Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 92

Luoyang West Garden Huaxing Palace.

Liu Hong is going to give himself a day off today.

The hard work of dealing with government affairs for many days made him a little tired, and he should take a break after working so hard for the country. He comforted himself like this. admittedly……

While he was playing with his concubines and court ladies, suddenly a small yellow door barged in, knelt down with a plop, and called "Your Majesty".The little eunuchs on duty suddenly showed anger, and shouted:

"It's such a sightless thing, dare to disturb His Majesty's elegant mood at this time!"

These little eunuchs were all promoted by Liu Hongxin, and with the "predecessor" of Shi Changshi, they are naturally more "loyal" to Liu Hong.

One of them was about to step forward to show off, but was stopped by Liu Hong, and only asked the boy:

"Why so panic?"

Xiao Huangmen fell down and said:

"Your Majesty, Xun Tao, governor of Taiyuan County in Bingzhou, and Lu Zhiyou, the middle man of Xianbei, who is the protector of Youzhou, have rushed to report here! Another person sent by Lu Zhonglang has followed Master Wang."

Liu Hong knew halfway through listening that he couldn't rest anymore, and immediately said to the regular attendants in a resentful manner:

"That's it for today, I still have something to do, I'll leave later..."

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Not long after, Wang Yue brought a young general into Huaxing Palace, who knelt down and saluted and said:

"The final will be forbidden to kowtow to His Majesty!"

That's right, he was Yu Wenze, one of the five good generals under Boss Cao's command in later generations, and he was also a poor man who was discovered by Wang Yue among the people.

After being recommended by Wang Yue, Yu Jin has been living in Luoyang without a job. Just this time he needed manpower to go to the northern border to reorganize the defense, so Liu Hong sent him to Lu Zhi's army to practice.

Of course, maybe Liu Hong also meant to check and balance and supervise. After all, Lu Zhi was from a noble family. he.

"Get up, what's the situation at the border? Since Lu Qing sent you all the way, there must be something important to report?"

Liu Hong raised his hand to signal excuses, and continued.

Yu Jin immediately took out a letter and submitted it:

"Your Majesty, this is the memorial that General Lu will bring at the end of his order."

Liu Hong smiled while opening the letter:
"Why is the memorial so important that you actually need to deliver it yourself?"

He opened the letter and read:

Chenhu Xianbei Zhonglang general Lu Zhidun made his first hundred obeisances:
His Majesty Meng is benevolent, worried about the northern border, entrusted ministers with important responsibilities, and approached the pass by himself, sighing in sorrow at night.Now the northern land is desolate, the people are in dire straits, money and food are scarce, and it is difficult to accomplish things. This cannot be accomplished in a day.Since the minister has accepted his kindness and left, he should be exhausted and considerate. However, if he wants to achieve a great cause, he still relies on His Majesty's blessings and generous relief to win the hearts of the people, so the people think that the officers and soldiers are trustworthy.Border military discipline has been abolished for a long time, talented people from all over the world have not been reused, and now I want to promote your majesty's mighty virtue and frontiers, open up the wind of selecting talents and appointing talents, so as to serve as king's teachers and join forces to kill the enemy.The city of Daijun in Youzhou was first attacked by the bandit army and suffered the most. I thought it might be possible to open a mansion here to set the record straight. Does your Majesty think it is possible?Today, when I bid farewell to the capital, I will always keep in mind your majesty's order, and I will be very concerned about it when I write this letter. I only hope that God bless my emperor, and the world will be peaceful!
After Liu Hong had roughly read the letter, Yu Jin said hesitantly:

"My servant guessed wildly that General Lu wanted to use someone's mouth to tell His Majesty the real situation in the North."

After all, the memorial was written in such detail as to not arouse others' vigilance, and the memorial had to cover it up as much as possible. Moreover, Lu Zhi believed that only the young future appointed by Liu Hong, Yu Jin, could make him pay more attention.

Lu Zhi mainly wants to say two things: first, judging from the details of Xianbei's invasion this time, Tan Shihuai is not an ordinary person, and will definitely become a serious problem in the future; second, the defense of the northern counties is really serious. Even if the Xianbei hadn't invaded, it was basically unusable. It would take a lot of effort to rectify and reshape it. Of course, this also required a lot of money and food. Lu Zhi applied to transfer all the gains from the seizure of the Bingzhou gentry to this, and gave He has greater authority, such as administrative power in some places.

After listening to Yu Jin's detailed narration, Liu Hong took over the secret letter from Xun Tao and read it.

Xun Tao generally meant that Bingzhou's policy of suppressing the gentry is currently progressing smoothly, but the century-old gentry is not so easy to deal with, and there may be chaos. Liu Hong is asked to plan quickly to deal with it.

"Hehe, it seems that the situation in the Northland is very complicated. So, what does Wang Qing think?"

Liu Hong stroked his beard, turned around and asked Wang Yue.

"The more I really don't know how to deal with such important matters, but the more I know that Lu Zigan is an honest man, his words should be true. May your majesty order Duke Xun to come and discuss?"

"Well...no need, please, Wang Qing, please go and inform Shi Qing that the eunuchs will issue an edict to recall Liu Yu and Liu Bo'an, the prefects of Qiao County. There is no longer any delay in their appointment as governor of the prefecture, and then let them assist Lu Ziqian in handling government affairs. As for the request to use money and food from the Bingzhou gentry, yes!"

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Youzhou Daijun Dangcheng.

After sending out several memorials and letters, Lu Zhi started his own actions.

He chose Dangcheng with a group of staff, planning to use it as a base for fighting against Xianbei in the future.

This place has long been a mess and uninhabited, and the nearby officials are still wondering, how can such a barren place be suitable for building a mansion?

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhi didn't intend to build a large-scale construction project at all, to build some kind of guarding Xianbei Zhonglang General's Mansion, but just set up camp here like an army, eating and living with the soldiers.

In addition to temporarily writing some empty "cheques" to recruit soldiers, he recruited and reorganized the remaining county soldiers in Youzhou and Bingzhou counties in batches, and transferred military resources and manpower from his hometown Fanyang Lu clan.

After beheading several corrupt officials in the army and showing their heads to the public, Lu Zhi made all the officials realize that this great Confucian is not easy to mess with...

Of course, there were also many county guards who refused to reorganize for various reasons, but Lu Zhi did not get angry either. After all, his division of powers has not yet been clarified, and he has to wait for the court's decree...

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After a period of purges, the framework of Dangcheng as a defense base was more or less erected, and the letter sent by Lu Zhi also had an effect.

On this day, the flags of the camp in Dangcheng were floating in the sky, and the army formation was neat. Although there were not many people, they were all in high spirits.

This is the day when Lu Zhi, the new general who protects Xianbei Zhonglang, opened his mansion. There were actually many Zhonglang generals in the Han Dynasty, and they were not considered high in terms of this official position. However, there was a kind of Zhonglang general who was different, that is, he was in charge of the frontier Zhonglang general in barbarian affairs.

Because the affairs involved are more complicated, the biggest difference between this kind of Zhonglang general is that he can choose a place to open a government office. Although the level is still the same, the actual authority is very different.

Just like Lu Zhi, the general who protects Xianbei now, said that in theory, as long as the army involved in the Han area of ​​​​Xianbei, it can be under his command. Moreover, His Majesty's edict also stated that he should be allowed to supervise the military affairs of the two states...

At this time, Lu Zhi was wearing armor and holding a sword mark, and came to the camp of the Chinese army. With the order of "beat the drum and gather the generals", the drums on both sides were ringing, and the generals and schools were separated on both sides, waiting for his dispatch.

"Flying ride to receive orders!"

Lu Zhi called out, and Zhang Yang, who came instead of Lu Bu, stood in front of the tent to salute. Lu Bu returned the eunuch's request to impound the horse, and he agreed, which made Zhang Yang less embarrassed.

"General Lu, a veteran in the battlefield, has made great achievements many times. Now he is the Sima of another department, and he is engaged in publicity. The flying cavalry department will station itself in Bingzhou. Sooner or later, it will guard against foreign enemies. Don't slack off!"

"Order!"

Zhang Yang took the order and left.

Lu Zhi also ordered his disciple Gongsun Zan, who had come to defect to him a few days ago, to be the Sima of the other tribe, and led the army to station in Youbeiping.

The young general Jinben was born in a poor family, but after being recommended by Wang Yue, he has always been highly valued by Liu Hong, and he must stay by his side, and he will serve as Sima in the army when he returns from the capital.

In addition, Ding Yuan was quite brave and served as the deputy captain, responsible for training soldiers.Zhou Shen acted carefully and served as Changshi Jijiu to assist in logistics.

"My big man has enjoyed peace for a long time, so that the frontier defenses have been slackened. Now that the Xianbei enemy has reappeared, don't ask anyone else, but our army, regardless of soldiers or generals, must not slack off from today. If he dares to come again in the future Criminals, we wait for the warriors of the Han family, and we will definitely let them come and go! This responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai, and I hope all the officers and men will give their full support. All military affairs are bound by a new military regulation, and there must be no violation!"

(End of this chapter)