Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1237 A small guess at the approach of the soldiers

  Yan Ping first year, early autumn.

   Yang Biao's subordinate Guan Qiuxing led the army, numbering 100,000, left Anyi, arrived in Linfen, and pointed directly at Pingyang.

The momentum was huge, but the road was not very smooth. First, the scouts were tricked, and then the cavalry was beaten up in the process of chasing Zhang Lie. In addition to sending a brigade of scouts to investigate the surrounding area, Zhang Lie and others were allowed to wander in front of the army formation, and they all turned a blind eye.

  In the past two days, the same drama has been staged again and again. Zhang Lie took the cavalry around, and Wu Qiuxing's remaining cavalry only dared to drive them away under the cover of his own infantry, and did not dare to pursue them.

Zhang Lie's cavalry didn't find any flaws in Wu Qiuxing's relatively rigorous formation, so they couldn't actually cause much direct damage. They just slowed down Wu Qiuxing's two-day itinerary. They only walked less than twenty miles, and finally arrived at this distance of Pingyang for three days before arriving at the camp five miles south of Pingyang City.

   Guan Qiuxing sent a letter of persuasion to Pingyang City in accordance with the custom of giving gifts first and then soldiers.

   Then Xun Chen swiped his pen and said that he needs to think about it, and he will reply in three days...

After receiving the reply, Guan Qiuxing smiled coldly. Although he understood Xun Chen's intentions, he also needed to build a more secure camp first, so he didn't care. Some materials are used in the construction of their own camp, which can be regarded as some demonstrations.

However, those workshops have long been emptied by Xun Chen's arrangement of personnel. Wu Qiuxing just removed some wood and red bricks to get them out. As for the walls built with earth and cement, it took a lot of effort to demolish them, and they couldn't be burned down. After a while, it doesn't matter.

   Therefore, in the past two days, the upper and lower walls of the city have confronted each other strangely, and each is busy with his own business.

  Because Pingyang City is already considered the largest trade center in Shanxi, even at this point in time, Changan Luoyang has declined, and Xuchang Ye City has not yet risen, so it can be said that it is the most prosperous place in the Han Dynasty, which seems to be justified.

A prosperous place will naturally bring more people, and more people will further promote the construction of the city. This can be heard in the classic song of the five rings in Huaxia in later generations, knowing that it is crowded If you want to die, you still risk your life to squeeze in.

Therefore, the original facilities and grounds in Pingyang City gradually became insufficient. After Xun Chen took charge of Pingyang's affairs, he began to build the second ring road in Pingyang. The cost of the second city wall is even less than repairing the original city wall.

  Because the circumference of the second ring is more than twice that of the first ring, it can be calculated that the more advanced materials and equipment invented by Fei Qian will have a huge impact on the current production and construction.

However, the turrets and cloud buildings above the second ring city wall are limited by craftsmen and materials. After all, wooden beams are still needed. Earth and cement walls are acceptable, but the strength of reinforced concrete structures like later generations is still insufficient. , so there is probably only one embryo, which has not been fully completed, and the output of the red brick kiln on the wall of the city has not increased much. Many places on the city wall of the second ring road in Pingyang have not been laid with relatively hard red bricks. The trench outside the city has not yet been excavated, so the overall defense system of the second ring city wall is still somewhat insufficient, and it is barely usable. .

Therefore, people who are still staying in Pingyang, who have a little status, have moved into the inner city of Pingyang First Ring Road for safety reasons. After all, it is safer. Friends, relatives, etc., just squeeze in every moment...

As for whether there will be personal danger after Guanqiuxing breaks the city, in the eyes of these gentry children, most of them think that there will not be too many problems. The reason is simple. It is not the Hu people who attacked the city, but Yang Biao army under his command.

It’s not that Yang Biao’s personal reputation is so good, but because at this point in time, except for Hu Man who can do some things to massacre the city, other princes from all over the country still need some benevolence and righteousness to hide their face, so Cao Cao did the massacre I don’t know how long it took for people to talk about it after the incident. Even if he became Prime Minister Cao with power over the world, some people still chattered endlessly. Even the officials who compiled the history of Wei used a sentence on this matter, "There are many mistakes." carnage"...

If Zheng Xifeiqian and others can hold on, and they didn't abandon and hide during the battle, they can show off to some extent in the future to get closer. If Yang Biao's subordinates capture the city, they won't risk the world Buwei blatantly massacres the city. At that time, all he needs to do is to close the door and wait until he is a little more stable to visit Wuqiu Xing and express his willingness to bow his head and vassalize him.

Furthermore, as far as the big noble families are located in Pingyang, even if they are the sons of the noble clan of the same family, they are mostly individual personnel sent from other places. What family is in danger, even if unfortunately died in the war, for these gentry, it is just the loss of one or a few family members, just like one or two broken branches on a big tree. Branches, though painful, are not fatal.

  But for Zhao Shang, who is one person and one family, naturally he can't be so indifferent in his heart, and he can't sit still and wait for the final result...

   In Zhao Shang's mind, there was nothing wrong with Fei Qian, General Zhengxi, but there was something wrong with his behavior. The most important point was that Emperor Han was not left in Bingbei!

   What does General Fei Qian want to do?

Zhao Shang believes that the most serious problem of this dynasty is the excessive military power. Dong Zhuo was like this before, and so was Li Guo. Finally, he saw Fei Qian welcome the Han Emperor to Pingyang. He thought Fei Qian was also a loyal courtier of the Han Dynasty, but he did not. Thinking that he was also reluctant to part with the military power in his hands, and let Da Hao's chance to enter the court just slipped away in his hands for nothing...

  Is Dong Zhuo going to end well?

   Will Li Jue and Guo Si end well?

In Zhao Shang's view, the best route for Feiqian is to go in the direction of his relatives, regardless of how old Han Emperor Liu Xie is now, anyway, find someone, take advantage of Han Emperor's time in Pingyang, marry Han Emperor and finish the job, and then lead the army Enter Luoyang with Emperor Han, so that you can hold the inner court and Shangshutai in your hands, and Fei's family will flourish from then on, and Zhao Shang will naturally rise...

   As a result, Fei Qian was so short-sighted that he let go of Han Emperor Liu Xie in vain. He did nothing, which meant that he lost the best opportunity. How can Zhao Shang not regret it!

  Although the official system of this dynasty follows the Sangong Jiuqing system, the Sangong Jiuqing refers to the officials of the foreign court, that is, the outer court, because the government offices of the Sangong Jiuqing are all located outside the imperial palace.

  Although the Sangong Jiuqing is a high position, it is also a dream pursued by the nobles in the world, but in the hearts of discerning people, the position of the Sangong is not so beautiful.

  Under Dong Zhongshu’s induction system between heaven and man, the emperor is guilty, the heavens have opinions, and when disasters happen, someone must take the blame, so Sangong is the best candidate to take the blame. Under such a background, if there are disasters every year, Sangong will naturally be like a revolving lantern, taking turns to walk around in accordance with the etiquette norms. Anyway, everyone knows what is going on.

  Only, the official positions of the inner court are not changed frequently, and once they are changed, it means political blood and rain.

In the early Han Dynasty, the prime minister and the Sangong Jiuqing had too much power, which led to the emperor's hands and feet in many cases. Therefore, after Emperor Wu of the Han came to power, the first thing to do was to kill the prime minister, and the next step was to kill the Sangong Jiuqing and let the Sangong Jiuqing Gradually it was reduced to an honorary position.

  Emperor Wu was a man of great talent and general plan, and he needed to quickly upload and issue imperial orders and decisions. However, due to the excessive power of the ministers, Emperor Wu was greatly constrained, and the imperial power could not be commanded by his arm, so he began to reuse officials in the inner court. Sangong was gradually deprived of real power, and Shangshu became a prominent official position of the cashier. In Shangshutai, there were Shangshuling, Shangshu Pushe and Liucao Shangshu, which were called "eight seats" at that time, and their status was very respected.

Among the three lords and nine lords, whether there is an official post of minister or not becomes an important watershed. If there is no one, it is just a wooden statue of laughing and laughing. It is placed on it when needed, and it is removed when something goes wrong. Those who have this matter of Shangshu, even if they are removed from the position of Sangong, they are still important officials in the court.

At the same time, in order to avoid the situation that the inner court Shangshu Shizhong and others united with the Sangong and Jiuqing, and the emperor was emptied, Emperor Wu mixed sand into the Shangshu platform. The court officials have complete control over Shangshutai, after all, the relatives and the emperor are more or less a family.

The emperor usually discusses major plans with ministers and courtiers who add officials, but ministers and ministers cannot participate. Therefore, starting from Emperor Wu, Chinese and Korean officials have greater decision-making power over government affairs. implement.

   As a result, the power of the inner court officials in the Chinese and Western Dynasties was too great, and when it also posed a threat to the imperial power, Emperor Wu later used the Ban Zhongguan, that is, eunuchs to intervene in government affairs to balance politics.

  Jinzhong refers to the place where the emperor and concubines live, and most of the officials in the inner court are eunuchs. In the late period of Emperor Wudi, considering that Shangshu could only perform affairs in palaces and pavilions, and could not convey government affairs in forbidden places, he appointed eunuchs as Zhongshu Xizheling, responsible for delivering edict memorials, and Zhongshuling began to restrain Shangshuling from then on.

  During the time of Emperor Guangwu, the distinction between palace bans was even stricter, and scholars were not allowed to enter and exit the forbidden palaces at will. Announcing government decrees in Jinzhong, receiving memorials and other matters are all in charge of the Shizhong Temple, East Temple, and West Temple located in Jinzhong. It was originally a tripartite restriction. The sword frightened the emperor, causing the Shizhong Temple to be moved out, and the banzhong completely became the world of **** forces.

  At that time, Emperor Wu vigorously reused Chinese and court officials in order to fight for the power of the prime minister and contain the outer court. After Emperor Guangwu, in order to prevent the power of the Chinese court, the officials of the inner court were reused, so the imperial power expanded and expanded. In modern times, the eunuchs caused disasters. Without effective checks and balances, the country will inevitably go to ruin.

He Jin died, and the fire in Luoyang Palace was actually the combination of the outer court officials and the Chinese and Korean officials to kill the **** who was too big to lose. Until now, the court has cut off the **** figure.

Now that Emperor Han is young, and the power of the outer court officials and the county guards in various places is huge, it is the time when foreign relatives are urgently needed to balance the situation. Therefore, if General Fei Qian of Zhengxi takes this opportunity to get close to Emperor Han and become the next great Sima to lead the inner court of the Chinese court , Dominion over the world is just around the corner!

  How could you miss this opportunity? It's a shame!

   Not only that, General Zhengxi also gave Yuan Shao the post of General!

Although it is said that some of them have the intention of provoking the Shandong gentry, it is a pity to use a great general to carry out this strategy. Seeing that Yuan Shao is only leading but not doing anything, you can know that this strategy is useless …

  Is it necessary for such a general who conquers the West to continue investing?

   Whenever he thought of these things, Zhao Shang would inevitably sigh a few times.

Zhao Shang doesn't think that the big man will perish. In his mind, it's just that the big man hasn't met the Lord of ZTE, nor has he used the minister of ZTE. Before he thought that Zheng Xifeiqian was more or less a minister of ZTE, but now it seems …

  Of course, Zhao Shang thinks that he is more or less a Zhongxing official who can take on important responsibilities, so he is naturally resentful that General Zhengxi dragged him from Taiyuan to some matter of enlightenment.

"How is Brother Zhao these days?" A young scribe, dressed in a toga with big sleeves and a coronet, looks handsome. He is obviously a regular customer in Zhao Shang's house. Under the leadership of Zhao Shang's servants, Shi Shi ran away. He came in, "Recently, Yang Gong's army was displayed outside, and my younger brother couldn't help being a little confused, but I saw that Brother Zhao was calm and calm, which made me admire..."

"Feng Xian was joking..." Zhao Shang motioned for the young scribes to sit down, and while ordering the servants to serve some refreshments, he said slowly, "What Duke Yang asks for is nothing more than people and wealth. Benefit? Therefore, attacking the city is the bottom, and besieging the city is the top. We people have no money, so there is no need to worry about it."

The two looked at each other with a smile, and then watched the servant serve the tea. After being busy for a while, after stepping back, Zhao Shang first offered tea, and waited for the young scribe to take a few sips from the tea bowl before asking: "Is this your trip, please?" Got something?"

Pei Jun, courtesy name Fengxian, the son of Wenxi Pei's Pei Mao, also like Zhao Shang, a group of gentry children who came to Pingyang very early, in terms of family background, maybe it is so much better than Zhao Shang A little bit, but it's also limited, after all, Wenxi Pei's current famous name is only Pei Ye and Pei Mao, and it's still in the past tense.

Pei Ye served as Governor of Bingzhou, and Pei Mao served as Shang Shuling during Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty, but after the death of Emperor Ling, no matter whether it was General He Jin or Taifu Yuan Kai, they immediately disliked Pei Mao. He can be regarded as smart, and he has grasped the spirit, and he has escaped a catastrophe by submitting a letter to resign and return to his hometown.

Fei, the general who conquered the west and rose to the north, naturally attracted Wenxi Pei's attention. After all, if it was true from the ancestors, no matter whether it was Pei, Fei, or Fei, they all came from the same ancestor. They were handed down separately, just like the Taiyuan Wang family and Langya Wang family...

Usually, the rise of a family is very long, and it is so long that it cannot be completed in one generation. Therefore, after Pei Mao retires, he naturally needs to consider the path of the next generation. It was still Pei Mao who felt that it needed to be investigated and weighed. Therefore, as a follower in the family, Pei Jun naturally had the duty to go to Pingyang to observe closely.

   "In the name of marriage, I begged to see Xun Dongcao..." Pei Jun put down the tea bowl, lowered his eyebrows, and said, "Xun Dongcao is very happy, and I would like to convey it on behalf of Xun Dong..."

   "Xin Ran?" Zhao Shang frowned.

   Pei Jun nodded.

  Zhao Shang pondered for a moment, then said: "...The false is the real?"

  Pei Jun shook his head and said, "I don't know. I'm at Xun Dongcao's place, and I can't ask him directly..."

   "Could it be that..." Zhao Shang stood up, walked around the hall a few times, then stood still, looked at the direction outside the hall, and said in a low voice, "Could it be... General Zhengxi has a posthumous child?"

  (end of this chapter)