Great Han Empire

Chapter 562 Immediately Crossing the Gun
In February, Hanoi County, Ha Duong City.

After receiving Li Wei's message, General Yang Feng of Yangwu immediately summoned the school lieutenants Yang Zhen, Liao Lei, and Li Yao to discuss matters in the big account.

When Xu Rong and Yang Feng went south to Gyeonggi, Hussar General Li Hong specially authorized Xu Rong and Yang Feng to supervise all military affairs at home and abroad for their convenience, and to have complete command over the troops they lead.In the middle of this month, as the situation in Hedong became more and more serious, Li Hong urgently wrote to Xu Rong and Yang Feng, asking them to closely cooperate with Li Wei of Linfen Xingyuan to control the situation in the Gyeonggi area, and not to take action lightly, so as not to worsen the current situation.

Xu Rong and Yang Feng obeyed the military order.During this time, Dong Zhuo had urged the two to send troops to attack the rebels several times, but the two turned a deaf ear and refused for various reasons.

Yang Feng was very excited when he suddenly received the pre-agreed message with Li Wei. While calling everyone to leave, he said happily: "Your Excellency ordered us to settle the matter of Luoyang before the spring plowing. We can fight the battle in Hanoi now." gone."

Liao Lei smiled and said, "So, we are going to discuss with Li Su and Zhang Yang about sending troops to attack?"

"You do it." Yang Fengjian frowned slightly, mocking disdainfully, "After we arrived in Heyang, Dong Zhuo asked Zhang Yang to withdraw from the Yellow River. Hmph, he thought it would be safe to withdraw from the Yellow River, it's just a joke. "

Liao Lei nodded, then turned to Li Yao and asked, "The people who went to Taihang Mountain haven't come back yet?"

"Don't worry, we are old friends with Yu Du and Sui Gu, and nothing will happen." Li Yao showed a smirk, and lowered his voice, "How about I go there in person?"

"It's not necessary." Yang Feng waved his hand and said, "If Yu Du and Sui Gu can't grasp such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they are only worthy of being bandits in Taihang Mountain for the rest of their lives."

Then Yang Feng briefly talked about the current grim situation in Northern Xinjiang, and finally said, "When we left Xingyuan in the Cloud, Your Excellency told us that the key to quickly resolving the crisis in Northern Xinjiang is not to defeat Yuan Shao, but to occupy Luoyang. With Luoyang, we can control the situation, so the purpose of this battle in Hanoi is not to fight Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang, but to fight Li Su and Zhang Yang."

"Li Su and Zhang Yang have [-] northern troops, while we have only [-] field soldiers. There is a big gap in strength, so please be careful and don't make any mistakes. As for how to fight, we have already discussed Now, it is equivalent to going down the mountain with poison and crossing the river with publicity."

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At the end of February, Henan Yin, Xingyang City.

General Longxiang Xu Rong summoned Qiangnu Zhonglang General Sun Qin and Wu Yi Zhonglang General Gao Lan to discuss attacking the Suanzao rebels.

"My lord has come to order us to launch an attack immediately so that Luoyang can be seized quickly." Xu Rong spread out the map and said slowly, "At present, the main force of the rebel army in the Suanzao area is about 5 to [-]. There is no movement, obviously trying to delay the time. The longer the confrontation between the two sides, the more unfavorable it will be for us in northern Xinjiang. Therefore, this battle must be fought immediately, and it must be hit at once."

Sun Qin stroked his short beard and asked with a smile: "The matter of luring the enemy is very important. If you want to lose again and again, most people don't want to do this. Who do you think you can leave it to?"

Xu Rong looked at the two of them, smiled and said nothing.

"The matter of luring the enemy is of great importance, and no one who is idle is incapable of doing it. Since Jingzhi has asked this question, there must be someone to choose." Gao Lan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Jingzhi, I will not argue with you about this matter, sir. I will give you the merit."

Sun Qin laughed, "Look, how is Gao Shun?"

"Okay." Xu Rong patted the table lightly, "I'm looking for him. Please come to the big tent quickly."

The next day, Gao Shun and Liang Baiwu led 5000 troops to quickly march towards Suanzao, and Xu Rong led the army to follow up.

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March of the first year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty (AD 190).

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In early March, northern Xinjiang.

Due to the snowstorm in the north, most of the grain purchased by Li Wei years ago was requisitioned to the desert and border counties for disaster relief, and Zhao Qi also supported a part of Youzhou free of charge. As a result, there was a food shortage in Hedong and Jinzhong.

After the first month, with the beginning of the move of the capital, refugees from Gyeonggi flooded into Hedong like a tide.After the emperor drove westward, the tide of refugees suddenly turned into a turbulent wave. The number of refugees in the east of the river suddenly increased, and grain suddenly became a rare commodity, and the price doubled in a day.

The crisis in northern Xinjiang did not erupt north of the Great Wall as expected, but erupted suddenly and violently in the southern Shanxi area.The prefectures in northern Xinjiang were caught off guard, and were at a loss for a while and fell into a predicament.

The various prefectures in Hedong and Hushi General Linfen Xingyuan were surrounded by hundreds of thousands of refugees. The miserable cries echoed through the wilderness with the bitter cold wind in early spring, and the shadow of death instantly enveloped the land of southern Shanxi.

Regardless of the strong opposition from the northern border governments, Li Hong, the general of the hussars, resolutely ordered the use of the funds from the imperial court last year for farming and border defense. "No matter how expensive the food is, buy it for disaster relief first."

At the same time, Li Hong ordered the recruitment of wealthy merchants Xu Ling, Qu Zhong, Wei Che from the Hedong Guard Clan, Wang Rou from the Jinyang King Clan, Linghu Shao from the Linghu Clan, and Guo Ce from the Guo Clan to serve as the Hushi Generals. It is mainly responsible for various matters such as the financial exchange of goods in northern Xinjiang, and directly participates in the formulation and implementation of relevant financial policies in northern Xinjiang.Li Hong said, if you don't follow the law, you will be arrested.

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The hoofbeats of the eight-hundred-mile fast rider echoed day and night on the north-south road of the Great Wall, and the figures of knights galloping wildly became the most ardent expectations and hopes in the hearts of the refugees.

Xu Ling, Qu Zhong and Wei Che were invited to Linfen Xingyuan by Black Panther Yicong.Li Wei and Sangyang, the head of the Hedong Mansion, said bluntly, you are now officials of the Han Dynasty, and you have to bear the responsibility for the rise and fall of the country.You first donate some grain to Beijiang, and then sell all the grain in the warehouse at home to Beijiang, and sell it immediately.Wei Che asked, at what price?Li Wei doesn't want to be troublesome, the food he needs now is time, so he gritted his teeth and said, sell it to Beijiang at the current price, three thousand yuan per stone.

Xu Ling, Qu Zhong, Wei Che and the others agreed after thinking about it.Earning ten times the money, if he doesn't sell it, Li Wei might go crazy and arrest people.Li Wei said that this price cannot go up any further, and if it goes up, Beijiang will run out of money.Northern Xinjiang is in chaos, and everyone is done.You are now the subordinates of the General Hussar's Mansion, so you think of a way to stabilize the price of grain.

Once the prefectures in northern Xinjiang start to buy grain from the rich and powerful, the price of grain will skyrocket.In the east of the river, there are many fertile fields, houses, manors and forts owned by the powerful and rich in Luoyang and Chang'an.Since the imperial court issued the notice order and decided to move the capital, these people were the first to flee to Hedong with their belongings.Although some were killed before they could escape to Hedong, their fields, houses, and manors were immediately taken over by relatives and friends authorized by them.The imperial court's order to sue caused many merchants to die unexpectedly, but it is a miracle that the Hedong Mansion didn't get a single mu of land or a single house.Now the problem is centered on these people.Some old families in Hedong and rich businessmen who moved to Hedong from other places, such as Xu Ling and their relatives and friends, can be properly controlled, but these people cannot be controlled.Once these people take the opportunity to raise prices, grain prices in Hedong are bound to get out of control.

Li Hong had no choice but to forcibly enlist rich and powerful businessmen as his vassals. In fact, one of the most important reasons was to stabilize food prices.

Because the northern Xinjiang governments did not foresee the food crisis that would break out in Hedong, and the governments lacked financial talents, and did not have the experience and methods to deal with such crises, they used up all the grain stored in northern Xinjiang in a short period of time. , The opportunity to stabilize food prices was lost.If the prefectures in northern Xinjiang could quickly purchase the grain in the hands of rich people in Hedong and Jinzhong after the heavy snow disaster started, such a dangerous situation would not happen now.Now the crisis in Gyeonggi has reached its worst point, and Beijiang is not only unable to free up its hands to solve it, but it is the first to enter the desperate situation of collapse.Although northern Xinjiang still has money to buy grain, one is the grain price issue, and the other is the financial issue after the crisis.The misappropriation of farm funds and frontier military funds must be made up, otherwise the old crisis has not been resolved and a new crisis will come again.

The solution to all these problems depends on the rich and powerful in northern Xinjiang, and these problems are also related to their real interests, so Li Hong must conscript them into the government, firstly to solve the immediate crisis, and secondly to solve the future In the crisis, the third is to quickly restore and develop northern Xinjiang, the fourth is to avoid conflicts, strive for both sides to benefit, to ensure that northern Xinjiang can solve the problem of food and survival, and the last point is to solve the problem of lack of financial talents in northern Xinjiang.In the General Hussar's Mansion, only Tang Yun, who was born in a family of merchants for generations, is in charge of the northern Xinjiang's finances, but he is too young and does not have rich business experience.Xie Ming's role as captain of salt and iron can only be regarded as driving ducks to the shelves. He himself is not proficient in cargo breeding.The status quo in northern Xinjiang is so unsustainable. If the crisis continues, what will happen to northern Xinjiang?Give up completely?Of course not, I can only do everything possible to save it, at any cost.

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Xu Ling thought for a while, and said frankly: "Zhongyuan, it's not that I won't help you, but that we really can't do it. In the past few years in northern Xinjiang, we have not only spent the money of the court, but also used up the land, fought wars, provided disaster relief, guarded the border, and built cities. We spent almost all of our money. Do you know how much the Hushi General’s Mansion owes me? How much money do you owe the whole of Hedong and Jinzhong? Under the current situation, Northern Xinjiang may collapse at any time , we may fall with Beijiang at any time."

"This time the desert and border counties were hit by disasters, and countless livestock died. After the spring, we will definitely continue to provide relief; Hetao and southwestern Hebei must be farmed; It is said that the Hussar General will rebuild tens of thousands of cavalry. Zhongyuan, do the math yourself, how much money, how much food and supplies will it cost? Our family and the Jinzhong clans have a lot of food in stock. In the short term, we will It is true that food prices can be controlled, but over time, as food becomes scarcer, it is inevitable that food prices will skyrocket.”

"There is only one way to solve it." Xu Ling looked at the stern and exhausted Li Wei, shook his head and sighed, "There is only one way to drive the victims from the north of the Great Wall to Jizhou and the refugees to Gyeonggi, otherwise Northern Xinjiang is going to fall, and it will fall soon. Do you know how many people there are in such a barren northern Xinjiang? I think it is at least more than 500 million. Zhong Yuan, wake up and tell General Hushi quickly, the people of Northern Xinjiang The crisis is not food and money, but people, too many people, he cannot feed so many people, he will kill us all."

"Brother Bo Yu, do you want to die? Do you dare to say that?" Wei Che sneered, "Have you forgotten what the origin of the Hussar General is? Have you forgotten how he promised to recruit the Yellow Turban Army back then? Hussar The cavalry general would rather kill us than drive the victims and refugees out of northern Xinjiang."

Li Wei was so angry that his face was livid, and he slapped the desk, "Without Northern Xinjiang, you are so rich now? Without Hussar Generals and Yellow Turbans, you can still sit here and talk now? I think Xianbei people have Just kill and burn you all. Say something useful."

Xu Ling coughed a few times in embarrassment, and said in embarrassment: "First of all, you must have money. If you don't have money, who will sell you grain in this situation? I think only a few kind people in Hedong will give you credit. Others will not pay attention to you, unless you go to grab it. In addition, even if the crisis in Gyeonggi is resolved, if there is no money, Beijiang will not be able to buy food and supplies from various states and counties. Secondly, there must be land. If there is no land, stay in Beijiang The disaster victims in Xinjiang only eat but don’t plant. You are a mountain, and he also eats up. The third is to solve the crisis in Gyeonggi before the spring plowing, and send the victims in the east of the river back to farm. Yes, they will dig out the seeds of the spring plowing and eat them. Not to mention the winter wheat in May, it is estimated that there is only soil left in the field before harvesting. Zhong Yuan, if you can properly solve the three problems , the northern border must be safe and worry-free."

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"Aren't you willing to do it anymore?" Li Wei sneered, "You don't appreciate the general Hussar's praise of you, even conscripting you as slaves? Your family plus your relatives and friends, all the food plus Together, they account for at least half of the grain in Hedong. If you come forward to buy all their grain, it is completely feasible to stabilize the grain price. Why don't you do it? Are you worried that we will suddenly drop the grain price to three hundred yuan a stone? Can’t make money? Let me tell you, buying your food is firstly for relief, and secondly is to suppress the price of food. You don’t do it? Well, since you are willing to kill yourself, then don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

"My lord, what time is this?" Wei Che said calmly, "How could they sell us grain? No one wants to lose money."

Li Wei looked at the three of them, and suddenly laughed, "Okay, if that's the case, then I'll let you make a lot of money. After one month, I'll not only let you make a lot of money, but even the owed money of the General Hussars will be covered." I will return it to you together. You can go. I don’t think you want to go back, so forget it, I will explain it to the Hussar General personally. You can go.”

The three of them were startled and stunned, and looked at Li Wei very puzzled.

Qu Zhong respectfully and evasively asked, "My lord, can you... this..."

Sang Yang, who had been silent all this time, smiled and said: "Master Li went to Beijing this time to ask Mr. Xiangguo for money. Mr. Xiangguo said, I don't have any money, and the three officials in Shanglin don't have time to cast it. I think you can cast it yourself in Beijiang. So Master Li brought back the emperor's imperial decree."

The faces of Xu Ling and the others changed drastically.

"In order to buy grain in the Gyeonggi area, Mr. Xiangguo ordered the three officials in Shanglin to mint money day and night." Li Wei said with a leisurely smile, "but the speed at which Mr. Xiangguo casts money is far behind the speed of the price increase of grain. I heard that , Chang’an’s food has already risen to five thousand yuan a stone, so Lord Xiangguo intends to ask the emperor to abolish the five baht coin and issue small coins separately.”

Xu Ling's fair face instantly flushed red.The muscles on Qu Zhong's face twitched involuntarily.Wei Che was dumbfounded.

It is a good thing that Northern Xinjiang has the right to independently mint money to supplement the treasury according to the financial situation, but once excessive money is minted or low-quality money is minted, it will inevitably cause prices to soar, and agriculture and industry will collapse. It will be wiped out in an instant, and all property will be swept away by the government and the court.If what Li Wei said is true, then a disaster more terrifying than the warning order has quietly arrived.

Li Wei slowly took out the imperial decree from the document file and put it in the middle of the table, with a serious expression on his face.

"Since Mr. Xiangguo can ask the emperor to promulgate the ban, he can naturally ask the emperor to abolish the five baht coin. As long as the court changes the national policy, you will not only become beggars, but even the lives of the nine clans will be hard to save. You go back and think about it carefully." Think, see who can protect your property? Who can save your life?"

The imperial decree that Li Wei was coming to the capital not only made Xu Ling, Wei Che and others try their best to raise food for northern Xinjiang, but also happily entered the government to serve as a slave.This decree and the force of the Hussar General can make them lose everything, but on the contrary, if they are used skillfully, they can also make them even more rich.This decree is an unpredictable ghost. Judging from the current gang of northern Xinjiang's prefectures, few people can fully understand, control and use the currency system to restore the vitality of Northern Xinjiang and free Northern Xinjiang from many crises.For the wealth and destiny of the clan, the best way is for them to control it, tame it, and prevent it from becoming a demon that harms the northern border and the rich and powerful.

In their eyes, Li Wei is the most terrifying demon, the right-hand man of the Hussar General, not only has power in the northern border, but also becomes more and more unfathomable.

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After Li Wei temporarily relieved the crisis in Hedong, he immediately wrote to Li Hong urgently, imploring him to speed up the resolution of the crisis in Gyeonggi.

At this time, Li Hong had already issued more than a dozen orders in a row, and was ready to go south.

Li Hong urgently ordered the three counties of Yunzhong, Dingxiang, and Yanmen to move back to Jizhou the victims who were stranded in the north of the Great Wall and the peasants in the Yunzhong camp as quickly as possible.

He ordered Zhang Yan, the town guard general, to lead his army south to garrison in Julu County, and ordered Qu Yi, the town general general, to lead his army to garrison in Zhao State.At the same time, Li Hong ordered them to do everything possible to buy food in Jizhou, so that the army food can be settled nearby, so that the victims and civilian husbands who moved back to Julu County and Zhao State can have enough food.Later issues related to this matter will be resolved at the same time as the Gyeonggi crisis.If Jizhou Mu Hanfu sends troops northward, beat them back, don't be soft-hearted.

Order Yushi and Yan Liang to take advantage of the disaster caused by the displaced people in Hedong, quietly raise another [-] troops to garrison the fields, wait for the opportunity to encircle Niufu's [-] Northern Army and drive them out of Hedong, and then directly threaten Sanfu and Tongguan to force Dong Zhuo to retreat westward to support Xu The two armies of Rong and Yang Feng captured Luoyang.

Order Zhao Yun to rush to Meiji as quickly as possible, borrow five thousand cavalry from Yu Fuluo, the great Shan of the Xiongnu, and Qubei, the king of Youxian, and go south to the three assistants to join Yang Ming and pretend to attack Chang'an.Order Yang Ming to send people to Chang'an City immediately, and spread the news that Han Sui, Ma Teng and other Xiliang rebels have attacked Hanyang and are about to attack Sanfu.

He ordered Zheng Yan not to talk to Yuan Shao any more, to get rid of Yuan Shao, and to discuss directly with Han Fu about the garrison and the relocation of the victims.

Master Xiangkai from Dazhitang should rush to Montenegro as soon as possible, and agree to all the conditions put forward by the leaders of the Yellow Turban Army such as Bai Rao and Kuyi as much as possible, and let them immediately lead their troops down the mountain to attack Hanoi and Jizhou, so as to contain Yuan Shao and Han Fu's army.

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In March, Princess Changping Liu Xiao rushed to Xingyuan in the clouds.

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