The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 723 Chapter 722
Zhang Yan took the urgent report from Xu Sheng's hand, browsed it hastily, and said with a smile on his face: "Ma Chao really lived up to my expectations of him, and he won Hanzhong so quickly..."

"Congratulations to the Regent, congratulations to the Regent, after Hanzhong is captured, the land of Shu will be just around the corner." Zhuge Liang said respectfully from the side.

Zhang Yandao: "Now the world has been settled, only the southwest corner is left. If the southwest is pacified this time, then the world will be completely unified!"

"Your Highness, Nanzhong Emergency Report!" A Jin Yiwei walked in from outside, holding a letter.

Zhang Yan gave Xu Sheng a wink, and Xu Sheng took the letter from Jin Yiwei, and handed it to Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan opened the letter and saw that the joyful expression on his face suddenly became even happier, and he said loudly: "God help me! God help me!"

Seeing that Zhang Yan was so happy, Zhuge Liang and Xu Sheng knew that this letter must be a good thing, so Zhuge Liang asked, "Regent, what makes the Regent so happy?"

"After Yizhou changed hands, several counties in the south that belonged to Yizhou rebelled one after another. They refused to recognize Zhang Fei's Yizhou pastoral status, and they all elected Yong Kai as the leader, openly resisting Zhang Fei. This letter was written by Yong Kai , He said in the letter that he was willing to lead the people to surrender to the big man, and prayed that the big man would send an army to attack Zhang Fei, and he would launch an attack from Nanzhong, flanking back and forth, and destroying Zhang Fei together." Zhang Yan said happily.

After Zhuge Liang heard this, he said to Zhang Yan: "Regent, this is a good thing. It seems that within the next year, Zhang Fei will be wiped out, the southwest will be pacified, and the whole country will be unified. By then, the prestige of the regent will surely reach A new peak."

Zhang Yandao: "Happy to happy, but the road to Shu is difficult, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it may not be possible to capture Yizhou in a short time. Now it is approaching October and the weather is already cold. If there is heavy snowfall again, then attack Yizhou It is even more difficult in Zhouzhou. Although Yong Kai and others have already rebelled, their military strength is not as good as Zhang Fei's, and the army's equipment is not as good as Zhang Fei's. Moreover, Yong Kai and others wrote to say that they wanted to surrender to the court. They just wanted to get some rewards and acted on their own. They might not be willing to cooperate with the Han army to destroy Zhang Fei, unless Zhang Fei broke into his door and he Only then can we truly become enemies with Zhang Fei. Otherwise, what he said can only be empty words."

"So, the rebellion of Yong Kai and others has little impact on our army?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"No, this letter came just in time. At least let us know that not all Yizhou obeys Zhang Fei's orders, and we can make further arrangements."

At this point, Zhang Yan turned his face and said to Xu Sheng: "Let the Minister of the Ministry of War come to see me immediately, I have important things to tell!"

"promise!"

After Xu Sheng left, Zhang Yan handed Zhuge Liang's memorial to Zhuge Liang again, and ordered: "Just follow the plan you wrote, and if anything happens, I will bear everything!"

"Here!"

"You go back first."

"Wei Chen retire!"

After Zhuge Liang left, Zhang Yan ordered people to open the map of the whole country, locked his eyes on the southwest area, crossed out the name of Zhang Lu in Hanzhong County from the map, and circled several counties in Nanzhong with a cinnabar pen, writing On the name of Yong Kai.

This map is not a very detailed map, but a rather vague map in Zhang Yan's mind, with some words densely written on it, and marked with different colored pens.

This map is the distribution map of the great Han's troops. It records the distribution of all the troops of the Great Han, and also records the location of the generals, the strength and types of troops they lead, and so on.

Nanzhong Yongkai's rebellion undoubtedly gave Zhang Yan another hope, and he had already figured it out. Simply letting Ma Chao, Pang Tong, and Xu Huang attack from the north road may not be able to attack Chengdu smoothly.

Zhang Fei will definitely take care of Nanzhong's rebellion, and will definitely allocate part of his troops to defend Nanzhong. If Zhang Yan sends out another army at this time, Jingzhou will attack Yizhou, and then order Yong Kai to lead the Nanzhong army to advance northward. Then Zhang Fei will be attacked on three sides. At that time, it will be easy to eliminate Zhang Fei.

For this reason, Zhang Yan specially asked someone to call Guoyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, to prepare for Guoyuan to issue an order in the name of the Ministry of War to let the troops stationed in Jingzhou go west to Yizhou.

After a stick of incense, Guoyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War, rushed from the conference hall to where Zhang Yan was, and bowed respectfully as soon as he entered the door: "Your Majesty, please see His Royal Highness the Regent."

Zhang Yandao: "You read these two letters first."

Guoyuan took two urgent reports from Zhang Yan, and after reading them hastily, he said to Zhang Yan: "Your Highness, this is a good thing. I don't know why Your Highness invited the officials to come here?"

"It's for this matter. The king plans to send another army from Jingzhou to Sichuan, to cooperate with the North Route Army's actions, to attack Zhang Fei, and strive to win Yizhou before the Chinese New Year."

"Everything is up to the regent's orders." Guoyuan said respectfully.

In fact, although the cabinet system existed, it was basically useless. All affairs were subject to Zhang Yan's dictatorship, and only when Zhang Yan left the court, the cabinet ministries would exercise their due rights.

Especially take the Ministry of War as an example. Originally, the dispatch of troops, the appointment, dismissal and promotion of military posts were all decided by the Ministry of War. However, because Zhang Yan firmly controlled the army, the Ministry of War was useless, and the Minister of the Ministry of War was even reduced to Zhang Yan’s secretary. , is only responsible for issuing orders and writing official documents.

At the time of Zhang Yan's reform, although all institutions were well-established, the cabinet was useless because the power was in the hands of Zhang Yan alone. Things are tied up.

At that time, Zhang Yan was eager for success, abolished the system of Sangong and Jiuqing, and established the system of three provinces and six ministries, but it seems that it has not been very successful until today.Perhaps, this system is still in the running-in period.

In addition, among the ministers, they still haven't been able to get out of the imperial system. They always think that Zhang Yan's restriction of imperial power is to cover up, and he will definitely usurp the Han in the future. Therefore, many people are deep in their hearts and are the founding fathers of the country. dream.

Zhang Yan issued an order to Guoyuan, and Guoyuan went back immediately and wrote the document of the Ministry of War with a swipe of his pen.Order the right general Gan Ning to be the vanguard, commanding [-] soldiers and horses in the headquarters to attack Yizhou.Order Cheqi General Zhang Liao, Marshal of Zhengxi, to command [-] troops, including Gan Ning's troops, to attack Yizhou.

After Guoyuan wrote the document of the Ministry of War, he immediately stamped the seal of the Ministry of War, and then brought it to Zhang Yan himself, who stamped the jade seal on it, and then officially sent it out.

In addition, Yang Biao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, also came to Zhang Yan with a written official document, asking for a seal.This official document is the imperial decree to confer Yongkai as the Great General of Nanzhong, and to confer Yongkai as Marquis of Guannei, with 500 households in Shiyi, and a reward of [-] taels of gold and [-] bolts of silk.Gaoding, Zhu Bao, and Wang Kang were also granted the titles of generals, Tinghou, [-] households in Shiyi, [-] taels of gold, and [-] pieces of silk.

In addition, Zhang Yan also ordered Yong Kai to lead the Nanzhong army to the north, and told Yong Kai that two armies had already attacked Zhang Fei, and asked Yong Kai to cooperate in the battle. If you become a noble, you will be rewarded a lot.

Zhang Yan carefully read the official document written by Yang Biao, and felt that there was nothing wrong with the imperial edict, so he directly stamped the imperial edict with a jade seal, and then handed it over to Yang Biao for issuance by the Ministry of Officials.

In addition, Zhang Yan also wrote two private letters, one was to Ma Chao, praising him for his achievements in conquering Hanzhong, and praised him lavishly. together reward.

The other letter was sent to Pang Tong and Xu Huang, clearly telling Pang Tong that after the capture of Shu, he would be the governor of Yizhou, Xu Huang would lead all the soldiers and horses in Yizhou, and Ma Chao would stay in Shu temporarily. I hope that Pang Tong can pay close attention to Ma Chao's movements and prevent Ma Chao from becoming distracted.

He also told Pang Tong that he had ordered Zhang Liao and Gan Ning to lead Jingzhou soldiers and horses to attack Shu, and that Nanzhong Yongkai would also attack Chengdu when he rebelled. The people of Shu sincerely accept the Han army, don't let the army act recklessly, and give Pang Tong the right to kill first and then play.

After Zhang Yan finished writing these two letters, he sent someone to send them out.

After finishing the war in the southwest, Zhang Yan sent someone to call Chen Qun, Minister of the Household Department.

After a stick of incense, Chen Qun came to Zhang Yan. After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Qun asked, "I don't know why Your Highness called the officials here?"

Zhang Yandao: "Nothing, I just want to chat with you casually. Do you think when is the most appropriate time to move the capital?"

Regarding the issue of moving the capital, it is now a knife hanging over the heads of every courtier.Just after discussing this matter last time, the ministers were planning to sell their properties, but Zhang Yan reacted quickly and sent Jin Yiwei to the mansions of the ministers, telling them clearly not to sell their properties and wait for the regent to sell their properties. s arrangement.

This class lasted for one month, and Zhang Yan never mentioned the matter of moving the capital again in the past month.Many ministers thought that Zhang Yan might have decided not to move the capital, and even Chen Qun once thought so.However, now that Zhang Yan mentioned this matter in front of Chen Qun again, Chen Qun's already calm heart could not help but ripple again.

"What does the Regent mean..." Chen Qun asked.

"I'm just asking casually, because you were one of the people who opposed moving the capital at the beginning, and as far as I know, you have also bought a lot of property in Pengcheng in the past few years. The ministers with property in Pengcheng have suffered losses. So, I would like to ask your opinion." Zhang Yan asked.

Chen Qun thought for a while, and then said: "It is imperative to move the capital, and Pengcheng is not a city that can exist as an imperial capital at all. Luoyang's geographical location is very unique, and it is the first choice for the imperial capital. Moreover, in recent years, in order to build The new capital will cost a lot of money, if the capital is not moved, then this new capital will be wasted. It's just..."

"Just what?" Zhang Yan asked.

(End of this chapter)