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The Hexi rebellion that took place in May of the 22nd year of Jian'an was destined to be a tragedy. Zhao Yun led 45,000 troops into Zhangye and launched a final decisive battle with 50,000 Qiang troops under Zhangye City.

The ending was not unexpected. The Han army defeated 50,000 Qiang troops in just one hour. The defeat of the Qiang troops on both sides of the wings triggered the defeat of the Qiang troops on their own. The Han army chased after them for more than ten miles, killing the Qiang troops everywhere, and countless surrenders. Ma Chao was seriously injured and fled into the Dadoubagu with more than a thousand personal guards and fled to Hehuang.

This battle wiped out the main force of the Qiang Army, and all the noble chiefs were killed and injured before and after the war. From then on, the Qiang people in Hexi were greatly injured and no longer had the intention of splitting and reliance. They surrendered to the Han Kingdom and returned to their hometowns as citizens of the Han Kingdom.

Due to the heavy casualties of young and strong men in various tribes in the war, many tribes disappeared, and the herdsmen turned to rely on government officials, and many herdsmen turned to farming and settled. Hexi gradually became a semi-herderly and half-agricultural society. The Han Dynasty then set up herding prisons in Hexi, specializing in herding horses, raising cattle and sheep, and providing support to the Central Plains.

Ma Chao led more than a thousand remaining troops to escape in the Dadouba Valley, and then gradually stopped after running for more than a mile. At this time, Ma Chao was seriously injured and could no longer ride a horse. The guards found a place to rest and bandage the coach to heal the wounds.

At this time, Ma Chao already knew that the Great Douba Valley was cut off by Pang De's army. His temporary resting place was on a hill, surrounded by Han corps. They could not break through at all, but Ma Chao still held a glimmer of hope, hoping that Pang De would let him go so that he could escape to Qinghai.

He asked a personal guard to take his sword to meet Pang De and plead with him. Pang De was only two miles away from Ma Chao's healing place. He ordered the deputy general Leng Bao to lead his army to surround Ma Chao, but he refused to show up.

In a large tent, Pound sat next to the fire and remained silent. Although it was May, the climate in the Daduba Valley was changing and snowfall was not uncommon in midsummer. It was dusk and the temperature was colder, so you had to keep warm.

Pang De was full of worries. He always was a person who valued love and righteousness. Ma Chao was his former master. He treated him well in the past and regarded him as his right-hand man. Especially Ma Teng was raising him, which made it difficult for him to forget his old love.

But the King of Han trusted him and let him guard the key big fight. This was undoubtedly the greatest trust in him and a test for him. He could not betray the King of Han or the Trust. Besides, even if he let Ma Chao go, his soldiers might not agree.

This made Pang De confused and difficult to make a decision. He also secretly regretted that he would not have applied for this task if he had known it. He would have been out of the matter, and perhaps he would not have suffered like this.

At this time, a personal soldier reported outside the tent: "Report to General, Ma Chao sent someone to ask for a meeting."

Ponde wanted to say hesitation, but hesitated for a moment and nodded again, "Let him come in."

After a moment, a soldier was led into the tent. The soldier knelt down and raised his sword high, crying and said, "My prince is seriously injured. I beg the general to save his life because of his past love."

The sword in the soldier's hand was given to Ma Chao by Pang De. When he saw the things, Pang De had an old thought again, but the soldier called Ma Chao the prince, which immediately made Pang De furious again. The old love that had just risen in his heart disappeared without a trace. He angrily rebuked: "Shut up and there is no prince here, get out."

The soldier knew that he had made a mistake and kowtowed desperately: "It's a villain who said nonsense. General Ma has long dared to be king. General Ma will calm down his anger."

Pang De pressed his anger in his heart and said slowly: "There is a cause and a result. He has come to this point today. His highness has been his own fault. His Highness treated him kindly, but he did not want to repay his kindness, but instead betrayed him. He took this step and destined to be his fate today. I will not save him. Since he is a real man, he should bear all the consequences. Tell him, I am a righteous person and a loyal general. If he still has a little conscience, don't put me in unrighteousness again."

The soldier begged again, and Pang De refused to agree. At this time, he woke up. If he let Ma Chao go today, he would not only not repay his kindness, but instead put himself in a state of infidelity and injustice. His originally somewhat shaken mind became firm.

Seeing that Pang De refused to agree, the soldier had to say goodbye with tears in his eyes. Pang De called him again, ordered someone to take some medicine, and gave him a tent, asking him to take it back to Ma Chao. The soldier thanked him for his gratitude.

At night, the temperature dropped sharply, and heavy snow fell in the valley. The Han soldiers could not stand the cold and lit fires to keep the cold. The top of the mountain was also covered with heavy snow, trapping Ma Chao and his men on the mountain.

At this time, Ma Chao's food was exhausted, and the soldiers had to kill the horses to fill their hunger. The soldiers went everywhere to find firewood, and many soldiers were frozen to death on the mountain.

Ma Chao was lying in the tent. His wound was already inflamed, pus and blood were leaking, and his nose was stinking. His whole body was weak. Under the attack of the severe cold, Ma Chao was already dead.

In the middle of the night, he wrote a confession letter in his blood, begging Liu Jing to forgive his son's life for his participation in the defeat of the Huns. When it was dawn, the personal soldiers guarding him were only listening to him muttering, "If I had known today, why would I have been there?"

The soldier looked at Ma Chao again and found that he had already died. Ma Chao, a great hero, died in the Great Fight Valley.

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In late May, Zhao Yun led a army back to Beijing in triumphantly. Liu Jing personally held a ceremony outside Chang'an City to welcome the return of the soldiers who were expeditioning to Hexi. He also rewarded the army with great rewards. Zhao Yun was appointed as the Left General and the Marquis of Yixian. He appreciated 10,000 pieces of colorful satin and 5,000 taels of gold. Zhao Yun could not refuse any more, so he gave the gold and colorful satin to his subordinates. He did not accept one, and the soldiers cheered and were full of gratitude to Zhao Yun.

Liu Jing immediately appointed Ma Dai as the left governor of Hexi, led 8,000 troops to guard Dunhuang and Jiuquan, and appointed Wu Lan as the right governor of Hexi, led 6,000 troops to guard Wuwei and Zhangye. He also appointed dozens of county magistrates including Li to take office in Hexi.

Hexi takes time to slowly integrate and heal his wounds, but for the Han Dynasty, this is not the mainstream of the Han Dynasty after all. It is like a tributary of the river. After a brief period of attracting people's attention, it is gradually forgotten.

The mainstream of the Han Dynasty was to recuperate and restore the national strength exhausted by the Hefei War, which required an increase in food and stability in the people, and the army also needed rest and adjustments.

Although the people were stable and recuperating, there were many changes in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty. First, a large number of officials were appointed in the Jianghuai region and Hexi region, and a large number of positions were adjusted.

The second was the change of the Chang'an court. The original secretary of the Han King was changed to the Secretariat Province, Pang Tong was appointed as the Left Secretary, Dong Yun, the Xiangyang Shou, served as the Left Secretary of the Secretariat, and Fei Yi, the governor of Shu County, served as the Right Secretary of the Secretariat.

The Shizhong Temple, which was responsible for reviewing the government orders, was renamed Menxia Province, and Fa Zheng served as Shizhong. However, Fa Zheng is currently restoring the economy of Hefei in the Jianghuai River, so Yin Mo is still temporarily acting as Shizhong.

Pingzhangtai was renamed the Shangshu Province, with six ministries under its jurisdiction. In addition to the original five ministries of officials, civilians, military, punishment and engineering, the Ministry of Rites was added, and the former Wuwei Guard Du Ji served as the first Minister of Rites.

But these are just changes in the department name, and what officials are more interested in is the changes in power. Originally, the Han government center was composed of five ministers and one servant. Xu Shu, Jiang Wan, Dong He, Sima Yi and Fei Guan were the five ministers, and the servant was Yin Mo. However, they had been in power for many years, and it was gradually time to replace and hand over power.

More importantly, these five phases were created to balance various regions, such as Xu Shu represented Liu Jing's direct lineage, Jiang Wan represented Jingzhou, Donghe represented Dongzhou scholars of Bashu, Sima Yi represented Guanzhong Fu, and Fei Guan represented Bashu.

When Liu Jing first seized Yizhou, it was indeed necessary to balance power in this way, but as time went by, the Han Dynasty had been in Chang'an for several years, so there was no need to continue this narrow regional balance.

Therefore, this reform of the power framework brought the power distribution to a time when Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and Du Ji entered the center of power, which means that the five major phases had to make certain adjustments, or power redistribution.

This made the officialdom in Chang'an subtle, and the imperial examination will be held in two months, so these two things became the focus of attention of Chang'an and the entire Han Dynasty.

At night, Jia Xu read books in the study as usual. Because Jia Xu was old, he no longer participated in government affairs and military advisors, and only served as Liu Jing's aide. He was called the chief master in the Han Dynasty and had a high status in the Han Dynasty. Moreover, Liu Jing treated him well. His eldest sons Jia Mu and Jia Fang were named as the governor or county magistrate, while Jia Ji was appointed as the Ministry of Personnel and was responsible for the assessment of county magistrates of each county, with a little real power.

Jia Xu was also satisfied, hoping that he could calmly live his old age and complete his final life journey.

At this time, footsteps came from outside the door, and only the other person Jia Ji said outside the door: "Have you rested?"

"Come in if you have anything to do"

Jia Ji quickly walked into the room, knelt down and bowed, "The child visited my father."

Jia Xu knows him very well. He usually won’t disturb him, especially at night, even more so. If he comes over, then something must be important. Jia Xu put down the book and asked with a smile: “Is there anything wrong with my son?”

Jia Ji hesitated for a while and said, "The child is in trouble and wants to ask his father for advice."

Jia Xu saw that there was a box on his hand, so he asked, "What troublesome thing?"

Jia Ji put the box in front of his father and slowly opened it. It was dazzling. Jia Xu's eyes suddenly narrowed. There were dozens of pearls in the box, each full and round, all of which were topped with beads. He asked without saying a word: "What's the point?"

"Father, this is given to the child by the boss of Chang'an Baozhai this afternoon."

Jia Xu couldn't help but sneer, "Are you going to marry him? He actually gave such an expensive betrothal gift."

Jia Xu has lived in the world for a long time. These dozens of pearls are worth at least a thousand gold. Naturally, others will not send them for no reason. They must ask for something. Jia Ji sighed, "My father doesn't know that Baozhai's backstage is actually the Fei family, and Chengdu Baozhai is the Fei family's industry."

Of course, Jia Xu knew that Baozhai's backstage was the Fei family. Although he was low-key, he was actually the largest jewelry shop in the world. There were shops in Chengdu, Chang'an, Wuchang, Wuxian, Xuchang and Yedu, specializing in jewelry.

They gave me such a valuable gift, could they want me to take care of my brother Fei's family?

Jia Ji bit his lip and whispered for a while: "This is actually just a small part. The child understands what they mean. These pearls are not given to the child, but to the father."

"Give it to me"

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "What are you giving me to do? Are they pitying my shabby burial and sending me to fill the coffin?"
Chapter completed!