Chapter One Hundred and Twenty-Five Four Years of Chuping, Watching the New Year's Night
When the Chamber of Commerce was first established, there were not many merchants willing to become members.
Of the more than twenty merchants who were summoned, only fourteen eventually joined the Chamber of Commerce.
Everything is difficult at the beginning,
Now that the Chamber of Commerce has taken the first step and successfully sold Chenliu specialties such as spices to Jizhou, Jingzhou and other places,
Lu Yan believes that it will soon be on the right track and develop stronger in the future.
The household registration reform in other prefectures and counties in Yanzhou took longer than expected, but generally speaking, the reform progress was quite smooth.
Although occasionally encountering local forces that are not cooperative, the people sent by Boss Cao not only have documents, but also swords and guns!
In the blink of an eye, the four years of Chuping have come to an end.
During this year, several major events occurred in other territories of the Han Dynasty.
One, the north, Youzhou.
Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao fought several times, both large and small. Both sides lost troops and generals, but they still fought fiercely.
Later, seeing the fight between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao intensify,
In addition, Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, was worried that Gongsun Zan would collude with local aristocratic families, and that Gongsun Zan would lose control and abuse force.
Therefore, Liu Yu cut Gongsun Zan's supply and discouraged Gongsun Zan from fighting Yuan Shao.
But Liu Yu's actions angered Gongsun Zan.
He was originally dissatisfied with Liu Yu's policy of being gentle to the Hu people.
After they had a falling out, Gongsun Zan even ordered his men to steal the property that Liu Yu had given to the Hu people.
The two exchanged words and words, and the war of words spread from the local area to the central government.
This directly led to the growing cracks between the two parties and the deepening of their dissatisfaction.
Later, in the winter of the fourth year of Chuping, Liu Yu didn't know if he had made a mistake, so he gathered 100,000 soldiers from all the villages and launched an army to attack Gongsun Zan!
Who is Gongsun Zan? He is a serious Han general who has experienced hundreds of battles!
Whether it is foreign affairs or civil war, Gongsun Zan is a figure who has been fighting for a long time. A literati wants to use military methods to solve problems? The results can be imagined...
Although Gongsun Zan was slightly at a disadvantage in the fight with Yuan Shao,
But since getting help from some aristocratic families in Youzhou, he has gradually stabilized his footing, and can even expand his strength while fighting.
Liu Yu was a scribe who did not know the art of war and battle formations. The combat effectiveness of the 100,000 people he brought was also uneven, and could even be said to be very bad.
After learning that Liu Yu had sent troops to encircle and suppress him, Gongsun Zan was naturally unwilling to sit back and wait for death.
He led his own troops and horses, took the initiative to attack Liu Yu's army, and directly destroyed Liu Yu's army in one battle!
Liu Yu, who fled in panic, led the remaining troops to retreat to Juyong County. Unexpectedly, Gongsun Zan's army also followed and completely captured Juyong within three days.
Gongsun Zan later falsely accused Liu Yu of wanting to be emperor, so he beheaded Liu Yu in the street in Jicheng.
After the death of Youzhou Mu Liu Yu,
At this point, Gongsun Zan finally took full control of Youzhou.
Second, Dongfang, Xuzhou.
Que Xuan, who established himself as the emperor, united with Zuo Rong, the former Prime Minister of Xiapi State, and took control of Xiapi, Guangling and other places.
Because Zuo Rong believed in Buddhism, he built Buddhist temples in Xiapi and other places.
He also asked the people of Xiapi to recite Buddhist scriptures day and night, which caused monks, nuns and Buddhists from various counties to move into Xiapi and other places one after another, which in disguise strengthened and strengthened their control over Xiapi and other places.
In the autumn of the same year, Liu Bei and Tao Qian, who were living in Xiaopei, joined forces to attack Que Xuan and Zuo Rong.
Since Que Xuan and Zuo Rong committed all kinds of crimes including burning, killing, looting and looting, the people under their rule had long hated them.
When the coalition forces of Liu Bei and Tao Qian came to Xiapi, the people of Xiapi immediately turned against each other and helped Liu Bei and Tao Qian, and in a very short period of time they put an end to the troubles caused by Que Xuan and Zuo Rong.
In the winter of the same year, Tao Qian fell ill. Before his death, he finally entrusted Xuzhou to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei ordered the heads of Que Xuan and Zuo Rong to be sent to the Chang'an court together with Tao Qian's letter recommending Liu Bei as Xuzhou Mu.
At this point, Liu Bei finally became the Xuzhou Shepherd in a legitimate manner.
In an instant, he went from a poor and wandering force to a prince sitting in a county!
Third, northwest, Liangzhou.
Ma Teng, the general who conquered the west, was rejected by Li Jue because he asked to see the emperor, so he joined forces with Han Sui, Zhong Shao, Du Zhen and others to attack Li Jue.
However, the coalition forces were defeated by Li Jue's army, and Ma Teng and Han Sui fled back to Liangzhou.
In order to weaken the power of Ma Teng and Han Sui and strengthen their own power,
In the name of the imperial court, Li Jue separated the four counties of Jincheng and Jiuquan in Hexi from Liangzhou, and established Yongzhou to govern the four counties in Hexi. He also appointed Handan merchants as the governor of Yongzhou to govern Wuwei.
Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Liu Bei, Liu Yan, Ma Teng and Han Sui, plus Li Jue and Guo Si who were entrenched in Chang'an and other places, gradually stabilized their forces and divided the Han Dynasty into pieces.
The era of princes rising together has come to an end, and the era of melee among heroes is coming!
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Watch the New Year's Eve,
Lu Yan and others are busy setting up the stove, placing snacks, water, wine, seasonings, and various meats and dried vegetables... Yes, the hot pot feast is about to begin again!
This year is different from previous years,
Not only did Lu Yan have a big house, but he also had bachelors temporarily living in the house such as Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Yi Ji, Han Hao, Xia Houlan...
Oh, and the daughter of Lu Da next door,
Ever since she had hot pot at Lu Yan's house, she would come over every once in a while carrying a small fangtian painted halberd to beat the autumn wind. She didn't regard herself as an outsider at all.
There are delicious food, and Zhao Yun, Xia Houlan and others accompany me to practice martial arts. How can I feel like I am a prisoner in this life?
The Shou Sui wine of the Han Dynasty was generally Jiaobai wine, which was a medicinal wine brewed with pepper flowers and cypress leaves.
"On the first day of the lunar month, evil wine is avoided, and in the new year, the cup of longevity comes. The cypress leaves come with the inscriptions, and the pepper flowers come with the chants."
This poem reflects the scene of people drinking during the New Year.
When everything was ready, Lu Yan smiled and waved to the servants: "I have prepared some red envelopes here. Everyone can receive one. Let's get together with our families when we go home tonight."
When the handymen opened the red envelope and saw that there was a hundred dollars in it, they were overjoyed and thanked them profusely:
"Thank you, Prefect! Thank you, Prefect!"
"The prefect is so generous!"
“This year I can give my child another new piece of clothing!
.......
After three drinks, the atmosphere gradually became lively.
Lu Lingqi's face was red from drinking and her eyes were dazed. She picked up the small Fang Tian Hua Ji placed on the wall, pointed it at Lu Yan and shouted: "Lu Yan, I want to challenge you! Do you dare to fight with this general?!"
Lu Yan looked at Lu Lingqi, who was full of fighting spirit, and pointed at Xia Houlan helplessly. Taishi Ci and Zhao Yun said: "If you want to fight me, you must first get past the three guards around me."
Xia Houlan suddenly stopped because he got angry for no reason, "Sir, a good man doesn't fight with a woman!"
Xia Houlan's words drew away Lu Lingqi's hatred. She half-squinted her phoenix eyes, stared at Xia Houlan with a dangerous look, and said, "Look down on women?"
"Uh..." Xia Houlan felt that Lu Lingqi's aura had locked onto her, and she suddenly broke out in cold sweat on her back.
"If I win, people will say I bully women.
If I lose the battle, how can I still have the dignity to hang out in the army...