Chen Yan's appointment has been announced: Hefei Du Branch School Lieutenant.
On the way to take office, he came to Chen County to express his gratitude.
As a member of the Chen family in Xuchang, he knew very well the important reason why he was still able to control Hefei even after his defeat: Chen Hou Shangshu Libao.
In this matter, Duzhi Wang Shangshu had no objection. The emperor had more important things to do, and he also had no objection. Then, when the king of Donghai left Yanzhou, the matter was settled.
He set out from Luoyang, boarded the ship when he arrived at Junyi County in Chenliu, and headed south via Suiyang Canal to Chen County.
Sima Yue was also following Junyi.
He gathered together the seven to eight thousand remaining defeated generals gathered by Liu Qia - the former Wang Kan, Wang Shiwen's troops and the East China Sea Kingdom Army - with 40,000 soldiers, they fought fiercely with Wang Mi in the Suanzao and Baima areas.
The combat process was lackluster.
Wang Mi built a deep ditch and high fortifications, and avoided fighting, only protecting the ferry.
Sima Yue entrusted the army to Chief Shi Pei Miao, He Lun, Wang Bing, Liu Qia, Bo Sheng and other deputies. After ten days of siege, they captured the ferry in the north of Suanzao County, but Baima was never able to capture it.
Chen Yan did not stay here long, and after waiting for the ship, he headed south from Junyi County.
Junyi County is a mess.
The county magistrate had abandoned his official position long ago.
The beggar commander Chen Wu led his troops to camp here, but they were not rebels, but were ordered to guard this place.
Last year, Sima Yue summoned the beggar commander from Hebei Province to Beijing, and Li Yun and Bo Sheng followed the order and went to Luoyang.
Chen Wu then led more than 5,000 families of Han and Wuhuan refugees to Chenliu.
Wang Ping and Qi Ji were even more outrageous. Seeing Chen Wu in Chenliu, they did not fight with him, but went directly to the Liang Kingdom next door to Chenliu and found a piece of land to settle down.
The development of the begging army is very rapid.
I think back then, the beggar army that Sima Teng brought to Hebei was only about 10,000 people, most of whom were Bingzhou officials, soldiers and civilians.
After conquering Ye, Sima Teng only deployed a few troops to defend the city for him. Most of the begging troops ate in the counties of Jizhou, and great development began.
Not only the Hu and Han people from Bingzhou went east to Jizhou to join, but also many soldiers and civilians from Jizhou joined the army.
In the previous Jisang rebellion, the beggar army dispatched 50,000 people at once, which shows its scale.
Compared with the general purpose of the refugee army to "anti-Jin", the purpose of the beggar army is to "support the Jin". This is the biggest difference between them and the refugee army. After all, it is within the system.
At present, the beggar army has formed three major "base areas".
Those north of the Yellow River were active in the Guangzong Shangbai area (Anping County, Jizhou), farming and fighting, and were led by Tian Hui, the chief secretary of Sima Hui, the former Fanyang king.
Those south of the Yellow River were based in Junyi County of Chenliu State and were commanded by Chen Wu.
After Wang Ping separated his family, Liang State was about to become his third base.
When Chen Yan went south from Junyi, refugees with Bingzhou and Jizhou accents could be seen everywhere. They were fierce, aggressive, and robbing people. If he hadn't had an official status and hundreds of followers, he might have been robbed.
"This important water transport town was actually occupied by the beggar army." Chen Yan sighed.
"At least they are Situ's soldiers and will not cut off water transportation." Yang Jun, who accompanied him southward, comforted him.
"I am obedient now, but it will be hard to tell in the future." Chen Yan shook his head and said, "I am afraid Situ is overthinking if I expect these people to resist the Huns."
"Who can we use if we don't need them?" Yang Jun said helplessly: "The Governor of Xuchang doesn't have any soldiers. Yanzhou soldiers are also in Situ's hands. The place is empty, so we can only call in the beggar army to resist one or two."
"That's right." Chen Yan nodded, then looked at Wang Yin who was following him, and asked: "Uncle Chu has returned to the countryside, and he is much better than the people like me who are running around outside."
Wang Yin, courtesy name Chushu, was the younger brother of the heroic cavalry general Wang Hu, and was a native of Chen County, Chen County.
Their family is considered to be from a humble family.
The poor family is probably the one with the greatest difference between the upper and lower limits of the family in the world. Some poor families have no money and live a miserable life, not even having enough to eat. Some poor families have streets and streets, hordes of slaves and extravagant lives.
The Wang family in Chen County was considered relatively poor, and only in Wang Hu's generation did their life get better because they became generals in the Forbidden Army.
However, the benefits that the generals of the Forbidden Army can gain are limited, not as much as those of local officials such as the prefect.
Fortunately, the two brothers have a good mentality and do not have so high material requirements. Especially Wang Yin, it is enough if he can read and write books, and he does not have too high requirements for anything else.
He had been living in Luoyang before, never leaving the front door. Unexpectedly, he was so low-key, but Chen Hou found out about him and hired him as a doctor (ninth rank) in the Hou Mansion.
Wang Yin originally did not want to be an official, but his brother persuaded him. At the same time, he returned to his hometown in Chen County. After careful consideration, he agreed.
This time, I followed Chen Yan and Yang Jun to the south. Yang Jun was originally Situ Tu, but he has left the government. This time he came to discuss matters on Wang Yan's order.
"Colonel Chen is joking." Wang Yin twitched the corner of his mouth, forced out a smile, and said: "Hefei is a quiet place, not better than Zhongzhou? Nowadays, I don't know how many well-dressed scholars are crossing south, even if they lose their official positions, they have to
Going to Jiangnan, Lieutenant Chen was able to travel to Hefei, and he was envied by many people."
Duzhi Xiaowei is a fat vacancy, everyone knows this. Moreover, it is Duzhi Hefei, far away from Luoyang's right and wrong place, and it is even more of a fat vacancy among fat vacancies.
I heard that Chen Yan and Mi Huang had a close relationship. They once defeated Wang Mi at Sheyuan Pass with Chen Hou, so their relationship was naturally extraordinary.
Besides, the Chen family in Xuchang has already turned to Chen Hou, so it is not surprising that he can go to Hefei to supervise the transportation of grain.
After the King of Donghai left Yanzhou, and now he wanted to seek an official position, it was certainly right to seek help from Wang Yan, Liu Tun and others, but if he found another way and went to Chen Hou's house, he would sometimes get surprises.
His relationship with Wang Yifu is extraordinary!
"I went to Hefei to do something that offended people." Chen Yan said with a wry smile: "It's been three months, and there hasn't been a single ship of grain that has passed through Wishui to Junyi. The lieutenants and ministers are anxious, and even the emperor has issued an edict.
Q. I’m going on like this, but I still don’t know what’s going on.”
"Hasn't the Qian Chuan Rebellion been put down? King Langya has always been respectful, so how could he withhold money and food? Isn't that true?" Yang Jun said in surprise.
Qian Pu's rebellion rose and fell, and now it has been wiped out by the armed forces of the powerful Jiangnan clan.
The one who sent the most troops was the Yixing Zhou clan. This was the third time he conquered Jiangnan.
The first time troops were sent to pacify Shi Bing, the main credit went to Chen Min, but Zhou Qi of the Yixing Zhou family gathered private soldiers to join the battle.
The second time was Chen Min's Rebellion. This time, the wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River collectively turned their backs on him and turned against each other. Zhou Qi also led his tribe to join the war.
The third time was Qian Pu's Rebellion. Zhou Qi sent troops again and put it down in one fell swoop.
Therefore, he gained the reputation of "Three Destinations in Jiangnan".
It can also be seen from the side that the power of the Jiangnan wealthy family is already very powerful. The Yixing Zhou family often organizes more than 10,000 private soldiers and has considerable combat effectiveness. However, it is not known how much land this family occupies. The population is probably "
"Become a market behind closed doors" and become "self-sufficient".
Sima Rui, the king of Langya, could only appease and win over them, and would not even dare to say harsh words. Only if more and more scholars from Nandu bring over a large number of northern soldiers and civilians, can Sima Rui and Director Wang be reined in
Slightly straighter.
"What I'm worried about is not Qian Bao, but the attitude of Wu's wealthy family." Chen Yan shook his head and didn't want to say more about this.
The money and food collected in Hefei not only include the taxes collected in the old Wei and Jin Dynasties such as Shouchun, but also the money and food from the Wu area further south. With the current situation of the court, Chen Yan is a little worried that the Jiangnan scholars have different intentions, which will not be good.
Cleaned up.
Yang Jun understood it as soon as he heard it, and suddenly felt worried.
As a member of the Hongnong Yang family, he had no intention of crossing south. After Sima Yue left the town, he sought refuge with Wang Yan and actively approached Chen Hou Shaoxun - his father Yang Zhun had a good relationship with Le Guang, and Yang Jun
He is also good friends with Le Guang's son Le Zhao and others.
He knew very well that the current Luoyang court could not do without money and food from other states. With the Central Plains integrated into one, the relatively stable south was a rare place to export taxes.
The Guangling Branch School Wei Yamen has been paralyzed. If there is another problem in Hefei, it will be really troublesome.
But he had no choice but to count on Zhou Fu, the governor of Yangzhou (who governed Shouchun), to stabilize the situation and collect as much money and grain as possible to send to Beijing for a protracted war with the Huns.
A few people walked and chatted, and two or three days later they followed the Suiyang Canal, crossed Fugou, and entered Yangxia County.
At this time, the fire soaring into the sky in the distance attracted their attention. When they asked someone, it turned out that the fire was one of the manors of the He family in Chen County.
The governor Lu Zhi led his troops to arrest the former Zouping order He Ji, who raised his troops to fight. When the manor was breached, he set fire to himself.
"This..." Chen Yan was speechless and shocked.
Yang Jun looked deeply at the He family manor where shouts could be heard faintly, and he was filled with surprise and uncertainty.
Wang Yin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly raised his head and looked at the once glorious He Family Manor, speechless for a long time.
He even climbed onto the top of the boat and watched silently.
There were many soldiers besieging He's manor, but their clothes were messy and their weapons were all kinds of different.
A little further away, there were more than 2,000 soldiers standing in awe with weapons, apparently holding the line.
If nothing unexpected happens, the last force should be Chen Hou’s private army Qu Yinqiang. So, what kind of soldiers besieged the He family?
The answer is actually obvious: the gentry tribe.
As for which family or families it belongs to, it is not known. It is probably impossible to escape the Yuan and Xie families.
There may be other families, because Marquis Chen is gathering all the clans here, and each family has brought more or less people over.
Drive the soldiers of the gentry clan to attack the gentry clan, and then carve up the He family?
It's really a good idea.
After this incident, "Chen Jun" may really become "Chen Guo" - Chen Guo of the Shao family.
Chapter completed!