Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 110 Return to Chang'an
  Regardless of humans or animals, during exercise, fat will be converted into energy and ketone bodies and other substances. Especially in cold or hot environments, the body needs to maintain body temperature, and at the same time, metabolism will be accelerated, which will also accelerate fat consumption.

Huan Xi dispatched troops in the first month of the year, when the cold outside the Great Wall was not yet gone, and it was summer when the weather had turned hot.

After this trip, not only did the army horses lose weight, but Huan Xi himself also lost a lot of weight.

Fortunately, the problem of military horses losing weight is easy to solve. The Xitao Plain has abundant pasture. Huan Xi left most of the military horses here to gain weight, and only brought back a small number of military horses whose weight loss was not serious for daily training of the cavalry. .

General Shi Yue was ordered to stay in the Xitao Plain with two thousand cavalry to look after the horses, waiting for Zhao Ju to come and take over the ascendant Yinchuan City, and then return to Chang'an with the fattened horses and two thousand cavalry.

Before Huan Xi left, he also assigned troops and horses to the four thousand Xiongnu infantry who followed him.

There is still a configuration of one person and three horses, and they are left to herd by themselves. During war, they will lead the horses and carry bows and come to Yinchuan to listen to them.

The same is true for the other four thousand Xiongnu archers. The Xiongnu archers themselves have war horses and walking horses, and there is no need for Huan Xi to distribute them. Otherwise, the horses he captured from Fu Xiong alone may not be enough. distribute.

Looking back at the Yinchuan City that was beginning to take shape, Huan Xi ordered:
  "lets go."

The army moved south again. As for the hundreds of Di tribe's elite cavalry that had been captured before, Huan Xi did not dare to use them. They all followed Fu Chang to fight to the last moment and were die-hard loyalists who were difficult to tame.

His family members are all in Bingzhou. If he insists on integrating them into the army, there is no guarantee that they will go to the battlefield one day, which will cause trouble for him.

However, killing prisoners is naturally not allowed.

Huan Xi planned to use them as slaves. Even if these prisoners of war could not do anything else, it was always good to be cooks.

If you don't know how to cook, you can learn to cook. After all, even Lan Jing, the son of the famous Nanliang general Lan Qin, was cooking for others after he was defeated and captured. Lan Jing's skills must have been learned now.

Of course, Huan Xi himself would not dare to use such a cook. Not only would he stab you with a knife when serving food, but even spitting into the food would be disgusting enough.

It could be given to the Jiangnan scholars to ease relations with them.

In late April of the seventh year of Yonghe (AD 351), Shi Zhi, the emperor of Later Zhao, defeated Ran Min with the help of various forces. After defeating Ran Min, his confidence increased and he sent general Liu Xian to lead an army of to attack Yecheng.

But at this time, the reinforcements from Qian Yan and Yao Xiang had left, and Liu Xian was no match for Ran Min.

Ran Min reorganized his troops, defeated Liu Xian, and pursued him all the way to Yangping (now Shen County, Shandong), killing 30,000 enemies.

Liu Xian was frightened and asked Ran Min for peace, expressing his willingness to return to Xiangguo and deliver Shi Zhi's head to Ran Min.

Ran Min readily agreed, and Liu Xian returned to the state of Xiang. As expected, he kept his promise and killed Emperor Zhao Shi Zhi, Prime Minister Shi Bing, Dazai Zhao Lu and others, and sent his family to Yecheng as hostages.

Later Zhao was destroyed and lived for thirty-three years.

Ran Min was naturally overjoyed when he received the heads of Shi Zhi and others, and named Liu Xian the Great General, Great Chanyu, and Jizhou Mu.

However, Ran Min, who had finally eliminated the serious trouble in his heart, looked back at Hebei and saw that it was already devastated.

At first, Shi Hu forcibly moved people from all over the country to Hebei, which had consolidated the foundation. However, in the last years of Later Zhao, especially the military disaster caused by the war between Ran Wei and Later Zhao, many people fled.

The Han people and Hu people from Qing, Yong, You and Jing prefectures who migrated from Shihu, totaling millions of people, returned to their homeland, killing and plundering each other along the way, and encountered famine and epidemics. Less than two out of ten people were able to return alive. three.

Most of the people who were relocated in Jingzhou came from Nanyang, Yiyang, Shunyang and other areas originally occupied by Hou Zhao, and the number was not too large.

However, the road back home between them and the people of Yongzhou was too long, and they had to pass through the sphere of influence of Yao Yizhong, Zhang Yu and others. Only a few of them could really return to their hometown.

Either get intercepted by these people, or die on the way back.

Among the millions of people, two to three out of ten who were able to go back were mostly from areas such as Youzhou and Qingzhou, which are not far from Jizhou.

After these people returned home, they were great supplements to Murong Xianbei who occupied Youzhou and Duan Xianbei who occupied Qingzhou.

Ran Min's killing of Hu is certainly worthy of praise, but I am afraid that more Han people died because of him than the Hu people he killed.

After all, Han people still account for the vast majority of the millions of people who have returned home.

Ran Min destroyed Shi Zhao, but after losing millions of people, he was gradually sliding into the abyss. On the contrary, Murong Xianbei, the great enemy in the north, became more powerful after being supplemented by a large number of people returning home.

At the same time, although Liu Xian sent hostages and accepted Ran Wei's official position, it did not mean that he sincerely surrendered to Xiang State.

The battle between Yecheng and Xiangguo did not end here. Jizhou was still in chaos for a long time.

Of course, the people in Chang'an cannot feel the suffering of the people in Jizhou.

In early May, the news that Huan Xi was about to return to Chang'an had spread throughout the streets.

The families of soldiers and soldiers all look forward to their sons, husbands and fathers.

In this battle, the Jin army did not suffer many casualties. Therefore, the overall atmosphere was still festive, and it would not make everyone in Jingkou cry like Chu Su's Northern Expedition.

Wang Meng also seemed very excited. He was not only happy that Huan Xi conquered the Tiefu Xiongnu, but also that Huan Xi brought back more than 20,000 cattle.

Although not all cattle can be used as farm cattle, it will undoubtedly greatly improve the agricultural production in the Guanzhong area and further liberate the labor force.

In the land equalization order of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was specifically stated that for every cow acquired, 30 acres of land could be granted, with the upper limit being four cows per household. Of course, in actual operation, considering the reasons of leaving the land fallow and maintaining fertility, the amount was usually doubled. Granting land, that is, 60 acres, is also the characteristic of granting land in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In the Northern Qi's land equalization order, it was clearly marked that each cow was granted 60 acres of land, and the upper limit was also four cows per household.

Granting land to cattle was not abolished until the Sui Dynasty because of the proliferation of household registration.

But Huan Xi did not intend to grant land to the cattle. After all, the cattle could not pay taxes for himself.

He plans to encourage the families of these soldiers to rent out their cattle to people in need after plowing the fields. This will also play a role in liberating productivity.    Let people free up their time from the land and create other values.

For example, women weave at home, while men go out to do odd jobs.

Of course, even if you don't want to increase your income and create people behind closed doors, it is still a contribution to Huan Xi.

At this time, Huan Xi was also eager to return home.

Xie Daoyun became pregnant when she had sex with him in late September last year. She is now almost eight months pregnant. She is pregnant in October, and his first child will be born more than two months later in late July.

Li Yuan was conceived about a month later than Xie Daoyun, and her due date is also at the end of August.

It was only early May, and Huan Xi was already impatient.

On May 351th, the seventh year of Yonghe (AD ), Huanxi, who had been on an expedition to Hetao, finally returned to his loyal Chang'an amid everyone's eager anticipation.

At the city gate, Wang Meng led the officials of Chang'an, big and small, to greet each other at the city gate. He bowed deeply and said loudly:
  "My lord has conquered the Fu clan far away, causing the Xiongnu to surrender and display his power beyond the Great Wall. I will congratulate my lord from the lower ranks!"

Huan Xi got off his horse, helped Wang Meng up, and said with a smile:
  "If my husband hadn't taken care of the rear for me, how could I have been able to sit back and relax and focus on the frontline war?"

After saying that, Huan Xi looked at Wang Meng and said with emotion:

"Sir is haggard."

Wang Meng shook his head and said:
  "I am sitting in the government office, how can I work as hard as my lord?"

Huan Xi asked with concern:
  "How much do you eat per meal, sir?"

Wang Meng laughed and said:

"My lord, please rest assured. Although my subordinates are busy with official duties, they never delay eating. Each meal can eat two bowls of rice, a pound of meat, and fruits and vegetables."

Huan Xi finally felt relieved. When others saw this scene, they all envied the deep relationship between Wang Meng and Huan Xi.

Quan Yi was the only one who didn't feel jealous. He and Wang Meng cherished each other, but when it came to their personal friendship with Huan Xi, Quan Yi felt that he was no worse than Wang Meng.

The relationship that can pimp the leader is, of course, a close confidant among cronies and a confidant among confidants.

It's just that I have been busy for so long and got nothing. On the contrary, Deng Qiang was ordered to raid Hedong, but he got back a beautiful girl.

But she was still the lord's favorite noble widow, which made Quan Yi feel the urgency brought by competition.

He only hated that the Jin Dynasty had its capital in Jiankang. If he could move to Chang'an, he would have to try to bring his lord and the queen mother together.

While Huan Xi was chatting with the other generals, Wang Meng noticed that Quan Yi was absent-minded and asked:

"What is Ziliang thinking?"

Quan Yi came back to his senses and discussed with Wang Meng in a low voice:
  "Jing Lue, now that my lord has won another great victory, we, as assistants, should ask the lord for a reward from the court.

"Although my lord doesn't say it, based on my observation, my lord still has his heart set on the throne.

"It's just that since the founding of the Jin Dynasty, there has never been a Han king with a different surname. If he asks the court for a title, I'm afraid it won't be allowed.

"Why don't you and I encourage everyone and implore my lord to imitate Liu Bei's story of calling himself the King of Hanzhong, increase his title to the king, and make the three states and twenty-two counties a fiefdom?"

There are actually only 21 counties in the three states of Yong, Qin and Liang, but Huanxi established Hedong County in Puban and Gaowangcheng, so there is a theory of three states and twenty-two counties.

Wang Meng felt something was wrong and said:
  "This matter still needs to be discussed with the lord in advance."

Quan Yi smiled and said:

"Of course."

How could Quan Yi dare to take matters into his own hands? Even when he requested the establishment of a Shan Yutai, Huan Xi sternly asked him who was instructing him.

But it’s just a thief shouting to catch a thief.

Huan Xi exchanged greetings with everyone, and when he saw Wang Meng and Quan Yi whispering together, he walked over, held their hands one on the left and the other on the right, and said with a smile:

"It's time to enter the city. Come on, you two, get in the car with me."

Huan Xi never rides a horse when entering the city, but he is still so steady.

Sitting in the carriage, Wang Meng and Quan Yi talked to him about becoming king.

Both of them were northern scholars, so they were naturally active in the matter of Huan's usurpation of the throne, fearing that Huan Xi's official rank was not high enough.

But Huan Xi shook his head and declined their kindness:

"The time is not yet ripe, don't do this."

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