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Lan Tian frowned: "Then tell the good news first."
"The two generals Wei and Deng successfully crossed the Meridian Ridge, frightened Xia Houmao to occupy Chang'an, and the French army also used tricks to capture Chen Cang. Most of Guanzhong has been controlled by the King of Hanzhong." Song Chen replied tremblingly.
"Okay, that's really great. Next, we just need to be more stable, hold the hinterland of Guanzhong, and point the sword to the Central Plains just around the corner." Lan Tian was so happy that he slammed the case, and suddenly he asked urgently: "Chang'an is so close to Luoyang, it is impossible for Cao Pi not to respond. Bar?"
"Because the distance from Yongliang is too far, the information of the Wei army over there has not yet been sent. The Wei army in Nanyang has made a big move recently. Zhang Liao withdrew the garrison southeast of Wancheng and moved westward. General Cao Xiu led the main force to move closer to Nanyang. Chen Qun I recommend Hao Zhao from Taiyuan to be the governor of Tongguan..." Song Chen's expression was serious.
Lan Tian sneered: "Wei's relocation of heavy troops to Nanxiang is probably to cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Jingzhou. How can General Guan and the king just sit and wait? The bad news can't be from Soochow, right?"
Song Chen nodded solemnly, "Sir, what you expected is exactly what you expected. Cao Ren originally defeated the Wu army in Huainan, and Sun Quan was at a disadvantage when he lost his troops, but Cao Pi took the initiative to send envoys to seek peace with Sun Quan."
"The war victory negotiation is just a routine operation. I don't know if Cao Pi talked about the result he wanted with a victory gesture..." Lan Tian squinted his eyes.
"According to the information obtained by General Hu, Manchong's troops had withdrawn before the negotiation. Cao Ren only left [-] troops for Jiang Ji to guard Huainan. Cao Ren himself led the main force of the Wei army to Luoyang. Zang Ba's Taishan army also went west. Jin, it should be to rush to the Jingzhou battlefield..." Song Chen's expression was very serious.
"Nearly 10 people, right? The pressure that General Guan bears is really heavy, and it might not be able to bear it if it's another person..." Lan Tian nodded and sighed.
"You mean that General Guan can defend?" Song Chen was a little surprised.
"Having more soldiers has the advantage of having more soldiers, but having fewer soldiers means fighting with fewer soldiers. If Cao Pi gathers so many people to go to Jingzhou, the daily consumption of food and grass will be quite terrifying. Even if General Guan cannot win, he can retreat to Fancheng and Xiangyang. If Sun Quan If we don't play tricks, Jingzhou still has no big problems."
Lan Tian believes in the abilities of Guan Yu and Xu Shu. Now Jingzhou is no longer fighting alone. Huang Quan and Liu Feng led the mediocre soldiers to fight in Nanxiang. The frontline forces in the north continue to be tight, and the conscription in Jingnan counties will continue.
"I'm afraid it's hard to say for Sun Quan. Lu Xun, who originally supported Ruxu, led the warship back to Chaisang after the negotiation. If Dong Wu attacked Wuchang by force, we had to go to support immediately. General Gan's garrison is too small... "Song Chen quickly reminded.
Lan Tian stroked his beard and sneered: "Zhou Tai died of serious injuries, and the only one Dongwu can fight is Lu Xun. You send Sun Bu's family letter back as soon as possible. Sun Quan may not be able to sleep after reading the letter."
"That's right, that's right, Sun Quan is so suspicious, even if he really can't do without Lu Xun, it's impossible for him to lead an attack, but if he is not dead, someone will replace Lu Xun, sir, you should make plans early." Song Chen worried Said.
Lan Tian nodded, "I have to think of a way to 'lead the fire', I will let Boyang secretly mobilize the army, and say that Jiaozhou is now completely pacified, and the army wants to go north to help the general to defeat Wei, and you are responsible for disclosing the news to Luling , to lure Sun Quan to give up the superior naval force, and to take Jiaozhou by land..."
"Uh... Will Sun Quan come?" Song Chen had a question mark in his heart.
"It doesn't matter whether he comes or not, as long as the situation in Guanzhong is stable, if he doesn't take the initiative to attack Jiaozhou, I will also take the initiative to extend my hand to Jiangdong."
Having reached this point in the Lantian words, he was already thinking about how to pacify Soochow, wondering if Hu Ke should play a bigger role?
"Sun Quan lost a lot of generals in this battle, so Hu Ke has to work harder. Only with military power in his hands can he have a greater right to speak." Lan Tian continued with a serious expression.
Song Chen clasped his fists and explained: "General Hu said in a letter that he has mentioned to Sun Quan that the possibility of taking over the army is very high."
"Sun Quan is too suspicious, Hu Ke went halfway to change his heart, but Jiangdong is short of talents now..." Lan Tian suddenly remembered something, motioned Song Chen to come over, and then whispered a few words.
"Just this?" Song Chen's surprised expression seemed to say that this is just a trivial matter, why do you have to be so secretive?
Lan Tian's expression was serious: "This matter is top secret, don't disclose it in the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce, and use special code words to tell Hu Ke to do it."
Song Chen stood up, clasped his fists and resigned: "Time doesn't wait, if you don't have other instructions, the general will rush to make letters first."
"The Central Plains battlefield can't be ignored. Although we can't provide strong military help, we can provide support from intelligence." Lan Tian stroked his beard and said.
"Currently there are intensive military activities around Luoyang, and it may not be easy for us to sneak in..." Song Chen looked embarrassed.
"Hahaha, isn't the Huainan battlefield over? We still let Hu Ke go the way of Jiangdong, but spread the word that Cao Pi's background was wrong and his country was wrong. Liu Xie was going to pass the throne to the King of Hanzhong, but he forcibly tampered with the imperial edict..." Lan Tian smiled mysteriously.
"edict?"
"Your Majesty will proclaim himself emperor after he stabilizes Guanzhong, and it's time to build momentum ahead of time..."
"The end will be saved."
Song Chen understood Lan Tian's meaning. When Liu Bei was the king of Hanzhong, he also had an emperor's edict. Now the enthroned emperor naturally has a legal basis.
While Song Chen was still thinking about who would draft the edict, Lan Tian had already figured out how to close the loop perfectly.
Regardless of whether Liu Bei's imperial edict was true or not, it would be reasonable for Liu Xie to come forward to authenticate it in the future. I believe that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is willing to let Jiangshan return to the hands of Liu's family.
816 Zhang Shihui Seeks Fairness on Deathbed
Jiaozhi returned to Jiaozhou, and if Lantian wanted to completely change the model of Shijia, a large number of officials were needed to govern, but it took time to train in schools and evaluate and select Licao.
Lan Tian called Jiang Wan to discuss, and decided to transfer existing officials from Cangwu and Yulin Counties to make up for the temporary talent gap by combining old and new.
"Gong Yan seems to be worried?" Jiang Wan frowned, Lan Tian stared straight at him.
Jiang Wan's face was full of bitterness: "The official transfer method of the government can indeed solve the urgent need, but it also buried a lot of hidden dangers. It is natural for officials to be transferred from a small and remote county in Yulin to a wealthy place in Jiaozhi to be an official, but such as Guangxin. Wealthy cities, transferring them to Hepu, Jiuzhen and other barren places may cause resistance. After all, the big migration of the family and the family is a bit ruthless.
Lan Tian replied with a serious face: "The so-called being an official will benefit one party. They do not do it to enjoy the blessing. They can only be able to manage the poor mountains and rivers well. It is not good to pick the fat and pick the thin. In the future, the flow of officials will be normalized, especially It is the county magistrate, county magistrate, county lieutenant and other positions of real power. If you stay in a certain place for a long time, corruption will easily breed, and it will gradually become a powerful landlord.
"The words of the Fujun made Wan Mao suddenly enlightened, but those in power will inevitably have some privileges. Because of the different levels of education, the methods of governance and the employment of officials are also very different. Frequent mobility may not be conducive to local governance. If the control is loose, it will become your worry. , but if you hold it tight, you are worried that there will be too many people. Now the appointment and assessment rights of officials are transferred from the county to the unified jurisdiction of the state official Cao.
Lan Tian stroked his beard and nodded, "It's right to be under a lot of pressure. When you are an official, you must correct your mentality and think about how to get food and clothing. If you encounter people who resist the transfer, you can let them leave the yamen and give them the land to plan for themselves. , The existence of Li Cao is to investigate and deal with corrupt officials, whip lazy officials, kick out mediocre officials, and select capable officials. You know that I am not a harsh person. As long as the people under the rule have a good life, it doesn’t matter if the ruler enjoys the same enjoyment with the people , but the people are poor and the officials are rich, and the people are poor and the officials are lazy, which cannot be tolerated.”
"I already know the ideal of the government and the common prosperity of the people, and the list of rotations will be released as soon as possible. In fact, these pioneering actions of yours are very good things. The King of Hanzhong has now occupied Chang'an, and it is estimated that he will ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor soon, right? I am worried about you. I will be transferred from Jiaozhou to return to the imperial court..." Jiang Wan expressed his worry.
Lan Tian patted Jiang Wan's shoulder to comfort him: "Gongyan, don't think too much. First of all, the world is not stable now, and Jiangdong is still threatened by Jingzhou and Jiaozhou; secondly, the king has Kongming, Shiyuan, Xiaozhi and other virtuous ministers to assist him. Should I go to Chang'an?" It doesn't matter, and finally I can tell you clearly that no matter whether I am in Jiaozhou or not in the future, all the current policies will not change."
Jiang Wan nodded, "Then I'm relieved, we should deal with Jiangdong next, right? Sun Quan is addicted to treacherous sneak attacks, we need to find a better excuse..."
"Hahaha, don't worry about Gongyan, I will care about it myself." Lan Tianxin said that it is too easy to make excuses, and I will let Sun Quan take the initiative to deliver.
Dong dong dong, when the two were talking, Gao Yuan knocked on the door and walked in, whispering a few words in Lan Tian's ear.
"Huh? It's really interesting, Gong Yan, come with me to punish Cao."
"Wei." Jiang Wan stood up and nodded.
There were more than [-] members of the Shi family, who were implicated in the rebellion of Shi Hui, and they returned to Guangzhou for trial with the fallen army.
Xingcao's trial has just come out. Except for Shi Hui, Shi Yi, and Shi Kuang who were sentenced to death, the rest of the implicated family members were sentenced to confiscation of property and were all sentenced to exile on Zhuya Island.
The family members of the scholar family had originally made up their minds to die, but now hearing such a mild trial result, everyone hugged each other in the prison and wept with joy.
Shi Yi and Shi Kuang understand the principle of success and defeat. Since other family members can be preserved, the father and son sit silently in prison, waiting to be taken to the execution ground, but the main culprit, Shi Hui, seems to be crazy. He signed his name and stamped on it, and roared and knocked on the cell door to see Lan Tian.
Seeing this, all the family members of the Shi family in the prison stood up and persuaded Shi Hui to die in peace, for the sake of the whole Shi family not to resist anymore, they were worried that the judge would change the sentence because of this.
Shi Hui angrily insulted the clansmen, and finally, under the strong request of the Shi family, the jailer changed Shi Hui to a dark private room, but Shi Hui didn't calm down because of this, he kept screaming to see Lan Tian.
Lan Tian attaches great importance to the case of the Shi family, because the trial result was ordered by Lan Tian, otherwise the Shi family would lose more than three heads, so Xu Shuang asked Lan Tian to punish Cao.
Not long after, Lan Tian and Jiang Wan arrived at Xingcao.
Jiang Wan read the dossier and the verdict, and asked Xu Shuang curiously, "Why are you so tolerant towards the scholar family? The best way to eliminate the influence of the scholar family in Jiaozhou is to cut the weeds and exile to other states and counties. Now Xingcao only betrayed three people to death, and exiled the family members of the Shi family to Zhuya, Na Shiyan, Shi Zhi, and Shi Huang Youke are all still there, be careful that the wild fire will not burn out, and the spring breeze will regenerate..."
Xu Shuang did not respond to Jiang Wan's doubts. Lan Tian took up the topic and said, "It is the worst policy to stop the war by killing. My attitude towards the scholars can explain a lot of things. Gong Yan, you immediately arrange for the Lingnan Daily to take action on this matter." Large-page narration, and then a lot of supplementary issues."
"Your Majesty has a very high prestige in Jiaozhou, so there's no need for the Shi family to gain popular support, right?" Jiang Wan frowned.
"The "Lingnan Daily" is published normally in Jiaozhou, and all the supplementary newspapers will be handed over to the Jiaozhou Chamber of Commerce, and they will be assigned to the cargo ship returning to Jiangdong." Lan Tian stroked to answer.
"You are... I can save it..." Jiang Wan suddenly realized.
Lantian wants to use his attitude towards the scholars to disintegrate the views of the Jiangdong nobles on Lantian, and even disintegrate the unity within the Sun family. Once the two families officially go to war in the future, how many of those supporters standing behind Sun Quan will choose to wait and see because of this?
Jiang Wan stared at Lan Tian in surprise, thinking that your layout ability is too terrifying, right?Let someone write a good essay in "Lingnan Daily", maybe it can help Fu Jun.
Under the leadership of Xu Shuang, Lan Tian and Jiang Wan came to the claustrophobic dungeon to see the badge.
Seeing Lantian's eyes shining suddenly, the messy Shibai rushed to the prison door, grabbing the doorpost with both hands and showing a ferocious expression.
Lan Tian said contemptuously: "I heard that you want to see me if you refuse to accept it? Haven't you heard of winners and losers? What is your objection?"
"The Dragon Brigade was defeated by the entrapment army. We, Shi Hui, were convinced. We are no different than anyone else, but Jiaozhou Criminal Cao's punishment is unfair. Why did the Shi family only kill three of us?" Shi Hui roared.
Lan Tian was amused at once, "What's the matter? Too little? Do you want to pull someone else's back?"
Chapter 817 Ding Feng Chases and Meets an Old Man
Jiang Wan sneered and added: "This man is so cold-blooded, poor Shi Xie still cultivated him as his heir."
"The heir? What a big joke. I thought it was something in my bag, but it turned out that I was not as good as 'Sun Bu' who said I was cold-blooded? I think of the faces of the family members these days. They want me to die right away. What's wrong with the badge?"
Shi Hui was excited by Jiang Wan's words, and at this moment he was showing signs of madness.
Lan Tian said softly, "I don't have time to watch your performance. Even if you refuse to plead guilty, you won't be able to change the ending of being beheaded. If you're so scared, what did you do?"
"Huh, if you don't resist, will you let Jiaozhi go? Will you let Shijia go?" Shi Hui bowed his head coldly with disheveled hair.
"Jiaozhi is the Jiaozhi of a big man, not your scholar's family. If the scholar's family is willing to hand over the rights, it is not impossible for the scholar's family to die well, but you made the worst choice." Lan Tian frowned.
Shi Hui pushed back his hair on his forehead and laughed, "This is the end, you can say whatever you want, Shi Hui doesn't regret the decision we made."
"Then why..."
"As I said just now, your trial was unfair. The three of us shouldn't be the only ones who are going to die. If Shi Huang turns his back on him, it's fine. What about Shi Xie? What about Shi Qian? And Sun Bu? At least the three of them deserve to die too. "
After hearing Shi Hui's words, both Xu Shuang and Jiang Wan laughed, and Lan Tian put his hands behind his back and hummed softly: "Jiang Gongyan is right, you are really cold-blooded and ruthless, Shi Weiyan is your biological father, and now his legs are seriously injured and he can't go to the ground. How many days have passed, and not judging him is considered to be a bit of dignity for the Shi family, although you don't want to ask for a name, but Shi Huang still wants it."
"Hmph, Shi Huang is as cowardly as a mouse. How can he be famous? I don't care at all when he is in this field. Even if Shi Xie doesn't have to die, then Shi Qian should die, right? Why did Sun Bu stay?" Shi Hui asked.
Lan Tian stroked his beard and laughed loudly: "There are not many people in the Shi family who understand. Even if you succeeded in succeeding Shi Weiyan, you still can't keep his family business. I can tell you the truth, Shi is only mine, and Shi is mine. So Sun Bu is also my man, do you understand now?"
"Ah...how could it be? Shi Zhi makes sense, but Shi Qian has been a hostage in Jiangdong for many years, and Sun Bu is Sun Quan's confidant..." Shi Hui was dumbfounded.
"Your father broke off diplomatic relations with Jiangdong, and Sun Quan, the hostage, was almost starved to death. If it wasn't for my help, how could he return to Jiaozhou alive? The Sun Bu who was sent to Jiaozhi, do you think it is the real Sun Bu? As soon as Lantian finished speaking, Shi Hui saw several people laughing, as if saying that everything in the Shi family was under the control of others.
Shi Hui now straightened everything out. It was ridiculous that his father obeyed Sun Bu's orders. It turned out to be a counterfeit sent by Lantian.
Thinking of the final fate of the Shi family, Shi Hui deduced that there were many secret workers around Sun Quan, and then his tense body suddenly relaxed, and he laughed heartily while covering his forehead.
"Is this guy crazy?" Xu Shuang pointed at Shi Hui with a puzzled expression.
"We don't have time to be crazy with him. It's fine if he doesn't want to plead guilty. According to the normal procedure of criminals, the prisoner will be sent to the execution ground tomorrow morning." Lan Tian turned around and instructed Xu Shuang.
"Wei." Xu Shuang bowed and cupped his fists.
"Wait a minute, who said I didn't plead guilty? I confessed and accepted it, hahaha." Shi Hui called the three of them to stop.
"Huh? So happy to plead guilty?" Jiang Wan looked puzzled.
Shi Hui explained with a smile: "I laugh at that blue-eyed child who is ignorant and resourceful. The king of Wei Wu and Jiang Dongxiong are also played by others in applause. In the future, the fate of the Sun family will be worse than that of the Shi family, right? Hahaha ..."
Lan Tian was sent off by Shi Hui with laughter, and left without looking back. The Sun family must be worse than the Shi family. The two opponents are not in the same level, but they are confident in the final victory.
Starting from dealing with scholars, Jiaozhou is vigorously developing people's livelihood on the surface, but in fact Lantian has rolled out a new strategy, and the ultimate strategic goal is Sun Quan's Jiangdong.
Dayuling on the border of Guiyang County in late February.
Wang Jin, the leader of the bandits entrenched here, led hundreds of bandits to sneak into the south of Luling due to the lack of clothing and food in the village, and planned to go to Nanye and Gan County along the Yuzhang River. .
Nanye counties were visited by "bandits" many times before, and the county magistrate Yu Fan and his family were taken away. General Ding Feng, who was in charge of resisting at that time, felt ashamed. After that, he deliberately implemented outer loosening in and out of the area south of Luling. With a tight defensive strategy, Wang Jingang appeared in his defense zone, and Ding Feng quickly organized troops to encircle and suppress.
Wang Jin's ability to escape was first-class, and when the situation was not right, he decisively returned the same way. Ding Feng led his army in pursuit, and once again crossed the Qujiang River in Guiyang.
Ding Feng rode his horse into Qujiang, remembering the young general who used the halberd back then, and the fear of being dominated by the opponent's martial arts, so he didn't dare to march too fast, worried that he would alarm the defenders of Qujiang, and didn't want to artificially create a military conflict.
Ding Feng was still in Nanye territory, but he was still able to bite Wang Jin, but finally chased into Qujiang's territory. Wang Jin was too familiar with the terrain, so Ding Feng got farther and farther away from him.
After marching for twenty miles in Qujiang, Ding Feng decided to give up when he could not catch up, so he turned his horse's head. Before he had gone a few steps, the scout in charge of security suddenly brought him a person.
The man's lips were chapped and his eyes were black. He seemed to be parched from running, and he brushed away the messy and knotted hair on his eyebrows, revealing a face that Ding Feng was very familiar with.
"You are..." Ding Feng handed over a water bag.
The man picked up the water bag and poured it twice, cupped his fists and replied: "The last general, Sun Bu, was lucky to meet General Cheng Yuan..."
"General Sun Bu? You...you are..." Ding Feng was surprised. The dignified King Wu's confidant was wearing tattered clothes and shoes, and his unkempt appearance was like fleeing famine.
"It's a long story. Guiyang's defenders will come here soon, let's leave here first." Sun Bu signaled that he wanted a horse.
Ding Feng understood, and immediately asked Bu Qu to give up the horse, and the two of them rode back to Luling together.
Sun Bu told his story on the road, saying that he followed Shiqian back to Jiaozhou to seize the throne because of carrying out Sun Quan’s secret order, but was arrested by the defenders because of leaking his whereabouts. After being imprisoned for several months, he was sent to Mining in Qujiang, Guiyang has been almost half a year since October last year.
Ding Feng was very sympathetic when he heard this. Sun Bu did look like a miner. He said that he was a good confidant of the King of Wu, but he was hired by Lan Tian to do this. He didn't know how he was discovered.
"How did the general escape?" Ding Feng asked curiously.
Sun Bu squinted his eyes and said coldly: "Half an hour ago, a group of bandits passed by near the mine. They killed the supervisor and robbed the horses, dispersed more than a dozen of our miners, and threatened Jiangdong soldiers and horses to enter Guiyang. It looks like it's trying to confuse people."
"It turned out to be like this. Although the leader of the bandit was not caught, it was not bad to rescue General Sun by accident." Ding Feng happily brought Sun Bu back to Luling.
Chapter 818 Crazy Lenovo Sun Zhongmou
Sun Bu was taken back to the Nanye post house, boiled water to wash off the dirt on his body, put on clean clothes and walked out the door, only to find that Ding Feng had already held a banquet in the post house to suppress the shock.
Ding Feng is from Anfeng, Lujiang. Because of his humble background and ignorance of literature, he slowly climbed up from the bottom of the bottom. , in the period when the Jiangdong generals were rapidly withering, he still failed to stand out, and he was still a small lieutenant in the army.
After a person is severely beaten by the society, he usually slowly learns to adapt to the rules. He used to follow Chen Wu and Pan Zhang, but unfortunately the two backers themselves collapsed. Before Lu Xun had time to make connections, he was sent to Luling The south guards the frontier.
Because he was slapped and humiliated by Wang Jin before, Luling prefect Lu Dai was not close to him. When Ding Feng was wasting his time, Sun Bu suddenly appeared in front of him, so Ding Feng showed unprecedented enthusiasm.