The wind and sand hit, and Guzang City instantly fell into darkness.
The street, which was bustling just now, suddenly became deserted.
The few remaining pedestrians also held their heads in their hands and walked hurriedly towards their homes.
Yu Mi asked people to close the doors and windows, then took a sip and sat back behind the desk.
The followers looked numb and complained again and again.
I have been in Liangzhou for several days and have not accomplished anything, but I have eaten a mouthful of sand. It is really unlucky.
Yu Mi looked at everyone and suddenly smiled.
Xun Xu glanced at him and said dissatisfied: "Why is Yuandu laughing?"
Xun Xu is a very interesting person.
He is considered to be the successor of Xun Yu. His father Xun Dao died early, leaving only him and his younger brother. They were only a few years old at the time and were taken back from Bo Xun Song to be raised.
Xun Song had already moved south with his family and served as the governor of Jingzhou, but was later squeezed out by Wang Dun.
After Wang Dun died, Xun Song came back and took the place of the late Ji Zhan.
However, while Xun Song was working for the Postal Service, he secretly sent Xun Xu, the son of his younger brother Xun Dao, back to his hometown in Yingchuan. Last year, he inspected Xiaolian in Yingchuan and served as the chief registrar of Honglu Temple (from the seventh rank) to inspect filial piety one by one. It is strange that Lian has no parents.
When he was sent to Liangzhou as an envoy, Yu Mi brought several followers from Honglu Temple, and Xunxu was one of them.
Even though he had just been an official for a short time, he was a member of the Xun family after all. He had a very high self-esteem, and when talking to Yu Mian, he did not treat himself as a subordinate at all.
Yu Mian was not annoyed, he just put away his smile and said: "I laugh at Zhang Jun for being so smart and ignorant - "Puff!" There was a knock on the door outside.
Yu Mi stopped talking and listened carefully. There was indeed a knock on the door mixed with the wind and sand.
He stood up suddenly and opened the door.
The wind and sand immediately poured in, causing the carpet and table to be covered with fine grains of sand.
"Officer, there is a knock on the door." The accompanying Yu family member will report.
Yu Mi was silent for a while, then looked at the low courtyard door and said, "Open the door.
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"Nuo." General Buqu brought several capable guards and stepped forward to open the courtyard door.
Yu Mi Dingqing took a look, but there was only one person there.
This man was wearing a riding hat and a fake bell, with his head slightly lowered. When he saw the courtyard door open, he raised his head, saluted, and said, "Yan Ding, Tianshui, I have met Mr. Yu."
Yu Miao thought for a long time before he realized who Yan Ding was. After being shocked, he shook his head and said with a smile, "So you ran to Liangzhou."
Yan Ding also laughed and said: "On the day when Xianbei marched southward, I took my family and servants and left west. If the night lasted for ten and a half months, it would be difficult to escape when we were marching across the city.
"Come in." Yu Mian nodded and turned back to the house.
Bu Qu let Yan Ding in and then closed the courtyard door.
Yan Ding took off his shoes at the door of the central hall, entered the room, and sat down directly opposite Yu Mi without any courtesy.
Suddenly, more than a dozen eyes came to him, but Yan Ding was unaware of it and just bowed: "I'm here to see Mr. Yu. I have something I don't know whether to say or not."
Yu Mian had no expression on his face and said, "Try what you say."
Yan Ding calmed down his thoughts and said, "Does Duke Yu know that Liangzhou is not willing to surrender?"
"I don't know this."
"This starts with Zhang Xiping (Zhang Gui)." Yan Ding said: "Back then, the three kings of Changsha, Hejian, and Chengdu were fighting in a melee. Sima had a slight upper hand, so he appointed Zhang Fu, the prefect of Feng Yi, as the governor of Qinzhou. Ranlong
The upper counties were not happy that foreign generals had entered Qinzhou, so they attacked in groups, especially Han Zhi, the governor of Longxi. The two armies fought at the entrance of the Chaduo Valley, and the auxiliary army was defeated.
Han Zhi killed him."
"At that time, Liangzhou Sima Yang Yin asked Duke Xiping to send troops on the grounds that Han Zhi had disobeyed orders and killed Zhang Fu without permission. He said, "Ming Gong's staff and ax should be used to punish those who are not obedient. This is also the meaning of the Spring and Autumn Period. The princes will perish.
, if Duke Huan cannot save him, then Duke Huan will be ashamed of him.'"
"Gui Congyan. He pretended to claim Yongzhou, and Yun Hanzhi claimed that the army was an internal insult. His purpose was to attack the rebels, so he attacked them and won Qinzhou."
"After Nanyang Wang Mo took control of Guanxi, his government orders did not leave Chang'an. At that time, Zhang Gui sent an envoy to make good friends, and Mo was overjoyed. However, not long after, there was a rift between the two sides - "
To put it simply, after Sima Mo moved to Chang'an, his relationship with Zhang Gui was very complicated.
When he first arrived, the government orders did not leave Chang'an, so Zhang Gui sent envoys to make good friends, which moved him very much.
However, after gradually gaining a foothold, he did not want to see Zhang Gui become powerful, so he took advantage of the latter's illness and acquiesced in allowing Zhang Yue and others from Liangzhou to replace Zhang Gui.
There was a lot of chaos during this period, but Zhang Gui finally calmed down the chaos. Sima Mo gave up his attempt to control Liangzhou, gave Zhang Gui his sword, and granted him arbitrary power west of Longdi, and the two sides turned to cooperation.
However, Sima Mo also took the opportunity to take back Qinzhou and guarded it with his son Sima Bao.
"Gui Gu is a loyal minister, but he has compared himself to Qi Huan. He is no different from Liangzhou to Liangzhou, and he has never given up his peek at Qinzhou." Yan Ding finally said.
After Yu Mi finished listening, he was silent for a long time.
This was the first time he heard Zhang Gui's story from this perspective.
In the past, I only knew that the emperor was in trouble, and Zhang Gui sent troops to help several times, making him a rare loyal minister.
The King of Liang sent people to Liangzhou to send gifts and recruit soldiers, but they were not in trouble.
I didn't expect that there is another side.
Perhaps, what he heard and what Yan Ding said were both correct.
Zhang Gui compared himself to Qi Huan, and there was no conflict with being a loyal minister, because he acted with the attitude of princes respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians.
Moreover, in these troubled times, who doesn’t have some ambition? Which prince doesn’t expand his territory?
"Are you finished?" Yu Miao came back to his senses and looked at Yan Ding.
"No." Yan Ding smiled and said, "There is a second thing."
"Say." Yu Mi said.
"After the death of Sima Mo, Pei Bao, the former governor of Qinzhou, returned to Qinzhou and fought against Sima Bao. He was later defeated by Chen An. Pei Bao rushed to settle down and sent troops to kill Zhang Gui." Yan Ding said: "I heard that Mrs. Pei was very favored.
The Zhang family in Liangzhou is also suspicious and fearful."
"That's it." Yu Mi nodded.
Pei Bao's father, Pei Li, was a guerrilla general. He was Pei Hui's eldest son and Pei Kang's brother.
In other words, Pei Bao is Mrs. Pei's brother, and the relationship is relatively close.
But does this matter? Yu Mian doesn't think so.
"After the Huns entered Guanzhong, Zhang Shi, Zhang Mao and others all pursued the policy of protecting Liangzhou." Yan Ding continued: "Now that Zhang Jun has succeeded to the throne, this policy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. It will be difficult for the King of Liang to conquer him."
"It is absolutely difficult for Zhang Jun to enter the court! There are also many powerful families and Hu chieftains in the eleven counties of Liangzhou, such as the You family of Jincheng County and the Qiang chieftain Dou family. In the past, Sima appointed You Kai, the prefect of Jincheng, as the governor of Liangzhou.
He is unwilling to take up his post and only wants to be a local tiger in Jincheng, which shows his character."
"If King Liang wants to capture the eleven counties of Liangzhou without a fight, he must be granted the position of Fang Bo. I heard that King Liang is only willing to give him the position of governor of Liangzhou, and the governor will be appointed by the imperial court. This alone will not make it possible."
After Yu Mi listened, he thought carefully.
There is of course a reason why the King of Liang only gave the title to the governor and not to the governor.
Although the governor does not control the army, he represents the court and his influence cannot be underestimated.
The most important thing is that Liangzhou is not monolithic. It is a big warlord in itself, but there are also small warlords inside. This gives the governor room to play a role in the war. In the end, Zhang Jun's rule may be overthrown.
Zhang Jun could definitely see this, so Yan Ding was right. If he really wanted to separate the country, he would definitely disagree with the imperial court sending a governor.
In fact, according to previous contacts, Zhang Jun did send his staff to secretly reveal that he wanted the imperial court to confer him the title of Liangzhou Mu.
"You just said that Liangzhou wants to conquer Qinzhou. However, Qinzhou has been occupied by the Xiongnu for several years, and now it has fallen into the hands of the King of Liang. How will Zhang Jun be treated?" Yu Mi looked at Yan Ding and asked.
"Purge the eleven counties, and then plan for Hehuang and the Western Region." Yan Ding replied.
"The ambition is really quite big." Yu Mian said with a smile.
Yan Ding nodded and said: "The prefect of Jincheng was appointed by the Benyou family. Later, he was defeated by Xiping Gong. He was replaced by the Qiangdou family and was reinstated. The year before last, he sent troops to Henan (south of the Yellow River in Lanzhou) and went deep into Hehuang.
,Restore the old land of Xingjun in Jin Dynasty,
It is accepted by people far and near."
"Last year, Gu Zang had a discussion, and the governor of the Western Regions, Wuji Colonel, heard that the Central Plains was in chaos and the roads were blocked, so he attached himself to Liangzhou.
However, the Xiongnu have been destroyed, and they are afraid of something different, so they should send troops to garrison as a way out."
"These two families are still there?" Yu Mi asked in surprise.
"Still." Yan Ding said.
The chief official of the Western Regions was stationed in Loulan (now Ruoqiang), and the current chief official is Li Bai.
Wuji's school captain was stationed in Gaochang (today's Turpan), and the current school captain is Zhao Zhen.
After the chaos in the Central Plains and roads blocked, these two men relied on Zhang Gui until today.
After twenty years of fighting in the Central Plains, it was as if nothing had happened to them. They were just doing whatever they had to do.
As for the Husbands in the Western Regions, because they were internally autonomous, the Central Plains imperial court did not dictate to them, and secondly, they were a prestigious place in the Central Plains since the Han and Wei dynasties, so they got along well with these two families.
What Yan Ding means is that Zhang Jun is preparing to strengthen his control over these two vassal forces and intends to march into Gaochang and even Loulan. In fact, it is to expand the strategic rear area. After all, their way out to the east has been blocked.
Looking at it this way, the ambition is really quite big.
Thinking of this, Yu Mi felt thoughtful and asked, "Maybe I can persuade the Western Region Chief and Wuji Colonel to attack Zhang Jun together?"
"It's difficult, they are too weak." Yan Ding said: "And Li Bai may not be willing to send troops. He was deeply favored by Zhang Gui and was more loyal to the Zhang family. Later, there was King Longxi of Yanqi. Once he sent troops, he would be attacked.
The 'red-headed soldiers' looting it may not be beautiful."
Most of the people in the Yanqi Kingdom have red hair, so they are nicknamed "red-headed soldiers"
"Taiwan ministers may describe the events in Liangzhou, Hehuang and even the Western Regions in detail, so that I can send them to Luoyang." Yu Mi said: "You should know that you died in the past and fled to Guanzhong. If you can do this, you may not be able to make meritorious deeds."
Yan Ding was silent for a while and said, "Yes."
Yu Mi breathed a sigh of relief, finally it was not in vain.
Even if he couldn't complete the task of recruiting Zhang Jun, he at least knew a lot about things in the west.
It turns out that when the Xiongnu isolated things, so many things happened in the west.
The most surprising thing is that the governor’s office of the Western Regions and the Wuji school captain’s office, which had not been heard from for many years, are actually here.
The imperial court once thought that they had been attacked and destroyed.
Yu Miao waited patiently for Yan Ding to write about Liangzhou.
It was not until the tenth day of the first lunar month that he compiled these manuscripts and the secret letter to the King of Liang, and then handed them over to the envoy, who rushed them to Qinzhou and then to Luoyang for the King of Liang to decide.
Things in Liangzhou were far more complicated than he imagined.
Chapter completed!