Han officials

Chapter 15 Waves form between tiny waves

"With Fang Ling?"

On the way back, Taishi Ci finally couldn't help wondering, "Where is this place?"

Wei Zhe felt a little upset when he heard this.

He might not know about other places, but he knows this place very well.

If the original body's memory is correct, this should be the easternmost county of the Han Dynasty.

"Daifang County, a territory of Lelang Commandery in Liaodong, was established during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty and continues to be used by the current dynasty." He said with some resignation, "In the first year of the Benchu Emperor's reign [146 AD], Goguryeo invaded Liaodong, first raiding Xi'anping County, then killing the Daifang prefect and abducting the wife of the Lelang prefect... Alas, this county is the easternmost point of the Han Dynasty!"

It is said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Lelang County actually had 25 counties. However, Goguryeo rose to power in the last years of Wang Mang's reign and took advantage of the war in the Central Plains to expand wantonly. Therefore, by the time Emperor Taizu of this dynasty pacified the inland and focused on the border, Lelang County had only 18 counties left.

At that time, Emperor Guangwu mainly adopted a conciliatory approach towards foreign affairs, so he did not pursue the matter. Instead, he appointed the Goguryeo Marquis as king and made him a vassal.

We didn't recover the frontiers when our dynasty was founded, let alone later.

Now, more than a hundred years have passed. Tixi County was abandoned because it was encroached upon by the Huìmò and the Three Han. Ledu County, Tunlie County, Dongxun County, and Cantai County were merged into Peishui County. Haiming County, Changcen County, and Zhaoming County were merged into Daifang County, and many other counties were also merged.

Today, there are only nine counties left in Lelang County.

In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period in history, the Daifang County established by Gongsun clan after they split Liaodong was mostly the former site of today's Daifang County.

Now that I think about it, this was probably Gongsun Kang's vanity at work, and he was just trying to sound good.

After all, the area of Kuaiji County is larger than that of Yanzhou, and the court has not said that it will be changed to Kuaiji Prefecture!

Therefore, the size of the area is secondary, and the main thing is the population size within the jurisdiction.

Upon hearing this, Taishi Ci immediately understood, but he still smiled and congratulated Wei Zhe.

Although Wei Zhe's words showed a lot of disgust, he couldn't suppress the smile.

There is no way, this is the county magistrate of a large county with a rank of 600 shi!

He was a commoner and the son of a powerful family in a frontier county. It was already very good for him to have such treatment when he started out.

However, what Wei Zhe didn't know was that for someone like him who was a commoner but had made great contributions, the Selection Department of the Secretariat initially planned to just find a county lieutenant to send him off. At worst, they could just streamline and lay off the staff in the future.

But who would have thought that not long ago, the descendants of Dongyi such as Xianbei and Woju started to make trouble again, which scared Dai Fang Ling so much that he resigned and left.

Originally, the Secretariat was planning to abolish or merge Daifang County. This was what they had done in the past anyway. Otherwise, the territory of Lelang County would not have shrunk day by day.

But after reading Wei Zhe's letter, the Secretariat simply threw this mess to him.

First of all, of course, no noble family would look down on this Daifang Order, so it could be used as a reward for merit.

Secondly, it is because Wei Zhe is indeed suitable.

After all, he not only knew how to fight, but also happened to be from Liaodong, adaptable to the Liaodong climate and familiar with local customs, making him a perfect fit.

This shows that the ministers in the Luoyang court were capable of governing the country. As long as their personal interests were not involved, they could usually make the best arrangements.

But Wei Zhe was satisfied with this reward, but some people did not think so.

……

It is said that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was quelled, perhaps because they felt that everything was fine, the eunuchs started to make trouble again.

According to the military achievements reported by Huangfu Song, Fu Xie was more than qualified to be granted the title of marquis.

However, Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others held a grudge against him for the memorial "Requesting the Execution of the Eunuchs" he submitted before the war and deliberately interfered, falsely accusing Fu Xie. Fortunately, the emperor still remembered Fu Xie's words and did not punish him, but he also did not reward him.

People who have made great contributions are not rewarded. I wonder how many people are heartbroken when they hear this!

Fu Xie himself was fine and did not betray the emperor because of this.

But after hearing Wei Zhe's reward, Fu Xie felt that he had implicated him.

Because in his opinion, Wei Zhe's merits were enough to recruit him as a doctor and enter the palace to hold the spear for the emperor.

This should be the most orthodox process for a good family member of the Han Dynasty with no background to enter the officialdom.

Throughout the more than 100-year history of this dynasty, almost 90% of the prefects had this kind of experience, even Dong Zhuo was no exception. So when leaving, Fu Xie patted Wei Zhe's shoulder apologetically and said:
"If you encounter difficulties in the future, you can come to Luoyang to find me."

After saying this, he left in a desolate manner with two old servants, which made Wei Zhe laugh and cry.

He didn't feel that he was implicated by Fu Xie.

Besides, entering the palace to hold the spear for the emperor is not as free as governing a region.

I don’t know if it was intentional, but the next day when Cao Cao left, he actually looked for Wei Zhe.

"If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to Qiao County to find me in the future."

After saying this, Cao Cao smiled heroically and galloped away with a group of knights in brocade clothes.

Cao Cao naturally would not feel any guilt.

He just thought Wei Zhe was a talented person, and since Sun Jian failed to recruit him, he just extended an olive branch.

When Wei Zhe understood the meaning of this, he didn't take it to heart.

Of course, there are not many lucky people like Wei Zhe.

Most of the other leaders of the volunteer troops in the army were only given the title of county lieutenant.

As for those who joined the army alone like Taishi Ci, they were rewarded with some gold, silver, silk and other goods, and the weapons used were the spoils of war.

Taishi Ci himself didn't care and continued to practice martial arts as usual.

But he doesn't care, some people can't do that.

……

The next day, on the official road outside the city.

"Xuan De, take care on your journey. If you have any questions in the future, feel free to come to Liaodong to find me!"

Wei Zhe said goodbye to Liu Bei with a look of emotion, while Liu Bei opposite him looked obviously a little depressed.

Unlike Wei Zhe, Liu Bei did not receive any reward despite his merits this time.

Perhaps it was because Lu Zhi was serving his sentence in prison, so although his contribution was reported to the main camp, the Secretariat turned a blind eye to it, obviously not wanting to take any risk because of this insignificant little man.

Although Liu Bei was angry about this, he could do nothing about it.

However, Liu Bei was still quite touched by Wei Zhe's kindness at this moment, and immediately laughed and said:

"I've taken note of this. Brother Gongwei, please don't think I'm bothering you in the future!"

After chatting and laughing for a while, Liu Bei left with Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others neatly.

As for the destination, it is naturally back to Zhuo County.

After all, that was his base camp, and Gongsun Zan was the magistrate of Zhuo County, which made it convenient for Liu Bei to return to his hometown to accumulate strength and make friends with heroes.

If it weren't for his responsibility to defend the territory as the magistrate of Zhuo County, Gongsun Zan would probably have been present in these Yellow Turban Wars in Jizhou.

To some extent, Sun Jian and Gongsun Zan are actually quite similar, except that their circumstances are different.

After seeing off Liu Bei and his entourage, Wei Zhe did not delay any further.

Perhaps out of fear of Huangfu Song, the court ordered the disbanding of the Han army camp outside Xiaquyang City after the reward was completed.

The Left and Right Yulin, the Five Schools of the Northern Army, and the Sanhe Knights were handed over to the Right Cavalry General Zhu Jun to be taken back to Luoyang. The rest of the county soldiers were returned to their own counties. As for the elite and brave volunteers from each county, they were all dismissed and sent home and were not allowed to stay. Only more than 10,000 infantry and cavalry were left for Huangfu Song to suppress the Jizhou area.

Huangfu Song remained silent as usual and let the court make the arrangements.

This move by the Luoyang court also inadvertently caused Wei Zhe a lot of trouble.

Fortunately, after some communication, except for a few people who chose to leave, nearly five hundred cavalrymen chose to follow Wei Zhe as guests.

So after a quick cleanup, Wei Zhe, dressed in fine clothes and riding a vigorous horse, led the cavalry to Yingchuan County...

(End of this chapter)