Chapter 441: All hidden dangers will be eliminated only in time
"Why did Meng Qi come here today?" In the Prefectural Mufu Mansion, Zhen Yao pointed to the planning table with a smile and motioned for Ma Chao to take a seat. ("", watch the latest update of this book)
Ma Chao did not dare to accept Zhen Yao's politeness. Instead, he bowed and clasped his fists and said, "Chao, I dare you to love my lord, but don't believe the rumors in the city. My father and my brother have no intention of rebelling."
"Why do you say this? Everything in Xiliang is stable, so how can you talk about rebellion?" A smile flashed across Zhen Yao's eyebrows, but there was a look of surprise on his face: "What's more, Yao has never heard about your father Ma Teng. Could it be that Meng Qi has been out for too long and is homesick?"
Zhen Yao said this, but Ma Chao couldn't answer. He just lowered his head and stood in the hall without saying a word.
"That's all, that's all. Yao never paid attention to some rumors." Xiliang Jin Ma Chao was made to look inferior to others by himself. Zhen Yao couldn't stop pretending to be stupid and waved his hand: "Don't worry. Go back and rest, Yao will still have important tasks to entrust to you in two days."
"No." Ma Chao clasped his fists upon hearing this and bowed his head in front of Zhen Yao. This was the only thing he could do now. Although many people have been instigating certain plans in his ears recently, Ma Chao is not a fool, so how could he not see the intentions of these people. If he wanted to prevent Zhen Yao from being suspicious of him and protect his father and others, there was only one way to bow to Zhen Yao.
The horse walked ahead, and a figure walked out from behind the side door of the hall. It was Guo Jia: "Congratulations, my lord, this unruly wild horse is now tied to the reins. When my lord goes to war in the future, there will be another tiger general in his tent."
"I hope so." Zhen Yao didn't say much, just looked at the direction Ma Chao left and pondered. If Guo Jia hadn't controlled several people who had contact with Ma Chao, Ma Chao wouldn't have succumbed so easily.
Far away in Hanyang City, Liangzhou, in the northwest of the Han Dynasty, Ma Teng was equally terrified. Recently, the city has been full of rumors, about Yu Chang'an's attack on Xiliang, and about his son Ma Chao.
To this end, he also met privately with envoys from several forces, and all they talked about was how to ensure the safety of his son. But within a few days, all these envoys disappeared and could no longer be found. After three days passed, he received a letter from Chang'an Jushou, and then he realized that not only Chang'an knew about Xiliang's affairs, but also Wuji Very understanding too.
"I would like to ask the emperor to remove the post of Liangzhou Mu, set aside Xiliang, and merge with Sanfu and Hanzhong to establish the fifteenth state of the Han Dynasty." After sitting there for several nights, Ma Teng finally decided to exchange for My son's safety. Now that the situation is clear for the Han Dynasty, if he wants to hold on to Xiliang, he can't hold on to Xiliang forever, so he might as well let it go as soon as possible. ("", watch the latest update of this book)
Ma Teng was about to write, but Ma Tie, who was sharpening his ink beside him, spoke unwillingly: "Father, by doing this, wouldn't Zhen Yao have more reason to reduce his father's military power?"
"Second Young Master, there is no need to worry. All the soldiers in Liangzhou were brought out by the Lord himself." Pang De said at this time: "If the Lord resigns from the post of state pastor, Zhen Yao will not touch the Lord's military power, at least within a few years. Won't."
"That's right." Ma Teng nodded slowly. Zhen Yao's primary goal now was not to weaken his own military power, but to weaken Sun and Liu, who were still on separate sides. Unless these two people are eliminated, Zhen Yao will not act rashly even if it is for the sake of the security of the rear.
Ma Teng¡¯s request gave Zhen Yao a good opportunity to talk about the establishment of Yongzhou. In the palace hall, Emperor Liu Xie listened to Zhen Yao¡¯s performance with a blank expression.
He is an even more cowardly emperor than his father. At least his father still has a lot of power, and no one dares to point fingers at him. After he came to power, he was first held hostage by the Dong Zhuo brothers. When he arrived at Wuji, he was at the mercy of Zhen Yao and could only act as a puppet.
The ministers in the court were also replaced by Zhen Yao several times, and they were assigned scribes and generals who were loyal to his Zhen family and Zhen Yao. Liu Xie had almost the same effect if he said nothing, and no one cared about him.
However, when a group of civil and military subordinates under Cao Cao were absorbed by Zhen Yao, Liu Xie still found some face. At least Xun Yu and others still respected the emperor very much, and they could think about some things from the emperor's perspective, although they could not. What a change, but it also allowed Liu Xie to regain some face.
After Zhen Yao raised the issue of Yongzhou, he stopped talking. At this moment, Liu Xie took the opportunity to ask questions, coughed twice, and said, "My dear friends, what do you have to say?"
"Reporting to your majesty, what Zhongshan Gong said, I think it should be implemented immediately. The northern part of Liangzhou is a land of psoriasis, and only Xiliang can still use it. How can we put these two into one state and establish Yongzhou? How can we put this matter into practice? Dissolve.¡±
"I second the proposal." Soon, all civil and military officials in the court expressed their opinions one after another. Although there were many people, they all had the same idea, which was to firmly support everything Zhen Yao said.
"My minister, I have no objection." In this matter, XunYu and the others couldn't find anything wrong with it. They knew that even if they objected, it was inevitable, so naturally they didn't waste their time on it.
Liu Xie also understood in his heart that this would be such a situation. Although he was very unhappy in his heart, he could only nod: "Then, according to what Zhongshan Gong said, Xiliang, Sanfu, Hanzhong, and Yongzhou were established."
"The Holy One is wise." Led by Zhen Yao, many civil and military officials bowed in the same way.
In the twelfth year of Jian'an (AD 207), the emperor issued an edict to take one or several counties from each of Liangzhou, Sili, and Yizhou to establish "Yongzhou". The prefecture of Yongzhou was moved to Chang'an, and the state pastoral care was conferred by Ju, the prefect of Chang'an. Promotion.
Yongzhou is the third new state proposed by Zhen Yao. Among them, Pingzhou was withdrawn, but compared with the previous thirteen states, there are still two more states. And when the news spread to Jingyang and Yang, anyone with a little knowledge knew that Zhen Yao's worries had been solved, and now only the Sun and Liu families were left.
When Zhen Yao finished his work in Liangzhou and successfully transferred Ma Dai and Pang De to Wuji, leaving only Ma Teng to garrison troops in Youfufeng, the Han Dynasty had already entered the summer solstice. This summer is even hotter than in previous years. Even though I am wearing single clothes and there is a maid fan beside me, I am still sweating.
"My lord, there are reports from Qingzhou and Jingzhou." After dealing with most of the government affairs in front of him, Zhen Yao was just about to take a break when Chen Lin walked in. The back of her clothes was also wet and she held two official documents in her hands.
"Bring them all." Zhen Yao said angrily. The weather affects his mood, and his mood affects his words. Taking the letter from Chen Lin, Zhen Yao first opened the letter from Jingzhou.
"Liu Pan is going to marry the younger sister of the Sun family? Is Sun Liu ready to make an alliance?" Zhen Yao's first reaction after seeing what was written in the letter was surprise, and then he burst into laughter.
Chen Lin didn't know why, thinking that Zhen Yao was disdainful of the Sun and Liu families for doing this, but she didn't know that Zhen Yao was laughing at the marriage. There is no more Liu Da'er, no more Southern Expedition, no more Battle of Chibi, but the marriage that should be done is still done.
"Okay, okay, this is a wonderful thing." Zhen Yao laughed and clapped his hands repeatedly: "Kong Zhang, later you go prepare some congratulatory gifts and say that I, Zhen Yao, wish the two families happiness, um, that's all. "
"This," Chen Lin didn't understand even more. The Sun-Liu Alliance should be very detrimental to her lord, but the lord doesn't seem to be smiling angrily now. It seems that he really wants to give them gifts?
Zhen Yao waved his hands indifferently and said: "What about this, that, such a hot summer, the Sun and Liu families can make someone happy for a while, so naturally I will give this reward." After saying that, he put down the letter in his hand and picked up another One letter.
If the letter from Nanyang only gave Zhen Yao some fun, the letter from Qingzhou Water Village is very important. Since Zhen Yao first inspected the water village, new ships have been launched almost every half month. Now, there are more than a hundred ships of various sizes in the water village that can go to sea.
"At the beginning of March, Sheng led more than 70 warships, large and small, and sailed southward to Xuzhou via the distant sea. When they docked at Yandu, only two warships were lost. Five days later, they returned to Penglai Water Village and no more were lost."
There are hundreds of words in the whole letter, but what Zhen Yao is most concerned about is this sentence. The warship under his command can finally sail steadily on the sea, which means that his plan can be implemented at a faster pace.
"Chen Cheng, the minister of the Shuizhai craftsman, has made outstanding contributions. Although he cannot be promoted to an official position, he can still increase his salary. For Shuizhai craftsmen, such as Chen Cheng, etc., his monthly salary will be increased by 200 dan, and the master craftsman will be granted an additional 100 dan. Xu Sheng was the Commander-in-Chief of the Qingzhou Navy and devoted all his energy to studying maritime battle formations and landing operations."
"No." When Chen Lin heard this, she understood in her heart. It seemed that her lord could not wait too long. At most, in one or two years, the large-scale southern expedition would begin.
The most important thing when working under Zhen Yao is efficiency. In this regard, Guo Jia, Xu You, Cheng Yu, Xun family uncles and nephews who are new to Wuji are all good.
As the chief administrative officer of Wuji, Chen Lin set an example. It only took him less than an hour to arrange the things Zhen Yao had just told him. When it's time to draft an edict, when it's time to send an envoy, you immediately dispatch your manpower.
In this way, when the Sun and Liu families held their wedding in Xiangyang, Sun Qian arrived neither early nor late. Just when Zhuge and Zhou Yu were speculating on Sun Qian's intention to come here, the chief diplomat under Zhen Yao just sent blessings and gifts before leaving. He only stayed in Xiangyang City for one night and had a wedding banquet before returning. Nanyang.
On the other side, Chen Cheng and other craftsmen were equally happy and encouraged. Although their wages were already not low, Zhen Yao increased their salaries, which was a change in direction to improve their status. As a craftsman who was despised by the nobles, how could he not be grateful to receive such attention from his lord?
In the water village, it was not just the craftsmen who were surprised. Xu Sheng was also surprised. He was just one of them.A small low-ranking general has now become the commander of the navy? Although the post of governor-general had the flavor of a mere commander, he was still a high-ranking official. Now that he was training his soldiers, he worked even harder. At the same time, with Zhen Yao's permission, he also began to gradually recruit more sailors.
Almost at the same time, Zhang Jia from Jiangzhou, Zhang Liao from Nanyang, Guan Yu from Yuzhou, Zhang Fei from Chang'an, Zang Ba from Xuzhou, and Taishi Ci all received Zhen Yao's order, and the war machine in Zhen Yao's hands began to operate quickly.
Zhen Yao now controls two-thirds of the territory of the Han Dynasty by himself, and the resources are prepared so quickly, whether it is troop savings or logistics mobilization, it is enough to make Sun Liu jealous. Even if Zhen Yao deliberately emphasized the need to be secretive, it would be difficult to cover up everything.
"My lord, it's time." Another year passed, and when the spring plowing of the thirteenth year of Jian'an came to an end, Guo Jia and other plotters unanimously decided that it was time to start the final battle.