After the military parade, Luoyang ushered in a new political ecology.
It was very chaotic for a few days at first.
First, many courtiers left.
They took advantage of the favorable opportunity when the army gathered and the Xiongnu did not dare to invade, so they left Luoyang with their families and returned to their hometown.
After returning to his hometown, some people no longer plan to serve as officials, so they spend the rest of their lives visiting relatives and friends at home, talking about mysteries and Taoism.
This will definitely have consequences. As the saying goes, sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat. Others are making progress, but your family has regressed, giving up the very precious official position that was hard to obtain. Then you will have no one to blame if you are bullied in the future.
There are still some people who plan to go south to Jiangdong with their child servants and defect to King Langya.
These people were intimidated by Shao Bing's ferocity and did not dare to openly contradict him, but they still had the ability to vote with their feet.
In addition to the courtiers, there were also many unofficial ministers and scholars who left, and even some of the clan kings - no one cared about them anymore.
These people were mainly disappointed with Shao Xun.
Originally, Shao was still secretive, but now he is no longer hiding it. The trend of the new Cao Cao is very obvious. In addition, he single-handedly built the martial arts group, which made many people dissatisfied, so everyone who should leave left.
On June 25, when the Emperor held a court meeting in the Taiji Hall, he suddenly discovered that at least one-third of the officials had already left - mainly small and medium-sized officials, and the high-ranking officials were still reluctant to part with the positions they had finally obtained.
Wang Yan came forward to deal with public opinion, and it can only be said that the effect was there, but it was not as effective as before. He was even ridiculed by some scholars, which made Lao Deng very sentimental.
Depressed, he complained to Shao Xun, saying that even if he was from a low background, as long as he didn't promote warriors so blatantly, he wouldn't be in this situation now.
To put it bluntly, many people are dissatisfied with your policies.
Shao Xun remained unmoved and continued to deploy troops and generals to prepare for war.
On the 26th, Pei Kuo, the lieutenant of the Northern Army, led three guards of the imperial army and marched westward with more than 25,000 men on foot and cavalry.
On the 27th, more than 7,000 men and women gathered around Luoyang headed west.
On the 28th, 5,000 men from the Guangchengze garrison (non-garrison army) went north, plus 4,000 men from Xingyang and Chenliu Dingzhuang went west to join the battle.
Pei Kuo camped outside Xin'an City, reorganized his troops, and made siege equipment. Everything was not much different from the Battle of Xin'an led by Xun Song three years ago.
Shao Xun ordered Chang Can to lead 2,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, plus his own troops, totaling 10,000 people, to camp in the southeast of Pei Kuo's camp, with a deep ditch and high fortification, both for surveillance and to prevent the enemy from being attacked by the defeated troops.
He led 7,000 government soldiers and subordinates, and more than 900 personal troops into Luoyang to serve as the general reserve force.
This year's war, he did not personally direct, but let everything go.
He has realized that in the past ten years, he has personally commanded too many battles, which has somewhat delayed the growth of his generals. This is wrong.
Everything must be done in a controlled manner.
It’s not good that you have to do everything yourself and others don’t get training.
It is not good to let go of everything, let other people take too much credit, and cultivate a bunch of generals with great achievements.
His prestige in the military is unshakable. This year is suitable for training generals such as Li Chong, Jin Zheng, Wang Queer, Xi Jian, Pei Kuo, and Chang Can, so that they can gain more insights and experience and accelerate their growth.
When the strategic decisive battle with the Xiongnu takes place, he will personally take over and take credit for the destruction of the country - if he can successfully destroy the country.
"Li Chong was in charge of the house. He had just captured the Yuan clan and had to stop his troops and block the way back. He was still a little anxious. This year should be a one-year truce to dredge the blocked waterway between Anyang and Yecheng.
." In the Shao Mansion (formerly the Huangfu family's residence) in Luoyang City, Yu Wenjun was happily directing the maids and cleaning the house, while Shao Xun was enjoying the cool air in the backyard and talking with several important officials in the court.
Wang Yan has been to Yecheng and has some understanding of the local situation.
He knew very well that it was impossible to stop this year, which was giving Shi Le a chance to stabilize his position.
According to the military report he had just received, Li Zhong mobilized the wandering militiamen in the hands of Youlun, the prefect of Zhao County, and Ding Zhuang, the wealthy family of Zhang Jack, the prefect of Julu, to besiege the Yuan family.
After half a month of fighting, Zhi Quliu was wounded and defeated, and the Yuan family was captured, opening the door to Changshan.
In this battle, Shi Le did not try his best, but now, due to his limited strength, he could no longer resist Li Zhong's troops. Zhi Quliu, who was stationed in the Yuan clan, even fought with You Lun and Zhang Jack's troops.
There are back and forths, and the combat effectiveness is not the same as a year or two ago.
If Liu Yao had not defeated Liu Kun again in Yangqu, captured the city, and sent more than 7,000 pioneers and cavalry into Hebei, rumors would have spread in Changshan, Zhongshan and other places.
Before the main war is over, there is actually no chance to stabilize people's livelihood. This will only put one side into a more dangerous situation.
Of course, Shao Xun just complained casually and didn't really think it was wrong.
Compared with Li Chong's approach, Jin Zheng played much more aggressively.
He went straight to Hejian City ten days ago.
Liu Zheng, the governor of Hejian, went out to fight in the city. He was defeated by Yinqiang Right Camp and retreated into the city to defend.
Then came the siege of the city by various soldiers.
During this period, Zhangwu's prefect Linghu Ni sent troops to rescue him. Jin Zheng led the right camp with silver spears, and the cavalry marched more than a hundred miles away, defeating Zhangwu's army, beheading more than 3,000 people and capturing 2,000 people.
Thousands of Liang Fucheng's remnants of horsemen came south from the counties in the north of Hejian. They joined forces with Liu Zheng inside and outside, and defeated the besieging soldiers and horses.
Jin Zheng immediately killed all the prisoners and quickly rushed his troops to return for reinforcements. During this period, he was repeatedly harassed and besieged by the Huns' cavalry, and finally repelled them. He successfully reached the south of Hejian City, gathered the defeated troops, boosted morale, and surrounded Hejian City again.
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After Shao Xun saw the battle, he understood that Jin Zheng had fallen into someone else's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain.
Liu Zheng, Linghu Ni and others were still somewhat clever. They cooperated with the remaining Qingqi of Liang Fuzhen and planned a successful counter-siege.
Jin Zheng was able to save the crisis, relying on the relatively superb combat qualities of Yinqian Youying and his unparalleled bravery. When he defeated the soldiers of Zhangwu County and returned to aid Hejian, Jin Zheng often took the lead and was wounded three times.
Shao Xun no longer knew what to say to him.
It seems that not all of these generals will become talented.
In addition to the two armies, there were also generals from various towns who sent troops to attack and harass.
Because Shao Xun was not around, these people were a little perfunctory, but the Boling Cui family responded in time and sent troops to kill the Shi Le soldiers who stayed behind in Boling, and took all the land as Jin territory.
At this point, the overall war situation is pretty good. If we continue to fight steadily, the recovery of the counties will be just around the corner.
"Is Duke Ming going back to Yecheng?" Yu Min suddenly asked.
"Don't worry about me." Shao Xun glanced at him and said with a smile: "We won't leave until Luoyang is sorted out."
Yu Min raised his hand and felt relieved.
Shao Xun looked at Wang Yan again and said: "Lieutenant, Mr. Liu Qiao, please come forward and talk to him. All the craftsmen who should be allocated should be sent to Junyi. Yu Yuangui is responsible for supervising the construction of Junyi New City. You
Let Shaofu Liu listen to him."
"Okay." Wang Yan responded.
Liu Qiao indeed followed the path of his brother Wang Rong in his early years.
When he was desperate, it was he who stepped forward to persuade Sima Yue to forgive him and stop pursuing him further. He also gave him the very important position of military counselor and wine minister.
The Langya Wang family was kind to Liu Qiao both in knowing him and saving his life, so it was not difficult to drive him to do things.
"Many people in Luoyang City have left. They have left many servants, slaves, and villagers. Send people to collect them all." Shao Xun looked at Chen Yougen again and said, "Yougen, I will leave these people to you.
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"How to place it?" he asked.
"Send them all to Junyi." Shao Xun said: "After the beggar army left, a large area of ​​​​empty land was left behind. I want to place two soldiers of Longxiang Mansion, from the soldiers who guarded the city during the battle of Shexian County last year.
Take your pick."
"Yes." Chen Yougen responded.
The two Longxiang Prefectures have 2,400 soldiers. In the battle of Shexian last year, the remaining soldiers were only more than 4,000. Excluding the thousand soldiers and their tribes brought by Xi Jian, most of the remaining soldiers were Guanxi soldiers.
Currently he is still stationed in Shexian County.
Turning them into government soldiers is their greatest reward.
Two thousand four hundred soldiers would require seven thousand two hundred households, which was not easy to raise. After all, there were not many refugees left.
It seems that we still have to find a solution in Luoyang.
"Yu Yuangui has brought five hundred soldiers, and I will allocate another thousand soldiers to you. You-" Shao Xun thought for a while and said, "Find a way to clean up Luoyang."
"Yes." Chen Yougen replied excitedly.
It’s long overdue!
Ming Gong had some scruples before, but now it is like this. Everyone in the world already knows your ambition, so what is there to hesitate about? Those who are unwilling to surrender will naturally leave. All the remaining slaves will be taken away and given to you.
The Manuscript of the Mansion Soldiers.
"Don't make too much noise." Shao Xun warned: "Scholars and officials who want to leave are not allowed to stop them. They are also not allowed to fabricate charges and torture them. Try not to touch the scholars. The Sima clan can give them a little beating. But don’t go too far, just conscript his slaves. Rich clans, such as the King of Wu, can make them pay money to protect their families.”
"Yes." Chen Yougen was a little unhappy.
Duke Chen still treated the scholars favorably and refused to kill them.
Forget it, let’s create a group of clans first.
Anyway, since more than ten years ago, no one has taken the clan seriously. It is often the clan king who bullies the clan king, which is worse than the scholars. Who said they have no country and no power to resist? The scholars have the manor department. Qu, most clan members don’t have any shit.
Wang Yan, Yu Min and others looked at each other after hearing this.
"Don't worry, I have a sense of proportion." Shao Xun said: "I won't do anything like massacre of the clan. It's just recruiting the servants of wealthy families. I did this when I was guarding Luoyang. Sima Yi can do it, the more Sima can do it. , can’t I?”
You are really not good at this! Wang Yan secretly cursed, but in the end he did not dare to say it to his face.
But fortunately, Shao Taibai always does things in a measured way.
Since he did not attack the scholars, but only attacked the clan, it would not be too serious. Otherwise, he is not sure whether there will be a local rebellion - thanks to Sima Yue, most of the clan kings now have no capable of launching a rebellion.
"Who is Cun Cun Pu She?" Shao Xun ordered again.
"Mr. Wang Jingling." Wang Yan replied.
If during the Cao Wei Dynasty, the official position of Servant Pushe was still an important one, and he was deeply involved in palace coups, by the time of the imperial dynasty, this position had become less and less important.
He has two duties: one is to hold halberds in the palace, and the other is to guard the tomb.
Generally, this position is held by the clan or famous scholars, such as Hua Yao, Sima Quan, Sima Teng, Sima Mo, etc. have all held this position.
The military power of the auxiliary servants is pitifully small, and there is a tendency to transform into civil servants, and they will gradually become clean officials.
But today, because there is no military power, special emphasis is placed on the position of redundant servants, and even a small amount of military power must be grasped.
Shao Xun didn't want to give him this chance.
The halberd-wielding warriors guarding the tomb have all fled, and now only the halberd-wielding warriors in each palace remain.
"Taibai, be careful about this." Wang Yan immediately advised Shao Xun when he heard that he wanted to dismiss his redundant servants.
It's so ugly to do this.
Shao Xun pondered for a moment and said: "It doesn't matter, I am a foreign minister now and there is no need to attend the court meeting. Let Zheng Shida come back from Xuzhou and continue to let him work as a servant."
Since Zheng Shida can serve as an official with no official rank, he certainly has a good background. In fact, he is a descendant of the Zheng family in Xingyang. He was driven away by Sima Yue. Later, he followed the path of Yu Chen and joined Shao Xun's family.
His loyalty to the emperor has long been exhausted.
Letting him come back and continue to work as a servant is a compromise plan.
The general in the palace guards the palace city, and the retinue of the emperor goes in and out.
The redundant servants shoot the guards holding halberds in the palace.
Shao Xun seems to have had no involvement in these two positions and did not do anything too embarrassing, but he can still ensure that these two positions are loyal to him. This is enough.
"There will be a court meeting tomorrow, and there are some things that you still need to take care of..." Shao Xun continued to give instructions to several people.
Chapter completed!