Chapter six hundred and seventeen: decisive victory
It is Wang Ju’s most troublesome thing to do when he is able to use his talents.
Fortunately, the people who came to join us are not idiots. The most idiot Yuchi Xunyu is still doing well in the Ying Hotel and is quite responsible, let alone others?
Speaking of which, most of these people who fled east were top talents of this era, most of them had the best education, and had experience as officials, some had led soldiers, and some had taken charge of the prefecture. This has a great effect on His Royal Highness the King of Wei.
Even though the system of the Shence Army was different from that of other Tang Army soldiers, except for a small number of relatively good military officers, those military officers would enter the Five Military Camp, and the others were really useless and would be in charge of public security and stealing.
These people are still at peace and can't be said to be depressed and unsuccessful. After all, now it is a life after a disaster. Everyone knows that what they are doing now is not for the present consideration, but for the sake of the future, the second prince ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, which is the most important thing.
However, life in Luoyang made them a little uncomfortable. Life here is too tight. Everyone is like a spinning top, always turning around without stopping. These people are used to being idle. Even if they are officials, they are still quiet and plain. They pay attention to being neither fast nor slow, as if they are virgins, but this is not the case here.
The yamen here is not as spacious as Chang'an. It's not that the yamen are dilapidated. On the contrary, the yamen here are probably new and the decoration is also good. However, in the same yamen, the officials in Chang'an may only have seventy or eighty people. When they arrive here, the number of people is ten times that of there. Everything seems to be in charge of. Although the officials at the lower level are respectful, they do not have the kind of servitude that is completely dependent on the superiors. Everyone performs their duties, and the rooms in the yamen do not interfere with each other. The rights and responsibilities are clearly divided.
Every morning, when you arrive in the yamen, you make a pot of tea by yourself and start working. This is different from Chang'an. The officials in Chang'an seem to be miscellaneous officials, which can be said to be "literary and military". They ask them to serve tea and water. They are in charge of accounting and passing official documents, and they do it too. But here, those who look at the account books in the public housing, those who are responsible for official documents, those who are responsible for official documents, those who are negotiated with the prosecutors go to the prosecutors, and each matter is divided into countless small details, and then special people are allowed to
Go to do it. As a result... there is no full-time mail servant, which makes people complain. However, those who are used to being officials in Luoyang do not complain too much, so they can't help but say a few words to him. It turns out that the officials of the Shence Mansion and the Five Military Mansion are allocated a lot of salaries every year. Once recruited, they have to be raised for a lifetime. However, the Court only allocates so much money and grain every year. If each yamen recruits a few useless mail servants, how many people have to be recruited? How much money and grain will be spent to raise each year?
Obviously... this is a brand new system, so their words are always slightest, just like their country bumpkins entering the city. Uh... This is really, compared to Chang'an, Luoyang's development has been a thousand miles a day. It is really a giant city. Compared with Chang'an, Chang'an is really Xiao Guo.
Since I have something to do, I will send people to greet you every now and then. It’s just asking if I am used to staying or not, and what are the difficulties that I can help with. In addition, since I am a guest from afar, His Highness the King of Wei is the master. It would be good to have a place to live here. The world is so big. Since I have chosen to oppose Wei, the only place to stay is Luoyang.
Then... I had to slowly integrate into it.
Although there are many things that are not used to, I gradually realized the benefits here. For example, there are more products here, and the clothes are ready-made and there are many styles. In addition, the same is true for various rouge and water powder, but the prices are cheaper. Many things that were originally insignificant in life, such as in the past, no matter the noble and low-priced people, they used willow branches to brush their teeth, but now, toothbrushes have become popular here. This kind of gadget that uses bones, horns, bamboo, wood and other materials to drill pores on the head and plant ponytails on them is not only beautiful, but also very convenient. Luoyang people are said to have used them for a long time. Moreover, because of large-scale production, the price is not too expensive, and there are also various styles. As long as you have money, you can buy them with jade.
Life here gives people the feeling of being meticulous. In many insignificant places, it seems to have become a business opportunity for merchants. Some people even joke that those giants with connections or strong capital often do very rough business. They are either mining, steel, or doing cow and horse leather goods. On the contrary, small and medium-sized merchants have little competition in such large-scale transactions, so they focus more on small details, such as toothbrushes, ready-to-wear, and even shoes and socks.
There are also crowns and hats, especially ready-to-wear. The clothes worn by people here are different from other places, especially ordinary clothes, which are very different, because most ordinary people are working now. If they work, they wear large sleeves or long skirts with open crotch, it will inevitably get in the way. Therefore, this tight clothing is very popular and has a tendency to replace the original clothing. Many people call their work clothes. Only when they are guests or visit relatives and friends, will they wear the clothes they used to wear.
The prices of the things here are actually not high, so it is naturally due to the continuous large-scale production of workshops, but the cost is quite large. After all, there are too many things needed, and it is no longer the same kind of life as before.
The people who defected to him, plus their relatives, have exceeded tens of thousands, but these tens of thousands were once an amazing family in this dynasty. Now they have gradually integrated with Luoyang.
But... after this tense and peaceful life, many people smelled a trace of gunpowder.
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Fang Jing, Wang Fangyi and some important military generals have gathered in the Wei Palace. With the second prince’s edict to challenge Wei, the situation in the world has begun to become subtle.
In Chang'an, it was not beyond Qin Shaoyou's expectations. The emperor's edict came in confrontation, so naturally accusing Qin Shaoyou of being a rebel. He immediately expressed his desire to fight against the thief and sent 300,000 troops, and was necessary to kill the evildoers.
The court and the Wei Palace finally completely broke the face.
Both sides ordered the governors of the world to raise troops to fight against the thieves, and they were not allowed to denounce each other's crimes. As for the 300,000 army of the court, they came seriously, but... they came to Hangu Pass, and it ended abruptly. It was obvious that the Wei family was not crazy yet and knew that the attack on Luoyang was too high. They did not intend to do a one-time deal, so they put troops in Hangu Pass, hoping to wait for their labor.
Qin Shaoyou's five military camps also began to gather and occupied various passes, looking like they were fighting against each other and a war was about to break out.
It has obviously become the norm to yell from afar. One side refuses to take the initiative, and the other side. It seems that they want to take advantage of it. But in order to strengthen their own momentum, in public opinion, they each pretend that their army is about to set off immediately and attack Huanglong's spirit. They scared the people of the prefectures and counties on both sides of the pass very much. They thought that the storm was coming, and who knew that the thunder would not rain. The dark clouds were covered for a long time, at most, the small-scale battle between the scouts on both sides was afflicted. After half a month, they injured seven or eight people, and there was no one dead. So they were relieved. What should they do, of course, what did they do? It turned out to be just a false alarm.
But in this tense momentum, what both sides obviously pay more attention to is the attitude of the princes in each of the towns.
Whether it was the envoy of the court or the confidants of the Wei Palace, they had already gone to various towns to contact the governors of each town. It was obvious that after the edicts from Chang'an and Luoyang were issued, the attitudes of the princes were extremely subtle.
As for them, the people on this side agreed well, and the people on the other side seemed to have no intention of refusing. At least most of the governors were like this. They might have met the envoys of the court in the morning and expressed their loyalty. In the evening, they invited the people of the King of Wei to the private residence.
This attitude is entirely based on one's own interests, and it is quite a bit like eating the other and supporting the people who are in the court.
In fact, this is understandable. The situation is not clear now. Although the Wei family is angry and resentful, it represents the serious court. The emperor is still there. After all, the emperor is still the second prince's father, so how can he beat his father? The Wei family seems to have a great power, but... why should I fight for you?
These people are obviously much more slick about some people in the temple. They have now become real profiteers in the Tang Dynasty, and all considerations are their own territory.
However... there are also some people who resolutely oppose the second prince. When the Wei family was enfeoffed, eight or nine of the Wei family's children became governors. This is naturally to curb Qin Shaoyou's considerations. At the same time, they also took this opportunity to go public through a backdoor listing, allowing the Wei family to make profits.
These people naturally cannot be both snakes and rats, and they will never be able to get the "forgiveness" of the second prince. Since Qin Shaoyou wants to oppose Wei, he will naturally be himself. At this time... he naturally responded to the call of the court and drove away the envoy sent by Qin Shaoyou, looking irreconcilable.
Especially the three towns in the south of Henan Prefecture, they occupied Xuzhou and Huainan areas, and joined forces with several Wei family governors in Chu to prepare for war, and had an atmosphere of being the pioneer of the king.
Wei Chenliang, the governor of Weiwu Town, was the cousin of Wei family. His fief was in Xuzhou, where the land was fertile. At this time, he had already raised troops everywhere, and it was very meaningful to integrate the Wei family princes of other towns and attack Luoyang in the north.
Now... 100,000 elite troops have gathered. In addition, there is a continuous stream of reinforcements. This person is quite arrogant and has repeatedly allowed small-scale troops to invade the border of Henan Prefecture and attack the caravans.
This kind of harassment was obviously just an appetizer, but fortunately he was not crazy. Although he kept harassing, he did not send troops to attack with all his strength. His confidence was only due to the fact that most of the troops from the King of Wei were used in the official army of Hangu Pass. He was really unable to fight on both sides.
As for taking the initiative and really attacking Luoyang, he was not sure. However, in the face of this harassment, Qin Shaoyou's attitude made him a little proud.
Qin Shaoyou did not get angry, but sent envoys every now and then to announce the policy of the second prince. It was nothing more than a cliché. His Highness the Second Prince only avenged his brothers, and his target was only Empress Wei. As for the rest of the Wei family, he would never target them. He hoped that the governors could abandon the secret and turn to the light. When the second prince succeeded to the throne, the Wei family would definitely be better than tonight.
Wei Chenliang just felt funny when he heard this. How could he believe such nonsense? Where can he attach the so-called "Skin is gone"? Empress Wei is gone, and the Wei family is a disaster. Who doesn't understand this principle? Qin Shaoyou and Li Chongfu are still playing such a rough trick. Do you really treat people as fools? He is determined not to make peace with Qin Shaoyou. Qin Shaoyou and Li Chongfu are wasting his efforts.
However... Qin Shaoyou's low posture still shocked the spirit of the governors gathered in Xuzhou. It was obvious that Qin Shaoyou might not have wanted to make peace with them, and probably could not fight together. He wanted to devote all his energy to the court. Therefore, he used such a slow-down strategy to stabilize the coalition forces in Xuzhou and use all his strength to advance westward to break Chang'an in one go.
In this way, Qin Shaoyou not only had to divide his troops to guard his Henan Prefecture and more than 30 prefectures and more than 100 counties to prevent the surrounding princes from embezzling and annexing his territory, but also gathering large troops to confront the court. Obviously, he was too poor to deal with the coalition forces of Xuzhou, or... he knew that the possibility of peace was very small, but he was still trying, which shows that he really had no choice.
As a result, Qin Shaoyou's thoughts greatly encouraged the Wei family's governors. Even a few distant relatives of the Wei family who were hesitating seemed to have made up their minds at this time and sent troops directly to aid. More and more troops began to gather. Wei Chenliang was not in a hurry to fight the decisive battle. Instead, he slowly accumulated strength and increased his harassment of Qin Shaoyou. He also sent memorials to Chang'an. His purpose was self-evident. This was to hope that the court could draw more military and horses and restrain more "rebels".
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Chapter completed!