In November of the first year of Guangxi, the second emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, the emperor who was less intelligent than ordinary people, finally died. The crown prince ascended the throne and changed the reign of Yongjia. The new emperor followed the old system to handle government affairs and studied the classics, which made the court vaguely restore the normal order of Emperor Wu. On the other hand, the royal family kings who were crazy in order to seize the central government attacked and killed each other and finally died. The King of Donghai, who came from the imperial family, took power. In order to avoid violent conflicts with the emperor, he led a serious illness to conquer Xuchang, so that the Central Plains would become more stable.
Many scholars were looking forward to it because of this, and they believed that the first year of Yongjia should be the year when the Jin court gradually recovered from more than ten consecutive wars.
At the beginning of the year, this expectation seemed to come true: the Wu gentry Gan Zhuo, Gu Rong, Zhou Yan and others defeated Chen Min, a giant gangster who had tens of thousands of troops and was rampant in the southeast, and were reported to the capital. Then General Anxi and Liangzhou Governor Zhang Gui gradually calmed down the situation in the northwest, so that the thief chief Ruoba could be awarded the head. Li Xiong, a Di who occupied Chengdu, was attacked from the east and north by the official army. Although he received help from the Yizhou clan and the leader of Tianshidao Fan Changsheng, he could only barely protect himself with the steep mountains and ridges of Shu. Even Ningzhou came to report that even the Wulingyi rebellion was defeated by the efforts of Li Xiu, the daughter of the Ningzhou governor and the recommended by everyone to lead the Ningzhou affairs.
But soon after, the situation took a sharp turn. The Hebei bandits led by Ji Sang first captured Yecheng, and the important Hebei town that had been operating for nearly a hundred years was burned into white land. King Sima Teng of Xincai was lost in the army. Although Ji Sang died, the successor Jie thief Shi Le became even more fierce. He led his army to Jizhou and successively captured the famous cities and counties, turning most of the rich Bohai, Leling, Qinghe and other counties into Qiuxu.
This situation made both the Luoyang court and the King of Donghai both furious. A few months ago, they sent envoys to order Jizhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and other places to fight together... But what happened? Just ten days ago, Na Shile actually tricked Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou. He pretended to fight in Guangzong, but suddenly led his army to the south, annihilate the army of Gou Chun in Yanzhou, and then captured Chiping, and the entire army crossed the river and rushed straight to the heart of the Central Plains!
Since Yuankang, the world has been flooded with people, and the wealth of the Chinese and Koreans has been relying on Hebei and Central Plains. However, Shile bandits were rampant in both places, burning, killing and looting wherever they go... This is clearly shaking the foundation of the Jin court!
It is said that Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou who was originally confident of annihilation in one fell swoop, suddenly became ill and could hardly be in charge of the ranks. The governor of Yanzhou Gou Xi, who was vicious by nature, personally took troops to prepare for defense north of Daze, and at the same time, he blamed his younger brother Gou Chun, who escaped by chance, for one hundred military sticks, and almost killed him on the spot.
Not only that, even Xuchang and Luoyang felt a huge shock wherever this news went. In Yecheng, which was once ravaged by bandits, all the soldiers, officials and civilians were shocked. General Zhengbei and Yu simply ordered the whole city to be martial law.
In the tragic war half a year ago, countless people in Yecheng died and injured, and countless beautiful buildings operated by the imperial families of the two dynasties were burned. If you want to restore it to your old view, the manpower, financial and material resources needed are not something that the broken Three Wei can bear, so that He Yu himself could only set up his official residence in a courtyard in the southeast corner of the former site of Baizangku.
Baizangku is a well-known large warehouse in the world. People at that time praised it: "The Baizangku is rich and not rich, and it will provide relief to the great national capital together, and control the resources to attract the world." It can be seen that its scale. After the Hebei thieves attacked Yecheng, they broke the Baizangku and swept away the treasures accumulated over decades. They set aside dozens of fires before leaving. Fortunately, this large warehouse is huge in scale, with high walls divided between different warehouses and the Zhang River tributaries introduced by the Zhang River. Therefore, the area of ​​overfire is finally limited, which is too much stronger than the Yedu Palace City that burned into white land. At least it is enough for the general of the Northern Expedition and Yu, the prefect of Wei County, Wang Cui, and their subordinates and many officials to serve the public.
He Yu Yi's position as General of the North of the Conquest of the North was out of Yecheng, and actually put the entire Three Wei areas in control. In order to facilitate administration, there were also different officials among his subordinates. They were engaged in governing the country, and the various officials were engaged in other officials, and the specific staff was like the governor. Many of these positions were held by the former subordinates of King Xincai.
Of course, King Sima Teng of Xincai was the younger brother of the East China Sea, and was also a powerful and powerful among the royal nobles. They were also in charge of Yecheng. King Xincai was also in charge of the military affairs of the two prefectures of Jizhou. The power was far beyond the reach of He Yu. Unfortunately, he was not in war and even the capital was found everywhere. It was a great blessing for the civil and military officials of Yecheng to be held accountable. Besides relying on General Zhengbei and Yu, what could he do? In any case, he had to make a living first...
Alas... Thinking of this, Zhou Liang, the former chief clerk of the Bingzhou Governor, sighed a long time ago, Wang Xincai, the doctor of the King of New Cai.
After most of the buildings east of Tongjue Garden were burned, the political and military focus of Yecheng moved westward as a whole. In terms of military affairs, Santai north of Jinmingmen was the core, and the government orders came from the official residence of General Zhengbei in Baizangku. Zhou Liang, who was under General Zhengbei, was about to go to Santai at this moment, and routinely retrieved all military documents of the day every day.
First, Yecheng was withered and there was extremely shortage of cattle and horses; second, after King Xincai died, Zhou Liang's status was not as good as before, so he neither had a ox cart nor a horse, so he could only walk back and forth with a few people. He slowly walked forward along a short wall in the southwest corner of Baizangku, occasionally erecting his back to see the broken walls in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh again. Autumn has arrived, and his sighs are like the autumn wind, with a desolate and sad mood.
The death of King Xincai was a big blow to Zhou Liang, Shi Xian and other old subordinates who followed him from Bingzhou. The impoverished life in front of him was so far apart from the happy days in the past. The pain of losing his status, the pain of power and wealth was twisting and twisting his mind all the time. The unbearable huge contrast made Zhou Liang feel that there was a knife cutting in his heart every day and night.
The seven years that King Xincai was in Bingzhou were the seven years that Zhou Liang deeply missed. During those days, Zhou Liang followed the lord's footsteps, scraped the land, sold slaves, robbed merchants and travelers, and harvested wealth. He worked day and night. With the majesty of the Bingzhou governor, all the affairs he handled made money and profitable, so he got the lord's eyes and promoted from a small official to the chief clerk of the Bingzhou governor. Although his status was not too high, he was in the Bingzhou territory.
He is in power and he will be respectful to anyone who sees him. In those years... tsk tsk... Zhou Liangqing couldn't help but smack his lips. It was a carefree and happy life. Speaking of which, 30% of the wealth he handled belonged to his lord, and 70% of it was included in his private pocket. If he could just spend three or five years like this, with such means of making money, even if he met Shi Chong, who was once the richest man in the world, he wouldn't have to be too humble.
Unfortunately, such a wonderful life cannot last long. With the rise of the Huns, the situation in Bingzhou became worse and worse. Zhou Liang asked himself, he had tried his best to make suggestions. However, although those lowly soldiers were blessed with the Lord's grace for many years, they were useless... They failed simply and fled without fighting spirit. In the end, they forced the Lord and his many subordinates to give up Bingzhou and fled to Yecheng in a mess!
Thinking of the Jin Yuzhen plays that were thrown away in a hurry when the Huns were chasing, Zhou Liang beat his chest with his fists and couldn't control his emotions. It took him a long time to move again.
On the way to escape to Yecheng, the property he had accumulated over the years suffered a considerable loss. Fortunately, his loyalty was highly valued by the lord. Not only was he not alienated, but he also took advantage of the lord's title of King Xincai and climbed to the high position of the Doctor's Order in one fell swoop. Then he cleverly obtained the vast land in the Jian'anyi area outside the east gate of Yecheng, and built a first-class gold-selling cave in Hebei... What kind of treasure land is that place? As long as it is managed properly, it is not a problem to make money every day. However... a smile on the corner of his mouth was quickly replaced by a heart-wrenching twisted expression... Bingzhou, and it was also the same when he was in Yecheng... Faced with the robbers of Ji Sang Shile, the soldiers were always defeated! Defeated! They were not willing to work for the lord at all, and they were all greedy for life and fear death!
Zhou Liang stamped his feet, waved his arms, and the princess gritted her teeth: I, Zhou, is from the descendant of the father of the ancient Gongtan. How long and noble is the blood? I have read Confucian classics since I was a child, practiced mysteries, and criticized them for their analysis, and talked about the ultimate truth about whether there is a beginning or not. How elegant and subtle words are? With my talents and character, isn’t it enough to contribute to the world? If the affairs of Bingzhou and Yecheng are indeed in my control, how could it be broken?
Hateful! Hateful!
Just as he was immersed in his thoughts, someone shouted in his ear: "Zhou is engaged! Zhou is engaged! This is an emergency military newspaper copy sent to Luoyang, please collect it quickly!"
Zhou Liang was shocked and calmed down. He saw that the person who called him was a Shu Zuo who was stationed in Santai on weekdays. He had seen him several times. Seeing that he looked a little anxious and sweating profusely, he thought that the officers of the General's Office who had received the military newspaper were not here, so he personally brought the military newspaper to him.
No matter how poor Zhou Liang was, his status was much higher than that of these officials of low-class background. He quietly raised his chest, coughed lightly, and said with a look of his sleeve: "Shi Le bandits are heading to the Central Plains, what else can there be? Urgents? As for you, if you are so frightened? Remember, don't be panicked!"
While scolding him, he took the file and expanded it to see it casually.
The ink of the volume seems to have just been copied. When military newspapers from all over Hebei were sent to Luoyang, they would pass through Yecheng first, and copy a copy according to the custom and then hand it over to the Yecheng garrison who had the power of "governing the military affairs of the two prefectures of Ji" or "supervising Yecheng to defend the military affairs of Yecheng" so that this important city in Hebei could respond in a timely manner. Although General Zhengbei and Yu did not obtain the above powers, he was specially ordered by the King of Donghai to clean up the situation in Yecheng and had a special status, so he could also send someone to copy it.
In fact, the so-called emergency military newspaper may not have any major issues. Every three or five days, Zhou Liang, who is a military officer, will receive some such copyings, and he will most likely abandon it by him. But today's account really has urgent matters!
Chapter completed!