A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 505: Preparing for war in bad times, the two Han Dynasties set up a melee in the Central Plains

October th
White House, White House.

Bai Gongyan found Bai Wangbiao who was sleeping on the bed:
"Father, Yuan An has come to report that the emperor and Sima Ying have left the country safely and are probably on the ferry now."

Bai Biao, who has white hair and beard and a rough face, closed his eyes and nodded slightly to show his understanding.

Bai Yan paused slightly and then asked: "Nowadays, the Xianbei, Huns, and Wuhuan people are raging all over Hebei. Li Xiong of Shu almost occupies the entire Shu, and his men are also elite Qiang people.

Around Luoyang and near Chang'an, due to the civil strife of the Sima clan in recent years, the people's houses have been empty, even worse than in the late Han Dynasty. When will we take action? "

Bai Biao slowly opened his eyes and stared into the void:

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, this is not a good time."

"But should we just let the barbarians wreak havoc in the Central Plains?"

Bai Biao turned to look at Bai Yan and said calmly:

"Look at you, you're in a hurry.

Our ancestors once said that the Bai family is not the master of the world, so they should not overstep their bounds.

The cause of the chaos in the world today is the Sima clan. If the kings of Sima were not fighting each other, why would there be such a chaos?

But why do the kings fight? The root cause is that there is no internal worry and no external trouble.

Ever since Emperor Wu enabled the clan to enfeoff the country and enfeoffed all ministers and princes, the special nature of the Bai family has been greatly damaged. This move is not unwise.

If the Bai Kingdom raises its troops at this time, even under the banner of exterminating the Hu Yi, it will not get help from the court, but will be attacked from both sides.

At that time, the Jin court forcibly changes the target, and the Hu people will also follow the orders of the Jin court and attack our Bai country.

At that time, there will be Xianbei and Wuhuan people in the north, Huns in the west, Liaodong tribes in the east, and the Jin army in the south.

With enemies on all sides, even if they can barely block attacks from all over and occupy Jizhou, they will not be able to maintain their power for a long time, and the world will fall into pieces again.

I predict that within five years, the Jin court will decline. If the Jin court involves its energy at this time, not only will it be impossible to get rid of the barbarians, but it will be taken advantage of by the barbarians. "

"Then we just watch like this without making any preparations?"

Bai Biao glanced at Bai Yan but didn't reply. He closed his eyes again and fell asleep.

Bai Yan retreated, and Gongsun Bai Zhai came up to greet him:
"Father, what did grandfather say?"

Bai Yan looked slightly tired and said:
"Send the order and order Si Jincao to operate with all his strength. Within three years, I will see soldiers equipped with 100,000 troops.

Order the Chancellor to issue a grain purchase order. All merchants who transport grain to the Bai Kingdom will be purchased by the government at a premium, and one million people must be prepared for three years' reserve.

A horse purchase order was issued, and the government purchased double the amount of horses shipped to the White Kingdom.

Order the Fifth Soldier Cao to issue a recruitment order to re-recruit the old soldiers who had abandoned their armor. In addition to the five thousand battalions, set up the Hussars Battalion, Qiannu Battalion, Dianzhong Battalion, Elite Soldiers Battalion, and Five Military Battalions.

Combined, there are six battalions, each with 5,000 men, for a total of 30,000 men.

The officials were ordered to recruit 500 more officials every year for a total of three years as reserve officials for future use. "

Bai Zhai quickly wrote down Bai Yan's instructions. After thinking for a while, he said worriedly:

“Father, such a huge plan requires a huge amount of money and materials.

In recent years, the world has been in turmoil. The trade routes in Hebei have been destroyed, and the caravans going to Shuzhong have returned without success many times. The trade routes in the Western Regions have also been intermittent. Only some trade routes and waterways in Jiangdong, Guandong and overseas can be maintained. .

Therefore, the national treasury revenue has been reduced by more than half in recent years. According to the current national treasury reserves, plus the forbidden treasury in the palace, only half of the goal can be achieved, and it is still less than half. Do we need to increase taxes? "

Bai Yan frowned and made up his mind:

"Taxes cannot be increased. Our ancestors have said that if you are desperate, you must not increase taxes. In this way, my father still has several treasure troves in his hands that I can use with my authority."

After that, he took out a token and told Bai Zhai the location of the three treasure houses.

Of these three treasure houses, one is deep in the Taihang Mountains, one is on the outskirts of Chaoge City, and the other is in Xiuwu County.

Bai Zhai was reassured when he heard that the gold, silver and jewelry inside could fully realize his previous plan without even using the treasury.

Bai Yan warned:
“Remember, the national treasury must be used when it is time to do so, and you must be aware that money cannot be leaked, otherwise it will cause unnecessary greed.

Remember to take the White Guards with you when taking things, and never let others know, even the rest of the tribe. "

"Kid, remember this."

November

Sima Zhong and Sima Ying, who fled back to Luoyang, met Sima Yong's number one general, Zhang Fang.

After many days of discussion, Sima Ying and Zhang Fang finally agreed to Zhang Fang's opinion and moved the capital to Chang'an, the hinterland of Sima Yong's power, in order to avoid the attacks of Sima Teng and Wang Jun.

November 5th

The Jin court issued an edict to restore the "Yong'an" reign name.

The first year of Yong'an (the first year of Jianwu)
November

Zhang Fang led 20,000 Yongzhou soldiers and took the emperor Sima Zhong, Chengdu king Sima Ying, Yuzhang king Sima Chi and others who were in Luo hostage, and set out for Chang'an.

Zhang Fang saw that everyone was starting to set off, preparing to imitate Dong Zhuo and burn the palace and the Ancestral Temple to make everyone in Guandong despair and give up pursuing him. However, Zhang Fang gave up his plan to burn Luoyang after seeing that Lu Zhi was Lu Zhi, a famous general of the former Han Dynasty.

December

Sima Zhong and his party arrived in Chang'an smoothly. Sima Yong led Yongzhou civil and military forces out of the city to greet them. Sima Zhong temporarily stayed at Chang'an Palace.

December 3

Sima Zhong issued an edict and appointed Sima Yong as Dazai, Grand Governor, and Yongzhou Mu. Zhang Fang was the leader of the army, recorded affairs of the Shangshu, and was the prefect of Jingzhao.

The crown prince Sima Tan was once again deposed, and Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, was made the crown prince's younger brother. This year's reign was changed to "Yongxing" and he granted amnesty to the world.

December th

Sima Yong believed that Sima Ying, who had lost all his military power and territory, had no value to him and would actually hinder him. So under his instruction, Emperor Sima Zhong issued an edict:
"It is a natural disaster for the Jin state that there will be no successors. Wang Ying of Chengdu has two sons, but his political performance has suffered, and everyone is disappointed. He cannot bear the burden, so he returns the king to his throne."

Sima Ying was deposed as the crown prince and ordered to leave the court immediately and return to the fiefdom of Chengdu.

But now that Chengdu was occupied by Li Xiong, Sima Ying had to stay in Hanzhong and was not allowed to move forward.

December 9

Sima Yong appointed hundreds of officials on his own, changed Qinzhou to Dingzhou, and appointed Sima Chi, the king of Yuzhang, who had followed Sima Zhong to Chang'an, as the emperor's younger brother.

December 20
Surrounded by his generals, Li Xiong proclaimed himself king, claimed to defeat the Jin Dynasty and restore the Han Dynasty, and named the country "Han". He called himself "King of Chengdu", which can be called "Chenghan", and the founding year was named "Jianxing".

He also ordered the abolition of the laws of the Jin Dynasty, inherited the three chapters of his father Li Te's covenant, expanded it to seven chapters, and ordered the pardon of all criminals in the territory.

Set up six public officials and one hundred officials, and appoint your uncles and brothers as Taifu, Taibao, Taiwei, Situ, Sikong and Dazai respectively.

He also invited Fan Changsheng, a famous scholar from Bashu and a high-level ghost and god Taoist who lived in seclusion in the West Mountain, to serve as the prime minister in Chengdu. Fan Changsheng was honored as Fan Xian.

December 29

The Xiongnu leader Liu Yuan built an altar and offered sacrifices in the southern suburbs. He claimed that his ancestors had been brothers with the Han Dynasty. If his elder brother died, his younger brother should succeed him.

So he posthumously recognized and honored Liu Gong, the last emperor of the Han Dynasty, founded the country as "Han", called himself "King of Han", established the reign title as "Yuanxi", and honored Liu Gong as the Xiaohuai Emperor. Because it was within the ancient Zhao Kingdom, it could be called "Han Zhao".

He also ordered the pardon of all prisoners within the territory, the construction of shrines for the three ancestors and five sects following Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty for worship, and the establishment of his wife Huyan as queen.

On the same day, hundreds of officials were appointed, the Three Gongs and the Nine Qings were appointed, Liu Xuan was appointed prime minister, Cui You, a poor man from Youzhou, was appointed as the imperial censor, and Liu Hong, the clan member, was appointed as the Taiwei. The rest of the officials were appointed at different levels to distinguish them from the Jin Dynasty. system.

Since the Jin Dynasty, the Sima family's compromise with the aristocratic families has modified the Zhongzheng system of the Yan-Han period, completely blocking the promotion path for lower-class scholars.

This resulted in many lower-class scholars being dissatisfied with the imperial court, and kings such as Sima Lun, Sima Liang, and Sima Ying were able to rise to power because they were widely favored by the disillusioned scholars in the country.

Now that Liu Yuan and Li Xiong are rising, they have also received help from many poor people with no hope of official career. Cui You and Sun Xiu are the best among them.

Sun Xiu was born in the Sun family in Jiangdong. He was originally a clan member of the Wu Kingdom. After the destruction of the Wu Kingdom, Sun Xiu's lineage was completely defeated. Among Yangzhou Zhongzheng, his evaluation was very low. Because his family background was too low, he had no hope of an official career.

Until I found a position with Sima Lun.

Cui You is a branch of the Cui family in Qinghe. He has also been defeated. He is not on the same level as the main clan, and even the family can't open the door.

I heard that Liu Yuan was recruiting talented people. Regardless of his life experience, in order to survive, he had no choice but to seek refuge with him. As for his identity as a Huns, is his life important?
The second year of Yongxing
New Year
After hearing that Liu Yuan founded the country and was also known as a big man, Ma Teng of the Japanese company who separated the states and merged the states couldn't bear it at first.

No matter from the perspective of the Sima family's children, from the perspective of the court, or from the perspective of the people on the couch, Sima Teng could not let it go.

The third day of the first lunar month
Sima Teng sent his general Nie Xuan with thirty thousand troops to attack Liu Yuan.

The twenty-third day of the first lunar month
The two sides fought in Daling, and Nie Xuan's army was defeated. The soldiers were chased and killed by the Huns' cavalry, and not a single one of them was left alive.

Sima Teng was shocked after hearing the inquiry, and quickly fled to Shandong with more than 20,000 households in Bingzhou to join his brother Sima Yue in Donghai Kingdom.

Subsequently, Liu Yuan took advantage of the victory and marched forward, sending General Jianwu Liu Yao to capture Taiyuan, Xuushi, Tunliu, Changzi, Zhongdu and other cities one after another. He basically occupied the Xihe and Taiyuan kingdoms and changed the kingdoms into counties.

Also talk about the people of Chang'an.

When Sima Yong saw Liu Yuan and Li Xiong rebelling against the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, raised troops in Xuzhou, issued widespread propaganda, summoned the princes of Guandong, and marched westward to welcome Sima Zhong.

Sima Yong planned to make peace with the other kings first and resolve foreign troubles, and then discuss the power struggle.

So Sima Zhong was asked to issue an edict. In the name of being brothers in the clan, he went to the country first and ordered to forgive Sima Yue and call him back to the court to serve as Taifu and assist the government together with Dazai Sima Yong.

However, Sima Yue seemed to see Sima Yong's little thoughts and refused to be granted the title. With the recommendation of all the princes, Sima Yue became the leader of the alliance. He also appointed Ma Mo of Pingchang company as the general of Beizhonglang to suppress Yecheng and take it as his wing. , leading a coalition of more than 100,000 Guandong princes to attack Guanzhong.

Helpless, Sima Yong had no choice but to appoint Liu Qiao as the general in Zhendong, leading 50,000 troops to guard the river bridge to resist Sima Yue.

April
With the sincere cooperation of Sima Yue and other allied forces and Liu Gen, the supervisor sent by Wang Jun, they relied on the speed of his Xianbei cavalry to attack Heqiao, and Liu Qiao was defeated.

Due to the narrow road, they were chased by cavalry and trampled to death by the Yongzhou army, causing countless deaths.

When Sima Yong heard about Liu Qiao's defeat, he was frightened. It happened that Sima Yue and other princes from Guandong sent people to persuade Sima Yong and asked him to send Sima Zhong back to Kyoto, so that Sima Yue and Sima Yong could divide Shaanxi and rule.

Sima Yong was ready to agree, but Zhang Fang disagreed.

Sima Yong was afraid that Zhang Fang would learn from Sima Lun's general Wang Yu and kidnap him, so he secretly ordered Zhang Fang's trusted general Zhi Fu to take Zhang Fang's head at night and give it to Sima Yue and other Kanto princes.

He said: "It was Zhang Fang who kidnapped His Majesty to return to the west all by himself. Now that the culprit is dead, I am willing to build the Jin Dynasty with all my brothers."

(End of this chapter)