Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 306 Factions
Marrying a wife is different from taking a concubine. The marriage between Gao Cheng and Princess Zhuzhu has to wait for Gao Huan to return to Luoyang from Hebei and preside over it himself.

After Gao Cheng placed the Rouran Mission in the Yanran Pavilion, except for occasional visits, he devoted himself to government affairs.

At this time, it is still far away from the autumn harvest, but Gao Cheng has already started to prepare for the westward expedition.

He first exchanged Gao Jishi, the governor of Shanzhou, with Gao Shen, the governor of Guangzhou.

Gao Shen was in charge of Hengnong, in charge of Tongguan guard Dugu Yongye, and Gao Ji style guarded the Nanyang Basin to prevent Jingzhou governor Hou Jing from rebelling.

Even if Gao Cheng knew that Gao Huan would not die, Hou Jing would not dare to rebel, but he was prepared. If Hou Jing really rebelled and let go of the road to go north with Jiangling general Chen Qingzhi, Gao Jishi's ability and loyalty were at least better than his second brother Gao Shen. more trustworthy.

Of course, this does not mean that Gao Shen will rebel. After all, although Gao Huan still hates Gao Shen in this life, Gao Cheng never molested his wife.

Secondly, Gao Cheng sent a messenger to the west of Liaoning, ordering the salt soldiers to go south for the time being.

Zhang Liang seemed to have achieved quite a lot outside the Great Wall, and he could actually make Anahuo angry, which really surprised Gao Cheng.

But just like dealing with aristocratic families, he didn't want to stimulate his father-in-law too much at this stage, so he ordered to transfer [-] salt soldiers to the south.

Gao Cheng planned to garrison them in Luoyang, mainly to prevent Hou Jing from causing chaos and to support Gao Jishi.

Finally, Gao Cheng sent Wen Zisheng to Jiankang as an envoy.

In any case, we have to give it a try, to see if we can convince Nan Liang to sit on the sidelines. It is very difficult, but the cost of trial and error is also low. It is nothing more than a hard trip for Wen Zisheng.

Based on his literary talents, Xiao Yan, who is not a barbarian, would never detain the envoy, let alone kill the envoy.

When the news of Gao Jishi and Gao Shen's replacement reached Xiangyang, Hou Jing was frowning.

With such an arrangement, anyone with a discerning eye would know that Gao Cheng was on guard against him, which also made Hou Jing regret that his attitude towards Gao Cheng was too arrogant.

"I am guarding the southern border, but the general suspects me, what should I do for the current plan?"

Hou Jing called Wang Wei, the schemer, to ask.

Wang Wei pondered for a while and replied:
"Xiangwang seems to have the intention of going west. The former general asked for orders to accompany the army, but he was not allowed. Later, he was defeated. The servant thought that the general would accompany him for this expedition. He used Gao Ji's style to town Guangzhou. It was nothing more than having little contact with the envoy. , not very close, not deliberate precautions, otherwise why would you respect Shijun as the master of the three thorns."

Hou Jing nodded when he heard the words, and felt that what Wang Wei said was reasonable. They didn't know that in Gao Cheng's previous plan, they only wanted to merge South Jingzhou and East Jingzhou. Gao Huan made it when he asked Gao Huan for instructions. Revise.

But in terms of his original intention, Hou Jing really didn't think about rebelling for the time being. Among the two Weis, Nanliang, and the Three Kingdoms, the Eastern Wei was the most powerful, and most of the dignitaries were his own township party.

As a Huaishuo Jie man, if he had no other choice, he would not go to the south of the Yangtze River.

When Wang Wei returned home, he drove away all the servants, and took out a secret letter from the hidden folder. Looking at the ugly handwriting, it was undoubtedly written by Gao Cheng himself.

Gao Cheng said in the letter that as long as Wang Wei appeases Hou Jing, he will not make him half-hearted, and promises to teach him as the governor of Jianzhou.

Wang Wei did not resist this temptation. He knew that three years ago, that is, in 537, Yu Wentai failed to take advantage of the victory to go east, and the situation was already clear. Kansai was sparsely populated and it was difficult to do anything.

In the letter, Gao Cheng made no secret of his wariness towards Hou Jing. Once Gao Huan passed away and Gao Cheng came to power, Hou Jing would have no way out but to rebel or be left idle.

Wang Wei has always been resourceful. As a smart man, he received the olive branch from Gao Cheng and took it without hesitation.

The reason why the original time and space followed Hou Jing all the way to the dark, and finally shined brilliantly in the chaos of Hou Jing in Nanliang, was just that he was too strong in Hou Jing's staff and worried about being liquidated.

When Gao Jishi passed through Luoyang, met Gao Cheng, had a good drink, and then went south to Luyang to officially assume the post of governor of Guangzhou.

After Gao Jishi arrived at the place, he seldom drank, but concentrated on rectifying the city defense.

Different from the past, because the Eastern Wei Dynasty implemented the exemption money, it was not possible to show off the corvee arbitrarily, so we had to take the exemption money from the treasury and recruit civilian husbands.

The system of exemption money has been implemented for a long time, and it has gained more and more support from the people.

In the past, some local government showdown corvees did not distinguish between time and time. If it was okay during the slack season, it would be over if you endured a little tiredness.

But if it catches up with the busy farming season, it will really make the peasants miserable.

After the implementation of the exemption money, the local government no longer has free labor, and must recruit workers with wages.

The wages during busy and slack seasons are naturally different. After all, this is recruitment, not enlistment.

Faced with the high wages during busy farming seasons, many local governments had to concentrate their projects on the slack time in order to save money.

The high-season renovation of the Luyang city defense was chosen in summer. He was worried about the summer heat, so he also ordered people to make a lot of tea and send it to the people.

After following Gao Cheng for nearly ten years, Gao Jishi was more or less influenced by him, and no longer treats the low-level people as livestock.

In the ninth year of Taichang (540), the eighteenth day of May was in midsummer.

At noon, even western Liaoning could feel the scorching heat.

Zhang Liang finally received Gao Cheng's order to gather all the soldiers in Longcheng and prepare to go south.

"Bird has trained an elite army for the general."

Han Xian looked at the [-] salt soldiers under the stage, and laughed with Zhang Liang.

"Puxian is admirable. Most of the sergeants are trained by Lou Jizhou. How dare Liang take credit for it."

Zhang Liang smiled lightly.

He knew the purpose of Han Xian's visit. Gao Cheng organized [-] salt soldiers in the name of guarding the salt farm.

Obviously, the salt field was stationed in You, Cang, Hebei, and Qingzhou, but it was sent to garrison in western Liaoning, and it was impossible to get there anyway (Yingzhou was withdrawn and divided into Cangzhou and Jizhou).

So Gao Huan sent Han Xian to see what happened, he didn't mean to blame him, but just wanted to see what kind of quality the new lineage Gao Cheng had formed.

Han Xian is the same as Zhang Liang, both from Erzhu's old tribe, the difference is that Zhang Liang didn't join the Gao family until Erzhu Zhao begged for his death.

And Han Xian flirted with Gao Huanxin long before the uprising in Gao Huanxin, and there was an important person who helped them connect.

Han Xian and Cai Jun were both from Shimen County, Guangning County (Shouyang, Shanxi Province). In fact, when Gao Huan was appointed governor of Jinzhou, most of the heroes under his command had three origins besides relatives and township parties.

One of them was naturally dispatched by Liu Guidai.

The second is Dou Tai's fellow countryman in Tai'an County.

The third is Cai Jun's fellow countryman in Guangning County.

When the Erzhu family fell, Han Xian, who had already secretly negotiated with Gao Huan, came to Jianzhou.

Therefore, as a member of the Guangning faction, even if he took refuge late, he was still one of his own in Gao Huan's heart.

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