Han Dao world

Chapter 955

Zhou Zhong stroked his beard, silent.

It is not difficult to check and balance Jia Xu, and it can even be said that there is no check and balance at all.

The reason is also very simple, Jia Xu hardly cares about things.During the period when the emperor was not in the capital, the defense of Chang'an City was always in charge of Weiwei Wangfu, and when Jujunzhi Jinwu arrived, Jia Xu had nothing to do.

Wang Fu and Ju Jun are the strength of their lineage. I heard Jia Xu's Ma Teng is Guang Luxun, and now he is by the emperor's side.

Besides, Jia Xu is not someone who likes to fight for power, so why check and balance.

"Wen Xian, are you worrying too much? Jia Wenhe is not good at fighting for power. If you hadn't persuaded him, he wouldn't even be a captain."

Yang Biao glanced at Zhou Zhong. "I'm not worried about Jia Wenhe, but you."

"us?"

"Yes, especially Ju Yuanying." Yang Biao frowned slightly. "He's an old man, but he still behaves like a child. Thanks to the magnanimity of the emperor, he misses the old kindness, doesn't care about him, and proposes him to be the Jinwu. When he arrives in Chang'an, if he is still so ignorant What should I do? The scholars of Taixue and the soldiers in Guanzhong seem to be in conflict with each other, but in fact there are serious contradictions. If one is not handled properly, Chang'an may be in chaos."

Zhou Zhong suddenly realized.

What Yang Biao worried about was not Jia Xu fighting for power, but Jia Xu not doing anything.

Chengnan Taixue has gathered thousands of scholars. Although the scale is far smaller than that of Luoyang Taixue, they are not weak at all in discussing and criticizing the government. Liangzhou people who moved to Guanzhong are also one of the targets of their criticism. .Only with Yang Biao in the middle to mediate, the conflict did not intensify.

Once Yang Biao leaves Chang'an, and Ju Jun, who has a more intense temperament, comes to Chang'an, without Jia Xu's cooperation, it's hard to say whether Chang'an can maintain the situation of fighting without breaking.

"The emperor's delay in returning to court is against the system."

"Who says it's not." Yang Biao sighed, "I went to Yecheng this time to persuade the emperor to return to the court. As for Dutian in Jizhou, it is enough to arrange competent people. Why should the emperor personally sit in the town?"

Zhou Zhong got up and flicked his sleeves. "Let's go, let's go to Taiwei's Mansion and visit Jia Wenhe."

Yang Biao tidied up a bit, and went out with Zhou Zhong.

Sangong's mansion is very close, and there is no need to prepare a carriage, the two walked side by side, and after a few steps, they arrived at Taiwei's mansion.The two came here often, and the guards on duty in front of the gate knew each other, so they went straight into the atrium without notification.

Not surprisingly, Jia Xu was not in the atrium, and Chang Shi Yang Fu was handling affairs in the hall.

Seeing that Yang Zhou and the others came together, Yang Fu was very surprised. While inviting them to sit down, he sent someone to invite Jia Xu.

Yang Biao stopped Yang Fu. "The lieutenant sneaked off again?"

Yang Fu said with a smile: "The Son of Heaven marches eastward, and there is nothing wrong in Guanzhong. Mr. Jia is studying in the backyard."

"Okay, I'm busy with you, let's go find him." Yang Biao waved his hand. "We have nothing serious, just chatting with him."

Yang Fu looked at Yang Biao, then at Zhou Zhong, but it was hard to stop them, so he had to let them in.

The two of Yang Biao entered the backyard, and the backyard was completely silent, with almost no one in sight.There are only shaded trees, gurgling water, and a garden of chrysanthemums in full bloom.Jia Xu and his wife were picking chrysanthemums in the flower garden, the lady was holding a small bamboo basket in her hand, they were talking without saying a word.

Yang Biao coughed.

Jia Xu and his wife turned their heads, seeing Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong, they both laughed.

"The second lord is here to visit, what advice do you have?"

"I heard that the chrysanthemums in Taiwei's mansion are blooming, so I want to eat a bowl of chrysanthemum soup." Yang Biao laughed.

Jia Xu's wife bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Then please sit down for a while, and I will prepare it. It happens that the fish in the pond in the backyard is also fat, so I will go and get one and make a fish soup for drinking. "

"Thank you ma'am." Yang Biao bowed to pay tribute.

Zhou Zhong also nodded, but said nothing.

Jia Xu led the two of them to the rockery in the center and sat down in the small pavilion.A boy came over, offered chrysanthemum tea, and quietly retreated.

Yang Biao picked up the teacup and sniffed it. "Is this a chrysanthemum from Xixian County, Nanyang?"

"It seems to be, General Hussars sent someone to send it." Jia Xu said unhurriedly: "Situ has such a research on chrysanthemums?"

"I heard from Cai Bozhe that Cai Bozhe's teacher Hu Boshi likes to drink this tea. I drank it once and was very impressed."

Jia Xu clapped her hands and asked Xiao Tong to get the dried chrysanthemums.Yang Biao quickly refused, Jia Xu smiled and said: "You also saw that the chrysanthemums in my flower garden can be picked, and after a few days in the sun, they can be used to make tea. I was going to give you some, but you just came, so it's easy to save my business."

"You also grow chrysanthemums from Xi County in this nursery?"

"The seeds are the same, but the flowers that grow out seem to be different, and the flowering period is several days later, presumably because of the water and soil." Jia Xu sighed softly. "At the beginning, the emperor said that the world is getting colder, and the northern barbarians are bound to go south. I still don't believe it. Now, it seems that the emperor is wise and has seen people. Yang Gong, there is little rain this summer, and I am afraid that there will be severe cold in winter. The winter clothes of frontier soldiers can be prepared earlier."

"The Yanran Dufu Mansion and the Western Regions Dufu Mansion are all ready, but the Youyan Dufu Mansion is more nervous. I thought they were besieging the city of Jizhou and didn't need thick winter clothes. I didn't expect Yecheng to be pacified smoothly. They immediately It’s about to move to Liaodong, but I’m a little caught off guard.”

Yang Biao smiled. "So I decided to go to Jizhou in person to supervise, and the matter of Chang'an will be handed over to Wenhe and Jiamou."

Jia Xu raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at Yang Biao, picked up the teacup, took a sip of the tea, and tasted it for a while.

"The Taiwei governs the army, Situ governs the people, and Sikong governs the water and soil. This is the imperial court system. Even if you are not in Chang'an, you can arrange someone to act as an agent. Why bother me? The Taiwei's mansion is not idle for military training in winter. Not necessarily free."

Yang Biao and Zhou Zhong were taken aback and looked at each other. "The Taiwei's Mansion wants to organize winter leisure training?"

Jia Xu nodded. "This year is the first winter for the Hulu to be naturalized. Organize military training so that they can understand some rules. I have already asked the emperor for an order. If there is no accident, the emperor should agree. The Northern Army will move to Yizhou. We need to add some men and horses, and take advantage of the opportunity of training to select some elites to kill two birds with one stone."

"Didn't the Son of Heaven say that [-] to [-] people will be transferred from the generals of the Fujun Army to the Northern Army?"

"Now that the general of Fujun is in Yecheng, how can he be transferred?"

Zhou Zhong thought for a while, and then said: "The Hushi General has already pacified Jingzhou, so this time to attack Yizhou, we should advance in two ways, right?"

"There is indeed a plan."

"Then it's okay if the Northern Army doesn't replenish for the time being. The mountains are high and the roads are far away, transportation is inconvenient, as long as there are enough troops, it seems that there is no need to increase manpower."

Jia Xu lowered his eyebrows and said nothing.

Zhou Zhong tugged at Yang Biao's sleeve, reminding him not to rush to conclusions.

Hussar general Zhang Ji dispatched troops from Jingzhou, which could indeed relieve Sun Rui's pressure, without having to prepare too many troops.But in this way, who is the main force?

The emperor gave this opportunity to Shi Sun Rui to accumulate military merits for Shi Sun Rui to take over as Taiwei in the future.If the military exploits of pacifying Yizhou were divided by Zhang Ji, the next Taiwei might not be Sun Rui, but Zhang Ji.

Jia Xu proposed this plan at this time, perhaps it was a temptation.

(End of this chapter)