The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 823 Return from Inspection 822
The bright sun shines on the earth, and under the blowing of the soft spring breeze, the ground water has gradually shown its vitality. The dead trees are blooming in spring, and buds are sprouting. The snow in the fields melts and turns into snow water that seeps into the fields. Moisturized by this warm current, the green wheat seedlings grow more vigorously, as if the wheat seedlings doubled in size overnight.

On the outskirts of Pengcheng, a group of knights walked leisurely along the official road, admiring the beautiful scenery on both sides of the official road, showing admiration from time to time.

The leading knight was wearing a heavenly crown, a sable fur cloak on his shoulders, and a robe inside. He had a handsome face and deep eyes. He was about 30 years old. Behind him were more than 20 knights, all dressed in black. Wearing an enemy crown on their heads, a treasured sword hanging from their waists, and a black cloak on their shoulders, they followed closely behind the leader. Everyone was strong and strong, with fierce eyes, and looked very the mighty.

The leader's gaze has been looking around, a smile suddenly appeared on his stern face, and he said slowly: "It seems that this year is another bumper harvest year!"

As soon as the words fell, a knight behind the leader urged his horse to take two steps forward, but he never dared to walk side by side with this person, and kept a distance of a horse's head from the beginning to the end, only listening to him say: "In fact, this is all due to His Highness. It is precisely because His Highness governs the country well that the people can live and work in peace..."

The leader is none other than Zhang Yan, the regent of the dynasty.At this moment, Zhang Yan has just returned from inspecting Luoyang. He has stayed in Luoyang for half a month and conducted a thorough inspection of Xindu. He wants to see if everything is really ready in Xindu. The order to move the capital passed.

Since Zhang Yan was handed over to Henan Yin Zhang Hong to be responsible for this matter, Zhang Hong worked hard and never dared to neglect for a moment. The overall construction of the new capital was better than Zhang Yan expected, and everything was ready. At that time, there was no need to carry large and small bags at all, and Zhang Yan could basically move in with his bags.

Lingbao can move in at any time, which is what makes Zhang Yan most satisfied, but Zhang Yan has never been sure when to move the capital, because he is waiting for the rebellion in Nanzhong to be completely put down, and there is no one on the territory of the big man. When there is a war in the local area, it is time for him to move the capital.

Zhuge Liang has already been sent by him, and he should have arrived in Nanzhong at this moment. I hope Zhuge Liang can live up to his entrustment this time and solve the Nanzhong rebellion in a short time. When he moved the capital.

The matter of moving the capital is already a certainty. The three princes and nine ministers in Pengcheng are all ready. As long as Zhang Yan gives an order, they will go to the new capital.When they arrived in Xindu, a new imperial court headed by Zhang Yan was about to leave a strong mark in the long river of history.

"The common people's ability to live and work in peace and contentment is by no means due to me alone, but to the contributions of all the officials, large and small, from the small pavilion chief to the three princes and nine ministers. Xu Sheng, this king finds that you are more and more flattering now, such a habit is unacceptable, and you need to pay attention to your words and deeds in the future, and you can't give such a bad idea to your subordinates, understand?" Zhang Yan glanced at his side Xu Sheng said earnestly.

Xu Sheng laughed dryly twice, and said: "Your Highness's words will be kept in my heart, and I will never dare again from now on."

As the commander of Jin Yiwei, Zhang Yan has always trusted Xu Sheng. From the beginning to the end, Xu Sheng was also loyal to him. , Jin Yiwei, an intelligence agency that only belongs to him, seems to be used by others.

Zhang Yan was still thinking, once he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, would Jin Yiwei really need to exist?A private armed force that is not under the control of the three provinces and six ministries and directly belongs to the emperor, does the benefit outweigh the harm, or does the harm outweigh the benefit?
Zhang Yan has been thinking about this question recently, but he still refuses to give up, and is very entangled.

Zhang Yan did not take anyone with him during this inspection of Xindu, he just took Xu Sheng and other guards there. He was always thinking about this issue along the way, perhaps it was because of the lack of restraint that power went astray.Even though Zhang Yan believed that Xu Sheng's participation in this matter might have been bewitched, but once such an organization that is not subject to any power constraints goes astray and begins to act against its own emperor, it will be full of disadvantages and no benefit at all. Bar?

Not far ahead is Pengcheng. Zhang Yan has never doubted Xu Sheng's loyalty, but if Xu Sheng is gone and the next commander of Jinyiwei is someone else, will he be so relieved?I'm afraid not necessarily.

Zhang Yan led the [-] Jinyi Guards and walked slowly on the official road. About a few hundred meters away from Zhang Yan, there were hundreds of Jin Yiwei. , This is a team trained by Xu Sheng himself, and it is an excellent team.

Back then, when Zhang Yan established the Jinyiwei, it was just an intelligence agency, but as his power gradually expanded and his status became more distinguished, the Jinyiwei also began to assume the role of the old guard, working with the Habayashi Army, the Huben Army and the guard The Forbidden Army in Miyagi shoulders the security of Gyeonggi together.However, Jinyiwei is different from other armies in that the movement of troops is subject to many restrictions, and Jinyiwei only obeys orders from Zhang Yan, which is equivalent to giving Jinyiwei special powers.

Unknowingly, Zhang Yan and others had arrived at the gate of Pengcheng. Since the officials in the city had not been notified in advance, no one greeted them at the gate of the city. He went out to greet him with his forbidden army.

Zhang Yan entered Pengcheng amidst the sound of welcome, and when he returned to Pengcheng, Zhang Yan did not return to his residence immediately, but went to the cabinet first to check the situation in various parts of the country after he left.

The cabinet officials began to report to Zhang Yan one by one the government affairs they were in charge of. When Zhang Yan heard the news that Ma Chao and Ma Dai were imprisoned in Chengdu by Pang Tong, Zhang Yan was very happy. He immediately rewarded Pang Tong and ordered Pang Tong Let people escort Ma Chao and Ma Dai to Pengcheng.

In addition, Liangzhou intelligence is also very gratifying. Xu Shu, Yang Fu and others, with the active cooperation of Tai Shici, sent troops to threaten Anding at the same time. They thought there would be a big battle, but who knew that Ma Gang was very knowledgeable The people who came out and surrendered on their own initiative, and handed over the military power to Tai Shici.

It was not until the end that Xu Shu, Yang Fu, and Tai Shici found out that it was Ma Teng's intention that Ma just surrendered. Ma Teng was always worried about his son Ma Chao, for fear that Ma Chao would do something that would bring disaster to the entire family, so So he wrote a letter to Ma Gang, asking Ma Gang to see the right time and hand over his military power, so that the entire Ma family can be preserved.

Ma Teng's actions did allow the Ma family to survive, but since then they have lost control of Liangzhou. Tai Shici reorganized General Ma so that this army was reorganized under his own subordinates, and he was stationed in stability. After discussing with Xu Shu and Yang Fu, the entire Ma family was relocated to the capital. As for the rest, it will be arranged by the regent.

After Zhang Yan listened to the report to Liangzhou by Guoyuan, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, he asked, "Has the Ma family ever arrived in Pengcheng?"

"They all arrived in Pengcheng three days ago, and they are currently staying at Ma Teng's house. They have been closely monitored and have not found any unusual behavior. We are just waiting for His Highness to come back and make a decision," said Guoyuan, Minister of the Ministry of War.

Zhang Yandao: "Ma Teng is a person who understands current affairs. As the saying goes, knowing a son is like a father. It seems that Ma Teng also knows that his son Ma Chao is by no means a stable person, so he has made a decision long ago. Since Liangzhou is no longer subject to Ma The influence of the Ma family, and Ma Chao did not rebel in the true sense, and the Ma family does not need to be implicated. Let some of the Ma family's officials stay in the capital to listen to them. Yang Shangshu, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. It's up to you to do it."

Yang Biao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, clasped his fists and said, "His Royal Highness, Mrs. Ma can give me some idle positions, but most of Mr. Ma's children are in the army of Liangzhou, isn't it also..."

"No need, the entire Ma family is in the capital, and the Ma family army has no leader, so there is nothing wrong with it. Besides, Tai Shici is not a vegetarian. Since he said that it has been reorganized, I believe that the [-] generals of the horses have already changed. There is a large amount of fresh blood, and there is no serious problem now." Zhang Yandao, "Now let's talk about the situation in Nanzhong..."

(End of this chapter)