Eastern Jin Dynasty: My powerful father

Chapter 185 Entering Xuchang

Yingchuan has been a large county since ancient times. It originally governed Yangzhai (now Yuzhou, Henan) and governed seventeen counties. During the Cao Wei Dynasty, the northwest area including Yangzhai, the original governorate, was classified as Henan Yin. During the Western Jin Dynasty, it was divided into Yingchuan Xiangcheng County was established in the southwestern part of the county.

To this day, Yingchuan County only controls nine counties, governed by Xuchang.

At the beginning, the tribes and population of Zhang Yu, the governor of Yuzhou in Later Zhao, were divided between Huan Xi and Fu Jian, and they were taken to Guanzhong and Hedong respectively.

As a result, the three counties of Yingchuan, Henan, and Hongnong were in depression.

Although it can't be said that bones are exposed in the wild, there is indeed no human habitation within hundreds of miles.

The population that Zhou Cheng brought from Xuzhou was not large. After all, he had to borrow a passage from Wei Tong to Yanzhou, and Yao Xiang was pressing behind him. There were only more than 10,000 soldiers and their families who followed Zhou Cheng.

Therefore, Zhou Cheng's real business was only in Xuchang and Yingyin counties.

After two years of hard work, Zhou Cheng saw that Xuchang and Yingyin had regained some of their strength, and everything was moving in a good direction.

However, as Lehong surrendered to Huan Wen, the Chu army advanced towards Xuchang, and all the efforts of the people of the two counties were in vain.

Zhou Cheng sent an envoy to ask Murong Ke to send reinforcements to Xuchang, but Murong Ke asked him to retreat to Luoyang. The Yan army was obviously determined to fight in Luoyang.

In fact, Murong Ke did not want to go to Xuchang because he was worried that after he went south, Huan Xi would take the opportunity to move east and occupy Luoyang, blocking the Yan army's retreat.

Qifu Xianbei has surrendered, and the Liangzhou rebellion has been basically put down. Wang Meng naturally publicized this matter to calm people's hearts, and Murong Ke naturally heard about it.

Who can guarantee that Huan Xi will not rush back and lead his troops eastward.

Zhou Cheng did not have the guts to face Huan Wen alone, and Murong Ke was unwilling to come to Yingchuan. In desperation, he could only follow Murong Ke's instructions, lead his troops to retreat to Luoyang, and defend Luoyang City together with Lu Hu, waiting for Yan The army went south.

Outside Xuchang City, wheat ears were golden in the fields. Zhou Cheng looked at the autumn scene. No matter how much he couldn't bear it, he could only order:

"set fire!"

Autumn is the dry season, when fires burn quickly and smoke billows.

Howls arose everywhere, recalling the hardships of spring plowing and the sweat shed during labor. Who would not be sad because of this fire.

The vanguard of the Chu army was approaching, and there was no time for Zhou Cheng to organize his soldiers and civilians to harvest the newly ripe grains. Even if it was burned, it would be better than leaving it to Huan Wen.

When Huan Wen came to Xuchang, all he saw was scorched earth. Only the city of Xuchang still stood on the scorched earth. Perhaps Zhou Cheng still hoped that he could return to Yingchuan after repelling Huan Wen, so he did not demolish the city.

'Based on this, if Zhou Cheng is captured alive in the future, I will have to leave his whole body for him. '

Looking at the intact Xuchang City in front of him, Huan Wen thought to himself.

Xuchang, formerly known as Xu, was also known as Xudu when Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty moved the capital here at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Cao Wei replaced Han Dynasty, the capital was established in Luoyang and was renamed Xuchang.

Looking back on those days, Xuchang was a prosperous place with outstanding people, but now it is a desolate scene.

After boarding the Xuchang Tower, Huan Wen was filled with emotion. He said to everyone:

"The fall of China and the ruins of the Central Plains are all the fault of Wang Yifu and others."

Wang Yifu was Wang Yan, the clan brother of Wang Dao, Wang Dun and others, and he was also the prime minister during the Yongjia period of the Western Jin Dynasty.

During his tenure, Wang Yan had no intention of governing the country and focused on fighting for power and profit. The Eighty Thousand Rebellion was certainly the main reason for the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, but as the prime minister, Wang Yan could not escape the blame.

As soon as Huan Wen finished speaking, Yuan Hong, who joined the army in the Secretariat of the Grand Sima Mansion, defended Wang Yan in public and retorted:

"Rise and fall are determined by themselves. How can we blame others?"

Yuan Hong was twenty-seven years old at the time, and he was from the Runan family, the same Runan family that had the fourth generation and the third Duke in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When he was young, Yuan Hong's family fell into decline, but because of his outstanding literary talent, he was appreciated by Xie Shang, the governor of Yuzhou, and was selected to join the army. He was praised by the world as a temporary Wenzong.

Later, his reputation spread to Huan Wen's ears, and he was recruited to the General's Palace of Zhengxi. He served successively as a member of the army in the General's Palace and in the Record Office of the Grand Sima Palace. He won the respect of Huan Wen.

However, Yuan Hong was fond of the Jin Dynasty and did not appreciate this.

Huan Wen was refuted by him in public. He couldn't keep his face and said angrily:

"I heard that Liu Jingsheng had a thousand-jin bull, which ate ten times as much as an ordinary bull, but when it came to carrying a heavy load, it was not as heavy as a weak female animal. Emperor Wu of Wei entered Jingzhou and killed it and imprisoned the soldiers!

"Wang Yifu and others are just like those big bulls whose corpses have nothing to eat. The world is corrupted by people like this!"

After saying that, Huan Wen walked down the tower angrily, no longer feeling nostalgic.

Everyone hurriedly chased after him, but Yuan Hong was not panicked.

In fact, this is not the first time Yuan Hong has offended Huan Wen, but talents are rare and Huan Wen has always tolerated him.

Of course, if he contradicted Huan Wen in public today, he might be demoted or even dismissed, but Yuan Hong didn't care.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that if you stay in the Grand Sima Mansion, especially in a confidant position such as serving as a reporter and joining the army, you will be a proper founding father in a few years.

However, people with different Taoist views do not work together. An Neng bows his head and serves the powerful, which goes against his own heart.

No matter how angry Huan Wen was, he could only alienate and abandon Yuan Hong, but could not kill him.

After all, scholars are not slaves.

For Yuan Hong, Jingzhou cannot accommodate him, so he can go to Jiankang to find a job.

This was the case for Fanwang, Huanwen's chief minister, who abandoned his post and left the Huanwen shogunate.

The master was very good at chiseling. Even if Huan Wen knew that his heart was in the Jin Dynasty, he could only demote him to Hu Cao and join the army.

In the original time and space, the legacy left by Xi Chizhi before his death was still discussing in detail the legitimacy of the Jin-Cheng-Han Dynasty.

Huan Wen seemed to be in a good position, but in fact he was subject to many restrictions. Huan Xi could not be as free and easy as starting a new business in the north. Returning to the temporary residence, it was the palace built by Cao Cao for Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Huan Wen was still angry and aggrieved. Fan Wang was like this, Xi Chizhi was like this, and Yuan Hong was like this. He regarded them as his confidants and entrusted them with important responsibilities, but they never agreed with him.

"If they were under Xi'er, there would be no place for them!"

Huan Wen said angrily.

Leshi didn't know who Huan Wen was talking about, but she knew that the so-called Xi'er was the eldest son of the Chu Kingdom and the current Duke of Liang.

She walked up behind Huan Wen, rubbed his shoulders, and said softly:

"Mr. Chu, why are you so angry? Don't let your anger break your body."

Leshi was Le Hong's new adopted daughter. When Huan Wen came to Xiangcheng, Le Hong dedicated his adopted daughter to him. Huan Wen originally refused. He was living and drinking outside, but Sima Xingnan could still turn a blind eye. .

But if Huan Wen had brought a concubine home without her consent, he would probably cause a lot of trouble.

Huan Wen's fear of guilt is also well known to everyone.

Therefore, Le Hong claimed that he was just following Huan Wen, taking care of food and daily life along the way, and just being a slave.

In fact, it was just to serve as an outer chamber for Huan Wen without asking for status.

Huan Wen no longer had any worries, so he naturally pretended to decline and then agreed with a smile.

Leshi was only sixteen years old, much younger than Huan Wen's children. How could the old slave not love such a young and beautiful girl.

Hearing the beauty's delicate voice, Huan Wen's inner anger also subsided a lot.

Huan Wen held Leshi's soft little hand and asked her to sit on his lap.

With Xiangyu in his arms, Huan Wen sighed:

"I just regret that Jingxing (Xi Chao) can't always be by my side."

Among the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, Xi Chao is the only one who can share the same goals with Huan Wen and have great talents.

Huan Wen sighed, looking at Leshi in his arms, he couldn't help but think of his newlywed wife Sima Xingnan.

The princess at that time was the same age she is now, only sixteen years old.

Huan Wen has never forgotten the sweetness of the newlyweds and has always kept it in his heart.

Whenever he couldn't hold his head up after being trained by Sima Xingnan and felt that he had lost face, Huan Wen would bring up those memories and reflect on them carefully, and he would always be able to calm down his anger.

Those days were also the happiest days in Huan Wen's life. His father's revenge was avenged and he married his beloved wife.

Of course, within a few years, the sweet wife became a fierce wife.

Huan Wen felt something in his heart. He let go of Leshi and walked outside the house alone, looking westward and thinking to himself:

'I don't know how the princess is doing now. '

A woman like Le Shi, with her youth and beauty, was able to win Huan Wen's favor for a while.

But one day Huan Wen gets tired of it, or the Le family becomes old and sallow, and they will be abandoned like nothing.

After all, she was different from Sima Xingnan's married wife. To Huan Wen, she was nothing more than a comforting plaything and could not have true feelings.

Sima Xingnan was far away in Chang'an and didn't know that Huan Wen missed her.

However, if Sima Xingnan knew that Huan Wen had returned to his old ways and secretly raised a foreign wife, he would probably not let him go so easily.

After all, Huan Wen was given away by Sima Xingnan in the outer room of Xi Chao's house.

Sima Xingnan had been in Chang'an for some time. After learning that Huan Xi was about to quell the Liangzhou rebellion, the only thing she could worry about was Huan Wen's safety.

Huan Ji has now changed his mind, and he doesn't work very hard, but at least he still shows up at the Ministry of Punishment office on time every day, and no longer indulges in drinking, sex, or abusing Wushi Powder.

Before Sima Xingnan arrived in Chang'an, Huan Xi's concubine Han Yan gave her a new grandson. Although she was a concubine, she was still her son's flesh and blood, and she was also loved by Sima Xingnan.

No grandmother would really call her grandson a bastard in public.

After Huan Xi and Huan Ji, the other three sons of the Huan family are now married.

The third son Huan Xin married the legitimate daughter of the Langya Wang family.

The fourth son Huan Yi married the legitimate daughter of the Yu family in Yingchuan.

The fifth son Huan Wei married the legitimate daughter of the Wen family in Taiyuan.

This is naturally Huan Wen's method to win over the Jiangnan nobles, but so far, the effect is mediocre.

After all, the weight of Huan Xin, Huan Yi, and Huan Wei was still much lower than that of Huan Xi, and they were not enough to tempt these families.

As for the Xie family in Chen County, they were both verbally and physically upright. Xie Yi and Xie An were openly honest with the Huan family, but they did not allow Xie Xuan to come to Chang'an to join their eldest sister when he was only twelve years old. .

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