Niyang City is neither high nor big.
When Fu Zuan and his men approached the city, he looked up and sighed quietly.
There are people from the Fu family who serve as officials in Chang'an, but they are all minor officials of the fifth and sixth grades, two in total.
There were also brothers Fu Chang and Fu Xuan who served as officials in the Jin Dynasty.
Of course there are people in Jianye, currently there is only one, the second brother Fu Zuan, but I heard that my nephews have reached the age of becoming officials and are already looking for someone to flatter them. I believe that after a while they will be able to get a low-level staff position.
But Fu's family business is still in Beidi.
Fu Zuan's paternal grandmother, Du Shi, and his mother, Wei Shi, are both from Guanzhong's wealthy families. Their relationships are intricate, and they are married to each other to protect and help each other.
Even if the Huns wanted to deal with them, they would have bargaining power when faced with a difficult situation that could affect the whole body.
If the Huns don't care about the damage, of course they can kill the powerful clans like them, but why bother? If you kill us, you won't have enough talents to serve as officials to help you manage your internal affairs. At the same time, you will lose people's hearts and your foundation will be unstable.
It's okay when nothing happens, but once you encounter a headwind situation, you'll know how powerful it is.
So, why don't we all sit down and talk. Whatever you want, I'll think about it and see if I can give it to you.
In addition, you should also be restrained. Even if you are the emperor, I will give you face, but you should not be shameless. This is not an era where the emperor always sticks to his words and says the same thing.
Therefore, in the end, the situation is often like this: local governments completely rely on the autonomy of large ethnic groups.
Don't be afraid of losing face, it was like this in the later Han Dynasty, and it is perfectly justified.
Fu Zuan came all the way to the outside of Niyang County. When the soldiers on top of the city saw it, they immediately saluted: "Mr. Fu."
"Open the door." Fu Zhuan said loudly without any nonsense.
The soldier was a little embarrassed and said: "Mr. Fu, the prince has given an order that the martial law will be enforced during the day, but it cannot be opened."
"Can you open it?" Fu Zuan glared and asked, "Where is Lord Liu Fu? Where have you gone?"
"There are Xianbei people in Fuping who are plundering everywhere, and the prince has sent for troops." A small colonel at the top of the city answered.
"Whose soldiers are you inviting?"
"Jinbu Cavalry."
"Brother Jin Zhun's?"
"Yes, Jin Zhun is in Zheng County, Jin Ming is in Chang'an, and now Jin Kang is in charge of his troops."
"Open the door!" Fu Zuan waved his hand and said.
The people at the top of the city looked at each other, and after weighing the pros and cons, the door reluctantly opened.
Fu Zuan did not send anyone to test the situation, and instead relied on Dadi to ride forward - of course, you can also say that he was confident.
Behind him were more than a thousand people, who drove into the city quickly.
Fu Zuan was not embarrassed at all, and went straight to the prefect's mansion, and sat down in the courtyard under the surprised and fearful eyes of everyone.
After a while, officials from more than ten military schools rushed over.
Fu Zuan looked up and said to one of them: "Chen Hu, in the past your father sold cattle and sheep and were robbed by thieves. Who helped him get the cattle and sheep back in the end?"
"It's Mr. Fu." said a warrior wearing a helmet.
Fu Zhuan nodded.
In fact, that matter didn't take much effort. The Fu family knew what happened on the border of Beidi County after just a little inquiry, and then they sent people to ask for it. With Fu's face, it was easy.
Chen Hu's father received this favor, otherwise their family would have been doomed long ago, and Chen Hu would never have grown up, and would have probably been sold into slavery by his creditors.
"When you go to Xiaoyu's tent to serve the soldiers, you will tell them that you will no longer work for the Xiongnu Emperor, but will only serve under the orders of the King of Liang in Jin Dynasty." Fu Zuan glanced at Chen Hu and said matter-of-factly.
Chen Hu hesitated for a moment and asked, "Do you want to surrender to Jin?"
"This is called 'returning to the right'." Fu Zuan corrected him, and then asked: "You never obey orders?"
"I will obey Mr. Fu's order." Chen Hu replied.
Fu Zuan looked at the other person again and said: "Zhendao, as you are the county magistrate, how about you send officials to write a message of return to justice and list it on the important roads?"
When the county magistrate Li Zao heard this, he bowed and said, "How could I get an official position without the first Sili (Fu Xian)? Today is the time to repay my kindness."
He was an old official of the Jin Dynasty appointed by the Xiongnu. He was originally a county magistrate in Fufeng, but now he is the magistrate of Niyang.
Mrs. Fu asked him to go ahead, but he didn't hesitate much, because Mr. Fu was taking greater risks in this matter, and they were not afraid, so what were they afraid of? The wealth of the family was at stake here.
"Bu Si, you are a Huns and it is easy to be trusted. Go and spread false news to deceive Jin's troops." Fu Zuan said again.
"yes."
Fu Zuan called the names of a few more people and arranged various matters. Then he stood up and said: "Niyang is well guarded. Don't take it lightly. I will go to Fuping and appease several tribes."
Beidi County is not big, but it is not small either. There are only two counties. There are many open spaces in the countryside and many tribes are arranged there.
In addition to the Jin clan Xiongnu, there are also some old Xiongnu tribes.
What are the "Old Huns"? In fact, they were the Huns who grazed here before Liu Cong, Liu Can and his son entered Guanzhong.
In terms of close relationship, they are closer to the Xiongnu tribe in Henan than to the five Xiongnu tribes in Bingzhou.
After Liu Can entered Guanzhong, he tried hard to win over these Xiongnu tribes who had long lived here, but later found that there was really not much sense of identity between the two parties.
To put it bluntly, these old Huns in Guanzhong may identify more with Liu Hu, the leader of the Tiefu Huns, and the Dugu tribe of Tuoba Xianbei. They are really not familiar with you.
Who is Tu Ge'er? His bloodline is not as pure as that of Liu Hu and brother Liu Lugu.
In the end, Liu Can could only treat them as Diqiang, Xianbei, Jin and Jie people, but not as his confidants.
The Fu family has a very close relationship with these tribes, and with Xiao Yi's great righteousness, the possibility of success is not small.
He now really wanted to see whether King Liang would be overjoyed after making such a great contribution - uh, or was he frightened?
Probably not.
If you don't have the ability to influence officials and generals and change the color of one or several counties, can you still call it a wealthy family?
Starting from the eighth day of July, for several days, there were constant exchanges of feathers from all over Beidi County.
Niyang and Fuping counties successively removed the "Han" flag and replaced it with the "Jin" flag, directly changing their colors.
Some officials and generals who were still loyal to the Xiongnu were killed for no apparent reason - some of them may have been unjustly accused, but which temple doesn't have those who died unjustly? It's only your fault that you reacted too slowly. Brothers want to borrow your head to make a fool of themselves.
The stage of advancement.
Jin Kang still had some brains. He keenly sensed something was wrong, guarded his gates, and fought with the Xianbei people who came to plunder. He won first and then lost, so he fled far away to settle down.
The Fuping tribe, who had been instigated by Fu Zuan, officially raised their rebel flag, gathered seven or eight thousand cavalry, and headed towards Chang'an to attack the Huns stationed in Huangbaicheng.
For Liu Can, the hinterland of Guanzhong was leaking everywhere and was getting worse.
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Outside Pingyang City, Liang Fen, the Minister of Civil Service, and Fu Xuan, the wine-offering minister from the East Pavilion of the General's Mansion, boarded the carriage and headed south to Pujin Pass.
The changing situation of the war is dizzying.
Let alone ordinary people, senior officials like them did not expect that the situation would change so quickly.
It's ridiculous that some wealthy families thought that King Liang was in a quagmire and had no time to care about him, so they raised a flag of rebellion.
There were rebellions in the four counties of Runan, Qiao, Shunyang, and Yiyang one after another, and they linked up with Wu soldiers.
However, in the left camp of Yinqiang, after the government soldiers quickly dispatched, they first repelled the Wu soldiers who were responding. The rebels quickly declined in power, and were soon besieged to death. The strong men from various counties were recruited to defeat them.
There was rebellion in only one county in Hebei, namely Yangping County.
The prefect Shen Zhong put an end to the rebellion immediately, defeated the rebels in the county town, and then took advantage of the situation to cover up the massacre and seize his manor.
This level of rebellion is really not worth mentioning.
Compared with the rebellion that swept through Hebei many years ago and was finally brutally suppressed by Li Chong, Liu Ling and others, the momentum was far behind.
Even the rebellion is so weak, it may be impossible to change the situation in the world.
"It's better to be careful when we go to Guanzhong." Liang Fen looked at Fu Xuan who was sitting opposite and said: "First go and pay a visit to the Governor Hou, and then ask him to send an army to escort him. Leave Feng Yi County alone, and Beidi County must persuade him to surrender.
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"Yes." Fu Xuan cupped his hands and responded.
"An Ding, let me think of a solution." Liang Fen said with a slight smile.
There are not only the Liang family in Anding County, but also the Huangfu family. These two families often have marriages, and their relationship is very close.
Even now, there are still people from the Liang clan serving as officials and generals in the Xiongnu, such as Liang Xun, who was awarded the title of Marquis.
This man was originally a general of Sima Bao, King of Nanyang, and later surrendered as the governor of Longxi.
Liu Can moved more than 10,000 households from Longxi to live near Chang'an, and Liang Xun also came with him. During the reign of Emperor Wu Sima Yan, Longxi County only had 3,000 Hu and Han households, but the Huns suddenly moved more than 10,000 households.
As for Chang'an, I really don't know how to compile this household registration. How many people in the world can figure it out clearly?
By the way, Yan Ding was also an official in the Huns, and Liang Fen wanted to save him one last time and let him perform meritorious deeds without bringing in all the old and young people.
The situation in Kansai has actually been decided.
Every time he thinks about this, Liang Fen can't help but smile, the world is at peace.
"Ming Gong." Fu Xuan interrupted Liang Fen's thoughts and said: "After capturing Guanxi, how will King Liang treat the Xizhou scholars?"
After thinking for a while, Liang Fen said: "The situation in Xizhou is complicated, so we may try to calm it down first."
"What does it mean to calm it down?" Fu Xuan asked.
"The main thing is to appease people's hearts." Liang Fen said: "I expect that King Liang will only take drastic measures after he ascends the throne and proclaims himself emperor."
Fu Xuan nodded silently.
Liang Fen glanced at him and said: "Don't think too much. King Liang has a sense of propriety and will not mess around. Besides, he is the founder of the foundation, so he will definitely think about removing the old and replacing the old with the new."
What the founding emperor couldn't do, how do you expect the emperor to do it?
The simplest thing is that the founding emperor can still make people loyal to him even if he damages his own basic interests to a certain extent. It is impossible for the established emperor to do this.
It's not that the Shoucheng King is not capable enough, but that he has no process of conquering the world and cannot establish that kind of supreme prestige. This is also the reason why the reform in the later period of the dynasty is difficult to succeed, and the last emperor is difficult to continue the reign of Zuo - he does not have enough prestige.
Breaking free from the shackles of bureaucratic "negative assets" will only be dragged down by them in the end.
Once Shao Xun proclaims himself emperor, he will definitely start heading south to Jiangdong, and then slowly start farming outside the twenty counties of Liang Kingdom.
If these things are left to future generations to do, they will inevitably fail halfway and even cause chaos in the world.
Some missions were destined to be accomplished only by the founding king, and he knew this very well.
"Finish the things in front of you first. This mess has been in a mess for more than 20 years, and finally someone came forward to clean it up." Liang Fen smiled and said.
Fu Xuan also had a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!