Between the water and the woods, a house is looming.
After entering the gate, there are rows of lush vegetation, medicinal materials, fruits and vegetables, making it dazzling.
The visitor did not stop.
I saw him walking in a hurry, his brows furrowed, and he seemed to be undecided in his mind, but there was also a sense of cruelty on his face, and he didn't look like a good person.
There were many servants who were familiar with him in the house. When they saw him, they immediately bowed and saluted.
The visitor didn't return the greeting and just walked inward.
When he passed the rockery, he paused for a moment.
This is a huge boulder. It is extremely huge. After being carved by craftsmen, it has become somewhat majestic. The whole stone is hidden among flowers and trees. It is close to a lake and a stream. It has a natural and pure beauty that embraces nature.
There was a look of greed in the eyes of the visitor.
He needs this kind of house, a house that shows his status. Whether it is to enjoy the scenery and enjoy the scenery, live in a place to practice cultivation, have literary gatherings, or have banquets and lectures, he needs it.
After quietly retracting his gaze, he continued to walk forward, and soon met the shogunate chief Shi Fuxuan.
He was startled for a moment and raised his hands.
Fu Xuan nodded to him, saluted, and then left.
The visitor continued to move forward, but Fu Xuanze suddenly frowned, with a worried look on his face.
"Is the angel still there?" the visitor suddenly asked.
Fu Xuan stopped and said: "After announcing the decree, we have gone to the post to rest."
"What does Mr. Liang mean?"
"It's not clear what it means."
The visitor nodded, said nothing, walked through a small door, and entered the garden.
In the corner of the garden, there is a table with the words "The Commander-in-Chief of Mianbei Zhujun Zhen Wancheng", and General Liang Fen of the Wei is sitting behind the table.
He likes to work in the garden very much.
When I was tired from reading the documents, I got up and watered the flowers and plants. It is said that doing so can nourish the mind and guard against arrogance and impetuosity.
The visitors scoffed at this.
In this age of great strife, one should be brave and diligent, be high-spirited, and be able to cope with this amiable and twilight atmosphere?
There were several people standing beside the case, talking to Liang Fen. The visitor did not say anything, but stood aside, waiting quietly.
"The Liu family sent people to cultivate the fields in Gualijin, but they didn't take care of them. The servants went to ask, but they said, 'It depends on the heaven's harvest.' These dozens of hectares of fertile land are all fertile land. The Liu family was unable to cultivate them, but they didn't take care of them.
Don’t let it out. Ming Gong, it’s better to——”
"That's all." Liang Fen waved her hand and said: "Since you have planted it, don't take it by force. I ask for the land, after all, to save people. The people of Guanxi want to save, and the people of Nanyang also want to save, why favor one over the other?"
The visitor secretly curled his lips as he listened.
If you show your kindness to the people of Nanyang, will they respect you? I still don’t understand who is your root.
"If Gualijin doesn't work, then find another place to put it." Liang Fen asked again: "How much grain is left in the warehouse?"
"Less than 600,000 dendrobium."
Liang Fen twitched his beard and frowned, and said after a moment: "Send an army to escort them to Suiguo. After Du Tao, Suiguo has become extremely empty, and it is a good time to relocate them."
"Where is the king?"
"We can't control those many, let's settle them down first." Liang Fen said expressionlessly: "There are more than 800 families in this group, and they came all the way from Liangzhou. They have not surrendered to Shu, but they probably want to be with the imperial court. , give them more food, grass, and farm tools so that they can be resettled."
"As commanded."
The visitor glanced at Liang Fen and secretly thought that this was the magnanimity of the Mianbei Governor who was in charge of killing seven counties. So what if he followed the king? He blocked my way and pushed me away with all his strength.
As for the group of Liangzhou people, he also knew that most of them were Liangzhou officials and family members of military generals, and they fled in a hurry with their servants.
Since Yang Hu and Yang Nandi started the rebellion in Liangzhou, the local people have been in bad luck. Many people fled to Weixing County and then came to Nanyang. Because the road was very difficult to walk, and there were few supplies along the way, there were many casualties along the way. Very few people can reach Nanyang safely.
To be honest, these refugees are not from Kansai. It would be more appropriate to say that they are from Hanzhong.
To be honest, it is really difficult to travel from Han Dynasty to the east, over mountains and ridges, and then along the Mianshui River to Wei Xing and Nanyang. If the army is not careful, it will get lost and starve to death, let alone the common people.
But the visitors were not very interested in these people. They were not the same people as the refugees in Guanxi, let alone the same people. It was too much for Liang Gong to treat them so kindly.
"Ming Gong, all the tribes in Nanyang have jointly reported that the people from the West are plundering the roads. There are thieves everywhere and they cannot be disturbed. Please send troops to kill them." Someone else came forward to report.
"Growing up in a foreign land and being penniless, it is inevitable to become a thief." Liang Fen sighed: "Today, the punishments should be lenient and the taxes should be lenient, and it is not appropriate to commit more crimes. Go and tell them that I am looking for land for the refugees. Once you have the land, you will naturally Then they won't become thieves. If you can't wait, release the mountains, forests, and rivers they control, and allow the refugees to collect wood, herd, and fish. Let them survive this period first. The first time you arrive is always the hardest, just get over it. .”
"yes."
"Wang Dun and Wang Chuzhong led the army to the west and asked Xiangyang and Wancheng to support the army with weapons and supplies."
"It's all for the imperial court. You can take some from the arsenal and granary as appropriate and send them to Wang Dun's camp."
"As commanded."
"Ming Gong, after Yang Dan returned from Luoyang, he became more and more disobedient. Maybe he can be replaced?"
"Yang Pengzu is capable of fighting and has made many meritorious deeds, so what does it matter who he belongs to? Don't focus on these minutiae all day long. If you have talent, you can use it. I don't have any sectarian opinions."
"yes."
"Ming Gong..."
After finishing one thing after another, the staff slowly dispersed.
"Tai Chen, please sit down and have a drink with me." Liang Fen stood up and sat in front of another table.
The person who came was Yan Ding. After hearing this, he walked over and sat opposite Liang Fen.
"I'm really old and useless." Liang Fen said with a bitter smile: "If I had known that coming to Nanyang would be so tiring, I might as well have stayed in the court and become a noble official."
Yan Ding secretly thought that something was not right, so he tried to persuade him: "What can I say to you, Lord Ming? I am at my desk handling official correspondence from morning to night. I patrol the military camps and forts for hundreds of miles without stopping. Although I am behind the curtains, I control my troops thousands of miles away." Outside, thousands of Nanyang warriors went down to the river and killed Du Tao until he threw away his helmet and armor. If the Ming Gong is old, his servants really don’t know how to deal with themselves."
Liang Fen chuckled, picked up the wine glass, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Where is Shao Xun?" he asked.
Yan Ding perked up and said: "We have passed Gualijin and are almost at Wancheng. I have ordered the strong men to gather on the walls of the fortresses and station them at the foot of the city. When will Duke Ming come to the camp to issue an order?"
"Tai Chen——"
"Servant is here."
Liang Fen took a deep look at him and said, "I've delayed you under my tent."
Yan Ding was startled at first, then turned pale, and said anxiously: "Ming Gong has misunderstood. Without Ming Gong, I would still be the Commander-in-Chief of a Wubao in Mi County, with an unknown status. Ming Gong is really kind to me."
Liang Fen poured a glass of wine by herself and said, "I heard that Shao Xun has built Fangtou North City?"
"Yes. Both the northern and southern cities have been built. There are some flatterers in the court who even wrote the song "City Fangtou" and sung it." Yan Ding replied.
Liang Fen showed a slight smile on her face and said: "I have also heard something. There is a saying in it, 'herding cattle and sheep in the day and catching animals at night, often going to the new city a hundred miles away.' Is this the original words of Taibai?"
"yes."
Liang Fen sighed and said: "Shao Taibai's style often reminds me of the heroes of Guanzhong. This person is not like a descendant of Guandong. Judging from his actions, he is more like a powerful man from the frontier where Hu and Han are mixed."
"A scholar contaminated by Hu Feng?" Yan Ding asked.
"This is a very subtle statement." Liang Fen smiled while stroking her palms.
They are all scholars, but their styles vary greatly due to different regions.
A man like Yuan Yan, the prefect of Hongnong, was decisive in killing and yet able to lose his face. He knelt down at the banquet and coaxed Liu Cong into obscurity. Then he suddenly turned against him and attacked and robbed the camp at night.
Even if the Kanto scholars were able to feign surrender, they would not be able to do so to the extent of Yuan Yan, let alone go into battle with the servants like him.
A little further away in Liangzhou, the scholars galloped on horseback and were extremely powerful. They drank blood and ate raw meat. They were infinitely close to the barbarians.
But if you move to Jiangnan, the painting style changes again.
Living in the mountains, surrounded by flowing water, it is quiet and elegant. Scholars read, practiced calligraphy, played chess and painted.
There are also talented people and beautiful women, with delicate emotions, gentle style, and passionate love that makes people shed tears.
Scholars from the Central Plains were probably somewhere in between.
They were not as suave and fairy-like as the Jiangnan scholars, nor were they as rough and brave as the border scholars.
Shao Xun is more like a powerful man from the frontier who grew up in the Central Plains.
"After Fangtou built the city, I'm afraid Shao Xun will launch an attack." Liang Fen picked up the wine glass and put it down again, with a slight hint of sadness on her brows.
"Maybe he came to attack Nanyang." Yan Ding reminded: "He has brought all the troops that can fight."
"Why are Taiwan ministers so sure?"
"Nanyang is on the back of Yuzhou. From here we can raise troops and reach Xuchang four hundred miles away. Shao Xun is based in Yingchuan, Chenjun, Xincai, Nanton, Xiangcheng and other places. It is too close to Nanyang. If there is an unrest, then
The road back is unstable and we are unable to go north. How can we not be in a hurry when we go east?"
"According to what the Taiwan minister said, what should I do?"
"If Shao Xun comes, he will defend the city. I have summoned tens of thousands of elite soldiers. Nanyang City is high and the pond is deep. Shao Xun is exhausted."
He couldn't defeat him either. He couldn't stay in the city for a long time. When Shi Le heard about it, he would definitely lead his army across the river to attack Henan. Even Liu Cong might even send troops to help after hearing this and wipe out Shao Xun's foundation in Henan.
He captured it for the first time. In such a situation, he had no other choice but to withdraw his troops and return reinforcements."
"Are you still talking about leading an army to pursue and invade Xiangcheng?"
"We can attack or not." Yan Ding said excitedly: "If it is difficult to get to Xiangcheng, we can also attack Runan. Or, we can simply wipe out Shao Xun's forces in Nanyang and force all the tribes to submit."
Liang Fen remained silent for a long time.
Yan Ding stopped as he spoke.
"What good will this do to the people of Nanyang?" Liang Fen sighed: "The dispute between natives and guests has just been suppressed for a long time. If it rises again, there will be more than 100,000 casualties."
Yan Ding was speechless.
I had a clear understanding before, but now I am sure again: Liang Gong actually cares about the people of Nanyang, instead of focusing on the great cause.
"Ming Gong, Shao Xun is planning to usurp the throne!" Yan Ding said without hesitation.
Liang Fen's expression changed.
"As a relative of the emperor, does Ming Gong have to be exempted?" Yan Ding said again: "During Shao Xunping and Wang Ru's rebellion, there were a lot of killings. He is from Guandong and has always hated the people of Guanxi. If Ming Gong is not immune, Mianbei
More than 60,000 Kansai civilians are not exempt from this either."
"That's serious." Liang Fen stretched out her hand to stop Yan Ding's words. After thinking for a while, she said: "Tomorrow you will follow me out of the city and send someone to deliver a message to Shaoxun's camp. Tell him that I want to meet him at the shore of the Feishui River."
Chapter completed!