zhang family in Dunhuang."
He took out the letter written by Cang Ci from his arms and handed it to Yang Fu. Jia Xu waited quietly for Yang Fu to read it, and then asked urgently, "Do you think that this move by Governor Zhang of Xihai has the intention of colluding with Shu?" ?”
After a pause, he added, "This matter has made Governor Huang feel uneasy. Before I came here, he said bluntly that he wanted to send two thousand of his soldiers back to guard the Jiuquan Salt Pond."
Send troops back?
Hearing this, Yang Fu was slightly surprised, and then a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Huang Hua had been at loggerheads with the Zhang family over the years, and it was not surprising that he was frightened when he heard the news that the Zhang family had seized the Qiang land outside Zhangye County.
After all, if Zhang Jiazhen colludes with the Han army, Jiuquan County will be attacked from both sides and cannot be defended.
Even if the Han army was unable to enter the Hexi Corridor from Huawai Qiang territory for a while, with the strength of the Zhang family in Dunhuang, they could still transfer half of their troops to Wuwei's Jiuquan Yanchi in a sudden attack.
Each of the counties in Hexi, except Xihai County, which was finally transferred to the vassal state of Yan, has a lifeline that cannot be lost.
For example, Dunhuang was a place where Hu merchants from the Western Regions gathered, Jiuquan had the advantage of salt pools, Zhangye had Shandan Racecourse, and Wuwei, as the state capital, enjoyed the benefits of being the gateway to Guanzhong and Hexi.
For Huang Hua, the benefit of the salt pond in the county was the financial support for recruiting troops and expanding the army, and there was no room for negligence.
"The foundation of the Dunhuang Zhang family is faith."
After pondering for a while, Yang Fu slowly said, "Both father and son have been favored by the Wei State, and now they have the honor of being the two prefects of the same family. They will never rebel against Wei and surrender to Shu. After you return, you will say this. Tell Taishou Huang that Jiuquan County will be infallible."
"I have given you true knowledge and insights, and I bow to you."
After hearing this, Jia Xu thought about it carefully for a long time, and couldn't help but praise it with his hands.
But I still felt that this matter was a bit paradoxical, so I hesitated for a moment, and then continued to ask, "Your Majesty, since the Zhang family will not commit any treason, why did they break up with the Cang Governor and occupy the Poqiangkou Valley Road? ?”
"Heh~~"
Unexpectedly, as soon as he said these words, Yang Fu couldn't help but chuckle, and asked, "Why should the general care about the evil behavior of the Zhang family? The future of Hexi is not controlled by him, but depends on the general's ears!"
Well?
Depends on me?
Suddenly, Jia Xu was stunned.
He also lowered his eyes, frowned and stroked his eyebrows in thought.
But maybe it was because the military commander had been on the expedition for too long and rarely participated in government affairs. Even though he thought hard, he couldn't figure it out. He had to ask for advice again, "I am stupid, please make it clear."
