After coming out of the military camp, Chen Qing accompanied Wu Jie to the farmland by the Wei River. Wu Jie looked at the endless wheat fields in the distance and sighed softly: "Chen Dutong, do you know why I came to see the farmland?"
Chen Qing shook his head, and Wu Jie sneered: "Actually, you should know that there is a kind of person in the officialdom. He is incompetent himself, but he doesn't like others. He is incompetent in killing enemies, but he is an expert in using black swords to stumbling his colleagues.
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That's right, I said it's Liu Guangshi, this person will definitely target you, and he will manipulate your food and military salary, so I hope you must ensure self-sufficiency in food before you have the opportunity to appeal to the court."
Chen Qing smiled faintly, "Will it be useful to appeal to the court?"
"You have a supervisory army, and if the supervisory army directly appeals to the officials, the effect will be better."
Chen Qing smiled and said: "If he wants to punish me, he will have a thousand ways to deal with it. The best way to deal with it is to have no contact with him, not to ask him, and not to ignore him."
"Then you should underestimate him. Forget it. I understand your methods and these are a bit unfounded."
Wu Jie pondered for a moment and asked: "There is something I have always wanted to ask you. It is something I have kept in my heart. You don't have to answer me, but I must ask it."
"General Wu, please speak!"
"There are rumors in Hanzhong that you have established your own army, is it true?"
Chen Qing laughed and said, "This is a bit serious. I have violated some rules at most, such as mining copper and iron ores and casting money to subsidize military salaries. Otherwise, how can I solve the military salary problem with my extra army? Besides, there are supervisors here.
, if I support my troops and stand on my own, will he tolerate me?"
"Yes! You have a supervisory army here. The most you can do is bribe him to help you conceal violations, but if it comes to supporting the army and becoming independent, no matter how much money you give him, he will not dare to accept it. But if one day, the court sends you a
As a civil servant, can you accept being your boss?"
Chen Qing frowned, "We have already sent supervisory troops, will we send more civilian officials?"
Wu Jie shook his head, "The supervisory army is only a temporary arrangement, the civil servants are the imperial system, and they will be sent sooner or later..."
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "I'm different from you. I'm afraid I can't accept it. Even if the imperial court forces him to come here, he won't have any power at all."
Wu Jie was stunned, "Isn't this...going against the imperial court?"
Wu Jie said it very implicitly, using the word opposition. To put it more seriously, it means self-reliance, and even more seriously, it means rebellion.
Chen Qing looked at the Wei River and smiled and said: "I understand General Wu's good intentions in coming to Chengji County. You actually do it for my own good. You are afraid that I am young and immature and will go astray against the imperial court. But I
I can tell General Wu that I have never thought about betraying the Song Dynasty, let alone the ambition to use the military to support myself. I just hate the civil service system and do not want to become a vassal of the civil service. I will be suppressed by the civil service and achieve nothing. In the end, I will end up like General Wu with unfulfilled ambitions.
, was forced to leave Sichuan and Shaanxi."
"Unfulfilled ambition?"
Wu Jie muttered it twice, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed, "Yes! I wholeheartedly wanted to recapture Shaanxi, expel the Tartars, and regain the Central Plains, but now none of them have been realized. I really have achieved nothing!"
Speaking of this, he couldn't help crying.
Chen Qingping said: "If you want to be a loyal minister, you will definitely not be able to do big things. If you want to do big things, you will definitely not be a loyal minister. It is destined to be impossible to have both. So I will be a minister of the Song Dynasty, but I am not necessarily a loyal minister."
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Wu Jie left Hanzhong that afternoon and went to Lin'an to report on his duties. He recommended his brother Wu Ga to take charge of the 30,000 Hanzhong army on his behalf.
At this time, Chen Qing received a letter from the emperor sent to him by Wang Mian, the supervisor of the army. It was sent by pigeon letter.
"The Emperor wants us to send troops to Ganzhou and Liangzhou?"
Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yan first looked at each other, and Zhang Xiao couldn't help but said: "How could the emperor think of such a ridiculous decision? Once we garrison the Hexi Corridor, it will involve a lot of our resources and energy, slow down the pace of our Eastern Expedition, and even cause us to fight against each other.
Fight and be attacked from both sides."
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid it was triggered by a letter from my family. I told Xianggong Lu about the current situation in Hexi and mentioned that the troops in Hexi have been drained. If I lead the army to capture Ganzhou and Liangzhou
It's as easy as flipping a finger."
Jiang Yanxian pondered for a moment and said: "If there is really no army in Ganzhou and Liangzhou, it is indeed an opportunity, but I don't know how many Han people are there? If there are a lot of Han people, then there is a foundation, and even if the Xixia Civil War is over, I'm afraid
The national strength will also be greatly damaged, and they will be even more worried about being invaded by the Jin Kingdom and will not dare to fight with us easily."
Commander Zheng Ping, who was sitting aside, smiled and said: "I know a businessman in Hexi who is in the wine business. You can ask him. His wine shop is not far from the government office."
"But Shopkeeper An from Ganzhou Liquor Shop?"
"It's him!"
Chen Qing nodded happily, "Go find him immediately and I'll ask him about his situation!"
Zheng Ping stood up and left, and Zhang Xiao asked again: "If we send troops to the Hexi Corridor, will Wanyanhelisha think this is an opportunity to attack us?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "This kind of thing should not happen. Firstly, it is not difficult to capture Liangzhou and Ganzhou. What is difficult is how to hold them. It does not take much time. Secondly, Sichuan and Shaanxi have changed their commanders and generals, especially Wu Jie.
After being transferred away, Wanyan is probably more interested in attacking Hanzhong. Judging from the fact that they have begun to rebuild Jianjun Pass, they are still on the defensive against us, focusing on defense."
Zhang Xiao said with some embarrassment: "Jinglue has a far-reaching view than me. At this time, Wanyan and Lisha should pay more attention to Hanzhong instead of Xihe Road."
Just as he was talking, Zheng Ping hurried over with a businessman. The businessman bowed and saluted: "I wish you a peaceful life, sir!"
Chen Qing also knows this shopkeeper An, who is also a descendant of Sogdians from Ganzhou. He specializes in Zhangye wine. He just came from Ganzhou to open a shop not long ago. He is very popular and already knows many people.
"Master Anton, please sit down!"
"Thank you for your envoy!" An Sheng sat down beside him.
Chen Qingxiao asked: "I heard that Xixia has taken away the troops from Ganzhou and Liangzhou. Is this true?"
An Sheng nodded quickly, "It's true. Originally, Ganzhou and Liangzhou each had 10,000 troops. I heard that a civil war broke out in Xixia, and all these 10,000 troops were transferred to fight. Now Liangzhou and Ganzhou have almost no troops, at least ten
It was like this a few days ago. My batch of wine had just been delivered, and when they set off, they were still worried about horse bandits."
"And there are horse bandits?"
"Hey! Aren't the horse bandits dressed up as Xixia cavalry? They robbed merchants and have been wreaking havoc on the Hexi Corridor for decades. In fact, they want to completely drive away the Uighur herdsmen in the Hexi Corridor. The Uighur herdsmen organized themselves and have been fighting with the horse bandits.
struggle."
"How many Han people are there in Ganzhou and Liangzhou?" Jiang Yanxian asked.
"They have always been there. They are all descendants of the former Guiyi Army. They mainly live in Zhangye County in Ganzhou and Guzang County in Liangzhou. They make a living by farming around the city. It is estimated that there are thousands of households with a population of 20,000 to 30,000.
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"What about outside the city?"
"Originally they were mainly Uighurs, Qiang and Tubo people, because Ganzhou and Liangzhou were originally the territory of Ganzhou Uighurs. After the Xixia people defeated the Uighurs, the Ganzhou Uighurs were driven to the south of the Qilian Mountains and were renamed Yellow-headed Uighurs. A large number of
The Dangxiang herdsmen migrated and seized the pastures of the Uighurs and Qiang people. The Tubo people were all driven away, and they had a deep hatred for each other. However, the Han people, because they were engaged in farming, did not involve pastures, and paid taxes honestly, have been able to continue to this day for hundreds of years.
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Chen Qing pondered for a long time and said: "The Xixia army has been transferred back, will the Yellow-headed Uighurs also take the opportunity to make a comeback?"
"It is entirely possible. The south of the Qilian Mountains is a plateau, a land of bitter cold, where survival is difficult. Where there are fertile pastures like the Hexi Corridor, they dream of killing them back."
Chen Qing nodded and asked Zheng Ping to send Mr. An back.
At this time, all three people realized that if they wanted to capture Liangzhou and Ganzhou, the biggest obstacle was not Xixia, but the Yellow-headed Uighur, the former Ganzhou Uighur.
"Jing Lue, is it possible that we control the central county and give them the pasture? Can the two sides live in harmony?" Jiang Yanxian asked.
Chen Qing paced back and forth with his hands behind his hands, lowering his head and thinking silently. Finally, he walked to the map and stared blankly at the map of the Hexi Corridor on the wall.
After a while, he slowly said: "The Yellow-headed Uighurs must take back the old capital of Zhangye and simply give Zhangye City to them. Even if they don't want it, we will force Zhangye City to them.
We will only defend Liangzhou City. In this way, even after the civil war in Xixia ends, their enemy will be the Yellow-headed Uighurs instead of us. We will not have to worry about our backs, but at the same time we will have a foothold in the Hexi Corridor.
, and more importantly, we can use the Yellow-headed Uighur to weaken Xixia again."
Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yanxian gave a thumbs up at the same time, "The strategy is wise!"
