Wang Xuan left Chen County in early August and personally "escorted" a new batch of canals back to Luoyang.
When I arrived at Junyi, I heard Chen Wu, the beggar commander, mention the matter of Sima Yue.
It turned out that after the war came to an end, Puyang Kingdom may have been felt to be unsafe, so he ordered the people to move to Fan County, Dongping Kingdom, where the shogunate was based.
At the same time, it was announced that the lost territory had been recovered from Cao Yi, and the shogunate was celebrating.
It is true that Dongping Kingdom was once occupied by Cao Yi. But when he turned to attack Langya, he could no longer control the place.
The local area was basically controlled by powerful nobles. Whoever they favored would be the actual controller of Dongping.
When Sima Yue arrived at Fan County with an army of more than 30,000 people, people from all over Dongping came to pay their respects. Sima Yue originally wanted to rest and recuperate his illness, but due to the seriousness of the matter, he had to brace himself and meet with officials and scholars from all walks of life.
This continued for several days, and as expected, he fell ill again.
When hearing the news, Wang Xuan subconsciously observed the expressions of Chen Wu and others and analyzed their thoughts.
I don’t know why, maybe everyone is hesitant?
On August 15th, Wang Xuan returned to Luoyang with the canal boat.
In the counties in Luojiao, the harvest of various miscellaneous grains is approaching, and the harvest can be organized in ten days at most.
The advantage of not encountering a military disaster is that you can sow in advance and harvest in advance.
But during the war last winter, the farmland was repeatedly trampled by soldiers and war horses, and there was a locust plague in May. The winter wheat harvest was very pitiful. Even with this batch of miscellaneous grains, the overall loss was still huge.
In June and July, two batches of 340,000 dendrobium grains and beans were shipped in. This batch was another 250,000 dendrobium, and there was another batch each in September and October. The total for the whole year was probably around one million dendrobium.
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Jingzhou also transported more than 200,000 hu of grain from Nanyang to Beijing.
This is all gained.
It is definitely not enough, but at least it can ensure that the palace, officials, ministers and other important people are well fed, the imperial army, craftsmen and other more important groups are well fed, and the others are hungry without starving to death.
Wang Xuan returned home first, and after waiting for a while, his father Wang Yan came back after visiting the palace to ask questions.
"Grandpa, I just met Wei Fu, the military counselor of King Nanyang, on the road. He was wandering outside the palace of King Fanyang, but was stopped by the servants. What's going on? Could it be that they haven't given up yet and still want to take back their home?
Karma?" Wang Xuan stood up, poured a bowl of tea for his father, and asked.
"I heard that Wang Hui of Fan Yang was very good at land scraping in Hebei back then, and his family had at least tens of thousands of horses." Wang Yan said casually.
"No wonder they are entangled." Wang Xuan sighed with emotion, and then added: "But these treasures have probably been in Chen Hou's bag for a long time, how could he spit it out? Such entanglement will probably not end well. By the way, Princess Nanyang
Why have you been living in Fanyang Prince's Mansion? Her entourage is all living in Nanyang Prince's Mansion behind Ma City in the east of the city. Why is this?"
"I heard that the princess is ill." Wang Yan shook his head and said, "Concubine Pei placed her in Prince Fan Yang's Mansion and visited her often."
"What's the disease? You can't even see your retainers?" Wang Xuan asked doubtfully.
"Meizi, if you care about these meaningless things all day long, you will never make a living in your life." Wang Yan emphasized his tone and asked, "What was the result of the trip to Chen County?"
"Just as I expected, Marquis Chen promised not to do anything else." Wang Xuan said: "This man has a treacherous mind and a cunning personality. He really doesn't look like a brave warrior, but more like a profit-seeking businessman."
Wang Yan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
The Wang sisters also happened to come in. Before Wang Huifeng said anything, Wang Jingfeng said: "Brother is talking nonsense. Chen Houruo is only interested in profit. He is probably the same as Shi Le. He only recruits the best to join the army and work in the fields. The reason why he did this is probably because of his ambition.
great."
Wang Xuan was too lazy to argue with his sister. He looked at his father and asked, "What is the emperor going to do? Should we stop here, or should we continue to investigate?"
"It's just that he is fierce and angry." Wang Yan sneered and said: "On the surface, he is probably really angry, but deep down he is uneasy and does not dare to do anything. He can only play some small tricks."
"What method?" Wang Xuan asked curiously.
Wang Yan didn't answer. In fact, he was just guessing and had no clue.
Wang Xuan looked at his second sister Wang Huifeng.
Wang Huifeng shook his head and said: "Brother, I don't know either. Your Majesty has been wooing the generals of the Forbidden Army in the past few days and has given out many rewards. Maybe he is not sure yet and has to wait a little longer."
Winning over the Imperial Army generals is probably my favorite thing to do today.
Sima Yue was doing this when he first left the town and became a feudal lord, and the results were not small.
After all, he is the emperor and has great righteousness, which naturally attracts others to join him.
But he had no strength, so after Sima Yue returned to the capital, he easily purged the generals and commanders who had been won over by the emperor. The emperor's long-term efforts were in vain, and he even became a caged bird.
This time the old trick was repeated, probably because the emperor felt that Shao Xun was not as famous as Sima Yue and did not have the status of a clan king, so it would be easier to win over Shao Xun than it would have been if Sima Yue had been in power.
This is not completely nonsense.
Shao Xun is very capable, can fight, has high prestige, and is a good person, but his background is too poor, and he always feels that he is a little bit inferior.
The emperor should have gained something.
"Just win over the general? Nothing else?" Wang Xuan didn't believe it.
"Brother, you are not a queen, and you have not slept beside the emperor's pillow. How do you know what the emperor has done?" Wang Jingfeng rolled his eyes at Wang Xuan, yawned, and said, "Just ask some strange questions."
Being despised by the silly elder sister, Wang Xuan lost his temper and threatened her: "Marquis Chen invites you to eat red bean porridge on the twelfth lunar month. Look, he is eyeing you, and you will fall into his hands sooner or later."
Wang Huifeng coughed and seemed dissatisfied with his brother for scaring his sister.
Wang Jingfeng was a little dazed after hearing this.
Wang Yan couldn't listen anymore and scolded his son, saying: "You are not young yet, you are still acting like this."
Wang Xuan laughed and felt much better.
"I came to the palace today, and the emperor asked about the Huns." Wang Yan said: "Consistent with the news from Pingyang a few days ago, Liu Yuanhai is indeed dead. The false prince Liu He succeeded to the throne, and was killed by Liu within a few days.
Liu Cong attacked and killed him, and now Liu Cong is the leader of the Han Dynasty."
The power struggle after Liu Yuan's death can't even be described as civil strife, because not many people died and the scope was mostly limited to Pingyang. It might be more accurate to call it a palace coup.
When Liu Yuan was bedridden in mid-July, he had a premonition that something was wrong this time, so he immediately made arrangements for his funeral.
First, a bunch of clan members were appointed as Dazai, Taifu, Taibao, Situ, Shangshuling, etc.
And the most important thing is——
The king of Chu, Liu Cong, was appointed as the chief minister and the chief chanyu. He also recorded the ministerial affairs and set up the chanyu platform in the west of Pingyang.
The position of "Recorder of the Secretariat" obviously meant that he would be in charge of the affairs of the state. At the same time, Liu Cong was allowed to set up a Shan Yutai, which was equivalent to handing over the entire Xiongnu headquarters to him.
Shanyutai is similar to Daxingtai. Except that the Han people cannot control this institution, the Huns and various tribes are theoretically under its jurisdiction, and they have a high position.
Of course, Liu Yuan also made some checks and balances: Wang Yao of Shi'an was the commander-in-chief of the expedition, and he was led by the left assistant, and Tingwei Qiao Zhiming was the champion general, and he was led by the right assistant.
In other words, he gave Liu Cong two deputies, one was a nephew of the clan and the other was a Hun noble, dividing some of the power.
But it's hard to say what the effect will be.
Liu Yuan also assigned the government affairs system: Liu Yin, the official of Guanglu, was the left servant, Wang Yu was the right servant, Ren Yi was the official secretary, and Zhu Ji was the central secretary...
It can be seen that the Jin people were demoted and the gentry controlled the selection, appointment, removal, and assignment of officials in Liu Han.
In terms of military power, Ma Jing, the guardian of the army, leads the left guard general, Yong'an Wang Anguo leads the right guard general, Anchang Wang Sheng, Anyi Wang Yin, and Xiyang Wang Xuan all lead the military guard general, and they are divided into canons and banned soldiers.
Most of the most critical forbidden troops are in the hands of the clan.
Overall, this arrangement is actually somewhat problematic.
In particular, Liu Cong "recorded the ministerial affairs" and "placed Shan Shan on the stage". His power was boundless and outrageous.
After Prince Liu He succeeded to the throne, he was persuaded and decided to strike first and kill Liu Cong.
Unexpectedly, Liu Cong was already prepared and was waiting for him at Shan Yu Tai wearing armor and holding swords. Moreover, many of the soldiers sent by the prince had defected in the face of battle, so Liu Cong easily entered the palace and killed Liu He and his subordinates.
Party members.
Finally, the ministers asked Liu Cong to ascend the throne as emperor.
Cong "Gu Ci" had to be given to Beihai Wang Yi, because his mother was Empress Shan and he was a legitimate son, but Liu Cong was not a legitimate son.
I cried and asked for it, but I have been willing to give it to you for a long time.
But our brother Cong also said that I am not greedy for the throne, but the situation is complicated now. I am older and more stable. I will help take care of the family business first - "How dare I say no to this family and country matter!"
Brother Cong announced in public that he would return the throne to King Beihai when he grows up - "When I grow up, I should return it with great achievements."
Look, Brother Cong puts the overall situation first, endures misunderstandings from others, and reluctantly ascends the throne as a concubine. It is really not easy.
However, ridicule is ridicule, Liu Han's coup was still well controlled.
All the swords and swords were kept within and outside the palace as much as possible, and the civil strife was not spread to other places. This was a great blessing for the people, and also a great blessing for the officials of Liu Han's court.
"Grandpa, Liu Cong's ambition is much greater than that of Liu Yuan." Wang Xuan was shocked after hearing his father's introduction: "In April and May, he presided over the southern attack on Luoyang. Because Liu Yuan was sleeping
It was interrupted due to illness. Now that he succeeds to the throne, will he resume the war and go south in a big way for the sake of prestige?"
"This is exactly what I am worried about." Wang Yan frowned and said: "Logically speaking, the water transportation has been smooth for several months and so much food has been transported in. Liu Cong feels that there is no hope of capturing Luoyang, so he may not come. But
This man has a very stubborn temper, but he is also difficult to judge."
"If you don't come to Luoyang, you have to go to Chang'an." Wang Xuan said, "It's best to go to Chang'an..."
Wang Yan glared at him.
What benefit would it bring to Luoyang if the Xiongnu attacked Chang'an? If they were to defeat the Nanyang King, all the Han people in Guanzhong and the Hu chiefs would join Liu Cong, and the Xiongnu's strength would be greatly enhanced.
"Shao Quanzhong is indeed cunning, no less cunning than Cao Mengde back then." Wang Yan sighed and said, "If he were allowed to delay for another month or two, by the time the Xiongnu army was approaching and people were panicking, he would have probably fooled him into intercepting the canal.
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"Since Grandpa has seen through it, then——" Wang Xuan said.
"Then help him." Wang Yan said: "Follow me to the palace to see the emperor tomorrow. Wait a minute -"
Wang Yan thought for a moment and said, "I'm going to visit Xun Taijian tonight. You come with me."
"Okay." Wang Xuan agreed.
"Grandpa, brother..." Wang Jingfeng seemed to have just reacted, and she said in a tone of desperation: "Does Marquis Chen really want me to serve... eat red bean porridge?"
Wang Xuan said helplessly: "I lied to you."
"Do I want to dress up?" Wang Jingfeng said mid-sentence, suddenly reacted, his face turned red, he stood up in a hurry, and ran away.
Wang Yan looked at this farce and was not as angry as before.
Wang Huifeng noticed something and glanced at his father.
Wang Yan was unusually unnatural.
However, he quickly adjusted his mentality and said: "Meizi, go to Yu Shizhong's mansion in person and invite him to discuss it together."
Wang Xuan got up, changed his clothes, and went out.
Chapter completed!