Fufeng Song

() When Lu Yao led his army on a rampage in Daidi, Yecheng, which he left not long ago, entered a rare period of peace.

After mourning and burying their relatives, the displaced people picked up the remaining bricks and tiles or any other available property, returned to their hometowns, and settled down in the embers of Ye City.Yecheng gradually recovered a little vitality, and most of those troublesome refugees were wrapped up by Shile bandits and went to Jizhou.This made the officials of Wei County very satisfied.

July fourteenth.

Fifteen miles west of Yecheng.Fushui Waterfront.

This is where the Fushui River and the Zhangshui River meet, not far from the former site of Xuanwu Garden, the Royal Royal Garden, and has an excellent natural landscape.Looking around, you can only see the mountains and springs flowing, which is refreshing.In the past, Cao Wei Wendi's "Ode to the Stage" said: "The steps are free and easy, and the eyes of the West Mountain are chatting. The valleys are interlaced, and the vegetation is connected." The sincerity is true.

Although Yecheng has suffered several wars and has been dilapidated; but in the outskirts far away from ruins, after careful construction, you can still enjoy the beauty of gardens and landscapes.

About ten feet away from the gurgling Fushui River, there is a fishing platform shaded by flowers and trees. You can just see the willows drooping by the river, mallard ducks frolicking, and the ripples. The scenery is the most beautiful.At this time, the soldiers around the Diaotai are guarding from afar, and the servants are passing by.About forty years old, obese, with a slight beard, Shangshu Youpushe, General Zhengbei and Yu sat at the main seat, and were very attentively persuading the guests to drink.

Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, it has inherited the system of the Wei Dynasty, established the Zhongzheng, established the Nine Ranks, and governed from the elite of the gentry.From time to time, the descendants of the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Pei family in Hedong, and the Xun family in Yingchuan are all over the court, and they can be called the first-class family.The status of the Xipinghe family in Runan is much worse. Relying on the three generations of crowns since the Taichang and Qia in the Cao Wei Dynasty, they can barely be regarded as a lower-class gentry.

He Yu's elder brother, He Qiao, was one of the famous ministers at the founding of the Jin Dynasty.He Qiao has a strict and upright character, and his demeanor is often angular.People at the time commented: "The forest is like a thousand-foot-long pine. Although there are programs, the building can be used as a pillar." When He Qiao was serving as a servant, he saw the stupidity of the prince, so he said to Emperor Wu: " The crown prince has a pure and ancient style, but Ji Shi is so hypocritical, I am afraid of His Majesty's family affairs." The crown prince is as honest and simple as the ancients, but there are so many hypocrisy and deceit in the current world, I am afraid he will not be able to do it in the future!

The crown prince's intelligence is flawed, and all the ministers in the court are well aware of this, but it is extremely rare, not to mention unique, to be as frank and straightforward as He Qiao.

One day after that, Emperor Wu praised the prince for his progress in recent days to Xun Yi, Xun Xu, He Qiao and other ministers, and ordered the three to come forward to test the prince.After Xun Wei, Xun Xu and his uncle and nephew returned, they all reported that the prince really knew Hongya and had made great progress.Only He Qiao told each other bluntly: "The crown prince's sanctity remains the same as before." The prince is no different from before, he is still a fool.

After He Qiao died of illness in the second year of Yuankang, the head of the He clan was replaced by He Yu.

Neither He Yu's talents are as good as his elder brother's, but his official career is far more successful.He is the complete opposite of He Qiao. He is a complete bureaucrat trained in the officialdom of the Great Jin Dynasty, and he is good at considering problems from the purely powerful relationship.The combination of keen political judgment and sincere and unreserved stalking made him able to cope with the chaos of the court since the first year of Yuankang. Lord. After 16 years of hard work, He Yu is now an indispensable minister of the center.After the death of Sima Teng, the new King of Cai, He Yu took the order of the general who conquered the north to go out of Yecheng to clean up the chaos in Hebei. With the heavy responsibility on his shoulders, he has already jumped to one of the few important towns in the Great Jin Dynasty.

Of course He Yu would be complacent about it, but at this moment, he didn't show this emotion at all.He adjusted his facial expressions, gestures, and tone appropriately to fit the standard of a loyal subordinate, full of gratitude and kindness.

"Pei Langjun came here on behalf of His Royal Highness, and the colleagues in Wei County must be deeply honored. I should call His Highness Wenwu Gongyu to teach, but I just thought that Langjun came all the way to work, so I postponed it for the time being. A little preparation for today. I have the right to wash away the dust, and I hope you don’t dislike him." He Yu held up the jasper wine cup with both hands, and bowed deeply to the young man on the opposite table.

The young man was dressed in a pale yellow brocade robe with cloud patterns, with phoenix eyes and crescent eyebrows, and a face like a crown jade. He picked up the wine cup with three fingers, and his slender hands were as white as snow.Facing the flattering words of the important ministers of the country, he only raised a cup of his lips in a gesture that should be taken for granted.

The one who was directly called "His Royal Highness" by He Yu without adding the prefix of the king's title was naturally the number one official in the dynasty, Taifu Lushang Shushi, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea.And that young man is the special envoy of the King of the East China Sea, the head of Jingling County, who often travels to various places as a child of the Pei family in Hedong and is said to be smart and strong.

He Yu is very clear that his status does not come from the emperor who came to the throne not long ago, but from the gift of the King of the East China Sea, and he is even more aware of the special status of the Lord Jingling County in the shogunate of the King of the East China Sea.Therefore, when he faced the Jingling County Lord, his words were extremely humble, not like a reward song among high-ranking court officials, but more like a servant paying his respects to his master.

Seeing that the county magistrate's mood was not high, He Yu signaled to the waiters with serious eyes, and a group of female musicians playing in front of the stage retreated gracefully.Turning around, he changed back to that courteous attitude: "Your Highness must have important instructions, so I bothered Mr. Lang to come here in person. He Yu is panic-stricken, I wonder if I can hear it first?"

The Lord of Jingling County smiled softly: "Uncle Shi is too polite, and there is no instruction from the court. It is only because of the chaos in Shile that Hebei has not been calmed down for a long time, and the princes in Luoyang have doubts. The father also intends to take it personally. The army is out of the town of Guandu, so I came here to inquire." She leaned forward a little, and pointed to her very delicate auricles: "This time I only bring this thing here, I don't have any other intentions."

He Yuwei breathed a sigh of relief.Since he was in charge of Yecheng, firstly, there was internal strife among the begging army, and the resurgence of the Shile rebels, and most of the household wealth accumulated over the decades was lost, so that Wei County has always been difficult to stabilize.This time the county lord of Jingling came suddenly, and he had always suspected that the king of Donghai would take action in Yecheng, or that there might be a possibility of adjusting his position.He didn't relax until the Lord Jingling made a clear statement.

Does the King of the East China Sea have the intention of leading troops out of the town?Very well, since the king of the East China Sea is concerned about the situation in Hebei, he happened to give some eye drops to Ding Shao, the governor of Jizhou.

He Yuzhuang nodded solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "Ten days ago, our army won a fierce battle with the rebels, forcing the Shile rebels to flee to the east. Naturally, Wei County is relatively safe, but the situation in Hebei is getting worse every day. There are many refugees in Jizhou. There were those who surrendered to the bandits, and Shi Le gathered his troops along the way to attack various counties and counties. Many of them had cavalry, marched eastward with drums, and traveled more than a hundred miles in a day. The common people were tortured, and hundreds of thousands of families were destroyed. Jizhou Ding Inspector Ding led the army to the south to resist the war. After the initial defeat, he had to rest and station in Xindu and Anping to temporarily protect the northwestern counties of Jizhou."

He Yu sighed, and continued: "The Jizhou army lingered without fighting, and the bandits were able to cross the entire Jizhou, reach the sea, and scattered all the troops to plunder Leling. About five days ago, Shi Xianju, who was once the governor of Youzhou, counted volunteers in the village. Unfortunately, Qian Yu was defeated and died. Fortunately, Gouxi, the governor of Qingzhou, was loyal to the king and led his army across the river to rescue. The Qingzhou army stopped the bandits on the plain.

"The thieves are so rampant..." County Lord Jingling frowned worriedly.

After a long while, she tapped the table with her fingers, and said softly thoughtfully: "In the end, Governor Ding used his troops steadily to keep Jizhou half safe. Now that Tu Bo sent troops, Shi Le must be defeated. How? In order to completely annihilate them and prevent them from fleeing, this requires careful planning."

Hearing the words of County Master Jingling, He Yu couldn't help but startled.He never thought that the King of East China Sea and the Lord of Jingling County would have so much trust in Ding Shao, even if they lost half of Jizhou, they would not blame him at all.It seems that this person is very close to the center, and it is better to treat each other with friendship in the future.

Thinking of this, He Yu immediately changed his direction like a sensitive mole.He took out several volumes of documents from the servants, and put them on the table first: "I have already sent a written report to Luoyang about the situation just mentioned. His Royal Highness Donghai Wang must have received it by now. It is this copy on behalf of the land." Urgent report, I only received it yesterday..."

He Yu said in a very understanding and sincere tone: "The county lord, do you still remember that in the previous memorial, did I go to Lu Yao, the general of Yamen in Bingzhou? Well, it's no wonder that this person is causing great trouble for Daijun now. Jizhou soldiers and horses dare not act rashly."

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