In the evening, the rain and snow stopped.
A man riding a donkey came along the post road.
Behind him were more than a dozen carts, fifty knights, and more than a hundred child servants.
The donkey's hooves walked through the mud and stagnant water, walking calmly.
The man on the donkey's back is wearing a bamboo hat, with his head hanging on his chest, bumping as the donkey walks.
He didn't whip the horse, and he didn't bother to pull the reins. He just let the donkey go on its own, showing a wanton and unrestrained attitude.
His eyes only stayed on the surrounding desolate wilderness, muddy roads, and endless rain and snow.
The guards and servants were almost sick from the cold, but he didn't care. He even wanted to compose a poem and play a tune on the harp.
"Whoa!" The donkey's hoof suddenly slipped, splashing a large amount of muddy water and staining his white robe.
The man sighed and ordered to rest in a village ahead.
The guards rushed in first.
Sure enough, there were still corpses lying in the village. Judging from their attire, they must be Huns.
There were no wounds on his body, and he didn't know how he died. He probably died of cold and starvation.
The corpse had already stunk. The guard endured his nausea and took off the fur from the corpse. He looked at it carefully and smelled it. He planned to find an opportunity to clean it. Maybe it could still be used, or at least he could sell it cheaper. go out.
Others began to search house by house, and later found three corpses in a relatively intact house. There were obvious sword wounds on the bodies, and weapons, luggage and even horses were missing.
After hastily burying the body and cleaning it, the guards invited the owner's family in.
The man riding the donkey found a futon and sat down.
After he sat down, another person sat across from him.
The servants couldn't find dry firewood, so they broke down the doors and windows to boil water for cooking.
"Mr. Xun is really decisive." The person opposite sighed.
"Hong Qiao, I once had a dream of being a wise minister and helping the world..." Xun Gong said leisurely.
"Are you awake?" Hong Qiao asked.
The speaker's surname is Yin Mingxian, whose courtesy name is Hongqiao. He is from Changping, Yingchuan. He is the protagonist of the idiom "give it to Hongqiao".
Sitting opposite him was Xun Zhen, a Marquis of Jibei County and a member of the Xuchang shogunate.
"If I hadn't woken up, how could I be in the country with you?" Xun Zhen shook his head and smiled bitterly.
"It seems that the public is in trouble." Yin Xian said, "I am in trouble too."
"Where is Hong Qiaonan?" Xun Zhen asked.
"My niece will soon enter Chen Gong's house as a dowry concubine." Yin Xian said: "Wherever the Yin family in Changping goes, they are now regarded as Chen Gong's people. Otherwise, An De will be with Gong Chen." Going to Jibei?"
Xun Zhen laughed heartily.
Jibei is his feudal state with five counties, north of Dongping and west of Mount Tai.
He used to stay in the fiefdom a lot, but he has almost stopped going there in the past two years. The reason is simple: it's not safe.
This time the Xiongnu invaded, and almost everyone in the feudal kingdom was wiped out.
If he hadn't rushed back to Yingchuan because of Xun Xian's incident and settled there, he might not have been able to survive this time. Just like Chen Cui in Gaoping, many men died and his wives and daughters became slaves of the Huns. It was unspeakably miserable.
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But now he wants the country, because Chen Gong "suggested" him to go and guard the five counties of Jibei Kingdom, and stop letting people come in and out at will and plunder endlessly.
The matter was a bit difficult and scary, but he had no choice but to take up his post.
Some of the Xun family in Yingchuan were serving as officials in the court, some were serving as aides to King Langya, and naturally some were seeking refuge with Duke Chen, and he was one of them.
The Yin family in Changping was actually similar, except that they were more straightforward. Some people went south to build Ye, and some people went to Chen Gong.
The Xun family and the Yin family both had concubines as dowries, and they were generally the same.
After Xun's reign, Yin Xian became the Prime Minister of Jibei - or internal history.
The two of them have to work together to fix the mess in Jibei.
"After this defeat, the Xiongnu will probably not come to Jibei again within a year or two."
It's very possible."
"Aren't you worried about Shi Le or Shi Chao?" Yin Xian asked.
Xun Zhen was silent for a while and said: "Shi Le probably only wanted to develop in Hebei. After Yu Zimei left, he and Chen Gong confronted each other across the river. The water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river, that's all."
Yu Chen, the governor of Jijun, really intended to withdraw southward.
The direct reason is that this year's crops were all destroyed by the Xiongnu. Now there is no food in the county and it is difficult to persevere.
In addition, after years of siege, he could only directly control two or three counties. This time Liu Can took control of Hebei and conquered two more counties, and now only one county remained.
After the Xiongnu's new defeat, it was the right time to retreat - if the Xiongnu had won or not been defeated, they would not have been able to leave.
I heard that Chen Gong was looking for him to be appointed as the domestic historian of Liang Dynasty, and he was almost ready to withdraw to the south.
"After the Second World War in Heze and Gaoping, I feel that Liu Han's expansion was interrupted." Yin Xian said: "Chen Gong and Liu Can fought and fought, with no reckoning of casualties. In the end, they were actually dividing the territory between each other."
Xun Zhen nodded slightly.
After this year, there should be a tacit understanding between Liu Han and Chen Gong. The north of the river is yours, and Yuzhou and Yanzhou are mine. Isn't this just a division of territory?
But the division of territory cannot be accomplished by just talking. It has to be fought first to achieve a result that both parties can admit with their noses pinched.
After the Huns were frustrated in their march south, they would probably focus on Hebei and Guanzhong.
Especially if Guanzhong surrenders and rebels again, troops must be sent to suppress it.
After the "township" is over, they still have to "pacify". In the long run, Guanzhong will inevitably contain some of their energy.
In fact, there is only one Taiyuan left in Bingzhou.
It wasn't that the Xiongnu didn't want to fight, but they were mainly worried about Tuoba Xianbei's attitude. In addition, Liu Kun had little threat, so he was allowed to linger.
What is really important may be Hebei.
Maybe, the Xiongnu will no longer hand over Hebei to Shi Le and Shi Chao, but will send their own troops to intervene deeply and turn Hebei into a county directly under Liu Han - this is something difficult to say.
Sometimes, one or two wars that are not earth-shattering in scale suddenly determine the strategic pattern for a long period of time.
People who lived in that era may not have realized the far-reaching impact of this war at the time.
But decades later, people suddenly discovered that this war was actually qualified to be recorded in history books because its impact was so far-reaching.
The land was broken at the foot of Dagong Mountain and Yan was captured, Zhang Yue was captured in Heze, the grain road was cut off in Dongwuyang, and Jin Zhun was defeated in Gaoping. A series of battles together formed the main body of the Shanxi-Hungarian War in the five years of Yongjia.
Now that the dust has settled, the pattern is becoming clearer.
As a noble in Henan, if your mind is still clear, it is time to step up your game further.
Anyway, Xun Zhen stepped up and went to Jibei when asked.
He invited Yin Xian to go to Jibei together, and Yin Xian agreed, which also explained some problems.
"In the first month of next year, Mr. Chen will marry Yu's daughter. The scene must be very lively, right?" The servant brought warm wine to the two of them. Yin Xian poured a bowl for Xun Zhen first and said.
"This is something that attracts the world's attention." Xun Zhen sighed: "That young lady of the Yu family is ignorant and doesn't know if she can shoulder the position of a big wife."
Yu Wenjun was born in Yingchuan.
Xun Zhen and Yin Xian were both Yingchuan scholars, so naturally they hoped that Chen Gong would be closer to the Yingchuan scholars.
Yu Wenjun is one of the most important links, but I don't know if she can do it.
It is not enough for a husband to educate his children and to serve his mother-in-law. I wonder if there is anyone to teach her.
Speaking of the wedding itself, it was actually a political event.
Those who hold authority have no purely private matters.
Duke Chen understood this, the scholars of Yingchuan understood this, and the scholars of Henan as a whole understood this.
After marrying Yu Wenjun, the integration of the entire Yuzhou will be accelerated, and Yanzhou will also be under deeper control.
The value of the Luoyang court gradually decreased to Chen Gong.
The value of those who cooperate with him in the court will also decrease.
Wang Yifu, isn't he in a hurry?
"The emperor has recently proposed moving the capital. What does Xun Gong think?" After drinking a bowl of wine, Yin Xian felt that the chill in his body had been dispelled, and asked another question.
"Where can the emperor move the capital?" Xun Zhen asked rhetorically.
Yin Xian thought about it and realized that it really didn't happen.
Ever since Cao Mengde once played the trick of holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, this trick is no longer easy to use.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, basically whoever touches someone will die.
Does Shao Xun want the emperor to go to Xuchang? Not necessarily.
Because he cannot be a truly powerful minister because he does not have this foundation.
Langya Wang Rui can be a powerful minister, but is he willing for the emperor to build Ye? Most likely he is not willing.
Jin Shang is not a light-hearted person. Wherever he goes, he will definitely cause trouble, so no one welcomes him to their territory.
Perhaps Wang Cheng would like to see the mountain slips in Jingzhou, but the war there is so chaotic that it is not advisable to go there for the time being.
Furthermore, once the emperor left Luoyang, his authority would be greatly reduced.
Now he can still issue an edict to send craftsmen, female musicians, and doctors to serve in the capital. He can also arrange the positions of prefects, governors, and governors, and can allow the states to send rents and taxes. But once he leaves Luoyang, these may not be available.
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Even if there is, it may be at a significant discount.
The emperor was detained in Luoyang, it's that simple.
"General Wei Liang Fen went to Nanyang to quell the rebellion again. He won a small victory as soon as he arrived, and Wang Ru's decline was already obvious..."
"If you were a refugee from Guanxi, if you had to choose between Wang Ru and Liang Fen, who would be more famous?"
"Yes, Wang Ru's death is not far away."
"drink wine."
Xun and Yin sat opposite each other and drank leisurely. The atmosphere was lively, and the sky quickly darkened.
At dusk, the wind and snow became stronger again.
In this snowstorm, Shao Xun's economy was in bad shape and he was about to arrive in Kaocheng.
Chapter completed!