Just when Wang Sang and Liu Ling tried to join Wang Mi and march south to Jijun again, the Xingyang shogunate also received a seal from Jijun.
Sima Yue already knew the news that Pei Xian abandoned the army and fled. To be honest, he was surprised, and even more angry!
He never thought of giving up the river defense line and retreating without a fight.
Even if we are unable to wipe out Liu Han's forces in Hebei, we must at least hold on to the Yellow River, right? If people rush straight to Henan, everyone will suffer.
Therefore, his order to Pei Xian was very clear: station troops at Baima to guard the ferry, and at the same time send rangers to patrol everywhere to prevent thieves from sneaking across.
In a word, even if you don't dare to cross the river and go north, you must at least guard the Yellow River for me.
Obviously, Pei Xian disappointed him.
"Send someone to Luoyang to remove Pei Xian from the post of governor of Yuzhou and remove Pei Gu from the post of prefect of Hongnong." Sima Yue leaned weakly on the back of the couch and ordered.
Pei Xian abandoned the army and fled, so of course he had to be dismissed from office.
Pei Mao was because he provided many conveniences to the three forts of the Shaw family in Hongnong during his tenure: no grain was paid, no labor was released, and the land seized was also legalized.
This made Sima Yue very unhappy. The news about Pei Xian happened to make him have a worse impression of the Pei family, so they dismissed him together.
"Grand Tutor, under what name did Pei Guo be dismissed from office?" asked Guo Xiang, the chief registrar.
"Pei Kui's punishment was too severe and did not please the soldiers and the people, so he was spared."
"Nuo." Guo Xiang quickly wrote the memorial and sent an envoy to Luoyang.
In this matter, the two ministers, Pushe, Zhongshujian and even Situ Wangyan would not offend the Taifu.
As long as they don't object, Pei Xian and Pei Gong will be disgraced. And this is actually the Tutor's faint dissatisfaction with the Pei family. Who did you send to me?
I am worthy of your Pei family!
Pei Chun was appointed the prefect of Xingyang, Pei Zheng was appointed the prefect of Hanoi, and Pei Gu was appointed the prefect of Hongnong.
Pei Dun was appointed governor of Xuzhou, and Pei Xian was appointed governor of Yuzhou.
Pei Kuo was appointed general of the right guard.
Pei Miao served as a lieutenant in the shogunate.
Is this how you repay me?
It's a pity that the people surrounding him now are all such people.
To this day, Sima Yue also regrets a little, feeling that they have brought a lot of trouble to him.
But it’s useless to regret. If you don’t use them, who can you use? If you don’t use them, who will support you?
If you benefit from the scholars, you won't be able to get off the boat.
"Taifu, over there at the white horse..." After Guo Xiang finished writing, he thought it was time to remind him.
Even if you think about your own life, you can't let the thieves come to Henan.
Sima Yue thought for a moment, looked straight at Guo Xiang, and asked: "How many soldiers are there in Yuzhou?"
"And..." Guo Xiang couldn't answer.
"Taifu, there are only 20,000 people in total." Liu Yu said from the side: "A group of them died in the battle to pacify Hebei. Gou Xi took a group to Yanzhou that year, and in the past two years, a group of people died after the rebellion was suppressed.
, there are still 20,000 people left."
"Wang Shiwen will reorganize his troops and recruit a group of new soldiers," Sima Yue ordered.
"promise."
"The Yanzhou soldiers should also train well." After Sima Yue finished speaking, he sighed secretly.
There are still more than 40,000 soldiers in Yanzhou.
He is the Yanzhou Mu and the nominal commander-in-chief of the Yanzhou soldiers, but he cannot manage it himself. In fact, it is left to the shogunate to lead.
He had no idea what it was like now, but he vaguely remembered that Gou Xi led this group of people to defeat Jisang and Shile in the Dongwuyang area in a majestic manner.
The number of Xuzhou soldiers returned to 20,000 to 30,000, led by Pei Dun.
In addition to the royal army, careful calculation shows that he has quite a few soldiers on hand, although they are scattered everywhere.
These soldiers still need to be trained well before they can be handed over to the prince in the future. Otherwise, how can he gain a foothold in troubled times?
For some reason, he kept thinking about the Crown Prince recently, which made him a little confused and a little scared.
Sometimes he still thinks of Shao Xun and the prophecy that gradually spread.
Taibai came to the world and Xuchang library opened. This has already happened.
When the Luo River stops flowing, the real person will emerge. This has yet to be fulfilled.
Regardless of whether it was true or not, he didn't want to see this person continue to jump up and down.
"Qingsun, report from the front. Liu Yuanhai takes Shi Le as his commander and commands one hundred thousand cavalry. Is that true? False?" Sima Yue suddenly asked.
"There may be lies." Liu Yu thought for a moment and replied: "But there should still be thirty or forty thousand cavalry. To falsely claim one hundred thousand is a trick of the military. Pei Yuzhou sent several groups of spies to detect this.
After learning about the military situation, we just messed up our hands and feet. If we only had tens of thousands of people riding on foot, why would we be like this?"
Sima Yue nodded.
With 30,000 to 40,000 cavalrymen, can't they still defeat Shao Xun's mere 10,000 men? Let the Huns bury him.
However, he is more likely to stay in Jijun and cower. We should think carefully about how to deal with him.
****
Luoyang received the news a day later.
On the fifth day of October, after the court meeting was dismissed, the emperor moved to Hualin Garden, served tea and wine to several important ministers, and asked them questions.
Empress Liang personally trained a group of female musicians and dancers to add to the fun.
The monarch and his ministers were happy and enthusiastic, and there was a great revival.
People coming include:
The current crown prince's name is Sima Quan. He is the younger brother of the former crown prince Sima Tan (King of Qinghe) and the grandson of Sima Yan.
There were more than ten people including Shangshu Zuopu She Liu Tun, Shangshu Ling Gaoguang, Shangshu Lang He Sui, Taishi Ling Gaotangchong, Shangshu Lang He Sui, Taishi Ling Gaotangchong, and Sanqi Shilang Wang Yan.
Due to the defeat of Shenyuan Pass, Miao Bo resigned from his position in the imperial army and became the Huangmen Shilang. However, this was just an excess, as he heard that he would soon be promoted to the rank of Shizhong and participate in secrets.
In addition to the emperor's lineage, there were also Situ Wang Yan, Shizhong Yu Min, Right Guard General Pei Kuo, Xiaoqi General Wang Hu and other court officials.
They are not the emperor's people, but they can only be said to be slightly inclined to Sima Yue. In the past year or so, they have become more and more disappointed with Sima Yue, so they are people who can cooperate or even win over.
Empress Liang Lanbi always paid attention to the situation on the court, and then arranged the program with just the right rhythm, which was very useful to all the monarchs and ministers.
Queen Liang was also very happy.
The 21-year-old young queen only has eyes for the emperor, and most of the time she looks at her husband with eyes full of reverence and admiration.
The emperor wants to reinvigorate the imperial court and take back the power lost during the late emperor's time. This is called bringing order out of chaos, and it is a matter of course.
Now there happened to be such an opportunity. Although she was a little uneasy, she was still extremely supportive.
Today, all the wise men gathered together and talked freely about state affairs, which made her feel that her husband had done the right thing, and the tenderness and sweetness in her eyes almost overflowed.
However, there was something that made her feel something was wrong——
"I believe that what Marquis Lu Yang reported should be taken seriously." When everyone was talking about the incident in Hebei, Yu Min, the servant, said: "Either fight or retreat. If you want to retreat before fighting, retreating before fighting is definitely not using troops.
The way."
After Yu Min said this, it was hard for everyone to avoid this issue.
When the emperor looked at him, he suddenly felt a little bored.
Yesterday, he asked the ministers in a cryptic manner, if Yu Min had great talent, could he be appointed as the Fang Bo of a state?
He really didn't expect that the important minister he personally selected would actually be related to Shao Xun, so he wanted to kick him away and replace him with someone else.
Shangshu Ling Gaoguang suggested that Yu Min should be appointed as the governor of Yongzhou and that Shan Jian, the general of the west of the town, should be appointed as a servant.
This was opposed by Liu Tun because he was worried that Shan Jian would overthrow his position.
Situ Wang Yan also vaguely expressed his opposition, believing that Guanzhong was really important and should be calmed down.
If the emperor insists on selecting virtuous people from prefectures and counties to join the dynasty, then he might as well use mountain slips as Shangshu's right servant, Yu Min should still be the servant, and Ding Chuo, an old friend of Nanyang King, can be appointed as the governor of Yongzhou to calm his mind.
Wang Situ's suggestion satisfied both Gao Guang and Liu Tun.
Gao Guang had an old relationship with Shan Jian and wanted him to join the court to help him and to check and balance Liu Tun.
Liu Tun kept the position of Zuopushe in Shangshu, and was barely satisfied - he served on both sides, with the left as the main one.
Shan Jian must have also intended to leave Guanzhong and go to the flower world of Luoyang to enjoy himself.
Most likely Yu Min would not want to go to Guanzhong. The minister has great power, so only a fool would not want to go.
Nanyang King Sima Mo sent away the governor chosen by the imperial court and replaced him with a confidant, who was equally happy.
Wang Situ’s proposal actually made everyone happy!
Of course, the emperor was dissatisfied, but he had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​letting Yu Min go.
"Shao Qing has 20,000 men and is brave and good at fighting. How can he not defeat the thieves? Yu Qing is worried for nothing." The emperor smiled and said: "I am in the palace, waiting for good news."
Yu Min fell silent.
The emperor obviously had opinions on Shao Xun.
But last year, the emperor was still full of joy and wanted to win over Lu Yanghou, treating him as another Miao Yin and Miao Bo.
There is probably only one reason for this: prophecies.
This niece-in-law, alas! He has risen too fast and is jealous of others. I don’t know who has framed him.
It is true that many prophecies are far-fetched and even wise men do not believe them. But when it comes to matters such as the ownership of the world, it is always better to believe that they are true than to believe that they are not true.
The emperor was restrained, otherwise he might have found a reason to kill Marquis Lu Yang.
In this Northern Expedition, it is unlikely that the emperor will intervene.
At the same time, Yu Min also felt a little emotional.
The Xiongnu captured Pingyang and the two counties of Hedong. The Taifu vowed to launch a northern expedition, but in the end it ended like this.
Now that I think about it, Taifu didn't really want to go to the Northern Expedition.
It's just because he indulged Wang Mi all the way, his prestige was seriously damaged, and he wanted to do something to restore people's hearts.
But this measure to win back people's hearts is only lip service, and when it comes to the real thing, it is timid. Even Wang Mi and Shi Le are afraid of it. What else is there to say?
Alas, they are just a bunch of idiots!
If the Marquis of Lu Yang was smart, he would have reined in his troops and returned, making excuses. Anyway, since all the troops were not present, no one could blame him.
That's all, I'll find someone to bring a letter when I get back.
Chapter completed!